Are you stupid?

As the saying goes, "to fight against the outside world, we must first secure the inside." The Great Zhou has been established for less than [-] years. Although there are frequent frictions with foreigners, it has not yet reached the point where a war is imminent.

For Shenlong, the things inside the court are the ones that need to be resolved urgently.

No matter what the situation is, first set up a beautiful persona to fool outsiders, so that outsiders can have a good impression before they see themselves, and it can also make them get along more harmoniously when they meet each other in the future.

Empress Cui is a smart and transparent woman. Shenlong is not worried about her mother's sudden change of sex and wants to fight for power with her, so Shenlong uses "filial piety" as a model to expand her personality.

And since he is a child of "filial piety" and his father has just passed away, how can he be in the mood to deal with government affairs?

Shenlong took advantage of this to stop courting for three months, and refused to let the courtiers rush into the palace to block him, but received the courtiers one by one.

At this time, Shenlong still lived in the harem, and the advantage of not being able to move all the concubines of the first emperor came to the fore.

The courtiers who have serious matters to report will ask the new emperor straight to the point, give suggestions, and leave immediately after speaking; while the group of courtiers who just want to go around and talk nonsense will be reminded of the time soon The waiter was too bored to stay longer, so that Shenlong's ears could suffer less.

When the courtiers were testing the new king, although they hoped that the new king would be weak so that they could grab more power from the king, they were unwilling to threaten the new king too much from the beginning, making the new king hate himself and become a rafter in the early days .

Under such circumstances, there are only two kinds of courtiers who can enter and leave the palace without taboos—either they are too old to have a few teeth left, and they don’t worry about having trouble with the concubine; Be praised by the world; or be a relative of the emperor, don't worry about being talked about.

——What's more, the age of the classics is not too young. He is already in his 50s, so what is he afraid of?

Therefore, Shenlong was surprised to find that most of the old men who could appear in front of him were a group of old men, and the backbone of the court that was really reused by Emperor Taixing rarely appeared in front of him.

The expression on the new emperor's face was too weird, Zhou Ji asked curiously: "Why does Your Majesty have such an expression, is something serious in the palace?"

Shenlong wryly smiled and gestured around among the courtiers sitting in front of him, "Didn't the grand master realize that anyone who can sit in front of me and say 'the humerus of the country' is beyond the age of destiny."

It is of course a good thing for the oldest veteran to support himself, but relying on the elderly will inevitably face the risk that the other party may die at any time.

Once the old ministers pass away, the huge power vacuum left by them will become another battlefield full of contention. If the new ruler does not have sufficient qualifications and trustworthy ministers to fill it, he can only watch the great power fall into the hands of others , If you want to take it back, it will be as difficult as climbing the sky.

The veterans of Zhou Ji and Classics could only shake their heads and sigh after hearing the words. They are old, suffering from illnesses, their legs and feet are not flexible, and their eyes are dim. They are too old to firmly believe that they can live a long life. Knowing that this is the monarch's heartfelt worry.

"Since the late emperor passed away, His Majesty has been confined in the harem. There are always news that he is too sad and unable to go to court. The old minister thought that His Majesty was cowardly. It turns out that His Majesty has already made up his mind."

"It's hard to say, but I do have an idea, I hope some of you can help me with it." Shenlong expressed his attitude humbly, "Father is lazy and doesn't care about the government, so the ministers who have been promoted in the past 20 years Most of them are sensitive to words but slow to deeds, making troubles and even habitually shifting responsibility. The court officials and officials protect each other, and there is even a tendency to form a party. I want to cultivate some real "students of the Son of Heaven" and replace the old with a new generation."

The goal of Shenlong's plan is very clear, and all the veterans understand what he means.

The classics directly raised their hands to prevent Shenlong from saying these views that were too strategic, and asked directly, "How does Your Majesty plan to implement it?"

