After being robbed by the prince of the enemy country

"The snowstorm in Fengzhou killed people and animals in ice." Chu Shao read out the contents of the memorial without raising his head, "How do you plan to deal with it?"

Fengzhou is a small state county on the edge of Zhongqin. A heavy snowfall in winter knocked down this small state county, which was not rich at all.

Huaizhen paused while drinking tea, "The resources of the three provinces and six ministries are all at your disposal, you must be more thoughtful than me."

Chu Shao looked up at him, the three provinces and six ministries were under the emperor's orders, and now Huaizhen handed over the dispatching power to Chu Qingxu, which was tantamount to decentralization.

"Then let the Ministry of Households allocate funds for disaster relief, the Ministry of Industry will send craftsmen to rush to repair houses, the Ministry of Punishment will monitor the funds for disaster relief, and the Ministry of War will also send thousands of strong soldiers to Fengzhou to rescue the victims. We also need to be vigilant against the small country of Xiyi taking advantage of the fire."

Xiyi is adjacent to the western border of China and Qin, because the geographical location is far away, Xiyi and Nanqi are not at odds, but Chu Qingxu also knows that this small country to the west is not a cheap lamp.

"Fengzhou is the existence of Tiangao Emperor Yuanyuan. If Xiyi wants to take advantage of the chaos to swallow this small state, it is not impossible." Huai Zhen said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "But, it dares to swallow Fengzhou. I dare to let Xiyi destroy the country."

"The king of Xiyi probably wouldn't do the matter of picking up sesame seeds and throwing watermelons." Chu Shao copied Huaizhen's handwriting, and responded with countermeasures in the memorial, "

According to the usual practice of natural disasters, the Ministry of Rites needs to hold a blessing ceremony and calculate the celestial phenomena. If you have no objection, I will let the Ministry of Rites do it. "

"Xiao Shao is really a delicate heart, she is too thoughtful!"

Chu Shao ignored Huai Jiugu's flattery, and his eyes fell on the Jasper Panlong Seal on the table, "Are you going to seal this jade seal yourself?"

The jade seal is the symbol of the emperor's power, ordinary people are not qualified to touch it, but Huaizhen said, "Your seal is the same as my seal."

The corner of Chu Qingxu's mouth curled into an unclear smile, he took the heavy jade seal, and stamped it in the lower right corner of the memorial.

Therefore, the instructions written in the memorial written by Chu Shao fell on the six words "the treasure of the emperor's respect for relatives"-to take the emperor to order the princes, but that's all.

In the past, Wen Yan only thought of Chu Qingxu as your lord's sweetheart, and she was very respectful, but today she watched her lord acquiesce in Chu Shao's handing over the jade seal, and felt a little awe of this queen for a moment.

The only male concubine Ye Yin from Zhongqin's ancestors, in the end, he was like a deputy emperor, sharing the country equally with the king, and taking control of the country together. .

When she was young, Ye Junhou, like Chu Shao, held the emperor's heart in the palm of her hand, and also held the jade seal early, powerful in the harem, and sitting on the real power of the former court.

Although Chu Qingxu does not have a rock-solid family background like Ye's, but judging by the favored posture of Junshang, Chu Shao's future should not be underestimated.

When Wen Yan's heart was full of calculations, Ning Yuanqiu had already brought the examination papers and entered the imperial study.

From the failed examination papers, he selected three "relics from the sea". These three candidates were students who were rejected by the chief examiner.

"These three papers, I think, are worthy of being the top five in this autumn."

Huai Zhen became interested, walked to the desk, and took the paper with Chu Shao.

The answer sheet is a red scroll, which is re-transcribed by the transcript officer with a red pen to prevent the examiner from relying on handwriting to recognize acquaintances and favoritism.

For the sake of fairness, Ning Yuanqiu still does not know the real names of the three examinees, so the scrolls presented to the empress for inspection still do not have specific signatures.

The test question for this autumn is: "Water, Fire, Metal, Wood, Earth, and Valley are only repaired".

Huai Zhen had only read half of the answer sheet, and Chu Shao was already reviewing the contents of the second paper. He glanced at ten lines, from time to time circled the vermilion paper with an ink-colored pen, and finally his eyes lit up, and his appreciation was beyond words.

"Which candidate wrote this paper?" After reading the full text, Chu Shao raised his head and asked Ning Yuanqiu.

