I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country

Gu Yuanbai knew what Xue Yuan meant.

Because he is sick and weak, and because Xue Yuan likes him, whenever he feels sick, Xue Yuan will also feel uncomfortable.

He called it "bullying him".

No matter how you listen to it, it sounds like a sentence with profound meaning and the meaning of confession.

Xue Yuan was showing weakness and playing hard to get, how could Gu Yuanbai not see it.

Gu Yuanbai was irritated, and he was irritated by Xue Yuan's deliberate temptation.

Every word and every behavior is testing him, testing him time and time again, what are you trying to test him for?What do you want to see from his attitude?

Gu Yuanbai coughed so hard that he couldn't speak.When he was able to speak out and had the strength to stand up straight, Xue Yuan let go of his hand, and he didn't need to say that he knew how to back off.

Gu Yuanbai took the handkerchief, looked at him coldly, thought to himself, here we go again, and started to put on a show to test him again.

"Let's go," Gu Yuanbai covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, coughed a few more times, "Go back to the palace."

Xue Yuan respectfully waited for the Holy Majesty to leave.After the Holy Majesty's party disappeared, he turned around and returned with the birdcage in his hands.

The sparrow in the cage suddenly bumped into the cage, Xue Yuan looked down and smiled, "What did you hit, do you want to die so much?"

He glanced at the plaque of the Chu Mansion not far away, and suddenly realized, "Or do you mean that you have fallen in love with Master Chu?"

The sparrow's cry became louder and louder, Xue Yuan opened the cage, and the sparrow flew into the sky.

Xue Yuan looked away from the plaque of the Chu Mansion, and hummed the little tune of the poem written by Chang Yuyan for him, feeling happy.

After a few more days, Kong Yilin and his party finally entered West Beijing.

The large army stayed outside the west of Beijing, and Kong Yilin and the supervisory officials who had returned from Lizhou rushed to meet the emperor at the Summer Palace in Hebei at high speed.

Gu Yuanbai had already received the news in advance that Qin Sheng led the Dongling Guards to stay in place to guard the prisoners. The Dongling Guards of the Holy Majesty were fully motivated, and they must not let these prisoners get into trouble at the door of his house.

After these long-distance officials arrived, bath soup and meals had been prepared in the palace.

Kong Yilin and other officials were led to bathe.After coming out of the bath, everyone put on clean and tidy robes. Looking at each other, the tiredness and tiredness on each other's faces had disappeared.

Lord Yu Shimi of the Procuratorate looked around, and a smile appeared on his solemn and solemn face: "My lords, after looking at it now, I finally have some energy."

Another adult laughed loudly and said: "I am so loved by the sage, the bath is comfortable, and there should be something pure in it, and even the clothes fit very well. The fatigue all over the body has been washed away, and now I just feel extremely tired." comfortable."

Someone answered abruptly, "I'm just hungry."

Everyone laughed.

The eunuch stepped forward in time and led them to the dining place.

Master Mi chatted with Kong Yilin, "Master Kong, the beard on your chin has grown."

Kong Yilin smiled wryly, "I was born tall and tall, and once the beard grows out, it will become even more barbaric. I just hope that the Holy Majesty will not be surprised later."

"Why does Your Majesty care about this?" Master Mi smiled and stroked his beard, "Our Majesty, you can't be more lenient."

Kong Yilin smiled without saying a word, and there was a look of approval in his expression.

Gu Yuanbai felt sorry for this group of officials, so he specially asked the imperial dining room to put a lot of effort into it. When the officials took a bath, the dishes had already been served, and there were all kinds of drinks.

When all the courtiers saw this delicious feast, their stomachs roared, and their mouths burst with fluid. The eunuch who led the way smiled and said: "The sage has said, first let the adults eat first, and wait until the wine is full. After you are full, I will invite all the adults to go to discuss the matter together."

"The little ones are waiting outside the door. If the adults are short of drinks and tea, just call them."

All the eunuchs withdrew and waited at the door for orders.Many people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when these palace attendants were gone.

Lord Mi was the first to take his seat, and said with a rare ease: "My lords, please don't be cautious. This is what the Holy Majesty has been waiting for me. Raise your glasses and chopsticks, let's fill your stomach to your heart's content."

After taking a bath, there will be delicious food. After all the officials are full of wine and food, all of them are flushed, and the fatigue of rushing to the horse has disappeared.

Gu Yuanbai then summoned them.

All the officials were in high spirits, and they saluted Gu Yuanbai, and Lord Censor Mi of the Procuratorate prostrated loudly: "I pay homage to the Holy Majesty!"

"Get up," Gu Yuanbai smiled, and said a few good words repeatedly, "My lords have worked hard on this trip, and I am very pleased to have found so many corrupt officials and moths of the common people. It is precisely because you are here , my Daheng will be more prosperous, and the common people will live and work in peace and contentment."

