Ma'am, is there someone out there?

In the main hall of Jinpu Ququbei Quezhu Palace, Emperor Changqing, who was dressed in a dragon robe embroidered with thread, was holding his chin, looking with interest at the two ministers kneeling on the ground in front of the steps.A thick golden curtain hung in front of the steps, and a man dressed in a white Taoist robe was hidden within the curtain.

"Let's all get flat." Emperor Changqing stood up from the dragon chair, walked down the hall slowly, and walked in front of the two ministers, who were still kneeling and did not dare to get up.

Beside Shangshu are two bamboo baskets that are not in harmony with the splendor of the room. The bamboo baskets are covered with red silk cloth. Emperor Changqing pointed to the red silk cloth. The eunuch serving in the hall immediately stood up and uncovered the red silk cloth Cloth, revealing what you ride on.

One basket is golden corn, and the other is sweet potatoes covered with dirt.Emperor Changqing raised his eyebrows, and there was a bit of imperceptible disdain at the corners of his brows.

"Is this what the prefect of Qingzhou offered?"

Hubu Shangshu stood up, lowered his head and replied respectfully: "Go back to the emperor, yes."

"Hehe. The prefect of Qingzhou is called Du Zhong, so he has a heart." Emperor Changqing twisted a grain of corn with his fingers, picked it up and put it in front of his eyes for a while, "This thing is quite novel, what's its name?"

"Return to the emperor, according to the prefect of Qingzhou, this is corn."

"Corn?" He let go of his hand, and the corn kernels on his finger fell back into the basket, "Topaz Millet, the name is interesting."

"My Majesty, this thing can be used as a staple food for three meals a day, and it is drought-resistant and high-yielding, so it is very suitable for planting in the north. If it can be planted in a large area, the yield will be extremely impressive. It will be a blessing for my Chen Dynasty, and it is my emperor's blessing." Hu Kai Kai, Minister of the Ministry, said that he and Du Zhong were from the same township, and at this time, he spoke well for Du Zhong, "It can be seen that the prefect of Du Zhong in Qingzhou is indeed loyal and loyal, and his heart is in Wei Que. The emperor is talented, talented and general. He is a model for our generation, and there is no one in the world." People don't yearn for it, but they are willing to do anything for the emperor..."

"That's enough, that's enough, I know what you're thinking." This Minister of the Household Department has been thinking about flattering all day long, but he likes it when he hears it. Don't bother him with small things all day That's fine.

"And what is this dark thing?" Emperor Changqing didn't even want to touch it this time, pointing to the sweet potatoes in the basket.

"For Your Majesty, this is sweet potato, also known as sweet potato."

"Sweet potato? From Fanbang?" Emperor Changqing laughed, "This is so dark that it is from Fanbang. Tell me, you Du... Du, where did you get these foreign things?"

"This...I don't know."

"Oh, you don't know either?"

The Minister of the Household Department bowed and explained: "However, as far as I know, it seems that General Lu's wife got it, but the specific situation, I don't know."

"General Lu's wife." Emperor Changqing paused, turned around and stared at the Hubu Shangshu, who was so frightened that the Hubu Shangshu quickly bowed his head.

"Is General Lu's wife the son of Shen Xianfeng, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy whom I married to General Lu at the beginning?" Emperor Changqing counted the time, and it has been five years. "Shen Xianfeng's son actually knows so much. I remember he was seventeen at the time. This time flies by so quickly. I am getting old soon."

When the two ministers heard this, they quickly knelt down and called out: "Your Majesty is not enough to stand, it is the time when the dragon is mighty and the tiger is fierce, not to mention that the Holy One is the emperor, and he should live the same life as the sky and the earth, how can we talk about old words? "

"Okay, okay, both lovers get up, I'm just expressing emotion, why are you panicking. Get up quickly, I see that your head hurts from kneeling." Emperor Changqing said, pressing his temples with his fingers, It looks like a headache. "There is also the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, what are you doing?"

The minister of the Ministry of Industry took a step forward and said, "Return to Your Majesty, the minister is also here for the Qingzhou matter."

"Oh, Qingzhou is so lively recently." Emperor Changqing walked up the steps again, sat back on the dragon chair, leaned on the back of the chair, and put one hand on the armrest. Instead, he looked at the person between the curtains.

"The magistrate of Qingzhou presented a memorial about the water conservancy of the Qinghe River." The minister of the Ministry of Industry took out the memorial, and the eunuch stepped forward to take the memorial and hand it to Emperor Changqing.

He took the memorial, flipped it casually a few times, but made no sound, and silence surrounded the entire hall.The emperor above did not speak, and none of the courtiers below dared to move. They held their breath and waited for the emperor's reaction in fear.

Emperor Changqing was not a kind-hearted person. If he wanted to describe it, his temperament was so weird that it was cloudy and cloudy. When he got better, he was like a spring breeze, and when he was bad, he was furious. These ministers on duty would always ask whether Emperor Changqing was in a mood today. Well, I dare to come to see you.The ministers all knew that only the Master of the State Teacher could handle Emperor Changqing's temper.

Some people will ask the national teacher for favors, bribe and bribe to save face, but most people disdain it, especially the senior ministers who have experienced several dynasties, when they mention this national teacher, they always sigh and say that the monster is wronging the country.

