By mid-December, local military and political officials had led delegations into Beijing one after another.

They came to participate in the annual assembly of the dynasty, which was also a new system of the new dynasty, and adopted an old system from the Sui and Tang dynasties. In the Sui and Tang dynasties, local state and county officials would send envoys to Beijing every winter to report on the work of the year. In fact, this is also the old system of the two Han Dynasty, in the two Han Dynasty, each county sent envoys to Beijing every year to report on the county administration and financial situation, called the Shangji officials, to the Sui and Tang dynasties, changed to the imperial envoys.

And now in the Holy Han Empire, the imperial court has rebuilt and enabled this system of reporting to Beijing. However, many changes have also been made, and the local court is divided by provinces, and each province first conducts the financial and taxation audit work of each province in the provincial capital in October of each year. Then, in mid-December, the provinces formed a mission, led by the governor, and entered the capital to gather the court.

After entering Beijing, the imperial court would convene a general meeting of the imperial court, at which the work reports of the provinces in the past year would be audited, focusing on the use of their budget funds for the previous year. Then, the provinces submitted the budget table for the following year to the central government and were inquired by the imperial court.

In addition, the governors had to submit the evaluation of their subordinates to the various departments of the imperial court, and they themselves had to submit their self-reports to the Ministry of Officials and the Imperial Procuratorate, and they had to be personally summoned by the emperor for questioning.

In short, at the end of the year, it is bound to be quite a busy time.

In the past, every year in mid-December, the ministries and officials would begin to prepare to choose a good day to seal the Guan Ya and start a long vacation. But not this year, the new dynasty has no plans to have an early holiday, but at the end of the year, all kinds of important things are concentrated in one.

Lifters from all over the country entered Beijing to participate in the examination, and the governors and dignitaries from all over the country entered Beijing to perform and assess, the imperial court's court assembly, financial and tax budget review, etc., in short, during this time, the hundreds of officials in Beijing were very busy, and Liu Jun was also a courtier who couldn't see all day long.

As soon as he finished talking with Li Chunjiang, the governor of Sanjiang, Liu Jun invited him to the palace to meet the Emperor and the Queen Mother. Li Chunjiang's relationship with the emperor was extraordinary. He is also quite familiar with the Liu family, and the Emperor Taishang has long said that after Li Chunjiang enters Beijing, he must be asked to eat.

Although Li Chunjiang is very young, he has held important positions in various important positions in recent years, and he is quite mature after training. The emperor invited, and he did not refuse.

Emperor Liu Xiu likes Li Chunjiang very much, and he has always felt that if there was no help from Li Chunjiang back then, there would be no son who is now the emperor in the north. When he saw Li Chunjiang, he kept holding his hand cordially. Chatting about some old things in his hometown in Macheng dialect.

When chatting, Li Chunjiang seemed to talk about Meiqing very casually.

Mei Qing is the youngest daughter of Teacher Liu Jun, who once disguised herself as a man and served as an officer in the nine-headed bird for a long time. After Liu Jun became emperor, he specially awarded her the title of founding earl.

Due to the death of her teacher Mei Zhihuan, Mei Qing kept a funeral at home, and according to the system, she had to keep filial piety for three years. You can't get married for three years. The Mei and Li families are good families in the world, and Li Chunjiang mentioned Meiqing at this time, because Meiqing's filial piety period is about to expire.

Li Chunjiang knew that this Senior Sister Mei was high-spirited and maverick. And he had just returned to Macheng not long ago. After meeting Mei Qing and talking to her, I almost know more about her intentions.

He knew that Mei Qing didn't look down on ordinary men, and he had been fighting among the nine-headed birds back then. It may not be related to Liu Jun. After the last meeting and conversation, he became more and more determined in his idea.

Li Chunjiang is Mei Qing's brother, and he also has an extraordinary relationship with Liu Jun. He thought, just put it together.

