On the ninth day of the lunar month, the riots around Linzi City were quickly quelled by the dispatch of guards from the capital. When news of the city's destruction was received, Lord Mengchang had already ordered Xue Bing to occupy Linzi City and control the entire royal city under the slogan of "clearing the emperor's side and eliminating the source of trouble".

On that day, King Qi Min died, and Lord Mengchang was rescued. He told the public with tears in his eyes that King Qi Min was killed by the Grand Sima Jiang Chengyi and several high-ranking officials who conspired against him in the court. The legitimate son Jiang Fei and the concubine Jiang Xuan also died in the fire.

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In order to avenge his lord, Mengchangjun ordered Yuan Ping to arrest the Grand Sima Jiang Chengyi and all the officials involved in the rebellion. When he was extremely angry, he personally shot and killed all the rebels.

On the tenth day of the lunar month, the capital was under martial law, no bells or drums were sounded, and the palace mourned.

Things were calm in the palace, but the external situation was urgent. The next day, he personally put on armor and led the army to Nan Annan to calm down the peasant riots, and "rescued" the royal Baojun army and the Zhenhuhe army. A few days later

The leaders of the riot were identified and killed in public to serve as a warning to others.

After these two events, Lord Mengchang won the hearts of the people inside and outside, and his prestige was at its peak.

At the end of August, 30,000 bells were rung in various temples and temples in Linzi, and the whole country was in mourning.

On September 9, Mengchangjun Tianwen came to the throne, and the state of Qi changed hands.

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After succeeding to the throne of King Qi, Lord Mengchang went up to the throne to offer sacrifices to the heavens, and passed down the policy of benefiting the people to the ancestral temple, the country and all the people, and offered amnesty to the world. After punishing a group of officials for "crime", he supported a group of trusted generals.

, among them Su Fang, Prime Minister, Chen Huanxian is the chief admonishment officer, Yuan Ping is the general, and Wei Yan is the commander of the imperial army...

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In mid-September, after the new King Qi's enthronement was completed, the DPRK began to hold three days of one meeting and two days and one meeting of intensive discussions on future national policy matters. There was also a lot of unknown busyness in private.

At the end of the day, exhausted Chen Baiqi squinted at the spacious white jade square. The more spacious the place, the less shelter he could find from the wind.

She was dressed formally today, with a red icing official robe and a six-inch-high black jade crown. Although it was gorgeous and decent, the summer clothes were not enough to block the wind. She folded up her skirt, and at this time, there were officials on both sides of the court.

They all bowed to her, but Chen Baiqi looked away and immediately responded humbly.

"I wonder where the two adults are going in such a hurry?"

A middle-class official and a scholar-official said with glowing faces: "Today, a wealthy businessman visited Master Lin's home in Shangqing. After that, Master Lin hurriedly took a concubine into the house. It is said that this concubine was given by the wealthy businessman. She is amazingly beautiful.

, I’m so disappointed, I’m just going to the banquet to congratulate you, and I’ll take a look at it.”

The other people nodded repeatedly after hearing this. It was obvious that most of them had received the news and invitations and planned to go to the banquet. Originally, the banquet was just a small matter, but firstly, they were doing it to give Shangqing Lin Qucheng's face, and secondly, everyone has a love for beauty.

Get up and join in the fun.

Chen Baiqi was stunned for a moment. When she saw the surrounding officials stopping to listen, she said "oh" and then said with a smile: "Then, please do as you please."

"Master Chen is not going?" the famous scholar-official asked in surprise.

Chen Baiqi waved his hand regretfully and said: "There are still important matters in the house that need to be dealt with, so I won't join in the fun. I would like to apologize to Lord Lin on my behalf."

The doctor said: "Where is it? You are the pillar of the country. You are deeply favored by your lord. Naturally, you are always burdened with heavy burdens. How can we be incompetent and incapable of guessing your lord's thoughts? So we have this leisure time to do it."

join in the fun."

Chen Baiqi immediately shook his head and said with a humble face: "The business alliance of the six countries is imminent, and Huanxian is about to go on an expedition. Naturally, you have to work hard on the affairs of this country. How can one person be busy with the affairs of this country?

