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In the palace, Xiyuan Lake.
The overall shape of this lake is close to a circle. The lake surface is wide, with an average diameter of a hundred miles. Looking from a distance, it feels quite vast.
It is like a pearl embedded in Guilong City, but it is enclosed by the huge wall of the imperial palace and became the private “pond” of Emperor Longchang.
Within the palace, there are lakes and mountains, which shows its huge scale.
The water aura within Xiyuan Lake is extremely abundant. When the aura gathers together, it condenses into a spiritual mist visible to the naked eye. When the wind blows, pieces of fluttering smoke and mist are formed on the lake, like a cloud. Wang fell into the human world like a fairy lake.
A large number of water-friendly lofts have been built along the lakeside. The buildings are grand and grand, showing an imperial style.
Such a huge building complex was actually named “Linhu Xiaozhu”, which shows that Emperor Longchang’s taste was not very good either.
In front of the hydrophilic attic.
Emperor Longchang, who was dressed in casual clothes, was playing with a delicate lure rod at the moment.
The long fishing line was cast far away, and he swung it skillfully, shaking the bait and twisting it. His swimming posture was awkward, as if he was swimming against the carnivorous fish in the lake. Say “Come and eat me quickly~ Come and eat me”.
Full of bewitching meaning.
Suddenly.
The tip of the pole sank downwards.
“Hit!”
Emperor Longchang felt happy and pulled the pole suddenly, and he hit a big fish.
He immediately began to wind up happily.
“Your Majesty.” At this time, Lao Yao walked over with small steps and reported in a low voice, “Wang Shouzhe has been brought here and is waiting outside the small building. Do you want to announce…”
“Let him wait.” Emperor Longchang didn’t even raise his head, “I’m busy fishing.”
Lao Yao secretly rolled his eyes.
Your Majesty, you wanted to see Wang Shouzhe so much that you even gave all kinds of express hints. After failure, you even issued a special order to summon him “immediately”. As a result, now that people are here, they have to leave it to dry… This is not good.
“What? As a majestic emperor, I am so angry that I can’t stand him for a long time?” Emperor Longchang snorted coldly, “Don’t you look at what bad things he has done? How many turmoils… even the emperor has appointed us a son. I really thank him!”
“Now that he has entered the palace, he is like this fat fish that bit the bait hook. It is my meal and cannot fly to the sky.”
“Based on the things he did to me, I didn’t ambush him with hundreds of swordsmen, so I already gave him a lot of face.”
The Emperor Longchang became more and more angry as he spoke, and he tugged on the fishing rod. As a result, he used too much force, and with a “click”, the fishing rod made of polished purple spirit bamboo tips broke.
The big fish regained its freedom, and immediately jumped out of the water, “swooshed” and swam dozens of feet away, then grabbed the pole and dived to the bottom of the lake.
“This…” Lao Yao twitched the corner of his mouth and exclaimed, “Has your Majesty’s cultivation level reached the point where he can ‘follow the rules’?”
“Uh…” Emperor Longchang twitched the corner of his mouth, turned around and glared at Old Yao fiercely, “Old Yao, please don’t rely on me to serve me for hundreds of years. I can’t bear to slap you. You dare to act wantonly. Do you really think that I can’t hear that you are teasing me?”
After saying that, he didn’t see any movement, but with a slight movement of his mind, he locked the spiritual fish that escaped hundreds of feet away.
Immediately afterwards, the emperor’s spiritual thoughts moved, and the spiritual fish weighing hundreds of kilograms was supported by an invisible energy and flew down to the water-friendly platform.
The big fish still has a fishing line in its mouth, swishing its tail “bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah”, like a silly fish that says “Who am I, where am I, and what am I doing?”
That look made the emperor angry.
With a slight movement of his mind, he took off the fishhook from its mouth, and then kicked it into the lake angrily.
As a senior fisherman, I would naturally starve myself to death and not bother to eat fish like this, which I did not catch by myself.
“Old Yao, call Wang Shouzhe over.” Emperor Longchang said angrily, “I want to ask, how come the quality of the lure rods produced by his family is so poor? It caused all my fish to run away. .”
