There are always bad guys who want to attack me

Feng Xuan's words can be said to help Gao Zixin open the door to the new century.

Although Gao Zixin is the heir apparent, the older he is, the more suspicious he becomes. The eyes he stares at his son seem to be poisoned, and he always feels that his sons are thinking about the seat under his ass. .

In order to save Gao Zixin's life, He Shi gave Gao Zixin his orders since he was a child, asking him to play the role of an ignorant dandy and never even think about working hard.

So until Gao Zixin became the prince to supervise the country for the seriously ill former emperor, Gao Zixin learned very limited things.He has never learned such things as the emperor's mind.

Fortunately, He Shi is very smart, taught him a lot of things, and finally did not make him a real dude.But He Shi is a boudoir girl after all, no matter how smart she is, her vision is limited.

However, the three auxiliary ministers left by the former emperor were all old, and their thinking was too conservative, and many concepts were not suitable for Gao Zixin.

The appearance of Fengxuan just made up for Gao Zixin's shortcomings.

He saw that Gao Zixin had listened to his words, and while he was satisfied, he couldn't help but say more: "Your Majesty is the first to become a great treasure, and he should start a course to acquire scholars and reserve talents, but it is already early spring, and it is too late this year. The imperial examination is over. Instead, it can be decided that the examination will start next year, and the news will be released that merchants who donate more than [-] shi to the court will have one son qualified for the imperial examination, and those who donate more than [-] shi will be awarded the title of Yuanwailang."

Gao Zixin hesitated: "This foreigner..."

Feng Xuan explained: "It's just a title, it has no real power, and the court doesn't need to pay a salary. But with this title, they can wear silk and don't have to kneel when meeting officials. As long as His Majesty is willing, those wealthy merchants will definitely be willing." Donate food. Moreover, Yuanwailang, appointed by His Majesty, is much more prestigious than the official position they secretly bought from officials."

Gao Zixin thought about it carefully, and felt that what Feng Xuan said was right, this is really a good idea!

Feng Xuan said again: "There is no shortage of well-educated people in the merchants, but there was no way to get promoted before, and they had no ambitions but could only spend money to donate idle jobs. But if His Majesty is willing to give them the qualifications for the imperial examination, these people will definitely be grateful Your Majesty's kindness."

The more Gao Zixin listened, the more satisfied he was, he wished he could issue the imperial decree immediately, but it was Feng Xuan who stopped him: "Your Majesty, this matter has to be discussed with the three assistant ministers, and the decree can only be issued after it is confirmed."

In fact, he didn't pay attention to the three auxiliary ministers, but the status of the three was after all, some of them were veterans of the three dynasties, and their strength should not be underestimated.If Gao Zixin did not discuss with the three of them and directly issued an order, he would definitely be divorced from the three of them.

As soon as this thought turned in his mind, Feng Xuan couldn't help but secretly laugh in his heart.One day, he, Feng Xuan, would be so considerate of others.

Gao Zixin didn't know what was going on in his heart, but he also understood that this matter was no small matter, and he should indeed discuss it with the three auxiliary ministers.

It happened that all three of them were handling government affairs in the side hall, so he directly ordered Huanxi to invite them here.

Soon, the three came over.

After performing the salute according to the rules, the three of them looked at Gao Zixin suspiciously, and the oldest Grand Master Xu spoke first: "Your Majesty summoned the ministers to come, I don't know what is the matter?"

Gao Zixin glanced at Feng Xuan silently, and said: "The national teacher has just offered me a plan, and I think it is very good, so I invite the three Qing families to discuss it."

The three of them were shocked. They asked Gao Zixin to see Feng Xuan because they really meant to ask Feng Xuan to help, but they didn't expect that Feng Xuan, who was rumored to be cold-hearted and cold-hearted, would make a move so soon!

Comparing the closed doors they had ever had, the three of them thought in unison——

Sure enough, His Majesty still needs to go out in person to take down the national teacher so quickly.

Immediately, the three of them couldn't wait to know what strategy Feng Xuan had proposed.

It was Xu Taishi who asked, "I don't know what strategy the national teacher offered?"

Gao Zixin couldn't help but wanted to repeat Feng Xuan's words just now, but after thinking about it, he gave up and said, "National teacher, it's up to you."

Feng Xuan didn't refuse, she just said what she said just now, in order to convince the three of them, she added a lot of things that she didn't say just now.

