Sheng Shi Merciful Light

This question was so shocking that Emperor Deguang almost jumped up: "I never thought about it, Brother Jiu, why do you doubt me?"

The tone was anxious, angry and wronged, almost crying.

Mu Ci didn't answer, but asked casually, "You know Ye Xingwei, right?"

Emperor Deguang: "..." Logically, he shouldn't know Ye Xingwei's secret, but at this moment...he can't lie to the ninth brother, is he going to say he knows it, or pretending to be stupid?

Without waiting for him to express his opinion, Mu Ci motioned to Mou Yu behind him to take out a box. Mu Ci opened it with a special key and pushed it to Emperor Deguang.Emperor Deguang had seen this box specially containing the secrets of the night guards - this was the forbidden area of ​​the first emperor, and it was given to the ninth brother.Emperor Deguang didn't dare to touch it for a while.

The king of Chu controls the night guards, monitors all officials, and catches whoever's pigtails he wants to catch.Combined with Mu Ci and asked "Are you trying to kill me?" Could it be mine...Emperor Deguang's eyes gradually filled with panic...

But when he looked back on what he had done, he never apologized to Ninth Brother in private. After a moment of panic, he felt like "I didn't do anything bad", "I'm sitting up straight, and I'm not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night." The calmness, but also the sadness and grievance of being wronged.

Seeing Emperor Deguang's reaction, Mu Ci pushed the box over in a calm manner: "Look!"

Emperor Deguang gathered himself together, picked up the file in the box and quickly looked through it, which recorded the whereabouts of Meng Zhi, the official censor whom he appointed.

Meng Zhi was originally a servant in the Ministry of Rites, and the Song family married by his youngest son was Xie's niece.Because of this relative who had turned a corner, Meng Zhi worked hard at Concubine Xie, and Concubine Xie mentioned a few words to Emperor Deguang, using the excuse of "cultivating his own team" to persuade him to appoint Meng Zhi as the imperial doctor.

At that time, Zhao Jiu hadn't taken office yet, and Wang Youlun's own qualifications were slightly inferior, so he didn't stop Emperor Deguang's appointment with the reason of "poor qualifications".

The appointment was nothing, the relationship between in-laws and old relatives was really complicated in the court, no one was a pure minister, everyone had family and friends, it was understandable for the emperor to appoint several direct descendants.Although the position of Doctor Yushi is a bit subtle.

What is contained in the secret box of Ye Xingwei is that Meng Zhi, as the head of the speech officer, has many bad deeds of accepting bribes to decide his speech position.When Emperor Deguang saw one of the pieces of paper, his pupils shrank slightly, and his hands couldn't help shaking a few times...

Mu Ci glanced at the piece of paper, and wrote lightly: "This was obtained in Meng Zhi's study. Although most of it was burned, I can't read the full text, but the key words can be seen. Keep an eye on me for this military exercise. There is no signature, but this handwriting...Third brother, although this handwriting is slightly beautiful, I have seen you write this kind of handwriting."

This sentence is not a question, but a statement in a flat tone. The voice is neither high nor low, but it trembled a few times as if the whole body of Emperor Deguang was shaken by a thunderstorm. The remaining piece of paper was unconsciously pinched into the palm of his hand. Kneaded into fly ash.

But Emperor Deguang didn't immediately argue that he didn't do it, but remained strangely silent.

Mou Yuwei Bucha narrowed his eyes.

Mu Ci didn't seem to notice the abnormality of Emperor Deguang, he seemed a little bored, or tired, and propped his chin to eat the snacks on the table, causing Mou Yu to squint again, but still didn't move.

Emperor Deguang saw that his ninth younger brother was lazy and casual, like an elegant kitten, and he just thought it was so cute and wanted to scratch it.Thinking about it again, Jiudi took the snacks he had prepared just like he was at home, and ate them as soon as he opened his mouth. He didn't think about drug testing, and somehow he calmed down again.

Emperor Deguang threw down the ball of paper in his palm, patted the ashes on his hands and smiled, and asked softly, "Ninth brother, do you want another glass of milk? Otherwise, make hot soy milk to avoid choking."

"Do you have tofu nao?" Mu Ci ordered.

"Yes, I'll ask the chef to do it."

"Well, don't add spices, just add some sugar to the tofu, the taste is too mixed for me to like."

"it is good!"

Mou Yu: "..." It means that he is really calm about the sudden change of painting style of the two brothers.

Li Hai, who was listening tremblingly, really knelt down.King Chu, are you scared to death?Is it intentional?Fortunately, when the crisis was over, he felt cold sweat all over his back, but he didn't dare to show any abnormality, and he didn't dare to question the King of Chu.

The two brothers shared a bowl of tofu and ate dim sum together.

