Condescending and Condescending

So that night, a certain emperor surnamed Fang got his wish and successfully climbed into the bed of a courtier surnamed Qu who said he didn't want his body but was very honest.

So Fang Yanqin had a deeper understanding of the medicinal effect of Jindan.

Because he found out the next morning that Qu Xiumo had turned into an overcooked crayfish again, but this time he gnawed on it.

Fortunately, the next day is a holiday, so there is no need to be on duty.

As for the Shang Dynasty, Dialect Qin followed the good habit of his predecessor, holding an early court only once in ten and a half months.

And maybe it was because of broken pots, or to "revenge" Fang Yanqin. After this day, Qu Xiumo became "bigger" a lot. Not only dared to command Zheng Cong and his servants in front of Fang Yanqin, but even Dialect Qin all commanded.

No, Qu Xiumo, who just came over from the Imperial Academy, didn't even bother to salute, and immediately climbed up the soft bed in a hurry, and got into the bed.

When he realized that it was colder in the bed than outside, he shouted outrightly: "Long live, come here and warm my feet."

I don't know who is the emperor!

Fang Yanqin had no choice but to put down the cultivation experience in his hands and walked over.

And when he tucked the quilt for Qu Xiumo, the person hugged his waist, buried his face in his arms and fell asleep soundly.

Fang Yanqin couldn't help pinching his face.

So is this considered arrogance?

Of course, he wouldn't tell Qu Xiumo that he deliberately didn't let Zheng Cong warm up the bed in advance.

The days that followed were leisurely and comfortable.

Fang Yanqin became less and less fond of going to court, and the frequency of court meetings became once every three months.

In the northern border, King Yong finally recovered the remaining three cities and drove Tuhun back to his hometown.

However, the people in the northern border that had been ravaged by Tuhun iron cavalry were already in dire straits, and it might take five or six years to restore the former prosperity.

So the northern border is still safe for the time being.

On the other side, on the southeast coast, in just half a year, the skilled craftsmen assembled by Li Qingyu improved the most advanced guns and artillery according to his ideas.

Just when the Japanese pirates made a comeback, more than [-] people from more than [-] ships gathered in the sea of ​​Shandong, waiting for an opportunity to invade.

So in December of that year, Li Qingyu bombarded the invading Japanese pirate fleet. More than 30 warships of the Japanese pirates were burned to ashes, and there were countless casualties. The main Japanese pirates escaped.

Because after the news spread to the capital, at the end of the same year, the imperial court Jiali Qingyu served as the governor of Dengzhouwei Town Fusi. Although he did not give soldiers and horses food and grass, he was allowed to recruit naval divisions and prepare warships by himself.

As a result, two months later, Li Qingyu trained a powerful navy, and one month later, he completely defeated the Japanese pirates on the sea in Shandong. Therefore, the imperial court appointed him as the commander of the Dengzhou Guard.

In March, more than [-] Japanese pirates raided Nanzhili. In less than half a month, all the five and twelve guards in Nanzhili were defeated by Japanese pirates.

The imperial court immediately ordered Li Qingyu to lead the army to support.

In April, Li Qingyu fought with the enemy bandits in Yangzhou Prefecture, but it took only an hour to end the battle, killing more than [-] enemies and recapturing more than [-] captives. The army is the Li Family Army.

In mid-April, Li Qingyu fought a decisive battle with the invading Japanese pirates, annihilating more than [-] enemies and capturing more than [-] enemy ships.

At the end of April, the Li family army made a triumphant return to Shandong.

After seeing Li Qingyu's ability, the imperial court decisively decided to rebuild the Shandong Beiwa Army.

In May, the imperial court promoted Laizhou to be the prefecture of Laizhou, Jinli Qingyu was the magistrate of Laizhou prefecture of the fourth grade, and added Japanese army commanders. They still did not provide soldiers and horses with food and grass, but allowed Li Qingyu to organize official ships to go to sea to raise military expenses.

In June, Japanese pirates assembled an army of [-] to raid Shandong, intending to avenge Li Qingyu.

