Promotion Letter for the Chief Executive

Zhao Can hurried over, intending to say a few nice words, explaining that she didn't mean anything like that.

It's just trying to please peace, after all, Zhao Can doesn't believe in the so-called "lanterns for good news".Who knows that it is not obvious on the surface, but in fact he is not happy about the drafting of women into the palace, right?

But he pretended so well that he deceived himself.

Ping'an didn't really want to vent his anger, Zhao Can made a small fuss like this, and then slowly turned around.Unable to lose face, he raised his foot and lightly kicked Zhao Can, "Okay, it's getting late, His Majesty should go to bed."

"But I think it's still early." Zhao Can grabbed Ping'an's ankle and rubbed it with his fingers. "There are still many things to do."

"What are you doing?" Ping An glared at him.

Zhao Can said with a smile, "Isn't the empress planning to attend the bed? This is your duty, how can you be negligent?"

"Anyway, I can't give birth to a little prince." Ping An lazily said, "Without a child by my side, I'm afraid I won't be able to sit securely in this back seat. If that's the case, what's the use of being courteous?"

Zhao Can smiled and said, "Because I don't have any children by my side and rely on my doting to live, the empress should be more courteous to please me. As long as I am happy to serve you, it doesn't matter if you have children or not?"

As he said, he threw himself on Pingan, "The queen will obey me!"

Hearing the words like a bandit's declaration, Ping An couldn't help being stunned for a moment.Is this the emperor or the bandits? Did your design collapse?

This stay has already missed the best opportunity to struggle and escape, being completely suppressed by Zhao Can, there is no possibility of turning over again.

Satisfied, Zhao Can buried her head in the nest of Ping'an's neck and rubbed it, and suddenly smelled a faint fragrance.He grabbed the placket of Ping An's clothes and sniffed again, but the fragrance disappeared.Zhao Can didn't believe in evil, and changed a few places, all of which were the same.

Seeing his tossing about like this, Ping An couldn't help asking, "What are you looking for?"

"What did you put on your body? There is a faint fragrance." Zhao Can said.

"What nonsense, I never burn incense, and you don't know about it." Ping An couldn't understand and accept the habit of carrying a sachet with him in ancient times, so he never used it on his body.But he thought for a while, and said, "Perhaps it's because of the incense in the room."

"No." Zhao Can said, "I am very familiar with the smell of ambergris, it's definitely different."

"But there's really no fragrance." Seeing that Zhao Can was about to take off his clothes to look for it, Ping An said hastily.

Zhao Can thought for a while, then put her head on him again, and after a while, she really smelled that fragrance.

"I see!" He raised his head and stared at Ping An, "This is your body fragrance, Ping An..."

Before he finished speaking, he was kicked away by the unbearable Ping An.Still smelling good, Pingan shook the goosebumps on his body, is this kind of word suitable for a 27-year-old man like him? !It's not that boudoir who was carefully raised since childhood!

Thinking of Miss Shengui, Ping'an's complexion immediately sank, turned over and sat up, and said to Zhao Can who was kicked and grinning, "Don't take me for those cute little girls."

"I didn't..." Zhao Can wanted to cry but didn't know how to explain it.He did smell the fragrance from Ping An's body, and Ping An obviously didn't have any incense, so what else could it be if it wasn't body fragrance?But Ping An didn't admit it, and he couldn't insist on saying yes.

Originally in a good atmosphere, I thought I could have a good night tonight, but I didn't want to annoy Ping An with a single word. Ping An was already magnanimous to be able to go to bed tonight.

Sure enough, Ping An had already got off the couch, went out and asked someone to bring water to wash up, and then went to sleep.Throw Zhao Can aside completely.

Zhao Can could only chase after him shamelessly.Fortunately, Ping An didn't stop him, but just didn't speak to him.

After lying down for a while, seeing Ping An with his back turned to him, it seemed that he had made up his mind to ignore others, so Zhao Can had no choice but to go over to comfort him, "I must have lost my mind to say that kind of nonsense just now. Ping An , don't be angry, okay?"

"Not angry." Ping An said in a cold tone.

"Okay, I'm not angry." Although his attitude was cold, Ping An was willing to talk to him after all. Zhao Can heaved a sigh of relief, and leaned over to pull him into his arms, his lips moving on Ping An's neck, "I knew Ping An was the best."

