The old servant saw Jinyi Wei Qianhu whispering to Gao Yu, and his heart had already been raised.

Hearing Gao Yu calling him, he hurriedly rushed up.

"Yes, sir."

The servant carefully lifted Gao Yu up from the ground.

Behind.

When the scholars saw this, they all fell silent, and immediately began to talk in a whisper.

"Elder Gao got up at this time, is it to fight with those shameless people in the palace?"

"Those guys in the palace are unreasonable and have no bottom line, Elder Gao should reason with them!"

"That's it! If I continue to compromise like this, my Great Zhou Kingdom will not be a country! ”

As the scholars spoke, they all looked at Gao Yu with eager eyes, hoping that the respected elder Gao would lead them to fight against the regent from the Qianguo!

However.

What happened next was to make them stunned.

I saw that after Gao Yu got up from the ground, he did not walk towards the palace, nor towards those brocade guards, but slowly turned around and walked in the opposite direction.

"This"

When everyone saw this scene, they all looked at each other, not knowing what was happening.

Until Gao Yu didn't say a word and left here.

Only then did they realize that Elder Gao had chosen to give up at this juncture!

is not afraid of death, saying that he wants to leave his innocence in the world.

Why did Jin Yiwei leave as soon as he got out of the horse?

This moment.

Similar questions arose in the minds of the scholars.

At the same time, a sense of despair and powerlessness of betrayal and abandonment swept over them like a tide, and they instantly fell into grief and anger.

"At the most critical moment, Elder Gao actually chose to escape! He. How could he be like that! ”

"Thousands of scholars in Jinnan pinned their hopes on Gao Lao's body, and we and other scholars also spared no effort to stand on his side, facing Jinyiwei, but he abandoned us and others, and turned around and left without looking back, he is worthy of our enthusiasm!"

The scholars' eyes widened, looking in the direction Gao Yu left, and said indignantly.

In front of the palace gate.

Jin Yiwei's expression was still very flat.

As if everything that was happening in front of them had nothing to do with them.

And the leader of the Jinyi Wei Qianhu stood in place, waiting quietly.

After a stick of incense.

The crowd fell silent.

Jinyi Wei Qianhu walked in front of the scholars, looked around, and said coldly: "You are all the pillars of the court in the future, don't ruin your good future because of a thought!" His Majesty has decided to add three more Enkoh this year, next year, and the year after! Waiting for more than ten years of hard work in the cold window, isn't it just for the spring breeze in the future, and see all the flowers in Jinnan in one day?

His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Regent, in order to rectify the rule of officials, removed many mediocre officials who were in the position of vegetarian food, and the vacant positions needed to be filled by new scholars.

Therefore, Enke in the past few years is an excellent opportunity for you to realize your ideals, don't listen to the rumors and gossip in the streets, and isolate yourself from Your Majesty and the court! ”

These words are well-founded and convincing.

When the scholars heard this, their expressions all changed.

They knew in their hearts that this brocade-clothed Wei Qianhu was right.

Those officials were dismissed, and the vacant positions needed to be filled.

In order to recruit talents, His Majesty will definitely increase Enko.

And, in order to prevent the "resurgence" of the Emperor Taishang, he will definitely reuse the Jinshi of Enke in the past few years.

This was undoubtedly a great opportunity for them as scholars.

In that case, why should they make trouble here and make trouble for themselves?

Just when many scholars showed their sudden expressions.

Jinyi Wei Qianhu spoke again: "His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has an order, the people who have been making trouble in the past few days, no matter what words and deeds they disobey the court, as long as they reform themselves and leave the palace gate, the court will not be guilty of the past!"

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has always had a reputation of being a promise, and you must all know that since His Royal Highness the Prince Regent said that he is not guilty of the past, after you leave here, there will be no trouble for you! ”

Speaking of this, the conversation changed sharply, and his tone suddenly became cold.

"But! If anyone insists on going his own way and is obsessed, not only will he go to prison, but after he comes out, he will also have no chance to participate in the imperial examination for life! ”

As soon as this remark came out.

Many scholars who wanted to enter the imperial court to realize their ideals and ambitions immediately retreated.

Even Lord Shangshu, who was dismissed, chose to leave.

What's the point of them staying here?

Besides, there is nothing wrong with the regent rectifying the rule of officials and eliminating the officials who eat vegetarian meals.

If the imperial court did not have so many officials who were vegetarian in the corpse, the regent would not have entered Jinnan.

Thinking so, several scholars no longer hesitated, didn't say a word, turned around and left.

When the rest of the scholars saw that someone was leading, they no longer hesitated and walked away.

