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The regent moved the memorial in front of his eyes in embarrassment.

The eunuch secretly made another note for the regent in his heart, intending to refer to him in front of His Majesty when he has accumulated ten pieces of evidence that can prove that the regent has disobedience.

The regent of the Kunning Palace rejected the little emperor's invitation to share dinner and left the palace as if fleeing.

Back at the Dingyuan Hou's Mansion, the regent touched the memorial in his sleeve, and immediately lost his embarrassment - what if those old bastards played directly in the court tomorrow to invite the little emperor to be the empress?

Thinking of this, the Prince Regent was in no mood to have dinner, thinking of any reasonable excuses to silence the old-school gang so that they would never mention the matter of making the little emperor a queen.

However, the result of thinking is - there is no such excuse, unless the little emperor doesn't do it.

The regent guessed right.As soon as he went to court the next day, the old school Minister of Rites stood up and asked His Majesty to make a concubine.

The little emperor tried to reason with the stubborn old man: "Aiqing, I have only been enthroned for only a week, so it is too early to talk about setting up a queen and accepting a concubine now?"

"It's getting late, Your Majesty." The Minister of Rites said, "Establishing a queen should have been put on the agenda long ago."

The disrespectful words of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites were threatening to the little emperor's ears.The little emperor sneered, his mind running at high speed, trying to find a reason to refuse to accept the concubine.

The regent looked at the little emperor who was smiling stiffly, then glanced at the minister of the Ministry of Rites, whose eyes revealed that he was bound to win, and said, "Master Shangshu is so anxious to make your majesty a queen, is it for the continuation of the emperor's heir, or for other reasons?" What?"

As soon as he said this, not only the Minister of Rites and other courtiers, even the little emperor froze and turned to look at him.

The little emperor felt that he really deserved to be the regent, and he could speak such provocative words with such confidence.

The official of the Ministry of Rites froze, immediately knelt down, and shouted to the little emperor: "Your Majesty! I am loyal to Dayuan, and I will never think of anything wrong. The regent slanders me so much, and I..." He turned around angrily. Looking at the pillars in the hall, the little emperor probably meant that he would crash into death in this hall if he didn't give him an explanation.

The little emperor: ...the one who said this is the regent, what's the use of you yelling at me?Also, do you think I can control the Prince Regent?

The regent sneered and said, "I didn't say that you have two hearts."

The Minister of Rites turned his head and asked the Regent: "Then why did Your Highness prevent His Majesty from being crowned Empress?"

"This king did not prevent your Majesty from establishing a queen." The regent said, "It is not that there were no courtiers in the previous dynasty who took advantage of the emperor's unstable foundation to marry their daughters into the palace, and finally caused the disaster of foreign relatives arbitrating power. This king was personally appointed by the first emperor. The king of regents naturally has to think of His Majesty in everything. The Lord Shangshu is asking His Majesty to make a queen at this time, so I have to be careful."

Xie Shoufu also stood up and said: "Master Shang Shu, did you forget that His Majesty's March filial piety period has not yet passed. Sir Shang Shu is so impatient that he can't even wait for March?"

The little emperor remembered it after hearing what he said, yes, don't I still have three months of filial piety?Alas, the first assistant is still out of his mind, or the throne can be handed over to the first assistant.

If Xie Shoufu hadn't mentioned that the little emperor still had three months of filial piety, everyone would have forgotten about it.

Hearing what he said, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites was completely speechless.Resentful, he returned to the rank of civil servants.

The newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Officials stepped forward and brought up the issue of official assessment again.

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The commander of the spy department led the people to rush to the northwest.Although the Secret Detective Division has been abandoned for five years, the information channels of the Secret Detective Division have not been abandoned.

After staying in the Northwest for half a month, the Undercover Department had mastered most of the criminal evidence of Northwest officials.Three days later, these evidences were sent back to the capital through the unique channel of the Secret Service.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, the little emperor yawned and left the morning court. As soon as he arrived at the imperial study, the eunuch sent news from the spy department.

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9. Chapter 9

The little emperor regained his spirits when he heard it, took the envelope from the eunuch's hand and opened it, took out the letter inside and unfolded it to see what good things those people had done.

It turned out to be a blank sheet of paper.

The little emperor read it over and over several times to make sure that there were indeed no words on the paper and it was not because of his own eyesight problems, and then handed the letter to the regent with a blank expression.

The regent took it over and saw what the little emperor meant.He ordered the eunuch to get a lighted candle, and baked the letter above the flame, and then brown writing appeared on the paper.

Little Emperor: I am Zhang Yu.

On the paper is a brief account of the spy department's collusion with foreigners in Northwest China.In just a few pages, the whole thing happened.The little emperor saw the end and found out that the secret agent said that there were several pieces of evidence signed by the master of the Suzhou government in the envelope.

The little emperor picked up the envelope suspiciously, opened it and took a look. There was no other paper in it?