"..." Ping An really wanted to ask him, do you know that there is something called a good person card in the world?But thinking about it, it is impossible for Zhao Can to know, so forget it.

But although he knew that Zhao Can didn't mean it, but just said that sentence casually, there was no need to be angry about it, but Ping An's heart was still not smooth. ——Or, first of all, it was because my heart was not going well, so I cared so much when I heard that sentence.

Ping An has always been a person who knows how to introspect himself. Before he returned to the room by himself, he had already figured it out.

In fact, what Zhao Can said wasn't even a joke, but if he said it seriously, it should be considered flirting.

If things were normal, even if Ping An didn't follow Zhao Can's words, he wouldn't be angry.After all, in terms of private life, Ping An has always been a person who knows how to have fun.In fact, most of Zhao Can's current tricks were taught to him by Ping An himself.

The reason why I was so excited today, and I was so sensitive that I almost turned my face when I heard a word, was because I was affected.

For Zhao Can's marriage, Ping An has always been extremely concerned about it.Even if Zhao Can promises not to marry, but in that position, he is doomed to be under pressure.Not only Zhao Can will, but Ping An will too.And he was instinctively afraid of such pressure, so he was angry with Zhao Can, but it was just to vent his anger.

Thinking about this clearly does not help Ping An.

Because the problem cannot be solved, it is still there all the time.This is very terrible for Ping An, who has been insecure since childhood and is used to controlling everything in his hands.

However, Ping An was depressed for a while, and knew very well that since this was his choice, he had to face it. Being angry would not make things better, but would instead make his relationship with Zhao Can stiff.

So he took a deep breath, turned his head and said to Zhao Can, "I can't sleep."

"Then let's do something beneficial to our physical and mental health." Zhao Can whispered.

At his age, he was at the peak of physical strength and energy. Although he was busy with government affairs on weekdays, it did not affect his enthusiasm for this matter in the slightest.In particular, he and Ping An have a good relationship. This kind of thing can make both of them feel happy, which is even more tasteful.

Ping An was not in the mood, he leaned over and kissed Zhao Can's chin, and said, "I don't want to do it today."

"Okay..." Zhao Can also knew that when it comes to this point, don't think about anything else.But Ping An couldn't fall asleep, so he had no choice but to accompany him, thought for a while and said, "Let's talk."

"As we talk, we will inevitably return to political affairs." Ping An said, "I don't want to think about it tonight. How about...can you read to me?"

Because sometimes Zhao Can had to review the memorials until late at night, so the lamps and candles used in the palace were very bright. Although it was not as good as daytime, it was still no problem to read.

So when Zhao Can heard Ping An's request, although Zhao Can was a little surprised and really didn't understand why he suddenly thought of this, he still took a book from the bedside and planned to read it to him.But was stopped by Ping An.

The books that Zhao Can placed next to his pillow were either history books or policy theories. Ping An didn't think it was a good bedtime read.After thinking for a while, he dug out the children's enlightenment textbook he sent earlier, and handed it to Zhao Can, "Read this."

"Are you sure?" Zhao Can twitched the corner of his mouth.Because it is a book for children, almost all of them are written in a very straightforward and easy-to-understand manner, as long as the teacher explains a little bit.However, in order to make it easier to recite, most of the sentences are indeed harmonious and catchy.

Ping An nodded, and buried himself under the quilt again, leaving only one face outside, looking at Zhao Can and said, "In my time, when children were young, parents would always read storybooks to them before going to bed. When I was young I have always envied such a scene.”

At this time, Zhao Can naturally knew what kind of family Ping An experienced in "that era", and felt very distressed.Hearing that Ping An said that this was a scene he envied when he was a child, he naturally no longer refused.He even smiled and joked, "Okay, baby, close your eyes and listen, and you'll fall asleep in a while."

Ping An really closed his eyes.

Zhao Can began to read sentence by sentence.His voice is very nice. As he grows older, the clear youthful voice gradually turns deep, but it doesn't look muddy at all, but has a bit more mature charm.On weekdays, when Zhao Can whispered in his ear, Ping An would feel numb in his ears.

Now it was late at night again, Zhao Can deliberately lowered her voice, making it even more deep and mellow, touching the heart.

He didn't read fast, and his tone was very soft, without any emotion. Ping An quickly calmed down in this voice. He quietly reached out and held one of Zhao Can's fingers, and then fell asleep in a daze among.

When Zhao Can finished reading an article and turned to look at him, she realized that Ping An had already fallen into a deep sleep.