After three months of mediation between Li Qingyu and the Japanese pirates at sea, they finally wiped out the invading enemy pirates in late September.

Therefore, the imperial court officially removed the code word in Liqing Yubei Japanese Army Commander.

In the following six months, the Japanese army has been running around the southeast coast, and in May of the following year, the Japanese pirates and pirate forces in the southeast coast were completely wiped out.

Since then, the Japanese invasion that has harassed Dayang for more than a hundred years has finally subsided.

As for why dialect Qin understood so clearly.

Because if it weren't for the "vigorous support" of him and Lord Zhen Guo, even if Li Qingyu had made great contributions, it would have been impossible for Li Qingyu to become a seventh-rank Jinshi in just one and a half years. The county magistrate is a third-rank official.

For example, when the Beiwa Army was just preparing, Li Qingyu's qualifications were far from being able to be a third-rank commander, even though he had just won two big battles, not to mention there was a Xiao Shou Fu tried every means to weaken the power of the imperial party, Lord Zhen Guo.

So in order to help Li Qingyu, Fang Yanqin and Zhen Guogong quarreled with the people of the First Auxiliary Party for half a month, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to get a deputy commander, let alone become a regular after he has military merits later. .

Of course, Fang Yanqin really didn't intend to help Li Qingyu at first.

But even if he doesn't help, Duke Zhen will spare no effort to help Li Qingyu.

After all, with the sudden emergence of Li Qingyu, just like in the original plot, Duke Zhen wanted to cultivate Li Qingyu.

So Fang Yanqin simply fulfilled Li Qingyu's wish and made a little money by the way.

For example, Li Qingyu wanted to lead the army in an upright manner, so Fang Yanqin named him the Governor of Dengzhou Wei Town Fusi.For this reason, Zheng Cong received 2 taels of silver from him as a tribute.

On the matter of allowing him to conscript on his own, an additional 3 taels was charged.

In addition, there is also the position of magistrate of Laizhou Prefecture, 5 taels.

10 taels for the position of acting commander of the Japanese army.

The right to trade with the sea is 15 taels.

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Moreover, in order to show his loyalty to the emperor Fang Yanqin, Li Qingyu had to give Fang Yanqin some gifts during the festivals, although the most he gave were various Taoist classics and glass ornaments, which were not very valuable.

Because of this, for more than a year, Fang Yanqin didn't spend any more money from the state treasury, no matter whether he was building a palace, making alchemy or even raising a harem.

On the second day after Li Qingyu sent the papers for his subordinates' meritorious service to the capital, the emperor ordered Li Qingyu to return to Beijing to report on his duties.

But it was half a month later when Li Qingyu returned to the capital.

After all, Li Qingyu now has a big family and a big business, Liulichang, soap factory, salt field... But they are all in Laizhou Prefecture, not to mention there are [-] Japanese troops and two sea trade fleets to be settled.

Of course, whether it is the person who takes over the position of the magistrate of Laizhou Prefecture or the next commander of the Beiwa Army, he is promoted by his subordinates.

So just for these, he managed more than 20 taels of silver from Zheng Cong.

Thinking of this, Li Qingyu felt a block in his heart.

But when he thought that from now on, Laizhou Mansion would be his base camp, his mood improved a lot.

And he was even more proud when he thought that he was able to fool him with worthless glass and scriptures when everyone else was worrying about pleasing the emperor.

The most important thing is that from today onwards, no one dares to laugh at him as being too useless for his wife, Jinshi Ru.

So looking at the tall and majestic city gate in front of him, as well as the bustling crowd inside and outside the city gate, Li Qingyu, who was riding a horse, reined in the reins, full of vigor.

The subordinates behind him were even more ostentatious.

"finally reached!"

"The capital city is really prosperous!"

"What kind of official do you think the emperor will confer on you this time?"

"I guess at least he is also a minister of the Ministry of War!"

"It's up to you to guess."

"Mr. Chen, what do you think?"

Li Qingyu was also very curious about what official position the emperor would arrange for him next.

It's just that Mr. Chen has been hiding it before, saying that he must save this good news until the end.

