Chapter 119

The dome house is actually a row of very simple wooden houses. If it matches the identity of the emperor, it can even be said to be simple. It's just a few humble wooden houses. Instead of flowers and plants, rows of cucumbers and beans are planted outside. The house is not tall. Compared with the huge buildings in the Tai Chi palace, it is simply ugly. Some green vines climbed down the wooden wall to the roof, but they didn't bloom. They couldn't tell what their name was.

Next to the window is an earthen Kang. It seems that it is very difficult for the emperor to sit at his desk and deal with the government. Whether it is Dongnuan Pavilion of Taiji palace or this dome, the small earth Kang has become a landmark in the imperial study. However, the earth Kang is next to the window. When you are tired, it is also a very pleasant thing to sit on the Kang and enjoy the scenery outside the window by leaning against the cushion.

But such a humble place is undoubtedly the heart of this huge empire. Every summer, the emperor moved here to deal with the government. I don't know how many decrees came from here and how many memorials were sent here. Fang Xie took a careful peek when he came to gonglu last time. The memorials on the low table of the earth Kang can be half a person high. And this is at most a day's Memorial. Fang Xie can't imagine how troublesome it will be to read the memorial day after day.

But the emperor's understanding of this huge empire came from his memorials.

Sometimes Fang Xie would think that if half of those memorials were false news, no matter how wise the emperor was, it would be difficult to become a Ming King praised by the people. If he told the emperor this idea, he would make the emperor laugh. Then the emperor would seriously tell him that half of the people who read so many memorials every day might be lying.

The first thing a qualified emperor should do is to identify what is true and what is fabricated in these memorials.

And see the truth behind the lie.

Is it easy to become a holy emperor in the mouth of the people? Sixty seven out of ten of the following local officials report good news but not bad news. They are afraid that a memorial telling the truth will ruin their future career. However, as long as they speculate carefully, they can still find the truth from their memorial or compare it with others.

For example, in case of floods in some counties, in order to avoid being blamed by the court for the unfavorable construction of dams, the county magistrate often tries to hide it from the above, and then tries his best to treat the victims so as not to make things too big. But this was the most incredible thing that emperor Tianyou did after he ascended the throne, that was to make those local officials dare not protect each other. But even so, the memorials presented are not very true.

Local officials are different from Beijing officials. Sixty-seven out of ten Beijing officials have no real power. They report to the Yamen every day and have a lot of spare time to do nothing after finishing what they do. If local officials really want to manage themselves well, they can't finish what they should do even if they don't sleep for 24 hours.

No matter how capable people are, there will be some mistakes on the management side.

Therefore, the habit of writing more things that make your majesty happy and less things that make your majesty upset in the memorial is not unique to the Sui Dynasty.

This is generally the case in all dynasties.

When Fang Xie went outside the row of wooden houses, he explained to the flying fish robe outside that his majesty had summoned him. The flying fish robe turned in and whispered at the door. Eunuch Su Buwei, who was waiting at the door, gave a sound and turned into the inner room to ask the emperor for instructions.

"Let him wait"

The Emperor didn't look up either. He carried a Zhu pen and wrote something on a memorial: "The Huaihe River in the south of the Yangtze River began to be dishonest in the summer. I sent someone to supervise the construction of the dam last year. It took a year for the dam to be built... If you don't pay attention to it, many people will die. It's rare for Huaiyang Prefecture governor Du wuhui not to tell a lie. He said that the dam is unstable, it must be unstable. If the Huaihe River is thousands of miles away, it's hard to imagine how many people are homeless."

Su Buwei bowed his head and said, "the slave asked him to wait outside for a while."

"Well"

The emperor raised his head and said, "go and call Zhang Chaochong, the Minister of household, and Liu Renjing, the Minister of work, immediately."

"Here"

Su Buwei bowed out and gently took the door of the inner room.