The officials hurriedly declined humbly, Master Mi stepped forward and told Gu Yuanbai some things worth reporting about this trip.

Each of them has written a note, and they also handed over the note of the local officials. This is also to prevent the anti-corruption from going too far.

Gu Yuanbai looked at Zhezi while listening to Master Mi's words.In fact, these words were all written in the booklet, but Mr. Mi was afraid that the booklet was not detailed enough, so he said more.

After he finished speaking, Tian Fusheng personally served a cup of tea, and Mrs. Mi hurriedly thanked him, "Thank you, Eunuch."

"Master Mi handled it very well," Gu Yuanbai nodded in agreement, "Whether it is the treatment of the bandits in Lizhou or the treatment of corrupt officials, it is in line with my wishes."

"I'm ashamed," Master Mi said humanely, "Before the anti-corruption campaign, the Holy Majesty has already made a regulation, and he will be punished for whatever amount of money he has embezzled. We are just doing things according to the rules set by the Holy Majesty."

Gu Yuanbai smiled, said a few words to them in a gentle voice, and let them go to rest first.

Kong Yilin stayed alone.

He is tall and tall, and his back, which used to be a bit rickety, has completely straightened up after two months of long experience. He is more composed and sharper, "My lord, I have another memorial. "

Tian Fusheng took his memorial, Gu Yuanbai opened it and smiled, "Kong Qing did a great job."

After confirming Kong Yilin's ability all the way, Gu Yuanbai asked the people from the Supervision Office to contact him.After some probing, Kong Yilin was surprised at first, but soon calmed down, and respectfully accepted the task that Gu Yuanbai had given him.

Kong Yilin bowed deeply, "I live up to my mission."

Gu Yuanbai asked him to do two things.One is to explore the customs and customs along the way, and to find valuable and developable local resources.The second is to investigate the situation and the degree of education of the people in various places who have concealed their household registration.

Among the 100 million people in ancient times, only a few tens of thousands were literate.After Kong Yilin's investigation, he found some remote places, where no scholars have even been born in decades.

Every time the imperial court issued some decrees or good policies, these remote places never received messages from the imperial court due to different roads and news congestion.

As for the number of people, many concealed and leaked accounts were discovered.

After Jingnan and Jiangnan were held in Gu Yuanbai's hands, he immediately issued an order for all prefectures, counties, towns and towns to sort out their household registration and taxes.Some places suffered from military disasters and rebel plunder, and Gu Yuanbai was also exempted from taxation for two years in places with serious losses.

To sort out the household registration, officials need to visit the door in person, go door to door to count the number of people and check the appearance and age of the people to see if they can match the information recorded in the official government.

This project is huge, and the progress is slow, but as long as the approximate number of missing people in these two places is counted, the whole country can be roughly known.

Gu Yuanbai also wanted to take advantage of the heat of the anti-corruption campaign to bring up the matter of counting household registration and taxes.

The Holy Majesty flipped through the memorial slowly, and said casually: "Kong Qing should know that I still have a Supervision Department in the dark."

Kong Yilin lifted his spirits, held his breath, and bowed deeply, "I really understand."

Kong Yilin looked calm, but his nature was slanted. After he knew the existence of the Supervision Department, he almost admired Gu Yuanbai.

How powerful is the emperor's heart and temperament to build such an organization when the power is falling apart and treacherous ministers are in power.

So when he understood the role and significance of the Supervision Office, Kong Yilin accepted the Holy Majesty's secret decree without much thought.The Supervision Office is a knife in the dark, and this feeling of being hidden in the dark is very attractive to Kong Yilin.

Gu Yuanbai smiled, put the brochures he had read on the table, picked up the teacup, and drank tea leisurely without saying anything.

After a while, Kong Yilin smiled wryly, he was the first to lose, and saluted again, "I wonder if I have the ability to enter the Supervision Department of the Holy One?"

"Does Kong Qing really want to go in?" Gu Yuanbai's face suddenly became serious. He sat up straight and looked at Kong Yilin with eyes full of energy. If you join the Supervision Office, even if you have done meritorious service for me, these things will not be known to others."

Kong Yilin smiled, "I have an official position, and I am willing to share the worries for the Holy One."

Gu Yuanbai smiled, and wrote lightly: "Then what if I want to attack Xixia?"

Kong Yilin concentrated, he thought about it carefully, and after finishing the draft, what came out was the terrain of Xixia.

Where there is a lot of water, where the miasma is deep in the forest, where the plank road is in disrepair.Kong Yilin told what he saw and heard when he went to Xixia, and finally stopped talking dryly, "Your Majesty, my knowledge is shallow, I only know these things."

Gu Yuanbai pondered for a moment, "Give me tea."

Kong Yilin took the tea, but he was not in a hurry to drink it. Instead, he smiled and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, it was Daheng's water and soil that raised me. It was Daheng's knowledge that made me famous. It is Daheng's knowledge that gave me everything I have today. , it is you, Your Majesty."

