I, the crown prince, resign [Transmigration Book]

Until September, the river project that Li Jinghuan had been busy for a long time was finally coming to an end, and the follow-up questions about the project situation were directly reported to the emperor, and he could breathe a sigh of relief.

When Li Jinghuan was busy with the river problem, the empress dowager was also discussing with the emperor about the promotion of concubines in the harem. Concubine Zheng Guifei had been in the palace for many years, and her health had not been very good. She finally got better recently, so the empress dowager deliberately sent her In particular, the fourth prince Li Jingyu, the son of Concubine Zheng Gui, has also recently started to get in touch with court affairs. The Empress Dowager thinks that she will have to give the position of Concubine Royal no matter what.

The emperor was noncommittal about this, and he was more concerned about the empress dowager's [-]th birthday than the matter of being promoted to a concubine.He originally wanted the eldest prince, Li Jingrong, to be in charge of the Empress Dowager's birthday, but that boy was in a dilemma, and hurriedly declined, saying that he couldn't handle the matter.The emperor reprimanded him a few words, and after thinking about it, let the prince take over.

Thinking about the problem of the river channel before, the prince managed the accounts in an orderly manner at the Ministry of Households, and his work attitude and efficiency were quite good.

Regarding the request of his father, Li Jinghuan hesitated to speak. He thought he could rest for two days after the river problem was over, but who knew he would have to work overtime to do this. After struggling for a long time, he still gritted his teeth and took it.Recently, the project is coming to an end, and he has indeed spared a lot of time. The matter of the Empress Dowager's birthday is just an adjustment.

The emperor was quite satisfied with the prince's reaction, patted him on the shoulder and said: "There is a way that those who are capable work harder. As the future emperor, you still have a lot to do in the future."

Li Jinghuan was choked by the emperor, pretending that he couldn't hear it, it was a big cake for him! The usual means of those unscrupulous bosses in the 21st century did not expect to meet here.So, he said unconvinced: "There is no way, those who are in their position do not seek their own government, and those who are not in their position can only serve on their behalf. The blame can only be blamed for being too sincere."

When the emperor heard his words, the veins on his forehead twitched.Prince, what does this mean?Sarcastic that I don't do anything, but just squeeze him, an honest boy?

Thinking of this, he glared at Li Jinghuan angrily, but Li Jinghuan didn't care, and lowered his head to deal with the memorial on the case.It is said that a companion is like a tiger, but he has known the emperor for a while. The father is decisive in killing and attacking, but he is always helpless with his son. As long as it is not a matter of principle, After blowing his beard and staring for a while, it passed, and he would not do anything to him at all.

After accompanying the emperor to finish approving the memorial, Li Jinghuan ignored the emperor's face as dark as the bottom of a pot, saluted and said goodbye directly to the Ministry of Rites, and began to check the accounts of the Ministry of Rites.

Li Jinghuan was originally not good at these trivial matters, but after dealing with the accounts of the river channel problem before, he has some experience in these matters, so he read it a little bit, and roughly decided on the gift to be presented by the Queen Mother on her [-]th birthday. .It is nothing more than some usual Buddha images, screens, wishful thinking, jewelry, etc., plus some furs, brocades, antiques, etc. It took a little time to finalize the list.

The officials of the Ministry of Rituals originally thought that His Royal Highness had never dealt with these things, and probably had no experience, so they were ready to teach him from the beginning, but seeing Li Jinghuan being so experienced, they had already made up their minds before they could say anything. Things, I dare not underestimate this prince.

The Empress Dowager's birthday is approaching, and these things will be presented soon. Li Jinghuan dared not be careless. While urging the Ministry of Rites to prepare these things, he took time to check them one by one. Some of them even went to the warehouse to pick them himself.The officials of the Ministry of Rituals also tensed up when they saw that the prince was so meticulous, and did not dare to slack off for a moment.The string was only loosened after Li Jinghuan left, and they got together and began to talk about the prince.

"I heard that this person is also in charge of the transfer department, right?"

"Yes. I heard from the people in the household department that this master is not easy to be fooled. He can see problems with old accounts at a glance. The people in the household department are very cautious in front of this master now!"

"Is it true or not? Isn't this master only in contact with government affairs?"

"Oh, the so-called tiger father has no dogs. The crown prince was raised and raised by our emperor himself. How could it be so bad?"

"That's right."

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Just two days before the Empress Dowager's birthday, the emperor heard that most of the recruited concubines had both civil and military skills, so he specially held a banquet in the imperial garden to give them a try.

At the banquet, the emperor personally issued five arrows, all of which were hit.All the princes also tried it out. Although their levels were different, they were all reasonable. Even the youngest prince, Li Jingshuo, shot two arrows, which made the emperor very proud.

"Second Brother, what do you think of these people?" Third Prince Li Jingye asked earnestly, shaking his fan.

"Looking at the look of my father, I should be quite satisfied with them." Li Jinghuan replied lightly, and turned to look at Li Jingye by the way. Seeing that he was still playing with the fan, he couldn't help but reminded: "Third brother, It's already October, and you're still shaking your fan like this, isn't it cold?"

