Sheng Shi Merciful Light

On Emperor Deguang's birthday, a banquet was still held in Qingyuan Hall to receive congratulations from all officials.

When Mu Ci and Mei Rong clasped their fingers and walked into the Qingyuan Hall hand in hand, everyone was attracted by this pair who were so different, they should not have met each other, but they stood together unexpectedly harmoniously.

Mu Ci is a luminous body, his face carefully sculpted by the heavens, and his indifferent but calm eyes will always make people involuntarily attracted, and only feel that the years are peaceful, quiet and beautiful.Whether it is the hustle and bustle of the world for hundreds of millions of years, or the vicissitudes of the stars and the sea, they all fade into the background in front of him.

Only Mu Ci stood like a god, looking down at the world!

Standing next to such a wonderful person, everyone will look bleak.

But Mei Rong doesn't, even though he has non-mainstream brown hair and blue eyes, high nose and deep eyed mixed-race appearance, he still has a unique brilliance, self-confidence, calmness and elegance exuding from the inside out.Standing beside Mu Ci, she was not inferior at all.

He always has a sincere smile like a spring breeze on his face, charming and charming, and when he stares at a person with clear eyes like the sea, he always looks focused and affectionate.

Occasionally, the eyes of the two people meet, they are gentle and affectionate, and they have a tacit understanding.

Emperor Rao Deguang saw his ninth younger brother holding hands with a bearded man of mixed race, and went to the hall together.He should have been disgusted, but for a moment... he had to praise "the character is wonderful" in his heart.The furrowed eyebrows also calmed down, suppressing all emotions.

Private affairs have to be handled in private, at least not to smear Jiudi's face in front of outsiders.So Emperor Deguang just watched Mu Ci and Hu Zi sit down on the desk of King Chu holding hands.Mou Yu followed, but Shui Lianxin was missing.

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At the beginning of the birthday banquet, everyone presented gifts to Emperor Deguang in order according to their seniority and age.Because Emperor Deguang and the King of Chu were both young and focused on practical results, there were relatively few gifts that were attractive but not practical. The gifts that everyone gave were mainly practical, so I will not repeat them one by one.

What Mu Ci sent was the most practical, a horse-drawn plow.

Those who have a long-term vision can immediately see from a horse-drawn plow that the king of Chu is inclined to reopen border trade and trade horses with tea.The generals felt that this would help increase the enthusiasm of farmers to raise horses and increase the stock of lucky horses-this is a strategic material.

Thinking about it this way, I suddenly felt that the gift from the King of Chu was not inconspicuous, but rather meaningful.Of course, today's Daxing people don't know that the improved invention of the horse-drawn plow will bring about greater changes to people, and even become one of the factors that change the entire social structure.

Everyone just thinks that such a dusty farm tool can be given away, which is really... quite in line with the style of King Chu.

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Mei Rong's bloodline status doesn't necessarily mean that she doesn't need to go to court, since he came here with Mu Ci, he naturally has a gift - five hundred ships of food! !

Mei Rong smiled and said: "This is only the first batch. If His Majesty is satisfied, there will be several batches of grain arriving from Dinghai Prefecture one after another. And the first rice harvest in Dinghai Prefecture will be bumper in mid-June."

Dinghai Prefecture is located in the southeastern sea area of ​​Daxing. The terrain of the several large islands is mostly flat. Except for the mountains, forests and pastures, one-fifth of the land can be cultivated.Coupled with the good climate, at least two rice crops can be planted a year.Although Dinghai Prefecture is the No. 17 state that has just been conquered by Daxing, Mei Rong has a vision. Even if the worthless land is given to Daxing, it has the merits of expanding the territory. If it becomes a burden, it is uncertain when it will be discarded. .

He was not afraid of being busy, but he was afraid that he would be attacked by political opponents as an excuse, and Mu Ci's decision-making would be attacked incidentally.

Therefore, with the support of Mu Ci, Mei Rong obtained three seasons of rice seeds from Tai Li Chao early in the morning, hired local people, and drove the captives to open up wasteland to grow food. Only a part of the fields were opened, and there was a good output.

If Haizhou becomes Daxing forest farm, granary, and pasture, Daxing will never give up no matter how far away it is.Moreover, transporting grain across sea areas will also help the development of maritime merchants.In addition, there is a transit port built by Hongyi Dashi in Dinghai Prefecture, which happens to be stuck on the supply line of the Yuanhang Commercial Road. If it is in the hands of Daxing, the tax revenue alone can increase the country's finances by a large amount.It can also truly become a barrier for Daxing at sea.

But now, the food alone hit the itching of Emperor Deguang and the ministers. Fortunately, there were disasters everywhere this year, and the food production was reduced. It was just the time when food was needed. Mei Rong's move can be said to be a timely help.

Thinking about buying food from Taili Dynasty and transporting it to Taixing, you have to rely on the maritime power behind Meirong. For a while, Emperor Deguang and his courtiers looked at Meirong without contempt and hostility. Like a big diamond, only a smiling face greeted him.

But fortunately, the food is not for nothing. Everyone knows that the backer behind Mei Rong is the King of Chu, and it is not good to let the King of Chu suffer for the country and the people. He must buy it with money.

Besides, fortunately, what is lacking now is not money, but food.

Emperor Deguang knew that Mei Rong was supervising the construction of the entire new grain road from Jiugui Harbor in Chu to the northwest border, and indeed, as Mu Ci said, Guang Chong here...Emperor Deguang couldn't do anything to Mei Rong, besides After all, Mei Rong is Empress Mei's younger brother, so if you don't look at the face of the monk, you should also look at the face of the little prince in your belly, right?

