Sheng Shi Merciful Light

Emperor Deguang's four policy questions involved land annexation and the reopening of border trade, which really challenged the nerves of Daxing's senior management, because it is not clear whether this is the intention of the emperor alone, or whether the two brothers of the Tian family are in partnership... …

The nature is completely different. If it is only the idea of ​​Emperor Deguang, there is room for it; if it is the king of Chu... everyone wash their necks and wait.

For trivial matters that do not involve wealth or life, generally no one is willing to confront the King of Chu.If it involves a major matter of wealth and life, it must be a great violation of the laws of great fortune, and it is useless to do it against it.So everyone was abused and abused, and they got used to being abused, and everyone was very well-behaved.

After the palace examination, there were a total of three days of reviewing the papers. During the period, apart from setting the border defense change, another major event was that King Zhong took the evidence found in Jiangzhou and used a prison car to escort nearly half of the officials involved in the case in Jiangzhou, including the Jiangzhou prefect. , returned to Tianjing City.It made all officials in the world, especially those in the south of the Yangtze River, feel in danger.

After all, there are more fields in the south of the Yangtze River, and the merger is even more powerful. Almost all officials have contacted their "someone in the court" to inquire about the news.The court officials are also in danger, so they naturally pay attention to the attitude of the Tian family, and they secretly connect with each other and think it is a secret.

But fortunately, Emperor Deguang stayed behind. In order to avoid turmoil in the disaster year, he did not deal with it at the court meeting. Instead, he and Zai Zhi quickly punished the officials involved in the case in Jiangzhou at the Xiaochao meeting. The charges were only prominent. Corruption, vague occupation of land.King Zhong was greatly rewarded, and there was no intention of further investigation after that.

However, it is useless for the emperor not to pursue it.Everyone watched the King of Chu tremblingly, and when they saw that he hadn't moved, they breathed a sigh of relief.The military general who wanted to watch the excitement didn't provoke him, because the general who could match up with the king of Chu was definitely the general who sealed off the border, and annexing some land was just a daily routine... Anyway, no one is clean.

If the king of Chu wants to annex the land, it is no better than touching the unspoken rules of the imperial army-this is really an enemy of the world!

Mu Ci is so perceptive, and with the Night Walker in his hand, he has long been aware of the undercurrents in Tianjing City, but he didn't plan to take care of the land annexation early on.So he lived his life as usual, he did what he had to do, and arrived at Jingbu Wharf early in the morning to bid farewell to Mei Rong.

There are many cargo ships at the Yuhe Wharf, so Mei Rong chose the Jingbu Wharf at the canal in the suburbs of Beijing. This is usually the place where passenger ships with no large cargoes dock.Mu Ci didn't want to cause a big commotion, so he kept his car simple, and went out with Mei Rong before dawn, explaining all the things he had to do when he arrived in the fief, especially the construction of the new grain road.

The two are in the period of passionate love, and last night they formally became partners with the soul as a contract. It was the time when they were glued together, and they suddenly had to be apart for ten days and a half months...the pain of lovesickness began before they separated.Fortunately, both of them are rational and career-oriented men, so they have no intention of canceling the trip regardless.

The ship was about to leave, but Mei Rong still hugged Mu Ci tightly.After all, it was a public place, and I didn't kiss deeply as I wanted, but I really didn't want to part with it, and it was hard to part with each other.

Seeing that Mou Yu and the others felt a little distressed.

About to miss the auspicious time for sailing, Mu Ci patted Mei Rong to let go, took out her prince jade from her bosom, tied the jade around Mei Rong's waist with her own hands, and said: "This is the jade that represents my prince's status." The card is more important than the jade card of King Chu's status. Seeing the card is like seeing me in person. Don't be scruples about what you do, just do what you have to do. If anyone dares to delay the construction of the grain road, it will be dealt with according to military law... I already know Li Xiang, who knows how to seal land, let him cooperate with you. Remember! You are my partner, don’t be afraid of anything, I will always be your most solid backing.”

