Condescending and Condescending

And just as Fang Yanqin was busy collecting treasures from heaven and earth and putting alchemy on the agenda, there was finally good news in the northern border.

After Tuhun went down to the seven cities in the northern border, under the exhaustive pursuit and interception of the Northern King's Party, although it was in a hurry, it had not yet found a way, and Tuhun's own force was limited, so Tuhun's offensive was quickly stopped. Living.

Although honestly speaking, this is not something to be proud of.

But since then, things seem to be moving in the right direction.

After stopping Tuhun's offensive, the Northern King began to vigorously rectify the Northern Army, spending millions of taels of silver, even a group of mobs could form a strong army.

So after two months of confrontation with Tuhun, the northern army began to gain the upper hand, and in the next two months, they took back three cities one after another.

And a lot of good news came from the southeast coast.

So early in the morning, Duke Zhen entered the palace.

"Long live, great joy, there is good news from Shandong. The Japanese pirates who invaded this autumn have been wreaking havoc in the southeast after defeating the Japanese army prepared by Shandong. Li Qingyu, the magistrate of Changyi County, set up an army to prevent the Japanese pirates from attacking Changyi." The patrolling militia, mainly consisting of farmers and salt workers, turned out to be a militia with only 1000 troops that repelled the invasion of the Japanese pirates three times, and in the second half of last month, defeated the Japanese pirates and killed more than [-] enemies."

You must know that the Japanese are all desperadoes, and they are extremely ferocious. In addition, the Japanese swords, muskets and artillery equipped with them are far more powerful than theirs, so they have not fought such a victory for a long time.

But he didn't want to hear this, Fang Yanqin just put down the cultivation experience in his hand and said: "Not bad."

Even Lord Zhen Guo also found out that Fang Yanqin was not very interested.

Then they belatedly realized that, after all, half a year ago, the emperor reprimanded Li Qingyu for being useless, but half a year later, Li Qingyu made such a great contribution, isn't this a slap in the face of the emperor?

Duke Zhen was afraid that the emperor would spoil their plans for a moment of enthusiasm.

So he immediately put away the smile on his face, and persuaded: "Long live, is it the king's land in the whole world, is it the king's minister on the shore of the land, a mere Li Qingyu, there is nothing worthy of your anger."

"Besides, although Li Qingyu is a bit flirtatious, he does have some skills. What's more, Li Qingyu seems to have learned a lesson from the palace test and restrained himself a lot."

"As the so-called prodigal son turns back, gold is not exchanged. If he can be used by Long Live, maybe he can become a sharp sword in our hands in the future."

The Duke of Zhen must have thought too much.

In the original plot, Emperor Cheng'an definitely trusted Li Qingyu more, but he didn't put such a big green hat on Emperor Cheng'an in the end.

What's more, in this life, after he passed through, he gave Li Qingyu two blows, so it's no wonder that Li Qingyu would be willing to be loyal to him.

However, the plot of this life has changed so much, since Li Qingyu has learned his lesson, he probably won't cuckold him again, even if it's only in name.

Thinking of this, Fang Yanqin only said: "I know in my heart, since he has made such great contributions, he should be rewarded. How about this, I will ask the cabinet to draw up a reward book and present it."

Duke Zhen thought that his persuasion had worked, so he was very pleased: "Yes."

Then, as if thinking of something, Fang Yanqin said again: "By the way, how is Qing'er doing now?"

Of course, Lord Zhen knew that the emperor was asking about the marriage between his youngest daughter Lu Qing and Li Qingyu.

Just listening to what the emperor said just now, he thought that the emperor had changed his sense of Li Qingyu just like him, but he didn't expect that the emperor obviously still didn't think much of Li Qingyu.

But thinking about what happened before, Duke Zhen doesn't really want to marry his daughter to Li Qingyu now.

But he doesn't count on this matter now.

So he couldn't help but shook his head: "Qing'er, she doesn't want to dissolve her marriage with Li Qingyu at all."

But it's just that I don't want to.

Because if Li Qingyu could really make a career by himself, then he would also be willing to marry his daughter to Li Qingyu.

Because he felt that with him and the emperor around, Li Qingyu would never dare to disappoint his daughter.

Fang Yanqin also probably guessed what Zhen Guogong was thinking.

