"The preciousness of Haiyunzhu is extremely rare. Your Majesty knows that this eastern kingdom is only bordered by Dachen and Tulun to the northwest, and the other three sides are bordered by the sea. It is a very rare mussel that breeds the sea cloud pearl, which only hides in the deep sea all year round. You must know that this is the season of pearl diving in early winter every year, and the sea water at this time is cold and biting, and this kind of pearl mussel hidden in the deep sea, no matter how powerful the pearl diver is, can not go to the sea to pick it up. The people of Dongyu make a living from pearl diving all year round, and they have come up with a wonderful way to collect sea cloud pearls. They found that swans often eat pearl mussels, hunt swans, and take pearls from their bellies. ”

Tian Qing, the eunuch of the supervisor of the Municipal Shipping Division, is a dark, thin and short middle-aged man, with a kind and honest face, and a neat mouth, talking about the origin of the priceless Hai Yunzhu, like a storyteller in a Kyoto tea shop.

He sat stiffly on the official hat chair at the bottom of the main hall of the warm pavilion, and his body sat on a very small corner of the chair, to show his fear of the emperor's seat.

was tickled by Tian Qing's words, and no one ignored the big beads of sweat on his forehead due to restraint, and urged him to continue talking, Tian Qing had to straighten his neck and swallow his saliva hard, laughed a few times and continued:

"Legend has it that swans feed on mussels, and the mussel meat they swallow in their bellies often contains sea cloud beads, and swans are good at flying and difficult to hunt, and are often out of range of bows and arrows. The rest of the people in the east thought of a way again, they domesticated a bird of prey, named the cloud falcon, which can fly to the sky thousands of miles in an instant, and is good at attacking swans whose bodies are several times larger than themselves, and hunting swans with the assistance of cloud falcons, and then taking pearls from the belly of the swans, and going through the two major difficulties in the sea and the clouds to get such a pearl, and the name of the sea cloud pearl is also taken because of this - this domestication of a mature and good hunting cloud falcon, the energy and material resources are no less than domesticating a good iron horse. ”

Yuan Zheng and Zhang Ping and Wei Chengye, who were standing beside him, could listen attentively, and watched Tian Qing lick his dry lips several times in succession, trembling with nervousness to take the tea bowl on the table on his side, hurriedly swept off the tea foam with the lid of the bowl and poured a big mouthful into his mouth, took a breath and continued:

"The sea cloud pearl is so precious and rare, and it is rare for ordinary rich and noble families to have hundreds of thousands of gold, so the lord of the rest of the country presents these twelve sea cloud pearls to His Majesty, almost half of the treasures in his own treasury, this sincerity depends on His Majesty's heavenly prestige, Dachen Guowei!"

Tian Qing told the story and didn't forget to slap a sycophant, and then looked at his sweaty and restrained appearance, Yuan Zheng and Wei Chengye couldn't help but laugh secretly in their hearts, but saw Tian Qing take the tea bowl that the little inner supervisor re-offered and drank it again, and then talked eloquently:

"Although the villain hasn't read any books, he remembers the words of Emperor Mingzong," Tian Qing raised his eyes and looked at Yuan Zheng's expression, and smiled very shyly, "The plaything is demoralized!" The lord of the Eastern Yu Kingdom put this energy on such strange skills as poultry storage and pearl diving, how could he have the spare energy to care about others? However, guarding such a small place, he is willing to be a small subordinate country of Dachen and enjoy peace, and there is no possibility of competing with Dachen. ”

This is a clever blow, so that the new emperor calmly accepted the sincerity of the small subordinate countries, and at the same time secretly made himself hard, earned some insightful face in front of the new emperor, and left a good impression on the emperor of courtesy and ability.

Yuan Zheng listened to a speech, indeed surprised, since the founding of the country, initiated by Emperor Taizu, set up an inner study hall in the inner palace, used to admonish the inner supervisors who have just entered the palace, but after the training of the inner study hall, most of the internal supervisors are only a little bit of literature and ink, far from the point of looking at the national fortunes of the Qing Dynasty.

Although it is a retelling of Mingzong's original words, in this situation, it is already a very remarkable thing that Tian Qing, as an internal prisoner, can have such an insight. Thinking of this, Yuan Zheng couldn't help but glance at Wei Chengye, and secretly wrote down this person in his heart.

"This person is a capable person, I heard that he has been a supervisor and eunuch in the city department for many years, and he has kept all the internal and external contacts in order, and his hands and feet are clean, and there is no scandal of deducting false reports to the imperial historians." Let Zhang Ping take Tian Qing to the apse to receive the reward and offer pearls to the Empress Dowager, Yuan Zheng walked into the room, and Cheng Ye waited to change into a homely cyan robe, and listened to Cheng Ye Su said.

Although Tian Qing is also Zhang Ping's apprentice, he is also experienced in doing things. It's a pity that I got entangled with Zhang Ping, otherwise it would be someone we can reuse. ”

Yuan Zheng sat down on the couch on one side, and then pouted to Cheng Ye, motioning for him to sit down as well.

"And this Haiyunzhu, you help me send one to the mansion of Wen Ge Lao and Lord Lin, and then I will order Zhang Ping to send one to my grandmother."

When the two were alone, Yuan Zheng only called himself me, and he felt so comfortable.

"Oh, my third brother!"

Wei Chengye pouted and stood up from the couch and knelt in front of Yuan Zheng with a bitter expression. In private, it is very excessive for him to still call Yuan Zheng the third brother.

He knew that Yuan Zheng had originally regarded his grandmother as his biological grandmother, just because he was lonely in Beijing back then, and he relied on Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Wei to take care of him in every way, but at this time, he still didn't dare to hold it up, and after sorting out his mind a little, he lowered his voice and persuaded:

"Third brother, listen to me, since you ascended the throne, you have been extremely kind to the Wen, Lin, and Wei families, I know that you have always been grateful to your grandmother for the good of the past years, but you must also pay a little attention to the proportions - grandmother and her old man must not want you to do this!"

Suddenly felt that there seemed to be disrespect for the emperor in his words, and he restrained his emotions again, "Haven't we seen many tragedies in the past, excessive favor is not a good thing, and regardless of the fact that the treasury is not full at the moment, it is precisely when financial resources are needed, just that you have just ascended to the great treasure, and now you are close to benevolence and filial piety have just covered the mouths of civil officials and Qingliu, isn't it true to them to do these rewards now?" If you provoke the clear streams, it's hard to say if it's a reward or a ...... It's still to blame! ”

Knowing that he was talking heavily, Cheng Ye was anxious, and took two steps on his knees to grab the corner of Yuan Zheng's clothes.

"Third brother, grandmother and Mr. Fei have reminded me many times that future generations will be the same, you are the king, I can't stop shouting at the third brother willfully, this is a big crime of the Jiu clan...... Today I dare to shout this last time, only when I am a younger brother, listen to me, because I am a younger brother, I want to be anxious about my brother's difficulties - now is the time to be frugal to govern the family, I am a younger brother, but also to share the worries of my brother, thrifty with you, and spend the difficulties together. The Wei family doesn't need these belongings, and neither do the Wen and Lin families! ”

He used some force, tugged at the corner of his shirt, and added, "Third brother listen to me!" ”

Cheng Ye bowed down and kowtowed again, "Your Majesty, the villain will not dare to trespass in the future, he will only serve you in his heart and love you like a brother." ”

Bow again, and tears welled up in both of their eyes.

Yuan Zheng grabbed Cheng Ye's shoulder and said with a tearful smile: "I understand!" I understand. ”