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Chapter 1374 Three Kings Song

Counting it, Du Qi was the first among the courtiers to know Lin Si.

After all, when they just left Rongcheng, Lin Si and Mu Zheping met in Du Qi's motorcade.

Du Qi, who was the governor of the province back then, is about to return to Xiancheng to report on his duties. At the same time, he is also sending his daughter Du Rong to school in Academy City.

Now his daughter, Du Rong, was married last year, and she has a home, and he has already become one of the few giants among the courtiers of the Yue Kingdom.

When Lin Si defeated the Southern Qi people and took over the northern fief, Du Qi was one of the right-hand men Yueshan sent to Lin Si to manage the fief.

Among so many civil servants, Lin Si didn't have anyone who was particularly close to him. If he really had to count, Du Qi might be the only one.When Du Rong got married, although Lin Si himself didn't attend because he was busy, he still sent a gift specially, and he was the only one among so many ministers.

Lin Si didn't deal with Du Qi many times, but his impression was pretty good.

In his opinion, those who can propose tax reforms are of course the pillars of the Yue Kingdom. He and Yang Yu also took care of the northern fiefs in an orderly manner, which shows his ability.

In addition, Lin Si still remembered Lao Mu's evaluation after he revealed that he planned to assassinate Du Qi.

Lao Mu said that this person is considered a good official, and there is nothing wrong with his personal style.Of course Lin Si remembered his judgment.

Perhaps it is because Lao Mu has not returned so far, Lin Si always has some special feelings when he sees Du Qi.

He didn't deliberately hide anything during this trip, after all, it wasn't something shady.

However, his appearance in Du Qi's mansion still amazed the servants and guards in the mansion.As far as they know, since the queen came to the throne, His Royal Highness seems to have never visited a minister alone.

And soon, Lin Si met Du Qi soon, and got to the point.

"Why are the courtiers so corrupt?" Without exchanging too many pleasantries, Lin Si went straight to the point.

"This... the accusations that the ministers criticized each other are not necessarily true."

"I know it's not all true, but some of it is true, right?"

"really."

"Why did it become like this? I am very puzzled. Shang Shuling Mi Yangcheng, I have heard of his reputation of incorruptibility when my father was in power. But the day before yesterday he was impeached for corruption of ink taxes! Shang Shu Zuo Pu shot Xu Xing. I heard how hardworking he was when he was an official of the Northern Territory fiefdom. I remember one time when he was busy with work and even didn’t return home for three days and two nights. How rare was it? But now, someone Say he is dereliction of duty! And Prime Minister Yang..."

Yes, Lin Si was indeed extremely puzzled.

Many powerful ministers and upright officials in his eyes have become like this, and he finds it extremely difficult to accept.

Maybe these charges were framed, or maybe they were deliberately exaggerated by Zhang Feng, but he knew very well that since they would be challenged in this regard, it meant that they were at least not as upright as they used to be.

Du Qi couldn't answer this question at all.

What can he say?Say yes, people will change, you just look at it... Isn't that telling Lin Si that these people are really guilty?So what's the difference between him and making a "small report"?
It is said that they have not changed, and the charges are all false. Are they still upright officials or officials?Du Qi didn't dare to guarantee these people without authorization. If these people were really found guilty of any crime in the future, he would be guilty of covering up.

So, he could only remain silent.

Lin Si hoped that he could say something and give himself some insights and opinions, but he couldn't wait for anything.

Gradually, his eyes dimmed, and he understood Du Qi's difficulties.

"When I followed Sister Wang to study the history of various countries, she once told me that when the world was conquered, everyone dedicated themselves to serving the public. After the country was stabilized, people's hearts began to think about changes and began to fall. She told me to learn from it in the future!
Because the Yue Kingdom is now powerful, no one dares to mess with it, everyone is relieved, and then they feel that they are the founding heroes and the new Yue Kingdom giants, and now is the time to enjoy it?I feel that some benefits are taken by others. If I don’t take them, I will suffer a loss, I will pretend to be noble, and I will be isolated and excluded by others, right?Not only do you want to take it, but your relatives, friends and family members also have to take it, follow the chicken and dog to ascend to heaven, right? "

Du Qi suddenly discovered that this His Royal Highness, who didn't have much contact with him on weekdays and looked like a political idiot, actually didn't understand anything and couldn't see through everything.

That's right, what he said is absolutely right, most of the courtiers of the Yue Kingdom think like this now...

Now the era when everyone worked hard and everyone was strict with self-discipline has passed.At that time, if everyone is not united and wholehearted, the northern fiefdom and Yue Kingdom may fall.

At that time, they were full of energy.Watching the fiefdom become more prosperous day by day, the people live better day by day, and the Yue Kingdom regains the lost land bit by bit, they are full of a sense of accomplishment.

However, as Lin Si said, after the Yue Kingdom became stronger and stronger, new benefits, a large number of benefits that were unimaginable before, also appeared in front of everyone.

