Chapter 281 The Rumored Ji You
There are many statements to respond to requests.
No means rejection, while yes means approval and permission. No matter what the answer is, your position can be clearly stated.
But forget it, that sentence sounded particularly strange when it fell into people's ears in the wind and snow.
Because although this sentence also represents a rejection, it seems to contain a lot more helplessness than "no".
Are you going to eat? Forget it, the work is not done yet.
Going to a brothel? Forget it, I'm married.
To put it bluntly, "Forget it" is a kind of approval followed by a helpless rejection.
At this time, among the people standing on both sides of the Nishan Sacred Road watching the changes in the situation, many of them suddenly turned around and left, walking away in the wind and snow.
Along the thick snow, a series of footprints began to spread out.
Some went to the palace, some went to the Sixianjian, some went to the imperial palace, some went to the aristocratic families in the capital, and some went to the inn.
At this time, in the inner garden of Prince Chong's Mansion, a group of servants were carrying ladders, walking and stopping under the eaves, climbing up and down, picking icicles from the eaves to avoid hurting their masters.
While they were busy, Prince Chong was drinking tea by the fire in the hall and reading the secret letters handed to him by officials close to him.
"Jiang Rong is a thoughtful person, and his choice is indeed good."
"Your Majesty, thank you for your praise. It's a pity that those old guys in the Sixian Bureau are so hateful. They pretend to be loyal subjects and have repeatedly obstructed Your Majesty. I don't know when Your Majesty will make a decision."
"The decision should be made soon..."
Prince Chong held the secret letter in his hand and couldn't help but mutter.
After Sixianjian left the capital to help with disaster relief, the pro-immortal faction in the court, according to his instructions, constantly put pressure on his young nephew, the emperor, on many occasions and tried to seize power.
In the past, the pro-emperor new policy faction in the court would confront him head-on, but at this moment they dared not speak out.
The opponent's ability to swallow his anger was entirely due to the success of the snow-viewing party held some time ago, which attracted countless immortals to come and support it.
This is what pedantic intellectuals are like, when they talk they seem to want to tear the world apart, but once something happens, their weakness is exposed.
In fact, this is also due to the snowstorm. After all, the Sixianjian was sent out to provide disaster relief, and no one could resist them here.
However, what King Chong was most concerned about was the collection of taxes.
It was a pity that every time he mentioned the matter, the lame old minister Wang Mingchang, who had been on a diplomatic mission to the Snow Region, would smash his head against the wall in the hall to make it clear, making it impossible to move forward.
So Prince Chong changed his mind and wrote a letter to recommend his confidant Jiang Rong to participate in the military expansion.
There is not much profit to be made from expanding the army itself, but the military pay behind the Zhenbei Army is a big pie, especially as the army expands, this big pie is getting bigger and bigger.
Qingyun levies heavy taxes at 60%, half of which goes to the Immortal Sect, and only 30% of the other half goes into the national treasury, while the remaining 70% is all used to support the army. It can be said that the country is well-off.
And this time, no one opposed his petition.
Why?
Because along with his petition, some officials close to the immortal families also wrote petitions to impeach the Sixianjian, saying that they only had the title of Sixianjian, but were so audacious as to choose to cut off the transportation of spirit stones and anger the immortals, and they deserved to be killed.
The imperial power of Daxia has declined, and in recent years it has been serving as a tool for the Immortal Sect to collect taxes and maintain border stability.
Even the emperor couldn't stand the pressure of such things, and his expression began to become more and more ugly.
But no one expected that King Chong's face also looked unhappy.
Because he didn't want to get involved in the military expansion and the interruption of the supply of spirit stones from the bottom of his heart.
The issue of expanding the army involved only the internal struggles of the court, but when it was linked to the interruption of the supply of spiritual stones, it involved too many things.
Moreover, he was involved with the most unpredictable and incredible person.
He sat on the armchair, turning over the first secret letter in his hand over and over again, and had been reading it for the whole afternoon.
Sitting next to him was his daughter, Princess Changle. She was flipping through the sword manual, but she was always on the first page.
Several young officials who had come to deliver the secret letter were waiting in the hall at this time. Seeing this scene, they couldn't help but look at each other.
In their opinion, the Sixianjian would not be able to bear such a serious crime as cutting off the supply of spiritual stones. They did not understand why the prince and the princess were so worried.
At this moment, a servant came back in the snow and wind: "Your Majesty, Elder Peng from the Heavenly Academy has appeared in place of Elder Fang."
King Chong put down the secret letter and asked: "What did it say?"
"Elder Fang said, forget it..."
Zhao Yunyue's eyelashes trembled slightly. After being stunned for a while, she suddenly heard the sound of someone getting up.
She came to her senses and looked up, and found that Prince Chong was getting up and walking towards the wing room.
