Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

Chapter 253

The road is long and long

Minister, Qi Yan paid homage to Kyoto.

A group of officials led by Chen has arrived in Guanzhong, and will arrive in Huainan in [-] days.

Wherever the imperial censors went, the common people lined the road to greet each other and see each other off from ten miles away.The people along the way heard that His Majesty's grace to save Huainan from the war all praised His Majesty's generosity. It can be seen that His Majesty is the aspiration of the people, and the heavenly power and blessings are all over the world.

From ancient to modern times, the common people in all dynasties have asked for only two things: three meals for food and clothing, and peace in the world.

Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has made great efforts to govern, reduced and exempted taxes, paid attention to agriculture and mulberry, and cared for all people.Although there were natural disasters, the court handled them properly.

Therefore, Your Majesty is what the people want.

Although the mobs in Huainan suffered from natural disasters, they got relief from the court first, and rebelled later.He is a nameless teacher of disloyalty and unrighteousness. According to my minister's opinion, even though the mob occupies all the advantages of the land, they are unjust and helpless, so there is nothing to fear.

This time, the minister must quell the Huainan rebellion and return the court to peace. I respectfully ask your majesty to live in the capital to preside over the overall situation and wait for the minister to return.

The first year of Chengqi, November.

On the tenth day after Qi Yan left, Nangong Jingnv received such a letter from Babaili Jizhao.

At that time, the court was going up, and when the servant entered the hall with the bamboo tube in his hands, there was no sound in the hall, and everyone's eyes were focused on the bamboo tube sealed with red wax.

Nangong Jingnv also suspended the court meeting, unscrewed the bamboo tube and dropped two letters from it.

One of the letters was the content above. Nangong Jingnv felt relieved after reading it, but she didn't smile.

On the other envelope was written four big characters: Jing Father Qi.

Nangong Jingnv's heart skipped a beat, Qi Yan hadn't called herself the word for a long, long time.

Nangong Jingnv kept her composure and tore open the letter, only to see that it said:

Your Majesty, words are like words.

It's been five days since we left Beijing. I don't know if everything in Beijing is safe?

At the time of writing, the trip to Huainan went smoothly. However, when I watched the people's livelihood along the way, I was shocked to find that there were many desolate places with dilapidated houses and overgrown with weeds. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why the court's tax revenue was weak.

The minister has marked the state capital below, and please His Majesty send the Chief Secretary of Agriculture and officials of the Ministry of Households to visit on the spot to find the source of the problem in time.

I have five volumes left in my study. I originally wanted to give His Majesty a birthday present, but for some reason I couldn't finish it in time. I have already picked out five volumes. Although this is not the best time, please read it first. , make a decision again.

The ancient sages once said: In troubled times, heavy codes should be used.

Another sage once said: Haste makes waste.

I have thought over and over again, but I don't know the pros and cons of implementing the new policy, so I ask your majesty to make a decision.

The remaining five volumes are not very important. I will wait for the minister to polish them carefully and present them to His Majesty after returning.

Another: Yu Xiao is cute, do you go to the study every day?

After reading this point, the corners of Nangong Jingnv's mouth curled up uncontrollably. She could see that Qi Yan's style of writing also paused a little, and she didn't know how long she had to think before she wrote the following words...

Qi Yan: The heart of the minister is still the same.

I would like to praise Dong Sui.

The first letter is a memorial between the monarch and his ministers, and the second letter is clearly a family letter, or is it... a love story?

Although there is not a single word of Meng Lang in the whole text, the emotions revealed between the lines trickle into my heart.

Nangong Jingnv watched it several times, and finally smiled.

Nangong Jingnu was amused by Qi Yan's pair of "Ziyun" and "Ziyue". Not only did she have a picture of Qi Yan's appearance when she wrote these words, she must have been sitting in front of the desk, and she didn't know it was given to her. Did you bring Ye Mingzhu?If you don't bring it, you probably need to light an oil lamp. When you write this... maybe you are also laughing?

Her smile is definitely different from her own, it will be that kind of reserved, even sly.

What, isn’t it just saying to myself: I have five tricks now, but I don’t know what the result will look like after using them. Some ancients said they should be used, and some ancients said they shouldn’t be used. I can’t make up my mind either. You are His Majesty, you decide.

Nangong Jingnv sighed softly, and said to herself: When did this person become so smooth?really...

Ever since she knew that Yu Xiao was not Qi Yan's biological child, Nangong Jingnv's little grudge against Yu Xiao disappeared, and she even felt sorry for Yu Xiao's life experience.The little guy became more intelligent, cute, and filial.

It’s just that the “mischief” when she was a child became more and more willful. Almost every few days, Nangong Jingnv could hear the master who went to the study to report to herself: Princess Yanyang knocked the grandson of a certain minister’s family again. Full bag.

