The prime minister married a fake wife

In the sunny morning, people wake up from sleep one after another, and start their day's work. It is an ordinary morning for most people, but it is not the same for the ministers in the palace. The ministers all lowered their heads uneasily, their bodies tensed and shrunk, and tried to reduce their sense of existence. The person with the most noble status in the hall has not made a sound since he came in. He just sat on the dragon chair, his body slightly turned He leaned forward, put his arms on his thighs, and looked at the ministers with a smile. The smiles were very friendly, but the ministers under the dragon chair could clearly feel the displeasure emanating from this noble person. It's been a cup of tea, and all the ministers felt that the emperor didn't change the situation at all, and wanted to spend it all the time, but at this moment, the emperor put away his smile, sat up straight and leaned against the back of the chair, Putting both hands on the handle of the chair, looking down at the courtiers with no expression on his face, he flicked his left index finger on the handle of the chair, and the eunuch who was watching him all the time by his side announced loudly: "There is something to play, nothing to go back to the court." .”

As the sound ended, a minister immediately stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Your servant Li Zhi deserves death. He failed to solve the problem of bandits in Maxing Town, Shaanxi, and caused the court to suffer heavy losses. Please punish him."

Li Zhi was born in this era of peace and prosperity, he has never fought in any battles, he is upright, has great ambitions, and serves the country loyally, but he is brave enough to win this official position by relying on his father's shade. But when he was loyal, brave, and a descendant of a hero, and the country was upright and prosperous, he didn't manage the matter that he won this official position not by strength but by his father's shadow, and put such trivial matters as the bandit issue in Maxing Town, Shaanxi Province. I left it to him to deal with it, but I never thought that he would be so useless, and in order to deal with such a trivial matter as the bandits, he caused the imperial court to seriously injure the army. When the emperor received the news, he was furious and ordered him to come back immediately, and the ministers also received the news soon , That's why there was this scene in the morning.

The emperor just looked down at him and didn't speak. After a long while, he said strangely: "Since you know that the court has suffered heavy casualties, why do you insist on staying there to continue to wear down the court soldiers after many defeats?"

Li Zhi bowed his head and said, "I'm guilty, please punish me."

The emperor still said in that tone: "Are you afraid that people will know you are incompetent if you fail continuously, or are you afraid of being punished by me, and then you want to wait until you win before returning in triumph?" The emperor's voice suddenly became louder, and he said angrily: "What are you pretending to do with your head?! If you want to use this method, you need to have this ability. After three or four consecutive defeats, you should know how weak your strength is. Come back and report, isn't it because you lost ten times in a row? This time, more than 1000 soldiers were lost, and the soldiers of the imperial court are still being lost there! Someone, drag him out and behead him!"

There was a minister who was acquainted with the minister's father. When he saw that his good friend's son had an accident, he immediately stepped forward to plead with the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, although he is guilty, he is not guilty of death, and he is General Li Zheng's son." My son is the son of a meritorious official, please show your kindness to General Li as a meritorious official, Your Majesty."

The emperor didn't want to look at this person too much, but he still wanted to give face to the hero, so he said: "Okay, for the sake of General Li, I will spare you from death, but the crime of living is hard to forgive, so you will be removed from the post of Minister of the Ministry of War."

Li Zhi said: "Thank you, Your Majesty Long En." After saluting, he withdrew.

The emperor looked at the ministers expressionlessly and asked: "Ai Qing, who is willing to take over this matter?"

He waited for a while, but no one made a sound, so he said: "Since all the lovers don't want to, then I can only choose one lover to deal with." He looked around the ministers, his eyes stayed on Liu Lingyan and said : "Liu Aiqing, are you willing to take over?"

At this time, if the person appointed by the emperor refuses, it is really fatal, so Liu Lingyan had no choice but to say: "Yes, I am willing to take over this job."

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The emperor finally showed a smile and said: "Okay, then leave it to Liu Aiqing."

Liu Lingyan said: "Yes, I will definitely handle this issue properly."

The emperor said: "Okay, is there anything else you want to discuss? If not, then retreat."

After all the ministers bid farewell to the emperor, the emperor left the hall and went back to the bedroom. On the way, he saw the eunuch next to him looking suspicious. If he wanted to ask someone he dared not ask, he asked him, "Do you want to ask anything?"

The personal eunuch immediately bowed his head and said, "I dare not ask."

The emperor said: "I tell you to say it."

The personal eunuch had no choice but to express his doubts. He said: "The problem of the bandits in Maxing Town, Shaanxi Province may be said to be a trivial matter, but it is a very troublesome matter. If it cannot be completely cured, it will be a permanent problem. It cannot be completely eliminated this time. There will definitely be a next time, this matter has been handed over to Prime Minister Liu, and he should be responsible for any problems in the future, so this problem may have to be dealt with by others before he retires and returns to his hometown, but if it can be cured, the local The officials and Mr. Li also solved it early in the morning, and this problem will not exist until now. I don’t think even the elite soldiers of the imperial court can be eliminated. In addition to Mr. Li’s lack of strength, there should be those bandits. The problem may be very serious, so The servant wondered why the emperor had to hand over this hot potato to Prime Minister Liu? The servant remembered that the emperor said before that these small and troublesome matters should not be handled by Prime Minister Liu. But I won’t make my friends too hard, so I never handed over these small things to Prime Minister Liu before, but recently I feel that the emperor always leaves some small and troublesome things to Prime Minister Liu, just like the last time Fanbang asked to be with Prime Minister Liu. Our country is open to trade, and the emperor also handed over this trouble to Prime Minister Liu."

The emperor looked at him and said, "Xiao Shunzi, you really know that."

Xiao Shunzi immediately knelt down in fear and said, "Please appease the emperor, the servant is just curious and has no intention of offending the emperor."

The emperor smiled and said: "Get up, I'm not angry, I just didn't expect you to notice it, he didn't seem to notice it, he didn't complain at all, but it's good, so I don't worry about it."

Xiao Shunzi looked at him inexplicably, the emperor saw it, and said: "I entrusted him with these things to test his strength. It is naturally best if he can handle them well, but he can't even handle these small things well. It's useless."

Seeing that the emperor was willing to answer his question, Xiao Shunzi bravely continued: "But Prime Minister Liu is a pampered person, this case may be very dangerous for him."

The emperor told a story that had nothing to do with him: "It is because of this that he is allowed to deal with it. If he dies like this, it will be his life too. It also shows that his strength is nothing more than this. Let's go." He said After that, he continued to walk forward, ignoring Xiao Shunzi who was still full of doubts.

Xiao Shunzi also wanted to ask him, didn't the emperor already know about Prime Minister Liu's talent, so he would reuse him before?Why is it necessary to test Prime Minister Liu's strength now?The prime minister is obviously a civil servant, why should he deal with military affairs?Why do you always feel that the emperor uses Liu Cheng rather than playing chess?He obviously paid so much attention to it before, but when he saw that the emperor didn't want to say more, he stopped and didn't continue to ask, and quickly walked back to the emperor who was far away from him.