It was determined that Rong Zhao would be conferred the official in the morning, but the holy decree was drawn up by one department and one department, and it was already stamped in the afternoon.

Rong Zhao was announced to be an official at the time of Shen.

She had only been to the palace a few times, and this was the first time she had entered the imperial study.

Emperor Yongming sat on the top, King Jin stood on the side below, in addition, Prime Minister Zhang, Zhongshu Sheren, Hubu Shangshu, Bingbu Shangshu, Officials Shangshu, Officials Shangshu, are all there.

Rong Zhao entered the hall and saluted.

Emperor Yongming asked her, "Rong Zhao, do you know the duties of the household servant?" Rong Zhao raised his hand, lowered his eyes, and looked very calm: "Zhao knows, he will do his best."

Emperor Yongming smiled, the recent lack of money has disturbed his sleep, Rong Zhao is willing to accept this military order, naturally he has some confidence, he can't wait to let Rong Zhao get him money now.

"Respectfully, the king, proclaim." Emperor Yongming raised his hand.

Pei Huaibei glanced at Rong Zhao, took a deep breath, closed his eyes slightly, covered all the emotions in his eyes, and then stepped out, stood in front of Rong Zhao, opened the bright yellow holy decree, and read aloud-

"I heard that Rong Zhao, the prince of Anqing, has a valuable character, Tianhui is smart, Bogu is through the present, the founding group and the workshop, benefiting the people, and the capital daily, ...... Worried about the country and the people, there are also Yiqun's talents, should enter the court, serve the country, and now specially canonized as the right servant of the household department. Chin this. "

The content of the Wild Goose Pilgrimage Decree is so long that Rong Zhao's head hurts, and it is rare that King Jin can still read it at a uniform speed from beginning to end, without a moment's pause.

Hearing the last two words, Rong Zhao slowly knelt down, raised his hand, landed on his forehead, and said loudly: "Minister Rong Zhao, leader, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

"Up." Emperor Yongming raised his hand.

Rong Zhao straightened up, raised his hand, and took the holy decree from King Jin's hand, and then slowly got up. She lowered her eyes the whole time, did not squint, and her expression was calm and calm.

Emperor Yongming nodded and said with a smile: "In the future, I will call you Rong Qing, your father is from the military, but you are from the text, and tomorrow you will enter the household department and take care of the money for me."

- It's money!

Rong Zhao knew it in his heart, and smiled mildly on his face: "Yes, the minister takes the order."

Emperor Yongming waved his hand and waved her back, "You step aside, I have important matters to discuss with the ministers." Rong Zhao bowed again, then turned around with the holy decree in his hand and left the study. Pei Huaibei also saluted: "Grandson retires."

Emperor Yongming nodded, he discussed the war with the courtiers, and obviously did not want King Jin to stay. The king hurried out.

Walking out of the main hall, holding the Ming Huang Holy Decree in his hand, Rong Zhaochang

Let out a long breath.

Today is her official position, so she must be courteous and thoughtful, and make a big gift. When she straightened her sleeves in the temple and kowtowed to the standard, she knew that she was going to live a life without freedom.

Rong Zhao lowered his eyes and looked at the holy decree in his hand, smiled and shook his head.

Behind him, King Jin had a bigger step, and soon caught up with her, Rong Zhao saluted, and the king returned the salute.

"Lord Rong, can you go together?" Pei Huaibei asked softly. Rong Zhao smiled and said: "There is only one way out of the palace, please the king."

Pei Huaibei took a deep breath and walked beside her, from the study to the palace gate, he could only walk out, and the stone road was long, and it was in plain sight, so it was not in the way, and it would not make people think that Rong Zhao had something to do with King Jin.

The two were side by side, keeping a distance not far or close, Rong Zhao looked ahead, his steps were calm, and his eyes did not squint. "Congratulations, Lord Rong." Pei Huaibei accosted.

Rong Zhao: "Your Highness is polite, and congratulations to His Royal Highness on taking up his post in the Ministry of Industry."

When she entered the study, she happened to hear that Emperor Yongming asked Pei Huaibei to go to the Ministry of Industry, it didn't matter whether he took the initiative or Emperor Yongming's meaning, King Jin was able to enter the Sixth Department, and he could be regarded as having some real power.

Pei Huaibei tugged at the corners of his mouth, and his voice was soft: "The emperor not only sealed Lord Rong, but also Prince Yu's son Pei Guanshan entered the Ministry of Officials, as a foreigner, and Zhang Changxing, the second son of the Zhang family, is the head of the Ministry of Rites, and he is already drafting the decree."

