The wife is the king of the palace

001.

On the way back, Jin Qi almost stopped and walked, and then seeing that the sky had gradually darkened, Xu Lan found a carriage from somewhere to take him into the city.

Back in the palace, Jin Qi froze his neck to check the documents placed in front of him.

After he and Lin Xu disappeared, Xu Lan quickly broke out, but the two of them could not be found for a long time, which made everyone very anxious.

Xu Lan guessed that they were also ambushed, so he expanded the search area. After finding the mark left by Jin Qi in the forest, he led a large army to search along the mark.

But when they found the old house, the people in the old house were alarmed by Lin Xu and were retreating, and Lin Xu and the others had already fled.

After Xu Lan ordered those people to be controlled, he took people around to search for the two of them until they met.

Inside the palace, Jin Qi put aside the documents he had read, looked up at Xu Lan, "How many did you catch?"

Xu Lan reported a few names, these are important ministers in the court, and there are also some local officials, "About a dozen of them were involved in the front and back. The situation was chaotic at that time. Someone has been sent to arrest him."

When Jin Qi shot the case, he was going to scold those corrupt people angrily, but his whole face became distorted because the movement was too big and the back of his neck was involved.

"It still hurts?" Lin Xu, who was standing aside, asked.

Hearing this, Jin Qi immediately stared at Lin Xu with his eyes widened and his teeth gritted, as if wishing he could rush up and take a bite.

It has been a couple of hours since Lin Xu held him down to scrape the patient's neck, and the pain in Jin Qi's back neck has eased a lot, and he basically doesn't feel anything, it was only because of his sudden big movement just now.

But even though the pain was no longer so painful, Jin Qi still couldn't let go, "What do you think?"

Lin Xu was really ruthless. After he came back, Jin Qi looked in the mirror. The back of his neck was bruised and purple. It was scary to look at.

When he returned to the palace, the Tai Hospital immediately sent someone to check on him when he heard the news of heatstroke, and also sent him medicine. Now he basically doesn't feel much except that he is still a little tired.

Lin Xu was a little surprised to hear that Jin Qi said it was still in pain.

It stands to reason that after such a long time, he should have felt nothing. Even if he still felt it, he was just hot and hot. Could it be that he was really too ruthless at that time?

"Let me take a look." Lin Xu stepped forward, making a gesture to lift Jin Qi's hair.

Jin Qi didn't expect that Lin Xu would come forward suddenly, he was startled, and quickly raised his hand to cover his neck and hid aside, "What are you doing? Don't come over!"

He now has a psychological shadow on Lin Xu, and Jin Qi's hairs stand on end when he thinks of the ruthless and fierce appearance of this man who insisted on shaving him before.Guard against wolves, guard against tigers, guard against Lin Xu, the corrupt officials of the Manchu Dynasty are not as terrible as Lin Xu.

Seeing that Jin Qi still had the strength to jump, Lin Xu put away the puzzlement in his eyes, how could he look like someone with trouble?

The moon sets and the sun rises, and the next morning is early morning.

In the Jinluan Palace shrouded in the icy morning light, all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were chilled all over their bodies, sweating tremblingly under the strong murderous intent emanating from Jin Qi.

On the dragon chair, Jin Qi rested his forehead with one hand and looked coldly at the crowd without saying a word, and the officials below were also silent, his hands and feet were as cold as ice.

Yesterday Xu Lan led the army to make such a big commotion in the outskirts of the city, and directly captured several important ministers. The whole thing has already gone by, and Jin Qi was almost attacked by a poisonous snake in the imperial garden the day before yesterday.

Corruption is a small matter, but premeditated assassination of the emperor is a major matter.

After the morning court started, Jin Qi looked at the crowd coldly, without saying a word for a long time, which also made many people who were guilty of conscience pale even more.

Jin Qi was furious, and his killing intent surged, naturally, all the officials couldn't feel better.

After spending about half an hour in the dead silence like this, Jin Qi, who was sitting on the dragon chair, said, "Bring me up.

