Chapter 102： Seeking merit order

In the thirty-second year of Hong'an, the king of Chu passed away.

In the thirty-three years of Hong'an, the king of Wei was demoted to a commoner.

In the thirty-fourth year of Hong'an, Prince Xiaogong lost his sight, and the crown prince was abolished.

In the thirty-fifth year of Hong'an, the rebellion of the two kings broke out, Prince Rui raised his troops, King Ning responded, and imprisoned all the concubines in Jingyang Hall. In the same year, the deposed prince died of illness.

In the thirty-sixth year of Hong'an, King Jin sent troops to quell the rebellion, Prince Rui was beheaded, and King Ning was exiled to Lingnan.

In the thirty-seventh year of Hong'an, Jin Wang Qin Wang made meritorious service and was established as the crown prince.

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In the 40th year of Hong'an, Emperor Lie abdicated and became the Supreme Emperor. Emperor Jingdi practiced Zuo and changed it to Yuan Jingchang.

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"Your Majesty? Your Majesty!"

"Ah??" Li Zichou raised his head.

Zhou Huaijin: "Did you hear what I just said?"

Li Zichou: "Of course I heard, I'm not deaf."

Zhou Huaijin: "Then what do you think?"

Li Zishou: "..."

Li Zichou: "Why don't you say it again."

Zhou Huaijin: "." He knew the empress didn't listen at all.

"I report that Nanshan Academy has finished enrolling students. According to your will, most of the orphans of the right age who died in the three armies are included. This is the list of students."

"Then, since the military officer supervisors have already made preparations, the agricultural supervisors and civilian supervisors should also be put on the agenda. Do you think it is more appropriate to choose a site?"

"The armaments of the army have also been replaced with new ones, but the governors of the navy of the two lakes have reported that they also want to replace them with new ones, and they have sent them here directly. Your Majesty, please take a look."

"In addition, the autumn is about to start. As you imagined earlier, two new subjects, martial arts and agricultural examinations, have been released. The examination papers of the Ministry of Rites have been released. You can take a look. There is also the civil servant quality inspection. Your Majesty, you said that you would come up with the questions yourself, please don't forget.

"There seems to be something wrong with the project in Longzhou. Chen Shilang from the Ministry of Industry has cried to Chen many times. Here are the details of the payment.

"But the most important thing right now..."

"Stop, stop!" Seeing more and more documents and reports being handed to him, Li Zichou hurriedly interrupted his eloquence.

what happened? ! Why are there so many jobs all of a sudden, and who is doing it? !

herself? ?

Zhou Huaijin: "Your Majesty, these are all things that need to be reviewed by Your Majesty, and the ministers and colleagues cannot make arbitrary decisions."

"I know, but don't stuff it all in one go." Li Zichou sighed, "This is too much."

"The ministers will share the worries for His Majesty."

"...All right." Zhou Huaijin had a bit of conscience.

Zhou Huaijin: "Speaking of which, Your Majesty, you were a little absent-minded just now, were you looking at something?"

"Oh, this." Li Zishou pulled Shi Zai out from under a pile of documents.

Zhou Huaijin glanced at it, and said in surprise: "Hong'an Zhengshi? Why is Your Majesty suddenly interested in things about Emperor Lie?"

Hong'an was the year name used by Emperor Lie when he was on the throne, so some people in later generations also called Emperor Lie as Emperor Hong'an.

"No, I originally wanted to investigate what happened to Prime Minister Bai that year..."

But no matter whether he started with Bai Xun or Xie Zhi, Li Zichou couldn't find out why, so he wanted to look for it from a larger background. No, she dug up "Hong'an Official History" again.

"Your Majesty really attaches great importance to this matter."

"Yeah, I can't remember what happened back then. If I want to recall it, I can only start from the historical records." Li Zichou flipped the pages of the book, "Before Huaijin was imprisoned, he had been studying in the south, right? Then You weren't in Linjing four years ago?"

Li Zichou asked casually, he didn't expect to hear any valuable answer, but Zhou Huaijin thought about it: "No, I visited Linjing four years ago."

Li Zichou paused in his hands: "What? Have you been to Linjing?"

Zhou Huaijin: "Yes, from September to the end of that year, I stayed in Linjing."

"why?"

"Well...it seems to be because..." Zhou Huaijin folded his arms and recalled carefully, "Because in the second half of that year, the imperial court issued many orders to seek talents, and they asked all the states to recruit talented people. Of course, the minister also went."

Seeking merit orders?

Li Zichou: "Call for civilians? Don't you know redundant officials?"

Zhou Huaijin shook his head: "Your Majesty, you were still a princess at the time, so you may not be very clear about it.

"In that year, the relegation and promotion of imperial officials was very frequent. Many people were either relegated or retired, which almost completely broke up the original official structure. The reason is self-evident, in fact, it is the so-called 'Qing Emperor's side'.

"I don't know whether it's Emperor Jing's own wish or someone's trick. In order to make up for the vacancies in the ranks, the imperial court can only recruit wise men from the people."

"This kind of thing actually happened, and there was a big change in the officialdom..." Li Zichou said thoughtfully, "It seems that the death of Prime Minister Bai has had a great impact on the court."

