half life slave

Chapter 27 Entrusted with an important task

After the hot compress, the bruises absorbed faster, and Rong Yu moved his knees, feeling that he should be able to handle the next few hours of standing up.

So what if you can't support it?Anyway, he has no other choice, being pushed step by step until today, he no longer wants to retreat.Shen Hui is indeed elusive, with a ruthless temperament and a cold-blooded and ruthless side.He had seen all these before, but he had never personally experienced them.

But in all fairness, Shen Hui is quite tolerant towards him. Many times when the two of them are alone, he can express his opinions bluntly, and he can also refute Shen Hui's decisions. Those who don't know the content of the conversations can hear them, and I'm afraid they still think it's a normal relationship between monarchs and ministers. conversation.

At first he was a little uneasy, but Shen Hui used a conniving way to make him get used to this kind of getting along gradually.

To some extent, he has been spoiled by Shen Hui.

Leaving Shen Hui, he is nothing in this deep palace, everything he has is based on Shen Hui's trust in him, so why not make good use of it?

The sense of world-weariness has been gradually replaced by the desire to live. It is not impossible to live actively and change from a witness to a participant.

After Lin Sheng tidied up and applied the medicine for him, Rong Yu rushed to the Nuan Pavilion. Shen Huizheng was enjoying a rare moment of leisure, flipping through a volume of idle books. When he saw him coming, he didn't talk much, just glanced at him, and said casually, " If you know it hurts, you will have a long memory in the future.”

After all, he wanted to type a few words, Rong Yu bowed his head and smiled, and said yes politely.

Seeing that the heat on the teacup had dissipated, she was about to place it in front of him, but she heard him say, "The taste is not right, you can make me another pot."

Rong Yu hurriedly responded, and while taking the Dragon and Phoenix Tuan tea, Shen Hui did not look back, and said lightly, "The people on the tea are careless, this group will be punished, and then pick the good ones. From now on, you will be in front of me, Others are not allowed to intervene in the tea and tea in the study."

Is the tea you make yourself really so delicious?Or is he habitually distrusting others?Thinking that another group of people will be blamed, Rong Yu sighed silently, picked up the silver bottle and concentrated on pouring the soup.

He waited until the waiter finished tea and gave it to him, then he turned his head leisurely, glanced at Rong Yu's legs, and threw him a very small porcelain bottle, "I put some plaster on my knees at night, and I asked someone to make some plaster. It will be sent to your house in a while."

This is the way the monarch rewards and punishes, and he is also well versed in giving a sweet date with a slap.

Rong Yu hurriedly thanked him, and when he was about to bend his knees with difficulty, Shen Hui raised his hand to stop him, "Forget it, you don't have to go to bed tonight, let's go and have a good rest."

It was only then that he remembered that it was his turn to be on duty tonight, and Rong Yu felt grateful in his heart.

At night, one has to lie in a small room for the whole night, not daring to fall asleep, and has to listen to the movement with ears pricked up all night. The emperor may wake up at night, or ask for tea, in short, he must move quickly and easily. arrive.Seeing that the sky is getting colder and colder, after tossing and tossing, it is easy to snuggle up in a warm place, and it must be completely cool again when I come back to rest.

This process is really tormenting, and in addition to staying up all night yesterday, he is a little confused now, if he hadn't been on an errand in front of the imperial court and had to be very careful, his upper and lower eyelids would have been fighting.

Faced with these two sentences of real grace, Rong Yu hurriedly bowed his head and said from the bottom of his heart, "The minister accepts the decree to thank you."

In this way, even if the matter of Yang Nan passed away peacefully, Rong Yu was still young after all, and his leg injury was no longer serious after two days of convalescence.However, the previous dynasty suddenly had a storm, and it was the Hui people in Salar, Gansu who started a rebellion.

A few days later, Shen Hui hastily summoned Qin Taiyue and other cabinet ministers to discuss countering the rebellion. After all, this was the first time that there had been a war on the frontier since he came to power.

