Daily note

Bi Zihao pulled Fang Jibei to the study room, pushed him on the chair, then half-kneeled beside him, leaning his head on him.

"Ji Bei, don't be too sad, this is unavoidable..."

"If you want to do great things, you must not be afraid of death, no matter if you die or someone else." Fang Jibei looked straight ahead and said softly, "I know, I know very well. Zihao, you don't have to worry about me."

How could he not be worried?

Bi Zihao was about to say something more when footsteps came from outside the study, interrupting his solitude with Fang Jibei.

"Your Majesty, are you alright, Your Majesty?" The voice came in before the person arrived.Kong Zhigao's voice showed extreme worry and anxiety, and the footsteps were also extremely chaotic, breaking into the room for a while.

Bi Zihao had already stood up and turned to look at him: "Mr. Kong, the emperor is fine."

Seeing the two of them sitting in the study, Kong Zhigao heaved a sigh of relief: "Fortunately... I rushed over when I heard the loud noise. I was terribly worried along the way. Fortunately, you are fine..."

He carefully inspected Fang Jibei to make sure he was not injured, and said: "Your Majesty, let's do dangerous things outside the palace in the future. Putting so many people in the palace will cause accidents easily. It will hurt others That's all, if something happens to you, Your Majesty..."

"What do you mean by "other people are fine"?" Fang Jibei suddenly shouted, his face was very ugly, and he stared at Kong Zhigao, "Planting the land, making gunpowder...these people may be much more important than me, Mr. Kong you—”

"Maybe in their industry, they are all more important than you. But in Dayue, no one is more important than you." Kong Zhigao looked directly at him, "Your Majesty, you belong to the whole country, and your safety is far more important than others. Therefore... the imperial palace can be reduced and expanded out of the outer city for other uses. But these miscellaneous colleges must be moved out and changed places!"

Fang Ji turned his head to the north, his eyelashes blocked his eyes.

"I see." He finally said, and turned to look at Bi Zihao, "Zihao, think of a good name, I'll allocate some money from inside money, and build a miscellaneous college in the suburbs of Beijing."

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there is not much money left for the internal affairs." Kong Zhigao is not directly in charge of the internal affairs, but he knows that all affairs of the court are handled by him.

"Money is just for spending. I don't do anything anyway, as long as the treasury is enough." Fang Jibei said, "Many of the treasury and local government money were stolen during the uprising. Corrupt officials were rampant in the last years of the previous dynasty. Most rich people are not good people, and it’s not wrong to do so. But you can’t expect to use this method in the future, you still have to work hard.”

Although he saves, what the palace saves is small money after all.Fang Jibei also knew the principle of "hiding wealth from the people", but in the last years of the previous dynasty, the people's burdens were too heavy, and they were almost exhausted.In troubled times, there are many people who make ill-gotten gains, but few people who can truly make the country rich.

A gentleman is ashamed to talk about profit. From this point of view, Fang Jibei and Kong Zhigao are not gentlemen. They know the importance of profit, but they have no good way to solve it.

Bi Zihao is not a gentleman either.His eyes flickered a few times, showing a slightly embarrassed look.

Kong Zhigao said: "When the emperor said this, I remembered that Xiao He had reported that there was a merchant in the south of the Yangtze River. The business was so huge that it would spread across half of the south of the Yangtze River. If I have time to see you in a few years, I would like to go there. Pay a visit to the person in charge."

He said that because of Fang Jibei.You must know that his identity is the prime minister of a country, no matter how rich a businessman is, he can't compete with the country, and it is impossible to bother the prime minister to come in person.

But Kong Zhigao wanted to let that person help in state affairs as much as possible, so he decided to be a corporal.Who told them, together with most of the ministers of the household department, that they are not good at money management.

Bi Zihao breathed a sigh of relief, but felt a little lost in his heart.

Of course he knew who the businessman was. In the previous dynasty, Princess Yumu was the best at managing money. During the previous dynasty, she often ran outside the palace. Although it was just for fun, she also managed a lot of businesses, and all of them made money.

But he didn't dare to say it, firstly he was afraid of arousing Fang Jibei's suspicion, and secondly he was afraid that the princess would take the opportunity to plot.As a result, Kong Zhigao took the lead.

Fang Jibei's expression improved, but it wasn't because of him.

It was the first time that Bi Zihao knew how jealous he was when he was nearly twenty.

