Feng Xuan's words can be said to have helped Gao Zixin open the door to the new century.

Although Gao Zixin is said to be the successor of his son-in-law, the older his emperor Lao Tzu gets, the more suspicious he becomes, and his eyes staring at his son are like quenched poison, and he always feels that his sons are thinking about the seat under his ass.

In order to save Gao Zixin's life, the He family has been mentioning Gao Zixin's life since he was a child, and asked him to play a good role as a gentleman who does not learn and has no skills, and does not even think about hard work.

So until Gao Zixin became the crown prince to replace the seriously ill emperor, what Gao Zixin learned was very limited. Like the Emperor's Mind Technique, he had never learned it.

Fortunately, He was very smart and taught him a lot of things, but he finally didn't make him a real gentleman. But after all, the He family is a boudoir woman, no matter how smart she is, her vision is limited.

The three auxiliary ministers left by the former emperor are all old and overly conservative, and many concepts are not suitable for Gao Zixin.

The appearance of Feng Xuan just made up for Gao Zixin's shortcomings.

He saw that Gao Zixin listened to his words, and while he was satisfied, he couldn't help but say more: "Your Majesty has just ascended to the great treasure, and it is reasonable to open a branch to take scholars and reserve talents, but it is already early spring, and it is too late to open the imperial examination this year." However, it can be decided to open the department next year, and release the news that merchants who donate more than 500 stone of grain to the imperial court can have a son who is qualified for the imperial examination, and those who donate more than 10,000 stone of grain can be awarded the title of Wailang. ”

Gao Zixin hesitated: "This foreigner ......"

Feng Xuan explained: "It's just a title, there is no real power, and the court doesn't need to make money." However, with this title, they can wear ayara, and they don't have to kneel when they see officials. As long as His Majesty is willing, those merchants who have a lot of money will definitely be willing to donate grain. Moreover, the official wailang who was personally sealed by His Majesty was much more beautiful than the official and half-post they secretly bought from officials. ”

Gao Zixin thought about it carefully and felt that Feng Xuan was right, this was really a good idea!

Feng Xuan said: "There is no shortage of well-educated people in the merchants, but there was no way to advance before, and they had empty ambitions but could only spend money to donate idle jobs. But if His Majesty is willing to give them the qualifications for the imperial examination, these people will inevitably be grateful for His Majesty's kindness. ”

The more Gao Zixin listened, the more satisfied he became, and he couldn't wait to issue a holy decree immediately, but Feng Xuan stopped him: "Your Majesty, this matter has to be discussed with the three auxiliary ministers, and it is determined before the decree can be made." ”

In fact, he didn't take the three auxiliary ministers in his eyes, but after all, the identities of the three of them were there, and some of them were veterans of the three dynasties, and their strength should not be underestimated. If Gao Zixin didn't discuss with the three of them and made an order directly, he would inevitably be separated from the three of them.

As soon as this thought turned in his mind, Feng Xuan couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart. One day, he Feng Xuan will think about others like this.

Gao Zixin didn't know what he was thinking, but he also understood that this matter was not trivial, and he should indeed discuss it with the three auxiliary ministers.

It happened that the three of them were all handling government affairs in the side hall, so he directly ordered Huanxi to invite people.

Soon, the three of them came over.

After saluting according to the rules, the three of them looked at Gao Zixin suspiciously, and Xu Taishi, who was the oldest in qualifications, opened his mouth first: "Your Majesty summoned the ministers and others to come, I don't know what the so-called matter?" ”

Gao Zixin glanced at Feng Xuan silently and said, "The national teacher just offered me a strategy, and I thought it was very good, so I invited the three Qing families to come and discuss." ”

The three of them were all shocked, they asked Gao Zixin to see Feng Xuan did mean to ask Feng Xuan to help, but they didn't expect that the rumored cold-hearted Feng Xuan would make a move so quickly!

Compared with the closed-door soups they had eaten, the three of them thought in unison-

Sure enough, I still have to go out in person, and I will take down the national teacher so quickly.

Immediately, the three of them couldn't wait to know what plan Feng Xuan had offered.

Or Taishi Xu asked: "I don't know what the plan of the national teacher is?" ”

Gao Zixin couldn't help but want to repeat what Feng Xuan had just said, but after thinking about it, he still gave up and only said, "National teacher, it's better for you to say." ”

Feng Xuan didn't refuse, she directly said what she had just said, and in order to persuade the three of them, she deliberately added a lot of what she didn't say just now.

