The concubine is extremely cautious

In the second year of Jinghe, Ning Heng was appointed prefect of Pingjiang Prefecture in Jiangnan Province.

Everyone was surprised. He was a newly crowned top scholar, and he had a sister like the Empress Dowager, so why didn't he stay in the capital, but was sent out instead?

In the same year, the Empress Dowager implemented new policies, which mainly focused on two aspects.

The first is tax reform, and the second is criminal rectification.

The pilot area for tax reform is Pingjiang Prefecture.

At the same time, the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court, the Imperial Clan Court, and local government offices all received a copy of the "New Criminal Law Regulations" drafted by the Empress Dowager herself.

Under severe punishment, wrongful convictions are inevitable. Ning Wanyin stipulated that the investigation ability of criminal officers should be improved and punishment should not be used rashly.

Most criminal judges nowadays rely on torture to extract confessions. If torture is not allowed, the difficulty of solving cases will immediately increase.

However, Ning Wanyin also distributed a matching "Five Hundred Items in the Crime-Solving Manual" at the same time, which became a study manual for all major government offices.

The criminal rectification did not cause much disturbance.

But the tax reform affects the interests of many people.

Whether it was Ning Wanyin in the court or Ning Heng in Pingjiang Prefecture, there were many obstacles.

Ning Wanyin was determined to implement it, Ning Heng was willing to work hard, and the Qilin Guards were sharpening their knives. By the end of the year, the new tax law had begun to take effect.

Ning Wanyin was not in a hurry and tried it out for another year to find out the gaps and fill them in.

In the fourth year of Jinghe, the new tax law was gradually implemented throughout the country starting from Jiangnan.

In the fifth year of Jinghe, Ning Wanyin set up a "military examination". Officials from the Ministry of War were transferred from the capital to serve as chief examiners to the southwest academy to test military tactics and horseback archery, imitating the imperial examination to select military officers from the two lists.

Those who make the list will be promoted and rewarded.

After this move, ordinary people chose the southwest as their first choice to join the army.

Some capable sons of military families also headed southwest.

In the sixth year of Jinghe, Ning Wanyin established martial arts schools in the northwest and southeast. Marquis Changping strongly supported it, but the Xue family was somewhat reluctant.

But with the academy and the military examination, first training and then promotion, if you are not willing, even the generals under the Xue family will have to go to the southwest and northwest for their own future.

Only then did the Xue family react vaguely.

The academy and the military examination were supposed to be a set of policies, but only half of them were implemented at the time in order to avoid too much opposition.

And many years later, the generals in the academy will have learned a lot.

Ning Wanyin also used the military examination to legitimately improve their status and official positions.

It's too late to react now.

In the seventh year of Jinghe, Ning Wanyin reformed the Ministry of Works, set up the Craftsmen's Institute in the capital, and summoned talented people from all over the world to develop weapons.

Concubine Ying provided many new ideas.

However, she did not personally participate in the development.

In this regard, Wei Yingya thought: I know parachutes, grenades, and AKs, but you want me to rub them by hand? I am just an ordinary female college student. I provide ideas, and you can decide whether you can make them.

In the eighth year of Jinghe, the emperor of Daliang died, and Prince Duan killed the crown prince and succeeded to the throne. In order to avenge Prince Duan, the remaining followers of the crown prince attacked Dayan and wanted to lead Dayan to deal with Prince Duan.

Capital City, Jinluan Palace.

"Empress Dowager, the national treasury is full, the four major granaries in the capital are well stocked, and granaries in various places have abundant reserves!" The Minister of Revenue reported, suppressing his excitement.

"Empress Dowager, there are sufficient new-style weapons in the armory, and the military workshops in various places can continue production at any time!" The Minister of Works reported.

"Empress Dowager, I request a fight!" The Minister of War was even more direct.

Now that the Yan army is strong and the food and grass are plentiful, it is the time of great enthusiasm. Daliang dared to attack the city, and the pro-war sentiment in the court was high.

Ning Wanyin looked at the ministers and said in a deep voice, "Daliang has repeatedly invaded our border. Pass on my order to mobilize the southwest, southeast, and northwest armies to counterattack Daliang. The southwest commander Yu Song has fought against Daliang for a long time and has rich experience. Yu Song will be the commander-in-chief."

In the ninth year of Jinghe, the second year of the Yanliang War, the new king of Daliang asked for peace.

When he was still Prince Duan, he knew that he could not defeat Dayan. He did not want to be an enemy of Dayan at all.

However, Da Yan was not harmonious.

In the tenth year of Jinghe, Daliang was destroyed and Dayan unified the Central Plains.

The empress dowager issued an edict to reduce corvée labor and give the people a rest.

At the same time, he rectified the administration of officials and promoted talents without any restrictions.

On the first day of April in the fifteenth year of Jinghe, the emperor had his coming-of-age ceremony.

Men in Dayan are considered adults when they are twenty years old.

The Queen Mother sat in the main seat and all the ministers came to congratulate her.

Ning Wanyin looked at Xier in front of her. His eyebrows and eyes were like his father's, but he also had a hint of her charm.

During his 15 years in power, he reformed the tax law, supervised the administration of officials, established military examinations, restructured military equipment, reduced taxes and levies, and unified the Central Plains.

Her governing philosophy has been fully implemented.

If a country has two rulers, there will be chaos.

Xier was young before, but as he came of age, his tutor, his study partner, his relatives and friends, the people who grew up with him and followed him, some of them would definitely be wary of an empress dowager who would remain in office for a long time.

Even if Xi'er didn't have this idea, the Queen Mother and the new emperor would definitely give birth to two powerful parties.

Peace and prosperity are hard to come by, so she will certainly not allow chaos to be caused by herself.

Each generation has its own wisdom, and she believes that her son can govern the country well.

During these years in power, Ning Wanyin has always been concerned about Helian Xi's education.

She taught her son personally.

And after returning to power, she still had some other things she wanted to do.

"Today is the emperor's grand day of coming of age. I have something to announce. From now on, I will no longer rule the country from behind the scenes." Ning Wanyin said while looking at the ministers.

All the ministers were stunned.

Although many people were speculating when the Queen Mother would return power, no one expected her to step down so decisively.

"Mother—" Helian Xi looked at her with concern.

He had no intention of rushing Ning Wanyin to abdicate.

Over the years, he has watched his mother govern the country. In Helian Xi's eyes, Ning Wanyin is the same as his father.

If his father were still in power, would anyone ask him to abdicate to him? If so, his mother should have done the same.

Ning Wanyin looked at him, her eyes full of expectation and tenderness: "Xi'er, you have been observing politics for fifteen years. Your mother believes that you will be a wise monarch."

Seeing that his mother was determined to do so, Helian Xi nodded seriously.

The queen mother has entrusted him with the responsibility of governing the world, and he will definitely not let her down.

From an early age, he learned how to be a monarch.

Now, he should also shoulder his responsibilities.