Although His Majesty was exempted from the early dynasty, the morning classes did not stop, Li Congyuan, as a scholar, was naturally happy to be studious, and stepped on the morning frost to Xiyuan early in the morning.

The morning light has not disappeared, obviously His Majesty and the queen have lived in the West Garden, the huge palace is still less lively than in previous years, the palace people come and go, but it only makes people feel that the frost is cold and cold, and the slanting wind frightens the magpie.

Sitting on the warm sedan chair and heading all the way to Chaohuayuan, Li Congyuan suddenly thought of why he had never felt that Xiyuan was so deserted.

If it was this time in previous years, the branches would have been framed with colored forging, and all kinds of lanterns would be hung everywhere, Your Majesty was having fun, and the eunuchs below naturally thought of ways to do what they liked, and early in the morning they wore colorful clothes to list the battle and wrestle for Your Majesty to see, and when the river froze, there were all kinds of ice plays and ice sculptures.

This year...... Is there no intention of doing it at all?

Just as Li Congyuan was about to put down the sedan curtain, he watched from a distance as a team of eunuchs and a team of palace maids were led forward.

He couldn't help but laugh to himself.

Although Your Majesty is more proper than before, he is still the king of a country, so how can he not have the slightest desire for pleasure?

That's it, now His Majesty is willing to get rid of the old evils and re-manage the finances, and he rarely mentions the affairs of the northwest, and even uses the old General Cai, who opposed the Western Expedition in the past, which is much better than before, he is a courtier, and he can't ask for all the blame, so that His Majesty can be a saint who has no desires and no desires.

As soon as he entered Chaohua Garden, he saw the three cat eunuchs coming over with a hot basin, and the three cats saw him and hurriedly bowed:

"Elder Li Ge! The emperor has been counting the time, knowing that you are coming, I specially ordered our family to make you a soup to clear heat and dissolve phlegm, the weather is cold and cold, you must take care of yourself, our emperor really even remembered how many times you coughed."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace, and thank you to the three cats."

Li Congyuan stopped, first saluted in the direction of the warm pavilion, and then politely returned the salute to the three cats.

The eyes of the three cats narrowed into two slits again.

It's no wonder that Li Ge was able to sit firmly in the ministry later, just because he didn't have the sour spirit of trying to show his nobility to the eunuchs, he didn't know how much higher than others.

Following behind the three cats, Xu walked to the warm pavilion of Chaohua Garden, and as soon as Li Congyuan looked up, he saw Emperor Zhaode standing in front of the map and looking at the location of the headquarters of Duer in the west, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

Nowadays, the court and the central government are in endless disputes over the audit of the accounts of the Angong, Chagong and Taifu Temple, and if His Majesty reiterates the Western Expedition at this time, I am afraid that there will be a lot of chaos in the already boiling court.

"Your Majesty?"

"Li Shangshu, you drink the winter bamboo shoot soup first, the extremely tender winter bamboo shoots are cooked with broad beans and soybean sprouts, which is not only delicious, but also can relieve phlegm and cough."

Holding the vegetarian soup in front of him, although he already knew from the three cats that this soup was specially ordered by His Majesty to cook for him, although his heart was still hanging, Li Congyuan still felt a burst of heat in his chest:

"Minister, thank you, Your Majesty."

"What's there to thank for a bowl of soup? Now that everything is complicated in the DPRK and China, if it weren't for Li Shangshu to share my worries, I wouldn't be in the mood to study any soup."

Hearing the sound of Li Congyuan putting the bowl back on the table, Shen Shiqing turned around with a smile on his face: ....

"Li Shangshu, I have seen the excerpts you sent, many of the people in it were degraded by me before, it seems that there is really no one available in the court, so I have no choice but to bring up some people who are against me."

Li Congyuan lowered his head and said slowly:

"Your Majesty, this excerpt Weichen originally wanted to take it out when he was in the court a few days ago, but now that the court is in turmoil, Weichen has only presented this excerpt in private, and he has not consulted with others, if Your Majesty is to blame, then blame Weichen."

Walking to the table and picking up the notebook that she had left behind, Shen Shiqing breathed a sigh of relief:

"Song Qi and others were from the former Ministry of Industry, and they were demoted because of their inability to build a palace for me, so that's it. South Taifu Temple Cheng Qin Tongxi ...... The Taifu Temple has been hollowed out so far, and he, who has served as the Shaoqing of the Taifu Temple in Shanxi and the Cheng of the Taifu Temple in the South, can he be exempted from his sins?"

I heard His Majesty speak of two things first, inconsequential

, Li Congyuan is very calm:

"Your Majesty, Qin Tongxi's family has been raising horses for generations, and he is familiar with the cost of raising horses, etc., from when he was in the military department, he has repeatedly written to play the Ming Taifu Temple horse breeding extravagance, redundant personnel, he wrote the "Horse Breeding" Your Majesty also attached great importance to it, so he was promoted to the Shaoqing of Shanxi Xingtaifu Temple, and was later degraded by His Majesty, and his fault was not in Qin Tongxi's term, as for the dispute between the South Taifu Temple and the Ministry of War last year. Your Majesty, to this day, before the shortcomings of the Taifu Temple for many years are revealed, it has confirmed that there is nothing wrong with what Qin Tongxi said at the beginning, and it is the time to employ people in the court, Qin Tongxi is not only good at raising horses but also good at arithmetic, which can share the worries of His Majesty."

