In just two months, three of the six palace maids sent by Li Jun to the island in the middle of the lake are no longer alive, no wonder the people don't want their daughters to enter the palace, and they may have the opportunity to become nobles when they enter the palace, just like the red sleeves, but more often they can't help themselves and wait for death silently.

"He Shen, pass the decree, and the remaining three palace maids will return to their hometowns and reward their families." Li Jun sighed.

"Your Majesty is merciful, and the old slave obeys the order." He Shen replied immediately.

Li Jun left the island in the middle of the lake in disappointment, Li Jun also turned a deaf ear to the begging of the king of Langya and the king of Jiangdu, Li Jun swore that he would not come here again in his lifetime, and he stayed in this place for a long time, and people were not normal.

Tang Sai'er had an arm injury, Li Jun originally planned to take her back to the palace to recuperate, but Tang Sai'er refused, this little girl didn't save face for Li Jun at all and said: "Your Excellency, although the little woman's impression of you has changed now, it has not yet reached the point of making a promise, please respect yourself, Lord Emperor." ”

He Shen and the others forced a smile on the side, Li Jun touched his nose and said embarrassedly: "Miss Tang, you are too worried, I think you were injured because of my family affairs, so I invited you to the palace to recuperate, so let's do it, since Miss Tang is unwilling to go to the palace, what do you want to reward you?" ”

"Hmph, I think those two girls come back to life, can you do it?" Tang Sai'er snorted coldly.

Li Jun smiled bitterly: "I can't do this." ”

"That's it, in the future, as long as you take care of your family and let them not kill people indiscriminately, it will be the biggest reward for this girl." After speaking, Tang Sai'er left in style,

Li Jun was stunned in place, Tang Sai'er's words are very reasonable, as the emperor, he always says that he wants to reward this and that, but in fact, the people really don't want much, especially the Chinese people, as long as they have a bite to eat, they will be grateful to you.

Thinking of this, Li Jun shouted into Tang Sai'er's carriage, "Thank you girl for reminding me." ”

Tang Sai'er muttered quietly in the carriage: "Stupid, what is there to thank you?" You can't work harder, maybe this girl will accompany you into the palace. ”

The little woman's thoughts, Li Jun naturally didn't know, Li Jun returned to the palace, and went straight to Xiao Mei'er, Xiao Mei'er knew that Li Jun went to the island in the middle of the lake today, seeing that Li Jun was in a good mood, she was relieved and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, what is the result?" Is Uncle Wang relieved? ”

Li Jun waved his hand and said, "Leave them alone, I have something to discuss with you today, Mei'er." ”

"Your Majesty, please speak." Xiao Meier said inexplicably.

Li Jun asked, "Mei'er, how many palace maids are there in the palace now?" ”

"Fifteen hundred, of whom more than 1,200 are of appropriate age." Xiao Meier replied immediately.

Hearing this number, Li Jun frowned and said, "It's too much." ”

"Ah, is Your Majesty planning to reduce the number of people employed in the palace?" Xiao Mei'er immediately asked.

Li Jun nodded and said: "I want to control the number of palace maids at about five hundred, so that on the one hand, it will save the palace expenses, and on the other hand, it will not attract resentment. ”

Xiao Mei'er stood up and saluted Li Jun and said, "Your Majesty is merciful, the concubines have thanked Your Majesty on behalf of the sisters in the palace, but the concubines feel that Your Majesty has no need to lay off people." ”

"Oh, is there anything else the queen can do?"

Xiao Mei'er replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? When the imperial examination dragon gate banquet was held, you released a lot of palace maids to the new scholars, and now you can do it. ”

Li Jun waved his hand and said: "It's different, there are only about 100 scholars every year, and these literati have many problems, so they must still be palace maids who have read books." ”

"Your Majesty, those palace maids who do rough work, scholars can't do it, but soldiers can, didn't you reward 3,000 meritorious soldiers this time?"

Hearing this idea, Li Jun's eyes lit up, and he slapped his forehead heavily and said, "Mei'er, you're right, why did I forget about this?" I have always said that both civil and military affairs are important, so everyone is fair. ”

"Your Majesty, you are overthinking, sometimes there is more than one way to solve things."

"Haha, Mei'er is right, then I will thank me for my help." Li Jun laughed.

That night, Li Jun rested in Xiao Meier's dormitory, and before going to bed, Xiao Meier wanted to ask about Jin Shan'er, but seeing Li Jun's tired appearance, Xiao Mei'er swallowed her words when she came to her mouth.

The next morning, before Li Jun got up, He Shen hurriedly came over to call the door, and Li Jun said unhappily: "What's the matter?" So urgent. ”

He Shen replied eagerly: "Your Majesty, it's no good, King Langya committed suicide." ”

"What?" Li Junteng got out of bed at once, ran out in his pajamas.

He Shen said to Li Jun with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, the news that only came this morning is that King Langya had a dream last night, and the people of Jinyiwei have inspected the scene, and it is not him who killed him." ”

Li Jun waved his hand irritably and said: "It's really going to add to the chaos, this juncture actually committed suicide, how much hatred this is, and he actually used death to take revenge on me." ”

At this time, Xiao Mei'er also walked out with Li Jun's clothes and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, you put on your clothes first." ”

Li Jun put on his clothes, comforted Xiao Mei'er a few words, and went to Shangshutai, this matter still needs to be discussed with his own strategist group to see how to minimize the impact?

