"This servant thinks that as long as you meet Prince He, everything will be clear to you." After that, he tentatively said: "Prince He should be in King Yu's palace at the moment, otherwise I will wait over there.
I will wait for an opportunity to ask him after I come out with the prince."
Xianyue shook her head and said, "He won't tell you unless... I go and ask him in person."
A Luo frowned and said, "But if you send word that Prince He is here, the Emperor will definitely know about it. You said that the Emperor was once suspicious of you and Prince He, and it finally calmed down. It's really not appropriate for anything to happen again."
"I know." Saying this, Xianyue lowered her eyes and said nothing.
At this time, in the front hall of King Yu's Palace, Hongli was sitting on the throne. Below him, there were hundreds of officials of seventh grade and above in Jiangnan. Standing at the front was Li Wei, the governor of Liangjiang.
Chong De, the prefect of Yangzhou, who was greeted at the pier, was also among them. He looked very high-spirited and vaguely proud.
After ordering everyone to escape, Hongli said: "This time, I visited the south of the Yangtze River, firstly to observe the people and officials; secondly, to inspect the river workers; and to select available talents for the imperial court." After a pause, he said: "
I will set up an examination in Yangzhou, and scholars from Jiangsu, Anhui, and Zhejiang can participate and be considered. If they pass the examination and pass the first class, I will grant them a meritorious title so that they can serve the imperial court."
Chong De was the first to say: "The Emperor's kindness is really a great blessing for the scholars in Jiangnan!"
Hongli glanced at him and said to Li Weida: "I will stay in Jiangnan for three months. Li Aiqing, I will leave this matter to you."
Today, Li Wei is over fifty years old. He held up his hands and said: "I obey the decree. After I return, I will immediately issue official documents to all provinces and places, so that all the scholars in Jiangnan will know the emperor's intention to select talents."
"Okay." After that, Hongli asked about the situation in various prefectures and counties. After learning that in the past two years, the Yellow River and Huaihe River have often swollen, and more than fifty prefectures and counties in Haining, Xuzhou and other prefectures are often in floods.
The fields were flooded,
It was difficult to return home, so he was worried and said: "The issue of river construction is the first priority in my southern tour. Only when the rivers are safe can the people be at peace. I have decided to inspect rivers in various places in the future."
embankment."
Gao Bin was also among them. Hearing these words, he immediately raised his hands and said: "It is a blessing for the people that the emperor has such a benevolent heart."
Hongli nodded slightly and said: "You are an expert in river management. When the time comes, you and Li Aiqing will accompany me on inspections. Although three months is a little tight, we must come up with a practical way to avoid future problems."
There is a flood."
Until the discussion was over, Hongli ignored Chongde, which made the latter quite embarrassed. He thought that Hongli would look at him differently because of his laborious arrangements yesterday. Who knew that this would be the case? Could it be Hongli?
Li feels that what he did is not good enough, but after looking at it yesterday, he should still be very satisfied. What went wrong?
Not to mention that Chong De was thinking wildly there, after Hongli finished discussing the business and chatting a few words, he ordered the officials to leave. Chong De hesitated and stayed. When Hongli saw that he had not left, he frowned slightly and said: "
How about it? Is there anything else?"
Zhong De smiled and said: "Your Majesty, are you still used to living in the palace? If there is anything missing, I will go and buy it immediately."
Hongli touched his palm and said: "No need, the palace is well arranged, I have nothing to dissatisfy." After a pause, he suddenly said: "Chongde, how many years have you been in the official position of prefect?"
Chong De was overjoyed. Hongli asked, was he planning to be promoted to an official? He suppressed his excitement and said respectfully: "It has been five years since I returned to the emperor."
"Five years..." Hongli nodded noncommittally and said: "The prefect and the county magistrate are the parents of the people. From now on, you should do more practical things for the people and seek welfare, do you understand?"
Zhide said quickly: "Wei Chen knows that Wei Chen will work hard to relieve the emperor's worries. Please rest assured, the emperor."
"That's good, let's go down." Hongli's words made Chongde startled. He...shouldn't he be commending himself? Why did he let himself leave after saying a few words?
"Why, is there something else?" Hongli's words brought Chong De back from his thoughts, and he quickly said: "Wei Chen, please leave!"
After Chong De left, Xiao Wu curled his lips and said, "I saw that Master Chong spent a long time, because he wanted to wait for the emperor to reward him."
Sixi's expression changed, and he yelled: "Is this something you can discuss? Why don't you shut up!"
Xiaowu also realized that he had made a mistake and quickly shut his mouth. Then he quietly saw Hongli uneasy, but he didn't know that the latter was looking at him and quickly lowered his head.
"It won't be like this next time." Hongli said lightly and walked out. Sixi and Xiaowu, who breathed a sigh of relief, quickly followed. Hongli wanted to go to greet Ling Ruo, but not long after he walked out, he unexpectedly saw an eunuch.
Standing in the corner, he should have glanced by, but just when he was about to look back, he remembered that this was the eunuch beside Hong Zhou. It was strange that it had been so long since the court was over, why was he still here? Could it be that Hong Zhou hadn't been here yet?
Walk?
Strangely, a figure flashed slightly behind the trees not far away, and then Hong Zhou's figure appeared in sight. Along with it, there was a person dressed as a palace maid. Because her back was turned to him, she couldn't see clearly.
He looked like a human, but the figure looked a little familiar.
After the palace maid left, Hong Zhou also left. However, after walking a few steps, he saw Hongli standing aside. His expression changed slightly, and he immediately came over and said, "My brother has met the emperor."
"No gift." Hongli smiled slightly and said, "I thought you had left long ago, but I didn't expect you were still here. Is there anything you can do?"
Hong Zhou's eyes flashed slightly and he said: "Returning to the emperor, it was E Niang who was looking for me and said that... she had put something on the boat and asked my younger brother to fetch it for her."
"Really? I wonder what Concubine Yu pulled?" As he spoke, Hongli kept thinking about the back of the palace maid. She was really familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
Hong Zhou smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's just a string of bodhi bracelets. I think I forgot it after worshiping the Buddha yesterday, so I'm going to get it now."
Hongli smiled noncommittally and said: "Speaking of which, I once got a fine bodhi seed bracelet. I wanted to give it to Princess Yu at that time, but there were too many things to do and I forgot about it for a while. It was just the right moment.
Send it over, Lao Wu, you can come with me."
Hong Zhou's face turned slightly pale and he said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. However, E Niang is used to using the string of bodhi seeds and suddenly changed it to something else. I'm worried that she won't be used to it."
Hongli patted him on the shoulder and said: "It's okay, you'll get used to it after using it more. Let's go." After that, he turned around and said: "Sixi, you and Xiaowu go and give the gift I mentioned to Yu last time."
Bring the concubine’s bodhi bracelet.”
The two of them left as they were told, and after they had walked a while, Xiao Wu asked doubtfully: "Master, when did the Emperor say that he would give a Bodhi bracelet to Concubine Kuan?"