"This..." Li Jingye was a little embarrassed when he heard the words, and put away the fan embarrassingly.

In fact, Li Jinghuan didn't mean anything else, but he was afraid that he would turn himself out for the sake of his image.

Seeing that Li Jinghuan didn't speak, in order to ease the awkward atmosphere in front of him, Li Jingye said again: "Actually, my brother is quite pleasing to the examiners in this department."

"Really." Li Jinghuan was noncommittal.

He also knew that the third prince, Li Jingye, had always liked those things about dancing and writing, and that this group of people were all handsome and elegant, and they were the kind of people who won his favor the most.

Thinking of this, Li Jinghuan glanced at Li Jingrong subconsciously, and found that his elder brother's eyes were somewhat disdainful, especially when he saw those literati bending their bows and shooting arrows, their white eyes almost turned out of the sky.

That's right, after all, these are literati who came up through the imperial examinations. Although they are all-round talents in civil and military affairs, they are always inferior to the elder brother who has been immersed in this way all year round. It is not surprising that he looks down on them.

"Little prince," Li Jingrong noticed that the little prince was looking at him, so he also leaned over and asked, "How do you see these people?"

"That's right," Li Jinghuan said ambiguously, "While learning Chinese, you don't lose martial arts."

Li Jingrong curled his lips, "Is that not bad? I see that their horses are not as good as yours."

Li Jinghuan was connoted by him for a while, and felt that he should keep his eyes on his nose and his heart, so he should shut up silently.

"Hey," Li Jingrong obviously didn't intend to let him go, and continued to ask: "Little prince, why do you think the father wants to test these literati's riding and archery? They write articles honestly. What are you doing?"

Li Jinghuan stared straight at Zhan Chong who was bowing and drawing arrows on the stage, shrugged and said, "How does Gu know?"

"This one looks decent," Li Jingrong also saw Zhan Chong's performance, and commented to several brothers: "The arm strength is good, the head is also good, he is a good seed."

"This seems to be..." Li Jingye observed for a while, then hesitantly said, "It seems to be the companion reading before the second brother, Zhan Chong, the son of General Fuyuan."

"It's him?" Li Jingrong was a little surprised. He was far away and couldn't see the faces of the people on the stage clearly. Hearing what Li Jingye said, he took a closer look and found that they were indeed similar in figure and demeanor.

"That's right, this kid has actually passed the Juren exam!" Li Jingrong said with emotion, "I usually look so quiet, I can't beat a fart with three sticks."

Li Jinghuan complained in his heart when he heard the words, let alone a juren, this future even our family will be defeated by you.

Before Li Jinghuan could speak, the emperor had already praised Zhan Chong.

After the banquet, the emperor asked everyone else to disperse, leaving Li Jinghuan alone, and let him follow him back to the study.

The emperor's face was very gloomy along the way, not at all like the joy he had when he praised Zhan Chong at the banquet before, his face was somber, his brows were tightly frowned, as if he was thinking about something.

Seeing this, Li Jinghuan didn't dare to speak rashly, and silently followed behind him without saying a word.

The two walked to the study in silence, and Li Jinghuan stood at the bottom of the steps, waiting for the emperor's order.

The emperor pursed his lips tightly, narrowed his eyes slightly, and his face was so deep that it made people panic, "I have read all the accounts you checked at the Ministry of Households before. Except for the river channel, I see that you also checked some old accounts. ,Yes or no?"

"Yes." Li Jinghuan bowed his head respectfully.

He understood what the emperor meant, and he also gave the emperor a copy of the accounts that he checked before. Some of the old accounts were found to be innumerable, but because the time was too long, some accounts were difficult to sort out.But as long as you take a closer look, you can find that the loopholes are not small.

The emperor was annoyed, and he couldn't suppress his anger, "Okay, I haven't checked these accounts on purpose in these years, and these people dare to play this game for me, it's really audacious!"

The emperor was furious, Li Jinghuan didn't dare to delay, and immediately responded: "Yes, I was also surprised when I checked, but this kind of corruption has happened in all dynasties, and the emperor should not worry too much."

The emperor sneered, "There are all dynasties? It is true that there are all dynasties, but I can't allow these dog slaves to play me for a fool."

Speaking of this, the emperor glanced at Li Jinghuan, "Tell me, what should I do about this matter?"

"This..." Li Jinghuan thought for a while and said, "In my humble opinion, if we only deal with a few adults from the Ministry of Household Affairs, I'm afraid it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. If we want to solve it completely, we need to rectify the bureaucracy."

"That makes sense," the emperor tapped his fingers rhythmically on the desk, "Then...if I said I would send you to do this, what would you say?"

Li Jinghuan understood that since his father called him here today to talk about this matter, then he must not be able to escape, so he knelt down and saluted: "I will definitely do my best."

"Very good," the emperor gave him an approving look, "Then I will leave this matter to you. I hope you will not disappoint me."

"My son will definitely fulfill his mission!"