He touched the cover of the envelope and felt that the back layer seemed to be a little thicker than the front one. He tore open the envelope and found the evidence trapped inside.

The little emperor read the evidence hastily, and then gave all the papers to the regent.

After reading it, the regent didn't say much, but after asking the little emperor for instructions, he avoided all the old school and summoned several neutral and new ministers into the palace.

When Xie Shoufu and Zuodu Yushi arrived at the imperial study, other ministers had already arrived.The two met with the little emperor and other officials, and sat opposite the regent.

The regent briefly talked about the affairs of the Northwest, and then passed the news of the spy department to them, and asked them to pass it on by themselves.

After reading the official book, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials was shocked and paled. He knelt down in front of the little emperor with a plop, and said tremblingly: "Minister, I have dereliction of duty. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Although the official assessment has always existed, after the first emperor abandoned the spy department, the official assessment almost existed in name only.

Officials are evaluated once every three years. Originally, the Ministry of Officials sent people to various places for evaluation.Later, the first emperor was slack in the assessment of officials, and the Ministry of Officials no longer sent people to various places for assessment. Gradually, it became the local governor's assessment of local officials, who gave the rating and handed it over to the Ministry of Officials.

The assessment and ratings handed over by Northwest officials are all top, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a fake made by collusion.But because Zhizhou of Ganzhou is the cousin of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhizhou of Suzhou is brother-in-law with the right minister, even if the Ministry of officials knew that this was a fraud, no one dared to say anything, let alone investigate.

For more than half a month, the little emperor had a good understanding of the situation in the court, and he also knew how lazy the late emperor was.He didn't blame the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but waved his hand to signal him to get up.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials was dripping with cold sweat. He was afraid that the young emperor would burn three fires when the new emperor ascended the throne, and the second one in the northwest would burn himself.

The regent glanced at the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said nothing, and began to discuss with others who would be the imperial envoy to go to the northwest to thoroughly investigate the matter.

At the beginning, after discussions among the ministers, they felt that the regent should go, but the regent vetoed it.The regent's reason was that two of the officials involved in the case were relatives of the old-school party leader. If the Prime Minister and the Minister of Rites had known about this for a long time and had not reported it, they would have had a different intention.If he leaves the capital, the old faction takes the opportunity to make trouble, and His Majesty's foundation is unstable, and he is controlled by them, who of you can take this responsibility?

The ministers felt that it made sense, discussed again, and finally decided to send the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and the left and right deputy capital censors as imperial envoys to go to the northwest to thoroughly investigate the matter.

When he went to court the next day, the regent appointed the three of them as imperial envoys to inspect various places on the grounds of patrolling the world.

In fact, yesterday the regent planned to let the little emperor talk about this matter in the morning, but the little emperor refused to do it, and the regent tried to persuade him again and again, but he had no choice but to let the little emperor do it.

The right minister listened, and his expression was normal.After waiting for the morning court, he immediately wrote a letter to the northwest side, asking if there was any uncovered place, and warned them not to communicate with people from the Western Regions in the near future.

Ever since the regent asked Northwest for no reason that day, Prime Minister Right's right eyelid started to twitch. That night he wrote a letter to Northwest, asking them to cover it up, in case the court sent people to investigate.

Prime Minister Right thought that the letter could reach the northwest in three days, and the imperial envoy would take at least half a month. After the Qincha arrived, the northwest should have been covered.

He comforted himself in this way, but his right eyelid twitched even faster.

However, the letter sent by the right minister failed to reach the northwest, and was stopped by the spy department on the way, and sent to the little emperor's case.

The regent looked at the letter, snorted, and thought to himself: I'm afraid this old man is too confused. Knowing that His Majesty wants to rectify the Northwest, not only does he not separate the relationship, but he also communicates with the Northwest?

The Minister of Rites has been on sick leave since the morning when the Regent sent people to the northwest, and he hasn't seen anyone for a long time.

On the fourth day when the Minister of the Ministry of Rites asked for leave, someone went to the book to participate in the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites to cheat.No. 3 in the previous year's exam, now the head of the Ministry of Rites, the head of the Qingli Department, bribed the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and swapped the original No. 3 with this person's test paper.Since the first emperor didn't pay much attention, everything was decided by the Ministry of Rites after the palace examination, and the first emperor just went through the motions and went back.So the Minister of Rites released the water and let him pass the palace examination.

As soon as this incident came out, the ruling and opposition parties were shocked.After discussing with the little emperor in court, the regent immediately sent someone to the Minister of Rites' mansion and referred him to Dali Temple for trial by the regent himself.

The discovery of this matter would not have been possible without the handiwork of the Regent. He originally wanted to use the little emperor to rectify the northwest, and at the same time check to see if there were any problems with the old-school gang, and then overthrow them in one fell swoop.

Who knew that the Minister of Rites gave him