In early October of the second year of Zhongping, Ma Yue put on court clothes for the first time and drove into Xiyuan in a horse cart.

Most of the guards' Xiyuan riders knew this popular man who had been in the garden and worshipped in the garden, and they went all the way unimpeded to the Holy Hearing.

"Minister Ma Yue, see Your Majesty, I wish Your Majesty good Eucharist."

Liu Hong as early as Ma Yue into the West Garden when he has been informed of the West Garden, Ma Yue came when he was lying in the Wanjin Hall listening to the piano, behind him still standing a few permanent attendants, because of the burning of the North and South Palace, some nobles also temporarily live in the West Palace, and now the West Garden is like the former North and South Palace. In front of Liu Hong was still Jiang Lan, Ren Zhi and others, but Ma Yue didn't see Zhang Rang's face.

"Haha, my counselor is here." Liu Hong lay down and smiled: "What's the matter with the doctor?" ”

Ma Yue smiled at Liu Hong and asked, "Your Majesty, the minister is here to ask Your Majesty for your requisition." Second, I haven't seen Your Majesty for a long time, and the minister misses it very much, and I hope that Your Majesty will not blame the minister for coming without incident. ”

Liu Hong was even more happy, turned his head and smiled at Zhao Zhong who was standing behind him: "Mother, look, I know that Ma Shizhong will definitely come to Xiyuan, haha." It's a good time, I really don't blame you, I heard Jian Shuo say...... You went to Wu Hui, what did Wu Hui look like? ”

"Your Majesty wants to hear it, so the minister will tell Your Majesty about what you have seen and heard along the way, what does Your Majesty think?"

Ma Yue came to sue, but he found out Liu Hong's joyful and playful character, and he had to slowly lead Liu Hong to the right path.

"Okay, come on, sit down for the doctor!" Liu Hong sat up straight from the dragon couch and leaned forward slightly, what he liked the most was what he had seen and heard in the market, but unfortunately the deep palace wall blocked his eyes, and he nodded with interest and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

Zhao Zhong, who was behind Liu Hong, looked at Ma Yue with a smile on his face, and said in his heart: This kid Zhang Rang said is indeed very smart, but he looks much smarter than Jian Shuo's stubborn donkey.

In the past six months, they have a hard time as a permanent servant, in the past, they were the dominant family in this palace, and now there is a Jianshuo general Xiyuan who does not wear a pair of pants with them, not to mention, the two permanent attendants were also beheaded for fornication, but they are afraid that they will become a foil in the future!

The more the horse can be co-opted to the slave's side...... Zhao Zhong has already begun to search for crooked brains in his heart.

The little eunuch carried a stool behind Ma Yue, but Ma Yue only stood and said, "Your Majesty, you are sitting here, where do you dare to sit down...... The gentleman once told the students that when they talk to His Majesty, the ministers can just stand and speak, and they can stand. ”

"As long as your mouth is sweet, I want you to sit." Liu Hong waved his hand impatiently and said, "You block the light outside the hall, sit down." ”

"The minister was guilty, and the minister sat down." With Liu Hong's first permission, Ma Yue sat on the stool and said: "The minister went all the way to Youzhou to bid farewell to Mr., and I heard that there are still a lot of bandits in Jizhou on the way, but I was shocked that the prestige of the Huangfu Prefecture Pastor was hidden in the deep mountains and did not dare to come out, and Jizhou was governed well by the Huangfu Prefecture Pastor. When he arrived in Youzhou, where the road was being repaired, he escorted the teacher to take the road from outside the gate, and outside the pass, the minister witnessed a massacre! ”

Liu Hong's eyes widened and he listened to Ma Yue continue: "It is a dozen merchants who belong to the Wuhuan people and the Han people of Youzhou, they are carrying furs and horses to return to Youzhou to sell the income, the merchants on horseback are playing flutes, they are only ten miles away from home, and the wind and dust along the way will get an excellent rest and recuperation in the pass, and soon they will hug their children and wives." Ma Yue's tone was low, which already made people have a bad association: "Suddenly, a group of Xianbei bandits appeared on the hillside outside the pass!" ”

"Ahh Liu Hong leaned forward again, he was used to seeing battle reports, but he had never seen the bandits and the like with his own eyes, "Tell me, what do Xianbei people look like?" ”

Long, what does it look like?

