The fifth musketeer from the left in the third row on the right wing, raised his musket an inch higher!
The next day, as soon as he entered the court room, Xu Yanmiao felt as if many people were looking at him.
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Xu Yanmiao resisted the urge to smell himself.
[Did I not wash myself thoroughly yesterday? I still smell like bacon?]
It would have been better if he didn't say it. As soon as he said this, many officials showed annoyance on their faces.
I thought I was the only smart person, but I didn't expect that everyone was smart. The result of too many smart people is that everyone is squeezed into the same day.
In this way, how can Xu Yanmiao have a good impression of them!
Such worries continued until they lined up to attend the court.
"Your Majesty! I impeach Wenyuan Pavilion Grand Academician Dongguo Nanyang for reading the text incorrectly..."
"Your Majesty! I impeach the head of the Ministry of Revenue Ye Tingzhen for leaving the office early yesterday..."
"Your Majesty..."
[It's started, it's started.] Xu Yanmiao yawned secretly and began to daydream skillfully.
——Since he was promoted, he rarely daydreamed during court meetings. But it really doesn't include someone impeaching someone for being impolite in front of the court, someone impeaching someone for being late and leaving early, someone impeaching someone for stumbling and falling while reporting...
Of course, Xu Yanmiao didn't know that the ministers were also very skilled in ignoring his mental activities when he was distracted. Unless it was something extremely important, otherwise they would treat it as background noise.
[What should I do with the bacon in my house? Why did those officials make an appointment? The things they sent were all similar. Xu Yanmiao muttered in his heart: [I have to eat these pickles until next year. Why didn't anyone send me some raw meat? No matter how long bacon can be stored, I can't keep it for three to five years. Although I heard that bacon can be stored for three years if it is properly stored, I
don't know how to do it. ] [If it can't be stored for three to five years, then I have to eat bacon every meal? ! ]
Many ministers showed embarrassment on their faces.
I say it again, smart people are not rare in the court. Most of them either fought against "thousands of troops" in the imperial examination hall or fought against thousands of troops on the battlefield. This led to everyone wanting to please Xu Yanmiao this time, and the thinking of giving gifts was surprisingly similar.
Ten or twenty pounds of bacon is a token of my appreciation, but more than a hundred pounds of bacon is just causing trouble.
[It feels so insincere. Fortunately, I didn't act arrogantly and didn't think that I would rise to the top after becoming a minister. I should be as careful and cautious as before! ]
[However, fortunately, in this cold court , there is still
Jie Jieshizhong who can give a little warmth. ] [He gave me a cook or something. He is such a good man! Fortunately, I got promoted, otherwise I couldn't even afford the chef's salary. ]
Jie Huai, Jieshizhong of the Ministry of Revenue, just smiled. But his chest became straighter without a trace.
Of course! He has calculated it!
- Jie is not a well-known surname. If the scope is limited to "Jieshizhong", he is the only possibility, and it cannot be anyone else.
Some officials who were also too lazy to listen to the impeachment cast envious eyes at this smart man.
Why didn't they think of it!
Xu Yanmo must have been deeply impressed by this unique gift...
[Such emotional intelligence! Can you blame the old emperor for trusting him, letting him enter the Hanlin Academy, and letting him serve as a secretary! ]
The Hanlin Academy is responsible for drafting imperial edicts, and the six departments are independent institutions directly under the emperor, with the power to seal and reject. In other words, if Xie Huai is willing, he can agree to the issuance of a certain edict, and at the same time not exercise the right to seal and reject, so that a government order can be relatively unimpeded.
——The reason why I say relatively is because the six departments of the secretary can all seal and reject, and Xie Huai can only cast a critical one-fifth of the votes. But he can do everything he can to canvass votes.
Xie Huai still maintained a faint smile when he heard Xu Yanmiao's praise.
If he could speak, he would have wanted to bow to everyone around him and say with a humble and polite smile: You are honored! You are honored!
- But, what is emotional intelligence?
Xie Huai was slightly confused for a moment, and then just remembered this word, waiting for a chance to study it in the future.
[But no matter how high your emotional intelligence is, it can't compare to a certain emperor! ]
[Tsk tsk. ]
Xu Yanmiao flipped through the gossip system and was amazed: [When I was seriously ill and thought I couldn't make it, I wanted to pave the way for the prince, so I held Xie Jieshizhong's hand - oh, he wasn't Jieshizhong at that time. 】
【The left sentence is "It's a pity that we met too late, and we can't become a model of monarch and minister for all ages", and the right sentence is "You love me, I also love you, I only hope that the prince can treat his father's treasure well, and don't put it in the high cabinet." Looking at Jie Jieshizhong's look, he was directly confused by the sweetness, and without saying a word, he accepted the important task to clean up the world for the prince. 】
In fact, it is normal for the emperor to say sweet words to the ministers. The boss provides spiritual value to the subordinates to facilitate better exploitation of their talents.
However, if this kind of thing is specifically brought up...
The sentence of the impeachment of the history was stuck, resulting in a small flaw in the just now hearty satire of the hypocrisy and waste of the brocade article.
But no one paid attention to him for the time being.
Everyone's attention inevitably shifted quietly to Xu Yanmo's voice.
【The old emperor is still sitting there, so he must not have died——Oh, since he didn’t die, then this capable minister can enjoy it first.】
【After all, there is such a person who is responsible for drafting the imperial edict and controls the power of sealing and rejecting, which is really useful.】
【Jie Jieshizhong is also a wholehearted royalist! He does whatever the emperor hints! He agrees with the imperial edict that the emperor wants to issue, and he rejects the edict that the emperor doesn’t like... Wuhu! Remember this too! "All the Jieshizhong bully me, only you protect me"——The old emperor is really willing to give people spiritual needs.】
Jieshizhong of the other five departments: "???"
