About three poles high in the sun, there is a long pavilion ten miles north of Jinling City. Young Master Liu bowed respectfully to the four elders, Liu Zhi'an and his wife, Qi Run and his wife.
"Old man, mother, father-in-law, and mother-in-law, please stay. It's getting late, and we have to set off on our way."
Qi Yun and other stunning beauties also stood behind Young Master Liu in a dignified manner, and also bowed in unison.
"The little girls and others bid farewell to the four elders. I hope that the four elders will take good care of them."
"Grandson, granddaughter bid farewell to grandparents, grandparents."
Liu Zhi'an and the other four nodded sadly, looking at Young Master Liu and the other juniors, they raised their hands and waved.
"Go ahead and take care of yourself along the way."
"My children, Yunxin, Lingyun and the others are still young. We must ask them to wear more clothes to keep out the cold on their way back to Beijing."
"The four of us are in good health. You don't have to worry about your pregnancy all the time. Just pay more attention to your health."
"Slow down on the road, have a nice trip."
After hearing all four elders say their parting words, Mr. Liu nodded heavily, got on his horse and waved to the wives, concubines and children beside him.
"Get in the car and set off back to Beijing."
Qi Yun and the other sisters took their children and gave a final signal to the four elders Liu Zhi'an, then turned and walked towards the carriages and horses that had been prepared.
A group of people boarded the carriage one after another. The coachman waved his whip, and the carriage slowly accelerated forward while crushing the snow on the official road.
Several children, both older and younger, under Young Master Liu's knees stuck their heads out of the car window and kept waving their little hands at Liu Zhi'an and the four of them.
"Grandpa, grandma, grandpa, grandma, we will miss you. When we have the opportunity in the future, we will come back to visit you together. You go back first!"
Amidst the shouts of several little guys, the carriage gradually moved away until it left a blurry black spot on the endless official road.
"In-laws, life is mostly a time of gathering and parting. We have to say goodbye today, but we will meet again someday. It's time for us to go back."
"Yes, my in-laws are right. It's time to go back. In order to ease the pain of separation, why don't I invite you to sit down?"
"That's a good relationship, but today it's my turn to treat you to your in-laws.
I have seven or eight old brothers whom I haven’t seen for many years. How about we go get together today? "
"It's disrespectful, I'll invite you in-laws."
"As you wish, please do the same."
Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Qi looked blankly at the figures who were walking happily toward Jinling with their arms crossed, and looked at each other in confusion.
The children had just left and they hadn't even had time to burn any incense, so you two went out to drink flower wine together, praising it to ease the grief of separation. Is this really good?
In the spring of the sixth year of Dalong's reign of peace, on January 26, Liu Mingzhi and his family finally returned to the capital.
Compared to the rush of returning to Jinling's hometown, the family was much more leisurely on the way back to Beijing.
After all, there are three extra days, and you can enjoy the breathtaking scenery on both sides of the road along the way.
"Yun'er, Yan'er... you take the children back to the mansion first. My husband has to go into the palace immediately and rush to the cabinet.
The period of rest in the imperial court ended ten days ago. My husband must go to the cabinet now to see if there are any memorial documents that need to be approved by my husband during these ten days.
You go in first, you don't have to wait for me to eat or anything. "
After entering the capital, Young Master Liu didn't even have time to enter his home to rest. He got off his horse and handed the reins to Liu Song before rushing to the palace.
Qi Yun and her sisters also knew that their husband was worried about national affairs, so they nodded in agreement without hesitation.
"Hey, my sisters know it."
"That's alright, my husband will go to the palace first."
After a few sticks of incense, Young Master Liu's figure appeared in the cabinet.
"My lords, you are all busy!"
"His Majesty?"
"Your Majesty is back."
"I see your majesty, long live long live long live."
"No courtesy, no courtesy, dear ladies, please continue to handle your official business."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Young Master Liu took the warm tea from the little eunuch at the side, took a sip to moisten his throat, and then went directly to Xia Gongming who had just sat down.
"Sir, you have all worked hard. I returned to my hometown a few years ago and spent some time with my parents and the rest of my family. However, I was unable to return in time to go to court. Please don't be sulky with me!"
Xia Gongming put down the ink pen in his hand with a wry smile, stood up and saluted Young Master Liu.
"Not to mention that I have long been used to His Majesty's habit of being invisible. Moreover, even if I am really angry with Your Majesty, what can I do to His Majesty?
