But today is not the day for several cabinet bachelors to come to Dingchun Garden, because they just came yesterday.
Now Mr. Zhou is here again, and Sheng Hong has closed the door of the main hall. What happened?
Thinking of the key words he just heard, he frowned slightly.
He walked over with the memorial in his arms and saluted Zhou Zhengye respectfully.
Zhou Zhengye was serious in speech and always had a serious face, and the wrinkles between his eyebrows never relaxed. When he saw Li Qiao, he called Mr. Xiao Li, and then left in a hurry.
Li Qiao entered the main hall holding the memorial.
Sheng Hong was the only one in the main hall. Li Qiao didn't hear the seventh prince's voice just now. At this time, the seventh prince was not in the hall either and must have left.
Sheng Hong did not sit behind the imperial court, but lay on the couch with his eyes half closed, looking like he was deep in thought.
Seeing Li Qiao come in, he asked slowly: "Li Aiqing, are there any government affairs that I must deal with immediately today?"
"When I return to the Holy Spirit, there are no letters that need you to deal with immediately, but there are a few letters that need you to deal with today." Li Qiao replied respectfully.
For example, the training and military pay of the Forbidden Army need to be handled by Sheng Hong today.
These things didn't seem big or urgent, but because Sheng Hong always attached great importance to the Forbidden Army, he would deal with all the news related to the Forbidden Army on the same day, so Li Qiao gave a reminder.
"Then leave it alone for now. I just had a fist fight and I'm tired. You deal with the unimportant things first. I have to go back to the dormitory to rest."
After saying this, he got up from the couch and entered the back hall with his hands behind his back.
Li Qiao: "..."
He told Sheng Hong to take care of his dragon body, but he felt a little strange in his heart. Although Sheng Hong had been messing around recently, it was the first time that he went back to the dormitory in the early morning.
Are you really in poor health?
Looking at Sheng Hong's slow steps, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
It would be great if his water power had healing properties. In his previous life, there was a water power user with healing properties in China, but he was envious of him.
Unfortunately, he is not the one favored by God the most.
Sighing again in his heart, he returned to the side room and carried the greetings and thanksgiving notes to the main hall. The day's work officially began.
Sheng Hong took a break and did not return to the main hall until the afternoon.
So Li Qiao worked overtime again.
Soon it was evening and it was time for dinner.
Under normal circumstances, Sheng Hong would either go back to the palace to have dinner, or go to the courtyards of other concubines to have dinner.
This time when Sheng Hong came to Dingchun Garden, the queen did not accompany him. Instead, he was accompanied by Concubine Dong Guifei and several low-ranking nobles.
But this time, Sheng Hong didn't go anywhere. He had dinner placed in the palace.
Naturally, Li Qiao was not qualified to eat at the same table with him. Li Qiao had a small table by himself, and there were six dishes and one soup on the table.
Sheng Hong saw Li Qiao finishing six dishes and one soup with his own eyes, and couldn't help but smile and praise him: "Li Aiqing has a good appetite, no wonder he can come up with so many interesting and fresh ideas."
Li Qiao: "..."
Oops.
After dinner, it was completely dark.
But Sheng Hong still didn't leave. He picked up a memorial and said to Li Qiao with a smile: "Li Aiqing, please give me some opinions on the current training methods of the Forbidden Army."
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There have been a lot of things these past two days, so there will be less updates. I will update more QAQs when I am finished.
Chapter 152 The fifth prince rebels and Li Qiao takes revenge
Any advice on the way the Custodes train now?
Li Qiao was stunned for a moment, then said: "Your Majesty, I don't understand the training methods of the Imperial Army."
This is confidential.
He really doesn't know.
The excerpts from the Ministry of War that he read only mentioned training, but no specific training methods.
"Your imperial examination essay was very good." Sheng Hong said.
Li Qiao immediately looked embarrassed: "Weichen made that up based on his own experience..."
"Then you can make up a few sentences for me now. You had not yet entered the officialdom at that time. Now that you have been in the officialdom for two years, your horizons and experience have grown a lot. You must have new ideas."
Sheng Hong said, reaching out and tapping him, and said with a smile: "You can't hide your secrets."
"..."
Li Qiao smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, if Weichen really has a good recipe, he will definitely not hide it. However, just like what Weichen wrote originally, Weichen will indeed ponder some moves in his mind, but they are all elusive. It has not been tested in actual combat. If I say it out loud, it will only make you laugh."
"When you were thinking about those moves, you were worried that robbers would break into your house and steal your money. Now that you have a grudge against Lu Wenrong, you must be thinking of more moves in your mind."
