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- Chapter 119 The bold thief!
Qionglu is actually a row of very simple wooden houses. If it matches the emperor's status, it can even be said to be simple. They were just a few inconspicuous little wooden houses, with rows of cucumbers and beans instead of flowers and plants planted outside. The house is not tall either, and it is simply unsightly compared to the huge buildings in Tai Chi Palace. There were some green vines climbing along the wooden wall to the roof, but they didn't bloom and I couldn't tell what they were called.
There is a Tukang next to the window. It seems that it is very difficult for the emperor to sit at the desk and deal with government affairs. Whether it is the East Nuan Pavilion of Tai Chi Palace or this Qionglu, the small earthen kang has become the iconic thing in the imperial study. However, the earthen kang is right next to the window. When you are tired, it is quite pleasant to sit on the kang and lean on the soft cushions to enjoy the scenery outside the window.
But even such a simple place is undoubtedly the heart of this huge empire. Every summer, the emperor would move here to handle government affairs. I don¡¯t know how many decrees came from here and how many memorials were sent here. The last time Fang Jie came to Qionglu, he took a cautious peek and saw that the stack of memorials on the low table could be as high as half a person. And this is only one day's memorial at most. Fang Jie can't imagine how troublesome it would be to read the memorial day after day.
But the emperor¡¯s understanding of this huge empire comes from the memorials one after another.
Sometimes Fang Jie would think that if half of those memorials reported false news, then no matter how wise the emperor was, it would be difficult for him to become a wise king praised by the people. If he told the emperor this idea, he would definitely make the emperor laugh. Then the emperor would tell him seriously that of the many memorials he saw every day, maybe half of them were actually lying.
The first thing a qualified emperor must do is to distinguish what is true in these memorials and what is fabricated.
We also need to see the truth behind the lies.
??How can it be a simple and easy thing to become a sage emperor in the eyes of the people? Sixty-seven out of ten of the local officials below report good news but not bad news, fearing that a memorial telling the truth will ruin their career. However, as long as you carefully speculate, you can still learn from their memorials or other people's memorials. Comparing the memorials reveals the truth.
For example, when floods occur in some counties, county magistrates often find ways to hide the problem from the government in order to avoid being blamed by the court for failing to build dams, and then try their best to treat the victims to avoid making the matter too big. But this was the most unbelievable thing that Emperor Tianyou did before he ascended the throne, which was to make the local officials dare not protect each other. But even so, there are not many absolutely true things in the memorials submitted.
Local officials are different from officials in the capital. Sixty-seven out of ten officials in the capital have no real power in their hands. They report to the Yamen every day and have a lot of free time to do nothing after finishing the tasks in hand. If local officials really want to manage their own affairs well, they probably won't be able to do what they need to do even if they don't sleep for twenty-four hours.
No matter how capable a person is, there will still be some mistakes in the management side.
Therefore, the habit of writing more things that make His Majesty happy and less things that make His Majesty upset is not unique to the Sui Dynasty.
??????? This has been the case for the most part in all dynasties.
When Fang Jie walked outside the row of wooden houses, he explained to Feiyupao who was guarding outside that it was His Majesty who summoned him. The Feiyupao turned around and went in to report. He stood at the door and said softly. Su Buwei, the eunuch Bingbi who was waiting at the door, hummed, turned around and went into the back room to ask for instructions from the emperor.
"Let him wait"
The emperor didn't even look up. He was holding a red pen and was writing something on a memorial: "The Huaihe River in Jiangnan has just begun to be dishonest in the summer. I sent people to supervise the construction of the dike last year. It took a year and the dike has not been built yet If you don't pay attention, , it is impossible to say that many people will die. It is rare for Huaiyang County Governor Du Wumei not to tell lies. He said that if the levee is not stable, it must be unstable. If there is a riot, how many people will be homeless. Return is unimaginable.¡±
Su Buwei lowered his head and said, "The slave asked him to wait outside for a while."
"Um"
The emperor hummed, then raised his head and ordered: "Go and call Zhang Chaochong, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Liu Renjing, the Minister of Works, immediately."
"Here"
Su Buwei bowed and exited, gently closing the door to the back room.
