Chapter 51: Is the Gentleman Willing to Join the Cabinet?
Shi Heng saw that he had a worried look on his face, and comforted: "Don't worry, no matter who is the leader of Wara, they don't dare to break with Daming, after so many years, they have become accustomed to trading with Daming, and they won't make a big mess." โ
He hehehe: "If you dare to be disobedient, you don't need to fight, just suspend the trade, it's enough for them to drink a pot." โ
Li Qing nodded, and shook his head again: "Li'er is such a Li'er, but ...... My concern has never been about Varat, but about Tatar. โ
Shi Heng was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Even if the Tatar spring breeze blows and grows again, it doesn't matter, and he dares to invade the Ming Dynasty again?" โ
"You're a ...... Optimism. Li Qing shook his head amusedly, "If that's the case, the integration inside and outside the gate will also become difficult, and I don't know how much time it will waste." โรณฮ ั.oั๏ผง
Shi Heng scratched his head and sneered: "It's that you think too much, too greedy, and now this situation is excellent, fusion...... can be melted, but not melted, we are not short of people now. โ
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The two were not in the same dimension, and Li Qing didn't bother to waste his words, so he said, "Are you retreating now?" โ
"Retreated." Shi Heng smiled cheaply, "What work don't you have to do now, you enjoy it all day long, do you say it's annoying or not?" โ
Li Qing glanced at him, "The skin itched and said." โ
"Don't," Shi Heng said with a smile, "I am an old bone, if you punch it down, you have to beg me not to die." โ
After a pause, "By the way, your godson is not too young, and it just so happens that my granddaughter has also reached the age of marriage, or ......?" โ
Li Qing was speechless: "You deliberately took advantage of me, right?" โ
"What, I think that kid is pretty good...... Shi Heng got serious, "I'm serious, you think about it." โ
Li Qing shook his head: "He already has a master." โ
"What are these words?" Shi Heng didn't like it, "There has always been only a woman who has a master, he is a big man, and he is still the future Marquis of Yongqing, can't he just marry one?" โ
Shi Heng said in a loud voice: "Brother is not the kind of unreasonable person, just divorce his wife, just let my granddaughter be a flat wife." โ
"No kidding, there's a high probability that he can only marry one." Li Qing said seriously.
"If you don't want to, forget it, can you use such a lame reason to perfunctory me?" Shi Heng was a little angry, "Is he marrying a princess?" โ
Li Qing: "......"
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Most of the older people have bad tempers, Li Qing said some good words, and set up a table of wine and food, so that Shi Heng, a bad old man, was coaxed.
It's almost the New Year, Li Qing simply stopped thinking about those bad things and let himself relax......
Some people are happy and some are sad, but Zhu Jianshen in the palace is not happy at all.
Not for the government, but for the family.
When his son died young, his beloved woman washed his face with tears all day long, he was both sad and distressed, and even the joy of finding out a huge amount of commercial taxes was diluted.
Yongning Palace.
Zhen'er was teary-eyed, holding her knees and not saying a word, her son's premature death hit her too hard.
Zhu Jianshen walked in, and she didn't react at all.
"Stand down." Zhu Jianshen waved away the slave maid, stepped forward and sat on the edge of the bed, and comforted softly: "Zhen'er, don't be sad anymore, look forward......"
"How do you want your concubine to look forward?" Zhen'er's eyes turned red and she cried again.
Zhu Jianshen was helpless and distressed, picked up the jade bowl next to the bed, and persuaded: "The porridge is almost cold, let's eat something first." โ
He wanted to comfort that his son could be reborn if he was gone, but he felt that saying this would backfire for fear that it would backfire, so he had to say:
"I'm sad too, but ...... It's irreparable, it's been more than a month, why are you doing this? โ
Zhen'er wiped her eyes and sobbed: "The emperor has official business, just be busy, don't take care of the concubines." โ
"How can you ignore this?" Zhu Jian sighed deeply: "I don't eat well now, I don't sleep well, and I feel groggy all day ......long."
While exaggerating his pressure, he comforted Zhen'a, and in the end, his emotions came up, and the two hugged each other and cried bitterly......
After crying, Zhen'er felt better, ate something and lay down to sleep.
While Zhu Jianshen was relaxed, he couldn't help but sigh: Family affairs, national affairs, world affairs, and everything is troublesome......
Others are happy to celebrate the New Year, but he has a bad stomach.
Zhu Jianshen was depressed, and when he came out of Yongning Palace, he wanted to go to the imperial study, but he suddenly paused and said, "Swing and go to Lianjiatun'er." โ
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Small courtyard.
Li Hong squatted on the pony to choose vegetables, humming a little song in his mouth, not in a good mood.
He had already sent a letter to Jinling, reporting his safety to his parents, Uncle Zhu, and Sister Wanqing, believing that after the Lantern Festival, Sister Wanqing would return.
Originally, he wanted to go back and have a look, but he couldn't rest assured that he would go down to Jingshi's side, mainly because he was afraid that his godfather would put him together and completely cut off his career.
How can a manly man live a mediocre life...... Li Hong thought happily: I want to mix it up, let my godfather take a good look, and let Sister Wanqing ......
"Is Yongqinghou at home?"
A shrill voice came, interrupting Li Hong's conjecture.
"Godfather...... Yongqinghou is at home. Li Hong heard the voice of the eunuch, quickly wiped his hands, and stepped forward to open the door.
As soon as he opened the door, he was stunned.
