The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

Xiao Rui went to the palace to pay his respects in order to investigate the identity of the murdered girl. It's a pity that there is no one in Xiao Rui's harem, and there is no one to trust, so the investigation is restrained. In desperation, Xiao Rui thought of Yan Xiaoxiao.

She is a female officer, and she is familiar with her. If you ask her for help, you should be able to find some clues.

Passing the library, he stopped in front of the vermilion gate. I tried to push the door, and the two doors opened in response. Looking inside, I saw Yan Xiaoxiao writing in front of the copy, quietly, elegantly.

When she heard the door being pushed open, she raised her head subconsciously, and when she saw it was Xiao Rui, she was surprised and delighted, put down her brush and ran over quickly, saluted, and asked, "His Royal Highness, are you here to greet me today? "

Xiao Rui nodded and said with a smile, "I want to ask you for help!"

"Your Highness is here to find me?" Yan Xiaoxiao was so happy that her eyes narrowed like crescent moons.

Xiao Rui saw him concentrating on writing, and asked, "Look at your concentrating on writing, what did you write?"

Yan Xiaoxiao panicked, ran back quickly, folded what she had written, blushed, and said, "It's nothing, nothing!"

Xiao Rui thought she was a young girl, so he didn't expose her, but took out the rubbed female officer's badge from the embroidery pocket, and handed it to her.

"Help me see what is the origin of this female officer's badge, and can you find out who her owner is!" Xiao Rui asked.

Yan Xiaoxiao opened the paper, looked at the rubbing pictures carefully, and felt very familiar, quickly took out her waist badge, compared it, and said: "Your Highness, this should be the waist badge of the new maid-in-waiting officer, look, and I The badges are basically the same, the badges for entering the palace are different every time, and the badge codes for each maid selection are also different, mine is one one three, this one is two two three, this badge feels so familiar, I seem to Where have you seen it?"

Following Yan Xiaoxiao's guidance, Xiao Rui saw a number imprinted on the corner of the waist card. This is a kind of retroactive information, representing the identity of each female official. It was made by Yinshoujian, and it is extremely difficult to imitate.

"Can you check for me? Find out who owns this waist card. Also, among the maids who have been selected recently, have any of them left the palace suddenly or disappeared suddenly." Xiao Rui asked.

Yan Xiaoxiao was startled, and suddenly thought of Ye Mei.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Rui noticed her strangeness and asked.

Yan Xiaoxiao looked at the pattern of the waist card in his hand, and said, "I'll go check it out for His Highness now, before I go, can Your Highness tell me the origin of this waist card?"

Xiao Rui smiled and said, "I'll tell you after you finish the investigation."

Yan Xiaoxiao nodded, and then the two separated, Xiao Rui went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to pay his respects, and Yan Xiaoxiao went to investigate the place where the maids lived.

When they came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the servant eunuch entered the hall to report.

Emperor Xia was practicing calligraphy, and Hai Dafu was on the sidelines.

"I heard that King Chu entered the palace early in the morning and went to Changchun Palace?" Emperor Xia asked.

Hai Dafu said: "Returning to Your Majesty, yes, King Chu hastily entered the palace just after the Meridian Gate opened, and went to Changchun Palace to pay his respects."

"Didn't come here?" Emperor Xia asked while writing.

"I guess I was afraid that His Majesty would not wake up, so I went to Changchun Palace first." Hai Dafu hesitated for a moment.

Emperor Xia smiled, and when he was about to speak, suddenly the eunuch came to report, and King Xian begged to see him.

Emperor Xia put away his pen, admired his masterpiece, nodded in approval, and said, "Xuan!"

Xiao Rui entered the hall and said: "My son, come to pay my respects to my father!"

Emperor Xia smiled and said: "You can teach me, I criticized you last time, and you have come to pay my respects for four consecutive days. You have to come because I asked you to, but you are willing?"

Xiao Rui said righteously: "Of course I am willing, I can learn something every time I come here, so I come to treat you with joy."