“Yes, Your Majesty.” Old Yao accepted the order and went to announce King Shouzhe with a smile in his heart.
Not long after, he led Wang Shouzhe and Prince An back with him.
Seeing the emperor standing by the lake with his hands behind his back and saying nothing, with an attitude of “I didn’t see you”, he secretly smiled in his heart and couldn’t help but wink at Wang Shouzhe secretly: “Wang Shouzhe, why don’t you come to see your majesty soon?”
“Your Majesty, Shouzhe, the head of the Wang family of the sixth rank in Changning, pays homage to Your Majesty.” Wang Shouzhe clasped his hands together and bowed in a dignified manner.
Prince An on the side naturally bowed when he needed to.
The Great Emperor Longchang then turned around and glanced at Wang Shouzhe.
I saw Wang Shouzhe dressed in a white robe, elegant and gentle as the spring breeze. Whenever he stopped there, he was like an eye-catching scenery.
In comparison, not to mention the children of the royal family, even the young people from the Wang family of Daqian who were famous in the capital for their appearance and bearing, were much inferior to him.
“Well, he looks pretty good and has a so-so temperament. It’s rare. No wonder he can give birth to outstanding children such as Li Yao and Zong An.” Emperor Longchang said against his will, “That is, he is slightly better than when I was young. Not so much.”
“Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty. I am flattered.” Wang Shouzhe looked calm and had a natural expression.
Had he known that His Majesty was not thin-skinned, he would not have been surprised by this.
He easily took out large and small packages of fruits and vegetables from the storage ring [Endless Abyss], and handed them to Lao Yao next to him: “I know that your Majesty is not short of anything, and I don’t know what to give as a gift. What? These vegetables and fruits were planted by Shouzhe in his spare time these days, so I should express my feelings to him.”
Fruits and vegetables?
The face of Emperor Longchang trembled slightly.
You give gifts to the emperor, just some fruits and vegetables? Not to mention planting it “in my spare time”.
Love, you traveled all the way to Guilong City, your main purpose was to grow vegetables, and then by the way, you turned Guilong City upside down and decided on the candidate for the emperor’s son?
He almost couldn’t hold it back and kicked Wang Shouzhe into the lake.
Fortunately, Emperor Longchang lived for more than three thousand years, and his qi-nurturing skills were pretty good. He quickly took a deep breath to suppress the urge to kick Wang Shouzhe, and kept hinting to remind himself.
Longchang, Longchang, you are the great emperor of the generation. You must have a big belly and a big spirit, so as not to make Wang Shouzhe look down upon you and turn around and secretly “discuss” the great emperor behind his back.
“Okay, Lao Yao, please send someone to take it to the imperial dining room and process it. I will have a drink with Shouzhe later.” Emperor Longchang said, “I am a great emperor and I will not care about you.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.” Old Yao took the order.
“Come on, come on, Shouzhe, come and sit.” Emperor Longchang greeted Wang Shouzhe warmly and asked him to sit in front of a chess stall. He said kindly like an elder, “Shouzhe, you are thoughtful and full of wisdom. , I believe that your chess skills are also quite superb. Come on, come on, you and I will learn a few games.”
Wang Shouzhe’s cheeks trembled and he thought to himself, Your Majesty, are you kidding me?
Wang Shouzhe has long been famous in Guilong City for his poor chess skills.
How could Emperor Longchang want to discuss matters with him? He was clearly full of resentment towards Wang Shouzhe and wanted to vent his resentment, but he had no other channels, so he found an excuse to play chess.
However, Wang Shouzhe couldn’t refuse the emperor’s invitation, so he immediately agreed: “Shouzhe accepts the order.”
After saying that, he took a stance and started playing chess with Emperor Longchang.
King An Jun on the side looked secretly amused.
Let’s not talk about Shouzhe’s chess skills. At least his posture is full and he looks like a peerless master.
It’s a pity that there is gold and jade on the outside, but ruins on the inside~~
Shou Zhe is just a bad chess player.
