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"By the way, I have to find the dowry list of Sister Wuyang and Cousin Hanxing, and take a closer look at the booklet of Prince Yi's mansion this time, maybe there are a lot of fakes in their dowry!"

Duanmu Fei said and twisted his delicate brows again.

Since there are so many fakes in the inner carrier warehouse, the dowry of Wuyang and Hanxing is not much better.

The courage of the Inner Court Division is really too great, no, in the final analysis, the authority given to the Inner Court Division is too great! Duanmu Fei's eyes flashed thoughtfully, and he casually played with a piece of mutton fat white jade pendant on Mu Yan's waist.

Mu Yan followed her finger to see the jade pendant carved with phoenix play beads, this jade pendant was carved for him by Duanmu Fei just a few days ago, Mu Yan liked it so much that he wore it every day.

He also plans to give the hosta to the Duanmu scarlet carving branch these days, the appearance of the hosta was just painted last night, and it should be able to start construction today.

Mu Yan happily planned, and echoed diligently: "I'll ask someone from the Ministry of Rites to send you a dowry list later." ”

Mu Yan only felt that the punishment of this inner court division was not heavy enough, and look, they had nothing to do with Zhen Zhen! He didn't marry a wife to settle these for them.

Thinking about it, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

"Ah Yan," Duanmu Fei said while playing with the jade pendant, "I heard Gonggong Cheng talk about the scope of responsibilities of the Inner Court Division these days, but in fact, there are many overlaps between the responsibilities of the Inner Court Division and the Twelve Eunuchs. ”

"Therefore, I pondered that it would be better to remove the Inner Court Division and merge the overlapping duties of the two sides into the Twelve Prisons; The departments related to the court were merged into six departments. ”

Duanmu Fei folded his white hand and said, "For example, the Qingfeng Division can be merged into the Imperial Horse Prison, the Guangchu Division can be merged into the Imperial Prison, and the Fengchen Academy can be merged into the Metropolitan Governor's Prison......"

On the one hand, her proposal increased the scope of duties of the twelve eunuchs, and on the other hand, completely separated the inner court from the court. The idea had been vaguely popping up when she had discovered the corruption of the Inner Chamber, and it wasn't until recently that it had taken shape.

"It's okay, there is no need to raise so many people in the palace." But whatever Duanmu Fei said, Mu Yan always said yes and supported it.

Mu Yan flicked his fingers casually, and it was loud, and immediately the little chamberlain who was on standby outside came in smartly and saluted the emperor and queen.

"A burn...... An hour later, the cabinet was summoned to the Imperial Study. Mu Yan commanded.

The little waiter came out with the order, and the pothos staggered, and she came with a bowl of shredded chicken noodles with three mushrooms, and also brought some refreshing side dishes, dim sum and sherbet.

Mu Yan ate cold noodles, and Duanmu Fei sat aside to eat snacks and drink sherbet.

After eating the noodles, Mu Yan relied on it for a while, and then reluctantly left.

This walk was a whole afternoon, and when he returned to Chonghua Palace, it was almost hour, and it was already dark.

When Mu Yan proposed to remove the Inner Court Division, the first reaction of several cabinet elders was to oppose it.

However, because Mu Yan mentioned some problems caused by the great authority of the Inner Court Division, as well as his intention to separate the Inner Court from the Imperial Court, he finally persuaded the Cabinet to hand it over to the Cabinet to sort out, which departments of the Inner Court Division could be classified into the Six Ministries.

Duanmu Fei turned his back to Mu Yan, lying on the window, holding his chin in one hand, quietly looking at the stars and moon in the night sky.

The weather is fine tonight, and the stars are shining in the inky night sky, like a brilliant gem dotted on it, which is beautiful.

Duanmu Fei was looking at the stars, while Mu Yan looked at her slender and thin back, thinking with chagrin: He has been too busy lately and has no time to spend time with her.

Speaking of which, there are still too many useless people in the court, otherwise how could I be so busy?! Therefore, the way officials evaluate their performance is still unreasonable.

"Zhen Zhen," Mu Yan took a few steps forward, rubbed Duanmu's shoulders diligently, and proposed with a smile, "Shall I take you up to the roof to see the stars?" ”

In the past, when Duanmu Fei was not married, Mu Yan had taken her to the roof several times to see the stars together.

Duanmufei's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and he nodded straight and said, "Okay!" ”

Mu Yan easily picked her up by the waist, jumped out of the window, and then flew off the wall, and took her to the roof of Chonghua Palace in a few clicks, just like in the past, it was not the same as in the past, in the past, when Mu Yan visited Duanmu Mansion at night, he avoided people and did it quietly, but now, so many people in the palace can't avoid it at all.

