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

The sound of horseshoes sounded, and Wuheya galloped towards the road she came from.

"The young master seems to have a good impression of her." Lingyan stared at Wuheya's distant figure and said softly.

"It's better to say that I have a good impression of this kind of people."

Qin Ji smiled as if laughing at himself.Although he himself is a more practical person, whether it is the self before he came to this world or the present self, he still can't hate such people.

Every person who fights unremittingly for his motherland and the people of the motherland has an unforgettable charm in his heart.

"Young master, you have to accompany the eldest lady to draw pictures tonight. If you don't go back early, the eldest lady will wait for you."

"Well, I see." Qin Ji nodded, and suddenly, he thought of a question that made him very curious, "By the way, Lingyan."

"what happened?"

"You never thought about it, if I really choose to leave with Wuheya..."

"It's nothing more than changing the working environment. With the young master's talent, he must receive preferential treatment no matter whether he is in Daxia or Sal. Thinking about it this way, my working environment should not be bad."

When Lingyan said this, she didn't hesitate at all, as if following him was a matter of course.

"You...well, fine."

Qin Ji really has nothing to do with this guard.

...........................

Early the next morning, Daxia Zongzheng and Xia Siguo took leave due to illness.

An official asked for leave, and it became a problem who to fill Xia Siguo's vacancy. For this reason, Xia Yuxiao convened a group of central officials to discuss who should temporarily fill the vacancy.

Originally, according to the old system, this vacancy should be filled by the second in command of the Zongzheng Mansion. After all, the Zongzheng Mansion is at most in charge of the internal clan affairs of the royal family. This job is very busy when it is busy, but it is really idle when it is free.Second in command is more than enough most of the time.

But this time, the other party insisted that Zongzheng's mansion has been very busy recently, and they needed someone who could hold back the situation to fill the vacancy in Zongzheng's position.

So, after everyone's "unanimous discussion", the group of ministers pushed Xia Yuxiao's uncle out, hoping to let this elder of the Xia family's respected and respected elders handle the affairs of the Zongzheng Mansion.

But this matter was politely rejected by Xia Yuxiao.

Afterwards, Xia Yuxiao said with a smile:

"Well, I noticed recently that Prime Minister Long has been studying the etiquette of my great Xia. Anyway, there are no major affairs in the court for the time being. Why don't you let Prime Minister Long take up this position for a few days?"

Hearing this news, Qin Ji down there felt something was wrong.

Ah no, you are not right.

The appointment of officials in Daxia is indeed something that the emperor can personally name.But some positions are more special.

Especially Zongzheng.

Since Zongzheng's position deals with matters within the royal family, and sometimes involves many messy matters within the royal family, the officials in this position are almost all members of the royal family.And it must be the kind of person who is highly respected in Xia's family.

It is unusual to change the original sect temporarily, but it turned out that Prime Minister Long came this time?

Your Prime Minister Long is acting as Zongzheng, can he be?

I can't do it, I don't have the qualifications to know.

At least you have to find someone from the royal family, otherwise you should regret it if something happens to your family, such as whose younger brother accidentally recognizes his sister-in-law as his own sister after getting drunk ...

This is an outrageous thing that really happened. Although it has been hundreds of years ago, it has still become an anecdote among many ordinary people...

The source of the news is a certain dead surname Zongzheng.This buddy didn't know why he couldn't think about it at the beginning, so he dared to poke this matter out.

No, for the sake of His Majesty's family affairs, I have to persuade him carefully.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"Go ahead."

"I believe that the prime minister may be overworked after working day and night. There may be another candidate for this position."

Qin Ji said respectfully.

"Then, who do you think is better than Prime Minister Long for this position?" Xia Yuxiao asked.

"I don't know who is better at the position of Zongzheng, but Your Majesty can choose someone from the army. This person must be familiar with His Majesty and the royal family, and can check and balance the members of the royal family. At the same time, he must also be familiar with government affairs and assist His Majesty in handling government affairs. I thought there was only one person."

After Qin Ji finished speaking, he was extremely satisfied.

It is impossible for him to directly say who he recommends, otherwise, wouldn't it be easy to fall into the pretext of party struggle.

That being the case, then don't say who it is, but state the relevant requirements.

In fact, there is only one person in the DPRK who is most suitable for this task.

That is General Bai.

As a veteran of the court, General Bai has made outstanding contributions and hardly forms a party for personal gain, so he will be more reliable in handling clan affairs.Can suppress those royal family members.

He also looks a bit kind, with a scarred face, coupled with the hissing sound from the trachea that was seriously injured, he only needs to put a stick in front of him to stop a child from crying at night.

What's more, although General Bai's surname is not Xia, he is Xia Yuxiao's relatives and elders in retrospect, so he can be regarded as his own.

The last point is the convenience of time and job transfer.General Bai will be back from the front line soon, the day after tomorrow at most, and he is a general again. If he doesn’t want him to continue to be Zongzheng in the future, Qin Ji can just find a reason to send him troops and let him carry out military missions. .

So, after full consideration, Qin Ji gave Xia Yuxiao such a suggestion.