Just half a stick of incense.

There were less than a hundred scholars left in front of the palace gate.

The readers who were originally indignant and at the forefront were a little unable to pull their heads at the moment and left directly.

This time.

Jinyi Wei Qianhu looked at Jinyi Wei behind him sharply, suddenly raised his voice, and almost roared: "Draw your sword!" ”

Moment.

There was a sound of metal clashing.

The brocade guards drew their swords in unison, staring at the soldiers who were still left with cold eyes.

Jinyi Wei Qianhu also set his eyes on this group of scholars, and said coldly: "After half a burnt incense, arrest all these people and put them in prison!" ”

"Yes!"

Jin Yiwei's voice was uniform, and a strong killing intent burst out from his eyes.

Where have these scholars seen such a scene, when they saw the bright sword, they only felt that their legs were weak, and they almost knelt on the ground.

That is, the only bit of dignity left of the scholars, barely supporting them without kneeling.

Minutes and seconds passed.

Just a moment.

Some people couldn't bear the huge psychological pressure, so they turned around and slipped away.

At this moment, the rest of the people no longer maintained their ridiculous self-esteem and left one after another.

After half a stick of incense.

In front of the palace gate, except for the brocade guard, it was empty, and there was no one!

Originally, Xie Qian and the others thought that there might be a big mess, but Fang Xiu easily resolved it.

Gao Yu and his protégés, as well as the indignant scholars in Jinnan City, not only did they take advantage of Fang Xiu.

Instead, in a disgraced way, he chose to compromise with Fang Xiu.

As long as this group of scholars can still remember what happened today, it will never be possible to oppose Fang Xiu in the future.

After all, this feeling of being pinched in the palm of your hand is really unacceptable!

A few days.

Fang Xiu used practical actions to tell the people in Jinnan City a very simple truth, that is, don't go against the regent!

Experienced what happened in the past few days.

Whether it is a hundred officials, scholars, or ordinary scholars, they all have a deep understanding of this point.

Thus.

The next few days.

The entire Jinnan City was calm, and there was no other chaos.

The dismissed officials all accepted the reality and left the yamen with their bags on their backs.

Meanwhile.

After Li Yingyue returned to Jinnan, the first holy decree was drawn up.

The content is very simple, in the next three years, the imperial court will open Enke to recruit talents for the empire.

When the scholars of the entire Great Zhou learned of this holy decree, they all became excited, and one by one their heads hung over the beams and their cones were pierced, hoping to achieve a good result in Enke in the coming year.

The second decree that follows is also about the reader.

The imperial court will take out a sum of money to build a completely free government academy in each province.

As long as school-age children are sent to study, they can be exempted from a certain amount of land endowment.

Compared to the first decree.

The second decree did not pay much attention to the people, and it did not cause much reaction.

But Li Yingyue knew it in her heart.

When Fang Xiu came to Jinnan, the first practical thing he wanted to do was to set up this completely free official school.

Although this would cost a lot of silver, and it wouldn't have much effect in a short period of time, Fang Xiu still insisted on doing so.

Li Invite Yue once had the idea of persuading Fang Xiu, but after thinking about it, even if he persuaded himself, Fang Xiu would not accept it, so he still chose to remain silent.

The day after the second decree was given.

Li Yingyue conducted her first early dynasty after her accession to the throne in the Taihe Palace.

In the middle of the Taihe Hall is a dragon chair.

Next to the dragon chair, slightly in the front position, there is also a chair carved with a python pattern.

Li Yinyue, who was dressed in a dragon robe, sat on the dragon chair.

Fang Xiu was sitting beside him.

Such scenes have been common for hundreds of years.

Generally speaking, when the young crown prince ascends the throne, there will be a queen mother who will listen to the government.

If there is no queen mother who listens to the government, she is a minister who sits on the side and deals with the government.

Fang Xiu's position is the position of the Queen Mother and the Minister of Tuogu.

It's just that Her Majesty, the newly enthroned empress, is not young.

The first early dynasty didn't have much to discuss.

It was over in less than an hour.

The hundred officials saluted and retreated.

In addition to the few palace maids and eunuchs in the Taihe Palace, there are only three people left.

Li Yingyue, Fang Xiu, and his new personal guard, Tang Rou.

Fang Xiu stood up from the chair, stretched his old waist, looked at Li Yingyue, and said, "I've been bored in the palace these days, does Your Majesty want to go out for a walk?" ”

Li Yingyue shook her head lightly and refused.

Fang Xiu said: "Since this is the case, I will do as His Majesty says, and after leaving the palace, the ministers will hang out with His Majesty." ”

“.”

