Yuan Shen began to bow his head and think about it when he heard this, but he didn't come up with anything after thinking about it for a long time.

So he said, "I really haven't heard of what happened to the Qu family, and it's not good for you and me to go to Dongjun at this time, why don't you ask your wife to go back and see the situation?"

Li Hao immediately refused: "No, you still have to be careful with Huo Budo, at this time, Your Majesty's edict has not yet been issued, and letting Leng Jun go back is not just to give someone a handle."

My father-in-law and brother-in-law are not from Hutu, since there is no news of the Qu family in the capital, and they have not passed on the news to us, it proves that even if there is an incident, it will not be particularly serious, and everything will be discussed after His Majesty's edict."

After thinking about it, Yuan Shen agreed, "Okay, then this matter will wait for now."

After talking about business, Li Hao and Yuan Shen gossiped: "By the way, Leng Jun has given you the gift I brought back, I didn't come back from your marriage with Shaoshang before, and my nephew didn't come back when he was born, so I will make it up for you this time."

Yuan Shen smiled: "The concubine has already been handed over to Shaoshang, but that is inevitably a little too much, although I know that you are rich, but there is no need to give this generous gift, I will not be able to give it."

Li Hao naturally didn't take this seriously, of course, Li Hao also knew that Yuan Shen himself just said it casually, and he wouldn't rest assured about it.

After a few more chats, the two went back to rest.

In the next few days, Li Hao shuttled between the East Palace and many ministers who had a good relationship, and renewed the relationship he had left for all these years.

However, there have been great changes in the past ten years, such as Wu Han has died of illness a few years ago, and Laishe has also taken a back seat and returned to his hometown to retire.

Cui Hou stayed in the capital, but since Huo Junhua's death, he was also disheartened, and only received a false title and was invited by the court.

It's Wang Chun, this guy is old and strong, he has been greedy and lustful all these years, and he hasn't even exhausted his body, obviously his fate is uncertain these years.

And Wan Songbai and Cheng Shi are also serving outside now, Wan Songbai is the county guard in Xu County, and Cheng Shi is the county guard in Nan County.

After Li Hao reconciled the relationship, the edict of Emperor Wen's appointment came down, and Li Hao officially went to Dasi Nong to take office.

By the way, Huo Budo said before, the appointment of Yuan Shen and his edict also came down, and the edict was exactly the same as what he said, Yuan Shen was appointed as the county guard of Dongjun, and Huo Budo was appointed as Henan Yin.

At this point, Li Hao and Yuan Shen didn't see each other for a long time, and they were going to separate again, but this time it was Yuan Shen leaving the capital.

Before leaving, the two had another conversation about how Yuan Shen should behave after he arrived in Dongjun.

Li Hao said: "After you take office, you must strictly abide by justice, and you must not be dismissed, and the Qu family does not need to visit for the time being.

I will ask Leng Jun to go to Dongjun and ask my uncle directly about it, and then you will make a decision after knowing the specific situation.

After all, Huo Budo is not a person who is lost, since he deliberately ordered it before, then you have to be careful."

Yuan Shen agreed, "I understand, if the concubine wants to go with our husband and wife, so that we can take care of it."

Li Hao didn't agree, after all, dealing with things now is the most important thing, so he replied, "No need, you just go at a normal speed, Leng Jun's side will speed up and arrive before you, so as to buy you time to respond."

Yuan Shen thanked him when he heard this: "Okay, then you can help me thank my wife, she has to work hard."

Li Hao waved his hand lightly, indicating that it didn't matter, but asked again: "By the way, you really don't let me send a few people to assist you, those staff members have followed me to Shu for many years, and they are very comfortable with handling local affairs."

Yuan Shen replied: "No need, my father has already left me people when he was in Zhishi, and the path you can take may not be suitable for me, so you should keep it yourself."

Li Hao chuckled lightly and said, "It's okay, then I'll wish you all the best."

When he returned to the courtyard, Li Hao found Qu Lengjun and told her about the matter, and Qu Lengjun immediately took the initiative to agree.

In fact, after Yuan Shen came down from her official position, she actually had some guesses in her heart, after all, she has always been a person with bright eyes and a bright heart, just based on

trusts Li Hao, so he didn't open his mouth to ask.

Therefore, Qu Lengjun and Yuan Shen set off one after another and went to Dongjun.

And sending them away, Li Hao also put all his attention back to Da Si Nong's own position, thinking about how to improve his performance.

And this is also what Li Haogan is used to, because the responsibilities of the Great Si Nong have a lot of overlap with the three divisions of the Great Song Dynasty, and the supervisors are all national economic taxes.

But it is a pity that since Emperor Wen ascended the throne, he has made considerable reductions in the authority of Dasi Nong, and it will be Li Hao when he takes office.

