Hold His Hand

Xie Chengze was in a particularly good mood.

After he was sure that Lu Yanzhou liked him, everything he saw was pleasing to the eye, and even the survivors of the former court who were probably scolding him in secret, he looked at them with delicate features.

But also because of this, he doesn't want to tolerate those people who spoil his good mood - Lu Yanzhou's subordinates who make faces for him, whose eyes are not eyes and noses are not noses when looking at him, get out!

If they are dissatisfied... Heh, they have the ability to cry to Lu Yanzhou!If Lu Yanzhou listens to them, he will take their surname!

Xie Chengze's eyes were swollen, and he handled government affairs happily. He also arranged for his cousin's husband to go to Jiangnan, where Lu Yanzhou made his fortune, to be in charge of education.

He has investigated his cousin's husband. This man is weak in character, but he is not bad, and he is talented and knowledgeable. It is the most suitable for him to do this.

Although he has confirmed that his cousin has nothing to do with Lu Yanzhou, Xie Chengze still doesn't want to see them.

Xie Chengze, who was in a happy mood, was very efficient in handling affairs, and he dealt with all the things that had to be dealt with in the morning.

As for the afternoon... In the afternoon, he planned to go to see Lu Yanzhou outside the city.

After Xie Chengze finished dealing with the government affairs, he went to the imperial dining room - to see Lu Yanzhou, he must bring some delicious food for Lu Yanzhou.

The milk tea that Lu Yanzhou made for him yesterday was pretty good.

Xie Chengze was very happy, but others didn't think so.

As soon as the court was over, those survivors of the former court exchanged glances with each other, gathered together a few, and went to chat carefully in an empty place where there were no people.

"I heard that that person quarreled with the emperor!"

"I heard he was crying!"

"Looking at his appearance today, it should be true!"

"I'm afraid they were arguing a lot. That one has never cried before."

"The emperor must be dissatisfied with him and wants to deal with him!"

"He even distributed the emperor's man, he doesn't want to live!"

"Are they going to tear their face apart?"

"The emperor will definitely kill him!"

"The good thing we've been waiting for is finally here!"

……

After these people chatted, they were in a good mood, wishing they could look up to the sky and laugh.

Well, I just can't wait, they don't even dare to laugh at the moment, they can only hold back their smiles, the corners of their mouths twitching.

On the other side, Xie Chengze's subordinates were worried: "Is your lord alright?"

"Did he have a conflict with the emperor?"

"Although the capital is under the control of the prince, the emperor's [-] troops are outside the city..."

……

When Lu Yanzhou first entered the capital, Xie Chengze's subordinates lived with their tails between their legs, but later Lu Yanzhou didn't come to the court, and Xie Chengze was made regent to hold the power alone, so they were a little smug.

Xie Chengze's state today made them startled, and they all tucked their tails together for a while, deciding to be careful in the future.

As for Lu Yanzhou's subordinates... Most of Lu Yanzhou's subordinates have a good impression of Xie Chengze.

Those few troublemakers were arranged by Xie Chengze to serve as officials in remote places, and everyone else thought it was normal—they were not beaten or killed, and they were not even demoted, so it was okay, right?

But those people were not happy.

Lu Yanzhou had few civil servants, and they were entrusted with important tasks before, and when the new dynasty was established...they actually fantasized that they could be prime ministers.

However, Lu Yanzhou never gave them this chance!

Their official positions are not low, but they are not high, and they have to obey an eunuch!

They were dissatisfied in their hearts, and felt that Lu Yanzhou should hate Xie Chengze in his heart, so he would go against Xie Chengze.

Then... They were ordered to go to a place far away from the capital by a decree?

Of course they were not convinced, as soon as they left the palace, they went straight outside the city to find Lu Yanzhou.

Lu Yanzhou has already sent people to look for sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, which are easy to grow and have high yields—these big swallows don't have them!

In addition, he planted existing crops such as rice and wheat near the capital in a scientific way, preparing to select improved varieties, try to increase the yield of these crops, and promote planting methods.

When he was free, he brought people to write elementary school textbooks, and even Lu Yanzhou planned to wait for the world to stabilize, and when the powerful local forces were dispersed, he would promote simplified characters.

Traditional Chinese characters are too complicated, and most of the children would not be able to learn such complicated characters if they had never received education before.

In fact, even if it is changed to simplified characters, the willingness of those children to learn is definitely not as good as that of children born in aristocratic families, but at least everyone can learn to read.

When Lu Yanzhou's men came to look for him, Lu Yanzhou was studying the digester.

When those officials came here, they saw Lu Yanzhou with his trouser legs in his arms, and he was in a bad mood.

They knew that their emperor ignored the government and ran to the suburbs of Beijing every day.

They always thought that the emperor was training soldiers outside the city, but...he was farming?Even tossing about these filthy things?

"What are you doing?" Lu Yanzhou asked.

