[Twelve Kingdoms] The way back

The Marquis of Qingzhou declined Zhaoyang's invitation. After Zhaoyang heard this, Zhaoyang showed a regretful expression: "That's really a pity." However, this was also in Zhaoyang's expectation. Freedom, after all, the sky is high and the emperor is far away.Rather than being a slave to others, it is better to be king by enclosing land.

What Fan Mu did this time was just to show her favor so that Zhaoyang would not depose him.After all, they are all the ones who helped Lu Feng stay, and those who use others are always a bit shy.But in fact, if there is no formal reason, officials above the inner court cannot be dismissed casually.The higher the position and weight, the more you must abide by the law. Of course, those who are greedy for power and money are another matter.Although Heling is easy to use, the more available, the lower the relative prestige of the king.It seems that her reputation outside is not very good, so that they are afraid that she will ignore the law.

Zhaoyang looked around at the people who were serving her. The people around her were really not clean, and he didn't know who spread the word that she loved jewelry. Even the Marquis of Qingzhou, who was far away on the border, knew about it.

Thinking about it gave him a headache, Zhaoyang pressed his temples, waved everyone away, pulled the quilt over and fell asleep.

Originally, he just planned to take a nap, but when Zhaoyang woke up, the sky was already full of sunset, and the orange sunlight cast a layer of warm radiance on the sea of ​​clouds outside the window.After sleeping for so long that his whole head was numb, Zhaoyang leaned on the pillow for a while before calling someone in.

Qinglu put on Zhaoyang's coat and said, "My lord, the Grand Tutor has been waiting outside for a long time."

Zhaoyang was slightly taken aback: "Why didn't you come in and report?"

"It's Taifu who didn't let the notification, and said to wait for you to wake up." Qinglu replied, and asked if she wanted to change into formal clothes.

Zhaoyang looked at himself, and didn't think there was anything wrong, so he shook his head: "That's it."

After taking care of things casually, Zhaoyang asked Qinglu to pass He Su in.He Su was dressed in a dark robe as always, and his hair was pulled up with a crown meticulously.

After Zhaoyang gave him his seat, he asked, "What's the matter for the Taifu to come to see me?" Since she gave He Su the real power, He Su rarely came to see her.

"About the matter of Haike, Shanke and half-beast, I still need to ask my lord for instructions," He Su said, looking at Zhaoyang.

Without the king's permission, one cannot look directly at the king. Zhao Yang looked back at He Su, and he was still really fearless.But Zhaoyang is not someone who cares about these things.It is true that the matter of the sea guest and the half-beast should be dealt with properly, but it is not a matter of re-enacting the relevant laws.

"Is that what you mean or Zuka Zai?" Zhao Yang asked.

"All of them," He Su replied truthfully.

"It seems that the two of you get along well." Zhaoyang said with a smile, "So can you draw up a draft?"

"never"

Zhaoyang nodded, and continued to ask, "There are so many things, is the Taifu still busy?"

He Su probably knew what Zhaoyang meant, and followed Zhaoyang's words: "Is there someone in the Lord's mind?"

Zhaoyang said "En": "Let's put this matter on my side first, and I won't be in a hurry for a while." When it comes to half-beasts, the first thing Zhaoyang thinks of is the green shirt, and it is up to him to handle this matter. Nothing could be better.But it suddenly occurred to her that she had never seen a half-beast in green clothes, and he had always maintained a human form, even when he was with them in private.It stands to reason that the animal form is the most comfortable form for half-beasts. What happened to make Qingshan hate her natural partner so much.

Zhaoyang didn't speak, and He Su just sat quietly drinking tea, seeing that the time was almost up, and then got up to leave.

Zhaoyang was a little surprised: "Teacher, don't you have anything else you want to ask?" At first she thought that the main purpose of He Su's coming to see her was for the matter of the morning, but he didn't mention a word, so Zhaoyang couldn't help being a little curious up.

