In the Tai Chi Temple.

Emperor Daqian, who hid his joy in his heart, sat on the dragon chair in the bow of Lin Mo and other courtiers, and was very energetic.

After the courtiers got up without courtesy, Emperor Daqian glanced down, found Lin Mo standing beside Xuanyuan, and said with a smile: "Lin Qing is back?

When Lin Mo took Yan Baiyu and the four daughters out to play, he informed Emperor Daqian, so Emperor Daqian knew and agreed to Lin Mo to go out to hide and relax, and he happily watched the jokes of the two parties after Ronghou.

Lin Mo came out of the ranks, saluted, and said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has had a good time with a few ladies in the past three days, and finally shook his head and toured the beautiful scenery around our Qiantian City." ”

"Lin Qing said, where have you been on this trip?" Emperor Daqian immediately became curious, and looked at the posture as if he was going to have a look.

Knowing that Emperor Daqian wanted to deliberately dry King Rong and Xuanyuan, Lin Mo also said quite cooperatively: "Your Majesty, don't say it, let's ......."

Listening to Lin Mo and Emperor Daqian, the faces of the courtiers were a little unsightly, and after the two chatted for about a quarter of an hour, King Rong finally couldn't help it, so he gave Dali Temple Qing Zhuo Ping a look.

After receiving King Rong's instructions, Zhuo Ping immediately got out of the queue, and after a symbolic salute, loudly interrupted Lin Mo and Emperor Daqian's gossip.

"Your Majesty, Chen Zhuoping has something to do. ”

Zhuo Ping's voice came out, and it also hung up on King Rong Yurong Xuanyuan almost, Emperor Daqian stopped gossiping with Lin Mo, straightened his posture, and said, "I don't know, what does Zhuo Qing want to start?"

Zhuo Ping took out a book of folds from his sleeve, and Gao Yuejian, who was standing on the right side of the dragon chair, saw it, and handed it to Emperor Daqian.

Just when Emperor Daqian was reading the recital, Zhuo Ping said: "The minister wants to participate in the security battalion commander Ji Qian to deceive the king about the bandits in Heishuizhai, and a few days ago he led the army out of the city without permission, begging His Majesty to give him death Ji Qian. ”

Hearing that it was Zhuo Ping participating in Ji Qian, Lin Mo was not surprised at all.

After all, Zhang Guo and Fu Yunsheng, who died because of Heishui Village, are both people of King Rong, and in addition to the duties of the supervision officials of Dali Temple, Ji Qian's failure to encircle and suppress Heishui Village should be played by Ji Qian.

Hearing that someone participated in Ji Qian, Emperor Daqian was a little unhappy, after all, Ji Qian now has 20,000 soldiers, which is also a big force, and Emperor Daqian is thinking about pulling the "neutral" Ji Qian into his camp.

But Zhuo Ping handed over the memo to list Ji Qian's crimes clearly, and the fact that Ji Qian secretly led the army out of the city to encircle and suppress the mountain bandits in Heishuizhai a few days ago is no longer a hidden matter.

Slowly putting down the twists and turns, Emperor Daqian paused for a moment, and said lightly to Gao Yue with a somewhat bad face: "Gao Yue, order someone to immediately summon Ji Qian, the commander of the security battalion, to enter the palace." ”

"Yes!"

Gao Yue turned around and was about to deliver the decree, but at this moment, a little eunuch walked up to the hall quickly, and after bowing and saluting, he said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Ji Qian, the commander of the security battalion, asks to see him outside the hall." ”

The courtiers were stunned for a moment, and Lin Mo also pretended to be stunned.

"Announce him in. Emperor Daqian said lightly with a serious face.

"Yes. ”

After saluting again, the little eunuch quickly retreated, and not long after going out, Ji Qian, who had untied his sword, walked into the hall, followed by a long procession, two little eunuchs in a group, carrying a box.

It was a treasure chest that had been seized, ten in number.

Ji Qian came in, and after bowing to him, he said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister only knows that he is guilty, and the minister is here to ask Your Majesty for his guilt today." ”

As he spoke, Ji Qian stretched out his finger and pointed to the boxes, and said, "This is the spoils obtained by the minister yesterday to completely exterminate all the mountain bandits in Heishui Village, worth 100,000 gold leaves?"

As soon as Ji Qian's words came out, except for Lin Mo, the faces of all the people present changed instantly, Emperor Daqian turned to sigh and rejoice, King Rong and Xuanyuan's eyelids blinked unnaturally, and the rest of the courtiers were stunned.

Of course, the most exciting thing is Zhuo Ping, who was about to take advantage of the situation to let Emperor Daqian punish Ji Qian with death, but he didn't expect Ji Qian to come back suddenly, not only exterminated the Heishuizhai mountain bandits, but also brought back so much loot.

Suddenly made De Zhuo Ping speechless, and his heart was even more shocked: How is this possible? Hasn't this Ji Qian been defeated in the hands of that Zhao Ling? How could he suddenly win yesterday?

The relieved Emperor looked at Zhuo Ping, who was stunned and silent, and said, "What's the matter?" Zhuo Qing, this time the commander of Ji can be regarded as offsetting his merits and demerits." ”

"Yes, Chen, I understand!" Zhuo Ping, who had returned to his senses, glanced at Ji Qian unwillingly and returned to his original position.

The taxes of the Great Qian Empire are relatively light, and the tax in a year is almost 700,000 gold leaves, and Ji Qian's spoils worth nearly 100,000 gold leaves are not small.

Of course, the revenue of the treasury of the Great Qian is naturally not only taxes, but also the tribute of the vassal states in the empire, as well as the income from the royal government's business with the people, the vassal states, and neighboring countries.

