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Chapter 103 - The Carpenter Emperor

The sky had already lit up, Zhao Chen still hadn't arrived! Zhe Keqiu said: "I'm afraid Your Majesty will not be here today! Let's discuss politics! "

Li Gang said: "It has been several days since Your Majesty last morning! I heard that His Majesty is out hunting these days! How can that be? "

Zhe Keqiu said: "Your majesty is just an eleven year old youth, you should be able to sleep soundly in the morning! It was fine for him to not come to the morning assembly every now and then! As for hunting, since your majesty is a youngster, so what if you occasionally go outside to take a look? "

Li Gang said angrily: "Your majesty is the Son of Heaven, how can you view him as an ordinary youth? As the Son of Heaven, he had to set an example. He must not miss the morning assembly! As the Son of Heaven, he could not go out to hunt every day and waste his time! Today, I want to go to the Dry Clear Palace to find His Majesty and advise him! "

Zhe Keqiu said: "I believe your majesty is sleeping right now. If you go over now and disturb your majesty's sleep, what should we do?"

Li Gang said: "For the sake of Song Dynasty, I must pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

Zhe Keqiu's face revealed a cold smile, and said: "Imperial Palace, not something you can just go in!"

Li Gang stared angrily at Zhe Keqiu, and said: "Master Fold, what is the meaning of this?"

Zhe Keqiu laughed at the sky, he did not answer Li Gang's question, and only looked away, never looking back at Li Gang!

Li Gang clenched his teeth, and started heading towards the exit of Tai He Temple! He had arrived outside the Supreme Harmony Hall and was preparing to head towards the direction of the Dry Clear Palace, when suddenly a few guards came forward and blocked Li Gang's path!

"I am the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty. I wish to go and pay my respects to the Emperor. Do you dare to stop me?" Li Gang shouted.

"Lord Li, sorry, we can't let you go!" Head Supervisor of the Managed, who was originally in charge of the Palace's front hall, and is currently in charge of the Palace, Kang An, stepped forward and said in a low voice.

"I am the Prime Minister, can't I pay my respects to His Majesty?" Li Gang said.

"Without the Master Fold's order, we cannot let anyone pass!" Kang An said.

"Bastard!" Is this world His Majesty's world, or Zhe Keqiu's world? " Li Gang asked.

"Lord Li, I'm sorry!" Kang An sighed softly!

Li Gang clenched his teeth and rushed forward. The few guards had already pulled on Li Gang's arms, not allowing him to continue forward! No matter how Li Gang struggled, they would not let him go!

Seeing Li Gang returning, Zhe Keqiu's face was filled with a pleased smile, and all the ministers in the court were all smiling too! To them, it was just a good show! This Li Gang was like a clown, incomparably comical!

"Zhe Keqiu, His Majesty is the emperor of the world, and you actually refused to let me see him. This is a crime of treason!" Li Gang said.

"To be honest, the Managed's guards are under the jurisdiction of your majesty, so I cannot order them around! They stopped you, Sir Li, but I have no other choice! " Zhe Keqiu laughed and said.

"You …" Li Gang was so angry that he couldn't speak!

"Sir Li, His Majesty won't be coming. Let's talk about politics!" I intend to recommend Suzhou Kenzhou to Li Qing as the Prefect of Mianzhou. I wonder what you think? " Zhe Keqiu said.

"Suzhou Zhizhou's Li Qing? Last year, he was imprisoned because he coveted eighty thousand silver taels! Right now, he is still a subject for punishment. How can he become the prefect of Mianzhou? " Li Gang said.

"I've already sent people to investigate. The so-called greed for eighty thousand silver taels is just a false accusation. Sir Li is abnormally pure and honest, and has abnormal intentions regarding the government. That's why I recommended him as the Prefect of Mianzhou!" Zhe Keqiu said.

In actuality, Li Qing's family had sent three hundred thousand silver taels to Zhe Keqiu, that was why Zhe Keqiu decided to release Li Qing! Currently, the civil and military ministers of the imperial government were all Zhe Keqiu's trusted aides, but many of the officials of the local prefectures were still loyal to the Song Dynasty. Therefore, Zhe Keqiu planned to use one to two years' time to completely convert all the officials of the local prefectures into his trusted aides! He had already sent people to ask Li Qing, and Li Qing had decided to be loyal to Zhe Keqiu, which was why he was so important to Zhe Keqiu! As to whether or not Li Qing had the ability, whether or not he could manage the place, and whether or not he had committed corruption, Zhe Keqiu did not care at all! To Zhe Keqiu, the most important thing right now was to establish power. As long as he was loyal to his subordinate, no matter if his subordinate was smart or stupid, no matter what ability his subordinate had!

"I am the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, I cannot agree to this matter!" Li Gang said.

"Sir Li, I heard that Li Qing is rather pure and honest, and very fond of the common people. In my opinion, he should be able to become the prefect of Mianzhou!" At this time, imperial history's Han Ping stood up and said.

"I also think that Li Qing can become the prefect of Mianzhou!" Zhe Keqiu's trusted aide, Wei Ming stepped forward.

"I also think that Li Qing is qualified to be the Prefect of Mianzhou!"

"I agree as well..."

"I agree..."

One by one, the ministers began to speak up! All of the officials looked at Li Gang with a mocking smile on their faces!

"Sir Li, since the ministers of the court have agreed, this matter is decided!" Zhe Keqiu laughed.

"I am the Prime Minister. Without my seal, Li Qing cannot serve as Prefect!" Li Gang said flatly.

