Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

If other people faced such an angry emperor, they would be too frightened to even say a word.

However, Wang Gonggong didn't seem to feel the emperor's anger, stepped forward to pick up the memorial that was thrown on the ground, put it back on the imperial case, and replied in a low voice:

"Where can it be? The prince actually knows it well."

"Do you know? Look at the way he hastened to travel [-] miles in ten days and a half months. Does he know it?"

The emperor snorted coldly, the anger in his tone was still very obvious:

"Since Tianqi's war has calmed down, since when did you use the [-]-mile express so frequently? He doesn't pay attention at all!"

But this time, the emperor still didn't throw out the memorial that the prince had just picked up.

But Wang Gonggong didn't refute the emperor's words anymore, he just looked at the emperor with a smile, but the meaning in his eyes was very obvious:

A few years ago, when the Tianqi war was tense, the [-]-mile rush used would inevitably kill a few horses on the road, and several post officers traveled day and night, and shifts were switched, so that the battle report could be sent back in the shortest possible time. the capital.

And now where does His Highness Li Wang use the [-]-mile express to get there?

After so many days, the imperial court has never heard of anyone reporting damage to the post station on the way from Yizhou to the capital, saying that the horse ran away to death in a hurry at [-] li.

Isn't this knowing what it is?

The prince has served the emperor for many years, just as the prince knows the emperor, the emperor also understands the prince.

Now I can understand what he wants to express just by looking at Wang Gonggong's expression, Dang even snorted coldly in a low voice:

"No matter how good he is, why don't you see him send me an urgent letter of [-] miles?"

It's a lot of effort to send letters to me with my princess.

It has been more than a month since Qin Lu arrived in Yizhou, right?

For nearly two months, Qin Lu didn't send him a letter back!Not to mention the expedited delivery of eight hundred miles!

Not to mention, the prince really didn't know how to answer these words, so he just quietly glanced at the angry emperor:

What kind of person is His Royal Highness King Li, how can the emperor not understand?

Not to mention two months since he left Beijing, even during the three years when His Royal Highness Li Wang left Beijing to fight at the border, he didn't see any letters back!

Even when news is sent back occasionally, it is also accompanied by the battle report.

Even the news that occasionally came back along with the battle report was not from His Royal Highness Li Wang, but from other generals.

In a few sentences at most:

His Highness the Third Prince is all well.

His Royal Highness the Third Prince was accidentally injured, but fortunately, there is no serious problem.

His Royal Highness the third prince used his troops like a god, and retreated a hundred miles away from the enemy.

……

Wang Gonggong thought that his Majesty was already familiar with the taciturn appearance of His Highness Li Wang, but now he complained?

The emperor was blocked by Wang Gonggong's eyes and was speechless for a moment:

Is he complaining all of a sudden?

Isn't this no harm without contrast?

Compared with Gu Yanshu, who can receive urgent calls for [-] miles from time to time, his unlucky son is simply unfilial!

The emperor was muttering in his heart, unexpectedly, when he raised his eyes, he saw the see-through eyes of the prince standing beside him.

Immediately, he felt even worse, and waved his hand at Wang Gonggong without thinking:

"You go down first! I don't want to see you now!"

"The slave retire."

Hearing the words, the prince bowed slightly, and then retreated out of the imperial study.

Hearing the sound of the prince's footsteps drifting away, the emperor couldn't help but rubbed his forehead:

It's not good to be around such an old guy, I can show you clearly what's on my mind.

Unexpectedly, as soon as such thoughts fell into his mind, he heard footsteps coming from far and near. When he raised his eyes, he found that the person he had just sent away was standing in front of him again.

Before the emperor could speak, the prince leaned over and explained the reason for his return:

"Your Majesty, the eight hundred miles sent by Yizhou is expedited."

Qin Yuan, who was still looking at Wang Gonggong with angry eyes, was stunned at first when he heard the words, and then he turned his attention to the envelope that Wang Gonggong put between his hands.

"I know, let it go."

Qin Yuan raised his chin, and gave orders to Wang Gonggong very calmly, as if what Wang Gonggong handed over at this time was just a very ordinary letter.

If the prince hadn't heard His Majesty's complaints, he might have believed it.

Thinking of His Majesty's temper, Wang Gonggong pretended that he didn't know anything, stepped forward, and put the envelope in his hand in front of Qin Yuan.

"Fortunately, this kid still has a bit of conscience, and he hasn't completely forgotten his father!"

Looking at the letter in front of him, Qin Yuan took out the letter paper while muttering.

However, before Qin Yuan could boast about Qin Lu, he had already seen what was written on the letter paper.

The handwriting is cold and hard, the pen is as sharp as a knife, and the language is concise. What is said between the lines is the progress of Yizhou dam construction these days.

The appearance of not being able to write one more word is far from the family letter full of admiration that the emperor envisioned in his heart, and it is more than a hundred and eight thousand miles away!

