Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 1048 Merit
Lin Xu was called into the palace overnight, but was blocked outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation and waited for a long time. He didn't know what happened, and his heart was always uneasy.He stood outside the hanging flower gate and looked at the starry sky, recalling the cases and errands he had handled recently one by one, reflecting back and forth, which ones had loopholes, which ones still had important points, and guessed about the emperor. What to ask and how to answer.All kinds of things, thinking wildly for a while, suddenly heard Xuanjin inside, hurried in, trotted up the stairs and went up to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, "Minister, Lin Xu is ordered to see you!" As he spoke, he raised the curtain and lifted his feet to go in, but was tripped by the threshold a stagger.

"Wang Shang," Guan Xuqing said in the warm pavilion, "the threshold is too high, and several ministers have stumbled over it. Tomorrow, I will instruct the Ministry of Internal Affairs to redo it, and drop it by three inches. Do you hear me?"

Wang Shang hurriedly bowed and agreed.Only then did Lin Xu see that the queen was there, and hurriedly stepped forward and kowtowed: "My minister, Lin Xu, respectfully welcomes Sheng'an, and respectfully invites empress Jin'an! The emperor summons his ministers, what is the order?"

Guan Xuqing glanced at Jingfen with a smile, and said, "Don't panic, there is nothing important. I have read the records of Sichuan and Guangdong and Guangxi. Officials such as Hu Shi, Chen Yinke, Wang Guowei, and Zhang Taiyan have done very effectively in the local area. I think the Personnel Department will draw up a report immediately to see if there are any vacancies in the various ministries in the capital, and if there are enough, let them go to Beijing to take up their posts in a few days."

"Zha." Lin Xu raised his head, "Your Majesty, there is a shortage of people in all ministries, but these officials passed the Jinshi last year (the empire has implemented the college entrance examination, but it is difficult for people to change their mouths in a short time, so some people still call candidates Scholars), they stayed in the Imperial Academy for less than a year, and they were placed in local positions, which is already a great grace of the emperor. Although their year-end assessments are all excellent, and their official reputation is also very good, but such a short period of time let It is inevitable that they were promoted a bit too quickly when they became officials in the capital. Many local officials have worked hard all their lives but have not been able to reach the edge of the capital. Hu Shi and others have been so heavily used at a young age. I am afraid that the local officials will also be dissatisfied. "

"Hmph," Guan Xuqing waved his hand: "What dissatisfaction do you have? Don't I understand the officialdom? No matter how good or bad you are, everything depends on your qualifications. What I want is not a bunch of stubborn old antiques, but what I want. Talents who work for the country, I often tell you that those who are capable should go up and those who are mediocre should go down. This is the standard for the selection of talents in the empire. It cannot be just empty words. Now start with Hu Shi and the others, no matter where the officials are in the future. , as long as you have talent, as long as you have the ambition to serve the country, regardless of your background, regardless of your age, you will be promoted and reused. On the contrary, people can't always stand in the position of good people and mediocrity. Such people might as well go back to their hometowns and farm the land as soon as possible. The empire is not afraid of corrupt officials, but mediocre officials, understand?"

"Yes, I understand."

Guan Xuqing saw that Lin Xu was sweating, and said with a smile: "The queen just sent a pheasant fish head tofu hot pot. I enjoyed it very much, and I didn't want to finish it. The empress said that Lin Xu is a loyal minister, so I will reward you to eat it. Tomorrow You still have a lot of business to do, and you won’t be able to eat it if I reward you to take it back now. Just eat it here and finish it!"

Jingfen didn't expect that the emperor would handle it like this, and gave herself such a big favor. She couldn't help laughing, and got up to bring the emperor's leftover hot pot and put it on the wooden table beside Lin Xu.

"Thank you, master, thank you, master." Lin Xu resisted the tears that rolled in his eyes, and finally they flowed out like a sluice. so caring”

He stood up tremblingly, sat on the twig, and finished the hot pot bite by bite.

Guan Xuqing watched him finish his meal with a smile, and encouraged him: "Do it well. It is important to open up the territory and open up the land. The security of the country should not be neglected either. While fighting against the outside world, we must also secure the inside."

After Lin Xu finished eating, he reported some things to the emperor, and then knelt down and left the hall.

"Your Majesty, the concubines and the little princes are here!" As soon as Lin Xu left, Wang Shang came in to report.

"Okay, Xuan Jin."

With little effort, the eleventh prince Pu Yu, the twelve prince Pu Qi, and the thirteenth prince Pu ascended into the main hall, kneeling in front of the kang in a proper manner, and a tall and burly nanny hugged the fourteenth prince Pu beside Jingfang. Jie, standing on the side of the kang triumphantly: she was ordered to hold Jingfang's beloved son Pu Jie, and she didn't have to kneel down when she saw anyone, so she was so proud.

When Jingfang's accompanying lady-in-waiting touched the emperor, she hurriedly twisted a handful of hot towels from the back of the gauze drawer, poured another cup of tea, and carefully placed it on the jade table.Only then did Guan Xuqing take a closer look at the court lady introduced by Jingfang, and said with a smile: "No wonder it's called Dianqi, these eyes are really refreshing? Are you still used to walking?"

