Chapter 290: Discovering a New Small Country
Wang Zhengzhi, who was driving a steam carriage, did not expect that there would be so many people blocking the way ahead, so he braked quickly, parked the carriage next to the government office and locked it.
"Your Majesty, I am late." Wang Zhengzhi rushed to Lu Yanshi excitedly.
He can finally drive for the Emperor again!
Eighteen followed closely behind.
After he returned the Miao family's car, he drove here with Wang Zhengzhi.
"Is Imperial Household Minister Wang here?" Lu Yanshi didn't expect that the person who came with Eighteen was Wang Zhengzhi.
When he rode in a traditional horse-drawn carriage in the past, it was always Wang Zhengzhi who drove him.
But after switching to a steam carriage, Wang Zhengzhi went to take a driver's license test, but failed several times.
So I didn't bring him along on this incognito visit.
Unexpectedly, he still came.
"My dear Minister Qu, I will leave the matter of speaking for the people to you. I still have things to deal with." Lu Yanshi threw the case to Qu Fufeng.
He had really had enough and had to quickly catch someone to be the prefect of Liyang City.
It's ridiculous for him, an emperor, to help others find horses and children every day.
Qu Fufeng, who was forced to publish his work, was bewildered, but looking at the people who were full of expectations, he had no choice but to go to the trial.
Eighteenth General handed the letter that the palace asked him to bring to the emperor.
Upon hearing that her mother and eldest sister had written to her, Lu Li quickly handed the little girl over to Cang Ruoyin.
"Madam, please stop hitting me and take a look at your daughter first."
The Cang family then let the Zhang family go and surrounded the little girl together.
"Come on, girl, go home with grandma. You can't go back to that damn Zhang family." Cang Ruoyin's mother Jiang held the child in her arms domineeringly.
Cang Ruoyin pushed her mother a little embarrassedly.
"Mother, the princess is still here. Let's be polite when we talk."
"It's okay, I also think their family is a piece of shit." Lu Li said with a smile, turned around and left.
The scolded Zhang family didn't dare to say a word. Jiang felt proud when she heard that Lu Li recognized her.
"Let's go home."
Cang Ruoyin nodded, took her daughter from her mother's hands, and looked at Wan Qingqing who was trembling beside her.
"Don't even think about running away. I won't let you go."
Since the law cannot punish this bitch, don't blame her for taking action herself.
Wan Qingqing wanted to cry but had no tears.
Zhang Gong was imprisoned, and she was with her little son. Where could a woman like her go?
If Cang Ruoyin was determined to target her, she would definitely be in trouble, and it might be better for her to go to jail.
"It's all your fault for seducing my son. Otherwise, how could he make such a mistake?" Zhang's father and mother, who did not get a good deal from the Cang family, began to vent their anger on Wan Qingqing.
"Yes, it's all your fault."
The two of them teamed up to beat up Wan Qingqing.
The guards standing by were indifferent, looking up at the sky, as if they could see and hear nothing.
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Lu Li ran excitedly to find Lu Yanshi.
"Father, what did mother and eldest sister say?" she asked, blinking her big eyes.
"If you want to know, just look for yourself." Lu Yanshi teased her deliberately.
The smile on Lu Li's face collapsed instantly.
"I can't read."
"Then you should learn more words, and you will know it in the future." Lu Yanshi pinched her little face.
Lu Li pouted as she picked up the pieces of letter paper. Looking at the densely written words on them, she felt that the words were like little bugs crammed together and she had no idea what they were.
"Father is so bad. He didn't tell me. I won't tell you if anything happens to me in the future." Lu Li was about to leave angrily.
When Lu Yanshi saw that he was in trouble, he quickly gave gifts and apologized.
"Father is wrong. Why didn't he tell our Xiaojiu?" He hugged Lu Li and began to read the letter carefully.
Only then did Lu Li sit obediently in his arms, tilting her ears and listening carefully.
Soon, Lu Yanshi finished reading both letters.
Both letters reported their recent situation.
The Queen said that everything was fine. The ministers had become accustomed to her and Concubine Shu running the government, and they all cooperated with them obediently.
Concubine Min managed the Royal Carriage Academy, and Concubine Xian managed the Royal Girls' Academy, and everything was going well.
Lu Yao has arrived at Fuso Island and they separate from Lu Jing.
Lu Jing took Long Wudi and his wife and Xin Poshan out to sea to look for foreigners.
Jing Luobai led the soldiers under Long Wudi to patrol the nearby sea, looking for any fish from Fuso that had escaped the net.
During the search, they discovered a small country called "Xinluo". The language they spoke was somewhat similar to that of some small tribes on the border of Beiyong.
Lu Yao wrote to ask how to deal with these people.
"Xiaojiu, how do you think we should deal with them?" Lu Yanshi asked his daughter.
"Let's ask Lord Qu." Lu Li was also unsure and planned to listen to Qu Fufeng's opinion.
"Okay." Lu Yanshi nodded in agreement.
When Qu Fufeng came back after handling the case, he looked pale.
Judging cases for ordinary people is really too taxing.
"Your Majesty, please quickly send someone to take over the position of Liyang City government. I can't stand it anymore. Everyone has their own expertise, and I am not that kind of person."
As soon as he saw Lu Yan, Qu Fufeng began to complain.
Today, a bunch of trivial matters bothered him, and he was not good at dealing with these things at all.
"I have asked Wang Taifu to drive to the neighboring southern Xinjiang to mobilize people. Most of the officials in Xichang are rebellious and cannot be used. I'm sorry to trouble you, my dear." Lu Yanshi comforted him.
"It's not hard. It's my honor to share the emperor's worries." Qu Fufeng agreed bitterly.
Only then did Lu Yanshi bring up the matter of "Xinluo".
Qu Fufeng thought about it and connected this country to a place in later generations that liked to steal Chinese culture.
Great Cold Underworld!
"There's no need to kill them all, but the people here are very strong-willed and a bit mean. If you're friendly to them, they'll just take advantage of you. If you send troops to station here, they'll try to please you in every way."
Qu Fufeng thought of the faces of those guys in later generations, and his tone was full of contempt.
"I suggest that we do not need to take them back, but just send troops to station there and let them be a vassal state. They cannot be treated the same as the people of Daxia. If they have evil intentions, we can just fight them where they are."
Lu Yanshi felt that what he said made some sense, but he was also a little worried.
"I've already made some people unhappy by killing the Fuso Islanders first. If I do the same to Xinluo, will the people of Xichang and other countries become suspicious of my intentions and find excuses to rebel?"
"How can the treatment of legitimate sons and daughters be the same as that of illegitimate sons and daughters? They were one family thousands of years ago, but they are not now. If you do this, the people of Xichang will only be glad that they surrendered early and were able to join our Great Xia."
Qu Fufeng argued convincingly.
"If they perform well in the future and want to join Daxia and settle down in Daxia, that's not impossible. We can recruit outstanding talents. As for those scumbags, we can keep them to build their own countries."
"Besides, if anyone dares to rebel, just beat him into submission!"
Lu Yanshi was convinced by him.
"Okay, then let's do as you suggest."
Lu Yanshi wrote a reply to his eldest daughter, asking her to do as Qu Fufeng suggested in the future.
At this time, Lu Yao, who was unaware of the situation, was worried about her husband.
"I don't know if Father has received my letter. It's been so long, why haven't you replied yet?"
Logically speaking, it shouldn't take that long.