Originally, Taicang, Junyi, Pingzhun, Dunei, Jitian Wuling, Cheng, Guanguan, Tieshi two chiefs, Cheng, and the county Zhucang Agricultural Supervisor, Dushui a total of 65 chiefs and Cheng.

Only Taicang, Pingzhuan, Daoguan Sanling, and Cheng remained, and the powers of salt and iron were delegated to the prefectures and counties, while the rest of the powers were either reduced or subsumed into other yamen.

And these three yamen, the official order does not have any real power, and is only responsible for the spring imperial rice, that is, to help the royal family select the grain and rice used for supply.

In other words, what Li Hao can really use is Taicang, the granary in charge of the world, the yamen in charge of receiving grain from the county and the country, and the yamen in charge of adjusting materials and balancing prices.

There is no way, it is still a little difficult for him to earn power from other yamen when he has just taken office, so Li Hao has to start using these two yamen to open up the situation first, and then earn rights and interests for himself.

Anyway, Li Hao is also good at this set of equalization, isn't it just manipulating national policies to make money reasonably for the imperial court, this matter is very familiar.

For a while, Dasi Nong's Mansion also began to become in a hurry, and Wang Ji was so busy that he complained to Li Hao, saying that Li Hao was not at home all day.

It wasn't until Qu Lengjun came back that Li Hao deliberately stayed in the mansion and asked about the situation of the Qu family.

Qu Lengjun introduced: "When I returned home this time, I learned that there are so many children of the Qu family, entrenched in all counties of Dongjun, and their momentum is unique, and my father and brother are still a little radical after all.

However, this time, my father and brother have promised that they will cooperate with Shanjian to order some of the children of the Qu family to leave, so as not to make people too suspicious."

Then he paused, and then helped to say good things, wanting to eliminate the barrier: "This matter is indeed the fault of the Qu family, but Yuan and Liang are now in full swing, and my father and brother naturally don't want to be left behind all the time, so they are in a hurry.

Before I came back, they asked me to send me a letter of apology, so you can take a look."

After speaking, he handed over a letter, Li Hao swept it and did not take it, but said, "It doesn't have to be like this, I can understand, and no matter what, I shouldn't let my father-in-law and brother-in-law apologize to me.

Keep this letter yourself, and I'll write a reply later, and you can send someone to Dongjun to send it to your father-in-law and brother-in-law."

Then he wrote a reply letter in front of Qu Lengjun, then sealed it and handed it to Qu Lengjun, and asked her to go back first and rest well, after all, this is also a long journey.

But after leaving, Li Hao still called Yuan Wo and asked him to send someone to Dongjun to understand the specific situation.

It's not that Li Hao doesn't believe in Qu Lengjun, but Li Hao knows that once this heart of comparison is opened, it will be difficult to be calmed down.

Now that the situation is very good, we can't ruin the whole layout because something went wrong here, and keeping an eye on the Qu family is also a protection for the Qu family.

But in any case, at least on the bright side, this matter has passed, and Li Hao will continue to struggle to increase fiscal revenue.

And during this time, Huo Budo's Henan Yin also did a smooth job, after all, he was not afraid of offending people, only others were afraid of offending him.

Therefore, he set up a five-color rod in the counties under the jurisdiction of Yin in Henan Province and began to rectify the atmosphere, especially in Luoyang City, which is the focus of Huo Budo's rectification.

In just two months, this guy beat hundreds of people, and basically taught the troublemakers in the capital a lesson, and for a while, the security of Luoyang City was very good, so that Emperor Wen seized the opportunity to boast for a while.

If it weren't for Huo Budo's own resignation, I was afraid that Emperor Wen would have to reward something.

And because of this, Li Hao, as the object of comparison, inevitably had to be taught a lesson by Emperor Wen.

But Li Hao can't help it, himself

The real power in his hands is limited, and it is not enough to make any conspicuous achievements that benefit the world in a short period of time.

However, Li Hao is not discouraged, because Li Hao is confident that as long as he waits a little longer, he will basically be able to reveal this result next year.

It's just that what Li Hao didn't expect was that just when Li Hao's side showed that he could repay his merits to Emperor Wen and earn more power to carry out the reform, Empress Xuan suddenly fell.

And according to the imperial doctor, it has reached the stage of returning to heaven and lacking surgery, and it won't be long in coming.

Under the grief, Emperor Wen and the crown prince naturally didn't have the heart to study with Li Hao, what system to change, and Li Hao didn't know each other to get up.

But whether to say it or not, Queen Xuan only fell at this time, which is already very good, according to the original plot, she died a few years ago.

It seems that over the years, the prince has really made her worry a lot less, which is a good thing.

A month later, Empress Xuan died in the Changqiu Palace, and Emperor Wen ordered a three-day resignation to mourn.

