Chronicle of Emperor Jing

"Your Majesty..." Wei Yan was already very uneasy when the emperor served him like this. The emperor smiled and smiled in front of him, but suddenly stopped smiling and fell into deep thought, which made him even more uneasy.

Wei Yan knew that the emperor was recalling, and those memories made him unhappy.For such a situation, the smartest way is to hold your breath and hide in the dark, waiting for him to come out by himself, but for a moment, Wei Yan suddenly felt that the emperor's expression at this time seemed a little pitiful.

In fact, he was still a young man who was not worth the crown. For some reason, this idea suddenly popped up in his mind. He couldn't bear it for a moment, and interrupted the emperor's memory with a loud voice.

"If you are really terrified, I will serve you instead." The matter has come to this point, it is useless to think too much.

However, this person... Emperor Jing was pulled back from his contemplation by Wei Yan, glanced at him, became inexplicably excited, and handed the scissors to Wei Yan's hand.

"Chen..." Wei Yan pinched the small scissors in his hand, looked at the palms that had been stretched out under his eyes, and hesitated for a long time before opening his mouth, "I don't know."

Where is the emperor pitiful?Where did he make a mistake to feel that the emperor is pitiful?Isn't he the one who is always tossed to death by the emperor?He who is always made difficult by the emperor with all kinds of unimaginable demands, is he the most pitiful?

Wei Yan, the seventh son of the Wei family, although he is a concubine, he is loved by the old master Wei in private, and he has been weak since he was a child, and there are a lot of people who serve him around him. host.

Needless to say, during the years of studying art, there are naturally people who follow him to serve the king. Even if he is sent to the palace to serve the king, his duty is to protect the safety of the emperor. Knowing how to do it, it is not his turn to do it at all. Even when he is on duty in the palace for the night, a guard like him has a small servant to take care of his daily life. many.

A few days ago, under the persecution of the emperor's order, Wei Yan could do a lot more things. He was no longer the semi-paralyzed child who couldn't take care of himself. He really can't do it.

"If you don't know how to learn, whoever is born can know everything?" Emperor Jing whispered very reasonable sarcastic remarks in his ear.

"I dare not." Not being a reason, not daring is also a reason.A novice practiced with the emperor's dragon body for the first time, which made Wei Yan feel very pressured, and dared not do it no matter what.

"If there is any damage, I forgive you for your innocence, but no matter how dare you resist and refuse to obey the order, I will hold you accountable." Emperor Jing was really helpless sometimes, and it was a very interesting thing. In the end, he could turn it into an order that he had to obey, but there was really nothing he could do about it.

The emperor had already said this, and Wei Yan dared not refuse any more.He carefully raised the palm of the emperor's hand, imitating the way the emperor just did, and picked up the small scissors to cut the nails with a little head protruding.

The emperor's fingers were slender and strong, and the nails, which were carefully groomed by a professional, were all polished into rounded oval shapes, and the surface of the nails exuded a pearl-like luster.

Wei Yan swallowed carefully, his fingers holding the scissors felt a little stiff.The emperor's well-cared-for fingers are as beautiful as peerless porcelain, but his current behavior is like a reckless man wielding a sledgehammer, trying to smash the porcelain into pieces.

He quietly raised his eyes, glanced secretly, and found that the emperor was half-closed, lying on the soft pillow and watching his movements. Angry at his almost spoiling behavior.

"Your Majesty..." Wei Yan held his breath, and managed to finish one finger, touched it with his hands, and felt some bumps on the nails.He quietly wiped off his sweat, and couldn't help but call the emperor.

There is really no comparison between a novice and an experienced one. If the emperor is still sensible, he should be stopped immediately, and he should not be allowed to continue. Just find a maid who can do it better than him.

"Yes, continue." Emperor Jing still squinted his eyes halfway, nodded his head, approved of Wei Yan's labor results, and signaled him to continue.

good?

Is this not bad?

If there is no comparison, Wei Yan might really feel that he has done a good job, but the emperor's craftsmanship is here, and the unknown court lady's craftsmanship is also here. He has no choice but to open his eyes and talk nonsense against his conscience. Say "nice" to your craft.

"Your Majesty..." Wei Yan thought that the emperor squinted and didn't see clearly, so he called out again, hoping that he could take a closer look.

