Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

This year's annual summary is much better than last year's. Wang Yingjiao read it last year, and he made it more carefully. The review opinions of the Ministry of Households were not missed in every aspect where money should be spent; , Also reported to the six ministries and seven ministers according to the results, the upper, middle and lower grades.Where no money was invested, the regrets are also clear.

When the report of the Ministry of Household Affairs came out, the cabinet and several other ministers changed their faces.There is no need for historians to comment on the merits and demerits of the first year of Tianqi. This report from the Ministry of Household Affairs covers the big and small things of the court this year.

Then the ministries discussed the report of the Ministry of Households, and looked at the annual budgets of each ministries passed last year. After a year of practice verification, whether it is correct and whether every penny should be spent.

In the Qianqing Palace, it took nine days to discuss various expenses for the first year of the apocalypse before the financial summary for the first year of the apocalypse was passed.

Then we have to make a budget for next year—the second year of Apocalypse.

On behalf of the Ministry of Officials, Zhu Guozuo, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, submitted the financial plan for the next year of the Ministry.It is said to be a financial plan, but it is actually the work plan of the Ministry of Officials for next year.

The plan of the Ministry of Officials basically had nothing to choose, and it passed smoothly.Later, Zhou Jiamo made a request to become an official, and the reason was that he was over 70 years old.

Zhu Youxiao immediately expressed his objection. Zhou Jiamo, an old minister, was in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and the two servants under him were also capable.

"Zhou Qing, if you insist on becoming an official, you have to wait until after the Beijing inspection. What I mean is that the official department cannot do without you, and the official department also has two capable servants you have chosen as assistants. Your health may not be the same. It’s time to go home and recuperate.”

The emperor earnestly persuaded him to stay, and entrusted him with such an important matter as Jingcha, so Zhou Jiamo withdrew his request to become an official.

Sun Ruyou, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, reluctantly supported himself to attend the annual budget and final accounts meeting. After Zuo Shilang Gongnai finished reading the summary of the Ministry of Rites' affairs for the year, the courtiers passed the routine plans of the Ministry of Rites without any objection.

"Your Majesty, the old minister still has two matters to discuss with His Majesty. One is the chief examiner of next year's competition."

Sun Ruyou has been ill for more than half a year, and the affairs of the Ministry of Rites are handled by the two ministers. Next year will happen to be Chunwei, which will be the year of the imperial court's grand talent ceremony, so he can't worry about it.

Zhu Youxiao thought about it and said: "I want He Zongyan of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to be the chief examiner of Chunwei. The deputy examiner and others will be settled before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. However, the weather has become colder and colder in recent years. I want to take the exam Do you think it is feasible to push back the time for one month to prevent some candidates from getting sick from the cold in the test house?"

Sun Ruyou listened to the emperor's key points for He Zongyan to be the examiner, and immediately let go of most of his worries about next year's spring.The exam, which was postponed for a month, was immediately unanimously passed by the courtiers.

Sun Ruyou saw that the emperor could listen to him, so he continued: "Your Majesty, the old minister has received the orders of the temple and Guangmiao, and Tian Ran has assumed the title of Minister of An/Bang Gu Ming, but this body is not up to date, and I am afraid that he will not be able to do so in the future." Work for His Majesty, continue to assist His Majesty."

When he said this, he pointed at Gong Nai again and said, "Gong Xiaohe is the teacher of two generations of emperors, and the old minister intends to recommend Gong Xiaohe to be the Minister of Rites."

Zhou Jiamo saw that his complexion was very bad, thinking that fewer and fewer people of the same age stayed in the court this year, he felt sad and knew that Sun Ruyou's proposal was in line with the emperor's wishes, and it was also beneficial to the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, and also beneficial to the emperor. Stabilize the peaceful situation of the court.I sighed in my heart for those old ministers who came to the capital late to seek positions, and said nothing, just waiting for the emperor to decide.

"Sun Qing, I haven't been expecting you to take care of me for more than half a year. The old minister seeks the country, and the affairs of the Ministry of Rites are important, so I still rely on you for guidance."

Sun Ruyou had submitted a few papers for becoming an official before, and the emperor did this to save him enough dignity, so he bowed down and asked for an official again.

"Your Majesty, if the old minister had Zhou Mingqing's body, he would not have proposed to be an official in this matter. The old minister knows that he will die soon, and he will not come tomorrow."

The exhaustion on Sun Ruyou's face made Zhu Youxiao couldn't bear to drag him to listen to the very sad budget and final accounts. He nodded slowly and agreed to his appointment, and told Liu Shimin to remember to give Sun Shangshu some nourishing food thing.

When Sun Ruyou saw that the emperor had allowed him to become an official, he wiped away the moisture from the corners of his eyes, his mind was over, he looked at the emperor with reluctance in his eyes, and his tone was full of nostalgic love.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has another unfeeling request. Last year, His Majesty insisted on observing the three-year filial piety period for the late emperor. It should not have been mentioned at this time, but the relevant society can't take into account too many customs. .Your Majesty will make a filial piety at the end of next year, and it's time for the selection of beautiful girls."

The British Duke who had been sitting there silently straightened his back unknowingly.

To mention the marriage at the time when the tenth princess and Qilang had just died was a bit of a forced emperor's feeling as the eldest brother.For this reason, Sun Ruyou deliberately asked Gong Nai not to read out the budget part of the Ministry of Rites related to the emperor's wedding.However, there is still this part of the official documents of the Ministry of Rites that are submitted to the emperor and passed on to all ministries.