Rong Zhao's footsteps paused slightly, and then continued to move forward.

She entered the court as an official because the emperor asked her to make money, what happened to Pei Guanshan and Zhang Changxing entering the court? What about Pei Chengjue?

The Shuangjie of the capital has never been bound, why is only Pei Guanshan entering the court?

As if knowing her doubts, Pei Huaibei's low voice next to him sounded: "When the King of Deer saw you entering the court, he wanted Pei Chengjue to enter the court, and wrote an excerpt, and the emperor sealed Pei Guanshan and Zhang Changxing."

It is clear that this is a knock on the deer king.

That's right, King Deer is now the only one of the three princes to be crowned king, even if he wants to keep a low profile, those opportunistic officials will not let him keep a low profile.

Rong Zhao naturally knows that there are already rumors that the deer king is the prince.

I just don't know if letting Pei Chengjue enter the court is the temptation of the deer king or the arrogance of the deer king...... But no matter which one it is, Pei Chengjue is very difficult.

There was no unwarranted disaster, and these four words flashed in her mind. Immediately, Rong Zhao said politely: "Write more about the king to solve his doubts." Pei Huaibei paused. The two of them had almost reached the palace gate at this time.

After a while, he raised his feet again, his steps were a little hurried, and he walked next to Rong Zhao, his voice hoarse:

"Ah Zhao, I know why you entered the court, it is for the people.

"I am not completely disregarding the people, in December last year, I had asked the Ke family caravan to secretly go to Goryeo to buy grain, and in March, a large amount of grain will be transported to the Dayan Dynasty to stabilize the price of grain, and the snow disaster in Mazhou has been completely resolved, and the states are stable."

Rong Zhao was stunned.

This is a very informative statement.

The Ke family is a businessman and grain merchant on the same level as the Guo family, and he went to buy grain in December last year.

The Ke family turned out to be his people!

This imperial grandson, who has been raised in the temple for eighteen years, is not simple behind him. In December, people bought food, and at the same time devoted themselves to the disaster, and now looking at it, it is indeed preparing for war.

Pei Huaibei: "When I returned to Beijing, I brought back twenty Taoist priests from Huaizhou, and they will enter the Ministry of Industry, start with fireworks, study the method of ambushing fire, the power of thunder, and assist in preparing for war."

The law of ambushing fire, the power of thunder!

It's explosives.

There was gunpowder in the Dayan Dynasty, but explosives and gunpowder were not the same thing. Rong Zhao looked at him fiercely, his expression serious.

Pei Huaibei was stunned for a moment, and then said softly: "You taught me, the way of fireworks can be far-reaching......"

Xun Daochang came from Huaizhou, and there were many Taoist priests in Huaizhou. Rong Zhao suddenly reacted at this time, and Nameless was also from Huaizhou, together with Xun Daochang!

——Huaizhou is an unknown base camp.

Rong Zhao took a deep breath and slowly spoke: "How long have you been studying this thunderous power?" Pei Huaibei: "Last July." That is, fireworks have just been introduced......

Rong Zhao's eyes were complicated, and he looked at him deeply: "From July last year to now, seven months, I don't believe you haven't studied anything. Did you choose to stay in my mansion because of the power of thunder?"

"At first it was, but then it ......"

Rong Zhao interrupted him: "Since you have achieved some results, and you also want to sit in that position, why do you want to take it out now? Aren't you afraid that the bamboo basket will be empty?"

Nameless looked at her, he grew a little taller, when he first met Rong Zhao, he was only half a head taller, and now he is a head taller than Rong Zhao, he sees that she needs to lower her head.

His eyes were complicated, bottomless, and his voice was hoarse: "Ah Zhao, I said, I am not completely disregarding the people, the power of thunder can't let me sit in that position, but it can be used on the battlefield to decide the winner as soon as possible, and there will be fewer deaths.

"With gunpowder and fireworks in front, sooner or later, the method of ambushing the fire will be penetrated, and I choose

Choosing this time to go to war is already a selfish act, and we can only do everything we can

force, so that the impact is smaller. "

He's honest.

Rong Zhao didn't know about hot weapons, but he still knew basic gunpowder.

Even if it can be made now, the power of explosives is not great, unless he crosses the ages and masters the thermal weapons that cannot exist today, the so-called thunder power is indeed not enough to make him ascend to the throne.

"Zhao, I'm sorry."

Rong Zhao shook his head, "You don't have to apologize to me, we don't have anything to do with it." Pei Huaibei's body was stunned.

