Empress Dowager Guide

Chapter 160
Ji Wenxuan pondered for a long time before slowly saying, "But it will take at least one year for the land equalization policy to be effective until the national treasury is filled. In this case, there is not enough time... Otherwise, we will postpone the scientific research?"

Sheng Shaoqing said decisively, "No way!"

"Many people in the court have already known about this matter, and now they have given up rashly, I am afraid that their views on this matter will be shaken even more."

"What's more, it's already spring now, and it will be about four or five months after the preparations are completed. After a while, the weather will be hot. How can I take the test?"

Ji Wenxuan spread his hands, "But...we don't have any money!"

"If you don't have money, then make it! Open up avenues of money, and you can always make money!"

Ji Wenxuan said badly, "Then... I have a suggestion..."

"you say?"

"Why don't you try copying the house?"

Sheng Shaoqing: …………

"What... are you suggesting?"

Ji Wenxuan flicked his sleeves, "Since the scientific examination is for the poor, it will inevitably touch the interests of many people who used to be smug. Since they are not worthy of virtue, they may take action to stop the scientific examination. We might as well advance it." Start..."

"What's more, as far as I know, the trend of corruption in the court is becoming more and more serious. We can just take this opportunity to rectify one or two, which is also a strategy that kills multiple birds with one stone."

"But..." Sheng Shaoqing hesitated, "But what if someone takes advantage of this matter?"

"The queen mother means that some people will take the opportunity to suppress dissidents, and the party will fight dissidents?"

Sheng Shaoqing turned around and looked straight into Ji Wenxuan's eyes, "Isn't it possible?"

Now all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty, except for Wei Zhen, follow Ji Wenxuan's lead, but if he has something different, this matter will be troublesome.

Sheng Shaoqing now trusts Ji Wenxuan, but the fact that the family dominates is not a good thing for the imperial court, so Sheng Shaoqing will not be less worried.

Ji Wenxuan's heart skipped a beat, and he was about to kneel immediately, "Queen Mother! Minister..."

Afterwards, Ji Wenxuan regretted his recklessness. The Queen Mother trusted him so much in the past, so he gradually lost the cautiousness of the past.

After getting along these days, he has a little understanding of the Queen Mother's temperament. If she is a man, I am afraid that she is also a romantic figure who can make a difference!
Sheng Shaoqing helped Ji Wenxuan up, "Prime Minister, don't worry, I don't mean to accuse you, it's just that if there is one thing like this, there will be another, I have to be careful."

Ji Wenxuan cupped his hands and said, "This minister is reckless, but Queen Mother, please believe in my loyalty, minister..."

"Prime Minister! I believe in you, but..."

"Can you also guarantee that the people under your command are the same as you?"

"If you don't change your original intention, you won't regret until death?"

Ji Wenxuan was silent for a long time, "If the Empress Dowager trusts me, I won't go through this matter, I will go in person..."

"No need!"

"The purpose of investigating corruption is not to expand the national treasury, but to keep people on alert. In this case, you submit the list to me. After I check it, you can do it again, how about it?"

She has a system, she can investigate, one can fight corruption, and the other can supervise Ji Wenxuan, killing two birds with one stone, this golden finger is useless!

Ji Wenxuan suddenly looked at Sheng Shaoqing, lowered his head and responded, "I obey the order."

Ji Wenxuan suddenly looked at Sheng Shaoqing, lowered his head and responded, "I obey the order."

"Queen Mother!"

Cui Yun rushed in from the outside in a hurry, "Queen! Xue Wuji, Mr. Xue, please see me!"

Ji Wenxuan's brows moved slightly, and he looked at Sheng Shaoqing. Sheng Shaoqing didn't avoid his probing gaze. Compared with the restrainedness when he glanced at him for the first time, she can now take it calmly.

"Pass him in!"

When Xue Wuji hurried in, he saw that Ji Wenxuan was there, and hurriedly cupped his hands in salute, "The prime minister is here too!"

Ji Wenxuan nodded silently, Xue Wuji said directly, "Queen! The leader of that group is indeed Helian Zhenbei."

"As soon as he arrived in the capital, he was stopped by the people sent by the minister and brought directly to Chenliu. Now the minister has arranged for him to change his identity to live in the post house. How to deal with it depends on the queen mother."

"How many troops did he bring, but is there still someone to support him?"

Xue Wuji hesitated for a moment and said, "The minister's people came to report that there were only a dozen people when they saw him, and they were all his close followers, so there should be no internal response."

Sheng Shaoqing nodded abruptly, "If he's in Chenliu now, why not just..."