Seeing the empress smile, the courtiers below were startled for a moment, then lowered their heads in unison.

It's just because Nangong Jingnv's smile is like a spring breeze, so beautiful.

The Wei State believed in Confucianism, and paid attention to not seeing injustice, so the ministers consciously avoided suspicion.

Nangong Jingnv coughed lightly, put away her smile, her eyes were still filled with tenderness and tenderness.

Qi Yan is such a miraculous existence in Nangong Jingnv's heart, and it stands to reason that people who anger the emperor generally have no good end.

But Qi Yan was different, she hurt Nangong Jingnv's heart with just a few words, and the empress not only did not hold grudges, but was coaxed into a smile by her short letter.

Sometimes, Nangong Jingnv and Qi Yan are very much like ordinary couples in the folk. There may be quarrels, but they regard each other as their own family members in the bottom of their hearts. Slowly forgive each other without saying too much.

Nangong Jingnv looked at the two letters Qi Yan wrote to her again, and instantly understood Qi Yan's intention: Why should the content that can be written in one time be split into two parts?

Nangong Jingnv picked up Qi Yan's first letter and handed it to the servant at the side: "The head of the imperial envoy sent the letter back, read it out and pass it on to all the adults."

Waiter: "Yes."

……

After going to court, Nangong Jingnv went straight to the study of Chengchao Palace.

The furnishings in the study were still the same, according to the original arrangement of the study in the Prince Consort's Mansion. Nangong Jingnv found the five volumes mentioned in Qi Yanxin's letter on the bookshelf when she raised her eyes.

Opening them one by one, the familiar handwriting came into view again. The five volumes are: "On the Disadvantages of Irregularity in Court Defense", "On the Disadvantages of Redundant Officials and Expenses", "On the Disadvantages of Official Corruption", "On the Disadvantages of Supporting and Supporting Officials" The Disadvantages of Soldiers' Self-respect" and the last volume "On the Disadvantages of the Old Government of the Former Dynasty".

Looking at these topics, Nangong Jingnv couldn't help but be dumbfounded. She knew what Qi Yan had been busy with since she became the throne, but she didn't expect it to be such a huge project, and this was only half of it.

Nangong Jingnv touched the thickness of each volume, at least dozens of pages, she couldn't help being in awe, she straightened her waist and opened the first volume.

……

The clapper of the third watch was knocked quickly, but Nangong Jingnu only read half of it, Qi Yan's eyes were sharp, penetrating into it, there was not a single nonsense in the whole article, every word was to the point.

There are many shortcomings of Nangong Jingnv who feel that something is wrong but can't explain why, after Qi Yan mentions it like this, it seems to be enlightened.

The servant came to invite her several times, but Nangong Jingnv couldn't bear to take her eyes off the dossier for a moment. She was so annoyed by the invitation, she simply told the servant that she would not go back tonight and stayed overnight in Chengchao Palace.

Anyway, Qi Yan is not in the capital, she can live anywhere.

The first volume "On the Disadvantages of Court Defense Irregularity" is mainly based on the fact that the Imperial Forest Army colluded with King Yu Nangongda's rebellion before, combined with the subsequent evidence that the inner court officials intended to assassinate Nangong Jingnv, and elaborated on the hidden dangers of the entire inner court Disadvantages, and solutions.

In the second volume, "On the Disadvantages of Redundant Officials and Redundant Costs", Qi Yan listed Wei's official titles from the imperial court to local and military ranks. There are more than 600, and the total number of officials is as high as 8!

After that, Qi Yan carefully calculated the salary that the court needs to pay every year. When she saw the figure, Nangong Jingnv's eyes froze and her heart beat.

At the end, Qi Yan roughly clicked on the powers and responsibilities of each overlapping position, and marked the overlapping parts of responsibilities and powers with a cinnabar pen.

Qi Yan: As the saying goes, if you are not in the position, you will not seek your own government, but overlapping functions will inevitably lead to omissions or evasion. If things go on like this, not only the imperial court will have huge expenses, but the people will have nowhere to report, which will cause a lot of harm but no benefit.

When I was in Jinzhou, I found that many local officials had become "Shiqing Shilu", and the people even sang and joked: "Iron-struck officials, flowing water officials."

Although the positions of these head officials are not high, and some even have no rank and salary, most of them are held by local people. They are recommended by the system and passed down from the beginning of the previous dynasty to the current dynasty. After hundreds of years, they have been inherited for several generations.Most of them inherited their father's business from their sons, and they have great power in the local area, and even have the ability to influence the government.

The patriarch of the family that led to the appearance of officials in various state capitals is no different from the vassal king. The group of "head officials" is very large, and they protect each other, and they can affect the whole body if they are connected with each other. They can influence the government's decrees. I hope your majesty will make plans early.

