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At the end of July, Huainan Xuzhou Station.

In the middle of the night, there were still lights on in the room, in which lived the censor Zhang Conglu, who had returned to his hometown to visit his relatives. Watching it, I respectfully obeyed my orders. I visited the people, went in and out of traffickers and pawns, and found that the wharf here is particularly deserted, with few boats coming and going. I also heard the tinkling of the embankment, and the sun, the moon, and the moon did not stop. Ask the fisherman in the river, and the fisherman takes three steps Sigh, it is said that the three-mile-long river embankment cannot be demolished and repaired day and night, and a Shuaisi mansion can be built with gold bricks and silver sand. It turns out that the Huainan appeasement envoy and the capital water supervisor used the embankment as an excuse to privately embezzle the river control allocated every year The silver taels are built during the day and demolished at night, day after day is endless, and the accumulated silver taels can be used to build an Efang Palace!"

"The appeasement envoy of Huainan, An Huaide, owes his sage's kindness. I feel ashamed that I am in the same year as An Huaide! The court's finances are tight. As a minister, I don't want to relieve the king's worries, but use power for personal gain. I am deeply ashamed! "

At the beginning of April this year, An Huaide, a local official who visited Huainan to appease him, indulged in pleasure. He often entertained guests and did not do military affairs. Wilder.

Zhang Conglu originally wanted to investigate whether An Huaide was dereliction of duty, but he didn't want to find out about the corruption of the river.

The imperial court allocates tens of millions of dollars every year to control the Yellow River, and at least 600 to [-] percent will be used in Huainan. An Huaide has been in office for nearly five years. If the river is corrupted every year, at least [-] million taels will be corrupted.

The Yellow River was diverted to flow into the Huai River, and the river fortresses in Xuzhou and Pizhou in Huainan were easily washed away. It is hard to say that it was not because of An Huaide's embezzlement of money and neglect of repairing river channels and embankments.

Although the flood was a natural disaster, it was also caused by man-made disasters. When Zhang Conglu found out the truth, he had to tell Emperor Yuanshou, so he sent a letter as soon as he stopped at the post station, hoping to send it back to Kyoto quickly.

"Come on."

Zhang Conglu called for people, but no one responded for a long time. He was suspicious and went out to find out what happened. As soon as he walked out of the corridor, he found that the servant had been killed.

Terrified, Zhang Conglu turned around and ran away without even thinking about it, but the killer had been waiting for him for a long time, cut his throat with a knife, pulled out the informant letter and burned it to ashes.

In an instant, the inn was destroyed in a sea of ​​fire, and the corpses and secrets inside were destroyed together.

***

It was five days after the supervisory censor Zhang presented the case of Emperor Yuanshou, who was killed in the fire at the Xuzhou post station in Huainan, to Emperor Yuanshou's case. In the sea of ​​fire, what a corpse and trace, what an An Huaide!"

The eunuch stepped forward to refill tea and said cautiously, "Your Majesty, King Kang is asking to see you."

Emperor Yuanshou: "Let him in quickly."

After a while, King Kang entered the hall to salute, and observed Emperor Yuanshou's face: "Your Majesty's face is not good, is it because you have been trapped by the flood of the Yellow River recently?"

Emperor Yuan Shou: "The flood of the Yellow River is one thing, but the unpredictability of people's hearts is another."

Kang Wang: "What's wrong?"

Emperor Yuanshou handed him the notebook: "Look at it."

Kang Wang took the booklet and read it at a glance, with a serious expression and frowning: "What did An Huaide do?"

Emperor Yuanshou: "I ordered Zhang Conglu to secretly monitor An Huaide, and he died on the road, or did the station catch fire, is there such a coincidence?"

Kang Wang: "Murder to silence, it seems that Zhang Conglu has found out something. Why don't you find an excuse to recall An Huaide?"

Emperor Yuanshou: "Huainan was severely affected by the disaster. Recalling An Huaide rashly will easily sway people's hearts. Let's keep it for now. Send someone to watch over. I remember that the Huainan transfer envoy is Sima Jiao?"

King Kang: "Yes, a member of the Empress Sima's family. I heard that the Fifth Prince has a close personal relationship with An Huaide. An Huaide has long been a princeling. With the transfer envoy's surname Sima, it can be said that the entire Huainan is under the prince's control. "

The disciples of the King of Qin specialized in developing in the south of the Yangtze River, and Huainan was as prosperous and affluent as the south of the Yangtze River, so they were regarded as belongings by the prince, and they took great pains to manage it as a tool to counter the King Qin's power distribution in the south of the Yangtze River.

