Empress work daily

Chapter 90 Confrontation
The next day, when Jiang Yousi came to find him, Ji Qiang was busy in the vegetable garden.

Jiang Yousi looked at the girl from afar, wearing a homely robe, half-new boots, her jet-black hair casually tied into a bun that belonged to her daughter in the boudoir, and a simple and elegant jade hairpin pinned to the bun, Other than that, there are no other decorations.

She held a small bucket in one hand and a ladle in the other, half bent over, and watered the vegetable seedlings gently.

The sun had risen for a while, and the bright spring light hit the bright and beautiful body one after another, coating it with a soft and dazzling halo.

Jiang Yousi looked around and saw that the vegetable garden was neatly divided, and each plot was planted with the same vegetable, some sprouts had just broken through the soil, and some were already a foot high.

In this sunny spring, every seedling is growing gratifyingly.

Just like the girl who waters the vegetable seedlings, in just a few months, not only has her stature increased, but she has also become more and more overwhelmed.However, the most gratifying thing is that with every gesture, a lot of childishness has faded away, and there is a faint demeanor of the ancestor.

Jiang Yousi blinked and blinked, and he didn't know why he suddenly remembered the portrait of the holy ancestor in the holy temple when he saw His Majesty.

Shang Liujia reminded Ji Qiang the moment Jiang Yousi entered the garden, but Ji Qiang was not surprised. She expected that Jiang Yousi would look for her, and he would definitely talk to her about the appointment of Yongzhou Mu.

Otherwise, he would not have given the letter of indulgence.

Jiang Yousi stood there for a while, and after he digested the fact that "the imperial garden has completely turned into an imperial vegetable garden", he walked slowly towards Ji Qiang, and after a rough salute to the emperor, he seemed to be ignorant of the five grains. Surprised: "Your Majesty is watering the flowers."

Even Shang Liujia couldn't bear to listen to that vulgar pretense, and said: "Master Jiang, check it out, it's spinach."

It's not that Shang Liujia is "bullying people with power", it's that the two of them had a very unpleasant negotiation yesterday about the upcoming appointment of Zhang Jizong and others.

I remember that Master Jiang slipped away as if he had oiled the soles of his feet after hearing his reason for coming.At first, he thought that "people have three urgencies", so he sat in the back office and waited obediently. Who knew that the first class and the second class, and there was no sign of Jiang Yousi when it was dark.

In the end, a chief of the official department couldn't stand it anymore, and reminded him in a low voice that Mr. Jiang had left the Yamen's house an hour ago.

"Oh, it's actually spinach." Jiang Yousi suddenly realized, but Ji Qiang was taken aback. He didn't expect that Master Jiang, who had a "beauty beard" like his cousin Wei Wujiang, could make a dish like this. Such exaggerated behavior.

"Have you never seen Jiang Qing or eaten it?" Ji Qiang was rude.

Jiang Yousi smiled coyly, and reluctantly explained, "Of course I have eaten and seen it, but I don't know spinach seedlings."

When Ji Qiang heard the words, there was a very obvious sarcasm on the corner of his mouth, "If I remember correctly, Jiang Qing comes from a farming and studying family in the south of the Yangtze River."

Ji Qiang had something to say later, but she didn't say it.

Because he didn't say it, the meaning of ridicule is stronger.

Jiang Youpan was not annoyed at all, yesterday he inexplicably left Shang Liujia alone, and now His Majesty did not "hide and seek" with him, it was already a great grace of the emperor.

"The vegetables in this garden are all grown by His Majesty?" Jiang Yousi laughed dryly and changed the subject.

Naturally, Ji Qiang wasn't really annoyed. Hearing this, he pointed to the square vegetable beds and told Jiang Yousi which one was planted by herself and which one was planted by Wang Shengjun and others.

Speaking of vegetables, the atmosphere between the monarch and his ministers became more and more harmonious.

Not long after, Ji Qiang handed the ladle and bucket to the waiter, while he led Jiang Yousi slowly towards Shuimu Ziqing.

This pavilion named "Shuimu Ziqing" often came to the river when the first emperor was alive.

