I am a corrupt official, but they say I am a loyal minister!

At this time, Li Yuxin was still massaging Lin Beifan's head.

Seeing Lin Beifan's handsome face so close, I could feel the other person's breathing and warmth. I felt a little happy in my heart, my heartbeat accelerated a little, and a touch of smoky red quietly flew onto my cheeks.

"Sir, you seem very tired. Do you often look like this?"Li Yuxin asked in a low voice.

"Yes, there are too many official duties to be responsible for! Lin

Beifan closed his eyes and sighed:"I am the sacrificial wine of the Imperial College. I am in charge of nearly 10,000 teachers, students, and handymen in the school. My responsibilities are not light!" In addition, he is entrusted by His Majesty to serve as a supervisor to keep an eye on the production of large balloons and hovercrafts! He also goes to morning service on time every day and is responsible for other matters! It is simply a brick of the imperial court, moved wherever it is needed!"

"For example, before, I was responsible for the battle between the two grandmasters, and went to Tangzhou to persuade the rebels to surrender. These were not my duties, but they were all handled by me. Fortunately, I successfully completed the task and lived up to the emperor's favor!

Li Yuxin said distressedly:"Sir, thank you for your hard work!""

"This is not considered hard work, but it can also be considered as sharing your Majesty's worries and asking for help from the people! Lin

Beifan said:"If I don't keep an eye on the production of large balloons and hovercrafts, then someone will definitely cheat and betray the national interests, putting Dawu at a disadvantage!""

"If I am not responsible for the grandmaster war, then the two grandmasters will place the battlefield in the capital, or even directly in the Forbidden City. The capital will inevitably be devastated, with countless casualties!"

"If I don't persuade the rebels to surrender, war will inevitably break out, people will be displaced, and people's livelihood will be ruined!"

"So I have to do these things!"

Li Yuxin's eyes were filled with admiration and admiration:"These things were heard by civilian girls when they came to Beijing! If you hadn't made great efforts behind the scenes, Dawu would have been in chaos long ago! Lord Jijiu, you are amazing!"

"well! As long as you understand! Lin

Beifan sighed:"However, the most difficult thing is to deal with all the officials in the court. They all want to kill me!" If you take one wrong step, you will die! The battle of wits and courage with them every day is very exhausting! Li Yuxin felt even more distressed:"

Sir, you have worked so hard!" You are so young, but you have to be responsible for so many state affairs! Let's do this. From now on, the folk girls will come often to give you massages and relax!"

"ah? How can this be so embarrassing? No reward for no merit!"

"Sir, please don't refuse, this is the only thing a civilian girl can do for you! You allowed my grandfather's hard work to be published, revised medical books, and taught us many kinds of good remedies that are worth a lot of money. Even the daughters of the people don't know how to repay you. This is the only thing you can do!"Li Yuxin said sincerely.

Lin Beifan was moved by the other party's sincerity:"Okay, thank you for your hard work!"

"Sir, you're welcome!"Li Yuxin smiled slightly, and her heart was filled with joy! She can see adults more often in the future!

Half an hour later, the massage ended.

Lin Beifan found that Li Yuxin's jade fingers were trembling a little, and it was obvious that she had worked very hard just now.

So Lin Beifan, He left her to stay for a dinner.

After that, he asked Mo Rushuang to take her home.

At this time, in the land of northern Hebei, military advisor Mr. Zhuge hesitated at the door for a long time, thought again and again, and finally gritted his teeth and stepped into the prince's study.

He bowed his hands and said,"Your Majesty, the real culprit who killed Mu Lao has not been found. Please punish him!"

The King of Jibei was furious:"You bastard! The King has given you so much time, why can't you find even one person? What does this king do to feed so many of you?"

Mr. Zhuge lowered his head as he was being scolded, and his heart was full of bitterness.

In the past few months, the prince's temper has become worse and worse!

The palace is empty and there is no money!

Big balloons and hovercrafts have consumed a lot of manpower and material resources. , but couldn’t be created!

Many masters died one after another, and even the innate masters were killed and disabled!

Hundreds of soldiers and horses pretending to be horse thieves were killed by others!

It can be said that... it was a bad year!

Therefore, the prince was very angry. , either beating or scolding!

As the prince's confidant and the person in charge of many things, he bore the other party's greatest anger!

It can be said that it was painful in body and even worse in heart!

After the scolding, the prince felt much more comfortable and asked:"Prince's Mansion" How much money is left in it? Give me a batch of money, about 500,000 taels, to entertain distinguished guests!

Mr. Zhuge lowered his head and said:"Your Majesty, there is not so much money in the palace anymore!"

The prince became angry again:"Why don't you have money?" I robbed so much money before, where did it go?

Mr. Zhuge trembled and said,"Your Majesty, although I robbed more than 3 million taels before, more than 1 million taels were spent on making airbags!" Another 1 million taels are used as expenses for the army and the martial arts masters in the government! There are still 500,000 taels, which are given to the number one scholar in the capital! Therefore, now there are less than 500,000 taels left!

The prince was furious again:"Since you have no money, why don't you go and grab it?"

Mr. Zhuge panicked:"My lord, we can't rob anymore!""

"Why can't you grab it?"

