Jiang Dexu came out of the Nuwa Shrine, straightened his waist, and felt a deep tiredness. Compared with those old prime ministers who are often seventy or eighty years old, Jiang Dexu, who is in his sixties, is considered to be a young and powerful person, but the whole world is pressed on his shoulders, and he still feels a little powerless.

There are many things to discuss at today's court meeting, and the first thing is particularly important, which is Tian Qiniang's most proud achievement: recovering the four towns of Muhua.

This credit is hers, and it is the most brilliant achievement of her dynasty, so Tian Qiniang does not hesitate to publicize and reward. More than 100 civil and military officials who participated in the recovery of the four towns of Muhua were rewarded, and the commander He Zhimiao even went to the next level as the general of the left guard, moved the official book of Xia, and became the prime minister of the dynasty.

He Zhimiao has made such a great achievement, and it is inevitable that he will be promoted to prime minister, Jiang Dexu will not stop it, and he does not need to stop it, He Zhimiao's prime minister is just an honorary title, and he will not come to share his power.

Power is a kind of thing that makes people fluttering, food and brocade clothes can't be compared, children and grandchildren can't be compared to knees, beauties and beauties can't be compared, and longevity is not compared, it is the biggest temptation in the world, the queen can even kill her children and grandchildren's families and her own flesh and blood for power, he just dragged his old body, hard work, tired, what is this?

Today, the second thing discussed in the court can be said to be the icing on the cake for the first thing: Tianshu has caused!

"Tianshu" stands at the end gate of the imperial city, consumes the total steel output of the country for two years, Tianshu is one hundred and five feet high, ten feet in diameter, eight sides, five feet in diameter each, cast iron mountain under Tianshu, one hundred and seventy feet in circumference. Two zhang high, with copper as the dragon, the unicorn around it. At the top, it is cast to bear the dew plate. The diameter is three zhang, and the four dragons hold fire beads, one zhang high.

"Tianshu" is engraved with the names of civil and military officials and Siyi chiefs and the inscription that records Tian Qiniang's exploits, and there is also a line of big characters in Tian Qiniang's handwriting: "Daqi Wanguo praises Tianshu!" ”

On the day of the completion of Tianshu, it coincided with the good day when He reversed the dynasty and Tian Qiniang rewarded the meritorious ministers, and the inscription that recorded Tian Qiniang's achievements was more convincing. Therefore, Tian Qiniang cherishes this opportunity to publicize her merits. Let the civil and military officials discuss a grand celebration ceremony.

Now Jiang Dexu has decided on the major affairs of the DPRK and China, and the so-called hundred official deliberations are completely planned by him alone. In order to make this grand ceremony majestic and magnificent, Jiang Dexu racked his brains and finally satisfied the queen, which of course cost him a lot of energy.

One more thing. This festive situation seems to be a little out of place. Because the third thing is to kill. Kill the people of the Imperial Tower. Originally, some ministers suggested that the treatment be postponed. On a happy day, seeing blood seems unlucky.

But Tian Qiniang herself objected, she just stepped on countless corpses and walked all the way out of the sea of blood, how could she care about killing. In her opinion, the murder added a bit of solemnity to this ceremony, and it contrasted with the more than 100 officials who recovered Anxi, and it seemed that she had clear rewards and punishments.

The queen herself doesn't care. Jiang Dexu is naturally as good as a stream, not to mention that he himself has long wanted to execute the cool officials of Yushitai as soon as possible. There are many dreams at night. Since Tian Qiniang ascended the throne, the changes in the imperial court have been even more frequent, so it is better to kill these people as soon as possible.

So, the last item of the court discussion was to announce the crimes of a group of cool officials in the Imperial Historical Observatory and execute them publicly.

Hong Seyan and Li Pingyi have died in southern Xinjiang and have only been removed from their official positions. Others, such as Wan Guojun, You Kai, Qian Zhanhao, Wang Deshou and others, were all beheaded.

Once the scenery was infinite, even the prime ministers of the political hall were afraid of the snake and scorpion, the imperial history platform was wiped out, and the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military bullets celebrated each other, it seems to be ...... The cool politics of the Tian Qi dynasty came to an end with the death of these people.

The criminals paraded through the streets, and then were dragged to the three cities of the north, south, and east respectively to be publicly beheaded, and abandoned the city for three days.

The North City Execution Ground is crowded with people.

Most of the people who have been persecuted by the Imperial Historical Observatory are official eunuchs, although this time the cool officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory will not be rehabilitated because they blackmailed the barbarians in southern Xinjiang and framed the exiles to rebel, but some of their family members, relatives, and friends in Beijing still set up incense cases around the execution ground, lit incense candles, burned paper money, and waited for the moment the head landed on the ground, comforting the souls of the deceased relatives in heaven.

The execution ground was quiet, the alleys were empty, there was no sound at all, and even the cold and clear voice of the prison officer could be heard clearly by everyone in the audience. When the executioner raised the ghost-headed knife high, the audience was even more silent, as if a needle could be heard falling to the ground.

