Quick Transmigration: Saving That Cannon Fodder

【Your Highness, why not try exercising? Logically speaking, this is your own body, and even with the influence of the small world's settings, you can still change it through your own efforts.】

After much analysis, 250 concluded that there was no medicine that could make people grow taller. People in the immortal realm all change their appearance and height themselves, so why would they need to take medicine?

This kind of medicine is practically something no one would bother to refine.

Akahoshi remained silent, planning to start training tomorrow.

In the imperial court, those who were planning to cause trouble for the regent widened their eyes the moment they saw Akahoshi appear.

What's going on? Wasn't it said that the young emperor was imprisoned by that old scoundrel Mu Zeyu?

If the information is correct, he should be imprisoned, and the reason is naturally because of the Liu family.

Mo Chonglin, the Minister of Revenue, was standing in front of the assembled officials when he saw the emperor seated on the throne. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and kneel in respect.

"Long live my emperor."

Akahoshi felt uneasy thinking that termites were starting to appear in the room again.

If it weren't for such corrupt and incompetent officials, Ayu wouldn't have suffered in the original story.

He paused for a moment, and everyone except Mu Zeyu felt that the emperor today seemed unfathomable.

"Rise," said Akahoshi.

Mu Zeyu was the regent, and not only did he not have to kneel when he met the emperor, but he also had a specially set table and chairs next to him, which were about the same size except that they were not golden dragon thrones.

He was arguably the most powerful regent in history, strictly speaking, above the emperor. If he hadn't cared about the people, the regent wouldn't have died in the original story.

[So handsome, I wish he could sit next to me.] Akahoshi deliberately thought to himself.

Of course, he wouldn't say anything out of line at this moment; he didn't want others to see Ayu with her ears red.

The servants soon started talking about the drought in the north, and Chixing watched them argue.

Among them, Mo Chonglin was the most vocal, crying and shouting at Chi Xing:

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue has collected very little tax revenue in recent years, and we simply cannot afford to come up with so much silver."

He always spoke to the emperor, while the person arguing with him was looking at Mu Zeyu, trying his best to get more disaster relief funds allocated.

Seeing that the Regent was about to intervene, how could they hand over the money? Mo Chonglin stepped forward, knelt on the ground, and shouted:

"Would the Regent possibly prevent His Majesty from speaking? His Majesty is the ruler of the country, and the decisions should be made by His Majesty."

Mu Zeyu didn't speak, but instead looked at Chi Xing with a half-smile on his face.

"Since there is no silver, then check where the Ministry of Revenue's silver went. If that doesn't work, I've heard that Minister Mo's estate in Jiangnan is bigger than my imperial palace."

Mo Chonglin was so shocked by these words that he broke out in a cold sweat. He thought to himself, "This is bad. That manor was clearly built without anyone knowing. How could this emperor, who came from the Cold Palace, know about it?"

The original owner of this body was unaware of this; Akahoshi found out while reviewing the original storyline.

Every summer, the female lead, Moranshan, would go there to escape the heat, and it was there that she met the loyal male lead, number five, who would follow her through thick and thin.

It's easy to imagine that the Mo family is even richer than the emperor himself. He sized up Mo Chonglin, wondering in his heart when to confiscate their property.

Sitting below him, Mu Zeyu listened as he muttered to himself, "I should go personally on the day of the raid; maybe I can find a lot of gold and silver treasures."

[When the time comes, we'll pick the best to give to Ayu, and turn that estate into a temporary palace for future visits.]

Mu Zeyu glanced coldly at Mo Chonglin on the ground, and Mo Chonglin reluctantly handed over the money.

"That's an exaggeration. That was an estate given to me by my mother's maternal family. I rarely go there. I suddenly remembered that there was still some grain stored in the warehouse, so I sent it all to the north to deal with the emergency."

The natural disaster had already reduced tax revenue significantly, and now he was being forced to spend so much money on it, it felt like his own flesh was being torn away, and Mo Chonglin was heartbroken.

Red Star ignored him and instead selected officials from among those who could go to the north to provide disaster relief.

In the original storyline, this time the emperor sided with Mo Chonglin, so the amount of disaster relief silver received was not much, and it was sent to the north along with the disaster relief grain.

On the way, the bandits robbed all the grain and silver. The official returned seriously injured. With the emperor's protection, the regent could only punish those people by fining their salaries.

After seeing what happened next, Chi Xing knew that it was all a play staged by Mo Chonglin and those people.

No bandits dared to rob the disaster relief funds; those were all schemes orchestrated by the Mo family in collusion with the Xu and Liu families to embezzle the funds.

Sure enough, soon people stepped forward and volunteered to take on the disaster relief task.

Chi Xing didn't even glance at him. Mo Chonglin spoke up, "Your Majesty, Lord Xu has a military background and possesses some martial arts skills. Perhaps we could..."

"Mo Qing is right. I should find someone with martial arts skills."

His eyes were fixed on Liang Fei, the military general who had followed Mu Zeyu until Mu Zeyu was poisoned to death.

This man had been following Mu Zeyu closely. After Mu Zeyu was poisoned to death, he believed that he hadn't been watching over her properly, which led to Mu Zeyu's death.

He turned around and drank the half bowl of medicine that Mu Zeyu hadn't finished, and then died beside Mu Zeyu.

At other times, Akahoshi might get jealous, thinking that this person likes Ayu.

But they were brothers who fought side by side on the battlefield, and Akahoshi would not use such things to insult their brotherhood.

He wouldn't even pretend to be jealous, let alone genuinely jealous. He likes Ayu and will also benefit his brothers.

Liang Fei felt the emperor staring at him from above, which surprised him. He subconsciously looked in the direction of the regent.

Seeing the Regent nod slightly, Liang Fei stepped forward and said:

"Your Majesty, I am willing to go to the north to provide disaster relief and ensure that the grain and silver reach the people."

Chixing was satisfied with his pragmatism and would definitely give him credit if the matter was handled well.

After consulting with Mu Zeyu, Chi Xing selected two more civil officials, one of whom was Zhou Yan, the newly appointed top scholar last year. He would only be a deputy to him, giving him a chance to gain experience.

This man later died for the people. He led the people of the capital to escape, and he, together with his wife Feng Qian and the Feng family, let the people of Xiqi into the city.

His wife died of an epidemic. Zhou Yan felt guilty towards his wife. After settling the Feng family, he committed suicide in front of his wife's grave.

Seeing that he was only twenty years old, Chixing couldn't help but admire his loyalty and righteousness.

The other one is An Xu, who had followed Mu Zeyu from the very beginning. He was originally a student of Prime Minister Liang, but after learning Mu Zeyu's identity, he followed him.

Mu Zeyu stared at Chi Xing, slightly lost in thought. Just now, Chi Xing had pointed out all of his people. Was it a coincidence?

With the arrangements made, Chixing began to think about the floods in the south next year, and that dam still needed to be repaired as soon as possible.

It was Chixing's first time being emperor, and he was a little irritable, but he still dealt with it seriously.

Mo Chonglin's people brought up the talent show again, but Chi Xing refused outright.

"I am the emperor, and if I say I won't choose, then I won't choose."

Officials: ...

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(YuYu: My darlings, go to bed early, no more staying up late. I'll update again tomorrow during the day, sorry!)