red man

Chapter 318
In Xiayi, the capital city, the main buildings in the imperial city are the three halls and three palaces. Unlike the previous dynasty, the Great Yu Dynasty, except for some entertainment facilities, the main buildings of the Great Xia Imperial City Palace were not named after auspicious signs.

The three halls are the "front hall", "middle hall" and "back hall", and the third palace is the "front palace", "middle palace" and "back palace".

The third hall is an institution for discussing etiquette and office, and the third palace is the complete private residence of the monarch.

Because the monarch is young, he does not sleep in the front palace, but lives with the queen mother in the back palace.

The monarch was a bit tired after playing in the front palace for a day, before it was time to go to bed, he took a nap in the front palace, but just fell asleep, a red light came from outside and escaped into the front palace.

The euphorbia warriors and commanders who guarded at night did not notice the invasion of evil spirits, but on the altar of protecting the country in the city, Yuan Hong, the great master of the country, had sharp eyes and said in a deep voice: "Tuomeng Monarch? Why is this?"

But it's not convenient to disturb at this time, we can only find out what happened after the monarch wakes up from the dream... perhaps tomorrow.

In the front palace, the monarch who fell asleep holding the cricket pot, in his dream, named several strange insects as general and generalissimo. These insects are very powerful, and ordinary crickets are no match at all.

The monarch was very satisfied with applauding and applauding. Suddenly, a middle-aged man with golden arms and fine clothes came out from the side of Dou Cricket.

This person has a majestic appearance, beautiful beard and beard, and he feels close to him when he sees it.

"Sir, Jishui Dragon God, see Your Majesty..."

Honestly performed a salute, the young monarch was stunned: "You are the dragon god of Jishui, how can you submit to me...to me?"

"Your Majesty doesn't know something. I was conferred by the late emperor. Your majesty is the son of the late emperor. Naturally, I should salute your majesty."

"Daddy did this kind of thing."

The little monarch was immediately happy, and quickly asked, "Then it doesn't mean much for me to confer the title of General Cricketer or Grand Marshal. Why don't I confer titles of 'Big Gold Toothed Worm God' and 'Iron Legged Worm Fairy', haha."

"..."

Having said these words about the monarch, Jishui Dragon God's heart is already half-cooled, this child does not look like a monarch.

But it's all here, what else can I do?
Bite his head, Jishui Dragon God hastily said: "Your Majesty, I have come here this time to ask for something. For the sake of the late emperor, please save me."

"You are the dragon god, why do you need me to rescue you?"

"Your Majesty, I made a big mistake. Walking on the 'Dragon Terrace' is already a certainty. I am not afraid of this skin, but even though I am a dragon, I am a god in Shenzhou, so I can't go after death." "Dragon Tomb" can only be visited once in the underworld. But now there is a change in the underworld, and a human warrior has come. He is jealous of evil and will never spare me lightly. I only hope that your majesty can help me with a few words , so that the warrior will be less tortured, if there is a chance, he will be reincarnated early..."

Hearing that the request is not high, the monarch thought for a while, and directly agreed: "This matter is quite simple. Since the warrior is a member of Daxia, he must also be my subject. I am the monarch, how can he not agree? It's just a child, Tomorrow, at the court meeting, I will give you an order, and the decree will be enough."

Regardless of whether it is reliable or not, at least Jishui Dragon God is in a good mood now, and hastily said: "If you ease the pain in the underworld, this flesh and blood will be given to Your Majesty as a gift!"

"You haven't said what the warrior's name is."

Holding the cricket pot, the little monarch thought in his heart that it would probably be good to feed the crickets with dragon meat. By then, he would raise all the gods and gods.

"That man's surname is Wei, his name is Hao, his surname is Daxiang, his nickname is 'Chixia', he is from Wufeng County, Beiyang Prefecture, he is the leader of the Mingshu Division of Beiyang Prefecture, and he has the courage to be undeserved..."

"Ah! It's that murderer!"

The monarch yelled, woke up suddenly, hugged the cricket pot, sat up and wiped his sweat, and then shouted: "Mother, mother—"

The servants hurriedly sent word, the queen mother arrived at the front palace, put her arms around her son and asked, "Jie'er, did you have a nightmare again?"

"No, no, mother, I didn't have a nightmare. I just dreamed of 'Jishui Longshen'. He is an amiable old man. He asked me to help him."

"Ji Shui Dragon God?!"

The queen mother's almond eyes widened, and she hurriedly asked, "It's so good, how could there be some 'Ji Shui Long Shen'? How can you ask you to help?"

"He said that he made a big mistake. Now that he is going to die, he doesn't want to suffer after death. He hopes that I can help to intercede with that murderous man Wei Hao."

"Wei Hao?!"

Such a name suddenly popped up again, and the Queen Mother's scalp tingled when she heard it. There are many legends that the common people know very little, and most of them are based on rumors.

But even if it is rumored, it is not as terrifying and intense as the truth.

