Liu Xiu raised his head to Zhang Kunyang and said, "Go to the West Palace!" ”

Nishinomiya.

When Liu Xiu arrived, Yin Lihua was resting in the bedroom.

Xue Ying and Hongjian originally wanted to go in to wake up Yin Lihua, but they were stopped by Liu Xiu, and he whispered: "I'll sit down and leave for a while, don't wake up Lihua." ”

Just finished dealing with government affairs, Liu Xiu didn't eat lunch, and now he was a little hungry, he asked, "Is there anything else to eat in the dining room?" ”

Xue Ying hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, there are still some pastries." ”

Liu Xiu nodded and said, "Let people send it to the pavilion!" ”

With that, he turned and walked out of the main hall and into the gazebo of the garden.

Although the garden of the West Palace is not as atmospheric as that of the Changqiu Palace, compared to other palaces, the garden of the West Palace is already considered large.

He didn't sit down for a long time, and Xue Ying, Hongjian, and Li Xiu'e brought over plates of pastries.

Yin Lihua likes to eat these, so here in the West Palace, pastries are always available, and they can be eaten at any time.

Liu Xiu picked up a piece and took a bite, and the sweet fragrance of osmanthus immediately spread in his mouth.

He smiled and nodded, and praised: "This osmanthus cake is really good, who did it come from?"

When the reward is! ”

As he spoke, he took two bites and ate a large piece of osmanthus cake.

Li Xiu'e's jade face turned red, blessed Liu Xiufu, and said, "Your Majesty, it was made by a servant!" ”

Liu Xiu looked at Li Xiu'e in surprise and said with a smile: "I can't see it, in addition to being able to cause trouble, you also have such good skills." ”

Zhang Kun, Xue Ying, and Hongjian almost laughed out loud when they heard this.

Li Xiu'e's face turned even redder, and she muttered in a low voice: "The maid is no longer in trouble now." ”

Liu Xiu glanced at her and said, "That's also what Lihua taught well!" You, you are too wild, stubborn and stubborn, and you don't know how to restrain, but fortunately, Lihua is protecting you in the palace. ”

Don't look at Liu Xiu's daily life, she doesn't say anything, and she doesn't have much contact with Li Xiu'e, but she is like a mirror in her heart, and in just a few words, she told Li Xiu'e thoroughly.

Li Xiu'e pouted and stood aside, looking indignant, as if she was very dissatisfied with His Majesty's evaluation.

Xue Ying and the red note are a little uncomfortable, Your Majesty can say Li Xiu'e so clearly and clearly, which shows that Your Majesty always remembers Li Xiu'e in his heart.

Liu Xiu picked up another piece of pastry, took a sip of tea, and asked while eating the pastry, "How is the tea party in Changqiu Palace today?"

What's interesting? ”

Li Xiu'e raised her head and said, "The pastries in the Changqiu Palace are not as delicious as those in the West Palace. ”

Liu Xiu blinked, then laughed, and was about to speak, when Yin Lihua's voice came first: "Your Majesty, don't listen to Xiu'e's nonsense, the pastries in Changqiu Palace are very well done." ”

With the voice, Yin Lihua walked over.

Liu Xiu's eyes lit up, and she immediately stood up, walked out of the pavilion, came to Yin Lihua, held her hand, and asked, "Why don't you sleep a little longer?"

Did I wake up Lihua? ”

Yin Lihua shook her head and said, "The concubines are about to sleep for an afternoon. ”

"You're heavy now, and you're going to snooze."

Liu Xiu pulled Yin Lihua and walked into the pavilion.

Li Xiu'e took the mat, put it on the ground, and then carefully helped Yin Lihua to sit down.

With Yin Lihua present, Li Xiu'e's words also became more, and she said: "Today, the queen also deliberately found Captain Kui and asked Captain Kui to dance the sword to cheer up. ”

"Well, I heard."

Liu Xiuxiao asked, "How is Kui's swordsmanship?" ”

"Swordsmanship is okay, but people are not good."

Li Xiu'e pouted and muttered in a low voice.