"Does the lord mean the matter of bribery or the matter of King Yan?" He Su stepped forward a few steps, condescending, Zhao Yang raised his head slightly, and saw his dark eyes like a deep pool, bottomless.

"I thought you were going to question me."

"Big deal, I'll do it again, I believe the Lord will not give me this chance." He Su said calmly.

Zhaoyang smiled: "Since the Taifu has nothing to ask, let's step back first."

Ever since the Marquis of Qingzhou took the lead in bribing Zhaoyang, some people who had been impatient to wait and see began to offer gifts to Zhaoyang in private.Zhaoyang did not refuse anyone who came, and accepted them all, and even promoted many presenters to come up.Of course not everyone will be fooled by Zhaoyang, some are still skeptical, and some are not moved at all.

Zuka Zai Changyi begged her to see her several times for this, but she found reasons to shirk them all.He Su has already expressed his attitude, he will not interfere.Yuan Ya didn't move at all.

Only Qingshan came to tell her a meal. Originally, Zhaoyang recruited him to explain the reform of the half-beast system, but unexpectedly, Qingshan accused her very angrily when he saw her, saying: "Zhaoyang, what are you doing?" It’s such a trifling matter, but as a king, you actually accept bribes. I thought you just wanted to fool them and give them a big blow. I didn’t expect you to do this.”

Faced with Qingshan's reprimand, Zhaoyang was not angry, Qingshan was right, she really shouldn't have done this.

Zhaoyang poured tea for Qingshan himself, and after admitting his mistake, he explained: "Qingshan, what you said is correct. But if I directly said to raise funds for disaster relief, how many people would be able to spit out the money?" People who are really rich will probably cry poor with her.

"Although this method is not very good, it does work, doesn't it?" Zhao Yang sat down next to the green shirt, "At worst, let the historian write it down."

Qingshan was silent for a moment, and then said again: "Zhaoyang, you can actually take your time with this matter, why bother to leave stains on your body, and your steps are too fast."

"I know, but Qingshan, I can wait, but they can't." Zhaoyang stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the glimmer of light under the sea of ​​clouds.

It's not that she never thought about borrowing money and food from Shang Long, but subconsciously, she didn't want to rely on Shang Long. She wanted to know whether she could solve the problem by herself, and then the money and food that Shang Long could lend her was comparable to the money she was accepting bribes now. Not much worse than.And she didn't just choose to use this method for fundraising.

Qingshan didn't say anything more, it was a tacit consent to Zhaoyang's approach.Although the officials discussed Zhaoyang's actions in private, they didn't point them out in the court meeting. Even Zhongzai Changyi didn't do so. Zhaoyang knew that Changyi was trying to save face for her.

As more and more people offered gifts, some people became unsure.Several people gathered around a table to discuss.

"Should we also give gifts to the Lord?" one of them asked.

"Is this true? Is the Lord really stupid?"

"It's fine if you don't dare, I don't want to see everyone who was under us in the past step on my head one by one."

"But we can only take out the private treasury. The Tai Tuo and Zhong Zai are still watching from above. Who dares to accept bribes. Removing us petty officials doesn't require a nod from the Lord."

Someone sighed and said: "I really envy those state officials, you can..." Just as he was speaking, a stern voice suddenly came in, "What are you envious of, do you really think the king is taking bribes! Be vigilant! , Da Sikou said, if anyone dares to give gifts to the king, don't blame him for disregarding his past affection. An Sheng does his own thing well, and let those idiots be the scapegoats."

The few people sitting around the table quickly stood up and saluted the visitor: "Thank you, General Zuo, for your reminder."

Rare and rare treasures alone cannot solve the problem of disaster relief, and these things need to be exchanged for money and food.Zhaoyang used the blue bird to send a letter to Shang Long, asking him to be a guarantee to buy money and food from other countries.

