In the first month, the lantern festival of Jingshi is more lively than last year, officials, scholars, businessmen and ordinary people, all of them are in high spirits to visit the lantern market in Jingshi, enjoying the beautiful scenery of fire trees and silver flowers that never sleep.

Even in the Forbidden Palace, the Ministry of Internal Affairs began to prepare a year ago, and even the concubines of each palace also brought their palace attendants to participate together.

The Emperor's Imperial Palace, the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace, the Emperor's Qianqing Palace, the Queen's Kunning Palace, and the four concubines and nine concubines, etc., it is rare to have such a lively opportunity, the palaces are very positive, in the first month, the Forbidden Palace is also all kinds of lanterns.

On the evening of the thirtieth day, Liu Jun also held a royal banquet at the noon gate, and led the harem concubines and the civil and military officials and nobles to enjoy the joyful atmosphere.

Since the beginning of the first month, it has been raining in Beijing, with a heavy sleet and a few light snowfalls, and the snow has not yet melted, followed by heavy snowfall.

It is said that heavy snow is a mega year, and heavy snow is a good thing for farmers. Heavy snow freezes the eggs of many pests that survive the winter in the land, and the snow water is said to contain an element that is extremely beneficial to crops. There are such benefits, so although the cold and some inconvenience caused by heavy snow, everyone is not so concerned about it.

After the New Year, Liu Jun's number of children has also increased a lot, and now he has eleven sons and thirteen daughters. The young Han Tianzi's ability to spread branches is indeed amazing, which also benefits the emperor's favored harem. Up to now, in the emperor's harem, the number of concubines has already exceeded three hundred, even if many of them are Mongolian, Jurchen, Korean and other foreign women, but after all, the number is there, and some concubines are even lucky to be pregnant with dragons by the emperor only once.

It is also a good thing to have more children.

For Liu Jun, there are more children and more opportunities to choose. The empire is so large that it will naturally need an excellent heir in the future. The more sons there are, the more choices there are.

The eldest son of the emperor, Liu Hekun, was four years old after the year, and the second son of the emperor, Liu Heyuan, the king of Joseon County, was also three years old, and the education of the princes was also in front of them.

Liu Jun has decided that when the prince reaches the age of three in the future, he will begin to receive enlightenment education. The princes were educated by the outer court every day, and gradually they could not spend much time with their biological mothers. After the age of six, they had to formally receive a boarding education, studying in the outer court five days a week, and living in a dormitory. Only two days a week are allowed to return to the palace of the biological mother of the Houting.

He never wants his prince to end up being the kind of prince who was born in the deep palace, grew up in the hands of women, and didn't know much about the outside world. Education naturally has to start from a young age.

Even after they finished their primary school course in the palace, they had to officially leave the palace to study in a school outside the palace.

For his daughters, Liu Jun is more tolerant, in this era, no matter how advanced his ideas are. Princesses are also unlikely to receive inheritance, so the education of princesses should be more lenient. Books are meant to be read, but they don't have to be so strict.

Queen Lu and Concubine Li were a little reluctant, and the child was only three or four years old. I had to go to school every day, but I didn't have to discuss it. Liu Jun only used one sentence to make them speechless, and if they didn't agree, then the two princes would be deposed as concubines from now on. Loot the inheritance forever. To be a commoner, you don't need to work so hard. You can do whatever you want, just don't do anything wrong. Liu Jun can make them rich idlers for a lifetime.

After the year, Meiqing's filial piety period will also pass.

To Liu Jun's surprise, Li Zhen went to Hubei, but received a reply from Mei Qing a year ago. Mei Qing refused to enter the palace, and she proposed to her sister Li Zhen, hoping that she could help her convey to the emperor her intention to return to the army.

Mei Qing hoped to return to the army instead of entering the palace to be a noble concubine, which was indeed something that Li Zhen couldn't figure out, but Liu Jun quickly understood. Mei Qing is a very strong woman, but now that she has entered the palace, there are so many concubines in the palace, and she can only be a concubine of low grade.

She did have a good impression of Liu Jun in her heart, and she still has it, but it is not her character to share a man with hundreds of women in the palace.

Liu Jun doesn't like to force others, she respects Mei Qing's choice, although he does have some regrets in his heart.

He agreed to Mei Qing's return to the army, and ordered her to enter Beijing first, enter the lecture hall for a year of advanced training, and then leave the army.

Mei Qing's choice is just a small episode.

The season of the year is in spring, the second year of Longhan has passed, the third year of Longhan is coming, and the court has more things to be busy.