His face softened, he tucked the blanket for Ping An, then he blew out the lamp and lay down himself.

Zhao Can was woken up by Ping An in the middle of the night.

He was still too dazed to react, and then he heard Ping An say in his ear, "Zhao Can, let's do it."

This sentence made Zhao Can wake up quickly.Although I don't know why Ping An got up in the middle of the night and said such a sentence, but since he opened his mouth, Zhao Can naturally would not let this opportunity pass.

It is more difficult between men. In order to take care of the safe body, the two do not indulge in sex on weekdays, and sometimes even do it once every few days.

Unfortunately, Zhao Can hadn't been relieved for several days now, and he was already ready to move, and Ping An didn't even need to do anything, just one word made him excited.

Without saying a word, Zhao Can turned over and pressed Ping An under him, biting his lip.

Ping An also put his arms around his neck and responded enthusiastically.

This reaction made Zhao Can extremely happy, and his actions became more urgent.He can feel what Ping An needs for him, and he understands what he needs for the other party more deeply.

After that, he was turned red and didn't mention it.

Because of tossing around in the middle of the night, Ping An couldn't wake up at the usual time the next day.When he opened his eyes, the sky had already brightened, and Zhao Can had already finished his morning court, and was in front of him grading papers.

Fortunately, he didn't arrange any work for himself today. When Ping An got up from the bed, he couldn't help but think happily.

After washing up, I ate something casually to fill my stomach, and went to the front safely.

From time to time, people came in and out of the Benchu ​​Hall with memorials in their hands, obviously very busy.Ping An waited for a while, and Zhao Can's work came to an end, before he stepped forward and asked him to rest for a while.

Zhao Can waved people out, and couldn't help but rubbed his neck.Sitting and approving memorials all day is also a great burden on the cervical spine.So Zhao Can often felt soreness in his shoulders and neck.

Seeing this, Ping An went over to massage him.He had learned a little massage before, but it was only in theory because there was no one around him who could make him practice it.Fortunately, the content he learned is still reliable, and after using it for Zhao Can, the effect is not bad.

"Today, someone advised me to become a queen as soon as possible in the hall." Zhao Can said in a deep voice.

Ping An's hand paused slightly, and then continued naturally, asking, "Then how did His Majesty reply?"

"Of course, according to the trick taught by Ping An, procrastinate as long as you can." Zhao Can said with a smile, "After a while, I will tell them that there are few vacant houses in the palace, and they can't choose even if they want to." A few, and for fear of wronging the ladies and gentlemen, they are only selected among the people."

Although he wanted to express his intention of not choosing noble girls to enter the palace, he couldn't say this directly, he had to give the courtiers enough face to prevent them from continuing to make noise.But if they find a subtle excuse, they will think about the deep meaning behind this matter for themselves-for example, is the emperor afraid that his relatives will take power?

At that time, they will naturally retreat, and they don't even need Zhao Can to do anything.

It was only then that Pingan remembered that there was such a reason. In fact, it was just a joke he had made before, but thinking about it now, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it.The East Sixth Palace was used for martial arts, and the West Sixth Palace lived for the late emperor's concubines, as well as some of the remaining palace people, there was really no room for Zhao Can's concubines.

Only the Liangyi Palace behind the Taiji Palace is empty.But that was the queen's residence, and there was never any reason for other concubines to stay there.

Thinking about it this way, if her own daughter really entered the palace, it would be too desolate if she didn't even have her own palace.The fiery hearts of the ministers were a little bit cold. After all, they are pampered and grown up daughters. Even if they enter the palace, they are not willing to suffer such grievances.

They had to suspect that Zhao Can had planned to use this as an excuse long ago to turn the whole palace into what it is now.

After the enthusiasm of the officials subsided a little, they were less eager for this matter.After all, for them, there are still many things to do, and it is impossible to entangle this matter all day long.It's just that I still want to remonstrate when I have time.

After the summer, the merchants who went to sea trade returned, and they brought back huge wealth, as well as special products from Nanyang, and the whole Great Chu began to be lively again.

First of all, the customs has made a lot of tariffs.

Ping An reduced the agricultural tax, and was not very polite when treating businessmen.At this time, the commercial tax was ten and three, and Ping An did not charge a cent.