Shen Shiqing lowered her head, Qin Tongxi is her own uncle, although they have not seen each other for three or four years since her uncle was promoted to the Shaoqing of Shanxi Xingtaifu Temple, she still remembers her uncle's ambitions, and she also knows that her uncle is a talent in Ma politics.

It's just that the matter of settling accounts and eliminating cheats is extremely risky after all, if she directly promotes someone as Emperor Zhaode, this person will definitely become a rafter who will come out and be attacked countless times.

So she has been waiting, waiting for an opportunity to promote the person she wants to use.

I thought that I would have to attack the military department a few times, and then find a way to investigate the old case for Qin Tongxi***, but I didn't expect Li Congyuan to think in front of her first.

"I'll leave this matter to your ministers." Looking at Li Congyuan's fold, Shen Shiqing's fingers on the desk moved slightly.

"The head of the Criminal Department is Ming Ruoshui, I remember that he was the first to sue Zhang Yong for personal revenge with the intention of killing Liang and risking merit."

"Your Majesty, the matter of denunciating Zhang Yong is exactly what the Ming master did, he is the heirloom of Ming Kang's seventeenth year, he should have entered the Hanlin Academy, Prince Duansheng praised him for his ability to work hard, and the first emperor made an exception to allow him to enter the ministry to watch the government, and then although there were several ups and downs, the heart of serving the country has not changed. This man is proficient in arithmetic and has traveled far and wide, not only has a lot of knowledge, but also has the heart to reform bad government, which is really a rare talent."

Li Congyuan was also a crazy man who thought that he had the talent of heaven and earth when he was young, and he was able to sharpen his skills later, he admired Ming Ruoshui's unrestrained things, and he was even more optimistic about Ming Ruoshui's courage to know the trade-offs at a young age and dare to resign for the sake of the Han family. ….

"This Ming Ruoshui has resigned before, even if he can't be the head of the Criminal Department, since Li Shangshu is optimistic about this person, let him temporarily take a military department to the middle of the matter, let him inspect the horse farms and military warehouses of the Taifu Temple in the Zhili generation, let's take a look at his ability, if he can make achievements next spring, I will make plans again."

After speaking, Shen Shiqing lowered her eyes and hooked the corners of her lips:

"Li Shangshu, you go and tell this Ming Ruoshui, as the head of the Criminal Department, he was sent by me to assist in the suppression of bandits, but he often said that he wanted to resign, which is really a debt of my entrustment, this time I will not pursue it in your face, and another time, he will not have to resign, and go directly to serve in front of the Nine Towns Army."

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Ming has also reflected a lot on this incident, and he will definitely not act like this in the future."

Both had smiles on their faces.

Ming Ruoshui resigned on the spot in front of the chief officer of the Criminal Department in order to sue Zhang Yong, if a "disrespectful" is investigated, it will not be able to escape, and it is impossible to be reinstated after a short period of time, they are back and forth here, even if this Ming Ruoshui's fault is smoothed out, if someone mentions it in the future, it is that Ming Ruoshui has the endorsement of the elder behind him and the approval of His Majesty.

The matter of Ming Ruoshui's recovery was also implemented, and Shen Shiqing looked at the last name on the list.

"Chu Jiyuan."

She didn't speak, but looked at Li Congyuan, pinched the fold with two fingers, and was silent in a deep voice.

This is a copy, if "Emperor Zhaode" is still the "Zhao Surui" in the past, Li Congyuan will definitely not hand it over.

Chu Jiyuan, the former household servant, Mingkang's two years of list, Mingkang's twelfth year was promoted to the household minister, good at accounting, good at financial affairs, the last few years of the emperor's reign in the court can still have money to rectify floods, this person has made great contributions.

But this is such a person, who has been questioned by Emperor Zhaode three times.

For the first time, it was Emperor Zhaode, who had just ascended the throne, who asked him in the court: "Chu Shilang, I want to send troops to the northwest, and the court can be in the middle."

Can you come up with the money?"

Chu Jiyuan replied: "Your Majesty, thieves and eunuchs are rampant in the court, and all industries in the world are exhausted, and they are really unable to send troops."

The second time, it was Emperor Zhaode, who had already eliminated Zhang Wan, who personally went to the household department and asked him: "Chu Shilang, I have already killed Zhang Wan, and the court may come up with money to let me send troops to the northwest?"

Chu Jiyuan replied: "Your Majesty, the world is in ruins, and if you want to send troops to the northwest, it will take twenty years of work."

The third time, Emperor Zhaode, who had defeated the Duqin Division, went to his door and asked him: "Chu Shilang, it took me less than a year to defeat the Duqin Division, and the rest of the Du'er Headquarters is nothing to Yu I, why, do you still think I need a nineteen-year failure?"