"My lord, everything that can be robbed has been robbed, and the people have no money left! Moreover, due to the rampant horse thieves, many people fled northern Hebei and stopped farming! No merchants come to do business with us, the economy is in decline, and the taxes collected are much less! So now is the time to recuperate and restore the economy as soon as possible!"

"But what if you don’t have money? The prince said angrily:"How can we support an army if we don't have money?" How can you support a master if you don’t have money? Even though those martial arts masters are very obedient, they are all veterans. If they run out of money, they can run faster than anyone else! Isn’t it that the great situation we have finally created is about to collapse?"

"What the prince said is absolutely true! But we really don’t have much money……"Mr. Zhuge was helpless and wiped his sweat.

"If you don’t have any money, then you can get money for me!"The prince said loudly

"But my subordinates won’t……"Mr. Zhuge smiled helplessly.

He is a strategist and can make suggestions, but if he is asked to engage in economics to make money quickly, there is really nothing he can do.

The prince also knew that this method was a bit difficult, so he calmed down and said:"Since we can't rob it in my own land, we can send people to other state capitals and let them go there to rob it!"

Mr. Zhuge was shocked:"Your Majesty, so It's very dangerous! Without our covert protection, the casualties would have increased several times!"

The prince said angrily:"Then do you have any other ideas?"

Mr. Zhuge shrank his head.

"Just do as I say!"

As a result, the horse thieves who were originally entrenched in northern Hebei seemed to have broken free from their cages and spread out in all directions. While bringing back huge rewards, they also brought back huge casualties.

The yamen armies of other states will not tolerate them. Once When a horse thief was discovered, he immediately did what was necessary and dealt with what was necessary.

And this matter finally alerted the court.

The empress was furious:"This is unreasonable! The problem of horse banditry has become serious, so we reported it to the police? What did you do for food before?"

"Your Majesty, that horse thief comes from the land of Northern Hebei, and may have something to do with the King of Northern Hebei! The matter is serious, so the officials below dare not act rashly. Please forgive me!"An old minister said

"What a King of Jibei! If I really find out that you are involved in this matter, I will never spare you! The empress said loudly:"My dear friends, do you have any good ideas to solve the problem of horse bandits?""

"Your Majesty, please ask the state government to send troops to suppress the encirclement and suppression!"

"However, the horse bandits move quickly and come and go without a trace. How to send troops to suppress them? By the time people arrive, they might have already run away!"

"Then what else can you do, Mr. Wang?"

……

Everyone expressed their opinions.

The empress was not satisfied and her eyes drifted to Lin Beifan who was fishing.

Smiling slightly:"Lin Aiqing, do you have any good ideas?"

Lin Beifan stood up and said loudly:"Your Majesty, I have no good ideas for this humble minister. Please check it out!" He said silently in his heart,"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely do it" I won't betray you!

I am your most loyal subordinate. I can't be moved by poverty or humbleness, I can't bend by force, and I can't be lewd by wealth. Please be at ease!

The empress still had a smile on her face:"My dear, if you come up with a good idea, I will give you a three-day holiday!"

Lin Beifan immediately said loudly:"Your Majesty, I have just thought of a way, which may be able to solve the problem of horse bandits. Trouble!"

I cried silently in my heart, I'm sorry for the prince!

It’s not that I want to betray you, but His Majesty gave you too much!

The empress laughed in her heart.

I knew that if I didn't give you some benefits, I wouldn't be able to turn over this salted fish like you!

"Dear, if you have any clever ideas, tell me quickly!"The empress asked expectantly

"Your Majesty, the reason why it is difficult to suppress the horse bandits is because they move quickly, come and go without a trace, and are very scattered. Using the army to encircle and suppress them is laborious, inefficient and unrealistic! If ordinary troops cannot deal with these cunning horse bandits, can we change the angle and use martial arts masters to deal with them? Lin

Beifan smiled and said:"Martial arts masters also move quickly, come and go without leaving a trace, and are more powerful. They are perfect for dealing with horse bandits!" So we can publish a reward list, offering a reward for the head of the horse bandit, with a head of ten taels of silver! Let them kill the horse bandits for us, and we will just pay the money in the rear!"

"What a great idea!"The empress's eyes lit up.

"However, one person only costs ten taels of silver, which is too little to attract powerful masters! And if you don’t have enough strength, you can’t deal with the horse bandits! Should the reward amount be higher?"An old minister asked.

Lin Beifan shook his head and said with a smile:"No need! In addition to the bounty list, we will also publish a hero list to commend! Rank according to the number of bandits killed. The more you kill, the higher your ranking will be! Most of these people in the world are people who are seeking fame and reputation. In order to rank higher, they will definitely actively kill bandits, strive to be on the list, and become heroes!"

"This hero list is great!"The empress's eyes brightened even more.

"In addition, we can also promise that for the person ranked first on the hero list, our court can agree to a condition that is not too excessive! In this way, wouldn't it attract real masters? Lin

Beifan said with a proud smile:"There are at most four or five thousand horse bandits. We only need to pay a mere forty to fifty thousand taels, plus a not-too-excessive condition, and we can easily solve the problem of horse bandits. What's the point?" But not? Your Majesty, is this plan feasible? The empress shook her head and smiled:"Lin Aiqing, it's you who can come up with such a brilliant plan!" I think this plan is good. Dear friends, do you have any comments or anything to add? All the officials looked at each other and said in unison:"

I have no objection!""

"good! Just act according to Ai Qing’s plan!"