Shang Long readily agreed, but a series of details of the transportation handover had to be discussed face to face.Zhaoyang couldn't find a suitable person to talk to Shang Long for a while, and he was free for a while, so he made an appointment with Shang Long to meet in a small group of counties on the border of Liuguo and Yanguo.

Zhaoyang opened the window, and as soon as he let the blue bird out, Qingshan walked in.

Qingshan crossed Zhaoyang, looked at the flying blue bird and asked, "Is it Yingli?"

"Well, it's time to find a reason to transfer Yingli back." Zhaoyang closed the window, turned around and sat down at the table, "One more person, you can relax."

"It's been a long time since I had a good conversation with Yingli, and we only met briefly during the enthronement ceremony." Qingshan sighed.

Zhaoyang smiled, "See you again, I'll probably be scolded by him for being a fool."

"Let's not talk about this." Thinking about the business, Zhaoyang took out a piece of paper and handed it to Qingshan, "The people on it will help me do a little research."

Qingshan glanced roughly at the list in his hand, "Are you planning to dismiss these people?"

"Not for the time being, I won't be able to find so many people to take their place if they are dismissed." Zhaoyang clasped his hands, "It's not that these people don't do anything at all, they are still useful, give them a reformation It may not be impossible to have a chance. If there is a clue in my hands, they will not dare to commit crimes again."

"Then why are you checking them?"

"If it's just for small favors and small benefits, I'll just turn a blind eye and close one eye. But if it involves misappropriation of disaster relief funds, I will directly ask Zukazai to dismiss him and investigate."

"I see." Qingshan nodded in response, and then talked about another matter, "The law on half-beasts has almost been drafted. However, there was no law related to Haike and Shanke in Liuguo before." system."

"Not at all?" Zhaoyang was a little surprised. Liu Guo is famous for its perfect and strict laws. It is hard for her to think that Liu Guo has no policy on how to treat mountain guests and sea guests.

"There are only some piecemeal solutions." Seeing the puzzlement in Zhaoyang's eyes, Qingshan continued, "Mountains and Haikes have always been in a gray area, and countries have different attitudes towards them. Some people think that Haikes are Heshanke brings disaster, it is a disaster. There are also people who can accept them with tolerance, after all, they are innocent, but at the same time, it is undeniable that their arrival is indeed accompanied by eclipse."

"So the absence of laws in this area does not affect other countries' evaluation of Liu Guo." Qingshan paused, "I heard from the teacher that, in fact, the former King Liu did have this idea, but he didn't think about it later. I know why I gave up."

"Someone once said to me that in the final analysis, the king only exists for his own people." Not to be dominated by the king, but to pass through the will of the emperor of heaven, Huang Zhu is a people of demons, and their homeland is the Yellow Sea.

Zhaoyang leaned back and lowered his eyes, pity Hai Ke, who is neither a floating man nor Huang Zhu, in an extremely embarrassing position.If she hadn't been somewhat similar to Haike in nature, she might not have considered these things.

"Let's follow the example of Yan Country. It is said that their laws are very complete." Zhaoyang said, there are ready-made things, and it would be a pity not to use them for reference.

Before Qingshan could answer, there was a "bang", the door was pulled open heavily, and He Su strode in with a dusty look.Qinglu trotted all the way to follow in, panting and said: "My lord, Tai Tuo..."

"It's okay, you go down first." Zhaoyang's face changed slightly, and he waved his hand.She was not annoyed by Taifu's behavior, but knew that if something important hadn't happened.He definitely won't do that.

As expected, He Su didn't even perform the ceremony, so he stepped forward and presented the notebook in his hand to Zhaoyang.

Zhaoyang flipped through the memorial, his face became more and more serious, the rainy season was approaching, but the Qing River suddenly burst its embankment.The point is, the booklet has been sent out half a month ago.Calculating the time, there is only one week left before the rainy season. This is no longer something that can be done with a lot of people and strength.

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