Chapter 1419 The Foolish Empress 42
Shen Kuo was in a good mood after being awarded the reward. In the future, he would have someone to help him scold him, so he would not be as tired as fighting with other scholars.
Return to the palace, take off your court clothes and put on casual clothes. Before I could lie down and rest for a while, a pile of notes arrived.
"What is this?" Xining frowned and looked at the three large plates of zhaozi, each with at least thirty portions.
The clerk who helped organize the memorials saluted: "The assistant governors feel that your majesty is ready to take on the important responsibilities, so they ordered the junior officials to bring all these memorials and ask your majesty to read them."
Hehe, she just won once, so show her off!
The corners of Xi Ning's mouth raised slightly: "Impose~"
The clerk was startled when he saw the empress looking at him. His whole body trembled, he walked aside and started grinding.
The chief steward immediately went up and personally helped grind the ink, while the two eunuchs spread out the paper.
When the ink was almost gone, the clerk picked up the pen, sucked some ink on the inkstone, and then Xining dictated it.
"By God's will, the emperor decreed..."
The chief steward read the edict, and all the assistant ministers of Changxin Hall knelt to listen to the edict: "Now that I can personally govern, the position of assistant minister of Changxin Hall has been cancelled. However, all the assistant ministers have played an indispensable role, and they are all given special titles. Chehou, those who have the title will be promoted to the next level!”
The three ministers and nine ministers were stunned when they heard this, so they were dismissed from their posts? They just taught the empress a lesson, letting her run around for two or three days, and then they just gave in. Why did they take away all the government affairs?
The chief steward held the edict in his hand. Seeing that the ministers did not respond, he smiled and shouted: "Grand Sima, you are the leader of the three princes. You have received the edict to thank me!"
Sima, Situ, and Sikong looked around, and the eldest Sima could only raise his hands to receive the imperial edict.
"There is still a decree, let me pronounce it here." The chief manager stood up straight, cleared his throat, and immediately put away his smile, as if he was a different person, and said righteously: "What a good man. Assistant Government, show me the color..."
This time the auxiliaries were even more stunned.
But the general manager didn’t care whether he was an anti-dog or not. He still tried to behave like a dog and said majestically: "Since you don’t want to do it, don’t do it! There are many people who do it. I think you have worked hard in the past few years. I will leave you with this time." To save face, go back to Hanyi and play with your grandson in your free time. If you want to force me again, you can do it yourself!”
The entire Changxin Hall was silent. The chief steward looked around, resumed his drake voice, and put on a fake smile: "The old slave has finished speaking. Sirs, please get up."
The auxiliary officials could only stand up after receiving the order and thanking them.
At this time, all the doors of the main hall behind him were opened, and a group of about twenty secretaries, directors, and counselors followed him in and began to sort out various memorials and urgent reports on the table and shelves. Whatever you have, sort it out and move it away. It seems that it needs to be moved to another place and rearranged.
When he got one of the desks, a minister hurried over and pulled out a book underneath.
The counselor who was moving the book quickly grabbed a corner of the book and said: "Your Majesty has decreed that all the things in Changxin Palace must be moved away. It's not good if you keep doing this."
He smiled, but his fingers did not relax.
This Zong Zhengzheng even dared not give it away, and he also smiled along with it: "This is my husband's."
When the counselor saw it, the smile on his face became even stronger and he let go of his hand: "Your Excellency, you are really getting stronger with age!"
Zong Zheng neatly stuffed the book into his sleeve and explained with an embarrassed look on his face: "I picked it for my grandson. His grandson is getting married soon... Besides, I might be able to prepare it for Jun Xiu who has just entered the palace."
The ministers rolled their eyes and knew what the book was without looking at it. Zongzheng is in charge of the affairs of the royal family and the clan, so during his free time on weekdays, it would be better for him to secretly read these messy books.
However, this is not the time to care about these things. There is no place to complain, and such things cannot be reported. If anyone is reinstated first, it might be Zongzheng. Zongzheng is all done by the royal family. It is much easier to find an official who can take the position first than to find a royal family who can do the work.
I saw officials from the literary and historical circles coming in and out, moving things out, and even students wearing Imperial Confucian uniforms came.
The Imperial College is even more enthusiastic. The scientific examination time this year is too tight. Even if there is plenty of time, who can guarantee that the title will be on the gold list?
This is an opportunity. If you can get recognition for handling official duties, you may be able to get an official position without taking the scientific examination, such as a director or even a censor.
Seeing them roll up their sleeves one by one and work hard to carry it made these veterans who were assisting the government roll their eyes. It was obvious that the empress was serious about taking back all the auxiliary power of the three ministers and nine ministers this time.
Who, who had the idea? I took them all and sent them to the Empress, but the Empress simply took them all and refused to return them.
King Duan went to find the empress and said that the empress was in the Dezheng Hall. Before he arrived, he saw that the stalls outside the door had been set up one by one, and two tables were arranged side by side. All the civil servants who usually had access to memorials were sitting on the left and right. In front of them were ten copies of Zhazi.
They opened it and looked at it carefully. If it was an ordinary matter, they would directly pick up the pen to comment on it. After writing, they would hand it over to the next person for review. Ordinary little things, the three of them thought they were feasible and passed them through.
For medium matters, six people approved it at the same time.
Important matters are handed over to the palace for the Empress to review.
Not only today's official documents, but also this week's and this month's documents are being shipped. Among the people coming and going, in addition to secretaries, Li Zheng and other minor officials, there were even Imperial College students wearing Confucian uniforms.
Anyone can open it and read it. If they find something inappropriate, anyone can find someone else to check it.
It seems that what was said is true. Those old ministers did not go according to their wishes when it came to relocating their residences, and caused obstacles for the empress. As a result, the empress resolutely took back all the political power.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness King Duan!" The chief steward came out to greet him and said with a smile: "Your Majesty learned that King Duan was coming, and specially ordered the old slave to come to greet him. Please~"
Seeing the respectful look of the chief steward, King Duan walked into the palace.
Xining was sitting in the Dezheng Hall, looking through the papers that had been brought in. These are relatively important things this month. They have been checked by at least six people, and replies have been noted next to them.
All she has to do is see if these answers are acceptable, and if so, pick up the ink pen and tick them. If it doesn't work, get another approval, and then take it to the side hall opposite and have six senior officials check it. The six officials were sitting on a round table with pens and ink in the middle, and they were having a heated discussion.
It's powerful enough. In this way, the efficiency is greatly improved. Go through everything in the shortest possible time.
After King Duan came in, he didn't dare to say anything and knelt down to salute.
The chief steward returned to the empress and coughed twice when he saw Prince Duan kneeling down.
But the empress was too attentive, so the chief steward coughed twice cautiously.
Xining was watching the land acquisition when he heard something: "Li Defu, if you feel uncomfortable, go to the Taiyuan Hospital."
The chief steward smiled awkwardly at him, making King Duan secretly amused.
I have to say it, the chief steward lowered his voice: "Your Majesty, Prince Duan is here."
(End of chapter)