The imperial capital of Great Xia, the palace of nourishing the heart.

In the dormitory, the heavenly incense sandalwood is the beam, the crystal jade is the lamp, the jade pearl is the curtain, the smoke in the purple gold incense burner is rising, but the delicacies of the mountains and seas on the table are not moved.

The person lying on top of the dragon collapse is none other than the founding emperor of today's Great Xia, Yu Daocheng.

He looked to be in his fifties, and he should have been in the prime of life, but his temples were gray, his face was full of wrinkles, and his body looked extremely thin, except for a pair of eyes that looked bright.

There were two ministers standing beside the bed, and those who could stand in the emperor's private place were either official residences and extremely popular ministers, or they had an excellent relationship with the emperor and were close ministers of the Son of Heaven.

And these two ministers, one is Fan Yan, a scholar of Wenchang Pavilion in the current dynasty, and the other is Liu Longqing, the secretary of the household department, both of them are officials closest to the emperor, and the things they can participate in cover many important centers such as people's livelihood, taxation, legislation, and finance in Daxia.

"Your Majesty, this year, the land of Suhu Lake is facing a great drought, and the rice sown in the spring is now approaching summer, and the harvest is about to be harvested, but the crops are dead, and I am afraid that the people will starve..."

"Grain merchants everywhere are driving up prices, most of the granaries of the government are in an emergency, and the people are miserable.

"Fan Qing." Fan Yan said very seriously, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the emperor.

Yu Daocheng glanced at him dissatisfiedly, and said in a deep voice: "Why is the taste in your mouth that seems to be my Great Xia is dying?" ”

The corners of his mouth hooked the corners of his mouth, and he smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Fan always likes to exaggerate about this problem, I was a few years after the founding of the Great Xia, and it was the heyday of the people, how could there be such a thing as people starving to death on the streets, I guess Lord Fan just wants to attract the attention of the emperor." ”

The same important ministers, but they are also close and close, Yu Daocheng listened to Liu Longqing's words, and his brows obviously loosened a lot.

Advice is against the ear, good medicine is bitter, it is said so, but who wants to listen to the unpleasant words?

Liu Longqing played a round, but Fan Yan didn't appreciate it in his heart.

Scholars, bamboo burns without destroying its knots, and jade crushing does not change its whiteness.

He still continued to report: "Your Majesty, what Weichen said is true, and now the grain stocks of many officials in various places have been transported to the army to prepare for the border war, and they have neglected to help the people!" These extra troops are useless to the country, redundant soldiers and redundant generals, it is really a pain in my Great Xia, and I ask the emperor to disarm! ”

"You mean, it's all my own initiative to expand my army and defend against foreigners?!"

Yu Daocheng patted the bed excitedly, and the dragon's anger erupted, and the power was very scary.

"Weichen doesn't dare!" Fan Yan immediately bowed his head and made a salute to confess his crimes.

"Ahem..."

After such an anger just now, Yu Daocheng's dark illness accumulated over the years was committed again, his face was pale, and he couldn't stop coughing.

Although Liu Longqing was happy to see Fan Yanzhi follow, he had to come out again at this time.

"The emperor is angry, and the dragon body is important."

"I said Lord Fan, there is indeed a great drought in your mouth, but the consequences are inevitably too exaggerated, my Great Xia treasury is full, as long as you pull out grain for the places where there is a shortage of food, the emperor is gracious, you can take out the excess money and grain in the imperial city and transport it to various places, so that it will be solved, and the people of the world can feel the blessing of the Son of Heaven."

"This army must not be cut, if there is no great prince to guard the northern border, I am afraid that those alien races would have fought over a long time ago."

After listening to Liu Longqing's words, Yu Daocheng felt that his cough was much better, and nodded approvingly:

"What Liu Aiqing said is reasonable, transport the surplus grain around the imperial city to solve the urgent need, and the palace will also save money, and it should be able to survive."

After hearing this, Fan Yan sighed in his heart, angry and anxious.

Suhu is ripe, the world is full, such as today's granary is in a hurry, where is the grain in the imperial capital!

You must know that this drought can affect the harvest in the second half of the year, and it will be far from surviving if it is not supported by a large amount of grain.

"Your Majesty, this grain it..."

"Okay, I'm a little tired today, let's discuss this later." Fan Yan didn't finish his words and was interrupted again.

Obviously, as you get older, you don't like to hear bad things.

Yu Daocheng was the same, he rubbed his head impatiently, and said to Fan Yan: "You stand down." ”

"Yes."

Fan Yan said goodbye and turned to leave.

When he went out, he glanced at the delicacies of the mountains and seas on the table that had not been moved, and couldn't help but sigh deeply.

This year, the people are afraid that they will be sad.

And Liu Longqing, who was in the dormitory, was still standing in place very honestly.

"What's going on over there lately in Huang'er?"

"Your Majesty, everything is fine on the eldest prince's side, the armament is sufficient, the border is quite stable, and everything is safe."

"Well, that's good. Cold... What about over there. ”

When Liu Longqing heard these two words, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Because the emperor hasn't mentioned this name for a long time.

"Princess, she... Secluded in a salt city in the south, life is not bad. ”

Yu Daocheng, who was lying on the dragon's collapse, showed a complicated look in his wrinkled eyes.

"It's a pity that she is a daughter after all."

Liu Longqing nodded positively and agreed: "Yes, in terms of the princess's achievements and exploits back then, she should be the head of the generals and the first of the three armies, if she is a man, I am afraid that she can take over the emperor's mission." ”

Yu Daocheng slowly closed his eyes and said: "This is also the reason why she hates me so much, it's okay to leave, there are too many here." ”

After Liu Longqing listened, he lowered his head and was silent.

He is very astute and knows what to say and what not to say.

At the beginning, the prestige of the generals in the court had a faint tendency to overpower the emperor, and the generals only knew the generals, but did not know the rest.

Who will sit on the throne is very important, and it must not be messed with, maybe the princess is tired of this, so she chose to leave.

"What about Pei Ming, I haven't seen him for a year, how is he doing?"

Liu Longqing smiled slightly: "Pei Ming, the king of Changning, he is very comfortable, he let his daughter go to the sect, and he travels with his wife every day, and he is very happy." ”

When Yu Daocheng heard this, he became interested: "Daughter? If I remember correctly, it was called Pei Xiangyun. ”

"It's the Lord of Xiangyun." Liu Longqing smiled and nodded.

Yu Daocheng couldn't help but wonder: "When I saw the beauty of this girl, I married a Xiangyun name, but I didn't expect it to be this age." ”

"Isn't it the emperor, the lord of Xiangyun is a spicy person and behaves perversely, no, he will be sent directly to the sect for discipline, and this King of Changning is also ruthless."

...

By the time Liu Longqing came out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, the sky had already darkened.

Liu Longqing looked at the dormitory in front of him and smiled meaningfully.

Leaving quickly, all the way out of the palace, came to a restaurant in the market, called "Daxing Building".

I went up the stairs and sat by the window on the second floor, where there was already a table of good food and wine waiting, and a man was sitting on the seat.

"Lord Liu really cares about the people, and he has been in the palace for so long." The man chuckled, picked up his glasses, and filled them full.

"Where, where, I, Liu, am just doing my best." Liu Longqing shook his head with wine.

"There was a big drought in the sky, I thought that Fan Yan was in the way, and the plan would be stalled, but I didn't expect Lord Liu to solve the problem with just one mouth, and His Royal Highness King Qin was very satisfied."

"Your Highness will be satisfied." Liu Longqing sneered.

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