Emperor Deguang had no choice but to turn a blind eye to his relationship with his ninth younger brother.

The biggest food crisis of Daxing was solved, and it felt that with the presence of the King of Chu, no matter how big the crisis was, it would be invisible; It is said that the wind is going smoothly, and the monarch and his ministers are very happy, so they really enjoy this birthday.

Singing and dancing, the atmosphere is excellent, and everyone's face is full of smiles.

As for whether the envoys forced their smiles or not, Da Xingjun and his ministers didn't care at all.

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At the banquet, Emperor Deguang specially summoned Mu Ci to talk with him, but Emperor Deguang didn't care, and gave up the side of the wide dragon chair to pat Mu Ci, Mu Ci didn't care, and sat down calmly, the two brothers held hands , talking side by side.

Emperor Deguang asked, "Where are the flowers in the water?"

Mu Ci wrote lightly: "He took advantage of my drunkenness to offend me, so I beat him and stabbed him, and he was rescued in the palace."

Emperor Deguang: "..."

"Don't worry, with Le Jing here, he won't be able to die for the time being," Mu Ci said.

Emperor Deguang choked for a moment, and said depressedly: "Then you and General Dinghai..."

"It's your birthday today, let's not talk about it." Mu Ci said.

Emperor Deguang: "..." What does this mean?It's because I'm afraid that I'm not happy, which means that things are definitely not as I expected.However, the ninth brother was considerate and didn't let him worry about it at this time, so Emperor Deguang sighed, changed the subject, and said, "The deputy envoy of Beirong only paid 500 million silver in property, is it true that only one will be released?" The steamed cake was brought to Mu Ci's mouth.

"Of course, everything I say has credibility." Mu Ci opened her mouth and ate the steamed cake.

Emperor Deguang saw that the ninth younger brother ate it without hesitation, and was happy, so he went to pick up other delicacies. Mu Ci also opened his mouth to eat, and then commented. The plate of food was pushed aside.

"Do you have a second hand for this trick of redemption?" Emperor Deguang still had a certain understanding of Mu Ci's intelligence.

Mu Ci rolled her eyes, put her arm around Emperor Deguang's shoulder, and whispered a few words in his ear: "From the beginning, I only planned to let them save Dahe Judao, nine of them died, some A few are nobles from a small tribe following the Dahe family."

One sentence is enough for Emperor Deguang, who already has political sensitivity, to understand.

The remaining members of the Beirong tribe who were not saved would be chilled by the Murong family and the Dahe family. Even if it could not cause disunity between their countries, it would at least be a pimple, which might break out at any time.

Emperor Deguang's eyes were full of smiles, and he wanted to pinch Mu Ci's little nose, but in the end he couldn't bear it in front of outsiders, so he hugged Mu Ci's shoulder hard, and said angrily, "Ninth Brother, you are so bad."

Mu Ci patted Emperor Deguang's hand away, continued to eat, and said: "The letter of apology will be published in the Dibao, and will be sent to Beirong by the Privy Council Confidentiality Department. It will involve the face of the country. You will be praised for saving Dahe Judao, but you will be held accountable instead."

"Well, what then?" Emperor Deguang asked again.

Mu Cidao: "The Empress Dowager Dahe is tough and domineering. She has dominated the government for more than 40 years, vigorously supporting the Dahe clan and suppressing the Murong clan. As the emperor, Murong Zhuo is still a puppet at almost [-] years old. Clan disagreement, I will tear the gap even wider, and sooner or later, Bei Rong will be unstable."

Emperor Deguang felt relieved: disharmony among superiors is a disaster for the country.Look at Xiliang Beirong as a counterexample. How many state affairs have been missed by the discord between the Xiliang prince and the fifth prince?The empress dowager of Beirong is at odds with the king, and it is not good for the country.

Fortunately, I am on good terms with Mu Ci. Ninth Brother treats his enemies as cold and ruthless as the winter frost, and his true trust in him is genuine.Thinking of this, Emperor Deguang happily fed the new food brought by his servant: "Do you like this purple pie?"

Mu Ci chewed something fried like a pumpkin pie and asked, "Is it made of taro?"

"En." Emperor Deguang fed Mu Ci another one.

Mu Ci said: "Xinghai has collected a lot of crops from overseas, and after a few months I will plant them in my field, and some of them that can be promoted will also be promoted, but I must first declare——everything that Mei Rong brings in is good. His contribution to this country must be recorded in the history books and cannot be erased for any reason."

Lineage is not a reason to deny a person's merit.

This is what it should be, even Emperor Deguang couldn't shake his head, let alone say anything bad about Mei Rong. He knew that Mei Rong had traveled all over the world for more than ten years, and it was really an inexhaustible treasure house. Pay attention to him and don't give him a chance.

Fortunately, Mei Rong met Mu Ci and understood him!Believe him!Give him a chance, protect him!

Mei Rong blossomed in Mu Ci's hands.With Mei Rong, Mu Ci is even more powerful.

After Mu Ci said this, she walked down from the throne with the plate of purple pies, returned to her own throne, sat with Mei Rong, and shared the delicious food.The two behaved intimately, their eyes intertwined, they did not allow a third party to intervene, and they did not shy away from showing the deep feelings between them in front of the world.

Emperor Deguang let out a long sigh...

It is beneficial to the country that I and my ninth brother cooperate seamlessly.And Mei Rong and Mu Ci being together, isn't it a blessing for this country?