The faces of the three of them kept changing, and they were all a little dignified. Taishi Xu frowned and was silent, and Taibao Zhou Tao opened his mouth first: "If you do this, will you be too uplifting those merchants?" That's all it takes for the imperial examination, this foreigner...... I don't think it's appropriate. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Taifu Zheng Bing said, "Why is it inappropriate? I thought that this move would definitely encourage the arrogance of the merchants, absolutely not! ”

Gao Zixin felt that this was a good way, and he couldn't wait to immediately issue a decree to see the effect, but he knew that he was poured cold water on the head by the two!

His face sank instantly, and he didn't argue with the two, just looked at Taishi Xu Yan and asked, "What does Taishi think?" ”

The three of them were all old foxes, and as soon as Gao Zixin's face changed, they sensed that Gao Zixin was angry. However, Taibao Zhou Tao and Taifu Zheng Bing pretended to know nothing and refused to compromise obediently.

Xu Yan was even more miserable when he was named by Gao Zixin, his thoughts were the same as Zhou Tao and Zheng Bing, and he felt that Gao Zixin was really exalting those merchants by doing this.

But since Gao Zixin personally named him, he definitely didn't want to hear any more opposing opinions, if he also jumped out to oppose it, Gao Zixin would definitely be even more dissatisfied!

Xu Yan didn't want to provoke Gao Zixin's dissatisfaction, and he didn't want Gao Zixin to be separated from them because of this matter.

So in desperation, he had to ask: "Your Majesty is worried about the emptiness of the treasury, so you want the merchants to donate grain?" ”

Gao Zixin looked at him expressionlessly, with five words written on his face-

You know and ask!

Xu Yan thought of the situation in the treasury and knew that he had no way to stop it. Gao Zixin asked the merchants for food, it was better than taking these old ministers to cut them!

He is a good person, and he has long found that Gao Zixin has been in a bad mood recently, and once it breaks out, I am afraid that these auxiliary ministers will not be able to do well! Rather than this, it is better to solve the immediate urgency first.

It's just some merchants, and the outsiders have no real power, so they can't get in the way.

So he said, "The minister thinks that this plan is very good! The treasury was empty, the army was short of food, and many merchants were rich and rich, so that they could donate food, which could be used as military pay. At the same time, it can also be used to let the people understand the great grace of heaven and win the hearts of the people. ”

Taishi Xu Yannai was born in the army, in addition to the identity of the Taishi, he is also the Duke of Dingguo, a real general.

Although he is old and no longer leads troops, he has a special affection for the army, and recently the treasury has been empty and there is no way to pay the army.

So although Feng Xuan didn't say it, he directly proposed to use the grain donated by the merchants as military salaries, so as not to go into the treasury and be misappropriated by those in the court who don't know whether they are alive or dead.

His mention coincides with Gao Zixin. Gao Zixin has been so worried about military pay that he can't sleep recently, and now that he has a way, he naturally has to solve the problem of military pay first, how can he be ruined by those silverfish in the court?

Zhou Tao and Zheng Bing didn't expect Xu Yan to agree to such a ridiculous approach, and their faces changed directly.

Zhou Tao even knelt down and said, "Your Majesty! I think it's really inappropriate to do this! Since ancient times, those merchants who have a lot of money in their pockets have always looked at no one, and they have even done the thing of secretly buying officials, if His Majesty gave them such grace, wouldn't it have fueled their arrogance? Please think twice! ”

Zheng Bing also knelt down: "The minister seconded the proposal, and I would like to ask Your Majesty to think twice." ”

Gao Zixin's face was completely dark, he didn't expect that his attitude was already so clear, even Xu Yan was convinced, these two actually dared to go against him!

Of course, he knew that he couldn't give too much grace to the merchants, otherwise once he fueled their arrogance, the consequences would be unimaginable, but now that the treasury has no food, how can he raise food if he doesn't look for those merchants who are easy to bully? Wouldn't it be better to raid the homes of those old ministers?

With a cold smile in his heart, Gao Zixin quietly made a note for the two, and said expressionlessly: "Since the two Qing families don't agree, then you might as well talk about how to raise military salaries?" ”

"This ......" The two of them were instantly dumbfounded, and they couldn't think of a good way at all.

Now that the spring ploughing has just passed, not to mention the national treasury, the people's families do not have much grain in stock. Besides, the situation of last year's autumn harvest was not ideal, and whether the grain in the people's homes could last until the autumn harvest was a problem.

That's forcing the people to rebel!

After thinking about it, the two suddenly found that asking merchants to donate food had become the best way at the moment.

