Chapter 279: Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger

The fourth prince, who was originally going to argue with Li Yue, was completely silent when he heard Li Yue's words, and the ministers behind her lowered their heads in shame, not only the ministers behind the fourth prince, but many other ministers bowed their heads in shame, such a country woman, with such a mind and such a deed, really made them ashamed.

"Do you know where the money you take and the food you eat is given to you by the treasury? That's the tax paid by us ordinary people, and the common people are for you to eat, have you ever thought about doing something for them? Have you ever worried about the people on the border? Look at the king, the worried man has gray hair, do you have the intention to help the king share the burden? Hmph, Your Majesty, you really misread them, and if you don't share your worries, you will know that if you block you, they will punish me, Your Majesty, I think you should punish them. ”

When King Yan heard Li Yue's words, he was already excited, and he answered, "Yes, they should be punished, you tell me, how to punish them?" ”

Li Yue Yanjing turned around, and then said, "Your Majesty, because of the war, the Yanxi border was burned and looted by the Xianbei barbarians, the houses were burned, and the grain was robbed, and now many people are homeless. ”

For Li Yue's idea, King Yan was ten thousand satisfied, and said to the ministers who wanted to punish Li Yue, "Do you have any opinions?" ”

Those ministers, including the fourth prince, hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed in fear, "The ministers (sons) are ashamed and have no opinion." "Whether they are sincerely ashamed or falsely ashamed, what Li Yue said, they are powerless to refute it, if they have opinions at this time, I am afraid that it will be something to do.

Is this really a country woman? How could a country woman say such a thing? They didn't believe it, but it was obvious that this woman really didn't understand the rules, and she dared to teach people such a brazen lesson in front of King Yan in the court, and she dared to talk to King Yan like this, but I was afraid that a woman who knew a little bit about the rules would not do this.

"Since you have no opinion, fourth, you take the lead, gather 200,000 taels of silver, and send it to the border to the newly appointed Zhenxi general Su Wu, so that he can distribute it to the people on the border."

"No." The fourth prince and the others were simply bleeding from their hearts, Li Yue's sin was not cured, but they lost their reputation and silver, and those eyes that floated to Li Yue from time to time were eager to shoot Li Yue a few holes.

Yan Jiu and Yan Shisan were very happy, with a smile on the corner of their mouths, eager to give Li Yue a thumbs up, but the two of them were also worried that if Li Yue offended the fourth brother, it would be equivalent to offending the third brother, and the third brother was the most ruthless, and I was afraid that he would deal with Li Yue in the future.

Since the silver was given to help the people on the border, King Yan didn't plan to worry about them anymore for the time being, and said, "Let's all be even, Li Yue, although you are a woman and illiterate, you have such insight, it's really rare." ”

Li Yue hurriedly responded, "Speaking of this, the folk girl really wants to thank His Royal Highness the Nine, if it weren't for His Royal Highness the Nine, the folk girl wouldn't know so many things." ”

King Yan glanced at Yan Jiu curiously before he opened his mouth and asked Li Yue, "Oh? What does this have to do with Lao Jiu? ”

Yan Jiu was puzzled in his heart, thank him for what? Did he let her join the army, and he had a bad premonition, and he always felt that Li Yue must be calculating himself in his heart.

Li Yue, who listened to it, opened his mouth and said, "Didn't the king send the Nine Highnesses to the border to do things before, it just happened that the Nine Highnesses were familiar with my father-in-law, so they simply lived in my house, at that time, I often heard the Ninth Highness and the Thirteenth Highness talk about the situation of Dayan, at that time, I didn't understand much, only until my father-in-law went to the front-line battlefield and suddenly disappeared, the Xianbei barbarians entered the Yanmen Pass, my relatives were homeless, and those villagers and people were innocently slaughtered, I gradually understood, The truth of those words that His Highness the Ninth often whispered in the ear of His Highness the Thirteenth when he was at my house. ”

King Yan glanced at Yan Jiu again, Li Yue inadvertently said these words, but there was too much content in them, especially the last sentence, His Royal Highness the Ninth often whispered in the ear of the Thirteenth Highness, could it be that the transformation of the Thirteenth Highness is still related to the Ninth Highness?

Glancing at Yan Jiu with a little meaning, King Yan asked, "Tell me, what did Lao Jiu say?" ”

Li Yue scratched her head embarrassedly, and said with an embarrassed smile, "I don't have a good memory, I don't remember much, it's probably what I said, but what I read the most is: Thirteenth brother, now Dayan is really worried about internal and external troubles, you can't always make your father sad like before, I often see my father grinding for Dayan's heart, and there are a few people in this court who really share their father's worries." ”

Yan Jiu's eyes widened and looked at Li Yue, when did he say this to Thirteen? Thirteen looked at Li Yue suspiciously, Brother Jiu didn't seem to have said this in his ear, right? Still chattering? How can it be?

