Liu Yong smiled and said: "Your Majesty, although Liu Yijin has made great contributions in combating Maitreya Buddhism, it seems a bit inappropriate for him to be directly promoted from a town mayor to a county magistrate. Besides, he is still a border patrol prince. This The power in the hands of the position is already very great, and it can even influence a general's decision during war, but Wei Chen feels that this move is very inappropriate."
As soon as Liu Yong finished speaking, the entire court fell silent.
It seems ordinary, but the meaning of the words is obvious.
Liu Yijin not only cannot be the county magistrate, but the title of Patrolling Marquis given by His Majesty is too great. This is very inappropriate. These four words directly expressed his dissatisfaction.
The empress smiled faintly and did not answer Liu Yong's words. Instead, she changed the subject and said to Prince Su Gongze: "Prince Su is in charge of the Ministry of War and the Supervision Department. In your opinion, what should I do?"
King Su bowed and said: "Reporting to your majesty, Wei Chen feels that being able to take down the Maitreya Buddhist warriors in one fell swoop is indeed unparalleled. However, according to the intelligence received by Wei Chen, in this matter, not only the Miao Miao Temple Two eminent monks and a group of warrior monks helped, and there was also a Uighur medical sage beside Liu Yijin, so it can be seen that the credit was not attributed to Liu Yijin alone."
"If Your Majesty only rewards Liu Yijin, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public."
As soon as King Su finished speaking, the entire court could hear the sound of needles dropping. This showed that not only did the prime minister disagree with the empress's suggestion, but even King Su thought it was a bit too much.
The empress looked at the ministers again: "What do you think?"
"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister and King Su are right. If you reward only one person, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public. Moreover, Liu Yijin is just a long-term worker. Not only did he not take your Majesty's reward last time, but he pushed it back."
"It is really difficult for people who don't know their priorities to become the pillars of a large cadre."
Among the courtiers, people from the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War all stood up one after another, expressing different opinions.
The empress' face darkened: "Why, is it so difficult for me to reward a meritorious minister?"
"Maitreya Buddhism has revived. Liu Yijin was able to skillfully deal with it and seize the opportunity to capture Heikui in one fell swoop. He also learned the secrets of Maitreya Buddhism, which allowed me to adjust the policy in time. For the imperial court, this is very important. How much manpower and material resources will be saved? Have you calculated it?"
Everyone looked at each other.
Liu Yong said: "Your Majesty, although Liu Yijin has made great contributions, there are rules for official promotion. If someone is rewarded like this for making contributions in the future, I am afraid it will be detrimental to military affairs."
The empress' face was as gloomy as water.
King Su on the side coughed lightly and said: "Your Majesty, if Liu Yijin becomes the county magistrate, he will no longer be able to serve as the Border Patrol Marquis."
"Hunter Marquis is an important position. If you are careless and do not understand military affairs, it will not be of any benefit to the court."
"So, your Majesty, please think twice."
The empress snorted: "I have a golden tongue, can I take back what I have said?"
King Su whispered: "Wei Chen means that if Your Majesty wants to train Liu Yijin, it is better to let him focus on one thing, whether it is literature or martial arts, or just responsible for the wolf guard. After all, if the young man has not experienced training, he will not be able to do it at all." It is impossible to entrust him with a heavy responsibility.”
The empress remained silent.
Seeing that the heat was almost over, Liu Yong immediately changed the topic and said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that we take down Liu Yijin's hunting marquis. In this case, it would be reasonable to let him become a county magistrate."
The ministers hurriedly agreed, and even King Su nodded and said, "What the prime minister said makes sense."
The empress took a deep breath: "The Hunting Lord was promised to me. If he is taken away innocently, who will I become?"
"How can a dignified emperor go back on his word?"
"Your Majesty!" Liu Yong was about to speak, but the empress stood up directly: "Okay, since you all don't agree, then the county magistrate won't give it to him."
"The Hunting Lord can also take it off, is that okay?"
Liu Yong and others hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is wise."
The empress looked at everyone indifferently: "But if I don't reward you, I will be breaking the trust of the world!"
"I think I'll let Liu Yijin, the county-level Wolf Guard Chief, make a move and become the county chief."
After the empress finished speaking, she turned and left.
The eunuch next to him hurriedly shouted: "Retreat!"
Liu Yong and others looked as if they had eaten a fly. Chief of the county? The Wolf Guard is independent of the military and government. It is a trump card in His Majesty's hands and can monitor all officials.
And this little Liu Yijin is actually the head of the county. Doesn't that mean that all counties are within the scope of his supervision?
This power is much greater than that of the Hunting Lord.
But the empress also said just now that if you don't reward meritorious officials, you will be breaking the trust of the world!
Moreover, the county magistrate has also resigned, the hunting marquis has also picked, and Liu Yijin was originally the chief of the county level, so it makes sense to mention it further.
this?
Liu Yong glanced at King Su and saw that the latter had a calm expression. He thought it was a double act between him and His Majesty. He snorted coldly and turned around and walked out.
...
When the imperial edict arrived in Qingshui County, the county magistrate Liu Xin rushed to Qinghe Town without stopping. Liu Yijin was enjoying flowers in the garden with several women.
Song Lian and Wang Ying also knew about each other's relationship with Liu Yijin. The two former good sisters became good sisters again, while Sun Sangxiang was somewhat jealous and sat aside to watch the flowers and fish.
Lan Yu'er sat opposite Liu Yijin, fiddling with several bottles and jars of things. After a while, she took out some and dropped them on the stone surface, which instantly corroded the stone surface into large pits.