Ma Yuemeng, how can this thing be described to Liu Hong? He could only say based on his impression when he fought with the Xianbei people: "The Xianbei people and the Huns look a little similar, the eye spacing is larger, the cheekbones are high and the cheeks are narrow, Your Majesty, have you eaten a sac?" ”

"I've eaten it, it's hard and dry, but it tastes good with the juice."

"Yes!" Ma Yue clapped his hands and said, "They look like sacs!" ”

"Hahaha!" Liu Hong stroked his little belly with his hand and laughed, and said: "Where is there such a thing as you, I have seen the Huns, how can it be like a bag, haha, don't say it, I think about it so carefully, it's really a bit like!" ”

"Ugh." Ma Yue sighed and said, "Their cheekbones are higher and stronger than those of the Han people, and their gills are narrower and more powerful than those of the Han people. This is caused by their thousands of years of adaptation to the environment of heaven and earth, and their babies are more powerful, like us Liangzhou people. Because their parents were born to fight, they were more adapted to the battlefield and were more able to ride horses and shoot arrows. Your Majesty, you can't underestimate them. ”

"You don't have to be so nervous, Emperor Meng wrote me a letter a few days ago, and also wrote to me the deputy Guotai Min'an. The letter said that there was civil strife in Xianbei in Youzhou this year, and he could not afford to go south to the border. No, the battle report from Liangzhou also came a few days ago, the situation is getting better, and this year is really peaceful. ”

"By the way, Your Majesty, there is really an urgent matter, if it is not handled well, I am afraid that the Central Plains will not be peaceful again." Only then did Ma Yue pretend to pat his head and ask Liu Hong: "Your Majesty, when the minister returned to Luoyang, all the counties and counties he passed by were harvesting wood and stones, and some people complained that this was the third time that they had been requisitioned. When the minister arrived in Luoyang, he saw a mountain of huge trees, flowers and stones outside the city, and the bottom ones were already rotten but useless, and I heard that someone was taking bribes to make an obstruction from it. ”

"Ahem, ahem!"

As soon as Ma Yue finished speaking, he heard someone coughing behind Liu Hong, and when he looked up, he was facing Zhao Zhong, who was glaring at him. Ma Yue glanced at it absently, with a slight smile on his face.

"What! How dare you take my orders to accept bribes?! Liu Hong slapped the dragon couch angrily and shouted angrily: "This time, I am still surprised why the materials for building a palace for eight months have not been completed, but I didn't expect that someone was obstructing it, and actually dared to accept bribes under my nose, did they give me the money?" ”

Listening to Liu Hong's previous words, Ma Yue was quite happy, this is a full-spirited emperor, but after listening to the back, he jumped out of the fantasy of the minister of Zhongxing...... This is not only a middle-spirited emperor, but also an emperor who is full of temperament and has fallen into the eyes of money!

"Since something like this has happened, Doctor Yi, you go and tell Jian Shuo that I want to go to court tomorrow morning, and let Xiyuan ride inform the hundred officials."

Liu Hong sat up from the dragon couch, waved his hand and said, "You all go down, Auntie, you also go down, let me clean for a while." ”

Ma Yue looked at Liu Hong, and saw that the purpose of the matter had been achieved, and Liu Hong could also figure out the joints inside, so he arched his hand and said, "The minister retires." ”

He didn't expect Liu Hong to suddenly become a virtuous emperor, of course, he was willing to give it a try if possible, but it was just a surprise. He only hoped that because of himself, those people would no longer pay the taxes that were generated because of the greed for ink.

That's dirty.