"Back to the master." Dianqi squatted deeply, the emperor praised her a little blushing, smiled, and said: "It's just that I'm not used to walking with my feet for a long time. I feel comfortable walking the next day. It’s still the emperor’s right, it’s better than heaven!” After reaching the gauze drawer, he took a few jujubes as red as agate and put them into the cup, saying: “This is the most nourishing and soothing, listen to the concubine Xian Said, Master often suffers from insomnia while reading books, you try this"

Guan Xuqing saw that she had a childish face, and she was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and said with a smile: "You are so young, you know how to feel sorry for the master, good! People here listen, she is still young, if you can't stay up late, don't make things difficult for her !"

Concubine Xian Jingfang smiled and said: "No one dares to make things difficult for me. She pinched my waist last night, fell asleep curled up in my arms, like a kitten, and woke up when touched. She is very clever. !"

After joking for a while, Guan Xuqing asked the little princes, "I've been too busy these days, and I didn't have time to check my homework. Luo Zhenyu is old, and you moved to Zongxue to study. I heard that Pu Yu also learned Western fencing. Pu Qi Learned the guitar? You are really promising! At your age, I have to practice kung fu for two hours a day. The guards are usually no match for me. I have to read and write for four hours. How can I have time to play? Listen carefully, Tomorrow I will ask my English teacher to talk to you, and see how you make a fool of yourself in public!"

Both Pu Yu and Pu Qi were De Ling's sons, and when they were scolded face to face, De Ling blushed immediately.Jingfen hurriedly smoothed things over for them, saying: "Pu Yu and Pu Qi are still fine, they are under the supervision of the eunuch, and they can go to school on time every day, and now they can recite the three hundred capitals of Tang poetry. The one who sang the copper hammer was the fourth child of his fifth uncle's family. The servants also called it "the third and the fourth", so they got confused. In fact, there are nine kinds of dragons born in Zongxue, and there are all kinds of children. Looking back, I Naturally, please cook according to the decree, and the children of the clan within three servings should find a good master and study in Yuqing Palace. If they don't read the serious books, they will feel like a playboy, so what good? "

Guan Xuqing hummed with a sullen face, and said, "I also want to hear how your English is doing, Pu Qi, you first say: Guda Maoning, what is Guda Maoning?"

"Return to father, good morning Gudamao Ning."

"Where is the ruler? How do you say it in English?"

"Jules."

"What do you say 'horse'?"

"Hoss."

"How do you pronounce 'book'?"

"Booker."

"Where's the barley?"

"Where's the rice?"

"Rice, how do you say rice?" Guan Xuqing's face became a little ugly, and he turned around to serve tea. Pu Qi pushed his brother, muttered in a low voice, turned around and Pu Qi said, "Return to father, rice is 'Reis' '!"

Guan Xuqing sneered and said: "There are still brothers and sisters colluding and cheating here. You guys are really good at learning! You are more capable than him. What is 'like'?"

Pu Yu hurriedly said: "Son knows it's wrong, 'like' is Lake."

"'what about work?"

"Walker."

"need?"

"Nick."

"Life?"

"Live."

"Feet?"

"Both feet, feet, ah, feet." Pu Yu scratched his head, frowned and recalled angrily, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said, "It's Foote!"

Guan Xuqing sneered and asked, "How do you read the body?"

Pu Yu looked at Jingfang, and said hesitantly, "Aledi!"

"You guys are talking nonsense here!"

Guan Xuqing was in a good mood at first, but when he was excited by his two sons, he became angry and slapped the table with a "bang", slapping an emerald ring into pieces: "Bastard! Sexy wine and meat!" I remember a lot of things! What is Rand? Tell me everything!"

"Yes, yes." The two sons were so frightened that their faces were as white as paper, and they bowed their heads, unable to utter a word.

"Land means land, and body should be pronounced 'Body'!"

Guan Xuqing glared at the two sons, thinking that their English was just fooling around with errands, learning a little indiscriminately, hating them more and more for not being up to date, and gritted his teeth and said: "I am very disappointed in you, look at your imperial brothers, they are all bloody in the army , you are living in the palace with rich clothes and fine food, and you can’t learn such things well, why do I want you to get out!” He was so scared that the little Pujie’s calf in the nurse’s arms kicked tightly, and he let out a "wow" Crying loudly, Pu Yu and Pu Qi were frightened and hurriedly kowtowed to their father, and quietly followed the maids out of the hall.

When the nanny coaxed Pu Jie to fall asleep, Jingfen saw that the emperor was still very angry, and said softly: "Your Majesty, why bother, the children already know their mistakes, so give them time to correct themselves. It was the same, Now that Sino-US and Sino-British relations are tense, how many of them are going to learn English? Originally Zaifeng was the best speaker, but his three boys even asked what the "tea cup" was, and he was confused and angry. I'm going to get dizzy. In fact, I still know a lot if I want to ask about the Four Books and Five Classics. Besides, several concubines are in front of me, so I have to show my sons some face."

It was so hard to persuade the emperor to calm down, Guan Xuqing sighed: "Oh, isn't it for their own good? They are too comfortable to be princes. Back then, my masters who followed the Taixue were only four years old, and they got up at four o'clock every day. , not only learn Mandarin, Mongolian, Korean, Chinese, but also Hokkien, Siamese, and Burmese. If you can’t learn it, you can’t eat breakfast! What’s wrong now? As you said, one generation is not as good as one generation." He turned to De Ling who was standing aside and said, "De Ling, don't panic because of this. The child needs to be disciplined when he grows up, and the most important thing is to prevent it from happening."

(End of this chapter)