I really want to occupy all the emotions of this person, and let his joy, anger, sorrow and joy be all my own.

Although it certainly can't be done.I can only try my best to do more things for this person, at least occupy most of his emotions.

So it was another hard day. Bi Zihao didn't need to deal with the semi-monthly newspaper these days, so he was happy to stay by Fang Jibei's side. The two of them did their own things, and occasionally discussed together.

The day passed quickly, and at night, when the lights were turned off and lying on the bed, Bi Zihao turned sideways and looked at Fang Jibei.

The sound of breathing on the other side of the bed was clear, and Bi Zihao knew he was still awake.

After a while, Fang Jibei spoke first: "Zi Hao, you've been tired all day, why don't you go to sleep?"

Bi Zihao moved his body, got close to Fang Jibei, and wrapped his arms around him: "I'm sad for you."

Fang Jibei was startled, his body was a little stiff.

"Seeing the death and betrayal of friends, the people around me deviated from their original ideals, countless people died in the war, and the new country was built up with blood... Even if it has settled down, death is still inevitable. Live for more people It is better, to punish and warn those who have changed, blood still needs to be shed..."

Bi Zihao hugged Fang Jibei tightly.

"I know you can't be sad. If you worry about everything, don't give up any life, and feel sad about every little thing, you won't be able to destroy Dawei, and you won't be able to build a new Dayue. And there will be more people who will die."

He buried his head on Fang Jibei's chest, and his voice was so low that he could hardly hear it: "But I know that you cherish life the most... You hope that everyone can live well, and the death of every life means nothing to you." Blow. But you can't let yourself be sad. On the battlefield, if you don't want to die, you can't win."

Governing a country is a more difficult battle than overthrowing a regime.

The emergence of this kind of powerful gunpowder can greatly save manpower and reduce risks in mining. If it is used in war-there are hidden dangers in the northern and southern borders of Dayue, but at the moment the northern border is also in civil strife, and there is no time to care about it-you can Avoid countless deaths.

Therefore, even if people may die during the process of developing this gunpowder, they cannot let it go.So Fang Jibei can't be sad.

In the darkness, Bi Zihao saw Fang Jibei's eyes flicker, like a glint of light.

He leaned forward and kissed his lips, his eyes, and his eyebrows.

No woman can occupy him.Because they don't know what it means to be an emperor.

Especially for a "different" emperor like Fang Jibei.

I will help you, I will protect you.

I will work with you to govern this country well and try my best to protect what you want to protect.

Bi Zihao thought about it, but didn't say it.

There is a feeling that although the person in front of him has never been delicate enough, he can understand without saying it at this moment.

The body was hugged, and the warmth of Fang Jibei's palm told Bi Zihao that he needed him.

When the lights are off and the incense is gone, mandarin ducks cross their necks.

Some words, once spoken, will change everything.

The relationship between Bi Zihao and Fang Jibei changed following Bi Zihao's words that night.

Fang Jibei was instinctively embarrassed, and instinctively wanted to escape - it would be very embarrassing for a strong man like him to be seen through the warmth and weakness deep in his heart.

After all, even Kong Zhigao didn't see this point, at least he didn't say anything about it.

This kind of ambiguous atmosphere made Fang Jibei feel a little uncomfortable when facing Bi Zihao.The result was very strange—because he was uncomfortable, even the other party's courtship was hard to refuse, and he seemed a little at a loss.

Bi Zihao actually didn't want this. He wanted a Fang Jibei who wouldn't reject him because of their mutual love, not the current situation.

The end of the year is approaching and everyone is busy.The relocation of those technicians in the palace is a big problem, and they have already found a secluded house in the suburbs of Beijing as a research office.It is necessary to start construction and reconstruction quickly before the busy spring of the next year, so as not to miss the farming season.

The outer city of the palace was simply converted into an academy. Bi Zihao recruited a lot of orphaned students. For the Chinese New Year, he had to settle them down, and he didn't have much time to exchange his thoughts with Fang Jibei.

In fact, there is no way to communicate.He now knows almost everything about Fang Jibei's life experience, thoughts, and behaviors, to the point where he can tell what Fang Jibei is thinking when he frowns.But Fang Jibei didn't know him well.Sometimes Fang Jibei would ask him some questions, but he always said a few words.Fang Jibei has always respected others, so he didn't ask any more questions.

