Qing Jialu

When Shen Jia left the Hall of Mental Cultivation and walked outside the palace gate, she always looked back at the overlapping palaces from time to time.During his recuperation days, he remembered some bits and pieces, and remembered that he was dizzy after only drinking a glass of wine.

Later, a woman wanted to get close to him, and he wrestled with the woman for a long time, and even snatched the fruit knife from the table.

Later, Shen Jia remembered that it seemed that Xiao Yi had come.

But in today's face-to-face, His Majesty's expression remained the same, as if nothing had happened, and it was not easy for him to ask His Majesty for confirmation.

However, Xiao Yi in the palace didn't come back to his senses for a long time. He was in a daze for half a stick of incense when he picked up his pen, and he couldn't help but think of the scene on the carriage in his mind.

That night, Shen Jia's face was flushed and his eyes were hot. Although his skin was not as delicate as a woman's, it made Xiao Yi feel full of vitality.

It's nice to be young.Xiao Yi was feeling emotional again.

Shen Jia had just arrived at the lobby of the household department, and ran into Master Li whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Why is Master Li so free?" Shen Jia and Master Li asked after greeting each other.

"Changqing, you are amazing." Master Li looked at him with admiration, which made Shen Jia a little embarrassed.

"What's wrong?" Shen Jia touched her face, there was nothing dirty.

Master Li sat beside Shen Jia familiarly, and said in a low voice: "Don't be modest, it has been spread all over the court in the past two days. It is said that you are not afraid of power, and you went to the palace to fight three hundred cups of wine with King Kui, and even shouted loudly with King Kui. The theory finally allowed him to agree to measure the land. Now, those princes and nobles who were still fighting in the corner also surrendered."

Who spread the rumor, it's too exaggerated!Shen Jia was ashamed to say that she just poured down a cup before she even spoke half of the theory.

However, once he broke into the palace once and overcame the difficulty of King Kui, it actually played a deterrent effect.The speed at which the household department measured the land suddenly accelerated.

"Where, where, it all depends on the Holy Majesty beating King Kui." Shen Jia did not dare to covet His Majesty's achievements.

"Changqing, you really won the trust of Long Live." Lord Li said, "No one could provoke King Kui before, but now it seems that His Majesty is more inclined to you."

Shen Jia was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, but couldn't tell what it was like.He expected His Majesty's eccentricity, and feared His Majesty's eccentricity.He didn't know how long he could keep the secret in his heart, and he hoped that His Majesty would find out.Such contradictory and tangled emotions disturbed him.

Shen Jia chatted with Master Li absent-mindedly for a while, even forgetting when he left.

Perhaps it was Shen Jia who promoted the progress of the land improvement, and the Hubu Shangshu, who had always looked down upon him, had become more pleasant recently.Shen Jia had to ask the Minister for leave because His Majesty assigned him a secret mission alone, and the affairs were complicated.

Hubu Shangshu approved the fake with a swipe of his pen, and said with concern: "I think Shen Shilang is not looking good recently, he should take more rest."

"Thank you, Lord Shangshu, for your concern." Shen Jia said indifferently.

After Shen Jia left the household department, the emperor left the palace, and the two met at Shen Jia's mansion.

"Please, Your Majesty." Shen Jia greeted him at the door, "Your Majesty is tired of running out of the palace, Your Majesty forgives me."

"It's okay." Xiao Yi came to Shen Jia's house again after many days.

Dr. Fan happened to be dispensing medicine in the main hall. Seeing His Majesty coming down, the two of them were a little embarrassed when they first met.Dr. Fan stood up in fright, with a restrained look, as if he didn't know how to face Xiao Yi.

"Doctor Fan, this is the current emperor." Shen Jia thought that Doctor Fan was intimidated by the emperor's majesty, but she didn't know what secret agreement Xiao Yi had with Doctor Fan.

"Xiao... Majesty, Your Majesty."

"Doctor Fan should call me Brother Xiao." Xiao Yi said to Shen Jia again, "I told you that you don't need to call me Your Majesty outside the palace."

"Yes, brother Wei Ming." Shen Jia remembered the problem of calling herself just now.

"Brother Xiao, don't take offense at how much you offended me before." Doctor Fan said.

"How come?" Xiao Yi cupped his hands to Doctor Fan, "I also want to thank you for treating me."