"As a novice, I neither cut my fingers nor broke my fingernails. Apart from the roughness, there is nothing serious about it. Of course it's good. Let's continue." Of course Emperor Jing knew what Wei Yan was thinking. What, I praised him insincerely.Of course, he knew very well that his requirements were really low, but for Wei Yan, an idiot, his requirements were only so much.

The emperor said so, Wei Yan could only continue.The second finger was better than the last one, and there was nothing wrong with the third one... In the end, after all the hands and feet were taken care of, Wei Yan's craftsmanship could hardly be regarded as a small improvement.

After all this tossing and tossing until the sun was high, Emperor Jing had enough to dominate Wei Yan, let him do this and that addiction, finally remembered what he said last night, and showed great kindness Let Wei Yan go out of the palace and return to the mansion.

Emperor Jing received the secret report about Qi Yuanheng at nightfall.

From his order last night to now, in just about ten hours, the investigation department under the dark guard has already investigated Qi Yuanheng's life and deeds for eight generations, and presented them in secret documents. Emperor Jing still deeply appreciates such efficiency. satisfied.

He encouraged and praised the visitor, and after waving him back, he carefully picked up the fiery red paint on the airtight cover and opened it for a closer look.

Qi Yuanheng, aged 28, his mother died in his infancy, his father died when he was 14, and he was unmarried. He now lives in Yanziqiaotou, Anxing Street, Kyoto. There is only a book boy and an old servant in his family.His ancestral home is in the south of the Yangtze River. In the 16th year of Yongjia, the first emperor, he left Jiangnan to study with his father. In the [-]th year of Yongjia, he lived in Tanjia Village in the suburbs of Beijing. He met Wei Yan in that year, and they practiced literature and martial arts together.

In the fifth year of Longsheng, shortly after Wei Yan entered the palace to accompany him, Qi's father accidentally contracted a cold and died. Qi Yuanheng carried the coffin to the south and buried his father and mother together in the ancestral grave of an old house in the south of the Yangtze River.After three years of vigil, Qi Yuanheng traveled north again to study, and arrived in Kyoto in the 11th year of Longsheng, where he settled at today's Yanziqiaotou, Anxing Street.

He is well-known for his talent and proficiency in various arts. He also has many unique insights on the strategy of establishing a stable state. He often talks about state affairs with others. He is well-known in both Jiangnan Shilin and Kyoto Shilin.

However, he is unruly and arrogant by nature, and he does not want to be attached to the powerful. Many high-ranking and powerful families in Beijing have heard of his name, and they all invite him to enter the curtain, but they are all rejected. Now he makes a living by selling paintings and embellishing brushes.He is good at splashing ink on landscapes, with wild grass with his hands, and there is an endless stream of people who come to ask for paintings and calligraphy, so his life is not in short supply.

This secret report has more than 30 pages, including all aspects of Qi Yuanheng and the Qi family. Emperor Jing read it roughly, and then re-read the places he was interested in carefully.

"Good friendship?" When he saw this word, he couldn't help but sneered.

Is it really a good relationship?From his point of view, not necessarily, if they really had a good friendship, one would not keep calling "Master Wei" while the other would call him "Brother Qi".Qi Yuanheng's "Master Wei" sounded ironic no matter how he heard it, and only Wei Yan, an idiot, couldn't feel it, or he felt it, but he didn't care at all.

Emperor Jing felt a little bit of hatred for a fool who was not in front of him, and thinking of Wei Yan made his teeth itch.Even people who have known each other since childhood and thought they had a good relationship dared to bully him blatantly. Who else would not bully him?

It's really incredible that Wei Yan's idiot can grow so big safely.I don't know people clearly, make friends with gangsters by mistake, and I haven't been sold yet. Thank God.

However, Qi Yuanheng, I don't care about the past, but in the future, my people will not allow you to bully me at will.Thinking so, Emperor Jing closed the secret folder, closed his eyes, and began to think about some problems.

His Majesty the Emperor, who was thinking this way, obviously didn't realize a certain fact at all: when it comes to bullying Wei Yan, he wants to talk about the second, and no one in this world would dare to recognize the number one.

