The king is not the king, the minister is not the minister

It was snowy overnight, and at the beginning of the new year, Yinhua invaded the bones.

When he got up in the morning, when he left the bedroom, Xia Houzhan saw Yu Zhuo standing under the eaves.

When the latter saw someone, he bowed deeply and said with a smile: "I see Your Majesty, Your Majesty wakes up in the morning before the time of Mao, and worries about the country and the people. He is really a role model for you."

If another person said these words, Xia Houzhan would feel flattering, but the sincerity in Yu Zhuo's words made people unable to ignore it.He nodded slightly, "Hengqing has also worked hard, follow me to the imperial study."

"I obey the order." Yu Zhuo noticed that there were no sedan chairs waiting in front of the bedroom, and the emperor really had a bit of a military style.

Eunuch Zhao swiftly led the two of them to the imperial study, made tea, and retreated to the dark place.

Xia Houzhan handed the letter to Yu Zhuo and said, "I want to ask Heng Qing about something."

"Your Majesty please speak."

"The battle situation in northern Xinjiang is not yet clear. If I want to choose a warlord to lead the army to help, Heng Qing thinks, which love minister is the most suitable?"

The letter was from the Northwest, with a few words explaining the situation of the battle, mentioning that General Zhou Zhao was injured in sending troops despite dissuasion.

Returning the letter, Yu Zhuo frowned. There are many warlords, but there are only two or three who can really play the role of "supervisor".

"Your Majesty, how is Mr. Su Shixue?"

"No, Mr. Su was left by the teacher for my personal protection, not to mention he is not good at communicating with people." Xia Houzhan thought to himself, Yu Zhuo really thought of going with him at first.

"Since Mr. Su can't do it, the remaining two are equal." Yu Zhuo touched the wall of the teacup, it was still hot, and gave up drinking.

"Which two?"

"Ji Chang and Sun An." Yu Zhuo said, "It's just that these two were born as civil servants. The northwest is bitterly cold and the conditions are harsh. Now it's the Spring Festival. I'm afraid they will be sick and refuse."

"Resign due to sickness? The Northwest is stable, how many soldiers have died in foreign lands, how can they refuse?"

"I will wait for His Majesty to make a decision."

Since it was the first day of the new year, Yu Zhuo couldn't stay in the palace for too long. After breakfast, he returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion.Sure enough, he saw Xia Yubing who was full of anxiety.

"Why, are you worried that I will be arrested by His Majesty and put into the prison?"

"No, Your Majesty won't." Xia Yubing lowered his head, "I'm just worried that your lord will encounter accidents on the way back home..."

"It's the same as what your master thought, no, let me stay in the palace."

The phrase "your master" successfully made Xia Yubing's heart skip a beat, and he stammered, "Slave...do you have any other orders?"

"Let's go to New Year's greetings, can you prepare something?" Yu Zhuo asked.

"My lord, get ready."

Colleagues in the middle of the capital, as the left minister, naturally have to avoid taboos, so Yu Zhuo just went to the Taoist temple in the middle of the capital to pay respects to the temple, and to visit some old friends who retired from commoner clothes.

New Year's Eve is really boring for him.

It's boring to be boring, but it's always good to be free.

Ten days later, when he went to the court, Yu Zhuo sat on the prime minister's red sandalwood chair, and found that half of the ministers in the court glanced at Zhou Xi who was opposite him from time to time.

Facing Xia Houzhan's gaze without any warning, Yu Zhuo thought to himself that this young emperor should have expected something, and quickly evoked a smile and looked away.

Eunuch Zhao shouted: "There is a book to play, and I will leave the court without incident."

Before the words fell, three officials stood up and proposed the canonization of the queen.

"The empress was just named last year, why did you love ministers mention this matter again within a month?"

"My Majesty, the harem cannot be left without a master for a day. It is not in conflict with the title of the king and queen and the establishment of a new queen." Another courtier came out. Xia Houzhan recalled Yu Zhuo's meaningful eyes before, and he must have guessed that there would be Such a thing.