Then she dropped a little more liquid into the pond, and after a while, the fish in the entire pond began to become happy.
This scene made Liu Yijin and others tremble with fear: "Miss Lan, what are you talking about?"
'Of course this is corpse-dissolving liquid, and this is what drives people into madness. I haven't thought of a specific name yet. '
"Stimulants?" Liu Yijin blinked his innocent eyes and said.
Lan Yu'er was stunned for a moment, then nodded involuntarily and said, "That's a good name. Let's call it stimulant."
After speaking, Lan Yuer handed the stimulant to Er Zhuzi who was waiting aside: "Take it and give it to Hei Kui to try. By the way, if it is combined with the medicine I gave you yesterday, the effect will be better."
Erzhuzi stood aside and couldn't help but trembled: "Miss Lan, Hei Kui has told everything he knows, how about we?"
Lan Yuer elegantly picked up a piece of snack and handed it to Erzhuzi's mouth. The latter did not dare to neglect and ate it directly.
"Is it tasty?"
Erzhusheng said helplessly, "It's delicious."
"I've added something to this. I'm going to hear your response to the medicine within an hour. If you can't get it, I'll have to try it on you myself."
Watching Er Zhuzi run out quickly, Liu Yijin chuckled and said, "Miss Lan, I think so."
Lan Yuer's eyes glanced over, and Liu Yijin was so frightened that he hurriedly shut up: "You have the final say, you have the final say."
The maid Xiaorui came over in a hurry: "Sir, ladies, the county magistrate is here."
Liu Yijin yawned and stood up: "Why is he here on this hot day?"
"I don't know, the magistrate looks very anxious."
Song Lian chuckled and said, "Now that Jin is a very busy man, he has less time to spend with us."
Wang Ying chuckled: "If you like it, sister, I can go over and accompany you when I'm not busy."
Sun Sangxiang behind him looked disgusted.
Liu Yijin walked to the front yard and saw Liu Xin like an ant on a hot pot. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Sir, what are you doing?"
Liu Xin hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Liu Xin, a humble official, has met the county chief."
This frightened Liu Yijin to the side in a hurry: "Sir, are you kidding too much?"
Liu Xin hurriedly took out the imperial edict: "This is a reward personally written by His Majesty Zhengerbajing. It is the only one in our Qingfeng County."
Liu Yijin blinked his eyes, a little hard to accept.
Song Lian, Wang Ying and others who came after hearing the news burst into tears of joy when they heard that Liu Yijin had been promoted again.
Lan Yu'er also looked at Liu Yijin with interest. She didn't expect this guy to be so popular.
By the time Sheriff Han Feng arrived in the afternoon, the entire Zhou Mansion had been decorated with lights and firecrackers were going off.
Not only Qinghe Town, but also the entire Qingshui County squire and landowners came to visit one after another. Song Lian and Wang Ying looked at the gifts in the room and smiled from ear to ear: "If this pound is bigger, we will My house probably won’t be able to fit it all in.”
Wang Ying smiled and said, "Sister, I don't think I need to buy a house at all."
Song Lian looked confused: "Don't buy a house? Is it going to be built?"
Wang Ying said: "This one has become the chief of the county. I guess we all have to move to the county."
Song Lian was stunned: "Move? But I really don't want to move. It's great to live here, and we still have so much land. It would be a pity to lose it."
Wang Ying chuckled and said, "It's okay after we get to the county. If our family has money by then, we will naturally be able to buy more land."
Song Lian's eyes lit up and she looked at the gifts on the ground: "You are right. I think these gifts can be converted into money."
Wang Ying hurriedly stopped her and said, "That's not possible. This gift will be useful if you keep it."
"Someone gave Yijin a gift. This is Yijin's first time being such a big official. There are a lot of things that need to be taken care of. These things are simply not enough."
Song Lian looked melancholy: "Sister, do you mean we still need to fill it in more?"
Wang Ying thought of herself and the 250,000 taels of silver buried in a pound, and couldn't help but smile: "Yes, we still need to fill in more."
Liu Yijin sent away the visitor and walked into the backyard slightly drunk.
After looking at the gifts in the room, he was also stunned: "So many?"
Wang Ying chuckled: "Is this still too much?"
"This is far from enough. You have to know that you will be the chief of the county in the future. You don't need to take care of the county officials?"
Liu Yijin smiled: "The duty of the Supervision Department is to supervise all officials in the county, even the county governor Han Feng. Even if I give gifts, no one will want them."
Wang Ying smiled: "You can't think so. As the saying goes, you have to walk the road you haven't taken yet."
Liu Yijin let out a wine burp: "Okay, then I'll do as you say."
Seeing Liu Yijin staring directly at the two of them, Wang Ying's face flushed extremely red, and she said hurriedly: "You have drunk a lot, so just take a rest here first."
Just as Wang Ying was about to leave, Liu Yijin grabbed her and asked, "Where are you going?"
Wang Ying panicked and glanced at Song Lian unnaturally. Song Lian's cheeks were also flushed. This idiot, it's not even night yet, so she couldn't help but think about it. I'm not afraid that the maids will see the joke.
"Wang Ying has other things to do, so just let her go and do her business first. Besides, if you fail to protect the county magistrate or the county magistrate wants to find you later, aren't you afraid that they will see you in my room?"
Liu Yijin laughed: "I am the chief of the county now, so I am not afraid of them."
Song Lian gently pinched Liu Yijin's arm: "Idiot, do I lose face?"