Ning Yuanqiu cupped his hands and answered: "The examinee's name is still kept in the tribute courtyard, but I guess, is this paper appreciated by the queen, is it based on the old master Meng's "does not violate the farming season, and the grain cannot be eaten" to discuss the kingly way? "

"It seems that Mr. and I have the same opinion." Holding the paper in his hand, Chu Shao couldn't help boasting: "This article is wonderfully written, every word is precious, and there is insight into the world between the lines. Answer this paper. Those who are talented must be underappreciated, and the oyster is sick, but luckily you fished him out of the discarded scroll, otherwise this talented person will be delayed for another three years!"

What Chu Shao said hit the heart of Ning Yuanqiu's confidant, he immediately exchanged the subtleties of this answer sheet with the queen, and the two talked eloquently, and they were very congenial.

But Huaizhen was obsessed with the test paper in his hand, like gnawing corn, and struggled to finish reading word by word.

He is also a person who has read poetry and books, but he has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he feels a headache when he sees these literary arguments, just like he is unwilling to deal with the civil servants of the previous court. It's not that he can't understand , but not so much patience.

At this moment, he was like an illiterate idiot who stumbled into the school by mistake, and just happened to meet the teacher and a good student discussing unfathomable issues, and he stood aside, listening with a little embarrassment, hearing in a fog, Occasionally pretending to understand and nodding, most of the time I feel sleepy.

"The No. [-] scholar in this discipline, let's decide him!" Chu Shao set the tone and turned to Huaizhen, "What do you think?"

Huai Zhen yawned, "If you think it's good, then it must be the same."

Ning Yuan Qiu Xi said: "The minister will return to the Gongyuan now to readjust the ranking!"

It was dark when he left the imperial study.

When it was time for dinner, Chu Shao still had a few memorials to read, so he simply stayed in the imperial study for dinner.

Early in the morning, Huai Zhen asked the chef to prepare Chu Shao's favorite dishes. As soon as the dishes were served, Chu Qingxu knew that Huai Jiugu had come prepared.

Sure enough, just after eating dessert, Huaizhen raised his hand to invite Wen Yan in. Chu Shao turned his head and saw that Wen Yan was holding five square jade plaques in his hand, and the jade was still mutton fat jade.

It reads: breakfast, lunch, dinner, bedtime, and a piece of jade directly wrote "Jiu Gu".

Chu Shao was confused: "What are you planning?"

Huai Zhen explained enthusiastically: "It's a custom in the palace, whoever the emperor turns over the signboard will come to sleep at night."

"so?"

"Xiao Shao can also look at my sign." Huaizhen picked up the jade with "lunch" written on it, "If you want Zhen to go to Qiwu Palace to accompany you for lunch, you can look at this sign."

He changed the piece of "Servant Sleeper" again, "If you want me to warm your bed, you can turn over this one. Of course! One day, if you like me, you can turn over this one!"

He picked up the jade with "Jiu Gu" written on it: "As long as Xiao Shao turns over my signboard, I will give you all the time of the day except the morning court."

Chu Qingxu: "......."

He doesn't understand Huaizhen, he really doesn't understand.

"Is there any jade token? I think we can add another one."

Huai Zhen thought that Chu Shao really wanted to flip the sign every day and change people to serve him, so he said jealously: "Why, do you still want to write about Dai Qin?!"

Chu Shao looked at Huai Jiugu with the eyes of a fool.

Wen Yan handed over a piece of new jade, Chu Shao took the pen, and Huai Zhen leaned over to look at it with great interest.

I saw Chu Qingxu wrote a strong and powerful character "roll" on the jade with a silver hook drawn on iron.

Huaizhen: "..."

Chu Shao: "When I flipped over this sign, it meant to let Your Majesty go."

With a smile in his eyes, in front of Huai Zhen, he turned over the word "roll" without hesitation.

Huaizhen: "......"

The guard who was on duty outside the palace saw the emperor rolling out of the imperial study room lonely!

The author says:

Chirping and roaring: Get out, get out! ! !snort!

Shao'er first needs to hold a lot of power in order to be able to fight against Jiugu, so there will be a transition period for seizing power.

Everything that Jiu Gu owes to Shao'er, Shao'er will get it back by herself, and the same will not be done if you break your arrogance and subjugate the country :)

*The part of this chapter that involves the imperial examination questions and answers refers to the real imperial examination content.