Today, in the Qing Kingdom, the weather is smooth, the country is prosperous and the people are safe.
Since Emperor Qing ascended the throne, he has carried out drastic reforms to this originally weak country. In just a dozen years, Nanqing has become the most powerful country on the continent, with two of the four great masters. .
But what many people don't know is that behind all of this, most of the credit goes to the woman named Ye Qingmei.
Although this strange woman who was more than 10 years old failed to create the utopia in her heart as she wished, the world is already full of traces she left behind, including the inner treasury, newspapers, the Supervisory Council, the Grand Master...
Lu Ze thought silently. The situation in Kyoto was so strange now. In fact, everything pointed to Ye Qingmei.
In the main hall of the East Palace, Lu Ze, who was dressed in gorgeous casual clothes, showed nobility, looking at the various files placed on the slips in front of him.
Bright sunlight shone in through the wooden windows. Lu Ze was the only one in the huge palace. Lu Ze retreated as a habit. At this time, he could see that most of the contents in the file were account books related to the royal treasury.
Lu Ze gently pinched his slightly frowned brows, thinking about the various difficult things at hand.
Unlike Fan Xian, I don't have so many fathers to help me. The only father is Emperor Qing, a great master who is good at hiding and loves the art of temple balance. In his heart, Emperor Qing loves Fan Xian, the illegitimate son. Not thin either.
The queen also told Lu Ze that she should rely more on the eldest princess Li Yunrui?
Lu Ze smiled helplessly.
The queen still didn't know that the eldest princess actually cooperated with the second prince Li Chengze behind the scenes. Although this cooperation was far less profound than the forbidden love between Lu Ze and the eldest princess' aunt, the two princes had been secretly cooperating with each other over the years. People also make a lot of profits through internal treasury.
It's a pity that at the beginning, the prince Li Chengqian only knew that he was immersed in the tenderness of the most beautiful woman in Qing Dynasty, and did not notice anything abnormal.
Of course, Lu Ze knew that Li Yunrui was not someone he could rely on.
Because she is a real crazy woman.
The most beautiful woman in the Qing Kingdom, her beauty is still the same as when she was a girl, but her heart has become extremely extreme. The appearance of Ye Qingmei completely overturned Li Yunrui's understanding of women under the rule of imperial power. It had an extremely profound impact on her.
At present, Li Yunrui is crazy about chasing the delicious food of power. Isn't it possible that he wants to surpass that strange woman?
"Inner library ownership..."
News that Fan Xian is about to enter Beijing has spread throughout the capital.
Only a very few people know that Fan Xian encountered another round of crazy assassinations in Danzhou this time. This round of assassinations came from the most mysterious Supervisory Office in Qing Dynasty. Although the assassination failed, Lu Ze knew that the strange turmoil in the capital was complete. Chaos arose.
All forces appeared one after another to start the competition.
Lu Ze's primary goal is also the inner treasury. As a modern person, Lu Ze knows that the real core technology in the inner treasury does not belong to this era. Although the eldest princess has been in charge of the inner treasury these years, the core technology still lies with those shopkeepers named Ye. in hands.
As long as Lu Ze gets the ownership in his hands, he can firmly hold this money-generating machine in his hands in a short period of time. It is not like Li Yunrui who just uses the internal treasury to smuggle for profit.
For Lu Ze, the high profits generated by the internal treasury came second.
The main reason is that as the crown prince of the Qing Kingdom, Lu Ze needs to hold power in his hands if he wants to truly stand on the stage of the capital.
Emperor Qing has noticed everything that the prince Li Chengqian has done over the years. Emperor Qing is naturally a little dissatisfied with the prince he has chosen, because this prince has not even been able to defeat the whetstone of the second prince Li Chengze over the years. Go down.
Emperor Qing wanted Fan Xian's illegitimate son to take over the inner treasury. On the one hand, he wanted to suppress Li Yunrui.
In recent years, the eldest princess's voice in the capital has become louder and louder. Emperor Qing knew that his sister was related to his two sons, and was somewhat dissatisfied with Li Yunrui's interference in the affairs of the prince and the Qing army.
Lu Ze knew the more important reason.
Because at this time
Emperor Qing was preparing to go to war with Northern Qi and needed money from the inner treasury to support the military and government. Although the eldest princess was capable, the inner treasury was not managed as well as before in her hands, and internal corruption was extremely serious.
It's all my money.
You take two million, and I share one million. Do I still want to thank you?
Lu Ze knew what was going on in the heart of Emperor Qing, and he thought about improving his reputation. At least in name, he was still the crown prince of Qing, and he could legitimately hold something in his hands. .