The faces of the three of them kept changing, and they were all a little dignified.Taishi Xu frowned and remained silent, but Zhou Tao, the eunuch, spoke first: "Would it be too much to praise those merchants by doing so? The imperial examination is nothing more than that. This Yuanwailang... I think it's inappropriate."

As soon as he finished speaking, Grand Tutor Zheng Bing said: "It's more than inappropriate? I think this move will fuel the arrogance of the merchants, absolutely not!"

Gao Zixin felt that this was a good idea, and wished to issue a decree immediately to see the effect, but he didn't know that he was thrown cold water on the head by the two of them!

His face sank in an instant, and he didn't argue with the two, he just looked at Grand Master Xu Yan and asked, "What does Grand Master think?"

The three of them were all old foxes. As soon as Gao Zixin's face changed, they could tell that Gao Zixin was angry.But Taibao Zhou Tao and Taifu Zheng Bing pretended that they didn't know anything, and refused to compromise obediently.

It was even more painful for Xu Yan to be named by Gao Zixin. He felt the same way as Zhou Tao and Zheng Bing, and he felt that Gao Zixin's actions were too flattering to those merchants.

But since Gao Zixin personally named him, he definitely didn't want to hear any more objections. If he also jumped out to object, Gao Zixin would definitely be even more dissatisfied!

Xu Yan didn't want to provoke Gao Zixin's dissatisfaction, and he didn't want Gao Zixin to be divorced from them because of this matter.

So in desperation, he had no choice but to ask: "Your Majesty is worried about the empty treasury, so you want merchants to donate food?"

Gao Zixin looked at him expressionlessly, with five words written on his face——

You know and ask!

When Xu Yan thought about the state treasury, he knew that he couldn't stop it.It's better for Gao Zixin to ask the merchants for food than to take the old officials like them!

He is a fine person, and he has long noticed that Gao Zixin's mood is getting worse and worse recently. Once he explodes, I'm afraid they, the auxiliary ministers, will not be able to get along well!Instead of this, it is better to solve the immediate urgent need first.

It's just some merchants, and Yuanwailang has no real power, so it doesn't matter.

So he said: "I think this plan is very good! The national treasury is empty, the army is short of food, and many merchants are wealthy, so that they can donate food, which can be used as military salary. At the same time, it can also be used to let The common people understand the greatness of heaven's grace and win the hearts of the people."

Grand Master Xu Yan was born in the army. Apart from his status as a grand master, he is also Ding Guogong, a real general.

Although he no longer leads troops when he is old, he has special feelings for the army. Recently, the treasury is empty and there is no way to pay the army. Not only Gao Zixin is angry, but he is also very angry.

So even though Feng Xuan didn't say anything, he directly proposed to use the grain donated by merchants as military pay, so as not to enter the national treasury and be embezzled by those reckless people in the court.

His proposal coincided with Gao Zixin's.Recently, Gao Zixin was so worried about the military salary that he couldn't sleep. Now that he has a solution, he naturally has to solve the problem of the military salary first. How could he let those moths in the court ruin his hard work?

Neither Zhou Tao nor Zheng Bing thought that Xu Yan would agree to such an absurd approach, so their faces immediately changed.

Zhou Tao even knelt down and said: "Your Majesty! I think it is really inappropriate to do this! Since ancient times, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants with rich wealth have always been defiant, and even secretly bought officials. If His Majesty gave them such grace , Didn't it fuel their arrogance? Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Zheng Bing also knelt down: "My minister seconded the proposal, please Your Majesty to think twice."

Gao Zixin's face was completely darkened. He didn't expect that his attitude was so clear that even Xu Yan was subdued, and these two dared to sing against him!

Of course he knew that he couldn't give too much grace to merchants, otherwise, once they fueled their arrogance, the consequences would be unimaginable, but the treasury is out of food now, so how can he raise food if he doesn't target those merchants who are easy to bully?Is it possible to copy the homes of those veterans?

With a cold smile in his heart, Gao Zixin quietly made a note for the two of them, and said expressionlessly: "Since the two Qing family disagree, why don't you talk about how to raise the military salary?"

"This..." The two were dumb for an instant, unable to think of a good way.

Now that the spring plowing has just passed, let alone the treasury, the people's homes don't have much food.Besides, the situation of the autumn harvest last year was not ideal. Whether the food in the people's homes can last until the autumn harvest is a problem. Ask the people for food?

That is forcing the common people to rebel!

After thinking about it, the two suddenly discovered that asking merchants to donate food turned out to be the best way at the moment.

But if they want to let them go like this, the two of them really can't do it.So the two looked at each other quietly and had an idea in their hearts.

