imprinted you in my heart

Under the cover of night and palace lanterns, the imperial palace is not as majestic as it was in the daytime, and the loyal internal guards patrolling their duties make people dare not try their best. People, walking towards Fengde Palace step by step.

Unlike in the past when he was always busy till the second watch, today Shi Min returned to Fengde Palace at the first watch, and he didn't ask anyone to move the memorabilia there. Although Lu Guanchu was very curious, he left after a while. Because His Majesty asked her to go down to rest.

Based on her understanding of His Majesty, it's best not to say no, and don't ask why, what can she do?Of course, I went to rest according to His Majesty's wishes.

When the palace attendant came to report, Shi Min was writing in a notebook, and she would also write down the latest transfers, personnel appointments, etc., and now it has a bit of a diary function, and she didn't stop writing and closed the notebook until Guo Fanqiu and the others came in. .

The man in black with the cloak took off his hat, revealing a pale and sickly face, and respectfully stepped forward to salute: "Old slave Chen Jiyuan respectfully wishes Your Majesty the peace." He coughed a few times after finishing speaking, What I think in my heart is: Your Majesty Wu Zong, if you can see your spirit in heaven, you must be very pleased. The little master is indeed younger, but he is a good emperor.

Chen Jiyuan's appearance is much older than Shi Min's memory, his eyes are dull, his face is pale, and there are thick dark circles under his eyes. The two of them are not familiar with each other in private. Chen Jiyuan will be loyal to her and assist her, even though it is the arrangement of the emperor's grandmother , but all these years I have done my best, and my attitude is very respectful, there is nothing wrong with it. What I think in this meeting is the same as the few times I have met before, either to say good things to the imperial grandmother, or to show her loyalty.

How could she have the heart to let this old man who was only thinking about the imperial grandmother and the country salute, not only did she not salute, but also asked Guo Fanqiu to move a chair for her, all the palace servants were paid, and there were only three of them in the palace. Even if she wanted to do it herself, Guo Fanqiu would not give her a chance.

She asked Guo Fanqiu to fill a cup of tea for Chen Jiyuan again, and then asked in a normal tone; "How are you doing recently? How about your secret words?".

She insinuated that she instructed Chen Jiyuan to take the lead, and Guo Fanqiu assisted in setting up a secret intelligence collection agency. It was based on the gang structure here, but it was different. Other gangs respected the strong, but insinuated that they demanded absolute obedience , obey the leader of the dark word and the token.

Long before she ascended the throne, she planned to secretly establish an intelligence network. Unfortunately, she ascended the throne in a hurry and had to suppress the rebellion, so it was not until the second year of Tianfu that she had time to plan the organizational structure, training system and rules of Yinyan. At the end of the year, she recruited By the first batch of personnel, there were less than fifty.

She never thought it was good to have more people, but felt that more soldiers were not as good as good soldiers, so the conditions for recruiting people were more stringent. Most of them were people who had a difficult life but could always maintain their original intentions, or orphans with good conduct, whether they were adults or children. Children must go through the internal training of Dark Words and pass the assessment in order to become a real Dark Words.

The salary during the training is average, but after passing the assessment, the salary will be greatly improved. From then on, there is no need to worry about food and clothing, and the salary is generous, and the corresponding ones must be kept secret. Once the leaked information is discovered, even if they escape to the ends of the earth, they will be hunted down. .

Yinyan's main job is to inquire about information, and his side job is to be a killer, and he will not let anyone who dares to betray his own information go unnoticed.

As for why the sideline is a killer?She also has her own plans. Not everything in the world is black and white, so this is her knife, not a knife that others can use with money, so it can only be a sideline.

After nearly two years of intermittent recruitment and spare no effort in training, the first batch was finally trained at the beginning of this year. Although there were only less than 50 people, the intelligence network had been laid from the base camp of Fandu to the nearby area in less than half a year. Several provinces, according to the plan, will complete the national laying within three years.

Chen Jiyuan himself has martial arts, and she arranged for her to do it. Although it cost her a lot of money, Chen Jiyuan put in more effort. Not only did he find a friend to be a teacher through his relationship, but he also taught it himself.

Therefore, Chen Jiyuan deservedly became the first speaker of the dark words, and directly obeyed her orders, while Guo Fanqiu, who assisted from the side, became one of the four guardians, and is now the second speaker.

Guo Fanqiu's half-month vacation was not really a vacation, she didn't go home, but took the secret letter from His Majesty to hand over to Chen Jiyuan. The reason is also because of this matter.

It's not that her master is ungrateful and ungrateful, but that Chen Jiyuan has sent secret letters to resign many times because of his poor health in the past six months. At first, Chen Jiyuan didn't say it clearly, and she didn't know the reason, so she naturally rejected it without hesitation. A month ago, Guo Fanqiu found out by accident that she secretly sent an imperial doctor to make a diagnosis and treatment, so how could she bear to keep her? !

Guo Fanqiu, whom she had brought to be trained as the current head of speech, did not disappoint her, not only passed the assessment of the secret words, but also passed the internal examination in the palace, so the handover was a matter of course and did not cause any dissatisfaction.

"You are in good health, His Majesty is concerned. I have already handed over all the secret words to Fan Qiu, let her talk about it." Although he was a little tired, Chen Jiyuan's spirit was better than ever.

As a person who retreated from the palace, Chen Jiyuan's ability to observe words and demeanor was definitely among the best, so she handed it over to Guo Fanqiu. She couldn't have known about it, but she asked Guo Fanqiu to report it. Shi Min understood, and Guo Fanqiu knew better.

In order not to disappoint Chen Jiyuan, who taught him from time to time like an elder, Guo Fanqiu calmly explained the development of the secret word, the current progress and existing problems, and the next step plan.

