Donggong Zhangjiao

It was also at this moment that Prime Minister Lu felt Pei Yao's determination to clean up the high family.

At this time, if you don't follow the emperor's wishes, you will be asking for death.

Even if he got benefits for a while by relying on his basic qualifications, but the emperor was in trouble, sooner or later, the emperor would definitely take action to completely annihilate the Lu family.

So from now on, Prime Minister Lu will act more and more neatly.

Liu Qin is not ambiguous either.

Seizing this opportunity is another achievement.

For a time, the government and the public were lively again.

Of course, Pei Yao would not arrest and kill everyone. After all, there were emperors and courtiers, and some aristocratic families had evil intentions in the later years of Emperor Chengjing. Now that Pei Yao has ascended the throne, they have stopped doing it.

Such officials should give him a lighter punishment, or turn a blind eye and let him pass.

However, none of those who have taken action against this Spring Festival can escape.

Being so lenient and strict at the same time, he acted quickly.

King Dun and Prime Minister Lu took the lead in the investigation in the capital. Pei Yao also let go of his hands and picked out all the people on the list that had been given to Ye Yunxiao before, and received the same punishment.

In addition, because the local exam in the north has passed, in order to prevent those candidates who were manipulated in secret from waiting for a few more years, Pei Yao ordered that the spring exam be postponed to mid-August, while the exam in the north will be postponed to mid-August. At the beginning of April, the exam will be held again.

After this decree came out, students from poor families in the north praised him, saying that the emperor was a wise king.

There were also a few talented people who boldly wrote articles or poems and handed them to Pei Yao. However, there were also two who were really attracted by Pei Yao and took office directly, filling the official vacancies in the north.

Of course, it's not a very important high position, after all, he is a newcomer.

But the emperor's appointment outside the scientific examination room is also a great honor for these scholars.

However, Pei Yao's trip to the north was not just about cleaning up the worms in the family and clearing up the scientific atmosphere. He also secretly took the time to visit the northern border.

Needless to say, the person who received him was the current leader of the Huo Family Army in Northern Xinjiang, Huo Mingxuan.

Pei Yao came here this time to understand the current situation of Shangyang Kingdom.

When he was in the harem before, Fang Yun mentioned Yanbi's ulterior motives, and Pei Yao also sent someone to investigate.

But Yan Bin was cautious. Even if Pei Yao took action, he only found out that Yan Bin had been in contact with Shangyang Kingdom. Although it was not many, it was not broken.

If Shangyang Kingdom really offered a beautiful princess to serve him in order to seek peace, then this princess would be a tribute and a plaything. Moreover, the relationship between Lin Chan and the current king of Shangyang Kingdom, Lin Chen, was not good. Under such circumstances, the two would be If there is still contact between the two, then there must be another agenda.

Taking advantage of this opportunity to go north, Pei Yao wanted to meet Huo Mingxuan. Firstly, he wanted Huo Mingxuan to try to send someone to sneak into Shangyang Kingdom to inquire.

Now that the war between the two countries has ended, they are currently in a peaceful period of superficial friendship. It is not difficult to send people there.

Of course, we still have to look at the current situation of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

When something like military power is not in your own hands, you must leave it to a reliable person.

Just wandering around for a while, by the time Pei Yao came back, it was already time for the show girls to finish learning the rules and prepare to enter the palace.

The queen had already decided on the position of the new couple and was waiting for Pei Yao to come back. After a final discussion, they decided on it.

When Pei Yao came back, it was almost time for dinner.

Before coming back, he specially sent a message to the queen so that there was no need to arrange a reception banquet, so after Pei Yao came back, his first stop was to go to Yuzhang Palace quietly.

Why quietly? After all, according to the rules, you should go see the Queen first when you come back.

So Fang Yun was also surprised when he saw Pei Yao, who had not yet changed his clothes and was dusty.

Pei Yao acted like a child and said he wanted to have a bowl of noodles at Fang Yun's place.He still remembered what Fang Yun said before about dumplings and noodles.

Looking at his childish side, Fang Yun was helpless and funny.

This all broke her plan. She originally planned to make a serious bowl of it tomorrow.

Now he is in a hurry and has to go to the queen's place to eat, so Fang Yun's hand speed cannot keep up, so he can only order the cook in the small kitchen to do it.

But being able to eat a bowl of hot noodles at Fang Yun's place, whether it was made by Fang Yun himself or not, made Pei Yao feel warm in his heart.

I originally wanted to see the child, but I was afraid that the second princess and the fourth prince were young and would spill the beans tomorrow, so in the end I just ate noodles, said a few words to Fang Yun, and then left.

After another trip, I went back to Jingqian Palace to change my clothes, and then drove to Fengxuan Palace.

On the Queen's side, dinner had been arranged in a formal manner and she was greeted at the door.

"The rules are all waived. I'm not here during this period. Thank you for your hard work."

Pei Yaoxu helped the queen with a gentle tone.

"It's not hard for me, my concubine. It's hard work for the emperor to go north and work on state affairs. Fortunately, everything is over now. It's a good thing that the scientific examination can be held smoothly." The queen also had a dignified smile on her face. .

The couple said a few polite words at the door before entering the room and sitting down together.

After eating a bowl of noodles in the Yuzhang Palace, Pei Yao felt exhausted when he came to the queen's place and faced a table full of delicacies.

He moved the chopsticks completely with the queen.

The queen was also smart, and saw that he had a poor appetite, so she ate half full, put away the chopsticks, had people clean it up, and served digestion tea.

Drink tea and you can talk.

For the Queen, the first thing that comes up is naturally the draft.

"Concubine Chen has already made a list of the beautiful girls selected this time. Concubine Zhao, Concubine Zhao and Concubine Jin look at each other. They are all good girls. Now that they have learned the rules, it is time to bring them into the palace. At that time, I planned my position and asked the emperor to take a look at it and make a final decision."

While talking, someone brought the booklet over.

Pei Yao took a sip of tea, took it and looked at it carefully.

On the list, the Queen had drawn up the following: Qiu Shaojia, the legitimate daughter of the Left Governor of the Chinese Army, was registered as a beauty of the sixth rank, and Xu Yingyi, the legitimate daughter of a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, was also registered as a beauty of the sixth rank.

Next, Qiu E gave her the seventh-grade Baolin, and the other two, Luo and Wang, were both the eighth-grade Cai Nu.

After reading it, Pei Yao asked about Qiu E's status.

"Why did this concubine of a minister of etiquette, a foreign minister, give Baolin the position?"

"Oh, this one named Qiu E is from the same clan as Qiu Shaojia. Their family is a branch of the Qiu family. They are still sisters. She has a very good appearance and is considered the best among these beautiful girls, so I thought that since she is a beauty and related to the Qiu family, it would be nice to give her the status of Baolin."

The queen explained in a low voice.

After hearing this, Pei Yao nodded.

He actually didn't care too much about whether they were beautiful or not. After all, no woman who could enter the harem was ugly. But looking at the two Qiu family girls, Pei Yao thought about it and said.

"It's hard to distinguish a surname, so just give this beauty Qiu a title, just choose the character "LAN", and the rest will be as you decide."

"Yes, my concubine will order someone to come out of the palace tomorrow to announce her decree, and the new couple will enter the palace ten days later."

The queen took the book and whispered.