As the king of a country, Liu Jun will not be busy with everything, he only focuses on the general direction. But even then, it wasn't easy. As soon as the New Year passed, the war in the south was in full swing. But this matter is not the first major event in the DPRK and China.

Just after the New Year, the first major event in the imperial court was the official change in the central pattern of the imperial court.

The overall executive control of the Cabinet, the establishment of a new Imperial Historian to oversee the Imperial judicial system, and the creation of a new Imperial Senate and House of Representatives surprised many officials who were aware of the change for the first time.

The official news of this change was announced at the Council of Prime Ministers, the emperor himself announced, and then Shousuke immediately agreed. The emperor and Shoufu sang and harmonized, which made the other prime ministers feel a little uneasy.

There is almost no doubt that the plan for the reform of the central bureaucracy jointly launched by the emperor and the first assistant was approved by the Council of Prime Ministers.

Yuan Jixian, the first assistant, still leads the cabinet, but the power is much greater than in the past, and the cabinet group auxiliary system in the past is now completely the first auxiliary responsibility system, and the other secondary assistants and group assistants are completely his assistants and deputies.

The judicial system, which is also one of the three major systems, and the newly created post of imperial historian was directly handed over to Liu Zongzhou by the emperor. One of the ministers of the former dynasty who was originally Ding You's guard at home, finally accepted the edict of the emperor of the Han Dynasty and went to Beijing to take office. Liu Jun chose Liu Zongzhou to be the first imperial historian, also because Liu Zongzhou's character and character are more stubborn, but he can be regarded as the more persistent and ethical among the ministers.

Liu Zongzhou was in charge of the Imperial Historical Observatory, and commanded the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple.

Ni Yuanlu, the former imperial historian of the left capital, failed to serve as the imperial historian, but was transferred to the House of Representatives by Liu Jun and awarded the title of senator. Yao Minggong, a former cabinet scholar, resigned from the cabinet due to old age, and Liu Jun appointed him as a doctor in the House of Representatives and presided over the House of Representatives, which actually arranged for him to go there to retire and hang up his name.

After the establishment and separation of these three systems, the original ministries and offices in Beijing also belonged to each other. All ministries, temples, departments, and bureaus are under the command of the Cabinet.

The Duchayuan, Dali Temple, Jinyiwei, and Dongchang are all classified into the Yushitai.

Most of the officials of the six sections and the Chinese book were converted to senators.

The Prime Minister's Office and the Military Aircraft Department are still in place. They continued to serve as administrative and military advisors to the emperor.

The Privy Council, on the other hand, is not subordinate to the three major systems, it exists separately and is directly subordinate to the emperor.

The first assistant of the cabinet, the second assistant, the imperial historian, the imperial history of the left, the secretary of the Dali Temple, the chairman of the senate, the chairman of the council, the left privy envoy, and the commander of the ceremonial supervisor are nine people plus the title of prime minister.

The left and right privy envoys, the secretary of the military department, the chief of the general staff, the governor of Zhili, the admiral of the guards and the pro-army, and the admiral of the nine gates are seven people plus the rank of military counselor.

With the support of the emperor and important ministers, the reform at the top was carried out smoothly, and soon, the three major systems were separated, and each ministry was subordinate to the new superior.

There was little change in personnel, Yuan Jixian continued to be the first assistant, and the second assistant was promoted to the former secretary of state Li Banghua. The following seven groups of assistants are concurrently served by the five secretaries of officials, soldiers, rites, criminal punishments, and workers, as well as the secretary of finance and the secretary of taxation.

The House of Representatives was quickly formed. The number of 100 senators in the Senate was directly filled, and the 1,000 seats of the House of Representatives were soon filled, and the number of members of the House of Representatives was fully in accordance with the emperor's intention, which was to allow all strata of the Shinong, industrial, and commercial strata to participate in the administration and discussion of politics. Even craftsmen and farmers. There are also some Mongolian princes, as well as representatives of monks and Taoists, etc., in short, there are all kinds of people.

Those who received the conferral from the House of Representatives were very happy. Especially the landlords, merchants, artisans, farmers, veterans, and so on, who were not of high status, were all excited.

Busy, in the first month, the capital division is lively.

The people read the newspaper during the day. Enthusiastically discussing the changes in the pattern of the court, and in the evening, he took his wife and children to visit the lantern festival.

A new cabinet was formed, as were the new Senate and House of Representatives.

According to the new imperial court system. The Cabinet has to report last year's fiscal expenditures to the Senate, and this year's budget must be submitted to the Senate for approval.