"I'm afraid that even if you agree to this, you still have to agree to it! "Long before the dynasty, His Majesty's decree had already gone to the prefecture of Mianzhou!" Zhe Keqiu said.

"His Majesty's decree? When did His Majesty order it? Why didn't I know? " Li Gang said.

"You … Zhe Keqiu, you must be the one who faked the imperial edict! " Li Gang said.

"The imperial edict has His Majesty's seal on it, how can it be fake?" Zhe Keqiu laughed loudly.

"I want to see His Majesty!" Li Gang said.

"If you can meet His Majesty, you can ask him! The discussions for today's court affairs have already been concluded. Let's disperse! " Zhe Keqiu no longer cared about Li Gang, and started heading out with large strides, the ministers all laughed and headed out together!

Li Gang stayed in the Supreme Harmony Hall. He looked in the direction of the Dry Clear Palace and furrowed his brows tightly!

"No, I have to find out what's going on. Why didn't His Majesty come earlier, why did His Majesty go hunting every day? Had His Majesty really turned into such a state, or was it to numb Zhe Keqiu? I have to figure this out! " Li Gang secretly thought.

It was just that he wanted to see Zhao Chen in the Imperial Palace, and it was already impossible for him to do so right now! The guards stopped him. He couldn't go through them at all!

"His Majesty has been hunting for the past few days, so he might be able to do so today! I'm going to stop him on the road and ask him what he's doing. " Li Gang thought about it, then headed outside of Tai He Temple!

He walked very slowly, and when he arrived at the entrance of the Imperial Palace, he actually stopped! The palace guards did not receive Zhe Keqiu's order and therefore, did not chase him away either!

The autumn sun was shining brightly. Li Gang was a little tired after standing for a while, so he decided to lean against the wall! He thought that Zhao Chen would come out soon, but when it was noon, Zhao Chen still had not come out yet! Li Gang was in disbelief! He was still waiting there! Even until the afternoon, Zhao Chen still had not come out!

"His Majesty actually left the palace today?" Li Gang frowned, he finally could not hold it anymore, and returned home after sunset!

At this moment in the Dry Clear Palace, there was a pile of "tools" placed in front of Zhao Chen. Among them were axes, saws, ruler, shavings and other things that could be used to make wood!

In addition to all of this, there were pieces of wood on the ground, as well as countless bits of sawdust! There was also what seemed to be a square chair!

Zhao Chen picked up the stool, and said: "After making it for a whole day, I only made such a stool! And it's even so ugly! "

Lin Bao crouched at the side and said with an enchanting smile, "Your Majesty just became a carpenter today, of course you wouldn't do it very beautifully! But with your highness' intelligence, I'm afraid it won't be long before you can make something beautiful! "

Zhao Chen nodded, and said: "You're right! "I am really tired today. I will go lie down for a while and continue my work tomorrow!"

Lin Bao replied, "Yes! Your majesty is free to do as he pleases! "

Zhao Chen had already returned to his room. He seemed to be abnormally tired, as he laid there sleeping soundly! Lin Bao anxiously went in and covered Zhao Chen with a blanket! But seeing how tired Zhao Chen was, Lin Bao was still amused!

He never thought that Zhao Chen would start working as a carpenter instead of hunting today. Furthermore, Zhao Chen was actually exceptionally interested in being a carpenter, and for the entire day, Zhao Chen seemed to be filled with interest!

"Since ancient times, there has never been a carpenter emperor! However, a carpenter emperor has appeared in my Great Song Dynasty! There were countless unconscious kings in the world, but this was the first time he had seen one as unconscious as the little emperor! If this matter were to be reported to Master Fold, he would definitely laugh to death! However, I wonder if His Majesty will only be interested in carpentry for the time being, or if he will always be interested in carpentry? " Lin Bao guessed.

He did not know that the Song Dynasty did not have a "carpenter emperor", but the Ming Dynasty after the Song Dynasty had a "carpenter emperor"! This emperor was called Zhu Yudao, and his name was the Ming Dynasty! At that time, it was already the last year of the Ming Dynasty, and the Nvzhen had once again risen up into the black water of the white mountains. Under these circumstances, Zhu Yubai had no interest in national affairs. He would hide in the harem every day and work as a carpenter! This person had left a dishonest name in history, but right now, Zhao Chen wanted to learn from Zhu Qianyu, the "carpenter emperor"!

"Zhu Qianyu University, Zhu Qianyu University, sorry, I'm going to snatch your title as the 'Carpenter Emperor' away! I was forced to do this! Zhe Keqiu wants me to rot and fall. He wants me to play around everyday, not interested in national affairs! Very good, I'll go with Zhe Keqiu! Let's go hunting first, it's just that my hunting is not astonishing enough, there are many historical emperors who go hunting everyday, and they can't show that I, Zhao Chen, am especially 'despicable and useless'! From now on, I will be a carpenter every day, a carpenter every day! This could be considered the most frightening situation in the world, right? I believe before long, my name as the carpenter emperor will be known by the whole world, and I will be ridiculed by the whole world! Zhe Keqiu mocked me, Emperor Kang mocked me, Nvzhen mocked me too! However, this is for the best. If others laugh at me, then others will look down on me. Naturally, they will not think highly of me or be on their guard against me! When the time comes, I will be able to take the enemy by surprise and truly control my own destiny! " At this moment, Zhao Chen, who was "sleeping" on the bed, also felt a surge of emotions.