He paused, and then said: "If one day I will favor Xixia in the war between Daheng and Xixia," Kong Yilin's eyes were slightly absent-minded, "It must be that Daheng has no room for ministers anymore."

Kong Yilin dared to say these words because the emperor of Daheng had an extremely open-minded and benevolent mind.

It's just that a companion is like a tiger, and his words also contained gambling elements. Kong Yilin even gambled calmly, and he won the bet.

Gu Yuanbai told him to retreat and have a good rest. Before going down, he did not forget to tell him, "What Kong Qing just said about Xixia, I will send you a policy in ten days."

Kong Yilin should be, quietly retreated.

Early the next morning, when going to court, Gu Yuanbai announced that he would re-count the household registration and sort out the tax and labor.

The complexity and detail of this matter can be said to be overwhelming. It took two hours in the early morning, and only after all the ministers were hungry, did they roughly discuss a specific process.

After coming down to court, the majestic Holy Majesty was still wearing court clothes, but his face had already turned pale.

The head guard came up to the table with the saint on his back. The meal on the table had just been served and was still steaming.The maids and eunuchs stepped forward and took off the accessories and clothes worn by the Holy One in an orderly manner.

After all the things were removed, Gu Yuanbai supported himself, and after taking a dozen deep breaths, his eyes were not completely black.

The imperial doctor came in a hurry, and five or six people stood aside. Gu Yuanbai turned his head and glanced at them. His head was covered with sweat, and he stretched out his hand weakly, and put it on the table to give them a pulse.

Among these imperial doctors, everyone is familiar with the physical condition of the Holy Majesty. They carefully observed the complexion of the Holy Majesty, and asked the Holy Majesty to stick out the tip of his tongue to ask Tian Fusheng about the symptoms of the Holy Majesty today. They dare not let it go The slightest reason.

Tired, hungry, hot.

Nothing more than these kinds.

Gu Yuanbai cooperated with every step, even if there were five or six imperial physicians who needed to come forward for re-diagnosis and treatment one by one, he also cooperated very well.

The imperial doctors gathered together to discuss, Gu Yuanbai was breathing heavily, Tian Fusheng filled a bowl of porridge for the Holy Majesty, "Sir, do you need to add some ingredients?"

"No," Gu Yuanbai said, "That's it."

After barely finishing a bowl of porridge, my stomach finally felt better.The imperial doctors also discussed the method, and after giving the prescription to Tian Fusheng, they said worriedly: "My lord, the prescription you are taking needs to be replaced with some tonics."

Gu Yuanbai held up a spoonful of porridge, without changing his face, he said, "Change it."

"It's still the same as in the past, hand over the prescription to the imperial hospital, and let each imperial doctor sign his name after reading it," Gu Yuanbai said, "If more than [-]% agree, then change it, and you don't need to come and tell me."

The imperial doctors were hesitant to say: "...Yes. Please also take care of the dragon body, don't get tired, don't get tired."

"Go." Gu Yuanbai said.

After the imperial doctors left, Gu Yuanbai kept silent and continued to drink the porridge.

There was silence in the palace.

"How is Concubine Wan's body?" Gu Yuanbai asked suddenly, breaking the silence.

Tian Fusheng said cautiously: "Returning to the Lord, Concubine Wan has not been out of the palace gate for many days because of the cold weather these days. But the palace attendant next to the concubine said that the concubine has a good appetite these days. "

Gu Yuanbai heaved a sigh of relief, "That's fine."

He was a little lost in thought.

The Holy One is tall and slender, but a little thin.Layers of clothes can also show a little health.

It's just that this health will show up after all.

Tian Fusheng had a sore nose for a while, "Your Majesty, you must take care of your health."

Gu Yuanbai smiled, "That's natural."

After breakfast, Gu Yuanbai didn't have the energy to deal with government affairs anymore, so he lay back on the bed to rest.The people outside were guarding outside the hall, and guard Zhang was very worried, "Director Tian, ​​the body of the Holy Majesty..."

Tian Fusheng sighed, and the chief guard stopped talking.

"The presence of the Holy One is a mountain that shocks everyone." After a while, Tian Fusheng whispered, "As long as the Holy Majesty is here, no one in the Daheng Dynasty will dare to do anything out of line."

The chief guard said: "Yes."

"More than that," Tian Fusheng said with a smile, "the small countries and places outside, as long as the Holy Spirit is still around, they will not dare to step over. People outside the Great Wall think about our food and good things every day. The Great Wall has been stopped, and we have to be stopped by our sage. Didn’t our General Xue go to fight nomads? They will know how powerful they are when General Xue beats back hard.”

The chief guard couldn't help laughing, but there was no need to say these words, they all knew it.

For them, as long as the Holy Majesty is still there, Daheng is Haiyan Heqing's day.

But it was also because of this that the body of the Holy One made them worry even more.