Prince Qin's Mansion, back garden.
It is now the season of spring and the flowers are blooming. The garden scenery is beautiful. Lu Yunyan, dressed in a dress, is strolling by the pond, spreading some bait and attracting a bunch of red carps.
Not long after, Fengqing came over and said respectfully: "Your Majesty..."
But just as she started to speak, Lu Yunyan glanced at her with dissatisfaction and reminded: "This is the Kingdom of Qin, and I am the Queen of Qin. There is only one king, so be careful that trouble comes from your mouth."
"Yes." Feng Qing was startled and quickly changed her words: "Your Majesty, Ding Rong, Master Ding would like to see you."
"What?" Lu Yunyan was not very familiar with this Qin minister and was a little confused, but after a pause, he still said: "Let him come over."
"No." Feng Qing bowed and left.
After a while, Ding Rong was brought over.
When the latter saw Lu Yunyan, he hurriedly took small steps, trotted forward, knelt on the ground, put his hands on the side of his head, raised his buttocks, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, Ding Rong, please see the Queen— —”
"Master Ding?" Lu Yunyan glanced at him slightly and said, "Get up and talk."
"Yes." Ding Rong stood up. The queen was so beautiful that he did not dare to look directly at her. Instead, he bowed his shoulders and lowered his head, looking respectful.
Lu Yunyan was still throwing fish food into the pond and asked without looking back: "I don't know why Mr. Ding is asking to see you this time."
"Ah, that's it." Ding Rong said: "Today at the court meeting, the king issued a royal order to reserve thirty-two official positions. Among them, there are Zhengyipin Shangshu Ling, Congyipin Supervision Order, four important positions, Tingweiweiwei, Zhang Taige bachelor, etc..."
Ding Rong came here specifically to report this. To put it bluntly, he was just trying to please and show his loyalty.
In his opinion, the king and the queen are in love, and the queen is Xuan Jun. If he can please the queen, he will have a certain backing in the future.
When Lu Yunyan heard this, his hands paused slightly, but he didn't say anything.
Seeing this, Ding Rong rolled his eyes and said: "In addition, I feel that the official offices in Qinzhou have yet to be built. For example, the location of the Shangshu Mansion is particularly important. Your Majesty must not ignore this."
"Master Ding's words have reminded me." Lu Yunyan said in a calm voice. Indeed, if Qin and Xuan are merged and the court is unified, so many ministers of Xuan will not be able to live in the post house and the state official office all the time. The planning of new buildings and official residences must be put on the agenda.
Seeing that the Queen had this idea, Ding Rong hurriedly knelt on the ground and said seriously: "If the Queen trusts me, I will definitely handle this matter properly."
Hearing this, Lu Yunyan glanced at him and said with a smile: "I understand what Lord Ding means. Let's go down first."
This... Ding Rong couldn't figure out what the empress meant, but his purpose of coming here to please her had been achieved. He didn't dare to hesitate when he heard this, and quickly returned: "Yes, I am resigning."
After he left, Fengqing brought some water and couldn't help but said, "My dear, Master Ding is quite interesting."
Lu Yunyan cleaned her hands, wiped them with a towel, and said with a slight smile: "It's indeed interesting, but what he said must be done."
That night, when having dinner with Xiao Yuan, she also mentioned this matter and said: "Brother Wang, although the issue of official positions has been initially solved, if the ministers of Xuan Kingdom move to Qinzhou, what will happen to their mansions and those additional buildings?" Do all the government offices have plans?"
"These are already being considered, sister Wang, don't worry." Xiao Yuan replied, and at the same time brought her some vegetables.
"Then, who does Brother Wang intend to ask to handle this matter?" Lu Yunyan asked again.
Hearing what she said, Xiao Yuan felt a little strange and couldn't help but look at her doubtfully.
Lu Yunyan moved her beautiful eyes and said tentatively, "I think it's better to let Ding Rong do it. What does Brother Wang think?"
Xiao Yuan was stunned for a moment and then became happy: "Aren't you accepting gifts from others?"
"What?" Lu Yunyan rolled her eyes at him charmingly, "I just think that this matter must be handled by a shrewd and diplomatic person, otherwise, trouble will occur."
"Well..." Xiao Yuan thought about it for a moment, and then nodded, because in his mind, the candidate for the job was actually Ding Rong, and the couple thought of going together.
The next day, after going to court, Xiao Yuan summoned Ding Rong in the study.
After the latter came in, he naturally knelt down to salute first, and then waited respectfully aside.
Xiao Yuan was not reviewing the memorial behind the desk, but standing in front of a map, looking at something.
Hanging on the wall is a detailed map of Qinzhou, down to every street.
After careful study, Xiao Yuan also turned slightly sideways and glanced at Ding Rong, "Master Ding."
"I'm here," the latter responded hurriedly.
"Come closer."
"yes."
While he was waiting respectfully, Xiao Yuan also pointed at the map and said: "This is the detailed map of the existing buildings in Qinzhou. There are actually not many official offices near the palace. When the palace of Qin was built, the city was expanded. The foundation is based on the main street near the palace, thus leaving some of the old city.”
As he said that, he also pointed to a place on the lower right side of Prince Qin's Mansion: "Here, there are mostly old and dilapidated houses. What I want to ask is whether this area can be freed up, demolished, and built into some new official residences. "
After saying that, he looked at Ding Rong again, "What do you think?"
The latter quickly returned: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, this is an old area of the East City. The houses are dilapidated, which really damages the appearance of the capital. It is a good place to build a new one here."
"Yes." Xiao Yuan nodded, then picked up the brush, drew a circle on the map, and said: "Then I will leave this matter to you. I will ask the Wuwei Mansion and the Ministry of Industry to assist. But one thing you have to remember is that you cannot use force. There are many residents here, so you can buy their houses at double the price and then demolish them and rebuild them."
"Yes, I will obey the king's order." Ding Rong said excitedly, because in his opinion, this is completely a fat job. If he does it well, it will not only be beneficial to his political performance, but he may also be able to make a fortune from it. Woolen cloth.
It seems that it must be the queen's beautiful words in front of the king. This is a wonderful step for me.
Xiao Yuan doesn't care what he thinks, what he wants is that he can handle this matter well and not cause any trouble.
So he reminded me again: "Our government will never allow people to be bullied. If we want people to move, we must give them enough benefits to make them willing."
Hearing this, Ding Rong didn't even think about it, and immediately promised: "I understand, please rest assured, Your Majesty, this matter will be handled well."
"Well, bring the map and go." Xiao Yuan waved his hand.
"Yes." Ding Rong lowered his body, then stepped forward respectfully, carefully took down the map, rolled it up and put it away, then bowed deeply and exited the study.
