Li Changzuo thought about it carefully, weighed the pros and cons, and said: "Chen Taixian knows people and is loyal to the imperial court, so he can be a candidate for the prefect." Another candidate, the minister couldn't think of. ”

It's not that he can't think of it, but he doesn't want to think about it, and he doesn't dare to think about it. Even if Chen Tai was promoted, it was because Chen Tai had secretly helped the Great Song Dynasty for many years, and he was a real "Song person".

The emperor pushed the boat down the river to sell Li Changzuo a face, and said: "According to the recommendation of the king of Ningxia, Chen Tai is proposed to be ...... The prefect of Xingqing Prefecture! Xiliang Mansion...... Qu Tuye is the prefect of Xiliang Prefecture. These two people are from your Western Xia, and they serve as prefects, and they can also serve the public. ”

"The Emperor Shengming!" Li Changzuo complimented.

He said in his heart, where are these two people from Western Xia, it is obvious that they are all from your Great Song Dynasty!

The emperor finally said: "Okay, next year will be the tenth year of Jianyan." From tomorrow to the sixth day of the first lunar month, in addition to the officials on duty in various departments, you can spend the New Year at home! The Ministry of Household and Military Affairs shall do a good job in providing condolences and pensions to the families of veterans and fallen soldiers in various places; Honglu Temple, also do a good job of Spring Festival greetings for foreigners! If nothing else, I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year! ”

Now that the country is safe and secure, the New Year is about to be celebrated, and the ministries naturally have nothing else important.

The civil and military officials worshiped the emperor for an early year, and finally reluctantly glanced at this hall, and next time I am afraid that there will be no chance to enter this hall again.

Unless you enter the two mansions and one courtyard, or become a scholar of the six books, you are qualified to step into this hall!

After leaving the court, the ministers went out of the palace and began to congratulate the thirteen newly appointed ministers of the two prefectures and the seven leaders of the five ministries, one temple and one courtyard one after another.

In particular, the senior officials of the Cabinet Office and the Governor's Office have new titles, Prime Minister, Auxiliary Minister, Governor, and General Soldier, which sound very powerful and domineering.

Duan Zhengxing smiled and congratulated Qu Ping, Li Gang and other adults: "Congratulations to several adults, you have ascended to the throne, it really frightens others!" ”

Qu Ping replied: "King of Yunnan, you don't have a hole in the world, don't say words of envy, right?" ”

Duan Zhengxing pretended to be scared and glanced at the palace behind him, and said, "Don't talk nonsense, Lord Dudu, the emperor has his hands and ears all over the sky, listen!" ”

Li Gang said: "After a few years for the old man to return to his hometown, the king of Yunnan can also enter Beijing and apply the actual local military and political experience to the imperial court." ”

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister said with a smile, you are very strong, and it will not be a problem to worry about the emperor for decades. Duan is afraid that he can't afford it! Duan Zhengxing quipped.

The crowd laughed.

Li Changzuo and Kutura were also busy greeting the officials, and now no one regarded them as foreign monks. Don't take this opportunity to get acquainted with the two commanders, I'm afraid that the work will not be good in the future.

Qu Ping and Li Gang congratulated several newly appointed Shangshu, Honglu Siqing and Liu Xiaochen, the head of the Hanlin Academy, and each said some words of encouragement.

Several new officials will naturally say that in the future, they will rely more on the governor and the prime minister, and they hope to be tolerant and instructive if their work is not in place.

Qu Ping especially congratulated Lu Ji and explained to him: "Now it's the length of a part, and the burden of a thousand catties must be shouldered by yourself!" There is pressure, but there is also motivation! ”

Lu Ji was full of confidence and said: "Don't worry, if the lower officials can't do well, the Supervision Yuan will naturally talk to the lower officials." ”

"Lord Shangshu, not only do things, but also manage things. In short, do it yourself! Qu Ping hasn't told Lu Ji yet that Li Cailian will still be in charge of the important work of the China Security Division of the Supervision Yuan.

Qu Ping and Lu Ji walked out of the palace, pointed to two buildings not far away, and said, "Do you see any three tall buildings?" ”

"It's on the other side, I see." Lu Ji said.

