After Liu Zongzhou left, Tianqi returned to Qianqing Palace, and just listened to Tan Jing's report on the construction progress of the houses outside the Dong'an Gate and the left and right gates of Chang'an, and listened to the little eunuch to say that the queen was invited, and after listening to Tan Jing's words, Tianqi came to Kunning Palace. Seeing the queen's smile on her face, Tianqi asked, "Is there any happy event for the queen?" ”

The queen said, "The emperor doesn't remember? At the end of March, the Xinwang Mansion was about to be built, and the old queen mother sent someone to call Chunying to come over for questioning, probably to ask about it. ”

Tianqi patted his head and said, "I'm too busy this time to forget, how about choosing a concubine for King Xin?" ”

The queen said: "Half a month ago, I was notified to the Ministry of Rites, and the palace also sent eunuchs and palace maids, and half a month later, that is, in late March, I will enter the palace for careful selection." ”

As soon as he was talking, he saw Chunying coming back with the two palace maids, and Tianqi took Chunying's hand and asked her, "What did the old queen mother ask you about?" ”

Chunying said: "It's the same as the queen mother's guess, it's about King Xin's choice of concubines, and she said that she will personally help King Xin choose when the time comes." ”

The queen asked, "Asked about it after going for so long?" ”

Chunying said: "The old queen mother knew that the concubine was pregnant, and she explained some things to pay attention to, and gave a lot of rewards. ”

The queen joked: "The old queen mother has no children, and it is useless to keep the things she has saved for decades, and she is very different from you and Sanlang, and she rewards you and Sanlang very differently, which makes the palace very jealous." ”

Apocalypse said, "What is there to be jealous of? When I have money, I will reward you every day. ”

The queen said: "The concubine thanked me first, but the emperor's silver is getting less and less, and it can be used no more than 100,000 taels, and it is estimated that it is not as good as the old landlord." ”

Tianqi said: "The difficulty is temporary, not to mention anything else, just that when the Jurchens are subdued, I can also go to Liaodong to collect taxes, and then there will be so much silver that there will be nowhere to spend it." When the time comes, I will let the silver bureau make a few silver ingots the size of a bed, and you can lie down on the silver and sleep, wake up in the middle of the night, touch the silver with your hand, smile and go to sleep. ”

After everyone laughed for a while, the queen asked: "Speaking of Liaodong's concubines, I remembered one thing, I heard that the emperor encountered something difficult in the morning?" ”

Apocalypse nodded and said, "Yes, even the Government Council and the Military Affairs Yuan plus the Holy Academy have not been able to solve it, and this problem will not work if it is not solved." ”

The queen thought for a while and said, "I don't understand this government and military affairs concubine, but the emperor forgot that there is a female Zhuge in the palace?" Coupled with the female overlord who came out later, anyway, why didn't the emperor listen to their opinions? ”

Tianqi asked: "I know that the female Zhuge is Siqin, who is this female overlord arranged by you?" ”

The queen said: "The overlord of Chu carries the big tripod with both hands, and the female overlord carries the three waves with one hand." ”

At this time, Chunying suddenly said: "The concubine remembered something, the old queen mother heard that Sister Sanlang was also pregnant, and asked Sister Sanlang to go and said that she would also reward her with something, and now the concubine will go and call, do you want to call Sister Siqin and Sister Xiaolan by the way?" ”

Tianqi said: "You go and call Feng Siqin and Wei Xiaolan, and by the way, you should remember to thank the old queen mother if you win the reward, she is thoughtful, you remember to remind her." ”

Chunying said: "The concubine remembers that the concubine retired. ”

After a while, Feng Siqin and Wei Xiaolan came, and the apocalypse asked them to sit down and said: "Siqin, you give me an idea, this civil official is weak and the military general is strong, if the civil official is in power and there is no problem internally but the border defense is weak, and the military general is in power and the border defense is no problem but it is easy to cause civil strife, what is the best of both worlds?" ”

Feng Siqin thought for a while and said: "The emperor should ask the ministers of the court and the central government about these questions, and besides, the concubines are also suspected of interfering in politics." ”

Apocalypse said: "The ministers didn't say one, two, three, this is me asking you, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Then he talked about Hong Chengchou's dissatisfaction with the new system.