Mei Rong smiled brightly, raised her hand to gently stroke Mu Ci's tender cheeks, her voice was so low and soft that it could melt into soft water: "If you are short, don't worry, I will finish the task and come back soon."

Mu Ci held Mei Rong's hand and stared at him intently: "You take a French supervisory officer there first, and then the 'Sharp Knife' Battalion formed by Shi Zhi will also be sent there. In addition, I will send three hundred brocade guards to protect you with you. Don’t be too cumbersome, take it with you wherever you go. The fief was first established, where all the prisoners of war were thrown, and there are spies from the border country, the situation will be more complicated and even chaotic... You must put your own safety first, your life is not yours Alone."

"I know!" Mei Rong had never seen Mu Ci showing such a worried look, and knew that she was taking herself too seriously.Unable to restrain himself, he dragged Mu Ci into the cabin, closed the door and pressed her behind the door, and kissed him deeply, entrusting his endless love and lovesickness that had already begun.

I haven't seen anyone for ten days and a half months, and I'm so in love.

Until Mou Yu lightly knocked on the door wall and reminded: "My brother will enter the palace today."

Only then did Mei Rong open the door, gently pushed the person out, and also said: "Take care of yourself, take medicine if you feel uncomfortable, don't let me worry about you outside."

"Understood." Mu Ci smiled at him.

"Let's go, I'll watch you go!" Mei Rong clasped the door panel with one hand, he didn't expect it to be so difficult to part with Mu Ci, he almost wanted to lift Mu Ci on his shoulder and take him away together.

No, Mu Ci also has his own responsibilities, and Tianjing City cannot do without him.

Mu Ci turned around, looked back at Mei Rong, smiled and nodded at him, then got off the boat, got into the carriage, and left without looking back.At the same time, Mei Rong's car also stowed the anchor and set sail to the north.

Mei Rong didn't know yet that although the time of separation was not long this time, many things happened that he would never regret in his life.If time could be turned back, he would definitely carry Mu Ci away without hesitation at this moment.

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Mu Ci enters the palace, and Mou Yu is by his side.

Seeing Mu Ci's lips that were still rosy after being kissed, Mou Yu put his arms around his shoulders and laughed at him: "I've never seen you so worried and reluctant to be alone... It seems that you really love him!"

"Yeah," Mu Ci's eyes flashed a trace of worry, "I don't know why, I always feel that something will happen, and I don't feel at ease."

These words startled Mou Yu: "Do you want to strengthen your defense?"

"Strengthen!" Mu Ciying said calmly, "Don't worry too much, the soldiers will cover you with water and earth."

"That's the only way." Mou Yu nodded.

Mu Ci looked sideways at Mou Yu again: "During this time, you have been following me, the imperial army's deployment, joint military exercises, you let go of these things, why don't you just go and watch them?"

"You don't need me, Bai Lin is more capable than me. I couldn't help you in the past, and I'm even annoying." Mou Yu stretched out his arms around Mu Ci's shoulders, "I plan to let go of the matter of guarding the Sixth Army, and I won't care about the staff in the future. As for the specific affairs, it is enough to protect you. Your value is greater than a million troops."

"That is!" Mu Ci said without self-effacing.

Mou Yu: "...you are really immodest." But he just joked casually, and said, "The envoys and the border have also stepped up intelligence collection."

"be careful!"

"You must also be careful, your own safety is the priority." Mou Yu urged.

"En!" Mu Ci responded.

Arriving at the Taiwei Hall on the left side of the Zichen Hall, it is the place where the inner court handles government affairs.The marking of the palace examination is carried out here.Today happened to be the 25th, and the rest day was not early. Emperor Deguang called Mu Ci into the palace at this time, just to invite him to read the palace examination answer sheet. After all, the four policy questions are related to the national economy and the people's livelihood.