The atmosphere was quite warm, and Emperor Deguang explained: "I know that Meng Zhi has a relationship with the Xie family, but I don't know that Meng Zhi has a bad character, and I don't know that someone ordered him to target you. Of course, the ninth brother also believes that I will not instigate Meng Zhi or anyone else will do things that are not good for you." But it didn't say that Concubine Xie recommended or mentioned that handwriting. Although Emperor Deguang no longer tried to ease the relationship between the two parties, he would not do anything to provoke, he could only vaguely say Second, whitewash the peace.

Mu Ci seemed to have forgotten that, and just said: "I understand you, the emperor has his own style of administration, and you also have your own ideas, so there is nothing wrong with appointing a few people who are easy to use."

Emperor Deguang was so touched, he hurriedly said something like "the father's way has not been changed for three years", but he really thought as Mu Ci said, he was not as tough as the first emperor, and his control over the court was naturally not as good as that of the first emperor. It is not even as authoritative as the king of Chu.He just wanted to promote a few trusted people, and he didn't want to fight against the ninth brother in the future. He just wanted to do things smoothly, and don't keep making trouble for him.

And Doctor Yu Shi's position is very important, because he is a relative of Xie's family, he believed it, but it happened to be such a person, it was a slap in the face...and even hurt his ninth brother.In fact, Meng Zhi had been targeting the ninth brother, and Emperor Deguang was a little unhappy, but before he got angry, the ninth brother came to him to ask for an explanation, and he felt a little "jumping into the Yellow River to wash away".

Fortunately, the ninth brother is extremely wise and will not misunderstand him.

In front of outsiders, Emperor Deguang was a thick and introverted man, but now he looked at Mu Ci with a look of begging for mercy. Meng Zhi is demoted, do you have a better candidate? I will definitely do it." He also set aside one of the resources in his hand, ceding the land and paying compensation.

Hearing this, Mu Ci didn't look very happy, just neither happy nor sad, she glanced at him indifferently.

Emperor Deguang sighed, gritted his teeth and said, "The person behind the scenes... In short, I will give you an explanation, and no one will target you again."

Mu Ci's pure black eyes without a trace of impurities are crystal clear, pointing directly at people's hearts: "I don't care who is behind the scenes. Doctor Yushi can't have a person with a biased position and attitude. In the future, when you appoint officials, try to Abandon personal likes and dislikes, don't rely on cronyism. Merit is the right thing to do."

"Yes, third brother knows." Emperor Deguang was very happy after being taught a lesson.After all... If the ninth brother didn't even want to teach him a lesson that day, it would be the end of the day.

Mu Ci added: "Censor Zhongcheng Su Yan is strong, unafraid of power, and has enough prestige and qualifications. He is a good candidate."

Emperor Deguang was never a fool. Although Su Yan had some relationship with the ninth younger brother, they were not very close, and they were not close to the King of Chu.To put it bluntly, that guy Su Yan doesn't recognize his relatives, he only recognizes justice and justice, he dares to speak out, and he is not afraid of life and death. Emperor Deguang has been distorted by Su Yan many times because he doesn't like to go to Empress Mei. In particular, Su Yan would bombard him mercilessly...

Su Yan is indeed a good candidate to be the imperial censor. The ninth brother recommended this person, and he is really dedicated to serving the public.

Emperor Deguang held Mu Ci's hand tightly: "Ninth brother, you are dedicated to the public and broad-minded, third brother is not as good as you.

Mu Ci shook the emperor's hand back: "Third brother, don't say that you are not as good as you are. Our brothers are united, and the benefits can cut gold. If you and I are separated, you will never benefit from our brothers, and it is not a blessing for the country."

Emperor Deguang nodded: "Exactly!"

After finalizing the matter of Doctor Yushi, Mu Ci handed the key to open the night guard box to Emperor Deguang. In his surprised expression, Mu Ci said frankly: "I plan to turn the night guard into a regular position, and at the same time expand the organization and form A secret department that guarantees national security, specializing in intelligence collection and analysis, anti-espionage, and maintaining national internal security.”

Emperor Deguang was hit by a huge surprise, and he couldn't believe it: "Wait... What do you mean, Ninth Brother?"

"You're not mistaken. I shouldn't be in charge of the Night Guard, but I'm not handing over the Night Guard to you. Of course, you are the emperor, and the security department composed of the Night Guard should be directly led by you, but it is not your private property." ,do you understand me?"

"Understood, it is handed over to the country." Emperor Deguang already had the concept of the country. Guangdi is not so powerful and domineering because of his superior position, so... he is more acceptable, so he can be brainwashed.

As the saying goes, "Teaching by example is worse than teaching by words", and Mu Ci has been using her little by little actions to slowly influence Emperor Deguang's three views.

Mu Ci was quite satisfied with this answer, and for the first time, she showed a warm and light smile to Emperor Deguang, which was also her appreciation for Emperor Deguang.