There is always a estrangement between the two, Fang Jibei may not even trust him, the relationship is too delicate, and it is impossible to go any further.

On the Jiangnan side, Kong Zhigao has already contacted the merchant, and it is said that the person in charge is willing to serve the country and is willing to come over to formulate regulations and guide the operation method for the government.

Salt, iron and wine, water transportation, etc., and even post stations operated by the state are in a mess.Countless people have filled their own pockets, and neither ordinary people nor the country has benefited.

There is only one item of water transportation. If old man Mu's fine seeds can be sown in the north, if the north is likely to be self-sufficient, there is hope that the solution will be solved-then the north will no longer depend on the food from the south, and only need to transport a small amount of supplies. Water transportation can be abolished.

But other ills must be dealt with by people who understand.Therefore, Fang Jibei was very concerned about the wealthy Jiangnan businessman, and studied a lot of rumors about him to analyze whether he had enough wisdom and strength to deal with these problems.

Bi Zihao wanted Ji Bei to be honest several times, but he swallowed it back.

He was also afraid that Fang Jibei was too polite from a certain point of view.He was very afraid that once Fang Jibei knew that he had lied to him, he would no longer believe him and approach him.After finally breaking his heart a little, Bi Zihao didn't dare to move rashly.

If you don't move, it will be difficult to go any further.

But it is a dilemma.

And in such a dilemma, the end of the year has arrived.

Fang Jibei dared not to worship the heavens when he was enthroned, and naturally he would not do so now.On New Year's Eve, he invited a group of old friends from the military, courtiers with whom he has a good relationship with him, and some courtiers to have a drink together. This is the biggest extravagance since he came to the throne.

There are skillful craftsmen who are good at making fireworks in the palace, and they will go to study gunpowder with the little boy Mingji in the next year.Fang Jibei gave him money from inside money and let him make a lot of fireworks, which were set off in the capital, but it was also lively outside.

Everyone in the wine summed up the year.There is no tax collection after autumn, and the people must have a better life this year than before.There are blacksmiths from the research institute in the research office, and they combined them to create a new carriage, which is very useful.There is also heating in winter, and a new stove was invented by the two. The effect is much better, and it saves coal and wood.

"I hope next year will be even better." Toasting and drinking, everyone said with a smile.

After drinking, they went home and went back to their homes, and continued to watch the year with their families.In the end, there were only Fang Jibei and Bi Zihao left.

"This is just the beginning, Ji Bei, I'm proud of you." Bi Zihao raised his glass and took a sip, then approached the person looking up at the moon, and poured the wine to him—from his mouth.

Fang Jibei blushed a little, not only because he was drunk, or was kissed, but also praised.

At midnight, the sound of firecrackers shook the sky.Amidst the noise, Bi Zihao hugged Fang Jibei and talked to him.

"Our country will be better, Ji Bei, because of you."

The steady improvement can be seen, from the capital city to the surrounding area, it is getting better gradually.People of insight among the people began to understand the court's intentions, and they either cooperated with the opposition or simply went to the court to help, but there was no shortage of talents.

Spring is coming soon after the new year, and the old man Mu did not go to the new site with other courtiers, but stayed in the palace.The technology in this area is not afraid of spreading, and there are good fields in the palace for him to cultivate.

Fang Jibei went to help with farming in his spare time, while Kong Zhigao took advantage of his free time to go to Jiangnan and inspect the situation in various places. If many problems were not solved during spring plowing, it would be too late in autumn.

The busiest people are Bi Zihao and Wu Sansheng.At the beginning of the new year, a series of laws and regulations were promulgated, the semi-monthly newspapers kept publicizing, and the affairs of the academy could not be stopped for a moment.

If the country is lawless, it will not work, and if there are laws, it will not work.

Bi Zihao even set up a "fa study class" in the academy. Local officials appointed by the Ministry of Officials must come here to study for a month before taking office.As for the officials in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they must come here to attend lectures.

Bi Zihao was so busy that he returned to his dormitory at midnight every night, and even stayed in the academy occasionally.Because he was not in good health, Fang Jibei asked the court lady to take care of him, and several editors from the former Hanlin Academy followed him to obey his orders at all times, and finally Bi Zihao didn't faint at the table.

However, Bi Zihao was very dissatisfied with such busyness, not because of anything else, but because Ji Bei usually fell asleep after returning to the palace - even if he didn't sleep, he didn't have more energy to do anything.