The palace sits in the north and faces south, out of the palace gate, a two-hundred-meter-wide royal road leads straight to the north and south. The Imperial Palace, also known as the Great Inner Palace, is the area of the inner city outside the palace, which is an important official office of the imperial court, as well as the mansions of hundreds of officials, which is convenient for the court and office in ordinary times. Outside the inner city is the outer city, where the common people live, where the merchants, and the neighborhoods are.

Qu Ping and Lu Ji are now standing at the north end of the imperial road, looking south, on both sides of the imperial road, in turn are the prime minister's mansion, the six departments, and the nine temples.

The three buildings that Qu Ping pointed out were the three provincial government offices that had been abandoned before, Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Shangshu Province. Zhongshu Province and Menxia and Shangshu Province face each other. Zhongshu Province became the Prime Minister's Office, which was used by Li Gang's office, while Menxia Province and Shangshu Province have been idle and closed.

Qu Ping said: "The Prime Minister's Office was changed to the Cabinet Office, Menxia Province was changed to the Supervision Yuan, and Shangshu Province was used as the Governor's Office. You are the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and you are duty-bound to prepare for the task of transformation. ”

"Lord Governor, rest assured, I guarantee that the seventh day of the new year will be delivered on time!" Lu Ji asked curiously, "Say a word, Lord Wu Jue has not come back, is the Supervision Yuan under the control of the governor?" ”

"It's my duty!"

Lu Ji arched his hand and admired: "If your lord has any important news, you must tell the lower officials!" ”

"Don't worry, if you're not honest, I'll invite you to tea first!"

"It's okay to go to the Supervision House to drink tea, it's better to drink tea at Prince Xiang's mansion."

"Lord Wang! Rajah! ”

Qu Ping and Lu Ji looked up, and it turned out to be Lao Huang running over in a hurry.

On weekdays, if the officials do not have to go to the nearest government office, they will take their own cars and horses back to the house. People from all over the palace were waiting in a fixed area two miles away from the palace gate in carriages and sedan chairs, and there was no disorderly riot.

Qu Ping saw Lao Huang running out of breath, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Lao Huang gulped down the cold air and said, "Lord, hurry, go back to the house!" The princess is born! ”

Qu Ping and Lu Ji glanced at each other, excited.

Lu Ji urged: "Congratulations to the prince! Hurry back home! ”

Qu Ping walked quickly with Lao Huang to the carriage and asked, "When did it happen?" ”

"Half an hour ago, Ah Gang came to report the good news, mother and son are safe!"

Qu Ping got into the carriage, Lao Huang sat in front of the carriage, shook the reins suddenly, and drove the carriage to the palace quickly.

Qu Ping muttered in his heart, he couldn't be with his wife this time......

In Prince Xiang's mansion, in Xiao Lu's room, many screens formed a nine-curved eighteen bends from the door to the bed. You can't see the wind after giving birth, it's used to block the wind.

Xiao Lu lay on the bed, looking at her son beside her gently, with a lot of love in her eyes. Miao

Zhao Ping'er stomped her feet and scolded: "At the critical moment, he is not there!" ”

Xiao Lu smiled: "It shows that he treats the two of us equally." ”

"I don't want to treat everyone equally! When he comes back, I'll teach my sister a good lesson! ”

As soon as Zhao Ping'er finished speaking, Qu Ping replied outside the door: "For the husband to be late, I hope the two ladies will forgive their sins!" Excuse me, can the husband come in now? ”

"No, you can't!" Zhao Ping'er said angrily.

Xiao Lu said at the same time: "Yes! ”

Xiaohong opened the door from the inside, allowing Qu Ping to squeeze in. Xiaohong instructed: "Lord Wang, it's a son!" Slow down, worry about the wind coming in! ”

Qu Ping waved his hand, signaling that he obeyed.

After nine curves and eighteen bends of the screen, I finally saw Xiao Lu and Zhao Ping'er, and the newborn son was obediently sleeping next to Xiao Lu. There were two old mothers standing next to the bed, they were wet nurses, and when they saw Qu Ping, they hurried to salute.