The two had already walked to the gate of the palace, and there was a guard.

Rong Zhao raised his hand and saluted King Jin: "Your Royal Highness, the minister will retire first." With that, she lowered her hand and turned around. Pei Huaibei took a step forward and stopped.

Rong Zhao had already gotten into the carriage and didn't look back.

The carriage staggered back to the Anqing Palace.

Rong Ping hurriedly said: "How's it going?"

Rong Zhao handed him the holy decree and left, "Father, look at it yourself, I have something to do to go to the back mountain, you don't care about me."

Rong Ping: "Hey—" He still had a lot of questions to ask, but Rong Zhao had already gone to the back mountain.

On the way back from the palace gate, Rong Zhao thought a lot.

When she first made fireworks, she didn't study explosives, because she didn't know anything about thermal weapons, she was a merchant in her last life, not an inventor, so she knew a gunpowder formula, and the Dayan Dynasty already had gunpowder.

She wants to make a hot weapon in this dynasty, absolutely impossible.

Besides, even if she researched at that time, who should she hand it over? Emperor Yongming or the prince?

Now, in places she didn't know, some ancients she didn't know still touched that threshold.

- Now she doesn't know what the impact will be. — but this is the development of history, and she should go with it.

Rong Zhao walked to the back mountain, Xun Daochang was sitting on a recliner drinking tea, and when he saw her come in, he immediately stood up: "Shizi, I have arranged all the things to make fireworks, and they are all familiar with them now......"

He was afraid that Rong Zhao would dislike him for being lazy, although he was indeed lazy.

Rong Zhao took a deep breath and suddenly asked him: "Daoist Xun, are you willing to be an official?" From now on, you will deal with the thunderous power of this firework?"

Xun Daochang was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up.

Rong Zhao already knew the answer, and she smiled lightly

: "I don't know much about the method of ambushing fire and the power of thunder, and I have told you everything I know in the past, and now, I have a few stories to tell to Chief Xun Dao......"

March 1.

Rong Zhao went to court for the first time and pretended to be dead the whole time, but when King Jin proposed to bring Taoist priests into the Ministry of Engineering, she came out of the ranks-

"Your Majesty, the Taoist priests who make fireworks in the minister's mansion also have some skills, if the Ministry of Industry wants to study the method of ambushing fire and the power of thunder, the minister is willing to send three Taoist priests such as Daoist Xun to enter the Ministry of Industry."

When gunpowder first appeared, it was very useful on the battlefield, but then everyone knew about it, so it didn't work. King Jin wants to study in the Ministry of Industry, and Emperor Yongming is eager to win, and he is still looking forward to it.

Hearing Rong Zhao's words again at this time, he immediately smiled and praised: "Good! King Jin said that he learned the way of thunder from the fireworks in your house, and it is a matter of fact that he can have the help of the Taoist chief of your house

Do more with less.

If you can really make a weapon that is conducive to the battle situation, I would like to make a great contribution to the king, Rong Qing, and you will be credited!

Xu Shangshu's eyes sank slightly.

This recruited an official on the first day, and he actually did this one, what does this mean? Worried that you won't be able to get the blame of the Emperor Qian?

Now that she has dedicated herself, it is equivalent to planting another seed, if she really researches something useful, even if she can't get money here, this official position is secure.

This made Xu Shangshu not very happy.

But it is actually a minority who pay attention to Rong Zhao's praise, and more people care about King Jin's praise... You must know that although King Jin is the weakest, he can't stand up to him as the son of the first prince and the only king.

At the top, Emperor Yongming said: "At this time, when the army is dispatched, there should be a leader of the army, who do you think is suitable?"

The grain and grass have been transported, and the next step is to send troops, and the army will go out in the next two days. Now it is time to appoint the leader.

There are naturally a lot of generals, the old subordinates of the Rong family, the current Zhen'an General General Yang has been decided, and the Anbei General who is at the border is the main force in the war.

But there is still a lack of a leader, that is, a person with a high status who can control the field.

Naturally, there was a lot of discussion below, and some people asked for help.

At this time, Pei Qin took a deep breath and came out: Father, the son is willing to go to Yanyun, subdue the lost land, and subdue Beiyan! Not to mention the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military, even the Yongming Emperor at the top sat up straight. The fifth prince, Pei Qin, actually wants to lead an army to go on an expedition?

Some people immediately opposed it, while others strongly supported it.

Rong Zhao's expression was calm, although it was a positive third grade, but he was drowned in the queue of officials, very quiet.

r /> "His Royal Highness the Prince has a noble status, how can he go to the border?"