Sheng Hong spoke with a smile and a very affirmative tone.
Li Qiao: "..."
He opened his mouth, but in the end he just smiled awkwardly and said nothing, which was regarded as acquiescence.
Sheng Hong was satisfied and urged: "Tell me about it quickly."
Li Qiao sighed, and then stood up from the chair: "I can't explain it in one or two sentences, so I'll give you some instructions."
"Okay!" Sheng Hong was very happy and pointed to the official chair he was sitting on just now: "You are good at hitting people with objects, why don't you use the chair to show me the signs?"
"No need." Li Qiao refused with an embarrassed look on his face: "But you can indeed gesture to the chair."
As he spoke, he moved his chair to the center of the main hall, thinking that the chair was Lu Wenrong, and then slowly took action, adding a few more moves based on what he wrote in the last hall test.
But overall, nothing eye-catching.
Moreover, the focus of his imperial examination article was how to make soldiers and generals work together and how to brainwash them so that they would be loyal to the court.
After he finished the gesture, Sheng Hong did not hide the disappointment on his face: "Li Aiqing, it doesn't look much different from your imperial examination essay."
"You're right. Wei Chen's talent and intelligence are all about food. Wei Chen really doesn't understand military training."
Sheng Hong's disappointment was as expected by Li Qiao.
Just kidding, he did have two more years of official experience than during the imperial examination, but he was a civil servant, either editing and reading books in the Hanlin Academy, or writing for Sheng Hong.
He has not been exposed to the training of the Ministry of War and the Forbidden Army. He is standing still in this area. Since he is standing still, he will certainly disappoint Sheng Hong.
In this area, we really can't impress Sheng Hong in a short period of time, otherwise he will appear to be too evil.
He only does the whole job of eating and filling the hole in the treasury for Sheng Hong. He looks like a rich man who makes money quickly, which is enough to ensure his prosperity.
"I want to find a wise minister who is versatile in both civil and military affairs, but why is it so difficult?"
Sheng Hong sighed.
"Such talents are very rare, right?" Li Qiao said.
"I know, so I want to cultivate some of them. Therefore, I deliberately publish some biased articles in order to force students all over the world to read more, to force students all over the world to know how to be a good official, and not to be someone who can only memorize and write articles. bookworm."
"After being selected as a Jinshi, you can immediately help the people solve their problems. This is my requirement for Jinshi."
Li Qiao: "..."
More biased?
Is that more biased?
That's hell-level difficulty.
However, in the final analysis, Sheng Hong also considered the people, and he was indeed a wise king.
"After all, the salary I gave you is high. If you raise a waste, I will definitely be heartbroken. It's so difficult to make money. Li Aiqing, don't you think so?"
Sheng Hong said again.
Li Qiao: "?"
Does Emotional Shenghong care about money?
But facing Sheng Hong's look of seeking approval, no matter how many things he wanted to say in his heart, he had to nod his head.
He was about to nod, but Sheng Hong suddenly tutted: "No, it's not difficult for you, Mr. Xiao Li, to make money. I shouldn't say this to you, it's inappropriate."
"... It was difficult for Wei Chen to make money at the beginning. He was tired of selling fish every day and wanted to commit suicide on the spot. He gritted his teeth and survived, and later he became enlightened and was able to save his current family business."
Li Qiao said immediately.
Sheng Hong smiled when he heard this: "Don't be nervous, I just said it casually. I just feel that there are few talented people in this world."
"Forehead……"
Li Qiao opened his mouth, but after hesitating, he swallowed the words that came to his lips.
"Li Aiqing, if you have something to say, it doesn't matter." Sheng Hong saw his expression and said immediately.
"Well... Your Majesty, what I said is a bit treasonous." Li Qiao still hesitated.
"No matter what you said, I will forgive you." Sheng Hong said with a smile, looking at him with eyes full of encouragement.
Seeing this, Li Qiao gritted his teeth and asked what he had been wondering about for a long time in connection with the situation outside the palace: "Your Majesty, you hope that all scholars in the world will be versatile, but what if there is someone here with evil intentions?" , depending on how many points you have to start an army and cause chaos, then this..."
He did not continue to say the next words, but the meaning was already expressed.
Many rulers in ancient times implemented the policy of obscuring the people. The more ignorant the people, the better the rule. But Sheng Hong did not do this. Sheng Hong hoped that all talents would flourish.
This is bold.
But it's also dangerous.
If a fierce man is really raised who can bring peace to the world with his writing skills and his martial arts skills, Dasheng will be in danger.
Sheng Hong saw Li Qiao's cautious look in his eyes, and he laughed nonchalantly: "What Li Aiqing said makes sense."