Li Yue became more and more energetic, "Also, at the beginning, His Royal Highness the Ninth said that there would be war on this border, and I said that if there is war, there will be war, anyway, the imperial court will send troops over, and His Royal Highness the Ninth said to me seriously: Xiaoyue, this is not only a matter of the imperial court, as the people of Dayan, you should have the responsibility of Dayan's own people, ah, what else is going on?" Your Highness the Nine, I don't remember. ”

Yan Jiu's head is full of black lines, how can he "remember" such a non-existent thing? But Li Yue kept staring at him, even the other courtiers and even the first father looked at him, and he couldn't dismantle Li Yue's platform, so he had to answer, "I can't remember a little clearly." ”

Yan Jiu's answer was also an admission in disguise, he had indeed said these words to Li Yue. Therefore, this Li Yue has such insight and courage to go to the battlefield, all because of His Royal Highness the Nine? Is it because of the influence and edification of His Royal Highness the Nine?

At this time, the civil and military ministers in the court, except for the few people who knew Li Yue, everyone thought so, including King Yan on the throne, was also surprised to see that his ninth son, who was already very good, actually had such an influence?

At this time, King Yan also remembered the war between Yanxi and the Northern Regions, when the other sons were adding trouble to him, Lao Jiu was working hard in the middle, such an excellent son, he seemed to pay too little attention?

"By the way, and His Royal Highness Nine is really smart, at that time I loved hunting, His Royal Highness Nine studied with me the bow and crossbow that was convenient for me to use, knowing that I was interested in weapons and the art of war, and taught me a lot of things, this time I can defeat Xianbei with less victories, but it all depends on those weapons, and the art of war that His Royal Highness Nine told me."

Listening to Li Yue's nonsense, Yan Jiu had a little headache, he was afraid that he would not stop in the future, he was worried that the third brother and the fourth brother would deal with Li Yue, but now it seems that it is time to worry about himself first, before dealing with Li Yue, the third brother and the fourth brother are afraid that they will deal with him first, a "fake military division".

Listening to Li Yue's words, King Yan was happy in his heart, happy that he still had such an excellent son, so the happy King Yan looked at Li Yue, with a smile on his serious face, and said with a smile, "But Xiaoyue is also a girl with courage and courage, although you are a woman, but the Yanxi War, you have made great contributions to my Dayan, and the widow has a lot of rewards, you tell yourself, what do you want?" ”

Li Yue responded, "Actually, these are what Xiao Yue should do as a big Yan person, it has nothing to do with men and women, as a big Yan person, shouldn't they all have such patriotic feelings, right, Your Highness the Nine?" ”

The corners of Yan Jiu's eyes twitched slightly, and he secretly complained in his heart, and asked him what he was doing, but he had to nod approvingly.

Li Yue looked at Yan Jiu's reaction with satisfaction, and then continued, "So Xiao Yue doesn't want any rewards." ”

King Yan said, "Then how to do it, the widow has always had clear rewards and punishments." He actually had a plan in his heart, but he really wanted to see what kind of reward Li Yue would want.

Li Yue pretended to tilt her head and think about it before she spoke, "Can the king reward Xiaoyue with some silver?" The houses in Satsuki's hometown were burned down and there was no place to live, so Satsuki wanted some silver and went back to repair the house. ”

Li Yue's words not only made King Yan a little stunned, but also the ministers in the court were a little stunned, King Yan laughed, and some ministers in the court laughed.

Li Yun's eyes narrowed slightly, and he stepped forward and said, "Xiaoyue has a simple idea, she just wants to help her fellow villagers and forgive her sins." ”

King Yan stopped laughing and said, "What is Li Aiqing so nervous about, you see where the widow has the intention of blaming her, you have a vision, marry a good wife, Guan Hai, help the widow draw up a will, edict to the world, although Li Yue is a civilian woman, but she is a heroine among women, she has a heart to protect the family and defend the country and serve the court, which is a model for Dayan women to follow, so she is named the county lord of Chang'an, which means that Dayan will be prosperous and long-lasting, reward the county lord's mansion, and the future generations can inherit the county position. ”

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were all surprised, they never expected that there would be such a big reward, but with the precedent of the fourth prince and others, no one stood up against it at this time.

Including Guan Hai was slightly surprised, he remembered that the king had been talking to him last night about making Li Yue a first-class lady and rewarding him with some gold, silver and jewelry, why did he become the county lord today and still have a hereditary county title? There's no precedent for this.

But Guan Hai has always been the first to look at King Yan's wishes, even if he was surprised, he quickly responded calmly, "No." ”

Li Yun was also slightly surprised, but Li Yue frowned slightly, she wasn't interested in these titles, okay? She just wanted something real, such as silver, although she was rewarded with a county lord's mansion, but she didn't plan to stay in Yanjing? She also interrupted to see King Yan, and went back to Linzi with Li Yun. And since the county lord's mansion is a reward from King Yan, it can't be exchanged for silver.

Li Yun saw that Li Yue had been bowing her head and frowning, and she didn't react for a long time, so she hurriedly pulled Li Yue, knelt down with him, and helped Li Yue thank her, "Thank you for your grace." ”