Chapter 74： 74th

Gu Yuanbai knew what Xue Yuan meant.

Because he was sick and weak, and because Xue Yuan liked him, whenever he was sick, he felt uncomfortable, and Xue Yuan would also feel uncomfortable.

He called this "bullying him".

How do you hear it, it seems like a sentence with a deep meaning and a confession.

Xue Yuan was showing weakness and trying to catch it, how could Gu Yuanbai couldn't tell.

Gu Yuanbai was irritable, so irritable was on Xue Yuan's deliberate temptation.

Every word and every behavior are tempting, tempting him again and again, what do you want to test him? What do you want to see from his attitude?

Gu Yuanbai coughed too hard to speak. When he could speak and stand up straight, Xue Yuan let go, without saying that he already knew how to back off.

Gu Yuanbai took the handkerchief, looked at him coldly, and said in his heart, it came again, and began to pretend to test him.

"Let's go," Gu Yuanbai held a handkerchief over his mouth and nose, and coughed a few more times, "Go back to the palace."

Xue Yuan respectfully waited for the Lord to leave. After the saint's party disappeared, he turned around and took the birdcage for the return journey.

The sparrow in the bird cage suddenly bumped into the cage. Xue Yuan looked down and smiled, "What did you bump into, do you want to die that way?"

He glanced at the plaque of Chu Mansion not far away, and suddenly realized, "Or did you see Master Chu?"

The crow of the sparrow became louder and louder. Xue Yuan opened the cage and the sparrow flew into the sky.

Xue Yuan withdrew his gaze from the Chu Mansion plaque, humming the small song of the poem written for him by Chang Yuyan, in a happy mood.

*

A few days later, Kong Yilin and his party finally entered West Beijing.

The large group stayed outside Jingxi, Kong Yilin and the supervisory officials returning from Lizhou rushed to the Summer Palace in Hebei to meet the emperor.

Gu Yuanbai had received the news ahead of time. Qin Sheng took Dong Lingwei and others to stay in place to take care of the prisoners. The Dong Lingwei guards of the Holy Sovereign were full of energy, and they must not let these prisoners happen at their own door.

After these long-distance officials arrived, bath soup and meals were prepared in the palace.

Kong Yilin and the officials were led to the bath. After coming out of the bath, everyone put on a clean and tidy robe. When they looked at each other, the tiredness and tiredness on each other's faces were gone.

Master Yu Shimi of the procuratorate looked around, and a smile appeared on his solemn face: "My sires now look at it, and they finally have some energy."

Another adult laughed and said, "The holy gods are beloved, the bath is comfortable, there should be some pure things in it, and even the clothes fit perfectly. All the fatigue is washed away, and the lower officials only feel that now Very comfortable."

Someone suddenly said, "I'm just hungry."

Everyone laughed.

The **** stepped forward in time and took them to the place to eat.

Master Mi and Kong Yilin chatted, "Master Kong, all the beards on your chin have grown."

Kong Yilin smiled bitterly, "I was born tall and savage as soon as the beard grows out. I just hope that I won't surprise the Lord's eyes later."

"How does the sage care about this?" Master Mi smiled and stroked his beard. "Our sage is the most forgiving."

Kong Yilin smiled without saying a word, his expression also showed approval.

Gu Yuanbai felt sorry for this group of officials, and specially asked the Imperial Dining Room to work hard. When the officials took a shower, the dishes were already served, and there was everything they could drink.

When all the courtiers saw this delicious banquet, they all roared in their stomachs, and the body fluid burst into their mouths. The **** who led the way smiled and said: "The Holy Spirit has a word, let the adults eat first, and wait for the wine. After the meal is full, I invite all the adults to discuss the matter together."

"The young ones are waiting at the door. If the adults are short of drinks and tea, just call it."

The eunuchs all retreated, waiting at the door for instructions. Many people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief without these palace attendants in the room.

Master Mi took the lead to take the seat, and it is rare to say easily: "Masters, don't be cautious. This is what the sage treats me. Raise your glasses and chopsticks, and please feel full."

After taking a shower, it was delicious food. After the officials were full of food and drink, all of them glowed red, and the exhaustion of rushing in was gone.

Gu Yuanbai summoned them.

The officials were full of spirits, and they saluted Gu Yuanbai, and Master Yu Shimi of the procuratorate said loudly and bowed down: "The minister, see you!"

"Get up," Gu Yuanbai laughed, and said a few words repeatedly, "My lords have worked so **** this trip, and I am very pleased to find so many corrupt officials and worms from the common people. It is precisely because you are here. , My Daheng can prosper more and the people can live and work in peace."

The officials humbly declined, and Master Mi stepped forward and told Gu Yuanbai about the things worth reporting.

Each of them was given a discount, and they also handed it over to the local officials. This was also to prevent the anti-corruption from being too much.

