The rise of the president in the harem

Facts have proved that Liang Xiao's guess was right.His Majesty the Emperor's mood today is completely controlled by the pigeons from the eastern suburbs——

In the morning, when Zhou Feiqi received the carrier pigeon from Anri, took out a small note from the pigeon's leg, and saw the sweet little report on it, the smile on his face lasted until lunch Pass.Because of this, all the eunuchs and court ladies in the Imperial Study Room once thought that His Majesty the Emperor must have encountered some happy event.If the emperor is happy, isn't that the same as the great Zhou is happy?It seems that you can show your face in front of His Majesty more today, maybe His Majesty will give them a reward or something when he is in a good mood!

However, not long after noon, the eunuchs and maids found that the smile on His Majesty's face suddenly disappeared, replaced by the anxiety that was clouded and stormy——

The bearded man and the young bearded man were already in a bad mood by this sudden change of face, and they didn't see those pigeons. They really don't understand what happened to His Majesty today. Could it be that the happy event in the morning was ruined so quickly? !So much so that His Majesty the Emperor was so happy that he became even more angry? !However, no matter what, it is better to be cautious at the moment, and try to reduce the sense of presence as much as possible.

Zhou Feiqi received the dark day's letter from Flying Pigeon in the afternoon, and after learning the news that Gao Yue had fainted, he was really restless in an instant.Those who haven't experienced it can't understand that kind of heart-wrenching feeling.In the past, Zhou Feiqi could be said to have nothing to worry about in this world. He never even expected to meet Gao Yue again and stay with him. Now, his extravagant wish has come true. Not only did Gao Yue come to him again, The two of them are about to have a baby connected by blood.Although Zhou Feiqi is very sober, the person he loves most in his heart is definitely Gao Yue, but there is still a difference between a two-person family and a family after having a child.

Just thinking about it, he can foresee that after the child is born in the future, the bond between him and Gao Yue will only deepen, and the taste of their family should be stronger.That kind of warmth, just thinking about it, makes me feel that I have no regrets in this life, not to mention that he will have it in the near future!

It is also because of this that despite Zhou Feiqi's silence on weekdays, in private, especially when Gao Yue is behind his back, he reads a lot of books about brother's childbirth to make up for his blind spots in knowledge.It is also because of reading many books and learning a lot of knowledge that he loves Gao Yue more, understands his difficulty and worries about his body.

Therefore, when he learned that Gao Yue had passed out in Zhaojiacun, he could imagine the anxiety in his heart.He really wanted to go to Gao Yue's side immediately and desperately. He had to confirm with his own eyes that Gao Yue was safe and well before he could really feel at ease.

The excerpts could not be approved at all, and the ministers did not want to listen to the advice - His Majesty the Emperor was out of his mind, and several important officials in the imperial study, headed by the Minister of the Household Department, could see it, but even they didn't know what the Emperor was doing. up...

It is said that today's major event is not the movement of a thousand garrison troops rushing to the eastern suburbs in the morning?But that incident seemed to be a big deal, but after the emperor's deployment, he didn't seem to be in a bad mood, and the smile on his face remained until after lunch. Therefore, the ministers only thought that the riots in the eastern suburbs were nothing to do with the emperor. He didn't take it too seriously, or the emperor had a plan in his mind, and he could solve it by sending a thousand garrison troops and Nanchang Xuwei.Besides, the public riots were riots, didn't the officials of the Accounting Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs also suffer no casualties, but the emperor changed his face again in the afternoon, could it be--what happened to the public riots and the follow-up reversal failed?

Thinking of this, several important ministers in the imperial study room couldn't help but cast a questioning look at Mr. Li, Minister of the Household Department.In fact, Mr. Li is the same as them. He still doesn't know the real-time progress of the Zhaojiacun incident in the eastern suburbs, so it's useless to watch him.

However, the Thousand Islands War peace that is being discussed at the moment cannot be delayed any longer.The Hubu Shangshu handed over to the emperor the re-statistics of the materials that Gao Yue led the Ji Division in the early court. Zhou Feiqi also saw the new data before calling the important officials to the imperial study to discuss it after the next court.Now, the courtiers are speaking enthusiastically, but His Majesty the Emperor is distracted, it is obviously impossible to continue——

This will not work!

