marquis of jingan

On the 11th day of the first month of the [-]th year of Hongde, the imperial court, which had been suspended for more than half a month, resumed its recovery.

On this morning, there will also be a Grand Court Meeting as usual, and all officials above the fifth rank in Beijing will be present.

Master Shen is no exception.

Early this morning, before dawn, the servant girl Lian'er tiptoed to Shen Yi's bedside, gently pushed Shen Yi's arm, and said cautiously: "Master, it's the fifth watch, and it's time." ..."

Lian'er is Lu Ruoxi's personal servant girl. After Lu Ruoxi got married, she lived in the same room with Shen Yi and his wife except that she came out to take care of the children, but most of the time she slept on the small bed.

Because Shen Yi was going to court, Lian Er asked him to get up early the night before.

Lian'er usually seldom gets up so early. After all, Shen Yi and his wife usually don't get up early.

In order to prevent Shen Yi from being late, Lian'er hardly slept all night. After hearing the sound of the watch outside, she immediately came to Master Shen's bedside to wake him up.

Shen Yi, who was sleeping soundly, opened his eyes in a daze. Because it was not yet dawn outside, Master Shen became a little angry, and said angrily: "What time is it..."

Lian'er had a bad temper when she followed Lu Ruoxi back then, but now that she's married, and Shen Yi's career has been going smoothly these years, she doesn't dare to be as presumptuous as before. Hearing this, she lowered her head a little aggrieved, and said Said: "Master, you asked me to call you up..."

"You said you were going to the morning court today..."

At this moment, Shen Yi finally woke up. He rubbed his eyes and was about to speak when Lu Ruoxi, who was sleeping beside him, also yawned and got up. She glanced at Lian Er and said softly, "Go and prepare meals for the young master, I will Come and wait for him to wake up."

Lian'er responded, put on her coat, and went out to prepare breakfast for Shen Yi.

Lu Ruoxi put on a jacket, and then found out the underwear and official uniform for Shen Yi, then looked at her sleepy husband, couldn't help laughing and said: "My husband is so sleepy, I will have a court meeting every five days , once every ten days, but some of you have suffered."

While yawning, Master Shen reluctantly left the bed, eyes bleary.

"I don't know who created the rules."

Master Shen complained a bit: "Sooner or later, I will change it to Chen Shi is going to court."

At the beginning of Chenshi, it was seven o'clock in another world, and it was exactly eight o'clock in Chenshi.

And Dachen's current rule is that when the Dachao will be held, he will enter the Deqing Palace at about Maoshi.

too early.

Even if it was the court meeting, it was the beginning of the morning, and it was really painful for someone like Shen Yi who had the spirit of getting up.

Lu Ruoxi thought it was a little funny, and said softly: "Why is my husband so childish, there are so many ministers, and I haven't heard of anyone who wants to change the time of the court meeting because they don't want to get up early."

"They're pretending to be garlic."

Master Shen hummed softly while putting on his clothes: "It's winter, I don't believe they don't want to sleep in bed for a while."

Lu Ruoxi smiled, but didn't answer, but helped Shen Yi get dressed attentively.

After putting on the inner coat, Lu Ruoxi brought out a crimson official uniform, and carefully helped Shen Yi put it on. After the clothes were put on, Lu Ruoxi took two steps back, looked up and down at her husband-in-law, With a smile on his face: "Husband is wearing a suit, which is much more heroic than the fifth-rank official uniform before."

The official uniforms from the fifth rank to the seventh rank are cyan.

From the fourth rank to the first rank, they are crimson official uniforms, but the patches on the official uniforms are slightly different.

Shen Yi is now a fourth-rank official, and a fifth-rank official. He can be regarded as a highly qualified military doctor.

Shen Yi also looked at his outfit in front of the bronze mirror, and then yawned big: "It looks better than before."

Lu Ruoxi stepped forward and helped him straighten his collar with a gentle voice.

"My family, Qilang, is now a nobleman."

Shen Yi smiled slightly: "But there is no more eye and arm than ordinary people."

Lu Ruoxi cast a reproachful look at Shen Yi.

"One more eye."

"Isn't that scary enough?"

…………

In the early morning, when the first rays of light shone on the palace gate, the gate of Deqing Palace opened slowly.

Following the great eunuch Gao Ming's singing, all civil and military officials filed in.

While yawning, Master Shen followed the queue of civil servants and walked into Deqing Palace.

Although this is not the first time for him to go to court, but it is the first time to go to court with a real job, and he is more or less excited.

After entering the main hall, Shen Yi consciously stood in the position of the Ministry of War, and stood with the other three doctors of the Ministry of War.

However, it is worth mentioning that the other three are all military officers in the military department, and only Shen Yi is wearing a fourth-rank red robe, which looks particularly conspicuous.

From this point of view alone, the current Master Shen is really the fourth in command of the Ministry of War.

Soon, His Majesty the Emperor came to the main hall, and all civil and military officials shouted long live. After a series of procedures were completed, the formal procedure of discussion began.