He is even thinking about setting up a tax classification system.Ordinary daily necessities can be taxed, and merchants are encouraged to carry out this kind of trade to revitalize the market. As for the luxury goods industry, most of them are monopolized by big merchants, and they are all profiteering, so they can collect a little more tax.

Such "robbing the rich and helping the poor" can try to ensure that the domestic class polarization will not be too serious, and make the lives of ordinary people better little by little.As for the big businessmen, this tax will not hurt their muscles or bones.

However, this matter involves various aspects. Ping An has to think over and over again how to formulate standards, and strive to do the best. Don't find out that there are loopholes everywhere after the introduction of policies.

On this, Ping An has always been very cautious.

Because he knows that this is the beginning of the New Deal, and everything he is doing now is drawing a line for the people behind. This line must be very clear, so that no one will cross it in the future. ——But when it comes to this, the laws of Da Chu really need to be revised.

The current "Great Chu Law" was formulated by Taizu.But in fact, most of the content was copied from the previous dynasty, and it was just changed a little bit.

No revisions have been made over the years, but the imperial court has introduced many supplementary policies.As a result, in many cases, the legal provisions are different from the actual situation, or even contradicted.

However, in ancient times, because of the supremacy of imperial power, they did not pay special attention to the law, and civil cases were all based on the ingenuity of officials themselves.The people have to rely on luck to bump into a "Master Qingtian", otherwise most of them can only endure injustice.

Moreover, torture was still legal in ancient times, so there are too many unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.

With the prosperity of the market and the implementation of the New Deal, the old laws are bound to be unable to meet the current needs, so it is imperative to revise the new "Great Chu Law".

After all, there are still many things that need to be done.

Therefore, Ping An didn't have much time to spend in sorrow, and Zhao Can had done a good enough job in this matter, so he had nothing to blame.

In the autumn of the third year of Anping, the first class of martial arts students finally returned to the capital, bringing with them a thick stack of documents and various maps, as well as the population information needed by Anping.These are very precious original materials, and it took Ping An a period of time to sort them out.

Because the construction of the cement road radiates from Gyeonggi to the surrounding areas, the map brought back is also from the Gyeonggi area.There are almost no wars here, so these data are of little strategic significance. The most important thing is population data and some intricate relationships.

The performance of these students was better than what Ping An had imagined. After all, they were selected from the junior officers themselves, and they were more familiar with how to deal with the people below.Therefore, among the materials obtained, quite a few are very precious.

If Ping An is satisfied, he will naturally treat these officers much more generously.

Originally, these people were trained to win people's hearts in the army, so it is not enough to train outstanding abilities, the most important thing is to let them have a sense of belonging and honor to martial arts, and their closeness to martial arts is better than before. There are more troops in service.

Many aspects have already been done during the teaching process, and what Ping An needs to do now is the last point.

Let them graduate from martial arts in style.

So Ping An discussed with Zhao Can and decided to upgrade each of these generals by a rank.

The promotion of generals is completely different from that of civil servants.During the war years, they accumulated military merit and were promoted. After a battle, they might be able to jump four or five ranks in a row. Even at a young age, it is not impossible to become a general based on military merit.But peacetime is completely different. They need to be promoted more complicated and longer than civil servants.Among them, it depends on one's position and opportunity. It can be said that if there is no war, a military general may not be able to be promoted to the next level if he spends his whole life.

Now Dachu has made peace with neighboring countries and opened a mutual trade market. Even the borders are temporarily peaceful, and there is no war to fight.

Under such circumstances, it is a rare good thing for them to be able to advance to the first level after studying martial arts for three years.

In addition, Ping An also ordered people to carefully create a graduation commemorative medal unique to martial arts, and held a solemn award ceremony.With this medal, the road to promotion in the future will be smoother, and it also represents a kind of glory.This will become something they cherish, a capital to show off to future colleagues, and in the process, their sense of belonging to martial arts will continue to strengthen.

Even if he left, he still couldn't escape the influence of martial arts.

Moreover, the students who will enter later will also look forward to the day when they will receive the medal after seeing the scene of the award. This kind of benign internal motivation can make them more devoted to their studies.

The implementation of various means has ensured that these students will not return to their original appearance as soon as they return to the troops they belong to after graduation.For Ping An, these generals are the seeds he planted. One day in the future, when they start to take charge of the army, their actions will be recognized by others and the resistance will be minimized.

As far as the current situation is concerned, everything is going well.

Time soon came to the spring of the fourth year of Anping.