When Emperor Deguang saw such a smiling face, his mood was soaring, and he felt a sense of happiness that he was finally recognized and loved by his ninth brother through his own efforts.

However, Ye Xingwei turned into a full-time official, and the decision to hand it over to the country is very important. Emperor Deguang couldn't help but look at Mou Yu... After all, Mou Yu is the commander of Ye Xingwei, and he is the patron saint left by the late emperor to the ninth younger brother.Mu Ci didn't intend to let Mou Yu step down, so he said, "Brother will discuss with you about how to change it." Then he said, "I will send someone to the palace to send you some recent important secret files. Look, you just use this key to open it. There are two keys in total, and I have one too. Finally, keep the secret file..."

"Let it go there." Emperor Deguang expressed his opinion first.

Mu Ci raised an eyebrow.

Emperor Deguang looked a little embarrassed, and said a little embarrassedly: "In the palace... the third brother hasn't taken care of it, so I will put this confidential thing in your place for safekeeping. Let's talk about it later..."

Mu Ci thinks about it, yes, some things are leaked, and the impact is indeed great, so he doesn't stick to it, just said: "I will take care of it for the time being."

Emperor Deguang smiled and nodded: "You should take care of it, you are better than me."

It was not the first time for Mu Ci to hear Emperor Deguang's self-deprecating words, and he kept it in his heart calmly.It just so happened that Li Hai brought the tofu nao in person, and first served a bowl...to Emperor Deguang, who gave him a stare, and then naturally, the emperor personally brought the bowl to the ninth brother...

Li Hai: "..." Withdrew silently, as a good servant, he must leave this opportunity to be courteous to his master.

As a matter of course, Mu Ci enjoyed the emperor's serving of bowls, and scooped up a spoonful...

Emperor Deguang held the bowl and touched the edge of the bowl: "It's still a little hot, I made it now." He took Mu Ci's small spoon and let him cool down...and then fed him easily...

Mu Ci was only responsible for opening his mouth, and when Emperor Deguang blew, he said very casually: "The Royal Bank is under construction, and Uncle Guangling and I plan to let two Tianjing cities and sixteen state capitals be on the day of the Winter Solstice." A total of 38 bank accounts, plus two bank accounts in the northwest border area, opened for business together."

Emperor Deguang: "..." Can you not use the calm tone of "I picked up a penny yesterday", and say this kind of thing that opened 42 semicolons across the country in one breath, and is aggressively preparing to dominate the world?

The Royal Bank was owned by Emperor Deguang and his ninth brother. He was very concerned: "Why do you open so many at once?"

Isn't it hard?

Mu Ci's eyebrows were as distant as mountains, her eyes were indifferent, and her tone was gentle: "We are the Royal Bank, so we have to be so domineering and spread all over the world!"

Emperor Deguang: "..." Add a little "really domineering" tone, what will happen if I get into the play a little bit?

Mu Ci was still unhurried, and said: "Although the Casting Supervisor has improved the method of casting money, the efficiency has been improved a lot, but the production capacity is still limited...the stalls are too big, and the money is not enough. We have to invest more."

Emperor Deguang looked at Jiudi's plain expression, and felt that... no matter what, he was blindingly cute.Anyway, half of his internal treasury is not short of money, so he laughed and said: "How much is the difference, brother will make up for you." He conveniently fed a mouthful of tofu nao into Jiudi's mouth.

Mu Ci obediently opened his mouth to eat, took a few bites and swallowed before commenting: "It's very tender and smooth, and it tastes better when it's cold." Before Emperor Deguang had time to say anything, he lightly threw out a number, "8000 million [-] million money."

Emperor Deguang: "..."

"Okay, I'll ask someone to send it over in a while." Emperor Deguang was helpless, and found that he was not frightened at all by the amount worth more than three years of treasury revenue, which had already infected the calmness of the ninth brother. Ask, "Is it a proportional addition?"

"Yes!"

"Then you have to invest five or six billion yuan at a time, is that okay?" Emperor Deguang was a little worried. Although the value of the inner treasury was high, there were more real objects than money, and there was absolutely no five or six billion yuan in real money. "

Mu Ci is calm... He can be so calm all the time, which is actually another kind of domineering, so Mu Ci is very calm (dominant) and said: "Most of what we added is used as reserve funds. In fact, I don't have enough cash, but I have channels It can be financed, but how to operate it is more complicated, and I can’t explain it clearly. Anyway, the additional amount I added will be taken out in real money. After the opening, a steady stream of money will flow in, and the reserves can be retrieved at that time... Two years at most, half a year at least."

After listening to a long explanation, Emperor Deguang still didn't understand, but judging by the way the ninth brother was downplaying it, there shouldn't be a big problem, so he said with reassurance: "If you don't have enough money, you must talk to brother, you know? "Feed a mouthful of tofu nao, and don't forget to cool it down.

