imprinted you in my heart

The palace attendants in the Wenzhao Palace put out fruit plates, pastries and drinks in an orderly manner, and the imperial guards stood solemnly. Most of the people who came to the dinner were participating in this kind of palace banquet for the first time, and they seemed a little cautious. Every time someone went outside the palace, the palace attendants asked and lead them to their place.

As the kings who participated in the dinner gradually arrived, the Wenzhao Palace also became lively. In terms of lively atmosphere, as the only former Prince Shanggu in Beijing, the current Prince Li played a very important role.

After the kings entered Fandu, they were all received and arranged by the Ministry of Rites. After re-granting titles, His Majesty also rewarded them with their respective mansions in Fandu. their corresponding titles.

The original mansions of the kings in the fiefdoms were converted into government-run colleges to develop education, and the land, real estate and other industries they belonged to were resold at market prices and discounted. The discounted money belonged to the kings themselves. They are in the local mansion and will no longer be compensated.

The imperial decree issued at the beginning, in addition to changing the title and arranging the disposal of the property, also clearly stipulated that the kings Jinfan could only bring a maximum of 50 people with them in addition to their family members, and reported the names and positions of the people they brought to the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Officials followed the regulations. Make up for them the officials, guards and servants sent by the royal family.

The servants of the Hua Kingdom are mainly prisoners of war and their descendants of the enemy country, officials convicted of crimes, and their family members and their descendants who have been implicated. They can be restored to civilian status after five generations of slaves. This is the main source. There are also those who have no money and sell themselves as slaves. , long-term and life-long.

Although all the kings pretended not to know each other in the palace, they had actually met each other in private, openly or secretly, except for the farthest and latest arrival, the original king of Yubei County, the king of Xianbei County, because he came the latest, so he had met limited.

But under the leadership of Prince Li, the kings clearly got to know each other again, and even the family members chatted with other family members who were adjacent to the left and right, which was very lively.

The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager were the first to arrive, and the kings and family members also went back to each other in silence, saluting respectfully.

As the finale, Shi Min had to be the last one. In fact, she arrived at the Wenzhao Palace almost the same as Grandma Huang and the others, but Grandma Huang and the others couldn't hold her back and asked her to come back later. For such a trivial matter, she naturally followed them.

The kings who had just finished saluting had to salute again, but fortunately, His Majesty didn't deliberately offend them, and they sat back to their seats after a while.

Shi Min looked around and roughly counted, 17 kings, 17 desks, 16 couples, one single, no more, no less just right, family members are only allowed to bring couples, so most of the desks are for two people portion ready.

As a rule, after all the kings are settled down, they will enter the palace no later than three days to face the saints, so she has seen all these 17 princes, and it is the first time for the family members to see each other. look.

"The ancestors of all the kings here are either from the clan, or have made contributions to the country. They are all the ministers of our Great China Empire and the foundation, but they live far away in a bitter and cold place. I can't bear it, so I call you to share the glory and wealth. Don't think too much, Qing, etc. "Although what should be mentioned and what should be beaten has already been mentioned in the private meeting, but the scene needs to be said again.

Share the glory and wealth?Indeed, as an emperor, she would not lie to them, but the premise was to be honest and not to commit crimes.Let them migrate to Fandu, the more important thing is to isolate them from the control and influence of the original land; the second is to let them stay at the feet of the emperor, which is convenient for supervision, control and management.

"Your Majesty is benevolent, and my ministers are grateful, and I will never have other ideas. Although I am old, as long as the Emperor needs it, I can do my best for the country." The prince of Li, who is over 80 years old, is strong and strong, and he speaks loudly.

Prince Li Shiyan is not only the highest seniority among the kings present, but also the oldest. Although he was named the Prince of Shanggu before, he has never been to the fief. If you don't express your opinion, others will not dare to speak.

Compared with Shi Sihe's daughter, Shi Yan as a mother is more than 01:30 points better than her, otherwise she wouldn't have served as the patriarch for so long, and she was also loved by the two late emperors Wu Zong and Mu Zong.It was not surprising to Shi Min that she would be the first to express her opinion.

"The emperor is kind and considerate, and the minister is grateful, but he has an assignment, and he will do his best." The second one to express his opinion is Beijun Wang Shanlu, who is also the youngest and only single among the kings, sitting alone at a desk.

The king of Beijun is a hereditary title. Shanlu was only 19 years old when he inherited the title last year. He is the only son of the old Beijun king. He is frivolous and impetuous, and the majestic and luxurious clothes of the county king make him a little more extravagant.

The king of Beijun relied on his military exploits to accumulate hereditary titles, and the land was indeed located in the bitter cold of the border. In addition, the idea of ​​loyalty and patriotism instilled in him by the old king of Beijun since he was a child has been deeply rooted in his bones, so what he said was naturally from the bottom of his heart.

Shi Min was quite satisfied. There were six hereditary kings, three clans, three military merits, and the rest were descendants. Although the King of Beijun was young, compared to the flamboyant kings of other kings, she looked even more Much pleasing to the eye.

Although the other kings despised King Beijun a bit, they had to follow his and Prince Li's steps and start expressing their opinions one by one. Most of the first sentences repeated their praises to the emperor, and they copied the rest of the words.

The only one who didn’t copy is Zhong Wang Shi Shuang, a fat man in his 50s, he can’t see his eyes when he smiles, he has a greasy middle-aged man’s sense of sight, and he doesn’t look like a king in royal clothes, he can be regarded as Shi Yan He is the elder of Hua Gaozu, but the relationship is too far away. He is the descendant of Hua Gaozu's sister, the hereditary Jiuyuan King who was granted when the country was founded, and the current King Zhong.

