Concubine's Pond

Deeper and deeper, all kinds of beings, some people are arrogant, some people sigh uneasy, some people regret, some people stand on the sidelines, after the noisy and luxurious state banquet in the middle of the night, the city of Shangjing finally returned to calm.

But this tranquility lasted for less than two hours, and the tranquility on the bluestone avenue leading to the palace was broken by the movement of more than a dozen luxurious noble carriages running.

The wheels were rolling, and the carriages quickly disappeared into the gate of the palace in the thick cold fog as if they were being chased. There was no other reason. Ask the ministers to discuss matters in the imperial study room!Those who fail to arrive at the specified time will be demoted to win the title!

So a group of veterans and important ministers of the dynasty, ignoring the sore old bones that were about to fall apart just now, jumped into the carriage and rushed to the palace with black eye circles as if they were on fire. Weiwei got out of the car while supporting his stiff and painful old waist.

"Hey...Zhang Shangshu, you're here too."

"Lin Shangshu, you are here too!"

"Hey? Master Situ, are you there?"

"Ah...Gu Hou Ye, you have also received a secret decree!"

"..."

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As soon as they got off the carriage, the eyes of many old and middle-aged ministers widened. They were all human beings. Although their hearts became more and more horrified, they still greeted them calmly and without pain.My God, the principals of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry are all here!What the hell happened?It has been ten years since the two ministers and all the principals were urgently summoned to the imperial study room for discussion!

Although the situation of the floods in the south this year is not optimistic, the northern border is not peaceful, and there is also the threat of the nomadic tribes on the northeastern border and the Daliao Dynasty's fall and winter autumn winds plundering the population, food and wealth, and the two departments are on the cusp. , but when the situation was more serious five years ago, His Highness did not see an urgent edict to bring all the two important officials to the Imperial Study Room for discussion?

Couldn't it be that His Highness was in a bad mood last night because the princess lost the first game, plus these bad things, he couldn't bear it and wanted to use them to start a game, right?

The two old and cunning ministers looked at each other, and with smiles they surrounded the chief eunuch who was standing quietly outside the imperial study room. They stuffed two heavy purses into his sleeves skillfully and quickly without shaking hands: " Eunuch Li, Your Highness...is this?"

The rich Mr. Li narrowed his eyes, stretched out his hands to weigh the two purses in his sleeves without any trace, and a flash of light flashed in his eyes, um, the weight is not bad, about 20 taels of gold?There are also a few round beads, probably the best among pearls, Dongzhu?

As the saying goes, short-handed, soft-mouthed.Manager Li showed a pleasing smile, stretched out a finger and pointed to the sky lightly, "'That' is in a good mood today."

Does that mean he won't be angered?Even if the two important tasks are held accountable, it won't hurt the fur?

Upon hearing these words, the two tycoons immediately fell back to their original places with anxiety, laughed happily and quickly stuffed a purse into Mr. Li's hand, and happily returned to the crowd waiting for the inside information. among colleagues.

Seeing the expressions of the two immediate bosses and the 'safe' gesture secretly made, the hearts of the two important ministers, no matter how much they hung in their throats, were put back on their chests, and each of them wiped the sweat from their foreheads with lingering fear, not to vent their anger The cannon fodder is fine.

As a result, a large group of people lined up with solemn faces and waited to enter the imperial study room.He even opened up Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, thinking about which beautiful concubine's room he would go to catch up on sleep after coming out of the imperial study room, massage his old waist, and was shocked.

After standing still for about two quarters of an hour, when the legs and feet of many important officials began to feel slightly numb, there was finally a shrill and long singing: "The emperor has arrived—the empress dowager has arrived—His Royal Highness has arrived—..."

Everyone's expressions were stunned, and the heart that had just been put back to its original place was beating wildly again, sensitively aware of the unusual smell from this communication - the emperor and the empress dowager are also here!

In the past, most of the urgent state affairs were handled by the Prince Regent alone, while the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, who listened to the government behind the curtain, did not participate at all, and at most asked after the event.But now, these two great gods actually appeared, and they still appeared in the secret meeting ordered by the Regent himself!

