Chapter Seventy-Two: The Martial Arts Are Postponed

"I know I've been a little negligent with you lately, but I also know that you're not such a fragile person, and something must have happened to make you feel so wronged." Su Jingye gently stroked her hair, and her tone was as soft as possible.

He ran back in the heavy rain, and he still had the cold air of the rain outside, and Jiang Liuyu, who was frozen, shivered a little. He noticed it and immediately pulled up the quilt to cover her shoulders and arms.

"Are you cold? Have you drunk ginger soup? Jiang Liuyu's nose was a little itchy from the cold, and after seeing Su Jingye wrapping himself tightly in the quilt, he couldn't help but worry about whether he would catch a cold.

"How can I be willing to let you worry about it, I just came back from drinking." Su Jingye gently patted Jiang Liuyu's back like coaxing a child to sleep.

"Sedum, I beg you something." Jiang Liuyu lowered his head, not wanting him to see the tears that came out of his eyes again.

"You say." Su Jingye didn't forcibly raise her head, but she felt a wetness under her hands. Su Jingye felt like a knife, as long as it was Jiang Liuyu's request, he would definitely meet it now.

"Let's leave the capital quickly, okay?" Jiang Liuyu forced herself to appear normal, but the whimper in her tone betrayed her.

"There are too many ill-intentioned people in the capital, and almost all of them are targeting you. I'm not afraid to fight with them, but I'm afraid something will happen to you. ”

"I don't know what you're talking about. In fact, we should have left as early as the beginning, but for the sake of my brotherhood with Your Majesty, as well as the etiquette of the monarch and ministers, I was not allowed to leave Beijing without permission. Su Jingye was afraid that she would suffocate herself by burying her head in crying, so she turned her over, took a handkerchief herself, and gently wiped away her tears.

"Don't cry, I'll mention it tomorrow like Your Majesty, if Your Majesty doesn't allow it, I won't go to court again."

"But if you don't go to court, won't it give them a chance to impeach you?" Jiang Liuyu covered his eyes with a handkerchief, not wanting him to see his embarrassed expression. "Especially that military department secretary, who wants to deal with you for no reason, you have to be more careful."

"I haven't shown it so obvious in the middle of the court, but I didn't expect Mrs. Li to be unable to hold her breath and tell you." Su Jingye sighed, "Presumably, Mrs. Li has put a lot of pressure on you for the sake of Lord Li, and it is really difficult for you." ”

"Even if she is calculating, she just sees that I am defenseless, and if I compete with her in an honest manner, she may not be able to gain the upper hand over me." Jiang Liuyu couldn't help but be angry when she remembered the previous events, but at this time, she was aroused.

Su Jingye smiled and patted her on the back, "That's right, my lady is the best." ”

Jiang Liuyu glanced at him, and finally smiled, "It's a big deal to run away if you can't beat it, I can't provoke anyone, can't I still hide?" At least for now, they don't dare to come directly to the door to provoke. ”

"The lady's plan is high." Su Jingye smiled and applauded, "This is also a trick used by my husband." ”

Jiang Liuyu happily hammered him, "It's your skin." The body is wet, don't take a shower soon, and tomorrow the sky will be fine. ”

"Okay, obey my husband's orders." Su Jingye deliberately tried to hug her, so scared that she couldn't dodge. The last two hands were propped on both sides of Jiang Liuyu's head, and he said seriously: "Tomorrow, I will definitely make it clear to Your Majesty and let him let us go." ”

"I don't force it, and you don't have to be too tough, you always have to live well." Jiang Liuyu also replied with his extremely serious expression.

At dawn the next day, Su Jingye stepped into the hall with a serious expression, planning to wait for the emperor to mention the matter of leaving Beijing to the emperor after the court, but he didn't expect that there were some unpredictable situations in the court today.

Last time, because of Yuan Bing's beating of Wang Ze, the will to improve the rank of military generals was temporarily shelved, but the establishment of martial arts to select talents is still in progress. Due to the fact that the aforementioned dynasties have been extremely suppressive of military generals, there is a great shortage of weapons in the army.

Su Yutian originally thought that no matter how weak the country's military strength was, it would not even have weapons for military training, but the content of today's dynasty showed him the reality clearly.

"Why has the martial arts exam been put on hold for so long, what happened?" Su Yutian had read the excerpts played by the Ministry of Officials a few days ago, and every time he deduced that the martial arts examination would be postponed, but the reasons were all trivial things, and he did not say the real reason.

"Back to Your Majesty, the exam was delayed only because of the lack of newly minted weapons." There are people who can shirk, and Lord Zheng, the secretary of the ministry, will naturally not be afraid.

"If you lack weapons, report to the Ministry of Industry, can't you do this little thing?" Su Yutian frowned slightly, but he knew very well in his heart that none of the ministers below were willing to listen to him.