At this time, not only the generals who were in charge of the battle thought so, but even Li Shangshu of the household department felt that the discussion could not be suspended just because His Majesty the Emperor was absent-minded.As a result, all the ministers immediately raised their voices in tacit understanding, speaking loudly, while carefully looking at the emperor's expression.

However, His Majesty the Emperor was distracted by something at the moment, even if they doubled their voices, His Majesty was still in a trance, wondering what he was still thinking about!

Duke Zhen couldn't stand it anymore, and suddenly shouted at the general who was speaking, "Shut up!!"

The general was shocked by the roar, and looked at Duke Zhen in astonishment.At the same time, this voice finally called back His Majesty's spirit, and he saw his brows furrowed tightly, his eyes full of plague, and his gaze towards Duke Zhen was like a knife's edge, making one feel horrified.

But Zhen Guogong didn't seem to see the emperor's eyes, he got up from his seat after shouting, saluted Zhou Feiqi, and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has something to say."

"Well, tell me."

Zhou Feiqi spoke succinctly, and he was actually impatient at the moment, but because the person who spoke was Li Yantai, Duke of Zhen Guo, he managed to restrain his anxiety and turned his attention back to the imperial study.

Li Yantai said: "I think that although supplies are no longer a problem, it is still inappropriate to send troops to Qiandao."

"Oh? Why?" Zhou Feiqi asked.

"The teacher is born without a name." Li Yantai almost sighed, and said: "Nowadays, the Qiandao royal family does not ask Da Zhou for help. If we insist on attacking, although our intention is to save, but in the eyes of outsiders, it will be robbery. Maybe someone like Xiao Xiao will take the opportunity to give Da Zhou Putting on the label of "taking advantage of the fire" is not good for the reputation of Dazhou and the stability of the borders of other countries! Therefore, I think that this matter should not be taken rashly!"

"Zhen Guogong's words are justified." The person who spoke was Zhenbei General Gai Wushuang, he said: "Beimo has experienced frequent changes recently, it seems that it is expected that there will be a war in the East China Sea, and Mobei Qiang people and Hu have gathered on the front line of Mocao army of men."

"Is it the troops of the Qiang and Hu people, or the troops of Beimo?" Zhou Feiqi asked.

Gai Wushuang said, "It's the Qiang people and the Hu people."

Zhou Feiqi nodded, and said after a while: "Bei Mo has always been ambitious, this year's training should be postponed."

"Ah?" Gai Wushuang didn't expect that he would get the emperor's order in exchange for his words. You know, the reason why he stayed in the capital was because the emperor asked him to go with the emperor when he was hunting. The hunting tour has been postponed, so wouldn't he want to go back to northern Xinjiang in the foreseeable future? !How could this be possible!

Gai Wushuang felt that if he stayed in the capital like this, his whole body would be idle!He immediately wanted to fight for himself again, but without opening his mouth, he heard Li Jing say: "Your Majesty, I know that Your Majesty cares about the people of the East China Sea. If you don't save Qiandao now, within a year, there will be no more Thousand Islands in the East China Sea." Therefore, I think that if the battle is inappropriate, it is better to attack one island at a time. I have written all the details of this strategy in this notebook, please read it, Your Majesty."

After he finished speaking, he held a booklet in both hands and presented it up.

Eunuch Hu quickly took it over and turned his hands to His Majesty the Emperor.Zhou Feiqi opened it and looked at it for a while, then nodded again, but asked Li Jing: "This method can cure the symptoms, but if you want to cure the root cause, you will still have to fight in the end. Is this what Ai Qing wants to talk about?"

Li Jingdao: "My original intention is to conquer the entire Thousand Islands for Your Majesty, and completely turn the Thousand Islands into my Great Zhou's territory!"

"what?!"

"General Li can't do this!"

