When the emperor saw Yue Su's report, he immediately sent it to Zhang Yan to make a decision for his mother. Zhang Yan did not make the decision directly this time like Yue Su did when he asked for an official position last time, because Yue Su's merits are as good as his son's now.

She is in charge and her position is stable. Moreover, she also wants to see what you, Yue Su, plan to do after she refuses to do so. Is it true or false?

At that moment, she told her son to reject Yue Su's suggestion and not allow him to instigate it.

Zhu Cizhen obeyed his mother's instructions and dismissed the memorial. The reply was very simple. Your Lord Yue is not very old, why are you in such a hurry to retire? Just keep on working.

Normally, this is a procedure, and the next step depends on Master Yue’s wishes. Yue Su went to work again, insisting on becoming an official and going home to serve his mother. He also said that he was very tired now and it was time to take a rest.

There are many capable ministers in the court. One more of me or one less of me is nothing. I hope that the emperor will give me permission.

Yue Su requested to become an official for the second time, and the document was sent to Zhu Ciyan, who also sent it to his mother. After Zhang Yan read it, he hesitated for a while before expressing his position and tried to comfort him, but it was still not allowed.

The methods used in these two times were very clever. The first time was to refute it forcefully, and the second time was to comfort him with kind words and some more New Year greetings. I won’t go into details here. In short, they were talking about your Yue Su’s abilities and the country.

I can't do without you, the emperor can't do without you. If you have any requests, feel free to ask for them, but you just can't take them. This is a big step. If you, Yue Su, take retreat as an opportunity to advance, you will win this time. After all,

, Zhang Yan still feels that Yue Su can be relied on. After so many years of ups and downs, she has relied on Yue Su to support her and tide over the difficulties. There is no reason to kill the donkey at this time.

However, after Yue Su received this reply, he still made a third trick and continued to insist on leaving. As the saying goes, there is no such thing as repeated and repeated. The first two times he wanted to leave, the emperor did not allow it.

, Fortunately, the words of advice have given enough face. If you really want to retreat in order to advance, then just give up and be polite to each other, so forget it. But the third time I read the book, the meaning is different, which proves that Yue

I really want to leave.

Seeing that Yue Su was about to leave for the third time, Zhang Yan couldn't help but calm down and take a closer look. Yue Su was not kidding, he really wanted to leave. Let him go or not. Zhang Yan made another decision.

After much weighing, they finally decided to call Yue Su into the palace and speak face to face.

Yue Su came to the imperial study room according to the order. He had long expected that today he would not only see the emperor, but also Zhang Yan.

"My dear, no need to salute, just sit down and talk."

Zhu Ciyan was much more polite than before today. As soon as Yue Sugu entered the door, he spoke first before he could say the words of greeting the saint.

"I would like to thank you, Your Majesty. Long live my Emperor, and may my Queen Mother live a thousand years." Yue Su bowed and sat down.

As soon as he sat down, Zhu Ciyan immediately said: "Qing family, I invite you here this time for no other reason than for the Qing family's request to be an official. Over the years, the Qing family has worked hard and made great achievements, sharing my worries and solving problems for the court.

, I know all about it. Seeing that the age of peace and prosperity has come, why should the Qing family leave? Can't they stay and continue to assist me?"

"Your Majesty, it is because of the peaceful and prosperous times that I dare to ask myself to leave the court. I am really tired of the ups and downs of the officialdom. I really want to go back to my hometown and live a peaceful life. Serve my mother, do some carpentry, and live a pastoral life.

Feel free and at ease." Yue Su told the truth, "As the saying goes, everyone has his or her own ambitions, I hope the emperor can help his subordinates."

"Yue Qing, the emperor has seen that you have decided to leave, so he invited you here and asked you to stay in person. Don't you care about the late emperor's care for the orphan, and now you want to let go?" Zhang Yan suddenly said from the side.

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, your Majesty is now personally in charge of the government. If not, how can I dare to take on the responsibility of supporting an orphan? If I continue to stay in the court, it will be of no use. It is time for me to retire after my achievements." Yue Su said sincerely.

.