Today, is it going to change?Since ancient times, the royal family has been weak. Is this a sign that the little emperor and the empress dowager are going to seize power?

But, that's not right, regardless of whether His Highness the Prince Regent will sit and wait for death, let's first talk about whether the little emperor and the empress dowager, an orphan and widow mother, have the strength to seize power, and whether there is this support to seize power!

The King Regent is so powerful in the Hengyue Dynasty, turning his hands into clouds and raining his hands, and the spring and autumn are in full bloom, how can this be possible... Could it be that His Highness the King Regent wants... to delegate power? !

It seems that His Highness already knows about the rumors on the border and all kinds of gossip in the capital. His Highness is expressing his position—absolutely no intention of a battle for the throne.

"Kowtow to my emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live! Please refer to the empress dowager, the empress dowager, please see His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness, who is a thousand years old, a thousand years old..."

The two ministers, these two veteran officials, the old fox quickly led the crowd to kneel down respectfully and saluted, but his head was spinning rapidly, and countless thoughts passed through in a blink of an eye, and he quickly guessed the most correct meaning. Made the most correct decision to stand in line - from now on, I will hang out with the little emperor!His Royal Highness the Regent has already stated his position, and he wants to go on the road.Helping the little emperor well will bring prosperity and wealth to his descendants in the future.

It has to be said that these two are old and mature. Of course, after so many years of calling the shots in the officialdom, can they do without this vision?

"Everyone loves you." The little emperor shouted in a childish voice, the soft childish voice was full of drowsiness and dissatisfaction, it was no longer clear and crisp, and he knew that he was forcibly pulled out of the bed of……

"Thank you, my emperor, for your kindness."

Zhang Shangshu and Lin Shangshu's short thank you was especially abrupt in the long shout of a group of people thanking the emperor, thanking the regent, and thanking the empress dowager.

With the movement of getting up, the two carefully raised their eyelids and glanced at the three great gods in front of them. Sure enough, they saw the little emperor carved in powder and jade, being sleepily embraced by His Highness the Regent, and His Highness the Regent I cast an appreciative look, and I couldn't help but feel elated.This flattery is so right!

After a brief ceremony, a group of people followed Huangfu Ye and the Empress Dowager into the Imperial Study Room, and then sat down in order of priority.

Huangfu Ye leaned lazily yet elegantly and dignifiedly in the wide chair with a bright yellow back, lazily raised his eyes and glanced at the crowd, he did not speak in a hurry, he was not angry and prestige, a look that made it difficult to look directly at Nobility and momentum come out through the body.

In the entire imperial study room, there was an inexplicable pressure suddenly out of thin air.

The two ministers and the two important ministers immediately looked awe-inspiring, vaguely smelling a solemn smell, solemnly lowered their eyebrows, closed their eyes, and slowed down their breathing, quietly waiting for Huangfu Ye's opening.

Even the little emperor in Huangfu Ye's arms was shaken, he put away his drowsiness and dissatisfaction with not getting enough sleep, and sat on Huangfu Ye's lap with a serious face, his big black jade-like eyes pretended to be He stared sharply ahead.

Only the young empress dowager, who had seen a lot after all, only slightly curled the corners of her lips, looked at her nose with her eyes, and her heart with her nose, and she was extremely calm.

After a quiet cup of tea, he felt that his attention had been hoisted, and that the psychological battle was almost over, so Huangfu Ye said indifferently, "Masters, do you know why this king summoned you and others to discuss matters in the Imperial Study Room?"

"The old minister is ignorant, I don't know." Feeling uneasy, Zhang Shangshu and Lin Shangshu immediately climbed up the pole.

The rest of the people continued to keep their mouths shut and stared nervously at Huangfu Ye, their palms covered with white sweat. They realized that they had relaxed too early... According to the attitude of His Royal Highness the Regent, the next step is to The things discussed are absolutely amazing!

"The floods in the south and the resettlement of refugees in your book made me very dissatisfied. This happens every year, and the flood control has no effect, let alone the symptoms." Huangfu Ye's faint words filled the imperial study room like a bucket of ice water. The courtiers poured water from head to toe, all of them couldn't sit still, they were sweating profusely, and they knelt down on the floor to plead guilty with a terrified "plop plop".

