[Merits: six thousand and seventy-one]

Ouyang Rong squatted in front of the small wooden fish and stared at the green-gold font on it for a while.

Just during the time he was looking at it, this string of blue-gold numbers would jump from time to time, increasing slightly.

At the same time, the crisp sound of wooden fish followed, echoing in the white and empty tower one after another.

Ouyang Rong's face was expressionless.

After a while, he frowned slightly, stood up, walked around twice in the merit tower, and his consciousness left the merit tower...

Drinking Bingzhai, on the bed in the bedroom, Ouyang Rong opened his eyes and let out a long breath.

It was a little dark in front of the bed, there was no light in the bedroom, and from time to time there was the sound of early spring insects outside the closed window.

It's the darkness before dawn.

Now that spring has just begun, there is a saying that "living near the Huanjiang River is low and humid", and Xunyang City is located on the bank of the river.

The Xunyang River wind that can stir thousands of sails makes the temperature in the city quite low in the morning.

Naturally, it makes people want to stay in bed, unwilling to leave the quilt that is as warm as the mother's breast.

Ouyang Rong was lying on the thick quilt, with his lower abdomen pressed by the short legs of a white-haired girl sleeping on her side.

In the darkness inside the bed at this moment, apart from Ye Weilai's rhythmic breathing and breathing with her eyes closed, Ouyang Rong's open eyes were staring at the curtain above.

His face seemed to be in a trance.

He woke up a little early today.

In other words, I didn't sleep much at all last night. I only slept for two hours, then I woke up and wandered around in the tower of merit in my mind.

If it weren't for the fear that the action of getting up would wake up Ye Weilai and cause the little girl to make a fuss, she would run to report her worries to her aunt and junior sister.

Ouyang Rong got up early and went to work at his desk.

From the past few days, the crisp sound of wooden fish sounded in his ears from time to time, making Ouyang Rong toss and turn a little at night.

He had never thought before that his answers to the scholars in Jiangzhou Prefecture at the Temple of the Holy Master would be spread throughout the world of scholars, and he would once again become famous all over the world.

Now that things have happened, Ouyang Rong is frowning and confused.

As of this morning, he has gained more than 4,000 merit points.

Moreover, the rising momentum of merit seems to be continuing, and the little wooden fish shows no sign of stopping at all. It just passed the first few days and the momentum has slowed down a bit.

"If it hadn't been for the incident at the Temple of the Supreme Saint in Jiangzhou, wouldn't there have been many bloody conflicts between scholars and the government that would have happened as scheduled, but they have only subsided a little now?

"Otherwise, another tragedy similar to the one among Liuzhou scholars will happen?"

Ouyang Rong muttered to himself.

He felt this was not a good sign.

"It seems that the construction of the Song De Center and the four Buddha statues has a greater impact than I previously expected.

"The prosperous and prosperous times promoted by the imperial court are probably only the prosperous times for the people of the two capitals in Guanhai. The southeastern Jianghuai area, as a tax-rich area, is still relatively wealthy, but other than that, other places are more like silent big cities.

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"I hope that the promulgation of the new imperial edict and the return of Master can alleviate some of the situation..."

Ouyang Rong rubbed his dry eyes.

He raised his hand to brush away the long, itchy white hair on his neck. He turned over and got up, crossing Ye Weilai.

He got out of bed and washed his face with cold water.

No matter what, the sun still rises and it’s time to go on duty.

Today is another busy day, and he cannot escape this hard life.

"Get up, the sun is shining on your butt."

Ouyang Rong suddenly lifted the quilt embroidered with red and green mandarin ducks, patted it casually, and said.

"Uh-huh, master, where is the sun?"

The white-haired girl had a bunch of crooked hair on her head. She rubbed her pink buttocks in confusion and looked around and asked.

Ouyang Rong laughed and strode out...

"Tanlang, the latest decree issued by the Queen Mother suddenly granted relief to all states... What do you think of this matter?"

It's night, in the study room of Juxian Garden, Prince Xunyang's Mansion.

A group of familiar figures gathered together, and Li Xian couldn't wait to ask.

What does he think?

The corners of Ouyang Rong's mouth twitched slightly.