Shi Min was very satisfied. As early as when she had the idea of ​​establishing a secret speech, she intended to train a class among the four of Ji Chun and the others to take over from Chen Jiyuan. Guo Fanqiu had a relatively calm temperament and was cautious, and decided to take the internal examination, which suited her well. As requested, she doesn't mind giving her a platform.

So after Xing Boen left Fandu, she arranged for Fanqiu to replace her. Even if she intentionally cultivated it, she also laid the groundwork in advance. The progress was good, and Guo Fanqiu did not disappoint her.

Even if His Majesty doesn't summon him, Chen Jiyuan still wants to say goodbye to His Majesty. Although time is running out, she also wants to use the last time to do something she likes and wants to do.

Shi Min summoned Chen Jiyuan not only to praise her face to face, but also to reward her, but Chen Jiyuan, who was used to being low-key, didn't want anything, which made her very embarrassed. The secondary calligraphy is specially covered with a seal.

At noon the next day, Chen Jiyuan took his family and left Fandu. Today, His Majesty has clear rewards and punishments. If she doesn't take her family away, His Majesty will make up for it in other ways, and this is not what she wants to see, not because she doesn't want to. For the sake of the family.

It was for the sake of her family that she would take them away. Her credit would last for a while, but not for a lifetime. Once she was gone, the family members would develop a disposition of restlessness, and that would be the real culprit!

Moreover, the nobles of the king and above have moved their families to Fandu one after another. There are many nobles in Fandu. I am afraid that any incidents in the future will have something to do with that noble family. It is really not that ordinary people like them can stay for a long time. place.

Shi Min didn't expect Chen Jiyuan to run faster than a rabbit, and took his family away with him. There was no place to make compensation for making her want to turn a corner, but it didn't mean she gave up. Let Fan Qiu pay attention to them current situation.

In late October of the fourth year of Tianfu, the Coastal Salt Case was announced to the world, which shocked the entire Hua Kingdom. Compared with the "Yang Yang" rebellion case when His Majesty ascended the throne, officials from the coastal provinces colluded with businessmen, local tyrants and gangsters Raising the price of salt, manipulating the salt roads, raising taxes under clever pretexts, oppressing the people, and disregarding human lives made the people in the coastal provinces dare not speak out.

His Majesty was aware of the details, and quickly arrested the first criminals in the salt case before they could resist. They were escorted back to Fandu in secret, and the common people did not know what happened until the announcement was made.

After seeing all kinds of evil deeds of these people, not only the public opinion of the people in Fandu is almost one-sided, but even the officials who know that His Majesty does not like corrupt officials, especially the big corrupt officials, are also very one-sided. If you want to scold a few words, you are ashamed to be with them.

Recently, the most talked about in the streets and alleys of Fandu is the salt case. I only hope that His Majesty will behead these heinous people as soon as possible, so that justice will be done and the price of salt will return to normal.

In addition to this matter, His Majesty also decreed that the imperial merchants will be selected at the beginning of the fifth year of Tianfu. Although there are less than ten conditions for the election, the content is very strict, so it is also something that the people love to talk about.

Merchants are not discriminated here, so the status of merchants is acceptable, and even the commodity economy of China is more prosperous than that of ancient China, but it cannot change the fundamental system of farming and small peasant economy.

In the early morning court the day before the announcement was made, Chengting reported the matter, and there were all witnesses and material evidence, so they could not deny it, so Shi Min went through the process in Chengtian Palace on purpose, without favoritism, and without malicious punishment. , directly in the hall to pronounce the sentence according to the law.

She was afraid that the ministers would more or less persuade them as before, and it was obviously impossible to check again, so she simply didn't give them this opportunity at all. The evidence of the salt case was sufficient, and those who were brought to the hall were all intent on pleading guilty and begging to die.

First came the salt case, and then came the imperial merchants. They were all important matters concerning the people of the world. They were all in the limelight, covering up the affairs after the emperor's election. Those who cared about it were still the ones who cared about it, and those who listened to it stopped paying attention for a while. .

Bu Qianxue belongs to the kind of person who is very caring. She handed over her portrait and information before the time node. She is not the only one among court officials who does this, and there are men and women.

Although the emperor of this dynasty has always liked women, if the queen is selected in the way of choosing the queen, men will not be excluded. After all, the emperor has never liked anyone so far. Who knows whether she likes women or men? of?

Shi Min, who is busy with state affairs every day, has no time to think about the post-election. Anyway, the final decision is in her hands, and she doesn't have to worry about the royal grandma and the queen mother making a decision for her directly. select.

Except for the frontier areas farthest from Fandu, most of the tax collection work in other places this year has been completed, and officials in charge of taxation in many provinces will basically reconcile accounts with the Ministry of Households in Fandu.

Because Shi Min has vigorously cracked down on corrupt officials, rebellious officials, and nobles and local tyrants who suppressed land mergers in the past few years, he has almost made the officialdom difficult to survive. Therefore, the "Measurement Book" newly measured this year is compared with the last measurement five years ago. The area of ​​fields has increased a lot, and the number of people in the "Household Register" has also increased.

The peak population of China was more than 3000 million. After the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, the natural disaster of Emperor Wuzong, the skyrocketing price of rice in the first emperor's period, and the "Yang Yang" rebellion, the population dropped from more than 3000 million to less than 1000 million. Now there are more than [-] million, and there is already an upward trend.

This year, the weather is good, neither floods nor droughts, and most of the tax collection work in the provinces is going smoothly, except for the remote frontier areas, and the few provinces in the capital where the salt case was arrested have not yet been completed.

Although she dispatched officials to the coastal provinces as soon as possible, but due to the long distance, the completion time may be later than that in the frontier areas. Xing Boen contributed a lot to this matter and was directly promoted to two levels. ?