The road is long and long
My minister, Qi Yan Yao paid tribute to the capital.
A group of officials led by the minister has arrived in Guanzhong, and they will reach Huainan in fifteen days.
Wherever the imperial censors went, the people greeted each other and sent them off every ten miles. The people along the way heard that His Majesty's grace was spared from the Huainan War, and they all praised His Majesty's magnanimity.
Since ancient times and modern times, the people of all dynasties have only asked for two things: three meals of food and clothing, and peace in the world.
Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has made great efforts to manage, reduce or exempt taxes, attach importance to agriculture and mulberry, and care for the people. Although there was a natural disaster, the court handled it properly.
Therefore, His Majesty is the direction of the people's heart.
Although the mob in Huainan suffered from natural disasters, they had to get relief from the imperial court first, and rebelled later. He is an unfaithful and unrighteous teacher who is unfaithful and unrighteous. According to the minister's opinion, even if the mob occupies all the land, it is not enough to be afraid of.
This time, the minister will surely quell the Huainan rebellion and return to the court after the peace. I respectfully invite your majesty to live in the capital to preside over the overall situation and wait for the minister to return.
The first year of Chengqi · November.
On the tenth day after Qi Yan left, Nangong Jingnu received such an 800-mile rush.
At that time, the court was in the middle of the court, and when the chamberlain held the bamboo tube into the hall, the hall was silent for a moment, and everyone's eyes were focused on the bamboo tube sealed with red wax.
Nangong Jingnu also paused the meeting, and unscrewed the bamboo tube and dropped two letterheads from it.
One of them was the content above. Nangong Jingnv felt relieved after reading it, but she did not smile.
On the other envelope was written the four characters of Long Feifengwu: Jing Nv personally opened.
Nangong Jingnu's heart moved, Qi Yan hadn't called herself these two words for a long, long time.
Nangong Jingnv kept calm and tore open the letter, only to see the words on it:
Your Majesty, the words are like your face.
It's been five days since you left Beijing. I wonder if everything will be fine in Beijing
At the time of writing, the trip to Huainan went smoothly. However, when the minister observed the livelihood of the people along the way, he was shocked to find that there were many desolate places, and the houses were dilapidated and overgrown with weeds. Perhaps this was one of the reasons for the lack of tax revenue of the imperial court.
The minister has marked the state capital below, and asked His Majesty to send Das Nong and household officials to visit the site and find the source of the problem in time.
I kept five volumes in the study. I originally wanted to give your Majesty a birthday present, but for some reason I couldn't finish it in time. I have already selected five volumes. Although this is not the best time, please take a look at it first. , and then make a decision.
The ancient sage Zeng said: The application of the classics in troubled times.
Another sage once said: Haste is not enough.
The minister thought again and again, and did not know the pros and cons of implementing the New Deal, so he asked Your Majesty to decide.
The remaining five volumes are not very important and will be presented to Your Majesty after the minister has refined them and returned them.
Another: Yu Xiao is cute, does he go to the study every day
After reading this, the corners of Nangong Jingnu's mouth curled up uncontrollably. She could see that Qi Yan's writing was also a bit of a stroke, and she didn't know how long it took to write the next words...
Qi Yan: The heart of the minister remains the same.
Praise the winter.
The first letter is a report between the ruler and the minister, and the second letter is clearly a family letter, or is it... a love story
Although there is not a single word of Meng Lang in the whole article, the emotions that are revealed between the lines are trickling into my heart.
Nangong Jingnu watched it several times, and finally smiled.
Nangong Jingnu was amused by Qi Yan's pair of "Ziyun" and "Ziyue". Not only did she sketch out what Qi Yan looked like when she wrote this, she must have been sitting in front of the case, and she didn't know what it was given to her. Did you bring the night pearl? If I didn't bring an oil lamp, I might be laughing when I write this...
Her smile is definitely different from her own, it will be that kind of subtle, even cunning.
What, isn't it just saying to myself: I have five clever strategies now, but I don't know what the results will be after I use them. You are Your Majesty, you decide.
Nangong Jingnu sighed softly and said to herself: When did this person become so smooth? really...
Ever since she knew that Yu Xiao was not Qi Yan's biological child, Nangong Jingnu's little bit of grudge against Yu Xiao disappeared, and she even felt a little distressed about Yu Xiao's life experience. The little guy has become more intelligent, cute, and filial.
It's just that when I was a child, the "naughty and mischievous" became more and more wanton. Almost every few days, Nangong Jingnu could hear the master in the study reporting to her: Princess Yanyang knocked on the grandson of a certain minister's family again. Full head bag.