"How can the Qing family say that? With your talent in governing the country, you first solved internal and external troubles, then made the country peaceful and peaceful, and then restored the Ming Dynasty. There are still many things that need the Qing family." Zhang Yan added.

"The country has now gone through a period of recuperation. It only needs to be governed to become more prosperous. Mongolia adopts a gentle policy and is expected to be naturalized in a few years. The election of county magistrates has been extended to the whole country, and the people themselves choose

The officialdom has also achieved certain results, the officials are clean and the people are safe. The national treasury is full, and all industries are prosperous. If you let nature take its course, you will prosper." Yue Su said.

"Qing family, it seems that you really want to return to the countryside." Zhang Yan said.

"Yes." Yue Su nodded.

"Over the years, you have been serving the country with all your heart, being loyal to the Emperor, and living up to the late Emperor's trust. On the contrary, the Ai family is still wary of you. Don't you hate the Ai family?" Seeing that Yue Su was determined to leave, Zhang Yan was furious.

I feel like thinking about all the things in the past, and I can't help but ask this question.

"The Queen Mother did the right thing. The Emperor is young, the ministers monopolize the power, and the party members are all over the government and the public. The Queen Mother is right to be wary of the minor ministers. Thunder, rain, and dew are all the kindness of the emperor. Moreover, if it were not for the late Emperor and the Queen Mother, I might have died long ago.

How could it be today?" Yue Su said sincerely.

"The Qing family is worthy of being our most loyal ministers in the Ming Dynasty. The late emperor did not misjudge the people. Well, Yue Qing, since you want to leave, the Ai family will let you go. The emperor will issue an order later to approve your petition and let you

Return home with honor." Zhang Yan said with emotion again.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Queen Mother." Yue Su stood up, walked to the middle of the hall, and knelt on the ground.

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***** "By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict: The first assistant is Yue Su. He has repeatedly asked himself to serve, but he has repeatedly tried to persuade him to stay. However, Yue Su has decided to leave, and I am willing to accept it. During his tenure, Yue Su not only made great contributions but

, and his loyalty is commendable, I have issued an edict to confer Yue Su as the Duke of Zhongzhi, hereditary, and he will be entitled to enjoy the imperial temple after his death, and will be rewarded with 30,000 taels of silver. Yue Su is really setting an example for all officials, and I hope other ministers will emulate him.

.Appreciate this.”

The next day, the imperial edict was issued, Yue Su packed his bags and left Bejng.

Before leaving, I rewarded Yue Su as a hereditary and irreplaceable duke. Although he was not a duke, he still showed grace. It was regarded as an affirmation and commendation for his half-life achievements.

Yue Su resigned, and his subordinates, Jin Chan, Yin Zhu, Tong Zhou, and Tie Qiu, also resigned one after another. They are now regarded as Yue Su's retainers. They will follow Master Yue wherever he goes, even if it is

He resigned and everyone followed him. But what was surprising was that Hu Zi also wanted to leave, and even Jiang Jie was the same.

The performance of these people has been recorded in the credit book in the past. Now that they are leaving, Zhu Ciyan and Zhang Yan will not be stingy with rewards. Each of these six people will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver, plus a third-rank Lord.

Captain, get on the light chariot.

In this way, everyone took a boat to go south to their hometown in Yunmeng County, Huguang. The emperor saw him off in person, and all the civil and military officials arrived one after another until they were sent to the outside of Shili Pavilion. The formation was not to mention a sight to behold. Not only the emperor and officials, but also people from the capital

The common people also came in unison. All the people had mixed emotions. Some were feeling sad about Yue Su's departure, some were confused, some were reluctant to leave, and of course, some were happy.

As soon as Yue Su left, the capital immediately became very noisy. The imperial court could not live without its chief minister for a long time. The competition for the chief minister began in the parliament within a few days. However, this had nothing to do with Yue Su.

Yue Su was taking a boat to go south. Suddenly, the sound of a piano came from outside. The sound was pleasant to the ear, and the tune was so familiar. Yue Su heard it so clearly that he couldn't help but sing it.

"The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes. Right and wrong, success and failure are all gone. The green mountains are still there, and the sunsets are red several times..."

