Xining slept soundly that night and was indeed tired.
As soon as I slept until dawn, I was called.
"Your Majesty..., Your Majesty..." He kept suppressing his voice, trying to scream but not daring to scream.
"Shout to the soul~" She turned over irritably and continued to sleep.
After a while, someone said cautiously: "Your Majesty, it's time to go to court."
Xining opened his eyes suddenly: "What time is it?"
The chief steward stood in front of the bed, still holding the fly whisk in his hand, and saw the wry smile on his face through the gauze curtain: "It's four o'clock in the morning."
"Ah?!" She jumped up and hurriedly put on her shoes: "Quick, quick, quick!"
The waiting maids came up one after another and began to help with dressing, washing, and combing their hair.
"No rush, no rush!" the chief manager comforted: "It's still too late, it's okay to let those ministers wait."
Anyway, they are all used to it. They used to wait for a long time, but there are many things waiting for them to come to the court. Yesterday, I went to Changxin Hall, which already made the old ministers overjoyed.
It is said that Da Sima lit incense and prayed to the late emperor; while Da Sikong went back to celebrate with a small drink and an extra bowl of rice. Those old ministers spread the news everywhere that His Majesty actually came to Changxin Hall to inquire about political affairs, and he looked as happy as if he had won a battle at the border.
Looking at what the body master has done, this emperor feels too comfortable.
There was no time for breakfast, but fortunately the general manager asked someone to prepare rice porridge in advance. After a few sips, he got on the dragon chariot and was carried to the main hall.
After barely catching up, after sitting down, the eunuch in charge shouted loudly: "If you have something to report, please leave the court if there is nothing."
According to the past, it was generally not mentioned. Anyway, just send the zhezi to the Changxin Palace afterwards and let the assistant ministers of the three ministers and nine ministers discuss it. If you encounter someone who has no brains and comes forward to play, the body owner will also fool him.
It was still the same routine, "let's let this matter go for now, let me think about it before making a decision." After perfunctory, we still discussed it in the Changxin Palace.
In order to show that the empress was really in charge, Da Sima actually came out and began to report.
After all, Da Sima was an old fox in the court, and what he was doing was what was discussed yesterday.
"Tengxiang Pavilion is suspended, and 1.5 million silver has been re-recorded in the national treasury. Regarding the construction of the river embankment, I have drafted a draft in accordance with His Majesty's holy will and requested to send it back for review. Your Majesty, please take a look!" Da Sima took a look from his sleeves. He took out the folding book and offered it with both hands.
The eunuch in charge stepped forward, took the fold, raised his hands, ran up the steps, knelt down and handed it to the empress sitting on the dragon chair.
Xining picked up the folder, opened it and read it over quickly, then nodded: "Everything discussed yesterday has been written down. Let's do it."
Place the folder on the counter in front and wait for the next one.
Seeing this, the other three princes and nine ministers took out their zhazi one after another.
Xining listened to another one and frowned slightly: "What we discussed yesterday does not need to be discussed again. Is there anything else?"
When the Sangong and Jiuqing heard this, they were anxious. The Empress was indeed good yesterday, but who knew it was just a flash of inspiration. There are many complicated things in the court, so forget it if you don't make a decision. Don't make a wrong judgment, otherwise you will make people laugh.
A man came out to report the incident.
The imperial examination is held every three years, but it has been five years since the empress ascended the throne, and it has not been held once.
I mention this matter every year, but there is no result every year. The first three years could still be called national mourning, but this time it had to be held.
Xining immediately responded after hearing this: "Opening the examination is the foundation of the country. It is my fault that it has not been done for many years. It is spring, so the examination will start this year."
The rural examination period is in August in autumn, so it is also called Qiuwei. When the list was released, the sweet-scented osmanthus was fragrant, so it was also called Guibang.
The examination is held in the second year of the provincial examination, and the examination period is in February of spring, so it is called Chunwei.
She thought for a while: "This year's time is too hasty. Let's add another one next year to give more students the opportunity to stand out and serve the country."
The ministers immediately shouted: "Your Majesty is wise!"
They are also happy in their hearts. Most of the descendants of the officials' families study hard at the sages' books. If they get the honors, they will bring honor to the family and gain face.
Now the exams are held for two consecutive years. If you fail, study hard for another year and take the exam again. If you take the exam continuously, you will have more chances of passing the exam.
In the past five years, the appointment of officials has been based on the empress's preference. A face was directly given to Dr. Guanglu. One person was able to ascend to heaven, and relatives in the family also got official positions. But the positions that really need talents are held by a few veterans who are getting old and out of power.
Fortunately, these old ministers are all strong and strong. Except for the Taifu who passed away, the others are still alive. Otherwise, if one person dies, there will be one less person to share the burden with.
After hearing the empress's judgment, some ministers had the courage to go out and report the matter. It is said that it was a case in the past. A county magistrate in a certain county sued the county magistrate for corruption, dereliction of duty, and disregard of human life.
Later, it was found out that the county magistrate wanted to take advantage of the county magistrate and falsely accused the county magistrate.
But now there is news that the reason is that the county magistrate took the concubine of the county magistrate because she was beautiful...
"Okay, okay!" Xining was tired of hearing all this nonsense.
And a censor also expressed her thoughts: "What a mess, this is the court, how can we talk about this kind of thing? Just ask the prefect to find out."
The official immediately said: "If it was an ordinary matter, naturally he would not dare to bring it to the court and disturb His Majesty and all the ministers. At this time, the magistrate did investigate, but the personal and material evidence were not included. The county magistrate counter-sued the county magistrate. He was found guilty and sentenced to five years of hard labor and deprivation of his fame. The county officials cried out loudly for their injustice. But he was quite popular in this county, and the people petitioned hundreds of people, asking for the matter to be investigated and the county officials to be restored to justice."
"Hehe, that's interesting!" Xining sneered: "What do you mean when witnesses and material evidence are in trouble? This destruction of objects and people happened right under the eyes of the officials? Investigate, investigate thoroughly, ask the governor to go there today. Weng Yushi and Captain Zhang Qing were assigned to inspect the case and jointly investigate the matter."
Yushi Weng dared to tell the truth, while Zhang Qing was famous for being a good handler of cases. If they are left to handle it, this case will definitely come to light.
Someone immediately reminded: "Your Majesty, Zhang Qing has been sent to investigate the theft case in the border county of Kyoto."
Yeah, yeah, there were a lot of burglaries there.
Xining thought for a while: "Then call out three people from the surrounding area to work together on the case."
Li is a local petty official, younger than the county magistrate and equal to the county minister. But he is very familiar with the local area and usually needs to handle cases and disputes. With three straight faces, he should be able to stand up to a cobbler.
In addition, if the county magistrate is dismissed, this position will be vacant, and evidence must be dug out no matter what. They have all been sued to the empress. Even if the county magistrate is really falsely accused, there will definitely be benefits if this matter can be settled.
Then the ministers shouted again: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Xining breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he had no objection. I love hearing this sentence more than "I second my opinion".