"

The soldiers outside the door listened to the order, and in a short while locked up the group of people that Xu Lan caught yesterday and brought them in. A group of people lined up and knelt down in the hall.

"What do you say?" Jin Qi asked the rest of the officials.

Everyone knew that Jin Qi was on fire right now, and his intent to kill was serious, how could all the officials dare to speak, and everyone lowered their heads and lowered their eyebrows when they heard the words, for fear of being called out by Jin Qi.

"Drag them out, and I will kill them all. From today onwards, I will kill one person a day, and I will hang all the heads outside the hall. I will only take them down when I say I can take them off." Jin Qi said with anger, but his tone was not It's not slow, it's getting more and more scalp-numbing.

Jin Qi's move was to warn the officials of the DPRK and China, and all the officials naturally understood.

As an official of the imperial court, if petty disturbances are not too much, Jin Qi will just turn a blind eye and close one eye.But if he really doesn't want to live anymore, then Jin Qi doesn't mind helping them.

In the early days of Jin Qi Liwei, in the middle of the morning, there was a human head hanging on a pole in the open space not far from the Jinluan Hall.

After this incident was brought to light, the court was extremely quiet for a long time.

Jin Qi was happy to do this, while Lin Xu was busy raiding the house.

This time, nearly a dozen people were arrested. Except for some small officials, the rest were all high-ranking officials. Their family background was so strong that Lin Xu, who was already prepared in his heart, couldn't help showing a little surprise.

After hearing about He Zhengzhi, Lin Xu thought that these people were at best slightly better than him, but when he took a group of people to ransack the house, he realized that his thinking was a little too simple.

Compared with these people, He Zhengna is nothing more than a small witch.

He Zhengming's private and secret family properties add up to more than one hundred thousand taels. If he sells all the real estate, he can add a lot more, but compared to these people, he is not even half of it.

For one of the officials, the gold and silver treasures collected from his home alone were enough for He Zheng. It took Lin Xu and a group of people half a month to search the house.

Lin Xu led people around to search the house, but the treasury was gradually filled up under his busy schedule.What gold, silver, treasure, land deed and house deed are dazzling.

Lin Xu was busy raiding the house, and the treasury was also busy sorting out the accounts. After finally counting all the things Lin Xu brought back, Wan Yu handed the accounts to Jin Qi who was sweating on his forehead.

This time the house raid was considered a bumper harvest for the state treasury, but in Jin Qi's eyes, it was probably a big joke.If it gets out, I'm afraid the whole world will laugh.

"That's all?" Jin Qi looked at the endless accounts in his hands coldly, his face uncertain.

"Return to the emperor, this is the account of all the gold and silver treasures and land deeds sent back by the prime minister, and there are still some businesses and the like that have not been sorted out." Wan Yu did not dare to look up, sweat slid down his forehead to his cheeks.

He Zhengzhi and others, in addition to the properties on the surface of the family, also have a lot of shops in the dark. It is not so simple and not so fast to deal with all these.

After Jin Qi flipped through the accounts in his hand for a while, he lost his patience and turned to the back to check the total, and his face became even more ugly.

Jin Qi threw the ledger back into Wan Yu's arms, and started to walk around in the treasury, because the treasury was busy counting, and all the things were still in the box that was sent back, very messy.

Gold, silver, bronze wares, jade, pearls, and stones were dazzling, and Jin Qi's face became more and more ugly as he looked at it, until he stopped in front of a box.

Jin Qi took out a piece of jade the size of two palms from the side of the box. The jade was of very good quality, with fine carved lines on the surface, and a picture of a scholar playing chess. It was inestimable value at a glance.

"Where did this come from?"

"Return to the emperor, this is collected from Mr. Wang's house." Wan Yu hurriedly reported.

The value of this kind of beautiful jade is almost inestimable, even if you search all over the world, you may not be able to find a second piece.Moreover, the game map on it is also lifelike, which doubles the value of this jade.

Jin Qi turned the jade in his hand and looked at it again. Seeing the picture of a scholar on it, he inexplicably remembered someone's face

.

