On February 21 of the first year of Jingzhi of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Taihe Hall of the Imperial Palace

"Regarding the urgent matters of the various ministries and departments of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the recent stage, this minister has made a proposal in the past two days...... But before that, we need to summarize the turmoil of the previous days! Previously, in the turmoil in Jijing, there were many virtuous people in the imperial court who were killed by the chaotic party and died in the line of duty. ”

On top of the early dynasty, Wang Yingcai, the old eunuch next to the son of heaven Li Shou, said [play early if there is something to do, and retire from the dynasty if there is nothing to do], and Li Xian, the eighth son of the emperor who was the new prime minister, stood up and commanded all the departments of the court to perform their respective duties, as if he was the head of a hundred officials.

"......" secretly glanced at Ruan Shaozhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who looked a little ugly, and Yan Yu, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and explained, "Prime Minister Mingjian, it's not that my Ministry of Rites is negligent, just because the first emperor died a few days ago, the whole country mourned, and then the new emperor ascended the throne, many things need to be coordinated by my Ministry of Rites, but in fact, I lack skills......"

"Hmm!" Li Xian nodded when he heard this, thinking that he also knew these things, and after pondering for a while, Zhengse said, "In this case, at this stage, the Ministry of Rites needs to pay attention to this matter, and draw up a list of all the virtuous and virtuous who died in the Jijing turmoil as soon as possible, and then submit this list to the Ministry of Households...... Those ministers who died in the line of duty are all in my Great Zhou Dongliang, if no one cares about them after death, wouldn't it be chilling? The funeral of the deceased minister, according to the specifications, the funeral of the minister, the family has children, the male career is hired by the Ministry of Officials, and there is no need to excel in the imperial examination, and the daughter is registered by the Ministry of Rites, and the husband is preferred. Marriages are financed by the Ministry of Rites...... In addition, in the next ten years, the household department will pay the bereavement pension every quarter, and the annual festival will be rewarded separately. Show the emperor's grace! In this way, the court needs to make it clear to the world that whoever is loyal to the country, the society, and His Majesty, our court will never fail him! Tobe? ”

Shan Jue, the head of the household, was slightly startled when he heard this, and hurriedly came out of the queue, arching his hand and saying, "Your Highness...... No, the prime minister's words, the lower officials understand......"

Then, the ...... of the Criminal Department turned his head to look at Xie An, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Xun Zheng, the servant of the Criminal Department. Li Xian Zhengse said, "The previous time, the former Shangshu Wang Tianwang and the former waiter Hong Dehong were killed, and the affairs to be handled by the Criminal Department are piled up, and at this stage, the Criminal Department should be diligent in official duties to make up for the previous ...... of progress."

Glancing at Xie An beside him, he saw that Xie An, who was the secretary of the Criminal Department, had no intention of coming forward. Lang Xun, the servant of the Criminal Department, immediately came out of the queue and said in a deep voice. "The lower officials obey the orders of Xiangguo!"

"......" glanced deeply at Xie An, who was speechless, Li Xian turned to face Sun Jing, the newly appointed head of the military department, and said in a deep voice, "Lord Changsun, it has been several months since Your Majesty and Lord Xie returned triumphantly from sweeping the rebels in Chang'an and Luoyang, but as far as I know. There are still nearly 100,000 former rebel soldiers who have surrendered to our Great Zhou in Daliang who have not been properly settled, what is the military department doing these days? ”

Xie An's father-in-law, Sun Jing, the head of the military department, was an upright person, and he was ashamed when he heard this.

Fortunately, Li Xian did not intend to deliberately use this matter to hit Changsun Jing, slowed down his tone, and said Zhengse. "I also know that this matter is quite complicated and difficult to deal with, but it is always inappropriate to place more than 100,000 rebels in Daliang without paying attention, and if someone says a few gossips, it may cause a catastrophe...... Therefore, I would like to ask the Ministry of War to deal with this matter as a priority! As soon as possible, the 100,000 troops stationed in Daliang County will be scattered and placed in various places to garrison, by the way, select the elite soldiers to fill the Jizhou army, and if the Beijing division is unstable, the world will be uneasy!"

"The subordinate obeys!" The eldest grandson Jing surrendered his order.

"There are ......" took out a stack of folds from his arms, Li Xian said in a deep voice, "This is piled up in the Zhongshu Provincial Housing in various places to submit documents, in October last year, Jiangnan and other places, Lujiang, Sanshan, Wuhu and other places were seriously flooded, the Yangtze River in various sections of the water burst the embankment, flooding a large area of farmland in the lower reaches of Jiangdong, Moling, Songjiang, Wujun and other counties to ask for a performance, reduce the tax rate......

