"Did you listen to me or the Prime Minister?"

In the bedroom of the Ezhou Palace, the emperor's angry voice echoed. The eunuch and the palace maid were lying on the ground, and no one dared to speak. Zhao Qi's opinion, this silent resistance was more like an iron cage. The Prime Minister's House used these cowardly villains to completely turn the emperor into an unattended lonely man. Zhao Qi's eyes turned out the window again. The iron-brown trunk of the dragon locust tree was like rugged dead claws, but the branches and leaves were thriving. Clusters of white flowers were wrapped in the green shade, like the white scales of the poisonous snake. The eyes of the poisonous snake seemed to be looking at Zhao Qi coldly. The breeze blew the flowers and branches, just like the swallowing and spitting snake letters, Zhao Qi seemed to be able to see the fierce light that devoured people.

"You, I want to take you traitors..."

Zhao Qi roared like a trapped beast, his face turned pale and he was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Outside the hall, Deng Su heard the roar of His Majesty from afar and couldn't help but frown. Zhao Qi was furious and did not listen to anyone's advice at all. Going in at this time was tantamount to humiliate himself. He sighed and turned around and left. Deng Su came to meet Zhao Qi, and originally had to report some things, but Zhao Qi was so irritable that the timing was obviously inappropriate. He left the palace through the side gate and went directly to Chen Dong to report to him about the preparations of the great ceremony and discussions.

Deng Su was deeply trusted by Chen Dong, and he could directly sign the official documents without any communication. When he stepped inside, Chen Dong was buried in the mountains of official documents as usual. According to the etiquette system, the prime minister took over the power and was extremely responsible. All prefectures, whether rich or barren, tried their best to reduce taxes. Disasters in the country were constantly, and they had to provide relief to the people suffering from disasters every few days. The Ministry of Revenue could only report to the Prime Minister to seize it. There were many disputes between officials from all over the country, between officials and gentry, between the plains and the customs, and no one in the court wanted to be criticized, and finally reported to the Prime Minister.

Clerks sat at the door of the signing room, stood up and saluted, "Mr. Deng."

Deng Su smiled and bowed back. Chen Dong looked up and saw that it was Deng Su, and smiled and said, "Tomorrow will be a big gift discussion, and Shangshu Deng is still leisurely?"

"I'd love to scheme everyone, and I'd be free," Deng Su smiled, "Besides, no matter how busy you are, you're not as good as the Prime Minister." Then he sat down.

Chen Dongguan was looking through a file and nodded, "Everything is complicated, and I can't get out of it and prepare carefully. If I hadn't been able to defend myself, I really don't know what to do?" The cover of the file was painted with patterns of urgent military intelligence. The gold medal handing over has been passed on by pigeon books, but the patterns have not changed. Now the Song State has a revival atmosphere, the Liao army retreated north, and the Xia State is trapped in the war in the west, and the border troubles are greatly alleviated compared to the past. One hundred thousand urgent military pigeon books are no longer common, and once they appear, there will be major events.

"What happened?" Deng Suwei was surprised and asked worriedly: "Did the Liao thieves commit a large-scale invasion?"

"No," Chen Dong shook his head and said with a gloomy face: "The Big Sea Pirates appeared on Guangnan Road again." He kept knocking on the military books, "The Big Sea Pirates' arrogance was not only robbed in coastal villages, but also attacked Lianzhou City. The city was lost, and the defense commander Jiang Qing died in a battle. The student of the state school fled. The magistrate Wang Minglun sat upright with the school. The pirates arrived, and Wang Minglun cursed endlessly, which was harmed by the Big Sea Pirates." Chen Dong and Wang Minglun had never known each other, but when he was an official in Guangzhou, he had heard about Wang Minglun's reputation. Later, when the Daxing Prefecture School was elected, Chen Dong specially wrote a letter to Wang Minglun, asking him to come out to preside over Lianzhou, but unfortunately he was killed by the pirates.

Deng Su said in surprise: "Aren't the big food pirates already in a state of silence?"

"They just waited for the trade wind to go back full." Chen Dong stroked the black cover of the file, "During this time, some original pirates and tyrants on the southeast coast had sex with the pirates again. They served as guides for the pirates, sold stolen goods for the pirates, and replaced the things they looked down upon for gold, silver, and money. These people tasted the sweetness, just like the eunuchs in the Han Dynasty, who were afraid that the pirates would wash their hands and stop washing. This time, there must be internal thieves. According to the escaped students, only two or three of the pirates attacked Lianzhou, only two or three of the pirates were great thieves, and the remaining 6 or seven of the 10 were either following the plundered bandits, or the refugees who were being held along the way. The pirates got the help of the pirates and invaded our inner land deeper and deeper, and the pirates took the pirates to respect the official army to fight against the official army. This collusion between inside and outside has become a conviction."

"What happened?" Deng Su said in surprise. He was busy discussing things with great gifts these days, but he didn't know that the sea disaster had become serious again.

"I have ordered Zhao Xingde to lead the navy to go south immediately." Chen Dong's right hand clenched into a fist, and slammed on the table with a "bang". The clerks in the enforcement room were shocked and looked over, "If the pirates are not eliminated, I, Chen Dong, will not be a human being!" Fujian, Guangnan, the places where he suffered the most deeply are the places where he has the deepest feelings. The ugly his face is, the ugly it is.

