Of course, Meng Qi was not interested in becoming an emperor.

He knew that the prince was not really asking about this, but wanted to persuade him to stay.

——Whether you are an emperor or aiding someone, you have to stay.

"I can't find a wise minister, so I hit my head. I'm very brave!" Meng Qi narrowed his eyes and looked unhappy.

The prince was not afraid and said directly: "The national teacher has been an official in the Chu Dynasty for more than 30 years. He witnessed it with his own eyes and created a prosperous era with his own hands..."

"Slow!" Meng Qi raised his hand to stop him and said casually, "The prince respects me very much. I am just a national teacher and can only be mediocre. I have never achieved outstanding achievements. I have only practiced a good martial arts."

"In the memorials left by the Chu Dynasty and the daily records of Emperor Yuan of Chu, the records about the national master are not outstanding at first glance. They are just a capable minister. I don't know if this is the result of the deletion and modification. Or the national master is good at hiding himself." The prince paused and said again, "I have met many people. Even if I have never met, I can speculate on their ideas based on their habits and preferences, but I can't see through the national master."

The Chu national teacher Meng Qi is very mysterious.

This mystery is not only because he rarely does something about showing up, but also because he has no relatives and tribe members, and his hometown is unclear, and some records are even inconsistent.

People always have distinct characteristics because of their hometown and places where they live for a long time.

For example, accent, food taste preferences, folk customs and habits in a certain place, etc.

Meng Qi did not have it, and people of his contemporaries could not tell where he was, so he simply remembered him as a person with ambition in all directions. He met a wise ruler in troubled times, and then he left his name in history.

If you don’t care about reading history, it is easy to ignore him. But if you are interested in him, you will find that this person is strange. The monks and Taoists who have always been valued by the emperor can’t help but take some benefits from the emperor. For example, you have been awarded the title of a true person, a certain master, gold, silver, magical artifacts, jade coins, monks and Taoists inlaid with gold and silk, and even boys and girls, who were given a mansion to the farm.

The things that Emperor Yuan of Chu rewarded his ministers and the royal family, and when they were rewarded, can be found in the documents and daily records.

The average portion of Meng Qi received was inconspicuous, mixed in the middle of a pile of rewards, and the amount was not much. Apart from silk, brocade, tribute fruits, ice cubes in summer, firewood charcoal in winter, and eight-treasure porridge in the palace... are the basic rewards for close ministers and important ministers during the New Year.

The other ministers were different, and they could see the man's preferences.

Those who love to drink include the twelve jars of imperial wine, and those who are afraid of heat get more ice gifts. In addition, there are also rewards such as famous swords, ancient books, and even Hetao mutton, Western Region spices.

You can tell the good or bad of the minister's health based on the medicinal materials, and you can judge the relatives in the family of the minister from the number of long-lived locks, children's playthings, and palace flowers.

The prince not only needs to learn to govern the country, but also learn to be the king.

When rewarding a minister, it is a basic knowledge to consider his preferences and be considerate and caring.

However, from the perspective of a king, Meng Qi seemed strange and difficult. He had not gotten sick for more than 30 years, had not married or had children for more than 30 years, did not like drinking, and had no interest in magic weapons.

There were some items that Emperor Yuan of Chu only rewarded once, and then they never appeared again, which obviously did not win the heart of this national master.

If you don’t have greater ambitions, you will be a god among the gods.

The Crown Prince of Qi looked at Meng Qi deeply, and he was almost suspicious that Meng Qi was transformed by the monsters in the mountains and came to support the great cause of the Chu Dynasty. When the Chu Dynasty was exhausted, it disappeared without a trace.

"I have read all the documents stored in the Chu Dynasty, especially those far-reaching strategies for governing the country. I am ashamed of the fact that many of them have little understanding of the sufferings of the people, and I wish I could listen to the opinions of those capable ministers in person. There are also several volumes of copied documents in the East Palace. I wonder if the national teacher is willing to teach my six emperor brothers... Otherwise, if such a person with extraordinary talent and who is dedicated to governing the country and the people ascends to the throne, I can also close my eyes with peace of mind."

When Meng Qi heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

To be honest, the Sixth Prince is really not very good.

He is extremely arrogant, aggressive, and has to compete with others.

This kind of personality is not a big problem if others change, but if the emperor suddenly becomes angry one day and insists on fighting with his ministers, it will definitely lead to a tragedy.

Mo Li finally escaped from the raccoon's encirclement. He sighed softly. Seeing that Meng Qi didn't say anything, he took the initiative to rescue him and said, "I'm not to hide it. We have seen the Sixth Prince in Yongzhou."

Mo Li didn't say the rest of the words, and the prince suddenly looked disappointed.

"Don't you care about Qi Chaoshan?" Mo Li handed Fang Zi to Yu Lan and asked without raising her head.

The prince said weakly: "After I die, when my father grows old...or if I can't wait for him to grow old, the world will change. The throne that the surname Lu will not be able to be preserved sooner or later. What's the use of what do I care about?"

That may not be the case, Mo Li thought.

The prince did not notice Mo Li's expression. He was in a bad mood and said half-closed his eyes: "Since the national master did not come for the jade seal, he also listened to me patiently and asked friends to treat me and prescribe me. I dared to guess that the national master did not come for assassination of the emperor or arresting the rebellious ones... Is there any problem with the Jianghu people colluding with the second emperor?"

"That's a lunatic." Mo Li said briefly.

The prince didn't ask much, and signaled to Yulan, "Take the box under my pillow."

"Your Highness, this..."

"It's useless to keep it."

Yulan had no choice but to take out a small red sandalwood box.

This box is much more exquisite than the one that holds the jade seal. It is only the size of a fist. At first glance, it looks integrated, without locks or gaps, like a whole piece of wood.