In his capacity as Minister of the Ministry of Rites and Minister Gu Ming who is about to retire, it is most appropriate for him to raise this matter verbally.Others immediately voiced their support for his proposal.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the British public, and the marriage can be brought up for discussion now.

"There is no need to choose a show girl. I have already selected the British Duke's legitimate daughter to be the queen."

British Duke Zhang Weixian's tense back immediately relaxed. This matter has almost become a sensitive topic that cannot be mentioned in the British government. I don't know how many nobles have come to his house this year to ask about their daughter's marriage.He was so annoyed that his wife took her daughter to avoid Zhuangzi, and didn't even return home for the Mid-Autumn Festival. He couldn't tell anyone about the pressure inside.

Anyway, Madam complained that he acted inappropriately, what about the two-year agreement to recover the civil servants, it is better to simply agree to the marriage or not at all, so that the daughter can look after him.

Zhou Jiamo clutched his chest subconsciously, he knew that the emperor was not a stickler for rules and regulations.Looking at those colleagues who were close to Petrochemical, and then at the British Duke who looked down and said nothing, he let out a deep breath.Choose the first daughter of the British government!Looking at the concubines selected by the Ming Dynasty from the people in the past hundred years, none of them can do anything serious.

I think that when Zhang Juzheng was alive, Empress Dowager Li knew how to teach Emperor Wanli to obey his instructions.But once Zhang Taiyue died, in order to make King Lujian's marriage more luxurious, he copied Zhang Taiyue's house, which is so indifferent.There is a precedent for Empress Dowager Li not only being indifferent to Emperor Wanli in matters of business and major matters, but also indulging King Lujian's overreach in small matters and affecting Emperor Wanli's disregard of national laws. If the queen was from everyone's honorable background, how could such a thing happen.Moreover, the ambitious emperor in front of me, who is about to restore the Chief Secretary of Jiaozhi, will use his troops in the future.

So he didn't think there was anything bad about this marriage, but felt that the emperor had a unique vision at a young age.

Before he could express his opinion, Zhang Wenda said, "Your Majesty has made up his mind?"

Zhu Youxiao nodded.

Sun Ruyou also regained his sanity, and was so excited that he burst into tears.

"Your Majesty, even if the old minister goes to see the temple and Guangmiao tomorrow, he will have the face to report on state affairs and His Majesty's marriage. Well, this marriage is good."

Britain's willingness to marry is a hundred times, a thousand times, a thousand times stronger than that of private-born concubines.

He turned his head and said to Gongnai, "the Son of Heaven is respectful. You don't have to observe filial piety for your younger brothers and sisters who died young. But it's better to leave a hundred days. Marriage can be arranged after March next year. By the end of winter next year, the Son of Heaven will be filial piety." .”

Sun Ruyou's implication is that he wants to set the emperor's wedding date to the twelfth lunar month of next year.

Gong Nai saw that the emperor had no intention of objecting, and felt that the old Shangshu's arrangement was very appropriate.Immediately got up and responded in a low voice: "Your Majesty will follow the instructions of the Ministry."

Huang Kezuan had a lot of contact with Zhu Youxiao, and they often quarreled with each other day and night over the development of artillery.Now seeing that the Ministry of Rites decided to hammer the emperor's big wedding, he immediately said: "The veteran thinks that we should inform the Qin Tianjian to see if there will be a good day in the twelfth lunar month next year."

Marry a daughter-in-law to celebrate the New Year, which is applicable to everyone.Therefore, there are good days in the twelfth lunar month of any year. This is a no-brainer and a matter of convention.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the excited courtiers left and right, and felt that their energy and excitement should be similar to their own marriage decades ago.Looking at even the historian who was doing daily notes in the Qianqing Palace, he was as excited as a chicken blood at this time.Regardless of the rules, they whispered to each other.

Because there were too many things to be recorded in the days-to-day discussion of the budget and final accounts, several attendant lecturers were temporarily transferred from the Imperial Academy to join the recording team.Although everyone is so tired these days that their wrists are sore, but being able to hear the three ministers discussing state affairs is a beautiful thing that cannot be obtained by burning incense.

Now it is even more exciting to hear that the emperor has confirmed the queen and basically set the time for the big wedding. The top-secret news, and the first time I know it with all the ministries, I am more excited than myself getting married and becoming a Jinshi.

Zhu Youxiao thought to himself that he could not continue the discussion today, so he simply let everyone relax.

"Liu Shimin, ask the Imperial Dining Room to bring some refreshments, and replace the tea with warm ones."

After the refreshments were served, the courtiers who came back from changing clothes enjoyed the desserts in the palace.

Fang Congzhe asked the emperor, "Your Majesty has confirmed that the queen is the legitimate daughter of the Duke of England. Will there be a draft for the canonized concubine? Next year, we will select the best daughter in Gyeonggi."

Only selected in Gyeonggi.The smaller the range, the less disturbing people will be.

Those who disliked Fang Congzhe also agreed with his proposal at this time.

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "There are still thousands of court ladies in the inner court, and the quota is already full, so there will be no drafts. Besides, I don't plan to make concubines."

The civil servants have no objection to the emperor not being drafted. It would be better not to be selected, so as to prevent the servants from disturbing the people.But the content of not canonizing concubines later is bigger.

Zhou Jiamo felt that he understood the emperor's mind, and he was ready to learn from Xiaozong.well!How young.What did Gongnai teach the emperor?

Has Gong Nai forgotten the great etiquette dispute brought about by Xiaozong's no grandson?

The indescribable distress also appeared in the minds of all the courtiers who heard the emperor's words.