Chapter 148 Return to Beijing
The Fengjing city wall was in sight, and the team unconsciously sped up.
The vast majority of this team is composed of imperial guards, followed by the Grand Prince's personal guards and court officials.
As the army guarding the capital, the threshold for joining the Imperial Guards is not low.
A clean background is only the most basic requirement. There are also many unfavored illegitimate sons and distant relatives in many families of military honor.
Most of them live in Fengjing, so naturally they miss their families terribly after being apart for such a long time, but some don't think so.
Qin Zhaoyue's carriage was at the back, slumped lazily and without any energy.
She has been like this since the moment she left Bailu County Manor, and she has no interest in even Mo Twelve's roasted meat.
"Your Highness, we will be entering the capital soon."
Qin Zhaoyue jumped up instantly, finally arrived!
She reached out to pull at the carriage curtain, but Sui Mo grabbed her hand in time, "Your Highness, your clothes cannot be exposed!"
Qin Zhaoyue withdrew his hand embarrassedly, having almost forgotten about it.
Although it is the beginning of autumn, the autumn sun doesn't care and is still as scorching as fire.
What's more, when you are in a hurry, you can't even use the ice mirror, so it's inevitable to dress cooler.
After changing his clothes after being served by Sui Mo, he opened the carriage curtain and saw the towering city walls.
After a while, the team slowly stopped.
The palace naturally received the news long ago and sent people to guard the city gate early.
The person who came was also an acquaintance, Pei Laodeng, the Prime Minister of Fenggetai.
Originally, Qin Minghuang wanted to come and greet him in person, after all, Qin Zhaoqiong did a great job this time.
Not to mention the overt flood control and disaster relief, they also secretly exposed the case of private iron casting and dealt with the consequences of minting inferior coins.
All the achievements, both overt and covert, are worthy of Qin Minghuang's personal presence. It is also an opportunity to demonstrate the emperor's grace and increase the bargaining chips for the eldest princess.
However, with the leader of Tianyan Sect entering the capital first and a sorcerer trying to assassinate the crown prince later, Xuanji Guards advised against leaving the palace easily.
Obviously, Qin Minghuang listened to the advice, but he still brought up this matter when he went to court today.
The result was very interesting. The officials argued fiercely over whether to welcome the emperor or not.
The final result was that His Majesty did not come, and the Prime Minister came to greet him instead.
The front group separated, and Qin Zhaoqiong led the officials forward.
Pei Xuanyun glanced and saw his eldest son, sitting on his horse with his back straight.
Although there is some deliberate element in it, his posture is still calm with his back straight, which shows that he is used to riding.
It's getting darker, and I seem to have become more courageous. After going out, I finally have some dignity, much better than the pure literati before I left.
The moment they made eye contact, they withdrew their gazes. Qin Zhaoqiong had already approached, dismounted his horse, and bowed.
"Your Highness has traveled with great difficulty. His Majesty has already hosted a banquet in the palace to welcome all the meritorious officials."
When he left, Gu Tingyun was the chief envoy for disaster relief and held an important position. Now, Qin Zhaoqiong doesn't even pretend.
The sixth sister's behavior along the way and her frankness after the failure that night made Qin Zhaoqiong understand her feelings.
Since this is the case, we must fight for what we should fight for.
Gu Tingyun was standing behind him, looking calm and without any embarrassment on his face.
Qin Zhaoyue in the back took a glance and lowered the curtain.
Oh, this old man is welcoming the imperial envoy on behalf of the emperor.
Fengtai Pavilion has an extraordinary status. Compared with the history she is familiar with, it is equivalent to the three provinces in the court.
Especially during the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Secretariat, Ministry of Palace Affairs, and Ministry of State Affairs constituted the core decision-making system.
The Secretariat was the source of decision-making, drafting and issuing orders; the Ministry of Palace Affairs reviewed, rejected, advised and corrected errors; the Ministry of State Affairs executed government orders and was in charge of the six departments.
There is nothing wrong with putting the functions of the three provinces into one Fengtai Pavilion, and just separate them into functional departments.
The division of responsibilities and powers is clear, forming a check and balance mechanism of "drafting-review-execution".
But during the Taiwei period of Da Gan, there was no one at all, except Old Pei.
He was the one who drafted it, reviewed it, and executed it.
This great favor from the Emperor lasted for fourteen years! Who could believe it?
Now Qin Zhaoyue finally understood.
It is better to do one bad thing with your boss than to do a hundred good things for him.
It is clearly recorded in Prince Rui's account book.
Since the second year of Taiwei, Pei Xuanyun has taken the lion's share of the profits from minting inferior coins every year.
All the others, including those in the court and Bailu Prefecture, could not surpass him.
Did he take the money? Bullshit, he just served as a transfer agent.
If Your Majesty is willing, he can easily bring down this high-ranking official.
It is estimated that the current Director of the Wanmin Division receives the same treatment.
After all, this money must go through his hands before it can enter the national treasury, and he needs to be involved in fabricating excuses and concealing the truth.
Who knows how many similar things are happening in secret? This is Qin Minghuang's way of controlling the government.
Qin Zhaoyue noticed this and became more determined to retreat from the current situation. She couldn't do this job.
Pei Xuanyun exchanged a few words with several organizing officials, then got on the carriage and led the way.
The story of his highness's achievements in flood control has spread far and wide in Fengjing, and there are even many versions of the story about how he was assassinated, survived a near-death experience, and still insisted on carrying out rescue and disaster relief work.
As the return date approaches, the most popular jokes told by storytellers in teahouses these days are all related to this matter.
In addition to this, there are some other small stories, such as the Sixth Prince learned some special medical skills from ancient books and saved some seriously ill patients in Mingyan County.
However, unlike the overwhelming praise from His Highness, people have mixed opinions on this story.
Well, the reality is that it's a mixed bag.
The main reason is that Qin Zhaoyue's past image is too deeply rooted in people's minds, and people generally don't dare to believe that it is something she could do.
The fact that such a story could be spread naturally had some tacit approval.
As soon as the team entered the city, the people lined the streets to welcome them and cheers were heard everywhere.
Pei Xuanyun sat upright in the carriage, listening to the noise outside.
As the prime minister, his most important role is to help His Majesty do bad things secretly, and he has very comprehensive information.
There is no need to say much about Her Highness's achievements. Her character determines that she will never do things perfunctorily.
And the Sixth Prince... to be honest, he was even more outstanding than he had imagined.
Mingyan County's water purification and patient treatment, the discovery of clues to illegal iron casting during dredging, and the subsequent secret investigation process, the response of the Grand Prince after being framed and poisoned, the story of a woman's self-reliance, advice on dealing with counterfeit coins, and the changes in the Grand Prince's work after taking over the provincial government...
Her presence was everywhere in the disaster relief and flood control process, always at critical moments.
Without her, the tasks, both overt and covert, would not have been completed so beautifully.
Pei Xuanyun had already read the memorial in which the Grand Prince commended her for her achievements. It contained many praises, and in reality, her achievements were even greater than her own.
But he also read the memorial from the "Envoy for Disaster Relief", and there were very few mentions of the Sixth Prince, which is worth pondering.
Amid the welcoming crowd, a carriage at the rear slowed down.
"Your Highness, this is not good..."
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