At that time, the official lady, when the salary of the county magistrate could not support too many servants, she washed her hands and made soup. In order to supplement some nutrition for myself, I raised chickens, vegetables and grinded tofu myself, which was a lot of hardship. Thinking of his old wife, Lu Duan also agreed with Huang Qiong's words and couldn't help but reveal a warm smile on his face. Even if this smile is only for a moment.
However, after seeing Huang Qiong and looking at him with some surprise, Lu Duan also knew that it was really inappropriate to show such a smile when discussing important matters of the country. Therefore, I simply talked about that incident back then. Even when he was attracted by the false emperor, his mind was somewhat shaken. If his wife hadn't stopped him, I might have become a rebellious person now.
Listening to this guy praising his wife in disguise, Huang Qiong shook her head with a wry smile. Just thinking of Fu Yuanshan's wife and Lu Mengzheng's wife, Huang Qiong couldn't help but sigh that no matter in which aspect, the saying that a virtuous wife and a virtuous husband lead to few misfortunes is indeed true at all. If a wife is virtuous and knows how to dissuade her husband, the husband who is an official will generally not go astray.
At least the husband will stop him before he does something wrong and will never go along with it. And a stable family is also a strong backing for her husband. However, although Huang Qiong expressed his feelings for a long time, he didn't show anything on the surface. Only on the second day, Lu Duan was given a big surprise. The next day after telling this, Lu Duan received an imperial edict to confer his wife with a third-grade imperial edict.
This sudden imperial edict happened to come just when he was returning home from duty. After receiving the imperial edict, Lu Duan couldn't help but smile bitterly. The imperial edict giving his old wife a royal decree was nothing to him. He knew that this was a compensation from the young emperor for the past few years, and it was also a recognition of himself. He is already the deputy prime minister, so his rise in official position may be slower.
But the problem is that in the imperial edict, the sentence that Lu Duan's success was due to his wife was really difficult for him to accept. It's just that this imperial edict has been issued, and it is impossible for the emperor to change it. Lu Duan could only accept it helplessly, thanks to his wife's evaluation. In fact, the reason why Huang Qiong issued this imperial edict was because he had a very high opinion of Mrs. Lu after understanding the situation.
Even after understanding the actual situation of Mrs. Lu, Huang Qiong changed the title of Mrs. Lu to the fourth grade with a stroke of a pen, and changed the title to the third grade. In this dynasty, only first-rank officials and wives of noble marquis or above can be conferred imperial titles of third-rank or above. Even the virtuous concubine, whose natal family is known as the Ban Dynasty, has only a fifth-grade wife.
As for the meaning of Huang Qiong being so kind to Mrs. Lu Duan, Lu Duan can only taste it himself. Anyway, Lu Duan, who was in Wende Palace, had not yet reached this embarrassing moment. However, it is also a lesson learned from what I personally experienced when I recall it. Fu Yuanshan and Lu Duan, who were deeply impressed by the pseudo-emperor's well-informed information, did not object to Huang Qiong's secret decree in the end.
Of course, whether this matter is compliant or not, it is not compliant. If we follow this dynasty's rule that all military orders in wartime must be encrypted, then it would be normal for them to be encrypted. However, if it is based on the regulations established during the reign of Emperor Gaozong, three provinces and six ministries are required to initiate border provocations, and only after internal and external departments have consulted can they send out troops to customize the plan, which is considered a violation of the ancestral system. But what the Lord said is right, if this matter comes out of Mingzhao.
Due to the pseudo-emperor's keen intelligence, it is unknown how many officers and soldiers will be buried in foreign lands during this dispatch of troops. And if this expedition against Dali fails, not only will the pseudo-emperor, who is now on his last breath, most likely be resurrected. Even if the losses are too great, the young emperor whose current throne is far from being stable may even be shaken to his foundation. In this battle, both of them know that they can only win and never lose.
Once defeated, the losses and subsequent consequences would be too great. Neither of them were rigid and dogmatic people. After considering the possible impact of leaking the secret, they finally nodded. The worst thing to do is to let those in the court spit a few words after the incident. There is a group of people in this dynasty who are not necessarily public officials, but who make a living by impeaching people in order to sell their reputation and show their integrity.
The so-called clear stream is just a way for them to give themselves a face to show that they will never collude with others. It is a clear stream in the sewage pool in the middle of the court, which can wash away all the dust. In their eyes, it seems that no one is a good person except themselves and their comrades. These people are all good players in the party struggle, but when it comes to doing serious things, they may not even be able to do well as county magistrates.
Officials in the DPRK and Central Government privately call these people trolls for those who take advantage of them, and call them trolls in a nice way, and mad dogs in a bad way. But there is no other way. These people are all Jinshi and officials. Although their official positions are not too high, they have pens in their hands. The status of civil servants in this dynasty has always been high, and although this group of elites did not have much real power, ordinary people did not dare to offend them.
The emperors of this dynasty strengthened their imperial power because of the lessons learned from the vassal rule in the former Tang Dynasty. However, in order to contain the military attaches and noble families, they were not allowed to reuse relatives, which actually elevated the status of civilian officials. Especially those civil servants who have achieved Jinshi status always feel that they are superior to others. Whether the DPRK is a little conceited or aloof, or whether it is forming a clique for personal gain and becoming a thug of a certain force.
For trolls who do nothing but impeach people, a few words of trolling are nothing. At most, in their eyes, they would not be ashamed to associate with such people in the future. Anyway, people like me and trolls like them are not the same people at all. Anyway, after Guo Chen's troops were transferred to central Guizhou, they have been relying on Sichuan East Road to supply grain and grass. They didn't know it until the war started.
