Rebirth of a Female General

Chapter 223
It must be known that a person who does not know the depth of his words and speaks without restraint, no matter how capable he is and how much he is liked by the emperor, will eventually be caught by others one day and thrown into a place of eternal doom.

At that time, even the emperor would not be able to protect him.

The officials did not dare to answer, but just peeked at Xu Xiangfeng, holding a wait-and-see attitude.

Seeing this, the emperor put away the smile, lowered his eyes, and asked Xu Xiangfeng: "Why don't the prime minister find another talented person to serve as the magistrate of Yuhuai County? King Duan will go deep into the hinterland of the original Qiang country, and there will be a doctor who has a good understanding of medicine." Fu Yu is by my side to assist and take care of it, so I and the queen can feel more at ease."

Hearing that the emperor moved his daughters out to play the family card with him, as a supporter of King Duan, the leader of King Duan's henchmen, and the grandfather of King Duan, if he disagreed with the emperor's proposal, he would be ruthless.

Xu Xiangfeng's half-closed eyes darkened again.

The little emperor felt that he had finally raised a few good dogs, so he couldn't wait to challenge himself.

"The Holy Majesty showed great concern for His Royal Highness Duan Wang, which is actually a deep love between father and son. If the old minister said anything more, it would appear that the old minister is not human."

Xu Xiangfeng was talking about the situation, but kicked the question back to the emperor, "Since the emperor has disagreed with the candidate for Yuhuai county magistrate several times, it seems that he has a candidate in his heart, so don't fool the veteran again."

"The prime minister is worrying too much."

The emperor said, "The prime minister is the guardian of the late emperor's edict and assists me. He is also the biological father of the empress and my father-in-law. It is too late for me to admire and respect you. How dare you fool the prime minister?"

Xu Xiangfeng narrowed his eyes, lowered his head and became more respectful: "The sage has beaten the old minister. Since ancient times, the king is the king, and the minister is the minister. Even if the old minister is the head of the country, he can't surpass the sage."

After all, before the emperor spoke again, Xu Xiangfeng bowed his head and asked, "I don't know who the Holy Majesty wants to be the magistrate of Yuhuai County?"

The emperor's polite words were kept in his mouth, and he glanced at Xu Xiangfeng who changed the subject with a sneer, and turned his eyes, and looked at the court officials with half-squinted narrow eyes: "There are so many capable people in the court, and I can't take them." Who should be allowed to go to Yuhuai."

"Yuhuai is located at the estuary of the Xiangzhang River, the most important river in the west of Wu'an. The three counties of Yuhuailin and Zhangyu constitute the gateway to maritime trade in the southwest. At the same time as maritime trade, we also need to guard against foreign enemies. Now that our country has annexed the Qiang land, the officials who manage these three counties must be able to be relatives and appease the Qiang people."

"These three counties are actually fortresses in the southwest."

The emperor talked a lot about the importance of these three counties, but his eyes fell on Liu Xiyuan over the officials, "With such a heavy responsibility, I really can't make up my mind for a while, who should take up the post. Dear friends, is there someone who is willing to go out of Beijing on his own initiative? This capital is prosperous, going to the borderlands of the sea, to share my worries?"

Hearing the emperor's emphasis on the importance of the three counties, and deliberately emphasizing the word "active", many people in the court were eager to move, but they hesitated for a while when they heard that the emperor had demoted the three counties to the border of the sea.

The three counties may be important, and there may be a lot of money to be made, but it is not a good day for them to abandon the capital and go to the border to suffer.

Let's listen to the emperor's opinion. While he felt that the three counties were important, he degraded them to border areas. It can be seen that he didn't pay much attention to them.

In terms of prosperity, the sea area around Lausanne City, which borders the southern border and the eastern border and is closer to the prosperous beam, is the heaviest oil and water.

The three counties of Yuhuai, Huailin, and Zhangyu combined are not enough for one-third of the sea merchants in the Lausanne city to be rich.

They left the capital for such a trivial amount of money and went to the borderlands. They didn't show their faces in front of the emperor for a long time. After a long time, maybe the emperor simply forgot about them and left them in that small fishing village for the rest of their lives, never to return to the capital.

That would be a big loss!
After such a balance, the courtiers who were about to make a move in the court all pressed their minds again, and all looked at Xu Xiangfeng, the leader of the officials.

Xu Xiangfeng's previous recommendation was rejected, but now the emperor asked all the officials if anyone would go voluntarily, which was undoubtedly a slap in the face of Xu Xiangfeng.

And at this time, whoever took the initiative to recommend himself would be in trouble with Xu Xiangfeng.

Thinking about it this way, the officials once again felt lucky that they didn't step forward rashly.

Being above the imperial court and offending the prime minister, who is the head of all officials, he has to weigh his own foundation and whether he can withstand the Xu family's subsequent revenge.

Now if you want Xu Xiangfeng to regain some face, it is best to keep silent and wait for the emperor to ask Xu Xiangfeng again, and let Xu Xiangfeng decide the candidate, which is the most appropriate.

Anyway, they didn't respond, which made the emperor unhappy, but the result was shared by everyone, and the emperor couldn't send everyone out.

But if he got ahead at this time, he would definitely offend Xu Xiangfeng.

It is not easy to target a full court, but is it not easy to target a single person?
So no one responded, everyone chose to assess the situation, and the emperor Ren and the prime minister competed.

But they forgot that there was another one in the court who offended Xu Xiangfeng to death long ago.

"My minister is willing to take up this position and share the worries for the Holy One."

Liu Xiyuan stood up when the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were silent, and applied for his post with a loud voice.

The officials all looked at Liu Xiyuan in astonishment, and then turned their heads to look at Xu Xiangfeng's face. Seeing that Xu Xiangfeng's eyebrows were drooping, although there was no big change from the past, it just made people feel that the past was kind and friendly for no reason. His eyebrows and eyes are a bit sharper today.

"Master Liu has the talents of the sky. It is the best choice to stay in the court to provide advice for the Holy One. If you send it to the borderlands and become a small county magistrate, it is really a waste of talent."

Xu Xiangfeng narrowed his eyes and advised the emperor to keep Liu Xiyuan.

This move confused all the officials.

Everyone should be able to see the sharp anger on Xu Xiangfeng's body the moment Liu Xiyuan stood up to speak.

But why are you still leaving a message at this moment?
It is better to retaliate by keeping Liu Xiyuan in the court, but now he has the emperor's backing, even if Xu Xiangfeng is the prime minister and the emperor will look down on him, but it is not easy to do things well in the open too much.

But if it is decentralized, it is far away, and there are too many articles that can be done on the road, and in the government office.

In court, no matter how scheming, Liu Xiyuan himself is not stupid, he can even be called smooth, and he is blessed by the emperor. It is difficult to convict a felony!

Moreover, with Liu Xiyuan's mouth, if he stays in court for a moment longer, he will block himself for a moment longer.

No need!

Or is it that the prime minister really regrets his arrival, even if this person disrespects him in the court, he can tolerate him?
Thinking of this, the ministers recalled the past when Xu Xiangfeng excused and smoothed the situation for the ministers in the court hall, and also remembered his guidance from Chunchun.

(End of this chapter)