Chapter 181 The Battle in the Court Liu Shouye was sitting in his study, lost in thought. This time, Ruan Xing did not use any magical powers to capture him, but went to Liu Shouye's house himself. With a little magic, he was able to move freely in the mansion, and the servants and maids coming and going all ignored him. It was not until she sat opposite Liu Shouye that Liu Shouye noticed her. He quickly stood up, bowed his head and said, "You are here." "Yes, I want to ask you if you have thought it through." Ruan Xing said casually. Liu Shouye did not answer, but pushed a thick stack of books on his desk over to him. "This is what you asked me to look up. Time is tight, so it's not very detailed. But after listening to you, I have an idea. All the families that meet your requirements are at least aristocratic families that have been passed down for more than three generations. Therefore, I also secretly copied a copy of the aristocratic family tree compiled by the court and brought it to you." "Not bad, good stuff." Ruan Xing praised. I didn’t expect that Liu Shouye had the potential to be like Huang Chao. After putting the book into the storage bag, Ruan Xing stood up and was about to leave.
Liu Shouye asked uneasily, "What should I say tomorrow when His Majesty asks me?" "Just as you said before, you are fleeing for fear of crime." Ruan Xing said, "Don't worry, your Majesty will not be available to pay attention to you tomorrow." This is true. Sun Xian entered the palace late at night and brainwashed the emperor, saying that he observed the stars at night and saw the Purple Star rising in the east and the Yelang Star seizing the sun. There may be many treacherous people in the court, so an inner court completely isolated from the previous dynasty must be set up and controlled by the emperor alone. The officials of the inner court must be women. This is to use the power of the Vega to suppress the Yelang Star. The emperor was originally dissatisfied with the court and was suppressed by several old ministers. In the weaving case a few years ago, so many people were implicated, but what was the result? Only the fifth and sixth rank officials were fined, and hundreds of merchants and civilian workers were arrested. It was a big thunder but little rain. He was angry, but he could only kill those scapegoats who came out to take the blame. Later, the ministers in the court may have felt that the emperor was too ambitious and difficult to control, so they exposed the deficits of the Household Tax Bureau. Coincidentally, the officials from the Household Tax Bureau were the ones who died most in the weaving case. Put the blame directly on the dead. Let’s see how the emperor ends up. In the end, he still has to rely on these old ministers, right? The emperor was determined to go against the prime minister, so he directly placed the prime minister's new favorite student in the Household Tax Bureau and asked him to find a way to make up for the deficit. I didn't expect that this person was so cruel that he directly sold out his Yue family. The trouble that the Prime Minister caused him was solved by the Prime Minister's disciples, which really made the Prime Minister embarrassed. If he had not suddenly disappeared, the emperor would have intended to promote him to compete with the prime minister. The emperor has also cultivated and promoted some confidants over the years. The highest-ranking one among them is Liu Shouye, the general secretary. He was born into a merchant family, his family was poor, he only had a sister and nephew, and he had never married into any aristocratic family, making him the most suitable person to be his lone minister. It’s just that...the missing person had many conflicts with Liu Shouye in the past. The emperor had to be more suspicious. Was it because the prime minister was dissatisfied with this disciple and made him disappear, or was it because Liu Shouye was afraid that the man would snatch his place in the emperor's heart and made him disappear? This is also where Liu Shouye is in a dilemma. If he makes a mistake, he will lose the emperor's trust. The appearance of Ruan Xing gave him a third way.