Both last year's fiscal expenditure results and this year's fiscal expenditure budget were actually completed before the end of the year. This time, in the eyes of the Cabinet, it was just a sign of respect for the House of Representatives, a formality.

However, when the Cabinet's report was sent to the House of Councillors, the senators were embarrassed.

The new senators, who are mainly members of the former six divisions and the middle school scholars, are very dissatisfied with the results of last year's fiscal expenditure, and they are also dissatisfied with this year's financial expenditure budget report.

In their opinion, both reports are very problematic.

The result, of course, is that it will not be approved.

According to the new system of the imperial court, the cabinet was responsible for administration, and the collection of taxes and spending money belonged to them, but. Taxes and other imperial revenues had to go into the treasury of the Imperial Bank after the money was collected. Then, although the money is in the hands of the cabinet, how the money is spent has to be reported by them, and finally it has to be approved by the House of Representatives.

As long as the House thinks it can't be done, then you can't use the money you have. If you dare to spend the money without the consent of the House, it is a big problem, and you will be imprisoned at the worst if you lose your official position.

Liu Jun's House of Representatives is not just for the separation of powers, but to truly achieve the effect of supervision, checks and balances.

In the imperial city, the Senate is not far from the cabinet yamen, and the imperial court has planned to build a new parliamentary yamen, including the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the new yamen will have a special assembly hall, a main hall that can easily accommodate at least two or three thousand people, a middle hall that can accommodate a thousand people, and a small hall that can accommodate hundreds of people.

Early in the morning, Yuan Jixian, the first assistant to the cabinet, and Li Banghua, the second assistant, came to the Senate with the cabinet group assistant and the five secretaries, as well as the secretaries, young secretaries, and directors.

Hundreds of people came to Hulala, but the momentum was not small.

The guards of the parliamentary yamen hurriedly ran to report to the senator Ni Yuanlu.

"Lord Shousuke is here with all the cabinet officials, and it doesn't look like a good person!"

Ni Yuanlu put down the pen in his hand and smiled disappreciatively, "Don't mess with yourself, we are just exercising the power of administrative supervision and review in accordance with His Majesty's will, and we don't mean to embarrass the cabinet." What are you afraid of, don't weaken your momentum, go, inform all the senators at home, and follow me to the door to greet the cabinet adults! ”

When the young senators heard that the cabinet was coming to smash the field, they rolled up their sleeves one by one.

"The cabinet is really knocking on the door." Senator Chen Mingxia looked excited, and said to his fellow senators Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu.

"The cabinet people don't come here like that, and you don't want to see the wind or the rain, so let's go and see what's going on." Huang Zongxi is relatively stable.

There are a lot of people in the cabinet, but there are also a lot of people in the house.

There are currently 100 senators in the House of Councillors, and there are also many officers who serve the senators, and even in the House of Representatives, there are still many members of the House of Representatives who have rushed to Beijing to accept their letters of appointment in the past few days. As soon as they heard that there was a lively scene, they all ran to cheer for their brothers, who were also councillors.

So, the door of the House of Representatives opened, led by Senate Doctor Ni Yuanlu, next to the House of Representatives Doctor Yao Minggong, followed by hundreds of members of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and a large group of officials standing behind.

Outside the door, Yuan Jixian, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Li Banghua, the second assistant, also stood there with hundreds of people from various ministries and temples of the cabinet.

"Lord Yuanfu is mobilizing the people, is this to crusade against my house?" Ni Yuanlu stopped at the door, but it was also very imposing. As a senator doctor, he is at the same level as the first assistant of the cabinet, so he is naturally worthy of Yuan Jixian.

Shoufu Yuan Jixian arched his hand, "Don't dare, don't dare." It was only because both of the Cabinet's reports were rejected in the House of Representatives that the Minister himself came today to listen to the explanation of the House of Commons. We must find out where our report does not conform to the imperial court system and where it needs to be changed. The sooner this budget report is passed, our cabinet will be able to withdraw funds as soon as possible, and all localities are still waiting for the rice to be put into the pot, and the plan of the year lies in the spring, so we dare not delay. ”

Ni Yuanlu smiled, "Yuan Fu is reasonable, it's all for official business, and we also want to pass the report as soon as possible, but the report submitted by the cabinet is really unacceptable." We are also loyal to our ministry, but we dare not neglect our duties, Lord-sama, don't you say? ”

"Of course, I believe in the duties and integrity of the Senate, no, I have come here today with my colleagues in the cabinet just to listen carefully and see what is wrong with our report.

"Okay, then please come in." Ni Yuanlu turned sideways and stretched out his hand to signal. (To be continued.) )