Doctor Fan waved his hand and said, "It should be."

The two of them were embarrassed and polite for a moment, staring at each other very uncomfortable.Finally, taking advantage of the moment when Shen Jia went to the study to get something, Doctor Fan looked at Xiao Yi, then pointed at Shen Jia, hesitating to speak.

Xiao Yi thought to himself that Dr. Fan was too smart, so he guessed it right away.His eyes were dim, and he shook his head imperceptibly.

"Brother Weiming, this is the draft I wrote." Shen Jia ran over excitedly with a stack of papers, but did not notice Xiao Yi and Dr. Fan's small movements.

Xiao Yi took the paper from Shen Jia's hand, opened it, and wrote three large characters: "Testing Method".

"You talk about things, I went back to the room to dispense medicine." Dr. Fan said upon seeing this.

"Okay." Shen Jia didn't care, and continued to discuss with Xiao Yi enthusiastically, "Brother Weiming, I think we can use the six departments to control the six departments, and then let the cabinet control the six departments..."

Dr. Fan listened to their heated discussion, and stood outside the window for a while to watch. Although they were sitting opposite each other, their shadows cast on the window overlapped.Like a couple, leaning on each other like glue.

Doctor Fan watched and shook his head involuntarily.

The two talked for an entire afternoon, sometimes arguing loudly, and sometimes narrating in whispers.Xiao Yi liked Shen Jia's outspoken admonition very much, even if he was the emperor, Shen Jia was not timid, and said what should be said.

"...Respecting the sovereignty, assigning official duties, rewarding and punishing, the No. [-] order." Shen Jia finally concluded, "Increasing the real power of the cabinet and regularly inspecting the officials are for the "Examination Law."

"Isn't it enough for the imperial court to conduct a Beijing inspection every six years and an external inspection once every three years?" Xiao Yiqiu asked.

"Not enough, not enough." Shen Jia said, "I have long noticed that foreign inspections have been reduced to a means of officialdom struggles, and it is impossible to be fair and just. And the Beijing inspections are held every six years. Is the interval too long?"

"Yeah." Xiao Yi agreed, "It's been too long, so long that the officials in the capital are slack."

"Brother Weiming, this is the report of the Ministry of Officials issued by the foreign inspection in the second year of Qingjia." Shen Jia unfolded another piece of paper, "There are 110 seven people in the world who are the chief ministers, inspectors, prefectures, prefectures, and counties. , one tenth of those who are competent, seven tenths of those who are ordinary, one tenth of those who are incompetent, and one tenth of those who are greedy and lawless."

Xiao Yi watched carefully. Last year, he paid special attention to the external inspection, and the inspection was very careful. Only then did he screen out Shen Jia and other competent officials.

"Looking at Yongwen's three-year external inspection, five out of ten are competent, three out of ten are ordinary, one tenth is incompetent, and one tenth is greedy and lawless."

If you don't compare, you don't know, but if you compare, you will find the problem immediately.Shen Jia said: "Based on these two reports, it seems that the Qing Jia Dynasty's government was more chaotic than that of the Yongwen Dynasty."

The only person who dared to say this in front of the emperor was Shen Jia.Fortunately, Xiao Yi was not angry, he said coldly: "Yongwen's three-year external inspection is too fake."

"Yes." Shen Jia said, "I also summarized the Kangping and Hongwu years, please read it."

After all, Shen Jia handed over the booklet, Xiao Yi's eyes were still fixed on the report on the table, he stretched out his right hand, and accidentally touched Shen Jia's finger.

The two were startled at the same time, and quickly withdrew their hands as if they had a tacit understanding.Shen Jia lowered her head, not daring to look at His Majesty, her heart was pounding.

What he didn't know was that Xiao Yi, who was sitting opposite him, was calm and flustered.

It's not that Xiao Yi and Shen Jia had no physical contact before, but now that he knows Shen Jia's friendship with him, he is very sensitive about it.

"Very good." Xiao Yi said pretending to be calm, "It's as you said. But this "Testing Method" still needs to be perfected. I'll come back and read it after you finish it."

Since the "Testing Law" cannot be made known to the cabinet for the time being, in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, His Majesty can only condescend and condescend, and will often come to Shen's residence to bother him.

The author says:

Note: "Kaochengfa" is an official assessment system established in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, which was proposed by Zhang Juzheng in the first year of Wanli (1573).