"The minister is incompetent!"

The two giants complained secretly in their hearts, Eunuch Li, is this what you mean by being in a good mood? !This is simply the calm before the storm, the harmony before the bloodbath!

"Apart from opening the national treasury to sell food for disaster relief, collecting money from the people to collect food, and building sheds along the way to provide porridge for displaced refugees, you really can't think of more constructive measures that can fundamentally solve hidden dangers. ?”

Huangfu Ye asked coldly.

"Your Highness, it's not that I can't think about it, but that I can't do it!" Zhang Shangshu called out for grievances.

"Your Highness, if the flood in the south is to be cured, we can only start by dredging the seaport. However, the southern territory of my Hengyue Dynasty is so large and the rivers are so complicated. What a huge project it is. How can it be successful in a year, two years, or even a decade? That? That would consume a huge amount of manpower and material resources! Even if we concentrate the entire dynasty’s financial resources, material resources and manpower, I’m afraid we won’t be able to compete for merit in one or two hundred years!” Lin Shangshu then shouted for grievances, with a heavy and helpless expression on his face.

A group of important officials below also had grievances on their faces.

Nowadays, productivity in the mainland is low, and all fortifications have to be carried on the shoulders of people. If Luo Ran were here, he would be helpless and powerless.After all, even in the 21st century, there are all kinds of advanced science and advanced machinery, and it is a huge project that wastes people and money... The two ministers are really wronged, and the two confidential officials are also wronged...

"If you can't do it, it only shows that you are incompetent. Don't underestimate the people of the world. Today, I will let you see the world's extraordinary talents." Peerless eyes glanced at them coldly, and the corners of Huangfu Ye's lips showed a trace of pride "Come on, please 'Master Wushuang'!"

Hehe, let his little woman tell this group of old-fashioned officials with rigid heads, what is an astonishingly talented ghost!

Thinking of the woman with the enchanting plum blossom seal on her forehead, Huangfu Ye felt his heart boil, and the smile on his lips became more dazzling.He didn't expect that she would give him such a big surprise after waking up.

Everyone was taken aback.

Stranger?Master Wushuang?

The unparalleled unparalleled in the world?With Wushuang as the name, what a big tone!

Even the little emperor and the empress dowager couldn't help but look at Huangfu Ye inquiringly.

"Look, listen, and learn. The world is so big that you can't understand it." Huangfu Ye just smiled lightly, and gently patted the top of his little nephew's head, determined and confident.

Of course, he deserves the title of "Unparalleled Under Heaven"!

A gleam of light flashed across the little emperor's seemingly ignorant and innocent Mo Yu's big eyes.The tense little body relaxed, leaning back dependently.

"Xuan, Mr. Wushuang..." The little eunuch serving in the imperial study raised a high-pitched voice, and the voice came out of the imperial study.

The slender young man dressed in white clothes that surpassed the snow entered the imperial study room abruptly, neither humble nor overbearing.

"Kowtow to my emperor." The slender young man wearing a silver mask just like a smear of moonlight breaking through the sky, his whole body is as clean as a plum, only revealing a pair of mysterious eyes and a pair of pink lips. When the emperor owed his body, it was regarded as a salute.

As for Huangfu Ye and the Empress Dowager, they didn't get the salute from 'him' at all.

"Bold..." Lin Shilang under Zhang Shangshu was furious, eager to scold the boy for being rude. When he saw the emperor, empress dowager and His Royal Highness the regent, not only did they not pay homage, but they even wore a mask to hide it from the eyes of the sage. Watching, it is really presumptuous to the extreme, guilty of deceiving the king.But he had just uttered the word "bold", when he received a murderous look from Huangfu Ye, his eyes were as cold as a knife, his pupils shrank, and he swallowed all the words he hadn't said, and shrank aside.

Well, what did His Highness the Prince Regent acquiesce to?

"Young Master Wushuang, tell me your suggestions for water control." His eyes were shining brightly, and Huangfu smiled at night, very bright and doting, and the eyeballs of the ground fell out of shock in an instant.