Zhou Tao said: "Your Majesty, I am not opposed to asking merchants to donate food, I just feel that the method of the national teacher is too flattering to those merchants."

Zheng Bing also said: "This is what I mean too."

Gao Zixin sneered: "You two, do you think those merchants are fools? If you don't praise them, they will be willing to donate food? Since you all know that merchants secretly buy officials, don't you think that if I don't give them grace, they won't buy again? Is it? Instead of letting them buy officials secretly and fatten the officials below, it is better to donate the food to me and let me use it to raise soldiers!"

Gao Zixin spoke so clearly that the two couldn't help feeling guilty.Being an official in the court, it is impossible to have a complete peace of mind. They have been officials for many years, and they will receive various tributes from below every year.

These are "customs" in the officialdom. Speaking of them, there is nothing wrong with them, but they really have to be investigated. The filial piety they said is enough to sentence the death penalty!

When the two of them thought of this, their foreheads were covered with cold sweat, but they didn't dare to wipe it off, so they could only kneel on the ground tremblingly.

Gao Zixin saw this scene in his eyes, and couldn't help sighing in his heart.He just tried a little bit, but he didn't expect the two of them to really feel guilty, which shows that they received a lot of filial piety on weekdays.

However, the two have not made any serious mistakes, and they are considered loyal to him, so there is no need to deal with them directly.

What's more, now is not the time.He had just ascended the throne, and the chair under his buttocks was not yet firmly seated. If he immediately dealt with the assistant ministers left behind by the former emperor, not only would there be a lot of discussions in the world, but it would also be ugly in the history books.

So he helped the two of them up himself, and said in his mouth: "Don't worry about it, you two, I know that you are loyal to me."

Although the two still wanted to care about it in their hearts, their hearts that had been hanging all this time fell completely.With Gao Zixin's words, they knew that Gao Zixin didn't intend to argue with them.

However, at this moment, Feng Xuan who had been silent all this time suddenly said, "There is still some surplus food in the minister's mansion, and I am willing to donate it to the national treasury."

Gao Zixin looked at him in surprise, but his eyes were extremely satisfied.

What he needs is a loyal courtier like Feng Xuan who knows how to share his worries!If only civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty could be so self-aware!

When Xu Yan and the others heard this, their hearts skipped a beat, and they subconsciously looked at Gao Zixin. Seeing his satisfied face and the corners of his mouth seemed to be smiling, the three of them had no choice but to stand up immediately to show their loyalty.

The three said in unison: "I also have some surplus food in my family, and I would like to share the worries for Your Majesty!"

The more Gao Zixin listened, the more satisfied he became, but he was not in a hurry to ask the three of them to hand over the food. Instead, he said: "The four Qing family might as well talk about the food donation tomorrow morning."

Gao Zixin smiled inscrutablely, how can we talk about donating food in private, and let the four of them specialize in beauty?This kind of good thing should be said in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. With them as an example, he would like to see who else has the face not to donate by then!

The four of them all saw Gao Zixin's plan and knew that he was plotting against the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, but what could they do if they found out?This kind of thing cannot go back on its word!

I also know that after tomorrow they will be punished by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Xu Yan and the three looked at each other, and then looked at Feng Xuan at the same time, the sadness in the eyes almost overflowed - National Teacher, you have made us suffer!

Feng Xuanquan pretended not to see it, but only focused on Gao Zixin's satisfied smiling face, and her mood rose accordingly.

The matter of donating food was thus a foregone conclusion. Now that the matter had come to this point, Xu Yan and the three of them naturally would not continue to persuade them, but began to worry that the people below would deceive them.

Zhou Tao said worriedly: "Tomorrow, following His Majesty's order, there will inevitably be merchants who will take the initiative to donate food, but if the people below misunderstand His Majesty's meaning, and even take the opportunity to enrich their own pockets, it may cause disaster."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Yan said: "What's the matter? When the time comes, the local garrison commander will directly issue an order to supervise the matter. The food donated by the merchants will be used as military pay. Do I have that life!"

But Zheng Bing said: "This is indeed a solution. I'm afraid that the local garrison commander will collude with local officials and work hand in hand. In the end, not only will the people suffer, but Gao Zixin's reputation will also be affected."

In the end, Feng Xuan suggested: "Why don't you transfer people from the emperor's personal guards and send them to various places to supervise this matter."

As soon as he said this, Xu Yan's eyes lit up first.