When Prime Minister Yue Guo went to Bilan Shenyan Empire, even the foreign ministers of the two countries would not bother to meet them in person.And now the status of Prime Minister Yue Guo on the mainland is no less than that of Prime Minister Bi Lan.Now some remote and small countries are afraid that the moon will attack them, so they send envoys to give gifts and make a deal.

Such a change came too fast and too sudden.It's like a local rich man in a remote village who suddenly became the president of the top ten super chamber of commerce in the mainland...

New aristocrats and new wealthy families sprung up like mushrooms after rain, and they were gradually overwhelmed.

If you don't fight for yourself, others will.I tried my best to do things impartially, but was ridiculed as pedantic and stupid, and others relied on self-indulgence to curry favor, but easily obtained practical benefits, why?
At this time, Du Qi seemed to have a thousand words to say, but in the end, he still could only let out a long sigh, and continued to choose to remain silent.

"Lord Du, I hope you can tell me the truth. Does Your Majesty have something to hide? She taught me personally. How could she not see the problem? Why didn't she ask? I don't believe she is willing to look at Yueguo one step at a time. If we continue to become rotten, what's the point of us conquering the world like this, I'm afraid we will be defeated in a few years!"

Du Qi heard this and raised his head, except for helplessness in his eyes, there was hesitation.

"Your Majesty... She also tried hard to correct these ills, but..."

"Just what?"

"Your Highness, do you know that Princess Suning is also an imperial order now? Can she also participate in political affairs?"

"I know, does the problem come from her? But I heard that Princess Suning is just a name, and she almost never takes care of government affairs."

"That's true." Du Qi took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind: "Then let me ask His Highness again, don't you find it strange that the two factions in the court are fighting?"

"What's strange? It's strange why they formed two factions? It's not surprising that foreign courtiers and local courtiers have conflicts, right? I'm just a little puzzled, why they fight so hard."

"Your Highness has hit the key point. Sangong and Shang Shuling have nothing to do with the people of Lan Qingchuan and Nanqi. Although they have a large number of people in the court, they are still completely at a disadvantage. But now, they can compete with each other. Mr. Yang and Mr. Mi are fighting against each other, isn't this surprising?"

Du Qi has already seen that Lin Si really knows a lot of things, and he is not a political idiot, and he is even smart in this respect.

But unfortunately, perhaps because the ambition is not here, he is usually indifferent to these things, and he knows too little.Maybe there are many words that no one passes to his ears on weekdays.

Lin Si was taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately reacted.

"You're right, it really is..."

That's right, what's the use of having more people?The biggest positions belong to the other party. The foreign courtiers are actually not qualified to fight with the local courtiers of the Moon Kingdom. Why are they so confident?

"Why is this happening? Someone back them up?"

Although Du Qi had mentioned Hua Susu just now, he didn't think of her in this way at all.In his mind, Hua Susu is harmless to humans and animals, a gentle and kind poor person...

He even frowned and thought carefully, could it be that some new big shot appeared in Yue Kingdom?Dry blue king?King Qingchuan?But it shouldn't be, how could they make waves?
If they were going to make a fuss, Yue Luoning should have told himself that he would make them perish.

Just by looking at his face, Du Qi knew what he was thinking.

It seems that His Royal Highness really knows too little...

"Your Highness, have you ever heard a ballad that is circulated among the people in Xiancheng?"

"What song?"

Du Qi opened his mouth, as if he couldn't speak.But thinking about it again, the words have reached this point, and the ballad has already begun to spread among the people. Lin Si will hear it sooner or later, so why not tell him?
"This ballad is called the Song of the Three Kings. It is impossible to find out who first spread it..."

"Song of the Three Kings? Which three kings?" Lin Si seemed enthusiastic.

Three kings?He thought of Qianlan, Qingchuan, and Nanqi, the surrendered kings of the Three Kingdoms. Could it be that these people are restless?

"There is a king in the palace, who sits in the hall. A king in the palace, who is a bride every night. A king outside the palace, who guards the frontier every year. Three kings..."

"Okay!" Lin Si who was still smiling suddenly raised his hand to stop him.

Lin Siben is not a person who is easily swayed by emotions, let alone angering others, but at this time his face is already livid.

He knew very well that the king who guarded the frontier every year was talking about himself.

"A king in the palace, who is he referring to..." He gritted his teeth tightly, and the voice was almost squeezed out from between his teeth.

In the court of the Moon Kingdom, there is actually no harem concubine struggle at all, is there?

Because Yue Luoning is the queen, and she has long since given up the idea of ​​marriage, there are no beauties in the harem at all.

Apart from the maids, eunuchs and guards, there are only two people in the harem, one is Empress Dowager Feng, and the other is his sister Su...

"Princess Suning."

Du Qi's answer almost made Lin Si's eyes flash with gold stars.

(End of this chapter)