The courtiers below saw the Empress smiling, first stunned and then lowered their heads in unison.
Just because Nangong Jingnu's smile is like a spring breeze, it is very beautiful.
The Wei Kingdom believed in Confucianism and paid attention to seeing no injustice, so the ministers consciously avoided suspicion.
Nangong Jingnu let out a light cough and put away her smile, her eyes still flowing with tenderness and softness.
Qi Yan is such a miraculous existence in Nangong Jingnu's heart, and it stands to reason that people who anger the Son of Heaven generally have no good end.
But Qi Yan was different. She broke Nangong Jingnu's heart with just a few words. Not only did the female emperor hold no grudges, but she was coaxed into a smile with a short letter.
Sometimes, Nangong Jingnv and Qi Yan are like ordinary couples in the folk. There is a lot of noise, but in the bottom of their hearts they regard each other as their family. Even if they are angry or even disappointed, they will go by with the passage of time. Slowly understand each other, no need to say more.
Nangong Jingnu looked at the two letters Qi Yan wrote to her again, and instantly understood Qi Yan's intention: Why should the content be divided into two parts that can be written at one time
Nangong Jingnv picked up Qi Yan's first letter and handed it to the inner servant on the side: "I have sent the chief to pass the letter back, you can read it out and then circulate it to all the adults."
Servant: "Yes."
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After going down to court, Nangong Jingnu went straight to the study room of Chengchao Palace.
The furnishings in the study are still the same, as they were in the previous study of the Concubine's Mansion. Nangong Jingnu looked up and found the five volumes mentioned in Qi Yan's letter on the bookshelf.
One by one, the familiar handwriting came into view again. The five volumes are: "On the Disadvantages of the Court's Defence," "On the Disadvantages of Duplication of Officials," "On the Disadvantages of Official Corruption", "On the Disadvantages of Supporting Officials" The Disadvantages of Soldiers' Self-respect" and the last volume "On the Disadvantages of the Old Policies of the Former Dynasties".
Looking at these questions, Nangong Jingnu couldn't help but stunned. She knew what Qi Yan had been busy with since she ascended the throne, but she didn't expect such a huge project, and this was only half of it.
Nangong Jingnu felt the thickness of each roll, at least a few dozen pages of paper, she couldn't help being awe-inspiring, straightened her waist and opened the first roll.
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The bangzi of the third watch quickly knocked on it, but Nangong Jingnu only saw half of it. Qi Yan's eyes were sharp and piercing.
There are many Nangong Jingnu who feel that the signs are not right but can't explain the drawbacks. After Qi Yan's mentioning such a point, it is like an enlightenment.
Nangong Jingnu's eyes were reluctant to leave the dossier for a moment, and she was annoyed by the invitation, so she simply told the inner servant that she would not go back tonight, and would spend the night in Chengchao Palace.
Since Qi Yan is not in the capital anyway, she can live anywhere.
The first volume, "On the Disadvantages of the Court's Defence," is mainly based on the fact that the Imperial Forest Army colluded with King Yu Nangong Da to commit a rebellion. Combined with the subsequent evidence of the inner court's intention to assassinate Nangong Jingnu, it elaborated on the hidden dangers of the entire inner court. drawbacks, and solutions.
The second volume, "On the Disadvantages of Redundant Officials," Qi Yan listed the titles of Wei from the imperial court to the localities and the army. There were more than 7,600 officials, and the total number of officials was as high as 80,000!
Afterwards, Qi Yan calculated the salaries that the imperial court had to pay every year. When she saw the figure, Nangong Jingnu's eyes lit up and her heart skipped a beat.
At the end, Qi Yan roughly pointed out the powers and responsibilities of each overlapping position, and marked the overlapping parts with cinnabar pen.
Qi Yan: As the saying goes, if you don’t have your position and don’t seek your government, the overlapping of functions will inevitably lead to omissions or shirks. If things go on like this, not only will the court spend a lot of money, but the people will have nowhere to report, and there will be all kinds of harm and no benefit.
When the minister served in Jinzhou, he found that many local officials had become "shiqingshilu", and the people even jokingly called: "Iron-beaten officials, flowing water officials."
Although these clerks are not high-ranking, and some even have no rank and salary, most of them are held by local people. They are recommended for the system and passed down from the beginning of the previous dynasty to the current dynasty. After hundreds of years, they have been adopted into several generations. Most of them inherit their father's business from their sons, and they are very powerful in the local area, and even have the ability to control the government.
The patriarchs of the clans that led to the appearance of the Muli in the state capitals were no different from the feudal kings. The group of "mudians" is very large, they protect each other, and they move the whole body together.