The emperor's personal guards are all selected from the nobles. Although they are beautiful, they have few opportunities to earn credit.But if they are allowed to supervise this matter, once the matter is completed, not only will it be a great contribution, but it will also have a good reputation among the people.

Furthermore, if they go to supervise this matter, they must contact the local wealthy businessmen, and the benefits are absolutely indispensable!

This is fat difference!

Not only did he see it, Zhou Tao and Zheng Bing also saw it.So the two immediately suggested that military generals alone are not enough, and civil servants must accompany them!

Gao Zixin didn't refuse either, and directly recruited He Kun, asked the four of them to discuss in detail, determine the candidate, and then directly drafted an order and stamped it.

By the time this matter was settled, it was already evening.Gao Zixin was so happy that he decided to keep a few people to eat together.

As soon as his words came out, Feng Xuan looked at Xu Yan and the others coolly, feeling extremely dissatisfied with these light bulbs.He and Gao Zixin can do such a beautiful thing as eating, so what's the point of having so many people?

But no matter how arrogant he is, it is impossible to drive people away directly, he can only hold his breath in his heart alone.

After dinner, Xu Yan and others went out of the palace together. Although Feng Xuan was a little reluctant, she couldn't stay, so she could only take a deep look at Gao Zixin, and then went out of the palace with Xu Yan and others.

Not long after these people left, the He family sent someone to invite Gao Zixin over.

Gao Zixin looked at Huanxi in astonishment: "You mean, the queen mother wants to see me now?"

I can't blame him for being surprised, since he ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager He Shi was afraid that he would be too tired, so she never took the initiative to ask anyone to invite him.To see him suddenly now must be something important.

So Gao Zixin didn't wait to nod happily, and said again: "In that case, I'm going to see the queen mother."

Two quarters of an hour later, Gao Zixin arrived at the Palace of Compassion and Ning, where the Empress Dowager He lived.

Gao Zixin bowed obediently: "I have seen the queen mother."

"Okay, sit down quickly." He Shi looked at Gao Zixin carefully, and saw that he seemed to be a little thinner, so he couldn't help frowning, "Your Majesty has a body of gold, why don't you take good care of your body?"

Having said that, she shot her eyes sharply at Huanxi, and her tone became more severe: "Huanxi, how did you serve His Majesty? How did you make His Majesty lose weight?"

Huanxi was so frightened that she quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Slaves deserve to die!"

Gao Zixin secretly looked at He Shi, and seeing that she seemed to be really angry, he quickly said to Huanxi, "Huanxi, you go out first."

Now that He Shi is obviously angry, if Huanxi stays, there will be no good fruit for him.Gao Zixin knew that he was loyal, but he didn't want him to suffer in vain.

"You're still protecting him!" He said angrily, but he didn't really vent his anger with joy, he just said, "Okay, let's all step back, the Ai family has something to say to His Majesty."

He cast a joyful and grateful glance at Gao Zixin, and secretly made up his mind that he must be more loyal in the future and never let Gao Zixin lose weight again!

The palace people left without a sound, and soon only the Empress Dowager He and Gao Zixin were left in the room.

Seeing that she sent everyone away, Gao Zixin obviously had something important to say, so he couldn't help but feel uneasy: "Queen, if you have anything to say, just say it."

He Shi raised his eyebrows to look at him, with a rare serious look in his eyes: "The Ai family called His Majesty to come here, just to ask, what happened to that ripple? How does Your Majesty plan to deal with it?"

Speaking of Ripples, He Shi frowned in disgust.

She lived to such an age, and this was the first time she had met such a bold and impolite woman!She manages the harem, and since Lianyi woke up with a high fever and fell asleep, someone noticed that something was wrong, and the news was reported to her.It's just that at the time she didn't think about the possibility of resurrecting her soul with a dead body. Although she was stared at, she didn't pay much attention to it. That's why Lianyi took advantage of the loophole and ran to Gao Zixin.

When she learned that Lianyi was appointed by Gao Zixin as her personal maid, she almost regretted it!

Gao Zixin is her only son. She has been careful since she was pregnant, for fear that he will be harmed.After finally waiting for him to be born safely, she was worried that Gao Zixin would die young, so she lived more carefully.

Although her status is the successor, but counting, she has never been happy since she entered the court, but has been trembling all the time, like walking on thin ice when facing an abyss.

When Gao Zixin grew up, the first emperor's suspicion became more and more serious. At first, he still scolded the grown-up sons, and later he directly killed them without mercy!