"That's right." Zhou Huaijin replied, "I thought that when implementing this policy, the imperial court would pay more attention to those scholars who studied hard, but I didn't expect to promote many mediocre and corrupt officials. Especially in the military and political aspects, the generals have been replaced frequently. I really don't know what the late emperor thought..."

On the first day Li Zichou met Zhou Huaijin, he had heard him criticize Emperor Jing's court, and it seemed that he really couldn't get used to it.

And hold grudges.

Li Zichou sighed, a little helpless: "Didn't you say that the former emperor was in front of me?"

Zhou Huaijin: "The minister said it in front of him."

Li Zishou: "... scolding my father at my son—"

Zhou Huaijin didn't answer the pair: "Tell me the truth."

Li Zishou: "..." Well, she lost.

Anyway, they are not biological parents, so just scold them.

With Zhou Huaijin's temperament, if he meets someone else, he won't be invited into the bureau for tea?

I am so kind, Li Zichou thought to himself.

"But not to mention anything else, those orders for seeking talents still gave some colleagues the opportunity to become officials." Zhou Huaijin commented objectively.

"Hey? Then why didn't you become an official at that time?"

"There is no recommender." Zhou Huaijin couldn't help sighing when he recalled his trip for nothing, "By the way, Liang Jing also took the position of Prime Minister at that time."

Li Zishou: "Let him take advantage of the loophole?"

"It seems that Emperor Jing personally promoted him."

"..." Sometimes, she really couldn't figure out what her cheap father was thinking.

No, never figured it out.

There was a big change in the imperial court, all three provinces, six ministries, nine divisions and twelve guards were all changed, and most of them were high-ranking and powerful people who went to the field, and those with unknown identities were promoted, and even the corrupt official Liang Jing was promoted!

...Wait a minute, so Xie Zhi also joined the Ministry of Criminal Justice at that time, right?

Li Zichou stared at the historical record in his hand, slightly startled, he did not expect to learn the reason why Xie Zhi became an official by mistake.

Perhaps because of Bai Xun's matter, Emperor Jing was really angry, whether he was relegated or promoted, it was probably all to get rid of people he didn't trust.

"Huaijin."

"The minister is here."

"Find me some records related to this incident back then." Li Zichou ordered, "Whether it's official history or unofficial history, the original biography or other biography, bring it here first and then talk about it."

"This...the official records are not difficult to find, but other..." Zhou Huaijin was in trouble, "You may have to ask Li Neiwu, she has more magical powers."

Li Zichou waved his hand: "Then you and Li Xunchao search together, hurry up."

"I obey the order." Zhou Huaijin replied, "However, Your Majesty, these things are not the most important right now. Do you still remember the autumn hunting this year?"

Li Zichou: "Is it autumn hunting? The Ministry of War should have already been preparing for it?"

Zhou Huaijin: "The Ministry of War, Taipu Temple, and Weiwei Temple are all in a hurry recently, and Guanglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites are not doing much better. Who told this year's autumn hunting and Mid-Autumn Festival to rush together?"

The busiest one was the Ministry of Rituals. They had just finished their summer pilgrimage and had not had time to catch their breath. Then they had to devote themselves to the preparations for the Autumn Palace Banquet and the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet. The schedule was scheduled until the end of the month.

The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is one of the most important palace banquets in the year of Dasheng. Every year on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, the monarch entertains civil and military officials in the high pavilion of the palace to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and pray for a good harvest in autumn.

However, this year's autumn hunt and the Mid-Autumn Palace banquet are very close together, so it is inevitable to run back and forth between the palace and the paddock.

Li Zichou: "Hmm... Are the autumn hunting and the palace banquet so close?"

Zhou Huaijin replied: "Yes, the hunting time has been shortened, and we can barely catch up. I'm afraid your Majesty will have to work hard for a while."

"It's nothing..." Li Zishou said, "The schedule is really tight."

"This is exactly what I want to say, the hunt is just around the corner, and His Majesty should be fully prepared.

"The investigation and control of the paddock have already been carried out by the subordinate officials of the Ministry of War, the City Defense Department and Shanglinyuan. It is the responsibility of the imperial servants and Wei Wei temples to deal with various matters such as the itinerary of Lubo, and the ministers are also supervising. ask.

"It's just that if the family members of the Duke and Marquis also go together this time, His Majesty needs to pay more attention, especially the empress."

You can't let your own wife not care about it, can you? !

Although both the queen and the queen are women...

"It's so annoying..." Zhou Huaijin was so good at chattering today, Li Zichou couldn't help muttering.

"Your Majesty, what did you say?"

"I said I know!" Li Zichou said loudly, "I will tell the queen!"

"The remaining…"

"Tell me tomorrow morning!"

"..."

"..."

Zhou Huaijin knew that he was annoying, so he put away the thick documents expressionlessly, and stared at the empress.

Li Zichou rubbed his nose: "Aiqing has worked hard too, put these documents down, and I will finish them as soon as possible."

Zhou Huaijin: "The minister assists His Majesty."

"No need." Li Zichou said, "Go and find what I want with Li."

Zhou Huaijin: "..."

Just pamper your precious queen! Faint king!

Zhou Huaijin left depressed.

The author has something to say:

Zhou Huaijin: Worried about the mental state of the first emperor.

Emperor Jing: I killed you!

This chapter is very short, but this chapter is very concise and the amount of information is huge.