"Go and call the craftsman here." Jin Qi's mood suddenly improved.

"This is the emperor?" Wan Yu was a little surprised. Is Jin Qi going to reshape this jade?

Sensing Jin Qi's intentions, Wan Yu suddenly felt a little heartbroken, thinking it was a pity.

Beautiful jade is hard to find, and such a large one is even rarer. It would be a pity if it was broken and remade into other styles.

Jin Qi didn't realize it, after seeing the craftsman handing over the jade to him, his mood improved, and he even liked to watch everything with it.

His good mood lasted for several days, because he didn't know why he was happy, every morning he had to pass by the officials with heads hanging on the pillars outside the store, and he felt that his personality became more and more uncertain.

After all, there were dozens of human heads hanging outside the hall, and even the smell of blood and rancidity could be faintly smelled in the hall, but the smile on Jin Qi's face on the dragon chair was as bright as the sun in midsummer, making one's hair stand on end.

A few days passed in a flash, and I saw that midsummer was coming.

One day, in the evening, after approving all the papers, Jin Qi sat by the pool outside the bedroom for a while, and asked the chief eunuch beside him to call Lin Xu.

The matter of Lin Xu's house raiding has basically been settled. When he came back two days ago, Jin Qi gave him a two-day leave to let him have a good rest.

002.

In the prime minister's mansion, Lin Xu saw that the chief eunuch came in a hurry and asked him to go to the palace quickly, thinking that something happened in the palace, he hurriedly followed.

Walking all the way, facing the crimson sunset, Lin Xuxun came to Jin Qi's side.

Jin Qi sat leaning on the boulder by the pool, with the stone bridge on the right, and the pool in front of him, the dragon carp he raised was eating in front of him at the moment, they were all red like the setting sun burning in the water, outlining the Create a gorgeous picture.

Jin Qi, who had taken off his yellow robe, sat leaning by the bridge, his long hair hanging down like splashed ink, his handsome and aloof face became deeper and deeper against the backdrop of the setting sun, even his eyes seemed to be stained a little red.

Sensing movement behind him, Jin Qi turned his head sideways, and the moment he saw Lin Xu walking towards the setting sun, his slightly red eyes lit up, and a smile burst across his face instantly.

"You're here." Jin Qi patted the stone beside him and let Lin Xu pass.

Seeing that Jin Qi was not in a hurry, Lin Xu slowed down. He walked slowly to Jin Qi's side, stood beside him, and followed his gaze.

Perhaps it was because they sensed Lin Xu's arrival that the pool of dragon carps that had surrounded Jin Qi to eat in the pool all rushed towards him wagging their tails.

Seeing this, Jin Qi felt jealous, "A bunch of heartless people."

"Why did the emperor call the minister here?" Lin Xu looked at the group of dragon carps shaking their heads and tails at him.

Jin Qi likes these dragon carps very much, and each one of them is fat and fat, and they are very energetic.

"Look quickly." Jin Qi excitedly pointed at the school of fish.

Lin Xu looked in the direction his finger was pointing at, and at first he didn't understand, until he soon saw a few juvenile fish fry as small as silk threads among a group of big fish.

Now this season is the season for the dragon carp to lay eggs. It only takes a few days for the dragon carp to lay eggs, and the fry can be hatched.

Lin Xu didn't notice those fry at first, because there were already enough big red dragon carp in the pond, and those seedlings were really inconspicuous. Looking at it now, he found that there were many more fry in the water.

"How is it?" Jin Qi looked at Lin Xu with a smile on his eyes.

"The emperor asked the minister to come to see this?" Lin Xu lowered his head and looked down at the man who was wagging his tail with a look of praise on his face. It seemed that Jin Qi really had a lot of free time these days.

When Jin Qi heard the words, he immediately said, "Just look at what it means?"

When Jin Qi saw these small fish fry in the pond, he immediately thought of asking Lin Xu to come and take a look, but he didn't expect Lin Xu to respond so coldly.