But the problem is that when these words reached Xia Yuxiao's ears, they were misunderstood into another meaning...

Hearing Qin Ji say this in such a respectful tone, Xia Yuxiao forced herself to calm down.

nmd, I can't calm down, my fist is hard.

It's endless, right? !You want the army, read the military memorials first, you want the secret army, and you want to do the real work now, right? ?

Why not exhaust you! ?There must be a limit to ambition!

Chapter 53 Inexplicably mixed up with an official

"What do you think, gentlemen?"

Although Xia Yuxiao was extremely upset, she behaved as usual, smiling and asking the courtiers below.

"This......"

For a moment, the people below were all stunned there.

It's not that the people present had guessed Qin Ji's true intentions, but they were still in the minority.After all, An Guogong's ambition is known to everyone in the court, civil and military, and everyone is not small.And even if there were a few guesses, they were almost waiting to see the quarrel between His Majesty and the Taiwei—even so, they were afraid that the An Guogong would take personal revenge, so they simply kept silent.

At this time, several officials who turned to Qin Ji's side said loudly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I think this method is feasible."

"My minister agrees."

"My minister agrees."

"This......"

Xia Yuxiao looked at Qin Ji's expression getting worse and worse.

Well, you have been so loyal a few times before, I thought you had changed your mind, or at least you were willing to advance and retreat together, but now it seems...

Give, you can give!You see, I won't kill you when the time comes!

Thinking of this, Xia Yuxiao showed a standard business smile: "If that's the case, then... let's decide."

Originally, she planned to let Prime Minister Long take up this position. After all, it is best to rely on familiar and trusted people for many things to be done, which is the safest way.Now, this candidate has to be replaced, and... many things may need to be explained to the other party in advance.

I'm so annoying.

"From today onwards, An Guogong Qin Ji will temporarily assume the post of Zongzheng of my Great Xia until Xia Siguo returns to the court to continue serving." Xia Yuxiao sighed and then said.

"As ordered."

All the officials including Qin Ji agreed, but within a few seconds after Qin Ji agreed, he suddenly realized something.

Wait a minute!This is who served as Zongzheng! ?

Did he hear correctly? !

"His Majesty!?"

Qin Ji realized that something was wrong, and he finally realized that he had made a very serious mistake.

That is, when he "subtly" hinted that the other party was about to choose General Bai as a candidate, he forgot to pick himself out of the range of candidates.

People always ignore their own existence subconsciously, and Qin Ji is the same. He is very familiar with everyone in the court, but he can easily ignore his own existence.

Just like just now, in fact, all his conditions were to help Xia Yuxiao designate General Bai, but he forgot that he also met such conditions.

"Well, Your Majesty, please forgive me for being reckless, what I mean is..." Qin Ji was about to continue, but Prime Minister Long who was standing next to him glanced at him:

"Why, Taiwei Qin thinks this Zongzheng position is not to his liking?"

"That's not true, I never thought of taking up this position..."

In the middle of speaking, he suddenly fell silent.

Because he saw the angry and terrified expressions of the officials in the court.

If they can't explain clearly, as long as they label themselves in their hearts, it will be difficult to truly restore their image.

In their eyes, what he did would not have any good intentions. Qin Ji knew this very well. He looked around at the people below, and then laughed dumbfoundedly: "Okay, then, I will do it for Prime Minister Long first." gone."

"Okay, if you do this, you will be doing me a great favor." Xia Yuxiao said with a smile, and then sat on the seat with a serious face, "Okay, since this matter has been settled, then Next, let me talk about the next business."

Hearing that Xia Yuxiao still had something to say, Qin Ji stepped aside and waited for Xia Yuxiao to speak.

"The city of Tai'an is in chaos, and there are many murderers and assassins. I am restless. I have entrusted the Taiwei to investigate before. Now I have received news that the assassin's background has basically been found out. Today, I will completely clear up those people who are harboring evil intentions in the court." Unruly people. Especially those with foreign connections—bring them up!"

The moment Xia Yuxiao finished speaking, there was a sound of footsteps from outside the hall.

Several people in prison uniforms were pushed into the main hall. They were all trembling, and lowered their heads, not daring to look at Xia Yuxiao who was sitting upright.

Seeing these people, Qin Ji gasped.

It was too quick.

"I ask all of you here to take a look, who are these people?"

Everyone looked at the people who were pushed into the hall. The courtiers present knew these criminals. They were officials from several counties in the north, and one of them was even a county guard.

"Great Xia's millennium state, during which time it was the best in the world, and it was also dilapidated. But why can my Great Xia last for thousands of years? It is precisely because there are far more people in my dynasty who sacrifice their lives and forget their lives than those who are greedy for life and fear of death, and only seek profit. Little people." She pointed to the prisoners in front of her, "They, everyone here knows them, they are the officials of the counties and counties on the northern border, it can be said that they hold the lifeline of our Daxia border in their hands."

"However, in this conflict, these few people have their own interests, they chose to sit back and watch Hanyin City fall and not support them, and even exchanged information with Thrall secretly. It was the blood of the people of Xia, but they regarded the barbarians as their masters. Now, the stolen goods have been taken together, and these people have confessed to their crimes."