Before Zhou Feiqi could speak, the ministers present panicked.They all jumped up to persuade Li Jing not to get hotheaded and talk nonsense.However, Li Jing said calmly to His Majesty the Emperor: "The reason why Qiandao has been harassed by Japanese pirates for years is that the royal family is corrupt. , so that the Japanese pirates can take advantage of it. If Qiandao is completely captured and managed as a corner of a state by the Great Zhou, I believe that Qiandao will definitely take on a new look."

"You mean," Zhou Feiqi looked at the memorial in his hand again, and asked Li Jing, "Every time an island is conquered, it will become the property of Da Zhou?"

"Yes. In this way, even if we don't use the supplies in Da Zhou, this war can be self-sufficient!" Li Jing said.

After he finished speaking, the imperial study room was silent for a while.It was Gai Wushuang who opened his mouth first, but this time he looked serious, as if he had thought a lot, before expressing his attitude, "I think this plan is feasible."

Of course, Li Shangshu of the Ministry of Households was more in favor of expanding the territory without using the materials of the Great Zhou Dynasty. There is no reason to oppose such a clever plan, so he also said: "The old minister also thinks this plan is feasible."

Duke Zhen also agreed.

Afterwards, most of the ministers thought it was feasible, so Zhou Feiqi finally nodded and said to Li Jing: "Then this matter is according to Li Aiqing's plan. However, the details need to be deliberated. After you and Zhen Guogong go back, Discuss it in detail, and discuss it tomorrow morning."

"The minister obeys the order."

All the ministers resigned one after another.However, Zhou Feiqi stopped Li Shangshu from the Household Department, "Mr. Li, stay here. I still have something to tell you about the Household Department."

Li Shangshu stayed behind, and Zhou Feiqi said: "Whether the strategy of General Zhendong is adopted in the battle of the East China Sea or not, the household department must make good preparations in terms of materials. After all, once the war starts, the situation of the battle will change rapidly. If there is no preparation in advance, it will not be possible in time." Make a response. Mr. Li must know what to do."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your reminder, and I will keep this in mind." Li Shangshu was somewhat puzzled when he heard Zhou Feiqi's words, because this matter was a routine operation, and the emperor specially kept him here, is it just to say this?

When Li Shangshu was wondering, His Majesty the Emperor said again: "How is the eastern suburb?"

"This, the old minister has not received the reward yet, so it should be going well." Li Shangshu couldn't help muttering in his heart. The emperor specifically mentioned the eastern suburbs. Could it be that something happened in the eastern suburbs?Did he want to test himself?And then see if you support the work of phase calculation?

However, before Li Shangshu could figure it out, Zhou Feiqi sighed softly and said, "It's all right. Aiqing, please step down."

Li Shangshu:? ? ?

He walked out of the imperial study room with question marks on his head, and then stepped out of the palace. As soon as he left the palace, he quickly sent someone to check the current situation of the tax reform work in Zhaojia Village. After an hour, he finally knew what was wrong with the emperor recently. Why——Because, Bi Yanjun, no, it was the master planner of their household department who fainted in Zhaojia Village!This is not bad!

Li Shangshu was in a hurry, wishing he could hurry to the eastern suburbs.

However, before he could act, he received another message——His Majesty the Emperor seems to have left the palace.

Li Shangshu grabbed the secret agent's sleeve and asked, "Is your news credible?"

The spy said: "I saw it with my own eyes. Master Liang Xiaoliang brought a group of guards back to the palace an hour ago, but he left the palace in a hurry after a while. It's just that this time he brought a lot fewer people, but followed him. Behind one person. Presumably the only person who can make him follow is the emperor, there should be no second person in Pingjing City."

Li Shangshu slumped into the chair.First, I thought for a while with a serious face, then suddenly laughed, and couldn't help but say, 'I understand. '

spy:? ? ?

Li Shangshu sent the spy away.After that, he walked back and forth in his study with his hands behind his back, with a comfortable smile on his face. He thought that the reason why the emperor would keep him was that he didn't say anything about Dongjiao, but he was going to personally Went out of the palace to visit Bi Yanjun.The emperor definitely didn't want to say anything about it, and when he arrived in the eastern suburbs, he might stay overnight, and he might not be able to come back on time in the morning tomorrow.Then, the emperor's intention to keep him is obvious - he wants to tell himself that if he misses the morning court tomorrow, he will let himself find a way to cover up for him.

