376, People's Livelihood
376, People's Livelihood
When the sun had set in the west and it was almost dark, Lu Mingfei walked out of the Ministry of Revenue.
"grown ups."
"Um."
There were guards and carriages waiting for him at the door. He nodded to the guard who came to pick him up, and then he took the guard's hand and got into the carriage.
As soon as he lifted the curtain, he saw the man sitting inside.
The two men looked at each other and the man extended his hand to him.
Lu Mingfei glanced at the man, then reached out and held Zhao Lang's hand, then bent down and got into the carriage.
Before he could sit down, someone grabbed his arm and pulled him forward, falling into a familiar embrace.
"Master, please sit down."
"drive--"
The guard in front rode his horse ahead, and the guard driving the carriage in the middle grabbed the reins and whipped the horse's butt, then drove the carriage in the middle.
There were also guards on horseback behind to keep up the rear.
Knowing that this man would not let him go, Lu Mingfei did not struggle. He simply found a comfortable position in the Regent's arms and asked the Regent, who was always busy with affairs, "How did you find time to pick me up today?"
"I missed you, so I came to pick you up."
Zhao Lang raised his head, rubbed his lips against Lord Lu's ear, and after giving him a kiss, he explained, "There's nothing between her and me."
When Lu Mingfei heard this, he paused. He knew who the "she" Zhao Lang was talking about.
"I know."
"I never doubt your sincerity towards me." He turned his head, met Zhao Lang's gaze, and said seriously.
They looked at each other, their eyes meeting closely.
Even though the lighting in the car was not good, they could still see each other's eyes.
After a while, Zhao Lang's eyes moved down a little, landing on the young man's lips, slowly approaching, and closer, until their lips touched, "Thank you for trusting me so much."
Lu Mingfei raised his hand and stroked Zhao Lang's cheek back and forth. He had been looking at this face for more than ten years, and no matter how many times he saw it, he still liked it so much.
Of course, his trust in Zhao Lang was not because he had such a handsome face, but because of the companionship and affection they had grown up together.
"If even you cannot be trusted in this world, I don't know why I should stay here." If even Zhao Lang betrayed their relationship, he felt that it was time for him to leave this world.
Zhao Lang raised his hand, grabbed the hand that was touching his face, opened his fingers and inserted them between the young man's fingers, and the two of them interlocked their fingers.
Pulling over their clasped hands, he kissed the back of the young man's hand and promised, "If I ever betray you in this life, let me die..."
Lu Mingfei covered Zhao Lang's mouth with his free hand, smiled, and continued what Zhao Lang hadn't finished saying, "Let me go to the eighteen levels of hell after I die, and my soul will never be reborn."
Looking at the young man's smiling face, Zhao Lang's eyes were filled with shock.
Seeing that the Regent looked frightened by him, Lu Mingfei was in a very good mood. He reached out and grabbed the Regent's neck, pressed up and kissed his dear Regent, "I'm serious, Zhao Lang, if you do something wrong, let all the punishment fall on me."
"So, no matter what you do in the future, you must think twice before you act, understand?" Because he knew that this person was reluctant to let him be punished. He also wanted to use this as a shackle to hold this person back and prevent him from doing wrong.
The man didn't say anything, and responded with a deeper kiss.
***
The two originally planned to go out for dinner, but changed their route and went back to Prince Ding's Mansion.
During this period, Prime Minister Wan sent many assassins to cause trouble for them, but all of these assassins were dealt with by the secret guards following them.
A few days ago, Zhao Lang released a message to the public, announcing that if any killer organization dared to accept Prime Minister Wan's order, it would be against him, Zhao Lang, and their entire Zhenbei Army. He would definitely send troops to wipe them out. After that, those killer organizations evacuated Kyoto Prefecture overnight.
Now no killer organization dares to take orders from Prime Minister Wan, so they have been quite quiet recently.
The two returned to Prince Ding's Mansion, had dinner, and then went to the study to continue dealing with the pile of work.
There were two large tables in a study, one of them occupied by each person, and they began to work overtime at night.
Zhao Lang, the regent, was not sitting in this position just for show. After the memorials from the court were screened by his subordinates, all the important memorials were sent to him.
The young emperor is still young and does not know how to handle state affairs. He is in charge of all state affairs now, so these memorials have to be approved by him.
As for Lu Mingfei himself, he had just become the Minister of Personnel and took over the entire Ministry of Revenue, and he had a lot to do.