"This is to ask the Ministry of Works." Lord Zheng bowed deeply, "Weichen has already reported his weapons to Lord Gu, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and it should have been more than half a month until today, but Lord Gu has never approved it. ”

"Gu Aiqing, what Zheng Aiqing said is true?" Su Yutian squinted his eyes and looked in the direction of Master Gu.

Master Gu pursed his mouth nonchalantly, then stepped out sideways and knelt down towards Su Yutian.

"Your Majesty, I experienced a rebellion not long ago, and now that the treasury is empty, there is no money left to build weapons."

"In this case, then the weapons used by ordinary soldiers in training will be used temporarily for the exam." Su Yutian didn't know that all the money in the treasury was given to this group of Wenchen, who were wine bags and rice bags, and could only play tricks.

The first emperors of the previous dynasties only thought about the military power of the military generals, but ignored that these literati and scholars were the most corrupt, especially with the support of the royal ancestors, and they were even more unscrupulous.

"By no means, Your Majesty." People born in the capital can act one by one. "This martial arts exam is not trivial, and if there is no special mark on the weapon, it will be judged as cheating."

"Just put new markings on those old weapons." Su Yutian was pushed back again and again, and he was naturally in a bad mood.

"Those weapons already have army marks on them, and if they are engraved again, I am afraid it will be difficult to distinguish them." Master Gu kowtowed righteously, "Besides, the craftsmen who engrave weapons have extremely high wages. ”

As soon as these words came out, many officials with heads and faces in the main hall sneered without a trace. Su Jingye frowned when he heard this, not to mention what a gloomy face Su Yutian on the dragon chair was.

"Presumptuous, I'm a big country, can't I even pay the wages of a few craftsmen?" Su Yutian thinks that he is diligent in government and loves the people, and he is also worthy of the sky and the ancestors of the past dynasties, but he didn't expect that every time he went to the court, someone would take the lead against him.

"Your Majesty is angry." Su Jingye knew that he shouldn't come forward at this time, so he didn't say anything and knelt down with everyone.

"Calm your anger, you will only call me to calm your anger, when have you thought of a practical solution." Su Yutian patted the armrest of the dragon chair angrily, stood up suddenly, and pointed at Master Gu. "Gu Shangshu, if it weren't for the fact that your sister had been serving me in the harem for a long time, I would have disposed of you today."

Let's say, His Royal Highness heard another burst of laughter, and Su Yutian didn't hear it if he heard it. Master Gu made a smug and proud face at the others, and he almost didn't allow himself to stand up.

"For Yun Zhaoyi's sake, I ordered you to find a way to go back today, if you can't solve the problem of weapons in the martial arts examination, you will be like Jin Shan of the Criminal Department, and you don't have to go to the court to see me again."

As if to confirm the deep relationship between Su Yutian and Yun Zhaoyi, he spoke to Lord Gu in a much lower voice. Gu Da Daba had to come to the court, and he almost wanted to kneel down and thank him, but he still had to put on a good face.

Master Gu deliberately wrinkled his face and said bitterly: "Weichen has done his best for His Majesty, and after his death, even if he can't go to court, he has always been concerned about His Majesty and political affairs." ”

"Alright, let's all step down today." Su Yutian seemed to have nothing to do with him, and flicked his sleeves decadently and left the hall.

It was only when all the eunuchs had left that the ministers dared to get up. Master Gu tilted his chin and stood up and patted the dust on his sleeves and trouser legs. Many ministers gathered around him to congratulate him.

"Congratulations to Lord Gu for having such a favored sister in the harem, and with Yun Zhaoyi in the harem in the future, presumably Lord Gu can sit back and relax and have no worries."

Gongbu Shangshu laughed when he heard this, one hand behind his back, and the other hand constantly combing a pinch of mustache on his chin. "That's natural, with Your Majesty's favor for my sister, as long as my sister gives birth to a prince, she may be the future prince."

"When the time comes, the future of everyone who sits there is limitless." Lord Gu glanced at the ministers around him pointedly, the ministers were all old foxes who had cultivated for many years, so they naturally had this eyesight.

"Lord Gu is a truly blessed person, when the officials go home, they must let their wives come to visit with gifts, just ask Lord Gu not to turn us away."

Lord Gu patted the shoulder of the minister closest to him with great satisfaction, and then walked out of the hall with his head held high. "That's nature, the official's residence, and you're always welcome to visit."

This is blatant bribery. Before Su Jingye hurried to find Su Yutian, he stayed in the main hall and listened, never thinking that this group of people had no scruples and dared to speak so freely in this palace hall.

But this is just a trivial matter, Su Jingye believes that Su Yutian can still handle it, and now the top priority is to let himself and Jiang Liuyu leave the capital as soon as possible.

Su Jingye quietly wrote down the names of the ministers who had just gathered together to discuss, and ran out of the side door of the main hall with a few quick steps, and went straight to the upper study. But there was no one in the study, so he chased him to Su Yutian's bedroom, and before he could enter the door, he was stopped by the little power next to Su Yutian.