As expected.
After half a stick of incense, Emperor Longchang used the posture of sweeping fallen leaves in the autumn wind to severely abuse Wang Shouzhe.
“Cool!”
Emperor Longchang felt as if he had drank a glass of ice-cold fairy wine on a hot summer day, and even the depressed feeling in his heart had dissipated a lot.
Moreover, when he looked at Wang Shouzhe, he seemed to be less angry, and he was a little more pleasing to the eye inadvertently.
“Your Majesty has superb chess skills, Shouzhe is willing to be defeated.”
Wang Shouzhe didn’t feel much about losing at chess. Anyway, he was used to losing. With his chess skills, he can even torture Wang Annan and the like on ordinary days.
“Shouzhe, don’t be humble. I think your chess skills are pretty good. Come on, let’s play another game between you and me.”
How can such a wonderful thing disappear once and for all?
Emperor Longchang’s eyes were shining brightly.
Soon, the two started the second round.
After testing Wang Shouzhe’s chess strength, the emperor played some new tricks in this game. He first pretended to be defeated, then lured the enemy deeper, and finally used a single move to kill Wang Shouzhe, who was stunned.
“Ouch~ Shouzhe, do you think you are careless? If you are not careful, you will lose everything. Come on, come on, let’s try again, I will give you a chance to make a comeback.” Emperor Longchang’s face was already glowing red, Not only is it refreshing, but it also feels very high.
It’s natural that I don’t feel much when I torture other bad chess players, but it’s completely different when I torture Wang Shouzhe.
Emperor Longchang felt that even if he tortured Wang Shouzhe for thousands of times, he would never get tired of it.
An hour passed.
Two hours have passed…
At first, King An was watching with great interest, but then he started to feel sleepy. Later, he simply went out for a long walk and came back. As a result, Emperor Longchang was still happily dragging Wang Shouzhe down. Chess, abuse him.
In desperation, Prince An had no choice but to go out for a long time.
It was not until the evening that the imperial kitchen brought all kinds of delicacies, and Emperor Longchang, who had already tortured Wang Shouzhe dozens of times, stopped still.
He patted Wang Shouzhe on the shoulder: “Shouzhe, your chess skills are generally good, just a few points behind mine.”
“Don’t be discouraged, don’t be discouraged. Come and discuss with me more to ensure that your chess skills will grow rapidly.”
In order to leave a foreshadowing for another opportunity to abuse Wang Shouzhe in the future, Emperor Longchang praised his chess skills against his will.
Prince An looked at Wang Shouzhe sympathetically.
Speaking of which, Shouzhe also planned for him, which was why he offended His Majesty and suffered “retaliation”. If given the chance, he must compensate Shouzhe properly.
Soon, the imperial chef and the guards prepared a home-cooked dinner on the water-friendly platform.
Emperor Longchang, who felt so good after abusing Wang Shouzhe, warmly invited Wang Shouzhe to have a drink and asked Prince An to accompany him.
Of the dishes served by the imperial kitchen, a small part are melons and vegetables brought by Wang Shouzhe, and most of them are delicacies carefully prepared by the imperial kitchen.
After all, it was Emperor Lingxu. Although the dishes on this table were “homely”, they were still full of flair. Emperor Longchang also specially prepared a lot of delicious seventh-level ingredients for Wang Shouzhe to compensate for the dozens of rounds that Wang Shouzhe had been tortured just now.
“Shou Zhe is good at growing vegetables.” Emperor Longchang ate two chopsticks of vegetables and suddenly raised his eyebrows slightly, a little surprised.
Although they are just ordinary spiritual vegetables, and the varieties are nothing special, the taste of these spiritual vegetables is a bit richer and the taste is more intense than ordinary spiritual vegetables.
“If Your Majesty likes it, Shouzhe can pay tribute to Your Majesty on a regular basis.” Wang Shouzhe said modestly, “If we can brand it as a tribute, these fruits, vegetables and fruits will definitely sell well.”