It was indeed a eunuch who spoke, but the emperor was actually there, and he hurriedly saluted: "Long live my emperor when I see Weichen." โ
Zhu Jianshen glanced at him obliquely: "When did you become my courtier?" โ
โโฆโฆ I, I was a soldier of Funingbo in Hetao. Li Hong said with a red face.
"The pro-soldiers are not qualified to be vassals to the emperor." Huai En laughed and teased, and then asked, "What about Yongqing Hou?" โ
"At home."
Huai En dared to ridicule Li Hong, but he didn't have the courage to ridicule Li Qing, he just turned his head to look at Zhu Jianshen.
Zhu Jianshen was accustomed to Li Qing's rudeness, so he didn't show any dissatisfaction, and walked into the courtyard.
Li Hong greeted Zhu Jianshen and walked in, shouting towards the side room: "Godfather, get up soon, the emperor is here." โ
"Here it is." Li Qing's voice sounded, and after a while, he came out with his shoes kicked, and said with a smile: "I really don't want to leave the bed on this cold day, the emperor is not strange." โ
Zhu Jianshen glanced at him and said lightly: "It's a cold day, don't you invite me into the house?" โ
โโฆโฆ The emperor invites you in," Li Qing touched his nose and said to his godson, "Prepare tea." โ
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In the guest hall, two people are seated.
Li Qing said: "The emperor is here in person, but what's the urgency?" โ
"It's nothing, it's just ......" Zhu Jianshen took the tea presented by Li Hong and said, "I didn't have time to ask in detail last time, I want to hear you about the Hetao again." โ
Li Qing nodded, and picked the key points to tell Zhu Jianshen to listen to.
This is more than half an hour......
Seeing that it was noon, Li Hong saw that the emperor had no intention of leaving, so he had to add vegetables in a hurry......
After listening to Li Qing's narration, Zhu Jianshen was in a much better mood, and said happily: "Mr. is worthy of the important ministers of the two dynasties, and this arrangement is very ingenious, well... Very good, very good......"
After a pause, he suddenly said, "Sir, would you like to enter the cabinet?" โ
Li Qing was stunned: "Your Majesty, I'm a noble!" โ
"So what?" Zhu Jianshen didn't care, "I agree, if you want, it's fine!" Who would dare to say a word? โ
Zhu Jianshen is so confident, not because of his ability, but because of Li Qing's ability, as long as Li Qing is willing, everything is not a problem.
"Sir, I need you." Zhu Jianshen looked affectionate and said, "Mr. is not a conformist person, why should he care about this?"
Or is it that the gentleman is afraid that the group of civil servants will not succeed? โ
Li Qing just smiled, how could he not see this clumsy agitation method, but ...... He was really excited.
It doesn't matter what power is, he never cares about this, what he is excited about is that if he joins the cabinet, he can solve the problem more efficiently, and he can retire faster.
"This... I think about it. โ
Li Qing didn't say anything to death, mainly because he hadn't thought about it yet.
"Well, sir has thought about it, just give me a quasi-letter." Zhu Jianshen didn't force it, and Li Qing didn't refuse directly, which means that there is a play.
If you really want to force it, it will not be beautiful.
Zhu Jianshen no longer talked about this matter, and said: "As Mr. said, the current construction of the Hetao is in full swing, and the future prospects are very good, but ......"
"As the saying goes: no one cultivates wasteland, and there are people fighting for it; Although the Hetao is from the Ming Dynasty, it is not in the Guannei, the situation in the grassland is treacherous, the Tatars are not visible, and there is a tendency for civil strife in Warat......" Zhu Jianshen frowned and said, "I'm afraid that someone will set their eyes on the Hetao!" โ
Li Qing nodded with a smile, but he wasn't worried at all: "That's nothing, just use this to send troops, doesn't the emperor want to rectify the armament?" โ
"That's right." Zhu Jianshen also smiled, "Hmm... It's because I'm too careful, if I really want that, it's better, to see who can stop me from sending troops. โ
Li Qing suggested: "It is true that fighting is the best way to rectify armaments, but it is not the only one, and it is still necessary to focus on the overall situation." โ
Zhu Jianshen nodded: "Don't worry, I won't fight for the sake of fighting." โ
"The emperor is wise." Li Qing rarely patted his ass, picked up the tea and sipped it, "Your Majesty has come to dinner, or ......"
"Okay." Zhu Jianshen nodded.
"You go back to the palace."
Li Qing's words were half a beat slower, which once caused the atmosphere to be quite awkward.
Huaien glanced at Li Qing and was speechless.
Why are there still people...... What about the emperor who drove him away?
It happened that Li Hong came and broke the embarrassing atmosphere: "If the emperor doesn't dislike it, stay for a light meal." โ
Zhu Jianshen glared at Li Qing and said sullenly: "Let's serve the food." โ
"Hey, wait a minute, Your Majesty." Li Hong saluted and hurriedly went.
Putting aside the identity of the emperor, this is still his eldest brother, and he can't be treated badly.
Soon, the meal was served, six dishes and one soup, both meat and vegetarian, barely sumptuous.
Li Hong has studied cooking with Li Qing for so many years, and the taste is not bad, which surprised Zhu Jianshen.
Joked Li Qing: "I can't see it, your godson really has a knack for cooking, who did you learn it from?" โ
"I learned it all from my godfather." Li Hongyan said with a smile.
"Huh?" Zhu Jianshen was surprised, and laughed: "It turns out that the famous Yongqing Hou is still a master of cooking, unexpected, too unexpected......"
Huai En looked at the laughing emperor, and his heart was also very happy: The emperor hasn't laughed for a long time.