Phi-Fic Chapter 834: "The Emperor and His Ministers Are Suitable"
Chapter 834: "The Emperor and His Ministers Are Suitable"
After a good night's sleep, Lin Yongzhong awoke and ate some vegetables and rice comfortably, then got on a carriage and headed towards the palace.
Wu Sansi couldn't sleep in the second half of the night. When he thought of Lin Yongzhong's frail body, he felt uncomfortable.
He tossed and turned in bed for more than an hour, and when he saw daybreak, he climbed out of bed.
Accompanied by eunuchs, he came to the Golden Palace and sat on his throne, which was a life-to-life replica of Wu Zetian's dragon bed.
On the imperial desk in front of him were the letters and scrolls that he needed to review in the next two days. These things were delivered yesterday, but he was not in the mood to deal with them because of Fang Ruhai's defeat. They were put off until today, and have piled up into a small mountain.
The government affairs of the 19 states of Jiangdong are already so many, not to mention the government affairs of the entire Zhou Dynasty.
The reason why Wu Zetian did not die of exhaustion back then was that she had too many capable people under her, and they were all screened out layer by layer in government affairs. Only the more important ones were left in Wu Zetian's hands, and even then they had to be reviewed again in the Political Affairs Hall. Finally, Wu Zetian only needed to take a look and make the decision if she thought there was no problem.
Logically speaking, even if Wu Sansi was just an average person, it wouldn't be difficult for him to handle these things. He had dealt with them many times in the Council of State.
But today, all he could think about was the extremely thin Lin Yongzhong.
The prime minister of the Great Wu, who had been loyal to him diligently, was so exhausted that he even went so far as to kill the aristocratic families in order to consolidate his regime.
It was already very late when Lin Yongzhong returned last night. He had to get up before dawn to wash and come to the palace to see him. He slept for less than an hour and a half in total. Even the emperor could not bear such a short sleep and would be exhausted to death sooner or later, not to mention a prime minister like Lin Yongzhong who was willing to work hard and never complain.
"Someone is coming!"
He kicked over the imperial desk and shouted to the people below.
The eunuch who served him immediately knelt down at the foot of the altar.
"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
Wu Sansi glared at the eunuch and asked:
"Last night I told you to pick out a piece of aged ginseng from the palace, and bring a few dozen palace maids along to deliver it to the Prime Minister. Did you pick it out, and did you send someone to deliver it?"
The eunuch stayed outside the bedroom all night last night, and at dawn he helped Wu Sansi to the throne room. He had no time to complete the orders given by Wu Sansi.
However, the eunuchs also understood that serving the emperor is like serving a tiger.
Now it is time to find some reasonable reasons to deal with the emperor.
The eunuch kowtowed twice and spoke in a panic:
"Your Majesty, I just stood up to talk about this matter. I know that Your Majesty cares about the Prime Minister, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to let the eunuchs outside come in and serve for a while so that I can go and make the selection."
"However, Your Majesty's majesty is so great that I was terrified. When I saw Your Majesty kick over the imperial desk, I thought Your Majesty was angry, so I dared not breathe, let alone mention this matter when Your Majesty was angry. I really don't know why Your Majesty was angry."
Wu Sansi snorted.
He understands that a person cannot be divided into two halves.
It was as if Yuzhou had gone to the Turks to help him contact Prince Helu, so he would not be able to accompany him south to build great achievements in Jiangdong of the Great Zhou.
This eunuch is not a god, how can he be broken into two halves?
"Never mind, forget it. Go ahead and have the palace maids come in to serve you. You can personally select good quality, high-aged ginseng, and then choose a beautiful palace maid in her twenties to warm the Prime Minister's bed."
"The Prime Minister is only forty years old. After losing his wife at an early age, he did not remarry because of his beloved daughter. I believe he gets lonely late at night. He should enjoy a few young and beautiful palace maids."
"The slaves obey."
The eunuch cautiously retreated, called the palace servants in to serve him, and then went to select ginseng and palace maids.
Wu Sansi watched the palace maids lift up his imperial desk and put the documents away one by one. It was natural for him to play with them at this time in the past, but today, when he thought about it, the only thing that came to his mind was Lin Yongzhong's upright face.
"Yongzhong, ah Yongzhong, you have had such a huge influence on me."
"Fortunately, you are loyal to me. I am very pleased that after meeting such a talented person like Yuzhou, I can also meet you."
"With you and Yuzhou in literature and Li Xiaoyi in military, I have nothing to worry about."
He sighed secretly and made up his mind to share more of Lin Yongzhong's burden.
He knew that if he didn't deal with it in time, these accumulated government affairs would be sent to Lin Yongzhong.
He felt so sorry for Lin Yongzhong, how could he bear to let Lin Yongzhong work so hard?
After learning from his mistakes, Wu Sansi picked up his pen and began to review government affairs.
Just as I started reading the first article, I heard a noise coming from outside.
"Please report to His Majesty that I, Lin Yongzhong, have come to see His Majesty."
The eunuch entered obediently and knelt down before Wu Sansi.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister..."
"Yongzhong is here? Yongzhong, Yongzhong!"
There was no need for Wu Sansi to ask the eunuch for notification.
His heart had long been with Lin Yongzhong.
He kicked the imperial desk over with one foot and ran out of the Golden Palace like an agile monkey.
"Yongzhong!"
"Yongzhong!"
Before he rushed out, he shouted twice.
Outside the Golden Palace, Lin Yongzhong heard the voice and looked up, and saw Wu Sansi running towards him with a smile on his face.
"Yongzhong, why don't you take a good rest? It's only been a short time, and you've already entered the palace?"
"No matter how many government affairs there are, I can handle them all. Yongzhong, you must not overwork yourself!"
Lin Yongzhong didn't know what was wrong with Wu Sansi, but since the emperor said so, he had no choice but to accept it.
But he still has to act as if he has devoted himself to the cause and will not stop until his death.
"His Majesty!"
Lin Yongzhong knelt down with his fists clasped.
"I have received Your Majesty's grace and will not hesitate to do my utmost."
What he said is indeed true.
He dared not to do his best to trick Wu Sansi, the big idiot.
If he hadn't done his best to trick Wu Sansi, his dead family would have cursed him in their graves.
Wu Sansi was very pleased. He helped Lin Yongzhong up and rubbed his hand.
"You have worked hard!"
"Come on, let's go in and talk."
The two men entered the Golden Palace and began to discuss the topic of escorting grain.
There are many military generals in the city, but most of them are incompetent. Except for Wu Fuhai, who has stronger personal martial arts skills, the others have left Yuezhou and followed Li Xiaoyi to Jianzhou. The rest followed Yang Dacheng to Wenzhou.
Now, the only person left to escort the grain and grass was Wu Youde, who had fled south with Wu Sansi.
Lin Yongzhong remembered the letter that Li Cunxi had sent a few days ago, and Wu Sansi also said last night that he wanted Wu Youde to escort the grain, so he took the initiative to bring it up.
"Your Majesty, Wu Youde followed Your Majesty to Jiangdong without receiving any reward. In my opinion, why not take this opportunity to reward him?"
"It's a time like this, we can't let these elderly people down!"
Wu Sansi had this idea in mind long ago, and when Lin Yongzhong brought it up, he made the final decision:
"Issue an edict, conferring upon Wu Youde the title of King of Zhou, and ordering him to dispatch soldiers from Yuezhou, Mingzhou, and Hangzhou to guard the cities and transport grain and fodder southward!"