The second day is the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the first court meeting after the new year.

It stands to reason that there should be a court meeting on the 56th of every month, but because it is in the first month, the day of the court meeting is postponed by one day.At today's court meeting, there were two focuses of discussion among the officials, one was the spring flood and the other was the spring.

There are three big rivers and hundreds of tributaries in the Jing Dynasty, one in the north and two in the south. During the flood season, these rivers irrigate countless fertile fields and nourish the lives of the people of Li, and they always rage several times.The river engineering in the Jing Dynasty was repaired every year, every month, every month, every day, but the effect was not very significant. The large or small embankments washed away tens of millions of fertile fields every year.

There are spring floods in spring. As soon as spring arrives, the ice sheet thaws, and the water in the upstream tributaries increases rapidly.In summer, there are summer floods, which are generally caused by abundant rainfall in various places.The same is true for autumn floods.Probably only winter does not have the troubles of the flood season, but it is winter.The dryness of the river and the impossibility of irrigation is also a big problem for farmers.

The controversy over the spring floods mainly focuses on two aspects, one is money, and the other is the method of governance.The river works are repaired every year, and a large sum of money is spent every year. However, in the flood season, the river water will turn into nothingness as soon as it rushes over the embankment for thousands of miles.

Regarding the spring flood, the Ministry of Industry was the first to issue a problem. The Minister of the Ministry of Industry first went out to report to Emperor Jing the repairs of various river embankments before the spring flood, and then began to accuse the Ministry of Households of granting him too little treatment expenses. This year, the Ministry of Households approved him. The cost of river work management is only half of what he reported. The implication is that because the money is not in place, a lot of work cannot be done.

When the Ministry of Industry launched a challenge, the Ministry of Household Affairs naturally accepted the move.Xiao Yue, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, immediately came out to explain why the Ministry of Industry had to cut off so many river management costs. Anyway, it was unreasonable here, and there were problems there, and finally began to cry poorly.

Xiao Yue is Emperor Jing's confidant. Since Emperor Jing entrusted him with the power to manage the country's money and food, he naturally trusts him and understands his difficulties.

After all, it is hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. Although after decades of self-cultivation, the national treasury is still quite abundant, but since Emperor Jing came to power, several grand ceremonies have been held one after another. Coupled with the fact that the weather is not good, this winter is rare in decades. In order to help the people survive this severe winter, various measures such as releasing grain and exempting taxes will definitely affect the revenue of the treasury this year.

Although the Ministry of Households is not currently stretched in terms of money and food, but running a country is the same as running a family. There must be a long-term plan.

For this reason, Xiao Yue has been committed to reducing expenditure and increasing revenue since he took office. This year's budget submissions by the yamen have been greatly reduced by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and even several items for the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been rejected, let alone other yamen.

Today's attack by the Ministry of Industry can be regarded as a general outbreak of money-holding behaviors in various yamen of the imperial court under the leadership of Xiao Yue, the new Minister of the Household Department, in the past year.

Emperor Jing sat upright in the hall and listened to the arguments of his highness and ministers.

As the chief steward of the imperial court's money and food, Xiao Yue naturally has a whole game of chess in his mind, where money should be used and where should not be used. He has a clear account in his mind, and his counterattack is still very sharp when questioned by other ministries that he joined later. And he has the last gold medal for avoiding death-poor.

This kind of refutation is always the public saying that the public is right, and the mother is saying that the mother is right, and it is impossible to tell the real winner. Later, everyone was tired of arguing, and returned to the river engineering from the budgets of various ministries, and whether the river should be blocked or dredged. It's an argument.

Emperor Jing sat here and listened to their quarrels when he was young. It has been more than ten years, and some people don't know how to change their rhetoric every year.Seeing that they were arguing too hard, and knowing that the quarrel would lead to nothing, he gestured to the clerk standing beside him.

The clear sound of the jade wat finally made the officials who had become more and more noisy and excited to realize that the place in front of them, which they had turned into as bustling as a vegetable market, was the seat of the court meeting - the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and their young emperor was sitting upright. Your Majesty, watching their wonderful performance, looked solemn and unpredictable.

Anyone with a little brain would immediately come to their senses, and Qiqi bowed down.

"I'm sorry to wait for you."