imprinted you in my heart

After Bu Qianxue asked, she realized that Shi Min did not buy those dangerous bottles and cans, but was writing and drawing in the surveying and mapping room next to her, so she was relieved and had no plans to go in, so she told Lu Guanchu a few words and left.

In the surveying and mapping room, Shi Min was completely immersed in the introspection and design of the test failure, and was making a deep summary of the last failure. He didn't listen until there was a voice outside, but because the other party's voice was low and he couldn't hear clearly, he thought it was Palace servant, no more care.

On the way back to Changfu Palace, Bu Qianxue suddenly realized a problem. In the morning, she said that she could not read clearly, so she could write and draw in the afternoon?

A feeling of being cheated and anger surged into my heart instantly, sweeping through my whole body.

By the time Shi Min came out of the surveying room after being reminded several times by Lu Guanchu, it was almost time for dinner.

Lu Guanchu immediately reported to her about Bu Qianxue's visit, only then did Shi Min realize that it was Bu Qianxue who spoke, not the palace attendant she thought.

Once again realizing the fact that Bu Qianxue still cared about her very much, the unhappiness and depression of her day disappeared in an instant, and she was happy to go to Changfu Palace to find Bu Qianxue to have dinner together.

"The Zhong Palace has already returned to the residence." Seeing His Majesty so happy, Lu Guanchu really didn't want to pour cold water on her, but if he didn't say anything about it, it would be her fault if he really went to the Changfu Palace.

go home?Except for Buhou Mansion, don't do what he wants.The transition between heaven and hell took only a moment, and Shi Min's face suddenly puffed up, his head drooped, his eyes almost narrowed into a line, such a majesty, made Lu Guanchu a little scared, as if he could blow up at any time and burn a piece of it.

On the way back to Fengde Palace, Shi Min sat on the Yuchao, stared ahead, without saying a word, but when he was about to arrive, he suddenly changed his mind and went to the school grounds.

Lu Guanchu watched His Majesty, who had no dinner, practice riding and shooting like crazy in the schoolyard until dark.

The next day was the twice-a-month court meeting. Shi Min resumed his usual routine, got up early to read a book, and arrived at Chengtian Hall on time after having breakfast to start the morning court.

Under her instruction, today not only the officials of the seventh rank and above from the capital city came, but also the envoys from various countries who had not left in the hotel.Thirty days after the Empress Dowager passed away, some envoys from small southwestern official countries submitted memorials and asked to return to the country, and she approved them all, and asked the Ministry of Rites to return gifts according to the list given at the beginning.

Up to now, the envoys of the small countries on the official road in the Southwest have all resigned one after another. Only the missions of Anguo, Qingguo, Langguo, Braque, and Nanluo, the five vassal states adjacent to the Hua Dynasty, are still there. Both the envoy and the deputy envoy came. Although there was no embassy in Kang Guo, Xuan Changle, who was wearing a prince's costume, was standing at Shi Min's lower left hand.

After the ceremony, Shi Min asked Lu Guanchu to read out an imperial decree. According to the gender of the kings of the five countries, they gave the princes two sets of clothes in spring and autumn, summer and winter, one set of royal uniforms, and the princess or husband's clothes in summer and winter. Two sets for each season.

In addition, some rewards were given correspondingly for the resources that the vassal states were in short supply, such as the admission quota of Mingdao Academy that all countries wanted and needed, the ironware and iron pots that Braque, Nanluo, and the wolf state lacked, etc. Qingguo , the new farm tools that Anguo lacked, and the reproductive water resources that most vassal states lacked. In addition, some precious jade articles were rewarded, which were considered additional rewards, but not generous ones.

Because Emperor Hua Gaozu did not say it clearly but had the tone of cultural invasion, coupled with the continuous inheritance and development of subsequent emperors, he created the system of conferring on the kings of the vassal states, and now the costumes and culture of the vassal states are influenced by Han culture. results.

She is as stingy as a stone, and she did not abolish this item, but reduced the number and style of grants. Instead of granting high-ranking ministers of vassal states, she only bestowed corresponding clothes blueprints, so the amount she bestowed was compared to any previous ones. An emperor is not a generous gift.

Therefore, it is customary and essential to give obedience to the kings, concubines or husbands of the vassal states, but not all princes are rewarded with clothes, because the vassal states are also graded, the more obedient the higher the degree of Sinicization, the higher the rank. The disobedient vassal state only rewarded a set of county king clothes at most, and nothing else. The vassal state that received this kind of treatment most often was Braque.

