The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 344 Inside the Palace and Outside the Palace
It's approaching evening.

Jiao Shun limped back home, and while walking towards the East Wing, he thought that the small wooden box would soon no longer fit, and he should find another place to store the spoils.

He didn't want to see Laiwang with a gloomy face as soon as he entered the door.

"father?"

Jiao Shun was quite surprised, after all, even if there was something to do, Lai Wang would call him to discuss it in the main room.

"Humph~"

Seeing that his son had finally returned home, Laiwang immediately got up and scolded, "Where did you go to mess around again? Your mother still thinks you've come back a long time ago!"

"Didn't I drink too much and fell asleep outside?"

Jiao Shun smiled sheepishly, then changed the subject and said, "You are always waiting for your son in the East Wing, could it be that something happened in the yamen?
"Nothing happened in the yamen, what happened was the imperial court, the morning court!"

ho~
I don't want the old man to still care about the Forbidden City.

Jiao Shun asked again: "Is it related to us?"

"Naturally."

Lai Wang said worriedly: "I'm afraid you don't know yet, right? During the court meeting this morning, the Ministry of Rites and the Inspector's Office jointly made a statement, saying that the opera was filthy and alluding to the government, and asked the court to ban it!"

"No wonder."

Jiao Shun suddenly realized when he heard the words, no wonder the emperor suddenly summoned Jia Baoyu, it turned out that he had suffered a lot in the early court and urgently needed a channel to vent.

When Laiwang heard him say 'no wonder', he thought he was thinking of some court battle, and held his breath waiting for his son to continue talking.

Unexpectedly, Jiao Shun didn't write anything for a long time.

However, he sat down on the lower chair and rubbed his knees with a grin - the blankets he used this summer were really thin, but he chose an unfamiliar new venue, and accidentally broke his knee when switching battle formations , which greatly affected his performance, and thanks to the fact that the opponent's fledgling strength is not strong, if he changes to a veteran player on the battlefield, he may show his timidity.

He didn't think that his mind was wandering here, but as an old man, he was in a hurry, and he leaned over and stared: "Such a big thing happened, don't you want to say something?!"

"There's nothing to say about that..."

Jiao Shun spread his hands, and said helplessly: "As early as in the first lunar month, the emperor issued a decree to promote this opera to the people, and I expected this ending—this grass-roots team in the folk loves to mix some meat in order to coax people to pay money." It’s not a taboo drama, and those poor scholars who write notebooks like to reflect the private affairs of the officialdom the most.”

"It's fine if the Ministry of Industry takes the lead and leads slowly. Now that we are eager for success, it is inevitable that there will be mud and sand—once there are some signs of this, if those scholars who oppose His Majesty's elevation of the status of craftsmen don't take the opportunity to make a big fuss about it, Rather strange."

Laiwang frowned, and questioned: "Since you expected such an outcome, why didn't you take precautions earlier? Aren't you afraid that things will get bigger and burn yourself?!"

Jiao Shun said with a smile: "Don't worry about it, when I did that kind of drama, the basic requirements were three words: Wei Guangzheng! But all the officials and people of our Xia Kingdom, as long as they appear in the drama, their image must be Great, glorious and just."

"Moreover, from the front of the stage to the backstage of the whole play, all affairs are recorded in the yamen, and no one can find faults. If you have to pick bones from the egg, there is also a minister in front of you."

"As for why I knew it was wrong at the beginning, but didn't take precautions early... Hehe, let alone what a mere sixth-rank official can do, even if there is a way, I can't and shouldn't do it!"

Laiwang became more and more puzzled: "Why is this?"

Jiao Shun spread his hands: "Because this is the emperor's will, and the foundation of our business is to cater to Shang's wishes! If I pointed out the inappropriateness in the memorial at that time, I might offend His Majesty; if I didn't say it, I would jump out at this time." If you try your best to turn the tide, you will inevitably become the target of public criticism."

"It was so hard for my son to gain a firm foothold in the Ministry of Industry. Why bother to do such a thankless job? But now, the outside world thinks that I have suffered from the disaster of the fish, and my colleagues in the Ministry of Industry will inevitably share the same hatred. Maybe for us It's a good thing."

…………

at the same time.

Emperor Longyuan was also talking about this matter in the palace.

Because he was frustrated in the morning, he vented to Jia Baoyu during the day, but he was still depressed at night, so he ran to Jia Yuanchun to complain again.

"The sutra is a good sutra, but it was misrepresented by those crooked monks!"

I saw him pacing back and forth, gritted his teeth and said: "I originally wanted to leave this matter to Jiao Changqing, but the cabinet scholars all said that it was not in compliance with the regulations and should be managed by the Secretary of Jiaofang and co-organized by the Shuntian Mansion! Hmph~ This Ministry of Rituals is up and down, and now they dare to jump out and accuse me of not promoting Gongxi, and I don't know whose influence they are relying on!"

