In the bedroom, Lu Zhaoyi was lying on the floor, on the huge Kanyu map, as if he had been looking at it for a long time, and his eyes finally stayed on Jingzhao's Shangluo.

"As soon as Shangluo County was withdrawn, Jingzhao Yin doubled, no wonder His Majesty wanted to withdraw Yin and set up a county." She muttered to herself, "That way, it's easier to control the situation."

Speaking of this, she stood up and patted her dress, picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip before pacing slowly to the window.

The window was half open, revealing gusts of cold wind, mixed with a hint of autumn coolness, which made her sideburns blow slightly, and her mind suddenly cleared up a lot.

"Flower Branch!"

She shouted, her eyes still looking out the window, and she commanded in a light tone, "Tomorrow, Shadow Wind and the Shadow Guard Cavalry should arrive in Luojing. Let him come back without rest, and directly take a thousand cavalry to Guanzhong to spy on the news for me."

"Yes." Huazhi replied respectfully.

Early the next morning, the morning court discussion, everything went on as usual.

But when Lu Zhaoyi entered the court, he found an incredible phenomenon.

According to the usual practice, each court meeting is led by two ministers, three princes and three generals, representing the backbone of the ministers, and every court meeting is promoted by eight ministers.

But right now, among the two phases, the right prime minister Du Yan is grounded, and only the left prime minister Yuan Qi is in charge of the court.

And the fifth lieutenant Langya was still on the way back to Beijing to lead the troops, Situ Lu was sick and said that he was on leave, and among the three dukes, only the new Sikong Wu Chong was still standing here.

Take another look at the ranks of military generals, the great Sima Xia Yuansheng led the troops north to Yanmen Pass, and the two generals of hussars and chariots went out with the army.

To say that Yuan Qi is also the prime minister of Zuo, but the position of prime minister was also given to him by "Gou Chenzi", so the weight of his words is not heavy, and the other ministers also know it, in fact, they are still aiming at it and standing behind him "Gou Chenzi".

In other words, more often, he also plays the role of a messenger to "Gou Chenzi".

Lu Zhaoyi sighed slightly in his heart, the court is like this, no wonder Xia Pei wants to set up three provinces to coordinate, and many things are directly across the court, and Shangshutai and Shizhong Temple are announced to the outside world.

Although this matter is more cruel to these ministers in the court, the general trend is like this, and the end of the three princes and nine secretaries is a foregone conclusion, which no one can change.

It's like Xia Pei, yawning and sitting on the dragon seat, looking like he didn't wake up, just simply, let the waiter command:

Something to start, nothing to retreat!

The ministers were stunned when they saw this, and they couldn't believe their ears.

In the crowd, the new counselor Wang then came out of the queue and bowed to Xia Pei, and talked about the withdrawal of Jingzhao Yin before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

But Xia Pei opened his mouth wide and yawned long, as if he hadn't fully woken up, and then looked like he didn't care.

"Uh, well, that's not to be discussed. After retiring from the dynasty after a while, Shangshutai issued an order to remove Jingzhaoyin and change Jingzhao County. This will bother Nanyang Hou."

Lu Chengye walked out and respectfully bowed to Xia Pei in response, "Minister, the order!"

"What else? If it's okay, just retreat! After noon, Zhongshu ordered Wei Dan, Shangshu Ling Lu Chengye, and Shizhong Temple Cui Yu, and the provincial officials of the two provinces to enter the Imperial Court to discuss matters!" After speaking, Xia Pei got up and left the court first.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty!"

The ministers knocked on the prime minister, and the attendants shouted "retreat" in the palace, and followed Xia Pei.

Since the opening of the dynasty in Dayuan, this time is the shortest time they have experienced, the ministers retreated, and each withdrew from the court and returned to his home.

"Lu Niangzi!" Wei Dan walked to Lu Zhaoyi's side and bowed his hand.

"The guard is reminding Qi Niang, don't you forget to discuss the matter after noon?"

Wei Dan smiled, bowed his head, and moved closer, "Our Zhongshu Province has been an eyesore recently, Wei knows that Lu Niangzi is above board, but he also has to be careful, the calculations of people with ulterior motives."

"Thank you for the reminder from the guard, Qi Niang is also a smart person, please rest assured about this matter." She still doesn't show her dew on the surface, but she is hearty

I couldn't help but sneer.

"Lu Niangzi doesn't have to be polite, if Lu Niangzi needs help, just look for Wei."

"Okay, then Qi Niang won't send it."

She arched her hand, said no more, and watched Wei Dan leave.