"My main job is a housekeeper, why don't I have the opportunity to pay attention to my daily life now?" Fang Jibei was still on the bed reading the memorial when he returned home one night, but didn't sleep.Bi Zihao groped onto the bed, hugged him, and said.

Fang Jibei patted him reassuringly: "Isn't what you are doing now more useful than taking notes on daily life? With your talent, if you were to stay by my side all day to record my every word and deed, it would be a waste. "

"I want to be by your side more." Bi Zihao said, rubbing against Fang Jibei, "I watch you do things every day, record everything you say and do, and never leave your eyes... How nice that is..."

But in that case, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to hug him.The only way to be with him is to try hard to catch up with him.

Fang Jibei laughed, and was about to say something when his eyes suddenly narrowed, and his expression was a little uncomfortable.

Bi Zihao didn't pay attention, he just said, "Ji Bei, I'm so tired today..."

These words are the prelude to courtship. Although he lacks physical strength now and lacks offensive power, it is still no problem to ask for a kiss.

"If you are tired, rest early and go to sleep." Fang Jibei replied, put the memorial aside, and turned off the lights.

Bi Zihao was startled: "Ji Bei..."

Fang Jibei lay down and ignored him.

"Ji Bei, are you... angry?"

This performance is an indication of unpleasantness, but why?He didn't say anything outrageous, did he?

Bi Zihao leaned forward, approached Fang Jibei, and said, "I'm not really complaining, but just casually, Ji Bei, you know, I..."

He almost leaned against Fang Jibei. According to the usual situation, Fang Jibei should follow him.But at this moment, Fang Jibei unexpectedly moved and stepped aside.

Bi Zihao was even more flustered, and his rich imagination made him even start to think whether "that incident" had just happened.Just as he was panicking, he heard Fang Jibei say: "Don't come here, you smell so bad."

taste?

"I just took a shower yesterday. It's so cold, so I can't wash it every day?" Bi Zihao said aggrieved, "Where is there any smell——"

Eh?Raising your hand, there is indeed a smell on the sleeve, it's just a fragrance.

Getting up in surprise, and lighting the oil lamp, Bi Zihao looked at his light gray shirt, and found that the shoulders were stained with light red marks.Smells a faint aroma, and is rouge taste.

"Could it be..." Bi Zihao was stupid for a long time, recalling the whole day's schedule, and finally thought, "Could it be that when I was sleeping on the table in the afternoon, someone did something to me?"

Having said that, he immediately thought of the maid's "hint" intentionally or unintentionally - since he became deputy prime minister, in fact, many people, both men and women, have "hinted" to him.It's just that he only has one person in his heart, and he treats other people's express hints as if he doesn't understand, so as to save trouble.

He frowned: "Ji Bei, it's all your fault."

Fang Jibei looked at him strangely.Bi Zihao continued: "If someone approached me while I was asleep before, I would definitely wake up immediately... But since I'm with you, I don't have to worry about being...surprised by... As a result, I lost my vigilance , Maybe someone took advantage of it and didn’t even know.”

Fang Jibei was dumbfounded by the plaintive tone - can this kind of complaint be valid?

Immediately felt a little distressed.

Fang Jibei remembered that when Bi Zihao was with him in the first place, he did sleep very restlessly and woke up easily.Fortunately, Fang Jibei slept very well because of the hard life in his early years - he was sent out, and sometimes he didn't even have a place to sleep, he could fall asleep even walking, so naturally he wouldn't move around - and it didn't disturb him too much.

Thinking this way, I believed what this guy said.Just as he was about to speak, Bi Zihao suddenly approached with a playful smile: "Ji Bei, you...are you jealous?"

Fang Jibei blushed suddenly.

Bi Zihao quickly took off his clothes, smelled it, and said, "Now there is no scent, can you let me hug and kiss?"

...Bi Zihao, who spoke like this, looked like an apprentice on the street, without any serious appearance.

But, it seems, is really jealous.

The honest Fang Jibei admitted this honestly.

And the treacherous Bi Zihao kissed him very excitedly.Because he was too excited, he finally couldn't resist the cry from the bottom of his heart and ate the person by the way.

The result is that the person who is eaten the next morning is already used to it because of his strong body, and he still has the strength to get up on time to do business.But the cannibal was too physically exhausted and didn't get up until noon, and what faced him was still a bunch of trivial matters.

