The Fuma Did It Again!
In the main hall of the imperial palace.
Fang Xuanling and Li Jing were surprised when they heard Li Shiming mention that the person who had made great contributions but refused to become an official was Zhou Ru, the Prince Consort.
They were not familiar with Zhou Ru.
After all, Zhou Ru had just gotten married yesterday, and they had only met once.
He didn't even say a word.
Therefore, they had zero understanding of Zhou Ru.
However, they also knew that Zhou Ru was a commoner from the countryside.
Logically speaking, for a person of such a background to be able to make such a huge contribution, he would definitely be fighting for a reward.
However, who knew that Zhou Ru would actually refuse.
"Why?" Fang Xuanling couldn't help but ask.”
"I also want to know why."”
"We can't not reward those who have made contributions, let alone such a huge contribution.”
"The Imperial Court has always been fair in their rewards and punishments. Your Majesty, you must express your gratitude so as not to disappoint the meritorious officials and the people," said Fang Xuanling.”
"If the commoners knew that the Imperial Court did not reward the great hero who gave them food, they would definitely be disappointed and unwilling.”
Li Shi Min felt a headache coming on." Of course I know. That's why Zhou Ru is giving me a hard time."”
"Forget it."
He waved his hand." Zhou Ru doesn't want to be an official in the court. I will persuade him in the future. In short, he will be rewarded. I will not let my son-in-law suffer."”
Fang Xuanling and the others nodded.
Li Shi Min rarely did this, and none of the old officials who followed him were mistreated.
This was also the reason why they had always been loyal.
"Then…what's the bad news?"
Fang Xuanling asked.
The good news was so good.
How bad could the bad news be?
Hearing the word 'bad', Li Shiming frowned and his face turned cold.
"The bad news is also very simple."
"Someone wants to rebel and betray the Great Tang!" he sneered.”
" What?!"
This time, two more exclamations sounded.
Fang Xuanling and Li Jing were shocked again.
"Rebellion?"
"Who?" Fang Xuanling couldn't help asking. Why, why didn't I hear anything?”
Logically speaking, Fang Xuanling, as the prime minister, should have known that someone was going to rebel.
But he really knew nothing.
If he didn't know, then how did His Majesty know?
Fang Xuanling was filled with confusion and doubt.
As the Minister of War, Li Jing was also clueless.
Li Shimin looked at Gao Shilian and said,"Minister Gao, tell me."”
Gao Shilian coughed and quickly told them how they had found clues from the price fluctuations of some medicinal herbs and food to confirm that someone was plotting against them.
Furthermore, Gao Shilian was able to find out where the medicinal herbs and food went through this line.
It also confirmed who was the one who wanted to rebel!
"…Therefore, we can now confirm that the Tangut Qiang tribe is planning a rebellion!”
"Our people have also found out that recently, they have been exchanging letters with Tuyuhun frequently.”
"Therefore, if I'm not mistaken, the Tangut's rebellion has something to do with Tuyuhun!”
Hearing Gao Shilian's words, Fang Xuanling and Li Jing were both shocked and impressed!
Shocked. Shocked that the Dangxiang clan had actually rebelled. There was actually a rebellion, and it was even colluding with Tuyuhun!
He admired Gao Shilian and the others for being able to discover the secret of the price fluctuations of common items like grains and medicinal herbs.
Fang Xuanling and Li Jing both admired him.
"Lord Gao, you're really amazing!" Fang Xuanling couldn't help but exclaim.”
"Just because of the lack of a few medicinal herbs, you guessed that someone might want to rebel!”
"Then, you went to investigate the fluctuation of food prices, which indirectly verified your speculation!”
"You're really amazing! If it weren't for your foresight, once the Dangxiang clan really rebelled, it would be too late!”
Li Jing also looked at Gao Shilian with admiration.
Gao Shilian blushed when he heard Fang Xuanling's praise.
He quickly waved his hand and said,"Lord Fang, you're praising wrongly. This is not what I speculated at all."”
"I was just repeating the process of discovering all these clues. I didn't say that I did it.”