Yin Lihua glanced back at her, and said with a displeased face: "Xiu'e, don't talk nonsense." ”

Li Xiu'e said: "Your Majesty, nobleman, the servant didn't talk nonsense, when Kui Xun saw the nobleman, it was like losing his soul, and looking at the nobleman's eyes was also very uncomfortable. ”

Liu Xiu was stunned, and turned her head to look at Yin Lihua for verification.

Yin Lihua explained softly: "Captain Kui has just entered the palace, and he doesn't know much about the rules in the palace, so it's inevitable that there will be rudeness. ”

Li Xiu'e said unconvinced: "There are many people who enter the palace for the first time, and when I see a nobleman, he is the only one who has been staring!" ”

Yin Lihua looked at Li Xiu'e helplessly and motioned her to say less.

Kui Xun is not an ordinary palace guard, but a big prince who is arrogant, no matter how much he doesn't like this person, he shouldn't say bad things about him in front of His Majesty, which will make His Majesty very embarrassed.

Seeing that Yin Lihua was thinking too much, Liu Xiu patted her hand and said in a brisk tone: "If he dares to be rude to Lihua in the future, tell me, I will punish him!" If the eyes are rude, they gouge out his eyes, and if the words are rude, they cut out their tongues. ”

Yin Lihua looked at Liu Xiu in surprise and said, "Your Majesty ......" Liu Xiu said quietly: "Kui Huan is half-hearted, and it is difficult to conspire." ”

The implication is to clearly tell Yin Lihua that she doesn't need to care too much about Kui Xun's identity, in Luoyang, Kui Xie is just a hostage, and it can also be said that Kui Huan arranged a substitute for the dead ghost.

If Kui Xun still doesn't know his situation and dares to hit Lihua with the ghost idea, then he is really looking for death, and no one can save him.

After listening to Liu Xiu's words, Li Xiu'e became more energetic, and she said: "The maid just said, what if he is the eldest son of Lianghou?"

How could His Majesty be afraid of him Lianghou?

It should be that Lianghou is afraid of His Majesty! ”

When Liu Xiu heard this, she laughed, raised her finger, nodded at Li Xiu'e, and said with a smile: "Although you are a girl, you are right!" ”

Hearing Liu Xiu's praise, Li Xiu'e was also so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, and nodded vigorously at Yin Lihua.

Yin Lihua smiled helplessly and said, "During this time, Xiu'e has been spoiled by me so much, if Your Majesty supports her again in the future, she will have no one in her eyes!" ”

"Haha-" After Liu Xiu heard this, he laughed even more, and his mood became much more refreshing.

He wants to carry out political reform, and in the face of layers of resistance and pressure, he feels much more relaxed when he arrives at the West Palace.

Before he knew it, Liu Xiu had eaten a whole plate of pastries.

He touched his stomach and smiled at Li Xiu'e: "Your craftsmanship is really good, remember to do more in the future and send it to Qingliang Palace." ”

"Your Majesty often handles official business in the Qingliang Palace, and the servant has nothing to do, so he doesn't dare to go over casually."

Liu Xiu said angrily and funny: "You girl, do you dare to take Qiao with me now?" ”

"Don't dare!"

Li Xiu'e is a serious blessing.

Liu Xiu said helplessly: "I won't let you contribute in vain, as long as you come, Zhang Kun will have a reward!" ”

Li Xiu'e's eyes lit up suddenly, and she immediately said beautifully: "The maid thanked Your Majesty Long En first!" ”

Liu Xiu laughed again, picked up Yin Lihua, and walked towards the main hall of the West Palace.

The next day, Liu Xiu raised the issue of restructuring in the court, one of which was to streamline the local bureaucratic system, and the other was to streamline the local army.

Sure enough, as Liu Xiu expected, this issue was thrown out, which immediately attracted the opposition of many ministers.

Da Situ Fu Zhan and Da Sikong Song Hong both believed that in the current situation, it was not appropriate to reduce the local army, let alone local officials, and as for the abolition of the captain, it was absolutely impossible.

