Sometimes the palace is sunny

The city of Yanjing was sealed off for a whole night, and the sound of horse teams passing by could occasionally be heard through the courtyard gate.

After a night like this, on the second day, there were fewer soldiers and guards on the road, and there were more rustling activities everywhere.

Although Li Congyuan, who stayed alone in the vacant room, said early on that he would thank guests behind closed doors, there were only a few old servants in his family, and half of them had gone back to their hometown for the New Year. Several ministers from the court and China came to knock on the door of his house, and he stared at the back door After looking at the courtyard wall for a long time, he finally resigned to his fate and asked someone to open the door.

Although he claims to be young and strong, he can't do things like jump over the wall to escape from his colleagues.

"Ge Lao! Those female officials are crazy! They even took Jin Yiwei to arrest people everywhere, saying that they followed the Queen's order, and now they are breaking down houses and doors everywhere, saying that those civil servants who once opposed female officials entering the court may have set themselves on fire. Allies of the palace!"

Li Congyuan stroked his beard and did not speak.

He vaguely remembered that the last time Zhang Shilang came to his house in such a hurry was because His Majesty disliked that the shad was not fresh. His Majesty clearly wanted to investigate the shad tribute, but this man pulled his hair and said that His Majesty wanted to move the capital.

His brows moved slightly, and Li Congyuan let out a haha:

"Zhang Shilang, don't worry. The Duanji Hall was destroyed. This is a rare event since the founding of the country. It coincides with the implementation of His Majesty's New Deal..."

"Mr. Yunshan! How can things be so simple? Who are those female officials? They are just assisting His Majesty in making documents and writing imperial decrees. , it is clear that female officials are going to join the two factories and Jinyiwei! Female officials have already occupied six subjects. If even Jinyiwei can be dispatched by female officials, then, then, I, Dayong man, wouldn’t I have to watch those women go wild every day? !?"

The speaker was an editor of the Imperial Academy, fifty-six this year, with an impassioned attitude, as if if Li Congyuan didn't care about it, the Yong Dynasty would perish tomorrow.

Li Congyuan stroked his beard again.

Seeing that he has always looked safe, someone said angrily:

"Old Li Ge, since His Majesty appointed female officials, you have retreated in everything, and let Princess Yueqing and Chang Shengning flatter His Majesty, messing up the court in an unseemly way. Why, don't you have the will to petition for the people long ago? Chi, also want to learn how to be a Taiping Pavilion elder?"

Li Congyuan didn't even look up at such offensive words.

Others see him rising steadily, but only he himself knows that his devotion to serve the country has risen and fallen several times.

Zhang Shilang waved away the censor who was brought by who did not know, and walked in front of Li Congyuan again:
"Elder Ge, 'Tao takes the mean as the ultimate'*."

Li Congyuan put down his beard-twisting hand, first looked at Zhang Shilang, and then at the others in turn.

"Forget it, since you have something to say, you might as well write it down as a notebook, and when His Majesty summons you, I will submit it for you."

After speaking, he waved his hand and asked the old servant to bring a pen and paper.

The Hanlin editor immediately picked up a pen and wrote the excerpt, splashing ink so chicly.

The rest of the people also found places to write.

Only Zhang Shilang, he looked around, and then at Li Congyuan.

"Old man..."

"Huh?" Li Congyuan sipped a cup of chrysanthemum tea slowly, with a relaxed expression.

But Zhang Shilang felt uneasy. His Majesty's temperament has become much better in the past six months. This time the palace is on fire, and His Majesty delegated power to the Empress. Can be handed over.

But what if not?

If His Majesty was moved by the fury of the thunder, or, there are some secrets that are not known to the public.

Didn't he hit His Majesty's knife?

"Zhang Shilang, why don't you write? Or do you want to write a notebook and submit it separately?"

Li Congyuan straightened his wrinkled clothes and raised his head to look at him.