If it wasn't for the reason still in his mind, Qin Yuan would have almost thrown out the memorial in his hand:

These are all raised, what a horrible thing!

Wang Gonggong is a perceptive one. Not long after Qin Yuan took out the letter paper, he noticed the change in the expression on his emperor's face.

Without much thought, the prince had already guessed the contents of the letter.

Comparing it again, it took almost ten days and half a month to receive a letter from "my wife's inkstone book", how can it be a miserable word?

In order to prevent the city gate from being caught on fire and becoming the fish in the pond that was affected by the disaster, Wang Gonggong almost didn't think much, so he just put oil on the soles of his feet and slipped out of the imperial study.

After all, Qin Yuan sat on the dragon chair for many years, after getting angry, he calmed down and carefully read the contents of the report:

The officials and common people in Yizhou cooperated very well with the court's construction of the embankment. It was a slack season, and the progress of embankment construction was much faster than expected.

In some counties in Yizhou, dams have been built.

The weather in Yizhou has been pretty good in recent days, with the scorching sun every day, the cement solidifies quickly, and the part of the embankment that was first built has also dried out.

Qin Lu has also taken people to conduct experiments on the dry embankment, and it has been confirmed that the concrete embankment is indeed impermeable.

That is, whether its firmness can resist flood attack has yet to be verified.

In order to be sure, Qin Lu also dispatched manpower to build a second line of defense in the traditional way in the area where the floods were the most severe in previous years.

At that time, even if the flood breaks through the concrete dam, this second line of defense can buy some time for the people to retreat.

Seeing this, the emperor's eyes couldn't help flashing a look of satisfaction:

As my third son, I think that's how I do things, and I don't leak anything.

However, this idea just appeared in the emperor's mind, and the next second, he saw Qin Lu's confession.

It described in detail what happened in Tongtan County and Qin Lu's decision to deal with some officials.

Qin Lu led the army all the year round, and he never rubbed sand in his eyes. If he was in the army, who would dare to step on Qin Lu's bottom line like the magistrate of Tongtan County? Fa-rectification on the spot.

But the county magistrate of Tongtan County is different.

He was not Qin Lu's soldier, and although the things he committed were bad, they did not cause irreparable consequences.

Before Qin Lu got angry, the other officials didn't even take this matter to heart.

If the county magistrate of Tongtan County was beheaded rashly, he might not be able to convince the public.

Therefore, Qin Lu could only temporarily detain him, and expressed his thoughts to the emperor, hoping to get permission.

And Qin Yuan's smiling eyes, after seeing what the magistrate of Tongtan County did, were also stained with anger.

Tianqi has been in turmoil all year round, just like Qin Lu, no one understands better than Tianqi's royal family the truth that soldiers should not be allowed to shed blood, sweat or tears.

Even if these people are not soldiers of Tianqi, building dams is not as dangerous as soldiers dying on the battlefield, but the behavior of the county magistrate of Tongtan County also makes Qin Yuan feel intolerable.

Almost without thinking about it, Qin Yuan agreed to Qin Lu's request.

Even when he saw that other officials in Yizhou and even the accompanying officials sent by the court believed that the county magistrate of Tongtan County was not guilty of death, the anger in his eyes became even worse.

Even disregarding the principle of "no double punishment for one case", he directly wrote a decree for additional punishment:

On the original basis, these officials were fined another three months' salary. In addition, the officials directly under the county magistrate of Tongtan County were all demoted to half-rank, in order to imitate others.

After writing the imperial decree of additional punishment, the emperor felt that the anger in his heart had calmed down a little.

Originally, the emperor thought that Qin Lu would not write anything else after reporting on his work and asking for guilt.

Who knew that after reaching out his hand to flip through it, he found that at the end of the report, there was another page of letter paper folded in half.

A flash of surprise flashed in the emperor's eyes, he stretched out his hand to pick up the letter paper and unfolded it, and was surprised to find that what was written on it was actually his family letter that he had been thinking about!

Different from the concise tone, precise words, and smooth strokes in the memorial, this letter from home, no matter how you look at it, seems awkward and unskilled.

In some places, you can even see the pauses and lack of fluency between the strokes, which is enough to show that Qin Lu was not very used to and natural when writing this family letter.

Looking at the content again, there are almost no special words such as, for example, that all the ministers are well in Yizhou, and please don't read the father and emperor.

There are even two sentences related to Gu Yanshu, such as "The princess has been favored by her father and brother since she was a child, and the minister is not in Beijing now. If the princess offends something, I hope my father will not blame her."

It can be said to be a mess.

But even though this letter from home has many shortcomings, it cannot be concealed. This is the fact that this is the first letter from home that the emperor has ever received!

Thinking of this, Qin Yuan, who was still angry at what the magistrate of Tongtan County did, suddenly felt much happier.

Looking at the end of the family letter, Qin Lu asked him if the dragon body was healthy and whether he was in a good mood, the emperor couldn't help but smiled, and cursed in a low voice:

"It's still your kid with a conscience!"