But if they want to let them loosen their mouths like this, the two of them really can't do it. So the two quietly glanced at each other and had an idea in their hearts.

Zhou Tao said: "Your Majesty, the minister is not against letting the merchants donate grain, the minister just thinks that the national teacher's method is too much to promote those merchants. ”

Zheng Bing also said: "That's what the minister also meant. ”

Gao Zixin sneered: "Do the two Qing family think that those merchants are fools? If they don't lift them up, will they be willing to donate food? Since you all know that the merchants secretly buy officials, if I don't give them grace, won't they buy again? Instead of letting them secretly buy officials and fatten up the officials below, it is better to donate food to me and let me use it to raise soldiers! ”

Gao Zixin said it so clearly, the two of them couldn't help but feel empty. As officials in the court, it is impossible to have a clean breeze on their sleeves, they have been officials for many years, and they will receive all kinds of filial piety from below every year.

These are the "customs" in officialdom, and there is nothing wrong with them, but they really have to be investigated, and the filial piety they say is enough to sentence them to death!

When the two of them thought of this, their brains were suddenly full of cold sweat, but they didn't dare to wipe it, so they could only kneel on the ground tremblingly.

Gao Zixin saw this scene in his eyes and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He was just a little tempted, and he didn't expect that the two of them were really empty-hearted, which shows that they have received a lot of filial piety on weekdays.

However, the two of them have not made any big mistakes, and they are loyal to him, so there is no need to deal with them directly.

What's more, now is not the time. He has just ascended the throne, and the chair under his ass has not yet sat down, if he immediately disposes of the auxiliary ministers left by the emperor, not only will the people of the world discuss it, but it will not look good in the history books.

So he personally helped the two of them up, and said in his mouth: "The two Qing family don't mind, I know that you are loyal to me." ”

Although the two of them still wanted to care about it, the hearts that had been hanging completely fell. With Gao Zixin's words, they knew that Gao Zixin didn't plan to deal with them.

However, at this moment, Feng Xuan, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "There is still some surplus grain in the minister's mansion, and I am willing to donate it to the treasury." ”

Gao Zixin looked at him in surprise, but his eyes were extremely satisfied.

What he needs is a loyal courtier like Feng Xuan who knows how to share his worries! If only the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty could be so conscious!

Hearing this, Xu Yan and the three of them were heartbroken, and subconsciously looked at Gao Zixin, seeing that he was satisfied, and there seemed to be a smile on the corner of his mouth, the three of them had to stand up immediately to show their loyalty.

The three of them said in unison: "There is also some surplus food in the minister's family, and I am willing to share my worries for Your Majesty!" ”

The more Gao Zixin listened, the more satisfied he became, but he was not in a hurry to let the three of them hand over the food, but said: "The matter of donating grain, the four Qing families may wish to mention it again tomorrow morning." ”

Gao Zixin smiled incomprehensibly, how can such a thing as donating food be said in private, let the four of them be beautiful? This kind of good thing should be said in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, with them as an example, he wants to see who else has the face to donate!

The four of them all saw Gao Zixin's plan and knew that he was calculating the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, but what could they do if they knew? This kind of thing can't be reversed!

I also know that after tomorrow, they will be the villains of the Manchu Dynasty.

Xu Yan and the three of them glanced at each other, and then looked at Feng Xuan in unison, the grievance in their eyes was almost overflowing-National Teacher, you have made us miserable!

Feng Xuan didn't see it, but only looked at Gao Zixin's satisfied smiling face, and his mood soared.

The matter of donating food was a foregone conclusion, and the matter had come to this point, Xu Yan and the three of them naturally did not continue to persuade, but began to worry about the people below to deceive and conceal them.

Zhou Tao said worriedly: "Tomorrow, under His Majesty's will, there will inevitably be merchants who take the initiative to donate food, but if the people below misunderstand His Majesty's meaning, and even take the opportunity to fill their own pockets, I am afraid that there will be trouble." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Yan said, "What is this?" When the time comes, directly issue an order, let the commander of the local garrison supervise this matter, and the food donated by the merchants will be used as military salaries, and others who want to reach out must also see if they have that life! ”

Zheng Bing said: "This is indeed a way, I am afraid that the commander of the local garrison will collude with the local officials, and the wolf will be a traitor, and in the end, it will hurt the people, not to mention, but also affect Gao Zixin's reputation." ”

In the end, it was Feng Xuan who said: "Why don't you send people from the Son of Heaven's personal guards and send them to various places to supervise this matter." ”

As soon as he said this, Xu Yan's eyes lit up first.