The 'young boy' who was given the title of "Mr. Wushuang" for no reason, couldn't help grinding his teeth, and gave Huangfu Ye a slap in the face without a trace. Mr. Wushuang is Mr. Wushuang, what's the matter with your smile, I'm afraid Can't others see that I am your Princess Yun?

If he doesn't blush, she will blush too. Hell Wushuang, she just plagiarized the essence of many predecessors in the 21st century and talked about it. Time-traveling women are not omnipotent, but the power of background knowledge is invincible.

While slandering, Luo Ran cleared his throat and squeezed his throat. He felt that the voice-changing pill he had just taken had worked, so he bowed his hands and spoke slowly. His voice was as bright as a moon, between a male and a female voice. It sounds like a magical attraction: "My lords, please be polite. Just now, I have heard your lords' statement outside the door. Here, I will not vomit some things."

"Sir, please speak."

Zhang Shangshu and Lin Shangshu were still very calm, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they still stretched out their hands in a distant and polite gesture.

Looking down on everyone, Luo Ran smiled and talked eloquently: "Following what the lord said just now, since we can't divert it from the source, we can only take it from it. We can build reservoirs along the coast to increase flood storage areas. Dredge the drainage channels of the low-lying land on both sides of the river to increase the drainage capacity to avoid waterlogging. Secondly, we must strengthen the construction of river dams, consolidate the embankments, relocate the people around the embankments, and prohibit digging and building houses around the embankments to avoid waterlogging. Weaken the foundation of the embankment to allow the river to overflow, and then plant more trees and turf on both banks to strengthen the embankment and prevent soil erosion."

The eyes of the little emperor, the empress dowager, and the two important ministers suddenly lit up when they heard this, and the original suspicion and disdain in their eyes changed, and they stared fixedly at this "Mr. Wushuang" speechless.

The Hengyue Dynasty, no, it should be said that in the entire Xuanwu Continent, water conservancy has always been backward. Although there are water storage reservoirs among the people, they are rarely taken seriously by the major dynasties.Building a reservoir can not only reduce the pressure on the embankment during the flood season, but also relieve the drought during the dry season.

What's more, Luo Ran's proposal of relocating the people near the embankment on both sides of the bank, planting trees, etc., sounds very fresh to everyone, but it makes sense after thinking about it. If these measures can be implemented, then It is the merit in the present age, and the benefit in the future!

For thousands or even tens of thousands of years, countless emperors and capable ministers of various dynasties have rarely been able to truly manage the floods. If they can make improvements in their hands, it must be recorded in the annals of mainland history, and the glory of history!

Thinking of this, everyone looked at Luo Ran with fiery eyes, as if this was a big golden mountain shining with golden light.

In an instant, the slender boy with the silver mask became the most dazzling and the most important presence in the entire imperial study.

"However, even if it is to build a reservoir and strengthen a river dam, it is necessary to study the geography. The water and soil are different in various places in the south. In some places, the water flow is fast and the land is hard; It would be better to do a detailed deployment.”

Feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at by such a group of young and old, Luo Ran bit the bullet and said some other things to pay attention to.

"High regards, Mr. Wushuang!"

Zhang Shangshu and Lin Shangshu shouted with red faces, their treacherous and cunning eyes turned back and forth on Huangfu Ye and Luo Ran, who were smiling dotingly, and they gave Luo Ran a look in admiration, and then knelt to each other The empress dowager, Huangfu Ye, and the little emperor knelt down: "Your Majesty, empress dowager, Your Highness, there are people beyond people, and heaven beyond the sky. Mr. Wushuang is amazingly talented. If you can enter the court and become an official, it will definitely be my eternal blessing and the blessing of all peoples!" !!"

The relationship between His Royal Highness the Prince Regent and this unparalleled son is definitely not simple... After all, masculinity is still quite fashionable among nobles and wealthy families. He has talent and looks (although he can't see it with a mask), but it is absolutely not worth betting on a treasure. Incorrect.The two old foxes kneeling with their heads bowed meaningfully and quietly exchanged a self-evident ambiguous smile.

On the surface, Luo Ran looked indifferent and calm, but in fact his heart trembled a few times, his earlobe felt shamelessly hot, ahem, crossing the mighty crowd, mighty in the 21st century!