"The sea is vast, and the collusion between inside and outside... This is the new construction of the South China Sea Navy," Deng Su said with a worried look on his face, "Yuan Zhi also had his considerations. If the navy did not go through a training and was in a hurry to go to the battlefield, he would not only lose his troops and generals, but also strengthen the momentum of the pirates. Sun Tzu said that the general was outside, and the king would not accept it. He also said that if the general could be but the king would not control it. Therefore, the court urged the navy to overthrow the navy to prevent Yuan Zhi from being embarrassed. He was able to fight alone in the north, but now he would not be able to protect himself." What Deng Su didn't say in his heart was that Zhao Xingde had a relationship with Jingdong and Henan. The court could only move him with emotion, rather than with power, so that the territory of the two places could be maintained. Waiting for the national strength to recover, he would then slowly resolve it.

"I just told him," Chen Dong sighed, "the tragic situation after the Lianzhou disaster." His tone was bleak and full of helplessness. Everyone thought that the prime minister had a huge power, but who knew that the world was so brave. In the past two or three years, the power of the Song Dynasty was in short supply and was completely supported by the Prime Minister's Mansion. He looked more than ten years older.

"This person is roasting on the fire," Chen Dong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "If you need to clean up, please clean it up. I'm going to retire and return home."

"What's this?" Deng Su advised, "The Song Dynasty has a faint atmosphere of revival. You can't retreat with a rush." ​​He looked complicated and said, "Those who understand the truth know that you are not interested in power. Those who don't understand the truth are afraid they will be even more impatient. Tomorrow will be a big talk. In Ezhou City, Lu Mingyu is still lobbying for academic affairs in various places to impeach you. If his words fall into his ears, I'm afraid he will only sneer a few times and criticize him." This time, the Ministry of Rites learned the lessons from the last time and arranged a lot of ears in advance, so the trends of academic affairs in various states are very clear, and they will report secretly to the Prime Minister's Mansion every day.

Although there were voices criticizing the government affairs in various places, Hou Huanyin and Wu Zilong were frustrated one after another. In this grand ceremony, the only heavy threatening figure was Lu Mingyu, the academician of Chuzhou. However, he tried his best to impeach Chen Dong, but there were few responders and could not speak alone. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites did not do other actions except monitoring the movements of all parties. In the eyes of others, this also shows that the court is tolerant, not as rumored to reject dissidents and restrain remarks.

"Let him make a fuss." Chen Dong shook his head and said lightly, "This time, I'll stop him from standing in front of me."

"Okay." Deng Su also smiled bitterly, "When he was in the Imperial Academy, Lu Fuxiu was also a senior Qingliu whom everyone admired. He didn't expect that he could make such a fuss. This time, the Ministry of Rites also invited Mr. Zhoushan, but he went to Donglin to give lectures and could not get there. Mr. Huang advocated the etiquette for public opinion and recommendation. We were busy in Ezhou, so he had the leisure to go to Donglin. Zhu Senhe Fang, these two guys, could not use three moves, and he also picked up the airs of the 'historian'." He talked about these elders and old friends in a complaining tone as the Minister of Rites. The two were studying in the Imperial Academy classmate, and Chen Dong often joked with his teacher in private, accusing the court of power and treacherous and harsh words. On the contrary, Deng Suduan was steady and would never speak like this.

When the two of them recalled that year, they felt a little sad.

After reporting the preparations for the grand ceremony, Deng Su said goodbye and left. Spring and summer came, the trees in the Prime Minister's Garden had already lush branches and leaves, and the staggered shadows fell on the mossy bluestone road in the courtyard. If you were in an ordinary Beppu, the garden paths were places for the maids to go out for a walk. In the Prime Minister's Office, the court ordered officials and clerks of the Prime Minister's Office to walk in a regular manner. Whether it was sunny or rainy, everyone walked through the vertical corridors on both sides of the garden. Few people walked through the courtyard to step on the moss marks on the bluestone path. However, not everyone was like this. Deng Su walked straight through the blue brick path under the shade of the trees and went out from the second small door on the east side of the Prime Minister's Office. It was a narrow alley with only one sedan. The alley was lined with red painted walls, one was Ezhou Palace, and the other was the Prime Minister's Office.

The sedan chair owner had been waiting outside the door. When he saw Deng Sudu standing up, a follower lifted the curtain of the car.

Deng Su waved his hand to them, but instead walked into the sedan chair, he walked to the other side of the alley.

There is a small gate closest to the bedroom. Deng Su had just stayed at Chen Dong for a while, and probably Zhao Qi's anger had calmed down. Zhao Qi often lamented that "the government is the prime minister, and the sacrifice is the only one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is in charge of the court." Although the palace ban on the Great Inner Palace is useless to the Minister of Rites, Deng Su did not take the liberty to break in directly this time, but let the guards spread it first. The world has changed, and everyone is adapting to this world. Although Zhao Qi is the lord of the nineteenth century, before he knows that the important ministers are coming to visit, he always suppresses his emotions and gives people the image of a "wise ruler". Deng Su is also very clear about this.
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