The one with the highest treatment is Kang Guo, because it is not only the most loyal younger brother of the Hua Dynasty, but also the closest to the Hua Dynasty in clothing and customs, and it is also the vassal state that pays the most tribute every time, and it is the most peaceful, so there is such a Courtesy.

But this year, Shi Min treats everyone equally and rewards the princes with costumes. This is not only to reward them clearly, but also to appease and win them over in disguise. Let them play it safe for the next few years, because she doesn't want another war in the next few years.

The reason why she didn't reward Hua Dynasty's unique silk, tea, and porcelain is not that she is stingy, but that she has already rewarded them proportionally during the court meeting before. When she is about to leave, the Ministry of Rites will give them together according to the procedure, so there will be no repeated rewards. up.

She did the math, and although the gifts rewarded to them were a bit more than the last time they paid tribute, compared to the value of their tribute, it was not a loss on the whole, only because the rewards to the vassal states were accounted for by the treasury. So true.

In addition, they are also allowed to return to the country early, so they don't have to stay in Fandu deliberately to observe the empress dowager's filial piety, and they can follow their own customs to observe the filial piety after returning to the country.

Although the principals and deputy envoys of some vassal states did not complain explicitly, the complaints and unhappiness in their hearts can be guessed almost without thinking. For example, the funeral etiquette of a nomadic country like Braque is quite different from that of the Hua Dynasty. Yes, but they don't have a choice if they do as the Romans do.

It’s not that there was no memorial for the resignation of the vassal state, but that Shi Min had her own considerations and chose to keep it and not send it out, so that the first person who ate the crab didn’t succeed, and the others dared not eat it anymore up.

Now the time to leave is ripe - all the vassal states, including the wolf state, played the memorials of loyalty again, and the ending was done very neatly, and the envoys were also influenced and beaten.Naturally, it was time to let them go home.

The envoys of the vassal states happily received the decree. God knows how annoying they are—the fact that they have to go to the Wenxuan Hall for an hour every afternoon to observe filial piety. How happy I am, everyone has a smile on their faces when they exit.

And the happiest of them was the Deputy Envoy of the Wolf Kingdom, because some time ago, the king not only withdrew the task of assassinating the envoy of Anguo, but also sent people to send the memorial and the head of the plea.

Until now, he still clearly remembers the fear and uneasiness when he begged to see His Majesty, especially during the period when His Majesty did not speak. pardoned their sins.

As for the assassination of An Guozheng, he was absolutely confident that he did not leave any clues behind, and he would never be able to find anything about him. He didn't know that Shi Min actually knew about it, so he didn't mention it from the beginning to the end.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't make another move after that, the memorial of the wolf hegemony was earnest, and the attitude of admitting his mistakes was correct, she wouldn't have let him go magnanimously.

Of course, these are just appearances, and the deeper reason is that Shi Min doesn't want to go to war at the moment, and just wants to implement the New Deal according to the plan and complete the self-help reform of the Hua Dynasty.

Xuan Chang was delighted to see their overjoyed appearance after receiving the prince's costume reward, and he could not see it without seeing it, and despised it in his heart, thinking: wearing a monkey crown, you may not look like a prince if you wear it!

Although there is only one word difference between the prince and the king, there are still many differences in treatment, such as salary, guard of honor, etc., are more or less different, and they are extremely strict. For the light ones, for the heavy ones, there are demotions.

But the kings of the vassal states are not so strict. First, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away; second, they do not receive the salary of the Hua Dynasty; Give them county royal costumes and gold seals, and they will still prepare ceremonial guards at the prince level in their home country.

As the suzerain country, the Hua Dynasty cannot send troops to attack them just because the king of the vassal state wears princely clothes and enjoys the honor of the prince in his own country. Unannounced.

As in Xuan Changle's current special situation, there is no precedent in the Hua Dynasty, so Shi Min set the rules, enjoying the treatment of the prince and guard of honor according to the etiquette, and arranged for a temporary palace. The guards and servants were dispatched by the Ministry of Rites from the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War , but not the prince's salary, but a monthly salary according to the first grade.

It means that the money she received is her own, and she doesn't have to worry about the daily expenses of the mansion. Going back there, I won't go back to Kangguo with her.

After Yun Chu'an was captured by Fu Yao and presented to the Hua Dynasty, some people of insight in Kang Kingdom spontaneously came to Fandu to join Xuan Changle.Up to now, more than 30 Kang people have gathered around Xuan Changle, and only then have some available people. After all, those who come to study with her are not much older than her, so they are not easy to drive.