The knife rose and fell, and a cold light brought up a rain of blood!

As the knife fell, as the blood rain rose, it was like opening the ghost gate on July 15, and the terrible and terrifying cries quickly filled the audience, and countless people cried like rain, they were not crying for the cool officials who were cut down, but crying for their dead relatives: "Enemy, finally beheaded!" ”

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Jiang Dexu returned to the political affairs hall, where there were two stacks of tall cases waiting for him.

Jiang Dexu stood in the court all morning, his heel hurt, and he instructed the little chamberlain to fetch a bucket of hot water, take off his official boots, and put his feet in the bucket of hot water, and then let out a long breath comfortably.

Although there are many official documents on the case. He was not bored at all, on the contrary, he felt an inexplicable excitement in his heart when he saw the case stacked high. Every case is a power, or someone should be promoted, or someone should be severely punished for breaking the law, or a certain place should be allocated money and food for disaster relief, or a certain infrastructure needs to be approved, all of this. It's up to him to have the final say.

Herbs were placed in the water, and the hot water soaked into his skin. For him, his blood is alive, and he is reviewing a piece of music, and his mind is also fluttering, and there is a strange pleasure.

"Diligent in politics, dare to do anything, the humerus of the old woman, you must not leave for a while!" This is what the queen said about him.

I don't know how many official documents have been approved. Jiang Dexu's presbyopia eyes were already full of tears, and his old back was so sore that he was about to break off, so he had to regretfully put down the official document. beckoned the little chamberlain to bring a wet towel and wiped his face, pulled his feet out of the already cold wooden barrel, put on a pair of high-toothed clogs, and wanted to go behind the screen to let the little chamberlain massage his shoulders and back.

As soon as Jiang Dexu got up, a small chamberlain walked in lightly. Bent down and report: "Xiangye, the new Tianguan Lang Zhongyao'er asks to see you!" ”

"Oh?"

Jiang Dexu was unmoved, as if he had known that Yao'er would come. As usual, he walked behind the screen, and lightly ordered: "Call her in!" ”

Yao'er followed the little chamberlain into the political hall, but did not see Jiang Dexu, Yao'er raised her eyebrows slightly, and the little chamberlain kept moving, walked to the side of the screen, and glanced back at him. Motioned for him to follow.

Yao'er smiled knowingly, and walked to follow, bypassing the screen. I saw that the picture screen enclosed a space, with a bed in the middle, a pillar of sandalwood burning at the head of the bed, and Jiang Dexu widened his official robe. Barefoot. Lying on the couch in only a snow-white robe, a little eunuch was doing massage for him very skillfully.

Jiang Dexu rested his chin on the back of his hand, closed his eyes, and didn't open his eyes when he heard Yao'er coming in.

Yao'er stood still, gave him a long bow and said, "Xiaguan Yao'er, I've seen Xiangye." ”

Jiang Dexu closed his eyes and said, "Hmm! The servant wanted to invite Yao'er to the house for a banquet yesterday, but he didn't expect the master to hold a banquet for you. Today, I am busy with official business, but I have no time to drink. I'm going to invite Yao'er over tomorrow, why is this coming? ”

Haruka smiled politely. said: "Where can Xia Guan be worthy of the invitation of Xiangye, I just returned to Beijing yesterday, and after seeing the king, I wanted to visit Xiangye, I don't want to see Yao'er for a long time, and under the joy, I have set up a banquet in the beauty drunk, so I came to visit until today." ”

"Haha......"

Jiang Dexu smiled loudly, opened his eyes, looked at Yao'er with a smile, and said: "Yao'er returned to Beijing this time, and was promoted to Tianguan Langzhong, and the right to know the Tianguan Lang, gratifying, congratulations!" ”

When Yao'er heard this, she made a bitter face: "The lower officials are soft-spoken, and the new officials have no foundation to speak of, a small bamboo raft is about to weigh on a heavy burden, and the lower officials are worried...... It's going to sink! ”

Jiang Dexu raised his white eyebrows and glanced at him with interest: "Even the cool officials of the Yushitai who are as fearful as snakes and scorpions in the Manchu Dynasty, Yao'er is not afraid, how can ...... Is it difficult to be a heavenly official and a servant? ”

Yao'er shook her head, laughed worriedly, and shook aggrievedly: "The fangs and claws of the cool officials of the Yushitai can be seen and touched, and they are not powerful. But the position of the official in this day is different, especially the turmoil of the election of officials in southern Xinjiang, the undercurrent is turbulent, sinister and abnormal, and if you are not careful, you will have to break your bones. ”

"Hahahaha......"

Jiang Dexu laughed again, this time his laughter was much more cheerful, and it had a significantly different flavor from the laughter just now. He waved his hand, and the little chamberlain behind him stepped aside, Jiang Dexu turned over and sat up, and Yao'er hurriedly stepped forward to help him. The little chamberlain put the high-toothed clogs on Jiang Dexu's feet, and Jiang Dexu stood up.