She was afraid that the son she had brought up with great difficulty would also be unlucky, so she carefully taught Gao Zixin Zangzhuo so that he would not be suspected by the late emperor.

After finally surviving until now, the first emperor died of illness, Gao Zixin became the emperor, and she became the empress dowager, but she did not dare to breathe a sigh of relief.

The country has been ruined badly by the first emperor, she and her son have countless sharp knives hanging above their heads, how can they feel at ease?

Even in the harem, she knew that there were countless people in the world who wanted to rebel. If she was not careful, assassins might sneak into the palace and kill her only son who had worked so hard to raise!

So ever since she knew that Lianyi had become Gao Zixin's court lady, she had murderous intentions towards Lianyi!

No matter if Lianyi is an assassin or something, she is deliberately approaching her son with ulterior motives!

If she hadn't been worried about Gao Zixin and was afraid that Gao Zixin would think too much, she would have done it long ago!

Originally, she planned to meet with Gao Zixin when he came down from court in the morning, and ask him what he thought of Lianyi in person, but she didn't know that Gao Zixin sneaked away to the National Teacher's Mansion, and she waited until now for the opportunity.

And in the afternoon, Lianyi got into another catastrophe!

Such a woman is a scourge, and must not be kept!

Empress Dowager He made up her mind that even if Gao Zixin didn't want to, she would kill that Lianyi.After she finished speaking, she looked at Gao Zixin, waiting for his answer.

Gao Zixin was a little hesitant. He kept Lianyi by his side at first because of the golden finger on Lianyi's body, but now that 001 is gone, it's useless to keep her.

However, since the golden finger on Lianyi's body is a so-called memory, then he can have Lianyi arrested and ordered to be tortured!

However, just as this idea came up, 001, who had disappeared for a long time, suddenly appeared and stopped Gao Zixin: "The host is not allowed! Lianyi is a time traveler. If she is tortured, she may continue to travel with her golden finger!"

Hearing 001's voice suddenly, Gao Zixin didn't even have time to ask where it had been before, so he hurriedly asked, "What do you mean?"

Hearing Gao Zixin's voice, 001 became inexplicably guilty: "Eh...meaning...she may bring her golden finger back to life again, and the trouble will be even bigger then."

Such an answer made Gao Zixin's complexion extremely ugly: "Could it be that I still have to take good care of her? Aren't you some kind of golden finger plundering the system? You can't snatch the golden finger from her body?"

001 felt even more guilty: "This... this has restrictions, and you can't grab it directly. To be fair, you have to grant the other party a wish."

Gao Zixin's expression became even uglier now, and he wished he could crush 001 to death!

Suddenly, he remembered something: "I remember... what you said last time seemed to be to dispel the other party's vigilance? How come it turned into fulfilling the other party's wish now?"

001 tried his best to shrink the chubby body, and was so scared that he almost cried: "Yes...it's like this, if you can gain the wholehearted trust of the other party, you can directly snatch the golden finger. If not, you can satisfy the other party's wish. OK. However, it must be a special wish, the kind that can make the other party feel grateful..."

With Gao Zixin's cold gaze, the more it spoke, the lower its voice.

Gao Zixin's thoughts changed sharply, and he asked it, "Is there no other way?"

"No...no..." 001's voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible.

After getting the answer, Gao Zixin was too lazy to bother with it, and just said, "I understand."

To satisfy the other party's wish, you still need to make the other party feel grateful, right?He couldn't believe he couldn't find a way to have the best of both worlds!

Gao Zixin made up his mind, and when he looked up, he found that the Empress Dowager He was staring at him with a gloomy face almost dripping water.

"Mother's queen..." At this time, Gao Zixin was like 001, his voice was weak.

He Shi took a deep look at him, and suddenly laughed dangerously: "Just say what you have to say, Ai Jia, listen."

As soon as Gao Zixin heard He Shi's words, he understood that if he couldn't say that he was ugly and Yinmao to satisfy He Shi today, He Shi would never let him go easily.

It's just that he couldn't make up his mind, should he tell He Shi about the system and Goldfinger?

If he wants to say something, he must tell it all, but if he doesn't say it, how can he satisfy He Shi?

However, He Shi looked at Gao Zixin deeply, with mixed feelings in her heart, she knew that this son was busy with her!This made her wonder whether she should be pleased that her son has grown up, or feel sad that his son has separated from her.

However, she knew very well that if Gao Zixin wanted to become a qualified emperor, he had to give up some things.

But, how will Gao Zixin choose?