So that night, the two of them were busy in the study until midnight. It was not until the housekeeper outside came to remind them and asked if they wanted to have a midnight snack that the two of them realized that it was already late.
"Send it to the next room." Zhao Lang replied.
"Yes." The housekeeper heard the response from the room and left happily.
"Are you done with your work? Go eat something and prepare to rest." Zhao Lang threw away the unfinished memorial in his hand, stood up, and called over to Lord Lu, who was still writing something on paper, to leave.
"Wait..." As soon as Lu Mingfei finished speaking, the pen in his hand was taken away by someone.
"How long do we have to wait? There is always work to be done. Stop waiting and let's go." Zhao Lang picked the man up directly. He knew that if he didn't adopt a tough attitude, this man would be busy in the study until even later.
Lu Mingfei was forced to leave the study.
When they got outside, Zhao Lang said to the guards at the study door, "Keep an eye on this place."
"Yes, sir." The guard replied.
The two of them walked along the corridor and came to the next house.
When they came back, there were already some snacks and two bowls of bird's nest soup on the table in the living room.
Zhao Lang looked at the much thinner young man and began to waver. Was what they were doing right? He had originally wanted to pamper and love this person, but it seemed that since the day they had been together, he had never let this person he loved have an easy time.
"Why are you staring at me like that?" Lu Mingfei took two mouthfuls of bird's nest soup from his bowl, and found that the person opposite him did not move his bowl and chopsticks, but just stared at him.
"Will you regret it?" Zhao Lang asked.
"What do you regret?" Lu Mingfei didn't know what Zhao Lang meant by "regret".
"...You agreed to be with me." Zhao Lang knew that if Lu Mingfei had not chosen to be with him, he would have already married and had children. As a top scholar with a lot of skills, he would definitely have a bright future.
It's not like being with him now. Every step they take, if they take a wrong step, there will be a bottomless abyss ahead.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes at someone. His brain was too tired to continue chatting with someone on such a stupid question.
Zhao Lang looked at the young man who rolled his eyes at him, but couldn't help laughing.
After having a midnight snack in the evening, the two of them washed up and went to bed.
***
The next day, when Lu Mingfei learned that the empress dowager in the palace was "ill", he was just stunned for a moment.
Although he felt a little sympathy for the young widow who had to live in the palace with a small child, he no longer had much sympathy for her when she tried to reach out to Zhao Lang.
Just as he said to Zhao Lang, a simple woman would not be able to survive in the cannibalistic place like the harem. Since that woman not only survived but also lived to see her son become emperor, it was enough to prove that she was a capable person.
He never looked down on women, so he felt that such a woman should not need anyone's sympathy.
Everything that happened now was just what that woman asked for.
Instead of sympathizing with the mother and son who lived a life of luxury in the palace, he might as well share some of his sympathy with the refugees outside Kyoto.
In recent years, due to internal troubles, the people living at the bottom of society have suffered the most.
So after becoming the Minister of Revenue, the first thing he did was to set aside a piece of land outside the city to build a temporary resettlement site, and then recruit workers from the refugees to build houses.
The second thing he did was to set aside a piece of land outside the city to build a workshop. While recruiting a group of people to build the workshop, he also recruited workers from outside.
The third thing was to convene businessmen in Kyoto Prefecture to hold a meeting for several days to determine some future business development and plans.
After the conference, he enclosed and rebuilt the West Market in the name of the Ministry of Revenue, intending to make it the largest trading market in Kyoto Prefecture.
There is also the re-customization of commercial taxes.
However, this latter point was strongly opposed by Prime Minister Wan and his faction. In the end, they overcame all objections and lowered the originally high commercial taxes, while also exempting many unnecessary miscellaneous taxes.
From spring to autumn, and from autumn to winter, he has been busy with these things.
In winter, the snow in Kyoto Prefecture becomes heavier and heavier.
After the temporary shelter was built, the refugees outside the city had a place to take shelter from the wind and snow. The scene outside Kyoto Prefecture no longer appeared every day when the city gates opened to see people freezing to death outside.
Taking advantage of the day off, Lu Mingfei went out of the city to see the situation here.
The accompanying guards were worried about their lord's safety, so they reminded him with some concern: "Sir, it's dirty and messy over there. You, you should just take a look here and don't go over there."
"Since we're here, let's go and take a look. With you guys by my side, nothing will happen." Now that he was out, Lu Mingfei wanted to take a look in person. He didn't want to go back without even taking a look.
In the end, the guards had no choice but to let him go.
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