Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

If she said it, she felt that she might not be able to bear it.

Finally, she took a deep breath:

"If you owe a lot, just pay it back slowly for the rest of your life."

Chapter 63 Debt Repayment

In fact, Lingyan said the words "pay it back slowly for the rest of my life" with a moving expression, which is really touching.

Qin Ji had to admit this.

However, he soon discovered that this "returning slowly" seemed to be more than emotional.It also seems to have a large part of the biological and genetic aspects mixed in...

Tonight, that's true:

Longtan leads to quiet and clear water, and Xuefeng is full of buds and plum blossoms.The long snake makes trouble in the sea, arousing the vast tide and mist;Shaking willow branches, you can't tell the beauty of the spring night;The clouds and rain in the sky are lingering and full of affection, and the pool is full of mandarin ducks playing games in the water.The snow melted and trickled, watering the golden wooden couplets in front of the hall; the jade saliva left by Long Fei filled the Huaiyue well behind the house.Sing slowly and spit out intoxicating words, the entanglement is full of love between children.

The intensity of the work and the level of "debt repayment" made people wonder whether this unsatisfied guy in front of him vented his dissatisfaction on this matter after hearing about his plan to have a baby with Xia Yuxiao.

Soon, Qin Ji stopped thinking, not because he had come to a conclusion, but because he had no time to think.The current Lingyan is in a state where various buffs have been added, and she doesn't know who she wants to take revenge on. It even made Qin Ji have a bad idea for a while:

With this intensity and number of times, if it is true that Chu Jun has a half-brother or sister before Chu Jun comes out...

Chaotang knows how to fry pots.

Qin Ji considered this, but he didn't have the energy to think about countermeasures, because the attacking opponent had already realized his hesitation for a moment, and simply raised his hand to curse, and then made the hesitant him into a piece of immobile fish .

To be reasonable, she has already entered the trembling stage and can still recite spells quickly. Sure enough, this girl has made great progress in spells... If this progress is not achieved by this way, then better.

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In the middle of the night, the lights that had been extinguished at some point were rekindled.

"Thanks for your hard work."

The winner of this war lay happily on someone's body, and whispered in the other's ear.

Taking a step back, even if it was only two years ago, the meaning of these words was so normal. When girls used to say this, it was often as a courtesy greeting after their young master had been busy for a day.But now, Qin Ji is convinced that this is a declaration of the end of the war by a victor who has returned with a full reward.

"You're really... bold."

Qin Ji complained.

It's too bold, she is really not afraid of "killing someone", is she?

"Don't worry, I'm scaring you," Lingyan smiled cunningly, "I can curse, and of course I can use spells to play tricks. Although I accept everything, nothing will happen. Don't worry."

Made, was taken care of.

Qin Ji closed his eyes silently.

"By the way, when will the 'wedding' with His Majesty be held?"

"Half a month after my wedding with His Majesty."

Marriage also has a priority, if Qin Ji and Xia Yuxiao's wedding date is after Lingyan, then it will be fun.

It's basically the same as taking a concubine before you have a wife.

"Then, what about the child?"

"This has not been determined yet, but the time to have a child should be on the day of the wedding, of course it may be earlier. It depends." Qin Ji replied.

Lingyan nodded.

The two chatted sentence by sentence like this, and gradually became sleepy, the voice became smaller and smaller, and finally fell asleep together.

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Going to court in winter is a very torturous job.

Although the current Great Xia court has reduced the frequency of court meetings, when it comes to court days, it is still inevitable that the human body will be sifted.

After all, in the middle of winter, a group of people walked all the way from the open space in front of the spacious hall, and there was almost no place to block the wind. The cold wind in winter was howling, and even if you exposed a little skin, you would feel the biting cold wind.

Among the central government officials who came to the court, some of them were old people. For them, it was a hell of a difficulty to get up early in the morning and brave the cold wind. , people are gone first.So Xia Yuxiao allowed those older people to wear more outside clothes, and they could take them off when they reached the main hall. Otherwise, it would be a joke if a few old officials died because of this.

All the ministers stood around the main hall, and with the sound of drums, the court meeting officially began.

"Is there anything? If there is something important, just say it. If not, everyone will go back to catch up on sleep."

Xia Yuxiao yawned and said.

She herself doesn't like going to court very much, because she has dealt with most of the important affairs in normal times, and what she stays in the court to talk about is not so much a discussion of state affairs, but a fixed faction fighting show.Regardless of any suggestions and reports, they can eventually become a war of words between factions.

"The minister has something important to report."

The person who said this was a young man in plain cloth.

"speak."

Xia Yuxiao pretended to be listening attentively.

This man looks completely different from the painting style of the ministers in the court. No matter who the ministers in the court are, they are all dressed in a grand manner, but this man's overly simple and plain clothes are obvious among the ministers in the hall. Especially conspicuous.

However, no one dared to underestimate this commoner.

Because this so-called commoner is from Tianshi Mansion.

The Tianshi Mansion basically does not participate in the government affairs at ordinary times, or in other words, does not participate in the government affairs on the surface.Generally speaking, if they participate in government affairs during the court meeting, they will send a person who is dressed unremarkably to poke in the corner.

This person is usually a big boss in the Tianshi Mansion, and they dress like that because most of the Tianshi will go out and wander around from time to time.

"Chen and others have recently gone to the states of Daxia to investigate. According to the investigation of Chen and others, there will be auspicious snowfall in Daxia this winter as a whole. But there will be water shortages in spring. The catastrophe in Hexi County has just passed. If spring There is not enough rain in the country, and I am afraid that some areas that already have little water will experience severe drought, and crops may not be able to grow.”

