Haishi, Yuxiu Palace.
Lin Miaoyi stood by the lotus pond and looked up at the starry sky. The expression on her face was sometimes tense, sometimes flustered, and sometimes looking forward, which was very complicated.
"Boom, boom!" "Boom, boom!"
"Haiyan and Heqing! Singing and dancing for peace~"
Hearing the shouts of watchmen in the palace, a woman in red palace attire behind Lin Miaoyi said, "Sister, it's the second watch, do you think the emperor will summon us today?"
Lin Miaoyi lowered her head, turned around gracefully to look at the woman and said, "The emperor's thoughts are beyond our guess."
Looking around, seeing no eunuchs passing by on patrol, the woman in palace attire leaned close to Lin Miaoyi's ear and whispered: "I think the emperor looked very interested when he saw my sister today, I guess the emperor will definitely call my sister to go to bed of."
Lin Miaoyi shook her head: "Stop talking nonsense, be careful not to be overheard, but dare not criticize the emperor."
"Yes~" The woman in palace costume responded, but quickly said worriedly: "Sister, if the emperor doesn't like us... what will happen to us?"
Lin Miaoyi shook her head and replied: "Don't think so much, just wait with peace of mind."
After Lin Miaoyi finished speaking, she couldn't help sighing in her heart, remembering the way the emperor looked at her in the afternoon, there was a sense of appreciation in it, but no desire, just like a handsome young man admiring a piece of beautiful jade.
If it was normal, Lin Miaoyi would like this kind of gaze very much, she likes this kind of feeling, but now she is not qualified to expect such kind of affection, if the emperor doesn't like them, the result they will face may be very dire.
Uneasy, Lin Miaoyi looked at the bright starry sky again, trying to let this beautiful night suppress her inner anxiety.
On the other side, in the Jingxin Hall, Jiang Beiran was sitting on a dragon chair and flipping through a "Book of Xin Ci".
Jiang Beiran likes to read books when he has nothing to do, but he usually reads books such as formations, medical classics, and literature. He is not very interested in history or governance. Of course, books related to the latter are generally I can't find it either.
But now in this meditation hall, these two types of books that he doesn't usually read account for the vast majority. At first, he was a little lacking in interest, but after reading a few books, the catalog alone made him feel that this type of book It's actually quite interesting.
For example, the "Book of Xin Ci" in his hand was written by a prime minister named Xin Ci, but he was not the prime minister of Sheng Kingdom, but a dynasty that had passed away.
This book has written a lot of his theories on "controlling the people", some of which amazed Jiang Beiran, while others made him very contemptuous.
For example, in the article "Weak People", there is a method of controlling the people called "Remove the strong with the weak, and control the good with the evil".
To put it simply, if the king uses the strong to attack the weak, then the rest of the country will be the strong, but if the weak are used to rule the strong, then the strong will be wiped out.
And what Xin Ci advocates is to use the weak to conquer the strong, because if the strong conquer the weak, the remaining strong will be difficult for the ruler to deal with, and the court will appear weak. up.
So it is better to mobilize the weak people to get rid of the strong people, then the rest will be a group of dwarfs, and the court is naturally able to deal with them with ease.
Killing heroes, keeping fools, and weeding out the fittest are indeed convenient for the ruler to manage, but the country has become a stagnant pool.
If the article on "weak people" only goes to "remove the strong with the weak", then Jiang Bei can still think that this is a choice made by the king, but the following "control the good with evil" is really disgusting.
It is described in the article that if good people rule bad people, the country will be in chaos, and if good people are ruled by bad people, the country will prosper.
The reason is also very simple, let the bullies who represent the traitors dominate one side, fish and meat the common people, if the people can be trained to endure such bullies, then naturally they will be able to endure the imperial rule even more.
Therefore, the hooligans are the first line of defense for the full-time imperial power.
"Damn it, Xin Cisheng's son has absolutely no asshole..."
Holding his breath, Jiang Beiran read the "Book of Xin Ci" to the end. After all, knowing yourself and the enemy is the only way to win a hundred battles. If you want to change a country, you must first understand how it became like this.
"Hoo..."
Putting down the book, a sentence suddenly popped up in Jiang Beiran's mind.
I looked through the history and found that there is no date in this history. The words "benevolence, righteousness and morality" were written crookedly on every page, but I couldn't sleep anyway. Come on, there are two words written all over the book that read 'eating people'! "
This theory of governance is really full of darkness and oppression, which makes Jiang Beiran feel like vomiting.