Feng Siqin thought for a while and said: "The emperor's new system has been announced for twenty days, this Hong Chengchou has not spoken, and it is very strange that it was suddenly played three days ago. It is estimated that he did not really oppose it at the beginning, but he only spoke later when he saw that it affected him, which shows that this person did not play for the sake of righteousness, but because his own interests were affected. There are certainly not a few such people, but they certainly can't make any waves. ”

Apocalypse nodded and said, "Then what do you say?" First declare the idea of locking him up or slaughtering him. ”

Feng Siqin smiled: "How could a concubine come up with such an idea? In that case, wouldn't the image of the emperor who had managed to establish a wise and benevolent monarch be ruined? As the saying goes, a gentleman is a righteous villain, and a concubine means that this person is a villain, but he will definitely not be a gentleman, so if the emperor can't convince him in righteousness, then give him some benefits. ”

Apocalypse said, "I've considered doing this, but there are two problems, one is that if others follow suit, where will there be so many positions for them? Second, the problem of the balance between the civil and military forces has not yet been completely resolved. ”

Feng Siqin said: "The concubines can't think of this problem for a while, but the concubines have an idea, why don't the emperor let those martial artists tell him what to do, and the other is to make Hong Chengchou's recital clear to the world and let everyone say their opinions." This not only shows the emperor's determination to solve the problem thoroughly, but also gives people who want to fish in troubled waters have no chance to make trouble. ”

Apocalypse smiled and said, "That makes sense, come over and let me kiss me as a reward." ”

Feng Siqin hurriedly said: "The concubine thanked the emperor for the reward first, but let's transfer this reward to Sister Xiaolan, her stomach hasn't moved yet." ”

Tianqi looked at Wei Xiaolan and said, "Your parents are both people who know martial arts, tell me what kind of degree do you think you should have over this martial artist with your understanding of your parents?" ”

Wei Xiaolan said: "The concubine was still young when she left her parents, and the concubine didn't understand these things. ”

The next day, after the Apocalypse gave an air to both sides of the Government Council and the Military Affairs Yuan, he sent Hong Chengchou's recital to all ministries and provinces, so that people with unique views could play and discuss it, and in particular, they called and demanded by name that the staff officers and above of the three newly established military regions must write their own views, and the same is true for the people in the Military Staff Department of the Military Affairs Yuan.

In this way, it is like a drop of cold water falling into a hot oil pot for a while, and the whole court is suddenly full of all kinds of arguments, and many people who are already dissatisfied with the issue of grade adjustment have agreed with Hong Chengchou's views and asked the apocalypse to think twice about restoring the old system, some think that the new system is worthy of affirmation and demand that it be resolutely implemented, and some moderates synthesize two opinions and say whether it can be corrected so that everyone can be satisfied as much as possible.

On the issue of whether the civil and military can be equal, there are two camps, needless to say, they all know that they are the civilian camp and the military general camp. In the past, civil officials of the sixth and seventh grades could reprimand senior military ministers at will, which made the civil officials feel very comfortable and felt that the books had not been read in vain for so many years. Now I have to treat Wuchen as an equal, and I can't adapt to it for a while, and I always feel empty and lost.

The military generals were numb to the oppression of the civil officials, but they suddenly turned over and found that life was so colorful, even if the civil officials were in front of them, the sky was not as dim as before, and they understood that equality was the most important thing besides eating, sleeping, and marrying a daughter-in-law. Knowing that the fruits of the victories that had been won so hard were about to be deprived of them by the civil officials who were trying to restore them, one or two of them supported the emperor and denounced Hong Chengchou for being rude.

After watching the performance of the ministers, Tianqi was very dissatisfied, and expressed great disappointment in everyone's behavior of looking at the problem from their own standpoint, in order to let everyone make suggestions fairly instead of just standing on their own standpoint, Tianqi asked everyone to replay, provided that the civilian officials should try to speak from the position of the generals, and the generals should also try to speak from the position of the civil officials, so that many people were immediately dumbfounded.

Others can not speak, but the people named by the Apocalypse can't not speak, and the Apocalypse requires the military generals of the Liaodong Department, the staff officers of the Military Staff Office, and Hong Chengchou himself to play again, and they can jointly discuss with others, but they must also consider the other party's position while speaking for themselves.

A while ago, when the ministers spoke for themselves, they were excited, and now it is a little difficult for them to slap themselves in the face of others, but it is difficult to return to the emperor's orders to be obeyed, so five days later, about mid-March, the military generals of Liaodong, the Military Staff Department, Hong Chengchou himself, etc., have successively played again, and there is one more holy academy among them.