Emperor Deguang was impatient, and he was already waiting at the inner door of the central hall. He smiled when he saw Mu Cixi, and hurried over to hold his hand and walked to the Taiwei Hall together, saying: "The Gongsheng students this time are indeed excellent, with a lot of talents. Policies are well done.”

"Okay, congratulations third brother for getting another talent." Mu Ci said sincerely.

"Congratulations." Emperor Deguang smiled even more happily, looked at Mou Yu on the left and right, waved back the servants who followed him, and said in a low voice, "General Dinghai went to the north?"

"Ok!"

"How long will it take for the new grain road to work?" The reason why Emperor Deguang paid attention to Mei Rong was because Mei Rong's trip was of great importance. In name, he was inspecting various industries in the fiefdom of the king of Chu, but in fact he was going to build the new grain road—this relationship To the stability of the entire northwest border.

"The roadbed has been repaired earlier, and the craftsmen from Julu who followed Xinghai set off. The new road construction materials have already been transported by sea. The prisoners of war will be recruited to repair the road." Mu Ci said.

Emperor Deguang liked to hear Mu Ci's steady and calm voice the most, like gurgling water soothing his heart, he felt that he could be at peace with his ninth younger brother, so he squeezed Mu Ci's hand: "Thanks to you!"

Otherwise, there will be a shortage of food throughout the country this year. If food and grass cannot be guaranteed at the border, if Xiliang and Beirong invade the border, it may not be able to stop it.

"The envoys from Santai, the neighboring country in the south, have arrived. You can ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to negotiate with them in secret about the purchase of grain, transport it from the coast to the newly built Jiugui Port in the fief, and send it to various defense areas along the border grain road." Mu Ci's new port in the fief , officially named "Jiugui", which means "ninety-nine returns to one", and it is also hoped that nine out of ten fleets will return, and [-]% is already an extremely perfect figure.

After entering the Taiwei Hall, the three ministers reviewing the papers, Zhao Rui, the scholar Chengzhi, Li Yuanjing, the Minister of Zhongshu, and Guan Han, the scholar of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, were all there, saluting the emperor and the king of Chu.Emperor Deguang waved his hand to let everyone continue to work, and they have entered the stage of registration and admission.

Only the ten test papers with the most excellent results were submitted to the emperor's imperial examination, waiting for the imperial approval of the three tripods.Emperor Deguang excitedly showed Mu Ci the top ten.Mu Ci always glanced at it and put it aside, her expression rarely changed.

Emperor Deguang observed Mu Ci's expression carefully, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed: "Ninth brother, is there nothing worth seeing?"

"Huh?" Mu Ci looked up, quickly understood what Emperor Deguang asked, and said calmly, "My way of reading documents is different from ordinary people. You can decide the ranking, and I have no opinion."

"This one……"

"Enke's appointment as an official is the authority and responsibility of you, the emperor. You can handle it yourself, and I have no right to interfere." Mu Ci said again, "I just came to see the answer sheet, and show me everything."

"Oh, oh..." Emperor Deguang hurriedly agreed, and asked Zhao Rui to bring all the copied and read test papers.

Zhongshu servant Li Yuanjing showed hesitation, Zhao Rui didn't care about it, and ordered the servant to carry all the test papers.Mu Ci read one by one, and only glanced at each copy, never taking a second look, and it took no more than three seconds for each copy.

This reading speed is not called ten lines at one glance, but the whole article at one glance!

Emperor Deguang suddenly remembered: My nine younger brothers read books like this, and they can remember everything at a glance. They are so unique that they are no longer of the same species as ordinary people.

The reason why Mu Ci read the strategies and theories of these fortunate future pillars was to see their views on several major national events.Gongsheng came from all over the country, basically representing the views and attitudes of the people from all over the country, especially the scholars, on the re-opening of the tea-horse trade market and other national government affairs...