The inside of the imperial court knows that the outer court is looking forward to Wei Hao now. Except for a few high-ranking officials in the court, they occasionally make up a few sentences, but more Chinese and Chinese soldiers in the court think that the appearance of a genius like Wei Hao shows that Daxia's national power is still there, and there is hope for ZTE.

It is a normal state of mind to think of a good general when the country is in trouble.

In addition to Wei Hao's vote after vote in Dajiang, if you think about it in your own shoes, in the face of demons, with Wei Hao by your side, you must feel more at ease than hundreds of demon exterminations.

Because there are demons at work, Wei Daxiang really dared to kill, of course, he really dared to eat...

"Mother, do you want to make an order?"

"It's just a dream, don't take it seriously." After the queen mother said, she added, "After I ask the Great Master... Forget it, the matter of ghosts and gods is just a will. Then the 'Ji Shui Dragon God' said to repay in the dream Things?"

"The old man said he was giving me his body."

"..."

The Queen Mother's heart was beating wildly. She knew that this was a good treasure. In the future, when the country's affairs were really ruined, with the body of Dragon Lord, maybe they could keep their orphans and widows safe.

At that moment, the queen mother became concerned, and patted her son on the back lightly: "Jie'er, with the body of a real dragon, we can order someone to make a real dragon treasure, and when the time comes, we will be able to fully protect him if there is any danger. "

"Can I feed 'Golden Tooth General' dragon meat and blood?"

"Uh... yes."

"Okay! From now on, the 'Golden Tooth General' will be the 'Golden Tooth Great Immortal', help me fight in all directions and be invincible all over the world!"

"..."

After a long night's sleep, and the next day at the court meeting, Li Huairou, the provincial servant under the door, originally planned to have a little talk about the construction of the "Dongbohou" Hou's mansion.

Now that the "Dong Bohou" Hou Mansion has suffered setbacks, he doesn't know the details, but an important reason for the inside story is Wei Hao's sudden appearance.

This caused "Dong Bohou" to sort out the military and political process of the East Pole, and it went very slowly.

You must know that it was also in the first lunar month that "Xibohou" had already worshiped the Qishan sycamore tree, but "Dongbohou" hadn't even repaired a place to stay.

The situation in various places is not very good. Although the center of the imperial court has thrown away many burdens and let the localities carry them, it is impossible to cut off the desire to reap benefits from the localities.

Now that the career of "Dong Bohou" has suffered a setback, then don't think about the "earth tribute" adopted from the land of the East Pole in the short term.

Taxes have collapsed, but in the form of "earth tribute", fiscal revenue can still be generated.

The crime of exploiting the people at the bottom, the scapegoat, will be borne by the "Sifanghou".

This was originally a beautiful thing, but now that the land of the East Pole has no hope, it has to figure out where to get some income.

It's a pity that once Wei Hao gets involved, many things can't be done, especially those things that can be done but cannot be known to the public.

It is not enough to join Wei Hao, there are still people in the court who want to fight against Li Huairou, once the matter becomes public and heated, then who will bear the crimes of "disabled people" and "harmed people" can be seen at a glance.

Therefore, Wei Hao can't mention it, let alone make it public, just deal with it quietly.

However, I never expected that as soon as the court attendant came up, he shouted in a male voice: "Your Majesty had a dream last night and wanted to confer the title of 'Ji Shui Long Shen', and asked the Ministry of Rites to draft a sacrificial oration..."

Li Huairou didn't care about this kind of nonsense about conferring gods, until the audience suddenly said, "...The Dragon Lord is afraid of the sharpness of Wufeng Weihao, and begs His Majesty to show mercy, in order to alleviate the pain of the axe and axe... ", Li Huairou's eyes widened in shock.

Here... why is there Wei Hao? !
It's Wei Hao again!

Soon, both civil and military classes understood that the feeling was that the monarch had a dream last night, dreaming of the "Jishui Dragon God", and then the "Jishui Dragon God" might be about to die, but he was afraid of being tortured after death... …

Although I don't know why Wei Hao was involved in the torture, but the "Jishui Dragon God" just asked the monarch, and hoped that he would say a few words so that Wei Hao would give less to the "Jishui Dragon God" for the sake of the monarch's face. pain.

That's it, that's it.

But if it is discussed at the court meeting, there will be problems.

Minister of the Ministry of Minbu was furious, holding a wat board, came out and shouted: "Your Majesty!!"

Blue veins popped out on the forehead of the Minbu Shangshu who was glaring: "Now that the Huai River is in a catastrophe, the victims are everywhere. The first thing to do is to fight the disaster and save the people on both sides of the Huai River. How can you talk about ghosts and dragons at the court meeting!"

He couldn't get used to it the last time, and at the court meeting, he was discussing the crap about the trip to Mount Tai, and the queen mother was even more greedy for the peaches of "Two Boundaries Mountain".

But I endured it last time. After all, etiquette is still very important, and it is also an important cornerstone of governing the world.

But what are we talking about now? !

I dreamed of the Dragon God in my dream, and the Dragon God wanted to alleviate the pain after death, so he asked the emperor, let's not mention this matter, let's solve this private matter in private, the court meeting is not a vegetable market!