Could this be... the dragging and stepping that appeared in Xu Yanmo's voice? ? ?
Your Majesty! You talk about conscience but not! How dare we bully you!
He then silently looked at a certain "traitor" and "vested interest" named Xie.
Staring -
Xie Huai stood there motionless as if there were ten thousand silver needles piercing his back.
Those ministers who had originally envied him quickly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Xu Yanmiao's actions would probably allow His Majesty to use Jie Huai more openly as a lone minister and a loyal minister, if being reused requires such a social death, then forget it. They should work hard and make further progress in their official careers, rather than taking this "shortcut". Fortunately
, fortunately, they sent bacon, which would not let Xu Yanmiao remember it!
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Xu Yanmiao was still worried about his bacon. In the capital, the people who stayed behind by the King of Jibei to pay attention to the situation were also very worried.
He received the news of the impeachment of the Earl of Yingcheng as soon as the court meeting ended yesterday. He also knew that in addition, a large number of officials related to his master were impeached and received punishments of varying degrees.
The man immediately sent his own people to pass the news back to Jinbei, and told him: "It doesn't matter if the horse dies, you must present the letter to the master within two days! The sooner the better! The court may have known our intentions!"
So he rode all the way, day and night, and changed horses several times, so that the King of Jinbei received the news within two days.
"Raise the army! Must raise the army!"
After holding the letter and shouting, the King of Jinbei's eyes suddenly lit up: "No! Wait! Go and invite Mr. Hu! Serve me a radish!"
After a while, Mr. Hu dressed as a Taoist priest came. As soon as he entered the courtyard, the King of Jibei came to meet him anxiously, pulled him into the room, and opened the door before saying, "Sir, do you still remember that thirty years ago, you passed by in the countryside and told me that I had the bones of an emperor?"
"Of course I remember."
Mr. Hu nodded slightly, his expression normal.
"Now, sir, can you tell me another fortune? I'm going to raise an army!"
"What——"
Mr. Hu's eyes widened with emptiness.
Then seeing the puzzled look of the King of Jibei, Mr. Hu was startled and reacted quickly, decisively: "What are you still hesitating about? Why does the emperor with bones need to listen to the hexagram! Kill——The king only remembers one word 'kill'!"
Today, the king of heaven has come, and the word he said at the beginning is also "kill"!
The King of Jibei's face flushed with excitement: "Sir, you are right! I am the Son of Heaven, why should the Son of Heaven ask ghosts and gods!" He
turned around and went to arrange the raising of the army. As
soon as he left, Mr. Hu quickly dragged out a package from under the bed, which was full of gold and silver leaves. In the past, the King of Jibei gave him a lot of rewards, and he exchanged all those rewards for gold and silver, and then ground them into leaf shapes, so that it was convenient to carry.
"Let's go, it's not advisable to stay here for long!"
After leaving a letter, he threw the luggage outside the wall, pushed the bricks in the corner of the wall, and pushed out a small hole. Mr. Hu arched his butt and drilled out.
"Fortunately, I prepared a dog in advance..."
A shadow was cast down, and Mr. Hu's palms began to burn as he dug the ground. He swallowed and raised his head.
The former Jinyiwei commander sent by the old emperor to infiltrate the Jibei Prince's palace knocked him on the back of the head twice and said with a smile: "Mr. Hu, come with us."
...
Mr. Hu took the initiative to leave, and the letter he left behind stated that he was only responsible for leading the real dragon to the world. Now that the real dragon has come out, he should retire.
The letter solemnly told the Jibei Prince that he was a Taoist priest who only wanted to live in seclusion in the mountains and rivers, and asked the Jibei Prince to consider the relationship between the emperor and his subjects and never look for his traces.
"Sir, you are indeed indifferent to fame and gain." The King of Jibei sighed: "In the past thirty years, I have not yet transformed from a dragon. It was you who accompanied me to make plans. Now that I am about to succeed, you have left."
But soon, the King of Jibei had no time to feel grateful about this.
The emperor really found out that he was going to rebel, and he mobilized soldiers from nearby prefectures to surround Jibei!
"Oh! Gao Jianyi, we have been at peace for too long, you have forgotten that I also understand military affairs!"
The King of Jibei smiled and took out a battle formation from his sleeve, his expression calm and composed: "Pass the order down, all soldiers will set up their battle formations according to this battle formation to fight against the Xia army!"
Then, he climbed to a high place to observe the current situation on the battlefield.
His private soldiers did follow his instructions to form a battle formation. The front army opened its chest and abdomen to lure the enemy to attack. The left wing was divided into two parts, front and back. Once the enemy broke into the hinterland of the central army, the two troops immediately began to encircle and press the enemy to attack in the middle of the central army.
"The king is mighty!!!"
These private soldiers waved their weapons with great momentum.
King Jibei took out the telescope and looked from afar. His brows suddenly frowned and called the herald: "You! Go and pass the order! Tell the fifth musketeer from the left in the third row of the right wing to raise his musket hand an inch higher."
The herald was stunned.
Is there such a way of command?
King Jibei: "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up!"
The herald had to turn around and run to the battlefield.
King Jinbei continued to inspect the battlefield with a telescope and smiled coldly: Gao Jianyi! You are defeated now because you are the emperor and can no longer go to the battlefield in person.
The Jinbei army, under the command of this king, will surely be able to capture cities and territories and be invincible!
"Another messenger! Go down and tell the [fire][gun] battalion! All advance twenty steps forward!"