Gu Yuanbai watched Zhezi while listening to Master Mi. In fact, these words were all written in the zhezi, but Master Mi was afraid that the zhezi was not detailed enough, so he said more.

When he finished talking, Tian Fusheng personally offered a cup of tea. Master Mi hurriedly thanked him, "Thank you, father-in-law."

"Master Mi handled it very well," Gu Yuanbai nodded in agreement. "Whether it is dealing with the bandits in Lizhou or dealing with corrupt officials, it is all in my mind."

"The minister is ashamed," Mi Da said humanely, "The Lord has already laid down the regulations before the anti-corruption campaign. The crime will be condemned as much as the amount of embezzlement, and I will only act according to the rules set by the Lord."

Gu Yuanbai smiled, and said a few words to them in a gentle voice, so they let them go to rest first.

Kong Yilin stayed alone.

He is tall, and his rickety back has gone through this long experience of up to two months. At this moment, he has completely straightened up. The calmer heavier and the deeper the front, "Holy, the minister, there is another memorial. ."

Tian Fusheng took his memorial, and Gu Yuanbai opened it and laughed, "Kong Qing did a good job."

After confirming Kong Yilin's abilities along the way, Gu Yuanbai asked people from the Supervision Office to approach him. After a trial, Kong Yilin was surprised at first, but soon calmed down and respectfully took over the task that Gu Yuanbait gave him.

Kong Yilin bowed deeply, "The minister has fulfilled his mission."

Gu Yuanbai asked him to do two things. One is to explore the folk customs along the way and find valuable and developable local resources. Second, it is to check the situation and education level of the people in various places.

Among a million people in ancient times, only tens of thousands were literate. Through this investigation, Kong Yilin found some remote places, and he had never even seen a scholar in decades.

Every time the imperial court issued any decree or good policy, because of different roads and news jams, these remote places never received imperial information.

As for the number of people, a lot of concealment of missing households was discovered.

After Jing Hunan and Jiangnan were held by Gu Yuanbai, he immediately issued an order to sort out the household registration and taxes in the counties and counties. Some places were plundered by military disasters and rebels, and Gu Yuanbai was exempted from taxation for two years in places where he suffered severe losses.

In order to sort out the household registration, the officials need to come to the door in person, go from house to house to count the number of people and check the appearance and age of the people, to see if it can match the information recorded in the government.

This project is huge and the progress is slow, but as long as the approximate number of missing persons in these two places is counted, the whole country can be roughly known.

Gu Yuanbai also wanted to take advantage of the enthusiasm of anti-corruption, and bring up the statistics of household registration and taxes.

The saint slowly turned over the memorial, and said casually: "Kong Qing should know, I still have a Ministry of Supervision in the dark."

Kong Yilin's spirits lifted up, holding his breath, and bowing deeply, "The minister indeed knows."

Kong Yilin looked calm, but the nature of the sword was slanting forward. After he learned of the existence of the Supervision Department, he almost admired Gu Yuanbai.

When such an organization can be built when the power is left behind and the traitor is in charge, the emperor's disposition and temperament are so powerful.

Therefore, after understanding the role and significance of the Supervision Office, Kong Yilin took on the secret decree of the Holy Supreme without even thinking about it. The Supervisory Office is a knife in the dark, and this feeling of hiding in the dark has great appeal to Kong Yilin.

Gu Yuanbai smiled, put the book after reading on the table, picked up the tea cup, said nothing, and drank the tea.

After a long while, Kong Yilin smiled bitterly. He was the first to lose, and he saluted again, "I don't know if the minister has this ability to enter the Supervision Department of the Sage?"

"Does Kong Qing really want to go in?" Gu Yuanbai suddenly became serious. He sat up straight and looked at Kong Yilin intently. "Kong Qing has great talents, and he has some opinions on the governance of the country. If you enter After the Supervision Office, even if you have done something for me, these things will not be known to others."

Kong Yilin smiled, "The ministers have official positions, and I am willing to share worries for the saint."

Gu Yuanbai smiled and wrote lightly: "Then what if I want to attack Xixia?"

Kong Yilin concentrated, he thought about it carefully, and after finishing the draft, what he blurted out was the terrain of Xixia.

Where there is more water, where is the miasma in the forest, where is the plank road in disrepair. Kong Yilin said one by one what he had seen and heard when he was heading to Xixia, and finally stopped speaking dryly, "Holy Lord, the minister is very knowledgeable and only knows this."

Gu Yuanbai pondered for a moment, "Give you tea."

Kong Yilin took the tea, but didn't rush to drink it. Instead, he smiled and said sincerely: "Holy Lord, it is Daheng's soil and water that raised me. It is Daheng's knowledge that gave me fame. And what gives me everything now Yes, you are the Lord."