Several wives, sitting together with Yue Su, heard Yue Su suddenly singing. Others didn't think anything of it. Only Ruan Aoyue looked at him with incredible eyes. It can be said that Ruan Aoyue couldn't believe that someone could sing this.

A song, and who could be playing it outside?

The answer was revealed immediately. In the middle of singing, Yue Su suddenly remembered something and rushed out of the cabin excitedly.

"Brother Ye, is that you?"

As soon as he reached the deck, Yue Su shouted.

Next to Yue Su's big boat, there was a small boat, and the sound of the piano came from the small boat. After Yue Su's shout fell, the sound of the piano also stopped, and immediately after, a woman wearing a white Luo skirt was seen.

He walked out of the cabin of the boat.

"Brother-in-law, it's been a long time..."

The end of the play****************************************************

*******Postscript In the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City, the lotus flowers are blooming very beautifully this year. Zhang Yan was invited by her son and daughter-in-law to come and watch them together.

Although He'er is beautiful, Zhang Yan is always in no mood for some reason and feels empty inside. Now that the world is at peace and the country is stable, she should be enjoying peace, but she doesn't know why, but she always seems to feel that something is missing in her heart.

.

Facing the lotus, the daughter-in-law admired the beauty of the lotus. Her son echoed her, but she remained silent.

"Mother, look at how beautiful the lotus is in bloom. The child suddenly felt something. Do you think it is possible to carve this blooming lotus out of wood?" Zhu Ciyan said, looking at his silent mother.

"Oh... you plan to carve lotus flowers out of wood. That's a good idea. By the way, what did you say that person is doing now? Is he carving something? Didn't he say that after returning home, he would like to do some carpentry?

?" Zhang Yan said smoothly.

"Mother, who are you talking about?" Zhu Cizhen asked puzzledly.

"Yue Su." Zhang Yan said.

"My mother originally meant Yue Qing. He must be carving now. I guess he is also admiring the lotus flowers, and maybe he has the same thoughts as my child." Zhu Ciyan said with a smile.

"He was quite leisurely, and he was really living a pastoral life. But for some reason, my mother couldn't bear to see him being leisurely. He left with such a high salary, and the three copper guillotines were also kept at home.

I'm almost rusty just thinking about it." When she mentioned Yue Su, Zhang Yan's face showed a smile. "I used to be wary of him and fight with him, but now that I think about it, I still find it quite interesting."

"Mother..." Zhu Ciyan didn't know why his mother suddenly thought of Yue Su, but he could only continue, "Those three copper guillotines, before his death, his father had ordered that the court would not take them back during Yue Qing's lifetime.

This is also the trust that the father has in Yue Qing. But the mother is right. In the past few years, I have never heard of anyone in Yue Qing's family using these three copper guillotines. Even if they are not rusty, it looks like they are about the same.

"

"Yes, I keep it at home all the time, and it gets rusty easily. By the way, Your Majesty, Yue Su seemed to have received a notice three years ago, saying that his mother had passed away. The court also rewarded his mother with a lot of money, and posthumously named his mother Mrs. Zhongci.

." Zhang Yan said again.

"There is such a thing, my mother's memory is really good." Zhu Cizhen said.

"I have been observing filial piety at home for three years. Didn't he say at the beginning that he should fulfill his filial piety in front of his mother's knees? Now that he has done so, I don't think he should stay idle at home anymore to prevent the late emperor's sword from getting rusty. Your Majesty,

Are you right?" Zhang Yan said.

"Mother, you are right." Zhu Cizhen responded quickly.

"Yue Su's contribution back then was indeed not small. Giving him a duke is actually not too much. My son, do you think you can give him a duke? It will show that the court has not forgotten his merits." Zhang Yan looked at her son.

"It's all up to the queen mother to make the decision." Zhu Ciyan bowed and said.

"Then it's settled. Didn't Taiwan belong to his territory? I don't know what that place is like. It seems to be on the sea. From what he said, it is the gateway to the southeast sea. I think it is better to make him the Duke of Taiwan and the imperial palace.

Taiwan, guard the gateway to the southeastern sea." After Zhang Yan finished speaking, she nodded with satisfaction, as if she thought her idea was a good one.

"Yes, Queen Mother. I will ask someone to prepare a decree right now."
Chapter completed!