Ji Wenxuan suddenly said from the side, "The queen mother has thought about it, if he asks for help, what should we do?"

Sheng Shaoqing raised his eyebrows, "That naturally depends on the conditions he offered."

"What does Prime Minister Ji think?"

Ji Wenxuan took a deep breath, "Chen... I naturally don't want to let Helian Zhenbei go back."

Xue Wuji glanced at Ji Wenxuan in shock, the Prime Minister was confused, now there are two tigers fighting in Helian, and it is rumored that Shen Gui has the upper hand.

If the tiger Helian Zhenbei didn't end up, Shen Gui would most likely be in charge of Helian.

Ji Wenxuan said so, isn't he afraid that the queen mother will think that he is favoring his former son-in-law, and wants to let his daughter go to Helian to be the queen?
Sheng Shaoqing was also puzzled, "But..."

Xue Wuji was afraid that Ji Wenxuan might say something that shouldn't be said, so when he was about to smooth things over, he heard Ji Wenxuan say directly, "This person is determined and ruthless, I don't know why he stumbled into such a situation this time, but if he Gaining power, Helian must be a bloodbath."

"Isn't that a good thing for me?"

Ji Wenxuan silently glanced at Xue Wuji, "I think Mr. Xue is about to write the word gloating on his face."

Xue Wuji pursed his lips in embarrassment, "Then what is the prime minister's opinion?"

It is rare for Sheng Shaoqing to see Ji Wenxuan directly attack anyone like this, Xue Wuji seems to be the first one?
Was there friction between them when she didn't know, or was it because of Helian Zhenbei?
"Sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight."

Xue Wuji smiled, "Then why didn't Prime Minister Ji put the tiger Helian Zhenbei in for a fight? If he can stand up, wouldn't the scene be more entertaining?"

Sheng Shaoqing also agreed with Xue Wuji in her heart, she didn't want to understand why Ji Wenxuan didn't support Helian Zhenbei to go back, and she didn't hear that the prime minister had an old feud with the Lord Helian.

She even began to continuously increase the possibility of the conjecture "Prime Minister Ji wants to support Shen Gui as the Lord of Helian Kingdom" that popped up in Xue Wuji's head.

However, Ji Wenxuan hated Shen Gui so much in the past, and his daughter has already reconciled with Shen Gui, so it should be impossible for him to have a good impression of Shen Gui.

Ji Wenxuan arched his hands, and said to Sheng Shaoqing, "Don't misunderstand the queen mother, I have heard about Helian's situation, but Shen Gui and Tie Fasi are fighting to the death, I let Helian Zhenbei go back rashly , I'm afraid it will make them unite to deal with Helian Zhenbei."

"After all, Helian Zhenbei is the rightful King of Helian. The reason why Shen Gui and Tie Fasi dare to rob the position of King so blatantly is that they are all qualified to inherit the King's absence."

"Once Helian Zhenbei returns, with the support of our court behind him, these two people will definitely be in unison, and they will not give up until Helian Zhenbei dies. Our border is already unstable, so , together with the war, who suffers and who suffers, the Queen Mother and Lord Xue should know."

"It's a critical time for us to reform the system, so why get caught up in other countries' affairs?"

"Be careful if you don't eat mutton, it will only cause you to show off."

Xue Wuji frowned, "We're just helping him go back, why should we worry about the rest? Helian Zhenbei naturally has his own ideas."

"Master Xue, since you know that Helian Zhenbei dares to come to our court, you must have made a condition, and this condition must be enough to make people's hearts tempt."

Xue Wuji nodded, "Of course, otherwise, what is he doing here, looking for death?"

"But he is also sure that I will definitely agree under such conditions, and once I agree, I'm afraid I will get into endless trouble!"

"This is………"

"Master Xue only said to send him back, how to go back, how many troops to give him, who will these troops obey, and what if these people rebel? If Helian Zhenbei is defeated, what will happen to the lives of my court ?”

After listening to Ji Wenxuan's series of questions, Xue Wuji's face instantly turned pale, and he said to Sheng Shaoqing, "These are the minister's lack of consideration, but..."

To avoid embarrassment, Sheng Shaoqing asked Ji Wenxuan directly, "What does the Prime Minister mean..."

"I still say a word, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight."

Sheng Shaoqing nodded, "Just watch the two tigers fight, and just buckle the other one."

Ji Wenxuan smiled and said, "Wait for Helian to calm down, and then we'll muddy the water. For me, that's the safest way."