The first big court meeting at the beginning of the new year, coupled with the suspension of the court for more than half a month, there are naturally a lot of things.

In addition to the issue of the Ministry of Households, every other yamen basically has this chapter.

After the round of affairs in each yamen was completed, it was already noon.

Although during the whole process, Master Shen kept fishing and basically didn't say anything, but he stood here for a long time without any water or rice, and he didn't sleep well, so he was a little drowsy at the moment.

Fortunately, he was standing near a pillar, and when he was really sleepy, he leaned against the pillar and squinted for a while.

Near noon, Zhao Changping, Minister of the Household Department, started the second round of performances.

The God of Wealth in the imperial court, after all, has been in the officialdom for decades. Although he spent the whole morning here, he still looks very energetic. He came forward with the imperial wat in his hand, bowed to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty! In the nine years of Hongde and the ten years and two years of Hongde, the imperial court established five new city ship divisions in the southeast to clarify the commercial taxation of coastal entry and exit..."

"The minister heard that these city ship divisions have already made progress."

The Minister of the Household Department bowed his head slightly and said: "According to the rules of the imperial court, regardless of the land tax, small tax, commercial tax, and customs fees at all levels of Dachen, all are collected by the Household Department and charged into the treasury. Called from the treasury."

Zhao Shangshu lowered his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, the commercial tax of this city's shipping department, isn't it..."

After a pause, he continued: "Shouldn't it also be charged into the treasury to enrich the treasury..."

His Majesty the Emperor, who sat there for a long time, was a little tired at first. After hearing Zhao Changping's words, His Majesty the Emperor became much more energetic, and subconsciously frowned.

He glanced at Zhao Changping, and said in a displeased tone, "Qing Zhao, you have not sent a single person from your household department to establish a shipping department in the southeast."

Zhao Changping lowered his head slightly, and said calmly, "That's because His Majesty has never transferred any officials from the Household Department, otherwise, all the members of the Household Department will die..."

The emperor frowned again and asked: "I remember clearly that when your household department reported just now, it said that there were more than 200 million taels of silver in the treasury last year, and most of the granaries in various places were full. Since there is enough money and food, What is Zhao Qing asking me for money for?"

Zhao Shangshu lowered his head slightly, and his tone was calm.

"Returning to Your Majesty, there was surplus silver in the treasury last year, and surplus grain in the granary. It was saved by the ministers and the officials of the household department, one copper coin and one copper coin. If the treasury has more money, you can change it to a different way of spending..."

"For example, if the national treasury is rich, and Hongde has suffered disasters in the past ten years, His Majesty can give him grace and exempt tax for three years..."

"There are still some river embankments that have been in disrepair for a long time. The Ministry of Industry has reported them for several years, but they have not been repaired. If the national treasury is sufficient, many river embankments can be repaired this year."

Zhao Shangshu bowed his head deeply and said: "Your Majesty, there are many places where the Ministry of Households needs money."

Having said that, Zhao Changping seemed to realize that something was wrong with his words, he paused, and continued.

"If there is something useful in the palace, His Majesty will order it, and the household department will naturally follow it..."

His Majesty's complexion was indeed a bit unsightly.

After all, no emperor could withstand the moral kidnapping of these civil servants.

He was upset, then looked at the sky outside, and waved his hands: "Okay, it's already noon, today's discussion is here first, today the palace is in charge of the meal, and after all the ministers have eaten, let's go Continue the discussion here."

After saying this, the emperor waved his hand without waiting for the officials to respond, "Gao Ming, prepare meals for all the lovers, and let them eat in this hall."

Eunuch Gao quickly responded.

The emperor stood up straight away and returned to the apse.

As soon as the emperor left, the hall immediately became chaotic like a private school without a gentleman. All the ministers gathered together in twos and threes, making a lot of noise.

As for the eunuch Gao Ming, he jumped over the crowd and found Shen Yi who was dozing off against the pillar. Eunuch Gao patted Shen Yi on the shoulder to wake up Master Shen, and then coughed: "Mr. Shen, Your Majesty has called you to speak. "

Shen Yi woke up like a dream.

"what?"

He looked around, a little speechless: "Your Majesty looking for me?"

"Yes."

Eunuch Gao nodded and said: "It's in the apse, Mr. Shen will come with our house."

Shen Yi had no choice but to follow Gao Ming all the way to the apse of Deqing Palace, where he saw His Majesty the Emperor who was sulking.

The emperor glanced at Shen Yi coming in, and before Shen Yi could speak, he snorted: "Well, Shen Qi, I'm talking on the top, and you're sleeping on the bottom!"

Master Shen was stunned, and quickly shook his head: "Your Majesty, I'm not sleeping..."

The emperor sneered.

"I'm at a high place, so I can see it clearly!"

After saying this, the emperor looked at Shen Yi, lowered his voice, and gritted his teeth: "Your uncle, what's going on!"

Shen Yi scratched his head.

"Your Majesty, my uncle has always acted impartially and is upright..."

"I don't care."

The emperor was a little distraught.

"We will discuss in the afternoon, you..."

he whispered.

"You settle him for me!"