Soon, many palace people around saw the emperor and queen appear on the high roof, including pothos, cicadas and other maids.

They were stunned, but they could only pretend that they didn't see it.

After all, the new emperor has always been willful, and it is useless for them to oppose it.

Those palace people all "hid" in amusement.

Mu Yan didn't pay attention to these palace people below at all, he took Duanmu Fei in his arms with one hand, let her snuggle up on his chest, and the two looked up at the night sky together.

The nights at the end of June are much cooler than the day, and the cool evening breeze brings a little floral fragrance and a little night insect chirping, quiet and peaceful.

The two could almost hear each other's heartbeats.

Duanmu Fei raised his hand and pointed to a certain star in the night sky and said, "Ah Yan, you see, that is the Greedy Wolf Star, the first star of the Big Dipper, the 'Killing Star' and the 'Peach Blossom Star'." ”

"That's the Broken Army Star, the seventh star of the Big Dipper, it's the 'Consumption Star', which represents the destructive power."

"That piece is too microscopic. The four stars of the Eastern Domain are the East Prime Minister, the East Second Minister, the East Second General, and the East General. The four stars of the Western Domain are ......"

“……”

Duanmu Fei said whatever he thought, casually.

Mu Yan didn't know anything except Ziweixing and the Big Dipper. In his eyes, these were just some stars, they were all the same, and he couldn't see anything at all.

He happily applauded Duanmu Fei and praised: "Zhen Zhen is amazing! A pair of beautiful phoenix eyes were brighter than the brightest purple star in the night sky against the silver moonlight.

Duanmu Fei was stunned and stared at the night sky that seemed to be within reach, her expression was slightly condensed, and she muttered words such as "Guest Star Enters the East Well", "Comet, Criminal" Earth Dragon", etc., vaguely, and then pursed her lips again, silent for a long time.

Zhiduanmu was as scarlet as Mu Yan, and immediately felt that something was wrong, and quietly looked at her delicate little face, without urging her.

The sound of insects chirping around echoed one after another, and the night breeze was blowing.

After a while, Duanmu Feicai spoke again: "According to the astrological display, the earth dragon will appear in the central part of Huaizhou when it turns over, and it will cause some damage within a radius of about 300 miles...... It should be within half a month. ”

Duanmufei's expression became more and more solemn the more he spoke, and then he withdrew his gaze, turned his head to look at Mu Yan and asked, "Ah Yan, I remember that Dayue City is in the middle of Huaizhou, right?" ”

Mu Yan nodded, pulled out the folding fan inserted in his waist, and said as an example of a red plum picture on the fan: "If this branch is the border between Huaizhou and Dianzhou, and the central part of Huaizhou is Tongyi City, it is probably in this location. The city of Dayue is a hundred miles away from the city of Tongyu. With Tong'er City as the center, a radius of 300 miles may involve Cheb City, Meiying City, ......"

Duanmu Fei stared at a certain red plum on the folding fan, and said, "Nine times out of ten, Dayue City will also be affected by the turning of the earth dragon. ”

Mu Yan immediately said: "Then I will immediately fly a pigeon and pass the book to Dayue City to the eldest brother." ”

He picked up Duanmu Fei again, and jumped off the roof again, his body as light as a roc spreading its wings.

In the night sky, the clothes of the two were flying, and the hunting sound was a little solemn and dignified.

So, a few days later, that is, on June 29, Cen Yin, who was far away in Dayue City, Huaizhou, received this flying pigeon biography from Mu Yan.

In this letter, Mu Yan not only wrote down all the things that Duanmu Fei said about the turning of the earth dragon, but also spent a lot of time saying that the epicenter was very close to Dayue City, so Cen Yin should not be reckless, do not take risks, and evacuate Dayue City as soon as possible.

This is a full piece of silk paper, and there are only a few hundred words on business, and the rest is a verbose chatter.

Cen Yin was patient and saw the end from the beginning, the corners of his lips were slightly curled, and he said lightly: "It's really verbose, it's the same as when I was in Beijing." ”

He looked up through the open window at the northern sky with a soft expression.

The little scorpion was on the side, and although he didn't see what the letter was specifically about, he could guess that the useful content of the letter was only the first three lines, and the rest was all nonsense.

But......

The little scorpion looked at Cen with a hidden smile on his side face, and said in his heart: It's good that the overseer is happy.

Cen Yin read the first few lines again, then put down the silk paper and ordered: "Little scorpion, go and call Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing over." ”

"Yes, Overseer." The little scorpion took the order and retreated with light steps.

Not long after, Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing came together.

The sun was scorching outside, and Huaizhou at the end of June was much hotter than the capital, and both of them were sweating.

In contrast, Cen Yin looked calm and naturally cool, and his fair and delicate skin could barely see pores.