Xue Wuji was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized, "Prime Minister said... When the dispute over Helian King's Lord is over...the matter subsides, let's catch them by surprise, send the real King back, and let them continue to mess up! "

"In this way, I can secure the border for at least five years without much effort!"

Ji Wenxuan smiled gratifiedly, "Master Xue knows me!"

After Sheng Shaoqing figured it out, he smiled and said, "Prime Minister is really hot."

"Helian Zhenbei thought that he would be able to borrow troops to go back here, but he didn't expect that we would leave him alone all the time. He would definitely suspect that his conditions were not enough, so he increased the conditions to the maximum and then let him go. If he goes back, even if he loses, we won't lose!"

Ji Wenxuan stroked his beard, "The Queen Mother is wise!"

"It's just that he has been detained, but he can't cut off his connection with Helian, otherwise this plan will be impossible."

Xue Wuji nodded and suddenly asked, "If Shen Gui wins, will Prime Minister also send Helian Zhenbei back?"

Ji Wenxuan suddenly turned around, "What do you mean by that!"

"Don't you think that I blocked this matter again and again for Shen Gui's sake?"

Xue Wuji didn't answer, but Ji Wenxuan had already understood, "Shen Gui and I are inseparable, he blamed my daughter first, and then made troubles with me later, I'm not so old and rotten that I can't tell right from wrong Pros and cons!"

"Can…………"

Ji Wenxuan continued, "I know you all know that Shen Gui and I used to have a friendship as a son-in-law, but for the benefit of my court, so what if he is still my son-in-law?"

"If I can protect the safety of the border people, so what if I, Ji Wenxuan, don't want this son-in-law? What's more, he is no longer my son-in-law!"

Only then did Xue Wuji feel relieved, and apologized, "It's because the lower officials are narrow-minded and misunderstood the Prime Minister."

"Then Helian Zhenbei is already in Chenliu at this moment, should we send him back to the capital?"

Sheng Shaoqing thought for a while, "No need, there are many people in the capital. If his identity is revealed now, it will not help the big things. Let him stay in Chenliu first."

"Then...does the Queen Mother want to see him?"

Xue Wuji asked helplessly under Ji Wenxuan's bewildered expression, "I am worried that he will take the opportunity to escape if he doesn't see the Queen Mother, and...he has been clamoring to see the Queen Mother..."

Ji Wenxuan thought for a while, "Forget it, the Empress Dowager will meet if she wants to...it's just what he said..."

Sheng Shaoqing nodded, "I know, I only promise, never execute!"

The three of them looked at each other and laughed inexplicably. Sheng Shaoqing left the two adults for lunch before letting them go back.

In the afternoon, Sheng Shaoqing finished approving the paperwork and just wanted to stretch for a rest when Lu Wuyou walked in with the booklets he had sorted out.

"Queen Mother, these are the number of acres of land, population, and taxation situation in these days of Chenliu. The numbers marked in red are questionable figures, and the numbers marked in indigo are doubtful or unknown. Please The queen mother has a look."

The resentment between Lu Wuyou's eyebrows in the past has been replaced by vigor, and Sheng Shaoqing couldn't help but feel a little happy when he saw it, and asked with a smile, "Then where do you think these problems are?"

Lu Wuyou thought for a while and said directly, "Generally speaking, if someone deliberately cheats, they will choose to reduce the account entry and increase the account output, so that they can make a profit from it. But this time it is completely different. According to my guess, they wanted to create the illusion that Chen Liu's acres and number of people had increased. Also, the very regular increase in those numbers also proved this point."

Sheng Shaoqing asked her to stand up, and asked her intentionally, "Then who do you think it could be?"

Lu Wuyou glanced at Sheng Shaoqing, and whispered, "I...don't dare..."

Sheng Shaoqing laughed brightly, "It's okay, just say what you say."

"Since this person is lying, he must be dissatisfied with the policy of equalizing the land, but it is not that the reform is less, but that it is more. Presumably, he has scruples about those who reform the law. It is in Chenliu's territory that he can be wary of Shangshu Yun. There should be no one else besides... besides Yun Shangshu's...grandfather..."

Sheng Shaoqing looked at Lu Wuyou suddenly, and Lu Wuyou said nervously, "Master Wang...he has a good relationship with my father, and this is how I know...the relationship between him and Shangshu Yun..."

"It's nothing, I didn't mean to blame you, it's just...why not Chen Liuwang?"

Lu Wuyou smiled, "I'm just guessing, maybe I wronged Mr. Wang, but I don't know? As for the Chenliu Wang family, they should not dare."

"No, it's him."

　[There are some things at home today, and I will make up the double update tomorrow!bow! 】

　　
　
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