"These sons of mine are not talented when it comes to governing the country, but they are smarter than the other when it comes to camping dogs and forming cliques. Before the country is handed over to them, they are busy pulling ministers to stand in line, eradicating dissidents, and disregarding the life and death of the people. Don't wait a hundred years for me, sooner or later Dajing Foundation will be destroyed by them!"

The words were so serious that King Kang didn't dare to answer or persuade him, so Quan pretended he didn't hear it.

"The empress and the Sima family have contributed a lot to the prince's actions. The noble family...huh! The empress dares to intervene even in the imperial guards. Can she bear the title of daughter of the noble family?"

Kang Wang cupped his hands and said: "It is useless to blame the prince right now. We must first solve the flood in Huainan, and then find a way to disintegrate the unbreakable power of the prince and the Sima family in Huainan. My younger brother remembers that when Huainan proposed some punishment and prison envoys, it was my younger brother who asked for it. As a disciple, you may ask him to pay more attention and try to find out about Zhang Conglu's death."

"Also." Emperor Yuanshou said: "I will also order Zheng Chuzhi to be temporarily transferred to Huainan as the deputy envoy for transshipment, and Xiao Wence, the magistrate of Yangzhou, to temporarily serve as Huainan's promotion and Changping envoy!"

King Kang was startled: "Zheng Chuzhi, Xiao Wence? If I remember correctly, Xiao Wence was a Jinshi in the 11th year of Yuanshou, and that scene happened to be written by Lu Zhiyuan, who is also the father of the princess... Didn't they send their own people to Huainan?"

Emperor Yuanshou: "Put one of their own people in, let them believe that I have not doubted them, and I still entrust them with trust. Throwing in Zheng Chuzhi is both a comfort and a warning. Anyway, a strong dragon can't overwhelm a local snake, let alone a temporarily transferred deputy. In Huainan, what kind of storms can break out in their base camp? Just let them believe that there will be no storms."

Kang Wang: "But Zheng Chuzhi is not an idiot, he knows it's a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, so wouldn't he be wise to protect himself?"

Emperor Yuanshou was in a good mood at the moment, and shook his head with his hands behind his back, saying: "On the contrary, Zheng Chuzhi will never protect himself wisely. He is like a poisonous snake, and he will bite Huainan's throat whenever he gets the chance. Although King Qin is not their most Satisfied candidates for the crown prince are also brands that have been painstakingly managed, and their operations in the south of the Yangtze River have been uprooted, Zheng Chuzhi couldn't swallow this breath."

Kang Wang was thoughtful, vaguely understood, and sincerely admired Emperor Yuanshou's scheming methods.

"Let them fight. Fight to the death."

***

Fifth Prince's Mansion.

After receiving the letter from Huainan, the Fifth Prince burned it silently after reading it.

The prince's face was not very good-looking: "You keep your tail when you do things. Fortunately, this time you found out in time, and deal with Zhang Conglu as soon as possible, otherwise your hard work in Huainan and Jingdong provinces will be in vain!"

The fifth prince was a little ashamed: "I wrote a letter to scold An Huaide, because he is extravagant and wasteful and doesn't know how to restrain himself, and because he was ginseng, he would attract the attention of the emperor."

"You haven't realized the problem yet? Look at how many embankments have been washed away by the flooding of Huainan this time? The Four Northern Canals are under your control, and it's not enough for you to collect money. You have to touch the money for repairing the embankments!"

"Second brother, I, I didn't expect to break the mouth. In previous years, floods flooded the fields, and it wouldn't be so flat that the ground was swamped. Who knew that the Yellow River would suddenly divert this time!" The fifth prince was very panicked. Complained: "This is evil. The Yellow River, which has not been diverted for a hundred years, suddenly changed its course and flooded Huainan, which has never been flooded before. Otherwise, how could it be discovered that it was greedy for Mo Zhihe's money!"

"Don't say a few words!" The prince hated that iron can't be made into steel, and said helplessly: "Fortunately, Huainan is our territory. With An Huaide in town, nothing big will happen."

The fifth prince asked: "But the emperor sent Zheng Chuzhi, did he intend to rectify Huainan?"