Qu Ping looked at Xiao Lu apologetically, glanced at his son, and said, "You little ghost, you don't know how to wait for Lao Tzu to come back!" ”

Zhao Ping'er said for Xiao Lu: "Who do you blame? In view of your repeated rudeness and dereliction of duty, you ...... See for yourself! ”

Xiao Lu smiled: "Okay, the prince can't help himself, it's not for your old Zhao family." ”

"What old Zhao family, I am now from the old Qu family!" Zhao Ping'er said.

Qu Ping said: "The two ladies are the heroes of my old Qu family, in the days to come, please let Xiao Qu serve the two!" ”

"Don't cheat!" Xiao Lu and Zhao Ping'er said in unison, this time it can be said together.

"Of course!" Qu Ping looked at his son lovingly, "My son looks like his mother, I don't know how many ignorant girls he will harm in the future!" ”

"He dares!" Xiao Lu smiled, "If the son doesn't teach, the father's fault!" ”

Zhao Ping'er said: "Xiao Dingnan has come out, you haven't thought of the name of the third child yet!" ”

"What Xiao Dingnan?" Xiao Lu asked, her eyes scanning Qu Ping and Zhao Ping'er's faces left and right.

Qu Ping and Zhao Ping'er were slightly embarrassed.

Qu Ping explained: "That's the case, isn't Ping'er waiting for me to come back and name the third child, I said that it is called Dingnan, she disagrees, not to say that this high-end and high-grade name is suitable for our fourth child!" ”

Xiao Lu Bingxue was smart, and she understood at once, it must be that Ping'er disliked the name Dingnan and had some earthy taste. However, the Dingnan Taoist priest is quite in line with the fourth child.

Xiao Lu said: "I said, why do you keep calling the third child!" Ping'er, don't want such a good name, then I'm welcome? ”

"Our sisters, what are you polite about, Dingnan will give it to the fourth!" After Zhao Ping'er finished speaking, she chased after Qu Ping and asked, "Have you figured out the name of the third child?" ”

Qu Ping thought as he spoke, and said, "Three sons, one daughter, the daughter is the king of kings!" Since the two sons are called Dingbei and Dingnan, the other is called Dingzhong! ”

The more Zhao Ping'er listened, the more angry she became, and shouted, "I knew you were going to say that!" I don't ......."

At this time, Xiao Dingnan was woken up by the words of the three people, and he cried.

Qu Ping said: "Look, if you say no, Dingnan has protested. Three brothers, naturally want a harmonious name! ”

"Sister, look!" Zhao Ping'er had no choice but to ask Xiao Lu for help.

Xiao Lu picked up Dingnan, didn't have time to pay attention to her, and said, "You two are discussing, I'm going to breastfeed!" ”

"It's all my own family, what is there to avoid." Qu Ping whispered.

Zhao Ping'er also said: "If I don't give an explanation today, I won't leave!" In front of my sister, we decided the name of the third child! ”

"Good!"

"You say!"

"Hammer paper, scissors!"

"Good!"

The two fought for ten rounds, Qu Ping won, and said: "It's so decided, it's called Dingzhong!" ”

Zhao Ping'er shook her hand hatefully, and she also hated the hand of failure in her heart, she said unwillingly: "Okay, I didn't lose to you, I just lost to God!" ”

Xiao Lu was stunned when she saw that the two of them had officially determined the name of the third child. "So sloppy, why do you have to worry about it for so long?"

Zhao Ping'er sat on the edge of the bed, blocked Qu Ping's gaze, and said, "Sister, I think the name is very good!" ”

Xiao Lu smiled: "Of course I heard it, and in the future, it will be more useful!" ”

Qu Ping moved a stool and sat on the edge of the bed, and said: "Today is really a good day, it is a small year, and it is the day when we were born in Dingnan, and it is also the day when our Great Song Dynasty will lay the foundation for the future prosperity!" ”

"What good happened in the court today?" Zhao Ping'er asked.

"Xiao Lu is weak, let's talk slowly." Qu Ping said.

Everyone was interested, where would they let Qu Ping go.

Xiao Lu said: "It's okay, the second child is not so torturous!" You go on! ”

Qu Ping approached the two ladies and said with emotion: "Above the six ministries, the Cabinet Office, the Governor's Office, and the Supervision Yuan have been newly established. In the future, you may also be called Lord Fududo......"