Zhang Jia, the county magistrate of Anfeng County, sued Runan Taishou Wang Delin for corruption and perverted the law, privately withheld relief food and wages, and filled his pockets. If this matter is true, the case will be taken over by the Criminal Department and transferred to the Great Prison Temple for trial, and it will be severely punished!

As far as the prime minister knows, among the garrisons in various localities in Runan and Huaiyin, there are many officials who lie about the number of sergeants, and the practice of eating empty salaries is quite serious...... The armed forces are the foundation of national stability, so how can anyone be allowed to do bad things about it? This matter is handed over to the six doors of Yushitai and Nanzhen Fusi, if someone really profits from it, he will be relieved of his official position, escorted to the Beijing Division, and handed over to the Criminal Department for questioning!

In addition, I set up the imperial examination in the Great Zhou Dynasty every three years, and then the new emperor ascended the throne, made an exception and set up another case today, and issued the list to the local counties and counties, telling them to start preparing, the township test in April, the October test, there must be no mistake!

Salt and rice are the foundation of the country, but as far as the prime minister knows, there are many black salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, who trade sea salt privately without the special permission of the imperial court......

There was a drought in the east and west of Sichuan last year, and although the imperial court allocated money and grain, the disaster situation did not improve......

There are also officials......

The ...... of the Ministry of Communism"

For most of the hour, all the courtiers in the Taihe Hall were silent, but Li Xian was the only one who was gushing and sending various instructions, which should have been discussed by Li Shou, the son of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the courtiers, Li Xian alone made the best solution, and invisibly, the court meeting to discuss state affairs was useless.

Although Xie An was very dissatisfied with Li Xian's attitude of monopolizing state affairs, he also had to admit that Li Xian was indeed a rare talent in the world, at least in solving these national affairs, he did it very carefully and properly, so that people could not find the slightest deficiency.

However, in this way, it also made the new Great Zhou Emperor Li Shou completely an ornament, and he just listened to Li Xian's views on state affairs and government affairs from beginning to end, and couldn't insert a word.

"How can this be reasonable...... After the early dynasty, Li Shou sent someone to invite Xie An to the Yangxin Palace, and it is not difficult to find that Li Shou, the new emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, did not look very good.

Looking at Li Shou's slightly displeased face, Xie An also sighed, shook his head with the teacup and said, "It's really unexpected." When I first met Li Xian, I saw that he was gentle and elegant, and I didn't want to be an authoritarian guy...... Indeed, today he has gone too far! ”

Li Shou was stunned when he heard this, then shook his head with a wry smile and said, "You misunderstood, my words were not aimed at the Eighth Emperor Brother. It's just about me...... [Anyway, as long as the Emperor of the Great Zhou knows how to give orders], heh, it seems that it is not possible to become a virtuous Ming monarch by sitting on this wèizhi......"

"You...... Not angry? Xie An looked at Li Shou in astonishment.

But seeing Li Shou sigh slightly, he said bitterly, "The Eighth Emperor Brother is so authoritarian, of course I'm angry, but ...... I thought I couldn't do as well as he did, so I ...... There is no qualification to be angry...... [Before judging oneself about others.] Think to yourself first and see if you can do as well as that person]......"

"Huh? This sentence ......" Xie An was stunned and said strangely, "This sentence seems to be said by the first emperor......"

Suddenly, Li Shou's face changed slightly, his expression was a little uncomfortable, and he said embarrassedly with a teacup, "Yes...... Really? I've forgotten who said ......"

Even I came out......

Smiled to himself. Xie An looked at Li Shou narrowly, and said with a smile. "Your Majesty really forgot?"

Seeing that Xie An deliberately exposed his scars, Li Shou glared at him in annoyance, and said angrily, "Okay, okay, is it necessary to debunk me for this kind of thing?" I just think that my father may really be a wise man......"

Isn't this nonsense?

Secretly pouted. Xie An deliberately showed a look of surprise and asked exaggeratedly, "Huh?" How did His Majesty find out about such things? Speaking of this, suddenly seeing Li Shou looking at him helplessly, Xie An couldn't help laughing.

"Perhaps. I really don't have the talent to be an emperor......" Li Shou sighed bitterly.