Chu Jiyuan took off his official hat, knelt down and replied: "Your Majesty insists on sending troops, and the people of the world are really trying their best to fish, and they can't last long, and Weichen is only afraid that Dayong's hundreds of years of foundation will sink and be difficult to save from now on, and he really doesn't want to be a sinner in the world."

He actually resigned.

was so angry that Zhao Surui locked him up in the inner official prison and raided his home.

However, the household servant who had mastered the Dayong treasury for ten years had only thirty taels of silver in his home, and Zhao Surui was so angry that he scolded him for being a "thorn".

Later, Zhao Surui simply loaded him directly into the prisoner car and took him to the west, and after returning victorious, Zhao Surui asked him with a smile: "Chu Jiyuan, look at my country, where is there a look of sinking and decay?" ….

Chu Jiyuan still only asked for resignation.

Zhao Surui was fierce and irritable, and he had done everything to kill the courtiers directly in the court, but Chu Jiyuan, the two old ministers of the two dynasties, had merit with the state, and he dismissed him from his official position under the plea of the ministers and sent him to the southwest for a year.

Such a Chu Jiyuan, according to Zhao Surui's temperament, how can he be willing to use it again?

In the warm pavilion of Chaohua Palace, Li Congyuan was already kneeling on the ground.

He knew how bold he was with this excerpt, but he decided to try it anyway, just as Zhuang Changxin had advised him.

Believe, believe that their Majesty really has a good heart, and believe that their Majesty really has Li Min in his heart.

Your Majesty is willing to use Cai Yu and is willing to keep Chen Shouzhang, why don't you ask Your Majesty if you can give Chu Jiyuan, who is loyal to Dayong, a chance?

"Your Majesty, there is really no one more suitable than Chu Jiyuan."

The young monarch did not speak.

Li Congyuan slowly closed his eyes and opened them again.

The warm pavilion of Chaohua Hall used to be really a pile of treasures, countless toys, I don't know when the luxury toys on the shelves gradually disappeared, but there are more and more books and newspapers, and the wall still hangs the huge picture of Yongyu, but it is no longer as before to show His Majesty's ambition to use soldiers.

Their majesty also did not know when he preferred to wear straight and robes to Trolla.

All this made him think that something had changed.

At this point, he felt a little ridiculous again.

Your Majesty, after all, Your Majesty.

"Smack." The fold was placed in front of him.

Li Congyuan raised his head and saw His Majesty squatting beside him.

"Chu Jiyuan's name, I crossed it out from your fold."

The corners of the brocade garment were spread on the ground.

Li Congyuan looked at the corner of the clothes and smiled gloomily.

"Yes, ...... minister"

"Chu Jiyuan, the former head of the household department, I remember that he wrote very well in the pavilion style. If I recall him, the former right-hand capital Yu Shishi Wence will probably be willing to return to the court, right?"

Li Congyuan raised his head suddenly, but saw that Emperor Zhaode had already straightened up.

"Li Shangshu, if Chu Jiyuan returns to the court, there will be a lot of turmoil in the court, you and him used to be old friends, and there are few people who use this to attack the two of you, and it is better to let me bear the wind and rain. Chu Jiyuan, he should be invited by me and return to the dynasty."

Qin Tongxi has no foundation in the court, he should stand firm and then try to do something else, Chu Jiyuan is the person in charge of finances that she has long fancied, since he is destined to come out, let her plate him with a layer of gold first.

「…… Yes."

The young emperor was standing by the window, and the light shining in the sky was so bright that it seemed to sting the old eyes.

Li Congyuan's eyes were sour, and he endured and endured, but he didn't let his tears flow out.

"Your Majesty, thank you!"

Walking all the way out of Chaohua Garden, Li Congyuan took a deep breath of the cold wind rushing from the dry forest, and finally calmed his heart.

When he looked up, he saw the eunuchs and female officials standing in two rows.

The master of ceremonies is holding the palm seal of the great eunuch and a chicken is speaking to them:

"Your Majesty is benevolent, you are favored by your talents, and you are allowed to serve in front of the emperor, and your ancestors have accumulated virtue to have such blessings, as long as you work diligently and carefully, you will have your own future in the future. Your Majesty specially instructed this morning that as long as you do not hide your selfishness, even if you directly say that he will not be held accountable, but if you hide your selfishness, you put your own selfishness above your errands and the lives of others...... The iron law of the palace will not be forgiven."

Li Congyuan was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that these palace maids and eunuchs were the ones he saw before entering the palace, he thought that these people were used by His Majesty for fun, but he never thought that they were also going to walk in front of the palace.

A cyan sedan chair went all the way to the south and east from the outside of Chaohuayuan, to the direction of Xihuamen.

Sitting in the sedan chair, this young and energetic old minister who had worked hard for the Dayong Dynasty finally couldn't help but cover his old face with his sleeves.

Believe, he believes, he believes in His Majesty.

He believed.

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