The middle-aged Confucian scholar known as Mr. Chen immediately stroked the beard on his chin, and didn't give a damn: "If it's not interesting, I guess it should be the commander of the Wucheng Army and Horse Division."

The five-city soldiers and horses, the yamen responsible for the security of the capital, commanded [-] troops.

However, the commander of the Wucheng soldiers and horses is only the third rank.

In other words, if Li Qingyu becomes this official, he will be demoted by half a rank instead.

But Mr. Chen is Li Qingyu's military adviser, and has helped Li Qingyu escape countless times, so his judgment will definitely not be wrong.

Just listen to Mr. Chen's explanation: "The Bingma Division of the Five Cities is now under the jurisdiction of Lord Zhen Guo."

"Since the news of the emperor's success in cultivation came out last year, he has become more and more obsessed with cultivating alchemy. Since this year, he has not even attended the early court. If it weren't for the support of the Duke of Zhen Guo in the court hall, I'm afraid..."

Although Mr. Chen didn't continue talking, everyone already knew it well.

I'm afraid Dayang Chao has changed his surname to Xiao long ago.

So Mr. Chen continued: "However, Lord Zhen's health has not been as good as before in recent years, and now all the burdens of the court are on his shoulders alone. I'm afraid he won't be able to last long."

So Lord Zhen must start training his successor, and the person he chose was Li Qingyu.

Yes, how could he forget such an important thing.

A bright light suddenly appeared in Li Qingyu's eyes.

His subordinates were even more excited.

"Mr. Chen said yes, then it must be."

"Congratulations, my lord, congratulations, my lord."

"Hahaha, with the help of the Duke of Zhen, what is it to be a third-rank official in his twenties, even a super-rank official in his twenties may be within his reach."

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Hearing this, Li Qingyu became even more excited.

"Okay, when the time comes, we brothers will share the blessings."

Then he took a deep breath, looked in the direction of the city gate, and suddenly clamped his horse's belly, and shouted: "Go, enter the city."

The first thing Li Qingyu did when he returned to the capital was naturally to meet the emperor.

Therefore, Li Qingyu and others who were still arrogant in front had to kneel obediently on the main hall of Yutang Palace when they turned around.

And Fang Yanqin didn't bother to guess Li Qingyu's current mood. He lay down on the chair and said: "...the southeast can be calmed down, and I will keep it in mind for your hard work."

"Since you have meritorious service, you have to reward—"

After speaking, he waved his hand.

The eunuch in charge immediately unfolded the imperial decree in his hand, and read aloud: "Follow the heavens to carry the emperor, the imperial edict said: Seeking governance should be followed by officials who are close to the people... Er, the magistrate of Laizhou Prefecture in Shandong Province, prepared the Japanese army commander Li Qingyu, who has outstanding military achievements. His political achievements are outstanding, and he was moved to be the commander of the five cities' soldiers and horses, with a reward of one hundred taels and two boxes of glazed treasures..."

Become!

Hearing this, Li Qingyu couldn't help clenching his fists.

It didn't take long for the smile on his face to froze again.

Because according to their merits, the emperor should not only give them more officials and ranks, but also reward them generously.

According to the usual practice, most of them are gold and silver, farm houses and silk and satin.

So before coming, his subordinates had already figured out how to distribute the reward.

But now the emperor rewarded them with a few taels of gold, all of which were paid off with the so-called glazed treasures and the royal family classics written by dialect Qin himself.

Looking at the dozens of boxes of glazed treasures brought out by the chief eunuch, if he remembered correctly, they were all clearly given to the emperor before.

So the emperor took what he gave and gave them back.

But these things are all priceless in the eyes of outsiders, so even if outsiders know about this, they will only feel that the emperor treats them more favorably.

But can Li Qingyu not know the true value of these things?

Especially at the moment when Li Qingyu felt that he had squeezed out the consumer market of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, so he planned to expand the Liuli Factory, reduce the price of Liuli, and change to the civilian route.

Therefore, even if they sell these glazed wares in the future, they will not be able to sell them for any price.

Therefore, Li Qingyu suddenly felt that stealing chickens would cost nothing.