"I still have a lot of things to deal with in the future, so I will take my leave first." Lin Xu said and was about to turn and leave.

Jin Qi is free, but he is very busy here.

Although those

People's homes have probably been copied, but that doesn't mean the matter is over.

The gold and silver treasures obtained from house raids are easier to deal with, but those shops are really troublesome, and it is impossible to sell them for money at once. Whether to continue to open or sell them is a question.

Even if the Ministry of Household Affairs was present, it was still impossible for Lin Xu, who was in charge of commercial taxation, to stay out of the matter.

"Didn't I hear that it's almost over?" Jin Qi didn't intend to let him go.

Others may think that Lin Xu is really fulfilling his duties, so he has been running around without stopping to search the house, but Jin Qi feels that the reason why this person is so enthusiastic is because those people made him look ugly.

This person holds a grudge, which is clearly revenge.

Lin Xu was seen through his mind, neither angry nor anxious, nor guilty, he looked back at the dragon carp in the water again, this time he was really not in a hurry to leave.

Lin Xu didn't leave, the dragon carp in the water was really happy, Jin Qi handed the fish food to Lin Xu with a sore heart, and asked him to feed it.

Lin Xu sat down beside Jin Qi, took the fish food, and casually sprinkled it into the water.

The setting sun was like a fire, reflecting in the water, coupled with the red dragon carp in the pool, the mottled water surface blurred the sight.

"Your Majesty, are you going to raise fish?" Lin Xu threw the fish food in his hand into the water, looking at the fat-headed fish that kept crowding up, Lin Xu wondered if Jin Qi was too busy so he was going to start farming.

If it is said that Jin Qi raises it because he likes it, Lin Xu is not incomprehensible, but he clearly remembers that there were only a dozen or so fish in the beginning, but now they are almost a pond, even if he likes them, he has raised too many.

"Hahaha..." Jin Qi laughed.

He laughed abruptly, which scared the fish in the water. Those fat-headed fish looked at him one by one, and then swam away as if they were afraid of being infected with stupidity.

Lin Xu also looked sideways at Jin Qi, wanting to stay away from him a bit.

Jin Qi didn't take it seriously, and looked at the fish hiding from him in the water, with a wider smile on his face, "Do you still remember the first time I saw these fish?"

"Of course I remember." Lin Xu also looked at the fish, with a softer look on his face.

Lin Xu's entry into the court as an official at fourteen was a very sensational event in Dayu at that time. It can be said that everyone knew about it.

At that time, Lin Xushang was still young, and although his personality had formed, it was still a little different from today.

At that time, Jin Qi was only in his teens, but at that time he had already sat on the throne with blood on his hands, and all the officials in the court were afraid of him, so he was called a ghost.

Jin Qi still clearly remembers the events of that year. At that time, he killed many officials, and there was a shortage of people in the court. Lin Xu entered the court as an official at that time.

Facing a kid who was younger than himself, Jin Qi didn't pay much attention at first. At that time, he was busy consolidating his position and clearing away the remaining party members loyal to the court. He only took a second look at Lin Xu, who was famous at the time Not even hopeful.

After all, Lin Xushang is only 14 years old, even if he is really smart, he is definitely not as good as the veteran minister in the court, and he must not be in charge of major matters.

Lin Xu at that time was indeed not like now, and he was easy to bully. He put on the emperor's airs a little bit, and Lin Xu would be obedient.

Jin Qi remembered that at that time, it was also the midsummer season like now, when the envoys from nearby small countries were visiting, and the DPRK and China were bustling.

Dayu is a big iron country, and several small countries nearby are basically attached to them. The small country that visited at that time said it was a visit, but it actually meant paying tribute.

Although they were in a state of peaceful coexistence with Dayu before that, Jin Qi had only ascended the throne for two years, and their relationship is not stable now.

So they brought a lot of rare things to please the new emperor Jin Qi.

In the next few days after the brief reception ceremony of the missions entering the palace, they were all introducing to Jin Qi the things they brought, and this dragon carp was brought by them.