If it was true as Ruan Xing said, he wouldn't have to be cautious with the Prime Minister, nor would he have to worry about the emperor abandoning him. Because of the ancestral precepts that venerate the Imperial Master's palace, although the emperor did not think that this could succeed, he still agreed with what the Imperial Master said. Let’s see how the Prime Minister responds. At the morning court the next day, Liu Shouye's report did not cause any stir, and all the ministers' eyes were on the emperor. Establish girls' schools, appoint female officials, and build an inner court. Each one is a huge shock to them! "No! The right thing for a woman is to take care of her husband and children. How can she be an official in the inner court? This is heresy!" An old minister tried to stop him by shouting at the top of his lungs. "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of being stabbed in the back by the historians?" "I think Your Majesty is not planning to build an inner court and hire female officials, but is planning to add more people to your harem." A young minister said sarcastically. Because of Liuyang Study's macro-control, members of the royal family are not allowed to practice Taoism. Having too many royal relatives is of no benefit to Liuyang Study. It is enough to have a child to inherit the family business. What is the point of having so many royal relatives? Therefore, according to the ancestral system, the emperor could not have more than twelve concubines. Throughout the years, there have been several emperors who were dissatisfied with the ancestral system and wanted to change it in various ways, but they all failed. This minister used this kind of thing to satirize the current situation. The emperor was so angry that his face turned blue. In all these years, he had only three concubines in his harem, and he only had one child, who was still just learning to speak. This minister is completely slandering! He was definitely sent out by the Prime Minister to humiliate him! But he couldn't just kill him because of these one or two words, because that would make the emperor seem guilty! The emperor was almost irritated by the ministers' constant chatter, so Liu Shouye just stood in his proper position with his head down, not saying a word. The Prime Minister then sighed leisurely, "I wonder what caused your Majesty to think so?" The emperor said confidently: "Of course it is what the imperial teacher said." The words of the national teacher are much more majestic than those of the emperor. After all, the emperor still has to rely on his ministers to get things done. If the powerful ministers act a little bit unruly, the emperor can't do anything about it. But it is different for the Imperial Master. Many old ministers dream of being noticed by the Imperial Master after retirement and entering the Imperial Master's Palace to seek immortality. After all, you haven’t enjoyed enough of the rich and luxurious life in the world, so how can you bear to die? As soon as these words were spoken, the hall suddenly became much quieter. Perhaps, supporting the National Master could increase the possibility of being selected into the National Master's Palace? Some officials from aristocratic families with a long history may know a thing or two about the situation in the Palace of the Imperial Master. They know that the Palace of the Imperial Master is truly engaged in cultivating immortals. They also know that cultivating immortals involves more than just being an official, and there are other conditions. So some people are willing to pay a high price just to buy a servant spot to enter the Palace of the Imperial Master. These rumors are always mentioned from time to time in the capital, but some people believe them and some don't.
The Prime Minister pondered for a moment and said, "Since it was the Imperial Master who brought it up, we, the ministers, will naturally give His Majesty a suitable rule. However, the deficit of the Household Tax Bureau was just made up at the beginning of the year. Now the treasury is empty, and I am afraid that there is not enough money to spend here." The emperor couldn't help but sneer. The deficit of the Household Tax Bureau was made up by the century-long accumulation of the imperial merchant Cui family. So where is the money that originally existed in the Tax Administration Bureau’s pocket? Whose hands did it end up in? If there was evidence, the emperor would really like to raid the house of the termites to see how much they have embezzled! "In that case, the Prime Minister should find a way to draft a charter and adjourn the court!" The emperor waved his sleeves and left. All the ministers left the hall one after another, and some of them gathered in twos and threes to discuss the emperor's abnormal behavior today. "Is that really what the Imperial Master said? But in the past hundred years, no Imperial Master has intervened in government affairs?" Of course, in order to ensure that the country's destiny was not interfered with by human factors, the national masters in the past would never interfere in government affairs. But it's different now. The boss of the Imperial Palace has been replaced~ A courtier stopped Liu Shouye and asked with a smile: "General Liu, you are a favorite of His Majesty on weekdays, and we are all colleagues. Why don't you tell us about it?" "Lord Zhang, please forgive me for embarrassing you. Revealing the whereabouts of your Majesty is a capital crime. I dare not speak nonsense." Liu Shouye answered perfunctorily and hurriedly left the palace. Ruan Xing was lying on a soft couch on the Star-Picking Platform in the National Master's Palace, eating grapes served to him by a Taoist child. When he saw Sun Xian coming back, he asked, "How is it?" "The emperor agreed, but those ministers did not." Sun Xian said, "Let's put it aside and discuss it tomorrow." Ruan Xing smiled and said, "You were also an official in the past. According to your idea, what will happen in the end?" Sun Xian smiled bitterly. "I didn't have the status of a powerful minister who could influence your majesty. However, I think it's difficult. If you really establish an inner court, you must divide the power. This matter has shaken the foundation of the ministers. Even if it is finally done, the inner court may only become a mere show." He shook his head slightly, puzzled, "Why does the Sect Master want women to participate in politics? Women are born ignorant. Even if there is someone as outstanding and talented as you, she is only one in a million. Even if other women are given this opportunity, they will not be even one ten-thousandth as good as you." "You haven't even tried it, how do you know they can't do it?" Ruan Xing said calmly, "Before I became a monk, I was also told that I was a fool and a womanizer, but now don't many monks still bow down to me?" "Forget it, there's no point in telling you all this. You're just my prisoner. I don't need to convince you. But you need to be obedient to survive." Ruan Xing said calmly without even looking at him. "Yes, Sect Master, you are right." Sun Xian bowed his head humbly. Ruan Xing placed a medicine bottle on the table and said, "Tomorrow, whoever in the court opposes the most fiercely will have the contents of this bottle thrown into his well." Sun Xian took it, opened it, smelled it, and asked in confusion: "Is this, a mortal's poison?" "Yes, these are little gadgets I made when I was a mortal. I thought they would expire and be useless. It's just right. Don't waste them." Ruan Xing replied casually, "I'm going back. I'll come to inspect your work tomorrow." "Farewell, Master." When Sun Xian raised his head again, Ruan Xing had disappeared. When Ruan Xing returned to Fengling Yueying Sect, Hu San happened to be looking for her. "what's up?"