After all the envoys from the vassal states left, Gu Yunchou and other ministers began to report on political affairs. They did not go to court for several days, and there were quite a lot of ministers who reported. Shi Min listened carefully and dealt with them one by one. Let's discuss it another day.

After the fourth thing was finished, the minister who made the report took the order to retreat to his position. Then Duan Yunjie, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, stood up with his wat in both hands, and reported loudly: "Qi Zou Emperor, officials have been used as a word since ancient times, but in fact they are officials. It is completely different from officials. Officials are in charge, and officials are in charge of affairs. There are few officials but many officials, and officials have salaries but officials have no, so that all officials have to live by bad rules. Now our dynasty has promulgated the law of official management. However, if we still rely on outdated rules and regulations, I am afraid that the constraints will be insufficient and there is no way to rely on them. I suggest that relevant laws be formulated to standardize the management of subordinate officials in the world."

After Duan Yunjie finished speaking, the whole hall was completely silent, staring at her with all eyes, even Xuan Changle who was standing in front couldn't help but look sideways twice, with different expressions on his face, some people did it for her. Worrying, others waiting to see a joke.

It is known to the whole Hua Dynasty that subordinate officials accept bad rules, but they are all tacit. If Duan Yunjie speaks out at the court meeting so blatantly and openly, it is probably the No.1 in history. It has a natural effect Remarkable.

Only Gu Yunchou, Qi Ming, Luo Bujun, and Yun Dingfan who came to court last time looked relaxed. The first three people knew Duan Yunjie's general character and knew that she was always cautious and not a random person. She has a point.

Yun Dingfan has long felt that the underlings in the world should be well managed, and that he is a moth to the imperial court and a nightmare to the common people by cheating every day.If left unchecked, sooner or later the Hua Dynasty will be defeated by these people!

Shi Min asked back: "Although there is no definite law to manage the subordinate officials in my dynasty, there are still rules to follow. It is not lawless, and it is up to the officials to decide whether to take office or not. Why bother to formulate laws?".

"Feichen is not worried about the sky. At the beginning of the founding of our dynasty, there were only a hundred or so subordinate officials in the county government. They all served the people and had a good reputation. During the Daozong period, the control was not strict. Most of the subordinate officials committed crimes and committed crimes, so that Chengzong was furious. All of them were demoted to low status, and the service system was changed to the employment and contract system. The name is hired, but it is actually supported by bad rules; the name is called, and it is actually the local tyrants. Thousand mu, exploiting the common people to the utmost extent, also fooling and threatening the officials, the bad reputation is getting worse.

Up to now, there are hundreds of subordinate officials in county yamen, and even more than a thousand, and the provincial yamen is even more overstaffed.Although the officials are not officials, they are the ones who actually do things. They have direct contact with the people and become the face of the imperial court. If they are not controlled and restrained, they may damage the foundation of our dynasty." Duan Yunjie replied loudly, with a sad face.

Some ministers who originally wanted to hate her were scared away by the seriousness of this problem. After all, it was a major matter involving the foundation of the imperial court.

For a moment, the hall was terribly quiet, Shi Min didn't speak but just stared at the people standing in front, finally Prince Li Shi Yan had to stand up, "What Duan Shangshu said is very true, please allow your majesty."

If it hadn't been for Shi Min's special regulation that the king of the middle county and above must attend the court meeting, Shi Yan would not have wanted to come to the court at all. If the prince could directly throw it to Shi Sihe like the order of the clan, she would have never He hesitated to throw it away.

With Shi Yan taking the lead, the other kings and cabinet ministers dared to say no, and in the end they all agreed to formulate the law on the management of subordinate officials, so Shi Min took advantage of the situation and left this task to Duan Yunjie.

In fact, the final draft of the law on the management of subordinate officials is almost finished. Today is just a formality. The reason why Shi Min sang this double reed is to beat the world officials and those arrogant subordinate officials, and give them a reformation. The opportunity to rehabilitate, if you don't seize the opportunity like this, then you can't blame her.

Then, Minister Naoki Moto of the Ministry of Household Affairs reported the general situation of tax payment in each province. The fast-moving provinces have completed reconciliation with the Ministry of Households, and the money and food are also on the way. Complete reconciliation and departure procedures.

Compared with the serious and orderly handling of political affairs in the palace, the scene outside the palace is quite different at this time. It is as stable as Lu Yan, and anxious like an ant on a hot pot. No matter what Lu Yan says, he is guarding outside the emperor's special passage at the back of the palace. The internal officials did not dare to go in and report, and the internal imperial guards did not allow him to enter. ?