Jin Qi happened to be looking at the tributes in the imperial garden that day, and Lin Xu suddenly

See you, Jin Qi was not interested in these tributes, so he asked someone to bring Lin Xu in.

Lin Xu found it because of the paper that was rejected by Jin Qi before.

When Lin Xu first entered the court as an official, he was doing local supervision. At that time, natural disasters came and refugees fled everywhere.

Such a situation happened in the place Lin Xu was in charge of, so Lin Xu submitted a solution.But Jin Qi immediately rejected the paper when he handed it over.After one failure, Lin Xu resubmitted the solution after summarizing it, but it was still rejected by Jin Qi.

He was still young at the time and didn't understand why, and he didn't think there was any problem with the solution he came up with, so he came here directly to find out.

When they met in Yuhuayuan, Lin Xu raised his own question. Jin Qi was a little impatient at first, because there was really no problem with Lin Xu's method, but he didn't know much about the situation in the court.

North Korean and Chinese officials are responsible for each side, the influx of refugees will increase a lot of trouble and expenses, and the prevention of diseases is also a problem.If it is handled according to Lin Xu's method, it will inevitably make some ministers in the court strongly oppose it.

Jin Qi felt that Lin Xu didn't understand the situation in the court, but Lin Xu felt that Jin Qi was intimidated.If you look around, what kind of work do those refugees have?

The two of them discussed this matter in the imperial garden, and when it came to the end, Jin Qi simply moved out of the emperor's airs and directly returned Lin Xu's proposal, asking him to rewrite it.

At that time, Lin Xu was not as calm as he is now, and there was obvious resignation on his still somewhat childish face, and he felt that Jin Qi was clearly making things difficult on purpose.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of water, and the dragon carp that was swimming quietly in the box saw Lin Xu being bullied, and suddenly flicked its tail, splashing a handful of water, all of it splashing on Jin Qi's face.

Seeing that Jin Qi was suddenly splashed with water, everyone in the imperial garden was stunned, and then their faces turned pale.

The people around Jin Qi hurriedly helped to wipe it, but the members of the missions knelt down and apologized again and again. At that time, Jin Qi's six relatives did not recognize the unpredictable character, and if they really provoked him this time Arriving in Jinqi, maybe it will bring about the disaster of destroying the country.

Everyone was nervous and worried that something might happen, but Lin Xu, who was also startled, couldn't help laughing.

After Jin Qi wiped the water off his face, when he looked up, he saw Lin Xu's face with a gloating smile.

At that time, Lin Xu was already a young man with outstanding appearance, with a thin figure of fourteen or five years old, and well-proportioned court clothes, but none of these could resist the cool and faint light in his eyes.

Looking into those eyes, it was as if a clear stream flowed from the bottom of my heart.

"It's funny?" Jin Qi asked.

Jin Qi, who was splashed with water all over his body, was a little angry. He deliberately lowered his voice to speak, just to see how frightened Lin Xu looked.

But he didn't want to, Lin Xu was not too frightened to speak, instead he looked at Jin Qi with a smile, and said unhurriedly: "It seems that these dragon carp like the emperor very much." water.

Lin Xu opened his eyes and said nonsense, with a bit of gloating in his eyes, the little annoyance in Jin Qi's heart dissipated in an instant, he looked at Lin Xu, and then at the dragon carps wagging their tails.

The chaotic killing intent that had been suppressed in his heart during those two years, and the resentment for what happened when he was a child, were instantly blown away like the haze of a rainy day.

Lin Xu's smiling eyes seemed to flow into his heart like a trickle, washing everything away.

The next moment, Jin Qi also laughed, "Since you like me, then stay!"

Everyone looked at Jin Qi in surprise when they heard the words. They only felt that Jin Qi was really inexplicable and his personality was uncertain, but seeing that Jin Qi was not angry, everyone dared not mention it again.

As a result, he has been raised for so many years since then.Originally, there were only a dozen or so, but now they have grown into a pool full of them.

Not only this dragon carp, Lin Xu also caught his eye after that, and he would often pay attention to him.Sometimes when I am irritable, I will think of those faint black eyes, and my heart will quickly calm down.

