Donggong Zhangjiao

Chapter 60 The Crying Child Has Milk
When talking to his son, he nodded naturally like an old man.

Emperor Chengjing immediately said, "That's true. Although the chief and deputy examiners have been confirmed, I think it will be more rigorous to add a few more examiners. I wonder if any of you can recommend them?"

He opened his mouth, so naturally someone was waiting for the opportunity.

Left Prime Minister Li Mu stepped forward in due course.

"Your Majesty, I think that a few adults in the cabinet can take on this important task."

In the cabinet, there are two prime ministers, one is Pingzhang Zhengshi and one is Zhizhengshi, and three university scholars. Among the seven, Li Mu, the prime minister of the left, is the leader, plus Fang Hongshen, who is a political adviser, and Wei Changsong, a scholar of Wenhuadian. , Dongge University scholar Sun Hui, the four belong to one party.

On Pei Yao's side, there are only right minister Lu Chuan and Wenyuan Pavilion scholar Zhang Zonghe.

There is still Ji Zhonglin, a Pingzhang political affairs officer, who is a neutral old man who has always been a loner, only caring about government affairs and ignoring party disputes.

Now this season's adults are getting older, and they will retire and return to their hometowns in a few years, almost occupying a position, but it is useless.

So after all, if people from the cabinet are used to take the exam, most of the examiners are officials under the First Prince's command.

Therefore, when Li Mu made this proposal, the right minister Lu Chuan refuted it.

"Masters in the cabinet are naturally able to take on this important task, but after all, the cabinet must focus on government affairs. Now that the end of the year is approaching, except for the matter of Qiu Wei, the taxation of various places and even the current work reports of officials must be busy at the same time. All the people in the cabinet have been transferred to take charge of Qiuwei, something is wrong."

This also makes sense.

After all, the cabinet is the core advisory group of Emperor Chengjing. At the end of the year, there are too many things, and all the people run away, so he has no one at hand.

So after Lu Chuan finished speaking, Emperor Chengjing frowned thoughtfully.

Seeing this, Zhang Zonghe immediately stood up and cupped his hands.

"Your Majesty, I think that the chief examiner of Qiu Wei is fair and impartial, honest and meticulous, and dare to expose his superiors when encountering problems. It is feasible to select people from among the imperial censors."

The censor is mainly responsible for supervision and admonishment, and to put it bluntly, he is the person responsible for finding fault.

If you want to be strict, it is very appropriate to let them do this job.

After he finished speaking, Lu Chuan nodded accordingly.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang is justified, and the minister seconded his proposal."

Hearing what the two said, Emperor Cheng Jing felt quite good, but he thought that Li Mu's proposal would be more beneficial to the First Prince and could marginalize Pei Yao, so he didn't agree for a while.

Instead, he continued to look at Li Mu.

"What does Li Xiang think?"

"Although the government affairs are busy at the end of the year, the matter of Qiuwei can be concluded within a month or so. Presumably, there will not be too much delay in the cabinet's government affairs. Moreover, Qiuwei is still in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and the cabinet only assists from the side. It doesn't take a lot of effort. You censors are indeed upright and strict, but the censor supervises all officials, and reports to all officials at the end of the year, which is the time when strict supervision is needed, and I am afraid it is even more inconvenient to move."

Li Mu pushed the lever back without haste.

Both sides have their own reasons, and the two are not giving in for a while.

Pei Yao watched for a long time, and saw Emperor Chengjing's hesitation, so he opened his mouth at this moment.

"Uncle, my son thinks that Li Xiang's words are justified. This Qiu Wei is mainly a matter of the officials. The addition of manpower should be to assist from the side, not to grab power, but Lu Xiang's worries are also reasonable. If so, son I feel that it is better to combine the methods of the two adults."

As he spoke, the eyes of everyone present moved over.

Emperor Chengjing didn't quite understand, but let him continue.

"How to synthesize, you can tell me and listen."

Pei Yao arched his hands and said calmly.