"Enke." Shenlong squinted his eyes and showed a refreshing and confident smile, "When I was the prince, the first emperor issued an order to open Enke; now that I have to become a great treasure, naturally I need another Enke. But since the last Enke It has just ended and the palace examination has not yet started, so it is better to combine the two into one and directly get twice as many exams in the palace examination."

"It's easier to handle things when there are more people." Shenlong replied with deep meaning.

The classics understood what Shenlong meant, and immediately couldn't help laughing.

There are only so many official positions. Since there are many young officials handpicked by the new king, it becomes a problem to accommodate them. A little incitement can make young officials who have positions but no officials restless.They will quickly realize that as long as incompetent officials get out of office, they will have a place to do it.

Zhou Ji is not like a classic book, which has been a wild crane for many years. After hearing the new king's plan, he frowned and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, you know that if this happens, it will be very easy for courtiers to frame each other. Go bad."

"Is the atmosphere in the court better now?" Shenlong pointed out the problem bluntly, "I am not afraid that the atmosphere in the court will become worse. What are the Tingwei Mansion and Dali Temple kept for? Aren't they just for punishing evildoers? Officials. These two places have always been too soft in the past. They are of no great use except to slap the officials who are not going well with the emperor. In troubled times, heavy codes are used, and heavy medicines are prescribed. The barbarian has become more and more dishonest over the years. If the court cannot be cleared before they make up their minds to invade the south, with the current style of officials in the court who shirk everything, it will definitely lead to immeasurable disasters."

"If you don't change your father's will for three years, how will His Majesty deal with the speaker? The speaker's mouth is the most ruthless knife in the world."

"This is easy to handle." Shenlong smiled and took out a handful of small gold ingots that were made into various funny shapes from his purse, and threw them on the table at random, "Money is a good thing, and everyone has to live. Don't care, but the wives who run the house for them don't care."

"Officials in Yushi Taichung are either poor or have no money, or come from a large noble family, and some have family members to support them. They are not well-off. Since the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I still use the salary standard set in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but prices have also risen. The salary is no longer enough to live on. I will not be like my father. My harem wastes so much money from the national treasury, and I don’t need a large sum of money to be buried with me after my death. When these two sums of money are generated, the national treasury can be used every year. Use at least double the extra money to raise salaries for officials."

"Your Majesty!" The veterans were completely frightened.

Death is like life. One-third of the tax collected by the treasury every year is given to the emperor to repair the mausoleum. The emperor, who lived a simple life, was also extremely cautious about his affairs after his death, and he should not be too simple.

But according to the new emperor's intention, if he can save half of the treasury's money for a year, doesn't it mean that he doesn't plan to build the mausoleum at all, and when he dies, he can just put the body in the coffin and bury it?

"Your Majesty, simplicity is a good thing, but don't be too harsh on yourself." Dianji worried that the young disciple was young and didn't understand the meaning of building the tomb, so he hurriedly dissuaded him.

"Teacher, I don't believe in ghosts and gods, and I don't believe in death. In this world, there is only one breath. If you can't be a wise king and benefit the world in life, you can't buy anything after death with thousands of wealth. To be born with meritorious deeds is to The best burial object after death. I don't need money from the treasury to build the mausoleum."

I've told you that you won't believe me, I even think cremation is better than being robbed in the tomb later!

It's a pity that we can't say things like cremation. For the "ancient people", the act of destroying a corpse is almost the same as ruining their chances of reincarnation as a human being. Such a sinister way.

Shenlong was convinced that if he dared to bring up the concept of cremation, no matter how well he did other things, he would not be able to escape the word "ruthless" in his posthumous title after death.

……and many more!

Shenlong looked at the veterans suspiciously, "Father's posthumous title, has it not been drawn up yet? Why has no one reminded me of this matter?"

The classics said euphemistically: "It is not that the emperors of all dynasties have posthumous titles."