When Li Yingyue heard this, she opened her mouth and wanted to say that I didn't want to go out for a stroll.

However, noticing Fang Xiu's eyes.

She immediately realized that Fang Xiu hadn't heard clearly.

He's just pretending to be stupid.

Even if he said that he didn't want to go out for a stroll, he would still say that His Majesty wanted to leave the palace.

I have to say.

She, the empress, is no different from a puppet.

But.

Her ability to become an empress was inseparable from Fang Xiu's desire to support a puppet.

She had been mentally prepared for it.

"Come on, change clothes for Your Majesty, and I want to accompany Your Majesty on a private visit!"

At this time, Fang Xiu's voice sounded again.

Several palace maids looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, but still lowered their heads and came to Li Yingyue, and whispered: "The slave maid is waiting for His Majesty to change clothes." ”

Li Yingyue was silent for a few seconds, nodded lightly, and walked towards the Qianqing Palace.

Fang Xiu didn't follow, but looked at Tang Rou beside him, raised his eyebrows and said: "Jinnan is not as good as Chang'an, there are many people here who want to die alone, as the only personal guard of Lonely, you have to be very energetic when you go out of the palace to hang out." ”

Tang Rou always felt that his words had another meaning, but she didn't know what they meant, so she was just silent.

Half an hour later.

Fang Xiu, Li Yinyue and Tang Rou, under the protection of the shadow guard, came to the more prosperous streets of Jinnan City.

Wandering aimlessly for a moment.

Fang Xiu suddenly said: "It seems that the situation in Jinnan is better than imagined, although the people can't talk about living and working in peace and contentment, they can barely make ends meet, after half a year of war, it is not easy to maintain it like this, it seems that Xie Qian still has some ability, which can be regarded as a mediocrity." ”

said.

Fang Xiu stopped, stretched out his hand and pointed to the shop not far away, looked at Li Yinyue, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "How do you feel when you see the shop of Zhenbao Zhai here?" ”

Li Yingyue looked in the direction of his finger and saw the familiar three words Zhenbao Zhai, and her eyes showed a trace of trance.

At one moment, she had a sense of time and space confusion.

After all, the Zhenbao Zhai branch in Jinnan is almost not much different from the Zhenbao Zhai in Chang'an in terms of decoration.

There was a moment of silence.

Li Yingyue suddenly asked, "When do you plan to return to Chang'an?" ”

Fang Xiu was not surprised that she would ask this question, and replied flatly: "When Jinnan completely stabilizes, it is estimated that it will be three or four days later." ”

Three or four days later

Li Yinyue fell silent again.

I don't know how long it took.

She spoke again and asked, "What are you going to do with me?" ”

When Fang Xiu heard this, he glanced at her and said, "Your Majesty is a body of ten thousand gold, and it is not appropriate to use such a word to dispose of." ”

Your Majesty's golden body

In your eyes, how can you ever put me in your eyes?

Li Yingyue had such a thought in her mind, and she couldn't help but sneer in her heart.

"Your Majesty is the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Son of Heaven, you can go wherever you want

However, Jinnan and Chang'an are thousands of miles apart, and the news is not smooth, and from now on, many decisions will be made by the Council of Ministers, so in the minister's opinion, His Majesty is better to go to Chang'an with the minister. ”

Fang Xiu finished speaking.

Li Yingyue said "um" and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu leaned over to her side and said, "Your Majesty really wants to go back to Chang'an with your ministers?" ”

“.”

Li Yingyue was a little speechless.

She didn't understand how Fang Xiu had come to such an inexplicable conclusion.

"If not, why did Your Majesty agree so smoothly?"

Fang Xiu looked at Li Yinyue and said, "Actually, the minister doesn't have to force His Majesty to return to Chang'an, if His Majesty wants to stay in Jinnan, he can ask for a minister, maybe as soon as the minister is happy, he will allow His Majesty to stay." ”

I don't know why.

Fang Xiu tore off the annoying disguise and blatantly showed his strength and control.

Li Yingyue was not so disgusted with him.

"I'm not going to do that."

It was rare for Li Yinyue to call herself "I" in front of Fang Xiu, which could be regarded as a response to what he had just said.

Fang Xiu listened, smiled, and said, "Your Majesty, don't say some things too much, in case the car overturns in the future, it will be very embarrassing." ”

Will it be embarrassing to overturn in the future?

Li Yingyue felt that this sentence was very strange, but she couldn't say anything strange.

was about to open his mouth to respond, when he suddenly heard Tang Rou's voice behind him.

"It's murderous."

(End of chapter)