"Where is Father going?"
"Someone from the palace will be here soon, and they have a lot of questions to ask. Even though no one would believe me if I said I had an emergency, I should still pretend."
King Chong walked out of the gate and looked at the sky full of flying snow.
Since someone was able to withstand the pressure, the emperor naturally didn't have to be in a dilemma.
The idea of intervening in the military expansion failed this time, and it will probably be difficult to bring it up next time.
He walked along the corridor towards the wing room, looking at the wind and snow in the courtyard with a complicated expression, thinking that the weird atmosphere in Tianshu Academy some time ago was actually real.
At this moment, he couldn't help but recall the discussion with Wei Li in front of the Nishan Sacred Road four years ago about which student to support this year.
It had happened a long time ago, but every time there was movement in the city, he was forced to think about it again.
At this time, in the wind and snow on Yong'an Street, many noble families who had returned from Mount Ni walked towards the Chongwang Palace.
After Ji You won the top spot in the Tongxuan Realm in the Tiandao Association, many eyes were focused on him, so the fact that he was unable to use swordsmanship in the Tiandao Association preliminaries because of Elder Fang's targeting gradually became known.
They knew that Elder Fang and Ji You had a personal grudge, so they came to find Elder Fang this time.
In their opinion, since they had a legitimate reason, the normal procedure should still be approved by Elder Fang, who should use the power of the aristocratic family to put pressure on the Office of Administration to revoke Ji You's disciple status and delete the Ji family from the list of Tianshu Academy.
Afterwards, all the noble families sent disciples to kill them, the supply of spirit stones was restored, taxes were returned to the fairy manor, and everything would go smoothly.
But no one expected to get such a response just after the first step.
Everyone knew that the future King Chong, who claimed to be ill today, must have known about this.
So they came to Prince Chong's mansion and saw Prince Chong lying on his sickbed, unable to even stand up straight.
By the time everyone left, his brows were even more furrowed than when he came.
Because King Chong said that he didn't know the reason, he just told everyone what happened in Tianshuyuan some time ago.
Smart people can naturally judge something from the news, and suddenly understood why Elder Fang said forget it.
At this time, everyone returned to the inn where they were staying and shook off the snow on their bodies.
Lu Xiong's mind was the most complicated. When he returned to his room, he saw his wife sitting in the room with a thoughtful look on her face.
"What's wrong?"
"Shaojie came here just now."
Lu Xiong looked at his wife with some confusion: "What is he doing here?"
Mrs. Lu placed her hands on her knees and said, "He said that he and Qingqiu from our family have been childhood sweethearts since they were young, and he is willing to marry her no matter what happens. I looked down on him before, but now I think this kid is pretty good."
The people who gathered here this time were either here for spirit stones or for taxes, but in the hearts of women like Madam Lu, what they were most concerned about was actually their daughter's marriage.
Although my daughter had lost her virginity to a dying man, fortunately she never got married.
If Ding Shaojie is really so infatuated, it would be a good destination for his daughter.
The corner of Lu Xiong's eye twitched when he heard this, and he thought that it seemed unnecessary now.
Mrs. Lu didn't pay attention to her husband's strange look. Instead, she raised her head in surprise: "Didn't you go to Tianshuyuan? Why are you back so soon?"
Lu Xiong looked at his wife and said, "Failed."
"Failed?"
"Today, the Lingzhou family suddenly left overnight, King Chong claimed to be ill and did not come, and Elder Fang did not even show up. Now that I think about it, no one dares to take care of this matter."
Mrs. Lu looked at her husband in surprise: "Why is that?"
Lu Xiong held his knees with both hands and said, "The Tianshu Academy held an autumn contest a few days ago, and in the end, the daughter of a governor of Fengzhou was selected to enter the inner court."
"Isn't Taishou an official title in the mortal world? This is really strange. It took a lot of effort for our Hanyan to enter the inner courtyard. We spent a huge amount of money just to arrange things. How can a mortal child enter the inner courtyard?"
“Prince Chong said that the disciples of Tianshuyuan all thought that the Fengzhou woman entered the inner courtyard because many people in the inner courtyard saw Ji You’s expression.”
Mrs. Lu was in a daze for a moment: "Are you joking?"
Lu Xiong stood up and walked to the window: "Everyone thought so at first, until the unsuccessful Peng family's eldest son and Elder Fang's grandson became furious and asked their families to find trouble with him."
"That Fang Jincheng is indeed vindictive. He even drew his sword against Hanyan in the courtyard..."
"Yes, the Fang family is vindictive, but it is said that after that night, the eldest son of the Peng family was forcibly expelled from the hospital and taken away, and the grandson of the elder Fang was imprisoned in the abyss behind the Nishan Mountain and never dared to show up again."
(I got tenosynovitis from using air conditioning)
(End of this chapter)
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