"Fan Xian..."
"Wan'er..."
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Emperor Qing would hold a family banquet every week in the palace.
It was said to be a family banquet, but in fact the three of them, Emperor Qing, the prince and the second prince, had a meal together. Emperor Qing, the parent, paid various attentions to the two children during the meal, saying that the father was kind and the son was filial.
Accompanied by Eunuch Hou, Lu Ze came to the back pavilion of Tai Chi Hall.
Taiji Hall was the place where Emperor Qing handled government affairs after he came down. Normally, all the ministers would confront Emperor Qing here. It is said that the person who came to Taiji Hall most frequently was Chen Pingping, the director of the Supervisory Yuan. But in recent years, Chen Pingping The dean is ill and has nothing to do, so he rarely enters the Tai Chi Hall again.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince."
"Last night, a batch of extremely fresh and plump red fin snapper came from Danzhou. The fish was big and alive and kicking when it came. The old slave specially asked the imperial kitchen to stew it for a few more hours. Now it is waiting for you to follow The second prince is here to enjoy, please come here."
Eunuch Hou was the personal eunuch of Emperor Qing. The old eunuch had a gentle expression.
Ever since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has been following him. Eunuch Hou has been by Emperor Qing's side, and there has never been any mistakes in all the errands he handles.
Lu Ze smiled and said a few words, but he quickly digested the message hidden in Eunuch Hou's words in his mind.
Danzhou is located in the east of Qing State, facing the sea, and has developed maritime transportation. However, it is far away from Qing State's Kyoto, and it takes more than ten days to reach it by horse-drawn carriage.
And when the redfin snapper from Danzhou was transported to Kyoto, it was still alive and kicking?
This fish obviously did not come through normal channels. It seemed that it came with the red fin snapper, and there should be news about Fan Xian.
The emperor's father paid great attention to his illegitimate son's attitude.
Not long after Lu Ze arrived, Eunuch Hou led the other protagonist of the family dinner, the second prince Li Chengze.
Li Chengze has a handsome appearance, but there is something soft about the man's appearance. Lu Ze has to admit that the second prince of Whetstone is very good-looking. After Li Chengze came to the pavilion, he faced Lu Ze's luggage very respectfully.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Lu Ze stood up and returned the greeting with a smile: "Second brother, there is no need to be polite. Father said that there is no other identity at the family dinner, only father, son and brother."
Emperor Qing had numerous concubines in his harem, but he only had five children.
The eldest prince Li Chengshu has always been stationed in Dongyi City. Since the eldest prince's mother, Ning Cai, is from the Yi tribe, and the eldest prince has Dongyi blood, he is destined to miss the throne when he is born. Therefore, Emperor Qing has been training him as a military general. Guard the border for Qingguo.
The second prince is Li Chengze, who seems to be leisurely and contented, but is actually very skillful.
Lu Ze, the third oldest prince.
The fourth child is the illegitimate son named Fan who is still on the way.
The fifth child, Li Chengping, is still a little kid at the moment, but the little Tai Sui of Fengyue Place, in the original novel, this guy even opened a brothel with Fan Sizhe.
"young."
"Red fish from Danzhou?"
"This is a real treat!"
Compared to Lu Ze who was sitting upright, Li Chengze looked very active.
The second prince couldn't sit still, so he walked around in this huge pavilion, looking at the Wanli Lake not far away from time to time. There were countless koi in this lake, and fish food was sprinkled on it. In the future, tens of thousands of carp will be attracted to jump, and the scene will be amazing.
Eunuch Hou who was waiting nearby coughed a few times when he saw this, for fear that the second prince would fall into the lake.
Lu Ze laughed too
He smiled, but soon stopped laughing, because at this time, a middle-aged man suddenly appeared next to him.
[In view of the general environment,
Wearing a white gauze robe, the few strands of hair stuck randomly behind the ears and on the side of the face, looking a bit unruly. The man had a slight smile on his slightly thin face.
What was impressive was his bottomless eyes. No one in the Qingguo court dared to look directly into his eyes.
Because he is Emperor Qing.
Because he is the master of Qingguo.
"My son, I pay my respects to my father!"
Lu Ze and Li Chengze saluted Emperor Qing together, and the latter waved his hand casually: "Let's eat."
The atmosphere of the family banquet was not that tense. Li Chengze next to him naturally picked up Kuai Zi and ate the vegetables with big mouthfuls. Compared to the second prince who devoured the food, Lu Ze's eating appearance was much more elegant, but the speed But also dissatisfied.
Emperor Qing only took two bites before putting down Kuai Zi. He just watched his two children eating quietly.