"Oh? What have you learned, let me tell you about it?" Emperor Xia sat down and asked, pointing to the lower seat.

Xiao Rui sat down and said: "I learned responsibility from the emperor who worked hard to govern, I learned responsibility from the busy imperial soldiers, eunuchs, and court ladies, and I learned how to make good use of talents from the piles of memorials..."

Xiao Rui's mouth has no edge when blowing, there is no way, who said that he was engaged in official career in his previous life.

Emperor Xia stopped his flattery, and asked: "Responsibility and responsibility are correct, but from the pile of memorials, I have learned how to make good use of talents. Where does this start?"

Xiao Rui said: "Father, look at how many memorials you have on the Long case, how long it will take to review, what do you need from the cabinet, and what do you need the seal of the supervisor of ceremonies for?"

"Eunuch Hai, I didn't mean to accuse you, so don't stare at me."

"Father, Eunuch Hai stares at me!"

Hai Dafu looked confused, didn't I just pretend that I didn't follow your words when you chatted with Emperor Xia last time, so there's no need to retaliate face to face like this.

Emperor Xia knew that Xiao Rui was messing around, but he still explained: "The New Year is coming soon, and the annual reports of each state have been sent over. These memorials are mostly to introduce the situation of each state in the past year. Review them one by one personally. From these memorials, I can see the operation status of the entire Great Xia."

Xiao Rui nodded, this is like a year-end work summary.

"Royal father, are you not afraid that the states will cheat and only report good news but not bad news?" Xiao Rui asked curiously.

Xia Huang laughed, and said: "Rui'er, if the governors of various states hear this, they will definitely regard you as an enemy. You are slander."

Xiao Rui smiled and said: "It's okay, it's Eunuch Hai's fault to spread the word, and it will be fine for Father to kill him when the time comes."

Hai Dafu: ...

Emperor Xia said: "There must be fakes, but the governor doesn't dare to fake all of them, he just polishes them in some places. After all, Dongchang also has information from various states. Once the falsehoods are found to be too large, the governor can't afford to go around, so don't worry about it." It’s worth it. Of course, I only believe 70% of these memorials.”

Xiao Rui nodded. Sure enough, there are too many things to learn in governing the country, and the emperor is indeed a tiring job.

Work during the day and work in the palace at night, I can't stay idle, I need to move all the time.

Move to the rhythm.

During the conversation, the eunuch outside the hall came to report again, saying that the king of Chu asked to see him.

Emperor Xia said: "Xuan!"

Just as Xiao Yiheng walked in, he saw Xiao Rui was also in the hall, nodded slightly, and then bowed his hands in salute: "I greet my father and emperor."

Emperor Xia smiled and said: "I have accepted the wishes of both of you brothers, sit down, I heard that you went to Changchun Palace early in the morning?"

Xiao Yiheng walked to the other side and sat down, and replied: "I heard that the queen mother is not sleeping well recently, and it happens to be taking a rest today, so I went to the palace early to pay her respects."

"Oh? Is the queen okay?" Emperor Xia asked.

Xiao Yiheng smiled and said: "The queen mother is fine, it should be that the weather has turned cold, she has suffered from some wind and cold, drank some ginger soup, she is already fine."

Xiao Rui kept looking at him after he entered the palace.

Seeing that he is calm and calm, acting as calm as a mountain and as steady as an old dog, he can't help admiring this boy's determination, which is really not comparable to a character like Xiao Yuan.

The badge of the deceased disappeared, and the girl's body was found by the moat. I believe Xiao Yiheng must have known about it. He rushed into the palace to find the queen, presumably to cover up the relationship between the girl and himself.

It seems that it shouldn't be too difficult to implicate the deceased's crime of death on Xiao Yiheng.

At this time, Emperor Xia said again: "This year's winter is colder than in previous years. It's only a few days before the beginning of winter, and the water starts to freeze in the morning. It's going to be nine, isn't it even colder?"