After all, this is ancient times, and it is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, so although Li Qingyu is a bit flirtatious, in the eyes of Duke Zhen, it is not intolerable.

But Fang Yanqin just frowned and didn't try to persuade him.

Because he knew that Lu Qing was determined to marry Li Qingyu, even if he tried to persuade him, it would be useless.

It's just a pity, he thought.

Unexpectedly, this scene fell into the eyes of the chief eunuch, and it became the emperor's acquiescence to Li Qingyu and Lu Qing's marriage, which showed that the emperor's attitude towards Li Qingyu had changed.

Thinking of this, he made up his mind decisively.

So as soon as Zhen Guogong left, he couldn't wait to say: "Long live, when it comes to that Li Qingyu, the servant girl suddenly remembered that he just sent a batch of things into the palace a few days ago. There seems to be a few classics left by Lu Xian."

Hearing this, Fang Yanqin frowned.

Even Zheng Cong, who was on the side, couldn't help but look at him more.

Fang Yanqin smiled: "Really, then lift it up and have a look."

The chief eunuch immediately said: "Yes."

Not to mention, Li Qingyu is quite "generous". Among the things he sent over, there is a large box of the most popular colored glass vessels worth thousands of gold, including colored glaze horse ornaments, colored glaze hairpins, colored glaze incense burners...

Then there are the so-called classics left by Lu Xian, including "Tao Yuan Hui Lu", "Zangwai Dao Shu", "Orthodox Dao Zang"... There is even a "Tai Chi Sword".

Zhang Sanfeng's coffin is about to be overwhelmed!

It seems that Li Qingyu also did his homework well, at least the classics sent over were all after the Song Dynasty.

So Fang Yanqin still took the few classics handed over by the chief eunuch with a face, and then read them fascinated.

The chief eunuch couldn't help being overjoyed: "Long live—"

Fang Yanqin thought he was too noisy, so he immediately waved his hand to signal him to back down.

Seeing this, the chief eunuch immediately suppressed the words that he wanted to make a contribution to Li Qingyu, so as not to offend the emperor.

But since the emperor was so happy, even if he didn't mention it, he would definitely praise Li Qingyu afterwards, and even the person who recommended Li Qingyu with him would definitely be credited with great merit by the emperor in the end.

So he backed off right away, and at the end he didn't forget to cast a disdainful glance at Zheng Cong.

Zheng Cong sighed.

In fact, apart from the competitive relationship between him and the chief eunuch, there was no deep hatred, but it was the chief eunuch's godson who forced the girl he had a crush on and finally killed her. , went to the chief eunuch to ask for justice, but he forced him to drink a lot of footwashing water.

So he immediately leaned forward, and while beating Fang Yanqin's leg, he casually asked, "Wanzai doesn't like those glassware?"

Fang Yan didn't raise his head: "What?"

If he originally read these classics just for show, then he is really interested in these books now.

Because he found that these books are actually similar to the cultivation experience left by that real Liu, even more profound.

Isn't this a coincidence!

Zheng Cong: "If Wansui doesn't like the style of these glazed vessels, there are still some in the servant's place, so you can show them to Wansui."

Fang Yanqin flicked through the book for a moment: "Huh? It was also given to you by Li Qingyu?"

Zheng Cong said with a smile: "That's not it, the County Magistrate Li was really generous. Just the transparent glass hairpin without a trace of impurities gave three slaves."

I don't know where Li Qingyu got so many top-quality glazed wares. You must know that one hairpin like that has been sold for a hundred taels of gold in the market now.

So after calculation, the value of Li Qingyu's gift to him is no less than 5000 taels.

You must know that he is only a fourth-rank eunuch.

It is conceivable that Li Qingyu gave a lot of things to the chief eunuch.

Where else can it come from.

Of course Li Qingyu did it himself.

After all, a traveler who can't make soap, make glass, or find craftsmen to develop cement and guns these days, is it worthy of being called a traveler?

So Fang Yanqin only said: "What does he want?"

Hearing Fang Yanqin's tone, Zheng Cong knew he had made the right bet.

Sure enough, the emperor still didn't like Li Qingyu.

Now that the emperor knew that the chief eunuch had accepted Li Qingyu's bribes, so he deliberately spoke for Li Qingyu, it was conceivable that the chief eunuch's position in the emperor's heart would definitely plummet.