"I heard that there is a lot of surplus grain in the court. What I mean is, should some of the stored grain be transferred to several states with water shortages in advance, and the rivers and dams in each state should be stored in advance to prepare for emergencies?"

The Celestial Master's report in the Tianshi Mansion was very simple, without so much etiquette, and directly stated the problem.

"The news is true?"

Xia Yuxiao became serious and asked.

In the spring of next year, the shortage of rain will be a big problem. If it is true that it will affect the planting as the celestial master said, it will indeed be fatal.

"[-]% sure it's true."

Heavenly Master said.

"First inform the states to prepare for water storage. In addition, the excess stored grain will be inspected and counted first, and then uniformly deployed."

Xia Yuxiao immediately made a decision, and then she looked at Qin Ji meaningfully:

"The Taiwei thinks, is there anyone who can inspect and allocate the stored grain?"

Looking into her eyes, Qin Ji immediately understood what she meant.

"Your Majesty, I recommend Advisor Cheng. First, Advisor Cheng raised food and grass for our army during the Western Expedition. He has a very detailed understanding of food in various places, so he is worthy of great responsibility. Second, Advisor Cheng is upright and honest."

This is a great opportunity.

Tianshi Mansion believes that there is a [-]% probability that it will affect the sowing, so it is basically a certainty.Consultant Cheng Ben has done grain raising and transportation work, which is familiar to him. Moreover, once the rain is really low, if the consultant Cheng does a good job in food and water conservancy, he can be directly promoted.

But......

Xia Yuxiao always felt that Tianshifu should not come to the court specially for this matter.

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PS: I did a little work~

Chapter 64 Recommended

"Your Majesty, if this matter is to be arranged, I think it is more appropriate to send another person to accompany Mr. Gu."

Because of her meritorious service in raising food during the war and properly handling many affairs in the rear, Xia Yuxiao formally promoted her advisor Cheng to be an advising doctor.

Prior to this, the official position of consultant Cheng had always been Lang. Although this position already had a certain status above the court, it still had no real power on the whole. The so-called Lang can basically be understood as a central official. The "interns" are still in the learning stage and have not been assigned actual official positions.

Those who are better can follow the emperor or important officials of the court, but those who are worse have to learn more by themselves, and most of the participation in various political affairs can only be discussed and cannot really influence decision-making.

But it’s not the case for an admonishing doctor. This is an official position that really has the right to speak, and can influence the discussions in the court. Although the real power of an advising doctor is not particularly high, he can speak freely in the court.

Under normal circumstances, as long as you don't quarrel with the emperor on the spot, you basically don't have to worry about being punished for saying something wrong.

With such a high promotion, and this time entrusting such a task to the consultant Cheng, some ministers were naturally a little worried.

Now His Majesty and the Taiwei have come to the same position. Obviously, His Majesty needs a knife, and Advisor Cheng is the knife (after all, the gray scale is an unconventional method, and you can't let the gray scale use it for everything) .

If he went alone, if this matter was done well, the credit would be entirely due to the advisor Cheng alone, and if he couldn't get it right, His Majesty would give him a promotion, which would be promoted at a speed similar to that of Zhan Tianhou.

"Yes, Your Majesty. If Dr. Gu is alone, there is no one around to help and take care of each other. Dr. Gu is young, it's true, but let one person do this There are so many things, it is inevitable that you will not have enough energy.”

Some ministers persuaded.

In fact, this time at least what they said was reasonable. Regarding matters such as food adjustment and water storage that are directly related to the people's livelihood, it really tests the officials' own abilities.

Wanting to do this properly is basically equivalent to investigating the hydrological records of various places over the years and surveying the water volume of each dam.When it comes to transporting grain, one must also consider where to transport it from, where to transport it, where is suitable for storing grain, and so on.

The job is not necessarily difficult, but it is definitely troublesome, and...

Consultant Cheng is well aware of another obstacle this job faces:

Exploitation by local officials and gentry.

Naturally, granaries in various places are needed for food distribution, and officials from the prefectures and counties are needed to assist in handling the resettlement. However, in this way, it is inevitable that there will be people among these officials and gentry who are ready to profit from it.

These are the grains that are transferred to relieve the victims in bad times. Once the measures to adjust the water volume fail and the spring plowing is affected, these transferred grains can solve the urgent need of the victims' food shortage.

If these are also exploited by the local gentry and officials, then if something happens, I don't know how many more people will die.Therefore, consultant Cheng took the job, which meant facing the malice of local officials and gentry landlords.

Therefore, there is nothing wrong with what the ministers said. It is really difficult for the consultant Cheng to take full responsibility for this matter.

"Everyone is right. This matter is not limited to one place, there are many places that need to be responsible. Consultant Cheng alone is really difficult to deal with," Xia Yuxiao nodded, and then said, "Wang Yushi, can you Recommend someone to help Advisor Cheng?"

This time, Xia Yuxiao didn't throw the ball to Qin Ji and Prime Minister Long, but to Wang Yushi.

The most fortunate thing about Xia Yuxiao's ruling team is that although a large part of the factions in the ruling and opposition parties disagree with her governance, Prime Minister Long and Wang Yushi, as well as some veterans, are actually loyal and reliable.

These two people were left by the first emperor to his successors. Their loyalty is absolutely reliable. Even if they sometimes disagree with her, they will only give suggestions or even certain criticisms, and they will not overstep in the end.

Among the three men, two are reliable, and the remaining one... well, at least for the time being, it is still reliable, and it will depend on performance in the future.

Therefore, she decided to let Wang Yushi, the supervisor of all officials, choose a suitable candidate.