Thinking of what happened at that time, Lin Xu felt more

Kind of calm.

At that time, he had just entered the court as an official. Although he had been mentally prepared and knew that the court was not as glamorous as it appeared on the surface, he never expected it to be so chaotic.

In the beginning, he attracted a lot of people to win him over, and then he found that he could not be framed by the calculation after the win over. He stumbled and stumbled along the way, and it was not like he didn't fall.

In order to gain a firm foothold in the court, Lin Xu also made a lot of efforts, trying to figure out the situation in the court, and trying to learn how the court handled some things in the past, and it is precisely because of this that he has his current status.

Jin Qi glanced at the fading sunset, then at the dragon carps that were being fed in the pond, clapped his hands, and couldn't help but sigh, "You're still as cute as you were back then!"

Thinking of the unwilling look in Lin Xuna's eyes when he dismissed his papers because he put on an emperor's posture, Jin Qi's eyes showed nostalgia.At that time, Lin Xu was really cute, a young and beautiful young man with clean eyes, but now Lin Xu is fierce and domineering, always trying to get angry at him in different ways.

Lin Xu has made a lot of efforts and changed a lot over the years, and his personality is completely unpredictable.Although Jin Qi also likes him now, sometimes he still misses that Lin Xu back then.

Lin Xu heard the words, and glanced at the people beside him.

"Did the emperor misunderstand cuteness?" Lin Xu didn't think he had anything to do with these two words.

"Really? I think Aiqing was really cute back then." Jin Qi smiled.

Even now, Jin Qi doubts whether he fell in love with this person just because of that look in his eyes, but there is no way to verify this.

It has been seven years since Lin Xu entered the imperial court as an official at fourteen. If Jin Qi wanted to tell him what he liked about Lin Xu?He probably likes that this person is smart but not conceited, and has more character that won't change because of others.

Lin Xu frowned slightly, and he looked at Jin Qi with the eyes of a patient.

He has a handsome body and a cute figure.

003.

"By the way, I have something for you." Jin Qi didn't care about Lin Xu's eyes, he got up and called the eunuch beside him, and asked him to go to his bedroom to get the thing he had already prepared.

Lin Xu then got up, the sun had already set in the west, and the night wind was blowing slowly, it was already a little cold to sit by the water.

The eunuch who left soon came back, holding a small sandalwood box in his hand when he came back.

Jin Qi took the box, looked at it and handed it to Lin Xu, "Here for you, take it well."

Lin Xu opened the box suspiciously, and inside the box was a palm-sized jade abacus.

At first glance, the whole abacus is crystal clear and slightly cool, which is very pleasing.After a closer look, I found that the whole abacus should be carved from a whole piece of jade, which is a seamless one. The texture of the jade is also well mastered by the craftsman, and the beads on the small turntable are round and shiny.

"Where did the emperor come from?" Lin Xu glanced over, a little liking.

There are many jade articles, but the abacus made of jade is probably rare in the world, not to mention that it should be carved from a larger piece of perfect jade, which is even rarer and more precious.

"I asked someone to do it." Jin Qi said it before, not going to go into details.

Earlier, when he got that piece of jade and let the master craftsman make it into the shape he wanted, the craftsman also felt it was a pity. After all, such jade is extremely rare and cherished.

It's just that Jin Qi doesn't feel it's a pity, what's the pity about it?

Even if it is kept as it is, if those corrupt officials are allowed to play with it and collect it, they are afraid that the jade will be polluted and the aura will be polluted, turning it into a stone.Besides, Meiyu Wuxia is the one who deserves to be given away.

"How about it, do you like it?" Jin Qi said with a smile.

Lin Xu flipped through it for a while, and found that the abacus was just the right size, and it was not heavy whether it was held in the hand or carried in the bosom.Coupled with the cool feel of jade ice, it is also very comfortable to hold in your hand.

Seeing that Lin Xu also seemed to like it, Jin Qi smiled even more.