Today, Huguang South Road is almost completely destroyed, and Huguang North Road is too far away. As for Qianzhong Road itself, it still needs food support from Huguang South Road on weekdays. Where can it meet the food and grass needs of the 20,000 troops and horses? It was so poor that even when the puppet emperor swept through Huguang South Road and Jiangnan West Road, he didn't even think of capturing it. Because for the time being, he didn't want to bear a burden.
The land is not three feet flat, the sky is not clear for three days, the people do not have three pennies, and it is located in a mixed area with barbarians and Han people. The barbarian tribes in the mountains and forests fight to the death every day for a few slaves, a woman, even a few buckets of grain, and a few acres of hillside land where nothing grows. On weekdays, there are three feet of waves even if there is no wind. The food here is not self-sufficient. Apart from the production of medicinal materials and birds and animals, there is nothing else.
The most expensive thing in war is money and food, and the sound of a cannon is worth ten thousand taels of gold. Once this war starts, gold and silver will be poured into it. At this time, who is willing to spend a lot of food to feed people along the way, and who wants to carry such a heavy burden? The pseudo-emperor desperately wants Huguang South Road and Jiangnan West Road. One wants the food from Huguang South Road, and the other wants to sweep the entire Jiangnan.
As for Qianzhong Road, he didn’t even take a look at it. Therefore, after Guo Chen's troops were transferred to Qianzhong Road, grain and grass were always supplied from East Sichuan Road. At this time, there is no need to deliberately mobilize food and grass, and it will not attract attention. By the time they found out, everything was a foregone conclusion. What's the use of this group of people even if they are trolling. This Lord is not the previous overlord who indulged the civil servants.
When doing things, I always keep my eyes open. If this master is really pissed off, killing him is out of the question. I guess I can't escape if I send him home. Thinking of this, the two of them settled down. After sealing the secret edict, Fu Yuanshan handed it over with his own hands. It has been decided to send troops to Shanchanhou Mansion's territory, but there is nothing important today.
Looking at Fu Yuanshan and Lu Duan, they both looked tired. Huang Qiong invited the two of them to take a walk in the Imperial Garden to relax. The three of them were walking in the imperial garden while chatting about romantic matters. Even lunch was served in the pavilion in the imperial garden. Huang Qiong didn't care much about etiquette at all when it came to his two capable men. The three of them sat around the round table and ate together.
Fu Yuanshan was more talkative. He was used to dining with Huang Qiong, so he was quite relaxed. On the other hand, Lu Duan, who was accompanying Huang Qiong for dinner for the first time, seemed a little restrained. Looking at Lu Duan who was a little restrained, Huang Qiong smiled slightly but didn't try to persuade him. He just used serving chopsticks and kept picking up food for Lu Duan. But although Lu Duan was a little restrained, he still enjoyed the meal.
It's just that these six dishes of three meat and three vegetarian dishes haven't touched much. Although the three of them are food-loving people, they don’t eat much. But the taste of this royal meal is really not even ordinary. Huang Qiong ate too much, but there was nothing he could do, so he felt better. But Fu Yuanshan and Lu Duan both lacked interest and just fooled around a few times. In Huang Qiong's words, it's not as delicious as Mrs. Fu's cooking.
After the eunuch removed the remaining seats and brought tea, Fu Yuanshan and Lu Duan accompanied Huang Qiong to taste tea for a while, and then they both took their leave and left. After the two people left, Huang Qiong sat in the pavilion and looked at the scenery in the garden. He suddenly remembered the time when he and Situ Huanshuang were in the imperial garden. That scene back then, even though several years have passed, is still very clear.
Huang Qiong couldn't help but sigh, this time is like a fleeting moment, and several years have passed in the blink of an eye. Now, my identity has undergone earth-shaking changes. Before, I could only support a family, but now I want to support the whole world. The burden on me is getting heavier and heavier, and I am getting busier and busier. Now that I am so busy, I can no longer recall the past.
Especially when he remembered that before he came to this world, Huang Qiong found that he could no longer remember what he was like at that time. Even the appearance of his parents in his previous life has become increasingly blurry. Huang Qiong couldn't even remember the appearance of those three enemies who had originally sought wealth and killed themselves just for the little thing in their hands.
In the past twenty years, our country has covered eight thousand miles of mountains and rivers. The phoenix pavilion and the dragon tower reach the sky, and the jade trees and their branches are used as tobacco. He raised his head and looked at the overlapping palace buildings. Thinking of his own experiences over the years and the people who died in his hands, Huang Qiong felt at a loss again. He didn't even know when he became so cruel. The struggle for power really tests people.
Just when Huang Qiong was recalling the past, he saw He Yao and Duan Jin walking into the Imperial Garden with their children. When he saw the children seeing him, they stumbled towards him. Huang Qiong, who had not seen her child for several days, could not help but feel warm in her heart and hurriedly walked down the pavilion. He held his eldest daughter in his arms, almost out of habit, and put her on his neck to ride her.
Then he took the eldest son and the second son who were tugging on their robes, walked to the two daughters and said with a smile: "You two are taking your children for a walk, why don't you even take a eunuch or a palace maid with you? In this imperial garden, there are birds and animals again. Yes, it's from the lake again. What if you can't catch a glimpse? It's the time for such a big child to be naughty. Besides, what will you do if you two are so tired? I will feel so distressed to death?"
