Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Li Yuanzhao's days in the capital were extremely leisurely.

The businesses in Banshan Ward had already gotten on track and didn't require much effort.

He only occasionally took the time to look at the reports submitted below, and then made simple adjustments.

The only troublesome thing was perhaps the large number of memorials that Emperor Jing gave him to review.

However, he was already used to these tasks and didn't need to spend too much time on them.

He was a restless person, and after reviewing the memorials, he naturally had to find something to do.

With Fang Zheng not around, he had a few impulses to explore the Jin Kingdom, but considering the stick that Emperor Jing hadn't used for a long time, he finally gave up.

He was currently in a side hall of the East Palace.

This side hall had long been transformed into a simple 'factory'.

The walls of the room were dirty, with only two rows of bookshelves, filled with piles of drafts.

There were also several scattered design drawings on the floor.

The entire room had no extra decorations, and in the center was a circular iron track, with a small steam car running on it, chugging along.

Li Yuanzhao stared intently at the small car, his eyes full of joy.

Mo Xiaohu also stared at the small car, and after observing for a while, he said: "Your Highness, this third version of the model should be a success."

Li Yuanzhao smiled: "That's right, the one I modified is much faster than your War God model. Look at its axe-like shape, according to Xiao Letian's latest paper, it's called effectively reducing wind resistance."

"I've decided to call this third version of the model 'Rapid Axe'."

Mo Xiaohu applauded: "Good name, Your Highness is very talented."

After watching for a while, Li Yuanzhao looked up and said: "This is just a simple model after all, it can't be compared to a real steam car. Has the exhaust pipe that I redesigned last time been installed yet?"

Mo Xiaohu nodded, admiringly: "Your Highness is truly intelligent. The improvements you proposed last time for the steam valve, steam passage, and connecting rod design have been implemented, and after our tests, the efficiency has increased by about 10%. This is already an amazing improvement."

"I guess in less than three years, our steam train will be officially launched."

Li Yuanzhao couldn't help but feel proud.

At first, he was just researching small models in the East Palace, but as he researched, the models could no longer satisfy his interest.

He turned to researching real trains, and usually called Mo Xiaohu to ask for advice when he had nothing to do, and now he could be considered to have achieved something.

"How is my talent in Dongjiao University?"

Mo Xiaohu pondered for a moment: "Your Highness has the aptitude of a college student!"

"Hahahaha! Well said, I am also a college student." Li Yuanzhao laughed loudly, then turned his head and sighed, "It's a pity, Lao Fang is not here, otherwise I would have to show off to him, one day when this train runs on the road, I will also have a share of the credit."

As soon as he finished speaking, an anxious voice of a eunuch came from outside the door.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, are you inside? There is an urgent message from the Princess's residence! !"

Li Yuanzhao turned his head to look at the door, somewhat surprised.

Usually, he doesn't allow anyone to approach this remodeled room, and there are palace maids guarding the door.

How could the eunuch from the Princess's residence have broken in now?

The eunuch's voice was still repeating at the door, Li Yuanzhao pushed the door open and walked out.

The shouting stopped abruptly, and Li Yuanzhao said unhappily: "What are you shouting? Is the sky falling?"

"My sister doesn't know to look for me for eight hundred years after she got married, and now that the dog man has run abroad, she remembers me, her brother?"

The eunuch, ignoring the sweat on his forehead, quickly handed over the letter, and said urgently: "Your Highness, please take a look, the Princess repeatedly told me to send the letter to you as quickly as possible, I will go back to report now."

With that said, the eunuch ran away in a hurry.

Li Yuanzhao didn't care, opened the letter and read it.

Just this one glance, his face instantly froze, and his hand trembled involuntarily.

After scanning the whole article, he didn't care about anything else, shouted a curse, and ran wildly towards the Nuan Pavilion...

....

The weather was getting colder, and Emperor Jing's daily office was usually in the Nuan Pavilion.

Inside the Nuan Pavilion, there were several small charcoal stoves.

Several old ministers sat opposite Emperor Jing, with all kinds of fruits and snacks, the atmosphere was very relaxed.

Emperor Jing ate snacks and chatted casually with the people below.

"I saw in yesterday's newspaper that the Embroidered Uniform Guard has investigated another case. It is said that the son of Huang Dang, the Right Vice Censor-in-chief, used his status to forcibly take a commoner woman as a concubine, and Huang Dang was also detained for pleading. Have you all seen it? What is his current situation, do you know?"

Li Yansong squeezed out an ugly smile and said: "This old minister knows something about it. Huang Dang only failed to teach his son and was not at fault. Someone came to the old minister to intercede for him and asked the Embroidered Uniform Guard to release him."

"Then did Master Li help him intercede?" Emperor Jing smiled.

Li Yansong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This old minister doesn't dare to touch the Embroidered Uniform Guard's style. The rules left by Lord Fang are too strict."

"Even the centurions and even the small flags will be severely punished if they don't follow the rules. If officials are involved in the case, reporters will follow and record, so it is useless for others to intercede."

"Huang Dang's crime is disrupting the Embroidered Uniform Guard's law enforcement. He was detained in the nearest guardhouse for one day, and he has returned home today. As for his son, he paid a bail of one hundred taels, eighty taels of which were subsidized to the commoner woman."

"The people are all spreading the word that His Majesty is working hard to govern and rectify officialdom. The court is now clear and bright, and officials no longer dare to bully the people with power."

Emperor Jing smiled slightly and praised: "Zheng Yi's temperament is a bit unruly, but he is still trustworthy when it comes to major and serious matters."

"At first, I was afraid that reporting officials' crimes in the newspaper would affect the court's prestige, but I didn't expect that after several cases were handled, the people actually praised it."

As Emperor Jing spoke, he squinted at Guo Tianyang: "The Eastern Depot should also learn from the Embroidered Uniform Guard to make more improvements. I have heard more than once that the people in the Eastern Depot act rudely and violently and do not follow the rules."

Guo Tianyang squeezed out a painful expression, and said in his heart without any waves: "Your Majesty, this is all the fault of the slave. The slave will immediately arrange for people to change."

"How are you going to change it?"

"... The slave will go back and think about it carefully and find some capable people from the Embroidered Uniform Guard to learn from." Guo Tianyang pursed his lips, almost crying.

Why did you ask one more question? Didn't you usually not ask further?

It would be good to make the grandchildren under his command behave for a while, but now he really has to learn from the Embroidered Uniform Guard?

"Humph." Emperor Jing showed dissatisfaction, "You are just fooling me. The ready-made examples are right in front of you, and you still have to go back and think about it."

"The Embroidered Uniform Guard handles affairs according to rules and laws, and the facts are based on evidence. Even arresting people and handling cases requires shouting a set of slogans. Don't think it's just a show, that slogan is..."