Reading this, Nangong Jingnu wet her eyes.
What a huge project this is. Nangong Jingnu can't imagine that it was done by one person in such a short period of time.
No wonder the imperial doctor said: Qi Yan thought too much, Nangong Jingnu was still wondering why Qi Yan was so tired after leaving the court...
If I knew she was working so hard, I just depended on her, why should I quarrel with her
Nangong Jingnv recalled a sentence she asked Qi Yan before her birthday: "What are you going to give for my birthday this year? It won't be another piece of old ink, right?" Thinking of this scene, Nangong Jingnv could not wait to slap herself!
Qi Yan said in the letter: Her heart is still the same.
After learning that Qi Yan was not a native of Wei, the emotion was more of respect.
How can Wei Guo and Qi Yan be included in the words "deep feud in the sea of blood"
To put it bluntly, what does the prosperity of the Wei Kingdom have to do with Qiyan Agula, the Khan King of the Prairie
After all... isn't it all for yourself? All of this is for myself.
She has become the empress, and even if the empress of the Wei Kingdom were to die, she would still have no face to live in the world. Everything Qi Yan did was for herself!
Nangong Jingnu took a breath and raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
She regretted not being able to accompany Qi Yan more. Since she took the throne, she just looked at her every day, and felt that she had paid a lot for her...
The third volume "On the Disadvantages of Official Corruption" exemplifies the problems of some Jinzhou students who have no way to enter the office, and many officials with the right to recommend openly accepting the so-called "knock fee" and "recommendation money". Qi Yan He also said that this is just the tip of the iceberg. If you want to be promoted to the first level, what is more than a million taels of silver
Subsequently, the solution was attached: the establishment of a corruption department, and the acceptance of anonymous reports at all levels.
The fourth volume "On the Disadvantages of Supporting Soldiers' Self-respect" made Nangong Jingnv tremble again. If this dossier leaked out, there would be another bloody storm.
This dossier didn't say anything else, it said that Youzhou Prefecture had no less than 100,000 soldiers, and that the military governors from all over the country had too much power, and suggested that Nangong Jingnv gradually regain military power and set up supervision.
The last volume, "On the Disadvantages of the Old Politics of the Former Dynasty", analyzes the root cause of the difficulty in collecting taxes in the imperial court - the exchange of banknotes for salt.
Qi Yan carefully analyzed the original intention of this national policy, and did not shy away from the wording.
Nangong Jingnv frowned slightly. Qi Yan so bluntly pointed out her father's mistakes and committed a crime of disrespect. Nangong Jingnv was so angry that she wanted to throw this file away several times, but her eyes didn't listen. Command, how can not move.
If anyone else wrote such a thing, Nangong Jingnv would have been angry long ago, and only because it was written by Qi Yan, Nangong Jingnv could read it patiently.
Although Nangong Jingnu felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, she had to say: Qi Yan's words are sharp, but the truth is correct.
As Qi Yan said: This national policy has become an abscess of the imperial court, it will definitely hurt to gouge it out, and it will only rot more and more if you keep it...
Nangong Jingnu watched it all night before Dongfang Lubai finished reading the last word. She slumped down on the chair, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
Nangong Jingnv instinctively wanted to burn these five scrolls. Once outsiders saw Qi Yan, she would become the target of all forces, and even the entire world...
She didn't want Qi Yan to be hurt a little, even if it was a potential danger.
Nangong Jingnu's heart was full of fear: this person put such an important thing in such a conspicuous position, it's really desperate!
But these five volumes of offerings are invaluable, and Nangong Jingnu is a little reluctant.
After some struggle, Nangong Jingnv decided to simply memorize all these and keep them in her heart, Qi Yan is the safest.
Nangong Jingnv has decided that these five policies should be implemented as soon as possible, but it must be ordered by the empress, and no one can know that this is Qi Yan's idea.
Nangong Jingnu rubbed her brows and said, "Someone here."
The voice of the servant came from outside the door: "Your Majesty."
Nangong Jingnu: "Go on and stop the court today."
Servant: "According to the order."
Although Nangong Jingnu has the ability to remember it, the content is too much, even she can't just read it once and recite it word for word.
At this moment, Nangong Jingnu felt personally how much this country is and how far she and Qi Yan have to go.
Nangong Jingnv naturally divided Qi Yan into it. In Nangong Jingnv's heart, Qi Yan was never a dangerous existence, let alone a "usurper".
This road is too long... Nangong Jingnu hopes that there is someone who can accompany her along the way, this person... can only be Qi Yan.