Prince: "It's a warning, but I don't really want to deal with it. The emperor also sent Xiao Wence. He is a student of Lu Zhiyuan, and he is one of our people. When the time comes, ask Sima Jiao and An Huaide to treat him to a drink." That's fine. The emperor sent him here to reassure us and tell us that he still trusts us, but he also sent Zheng Chuzhi, both to appease and to warn. After all, a temporary transfer has no foundation and cannot turn a big storm. If you really want to To clean up Huainan, will you tell us to send an enemy over in such a blatant manner? Sending Zheng Chuzhi over is also meant as a warning. He will definitely take the opportunity to provoke, but it will not start. dare."

The fifth prince: "Father sent two people, so what's the point?"

"This is the check and balance of the emperor!" The prince said: "Don't forget, Shen'an Huaide was first, Zhang Conglu discovered that the river course was corrupted first, and the Yellow River was diverted later. Being burned to death is not so easy to solve, father will definitely call An Huaide to Beijing."

Fifth Prince: "I still have to thank the Yellow River for changing its course?"

Prince: "You can say that."

The fifth prince thought it was true, and laughed: "Well done! Well done! This time the devil is right!"

The Yellow River diverted its course and seized Si into the Huaihe River, resulting in countless casualties, but it was a great thing to hear from the two aristocrats in front of you, which is also chilling.

***

In mid-August, although the flood of the Yellow River was under control for the time being, the autumn floods will soon usher, and it is feared that it will cause disasters for thousands of miles.

However, Beijing officials and local officials were busy with these matters, so it was not Zhao Baiyu's turn to worry.

After the transfer order issued by the prefect Ji, as Zhao Baiyu expected, he was sent to Jiangxi Province as a transfer envoy. Before taking office, he had to hand over to the new prefect as soon as possible.

Because of this, Zhao Baiyu was so busy that his feet never touched the ground. He went to the Yamen to do errands before dawn, and he was always in the county palace until midnight.

Seeing him working hard, Huo Jingtang picked him up from get off work every day, occasionally helping out or giving a few words, which could solve many problems that troubled Zhao Baiyu.

Late that night, Huo Jingtang came to pick up Zhao Baiyu as usual, knocked on his office room, went straight in, and sat down at a nearby seat: "Still busy?"

Zhao Baiyu looked up at Huo Jingtang and continued to sort out the handover files: "There is no way, Mr. Ji is sent out to Jiangxi, and we must sort out the old files and old account books of the yamen as soon as possible, as well as those owed to the people and the accounts owed to the Ministry of Industry. The various IOUs and book deficits of the Ministry have to be wiped out, and they have to be settled quickly while Mr. Ji is still in Beijing, otherwise the debt will be left to the next one, and I should be the one who has a headache. The new official takes office three times, and burns all the people at the bottom. , I'm the prefect's right-hand man, so shouldn't I bear the brunt of it?"

With a heavy sigh, Zhao Baiyu said: "It's okay if you don't sort it out. After sorting it out, you find that you owe a lot of debts and the books are short. The yamen doesn't have much money, and Ji Zhifu is not a corrupt official. I don't know where the money allocated every year is. I owe a lot of money, and I really want to quit my job."

Huo Jingtang: "Mr. Yamen didn't settle accounts?"

"It's still an old saying, the new magistrate questioned me on the first day, and made it clear that he would use me to build his prestige."

"The new magistrate is called Feng Chunshan?"

"you recognize?"

"The former prefect of Hangzhou has no great ability, but he is the elder brother of the late Concubine Zhen and the uncle of the Fifth Prince."

"My relatives. It's the fifth prince again, and I finally know why I'm targeting me." Zhao Baiyu understood: "The prefect of the capital is concerned with the security of the capital. How could His Majesty agree to let an incompetent person be in charge?"

"It won't be long."

Zhao Baiyu raised his eyebrows, Huo Jingtang knew something about the inside story, but seeing that he didn't intend to say more, he didn't ask any more.

Huo Jingtang: "It's a common occurrence that the yamen is short-lived. If you can't burn it to your head, you can't solve it."

Zhao Baiyu served as the magistrate of the capital, and it was only three years since he arrived in Shaoyin. It was the first time he knew that it was very common for the Yamen to be short-lived, so he quickly asked Huo Jingtang, "How do you say it?"

Huo Jingtang lowered his head and fiddled with the old handkerchief on his wrist: "Xiao Lang hasn't worn the prayer beads I gave you recently, is it because he doesn't like it?"

"No, I really like it!" Zhao Baiyu hurriedly sat next to Huo Jingtang, grabbed Huo Jingtang's hand and coaxed, "Isn't it necessary for me to interrogate a prisoner? I'm afraid that the blood will lose my Buddha nature. After all, you gave it to me. To be cherished."

