The four cities of Zhongjing have their own characteristics, the west city is the most mediocre with the main residential houses, and the north city is a military city where many forbidden military guards are stationed. The eastern city is a commercial and cargo hub connecting the three port cities, with the largest number of markets, river boat docks and the densest railway lines, while the southern city is an extension of the endless palace. With the Baili Imperial Road stretching south of the Wuzhong Palace as the central axis, there are various central government offices of the Ming Dynasty. The royal family and the officials of the capital basically lived in the southern city in order to handle official business nearby and serve the emperor.

There are both Miyagi and Imperial Road, and there is a distinction between far and near. Being able to build a five-story mansion covering an area of thousands of square meters less than ten miles south of the Wuzhong Palace, the status of the owner is naturally extraordinary. The construction of high-rise buildings is strictly prohibited in the four cities of Beijing, and the height of commercial and official buildings shall not exceed the south gate of Wuzhong Palace, and private residences are even limited to half the height, and five floors is already the limit.

On the top floor of the tower, the white-haired old man who was unconscious in front of the queen's seat yesterday pressed the window edge and looked downstairs, looking at his eyebrows and eager to jump down to do something.

Chen Shihong, a scholar of the East Pavilion University and a scholar of the Ministry of Households, served Zhu Zi in the tenth generation, a five-jinshi in one class, and was a tumbler in the era of the first emperor, but yesterday he was defeated by the unreasonable empress.

"Xiangye, those brocade guards below have made a bit of a fuss, and they are very rude in front of the ladies and ladies, are you looking for Commander Lin to ventilate?"

The housekeeper complained softly in the back, and the predecessor had already covered his rotten ass and left because he was louder.

"Did someone strip them of their clothes and suck their flesh? If not, don't complain!" Scholar Chen disagreed, "I've enjoyed enough blessings on weekdays, but I can't bear this little hardship today?"

"After all, it is Xiangye's mansion, and the ladies in the mansion are all nobles around Xiangye. It's just insulting to be stared straight at. The butler had the audacity to speak out, not out of loyalty, but out of compulsion by Madame. "It's not just that their innocence is damaged, but Xiangye's face ......"

"It's good to spread it, it's to spread it!" Scholar Chen waved his hand irritably, "Let everyone in the world see that even I, an old minister, have ended up like this, and what do other people think." ”

The butler stepped back tremblingly, and the scholar looked at the Jinyi guards coming and going below, and spewed angry heat from his nose.

The phone rang, and the scholar left the window and sat down on the soft flesh of the two maids. As soon as he put his head on the maid's chest, another maid held the earpiece to his ear, and before the fourth maid held the microphone to his mouth, he was terrified.

"Old Fang Ge!"

Grabbing the microphone from the receiver, he nunu chin, the four maids bowed their heads and retreated, and he was left alone in the lavishly decorated study.

"Oh, it's not like I haven't worked hard, that girl doesn't talk about rules!"

"What else can I do? Thunder, rain and dew are all heavenly graces, and we can only bear it. That girl is holding Tai'a, sitting firmly in the community, Xingtian recognizes her, and the wood is already in the boat!"

On the other end of the phone was a more respectable figure, and Scholar Chen was almost a nephew.

"Look at her tossing, if the old man is still in the court, even the officials of the Zhongjing Mansion will dare to go to the old mansion to toss!"

"Of course, of course, she doesn't want the face of this court, we still have to. We have all said hello to the newspapers, radio and television stations, don't let the people follow and watch the jokes, or the old man is dedicated to the country. ”

"Next...... Isn't this just that you want to ask the elder of the pavilion? It's just that you have long faded out of the court and hidden in the city, for fear of disturbing you. ”

Speaking of this, Scholar Chen lowered his voice, "Yes, yes, Si Chen is only secondary, men and women are all gentlemen, but Jun and Doctor rule the world together, and I think the same...... Oh, the seat of the sheji?"

His voice was lowered, and Scholar Chen nodded from time to time, humbly taught.

Pressing the receiver back, holding the handle and shaking it a few times, Scholar Chen picked up the microphone again, cleared his throat, and changed to a reserved and proud tone: "Go to all the scholars, the servants of the various ministries, the imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Zhongjing Mansion Yin, hand me a post, explain my attitude, you remember." ”

This is a call to his son, who communicates with the dignitaries of the imperial court on his behalf, "The current investigation and arrest is completely necessary, and any obstruction is a crime of bullying the monarch that is detrimental to the society." You should be faithful and mindful and take into account the overall situation. Even if it is a small insult, it is not His Majesty's intention. Now the overall situation is the top, and catching that devil is overwhelming. ”

"Remember that 'Sheji' and 'Mozi' should be said in an accent, and then ...... I've already talked to Elder Fang Ge, and Elder Fang Ge also means the same. ”

After hanging up the phone, Scholar Chen walked to the window again. This time I looked downstairs, and there was no anger between my eyebrows.

"The elder of the pavilion said well, and so is the empress," the scholar whispered to himself: "Just hold Tai'a and sit firmly in the society, and be the treasure of the town and country for the Ming Dynasty." ”

The sunlight cast elongated shadows in the study, and the long wings on the scholar's gauze hat swayed and seemed to become horns on the head of a demon.

In the apse of the Qianming Hall of the Endless Palace, the sun covered the empress, casting an elongated figure on the floor.