Seeing Li Shou's discouraged expression, Xie An shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily, in my opinion, you just lack jingyàn, and what about Li Xian's kid?" That kid has been learning with Yin Gong since he was a child, what kind of character is Yin Gong? That's the prime minister of my 30th year! Under the influence of ears and eyes, if Li Xian's kid does not have such ability, this is unconvincing! ”

"Am I making a fuss?"

"Isn't it?" Shrugging his shoulders, Xie An glanced at Li Shou, who was in a bad mood, and suddenly said, "Don't be presumptuous, Duke Yin has praised you in private, saying that you have the strength to be a Ming Jun!" ”

"Volume?" Li Shou looked at Xie An suspiciously, and asked suspiciously, "Did Yin Gong really say it?" Or are you kid the words you use to comfort me? ”

Xie An rolled his eyes angrily, thought for a moment, and asked, "Just now in the Taihe Palace, Li Xian is so authoritarian, are you angry?" ”

"Some ......" Li Shou nodded and said truthfully, "However, I don't have the qualifications to blame the Eighth Emperor Brother, so I also have the qualifications to be angry......

"So, you have the power to be a Ming Jun! If Li Xian's kid is like no one around, you can tolerate him, this instrument ...... I can't help but think of the ...... of the first emperor" said, Xie An couldn't help but recall the son of heaven Li Ji before yesterday, although he had different views on many things about Li Ji's seizure of the throne by the princes, and felt that Li Ji did not look like a father like that, but this did not prevent Xie An from admiring the king from the bottom of his heart who could accommodate all rivers.

There are even some times, Xie An has a vague illusion, that is, the attitude of Li Ji, the son of the former heaven, towards the courtiers seems to be more amiable than his own son, at least Li Ji has never really treated Xie An harshly, but as far as Xie An knows, except for the eldest prince [Zhou Huaiwang] Li Yong, who died of illness at an early age, the other eight princes, His Royal Highnesses, were not less scolded by their father in the process of growing up.

"Different ......" seemed to think of one thing with Xie An, Li Shou shook his head and said, "My father is open-minded, and I'm just pretending to be open-minded...... It's not that I have the means, it's just that I know that I am not as good as the Eighth Emperor Brother, so I am not qualified to accuse him......"

"As an emperor, it is a great thing to be able to introspect all the time! There are many faint kings in history who look like they are [the heavens and the earth are big, and they are the only ones], and they can't listen to the advice of their courtiers......"

"You, don't say anything comforting, didn't I say it, I'm not really open-minded, just ......"

"Remember what I told you before? What is the difference between being brave and pretending to be brave? ”

"......" Li Shou was stunned.

"What I've said, when it comes to something, whether that person is really brave or pretending to be brave, as long as he heads head-on. If you don't back down, there's no difference between the two! Now, you can tolerate Li Xian and not be annoyed by what he did, in my opinion, this is open-mindedness...... Merely. Not many people realize this, you don't realize it, and Li Xian's kid doesn't realize it either......"

Li Shou was angry and funny when he heard this, shook his head and said, "I didn't even realize the Eighth Emperor Brother, how did you realize it?" ”

"Uncle Xie, a genius!" Xie An said with a smug face.

"You guy......" Li Shou couldn't cry or laugh, he was interrupted by Xie An, he was in a much better mood, but when he thought of what had happened in the past two days. He didn't feel a little at a loss, and said bitterly, "But seriously, it seems like this, I, the Emperor of the Great Zhou, deserve to be really a ......."

Glancing at Li Shou, Xie An lowered his voice and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

seemed to notice the unpredictable tone of Xie An's words. Li Shou fǎngfo thought of something, and said angrily. "What do you think? How could I possibly send someone to secretly get rid of the Eighth Emperor Brother? ”

In fact, Xie An also knew that with Li Shou's character, he would never do such a thing, but he still deliberately joked, "Actually, I can do it, there are many people under me who are good at this kind of thing, Fei Guo, Gou Gong, and Mo Fei." Di Bu, no matter how bad it is, there is Sister Jin, if Sister Jin can kill Li Xian's kid once, she can naturally kill him a second time, without much effort! No matter how bad it is. Write a letter and ask my uncle to come out in person! ”

Although it was clear that Xie An was joking, Li Shou also rolled his eyes unconsciously, and said angrily, "When did you still make this kind of joke...... Okay, okay, I know that your kid is righteous enough, but this matter ......" Speaking of this, the face on his face was straight, and he said, "Xie An, I hope you don't interfere in this matter!" Brother Eight Emperor is different from the rest of my brothers, and I plan to find a way to get him to approve of me! ”

Hearing this, Xie An showed a heartfelt smile on his face, and said softly, "This is not an easy task, if you can't stand at a certain height, His Royal Highness Li Xian will definitely not recognize Your Majesty!" ”

"I know that, but ...... I believe that as long as I work hard, I will one day be recognized by the Eight Emperor Brothers! You kid give me some points, don't do anything bad from it! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Arching his hand exaggeratedly, Xie An looked at Li Shou's confident expression and smiled slightly.