Huo Jingtang raised his eyes, stared at him fixedly, then took out a similarly coated prayer bead from his wide sleeve and said, "I polished a box."

Zhao Baiyu: "..." How much do you like Buddhism?

Taking the sent Buddhist beads and wrapping them around his wrists, Zhao Baiyu murmured, "Shouldn't one like Buddhism be pure-minded and ascetic?"

Huo Jingtang tapped the back of Zhao Baiyu's hand: "Be sincere and stop talking nonsense."

superstitious.

Zhao Baiyu touched the tassels of the beads and asked, "I will wear them from now on, can you say it now?"

Huo Jingtang: "It's very common for yamen to be short-lived. The yamen of Kyoto Prefecture is not bad. After all, under the feet of the emperor, you can go to the household department to cry poorly, you can borrow money from the internal treasury, and you can also collect some filial piety from the county government below. How much can you subsidize?" Ugly accounts. The county government below or more remote, such as the county government in the northwest, is so poor that the drum outside has been rotten for three years and has no money to repair it."

"why?"

"There are too few remaining." Huo Jingtang said: "Dajing was too poor when the country was founded, and money was needed everywhere. Originally, business was encouraged to revitalize the economy, but after revitalizing a group of rich merchants, the people and the court are still poor. Where does the money come from?" Come? Taxes. Taxes should not be set too high, otherwise they will be exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. Generally speaking, local governments have to pay [-]% or [-]% of taxes. keep."

Zhao Baiyu realized the problem: "One to two percent is too little."

There are a lot of local funds, such as repairing the yamen, distributing salaries to officials and yamen officials, and if there are any natural and man-made disasters such as bandit uprising, floods, earthquakes, locust disasters, etc., they need to be spent, and [-] to [-]% of the retained tax is not enough.

"So you can only embezzle the tax paid, and there will be a deficit. You can look at the records of the deficit project. If it is clearly used for business, you can submit it to the third department and ask them to reimburse you. However, the account department is in charge of the fifth, and it may be Your reimbursement papers are rejected."

"It's not a possibility, but a certainty." Zhao Baiyu: "A loss of 7 taels, and the 5 taels promised by the fifth prince last time, which can barely make up for the vacancy. But the accounts of the 21 counties below have not yet been settled. .”

After a pause, Zhao Baiyu asked: "No, you said it's normal to be in short supply... Could it be that officials in other provinces embezzle public money? Otherwise, why don't you reimburse them?"

"There are private embezzlements, most of which are used for official business, but the Ministry of Accounts will reject their reimbursement documents. It has always been a big problem to reimburse and misplaced accounts. Even Zhao Boyong and others will have a headache if they want to reimburse and misunderstood. This is called a Ministry fee, and the second is that the national treasury is in a serious deficit.”

Huo Jingtang leaned lazily on the chair, broke the official secrets and told Zhao Baiyu in detail: "The country's finances have always been tight. Since the founding of the country, there have been natural and man-made disasters inside, powerful enemies outside, Turkic China, Daxia, and Southern Xinjiang are all powerful enemies that cannot be defeated. They fight almost every year, and the military funds are tight. Most of the national finances are spent on military funds, resulting in a deficit in the national treasury. The successive emperors can only make up for it from their own private treasury. Since [-]% to [-]% of the tax is paid, and the bottom line is also short-lived, all departments of the imperial court are short-lived. In order to solve this part of the shortfall, the successive emperors can only draw money from their own private treasury, not to give, but to 'borrow'."

"Who borrowed it? The prime ministers of the three divisions and two governments all borrowed it. They borrowed it for official business, disaster relief, infrastructure construction, and military affairs. All departments came to borrow, which eventually led to a deficit in the government, departments, and treasury and private treasury. money."

"Can't change it?"

"The system is bloated and cumbersome. Once the reform is bound to touch the interests of some people, there will always be people who take advantage of these loopholes to amass money and embezzle the country's public money for the people under various names, and some people will come out to obstruct it. Just cutting the department fee is enough. Blocked a group of people's money. Your Majesty's opening of the night market is also based on the hope that a developed commodity economy can improve the problem of lack of money."

Huo Jingtang suddenly asked: "You said there is still a shortage of 2 taels?"

Zhao Baiyu: "Not only. The county's deficit is not counted."

Huo Jingtang hooked his fingers: "I'll teach you how to beg for money."