The next thing is that according to the etiquette system, there are corresponding personnel to prepare for the funeral ceremony, Li Hao naturally does not belong to the preparatory personnel, and only needs to be responsible for paying the money.

By the time the funeral was completed, it was already after March, and the imperial court had gradually resumed normal operation, but Emperor Wen's spirit was obviously much worse than before, so the affairs handed over to the prince became more and more onerous.

It's just that the attention of the officials in the court and China is not focused on this, but is waiting for Emperor Wen's reaction, wanting to see if he will promote Concubine Yue to the back position.

After all, what Emperor Wen's feelings for Concubine Yue are, how can the ministers of the court and the central government not know, and it is very likely that he will do this in the hearts of everyone.

But if Concubine Yue really becomes the queen, it means that the third prince will change from a concubine to a concubine, although the identity of the eldest son of the crown prince will not change, but it will always be a variable.

The courtiers, including Li Hao, naturally didn't want to have another incident, but it was not easy to talk to Emperor Wen.

But fortunately, in the end, Emperor Wen may have thought of this, so he chose to let the queen's position be vacant, just let Concubine Yue take charge of the harem.

Of course, Emperor Wen may also feel sorry for Concubine Yue, so he specially issued an edict to exempt Marquis Xiao Yue from punishment and allow him to return to his hometown in Jinghua County.

When the dust settles on this matter, the minds of the ministers of the DPRK and China will be stable, and this will naturally be smoother.

Li Hao also got his wish from Emperor Wen's will, and regained the power of salt and iron from the state and county to the center to unify management, and since then, the imperial court tax has increased year by year, and the national strength has increased greatly for a while, which has also made Emperor Wen and the prince pay more and more attention to Li Hao.

Of course, this attention is naturally beyond Huo Budo, after this guy has been appointed by Henan Yin, he can be regarded as returning to the center, and was appointed as one of the nine kings, Deguang Luxun, and the general manager of palace affairs.

Poor Yuan Shen was still floating outside, and he was not recalled to the capital.

However, Li Hao thought that it should be soon, because since the death of Empress Xuan, Emperor Wen's body has gradually become problematic.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, it was probably a matter of the past two years, and when the prince ascended the throne, he would be able to find a way to recall Yuan Shen back, after all, although the prince also had a lot of faith in Huo Budo, it was far from the point of Emperor Wen.

It was about the same time as Li Hao expected, and Emperor Wen fell on the bed shortly after the New Year's Day of this year, and finally closed his eyes completely after persisting for more than ten days.

After a solemn funeral, the crown prince ascended the throne as a prince, and this year was changed to Yongping.

The new emperor naturally wanted to make some achievements when he ascended the throne, but he didn't expect that before he could show his skills, news came from the palace that Concubine Yue had died.

It is said that Concubine Yue and Emperor Wen are indeed in deep love, Concubine Yue has always been healthy, but since Emperor Wen died, she fell ill directly and has not recovered.

Although Concubine Yue never ascended to the throne of the queen, Emperor Wen ordered the two palaces to be in the same position when he was alive, and let Concubine Yue rule the harem.

Therefore, in the end, it was decided by the emperor to bury Concubine Yue with the queen's rites and accompany her to the tomb of Emperor Wen.

In this regard, the courtiers had no opinion, but the fifth princess suddenly jumped out and made trouble with the emperor

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After all, in her eyes, those who can suppress her are gone, and the remaining emperor is also a good bully, so she naturally wants to jump out and brush up on her presence and get some benefits.

But now the emperor's temperament is no longer as weak as before, and after good words and persuasion are useless, he directly found Huo Budo and sent the fifth princess back to the princess's mansion.

Later, under the mediation of Li Hao, Yuan Shen was recalled to the capital from outside and served as a court lieutenant.

Huo Budo was naturally dissatisfied with this, thinking that the Yuan family would have too much power and would not benefit the country.

It's just that after arguing with the emperor, he didn't let the emperor change his mind, but let the emperor promote himself, give him the position of general of the chariot and cavalry, and eat ten thousand stones.

This made Huo Budo very distressed, and since then, Huo Budo has developed the habit of playing against Li Hao.

Of course, Huo Budo will not deliberately make trouble about some important things, but it may not be said in ordinary times, aiming to make the emperor and Li Hao not too close.

But obviously the results are not big, and the emperor's trust in Li Hao is still there, which also allows Yuan Shen to realize the ideal of the three princes of the generation.

At least Li Hao served as Sikong for one term, and Yuan Shen also served as Situ for one term later, which can barely be regarded as a success.

Li Hao didn't know what happened after that, because after Li Hao fell asleep for a long time, he opened his eyes again, as if he had returned to the real world.