The provisions of the new imperial edict promulgated this time to provide relief to the states are almost similar to the opinions he proposed.

"Uncle, actually the senior brother has already expected..."

Xie Ling Jiang looked at his senior brother steadily, with a look of admiration in his eyes, and told Li Xian and others about the memorial.

After hearing this, the latter looked at Ouyang Rong, who had a calm face, with somewhat shocked and complicated eyes.

"Actually, His Majesty issued this imperial edict. In addition to me and the other ministers cooperating with each other to pass the ladder, it was more of a gesture to the Master who complained of illness and could not go to court, and to take a step back."

Ouyang Rong explained softly.

Li Xian suddenly realized: "That's it."

He continued his calm analysis:

"In terms of weakening the civil servants of the Liberation faction, the interests of Your Majesty and the two kings of the Wei family are the same. However, it is also the tacit and tacit attitude of Master and Your Majesty to beat the two kings of the Wei family and restrict them from running wild.

"Master, I still have the overall situation in mind. Now that I have returned to the court, it means that this round of reshuffle is temporarily over. Your Majesty will probably not go to war with the court anymore. The situation in Luoyang has tended to be balanced...

"Now, just wait for the next round of shuffling to begin."

Li Dalang couldn't help but ask:

"What about Lord Ji who was deposed, Governor Li who was demoted, and Governor Wei? How to deal with it?"

Ouyang Rong shook his head and remained silent.

Li Guo'er, who had been listening quietly, sat at the far end, lowered his head and petted the cat, and whispered:

"Of course they are the victims. Grandma naturally wants to eliminate the most disobedient ones."

In the study room, it suddenly became quiet.

Ouyang Rong turned his head and said to Li Dalang, who looked regretful and sympathetic:

"The Prime Minister's Palace and us, who are gradually improving, are the fundamental interests of the Baoli faction led by Master, and they are also the core of the faction. They are status and righteousness, and they cannot be lost.

"As long as we can keep these two, many of them can be sacrificed temporarily."

"Here." Xie Lingjiang handed a peeled pear to his senior brother, turned around and sighed softly:

"As my father said in his letter, I met my master in Luoyang a few days ago. The old man's temples were much whiter with frost. My father once said before that as long as he still chooses to play on the chessboard in Shendu, there are many rules that must be followed..."

Everyone was silent for a while, Ouyang Rong turned his head and said to Li Xian and Li Dalang:

"Uncle, instead of worrying and fearing, it is better to do what you are doing right now. We are only one step away. This step is both close at hand and like a chasm in the sky."

He raised his index finger: "Only when we reach that level can we change these things."

Li Guoer put down the cat, pinched his fingers and whispered:

"On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, if you overpower the dragon, you will regret it. On the ninth day of the lunar month, if you use the hidden dragon, don't use it, so now is..."

Ouyang Rong took a bite of pear meat and lowered his eyes:

"In ninety-four, you may jump into the abyss, and there will be no blame."

Seeing the two people with calm faces, no exchange of glances but a tacit understanding of the conversation, everyone looked at each other.

Xie Lingjiang suddenly stretched out his hand, took the remaining half of the pear in his senior brother's hand, and took a bite without hesitation.

Everyone was stunned...

The end of the court turmoil in the spring world has calmed down the minds of local officials and many concerned people around the world.

As his fame spread far and wide, Ouyang Rong discovered some of the troubles of being a celebrity.

Perhaps it was a mention at the end of Her Majesty the Queen's latest imperial edict, praising Jiangzhou Hall for delaying 20,000 yuan of cosmetics money.

Maybe I smelled something special.

Yangzhou, Taiyuan, Guizhou and other three states of statues sent people to Jiangzhou Hall to visit Ouyang Changshi and observe his experience.

In the following days, envoys from these three states arrived one after another. Ouyang Rong was helpless and received them.

However, it is worth mentioning that it is different from Yangzhou and Taiyuan, two wealthy prefectures that only sent some low-level officials to study.

Over in Guizhou, an unexpected person came.

One of the protagonists of the Guizhou tragedy that happened not long ago is Lan Changhao, the governor of Guizhou.
To be continued...