"The minister recommends a man, Cheng Renhao, the governor of Shandong. This man is quite effective in suppressing bandits in Hongze Lake. He is known for his strange and arbitrary use of troops. The emperor can send him to lead the army to suppress the rebellion in Gansu."

The person Qin Taiyue mentioned was the seventh member of the Second Class Jinshi in the 25th year of Shengping.

Shen Hui mused, "The rebels are different from the bandits, and the Salar tribe has occupied the Qilian Mountains for a generation, and fighting in mountains and waters is different. Cheng Renhao has no experience in fighting in mountains. I don't think he is the most suitable candidate. I already have someone in my heart." , Li Lian, the former governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, what do you ministers think?"

The corruption case of Li Lian, governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, was the last major case Shen Hui handled before he came to the throne. Li Lian was a veteran of the three dynasties. Pei Yanqi, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, a disciple of Qin Taiyue, wrote a letter of impeachment.This person was dismissed and sent to prison a long time ago, and is still detained in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Sure enough, Qin Taiyue took the lead in objecting, "Li Lian took credit for taking credit for corruption and perverting the law. He formed a party in Yunnan and Guizhou and ran amok. The first emperor once said that he would never recover. Now the court is not unavailable. Why do you have to use him? I am worried that if the emperor insists on doing this, it will be difficult. Ping the mouth of the world."

"Not necessarily so." Shen Hui smiled softly, "When the late Emperor was here, although he hated Li Lian for being greedy, he also cared about his many meritorious service in many years of fighting, so he spared the net and only sentenced him to be the prison marquis. People say it, but people all over the world think differently, for example, Li Songyang, the head of the Ministry of Punishment, wrote a letter today to ask Li Lian to be reinstated. Rong Yu, read Li Songyang's scriptures to the ministers."

Rong Yu took the inscription and saw a secret seal on it. He knew that recently, Shen Hui's memorials for reform had to go through the cabinet and then be submitted to the supervisor of ceremonies. Therefore, some officials are authorized to have the right to play in secret, so that they can be heard directly from heaven.

Skipping the innocuous part, he read the key words directly, "Li Lian has successively served in the frontier, he is capable, capable of conquest and war, and has a reputation for suppressing rebellion. He has not failed in the past 30 years. Please use the example of discussing performance and ability. Broaden his line, allow him to make meritorious deeds, and then set the border for the court."

Rong Yu read and thought at the same time, Shen Hui had long wanted to get back to Li Lian, and knew that Qin Taiyue would definitely oppose him, so he ordered Li Songyang to go to Shu early in the morning, and at this moment he just used it to silence Qin Taiyue and others.

Qin Taiyue pondered for a while, his face was a little hesitant, but he was still calm, "It seems that the emperor has made up his mind, and Li Lian's ability is also suitable for taking on this important task, but if he fails to suppress the rebellion this time, or he will pervert the law again Regarding this matter, I implore the emperor not to bend the law to Gu Rong again."

Shen Hui nodded slightly, and then ordered Li Lian to be taken out of the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, rewarded as a third-rank General Zhaoyong, and two days later he went to Gansu to handle military affairs.

Rong Yu saw Li Lian when he packed up and came to the imperial court to thank the emperor for his kindness.He was over fifty years old, still healthy and bright, bowed his head in front of the steps and kowtowed deeply, "Your Majesty, Long En, forgive me for my capital crime, and I will repay the grace with all my heart."

Shen Hui personally went to Yunnan to capture him and brought him to Beijing. It would be very meaningful not to kill him afterwards. Now he is released and entrusted with a heavy responsibility. If this is the case, who can not give up his allegiance to him?This sweet date is big enough and attractive enough.