This idiot!

Can you do this, and still say that you don't have any heart?

Looking at Li Shou deeply, Xie An secretly sighed.

In his opinion, perhaps Li Shoulun's qualifications are not enough to become the emperor of the Great Zhou, but what is commendable is that he has unparalleled instruments and minds.

It's no wonder, after all, Li Shou has suffered a lot of unsatisfactory things since he was a child, and he has suffered a lot of white eyes due to his background, but because of this, Li Shou's mood is very stable, and he will not be easily angry or happy because of the words of others, and he has been in adversity for a long time, which makes Li Shou have an unparalleled mind and open-mindedness, which is the necessary quality as a king.

You must know that the former crown prince [King Zhou Ai] Li Wei, it was precisely because of his narrow-mindedness that his father, Li Ji, the former son of heaven, did not pass on the throne to him, if Li Wei also had an open-minded mind like Li Shou at that time, then the competition for the throne would not be as important as the rest of the princes.

In the following days, the Li Shou court continued to operate as usual, and there was no sign of the occasional turmoil that occurred when the old and new emperors handed over power, but only a courtier like Xie An who was qualified for the early dynasty knew that it was not Li Shou, the current son, who gave orders in the early dynasty, but Li Xian, the eighth son of the emperor and [the king of the eight sages] who replaced the position of prime minister.

I have to admit that Li Xian is worthy of being a rare genius in the Li clan of the Great Zhou, with the power of a single person, he will put many state affairs of the great court in order, except for the fact that he does not trust Li Shou and Xie An, who are quite authoritarian in the early dynasty, but he can't find any other faults, and he is indeed an amazing genius.

However, the most surprising thing for the old people who have gradually withdrawn from the power center of the imperial court, such as Liang Qiu Gong and Yin Gong, is Li Shou, the great Zhou Tianzi, even they did not expect that in the face of Li Xian, who is quite authoritarian and aggressive, Li Shou is not angry or annoyed, and he listens quietly in the early dynasty, and sometimes interjects a few inspiring suggestions, and Li Xian seems to gradually realize this, so that when Li Shou's opinions are occasionally incorrect, he also makes patient explanations until Li Shou understands the stakes.

In a word, the current Jijing Imperial Court, Li Shou, Xie An's faction, and Li Xian, Ji Hong, and the Li prince's faction, can be said to maintain a relatively peaceful situation, and the key figure Li Xian plays the role of the prime minister who coordinates state affairs and teaches the emperor's younger brother, Li Shou, the son of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

In contrast, Xie An's house was more lively, as Xie An expected, the Liangqiu dance that heard the word [eldest wife] from his mouth really changed his previous loss and set up a shelf as an eldest wife at home.

Although Liang Qiuwu didn't do anything else, just called the eldest grandson Xiangyu and Jin Ling'er sisters, but this still aroused the dissatisfaction of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, which made Xie An quite worried when he returned home these days, and it was better to be at ease when he was on duty in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs.

If this incident made the atmosphere in Xie An's family quite tense, making the three daughters of Liang Qiuwu, the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and Jin Ling'er tense, then an invitation from Lu Song, the Duke of Nanguo, slightly eased the tension between the three daughters, and turned the spearhead against her husband Xie An......

It was an invitation from Duke Lu to invite Xie An to Lu's family for a family banquet......

Just kidding, you're not from the Lu family, which family banquet are you going to?

Subconsciously, the names of a woman unsurprisingly appeared in the hearts of the women, a woman called their husband Xie An, who has never forgotten to this day......

At the same time, the fourth prince and [Xiang Wang] Li Mao, who was far away in northern Xinjiang, finally learned of some major events that happened in Jijing, for example, his father Li Ji died, and his younger brother Li Shou ascended the throne as emperor......

Earlier, the Taiping army pretended to use the hands of the rebels in Chang'an and Luoyang, and could not attract Li Mao, a lone wolf in the northern Xinjiang, but now, just because of the name Xie An, Li Mao, the lone wolf, finally left his lone lair, personally led 20,000 soldiers in the northern Xinjiang, and returned to Jijing with anger......