The Son of Heaven's personal guards are all selected from among the nobles, and although they are beautiful, there are few opportunities to earn credit. But if they are allowed to supervise this matter, once the matter is done, it will not only be a great credit, but also a good reputation among the people.

Moreover, if they want to supervise this matter, they must contact the local rich businessmen, and the benefits are absolutely indispensable!

That's a fat gap!

Not only did he see it, but Zhou Tao and Zheng Bing also saw it. So the two immediately mentioned yì, just the military generals are not enough, they have to add civil officials to accompany them!

Gao Zixin did not refuse, and directly recruited He Kun, asked the four of them to discuss in detail, determine the candidates, and then directly draft the decree and seal.

When this matter is completely settled, the time is already evening. Gao Zixin was happy, so he simply left a few people to eat together.

As soon as his words came out, Feng Xuan's eyes looked at Xu Yan and the others coldly, and he was extremely dissatisfied with these light bulbs. He and Gao Zixin can do such a beautiful thing as eating, what is the meaning of so many people?

But no matter how arrogant he is, it is impossible to drive people away directly, so he can only hold his breath in his heart alone.

After dinner, Xu Yan and the others left the palace together, although Feng Xuan was a little reluctant, it was not easy to stay, so he could only take a deep look at Gao Zixin and leave the palace with Xu Yan and others.

Not long after these people left, the He family sent someone to invite Gao Zixin over.

Gao Zixin looked at Huanxi in amazement: "You mean, the queen mother wants to see me now?" ”

Can't blame him for being surprised, since he ascended the throne, the Queen Mother He was afraid that he was too tired, and never took the initiative to let people invite him. Now that I suddenly want to see him, there must be something important.

So Gao Zixin nodded happily, and then said, "Since this is the case, I will go to see the queen mother." ”

Two quarters of an hour later, Gao Zixin came to Cining Palace, where the Empress Dowager He lived.

Gao Zixin saluted obediently: "Erchen has seen the queen mother. ”

"Alright, sit down." He Shi looked at Gao Zixin carefully, and saw that he seemed to have lost some weight, and couldn't help frowning, "Your Majesty's golden body, why don't you take good care of your body?" ”

Speaking of this, her gaze shot sharply at Huanxi, and her tone became more severe: "Huanxi, how did you serve Your Majesty?" How did you make your majesty lose weight? ”

Huanxi was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "The slave deserves to die!" ”

Gao Zixin secretly looked at He's family, and saw that she seemed to be really angry, so he hurriedly said to Huanxi: "Huanxi, you go out first." ”

Now the He family is obviously angry, and if Huanxi stays, there will be no good fruit to eat. Gao Zixin knew that he was loyal, but he didn't want him to suffer in vain.

"You're still protecting him!" He said angrily, but he didn't really get angry with Huanxi, he only said, "Okay, let's step down, the mourning family has something to say to His Majesty." ”

happily and gratefully glanced at Gao Zixin, and secretly made up his mind that he must be more loyal in the future, and he must not let Gao Zixin lose weight again!

The palace people left quietly, and soon only the Empress Dowager He and Gao Zixin were left in the whole house.

Gao Zixin saw that she had even sent people away, obviously she had something important to say, and couldn't help but be worried: "Queen Mother, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

He raised his eyebrows and looked at him, his eyes were rare with a bit of sternness: "The mourning family called His Majesty to come over, just to ask, what is going on with that ripple?" What is the Majesty going to do? ”

Speaking of ripples, He frowned in disgust.

It's the first time she's met a woman who has lived so big and is so bold and doesn't know how to be polite! She manages the harem, and since Ripple woke up from a coma with a high fever and was noticed that something was wrong, the news was reported to her. It's just that she didn't think of the possibility of borrowing the corpse to resurrect her soul at that time, although she was staring at it, she didn't pay too much attention to it, which made Ripples take advantage of the loophole and ran in front of Gao Zixin.

When she learned that Ripple was appointed by Gao Zixin as a personal palace maid, she almost regretted her intestines!

Gao Zi Xinshi, her only son, has been cautious since she was pregnant, for fear that he would be killed. finally waited for him to be born safely, but she was worried that Gao Zixin would die young, so she lived more and more carefully.

Although her identity is the successor, but in count, she has never been happy since she entered this court, but has been trembling, as if walking on thin ice on the edge of the abyss.

When Gao Zixin grew up, the emperor's suspicion became more and more serious, and at first he reprimanded those sons who grew up, and then he directly killed them, mercilessly!