After reading it, Mu Ci reclined in the soft chair with her eyes closed, making minor adjustments to her future plans in her mind.Emperor Deguang wanted to speak, but just as he opened his mouth, Mou Yu, who was guarding behind Mu Ci, quietly stopped him with gestures.

Mu Ci was deep in thought, so she shouldn't be disturbed.

Emperor Deguang didn't wait long, and Mu Ci quickly opened his eyes, his eyes were clear and piercing, as if piercing through all the illusions, conspiracies and schemes in the world of mortals.But his expression was still calm, and he only said to Emperor Deguang: "I'm done, and you can take care of the rest yourself. I have to go to my uncle's house today to eat... let's go first!"

Without waiting for Emperor Deguang to persuade him to stay, Mu Ci turned to ask Zhao Rui, "By the way, is the test paper of Wang Zhihong, the eldest son of Prime Minister Wang, within the best ten?"

For a moment, Zhao Rui didn't know what King Chu meant, was he trying to squeeze the eldest son of Prime Minister Wang into the top ten?Li Yuanjing, Zhongshu's assistant, couldn't bear it any longer, and snorted coldly, expressing his dissatisfaction with Chi Guoguo's high-level cheating.

Mu Ci didn't even bother to pinch his eyelids, she just looked at Zhao Rui asking for an answer.

Zhao Rui was silent, and based on past experience, he decided to tell the truth: "I didn't make it into the top ten!" He had just matched his name, although the eldest son of Wang Xiang performed better than usual in the palace examination this time, and his opinions were somewhat insightful, but it was too well-behaved , was not pleased by the enterprising Emperor Deguang, did not enter the top ten, but only the top [-].

"Oh, then I'm going to Cengfan today. If the results come out tomorrow, I won't be impeached by Yushi, right?" Mu Ci didn't care about himself. He was only worried that if Wang Zhihong got a good ranking tomorrow, he might be impeached for cheating. , affecting Wang Zhihong's reputation.

So I was worried about this!Zhao Rui breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "Probably not."

"That's all right!" After Mu Ci finished speaking, she turned around gracefully and left Taiwei Hall.

Emperor Deguang glared at Li Yuanjing, who used the heart of a villain to measure the belly of a gentleman, turned around and chased after him: "Ninth brother, don't be angry, wait for me!"

Li Yuanjing knew that he had misunderstood the magnanimous King of Chu, and his face was flushed with embarrassment.

Zhao Rui said to him: "Your Majesty Li, don't worry, Your Highness won't care about you." But His Majesty remembers you... Integrity is upright, but you dare to show Chu Wang's face in front of His Majesty the "brother control". I'm not sober.It's better to leave the center early and go somewhere safer.

Emperor Deguang caught up with the ninth younger brother, took his hand and smiled apologetically: "Are you angry?"

Mu Ci's brows were flat: "No way," suddenly changing the subject, "Within five days, all the numbers for changing defenses going north must be ready!"

Emperor Deguang frowned, waved his servants to leave, and asked, "Why is it earlier? The Privy Council has just applied for a joint military exercise between the two armies."

"It's fine to mobilize troops and march quickly as the content of the competition." Mu Ci said.

"Okay..." Emperor Deguang hesitated, but still asked, "Why the sudden advance?"

"Instead of being passive and waiting to be beaten, it's better to take the initiative!" Mu Ci said.

Emperor Deguang was in a hurry: "Ninth brother, you won't mess around, right?" If you take the initiative to start the border war, you will definitely be sprayed to death by the censor, and there is a shortage of food this year, so the outcome of the fight is unpredictable.

"When did I mess around?" Mu Ci asked back, serious.

Emperor Deguang: "..." It is impossible to refute.

Indeed, Mu Ci never messes around, but she is never afraid of making things big.

Mu Ci finally said: "By the way, the grandson of Prince Ding's Mansion wants to lead the army to the north, please approve it."

"He..." Emperor Deguang shook his head, "Uncle Ding came to say hello and asked me not to approve it. This year's border is also particularly dangerous."