Zhao Baiyu listened to Huo Jingtang whispering a few words, his eyes lit up: "You are quite treacherous." Pushing Huo Jingtang's arm, he joked: "Everyone in the capital thinks you are good at fighting, and you have a bad temper. Violent and reckless, who knew you could act so well?"

"Every year in the war, if you need money, food and military resources, you have to deal with the Third Division. If you don't act, you will die early in the Northwest."

In fact, Huo Jingtang also has money, but most of his money is spent in the Northwest Army, and he only keeps some of the daily expenses for maintaining the county prince's mansion, and some as dowry gifts, so Zhao Baiyu's small treasury is much fuller, but he also spends a lot outside .

Huo Jingtang also raised a village for veterans, and Zhao Baiyu built a childcare hall and an orphan village for women to re-employ. It can only be said that they are all gold swallowing beasts, and the money in the treasury cannot be easily moved.

What's more, Zhao Baiyu couldn't open the gap for the private treasury to fill the deficit of the Yamen. Once he opened it, he would offend all the officials in Beijing and outside of Beijing, and he couldn't get along in the officialdom.

Huo Jingtang: "For my husband to help you solve a big problem, shouldn't Xiao Lang also help me solve a problem?"

Zhao Baiyu rolled his eyes at him: "Can you learn from Bodhisattvas in self-cultivation and self-cultivation, and don't think about shameful things all day long."

Huo Jingtang stared at him fixedly, his glazed eyes were so beautiful that they looked fake.

Zhao Baiyu was a little nervous: "Are you angry?"

Huo Jingtang said slowly: "I'm hungry, and I want you to accompany me home for dinner. To be honest, is it because I haven't relieved myself for a while, and Xiao Lang wants it? If you want it, just ask, this It is the unshirkable duty of a husband.”

"..." Zhao Baiyu grabbed the file and threw it over: "Please shut up!"

After a few seconds of silence, Zhao Baiyu said, "Just finish sorting out the last file."

His scalp was a little numb and his cheeks were a little hot. Zhao Baiyu cleared his throat a few times, and he had to say that his body did have a taste of food.

Stay calm and read the file carefully. It is a case of burglary and murder in Jiangyang County, Yangzhou. The mastermind was arrested, and the local county, state and province were all sentenced to death. Some time ago, when the Great Prison was established, the Criminal Department and the Dali Temple had no empty cells, so they took the prisoners to the Kyoto Prefecture Prison and locked them up. After two days, they were beheaded.

The results of the three joint trials remained unchanged, the case was finalized, and Zhao Baiyu painted red at the end of the file.

Zhao Baiyu went to Huo Jingtang's side, hid his hands in his sleeves, and smiled warmly, "Go home." Under the candlelight, his skin was radiant, as if it would glow.

Huo Jingtang stretched out his hand to hold Zhao Baiyu's hand, and his wide sleeves covered the holding hands of the two.

***

The next day, Zhao Baiyu asked people to summon the county magistrates of 21 counties under the jurisdiction of the Kyoto Prefecture, ordering them to make a calculation and report all the shortfalls in previous years, and asked Mr. Fang to calculate all the accounts, so that it would be easier to eliminate them. For the accounts that have been found to be problematic, leave the account books that can make a big fuss first.

The new magistrate's surname is Feng, and now he asked Zhao Baiyu again: "How about the accounts?"

Zhao Baiyu handed the account book to Feng Zhifu: "Please read it."

Feng Zhifu glanced at the master behind him. The master took the account book and read it, and said a few words in Feng Zhifu's ear. In 13, how come the book deficit is as much as [-] taels?!"

Zhao Baiyu: "My lord doesn't know something." He explained the reason.

Prefect Feng: "Why don't you ask the Ministry of Accounts for reimbursement?"

Zhao Baiyu showed embarrassment: "My lord, this... this matter is really difficult——"

"What's the problem?! Which yamen in the capital can't honestly go to the household department for reimbursement? Which household department doesn't reimburse you? Don't think I don't know about your little tricks, which are lazy administration and negligent administration! Let me tell you Zhao Baiyu , I’ve seen a lot of people like you! Now you take these account books to the Third Division and the Accounts Department for reimbursement, and you don’t need to come back if the accounts are not cleared!”

"Don't—my lord, you are embarrassing me. Everyone knows that the difficulty of finding reimbursement from the household department is as difficult as climbing the sky. They are all wiped out bit by bit every year. How can there be a debt of 13 taels in four years?" Wipe all the court? This... I really can't do it, my lord, please don't embarrass me—"

"My lord, I'm really not embarrassing you." Feng Zhifu said: "Do you know where I was doing my job before?"