It is because of His Royal Highness the Prince's noble status that he can boost morale even more, how can he stop it?" The Fifth Highness has never been on the battlefield. "But the Fifth Highness is very good at riding and archery, and besides, there are soldiers in the war, and the Fifth Highness can guard it."

There was a quarrel upward.

Emperor Yongming looked at Pei Qin, and put aside everything else, the prince went to sit in town, which was indeed very morale-boosting. He pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement: Since Xiao Wu is willing to serve the country, I agreed. The courtiers below looked at each other.

Pei Qin knelt down, kowtowed, and looked serious: "Father, the son has something to ask for." You said. Emperor Yongming spoke.

Pei Qin took a deep breath, looked at Rong Zhao with his eyes, and said softly: "Ask my father and emperor to agree to the matter of his son--wait for his son's triumph and forgive one person's sins."

"Who?"

Pei Qin shook his head and just kowtowed: "Ask my father to agree!"

Emperor Yongming groaned again, and then nodded: "I have agreed."

In fact, it's not a big deal, isn't it just to forgive a person's sin? He only regarded it as an important person beside Pei Qin, even Concubine Zheng, and committed some big crime, and he wanted Pei Qin to exchange for military merits.

If you can really triumph, take back Sanzhou, and subdue Beiyan, this is a trivial matter.

"Thank you, Father!" Pei Qin was overjoyed.

Rong Zhao lowered his eyes slightly and did not speak.

The fifth prince, Pei Qin, was named King An and led his troops to the expedition on March 4.

The news shook the capital.

He only had three days to prepare, and he was very busy, and Rong Zhao met Pei Qin in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing on the evening of March 3. "You're here." Pei Qin was wearing armor, his hair was tied up high, which was very different from usual, but his smile was still sunny. Rong Zhao smiled: "King An invited, why didn't you come?" Pei Qin let out a long breath and said softly: "Ah Zhao, when I am triumphant, I will ask my father to forgive the crime of bullying the king in the Anqing Palace.

Rong Zhao shook his head and sighed: "You shouldn't go, that day, the people who supported you to go were the people of the Deer King and the Three Princes."

At the critical time when the prince is seizing the heir, it is really dangerous to run out to fight.

The other two may take the opportunity to be ruthless, and Emperor Yongming is not in good health, in case he goes on an expedition, Emperor Yongming ...... He can't come back, he will lose the opportunity!

Pei Qin looked at her deeply, as if he wanted to engrave her into his heart, and his voice was hoarse: "You are now an official in the court, everyone is staring at you, once the incident in the east window happens, my father will be angry, I want to exchange military industry for your peace."

All right.

"My father promised me in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, I will not regret it, Ah Zhao, you take care, take care of yourself, don't be found secret. If necessary, you can marry the Zheng family, and the Zheng family will assist you in everything, I have already told you. Pei Qin instructed.

Rong Zhao bowed his head and smiled. She was smiling, but she looked a little far away.

is dressed in men's clothes, but it is difficult to hide the elegance and beauty between her eyebrows and eyes.

Pei Qin stretched out his hand stupidly, and when he was about to put it on Rong Zhao's cheek, he paused. In the end, his hand did not stick to it, and slowly fell, gently pulling away the jade pendant from her waist, and his voice became more and more hoarse and low: "Ah Zhao, wait for me."

Rong Zhao looked at him, still smiling.

"His Royal Highness King An!" Someone shouted behind him, as if something was looking for him. Rong Zhao raised his hand: "His Royal Highness King An, farewell."

Pei Qin stared closely, his eyes wistful.

Rong Zhao raised her eyes, a pair of phoenix eyes in the moonlight, more and more dazzling, her voice was soft: "Take care, I wish you a victory." Pei Qin smiled at this time.

Rong Zhao turned to leave.

However, the moment she turned around, the smile on her face fell, her expression was calm, and there was not the slightest wave in her eyes.

In this world, there may be many women who will be moved when they hear people say, "I will fight for you and exchange military industry for your safety". Even many TV series that Rong Zhao has watched, women should be moved to believe it at this time.

But Rong Zhao didn't.

- Pei Qin is coaxing her more than half of this!

The second prince is already the king of the deer and occupies an absolute advantage.

The third prince is now weak, but there are countless families behind him, and they will support him.

What does Pei Chin have? The fundamental reason why he was able to fight in the ring with the two imperial brothers was the favor of Emperor Yongming.

But now that King Jin has appeared, this seems to be the person who is more favored by Emperor Yongming.

Pei Qin has no advantage, and in the past encounter, he did not take any advantage, and even lost.