"What?" "You didn't do it, Lord Gao?" Fang Xuanling was surprised.”
"Then who is it? Only the Ministry of Revenue would be able to start from the medicinal herbs and grain. Could it be other officials of the Ministry of Revenue?”Fang Xuanling guessed.
Gao Shilian continued to shake his head." No. If they were really officials from the Ministry of Revenue, I would have laughed my head off. They are not that powerful."”
He took a deep breath and said,"It's the Fuma!" It was the Fuma who did it!"
Fang Xuanling's eyes widened.
He was stunned for a moment, and his breathing quickened at this moment.
"Fuma, may I ask Lord Gao, but…is it the Fuma that His Majesty just mentioned?”
"Who else could it be other than the Prince Consort of Princess Xiang Cheng?" Gao Shilian smiled bitterly.”
"Actually, he was the one who discovered the problem with the medicinal herbs! It was also him who asked us to investigate. That's how we found out that the Dangxiang clan was plotting against us.”
The shock on Fang Xuanling's face could no longer be concealed.
He stared at Gao Shilian with his eyes wide open and swallowed his saliva. Then, he looked at Li Shimin and said,""Your Majesty, the Fuma, he…he's a genius!”
"What kind of insight and keen judgment does he have to be to be able to see the signs and discover all this!”
"No!"
Fang Xuanling was anxious." A great talent like the Prince Consort must not be wasted. Your Majesty, you can't let the great achievements of the country be covered in dust!"”
Li Jing, who had been silent all this while, also spoke up,"Your Majesty, I agree. The Prince Consort is a great talent. Your Majesty…although there has always been a tradition that Prince Consorts cannot hold any official positions, it would be a pity to give up such a great talent like Princess Xiang Cheng's Prince Consort.”
Li Shimin could understand Fang Xuanling and Li Jing's thoughts.
Actually, he was the same.
He also felt that his status as the Prince Consort restricted Zhou Ru.
But now, it was not a matter of his identity as the Prince Consort, but the fact that Zhou Ru had no intention of becoming an official.
This was what gave him the biggest headache.
Seeing such an outstanding person not become an official, Li Shimin felt his heart ache!
He took a deep breath to calm himself down and said,"I understand what you mean, but Zhou Ru is unwilling to be an official. If this is not resolved, everything will be nonsense.”
"For the time being, I can only let his contributions accumulate first. If one day the Fuma is willing to be an official, I will reward him together.”
Fang Xuanling and Li Jing looked at each other and could only give up.
He couldn't force them to become officials.
At the same time, they were also curious about Zhou Ru. They wanted to know what kind of person Zhou Ru was. How could he make so many contributions in one day and so easily reject a high position and a generous salary?
This was something that no one else could do.
Not to mention the young Zhou Ru, even they themselves would definitely not be able to turn a blind eye to such contributions and rewards.
"Let's not talk about Zhou Ru first. Let's talk about the Dangxiang rebellion.”
Li Shi Min's voice turned cold. He looked at Li Jing and said,"Li Jing, I'll leave this matter to you.”
"The Dangxiang clan has 150,000 clansmen, and 80,000 of them are capable of fighting. It's not a small force. Fortunately, Fuma discovered it early. Otherwise, once the Dangxiang clan rebelled, who knows how many innocent people would suffer!”
Li Jing hurriedly said," Your Majesty, don't worry. General Cheng is currently patrolling the border. I'll write a letter to ask him to suppress the Dangxiang clan while they still don't know anything. He definitely won't let any innocent people suffer!"”
Li Shi Min nodded and felt relieved.
Right now, the Dangxiang Clan didn't know that they already knew about their rebellion. This was their advantage.
This was definitely the best time to suppress them.
At the thought of this, he thought of Zhou Ru's kindness.
This time, it was all thanks to his son-in-law.
He had a good son-in-law!
Although Zhou Ru was unwilling to be an official, his son-in-law's status could not be changed.
Li Shiming's heart sank when he thought about how his son-in-law was so outstanding while the other sons-in-law were so ordinary.
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