But no matter how excited he was, Zheng Cong didn't show it. He continued: "He wants the position of magistrate of Laizhou, and the envoy he sent to give gifts to the servants also said that after the matter is completed, he will send another gift to the servants." A big gift."

Changyi County is under the jurisdiction of Laizhou. It seems that the former magistrate of Laizhou was imprisoned a month ago because of poor defense of the city.

The county magistrate is a seventh-rank official, and the magistrate is a fifth-rank official.

With Li Qingyu's merits, it is not impossible to make an exception to be promoted to the prefect of Laizhou, it depends on whether the imperial court grants it.

That's why Li Qingyu gave gifts to the emperor again, hoping to appease the emperor's anger, and bribed Zheng Cong and the others.

But just a few glass hairpins, just want to buy a prefect?

——Zheng Cong and the others don't know, how can dialect Qin not know? Although those glass hairpins can be sold for hundreds or thousands of taels outside, the cost will never exceed one tael of silver.

How else can we say that Li Qingyu is smarter than Wang Haoxuan in the previous world? He intentionally gave Fang Yanqin such a large box of things that seemed to be priceless but actually worthless. When it comes to dialect Qin, it doesn't cost a lot of money.

So Fang Yanqin laughed immediately: "Tell him, it's okay to want to know the state, but the money he gave is too little, let him pay another 1 taels of silver, as long as the silver."

Zheng Cong replied immediately: "Yes."

He retreated cleanly, because his goal had been achieved.

As for the 1 taels of silver, of course it went into the emperor's internal funds in the end.

Ten days later, the appointment document issued by the Ministry of Officials was in Li Qingyu's hands.

Naturally, his group of subordinates were also ecstatic about this.

"Congratulations, my lord, congratulations, my lord."

"A Zhizhou who is less than 20 years old, who will dare to underestimate adults in the future."

……

Hearing these words, Li Qingyu couldn't help being a little proud.

It was not in vain that he worked hard for half a year.

A stupid king is a stupid king, not only himself is stupid, but everyone around him is also stupid.

They are probably still proud of the fact that they have earned another 1 taels of silver, but they have absolutely no idea what they are selling.

Just wait, when he secures the position of Zhizhou, he can openly expand his military strength, and then take advantage of the opportunity of Japanese pirates' revenge, accumulate military exploits, and continue to climb up...

Thinking of this, Li Qingyu couldn't help clenching his fists.

But what he didn't know was that the 1 taels of silver was just the beginning.

And just when the King of the North was busy recovering the city and Li Qingyu was eager to climb up, Fang Yanqin finally refined a golden elixir.

This kind of golden pill was improved by him based on the pill formula left by that real Liu, and the effect was more than three times better than the one Emperor Cheng'an had eaten before.

So after taking a golden elixir, the wrinkles on Fang Yanqin's forehead disappeared completely.

And the first thing he did after he regained his health was to find Qu Xiumo.

In the yard, Qu Xiumo was worrying about Yue.

Because since the showdown between him and the emperor last time, the emperor not only did not give up, but went further, not only sent someone to deliver him lunch every day, but also summoned him for various reasons at every turn... In addition, winter is coming, Yutang Palace Because it is the emperor's bedroom, it is much warmer than the Imperial Academy, and it just so happens that he is particularly afraid of the cold...

So if this continues, things will really become unclear.

no--

He had to find another time to clarify this matter with the emperor.

If it doesn't work, he will resign. The emperor will not use force on him!

Thinking of this, Qu Xiumo couldn't help clenching his fists.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a sudden rustling sound from outside the wall.

"Who?"

Qu Xiumo was startled.

Immediately after, a figure climbed over the wall and entered.

Then before Qu Xiumo could yell again, the man covered his mouth directly, followed by a familiar voice: "It's me."

emperor?

Qu Xiumo stopped struggling instantly, he looked at the person in disbelief, his eyes widened.

How could a majestic emperor do such a thing as climbing over a courtier's wall in the middle of the night...

Then the voice in his heart slowly lowered.

Under the moonlight, the visitor's three-dimensional facial features were carved like knives, his sword eyebrows flew obliquely, and his eyes were deep...

At this moment, there was only one thought left in Qu Xiumo's mind.

Did the emperor change his seduction because he saw that boiling a frog in warm water would not work?