Hu San presented several storage bags. "The spoils collected from the battlefield, as well as the spiritual stones, magic tools, elixirs and other resources in the warehouse have all been placed in these storage bags. Please have a look, Sect Master." Ruan Xing probed his spiritual sense into one of them and took a look, and took a breath of cold air. Wow, quite rich! There are more than 200,000 spirit stones alone. After all, every year Liuyang Study receives remittances from transactions everywhere. However, the disciples of Liuyang Study do not engage in production. They all stay at home in the sect and concentrate on practicing without going out. There is a huge gap in resource consumption. These spirit stones are estimated to be the consumption of all their Jindan disciples for one or two years. She wanted to rush into the simulator. But she gave up the idea. She still had more than 80,000 points and more than 100,000 spirit stones. For the time being, she didn't want to get all of them in her hands and make everyone in the sect live a miserable life. Of course, if one day she is so short of spirit stone points that her life is in danger, she can only say sorry to all the disciples. "You can take it first. The basic Qi-training pills will be distributed among the disciples who have done the work as rewards." Hu San replied, "Yes." "But there is one more thing." Hu San looked a little embarrassed. "The spiritual medicine garden halfway up the mountain and the spiritual field at the foot of the mountain... I don't know how to take care of them, so I asked my disciples to water and fertilize them according to the way ordinary people farm. It seems to have backfired in the past few days..." Ruan Xing immediately understood, "How many have been killed?" Hu Sanxiao whispered, "Eighty percent." "Huh...thank you so much for not raising them all to death." Hu San's reporting order of first praising and then criticizing is really scary. Ruan Xing held his forehead with his hand. She remembered growing magical rice in the simulation, but she couldn't let a sect leader like her grow the crops herself! After wandering for half his life, he still farms when he returns. She thought about it and realized that in her first few simulations in Yunyang City, there were a few available talents. The pharmacy that took her in at the beginning and the alchemist who taught her how to make pills were both good people in her impression. "Go to Yunyang City and find an alchemist named He. He should be at the ninth level of Qi training now. Tell him to come to our sect to be an alchemist and provide him with foundation-building pills for free. There is also a Chen's Medicine Shop. The owner, his family, and apprentices are all invited here. They understand the medicinal properties and have experience in growing common low-level spiritual herbs and spiritual rice. If they don't want to join the sect, we can pay them to teach our disciples for a few months. However, if we only pay them, we won't let the disciples of the demon cultivators meet them. " Seeing that Ruan Xing did not blame him and even came up with a way to remedy the situation, Hu San felt relieved and said with a sigh of relief: "Yes, Sect Master." He hurried down the mountain to do these two things. Ruan Xing was thinking about how to improve his disciples. It is easy to deal with the demonic disciples. We can just build a few more free charity cemeteries and cemeteries in the Xumi Realm. The demonic disciples can actually practice better in Sumeru. The situation is not so good for immortal disciples. Even if they have full supply of elixirs, it will probably take at least several years before a disciple in the foundation-building stage appears. Moreover, she would not particularly favor any disciple to fill up the elixir quota, as that would be unfair. If all disciples filled up the quota, her financial strength would not be able to keep up. Or else give each of them a magical weapon? Anyway, she needed to practice refining weapons. The tree roots left behind by the explosion in the back mountain were quite hard, and there were also a lot of materials left in the warehouse.
Perhaps during the period of reorganizing the Xumi Realm, she can slowly arm her disciples. Thinking of this, Ruan Xing returned to the main hall and lay down on the soft bed in the side room. Well——it feels comfortable! After being busy for several days, it's time to just lie down and enjoy yourself. Um? wrong? Ruan Xing sat up suddenly. What was she coming back for? Aren’t you going to Yunyang City and Huayang City to take up your post? You also need to change into a different look. Hey, it’s all Hu San’s fault. As soon as he came back, he put more than 200,000 spirit stones in front of her, making her forget what she was supposed to do. Thanks for the monthly ticket of 没吃饱233~ (End of this chapter)