What she said was better than Prince Li and King Beijun, but what she was thinking in her heart shocked her, this guy actually wanted to make trouble, very good, very good!

Except for the three kings mentioned above, what the other kings said made Shi Min and the queen mothers of the two palaces who were listening feel that they were not distracted at all, so they just opened their mouths, but even if they didn't like it, she couldn't take it Punish

After talking about the scene and concern, she finished the opening of the dinner, and then she announced the opening of the banquet. The palace servants also presented the prepared royal food one by one. After everyone drank and ate for three rounds, they started watching the lecture A song and dance performance presented by Fangji.

During the banquet, the kings chatted quietly below, not daring to make too much movement or making loud noises, and they all came forward to toast the emperor in a tacit understanding. What Shi Min drank was clear water. In the second day, the mass of things about the emperor once again spread throughout the upper circles of Fandu.

This is not the first time this kind of rumor has been heard, Shi Min just smiled and said nothing after hearing about it, although the empress dowagers of the two palaces were worried and helpless when they heard about it, they still asked people to mention the imperial doctor and internal officials who knew about it.

The imperial physicians and internal officials who knew the whole story showed their loyalty repeatedly, even if they were given a little courage, they would not dare to speak out!If something happens to His Majesty and they are found on them, it will not be as simple as his own death. Extermination of a family is easy.

Since King Zhong wanted to do something, Shi Min gave him a chance to play tricks, summoned Guo Fanqiu after the banquet that night, and asked her to send someone to watch in private.

Although she has reduced the staffing of titles at all levels and even the staffing of officials, etc., except for salary, the base is still macroscopic. There are only 10 officials in the prince's mansion. This is still after reduction, not reduction. At that time, there were 22 people, not including those low-level subordinates.

In addition, a total of 500 guards and servants can be hired, which was 800 before the reduction. Although the treasury only needs to keep high-level officials, except for the 50 people brought by the kings themselves, the rest are equipped by the court. Their compensation, plus their annual salary of 5000 taels of silver and 1800 deniers of food, is not a small expense.

Earl, the lowest title, can also employ 120 servants and guards with reference to the treatment of deputy second-rank officials, and accompany a senior nine-rank guard officer, plus the annual salary, money and food, which one should not be spent?

And there are more than 700 people with titles in the entire Hua Dynasty, and they are of different ranks. It is not a big expense for the national treasury. Since some people want to play tricks, she can't help it to reduce the burden.

In addition to supporting these nobles, the treasury has to support the officials and the army of the world. These are fixed expenses every year. In addition, the Ministry of Industry needs to build water conservancy projects or build bridges and pave roads from time to time. In case of a natural disaster, the money is like a waste of water. Similarly, she is afraid of not having money, not of money getting moldy.

Therefore, her mausoleum has not yet started to be built. Since she became the throne, except for the livelihood projects such as water conservancy, bridge and road paving, which have been approved by her, she has not approved any major projects that cost people and money. In order to save expenses in the palace, she did not go to the royal garden. She lived in the villa before, and the spring hunting, a money-burning royal event that would have been held every other year, was temporarily canceled by her after she took the throne.

One afternoon in late November, it was drizzling, mixed with the cold winter wind from time to time, and people couldn't help shivering when they went out. Shi Yan was teasing Qingying in the Wenxuan Hall where there were many braziers burning. Wearing three layers, not only is it not cold, but it will be a little hot after playing with Qingying.

Qingying has grown a lot in just three months. If I saw it just now, it would be an adult pastoral dog, but now it is an adult husky Samoyed, but it is too dark. Fortunately, it does not shed hair like cats and dogs. Otherwise, she would never let Qingying touch her.

What's strange is that Qingying has a bump on his head, and his limbs are thicker than before. His claws don't look like dogs' claws at all, but like the sharp claws of jackals, tigers, and leopards. Moreover, he eats everything, and his favorite food is Pork, followed by mutton. When it saw what she was eating, it just watched eagerly, which meant that it wanted to eat it too. Since it came, all the leftovers and leftovers went into its mouth. Even she ate it. Fruit cake or something, this guy wants to try it.

Eating so much every day has only grown a circle. No matter how I think about it, I feel a little bit of a loss. I really don’t know why this guy’s stomach is so big, and I don’t know how big it will grow. Anyway, it should still be in the growing stage.

When Lu Guan first came in, he saw that His Majesty was holding Qingying's paws and was fascinated. Qingying didn't struggle to resist, just lay on the ground and followed her to look at her, stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager let You go to Anren Palace."

Hearing this, Shi Min put down Qingying's paw and picked up the other paw, and asked casually, "Do you know what happened?".

"It is said that it is a matter after the election, it is very important, so you must go there." Lu Guanchu's smiling face and voice showed the fact that he lacked confidence, and the palace servants standing beside him couldn't help pinching for her A sweat.

The empress dowager and the empress dowager's enthusiasm for the post-election is not only known to the whole palace, but even the honored nobles in Fandu are scrambling to be the first, for fear that they will be one step behind other families.

But what they don't know is His Majesty's indifference to the post-election. It's really so indifferent that it doesn't look like the post-selection for her. From the beginning to the end, what to do and what to do, there is no initiative at all. Fortunately, there are only a few people in this matter. I know, otherwise people in the world will be surprised when they find out. ?