...We must quickly teach a group of people who can help share these chores, and we cannot let these trivial matters delay the "business".

Bi Zihao thought so.

Fang Jibei's skin is not as thick as Bi Zihao's, but he has one advantage or disadvantage, which is honesty. If he is tempted, he will never deny it because of his thin skin.

So even though he didn't know how much he was tempted, he also admitted the fact that he was tempted.And his thick-skinned lover is best at hitting a snake with a stick and claiming ownership in an inch.

Anyway, there is no one else in the way, the relationship between the two is developing steadily, and the overall situation is settled.

As long as there are no surprises.

Bi Zihao did not allow any accidents.

In the newspaper office, Bi Zihao was holding a letter with an ugly expression on his face.The letter was sent by Tan Yan Heng, and the content was rather cryptic. The general idea was to ask him to publish an article in the semi-monthly newspaper, and asked him to allow Zhili to run the newspaper.

The "secret report" provided by Bi Zihao to Tan Yanheng obviously maintained his trust, otherwise this letter alone could be used to punish him—if Fang Jibei did not object.

The article contained a clever edge, and on the surface it seemed to be praising Xieyu's new policies, but in fact it was full of accusations.He almost didn't say: disciples of the sages, let's rise up and overthrow Dayue!

Bi Zihao smiled coldly.

Scholars failed to rebel for three years, not to mention would those scholars really follow Tan Yanheng to rebel?

As for the newspaper... His eyes fell on the newly drafted newspaper management regulations, Bi Zihao thought to himself, it seemed that Zhili would not be allowed to run a newspaper until later.At least, not until he has trained a few loyal and capable men.

Thinking about it this way, after finishing the matter at hand, Bi Zihao went back to the palace.After getting off the carriage, he was still thinking about how to deal with various things next, while walking towards the bedroom.

He is very familiar with the roads in the palace, even if he is in a state of mind, he will not go wrong.When he reached a secluded place, he felt someone approaching from the opposite side, so he stepped aside and continued to leave.

"Wait a minute, you stop—"

A female voice sounded very familiar.Bi Zihao came back to his senses and raised his head——

Both were stunned.

After a long time, the woman hesitated to spit out two words.

"Yuu?"

Bi Zihao looked at her, his thin lips gradually curled into a smile, and he also uttered two words: "Third Sister."

The two didn't look at each other for a long time, the woman quickly rushed over and hugged Bi Zihao tightly.

The crisp voice became choked, and a beautiful face was covered with tears: "Qi You, I thought you were dead..."

Bi Zihao stretched out his arms to hug her, and patted her on the shoulder comfortingly: "I'm fine, isn't it all right in front of your eyes?"

The woman was so comforted by him, her eyes showed some surprise.I'm used to the younger brother who is good at calculating but never shows warmth, so I can't believe that he would say such words and make such actions.

After a long time, the woman said: "Qi You, you seem to have... changed..."

Bi Zihao smiled slightly: "Third sister, you have changed a lot too. Life in the south of the Yangtze River is not bad, right?"

"How do you know I'm in the south of the Yangtze River...ah! The palace is so dangerous, how did you come in? What if you are discovered..." The woman said, suddenly realizing the current situation, she couldn't help but change her face, "Qiyou, let's get out of the palace quickly , if the current emperor finds you, he will definitely kill you—”

She stretched out her hand to pull Bi Zihao, with such force that it left bruises on his arm.

Bi Zihao didn't move, he shook his head and said, "Sister San, you made a mistake, I've been in the palace all this time."

The woman was startled and stared blankly at him.

"Brother-in-law even came to look for me when he entered the palace." Bi Zihao looked at her and said, "It's just that he has never seen me without makeup, so he recognized the wrong person."

The woman's eyes widened: "I heard that you committed suicide when the palace was breached. Could it be that the person who died was Bi Zihao?"

Bi Zihao looked at her and nodded.

"Then Yan Heng met Bi Zihao, is that you? Bi Xiang of the current court, so it was Emperor Chengzhao of the previous court?"

Bi Zihao was about to speak when suddenly there was a "click" from behind, the sound of something falling.

Both of them were shocked, Bi Zihao turned his head, the woman took a step aside, and both looked at the place where the sound came from.

I saw the current Emperor Dayue standing there blankly, a stack of papers spread out on the ground, it should have fallen from his hands.He looked at the two of them with no expression on his face.