The expressions of these people changed again and again, and they began to cry, saying that Xie Chengze didn't take Lu Yanzhou seriously, and didn't take them seriously.

Lu Yanzhou: "Don't talk nonsense, why doesn't Aze take me seriously?"

Xie Chengze attaches so much importance to him, he kept getting into his arms at night, and even acted like a baby this morning and wanted to kiss him, can this make him serious?

Those officials: "..."

Lu Yanzhou frowned and said, "Speak carefully, what happened?"

These people actually spoke ill of Xie Chengze, Lu Yanzhou didn't have a good impression of them now.

These officials can only honestly tell the whole story.

Lu Yanzhou knew that Xie Chengze was indeed targeting them after hearing them talk about his official position, but: "Isn't that good? You can go out and practice for a while."

"emperor!"

Lu Yanzhou sneered: "The Regent has always been very clear about rewards and punishments. He arranged such an official position for you. It must be because of what you did... Do you want to talk about it?"

Lu Yanzhou never put on airs when getting along with his subordinates.

But his subordinates knew that he was not easy to mess with.

Seeing Lu Yanzhou's cold face, these officials immediately knelt down.

At this time, Xie Chengze came: "What's the matter?"

Seeing Xie Chengze, Lu Yanzhou's expression turned cloudy immediately: "It's nothing... What are you doing here, Ze? The smell is not good here!"

"You can come, why can't I?" Xie Chengze glared at Lu Yanzhou.

Lu Yanzhou laughed: "Of course you can come, but I don't want you to come!"

Lu Yanzhou asked Xie Chengze to be taken to a clean place to rest, and said: "I'll go change my clothes, and I'll come to you after changing."

Xie Chengze responded with a smile, and left with the people arranged by Lu Yanzhou.

After Xie Chengze left, Lu Yanzhou looked at his subordinates: "You all stay safe! If you offend me, I may not necessarily pursue it. If you offend him... I will pursue it with him!"

The official who came to complain: "..."

After Lu Yanzhou changed his clothes, he went to find Xie Chengze.

There are a lot of crops planted on this village, and the people responsible for farming are Sun Chongshao's soldiers who surrendered to Lu Yanzhou before.

These people were farmers before they joined the army, and they were all passionate about farming, and they even took what the emperor Lu Yanzhou said as an imperial edict... well, it was indeed an imperial edict.

In short, they are very careful when serving the crops, and the crops will naturally grow well.

"Is there a lot of people farming in this village?" Xie Chengze asked Lu Yanzhou when he saw a group of people surrounding some fields.

Lu Yanzhou said: "There are too many people now, but after a year, they will leave."

Lu Yanzhou was actually teaching these people how to farm, and when they learned it, he would give them some seeds and send them back to their hometown.

They have met the emperor and learned how to farm from the emperor. After returning to their hometown, they will definitely attract the attention of countless people, and people will be willing to follow them and learn how the emperor farms.

In ancient times when the transmission of news was more troublesome, he could only change the lives of ordinary people a little bit like this.

After hearing Lu Yanzhou finish speaking, Xie Chengze said: "Your Majesty is really sympathetic to the people."

Xie Chengze felt that Lu Yanzhou must have come from the sky, a Bodhisattva who saves the suffering!

"I didn't do anything either." Lu Yanzhou said.

"When you conquer the world and become emperor, do you want the common people to live a better life?" Xie Chengze asked again.

He used to think that Lu Yanzhou was very ambitious, but which ambitious person would spend all day farming in Zhuangzi after becoming the emperor?

Lu Yanzhou has absolutely no ambitions!

In his heart, he pretended to be the world instead.

Lu Yanzhou said: "No, I'm afraid you will be liquidated."

Xie Chengze was stunned.

Lu Yanzhou laughed: "If I don't become the emperor, what will you do?"

If Xie Chengze is not the number one eunuch in Dayan, it is also possible for him to open an academy, promote planting techniques and teach ambitious people like Sun Chongshao by the way.

But Xie Chengze's identity at the time was too sensitive...

Throughout the ages, some powerful officials have come to a good end, but most of the eunuchs in power have not come to a good end.

What's more, Xie Chengze was still thinking about revenge.

Xie Chengze hugged Lu Yanzhou, tears fell down again.

Lu Yanzhou couldn't help but helplessly: "Ah Ze, don't cry, everyone will think I bullied you if you cry like this!"

Xie Chengze is in charge of the palace and all the maids and eunuchs in the palace are also Xie Chengze's people.

Lu Yanzhou felt that the way everyone looked at him these days was not quite right.

Xie Chengze said: "I just want to cry, what can you do with me?"

Lu Yanzhou was helpless, he held Xie Chengze's face in his hands, and gently kissed away the tears from the corners of Xie Chengze's eyes.

The two stayed under a gazebo, and the officials who came to complain left now dejectedly, just in time to see this scene from a distance.

His Majesty held Xie Chengze dearly.

Why on earth did they feel that His Majesty was flattering Xie Chengze before?