After walking out of the house, Su Buwei saw the young man standing outside a little awkwardly. He smiled apologetically and said, "Please wait outside for a while, His Majesty is dealing with court affairs Jianghuai seems to be flooded. Please wait for Your Majesty." After summoning the two ministers from the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry, they will see you."
"Thank you, father-in-law"
Fang Jie cupped his fists to say thank you.
Su Buwei nodded and smiled, walking past Fang JieThen he stopped and said in a low voice: "You can go to the woods over there to rest for a while, but don't walk around randomly. Your Majesty will finish handling the affairs in Jiangnan in a while, and I will go find you."
"Thank you very much"
Fang Jie clasped his fists and saluted again, looked at the corner of the yard and said, "I'll just stand there. I don't dare to walk too far. There are many noble people in Changchun Garden, so it would be bad if we collide."
Su Buwei glanced at Fang Jie approvingly, and then left in a hurry.
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Fang Jie walked to the corner of the small courtyard, looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he got behind a rockery stone and sat down. It's been a long day so I had something to eat in the morning, and now I'm already hungry. If he just stood outside like that, he was really afraid that his legs would tremble and his body would sway. As a scout, it was not unusual for him to go hungry. It was not unbearable for him to be without food for a day, but this was not Fan Gu, and he had to stand respectfully here all the time.
If you can find a place to rest for a while, why not do it.
There is not much space behind the rockery stone, next to the flower wall. Fang Jie sat down on the stone and sighed helplessly as he listened to the increasingly louder gurgling in his stomach. Anyway, the emperor wouldn't see him for a while, so he simply closed his eyes and rested against the stone. About half an hour later, Fang Jie heard footsteps. He looked along the cracks in the rockery and saw Su Buwei leading two people in purple official uniforms walking over quickly.
He saw Su Buwei glance at where he was, seemingly casually, but Fang Jie felt that even though he was behind the rockery, he could not escape the eunuch's eyes.
When Su Buwei and the others entered the wooden house, Fang Jie leaned on the stone again and looked up at the sky. He just sat there boredly for a long time, and even when it got dark, he didn't wait for Su Buwei to come to him. The growling sound in his stomach became louder and louder. Fang Jie couldn't help but sigh and said he didn't know how long he would have to wait.
The lights have been turned on inside the wooden house, and you can see the shadow of the emperor in the house reflected on the window. Fang Jie couldn't help but sigh, the emperor had been sitting there for at least four or five hours without moving, and he was quite tired.
He looked around and saw that no one in the flying fish robes guarding the yard was looking towards him. He hesitated for a long time, but finally couldn't hold it back. He quietly reached out his hand from behind the stone, fumbled for a while and pulled out a cucumber. I wiped it randomly on my clothes and started eating without making any noise.
After eating a cucumber, I felt even hungrier.
After eating, he simply leaned out half of his body to continue groping. Under the weak moonlight, I picked three or four of them and held them in my arms.
Just as I was about to eat, I suddenly heard footsteps coming again. He was startled and quickly stuffed the cucumbers into his clothes. Just after hiding, I heard Su Buwei's voice from outside: "Fang Jie, Your Majesty lets you in."
Fang Jie swallowed the cucumber in his mouth as quickly as possible, straightened his clothes a few times and then got out from behind the rockery. He said to Su Buwei in an apologetic tone: "I fell asleep because of my humble position. Please don't blame me, father-in-law."
Su Buwei glanced at Fang Jie with a half-smile, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was a little strange. Fang Jie didn't understand it, but he knew that there was absolutely no malice in the smile.
?Following Su Buwei, Fang Jie saluted after entering the door: "Deputy Fang Jie of the Scout Team, here to pay homage to Your Majesty."
"Get up, I've been busy dealing with court affairs and I've kept you waiting outside for a long time. Come over here, I have something to ask you."
Fang Jie stood up, leaned slightly and walked to the back room. Then he saluted the two adults who had not yet left. When he bent down, he found that the legs of the two adults were trembling slightly.
You are also hungry
Fang Jie smiled inwardly and said to himself that you don¡¯t have cucumbers to eat.
The emperor picked up a piece of paper from the low table and handed it to Fang Jie and said: "This is the test question for this year's arithmetic subject of the Yanwu Academy. I specially asked Dean Zhou for one. This is just one question in the test paper. Take a look. How to solve it?¡±
It turns out that the emperor still has to examine himself.
