Eunuch Fu knelt on the ground in fear. His body was shaking all the time and he didn't dare to look at the emperor who was sitting there. Even if he just took a glance, it was a crime of treason to look at the emperor without permission and he was suspected of regicide.
Li Zheng leaned on the pillow cushioned with silk, turning the ring in his hand playfully and looking at Eunuch Fu who was kneeling on the ground shivering from time to time.
Zhou Fei, the chief eunuch, was also silent. He knew the emperor's habits clearly. It would be a serious crime to interrupt the emperor's thinking at this time. Even he would not be immune to being reprimanded.
After a long time, Li Zheng stretched out and said, "Fuhai, raise your head and look at me!"
Eunuch Fu raised his head timidly, not even daring to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead: "Your Majesty, this slave deserves death for ruining His Majesty's errand!"
Li Zheng smiled playfully: "Get up, I forgive you. The importance of the imperial edict or the Golden Dragon Order is really not something that you, a little eunuch, can weigh, so be safe."
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Li Zheng sneered: "Then Liu Mingzhi really said that he would wait until after the marriage to come to the capital to meet the saint?"
"Yes, yes, I don't dare to deceive Your Majesty even if I have ten thousand courages. Liu Bandu's father-in-law and father-in-law tried their best to urge Liu Bandu to go to Beijing to meet the saint, but Liu Bandu tried his best to shirk it, and I didn't dare to be too I have forced Liu Bandu, and Liu Bandu holds the Golden Dragon Order in his hand. Seeing the order is like seeing the king, so I can only return to the capital and wait for His Majesty to deal with it!"
Li Zheng turned his head and looked at Zhou Fei, the chief manager who was standing beside him: "Old Zhou, you said that this boy is so smart and thoughtful, but he really didn't guess my identity? Is it true that he is confused or is he just pretending to be confused? It's worth trying to figure out. .”
Zhou Fei was stunned: "Your Majesty, I don't know this either. After all, I have only met this person once. Maybe he is as wise as a fool, or he is just a little smart. I don't dare to make any judgments!"
Li Zheng picked up the teacup and blew on the tea foam inside: "The teacher's letter mentioned that this guy hasn't been there for about two months since he enrolled in Dangyang Academy?"
"Exactly, the emperor... I heard that the mountain chief did mention this matter. There was also a sense of regret in the letter, saying that such a fine jade was so poorly polished. It is impossible to talk about the talent of a general. It will fall!"
"A talented general and prime minister, a talented general and prime minister, a good man who relies on his talents and is arrogant. His marriage is more important than coming to the capital to see me. How should you evaluate this person?"
"Chasing small profits and ignoring the overall situation?" Zhou Fei did not directly assert, but tentatively asked Li Zheng's thoughts.
Li Zheng pursed his lips: "It's true to pursue small profits. A push of grace will not only help our dragon and the grassland avoid the crisis of war, but also make all the grassland tribes fall into disputes and be unable to extricate themselves. We have devoted dozens of efforts to A matter that only ten thousand troops could solve, I resolved this crisis with just a few imperial edicts, allowing the people of our Northern Territory of Dalong to recuperate and recuperate. The exchange of such a good plan for more than a thousand taels of silver is indeed the pursuit of small profits."
"Your Majesty knows people well and makes good use of them. If it weren't for His Majesty's courteous and virtuous corporal, no matter how good the strategy is, it will still fail."
"Stop complimenting me. If I really know people well and make good use of them, why is it that no one in the civil and military circles of the dynasty thought of extending the favor order? It can only be said that these ministers are busy with party disputes and don't take it to heart at all. It's time for the DPRK to reshuffle the cards. .”
Zhou Fei raised his brows and did not dare to speak. He knew very well what words he should answer and what words he should not answer.
"Have you handed over the documents from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War?"
Zhou Fei pointed to some memorials on the table: "Your Majesty, they are all here!"
Li Zheng quickly read through the bright candlelight, and soon put the folder on the table: "Good guy, according to statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War, only the horses of the Four Guards in the northwest and northeast can be saved. Eight million taels of silver, how many things can be done by saving this treasury money for the national treasury this year, a small horseshoe, putting shoes on a horse, why can't others think of it?"
"I can only say that this kid's idea is really unreasonable."
"It's true that the horses are unconstrained, but according to the investigation by Ouchi guards, the reason why he created horseshoes is just to prevent the more than a thousand good horses in the Liu family's horse farm in Yangzhou from being wasted. I see the profits of Yangzhou buses. They were all jealous. After a rough calculation by the Ministry of Household Affairs, the bus could bring nearly one million taels of silver to the Liu family a year. One million taels. The tax revenue of the national treasury is only 20 million taels of silver a year. This is still extremely large. From all the salt water, iron tax, grain tax and a series of taxes within the territory, the income of one carriage in one mansion in Jiangnan is actually one-twentieth of the whole world. With this kind of money-making ability, I really want to send him to the Ministry of Household Affairs. That would save me a lot of brainpower."
"Your Majesty, if this is the case, why don't we issue an edict to strictly order him to enter the palace to meet the saint? If he dares to refuse after the edict, it will be treason!"
Li Zheng stood up after hearing this and wandered back and forth in the imperial study. From time to time he picked up the memorial and looked at it. The amount of eight million taels of silver made him frown.
"No, since he doesn't want to enter the palace, let's wait for a while. The prince will not inform you for the time being, and let him study in the Imperial College now."
"yes!"
Li Zheng seemed to suddenly remember something: "Old Zhou, prepare the pen and ink."
Zhou Fei hurriedly cleared away the memorials on the table, took out a roll of fine white jade scroll rice paper from the side and spread it on the table.
Li Zheng pondered for a while, dipped his pen in ink and wrote four big characters on the rice paper, "A match made in heaven", then signed it, and then stamped it with a big seal. It was not a seal that passed through the jade seal, but Li Zheng's personal seal. .
"Don't forget to send it to Liu's house in Jiangnan on the sixth day of June, as a congratulatory gift from me to this boy, to thank him for solving a lot of troubles for me!"
Zhou Fei flashed a hint of surprise and nodded repeatedly: "I must not forget the old slave meeting, your Majesty, don't worry."