"Your Majesty, be careful!"

When Jia Yuanchun heard this, she stretched out her hand to cover Emperor Longyuan's mouth in horror, but when she raised her slender fingers in the air, she realized that she had lost her composure, and hurriedly closed her collar for the emperor, persuading him earnestly: "Your Majesty's desire to promote craftsmen and officials and replace scholars has really touched the foundation of civil servants. It is inevitable that they will have conflicts in their hearts. There are some who are colluding with each other. If someone is behind the scenes... I am afraid that His Majesty is overwhelmed."

This sounded like an excuse for someone, but in fact it was to warn the emperor not to say similar words again.

Gein, four of the five cabinet scholars, as well as the minister of the Ministry of Rites who suddenly launched an attack this morning, are all former ministers of the Supreme Emperor, so if the emperor's words were spread, it would inevitably be suspected of mirroring the Supreme Emperor.

"Humph~"

Emperor Longyuan snorted coldly, but didn't bother with this topic any more.

In fact, after several years of observation, the Supreme Emperor's eye disease was so severe that he could not see things, even if he wanted to interfere in the government, he was powerless - but Emperor Longyuan suffered from the old and the young, but he couldn't avoid it. ponder.

At this moment, Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the palace, came in holding a tray, and respectfully reminded: "Long Live Lord, it's time to eat medicine."

Emperor Longyuan nodded slightly, turned around and sat on the Arhat bed, Dai Quan was about to go up to serve, Yuan Chun smiled and stretched out his hand and said: "Eunuch Dai, leave these matters to me."

Dai Quan obediently served the medicinal food immediately, and exited the door tactfully.

Yuan Chun put the medicinal food on the kang table, and gently lifted the lid of the bowl, a fishy smell immediately came to her nostrils. Although she didn't know what was inside, she could roughly guess that it was something that supplemented the shape.

Passed the spoon to Emperor Longyuan calmly, watched the emperor scooped up a spoonful with frowning, chewed and swallowed hard, and finally couldn't help persuading him: "The concubine heard that your majesty has taken a lot of medicine recently. Duo, did you get some folk recipes from outside the palace, is this something wrong? Please take care of the dragon body first, Your Majesty."

Dang bang~
Emperor Longyuan threw the spoon into the medicinal food, and said angrily: "Do you think I like to eat these things? Isn't it...forget it, let's not talk about it, you go and ask Dai Quan to get the memorial, I will take it today It's been approved by you."

Yuan Chun didn't dare to persuade him any more, so he quickly responded respectfully, went outside to ask Dai Quan for a cloth bag of memorials, and respectfully delivered it to the emperor.

Emperor Longyuan didn't stretch out his hand, and continued to endure the nausea while eating the herbal diet, and at the same time ordered: "Let's see if there is Jiao Changqing's notebook, if there is, read it to me."

This was somewhat against the rules of the harem, but seeing that Emperor Longyuan's face was still gloomy, Yuan Chun naturally did not dare to refuse, untied the cloth bag silently, checked out Jiao Shun's memorial two days ago, and read it word by word by the candlelight beside him. up.

Because it was a hot season, the clothes were already thin, and Emperor Kuang Longyuan hadn't left for a long time, and he came suddenly today without prior notice. This Xiande concubine didn't have much decoration on her body. She stood in front of the lamp with her plain face facing the sky dignifiedly and beautifully, her whole body seemed to be wrapped A circle of holy halo.

But the shadow of the lamp was falling in front of Emperor Longyuan's knees, with the flickering of the candle, it looked like a gourd, and now it looked like an S, it didn't look virtuous at all, on the contrary, it was full of coquettish posture.

In the past, Emperor Longyuan loved her body the opposite of her personality the most, but now he seemed to have never seen her, and focused all his attention on Jiao Shun's memorial.

This memorial talks about how the picket team was established, operated, and what effects it can have in the future.

Needless to say the role within the factory, the memorial also briefly mentioned two sentences, the local government can mobilize pickets at critical moments to act as a backup force for the army or government servants.

When Jia Yuanchun read this, his eyebrows raised slightly, and his beautiful and dignified features suddenly became more heroic.

After Emperor Longyuan listened, Jiao Shun praised Jiao Shun greatly, especially the word 'military-industrial alliance', and murmured: "The term 'military-industrial alliance' is quite interesting. The matter has been contradicted among civil servants, and perhaps we can find another way to do it."

Yuan Chun frowned even more when he heard the words, and could not help persuading after repeated patience: "Your Majesty is in the prime of his life, Xu Xu can always achieve his wish, so why rush for a while?"

"How can I not be in a hurry?!"

Emperor Longyuan gave her a sideways glance, and said impassionedly: "There are so many things, I've never been in a hurry; the world is turning, time is pressing, 1 years is too long, just fight for...cough, cough, cough!"