Zhou Ji had a long-standing grudge against Emperor Taixing, and he was extremely rude when facing this issue, "The late emperor never did anything that benefited the country or the people in his life, and his greatest contribution was probably to recruit beauties from the people every year and call them into the palace. A middle child. If Your Majesty wants to give the late emperor a posthumous name, do you want 'Xuan' or 'He'?"

"Xuan" means not to fight for power and position, and "Harmony" means to promote the virtuous.

The former ridiculed Emperor Taixing for failing to manage the government well all his life, while the latter laughed at the brothers of the Tian family who stuck the wall on their foreheads. When the history books spread, it would be enough for Emperor Taixing to be stamped as a complete garbage emperor.

Unexpectedly, Grand Master Zhou would not speak on the surface, but secretly had such deep resentment towards Emperor Taixing.

Shenlong wanted to laugh when he heard it, but during the filial piety period, he had to always look mournful, and he couldn't be happy.So Shenlong had to endure bitterly, barely restraining the urge to laugh, and coughed a few times.

He said seriously: "The King of Jiayu County is my father's brother, and I am the closest living member of the royal family with a high seniority. If my father can't have a decent posthumous title, the King of Jiayu County will definitely speak out, so that hold me hostage."

Shenlong spread his hands on his knees, his expression was calm, and he did not shy away from mentioning his shortcomings, "I will tell you all present, I am unmarried, and it is impossible to get married within three years. Unmarried emperors have the meaning of 'children', Jiayu The king of the county coveted the dragon chair for many years, and he would not let go of such a good opportunity - the reason why the king of Jiayu was demoted was to "indulge slaves and commit murder", which is really not a shameful reason among royal relatives, and it cannot be used as a reason Uncle Huang is driven out of the court."

"Your Majesty is not too young. Alas, it's a pity that the Empress Dowager chose too carefully. Otherwise, Your Majesty would have married a long time ago and has a wife and family. No matter whether you can be busy with Your Majesty, His Majesty will not be punished for it." If you are not constrained, you can have less troubles on weekdays." Zhou Ji sincerely sighed.

He felt that Xinjun's failure to marry a wife was too obvious a weakness, and anyone who wanted to take advantage of it could make trouble with it.If there is a wife now, even if the ability is not strong, outsiders can't find a reason to talk about it.

Shenlong waved his hands and said with a smile: "It's not necessarily a bad thing to not have a wife. If my relatives do anything wrong, it will add trouble to me."

The problem of not having a wife is just "not having a wife". If there is a wife, the troubles caused by foreign relatives will be full of tricks.

Zhou Ji sighed after hearing this, and didn't notice that the classics sat upright in an instant, with a straight face, as if he didn't know his disciple's coveted heart for the new emperor.

The classics just changed the topic, "Your Majesty can see the ambition of Jiayu County King, and there is a way to deal with it?"

Shenlong smiled wryly, "The King of Jiayu County is cautious in doing things, and now because of his servants being demoted to nobility and fined, to outsiders, he is really a "benevolent monarch" who takes care of himself. If I really want to touch him, I am afraid that even the clan will worry about me Is it too ruthless? Therefore, when facing Jiayu County King, it is actually a dog biting the bastard, and I have nowhere to say anything."

"...This is too vulgar, who is talking nonsense in front of His Majesty." Dianji asked with a forced smile.

It was only then that Shenlong realized that the allegorical language was used too smoothly, and scolded himself and the King of Jiayu County all at once.

Changing the topic, Dafa Shenlong is also very proficient, and he immediately said: "The palace examination has been delayed for a long time, and an order has been sent to let the candidates enter the palace to participate in the palace examination after the resumption of the court."

He hadn't seen Mu Huaiyuan for a long time, and he was the chief examiner for Mu Huaiyuan.

Well, a student of the Son of Heaven, Mu Huaiyuan will call him "Teacher" when he sees him in the future, he really has a lot of fun in life.

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Shenlong: I will be Mu Huaiyuan's "teacher" soon, so excited, woof woof~