Zhao Baiyu shook his head: "I don't know."

Feng Zhifu: "My lord, I am the magistrate in Hangzhou. I have done a good job and never had a deficit, so I was called to Beijing to serve as the prefect of power in this important city!"

Zhao Baiyu praised: "My lord is amazing."

Feng Zhifu: "Stop flattering me! Let me tell you, I am not joking about your lord, I am not afraid of Lin'an County King, I am not afraid of Zaizhi lord, I don't care whether you are the princess of the county or the son of Zaizhi's family, if you are in my hands I have to do my job honestly, and if I tell you to write off the accounts, you have to do it, or you will resign and get out!"

"But it's not a name for me to write off the accounts. After all, it's your errand. If I go to an official, people say "You can't do it, let your lord come." What should I do?"

"Why are you so stupid? Huh? You can just say it's my order? Mr. Kui Ji praises how smart you are in my ear every day. Now it seems that it's nothing more than mediocre."

"Yes, the lower officials are dull."

Prefect Feng was impatient: "Go down!"

Zhao Baiyu had no choice but to leave in disgrace.

The master next to Feng Zhifu immediately praised: "Your Excellency, everyone knows that it is difficult for the third division to write off the accounts. Let Zhao Baiyu do it. If he can't do it, it will be dereliction of duty. We have a reason to participate in his performance appraisal at the end of the year. He If we bribe the third division with money, we can use the name of the fifth prince to tell the third division in advance and ask them to serve a Zhao Baiyu, and he will be guilty of bribery. Both left and right are wrong, and this time he can be killed him."

Feng Zhifu smiled complacently: "Slightly do a small plan to vent your anger on behalf of the Fifth Prince! And my lord, I have to visit the Fifth Prince and my mentor Zhao Zaizhi. Have you prepared all the things you have prepared?"

Master: "It's already ready!"

The master restrained his smile: "But Zhao Baiyu is the son of your benefactor, will we target him..."

Feng Zhifu: "Don't worry, my teacher wished I didn't have this son. I'm going to vent my anger for the Fifth Prince and my teacher at once!"

Master: "But I heard that the king of the small county of Lin'an comes to the yamen to pick up Zhao Baiyu every day—"

Feng Zhifu sneered: "Do you really think that Zhao Baiyu is favored? I'm afraid it's for His Majesty to let His Majesty know that Lin'an County King likes men and is not a threat. He wants to use this to secure his favor. Hmph! So what if Zhao Baiyu is favored? How long can a man who can't bear children be proud? One pair of two chairs is really dirty."

The two drifted away, and Zhao Baiyu, who did not leave, quietly listened to their conversation behind the wall, without the slightest expression on his face.

It's nothing to say about him, but why did Huo Jingtang offend him?

Huo Jingtang went to the battlefield at the age of 12, fought for his country for many years, and almost died. Feng Chunshan, a waste who relies on his foreign relatives, deserves to be called Huo Jingtang?

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The author has something to say:

Temporary PS: The chapter was updated yesterday. The plot of the maid's seduction seems to have caused some misunderstandings. Some people think it is like a well-known novel, but it is not. First of all, this plot is very common and not unique. Secondly, it develops along the plot. Maid He is not the first to do this kind of thing, not only to arouse the hostility in the palace, but also to clarify the rumors that Gong was lecherous and brutal and killed more than [-] people before. It is developed along such a plot, not from a famous novel The plot, because Lao Huo will still meet this kind of person later, but I don't want to write it again, so I will explain it here once.

I don't want to modify it just because it looks like someone else's plot. If I really can't accept the "déjà vu" and we meet again in the mountains and rivers, I am not mocking or targeting anyone, but that this kind of thing has happened too much. Many times, sometimes I can point to the copywriter and say that I copied anime that I have never heard of, or that this stem is like a novel that I have never read

…I used to be very concerned about it, and the reason I was concerned was “Am I not the first person to write this meme?” I was a little overconfident, but then I was hit... well, anyway, I’m used to it now, and I don’t have any emotional ups and downs Yes, I will explain clearly here once to avoid misunderstanding.

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Same year: Scholars in the same year.

In ancient times, being an official paid special attention to relationships. If you sat at the same table when you were a Jinshi in the same year, you would have the friendship of the same year at the same table. You can use this relationship if you need something. relation