Gotta get down."

She speaks in a gentle and gentle manner, and although she is favored, she always behaves like an ordinary person. She is not arrogant and looks down on others, nor does she belittle herself. Therefore, her relationship with the officials in the DPRK is relatively harmonious.

After Chen Baiqi left, the two officials looked at his back and expressed their admiration in their hearts.

"To be able to take advantage of the situation and gain a firm foothold in the court at such an age is really no ordinary young man."

"However, now that the new king has ascended the throne, everyone who has interacted with her has known her for a long time, and they all have life-long friendships, and all of them are high-ranking officials and ministers around the new king, even if she is just a commoner and has no one behind her.

He has no one to rely on, but now he is already a Luo that we can forget about."

At this time, a person next to him curled his lips and said: "Some people are born with good luck."

"Haha, good luck? If it were you, do you think you can compare to her?" At this time, a cool, hooked chuckle came from behind everyone.

When everyone turned around, they saw that it was the newly appointed Prime Minister Su Fang. They immediately raised their hands in panic and saluted.

"Prime Minister, it was a slip of the tongue. It was just a joke." The man was startled. Thinking that the Prime Minister and Chen Huanxian seemed to have an old relationship, cold sweat broke out on his forehead and he immediately apologized.

Su Fang glanced at him sideways, and after remembering this person, he said calmly: "That's it for this time, I just want you to remember not to make such untrue slips of the tongue next time."

Others hurriedly said yes, and then left in silence.

When Su Fang caught up with Chen Baiqi, she was walking on Wang Street. This street was located within the red wall of the palace, but it was not within the palace. It was the palace area of ​​the old palace. King Qi Min moved this street when he expanded the palace.

The streets were designated for other purposes, half of which were used for government offices and official offices, and the other half were given to princes and ministers as residences.

Chen Baiqi naturally did not buy a house in Linzi, so the King of Qi gave her a mansion in the deepest part of the street.

The royal family and nobles, princes and ministers who come and go on this King Street naturally do not choose to walk. They all have transportation tools, and the more luxurious they are, the more they show their status. Therefore, there is a constant flow of high-speed carriages and four-horse horses on King Street on weekdays.

The living environment is also different. The buildings towards the front are noisier, while the buildings towards the back are the residences of prominent people of the time.

Of course, today's Chen Baiqi can be considered one of the prominent people, but she never likes to be surrounded by servants. Instead, she chooses to walk, and she never brings guards with her. There are many dignitaries and nobles along the way, and there is a constant flow of people and vehicles.

It's not too conspicuous.

After Su Fang caught up with her, he also got off the car and asked the driver to drive back home, while he walked with Chen Bai for a while.

Although Chen Baiqi felt sore in his shoulders and back and wanted to go back home to rest, he saw that he had something to talk about, so he stayed with him without any hurry.

Su Fang said: "When do you plan to set off?"

Chen Baiqi was much more casual when facing familiar people at this time. She said: "This matter is not up to me, it depends on how the lord arranges it."

"My lord, I still don't want to listen to your arrangements." Su Fang gave her a blank look and said angrily.

Chen Baiqi immediately sighed twice and said seriously: "You can't say this nonsense."

Su Fang was not in a hurry and just said: "Tell me which of the suggestions my lord has not adopted during these days. For example, you boldly suggested that my lord withdraw the royal army, ignore the opposition of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and establish a Beijing camp that is exclusively dispatched by the palace.

, set up three thousand battalions and Shenji battalions in the inner city, and set up teaching grounds for garrisoning and training, and also set up five military camps, stationed in the suburbs of Gyeonggi, as if to guard against any rebellion. "

"This is to ensure the lord's absolute sovereignty and control in Linzi. It is a troubled time right now, so it will naturally be more reassuring to replace all the personnel with our troops. Moreover, the lord listens to Huanxian's words because most of Huanxian's suggestions are correct.

." Chen Baiqi said seriously.

