Dayun Jingcheng.

The night was deep, everything was quiet, and the people in the capital had gone to bed early after the day's hard work. In the busy and noisy capital on weekdays, there are few times when it is so quiet and peaceful.

Although His Majesty the Emperor, who lives in the inner courtyard of the imperial palace, is high, but at this time he does not have the leisure of those ordinary people, even if it is late at night, he is still reading in the imperial study today.

The reason why he should have been on the desk for too long, His Majesty the Emperor, who had just finished dealing with a change in Longxi Daomin, yawned, rubbed his wrist and moved his muscles.

However, this is not the end for His Majesty the Emperor, there is still a thick stack of twists and turns like this, waiting for him to deal with them.

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor was a little lacking in energy, the chamberlain who was waiting on the side hurriedly sent the ginseng tea that had been prepared long ago to replenish His Majesty's strength.

The emperor took the ginseng tea and drank it slowly. Even after resting, His Majesty the Emperor was thinking about how to deal with those troubles in the performance.

In fact, although there are many twists and turns sent from all over the country, most of them are reviewed by the cabinet first, and then submitted to the emperor after the vote is drafted, and the son of heaven only needs to comment on whether it is correct or not after reading it. When the emperor approves it, the cabinet can draft the decree and implement it; Irregularities are sent back to the Cabinet for further deliberation.

In this way, the cabinet shared a lot of pressure for the emperor, but it was not an easy task for the emperor to deal with so many government affairs every day.

Especially compared with the previous emperors of this dynasty, who were greedy for pleasure and wasted on political affairs, they often had the right to wear red on behalf of the celebrant supervisor, which caused the eunuchs to seize power and the court to be in a miasma.

When today's son does everything himself, he is definitely a model of good food and clothing, and diligent in government affairs.

After drinking the ginseng tea, the emperor continued to review the recital. His Majesty the Emperor, who was hidden behind the candlelight, was a little thin, and his hands were very thin.

When today's son Zhao Huan is only thirty years old, he has quietly grown gray hair and gray temples. His face also looked old, making it hard to believe that this was a young man who had just begun to stand.

Zhao Huan, the son of heaven, ascended the throne as a young man, and was known to have the ambition of Zhongxing, and he did not have the habits of the first emperor to be obsessed with lust and reuse power and eunuchs.

At the beginning of the emperor's ascension to the throne, he degraded the eunuchs, eliminated the eunuchs, and forged ahead, intending to reform the old and embrace the new, and reproduce the glory of the Dayun Dynasty.

However, since his succession to the throne, the government has accumulated many difficulties and it has been difficult to return, natural disasters have occurred year after year, and civil changes have occurred frequently, and state affairs have become more and more difficult.

And His Majesty the Emperor is very close to everything, and the heavy government affairs not only consume his spirit, but also almost drag down his body, which makes him look much older than ordinary people.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Great joy, great joy! The eunuch Yu Chaoen, the eunuch of the celebrant holding the seal, walked in quickly with an envelope in his hand at this time, and reported the good news to His Majesty the Emperor.

Hearing this, Zhao Huan looked away from the memora he was reviewing, and looked at the old eunuch in front of him who had been waiting in front of him since he was still in the hidden mansion.

This old eunuch, who is second to none in the palace, is over sixty years old, but because of proper maintenance, his complexion looks a little more ruddy than today's.

Yu Chaoen has gray hair, a fat body, and a round head on top of his short neck. He has small eyes on his round face, and he always smiles at everyone, which makes him look a little funny.

But if anyone dares to underestimate him because of this, I am afraid that he will have to see the methods of the old eunuch because of this.

"What is it to be happy about making you, an old minion, like this, ignoring even the rules?" The emperor of the Zhao family was a little puzzled.

He hadn't encountered something to be happy about for too long, but judging from Yu Chaoen's performance, it didn't seem to be a fraud, and he didn't think that this old slave had the courage to bully the king.

"Whew, Your Majesty! Whew, great victory! The trotting just now made the old eunuch a little out of breath.

Yu Chaoen quickly calmed down and adjusted his breathing, and then continued: "Shi Qiuming, the governor of Huainan Province, sent someone to send an urgent delivery, and the report said that the Huainan Provincial officials and troops defeated the thieves in Anzhou, beheaded 15,000 people, captured 20,000 thieves, and the first thief Zhang Feng'er and others were all ambushed, and the head was already on the way to escort the Beijing Division, and the Huainan Province bandit chaos was settled. Your Majesty, a great victory! ”

"Really? Where's the report? Give it to me! Zhao Huan was overjoyed and stood up from the throne.

"Here, here! The hurried delivery entered the city before night, and the cabinet and the celebrant did not dare to slack off after seeing it, and the old slave hurriedly said good news for His Majesty! Yu Chaoen hurriedly handed over the envelope in his hand.

Zhao Huan took the envelope, the lacquer mark on it had been opened, and he directly took out the fold inside, fine

After reading it twice in a row and making sure that there was nothing missing, Zhao Huan slapped the table and laughed: "Haha, good, good!" ”

"Your Majesty's blessings are all over the sky, and the old slaves are waiting to congratulate Your Majesty!" Yu Chaoen, as well as the attendants and palace maids who were waiting in the imperial study, all knelt down and congratulated Zhao Huan.