100,000 gold leaves! Lin Mo read this number in his heart, and couldn't help but feel funny: The tax income of this big cadre is only 700,000 yuan a year, which is not as much as the gray income of Rong Wang Xuanyuan and others in a year.

The merits and demerits offset each other, and there was neither merit nor fault, and Ji Qian retired unharmed.

Ji Qian left, and King Rong, who was in charge of receiving and handling the affairs of the Western Regions Mission, stood up, saluted, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, according to Your Majesty's will, the Luanfeng Pavilion and the competition platform, the ministers and brothers have been prepared. ”

"Well, it's hard work. Emperor Daqian nodded: "Today is the time for the third test to recruit relatives, and during this period, please ask the imperial brother to bother a lot, and there must be no omissions." ”

Emperor Daqian said, and glanced at Lin Mo who was standing in place with an indifferent expression, and now Emperor Daqian only hoped that the final winner would be Lin Mo, not King Rong and Empress Dowager Xuanshu.

If the people who were honored by the king, or the people who were the Empress Dowager Xuanshu married Princess Gena, their power would inevitably increase greatly, and it would be an unwarranted disaster for Emperor Daqian, and it would be more difficult to regain the imperial power.

"Yes, my brother will live up to His Majesty's expectations. ”

Then King Rong briefly talked about some of his arrangements for Princess Rena's marriage conference, and after speaking, seeing that the atmosphere fell into silence, Gao Yue stood up and shouted at the top of his voice.

"There is a start, and there is no retreat. ”

As soon as Gao Yue's words fell, Xuanyuan took a step forward before King Rong: "Your Majesty, Meng Yan is dead, and no one has taken over the post of doctor in the Criminal Department so far, and the Criminal Department has fallen into chaos, so please ask Your Majesty to be a holy judge as soon as possible." ”

Xuanyuan's tone was a little tough, almost no different from forcing Emperor Daqian to make a decision.

"The courtiers also implore Your Majesty to make a holy judgment as soon as possible. King Rong naturally took the lead, and forced Emperor Daqian to express his position today.

The voices of the two fell, and all the courtiers of the two parties echoed together: "Please Your Majesty make a holy judgment as soon as possible." ”

Looking at the voices of the courtiers of the two parties as if they had been rehearsed, Lin Mo instantly understood in his heart: I can't hang on to the morning yesterday and not besiege me, it turns out that the two families have discussed it, and today they will throw this mess to Emperor Daqian.

As soon as the words of the courtiers came out, Emperor Daqian instantly lost his mind of gloating, but Emperor Daqian was also smart, and immediately made a dilemma, pretending to think for a while, and then directly threw the problem to Lin Mo.

"Lin Qing, who do you think is good to take over the post of doctor of the Criminal Department?"

Throwing the hot potato to himself, Lin Mo, who had already taken the potato, naturally had to take it, got out of the queue again, saluted, glanced at King Rong and Xuan Yuan, and asked, "I don't know if His Royal Highness King Rong and Xuan Shangqing have any favorite candidates?"

"This king ......" King Rong was about to speak, but was unexpectedly interrupted by Emperor Daqian: "Lin Qing, let me tell you, King Rong recommended Geng Bai, the servant of the Criminal Department, and Xuanqing recommended Shi Fei, one of the directors of the Criminal Department." ”

"Minister, I see. ”

The news in the court, although Lin Mo is in the Flying Snow Villa outside the city, he knows it clearly, and the reason why he asks this question is just pretending to be and going through the process.

King Rong recommended Geng Bai, Xuanyuan said that Geng Bai was over fifty years old and did not have the energy to manage the Criminal Department, Xuanyuan recommended Shi Fei, and King Rong said that Shi Fei was just a small principal, and his experience and ability were not yet lacking.

For this reason, the two parties are arguing fiercely.

After seeing Lin Mo say a word, he fell into deep thought, and after a while, seeing Lin Mo's eyes lit up, Emperor Daqian was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "I don't know who Lin Qing likes?" Or is there any other candidate to recommend?"

Obviously, this squire of the Criminal Department is the person of King Rong, and the head of the Criminal Department, Shi Fei, is the person of Xuanyuan, and the other candidates are the other candidates?

This Great Emperor still has plans to meddle in the Six Ministries, this is really ......

Although Lin Mo was a little speechless and choked in his heart, he didn't choke on his mouth, bowed, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, what do you think it would be better to let Geng Shilang and Chief Shi share the position of doctor of the Criminal Department?"

As soon as Lin Mo's words came out, the audience suddenly fell into silence, those courtiers are you look at me, I look at you, as if they are all saying, is there something wrong with their ears?

After being silent for a while, without waiting for Emperor Daqian to respond to the power demon, Xuanyuan said angrily: "Not systematic, not systematic, since the founding of the country, how can there be two people who are in the position of a doctor at the same time." ”

"Yes, isn't Lin Shangqing joking?" King Rong also said.

After staring for a moment, Emperor Daqian seemed to understand something, frowned and asked, "Lin Qing, these two people have never had such a precedent for serving as a doctor in my Daqian, can you tell me the reason why you have such a vulgar idea?"

Lin Mo said: "Geng Shilang has a lot of experience and ability, but he lacks energy, Shi is in charge, he has enough energy, but he lacks energy and ability, aren't these two complementing each other?"

As he spoke, Lin Mo paused, observed the faces of King Rong and Xuanyuan, and continued: "Your Majesty, we can divide the Great Seal of the Criminal Department into two, and the two seals will be one, so that the major affairs of the Criminal Department can be decided, Your Majesty, what do you think?"