Zhang Shilang thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty just thinks that His Majesty has been clear about rewards and punishments and has been diligent in political affairs in the past six months. It was set up for the female official, and the female official is, after all, an official of the court, Duanji Hall is located in Xiyuan, setting fire here, the intention of committing a disturbance is obvious, and His Majesty ordered severe punishment, which is justified."

Now Li Congyuan was not alone, other people who came with Zhang Shilang all turned their heads to look at him.

If they remembered correctly, before the cup of tea, the servant still swore that the ladies were crazy, why did he change his tune now?
Zhang Shilang took a deep breath.

Every word he uttered made his own teeth ache.

But these words, he still has to say.

"The lower official just doesn't want to be used by the female officials for the affairs of the palace. If the female officials become powerful, they will fight for power with us... But in the end..."

"In the final analysis, Your Majesty has changed his mind in the past six months. Zhang Shilang, you are afraid that His Majesty will revert to his old ways in a fit of anger." Li Congyuan uttered Zhang Shilang's unfinished words.

Others put down their pens one after another, and looked at the two who were sitting and standing.

Li Congyuan sighed softly.

"In the past six months, Your Majesty has investigated the Taipu Temple, rectified the administration of officials, and reduced the taxes and duties for the people several times. In Dengzhou alone, six miscellaneous taxes have been cut this year. The people who abandoned their fields returned to their hometowns, and Chen Shouzhang returned them to them. Their errands of growing food and building the city wall were paid for by work so that they could survive. Chen Shouzhang, do you remember? At the beginning we all thought that he would die, but His Majesty didn't kill him, and let him do it Governor of Dengzhou. Years ago, His Majesty asked me to discuss the matter, and told me that he wanted to experiment with "fishing and weaving" in Dengzhou, and build a silk reeling factory in Dengzhou, so that both fisherwomen and saltwomen can make a living. If this matter can be accomplished, how many people in Dengzhou alone will no longer have to be displaced?"

He looked at Zhang Shilang.

Zhang Ding, the Minister of the Household Department, he was transferred from Zhejiang after Chu Jiyuan was relegated and Wan Sencai was promoted to Minister of the Household Department after racking his brains.

In terms of ability, he is naturally inferior to Chu Jiyuan and Wan Sencai. He thinks a lot and is timid when doing things. But he has one advantage, that is, he was born in a poor family and has always opposed the court's tax increase.

His Majesty has been in power for several years, and there are countless people in the court who cater to His Majesty for profit. It is better to have such a person sitting in the position of the left servant of the household department, even if he is always making a fuss. In exchange for His Majesty's favor.

"Your Majesty uses a female officer..."

Hearing someone whispered rebuttal, Li Congyuan smiled and shook his head.

"Your Majesty uses female officials, Your Majesty uses eunuchs, Your Majesty uses powerful ministers, and Your Majesty uses treacherous sycophants. I didn't know that female officials are more shocking than Zhang Wan and his like back then."

He stood up slowly:

"Think about it carefully. What you want is the current majesty who uses female officials while working hard to govern, or the former majesty. After thinking about it, write the scriptures and go."

Walking into the backyard, Li Congyuan looked up at the sky, and then at the dead tree in the yard.

Since his wife Mi Xinlan left, he always felt that the yard was lonely and boring.

It happened that his wife suffered from this kind of loneliness for many, many years.

Reaching into his bosom, Li Congyuan squeezed the bag in his bosom, and Li Congyuan looked at his own shadow standing under the warm winter sun.

He made others think about it.

He himself had to think about it.

No Responsibility Extra Episode 25
On the day of entering Beijing, Zhao Surui did not see Shen Shiqing.

"I didn't know you came back. Mr. Ming returned to Beijing to report on his work. Shen...went to drink with him."

Zhao Surui sneered, and almost smashed his luggage: "I'm pregnant with her child and he went to fool around with others?????"

Unsatisfied with the plot, update on the 28th.