Putting down the book, Jiang Beiran rubbed the bridge of his nose, a feeling of successor welling up in his heart.
"Jiang... no, the emperor... the emperor."
Just as Jiang Beiran closed his eyes and rested his mind, Mu Yao who was next to him suddenly spoke.
"What's the matter?" Jiang Beiran asked with his eyes closed.
"Can you send me something to do, I don't want to waste time like this."
In the words, Jiang Beiran could hear that Mu Yao's temperament had been tempered a lot. Although there was still some personality in the words, and she didn't want to call herself a slave, Jiang Beiran didn't intend to force her to this point, after all Although my father gave me the privilege, but I don't know if the privilege is good if I bully him too badly.
So Jiang Beiran opened his eyes and asked, "Have you ever attended a private school?"
"Of course I read it." Mu Yao replied.
"Have you studied Babu Tongxue?"
The status of these eight general studies is similar to that of the Four Books and Five Classics. They have a significant and far-reaching influence on ideology, academics, and culture, and they are must-read books for students.
But Mu Yao is a cultivator, and the so-called reading of cultivators is really just to recognize words, in order to understand those peerless martial arts and mysterious mental methods. As for these classic articles, they are not interested.
That's why Jiang Beiran wanted to ask such a question.
"I have studied it, and I have also studied Mingxue, Tongli, and Wenrong."
"Oh?" Jiang Beiran was a little surprised after hearing this, and his opinion of Mu Yao changed a bit.
So he waved to Mu Yao and said, "Come here."
At this moment, Jiang Beiran was wearing an imperial robe and sitting on the dragon chair, and this was his bedroom. With this wave and a few words, Mu Yao instinctively wanted to raise her hand to protect her chest.
'No... no! I am afraid of what he is doing! It's just a matter of Qi training, if he really dares to mess around, let's see if I don't interrupt his hand! right! I agreed to him to prove that I am not afraid of him. '
Convincing herself in her heart, Mu Yao walked up to Jiang Beiran.
Pushing the candlestick forward and illuminating Mu Yao's face with candle light, Jiang Beiran asked, "Why do you learn this?"
"I can learn whatever I want." Mu Yao replied.
"Oh, that's it." Jiang Beiran said and moved the candlestick back, "Then go back and stand."
"???"
Mu Yao, full of doubts in her heart, instinctively stretched out her hand to pull the candlestick back, but she saw Jiang Beiran's glance at her.
After being glanced at, Mu Yao immediately stopped her hands, and even her body froze.
'Why does he have such an aura... It's just... Just like Big Daddy. '
Thinking of the previous sentence "If you dare to commit another crime, I will let you remember it well", Mu Yao immediately withdrew her hand and stood up straight.
'I... I don't want to suffer from immediate losses, eh! Don't suffer from immediate losses! '
Taking a deep breath, Mu Yao looked at Jiang Bei who had rearranged the candlesticks and said, "Emperor... Your Majesty, did I say something wrong?"
Jiang Beiran picked up another book and replied, "I don't like to listen to nonsense."
"I, I see, I will answer properly next time."
But after Mu Yao finished speaking, she found that Jiang Beiran had already opened the book and read it, and she didn't intend to continue asking her.
This made Mu Yao very anxious, she had already stood by the side stupidly for a long time, she didn't want to waste time like this anymore.
But facing Jiang Beiran, she didn't dare to attack at all.
'I'm not afraid of him, I'm afraid of Daddy! '
Convincing herself again in her heart, Mu Yao rubbed her hands vigorously and said, "Emperor... Your Majesty, what should I do so that you can give me another chance."
Jiang Beiran put down the book, looked at Mu Yao and said, "When you ask for help, please say please."
Rubbing her hands more vigorously, Mu Yao said with all her strength, "Please... please give me another chance, I will definitely answer this time."
Jiang Beiran nodded in satisfaction, pushed the candlestick back in front of Mu Yao and said, "Let's talk."
"My dad taught me... He said that even if you do hundreds of good deeds as a human being, you can't change the world. Only by truly understanding the truth of the world can you save all people from suffering."
Hearing this, Jiang Beiran realized that Yin Jianghong did not just force this silly girl into the palace just randomly. At the same time, he also understood why Yin Jianghong had told him about Mu Yao's life experience before.
"I have ideals, so you want to use your knowledge after the Demon Sect takes control of Sheng Kingdom?"
"I, I didn't think..." In the middle of speaking, Mu Yao changed her words again: "Well, I thought so."
