Chapter 1396 The Foolish Empress 19
Just like when a man becomes an emperor, all children born from concubines are considered to be the queen's. Even if she ascends the throne in the future, she will still be respected as the queen mother. Although her biological mother can also be the empress dowager, her status is not as good as that of her legitimate mother. Some biological mothers with low status can only be concubines.
Suddenly I felt that it would be good for a woman to be the emperor, at least all the children born would be of the blood of the empress. The queen is the future queen dowager, and the others are all concubines, which is much simpler.
Thinking about having twelve husbands, I feel a headache. In the future, King Duan will have twenty-two wives and concubines, and it will be very lively.
Xining snickered for a while and thought of something. She asked someone to go to the father of Prince Duan's concubine and the concubine, and went to the Qinzheng Hall to correct the memorial.
When we arrived at Qinzheng Hall, the table was very clean, with pens, inks, papers, inkstones, and cinnabar ink pads all placed there.
Xi Ning frowned slightly, cleaning up a bit too cleanly. Even the inkstone seemed new, with no remaining ink on it.
Sitting on the chair, she looked at the chief steward: "Bring me the memorial!"
The general manager was stunned for a moment, but he immediately reacted: "Old slave, go get it now."
When leaving, he lowered his head and ordered someone to bring tea.
Xining sat on a chair, sipping tea and thinking about it.
It seems that the master of the body has never reviewed the memorials, and all government affairs are done by the auxiliary ministers left by the late emperor. This team is composed of three ministers and nine ministers, and all memorials are reviewed by them.
This body owner's life is too comfortable. He really has done nothing but put up a flower display in court every day. There was a dispute, and the ministers below were noisy.
When the discussion couldn't come to an end, the Grand Sima came forward and said: "Since the outcome of this matter cannot be debated for the time being, let Your Majesty think about it and make a decision after deliberation." So it passed, and when the three ministers and nine ministers discussed the outcome, naturally There is no need to argue in court anymore.
And after having Mianshou, he spent three days fishing and two days drying nets. If she wasn't the eldest daughter, she wouldn't be worthy of sitting in this position. This should also be the thought of King Duan and many people.
Xining stood up: "Go to Changxin Hall."
After sitting in the dragon chariot and arriving at the entrance of Changxin Hall, the chief steward came out with a plate of zhezi.
As soon as he saw her coming, he was stunned.
Xining pointed her finger to signal not to speak. Slowly approach the door, prick up your ears and listen inside.
It’s quite lively inside,
"It's a good thing that your Majesty wants to see the memorial. The late emperor took charge of the government when he was seventeen years old, and your Majesty is already eighteen years old."
"You can't become fat in one go. Maybe it's just a whim."
"If Your Majesty still wants those memorials after reading them, do you need to get another batch?"
"Yes, I will sort out some more later."
It seemed that what the chief steward had on his plate were all small things, so Xi Ning picked up a book and read it. A certain county saw auspiciousness and hereby reported it to the public.
There are a lot of things like auspiciousness that can be found almost every day. Why see rainbows and red clouds? If you see a pheasant, you say it is a phoenix. Even water from a dry well, flowers blooming out of season, and a sow giving birth to nine piglets are all auspicious.
Picked up another book, it was about an official whose mother passed away and was going back to Dingyou.
This dynasty governs the country with benevolence and filial piety. Of course, this kind of thing is approved. Needless to say.
Xining threw the memorial back into the tray and strode in. There were quite a few people inside, each with a table and a mountain of memorials in front of them. They were all turning the pages, of course, pages "suitable" for the Empress.
One held a book and shouted: "This book is okay, it says..."
Before he finished speaking, he was stunned when he saw a beautiful woman in green clothes walking in. Judging from her figure and age, she should be an empress. But I was used to seeing empresses either in court clothes or in gorgeous brocades embroidered with gold and silver threads, so I couldn't recognize her for a moment.
Xining said as he walked: "What are you talking about?"
After hearing the voice, the ministers immediately stood up from their seats and knelt down at the table: "Kowtow to Your Majesty."
"I'm free of charge." Xining walked to the dragon chair in front and sat down: "What are you talking about? Read it out and listen!"
The late emperor used to sit here and see these old ministers discussing government affairs. This position is probably the first time that an empress has sat in it.
After the minister got up, he picked up the memorial and started reading.
He was talking about a county near the capital where thefts occurred frequently. They were all large households in the county. Five houses had been stolen. I hope to send someone there to help with the investigation.
Xining thought for a while: "Although it was just a theft, the amount stolen was not too much, and no one was killed or injured. But after all, relying on the capital, one might steal into the capital, so this discount is considered appropriate. Since we want to send, Send capable people to solve the case as soon as possible.”
The county magistrate nipped in the bud and took advantage of the situation. If you can't solve the case, you will be laughed at by outsiders, and the people sent by the court will not be able to do the job.
So the minister received the order, sat at the desk, picked up a pen, and wrote a reply on the memorial.
Xining looked around: "That's it? Is there any other report you can come up with to see if it can stump me."
Most of the ministers were embarrassed. What they just said was completely ignored by the empress.
Since the empress acted like a joke, it would be difficult.
Da Sikong picked up a book and held it respectfully with both hands: "Cao of the Ministry of Water has come to give instructions. This year, seven dams on the river bank have breached during the tide and need to be repaired. He hopes to allocate 1.5 million taels of silver."
Xining asked: "What's the problem?"
Da Sikong responded: "The national treasury is empty and can only allocate 500,000 taels."
Xining had a smile on his face and asked calmly, "How much silver does the national treasury currently have?"
Da Sikong: "Seven million taels. After excluding officials' monthly silver, there are still 6.5 million taels left. Two million taels need to be allocated to the palace to build Tengxiang Pavilion and repair the houses in various palaces and halls on weekdays; one One million taels is the military expenditure of the three armies..."
"Wait a minute!" Xining raised his hand to signal to stop: "Does the construction of Tengxiang Pavilion require money?"
Da Sikong immediately replied with a smile: "It is one and a half million taels. I have the same plan. I will ask Your Majesty after a while whether the construction of Tengxiang Pavilion can be postponed."
"It's not a postponement, it's simply not necessary!" Xining sneered coldly. Tengxiang Pavilion was built for the sake of living in front of everyone. Since she is not a concubine in the palace, she wants to find another house. The design is extremely luxurious. The annual maintenance fee for the entire large palace complex is only 500,000 taels, but it costs 1.5 million taels to build a courtyard. Why not build King Zhou's super star-catching tower?
But most of what the ministers thought was that the capital city had been beheaded, and the head hanging on the city gate was then taken off, and was hastily buried with the body without even a tombstone. People are dead, so there really is no need to recreate them.
Da Sikong nodded: "I will make a decree right now to turn one and a half million taels into a solid embankment."
"Also~" Xi Ning drawled: "Write on the back that the embankment is repaired every year, and it breaks every three to five. This time, let them calculate carefully before reporting. For those who have repaired many times, let the person in charge at the time report the situation. Why? How to fix it? If you embezzle the money to repair the embankment, just use it to repair the embankment. I will not take the blame. Otherwise, starting from this year, if the embankment breaks again, if it is found to be dereliction of duty and corruption, the case will be prosecuted. When the national treasury is an inexhaustible mountain of gold and silver.”
(End of chapter)