Li Lian was really thinking about it, paused for a long time, then raised his head and said, "I will leave for Long in the future, and I have one thing to worry about. Please ensure that the army needs it. The so-called soldiers and horses go first without using food and grass. Don't see the 30-year peace. When they rebelled against Guangdong, they encountered the disaster of running out of food for the army."

Shen Hui frowned slightly, comforted him a few words, told him to relax, and then granted him the right to enjoy the secret performance of thousands of miles, and then waved him to leave.

It's just that after Li Lian left, the sadness between his brows became more intense, and he supported himself with his hands, groaning to himself without saying a word.

Having looked through the records of the household department under his instruction for the past few days, Rong Yu is very clear about the current financial situation, so he can't help worrying, "Since the severe drought last year in Ganshan and Shaanxi, the government's warehouses have been in a hurry to prepare food. We can only resupply by collecting grain and grass from the western Sichuan area.”

"I have promised Li Lian to guarantee the food and grass, and I can't break my promise. But although this place is well supplied, what else is there? There is always a shortage. You have read the records of the household department. It is light to say that you can't make ends meet. If at this time If there are wars and natural disasters again, I really can't afford money and food." Shen Hui sighed, "Now we reach Liaodong in the east, Xuanda in the north, Gansu in the west, and Jiaozhi in the south. The food we need for a million troops is enough for me. I have a headache."

Rong Yu was silent, and couldn't help thinking, where did the money come from, but he suddenly asked, "What do you think is the richest person in the world?"

Rong Yu was startled for a moment, and then thought, "It's salt." Recalling the history books he read in Neishutang when he was young, a flash of light flashed in his mind, "In the Northern Song Dynasty, troops were used to fight against the Liao Dynasty, and the border defense reserves were insufficient. Sino-French. It will be printed and recorded by the government, and will be recorded in the book. Those merchants who voluntarily donate food and grass to the frontier will be given salt and water according to the amount received. Your Majesty may wish to follow this method, and it may be able to solve the urgent food and grass needs of the troops.”

Shen Huibo smiled and nodded, "I also thought of this, and I am planning to promote it in Lianghuai first, so that the Ministry of Households will list and attract investment, and the salt merchants will ship the grain to the frontier fortresses. The grain received by the granary registration office will be filled in Warehouse banknotes, salt merchants hold banknotes in exchange for salt quotations and then sell them. The national salt administration belongs to the Ministry of Households, and then the capital transfer salt envoy department is set up to take charge of one party's salt administration."

After a pause, there was a faint melancholy on his face, "It's just that this matter is related to the imperial court's finances and frontier wars. It should not be underestimated. If it falls into the hands of those corrupt people, it is impossible to guarantee that they will not sell salt to enrich their own pockets. So we must A person I can trust will do it, and I will investigate suitable candidates on my behalf for the post of Salt Envoy."

Rong Yu nodded, "Then does the emperor have someone he cares about?"

Shen Hui raised the corners of his mouth, but showed a wry smile, "Nowadays, there are only a handful of people in the court that I can trust. I don't want it to fall into the hands of Qin Taiyue and his group for the fattest job in the world. Right now, I really only have One person is available." Looking back, he said in a deep voice, "Rong Yu, go to Yangzhou for me and handle this errand."

I knew he would use me sooner or later, but I didn't expect it to be so fast and so urgent.Rong Yu licked his lips and said hesitantly, "Chen... I'm afraid I won't be able to take on this important task..."

Shen Hui glanced at him with a serious face, "I can't find many people to believe in now. After Enke this year, it is still waiting to see if a newcomer will become a government official. I just ordered the Yan successor you mentioned to be Yangzhou Xuezheng. Is this person You can go to Lianghuai to investigate for me." He raised his face, and said in a questioning tone, "You are the closest person to me, and you don't want to share my worries, but only think about how to shirk the errand?"

Speaking of this, if he refuses again, he will be labeled as unwilling to share his worries, Rong Yu can only bow deeply, "I am grateful for the trust of the emperor, and I will do my best for the mission entrusted by the emperor. "

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