Therefore, at this time, Emperor Changqing suddenly fell silent, causing the two ministers to panic, for fear that what he said would make the emperor angry and make them suffer enough.Being a courtier in the Chen Dynasty was also exhausting.

Emperor Changqing was silent for about half a quarter of an hour before closing the memorial and looking at the two His Highnesses.

Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry tightened his scalp, and instinctively felt that the emperor had something to say.

"Aiqing, have you read this memorial and tell me what you think."

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry quickly stood up and answered, his words were cautious, for fear of stabbing a hornet's nest again and causing Emperor Changqing to catch him in the wrong place. "Report to the Holy Majesty. Qingzhou Du Zhifu announced that the Qinghe Water Conservancy has been in disrepair for a long time, and there may be floods next year. Because of this, the imperial court is requested to allocate funds to repair the river. According to my view, repairing water conservancy is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. It should be done, but if the magistrate said that next year there will be a flood, or there is a danger of breaking the embankment, it would be a bit sensational. Qingzhou has been in good weather for many years, and so far it has never broken the embankment. It is expected that next year will be normal..."

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry was biting the bullet and giving a long speech, but Emperor Changqing interrupted him impatiently: "Stop! Show the memorial to the Shangshu of the Ministry of Households and see what he can say."

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry was worried and thankful, worried that he had accidentally said something that should not have been said, which annoyed the emperor, and he was also glad that the problem fell to the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, who took the memorial and scanned it from beginning to end , is also confusing, what the minister of the Ministry of Industry said is not a big mistake, what exactly does His Majesty want them to say.

The two ministers looked at each other. At this time, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance suddenly thought of what the emperor had just mentioned, and only then did he discover the subtleties of the memorial.

"Your Majesty, I think there is nothing wrong with building the river itself. It's just that General Lu's wife is mentioned in these two memorials, which makes people feel a little surprised." Hubu Shangshu replied, he guessed that this was the emperor. the answer you want.

"Sure enough, the Minister of the Household Department knows what I mean." Emperor Changqing glanced at the two of them and continued, "I have met Shen Xianfeng's son before. He was just a young man who loved to read, but now he looks like a Pretty smart."

Emperor Changqing continued without giving time to the following two people to reply: "I think that this flood problem may not happen, if not, let Qingzhou solve it by itself, if every prefecture and county comes to tell me , next year there may be floods, and the court will need to allocate funds, not to mention the national treasury, even my private treasury will be emptied. Oh, by the way, it seems that General Lu's wife seems to have a good idea, so why don't we just hand over this matter Give it to him."

Lu Chen, Lu Chen, hehe.Emperor Changqing thought silently.

"This..." Hubu Shangshu hesitated.

"Is there any objection?"

"And, not at all!" The Minister of the Household Department quickly replied, it is useless for them to say anything as the courtiers of Emperor Changqing's decision.

"That's how it is. Do the two lovers have other things?"

"Back to the emperor, none."

"It's okay, let's all go down." Chang Qing waved his hand, making the two of them and the eunuchs serving in the hall retreat, and the hall became empty and silent for a moment.He rubbed his forehead, let out a tired breath, the flow on the crown drooped, blocking his eyes.

Emperor Changqing's appearance was dignified and upright, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, quite similar to his mother, Empress Dowager Qi, who was a famous handsome emperor.When he was yellow-haired, the first emperor once said that this son is like me, but the elders of the two dynasties will know that when Emperor Changqing grew up, he became less and less like the first emperor, and more and more like the queen mother.

At this time, he was leaning on the dragon chair, his appearance was not elegant, but he showed a somewhat unique posture.

"emperor."

Suddenly a sound came out of the quiet lobby, and a man suddenly walked out from behind the curtain.The man was tall and tall, with silver hair and shoulders, but he looked like a young man in his 20s. Emperor Changqing, who was drowsy, was suddenly awakened by him.

That young man, when meeting him for the first time, might think he is a fairy, but after a long time, he will know that he is a sly and cunning sycophant.You can see that he looks like he is in his 20s, but in fact, the former emperor was still alive, so he looked like this. People in the same dynasty at that time were about the same age as him, but now most of them have early hair.

The national teacher walked up to Emperor Changqing and looked down at him. Changqing raised his head and met the man's eyes: "National teacher, you..."

The man asked the question first. "Your Majesty, what are you thinking?"

"I don't think about anything"

"Has Your Majesty regretted it?"

"No, I... I don't." Emperor Changqing turned his head away, with a bit of struggle on his face.

"If you don't regret it, keep going." The man's bamboo-like fingers forced Emperor Changqing's face back, and he leaned closer, looking into Emperor Changqing's pupils, where there were ambition, selfishness, struggle and reluctance. " "You've done it, there's no turning back." "

The man acted extremely rude, but Emperor Changqing did not resist. In this empty hall, the monarch and his ministers got along in a strange way.

Emperor Changqing closed his eyes tiredly, subconsciously trying to hold the man's wrist, and said, "Huifeng, I..."

The national teacher suddenly let go, and took a step back. Emperor Changqing's hand was hanging in the air, and he kept silent after speaking halfway.

The Jade Tower and the Golden Palace are as quiet as if there is no one there.