After reading this, Nangong Jingnv's eyes wet.

What a huge project, Nangong Jingnu could hardly imagine that it was completed by one person in such a short period of time.

No wonder the imperial doctor said: Qi Yan was overthinking, Nangong Jingnv was still wondering why Qi Yan would be so tired after leaving the court...

If I had known that she was working so hard, I would just rely on her. Why did I quarrel with her?

Nangong Jingnv recalled what she asked Qi Yan before her birthday: "What are you going to give me for my birthday this year? Could it be another ingot of old ink?" Thinking of this scene, Nangong Jingnv wanted to slap herself!

Qi Yan said in the letter: Her heart is still the same.

After learning that Qi Yan is not from the Wei country, this feeling is more about respect.

How could Wei State and Qi Yan be included in the four words "Blood and Deep Enmity"?

To put it bluntly, what does the prosperity of the Wei State have to do with Qiyan Agula, the Khan of the Grassland?

After all... isn't it all for yourself?All of this is for myself.

I have become a female emperor, and if the Wei country dies, the female emperor will have no face to survive. Everything Qi Yan does is for herself!

Nangong Jingnv sniffed, and raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

She regretted not being able to spend more time with Qi Yan, since she became the throne, she just went to see her every day, and felt that she had already paid a lot for her...

The third volume "On the Disadvantages of Corruption of Officials" exemplifies the problems of some students from Jinzhou who have no way to become an official, and many officials with the right to recommend openly accept the so-called "knocking fee" and "recommendation money". Qi Yan He also said that this was just the tip of the iceberg, and if he wanted to be promoted to a higher level, it would be more than a thousand taels of silver?

The solution was then attached: the establishment of an anti-corruption department, accepting anonymous reports at all levels, etc.

The fourth volume "On the Disadvantages of Self-respect of Supporting Soldiers" made Nangong Jingnu feel terrified again. If this dossier gets out, there will be another bloodbath.

This dossier did not mention anything else. It said that Youzhou Prefecture had more than [-] soldiers, and that the Jiedu envoys in various places had too much power. It also suggested that Nangong Jingnv gradually take back the military power and set up supervision.

The last volume, "On the Disadvantages of the Old Government of the Former Dynasty", analyzed the root cause of the difficulty in collecting taxes and taxes in the imperial court-the exchange of banknotes for salt and quotations.

Qi Yan carefully analyzed the original intention of this national policy, and the wording was straightforward, directing the palace to let the people lose money and benefit themselves.

Nangong Jingnv frowned slightly, Qi Yan pointed out so bluntly that her father had committed a crime of disrespect, Nangong Jingnv was so angry several times that she wanted to throw this dossier away, but her eyes didn't listen No matter what, I can't move it.

If it was anyone who wrote such a thing, Nangong Jingnv would have been angry long ago, and it was only because it was written by Qi Yan that Nangong Jingnv could read it patiently.

Although Nangong Jingnv felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, she had to say: Although Qi Yan's words were sharp, they were all correct.

Just as Qi Yan said: This national policy has become a festering sore of the imperial court, it will definitely hurt if it is cut off, and it will only rot if it is kept...

Nangong Jingnv read it all night, and Dongfang Lubai just finished reading the last word. She slumped on the chair, with cold sweat protruding from her forehead.

Nangong Jingnv instinctively wanted to burn these five scrolls. Once Qi Yan was seen by outsiders, she would become the target of all forces, even the whole world...

She didn't want Qi Yan to suffer any harm, even if it was a potential danger.

Nangong Jingnv's heart was filled with fear: This person actually put such an important thing in such a prominent position, it's really desperate!

But these five volumes of dedication are priceless, and Nangong Jingnv is a little bit reluctant.

After struggling for a while, Nangong Jingnv decided to memorize all these and keep them in her heart, Qi Yan is the safest.

Nangong Jingnv has decided that these five policies should be implemented as soon as possible, but the empress must give the order, and no one should know that this is Qi Yan's idea. The interests involved are too deep, and there have been few things on the "side of the Qing emperor" in the past and present?

Nangong Jingnv rubbed her eyebrows: "Come here."

A servant's voice came from outside the door: "Your Majesty."

Nangong Jingnu: "Pass down the decree and stop court today."

Internal servant: "Observe the order."

Although Nangong Jingnv has the ability of photographic memory, but the content is too much, even she can't just read it once and recite it word for word.

At this moment, Nangong Jingnv felt personally how heavy this country is, and how far she... and Qi Yan have to go.

Nangong Jingnv naturally included Qi Yan, in Nangong Jingnv's heart Qi Yan was never a dangerous existence, let alone a "usurper".

This road is too long... Nangong Jingnv hopes that there is someone who can accompany her on the journey, and this person... can only be Qi Yan.