Walking out of the palace gate, she met Lu Chengye head-on, looking at his twisting and pinching appearance, he did not have the decisive appearance of a former general.

"Big brother, is this waiting for me?" Lu Zhaoyi teased.

"Ahem, what's the matter?" He smiled awkwardly, and then straightened his face, "It's also getting winter! Father, he has been in a mess in recent days, and his body has repeatedly appeared abnormal, and the imperial doctor said that his father may not be able to survive this winter."

"Really? That's a shame." Lu Zhaoyi shook his head lightly, a touch of coldness crossed his eyes, "As the eldest son of the Lu family, it is your duty to take care of your grandfather, I am a person who is not in the family tree, nameless and pointless, what do you tell me to do?"

"Do you still blame Father?" Lu Chengye sighed, "Now the honor and disgrace of the Lu family are tied to you alone, when you were in the Xianyang Palace, you pushed the Lu family out and tied up with all the Hebei Shi clans, so you should know the stakes."

He turned sideways and sighed with his hands behind his back, "The government is worried, if the eldest father can't survive this year, then the Lu family will really have to rely on you in the future."

"I know, you don't have to. Don't you want me to find a chance to go back?"

Lu Zhaoyi lowered his head, also pondering.

The Hebei Shi clan is now one, the officialdom is fighting, and the family is also divided, in the face of the wind and rain above the court, she has to temporarily compromise, and the actions on the surface still have to be done.

But this does not mean that she has to compromise everything, in order to avoid possible turmoil in the future, she must eliminate the hidden scourge in the Lu family this time.

Thinking of this, she raised her eyes and looked at Lu Chengye, "After these few busy days, I will go back to the Hou Mansion to visit my eldest father, and by the way, I will live for a while."

"Good!" Lu Chengye nodded.

Lu Zhaoyi looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to her talking to Lu Chengye, so she lowered her voice and asked, "Big brother, do you think that the people in the court have been thinking a little recently, because of Sikong?"

"How do you say that?" Lu Chengye hesitated for a moment, and raised his eyes to look at her, "After the Huainan disaster, the changes in the DPRK and China have begun, first some of the old ministers of the former king have retreated one by one, and Sikong is in charge of the promotion of officials, so naturally the old Nanling forces have been put on the stage one by one, taking advantage of the Taiwei going on the expedition, Situ being sick, and the right prime minister being grounded, and now most of the forces in the court have been replaced by their people."

This faction is the party that has gained the greatest benefits from the Huainan disaster except for Jiangzuo. But they didn't expect that Xia Pei would set up three provinces to coordinate, and in the court, Jiuqing's power was greatly weakened, which was also where they miscalculated.

"Eldest brother, as Shang Shuling, what is the matter that Your Majesty wants to discuss with the cabinet today?"

"It should be, Nanyang County's nongsang, right?"

With the issuance of Xia Pei's edict of benevolence, back then, hundreds of people who were held hostage to the south and held the people to Jiangling with self-respect gradually woke up and no longer feared King Yuan, but began to gradually cross the river north and return to Nanyang Xinye.

But after all, the population is still sparse, and there is a serious shortage of labor in all parts of Jingbei, which makes Jingzhao County open the Wuguan Pass and let the people go south to Nanyang County in Jingzhou to participate in farming.

It's just that this matter still needs to be discussed, Xu Lu left Jingzhao County, and he has not yet arrived, and the policy of farming and mulberry still needs to be discussed.

However, the situation in the court is already very clear, and I am afraid that Xia Pei has already measured it in his heart.

"I've heard about the farming and mulberry in Nanyang County." Lu Zhaoyi nodded, but he was secretly thinking in his heart, all this is still a place of doubt.

After the two separated, Lu Zhaoyi planned to go back to the house, and when the carriage passed by Qiu's mansion, she was stunned and asked about the flower branches around her.

"Recently, I haven't seen Qiu Zhongcheng appear, what is he doing?"

Hua Zhi covered his mouth and coughed lightly, "Qiu Zhongcheng was recently sent by His Majesty to Jianyang, Nanyang County, to investigate the local agricultural mulberry."

"Thorny Sun?"

"That's right! The land is fertile, and there are many farmlands, which are irrigated for farming

, the grain planted is even more abundant. Qiu Zhongcheng went to Jianyang to investigate, presumably to choose a site, and when the spring of next year begins, he will start planting, right?"

Lu Zhaoyi shook her head, muttering in a voice she could hear. Z.br>

Her muttering voice was very small, and Hua Zhi, the little girl, immediately asked, "What did Qi Niang say in advance?"