Chapter 22 Concern

Go to the study room.

Emperor Qi Yuan leaned against the seat and asked while drinking tea: "Have you handed over today's memorials?"

Qian Hai hurriedly replied: "Reply to the emperor, today's memorial has been submitted twice, and all the unreviewed memorials are here."

"Yeah." Emperor Qiyuan took a rest for a while, then leaned forward, reached out to pick up a memorial, and took it to his eyes to take a closer look. The first one was a memorial about rectifying the river. Emperor Qiyuan looked carefully, pondered for a while, closed the memorial, and threw it aside.

As soon as the second memorial was received, Emperor Qiyuan frowned. He turned around and looked at the signature of the memorial. It was Yan Huai, the censor of the Censorate. Emperor Qiyuan frowned for a while, and his anger appeared on his face. At the end, he suddenly sighed: "This Yan Huai, although the memorials presented in the past were fierce and slightly biased, they were always on the ground. There were so many censors in the Censorate, and there were a few of them who were very diligent, among which one was his Yan Huai. I heard that he also had a nickname, what was his name... what was it called..."

Qian Hai hurriedly walked a few steps forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have heard of it, it seems that someone called him Yan...Yan...Wen Tian..."

"Oh, yes, yes!" Emperor Qi Yuan squinted his eyes and smiled, looked at the memorial and said, "Even you know."

Qian Hai hurriedly knelt down and said, "Go back to the emperor, the ministers coming and going said in their conversation that I was not careful after hearing this... and then... I remember, I deserve to die, and I deserve to die!"

"Oh, I didn't say anything about you, get up!" Emperor Qi Yuan waved his hand, Qian Hai stood up and retreated to the side, secretly rolled up his sleeves and wiped his sweat. Emperor Qi Yuan said again: "Yan Wentian... This nickname is still loud, but it's a bit unworthy! Look, he has grabbed the other person's braid and refused to let go, and kept forcing me to issue an order to deal with it strictly... Humph!"

"Qian Hai, you have been serving me for a while. I ask you, what should I do with this censor?"

Qian Hai knelt down with a thud: "Your Majesty, I will never dare to talk about political affairs."

"I know that duty is good, haha, but I just asked you what the censors do, and I didn't let you talk about the officials of the court. It's not considered a political matter, so it's okay to talk about it."

"Uh..." Qian Hai raised his eyes and looked at Emperor Qiyuan and said, "Emperor, I am a stupid person. If I follow my thoughts, this censor is just a polite official, and he will say whatever he sees and report what he sees, and will not hide it. This... If I say it, this is a censor..."

"Hahaha! Being an official by your mouth... You can say it!" Emperor Qi Yuan was amused. "It makes sense. You said you are a stupid person. Look, this stupid person can sometimes speak out in a straightforward way! Get up!" Qian Hai stood up and carefully retreated aside.

Emperor Qiyuan continued: "A censor can report to the pen and speak out in a blunt manner when encountering things, so that the emperor can hear the voices of the court and the people directly. But this is not enough. A good censor not only needs to be straightforward and speak out directly, but more importantly, he must know when to advise what matters, and must distinguish the importance of the matter, rather than just taking whatever matters regardless of the importance of the matter! In this way, besides causing trouble for me and gaining some reputation for themselves, what is the use of doing this?"

"The emperor said it..." Qian Hai leaned over and said, "These censors are just good at finding names, and their memorials are really annoying, but... Ke Nu thinks... Since the emperor asks them to be officials by their mouths, they have to let them speak and not speak... Then what else do they have to do? Hehe, I think again... This kind of rice raises hundreds of people, and they can inevitably be different in their words and actions. People as wise as the emperor have not published any of them for hundreds of years! What they say is naturally good and bad, but what the emperor wants is to let them say it. With the emperor's wisdom, those good words to the court and the people can naturally be picked out without any of them..."

"Well..." Emperor Qiyuan looked at Qian Hai with expressionless expression when he heard this. After a while, he smiled and said, "Qian Hai... It's not bad, I can't tell that you have grown a lot over the years! Not only have you experienced your vision, but you are also becoming more and more aware of this. Alas, don't kneel down, I'm praising you, get up! Oh, I'm suddenly a little hungry, go! Notify the imperial kitchen and bring me a bowl of lotus seed soup, well... You can also bring a bowl, just say I reward you!"

Qian Hai walked out after hearing this. Emperor Qi Yuan didn't say anything. He looked down at the black words on the note, took a breath, closed the note, and murmured to himself: "Yan Wentian...Yan Wentian...What a big tone!" After saying that, he threw the note aside with a snap.

After rubbing his temples, Emperor Qiyuan took another memorial. After watching for a while, Qian Hai hurried in, holding a stack of memorials in his hand, followed by a small eunuch holding a tray, with a bowl of lotus seed soup on the tray.

"The memorial of Emperor, Emperor, General Anyuan Guo Xiao! 600 miles of speed up!"

"Oh? Get it!" Emperor Qiyuan Yixuan took the stack of memorials from Qian Hai with his eyebrows.

Qian Hai paid the money but did not retreat, and said, "Emperor, there is another memorial from the Hannan governor, Lord Lin..."

"Oh?" Emperor Qiyuan hurriedly flipped through it after hearing this. Sure enough, right below Guo Xiao's note was Lin Wu's note. Emperor Qiyuan picked up Guo Xiao's note, looked at Lin Wu's note again, hesitated for a moment, and opened Guo Xiao's note first and took a closer look.