"Father is worried that the weather is too cold and will affect the people's livelihood?" Xiao Yiheng asked.

Emperor Xia nodded and said: "The earth dragon can be burned in the imperial palace, and there is also Rui charcoal donated by the Great Qi Kingdom. When it burns, it has no flame but shines. Each piece can be burned for ten days. Its heat is overwhelming and cannot be approached. High-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen can also burn charcoal and firewood, but what about ordinary people?"

Xiao Yiheng was in awe: "Father thinks about the common people all the time, and my son admires and feels deeply ashamed."

Seeing that Xiao Rui was thinking about something again, Emperor Xia asked, "Xiao Qi, what do you think?"

Xiao Rui was still thinking about how to expose Xiao Yiheng. Fortunately, he listened to all directions, and when he heard Emperor Xia's inquiry, he hurriedly said: "Father, my son has heard a poem: It is snowing in the capital, and birds are hard to find. At home, the four walls are pounded with pepper mud. Red stoves are hot everywhere, and the curtains are closed every week. Warm hands and adjust gold silk, dip nails and pour wine. Drunk singing jade dust flying, sleepy and fragrant sweat drips. How do you know that hungry and cold people have cracked hands and feet? hack."

After hearing this, Emperor Xia murmured: "How do you know that people who are hungry and cold have cracked hands and feet..."

Xiao Rui went on to say: "Big Xia country mostly uses charcoal, coal and firewood for heating in winter. Charcoal is the best, but it is expensive. The red bamboo charcoal prepared by Xixin Division every year must be tens of thousands of catties. With the addition of black charcoal, coal, and firewood, how can the common people afford it? Firewood is a reward from the imperial court, and it is given to the officials in the capital, so the common people will not be able to use it, so there is only one option left: coal. We Daxia craftsmen Exquisite skills, including forging, because forging with coal, although coal burning will produce poisonous gas, but the common people can make special stoves to reduce the intake of poisonous gas. However, the price of coal is not cheap, and the common people can't afford it, but it is quite Compared with charcoal and firewood, Erchen thinks that coal mining can be vigorously developed."

Xiao Yiheng categorically retorted: "Father, my son thinks it is impossible! I have tried to develop the coal industry, but all of them have resulted in serious crimes. There are two crimes. Once excavated, it is suspected that it will damage the ground. Disciples, most of whom are desperate slaves, although the seal system is set up, the poison is not shallow."

Xiao Rui said speechlessly: "Since ancient times, people have conquered the sky. How could digging coal damage the land veins? As for gathering people to make trouble and even rebel, it's all because the officials are harsh, and why use slaves to mine? You can pay for the people to mine. They can earn some money to make a living, and the money they earn can be used to buy coal to survive the cold winter, killing two birds with one stone. Even if refugees and slaves are used to open mines, they can also issue benevolent policies. The reason why they rebel is not because they are naturally rebellious, but because they are Forced!"

Xiao Yiheng snorted and said, "A few years ago, the excavation of coal in Chong'an Mansion destroyed the land veins, causing the earth dragons to roll over, and how many slaves were buried! This is a vivid case!"

Xiao Rui sneered and said, "That's a landslide. It's caused by a weak foundation and an unstable frame. What does it have to do with the theory of the earth dragon? What's more..."

"Okay!" Emperor Xia suddenly called a stop, stopping the two of them arguing.

Xia Huang said: "This matter is postponed, today is not an early court debate, you two rest."

Xiao Rui and Xiao Yiheng stood up and cupped their hands, saying, "Yes!"

Xiao Rui still has important matters, and he doesn't want to stay here for a long time, so he asks to leave first.

Leaving the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Xiao Rui came to the Library Pavilion, and saw Yan Xiaoxiao sitting there, staring at the drawing of the female officer's waist badge in his hand, dazed.

Xiao Rui realized what she had found out, and quickly knocked on the door.