Who makes His Majesty the king and I the minister? Even if the old minister is dissatisfied, he does not dare to do the following! "
"Hahaha... The old man is joking, the old man is joking.
Sir, it has been more than ten days since the court meeting began. I wonder if there are any first-class memorials and documents that need my personal approval that have been accumulated and are waiting for my approval? "
"Back to Your Majesty, there are currently no first-class memorial documents in the court that require your majesty's personal approval, but there are two second-class documents that require your majesty's final approval.
Your Majesty, please wait a moment. I will find it for you to review and approve. "
After a while, Mr. Liu frowned and looked at the documents in his hand, sighing helplessly.
"You co-authored two books and you came to ask me for money?"
Xia Gongming also exhaled with a sigh, bowed and picked up the ink pen he used to mark documents and handed it to Young Master Liu.
"There's nothing we can do about it. It's a major matter related to people's livelihood and government administration. We can't do it without allocating funds. Please give your Majesty's instructions."
Young Master Liu took the ink pen from Xia Gongming with a stiff face. He hesitated for a long time and turned to look at Xia Gongming beside him bitterly.
"Sir, can't your cabinet and household department be streamlined and streamlined? I'm going to spend millions of taels of money on the treasury, right?
The sixth year of Taiping has just begun and is less than a month old. The spring tax has not been collected into the national treasury, so we have to spend millions of taels of silver to build people's livelihood and government. Isn't this too much?
How about you and Jiang Aiqing discuss it again and see if you can streamline some unnecessary expenses. "
“Your Majesty, this is the lowest limit for veterans and other colleagues to streamline.
In order for Dalong Shengshi to continue to prosper, there is no need for your Majesty to delay any longer, approve it. "
Young Master Liu looked at Xia Gongming, who looked like an old minister who was really helpless. He carefully reviewed the contents of the two documents again, and wrote two words "quasi memorial" one after another.
After handing the ink pen to Xia Gongming, Young Master Liu took out his seal from the fish bag on his waist and stamped it on the two documents before returning the documents to Xia Gongming's hands.
"Oh, sir, I am so exhausted mentally and physically as an emperor!"
"Hehehe... I can't help it, who makes His Majesty the sage?
Since ancient times, sage kings have been diligent in their administration and caring for their people, with the world as their top priority and the country as their foundation.
Is there any reason for Your Majesty not to work hard in his position and in planning his affairs? "
"My lord, what I said makes sense. Since your lord also thinks that I am a wise king, I would like to ask you something. I think you won't refuse, right?"
"I don't dare to promise your majesty directly and easily. It's better to ask your majesty to tell you what the matter is first."
Young Master Liu rubbed his nose angrily and laughed slightly.
"Then what, since the boss says that I am a sage king, will the boss change the history books that you have ruined me a little bit?
Since I became emperor, I have never done anything stupid. You think it is inappropriate for a great sage like me to leave such a little infamy in the history books!
Why don't you, my lord, please continue your hard work and re-write the history books to make a few changes? It also allows me to avoid unnecessary infamy after a hundred years of success.
I am a minister before you and a king later. It can be said that I have devoted myself to the affairs of the country and the people for most of my life, and I have died.
Otherwise, sir, could you please give me a nice name? "
Xia Gongming's face suddenly became serious. He picked up the tea cup that Young Master Liu had just placed on the corner of the table and placed it in Young Master Liu's hand.
"It's impossible. We can still discuss other matters, but it's absolutely impossible to ask the veteran to revise the history books.
Although the old minister is already in his twilight years and does not have a few years left to live, in order to maintain the fairness of history, the old minister would rather die than revise the history books.
Your Majesty, please don’t mention a slight modification, even if it’s just one word, I won’t change it! "
Young Master Liu looked at the unhappy Xia Gongming and shrugged helplessly.
"Okay, okay, if you don't change it, you won't change it. Sir, you can record it however you want, right?
When I asked you to assist me, I promised you that as long as your history is fair, I will never interfere in the slightest.
Just take these words as a joke today, my lord! "
"Your Majesty is holy."
"Okay, I just don't want to compete with you."
"My dear friends."
"I'm waiting here."
"Do you have any documents in your hands that need my approval? If so, please submit them as soon as possible."
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have no foundation."
"Forget it if you don't have a foundation, you can continue to do your own things.
I was somewhat exhausted from the long journey back to the capital from the south of the Yangtze River, having eaten and slept in the open. Since you have no more documents, I will go back and rest first. "
"I will respectfully send you off to Your Majesty."