“Haha, it’s settled then.” Emperor Longchang smiled and praised, “Shouzhe, you are indeed a famous **** of wealth. You can make money when you seize the opportunity. Come on, come on, this wine is also a tribute The wine is produced by a sixth-grade family in Tianfu County.”
“Good wine, good wine.”
Wang Shouzhe was not greedy for wine. He took a few sips, but he couldn’t help but admire it.
It is indeed an extremely rare wine, much better than the wine currently sold by the Wang family.
Sure enough, we cannot underestimate this world. After all, human beings have reproduced and developed in this world for such a long time. Over time, there have been more and more families with various secret methods.
“If Shouzhe likes it, take some back and drink it slowly.” Emperor Longchang said enthusiastically.
At this time, he acted like an amiable “elder”, as if he was not the one who brutally tortured Wang Shouzhe before.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.” Wang Shouzhe did not refuse.
After three rounds of drinking.
As we chatted, the strangeness between the two parties dissipated a lot.
After drinking a few more glasses of wine, Emperor Longchang’s face became even more rosy: “Shou Zhe, can you tell who is the truly outstanding emperor’s son from Prince Kang and Prince An? The standard is extremely high. I drank some wine today and there are no outsiders here. Why don’t you comment on me?”
When Lao Yao next to him heard this, he couldn’t help but secretly rolled his eyes.
Your Majesty is indeed as petty as ever. He is ready to settle an old score.
He quietly blinked at Wang Shouzhe, reminding him not to be fooled.
Wang Shouzhe is also a smart man. When he realized what he was doing, he saluted with fear and fear: “Your Majesty is the great emperor. How can Shouzhe dare to criticize His Majesty?”
Hmph!
Wang Shouzhe, you stinky boy, how many of you have made such unreasonable remarks about me in private?
Don’t think that I don’t know. When you were in Changningwei’s hometown, you had a few glasses of wine with Long Wuji, and didn’t you give me a thorough review from beginning to end?
Emperor Longchang sneered in his heart and muttered to himself, but on the surface he pretended to be generous and said: “It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter, I have lived for thousands of years, I have never seen anything, and I have nothing to say. Have you heard of it? You can just comment as you like, I won’t let you be punished for your words.”
“Could it be that you still have to wait for me to give you a special decree? Hahaha~~”
“This…”
The emperor had already talked about this, and Wang Shouzhe couldn’t resist it.
He pondered for a moment and said: “If what I said was not good, will your Majesty really not blame you?”
“That’s natural. I am a majestic emperor, and I must keep my word.”
Emperor Longchang waved his hand, looking “sonorous and powerful” and “keeping his word”, but he secretly added in his heart.
Hehe~ Wang Shouzhe, you brat, if it is true that what you said was not good, I will certainly not blame you.
But if you dare to talk nonsense, speak insincerely, and flatter me without any principles, then don’t blame me for pulling your pigtails.
Hmph~~ Those things you said about me in private, I will remember them all for you~~
“Since His Majesty has already opened his mouth, let Shouzhe have the audacity to say a few words.” Wang Shouzhe pondered for a while and said, “Your Majesty is powerful in force, brave in battle, and is very good at managing the army. He has made outstanding military achievements in his life, not only outside the territory. We have repeatedly made great achievements on the battlefield, and we have fought one against two, using the power of one country to contend with two empires at the same time.”
“With such a talent, even in the Shenwu Dynasty, he must be a well-known legion commander, maybe even a generalissimo.”
This sounds comfortable and quite reasonable.
Emperor Longchang was enjoying Wang Shouzhe’s flattery, feeling very happy in his heart, but at the same time he was secretly laughing.
Wang Shouzhe, Wang Shouzhe~~ You are still a vulgar person. You only dare to talk about me behind my back, but you dare not say it to my face.
I will listen to you flatter me first, and then I will punish you for your sin of lying after you feel better.
When the time comes, it will be up to me whether I make you round or flat.
Wang Shouzhe didn’t know what the emperor was thinking. He paused and continued: “Your Majesty is very good at pioneering. During his reign as king of the world, not only did the land area more than double, but the population also increased a lot. He can be called a rare pioneer.”