At that time, the place was much more lively. Every time he managed to find it, the late emperor was either playing hide and seek with her harem, or drinking and composing lyrics.There were also a few times when those noble lords and noble servants scuffled into a ball for some reason, the late emperor not only didn't step forward to persuade the fight, but watched it with relish and applauded...

The scenes of the past were so absurd that Jiang Yousi couldn't help but shook his head, trying to put those vivid pictures behind him.

The monarch and his subjects took their seats, and the tea was served, and the two of them just sipped slowly, without anyone opening their mouths first.

A cup of tea soon bottomed out, but in the end Jiang Yousi couldn't hold back and blamed him, "Yesterday, when Eunuch Shang passed the news to my minister, I was so shocked that I left Eunuch Shang in the cold."

As he said that, Jiang Yousi slightly lowered his head towards Shang Liujia, as a symbolic apology.

Shang Liujia hurriedly bowed and saluted, saying, "Don't dare, dare not."

"I just want to use two people more, but I scare Qing into such a state?" Ji Qiang didn't believe Jiang Yousi's nonsense, and said bluntly, "The matter of Yongzhou was delayed again and again when the first emperor was here, and now it has come to an end. To the point of procrastination, does Qing still want to continue to deceive himself?"

The words were very serious, Jiang Yousi immediately stood up and apologized, saying: "It's not that the ministers are deceiving themselves, it's because the matter in Yongzhou is too complicated, and it will affect the whole body, so we need to be more cautious."

"How do you want me to be careful?"

"At the very least, we should send someone who is prudent and experienced to be the shepherd of Yongzhou, instead of a fledgling boy who knows nothing about the heights of the sky and the earth just because he has some courage."

Shang Liujia: "..."

I knew this old fox had no good intentions!
Ji Qiang was neither angry nor annoyed, and took a sip of tea slowly, and only when he realized that Jiang Yousi was already a little anxious, he said seriously: "Sun Jizong and Tao Guangyi escaped from the hands of King Yong several times, and then hid in the refugee camp. The team fled all the way to the capital, which shows that the two are quick-witted, flexible, informal, and not as pedantic as ordinary scholars."

"After the two entered Beijing, even when they were hungry, they still did not forget the thousands of people in Yongzhou who were wandering on the border of hunger. They tried their best to tell the story of Yongzhou to the heavens, which shows that these two people have the people's lives in their hearts, and they have something in their hearts. Righteousness."

"In this imperial examination, I specially set up several obstacles. Facts have proved that Sun and Tao are not only courageous, but also firm. Why can't someone with courage and strategy be qualified to be the shepherd of Yongzhou?"

When Ji Qiang explained the reason, Jiang Yousi stared at those bright and resolute eyes several times, and that mouth that was as bright as pink but like a firecracker, and laughed in his heart for a while.It never occurred to him that His Majesty, who was taciturn, would be able to explain the truth just like Yin Qilei did.

After Ji Qiang finished speaking, he cupped his hands and replied: "I didn't underestimate the talents of Sun and Tao, but because I valued them very much, I thought twice about it. This trip to Yongzhou is full of dangers, and I am also worried about their safety... Why don't you make Sun Jizong the prefect of Jinlin, and the governor of Yongzhou choose someone else."

Even Shang Liujia couldn't listen to what he said. Why was he worried about the safety of Sun and Tao? He clearly felt that Sun Jizong's status as a second-class Jinshi and becoming a local second-rank official did not conform to the promotion regulations for officials.

However, Shang Liujia clearly remembers that Song Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry returned from his apprenticeship in Guigu. He had just completed the coronation ceremony at the age of 20, and was directly recognized by the late emperor as Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. Song Shangshu did not even take the imperial examination.

In the 14th year of the first emperor, 19-year-old Liang Yanqing entered the Imperial Academy to listen to politics. The next year, he was directly promoted to be the minister of the Ministry of Rites. Three years later, he became an official minister.

Leapfrog promotion is feasible for Song Shangshu and Liang Shangshu, but not feasible for Sun Jizong, because Song and Liang came from aristocratic families, and Sun Jizong came from a poor family.

　Liang Yanqing is the official book of the Ministry of Rites, and Mencius Jin is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. The above typo has been corrected.

　　
　
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