The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 924: Stories
Chapter 924: The Maze
But Bai Qingyan didn’t feel any regret. Although they couldn’t be husband and wife for a while, they understood each other… and they could compete for supremacy together. Even if they couldn’t be together, they would never be lonely.
“And the Rongdi side seems to be interested in making peace. The Rongdi envoys have arrived in the capital city first and said…then their Ghost-faced Prince of Rongdi will arrive before the coronation ceremony and come to congratulate Your Majesty in person.” Dong Qingping didn’t know that the Ghost-faced General of Rongdi was Ayu, and his tone was calm.
Bai Qingyan tightened her grip, she knew Ayu would definitely come back…
It’s just that this time, I don’t know if there will be a chance for A-Yu and A-Niang to meet in private. However… even if they can’t meet in private, it doesn’t matter. As long as A-Niang can see that A-Yu is safe, it will be a gift from God for A-Niang.
“There is another thing. I guess Your Majesty doesn’t know it yet. I would like to tell Your Majesty first. Someone from the Bai family’s Shuoyang clan came to the capital early to buy a house. Under the name of a royal relative…he privately accepted the house as a gift from the officials.”
Lu Jin frowned and placed a detailed record of which Bai clan members accepted bribes and which ones offered bribes on the table in front of Bai Qingyan: “These are only the big items that the Bai clan members accepted openly. The rest… are your majesty’s clan members after all, so I dare not examine them in detail.”
“The King of Fire from Xiliang, Li Zhijie, arrived early. When he learned that the Bai clan was building a house in the capital, he helped them and sent them many beauties from Xiliang…” Shen Jingzhong sneered and looked up at Bai Qingyan. “The people of the Bai clan are your majesty’s clan members after all. It is not difficult for your majesty to discipline them! But after arriving in the capital, the King of Fire from Xiliang jumped up and down… He doesn’t seem to be very obedient!”
“Jingzhong, this is too old-fashioned…” Lu Xiang stroked his beard and chuckled, “When the Great Zhou Dynasty was first established, the Jin Dynasty royal family relatives that the other countries had made friends with were no longer useful. But now… Xiliang’s Yan Wang Li Zhijie came to the capital openly. He is not a spy. Naturally, he wants to take this opportunity to make more friends with the royal family so that it will be easier to deal with them in the future. This is also reasonable!”
Shen Jingzhong sighed. He understood what Prime Minister Lu said, but he still felt uncomfortable.
“This time, Li Mao and other traitors who fled to Luohong City with King Liang have been brought back and handed over to Lord Lu Jin for detention. If any family members want to visit them, Lord Lu can let them go…” Bai Qing said.
“Your Majesty, are you planning to let him off easily?” Lu Jin asked.
“Since we are going to use harsh means to reduce the power of the vassal kings, we need to use gentle means to appease the people. I personally think that we need to be flexible… so as not to unbalance the government.” Bai Qingyan looked at Prime Minister Lu, sat up straight, and nodded to him, “If what Bai Qingyan said is inappropriate, please give me some advice, Prime Minister Lu.”
Prime Minister Lu looked at Bai Qingyan who was humbly asking for advice. He was flattered at first, but then he realized that Bai Qingyan, the empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was different from the emperor of the Jin Dynasty. His tense spine slowly relaxed, and he returned the greeting to Bai Qingyan. He smiled with moist eyes and nodded: “Your Majesty is right. Whether it is governing the country… or doing things, you should be relaxed and tense at the right time… Loose on the outside and tight on the inside! Your Majesty is thoughtful, and I admire you!”
“Since Your Majesty is willing to forgive, let Jinxian pay more attention to these officials in the future and prevent them from holding important positions.” Prime Minister Lu looked at his son.
Lu Jinxian quickly stood up and bowed to Bai Qingyan: “Your Majesty, don’t worry. I am in the Ministry of Personnel and will never let these people get involved in important positions.”
“Thank you for your hard work…” Bai Qingyan nodded to Lu Jinxian and asked, “How is Wei Bugong’s disaster relief going?”
“The great crisis has passed. Your Majesty was very smart in selecting people. He personally promoted Wei Bugong to be the Minister of Revenue to be in charge of disaster relief and allowed him the power to execute first and report later. This man is very courageous in his work. Your Majesty also appointed General Wang Xiping to lead troops to protect him and back him up. He wrote IOUs in various places and requisitioned grain from granaries in various places as disaster relief. He was really an iron-fisted person and did not let the whole place starve to death. This time, we can say… not a single disaster victim starved to death!”
After Lu Xiang finished speaking, he smiled again, intentionally defending Wei Bugong: “However… I have also received memorials from below, which show that Wei Bugong has a bad temper. Others think that he is just a little capable and thinks highly of himself.”
In the Jin Dynasty, such people were destined not to be reused or promoted, but such people were exactly what the court needed most.
“He’s tough, capable, and capable. The court is in need of such a person!” Bai Qingyan nodded. She was relieved to hear that the disaster victims did not starve to death. She looked at Lu Jinxian and asked, “How is the new policy being implemented in Hancheng these days?”
“Your Majesty, the implementation went smoothly, but it was hard for Lord Shen and the officials of the Ministry of Justice…” Lu Jinxian looked at Shen Jingzhong, “According to the outline of the reform given by your majesty, based on the Jin law, it needs to be rewritten and revised. It will be implemented in Hancheng first. Some news will be slowly released in the capital to test the waters, and then it will be officially promulgated at the time of your majesty’s enthronement ceremony. The Ministry of Justice is exhausted, but fortunately… Li Mingrui played a big role in it this time. The new law was sent to Hancheng five days ago. I think… the small part of the new law brought by Chen Zhaolu and Lu Yuanqing has been gradually implemented, and the rest will be sent over just in time to take over.”
“From the memorials sent back by Chen Zhaolu and Yuan Qing, it can be seen that… it is not too difficult to implement the new policy in the former Liang land. The whole country of Liang knows that Daliang has been destroyed, so it is easier to implement the new policy than in the Great Zhou!” Lu Jinxian frowned, “As for the Great Zhou…”
He looked up at Bai Qingyan. Although Bai Qingyan had not asked about the progress of the new policy in the Great Zhou Kingdom, Lu Jinxian was appointed by Bai Qingyan to implement the new policy, so he naturally needed to give an explanation to Bai Qingyan.
Lu Jinxian thought for a moment, straightened his back, bowed to Bai Qingyan, and said sincerely: “I dare to offend you. The implementation of the new law will benefit the people, but it will inevitably harm the interests of the royal family and the old aristocratic families. Logically speaking… if your majesty’s grandmother was not the eldest princess of the Jin Dynasty, and if your majesty had dealt with the royal family of the old dynasty before going to Luohong City, it might be easier to implement it.”
Before Bai Qingyan could speak, Lu Jin said to Lu Jinxian, “Your Majesty did not start to attack the royal family of the old dynasty when you first took control of the capital city, because you did not want the princes of various places to be afraid and on guard. Before your majesty left the capital city, you ordered me to collect and sort out the evil deeds committed by the royal family of the Jin Dynasty in recent years. Once the dust settles on the reduction of the princes, we will deal with them all at once. Lord Lu, don’t worry.”
I’ll continue to ask for monthly votes in the second update!
Hahaha, I saw a little ancestor leave a message, he won’t really ascend the throne on the 20th! Hahahaha… I’m dying of laughter, don’t worry, he will ascend the throne after everything is explained clearly…