Out of the door, Su Buwei saw the young man standing outside. He smiled apologetically and said, "you are waiting outside for a while. Your majesty is dealing with the North Korean affairs... There seems to be some flood in the Jianghuai river. When your majesty has summoned the two great scholars from the Ministry of household and the Ministry of work, he will see you."

"Thank you, father-in-law."

Fang Xie hugged his fist and thanked him.

Su Buwei nodded and smiled. When he walked past Fang Xie, he stopped and whispered, "you can have a rest in the woods over there, but don't walk around. After your majesty has handled the affairs in the south of the Yangtze River, I will find you."

"Thank you."

Fang Xie saluted again, looked at the corner of the yard and said, "I'll stand there. I don't dare to go too far at will. There are many noble people in Changchun Garden. It's bad in case of collision."

Su Buwei looked at Fang Xie with approval, and then left in a hurry.

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Fang Xie went to the corner of the yard, looked around and saw that no one paid attention to him. Then he drilled behind a rockery and sat down. I ate something in the morning all day. Now I'm hungry. If he just stood outside, he was afraid that his legs would tremble and his body would shake. As a scout, it's not unusual for him to starve. He can't afford to eat in a day, but this is not fan Gu. Here he has to stand respectfully all the time.

Why not find a place to rest.

The space behind the rockery is not big, close to the flower wall. Fang Xie sat down on the stone, listened to the louder and louder grunts in his stomach, and sighed helplessly. Anyway, the emperor would not see him for a while. He simply closed his eyes and rested against the stone. About half an hour later, Fang Xie heard the sound of footsteps. He looked through the gap between the fake rocks and saw Su Buwei leading two people in purple official clothes to come quickly.

He saw Su Buwei take a look at his place. It seemed casual, but Fang Xie felt that he had not escaped the eunuch's eyes even behind the rockery.

When Su Buwei entered the cabin, Fang Xie leaned against the stone again and looked up at the sky. He sat so bored for a long time until it was dark. He didn't wait for Su Buwei to find himself. The rumbling sound in her stomach became louder and louder. Fang Xie couldn't help sighing. She said she didn't know how long to wait.

The light in the wooden house has been turned on, and the shadow of the emperor can be seen on the window. Fang Xie could not help but sigh that the emperor had been sitting there for at least four or five hours without moving. He was tired enough.

He looked left and right, and saw that no one looked at himself in the flying fish robes outside the yard. He hesitated for a long time, but finally he couldn't help it. He quietly stretched out his hand behind the stone, groped for a while and pulled down a cucumber. Wipe the clothes carelessly, try not to make a sound and start eating.

After eating a cucumber, he became even more hungry.

After eating, he simply leaned out and continued to explore. By the faint moonlight, he picked three or four in one breath and held them in his arms.

Just about to eat, I suddenly heard footsteps coming again. He was startled and hurriedly stuffed the cucumbers into his clothes. Just after hiding, I heard Su Buwei's voice outside: "Fang Xie, your majesty let you in."

Fang Xie swallowed the cucumber in his mouth as quickly as possible, sorted out his clothes and drilled out from behind the rockery. He said apologetically to Su Buwei, "my humble position is sleeping. Please don't blame me."

Su Buwei looked at Fang Xie with a smile, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was strange. Fang Xie didn't understand, but he knew that the smile was absolutely harmless.

Following Su Buwei, Fang Xie saluted after entering the door and said, "Deputy Fang Xie of the Scout team, knock on your majesty."

"Get up. I'm busy dealing with some Korean affairs. I've kept you waiting outside for a long time. Come here. I have something to ask you."

Fang Xie got up and leaned slightly into the inner room. Then he saluted the two adults who had not left. When he bent down, he found that their legs were trembling slightly.

I'm hungry, too

Fang Xie smiled and said, "you don't have cucumbers.".

The emperor took a piece of paper from the low table, handed it to Fang Xie and said, "this is the examination question for the calculation Department of the martial arts academy this year. I specially asked President Zhou for one. This is only one of the questions in the examination paper. How do you solve it?"