"The criminal Guo Xiao knelt down and reported to the emperor. The criminal was given a favor from the emperor and ordered the general of the North to command the three armies to suppress the enemy. Since the day of his appointment, I and my subordinates have worked diligently and performed their duties and dared not slack off. However, Fang Yishan did not follow the general's order and attacked without authorization, resulting in Yongchang being destroyed and the people suffering from poisoning. Fang Yishan has made mistakes, and is ultimately a subordinate of me, and I cannot give up the blame. I am not strict in the constraints on my subordinates, I am not clear about the situation of the war, and I have not been able to complete the important task of entrusting the emperor. I specially requested the emperor to punish me to show rewards and punishments. I know that I have a serious sin, but I still beg your Majesty to allow me to continue serving my crimes. I will definitely be brave enough to repay the emperor's kindness! If there is any more mistake, I am willing to invite myself to the coffin and never return to the capital!"

"Ah..." Emperor Qi Yuan sighed slightly after reading the memorial: "This Guo Xiaowa... I know that I apologize for the memorial, but I thought he was old and his temper had finally changed a little. Unexpectedly, the memorials were put on me, and these words... Haha, ah! He didn't know that if I could use him, how could I not protect him? What about 'please come into the coffin and never return to the capital'? Is it necessary to say this? On the battlefield, the situation changes rapidly, who can guarantee that he will not make any mistakes? If this old guy is seen by others, wouldn't he be caught? Alas!"

Seeing that Emperor Qi Yuan finished speaking, Qian Hai hurriedly took two steps: "Your Majesty, the lotus seed soup is about to cool down..."

Emperor Qi Yuan waved his hand and did not look up. Then he took Lin Wu's note and looked at it. After a while, Emperor Qi Yuan closed the memorial, with a relaxed expression on his face. "Take it over!" Qian Hai hurriedly took it over in person. Emperor Qi Yuan took the lotus seed soup, drank it spoon by spoon, and said with a smile: "Oh, after so many days, I finally breathed a sigh of relief."

Qian Hai said with a tribute: "Master, isn't there any good news?"

"Hehe!" Emperor Qi Yuan used a spoon to fiddle with the lotus seeds in the bowl and said, "The happy event is not considered a matter of it. If you really look at it carefully, there is nothing special about Lin Wu's memorial. Just report my peace and tell me that he has taken office, and even praised the officials in Hannan for a few words."

"Haha, Your Majesty, Shu Nu said with a more word." Qian Hai said with a smile: "Anyone who releases the officials, if there is no news, it may be good news..."

"Well..." Emperor Qi Yuan pondered for a moment and sighed, "There is no news... it's good news... what you said is right, but it's not right." Qian Hai was stunned when he heard this, and looked up at Emperor Qi Yuan. Emperor Qi Yuan smiled and said, "For others, this is a bit like saying it, but to Lin Wu, I'm underestimating him... I'm not asking him to have no news now, but waiting for him... I'll report some good news to me quickly..." Emperor Qi Yuan said, and stood up: "I've been in the room for a long time, I'm a little bored. Let's go and go out for a walk."

Gushi Street, Jingbei Bo Mansion.

It was already April, the snow melted and the ice disappeared, but the weather was still a little cold. The old lady Zhao leaned on the warm kang and said to the maid beside her: "Why is the house so stuffy? I just drank a bowl of bird's nest porridge, and my body was a little sweaty. Go and open the window..."

The maid hurriedly said, "Old lady, don't look at the sun outside, it's cold! You just drank porridge and were sweating again. If you open the window and see the wind, what's the cool thing?... or... or...?"

"If you ask you to open it, just open it! A girl who is not up or down!" Zhao said with a cold face and shouted, "My old lady is strong and she is afraid of a little wind! The sun is so good outside and the air is fresh. If you don't let me go out, you will always stay in this room. Wouldn't you be sick?"

The maid didn't dare to answer, but she still didn't dare to open the window. While hesitating, a little girl outside ran in with a smile and said to the maid: "Oh, have you made the old lady angry again? Tell me, you were a smart person in the past, why have you always made the old lady angry these days? Where are you here? Drag her out to give her more memory and slap her mouth ten times!"

"Oh..." The old lady slapped the kang and glanced at the little girl: "What are you doing? Stinky girl, and you can also speak and give orders to me? Isn't it just that I won't open the window? It's just for my old lady, so what... is it... it's all about stuttering?" As she said, she said to the maid: "Oh...you...you go down first!"

"Where are you, I can't go down!" Xue Yi shouted, and the maid responded, looked up at the eldest lady, turned around and walked out, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"Come on, girl, come and sit down." The old lady patted the mattress beside her and called Xue Yi over. Xue Yi did not go over immediately. She turned around and flipped through the cabinet next to her, took out a fan, walked to Zhao, and gently slapped the wind. Zhao looked at her granddaughter, smiled and asked, "Where are you from?"

Xue Yi replied, "I just came in the garden. Brother Zhi was just somersaulting, which is amazing!"

Zhao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then snorted in his nose: "Hmph, somersault, alas... You said he was fine, why did he get such a strange disease? Ah? Alas! If he didn't have this disease, with his talent, it wouldn't be difficult to get a good fortune... What a pity! It's good now, I'm just messing around every day!" As he changed his subject, he stared at Xue Yi and said, "You are the same, a girl's family, if you don't stay in the house to learn some poetry and prose, and you will run around all day long. If this continues, you will almost become a tomboy! Let's see who dares to ask you in the future!"

Xue Yi smiled and hugged Zhao's arm and said, "No one wants it... No one wants it, the old lady always wants it. If it really comes to that time, Xue Yi will not go anywhere, staying in the house all day long to talk to her grandmother and drink tea."
Chapter completed!