If he still wants to fight, he can only fight to the death, such as the battle with Beiyan this time.

Just like Pei Huaibei's trip to Massachusetts for disaster relief, he also has to gamble with Beiyan War!

In today's situation, Pei Qin led his troops to the battle, and more than eighty percent of the reasons were for the military industry and the battle for succession. It's just that Emperor Yongming agreed to a request and exonerated her.

She is less than 10% of the reasons for this. But it does not prevent King An from using this to please her and pursue her.

If she really believes and is moved, it will do no harm to Pei Qin Baili.

That's what men are.

Pei Qin didn't know her in the end, not to mention that he didn't go out for her, or really for her, she wouldn't be moved.

If she wants it, she will take it herself.

She will protect her own life.

Pei Qin didn't take her ability to heart, and didn't think that she could make the whole world accept her "crime of bullying the king" on her own.

He naturally wanted to protect her, just as he once thought that letting her be the queen and continuing her career at the same time was the greatest freedom.

Unfortunately, that was never.

People pursue differently, some people like to be protected, and some people like to be taken care of. But for her, it was bondage.

She wants to swim freely between heaven and earth, not in anyone's hands. - That women's dress, she will only put it on herself.

Behind her, King An Pei Qin watched her leave.

Rong Zhao's expression was calm, his back was straight, his steps were firm and forward, his back was chic, the hem of his clothes was fluttering, and he didn't look back.

On March 4, Pei Qin set out on an expedition and was sent off by hundreds of officials.

Rong Zhao was in the crowd, his expression was unwavering, although he was not moved by Pei Qin's words. But there was a saying last night that was still true, I hope he will triumph, I hope that the Dayan Dynasty will win as soon as possible, and the war will end as soon as possible.

The mighty army left from the city gates, not only sending off hundreds of officials, but also the people. But how many of them will be able to come back? Rong Zhao watched them drift away.

After sending people away, Rong Zhao returned to the household.

She is the head of the household department, the second only to Xu Shangshu, and all the officials of the household department have to salute her, very polite, and no matter what she does.

Now the household department is very busy, the army has set off, and every day it has to burn money, and the household department is so busy that it has no time to sleep. Rong Zhao left work on time every day because she was still in the stage of familiarizing herself with the job.

Xu Shangshu entered the palace every day to quarrel with people, and he didn't have time to care about her for money. She is very chic in the household.

As soon as I thought of Xu Shangshu, this old man came.

He had a calm face: "Lord Rong, the emperor let you enter the department, and directly made him a third-grade member, this is an honor that has never been honored, Pei Shizi is only a sixth-grade official, Lord Rong must always show some strength, right?"

Well, it's time to put pressure on you.

After all the adults in the room had bowed, they all bowed their heads and pretended to be dead, as if they had not heard anything.

- The eldest and the second are fighting, and they have nothing to do with it.

——

Rong Zhao smiled slightly, put down the pen, stood up and raised his hand politely, and returned to Shang

Lord Shu, the lower officials have been looking through the account books of the household department for the past few days and are familiar with the accounts.

Xu Shangshu didn't smile at the flesh; "What does Lord Rong think? The emperor is still waiting. ”

Rong Zhao smiled, smiled very brightly, took out a piece of paper from the table, and approached Xu Shangshu: "Lord Xu, Xia Guan recently looked through the accounts of the household department and found that there are many merchants who pay a very large amount of taxes every year, my lord, do you think we should reward them?"

Xu Shangshu: ???

Where is this?

Seeing that Rong Zhao had been sitting at his desk and looking at the account books for the past few days, he thought that he would see something terrible. He was really afraid that she would think of a way to get money, but he didn't expect this guy to hold back such a sentence after brewing for so many days!

- This is indeed a boy of good wealth.

Let her make money, she wants to spend money as soon as she comes.

Xu Shangshu sneered, flicked his sleeves, and said in an indifferent voice: "The household department has no money to reward, and paying taxes is what they should do, if Lord Rong only has this ability, I am afraid that he will live up to the emperor's love!"

After saying that, he left directly, and didn't bother with her at all. The officials in the house were even more silent, not daring to say a word, and continued to pretend to be dead.

Seeing this, Rong Zhao could only sigh, sat down, and said loudly under the gaze of the other officials in the room: "It seems that Lord Shangshu will not allocate funds, in this case, I can only make an IOU for myself first and get some funds......

Then, she actually wrote an IOU.

——In the name of Lord Rong, the head of the household department, he borrowed money from Rong Zhao, fifty taels.