Gu Chengyu knew that this was not something that could be decided immediately, this matter was thankless after all, maybe he took it for granted.

After thinking about this, he didn't feel disappointed, Gu Chengyu got up with a smile and said goodbye.

After digging a pit for the prince, he walked away as he came lightly. With a wave of his sleeves, he left His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with a contradictory face.

After Gu Chengyu returned home, he took out the previous excerpt and re-perfected it, after all, it was still too general before.

Now waiting for the emperor's summons, he estimated the time, and the emperor should be free tomorrow.

In the past two years, the emperor's health has been a little worse than before, and he is not very healthy. In addition, as I get older, my body recovers more slowly.

In the past two days, because of the hot weather, the emperor's body has deteriorated, and there is no early dynasty today.

Such a situation has happened from time to time in the past two years, Gu Chengyu is a little worried, the emperor is so old, can he last for a few years?

He is still only from the official position of Wupin, too slow! At the beginning of next year, the Hanlin Academy will be disbanded, and he will definitely be able to rise to the top and fill the sixth.

But Gu Chengyu was not satisfied with such a promotion speed, he wanted to be promoted to within the second or third rank before the new emperor ascended the throne.

After all, the emperor is still relying on him, but who knows if the new emperor will be able to continue to reuse him after the emperor dies?

For example, the crown prince, after he became an official of the Zhan Mansion in the past two years, the prince did not treat him very favorably. Although this has a great relationship with the emperor, after the emperor dies, will the prince have nothing to do with him?

Therefore, Gu Chengyu felt that he had to hurry up, and now the heavy rain in the south of the Yangtze River was a turning point.

If he could give an example of the measures to prevent the dam from collapsing, and the emperor's order would have been carried out with obvious results, it would be half the battle.

The others will always find an opportunity if they plan slowly. Gu Chengyu suddenly remembered that two days ago, a courtier proposed at the court meeting that since King Jing went to the fiefdom Fengqing Mansion, the taxes paid by Fengqing Mansion in the past two years have been much less than in previous years.

Fengqing Mansion was not a rich place in the first place, and it was barely able to pay taxes before. In the past two years, it has plummeted, and he still owes tens of thousands of taels of tax silver to the imperial court.

Several ministers asked the emperor to send officials from the household department to check the accounts to see if Fengqing Mansion was really so difficult.

Everyone understands the meaning of these words, and it is clear that King Jing is full of private pockets, and all those taxes and silver are given by King Jing.

Gu Chengyu also analyzed that King Jing's life in the fief in the past two years was not necessarily good.

There was originally a separatist force, and suddenly it became the jurisdiction of King Jing, can those people stop?

Therefore, in the first two years, King Jing had to spend some energy to understand and defend against those local snakes, and the silver of this tax could not be really embezzled by King Jing.

When the emperor ordered the princes to go to the fiefdom, he gave about 50,000 taels of silver to build the palace, plus the annual salary.

A prince's salary is about 10,000 taels of silver per year, and 10,000 taels of silver sounds like a lot, but the annual expenses of the palace are not a few.

Relying on 10,000 taels of silver alone is not enough to support the expenses of a royal palace.

The prince's fief had to pay taxes to the imperial court, and the prince could only get a small portion of it proportionately.

Therefore, when the prince arrives in the fiefdom, he will do his best to make money in the fiefdom. King Jing will stretch out his hand to pay taxes, and that is understandable.

In a place like Phongqingfu, silver costs a lot. Not to mention that you have to be separated from other local snakes, which will cost a lot of manpower and financial resources.

What's more, if you don't reach out to taxes, there is no other place to make money.

Maybe the emperor still has some pity for King Jing, so he will turn a blind eye to this matter and close one eye.

......

In the Chengqian Palace, the emperor leaned on the pillow, his eyes were glazed, as if he was asleep. Seeing this, De'an hurriedly stepped forward to re-cover the blanket that had slipped on the emperor's waist.

The emperor was awakened by De'an's actions and gave a slight refreshment.

"What time is it?" His voice was hoarse, and he seemed to have a lot more effort to speak than before.

"Back to the emperor! It's the beginning of the unitary period, but now are you going to rest? Dean carefully observed the emperor's face and replied softly.

"So late? Is there a reply from Daoist Tianji? The emperor sat up, and De'an immediately stepped forward to help.

"Not yet!"

The emperor frowned, and then yawned loudly. As people get older, their spirits are getting worse and worse!

At this time two years ago, he was still reviewing the folds, but now?

The more the emperor thought about it, the more he felt as if he didn't have many years to live, and the thoughts in his heart became stronger and stronger.

"You go and ask the Daoist Master of Tianji to come over!" The emperor pushed De'an away and lay back down.

De'an glanced at the emperor and had to leave the Chengqian Palace.

The emperor waited anxiously in the Chengqian Palace, and finally half an hour later, the Tianji Daoist was late.

The crane of Tianji Dao has a childish face, and at first glance, it looks like a fairy wind bone, and he walks even more chic.

The emperor's face was suddenly full of joy, and his eyes eagerly looked at the hands of the Tianji Dao Chief. But the hand was empty, which disappointed the emperor again.

"But it didn't work out?"

Daoist Tianji came to the emperor and bowed.

"Poor Dao see the emperor!"

The emperor was a little impatient, "Flat!" Grandmaster, is it not possible again? ”

Tianji Dao Chang stood up, and then smiled mysteriously. He stroked his beard, "Your Majesty! What do you see it is? ”

Then he took out a porcelain vase from his bosom and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor was overjoyed, "This? This is the elixir you are talking about? ”

He was excited, with a hint of disbelief on his face, and he was about to pick it up with shaking hands.

Who would have thought that the hand of the Taoist of Tianji shrank back, and did not give the porcelain vase to the emperor.

The emperor was very surprised, and he was a little dissatisfied, what do you mean? Could it be that Tianji has repented?

"Your Majesty! How can the elixir of life you are talking about be so easy to practice? Poor Dao has been developing it for decades, but it has not yet been developed. ”

Tianji Dao sighed, his brows furrowed, and there was a little helplessness in his words.

When the emperor heard this, he was disappointed. The Tianji Daoist has been in the palace to develop the elixir for more than ten years, and he has also learned this alchemy technique with the Tianji Daoist.

It's a pity that my qualifications are limited and I have no leisure, so I always can't do it.

Besides, his private treasury provides valuable medicinal materials and silver money for alchemy every year, which costs a huge amount of money, and it is no longer able to support the two of them to do alchemy at the same time.

So in the past two years, his mind couldn't help but fade a little, and he had pinned his hopes on Daoist Tianji.

But now Daoist Tianji means that he has spent so much financial resources that he has not yet touched the threshold of the elixir?

At a glance, the head of the Tianji Dao knew what the emperor was thinking, and he condensed in his heart, and then said: "Although you can't refine the elixir of immortality now, the poor Dao has already touched the threshold. And the bottle of elixir in Poor Dao's hand has an unexpected use by the emperor. ”