Even, "As soon as I saw this jade, I thought it was very suitable for you, so I specially made it look like this abacus, so as to match you better, who made you like calculating people so much."

Lin Xu didn't take it seriously when he heard Jin Jin's teasing words, "Really?"

"Of course, anyway, I think you are quite suitable." Jin Qirao looked at Lin Xu with interest.

It would be very interesting if Lin Xu's expressionless face could be broken.

Lin Xu remained silent, and shook the abacus in his hand. Hearing the crisp sound, his slender fingers fiddled with it, and the small and round abacus beads were pushed away by him, followed by a crackling sound.

Lin Xu worked hard with his abacus, and looked up at Jin Qi from time to time.

Seeing Lin Xu's appearance like this, the smile on Jin Qi's face, who was still smiling just now, gradually became a little unbearable, and a familiar chill came over his heart, and the bad premonition made him feel guilty.

"What are you going to do?" Jin Qi's eyes widened slowly, looking warily at Lin Xu who was planning to slip away.

"Does your majesty know about the border victory a few days ago?" Lin Xu asked without raising his head while thinking about something.

"Of course I know." How could Jin Qi not know.

While Lin Xu was busy searching his house everywhere, another good news came from the border gate.

Since the delivery of weapons before, Xia Guo has been making small moves frequently.

The previous miss should have made them feel extremely regretful, and because of General Ghost Face's plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, they lost another hundred miles of land, so they have been looking for opportunities to regain it.

The border guards of Xia State made frequent moves, and the ghost-faced general guarding the border was not blind, and had been dealing with them for the past few months.

Just a while ago, there was another good news from the Ghost Face General at the border. They designed an ambush and severely damaged the Xia Kingdom's border troops who were trying to sneak attack across the border, causing Xia Guo's border troops to suffer heavy losses.

When the good news came, and knowing that General Ghost Face had made another meritorious service, Jin Qi lavishly praised him in court, and even wrote a letter of commendation in person.

"What does your majesty think about the border issue?" Lin Xu kept moving his hands.

"What do you mean?" Jin Qi asked.

Dayu and Xia Kingdom have always been at odds, and this matter dates back to more than ten years ago.

At the earliest time, there was a state of Jin between Dayu and Xia State. More than ten years ago, Xia State suddenly sent troops to attack Jin State and annexed Jin State, and then sent troops to Dayu, trying to annex Dayu together.

Although Xia Guo was much smaller than Dayu, Xia Guo's soldiers were all elite and brave. At the beginning, Dayu lost to Xia Guo, and the defense line was forced to retreat a lot.

In the two years since Jin Qi ascended the throne, Xia Guo once invaded the territory of Dayu, and Dayu was retreating more and more after the Vietnam War.

Later, it was General Ghost Face who appeared in the camp. With his mysterious identity and unknown origin, he made repeated contributions and led the army to counterattack, forcing Xia Guo back to the territory of Xia Guoguo.

Not only that, General Ghost Face even snatched back the ruins of the original Jin Kingdom, allowing Xia Kingdom to return to their original border.

The appearance of the ghost-faced general made Xia Guo, who was originally ambitious, not only failed to take Dayu, but lost the territory of Jin State that he had already obtained. Naturally, they would not be reconciled to this, so they have been making frequent moves over the years.

Because of Xia Guo's frequent actions, the court and China often quarreled over this matter.

Regarding this matter, the DPRK and China are divided into three camps, the main combat faction, the main peace faction, and the wait-and-see faction.

Not to mention the wait-and-see faction, the main combat faction has always advocated sending troops to attack the Xia Kingdom.Su Fanyi is the main faction, and every now and then he would jump out and say a few words about inviting troops.

The peace faction thinks it is too risky to do so. Although the country of Xia is not as big as an elm, the soldiers are exceptionally brave and elite. If there is a war, it will take at least several years to completely win the country of Xia.

Jin Qi has always been reluctant to send troops, and this is also what he considered.

if you really want

To attack the Xia Kingdom, one must be prepared for a long period of time.