As soon as Li Jun arrived at Shangshutai, he was stopped by Sima Da, and Li Jun said angrily: "Sima Da, what do you want to do?" ”

Sima Da handed a page to Li Jun, only to see that it was written: "On the third day of the third month of the third month of the second year of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor is in the middle of the lake, and the three hours are returned, and the night, the dream of the king of Langya, there are big fish dead in the East China Sea." ”

After reading it, Li Jun said, "It's okay to write like this?" Is it a bit of a that you're a big fish dead? ”

Sima Da replied: "This morning, Shangshutai received a report from Zhou Gongjin that there were indeed big fish dead in the East China Sea, but they did not die naturally, but were shot to death by Zhou Gongjin. ”

"What do you mean? Is this another insinuation, did I kill the king of Langya? Li Jun heard Sima Da's words and said angrily.

Sima Da arched his hand and said very seriously: "Your Majesty, the minister is a historian, what happened yesterday?" Please also tell your majesty the truth. ”

"Hmph, what if I don't say it? Could it be that you still dare to write that I killed the king of Langya? Li Jun snorted coldly.

Sima Da laughed and said, "Haha, why don't you dare? Your Majesty is a thief, and the minister dares to write. ”

"Be bold, come on, arrest Sima Da." Li Jun roared angrily.

At this time, Li Lin and Zhang Zhi had just come out, and they saw the scene of Sima Da being arrested, and Li Lin immediately stood up and pleaded: "Your Majesty, you must not, if the historian is arrested again at this juncture, then the gossip will be even more inexplicable." ”

"What Lord Li said is extremely true, please think twice, Your Majesty." Zhang Zhi also persuaded.

Li Jun calmed down his anger and glared at Sima Da fiercely, "You bastard is lucky, I will spare you this time." ”

"If Your Majesty doesn't tell Sima Da the truth, it's better to kill Sima Da." Sima Da said with a stiff neck.

Li Jun said very speechlessly: "Didn't I issue a holy decree to reprimand King Langya and King Chu yesterday, that is the truth." ”

"Your Majesty, are you deceiving a three-year-old child, this Langya Wang Tang will commit suicide for a maid?" Sima Da shook his head and said.

"Hmph, if you don't believe it, if you want to know the truth, then I will send you to the island in the middle of the lake today, ask the guards and chamberlains there, and see how crazy these three princes are?" Li Jun snorted coldly.

"Just go." Sima Da stood up and said.

He Shen secretly glanced at Li Jun, and Li Jun said impatiently, "What are you doing with me?" It would be nice to send someone to take this donkey. ”

"The old slave obeys." He Shen replied immediately.

After Sima Da left, Li Jun sighed and said, "Two Aiqing, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”

Hearing Li Jun's question, Zhang Zhi stood aside and pretended to be a wooden man and didn't speak, Li Lin smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is really a coincidence, General Zhou and they just shot a big fish, and King Langya committed suicide, so the minister thinks that it is better to wait and see what happens now, and then talk about it." ”

What Li Lin said was equivalent to not saying it, to put it bluntly, it was to let time wear out the influence of this matter, but now Li Jun can't afford to wait, so Li Jun shook his head and said: "This can't be done, there are still many reforms this year, if this matter is ignored, wouldn't it add a lot of resistance?" ”

"What does Your Majesty think?" Zhang Zhi asked cautiously.

Li Jun said coldly: "Spread the decree to let Zhou Gongjin make the meat of the big fish into jerky and transport it to Chang'an, and I want to give benefits to the civil and military officials and the people of Guanzhong." ”

When Li Lin and Zhang Zhi heard this, they couldn't help but feel a chill on their backs, Your Majesty's move is really ruthless, this is to tie the entire Guanzhong to their chariots......

In the evening, Li Jun had just had dinner, and King Zhao came, King Zhao was very afraid of Li Jun, and there was nothing that he would not take the initiative to find Li Jun, and King Zhao came in and carefully found a place to sit down.

Li Jun took a sip of tea and asked, "Brother Wang, what's the matter with coming to the imperial brother so late?" ”

King Zhao hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Huang, my brother doesn't want to be King Zhao anymore." ”

Li Jun almost choked to death with tea when he heard this, Li Jun coughed for a long time before saying, "What did you say?" You repeat. ”

"The younger brother doesn't want to be the king of Zhao anymore, the younger brother wants to be an ordinary person." King Zhao plucked up his courage and said.

Li Jun frowned and asked, "You tell me the truth, did you hear any rumors?" ”

King Zhao nodded honestly, and Li Jun smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, you are my own brother, I will not be unfavorable to you, since you don't want to be the king of Zhao, then I will also fulfill you, you should be the king of Lu." ”

"Ah, Brother Huang, does the younger brother mean that he doesn't want to be the prince anymore, no matter what King Zhao or King Lu?" King Zhao hurriedly explained.

Li Jun waved his hand and said: "Ludi is close to the sea, and it has the benefit of fish and salt, which is much better than the broken place in Handan." ”

"But what if you let someone shoot a big fish again? Isn't that brother still dead? King Zhao muttered quietly.

After hearing this, Li Jun laughed and said: "Haha, not only do I want to shoot, but you, King Lu, also want to shoot, this big fish is a gift from God to our Datang......"