"Haha, get up!" The son of the Zhao family of Longyan Dayue was in a particularly comfortable mood.

These days, none of the twists and turns sent to Jingshi from all over the country are satisfactory. Either there was a disaster here, or there were anti-people there, or there were governors everywhere chasing after them for money and food.

In short, it's all some troubles, and none of them are pleasant, and today I can finally sweep away the haze in my heart.

"Shi Qiuming has made such a great achievement, and the cabinet immediately drafted a decree to reward Shi Qiuming!" Zhao Huan said with a smile.

"The old slave obeys!" Yu Chaoen received the will of His Majesty the Emperor, but did not leave to go to the cabinet to deliver the decree, and still served by the side.

Zhao Huan was a little puzzled at first, but when he looked at the candlestick where most of the candle had been burned, he suddenly understood.

He patted his head, he was too anxious. This pleasure made him forget that there was no one in the cabinet at this time, except for those on duty. No matter how anxious he is, he will have to wait until tomorrow morning.

Seeing that the emperor understood, the old eunuch said another serious matter: "Your Majesty, there is another matter in Shi Butang's urgent report, he doesn't know how to deal with it, so he wants to report to the court for a decision!" ”

After Yu Chaoen's reminder, Zhao Huan found that in addition to the song just now, there were two other letters in the envelope.

Among these two letters, one is the letter from the people of Yongyang, and the other is Shi Qiuming's own writing about the ins and outs of this matter.

Zhao Huan took out these two letters and read them, and after reading them, the Zhao family scolded with a smile: "Shi Qiuming, an old slippery head, is still so slippery." In order not to offend anyone, he dared to blame me for such trouble. ”

But having said that, judging from the smile on the corner of Zhao Huan's mouth, His Majesty the Emperor, who was in a good mood, was still mostly ridiculous about this feudal official who had just made great achievements, and he was not really angry.

"Now that the cabinet and the celebrant have read the contents of this letter, tell me, what do you all think?" Zhao Huan restrained his smile and asked the old eunuch.

"It's all up to Your Majesty's holy judgment, and the old slave doesn't dare to put his beak!" The heart of heaven is unpredictable, and before His Majesty the Emperor has not shown his inclination, Yu Chaoen does not dare to express his position casually.

His Majesty is not the first emperor, he doesn't care about political affairs, and he hands over all the government affairs to the celebrant to take care of. At that time, the celebrant was the real power leaning towards the government and the opposition, and the entire Dayun Imperial Court, from top to bottom, who dared not to stammer.

Not to mention the eunuchs who are the head of the eunuchs, the eunuchs who hold the seal, have a high status and power second only to the Son of Heaven. Even those cabinet ministers who were majestic outside came to the celebrants, and one by one they had to obediently pretend to be grandsons in front of these eunuchs.

However, now he is the son of the Holy Heaven, and when he was still in the palace, he hated the eunuch dictatorship.

Since His Majesty's accession to the throne, the power of the celebrant has been greatly reduced. Even if Yu Chaoen was the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of the seal, and he was the old man of the Son of Heaven when he was in the hidden mansion, he did not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool.

"Naturally, I need to be judged, but I'm asking your opinion now, you just need to reply truthfully, what are you doing so much!" His Majesty the Emperor is not easy to fool, and he saw through the old eunuch's plans.

"When the old slave was in the cabinet just now, several cabinet elders said that if the contents of the song were true, this Lin Fan was indeed a capable person. It is the time for the imperial court to employ people, and instead of punishing them, it is better to let others make the best use of their talents and materials to serve the imperial court. Yu Chaoen was sleek and no worse than Shi Qiuming. Taking advantage of the absence of the cabinet people, he directly sold the cabinet.

It doesn't matter if these words are said by those people in the cabinet or not, as long as His Majesty the Emperor thinks so.

"Well, since the cabinet has said so, I have to think about it." The Emperor said this with satisfaction.

The conversation between Zhao Huan and Yu Chaoen was not long, but the whole thing actually reflected a big problem in the imperial court.

From the time Shi Qiuming wrote this letter, the entire Dayun Dynasty went up to His Majesty the Emperor and down to the celebrant supervisor; Or the cabinet leaders and local governors who are not here today, no one wants to take responsibility for things.

The first thought of everyone when they encounter something is to push it to others, no one wants to express their position first, they all want to sit back and enjoy the results, and wait for others to nod first.

In this way, if things go wrong in the future, they can always shirk their responsibilities and pull themselves out of it.

The atmosphere in the court is so that everyone is messing around, and no one is doing things. Because it's possible to make mistakes in doing things, and no one wants to make mistakes.

His Majesty the Emperor is the Son of Heaven and cannot be wrong; Others don't dare to make mistakes, or our son of heaven will never talk about anything when he settles the accounts.

The ministers are also forced to be cautious, and His Majesty is too strong today. In the more than ten years since he ascended the throne, there have been more than 40 cabinet scholars alone, not to mention the rest of the courtiers. Among them, there are countless people who have dismissed officials and seized titles, which is not bad, and there are also many people who ask for beheading.

Among these people, a considerable number of them are those who want to do things, can do things, and dare to do things. People like that often don't end well.

With the lessons of the past, who dares to be the first bird, the ministers can only do less and make fewer mistakes, and do not do well.

A lot of things are pushed around like this, small things drag into big things, and big things often end up getting out of hand.