"Qiu Wei is mainly managed by the Department of Literature and Selection of the Ministry of Officials, and the chief of official debriefing is in charge of the Department of Examination. Except for these two places, the remaining two departments, Jixun Department and Seal Inspection Department, are usually not busy, but they are both officials of the Ministry of Officials, presumably they It is more convenient to understand the affairs of the Ministry of Officials, and it is more convenient to use them."

"So you mean that it is enough to transfer people from among the officials?" Emperor Chengjing asked.

Pei Yao nodded, "With these people sharing the burden, there will be less manpower dispatched from the cabinet."

After he finished speaking, Emperor Chengjing was a little embarrassed.

After thinking for a moment, he finally said.

"Let me think about it again."

Although Emperor Chengjing really wanted to use Li Mu's method directly, but the previous case was too big. This time, Emperor Chengjing did not dare to be negligent, for fear of another scandal and losing his face.

So it's a lot of worry.

In the end, Pei Yao couldn't come up with a plan, which was expected, but the First Prince was a little anxious.

After leaving the palace, he followed Li Mu into the same carriage, presumably to go to discuss matters.

Lu Chuan also wanted to have a few words with Pei Yao, but Pei Yao told him to wait and watch the changes.

Although he didn't know what other arrangements Pei Yao had, but with his words, Lu Chuan didn't ask any more questions.

When I returned home, it was already past the time for lunch.

Pei Yao didn't want to bother anymore, so he asked the small kitchen to cook a bowl of noodles, served with two side dishes, and just used it for a meal.

After eating, I went to the study to read the booklet.

After sitting for about an hour, I received the snacks sent by the concubine, so I put down what I was doing and took a rest.

"Today is the fifteenth day. I will go to the Crown Princess alone tonight. The Crown Princess likes Linglong porcelain. Go to the storeroom and find some good ones, and bring them there at night."

Pei Yao ordered lightly.

Hong Zheng responded, and then said again.

"Speaking of which, the Crown Princess' birthday is only a month away. Does Your Highness have any arrangements for this year's birthday?"

When he mentioned it, Pei Yao frowned.

"Gu almost forgot about it. I couldn't think of anything to give at the moment. You can figure it out. It's about the same as in previous years."

The Crown Princess is from a good background, and she sees a lot of all kinds of expensive things, Pei Yao really doesn't know what to give.

What's more, he didn't really want to spend much time on it. After all, as long as the gift was valuable enough, it could show how much he valued the princess.

As for ingenuity, intentions and so on, I don't have the time to think about it.

After receiving the order, Hong Zheng nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

After finishing the snacks brought by the crown princess, perhaps his body was a little stiff after sitting for a long time, so Pei Yao got up and walked around the room.

Then I saw a few chess books on the bookshelf.

He usually didn't have time to look at these things, but suddenly saw them today, and he thought of Fang Yun.

He randomly picked up two chess books suitable for beginners and threw them to Hong Zheng.

"Send this to Bi Luo Zhai."

"Yes."

Hong Zheng looked at the chess record in his hand and silently responded.

He said that His Royal Highness didn't miss the birthday of the Crown Princess, but remembered that Fang Liangdi was learning chess.

This probably means that a crying child has milk to eat.

When he went back to his highness and went to Wutong Garden, the princess and concubine followed the rules, and he found it boring to watch.

But the Crown Princess is the first wife, so it's normal for her to be dignified and dignified.

These are not things that he can worry about as a slave, just do what His Highness tells you to do.

As a matter of fact, Pei Yao is indeed thinking of Fang Yun's playfulness and cuteness at this moment, thinking in his heart that he will try Fang Yun's chess skills after a while.

But he was thinking of Fang Yun, and Fang Yun was thinking of the Crown Princess at this moment.

After all, Pei Yao can casually come up with the crown princess's birthday gift, but she has to prepare carefully.

　Crown Princess: I will not say who is the winner
　　
　
(End of this chapter)