Well, it's really hard for the emperor to say clearly, after all, it's not certain whether he will come back or not.But as a minister, if you don't have the ability to figure out the emperor's heart, then you are not a qualified minister!

So, hehehe——Li Shangshu felt that he was really good at thinking about His Majesty's thoughts, and he was simply a model of extreme intelligence, wisdom, and heart!There is no smarter old man in Dazhou!

Zhaojia Village in the eastern suburbs.

Gao Yue was ordered by the old lady Helian to 'forbid getting out of bed', but that didn't mean he couldn't work while sitting on the bed.He first asked An Ri to go to another room to see the magistrate's condition, and when he learned that the magistrate had woken up, he asked the guards to bring the magistrate into the room. Through the screen, Gao Yue asked the magistrate: " The truth knows that you still have something to say. Now you can say it!"

The county magistrate was already scared of being beaten. Seeing Gao Yue asking where he dared to think any more, he hurriedly said: "The person who instigated me to disregard the people is really the master. That person is indeed my old friend, but he Now I say that I am serving the Gao family..." The county magistrate said the last sentence carefully, because after being beaten so many times, he had already figured it out, the so-called serving the Gao family by the master, I am afraid that it really is not true The noble family in front of him belongs to the Gao family.But if you don't tell the truth now, you might get beaten again if you play smart, so you hesitate to speak.

After hearing this, Gao Yue was silent for a moment before asking: "Which Gao family?"

"He said, he said it was the Jiangnan Gao family." The voice of these words was even lower, like a mosquito humming.

But after Gao Yue heard it, he didn't get angry, because he quickly thought of a certain possibility, so he asked again: "Did he ever say that it was someone from the Gao family who climbed up?"

"Say it, said it," the county magistrate swallowed, extremely nervous, and said tremblingly: "It is said that he is the cousin of the head of the family, who is quite rich, and that brother of his family will also enter the palace as a concubine soon. He also said, He also said that that brother and you are on good terms with you and have a deep relationship. After entering the palace, they will surely flourish, and we will also be able to get promoted and make a fortune..."

"Is your head a piece of paper?" Gao Yue was so angry that she didn't know what to say about the county magistrate, "As a court official of the Great Zhou Dynasty, even if you don't have insight, at least you should have the most basic conscience, right? But look at you, it’s nothing more than being teased by a businessman, but you don’t know right from wrong, and you still want to make a fortune by climbing high branches and getting promoted?! Do you know where your salary comes from?!”

The county magistrate was so scolded that he didn't dare to speak out.

Gao Yue didn't want to get angry with this kind of person, suppressed her anger, and said, "Do you know what you should do immediately when something like this happens?"

The county magistrate hurriedly said, "Understood."

"What is it?" Gao Yue asked.

"Yes, yes" the county magistrate was so anxious that he swallowed a few mouthfuls of foam, but muttered for a long time without saying a result, and finally cried in anxiety, kowtowed to Gao Yue on the ground and begged for mercy, and said: "Master Ji, please forgive me. Lord Ji Xiang taught me!"

Gao Yue thought it was a waste of words for me to teach you, but I still have to say some things in public, so I said: "The first thing you should do is to inform the imperial court of this matter to His Majesty. You are cowardly, withdrawn, and help the tyrant at the moment, and you have suffered a lot. It's the common people. Look at the villagers in Zhaojia Village who have been killed by you. They don't even have food for the winter. If Ji Si hadn't come here today, you would have forced these people to go up the mountain to become robbers! Now is your only chance to redeem their sins. , is to tell you everything you know, did you provide the uniforms of those officers and soldiers?"