This year's warm winter, Beirong and Xiliang were baptized by locust plagues, the pastures were destroyed, and many people and animals died because of the late spring cold.Originally, the children and grandchildren didn't have to go to the border at all, and it seems that the ninth brother will make a big move...

Does the ninth brother have no feelings for him at all?

Hate because of love? ?

"Approve it, the eagle should have a chance to spread its wings." After Mu Ci finished speaking, she left the palace.Emperor Deguang stared at Mu Ci's thin but tall back, with a smile on his lips, in a daze...

Mu Ci thought that no one would hug her to sleep at night, and the Chu Palace would not be warm anymore, so she planned to go to her uncle and aunt to get some warmth.As a result, I entered my uncle's house, but found that the atmosphere was a bit weird.

When Wang Youlun was at home, he was a little surprised and flustered when he saw Mu Ci, but he wanted to pretend to be calm.Auntie's expression of thanking Wang was also a little unnatural. When she saw Mu Ci, there was a trace of pity in her loving eyes, as well as some hesitation.

Mu Ci just pretended she didn't notice anything, and said calmly, "Auntie, what are you going to cook for lunch?"

When Xie Wang heard this sentence, his heart calmed down, he pulled Mu Ci to smile and said: "You, I know you are greedy, so tell me, Auntie will make you whatever you want."

"Eat some homemade food. The chive box you made last time is delicious. I still want to eat it." Mu Ci ordered, and Xie Wang took the eldest daughter-in-law to cook.

After all, Wang Youlun was the prime minister of a country, so he quickly calmed down. He brought his two sons to accompany him, and chatted with Mu Ci about family matters, but it didn't involve sensitive issues in the court, so Mu Ci chatted casually.

After eating the warm brand lunch, Xie Wang found that Mu Ci was a little tired, so he pulled Mu Ci distressedly.

Mu Ci said: "It's fine at home anyway, I'll rest here today."

Xie Wang hesitated, but he couldn't refuse, so Mu Ci stayed.

Mu Ci was very happy, and told Mou Yu: "Uncle's house is safe, you go and pick me up in the afternoon."

Mou Yu and Mu Ci looked at each other secretly, nodded, asked people to guard in the outer courtyard, and brought people to deal with official duties. The night guards had more monitoring tasks recently, and the information about the envoys of various countries also needed to be sorted out.

No one hugged Mu Ci, but his aunt was watching him, treating him like a child, patting him on the back, and listening to his aunt humming southern ditties, not to mention how beautiful it was.

Mu Ci quickly breathed evenly, her brows were soft, and she fell into a deep sleep.

Not long after, someone came in with light footsteps, and it was a man who heard the footsteps.

Xie Qi hurriedly got up and went over, a little anxious, lowered his voice and shouted: "How can you come here? Hurry up and hide...there are Jin Yiwei outside."

"Auntie, I came in quietly. The Jinyiwei are all in the outer courtyard. Don't worry, no one will find out." A young man spoke, not a son of the Wang family, with a low and charming voice, with a little bit of cynicism that didn't care, and a trace of indiscernibility. intimacy.

Wang Youlun chased him in, and said anxiously in a low voice, "Go! Don't disturb His Highness..."

"What's the matter? If you know it, you will know it. Could it be that he can kill me? Don't you say that he is a good man? How can we say that we are the same..." The young man's mouth was covered, and then he pushed and shoved The rustle of clothes.

The door opened, and Wang Youlun's voice faded away: "He is difficult enough, once your identity is exposed, what will it mean to him? Do you understand?"

"But it's not my fault." The young man was aggrieved, with some uncontrollable resentment.

"No one can tell what happened back then. Let's go! It's too dangerous for you to go to Beijing to take the exam suddenly! Don't come to my house again, I'm afraid something will happen to you..."

"Falling into a sweet dream", Mu Ci's mouth curled up slightly...