Even if General Ghost Face always wins but never loses, they need to provide a large amount of food, grass and weapons, not to mention that it is necessary to replenish the number of soldiers at all times after the war starts, and there will definitely be a need for continuous conscription.

Not to mention laboring the people and wasting money, it will affect the whole body, and the whole territory of Dayu will be affected.

Sending troops is not terrible, what is terrible is raising war.If the war continues, the national treasury will definitely run out, and taxes and revenues will inevitably be increased at that time. Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible to maintain this peaceful and prosperous world.

It only takes him a word to start the war, but it is the common people who bear the consequences.

"Are you also in favor of going to war?" Jin Qi was slightly surprised, because in his impression Lin Xu had always been on his side, and neither of them wanted to go to war.

"I mean the battle at the border," Lin Xu said.

The two countries of Dayu and Xia have been in a stalemate, but this state of affairs cannot last forever, it will be destroyed one day, and it will definitely lead to a fierce battle.

But judging from the current situation, it is a good choice for everyone to maintain it like this.

Thinking of this, Lin Xu took the abacus and fiddled with it twice.

"I heard from the household department that the front line is asking for food again." Lin Xu said.

"I've already sent someone to send it. It is said that the grain planted by the border army is not harvested this year, and a batch of farmland was damaged when Xia Guo entered the country before." Jin Qi was quite helpless.

Before he had time to enjoy the money obtained from the house raid, the first thing he did was to send it to the border to raise soldiers.

"There are also important people in the frontier army accountant." Lin Xu reminded.

The accountant of the border army was sent to the central government a few years ago, and he was already quite old when he was sent there. After a few years, he is now very old, so his age is not suitable for the border post.

The accountant was in charge of food and pay for the army at the border, but even though it was working at the border, it also had the meaning of supervising the army, so the selection of Jin Qi had always been a headache.

"I see, I will remember to see if there is any suitable candidate." Jin Qi rubbed the bridge of his nose, and the position of border accountant was not as simple as Lin Xu thought.

Many people in the court have been thinking about the military power of the border army. In recent years, there are not a few people who want to send people to the border. If they know that there is a lack of people in the accountant, many people will covet it.

Leaving aside these infighting, it is impossible for Jin Qi to send a random person there just because of the face under the mask of General Ghost Face that is very similar to him.

If it was revealed that he and Ghost-faced General were brothers, Dayu would be in chaos, and Lin Xu was a very meticulous and thorough person, so he would immediately guess that he was not of the orthodox royal blood.

Jin Qi was having a headache, but Lin Xu had already resumed his calculations.The crackling sound was heard in Jin Qi's headache-ridden ears, and it made his hair stand on end.

Jin Qi was about to ask him what he was planning, when Lin Xu said again, "The border gate is thousands of miles away from Chaozhongzu, and there is always a delay in letters. Even if it is an urgent letter, it will take at least half a month to get back from the border gate. , if the weather is bad, it may even take about a month, what does the emperor think?"

Jin Qi didn't understand what Lin Xu wanted to ask, but he followed his words, "There is no other way. The border is too far away from the capital. It is impossible for me to move the capital to the border."

It is precisely because the distance between the two places is too far, so many things at the border, Jinqi is handed over to General Ghost Face to make decisions.

Otherwise, if it really happens that Xia Guo attacks, he still needs to send a letter back from the border, and he will make up his mind before sending the letter back. It will take more than a month to wait for the letter to be delivered to the border, I'm afraid Xia Guodu has already invaded the territory.

Lin Xu stopped thinking and only looked at Jin Qi.

"Why?" Jin Qi felt uncomfortable when he saw it.He secretly moved his feet back half a step, feeling a bit of an urge to run away.

Jin Qi looked at where Lin Xu was, and then at the courtyard gate in the distance.

Zhong has already calculated the escape route, and is ready to escape if the situation is not good.

"I have a solution. Although it can't completely solve this problem, it can reduce the time spent on the road a lot." Lin Xudao.

The reason why Lin Xu took the initiative to bring this up was mainly because