Without waiting for the two of them to salute, Cen Yin said straight to the point: "This time the earth dragon will turn over within half a month, and the epicenter should be in the central area of Huaizhou, with Tongyi City as the center with a radius of about three hundred miles. ”

"You immediately send troops to set up tents and dig wells in the open and flat areas outside Tong'er City and other cities, so that the people of these cities can move away as soon as possible."

Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing didn't expect Cen Yin to summon them for this matter, and they were both stunned.

Immediately, the two noticed that Cen Yin had a piece of silk paper pressed with blue and white porcelain paperweight on the small square table in his hand, and they understood.

It must be a letter from the capital!

The two quickly exchanged glances with each other, seeing the same meaning in each other's eyes.

Could it be that this is the emperor's will?

Luo Qifang's eyes flashed with a streamer, and he looked at Cen Yin who was sitting by the window again.

Cen Yin was wearing a bamboo blue embroidered green bamboo straight jacket, and his jet-black hair was half tied and half draped with a hairband of the same color, and his expression revealed a bit of leisure and indifference.

He sat elegantly by the window, his face facing the light, his ink-dyed hair seemed to glow in the golden sun, but his face was a little blurred in the shadows, and his long, narrow and deep eyes were as deep as an ancient well.

When Luo Qifang's eyes met Cen Yin's four eyes, his throat was astringent, and his heart was slightly tight, he didn't dare to ask.

At this time, Cen Yin picked up the white porcelain embossed teacup in his hand and asked the two of them: "How are the preparations for grain, grass, medicine, tents, etc.?" ”

At the end of April, when Cen Yin was just in Huaizhou, although he was still not sure where the earthquake point of the earth dragon's turnover was, he had already made some preparations, and immediately instructed Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing to prepare corresponding supplies such as grain, grass, medicine, and tents in case of emergency.

As the old saying goes, the three armies have not moved, and the grain and grass go first.

Although this sentence is about war, this "earth dragon turning over" is no different from war, it is all about asking the people to fight with their lives, and if one is not careful, there will be countless deaths and injuries, and corpses everywhere.

Luo Qifang also knew that it was powerful, his expression was solemn, and he immediately replied: "Lord Cen Governor, seventy or eighty percent of the grain and grass have been raised, and they are on the way to Dayue City, and they can arrive tomorrow and the day after tomorrow at the latest." There is also a batch of grain and grass purchased from Jiangnan, and it will take some time. ”

"The herbs were temporarily transferred from Liangguang, and they are still on the way, it is estimated that they can enter the Huaizhou territory in the next few days, and the lower officials will send someone to pick them up, so that they can send them as soon as possible."

Because they were not sure about the earthquake point before, they all temporarily unified the resources to Dayue City, thinking that Dayue City was the capital of the original Nanhuai, with convenient transportation and easy to dispatch in the future, but now it is in the right direction.

For Cen Yin, Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing have mixed feelings.

Since Cen Yin arrived in Huaizhou, they wanted to pick his thorns, wanted to suppress his arrogance, and let him know who was the master of Dasheng, but in the past two months, they just wanted to pick and didn't have to pick, and unconsciously, they would be accused by Cen Yin to make the group turn, and the good things they originally planned were not done.

It's the same at the moment.

Cen Yin's actions have always been methodical and reasonable, and they can't pick out even if they want to find out the thorns.

Luo Qifang was fluent at first, but when he talked about the tent, his expression was a little embarrassed.

Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing exchanged another look, and they both had a little headache.

So, Luo Guangqing said: "Lord Cen Du, I'm afraid the tent is far from enough. There are so many people in these cities that they need at least 40,000 or 50,000 tents, and these days, the army has counted and sorted out, and a total of 10,000 tents can be taken out, and someone has been hired to make tents......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Cen Yin's cold and sharp eyes looking at him, and Luo Guangqing felt as if his throat was being choked, and he couldn't go on, and his heart sank.

Luo Guangqing lowered his head meaningfully and avoided his gaze uneasily......

The next moment, he reacted, his eyes opened slightly, and he said to himself, why should he be afraid of Cen Yin!

Cen Yin stroked his sleeves casually, his eyebrows slanted, his eyes became colder, and said, "You two have been in Huaizhou for so long, can't you even do such a trivial matter?" ”

His voice was still not light or heavy as usual, not hurried, but it was full of a kind of coercion from the superiors, forcing Luo Guangqing and Luo Qifang to sweat coldly, and sweat soaked their backs.

The little scorpion also glanced at Luo Guangqing and Luo Qifang with disgust, and felt that these two people were really useless!

If this was in the East Factory, they would have been removed a long time ago, and those who have the ability will be on top!

Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing naturally felt the little scorpion's disdainful eyes, and their foreheads throbbed for a while, and said secretly: Where is this a trivial matter!

Cen Yin just said a word, but the gap of tens of thousands of tents is impossible to prepare in ten days!

Wherever they went, they conjured up tens of thousands of tents out of thin air.

After all, this is Huaizhou, not the capital or Jiangnan!

The faces of the two of them are not very good-looking, and they look like "Cen Yin eats rice and doesn't know how expensive rice is".

Cen Yin looked at Luo Qifang and the others a few steps away, his tone was a little colder, and he asked rhetorically, "Do you still need this seat to teach you how to do it?" ”

He spoke more slowly.

This sentence made Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing feel a heat on their faces, embarrassed, and almost didn't dare to look directly at Cen Yin. The two said to themselves in their hearts: It is the emperor's intention to leave them to guard Huaizhou, and they can't embarrass the emperor in front of Cen Yin!

However, they didn't dare to make a military order casually, if they couldn't get 40,000 tents by then, the day the earth dragon turned over, the consequences would be unimaginable, this natural disaster was not a joke, let alone a gamble!

Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing's eyes changed brightly and secretly, and the more anxious they were, the more confused their thoughts became, and they couldn't come up with ideas for a while.

Cen Yin looked at them calmly and raised his eyebrows.

The look seemed to say that they couldn't even do such a simple thing, they were stupid.

The little scorpion's chin was slightly raised, and he directly put contempt on his face. It's just that they are stupid themselves, do they think that others are just as stupid as them?!

Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing glanced at each other again, the beads of sweat on their foreheads became denser, and they were really helpless.

They don't think it's easy!

Could it be that Cen Yin deliberately dug a pit for them? Luo Guangqing couldn't help but start thinking about it from this angle.

These two have cooperated in Huaizhou for many years, and they have a tacit understanding, and they can understand each other's meaning just by looking at each other.

Luo Qifang clenched his fists, straightened his thoughts again, and tried to reason with Cen Yin: "Lord Cen Du, it takes at least half an hour to make a tent for one person, and two pieces of oilcloth can make a tent. We have now tried our best to gather the women workers of the garment and embroidery workshops in various cities to make tents, and even transferred people from the army to help, but tens of thousands of tents, neither manpower nor cloth can keep up......"

After Cen Yin's order came down last time, they began to prepare, and they also purchased a large number of oilcloth in Huaizhou, but Huaizhou is only a state, and it is not as prosperous as the capital and Jiangnan, so they can't buy too much for a while. Moreover, sewing also takes time, and it also needs enough manpower support, so it is really too late.

Luo Qifang talked about their difficulties, Cen Yin picked up the teacup and drank the tea slowly, and when Luo Qifang finished speaking, he put down the teacup, and said lightly: "Not enough manpower?" ”

As if he had heard a joke, the corners of his lips curled slightly, and then asked, "How many women can you find in this huge Dayue City alone?" And the surrounding cities of Tong'er, Cheb, etc., how many women are there? ”

"......" Luo Qifang couldn't answer.

Cen Yin continued: "The women in Huaizhou are not good at being popular, can't they even sew and mend? ”

"Not enough fabric for the tent? The whole Huaizhou is such a city, can't even provide this bit of cloth? ”

"......" Luo Qifang and Luo Guangqing's mouths opened and closed, both of them were speechless, and the expressions on their faces were extremely complicated, some were ashamed, some were embarrassed, and some were speechless.

The little scorpion continued to stab the two of them coldly with a disdainful gaze, and the look almost said that they were dead-headed!

Cen Yin didn't bother to tell the two of them again, and called "little scorpion", and the little scorpion immediately stood up.

The little scorpion has always known Cen Yin's mind the most, and said on his behalf: "Extraordinary times naturally have to use extraordinary means, this is a major matter related to the lives of the people in several cities in Huaizhou, naturally it cannot be dealt with according to common sense, and there is an extraordinary wartime strategy in wartime......

Huaizhou has just been laid, so the people of Huaizhou are different from the people of other states in Dasheng, they have no sense of belonging to Dasheng, in their hearts they are essentially slaves of the country, they have to surrender, and they have to live under the governance of Dasheng.

As long as the imperial court comes forward to recruit those Huaizhou women to work to pay taxes at home, or directly send them rice and money, these ordinary people dare to say no, will they say no?!

As for those fabrics, it is even simpler, since those Huaizhou merchants do not cooperate and refuse to sell too much, then they simply force it to be levied at the market price, with the Dasheng army as a support, those Huaizhou merchants have to sell if they don't sell.

The little scorpion talked a lot, and his mouth was dry, and finally he dropped a sentence in a weird way:

"Do you want to reason with them?"