Because of being emotionally aroused for a while, the lungs were affected, and he coughed continuously before finishing the recitation of Emperor Longyuan.

Seeing this, Jia Yuanchun hurriedly poured tea for him, but Emperor Longyuan waved his hand and refused, picked up the medicinal food on the table, gritted his teeth and poured half a bowl into it.

After a long while, he exhaled heavily, shook his head and said: "Most of the rulers who have been established since then are just a few names in history. I definitely can't be with these mediocre people, and I can't compare with the grandparents. I also want to be a wise king of ZTE's reform!"

As he said that, he gritted his teeth again: "I only hate that although I want to cheer up, these ignorant rotten scholars blindly stop me... Cough, cough, cough~!"

Agitated, he couldn't help coughing again.

Jia Yuanchun hurriedly put down the memorial in his hand, walked around to him, patted him gently, and persuaded him softly: "Your Majesty, why should you be angry? Although they led the opera astray, His Majesty's innovation in the Ministry of Industry has already shown its strength." No one can deny the effectiveness, especially the fact that this is a matter of borrowing from learning to establish a craftsman, and future generations must also write it down in detail."

Being scratched by Yuan Chun's words, the anger in Emperor Longyuan's heart dissipated a lot, subconsciously wrapped Jia Yuanchun's waist, let her sit beside him, and smiled triumphantly: "This is also from Concubine Tuo Ai. Fu, I just pulled Jiao Changqing out of Cao Mangchao, and it was just a free move, but now it seems that it is God's will, let him help me rejuvenate Great Xia!"

As he said that, he patted the memorial and sighed: "If there are more capable officials like Jiao Changqing, I will have no worries."

"Your Majesty has flattered him too much."

Yuan Chun hurriedly said: "Although there are one or two talented people in the market, most of them are selected in the imperial examination. Your Majesty must not give up because of today's matter."

Jiao Shun came from the Rongguo Mansion, so she naturally had to avoid suspicion in front of the emperor, the more the emperor praised her, the more humble she had to be.

Therefore, Emperor Longyuan has long been tired of hearing these words, but this time after Jia Yuanchun finished speaking, he hesitated to remind: "And the word 'military-industrial alliance' played by Mr. Jiao always seems to have some meaning. If it is inappropriate, I hope His Majesty will think twice and make a decision."

"What could be wrong with that?"

Emperor Longyuan said disapprovingly: "Even if military general Xungui is suppressed by civil servants, let alone craftsmen who have no roots? I hope that one day, they will be able to fight against civil servants. At that time, look at these rotten scholars. How arrogant and domineering!"

Jia Yuanchun saw that he couldn't be persuaded, so he didn't say anything else.

I got up and wanted to clean up the medicinal food, but I didn't want Emperor Longyuan to talk about his pride, so I finally couldn't help but have evil thoughts, hooked Yuan Chun's waist, and took her into his arms, bowing his head on her neck Sniffing carefully, searching up and down wantonly.

Jia Yuanchun had not been favored by the emperor for a long time, but now he was suddenly attacked, his plump and slender body was as soft as mud, and he lay in Emperor Longyuan's arms, hesitating and panting.

Emperor Longyuan had just taken the shape-replenishing substance, and then held the beauty in his arms and played with it wantonly. His heart was so hot that he couldn't help it.

But when he was about to continue, he realized that the place where the blood should be boiling the most was as silent as a dead thing.

At that moment, Emperor Longyuan felt like being poured with cold water, subconsciously pushed Jia Yuanchun down on the Arhat bed, and got up from the Arhat bed panting heavily and staring.

This Jia Yuanchun was pushed down on the Arhat bed, thinking that the emperor was about to reach him with a sword and shoes, he felt ashamed for a moment, and wanted to remind the emperor not to be rude, he should always go to the inner bedroom to do things cheaply.

It can be imagined that since Emperor Longyuan was injured last year, he has never been close relatives with concubines in the harem for more than half a year. Now that he has regained his power with great difficulty, how can he spoil his interest?

So for the first time, he didn't talk about etiquette, but closed his eyes blushing, waiting for the emperor to do whatever he wanted.

Unexpectedly, she waited for a long while, but heard Emperor Longyuan's voice said: "Zhen, Zhen... it's getting late, my concubine should rest early, it's time for Zhen to go back to Qianqing Palace to review the memorial."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Jia Yuanchun to react, he stumbled and rushed out the door.

When Jia Yuanchun got up from the bed, he saw the door swinging left and right, but Emperor Longyuan was nowhere to be seen in the hall.

Jia Yuanchun stood there in a daze for a while, the flush on his face faded little by little, and finally he greeted the empty door with a blessing, and said quietly: "The concubine sends your Majesty respectfully."

(End of this chapter)