He paused, and then said: "If one day I will lean towards Xixia in the war between Daheng and Xixia," Kong Yilin's eyes were slightly lost, "That must be Daheng no longer has a place for ministers. "

Because the emperor of Daheng had an extremely open mind, Kong Yilin dared to say these words.

It's just that the companion is like the companion tiger. His words also contain the element of gambling. Kong Yilin even bet calmly, and he won the bet.

Gu Yuanbai asked him to retreat and take a good rest. Before he went down, he did not forget to tell, "The remarks Kong Qing just said about Xixia, I will hand me a policy theory ten days later."

Kong Yilin should, and quietly withdrew.

Early the next morning, during the imperial court, Gu Yuanbai announced that he would re-count his household registration and sort out his taxes.

The level of cumbersomeness and meticulousness of this matter can be regarded as daunting. It took two hours in the early dynasty, and after the ministers were hungry, a specific process was discussed roughly.

After the dynasty, the majestic saint was still wearing court clothes, but his face was pale.

The head guard came up at the table with the saint on his back. The meal on the table had just been presented, still steaming. The court ladies and eunuchs stepped forward and took off the accessories and clothing worn by the saint in an orderly manner.

After removing everything, Gu Yuanbai supported himself. After a dozen deep breaths, his eyes were not black.

The imperial doctor arrived in a hurry. Five or six people stood aside. Gu Yuanbai turned his head and glanced at them. His head was already full of sweat, weakly stretched out his hand, and put it on the table for them to get their pulse.

Among these imperial doctors, everyone was familiar with Shengshang’s physical condition. They carefully observed Shengshang’s complexion, and asked Shengshang to stick out his tongue, and asked Tian Fusheng about his symptoms today. Dare to let go of the slightest reason.

Tired, hungry, and hot.

It's nothing more than these kinds.

Gu Yuanbai cooperated every step of the way, even if there were five or six imperial doctors who needed to come forward for re-diagnosis and treatment, he was very cooperative.

The imperial doctors leaned aside to discuss, Gu Yuanbai breathed a little heavy, and Tian Fusheng served Sheng Shang a bowl of porridge, "Holy Master, do I need to add some small ingredients?"

"No," Gu Yuanbai, "that's it."

After barely using up a bowl of porridge, my stomach finally feels better. The imperial doctors also discussed a method. After giving the prescription to Tian Fusheng, they worriedly said, "Holy Lord, the prescription you are taking requires a few tonic changes."

Gu Yuanbai held up a spoonful of porridge, his noodles remained unchanged and said, "Change it."

"It's still the same as before, hand over the prescription to the Taiyuan Hospital, and ask each imperial doctor to sign his name after reading it," Gu Yuanbai said, "If you agree with more than 90%, then you can change it. You don't have to tell me."

The doctors said, "...Yes. Please take care of the dragon body, don’t get tired, don’t get tired."

"Go." Gu Yuanbai said.

After the imperial doctors left, Gu Yuanbai remained silent and continued to drink the porridge.

The palace was utterly desolate.

"How is Taifei Wan's body?" Gu Yuanbai asked suddenly, breaking the silence.

Tian Fusheng cautiously said: "Going back to the Holy Spirit, Wan Taifei has not been out of the palace gate for many days because the weather has turned cold in the past few days. But the palace attendant beside the Taifei said that the Taifei has a good appetite these few days. "

Gu Yuanbai breathed a sigh of relief, "If it's good, it's good."

He was in a daze.

The upper body is slender, but a little thin. Layers of clothes can show a little health.

It's just that this health is revealed after all.

Tian Fusheng was a bit sore for a while, "Holy, you must take care of your body."

Gu Yuanbai smiled, "That's natural."

After breakfast, Gu Yuanbai didn't have the energy to deal with government affairs anymore, so he lay back in bed to rest. The people outside were guarding outside the hall, and Shiwei Zhang was worried, "General Manager Tian, ​​this body of the Lord..."

Tian Fusheng sighed, and the head guard stopped talking.

"The Lord is here, it is a mountain that shook everyone," Tian Fusheng whispered after a while, "As long as the Lord is here, no one in the Daheng Dynasty dare to do anything extraordinary."

The guard said: "Yes."

"More than that," Tian Fusheng smiled, "For those small country and small land outside, as long as the sage is still there, no matter how bold they are, they dare not take a step. People outside the Great Wall think about our food and good things every day. They were stopped by the Great Wall, and they had to be stopped by our sage. Didn’t General Xue go to fight the nomads? They won’t know how powerful they are until General Xue fights back."

The head guard couldn't help laughing, but they all knew these things without saying more.

For them, as long as the Lord is still there, Daheng will be Haiyan Heqing's day.

But it is also because of this that the body of the Holy Spirit makes them worry more.