In fact, she believed that a large part of the reason for King Qi Min's massive defeat was because the military garrison in the royal city was too lax, and foreign enemies could still be defended. However, once internal enemies became serious, if the troops garrisoned around the royal city were not deployed in time to support, there would be no resistance at all.

ability.

Su Fang glared at her: "Is it possible that other people's letters and suggestions are harmful to the country and the people?"

Knowing that Su Fang's proposal to establish laws had been rejected several times by King Qi, Chen Baiqi was dissatisfied, so Chen Baiqi did not continue to argue with him, and only said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister Su, what exactly do you want to talk to Huanxian?"

Su Fang suddenly paused, and after a long time, he said in a strange and subtle tone: "Do you feel that... the master seems to treat you differently from other people?"

Chen Baiqi felt a little strange in his heart, but his face seemed confused: "What do you mean?"

Su Fang saw the blank look on her face, and suddenly felt that some of his thoughts were too bullying, so he swallowed his original words and said casually: "That's all, I'm just overthinking it, right?"

"My lord, you are proficient in arithmetic. I have something to do right now, but the Military Affairs Office is in urgent need of drafting a quantity of supplies for the expedition. As long as you are here, I will not find another person to do this. You can do it for me."

Chen Baiqi resolutely refused: "Why did your job fall on me in such a blink of an eye? Besides, what important things do you have to do right now?"

Su Fang immediately softened his tone and discussed with her nicely: "I have to go to a banquet later, so you can work harder. I wouldn't trust this matter to anyone else, only you."

"Going to the banquet?" Chen Baiqi paused and asked, "But what about Lin Qucheng, the senior official?"

Huh? Su Fang said: "Have you heard of it? Given Lin Qucheng's weird character, I'm afraid he won't invite you."

Lin Qucheng's temperament was not as weird as Su Fang said. He was just from a noble background and had always looked down on people from poor families.

Chen Baiqi understood what he meant and said: "It's true that he didn't invite me, but I just heard other adults talking about it. They said that he just got a peerless beauty and held a banquet to show off. Could it be that the prime minister is also interested in the beauty?"

Seeing her looking at him teasingly, Su Fang laughed and said, "I'm not interested in beauties, but in that wealthy businessman who makes generous purchases."

Chen Baiqi looked at him, thinking about the meaning of his words, and said, "What's so special about this person?"

"Does being extremely rich count?" Su Fang asked, touching his chin.

Chen Baiqi raised his eyebrows and nodded: "Of course, he is very rich and very generous. In addition, he is also very good at choosing the right time and the right person to give gifts..."

When Su Fang heard this, he suddenly looked at Chen Baiqi, his eyes that were wide open in vain were just shining: "You, you, you, I don't know how to grow such a brain, so smart and sensitive, you can see through it without touching it, I am now

I'm not jealous at all of my lord's reliance on you. Regardless of your age, you are just an old monster who has become a spirit."

Chen Baiqi was described as an old monster, but he didn't have a temper. Instead, he said with a smile: "So you were jealous of Huanxian just now. As the saying goes, the prime minister's belly can hold a boat, but Prime Minister Su has a little belly.

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"You kid, how dare you laugh at the prime minister of a country!"

Su Fang held her neck with a straight face and hit her on the head, threatening: "Say, do you still dare?"

"Don't dare, I'm just a doctor, how dare you laugh at the prime minister."

"Okay, if you want to expose this matter, then go to the banquet with me."

"Huh? But Huanxian..."

"Don't shirk it. Lin Qucheng's mansion is not far from your home. I'll get in the car and take you to Lin Qucheng's mansion to see if anything is going on."

"If I also go to the banquet, then the list of supplies you asked me to draw up earlier..."

"Oh, that can be done tomorrow. Anyway, please follow me to handle this matter today. This is official business. Do you want to disobey me?"

The official level is overwhelming!

Chen Baiqi was helpless - she really didn't want to join in the fun. Even if the giant merchant had any problems, she, who was about to go on an expedition to transport huge baggage to the battlefield of the five countries, couldn't care about it, so why bother with it.
Chapter completed!