"Wang Aiqing thinks that now is the right time to be a queen?" Xia Houzhan directly asked his father-in-law Wang Lian the question.

Standing clearly inconspicuously, Wang Lian didn't expect that this matter would affect him, so he hurried forward and said, "Return to Your Majesty, now that your Majesty's heirs are weak, it is natural that you need to spread the branches and leaves, but the conferment of the queen is by no means a trivial matter. Dare to say more."

Wang Lian's son was sent to the south of the Yangtze River, and now he is well versed in the word low-key.

Old fried dough sticks are indeed old fried dough sticks.

Yu Zhuo raised his eyes and noticed that Xia Houzhan was looking at him urgently, as if he wanted Yu Zhuo to help him out.

Su Qing stepped forward and said: "I think this matter is yet to be discussed."

Xia Houzhan immediately asked, "What's your opinion, teacher?"

"The snowstorm last year and the national treasury was empty. If you want to choose a queen, you have to choose from all levels of the people, which will cost a lot of manpower and financial resources. If some officials are not effective, I'm afraid it will cause resentment."

"What the teacher said is true, do you have any other opinions?"

"My minister thinks that it is better to choose from the harem directly than from folk drafts." Zhou Xi stood up and cupped his hands with a solemn expression, "Furthermore, it is not impossible to choose a high-ranking woman from aristocratic families in Beijing."

The harem girl, Yu Zhuo remembers it very clearly, he chuckled, and said to Zhou Xi: "Why didn't the right minister just say that Concubine Feng Yun is the queen, and she needs to go around such a big circle?"

"I'm afraid." Zhou Xi said to the emperor, but his eyes were full of gloom, lingering on Yu Zhuo's body, as if he wanted to poke a few holes with his eyes.

Yu Zhuo suddenly realized that Zhou Xi was resenting the little trick he played earlier, but he just blinked back innocently.

"Does Hengqing think that I shouldn't be a queen at this time?"

Hearing this, Yu Zhuo got up and walked to the center of the hall, his body surging with vigor, forcing the previous ministers to take a few steps back, first saluted Xia Houzhan, and then folded his fans.

Yu Zhuo turned to face all the courtiers. "In the past, General Huo said that the Xiongnu were not destroyed, so why did they start a family, and now the border wars, the ministers are not blind."

"We sit in peace and beauty, singing and dancing, have you ever thought about the bitter cold in the frontier, lack of food and clothing?"

"You have wives and concubines in your arms, and you are making fun of your grandchildren. Have you ever thought about being reunited on New Year's Eve, and the frontier soldiers won't even see their relatives."

Every word of these words was knocked on Xia Houzhan's heart. Yu Zhuo knew very well that the emperor started to go to the battlefield at the age of 15, and he had a deep understanding of the hard work of soldiers.

Yu Zhuo put away the folding fan, and her voice became soft again: "The Prime Minister on the right can best understand this kind of thinking, right?"

"My younger brother is guarding the frontier, so I naturally understand."

"Zhou Fengchang, do you know how much money it takes to be named a queen?"

"Minister... just count it now." A relative of Zhou Xi's family, who is the head of Fengchang, is in charge of etiquette. If he can't make some money from it, Yu Zhuo will naturally not believe it.

"Don't forget, the previous dynasty spent a total of 3000 taels of silver."

Xia Houzhan smiled rarely, and said: "If this money is spent on frontier soldiers, it will be of great use. According to my will, I ordered Lang Zhongling Ji Chang to be the governor of the northern border. Three days later, I will lead an army of [-] to go north to support General Zhou."

Obviously, Xia Houzhan finally negotiated with Ji Chang.Several ministers also saw Ji Chang going in and out of the imperial study for a few days, and thought to themselves, the emperor had already planned.

"Do you have anything else to say?"

After mentioning Li at this moment, not only will he not give the emperor face, but he will also think that he is "blind" in Yu Zhuo's mouth.

Seeing the silence in the hall, Eunuch Zhao announced his retreat.

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