“What you say makes sense, what you say makes sense~” Emperor Longchang said with a look of enjoyment on his face, “Shouzhe, you are really my confidant, you can say more.”
“But…” Wang Shouzhe paused for a moment and continued, “Because His Majesty is good at war and enjoys great achievements, he has vigorously supported the military since he came to the throne. From army construction to military families, a complete military system has been formed.”
“In order to gain support from His Majesty’s policies, many aristocratic families have turned to join the army and become military families, and their families have been soldiers for generations.”
“Huh?” Emperor Longchang’s face froze, “What’s wrong with this? Ordinary families help manage and develop local areas, while military families specialize in military affairs. They divide labor and cooperate with each other to complement each other.”
“There is indeed no big problem in the overall direction and strategy. However, most military families do not engage in production and rely solely on health tax, county tax, and national tax for support. And His Majesty has always been generous to military families. Over time, the military’s The number became increasingly large and bloated. As a result, most of the health tax, county tax, and even national tax collected by various places had to be allocated to maintain military expenditures. Naturally, there was not much money left to govern the local area. , to develop the place. Your Majesty’s move is suspected of being ‘military’.”
Emperor Longchang’s face turned dark, and he was about to say, “Wang Shouzhe, are you teaching me how to do things?”, but then he thought about it, wasn’t this what he asked him to say? He also guaranteed in advance that he would not be convicted for his words.
In desperation, he had no choice but to retort with a cold face: “Shou Zhe’s words are wrong. Nowadays, there are many foreign enemies in the army, and there are foreign battlefields that need troops to guard. Without increasing military investment, how can we suppress the enemies?”
“Your Majesty, the battlefield outside the territory is the common responsibility of the human race. Let’s not mention it for the moment. Just talk about the Western Jin and Southern Qin. Your Majesty looks majestic with one against two, but why can’t you fight one against one? Even if it doesn’t work, at least it must be divided. Cooperation from the other party. Apart from that, what is your Majesty’s purpose in fighting the war?”
“Of course they want the other party to surrender to Daqian.” Emperor Longchang’s temper gradually grew. “How can we conquer them without an iron-blooded army?”
“Your Majesty’s words are certainly reasonable. But training the army and fighting the army all require money. Without sufficient sources of money, how can we win the war?” Wang Shouzhe said eloquently, “Even Prince Kang knows this. , first engage in smuggling and corruption to make more money, and then go to fight in foreign battlefields. Only in this way can the soldiers be brave enough to serve for them and win battles again and again without fear of death.”
“Wang Shouzhe, do you mean that I am not even as good as Prince Kang?” Emperor Longchang’s brows rose.
“That’s not true, the emperor is still stronger than Prince Kang…”
“Stronger?” The Emperor raised his eyebrows.
“Emperors often fight wars because of some disputes of temper. For example, if the emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty was disrespectful to the emperor in his words, he immediately sent an army to kill him. Until the other party issued a letter of credence to apologize, the emperor returned with a show of force…”
“I would like to ask, after our army gained the upper hand, why didn’t we let the Western Jin Dynasty cede territory and pay compensation? Even if they don’t agree, we must make them pay every year.”
“In this way, the Western Jin Dynasty will lose a lot of resources and national power every year, and Daqian can earn military pay to support the army.”
Emperor Longchang’s face twitched and he said angrily: “You know what the hell, the Western Jin Dynasty borders us with poor places, with neither fields nor mines. What is the use of these poor places? We must provide more money every year. It’s impossible. The Western Jin Dynasty will fight us desperately.”
“Your Majesty, I am just giving an example. In short, winning the war cannot be without benefits, right?” Wang Shouzhe said “uprightly”, “At least, we must take advantage of trade tariffs, for example, we will Making some special products tax-free and selling them into the Western Jin Dynasty can not only make money, but also squeeze out the counterparts in the Western Jin Dynasty…”
“The words of profiteers.” Emperor Longchang’s eyelids trembled for a few times, and then he said truthfully, “We don’t have any products that are better than others. Instead, we have to prevent them from doing something big and destroying our business system. ”
“This statement is enough to prove that your Majesty is good at war but not good at domestic affairs, and he is suspected of enjoying great achievements.” Wang Shouzhe said truthfully.