The prince took the box and pressed somewhere. A wooden strip protruded out of the surface of the wooden box. Then he rotated it in a certain direction a few times. The box gradually turned into a bowl container made of wooden strips.

In the container is a jade plaque, translucent, with a few strands of flocculent reddish-brown impurities, but it just forms the outline of a koi.

Meng Qi didn't care at first, but now his eyes were attracted by the jade token.

"This is the Lingfu, and there are two land deeds, both of which are shops on Chang'an Street in Taijing. Below is a simple picture of the imperial city." The prince pushed the box to Mo Li, "just treat it as a medical fee."

This obviously exceeded the price of the medical fee, and Mo Li refused and took away the simple picture of the imperial city.

"Ling Fu could have ordered Weipingbo to raise a private soldier in the capital. When I die, those nobles and ministers in the court will definitely not recognize the license. However, it is also of some value and is quite exquisite in its carving, worth a hundred taels of silver. As for the land deed, if possible, it will be handed over to my sixth emperor brother. The jade seal and wealth will be the same as him."

"Why don't the prince deliver it yourself?"

"I'm afraid he wants nothing, just a knife." The prince was extremely worried.

Mo Li asked in confusion: "Even the prince doesn't want to do it? As the prince, no matter whether he wants to assassinate or seek rebellion, don't he have more opportunities?"

"He knows what life I live." The prince smiled bitterly and gasped, "The power in my hands is not worth mentioning. Even so, I have worked hard to do it."

Yu Lan, the palace maid next to him, whispered: "Your Majesty is very strict with Your Highness. Whatever Your Highness eats, says, and meets people, there will be people who will report to Wanhe Palace as soon as possible. General Manager Chen was originally His Majesty's member. If Your Majesty is dissatisfied, we palace servants will be punished. The Hanlin who teaches for Your Highness will also be taught the Book of Filial Piety for three days, and we have to repeat what the gentleman said. If a word is wrong, he will be punished and beaten if he reads with his companions, let alone the palace servants. The ministers and gentlemen of the Hanlin period should also applaud, thinking that Your Highness will be ruined by the internal eunuchs. The need to be beaten so that the palace people are afraid of saying one more word is the best."

As he spoke, Yu Lan couldn't help but speak with resentment and said angrily, "I don't understand. If you want to talk about the traitors of the Chen Dynasty, aren't the most suitable person in our palace the right person to beside His Majesty and the several generals of the Lijian? All the people in the Eastern Palace believed in Your Highness. How could he instigate Your Highness to learn evil? Why did the gentlemen, like they had a deep hatred with our humble palace servants, not only wanted to be beaten to death in public, but also forced Your Highness to give orders in person. His Highness refused, so they wrote a memorial to kowtow in Wanhe Palace and kowtowed and bleeding from the forehead. Until His Majesty ordered the eunuchs beside His Highness to hang the eunuchs beside His Highness, they were happy... Eunuch Li and others have always done their best to do things, but they have never made mistakes, but they have died so much. Are they scholars?"

Mo Li was speechless for a moment, Meng Qi pondered: "Yes, this is a scholar."

Since the Chen Dynasty, civil officials from the outside dynasty and eunuchs from the inside dynasty competed for power, and the rituals and seals were even known as the inner minister.

The root cause is that the Wenyuan Pavilion, where civil servants took over, has the ability to undermine the emperor. The Silijian was tortured by the emperor to fight against the forces of the Wenyuan Pavilion in the outer court. However, the result was that the Silijian also developed to the point where it could undermine the emperor.

Today, the two sides have long been incompatible with each other.

In the hearts of most civil officials, as long as they are internal officials, they will definitely be ill-intentioned. No bad records now does not mean that there will be no bad records in the future. The eunuchs around the prince will even beat them again and again.

The civil officials forced the crown prince to be afraid and dared not to oppose them in the future. They wanted the inner officials to "recognize" that the crown prince did not care about these lowly people at all, and would kill the inner officials at any time.

"Scholars are so strange. While shouting about loyalty to the king and serving the country, they sincerely believe in the Three Bonds and Five Constant Persons, they can also 'lead the crown prince' with righteousness. Anyone who they think is going to have to do bad things, regardless of whether they do bad things or not, will be treated as bad things. A large part of the consumption of the Chen Dynasty's national strength is a battle between civil officials and internal officials. They do not care whether the other party's opinions on handling the government are good or bad. As long as the enemy proposes, they must object, and they will not hesitate to hit the pillar and make a desperate advice, and they are even more proud."

Meng Qi explained this to Mo Li. He shook his head and said, "At the beginning of the Chu Dynasty, there was such a trend in the court. Even if there were no eunuchs, civil and military officials would have to fight against the differences. They all felt that they were doing their best for the country and the people. The so-called companions lived, and those who spoke against each other died. If the opinions of political enemies were accidentally adopted by the emperor, they would do everything possible to destroy them to prove that this was a bad strategy for governing the country. Afterwards, he would have the face to explain in front of the ministers in the court, and proudly explained that he had a prescient vision..."

When Meng Qi thought about it, he felt nauseous and stopped talking.

The prince sighed, "Even so, some people are ignorant, and some are conscious. If there are too many ignorant people, the government will not be ignorant. Now, looking at the court, there are very few people in the court, and even if there are ignorant people, they can only follow the trend... I forced it."

Emperor Yuan of Chu was so lucky that he had a minister like Master Meng.

Not one yet.

Such a wise and capable minister who is hard to meet, but what did Emperor Yuan of Chu do?

The prince just thought about it and felt his chest hurt. He took a few breaths and looked at Mo Li again.

I always feel that birds of feathers flock together. This doctor must be not simple, but-
Chapter completed!