"Yes, it's a lower official." The county magistrate was still kowtowing, this time he didn't wait for Gao Yue to ask, so he continued speaking——

"My master used to be very polite and helped me draft some manuscripts every day. That is, ten days ago, he went out for a drink one day, and when he came back, he suddenly pulled me and said, now there is a shortcut to develop, and asked me if I dare Dare to go. I am a coward. At first I thought about taking him into custody and sending him to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but he suddenly gave me 1000 taels of silver, a box full of money. I saw that money was blind and I lost my humanity. , and joined their gang. At that time, the master only said that I should call out [-] pieces of military uniforms and return them in one day. After the distribution, I realized that something was wrong. Although the [-] military uniforms were returned, the food and cattle for the common people were gone.

If this matter breaks out, it will definitely affect the official voice.I questioned the master, but I didn't expect the master to say that this is what the uncle of the Gao family meant.Because the accountant of the household department is his nephew, whether it is tax reform or the grain of Zhaojia Village, it is not a matter of his nephew's words, and the master also said that the uncle said this, let me play Suppression, if I can suppress it, I will be able to make a fortune in the future, so I didn't take it seriously when the people came to ask for help, but the official was really deceived by the master, I really don't know—"

'Boom'!Something hit the screen, and the wooden screen trembled. It could be seen how angry the person who threw the thing was!

Gao Yue was going to die of anger!

Has the magistrate's brain been eaten by a pig?Doesn't he think about it, since the tax reform is the responsibility of the Accounting Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs, is the Accounting Department crazy or stupid and will slap the face and kill the people after the policy is issued? !Regardless of whether the county magistrate was originally dark-hearted or thought too much, in short, he would rather believe the words of Gao Jiatang's merchants than report to the court for the truth, which shows how dark the bottom of the officialdom in the Great Zhou Dynasty is!And in the county magistrate's heart, Gao Yue is probably not a clean person!

This county magistrate is really hateful!exasperating!hateful!

This kind of officialdom atmosphere must be cleaned up, and people like the county magistrate who are courageous, resourceless, and ignorant should not be occupying pits and not working!

However, one thing that Gao Yue cares more about is, can uncle Gao's family order the magistrate of a county at will? !This is not a good thing for him and the Jiangnan Gao family.He believes that among the Gao families in the south of the Yangtze River, there are very few people like Gao Yu's parents who pretend to be powerful and powerful. This trend must be eradicated from the root, otherwise as he does more for Da Zhou, his popularity will increase in the future. , the more dangerous he and the Jiangnan Gao family are.

This matter must not be taken lightly, Gao Yue felt that it was necessary for him to write another letter to that cheap old man.

Gao Yue was so angry that she dropped the inkstone.The screen was still shaking, and the county magistrate knelt on the ground shaking like chaff.Anri and the guards in the house bowed their heads in silence, and even the brick and tile soldiers who heard the movement outside the yard were silent for a while.

Gao Yueshen county magistrate, many people listened with their ears open. The county magistrate's voice was not low, crying and screaming, and every word and sentence fell into everyone's ears. The county magistrate's matter involved the Gao family. Now everyone knows it in their hearts. Gao Biyan has been asking patiently before, and everyone thinks that Mr. Bi Yan has a broad mind. Now he suddenly got angry, and he didn't know what he meant!

Just when everyone was wondering and wondering, they finally heard Mr. Gao Biyan's uncontrollable roar from the main room——

"You, really, yes, stupid!!!" Gao Yue's voice was trembling, it can be seen that he was really pissed off by the county magistrate, and after scolding, he said: "As a court official, you really don't have a trace of loyalty and patriotism in your heart. Read! As a parent and official, you don’t have the slightest heart to care for the people! It’s useless for you to live to this age, but you still have the idea of ​​stealing and stealing in your heart! The county magistrate sent it to the Ministry of Punishment to be dealt with according to the laws of the Zhou Dynasty! In addition, inform the Ministry of Punishment to arrest Gao Shitong immediately, and don’t let such unfaithful and unjust people who use the name of Gao’s name go unpunished!”

The guards immediately took orders and dragged the crying county magistrate Wuhua Datiang out.

Before Gao Yue's anger dissipated, An Ri walked in from outside the house and reported: "Ji Xiang, the Taoist priest of Chiyun Temple has arrived."