What a great success!
This boy actually dared to say these four words in front of him…
Emperor Longchang suddenly spat out a mouthful of old blood, pointed at him and said angrily: “You, you, you… How dare you talk to me like this?”
“Your Majesty… you asked Shouzhe to tell you. Shouzhe is not good at lying.” Wang Shouzhe looked innocent, “If your Majesty wants to stop, I, I just shut up.”
“Don’t… stop.” Emperor Longchang gasped and said angrily, “Keep talking. I want to hear it. What else do you have to say?”
“Your Majesty’s selection of people from military families to serve as city guards and county guards is suspected of not separating military and political affairs.” Wang Shouzhe continued, “The development of a place must have full-time personnel responsible for management and governance. The responsibility of the city guard and county guard is more about the military responsibility of guarding the place, rather than the city guard being the head of the first guard… I wonder if the city guard comes from a military family and is transferred every twenty or thirty years. How can he have such responsibility? How much sincerity and ability can we develop the local economy? This government structure is really ridiculous~”
“You, you, you, you mean I am the Hunjun?” Emperor Longchang’s face turned white and red in a suppressed manner.
“It’s not that your majesty is a foolish king. It’s just that Shouzhe believes that only when there is an economy can there be military strength. Your majesty should spend some energy to see how to develop the local economy. For example, some time ago, the governor of Longzuo County Ankang approached His Majesty with a development plan, but His Majesty repeatedly blocked it because of his own selfish interests… This shows his contempt for the word ‘economy.'” Wang Shouzhe said seriously.
“Okay, okay~ What else is there?” Emperor Longchang’s eyes were spitting fire, “Speak! I order you to tell the truth!”
“Your Majesty was too majestic when he was young, but he was too kind and soft-hearted when he was old, and he was not good at running a family.” Wang Shouzhe said truthfully, “During this period, princes, princes, and even ordinary royals have Various ridiculous scandals continue to break out. The main reason for this is that they are not upright, but after all, His Majesty is still responsible for lax discipline…”
“And…”
“Wait!” Emperor Longchang stretched out his hand to stop him with his face flushed.
“Your Majesty, do you want me to shut up? I can accept your order.” Wang Shouzhe bowed respectfully.
“No, no, no, I just need to slow down and take a breath first.” Emperor Longchang glared at Lao Yao angrily, “Old Yao, are you blind? Didn’t you see that the trauma to my soul that I suffered when I was young happened? ? Where is my soothing pill?”
“Yes, your Majesty, please take a rest first.”
Old Yao also reacted very quickly. He quickly took out a treasure pill and fed it to Emperor Longchang. Then he glared at Wang Shouzhe and said, “Shouzhe, you are too ignorant. You know the power of His Majesty’s soul.” There are hidden wounds left in it, but I don’t know how to restrain myself. That’s it for today’s review.”
What?
Is there a hidden wound in your majesty’s soul?
Wang Shouzhe looked confused.
Has he never heard of this information?
“Okay, that’s it for today.” Wang Shouzhe cupped his hands.
Emperor Longchang breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself, if I ask you to scold me any more, I will die on the spot.
He immediately pretended to be weak and said “weakly”: “Thank you Shouzhe for your consideration. However, this does not mean that I don’t listen to others. In fact, Shouzhe’s words are quite thought-provoking. Good words. It’s a pity that my body today…sigh~”
“If your Majesty wants to hear it, I can write down everything I said today after I go back and compile it into a book. Your Majesty can keep it and read it slowly.” Wang Shouzhe said with “sympathy and understanding”, “If necessary, Shouzhe can also You can go back later to reunite with your wife and stay in Kyoto for a while. If your Majesty needs it, you can call Shouzhe to comment at any time.”
Thank you!
Emperor Longchang almost spit out blood.
Wang Shouzhe, do you really want me to die early?
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