Chapter 39: Undercurrents

After Yi Ya got the recipe, he studied it carefully, and coupled with his extraordinary talent in cooking, he soon improved his cooking skills. So he took the whole family to Linzi together.

As soon as he arrived in Linzi, Yiya was attracted by the prosperity of Linzi. Linzi, which has been governed by Guan Zhong, has become one of the most prosperous cities in the world, second only to Huai'an.

After coming to Linzi, Yi Ya began to look for a storefront, and fortunately, he quickly found a suitable store on the most prosperous street in Linzi. Luckily, the shop happened to be rented, and Yiya rented it at a very cheap price.

Then within two days, the restaurant was opened, and on the first day of opening, many people came to taste, and for a while, this restaurant was full of customers, and there was an endless stream of visitors.

Because the food made by Yiya Restaurant made people linger, it soon became popular throughout Linzi. More and more people are coming to taste the food made by Yiya, and even those nobles and nobles are vying for it.

Even Qi Hou had heard of it, and everyone who had tasted these delicacies praised the food made by Yi Ya as rare in the world, and it was delicious, which also made Qi Hou feel itchy, so he ordered someone to invite him to cook for him.

When Yi Ya learned that he was going to cook for Qi Hou, he immediately realized that this was a good opportunity. Yi Ya is greedy for power and wealth, he just didn't have a chance before, but now that the opportunity has come to the door, how can he not grasp it?

So, Yi Ya did her best this time to make a delicious meal. As the overlord of the world, Qi Hou has eaten almost all kinds of delicious delicacies, but when he tasted the delicacies made by Yi Ya, he was immediately conquered by this delicacy.

Immediately appointed Yi Ya as a close minister and asked him to make delicious delicacies for himself every day.

Yi Ya thinks he's lucky, but is he really lucky? In places he didn't know, Huaiguo's intelligence network helped him clear the obstacles and help him build momentum, and even the rumors that Qi Hou heard were only known to Qi Hou with great effort. It's just that Yi Ya doesn't know all this.

Yi Ya got the official position, it can be said that he was overjoyed, and his efforts were successful, so he used various methods to curry favor with Qi Hou. Every day, he took great pains to make all kinds of delicious delicacies, which made Qi Hou closer and closer to him.

On the other hand, Qi Hou saw that the country was governed in an orderly manner, and the position of the overlord of Qi was also recognized by the people of the world, and after more than 30 years of hard work, Qi Hou felt that he could enjoy it.

The delicacies, wine, and beauties offered by many countries made Qi Hou quickly indulge in it. After completing the goal of life, the Huaiwu Zhaogong who was out of breath at the beginning was also gone, and there was no one or thing in this world for him to face seriously, and after there was no goal, Qi Hou threw the state affairs to Guan Zhong and began to enjoy it wantonly.

As the saying goes, if there is something good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom. Qi Hou began to enjoy it, and the people below would naturally rack their brains to find a way to help him, so as to gain Qi Hou's favor. Among them, Wei Kaifang, the son of the country, and the inner servant are the most.

In the hall of Qi Kingdom, a sound of silk and bamboo orchestra came, and in the hall, the Marquis of Qi was sitting on the main seat and enjoying the performance leisurely.

At this time, there was a commotion outside the main hall, and then I saw a person walking into the main hall angrily, and stepped forward to pay homage to the Marquis of Qi regardless of it: "Your Majesty Cui Ping, please see your lord!"

The surrounding singers were interrupted by him, and for a while they didn't know what to do, Qi Hou waved his hand and asked them to retreat, and then said gently, "Cui Qing came in a hurry, but there is something important?"

Cui Ping said: "Your Majesty, the minister heard that the ancient holy king, who was in the highest position between heaven and earth, and received the mandate of heaven from heaven, all of them were in the midst of anxiety and were remarkable, conscientious, and once they became famous, they began to decline, and there were many who did well at the beginning, but very few were able to persevere to the end."

"Is it easy to achieve hegemony, but it is difficult to keep it? When we revitalized the country, we had enough power, but we didn't have enough power to protect the hegemony, why was that?"

"It's not a lack of ability, this is Yin Yi's arrogance! If there is something good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom, and the king will not quit extravagance today, greedy for pleasure, and his subordinates will naturally follow suit. There are even female evil actors, in order to seek the realm of the body, to help collect all kinds of exquisite things to flatter."

"Indulge in pleasure, and the state declines

This is not the way of the Holy King!"

"Please also ask the king to get rid of these flattering villains, quit extravagance and frugality, and rejuvenate the society!"

After speaking, Cui Ping bowed to Qi Hou.

Qi Hou's originally happy mood suddenly felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly.

"Bang!"

"Lone has been on the throne for more than 30 years, he has been exhausted, diligent, respectful of the king, and praised Lone as the overlord of the world both inside and outside, is Lone the kind of lord who indulges in pleasure in your eyes?"

"After a lifetime of fighting, can't you enjoy it alone?"

"Your Majesty..."

"Go down!" Qi Hou said coldly.

Cui Ping's face was ugly, so he had to retreat. Above the main hall, everyone was silent and silent. After a while, Qi Hou waved his hand and let the song and dance continue.

Because of Guan Zhong's presence, Qi Hou didn't worry about state affairs at all, handed over state affairs to Guan Zhong, and continued to enjoy himself every day.

Guan Zhong also went to admonish, but Qi Hou only promised to let those people withdraw for two days to deal with state affairs, but it didn't take two days for it to sprout, and Guan Zhong no longer admonished. Since then, Qi has no enterprising spirit.

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Qi Hou forty-one years, Guan Zhong was seriously ill, and Qi Hou hurried to visit.

"Zhong Qing, among the ministers, who can be the prime minister?"

"This is the authority of the king, and it is not a minister to discuss!" Guan Zhong said: "The minister is seriously ill now, and I am afraid that he will die soon, but there are some things that the minister wants to persuade the king, easy teeth, open prescriptions, erect greedy villains, flatter the king to invite favor, the plan is bigger, and I hope the king will stay away from it!"

Qi Hou nodded and agreed, and dismissed a few people again, but not long after, Guan Zhong died of illness, and Qi Hou felt bored and bored when he dealt with the government, so he found these people back. And let a few people help him deal with state affairs.

These rights are exactly what a few people dream of, a few people are in power, Qi Guoqing and scholars are all competing with each other, and even several sons of Qi Hou are courteous to them, sending people to give them gifts, wanting them to say something good for themselves.

The country of Qi still looks prosperous and full of flowers, but after the prosperity, it will come to an end. Qi Hou did not designate the crown prince, and now the five princes are almost torn apart from each other.

Seeing this situation, these flattering villains immediately closed the palace gate, isolated the inside and outside, and forbade others to enter, and then prepared to support the son who had befriended them to ascend the throne.