It's okay to find Taichang Temple, Honglu Temple, or even the Ministry of Rites to make a private decree, but now, with so many disaster victims not talking about it, they just talk about the death of the Dragon God.

What is the dragon god!
Faced with the fury of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the little monarch was obviously taken aback, and quickly said: "Then... let's talk about the Huai River disaster first..."

Minister of the Ministry of Minbu's expression is a little relaxed, after all, the monarch is still young, so there is no need to worry about this matter.

"The discussion is over, let's talk about the Dragon God... okay?"

"..."

The hand holding the wat board had blood vessels bulging at that moment. If it wasn't for the king, the wat board in this hand would have smashed his mouth!
Just as he was about to shout again, Ji Tianxia, ​​the Minister of Rites who was a few steps away, coughed lightly, and the Minister of Minbu stopped his anger, closed his eyes, and returned to his position.

As long as you fight disasters and save the people, don't force the rest.

Bitch!
Cursing inwardly, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs even cursed the "Jishui Dragon God" maliciously. When a catastrophe occurs in the world, if you don't know how to restrain yourself, it's fine if you dare to contact the monarch. Not only will you die, but you will also die Go through hardships and dangers, and then reincarnate as an animal!

"The disaster in Huai River, apart from the lack of food and clothing, the most important thing is that the demons are going out to wreak havoc, and a large army is needed to conquer them and destroy them. There used to be a 'Long Xiang Army' in the southeast, so don't worry about it, but now the 'Dragon Army' The Xiang army is still fighting in the Yin Mountains, and if they are transferred back, I am afraid that the distant water will not be able to save the nearby fire."

"But if you rely on local soldiers, I'm afraid it won't work."

"'Nan Bohou' also has three to five thousand athletes under his command. It is not difficult to suppress the evil spirits of the Huai River."

"'Nanbohou' has already crossed the south of the Yangtze River. I think it is easier for 'Dongbohou'. After all, the guards of 'Dongbohou' are now in Taiyang Mansion. From north to south, they can reach the Huaihe River in two or three days. By the water."

"But if you go to Huaishui, you have left the rule of 'Dong Bohou', and you still need to order from the center. Otherwise, even if 'Dong Bohou' has the heart to subjugate demons and demons, he is afraid of crossing the border privately." .”

After such a discussion, there were already calculations, and the central court obviously did not intend to send troops to suppress the demons.

To put it bluntly, when an army travels, what is not an expense for eating, drinking and lazing?

Raising a big soldier now is not the same as before, and it is very troublesome.

It's better not to raise them, just take care of the rice bowl of the Central Army, and ask for blessings for the rest.

Moreover, when the guards of "Dong Bohou" were dispatched, they always asked the court whether they wanted much, which meant something, but instead they gained a lot, and they handed over a lot, which has always been liked by the ministers in the court.

Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs frowned, he knew that this was a way of self-destruction, but one thing to say, as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he knew very well that there was not much cash in the treasury.

Silk cloth, silver, gold, and copper coins are all running out. Last winter, if they hadn't made up a batch of charcoal as salary, they would have been stretched.

During the twelfth lunar month, there were a lot of Zanthoxylum bungeanum in storage, so Zanthoxylum bungeanum became a substitute for salary in some state capitals.

After all, pepper has always been expensive, but locals also welcome it. Some officials in the east city of Xiayi, the capital, are also willing to use pepper as income.

As the "general accountant" of the Great Xia Dynasty, even though Minister of Minbu could see some things clearly, in the face of reality, sometimes he had to bow his head, even had to keep silent, and even acquiesced in some things that he thought were completely nonsense before. crazy thing.

After the excruciating topic of disaster relief passed, the whole morning was over. At noon, while eating under the porch of the front hall, Minister Minbu, who was eating chicken legs, heard a light cough, and saw a tall and strong man sitting beside him. Ji Tianxia, ​​Minister of Rites.

"I'm afraid everything about the Huai River has been corrupted to the extreme..."

"Some news, it's better not to know."

"Humph!"

"Why should the local officials get angry with Ji? You must know..."

After a pause, Ji Tianxia didn't want to talk anymore, she lowered her head and ate the boiled cabbage. In the lunch box, there were some pepper noodles and salt. The cabbage was dipped in pepper noodles and salt, and she just ate it.

"'Jishui Dragon God' is a divine dragon waiting to be slaughtered. I'm afraid it's inappropriate for Your Majesty to agree to its request..."

Minister of the Ministry of Minbu was still a little upset about this, because he knew to some extent that the catastrophe in Dachao Prefecture back then contained the shadow of a dragon, and it might be the "Jishui Dragon God".

"It's a blessing, not a disaster. It's a disaster that can't be avoided. Local officials, if you don't eat chicken legs, can you be an official?"

"..."

Minister of the Ministry of Minbu looked angry, and in front of Ji Tianxia, ​​he took a bite of the chicken leg!
(End of this chapter)