She was afraid that her son, who had been raised with great difficulty, would also become an unlucky ghost, so she carefully taught Gao Zi Xin to hide his clumsiness, so as not to be suspected by the emperor.

finally survived until now, the first emperor died of illness, Gao Zixin became the emperor, and she became the queen mother, but she didn't dare to breathe a sigh of relief.

The country has been ruined by the first emperor, and she and her son don't know how many sharp blades hang above their heads, where can they rest assured?

Even in the harem, she knows that there are no more people in the world who want to rebel, and if she is not careful, assassins may be mixed in the palace and kill the only son she worked so hard to raise!

So since she knew that Ripple had become the palace maid by Gao Zixin's side, she had murderous intentions towards Ripple!

Whether Ripple is an assassin or something, it's scheming that she's deliberately approaching her son!

If she hadn't been afraid of Gao Zixin, she would have started a long time ago!

Originally, she planned to meet Gao Zixin when she got out of the early dynasty, and personally asked him what he thought of Ripples, but how did she know that Gao Zixin secretly ran to the National Teacher's Mansion, and only now did she let her wait for the opportunity.

And in the afternoon, Ripples turned out to be in a big disaster again!

Such a woman is a scourge and must not be kept!

The Queen Mother He made up her mind in her heart, even if Gao Zixin was unwilling, she would kill that ripple. After she finished saying what she had just said, she looked at Gao Zixin and waited for his answer.

Gao Zixin was a little hesitant, he asked Ripple to be by his side at first for the golden finger on Ripple's body, but now that 001 is gone, it is useless to keep her.

However, since the golden finger on Ripple's body is the so-called memory, then he can have people arrest Ripple and order someone to torture him!

However, as soon as this thought came to mind, 001, who had disappeared for a long time, suddenly appeared and stopped Gao Zixin in a loud voice: "The host can't!" Ripple is a traverser, and if she is tortured, she is likely to continue to cross with a golden finger! ”

Hearing 001's voice at first, Gao Zixin didn't even have time to ask where it had gone before, so he hurriedly asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Hearing Gao Zixin's voice, 001 became inexplicably empty: "Eh...... Meaning...... She may borrow the corpse again with the golden finger, and then the trouble will be even greater. ”

Such an answer made Gao Zixin's face extremely ugly: "Could it be that I still have to take good care of her?" Aren't you some kind of cheat plunder system? Can't you snatch the golden finger from her? ”

001 was even more weak-hearted: "This ...... There is a limit to this, you can't grab it directly, for the sake of fairness, you have to fulfill a wish of the other party. ”

Gao Zixin's face is even more ugly now, and he can't wait to pinch 001 to death directly!

Suddenly, he remembered something: "I remember...... What you said last time seemed to be to dispel the other person's vigilance? How did it become a wish for the other party now? ”

001 tried his best to shrink his body, and was so frightened that he almost cried: "Yes...... That's the case, if you can get the trust of the other party wholeheartedly, you can directly snatch the gold finger. If it doesn't work, it's okay to fulfill one of the other person's wishes. However, it must be a special desire, the kind of ...... that can make the other person grateful."

Under Gao Zi's ice-like gaze, the more it spoke, the lower its voice became.

Gao Zixin's mind turned sharply and asked it: "Is there no other way?" ”

"I didn't ...... There is no ......" 001's voice was so weak that it was barely audible.

After getting the answer, Gao Zixin didn't bother to pay attention to it, and only said, "I understand." ”

Fulfill a wish of the other person, but also make the other person grateful, right? He didn't believe he couldn't find the best of both worlds!

Gao Zixin made up his mind, and when he looked up, he found that the Queen Mother He was staring at him deadly, her face so gloomy that she was almost dripping.

"Queen Mother......" Gao Zixin at this time was like 001, and his voice was weak.

He Shi looked at him deeply, and suddenly laughed dangerously: "If you have anything to say, listen to the mourning family." ”

As soon as Gao Zixin heard He's words, he understood that if he couldn't say that he was ugly and ugly today, He's would never let him go.

It's just that he can't make up his mind, whether to sue Sù He about the system and the golden finger?

If he wants to say it, he must give it all out, but if he doesn't say it, how can he satisfy He's?

He Shi looked at Gao Zixin deeply, and her heart was mixed, she knew that this son was busy with her! This made her not know whether to be happy that her son had grown up, or sad that her son had separated from her.

But she knew very well that if Gao Zixin wanted to become a qualified emperor, she had to give up something.

It's just that, how will Gao Zixin choose?