"The Holy Lord asked you to serve as the Tianguan Langzhong, the right to know the Tianguan Lang, the intention is self-evident, young man, you should have some responsibility, don't just think about asking others for help when you encounter a problem!"

Jiang Dexu said with a smile, his tone was cordial and his attitude was kind, just like a family elder teaching his son and nephew, Yao'er just said a word, which clearly expressed his allegiance to him, Jiang Dexu was happy in his heart, and his attitude towards Yao'er was closer.

When he first knew about Yao'er, he only felt that this girl was more impulsive and less capable, and he disdained her behavior of presiding over Kou Qing's palace to challenge the Yushitai, and when Yao'er broke into the door and angrily reprimanded, argued with reason, and went to southern Xinjiang to stop the atrocities of that group of cool officials at the expense of his personal future, he had a little more admiration for this young woman.

But admiration is admiration, he still doesn't think this young man has anything remarkable, compared to many shrewd and capable, deep court officials, in his eyes, Yao'er has always been a fledgling immature girl.

Now that Yao'er can see that this seemingly infinitely beautiful Tianguan Langzhong is hidden in infinite risks, and decisively throws himself into him, the prime minister who is above tens of thousands of people under one person, he feels that this little woman seems to have made a little progress. Of course, the main reason for this favor is because of Yao'er's respect, advice and loyalty.

"Xiang Ye is not an outsider, since the younger generation abandoned Wu Congwen and served as Kou Qing Gong Langzhong, he has not accepted Xiang Ye's allocation and cultivation, and now this is a major event, I still have to ask Xiang Ye to give the younger generation an idea!"

The self-proclaimed subordinate in Yao'er's mouth has become a junior, and he beat the snake with the stick, and immediately took a step closer.

There are also two small chamberlains next to him, it stands to reason that there are others here, and they should be careful when they speak, but since Jiang Dexu doesn't care, of course Yao'er doesn't need to hide it. Obviously, these two little chamberlains are Jiang Dexu's people, and it is not easy for the prime minister of the powerful dynasty to buy two small chamberlains as confidants.

Jiang Dexu walked outside. He said with a smile: "It is indeed not easy to elect an official in Southern Xinjiang, if it is easy to do, the saint does not have to specially promote you to be this official." But...... Although you are loyal to the court and dare to do things, after all, you are too young to have enough qualifications and prestige, and I am afraid that you will not be able to cope with some things......"

"What Xiangye said is that the younger generation knows that they are insufficient, and they think about it, and they are full of ups and downs. Only Xiangye can give one or two points to the juniors, and then he will teach them. ”

Jiang Dexu said pleasantly: "How many scholars, who have survived for half their lives, are still just an official to be elected, and there is no vacancy for him to take office." Meritorious heroes, powerful people in the DPRK and China, and direct descendants of officials above the fifth rank can follow the rules to make up for it, but you also understand that most of the officials who make up for it are idle officials and loose officials. There are even officials and positions, and they only receive a salary! ”

Yao'er continued to support Jiang Dexu, following suit. Jiang Dexu didn't mean to ask her to let go, he now has the heart to take Yao'er as his disciple, since it is his disciple, such an attitude is Yao'er's due righteousness.

"Now that there is such an opportunity, do you think these people will dig up doors, steal holes, beg relatives and friends, and strive to seek a future with real jobs and real power? Do you think those meritorious heroes and Zhu Zi magnates will do their best to fight for a place for their descendants? ”

"That's not all, such as Zheng Anyi, such as Tian Sansi, Tian Chengqian brothers, such as many wealthy families, are even more aggressive, all staring at this piece of fat. If you can satisfy their appetites, if you can't, they will be angry with you! ”

Jiang Dexu stood still, pointed at Yao'er and said, "At that time, even if you have the ability to reach the sky, you will be torn to pieces by them!" On your own, can you cope with the pressure and blows from so many forces? ”

Yao'er said with a solemn face: "What Xiangye taught me is that the younger generation also understands that if you offend so many forces, the younger generation will no longer have a foothold in the court!" ”

Jiang Dexu nodded slowly and said, "Hmm! If you want to save your life and guarantee your future, you can only satisfy them all. But...... There are so many vacancies in official positions, everyone wants to fight for one more seat, and everyone will not feel that the vacancies they have already obtained will satisfy their appetite, so no matter how you arrange it, it is destined not to satisfy everyone! ”

Jiang Dexu glanced at Yao'er with a smile and said, "Take care of everything you want, you don't have so many official vacancies to give to them; If you want to weigh the size of the forces of all parties, divide this piece of fat, and distribute it in order from large to small, you are destined to offend some people, but these forces, even the weakest of them, are not something you can fight against alone, and at that time, you will still be doomed! (To be continued......)