It turned out that the emperor still had to study himself.

Fang Xie took the test question with both hands and looked at it by the light.

At night, there are ten candles. First light the first one, burn it out, then light the second one, and then light three. After burning it out, light all the remaining candles together. Just as the wind blew, only one remained. How many candles remained until dawn?

Seeing Fang Xie frown slightly, the emperor smiled at the corners of his mouth. When this question was in the martial arts academy, none of the major figures seemed to have answered it correctly. Most of the answers are too complex, and those who think too simple are biased by this question.

"Four"

The emperor's mouth just aroused a smile, and Fang Jie gave the answer.

"Huh?"

The two ministers standing not far from him looked at him. The emperor smiled and said, "it seems that I'm not cheating to give you these five excellence. I didn't expect to be able to tell the answer so soon."

Fang Jiexin said that this world without sharp brain turns is really boring.

At this time, Liu Renjing, the Minister of the Ministry of work, standing on one side, suddenly cried out. The minister, who had just been severely scolded by the emperor, somewhat embarrassed, lowered his head to cover up the embarrassment on his face. When his majesty asked him why the Huai River levee had been built for a year and could not stop the flood, he was so scared that he forgot to be hungry. But I couldn't control it now. My stomach was already empty.

"What sound?"

The emperor listened and asked.

"It's Chen... It's Chen's stomach."

Liu Renjing replied with a red face.

The emperor was stunned, and then couldn't help laughing: "I forgot that you haven't eaten since noon, and I haven't eaten. I feel hungry when you call me. Su Buwei asked people to send some snacks. Let them cushion them first and cook a bowl of rice porridge for me later."

"The porridge has been cooked and hot. If your majesty eats it now, the maid will send it up immediately."

"That's good"

The emperor smiled and said, "fill more bowls. Don't let them say I'm stingy. Fang Xie... You also stay. After eating, I have something to ask you."

"No, no, I'm not hungry. I'm not hungry at all."

Fang Xie subconsciously waved his hand and refused, but at this time, there were several clicks. None of the cucumbers hidden in the clothes survived, and all fell down along the clothes.

For a time, the room became very quiet.

The emperor couldn't help but open his eyes, raised his fingers to the Green Palace underground and asked, "what's this...?"

Fang Xie took a deep breath, then leaned over and replied, "Your Majesty... This thing is called... Cucumber."

The emperor was stunned, and the surprise in his eyes had not dispersed. Fang Xie quickly bent down to pick up the cucumbers and hurriedly stuffed them back into his clothes.

"I beg your majesty to punish me for my impoliteness."

As he spoke, he thought about what to do next.

"Bold!"

The emperor sitting on the earth Kang suddenly shouted and startled Fang Xie. Just when he decided to confess his guilt truthfully, the emperor pointed to the tip of his nose and said angrily, "you dare to put my cucumber back. How dare you! I ask you... Is it delicious!"

"Crisp and sweet... Delicious..."

Fang Xie bowed his head and answered with a trembling tone.

"Delicious? Delicious? Don't you take it out for me and some adults to taste?!"

Hearing this, Fang Xie was stunned. He subconsciously took the cucumber out of his sleeve, carefully placed it on the low table and quickly retreated back. The emperor took one and looked at it. He took out a white handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped it. It was not too clean. He stuffed it into his mouth and took a bite.

"I planted it myself. It's really sweet and delicious! Come on, you two have one. There's no cure."

The emperor magnanimously pointed to the cucumbers, but the two Shangshu adults were silly. Su Buwei chuckled and said that the little guy really fell in love with his majesty. He walked up quickly and handed one to each of the two ministers. The two ministers looked at each other and saw incredible things from each other's eyes.

They never imagined that one day they would eat cucumbers with his majesty

Click

Click

The crisp chewing sound floated out of the cabin. It seemed that it was carried into the air with the breeze and floated to a far place.