Fang Jie took the test question with both hands and looked at it under the light.
At night, hold a lamp with ten candles. Light the first candle first, and then light the second candle after it is burned out. After it is burned out, light three more candles. After burning out, light the remaining candles together. When the wind blows, only one candle remains. Until dawn, there are still candles left. How many?
Seeing Fang Jie frown slightly, a smile appeared on the corner of the emperor's mouth. When this question was asked in the Martial Arts Academy, none of the big shots seemed to have the right answer. Most people thought the answer was too complicated, and those who thought it was too simple were led astray by the question.
"Four roots"
The emperor's lips curled up into a smile, and Fang Jie gave the answer.
"Um?"
StandingThe two ministers not far away from him looked at him in unison. The emperor smiled and nodded: "It seems that I am not cheating in giving you these five excellent subjects. I didn't expect that you could tell the answer so quickly."
Fang Jiexin said that this world without brain teasers is really boring.
At this moment, Liu Renjing, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was standing aside, suddenly felt dissatisfied with his stomach. The Lord Shangshu, who had just been severely scolded by the emperor, lowered his head in embarrassment to hide the embarrassment on his face. He was so frightened that he forgot to be hungry when His Majesty asked him why the Huai River Embankment could not stop the flood even though it had been built for a year. But I couldn't control it at this moment, my stomach was already empty.
"what sound?"
The emperor listened carefully and asked.
"It's my lordit's my tummy."
Liu Renjing replied with a blushing face.
The emperor was startled, then couldn't help laughing: "I forgot, you probably haven't eaten anything from noon to now, and I haven't eaten either, and I feel hungry when your stomach growls. Su Don't be afraid, let someone bring some snacks to cushion them first, and then cook a bowl of rice porridge for me. "
"The porridge is already cooked and hot. If Your Majesty wants to eat it now, I will have it brought to you right away."
"Well"
The emperor smiled and said: "Put in a few more bowls, don't let them say I'm stingy. Fang Jieyou also stay. After eating, I still have something to ask you."
"No, no, I'm not hungry, I'm not hungry at all."
Fang Jie subconsciously waved his hands to refuse, but at this moment, there were a few snaps, and all the cucumbers hidden in the clothes fell down along the clothes.
For a moment, the room became very quiet.
The emperor couldn¡¯t help but open his eyes wide, raised his finger and pointed at the several emerald green palace branches underground and asked: ¡°What is this?¡±
Fang Jie took a deep breath, then leaned forward and replied: "Your Majesty the name of this thing is cucumber."
The emperor was stunned for a moment, the surprise in his eyes not dissipating. Fang Jie quickly bent down to pick up the cucumbers and stuffed them back into his clothes in a hurry.
"I am discourteous Your Majesty, please punish me."
As he spoke, he was thinking about what to do next.
¡°Bold!¡±
The emperor who was sitting on the Tukang suddenly shouted, startling Fang Jie. Just when he decided to truthfully confess and plead guilty, the emperor pointed at the tip of his nose and said angrily: "You picked my cucumber and you dared to stuff it back. You are so brave! I ask you is it delicious?" "
"Fresh, crispy and sweet delicious"
Fang Jie lowered his head and answered, his tone trembling.
¡°It¡¯s delicious? Why don¡¯t you bring it out for me and the adults to try it?¡±
Hearing these words, it was Fang Jie's turn to be stunned. He subconsciously took the cucumber out of his sleeves, carefully placed it on the low table and quickly returned it. The emperor picked up one and looked at it. He took out a white handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped it. He didn't think it was dirty, so he put it into his mouth and took a bite.
"I planted it with my own hands, and it is indeed sweet and delicious! Come on, come on, you two have one each, there is no solution."
The emperor pointed to the cucumbers magnanimously, but the two ministers were dumbfounded. Su Buwei pursed his lips and smiled, thinking that this little guy really fell in love with His Majesty. He walked up quickly and handed one to each of the two ministers. The two ministers looked at each other and saw incredulity in each other's eyes.
They never imagined that one day they would eat cucumbers with His Majesty
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