Ever since Emperor Qing came to the pavilion, Eunuch Hou had taken the initiative to retreat, leaving only space for the family of three to be alone. This old eunuch even understood Emperor Qing's thoughts better than the ladies in the harem.
Emperor Qing's eyes suddenly fell on Lu Ze.
Lu Ze raised his head in confusion, and saw Emperor Qing's mouth raised, and he slowly said, "Qian'er ate more today than before."
Li Chengze, who was next to him, glanced at the few empty plates on the dining table and nodded in recognition. In the past, the prince kept his status and only tasted a few bites at family banquets, and would not let go. Today, Lu Ze eats It was no less than the second prince who devoured it.
"This Danzhou red fish tastes very delicious, so my son ate more of it."
Emperor Qing nodded and unconsciously glanced towards the west with a complicated expression, which was the direction of Danzhou.
After eating, Emperor Qing began to question Lu Ze and the second prince about the Six Arts of the Gentleman.
Etiquette, music, archery, imperial duties, calligraphy, and mathematics.
Although Emperor Qing was a man of action, he did not abandon all the six arts. Instead, he recognized their importance. During those years with Ye Qingmei, he was also greatly affected.
The question Emperor Qing asked this time was extremely profound, and it was about numbers.
Li Chengze's brows furrowed slightly. The second prince, who had always claimed to be extremely smart, was lost in thought at this time. His fingers kept gesticulating under the table, looking for an answer in distress.
"Gan'er."
"you say."
After a long time, Emperor Qing spoke.
Lu Ze nodded slightly and said yes, and then answered quickly without being humble or overbearing.
"I think this is the title..."
After hearing this, Li Chengze, who was standing next to him, had a look of shock in his eyes. He never expected that the prince could answer such a difficult question. Even Emperor Qing's face flashed with a strange look, and he clicked in approval. Nodding: "Very good."
Just when Lu Ze and Li Chengze thought the study was about to end.
I heard Emperor Qing suddenly ask again: "The child of the Fan family whom Wan'er is betrothed to is about to enter the capital. Do you two think the royal treasury should be handed over to him?"
"After all, I promised that whoever marries a girl like Wan'er will be able to take over the inner treasury."
Lu Ze did not hesitate like Li Chengze and said directly: "Let's take a look first."
Emperor Qing nodded with great satisfaction, not because Lu Ze's answer was perfect, but because he answered quickly enough. Emperor Qing always felt that the prince himself was too gentle and gentle.
But I feel that today's prince is much more pleasing to the eye.
Emperor Qing laughed and said, "Let's take a look first."
After finishing speaking, he walked away.
Lu Ze breathed a sigh of relief. Today's family dinner was not as comfortable as he imagined. When he got up and was about to leave, he found Li Cheng behind him.
Ze Zheng looked at him, half-smiling but not smiling: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince performed perfectly in front of my father today, and I am extremely impressed by you."
Lu Ze looked at the second prince, who was not as free and easy as when he first entered the pavilion, and turned to leave.
I silently recited something in my mind: Whetstone.
Just after walking out of the Tai Chi Hall, Lu Ze discovered that the person on duty today was Gong Dian, the deputy commander of the Ouchi Guards. Gong Dian and Lu Ze were familiar with each other, but Lu Ze did not come forward to exchange too many greetings with the deputy commander.
My father's eyes were very vicious.
In the original work, Emperor Qing knew of such private matters as Gong Dian's collection of the prince's calligraphy and paintings.
His son was too close to his bodyguard, and Emperor Qing, a big boss, would naturally feel uncomfortable. Later, Gong Dian noticed something was wrong under Emperor Qing's hint, and tore up the extremely precious calligraphy and paintings in front of the prince. , it can be regarded as saving the job.
Lu Ze just greeted Gong Dian briefly and then left. After walking a few steps, he met the palace maid who was waiting specifically for her.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince."
"The eldest princess invites you."
Lu Ze felt dizzy again.
I don’t know how the prince in Qing Yunian’s original work was so bold to get together with Li Yunrui. After all, Changxin Palace is still in the palace. Once the affairs between the two of them are leaked, everything will end in disaster. .
Just when he was about to refuse, Lu Ze thought about the news that Fan Xian was coming to Beijing.
As Lin Wan'er's biological mother, Li Yunrui would naturally not watch her daughter marry this Fan Xian, nor would she agree to hand over the wealth-generating treasure of the inner treasury. In people's eyes, Lu Ze was now the same as the eldest princess.
He sighed silently in his mind.
Mom sells batches.
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In Changxin Palace, Li Yunrui looked elegant in a black gold dress.
"Gan'er."
"You're here."