"Very well, then this opportunity has come ahead of time, this palace is the best place for you to display your talents and learning."
After hearing this, Mu Yao murmured: "Daddy just asked me to be a female officer... What skills can I learn..."
After hearing this, Jiang Beiran smiled and said, "Do you know the name of the female prime minister?"
Seeing Mu Yao's confused expression, Jiang Beiran yelled at the eunuch next to him, "Serve me with pen and ink."
"Yes."
The eunuch was very agile, and in an instant he put the four treasures of the study on the book and rubbed the ink.
Jiang Beiran sniffed his nose, and said, "I don't like to use lampblack ink when I write, so I'll change it to pine ink."
The eunuch was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "The young ones don't know what His Majesty likes, the young ones should die, the young ones should die."
Seeing the eunuch frightened out of his wits, Jiang Beiran didn't know whether it was because he acted terribly, or if Deng Bo had left a deep psychological shadow on them.
"Those who don't know are not guilty, just write this down, get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty! I'm going to get the pine smoke ink now."
After the eunuch finished speaking, he kowtowed and stepped back.
Mu Yao glanced at the eunuch, thinking that serving the emperor is really a terrible thing.
But when she thought about herself, although she was not as humble as that eunuch, she was pitiful enough when compared with the normal disciple she met.
"Daddy really punished me so hard this time... But I also blame myself for making such a big mistake. If Daddy hadn't come to save me at that time, I would definitely have hurt Daddy's career, and then I really want to succeed." Sinner. '
But when thinking of that incident, Mu Yao couldn't help thinking of what her dad said afterwards.
'There was someone else who saved me, but Daddy didn't know who he was... But it was impossible, even Daddy couldn't find me at that time, so is there anyone in Fengzhou who can be more powerful than Daddy? Hmm... No matter how I think about it, Daddy lied to me, but why did he lie to me...'
While Mu Yao was thinking, the eunuch had helped Jiang Beiran sharpen the ink again.
Rolling up his wide sleeves, Jiang Beiran dipped a brush into the ink and wrote four large characters on the rice paper.
At the same time, Mu Yao, who had come to her senses, immediately looked at the paper.
'His handwriting seems to be better than last time...'
Looking at the word "women" on the rice paper, Mu Yao couldn't help but sigh in her heart. The last time she went to investigate the Huang Gang together, she had seen how beautiful Jiang Beiran's characters were on the way. Now that it has only been half a year, he has improved again .
Even the eunuch at the side couldn't help flattering him: "Your Majesty, your word is really unique in the world. No book sage or book madman is worth mentioning in front of you."
Jiang Beiran didn't respond, and wrote down the four words "Heroine Prime Minister" in one breath.
"This is the heroine prime minister I just said, can you understand what it means?" Jiang Beiran put the pen back on the pen stand and asked.
Mu Yao was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "I can understand, where is this word from?"
"In a book you haven't read."
"It's my lack of knowledge. May I ask who is this heroine Prime Minister describing?"
When seeing these four words, Mu Yao's heart surged up for no reason. It can be said that she likes these four words very much from the bottom of her heart.
"Shangguan Wan'er, her position is that of the female officer you just said you despised."
"Female officer!?" Mu Yao exclaimed, "But I've never heard of her name."
"There are many things you don't know. This Shangguan Wan'er is not only in charge of patents in the imperial court, but also shines in the literary world. If you perform well enough, I can give you the book that records her legend." You bring."
"I must perform well, I must perform well."
Mu Yao blurted out that she really wanted to know this strange woman.
"Well, so don't look down on female officials. There are many things that court officials can't do, but female officials can do."
After Jiang Beiran finished speaking, he suddenly felt a little hungry, so he said to the eunuch next to him, "Is there any food?"
"Of course there is. If His Majesty wants to eat, the servant will let the imperial dining room do it immediately."
"Let's make some red bean soup, if..."
"boom!"
As soon as Jiang Beiran finished speaking, there was a crisp crash on the second floor, as if something had hit him.
When the eunuch heard this, he quickly shouted: "Escort! Escort!!!"
But Jiang Beiran shouted: "What are the guards, go out and let those guards not come in."
"Yes! Slave deserves to die. Slave obeys orders." Hearing Jiang Beiran's unhappy tone, the eunuch immediately ran out scrambling.
After all, even if the guards in the palace were just ordinary people, it would not be enough for Mu Yao to kill them all by himself. This escort is meaningless.
And when the "bang" sounded, Jiang Beiran sensed it with his mental strength, and couldn't help showing a dumbfounding expression.