"Well, I'm not being polite to you." Mu Ci said vaguely, not showing any emotion at all.

Mou Yu stood by as motionless as a mountain, with a serious expression... I really want to... roll my eyes a few times at this style of painting.

Mu Ci was so impolite, he took out another piece of paper from his bosom, and said to Emperor Deguang: "Third brother, I'm so impolite, you can reimburse this fee."

"What?" Emperor Deguang took it over and looked at it.

"Aiming at the food in red, I ordered people to remodel the warship, and some new weapons were shipped over... we brothers, I will charge some costs." Mu Ci dragged the bowl by himself when he felt that the edge of the bowl was not hot. eat in the past.

Emperor Deguang: "..." He had no choice but to rub Mu Ci's head, but he was afraid that he would push the little head into the tofu brain with more strength, so he gently touched his little face, "Okay, write something Memorial, I will directly ask the Ministry of Households to allocate funds to..." He pondered for a while, then asked, "Generally, it is allocated to the Ministry of War, okay?"

"Okay, Yang Ye doesn't have the guts to withhold my money." Mu Ci readily agreed.

Emperor Deguang couldn't laugh or cry.

Mu Ci solemnly said: "Before we build the navy, we must treat those who spontaneously participate in sea battles seriously, and the compensation for casualties must not be less."

Emperor Deguang knew that with his ninth younger brother on the way, the food in red would not be a threat, so he let go of the big stone in his heart and nodded readily: "It should."

Mu Ci invited again: "This batch of new naval warfare weapons has been produced in a hurry and is not safe. I will take you to see the effect when the technology becomes more mature in the future."

Emperor Deguang didn't care: "Don't worry about it," he looked at the ninth brother, and said earnestly, "You don't have to tell me about any new output from the military factory at the Julu base, I can trust you. You don't have to worry about me having other thoughts." For example, jealousy, fear or something.

Mu Ci said with a look of "you are so strange", calmly: "Where are you going? I'm not afraid of scaring your fragile little heart. The main reason is that I set up a military factory to do business , Some weapons require your nod, so I can sell them to various military departments."

Emperor Deguang: "..."

It feels like being teased by the ninth brother... No, I was teased from the beginning to the end today, right?Emperor Deguang looked at Mou Yu—what do you think?

Mou Yu's face was still serious...then...he rolled his eyes in midair.

——You just found out?

Mu Ci pretended not to see the eyebrows and eyes of the two, and calmly said: "Third brother, take it easy, the Royal Bank will open, and someone will attack you and the royal family to fight for the people's interests, you should think about how to deal with it earlier."

This is really a headache, and Emperor Deguang sighed when he thought that he was about to appoint Su Yan, who was not recognized by his relatives, as the royal doctor.

Chatting and chatting, before I knew it, it was lunch time.When the lunch was served, the two brothers not only cleared up their suspicions, but their relationship became better, and they had a good meal happily.

Mu Ci said affirmatively to the dozen or so small bowls and dishes in front of him: "It's good to eat like this. Don't pay hundreds of dishes for a single meal. It's all for viewing. It's not arrogant to eat one bowl and throw a hundred bowls away , It’s called waste. You must know that there are many people outside the palace who can’t even get a full meal.”

Emperor Deguang nodded sharply, very happy: "Understood, as long as you like it, eat more."

He can already figure out Jiudi's preferences. He only eats a few dishes at a time, but the ingredients are fresh and the cooking method is innovative, focusing on quality rather than quantity.Emperor Deguang thought it would be good to imitate it like this, and the emperor was frugal and cared about the people, so the reputation spread outside did not know how good it was.

Do it all.

Of course, the emperor was frugal, and the concubines in the harem also had to express their opinions. Concubine Xie looked at the dozen or so small dishes in front of her, and she was ready to die.

She has been a lowly girl all her life, and because she has a good reputation for being humble, she has never eaten a luxurious royal meal, and she thought that now that her son is the emperor, she can finally get rid of all hardships.Let's eat one bowl and pour ten... No, pour one hundred... Who knows that before two days of complacency, we are forced to "frugal" with the emperor.

Otherwise, the emperor is frugal, and you, a concubine, are extravagant and wasteful, and you will be drowned in saliva.

It's been decades of hard work, and when I look back, it's still before liberation.

Originally, it was for the sake of his son's reputation, and besides, the cooking department prepared it meticulously, the ingredients were delicious, and it was a series of stir-fried dishes that were popular in Tianjing recently, even if you have money, you may not be able to eat... Concubine Xie also planned to put up with it.

But now she learned that all these changes were caused by her son currying favor with the King of Chu...

Empress Dowager Xie couldn't even eat these dozen or so small dishes.