In the blink of an eye, it is September and the golden autumn season has arrived again.
The world is at peace, seemingly without any wind or waves.
Fu Xiaoguan's three wives gave birth safely, and with the son born by Xu Xinyan, he had two more sons and two daughters.
It has been more than a month since he returned to Guanyun City, and Fu Xiaoguan has only convened one court meeting. At this meeting, he only mentioned that the administration of officials should not be excessive, and then he talked about people's livelihood issues.
The rest of the time he was a hands-off boss, spending his days in his harem having affairs with his queen and concubines, or hugging his children, not acting like an emperor at all.
Of course, those young men who had followed him from Wofeng Road were sent to various places by the Ministry of Personnel to serve as county magistrates again under his instructions.
Among them are Shi Yiming, Xi Shuang and Fang Wenxing, who had been imprisoned.
They ushered in a new political career in the Wu Dynasty, and keeping in mind the lessons of the past, they firmly implemented and carried out Fu Xiaoguan's policies.
He even directly appointed Gongsun Ce as the Minister of Personnel, filling the position of the former Minister of Personnel Duan Shuwen, which was a step-by-step promotion.
The Duan Shuwen case involved many local officials, who were arrested by the Ministry of Justice. For a time, the Ministry of Justice’s prison was overcrowded.
It’s September now, and it’s time for the annual autumn examination.
This time, Fu Xiaoguan still decided to hold the autumn examination in Hanling Temple, because he needed to select a group of young people from those who were eliminated in the imperial examination to join the Imperial Guard led by Ning Siyan.
He had originally planned to recruit 10,000 Imperial Guards, but just two days ago, he told Ning Siyan that he wanted to recruit 13,000 people - 3,000 of them would receive secret training. No one knew what kind of training this was, but there were vague rumors that His Majesty was extremely dissatisfied with the Censorate led by Zhou Tongtong, and these 3,000 people would form a new intelligence system loyal to His Majesty.
There are even rumors that the training methods for these spies will come from His Majesty, and the training base will be located on Luomei Mountain in the sea.
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"What does he want to do?"
Su Changsheng and Fu Daguan returned to the Taoist temple and sat in front of the thatched cottage. Fu Daguan looked at Xu Yunqing and asked this question.
Xu Yunqing looked at Official Fu and asked, "What makes you so sure Zhou Tongtong's loyalty is unquestionable? Do you know that Zhou Tongtong is from the Zhou clan, a family of seven generations that has existed in the Wu Dynasty for thousands of years? In the hearts of the people of the Wu Dynasty, the survival of the clan is more important than anything else!"
Official Fu scratched his head. He hadn't expected Zhou Tongtong to be in trouble, but he couldn't say that Zhou Tongtong had changed his mind now. "This time when he went out with Senior Brother, Zhou Tongtong did investigate the corruption case in Wuyuan Prefecture and told me about it. How could he be in trouble?"
"Wu Dalang!" Xu Yunqing's eyes glared. "I'm telling you, Yu Wendao already knows that the golden mountain is right under the Star-Picking Terrace! Tell me, besides Zhou Tongtong, who else would sell this information?"
Official Fu was startled, his eyes widening. "So... Ruoshui knows about this too?"
"You're still thinking about Shang Ruoshui! Will she break up with Yu Baibai because of you?"
"Ah... everyone calm down," Su Changsheng said, smoothing things over. "This information was most likely sold by Zhou Tongtong. However, we can't tell whether it was Zhou Tongtong's own doing or a move made by me. Ji Yungui, who's manipulating this situation... Yunqing, why don't you contact Ji Yungui? Besides me, he's the only one who knows the situation best."
"No, no one knows Ji Yungui right now. He is in the most dangerous place. We must not allow any mistakes to occur."
"So what should we do now?" Officer Fu asked again.
Xu Yunqing glared at him, "Go find your Shang Ruoshui!"
"So...what about you?"
"Me? I'm going to Fan Country."
"What are you going to do in Fan State?"
Xu Yunqing smiled broadly, "It's time to sell off those stocks that Fan Tianning sent people to buy."
"Why don't you just tell Fan Tianning about this? Besides... I'm afraid I've already informed Fan Tianning, so what's the point of you going?"
Xu Yunqing did not respond to Fu Daguan's words. She had to go to Fan State because a few days ago, a monk came to this empty Taoist temple. He was the leader of the Buddhist sect.
The sect leader was good at making witty remarks. He said that Fan Tianning did not buy those stocks with his own money, but that there was a financial backer behind them.
This financial sponsor is now a monk in his own Nalanda Monastery.
This monk had nothing to do with Xu Yunqing, but this monk was actually mentioned to her by Lord Buddha himself, so this monk was not simple.
He was actually the financial backer behind the scenes. You should know that Fan Tianning secretly bought a total of 30 million shares of Chen’s Salt, Zhou’s Ironware and Lu’s Shipping!
Thirty million taels of silver!
It was written by a monk. Xu Yunqing thought about it for many days before he remembered that it was most likely that person.
"My advice is to spend more time on me, and stop dwelling on your sunset glow. What's the point of being glowing? How long can it last? If Zhou Tongtong really betrays me, and if their alliance plan works, you should know the danger I'll be facing!"
Xu Yunqing stood up and glared at Fu Daguan again, "Aren't you still counting on him to take care of you in your old age? Don't let him die before you're old enough to cry!"
"I'm leaving, do whatever you want!"
Xu Yunqing flew away like a lone wild goose, leaving Fu Daguan and Su Changsheng staring at each other in bewilderment.
"That's not right, Senior Brother. Logically, she should care more about the safety of a humble official than I do, but she went to the Fan Kingdom for something so insignificant... Senior Brother, what's the trick here?"
Su Changsheng spread his hands and said, "How would I know? But Yun Qing's words make perfect sense. We can't gamble that Zhou Tongtong hasn't rebelled. If he really did, you know that the ant colony is controlled by Zhou Tongtong. If he wants to make me blind and deaf, I won't be able to stop him."
"I understand. It seems that the reason I want to rebuild the intelligence agency is also because I have doubts about Zhou Tongtong. Junior brother, in order to have someone to take care of you and me in our old age... In my opinion, it is better for us to go to Wu Dynasty!"
Mr. Fu always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find a clue.
Damn Zhou Tongtong, you are just causing me trouble. It has been a long time since I went to the Jinling Palace to peek at Ruoshui. Hey... "Brother, why don't we go and kill Zhou Tongtong to avoid any accidents."
"That won't work. We don't know if Zhou Tongtong is following my intentions. Killing Zhou Tongtong would be easy, but if my plan is ruined by her, do you think Xu Yunqing will beat you up when he comes back?"
The fat man was in a terrible state. This terrible thing... "Hey, brother, what are we eating tonight?"
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