"The people's daughter Shangguan Qing knocked on St. Ann'......"

A woman in a plain dress that looked like an ordinary maid was led into the apse, carefully avoiding the shadow of the empress, and knelt in the hall.

"Sure enough, it's the person that Xiaoai fancies, unlike other people who come up and shout like singing, long live my emperor. ”

The empress wore a wide-sleeved pleated skirt, her black hair was tied into a leisurely ponytail, and her thick eyelashes were fanned from time to time when she was sleepy.

"Get up, come closer," the Empress looked at the woman and nodded with satisfaction, "There must be more books than I have read." ”

"Your Majesty praised it falsely," the woman is in her early twenties, her appearance is only delicate and upright, but her temperament is quiet and calm, and she is indeed like a scholar who reads poetry and books.

"The sages read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles, and the people and girls were not touched on either side, but they just served the eunuchs, and they were just exposed to it. Shangguan Qing was generous, "I don't know why His Majesty summoned the people's daughters?"

The empress looked at the countless documents that were still piled up on the desk, and then looked at Shangguan Qing, her eyes shining. "I heard Xiao Ai say that you quoted scriptures to rebuke the rude Jinyiwei to the female dependents, and the right thing is that the red ears are dumb and speechless, and you are also very familiar with the situation of Jinyiwei, and you can distinguish a lot of folk wanderers who are mixed in it. ”

"The folk girl has served the eunuchs since she was a child, and she has changed many proprietors with her parents," Shangguan Qing does not exaggerate or depreciate, and has one thing to say. The memory of the folk girl is acceptable, and she learned some poetry and books with the permission of the proprietor, and listened to the proprietor talk with the eunuchs, and the affairs of the court gradually became clear. ”

"Since you know about the affairs of the imperial court, let's talk about how this imperial court is at the moment," the empress casually threw out a big topic that was enough to crush ordinary people, and Shangguan Qing was only slightly startled and stabilized.

"The people's maid has no way to judge the current court," seeing some of the empress's details, this maid became bold and dared to change the topic, "The maid only knows that if this kind of search continues, the court may have to ...... Falling apart. ”

The Empress frowned slightly, then stretched.

That's what it's like to be disobedient, it's interesting. His words really make sense, only among the people of the small can you find absolutely loyal courtiers. Only absolutely loyal courtiers dare to make a direct admonition.

Fortunately, Xiao Ai was not very at ease with Yu Linwei and Jinyiwei, so she picked some people to supervise, and found this talent in the house of the head of a certain Ministry of Rites.

"Tell me," the Empress decided to hear what she had to say.

"The change of the throne, not only the hearts of the clan relatives and hundreds of officials are unstable, but also Yulin Wei, Jinyiwei, and the yamen of various ministries and departments are also unstable. Shangguan Qing turned around and admonished, "Your Majesty has been in Zhongjing since he ascended the throne, and he only needs to use ten points of strength, and they will use twenty points of strength to prove themselves." And they are only responsible for searching, and there is no responsibility for seizing, and the force of falling is thirty points. It is very unfortunate that all the evil things that have been born are borne by His Majesty...... Fair. ”

"That's it?"

The empress shook her head and said, "It doesn't matter if it's fair or not, I even bear the whole world, and I still care about the feelings of these people? To be honest, I originally wanted to change the entire court, these guys know how to squeeze the people's fat and people's cream, and I haven't seen them do anything good." ”

Shangguan Qing's faint eyebrows twisted into earthworms, and against this empress, she really had a sense of powerlessness when she encountered a soldier.

"Clarifying the court is also the proper meaning," thinking of the old emperor's eighty-two years of reign, the second half of the reign was indeed lax and full of evils, Shangguan Qing felt that it was not a good thing to make drastic moves, but it couldn't be so messy.

She pointed out the key: "But the purpose of clarifying the court should be to cheer people's hearts, not to make people's hearts upset, and there are some signs of the current search." ”

The empress was slightly moved, yes, people's hearts are fundamental, and people's hearts determine whether she will sit on the throne of the society.

"You should think about it," the Empress bit her red lip and her mind turned.

So the key is still the dark elf devil, catch it early, and the matter will be over.

"By the way, when are they only responsible for searching, and there is no requirement to seize?" thought of the Empress, "I...... As I said, I can't find it in half a month, and all the heads and brains are cut off!"

Shangguan Qing sighed, having said that, there must always be a distinction between primary responsibility and secondary responsibility. And those heads will definitely cut off the heads of their subordinates before they are beheaded, which will only force the people below to do all kinds of tricks.

"The Folk Girl Remembers ......"

Shangguan Qing suddenly thought that nominally there was only one department in the imperial court dedicated to dealing with the affairs of the superpowers, and that was Jinyiwei's......

Before the words could be spoken, the empress slapped the table and said, "Oh, I can't think of it, you can help me think about it!" Of course, I will give you the title, since the university scholar is sick and resigned, you will become a university scholar." ”

Shangguan Qing's heart stopped beating, and the empress said again: "Forget what kind of scholar is troublesome, it's easy to set up a prime minister, and you should be the prime minister." Since the Ming Dynasty has a female emperor, there must also be a female prime minister. ”

Shangguan Qing, who was born in the common people, only felt that the sky was overturned, and he no longer had that calmness, so he cried out on the ground in a sad voice: "Your Majesty spares your life!"