The world is undecided, and the war is continuous, this time to reduce the local army, it is too risky, and the revocation of the lieutenant will greatly reduce the combat power of the county governments in various places, and the consequent power of the Taishou will be too large and unrestricted.

At this time, Liu Xiu no longer spoke, and naturally someone would speak on his behalf, such as Zhu Fu, Zhu Fu, Shang Shuling, Hou Ba, and Bao Yong, the captain of Sili.

Bao Yong took the lead and said: "Fu Situ and Song Sikong are very clear that now that the treasury is becoming increasingly tight, it is already stretched thin to support hundreds of thousands of Jingshi troops, and they have to support hundreds of thousands of local troops, where will the money and food come from?" ”

Fu Zhan Zhengse said: "The problem of the tight treasury can be solved through taxation!" ”

Bao Yong said: "The world is in turmoil, the war has been raging for many years, the people are not living, starvation is everywhere, Your Majesty is benevolent, sympathetic to the people, and implements ten taxes and one. ”

Fu Zhan was silent, after so many years of war, all counties and counties, full of holes, all kinds of waste to be rebuilt, the people really can't afford to withstand heavy taxes, but if they don't collect heavy taxes, the imperial court really can't afford to raise a large number of troops in the Beijing division army and the local army, this is indeed a headache.

After Bao Yong finished speaking, the ministers in the hall were also talking.

Song Hong said meaningfully: "Reducing the local army, I am worried that the thief army in various places will resurrect and cause chaos in various places again!" ”

Fu Zhan said quietly: "If the internal instability is not there, the imperial court's external conquest is only afraid of ...... It will also be greatly affected, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice! ”

The hall gradually quieted down, and the ministers who were talking about it also stopped discussing and looked at Liu Xiu in unison.

When the hall was already silent, Liu Xiucai slowly spoke: "With the current situation, reducing the local army is bound to take a huge risk, but the imperial court really can't afford to raise hundreds of thousands of Jingshi troops and hundreds of thousands of local troops, so we must make a trade-off, the lesser of two evils." ”

After Liu Xiu finished speaking, the hall once again resounded with the buzz of the ministers' discussions.

If the imperial court cannot pay salaries, the morale of the army will inevitably be weakened, and the soldiers will become unmotivated.

The reduction of the local army has given the thief army an opportunity to take advantage of, once the thief army is resurrected and causes chaos in the locality, whether it is the county government, the county government, or the state government, they will be helpless and can only turn to the imperial court for help.

The lesser of two evils, but which one is the lightest?

The ministers advocated restructuring on the one hand, and opposed restructuring on the other, and there were constant debates.

Before I knew it, more than two hours had passed, and it was close to noon.

Fu Zhan raised the wat board to Liu Xiu and said, "Your Majesty, it is difficult to reach a conclusion today, so let's discuss it tomorrow!" ”

Liu Xiu, who had not spoken, opened his mouth and said: "The stakes are very high, today, we must draw conclusions!" I can't finish the discussion in the morning, I will continue to discuss it in the afternoon, I can't finish it in the afternoon, and I will discuss it all night, in short, when will it be finished, and when will it be dissolved! ”

Hearing Liu Xiu's words, the courtiers looked at each other, couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and continued to discuss and discuss.

Liu Xiu rarely behaved so tough in the court, which shows that things have reached the point where they are imminent and cannot be delayed.

At the beginning, only 30 percent of the ministers were in favor of the reform, 50 percent were against it, and some of the remaining ministers did not express their position.

By the afternoon, the number of ministers who supported the reform had increased to 50 percent, and the number of ministers who opposed the reform had also increased to 50 percent.

By the time Shen arrived in the afternoon, the ministers' stomachs began to drum.

You must know that the time of the last dynasty is Mao, that is, five o'clock in the morning, and the ministers have to leave home at four o'clock in the morning.

Now that the court meeting is in session from Mao Shi to Shen Shi, the ministers have not eaten breakfast or lunch, can they not be hungry?

The hungrier people are, the more irritable they become, and the more irritable and irritable they become.