Mei Qing is not young, especially when he was filial piety was delayed for three years. And because he still has the title of earl, ordinary people don't dare to come to the door to propose.

Hearing Li Chunjiang's implicit suggestion of this matter, the Emperor Taishang suddenly understood.

Liu Xiu's expression changed rapidly.

He was happy, very happy. Mei Qing was born in the Mei family of Qilizhuang, one of the four major families in Macheng, and the Mei family was already considered a high-ranking family in the previous dynasty. In this dynasty, it was even more extraordinary. Mei Zhihuan is not only the first assistant of the previous dynasty, but also the teacher of today.

"This is a good thing, I have seen the girl of the Mei family, and the emperor is a match made in heaven. As long as she really wants to, then this matter is decided, and Lao Chunjiang will agree with it. ”

Li Chunjiang smiled and arched his hand, "This is as it should be." ”

Liu Jun sat on the side, stunned at first, and then kept his mouth closed to listen to them. Mei Qing knew everything he knew, and there was indeed a little bit of interest between them at the beginning, but unfortunately he couldn't take Mei Qing as a concubine at that time. And now, he is the emperor, if he welcomes Meiqing into the palace, it will not be a problem.

Liu Jun sat there with some thoughts, although the emperor's harem was three thousand, and he had been pampered by hundreds of them. But Liu Jun is actually not familiar with many of them, and there are more than 20 children who have conceived children for him, but there are still many people who can't remember their faces or names.

Especially those Manchu concubines, who have no feelings at all, and many of them don't even understand the language, are completely the product of political marriages. Liu Jun is busy again, and he has a lot of opportunities, so he doesn't have the heart to strengthen his relationship with them or anything.

Sometimes it's sad to think about it, although he is the emperor and owns the world, but on the other hand, he is a slave of this empire that he has built single-handedly, and he is completely bound to the empire.

The emperor has no feelings of his own, let alone love.

In a word, he can have countless women, but it is difficult to have a love.

He was stunned, but the Emperor Taishang had already negotiated with Li Chunjiang, and when he turned back, Li Chunjiang personally went to talk to Mei Qing about the matter, and as soon as her filial piety period passed, he would send her to the palace.

After they had all talked, they remembered to ask the emperor himself what he meant.

Liu Jun just smiled, and then nodded.

On the same day, the happy Emperor Taishang also specially left Li Chunjiang for dinner, personally drank several large glasses of wine with him, and returned happy. Liu Jun personally sent Li Chunjiang out of the palace, and when he arrived at the palace gate, Liu Jun beckoned.

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs brought four daughters of Mongolian nobles.

"You can bring these four back."

Li Chunjiang was still drunk on his face, but when he saw the four Mongolian women, he was immediately a little not calm. His aesthetic concept is not quite the same as Liu Jun, Liu Jun doesn't like those delicate ladies in Jiangnan, especially the little daughters. Compared with those small-footed daughters, he felt that these Mongolian women from the steppe were better, their complexion was not so white, but they appeared healthy and well-proportioned.

In Li Chunjiang's view, Mongolian women are dark and thick-skinned. But Liu Jun feels natural and healthy.

"This is a benefit for you, there is only one at most for ordinary officials, and only two for important ministers of the court, you are my brother, I specially chose four for you, don't shirk."

Li Chunjiang couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to accept the four Mongolian beauties who were given by the emperor.

led the four Mongolian beauties out of the palace and returned to the house given by the Jingshi Emperor, and before they had time to change their clothes, the housekeeper came to report. Governor Lee came to visit.

Governor Li is the current governor of the Central Plains, Li Shuchu, who is also from Eastern Hubei and is regarded as the emperor's Conglong Xunzuo.

Li Chunjiang hurriedly asked people to invite Li Shuchu to the flower hall, and hurriedly changed his clothes to meet this family with the same surname.

As soon as Li Shuchu saw Li Chunjiang, he couldn't wait to ask about Meiqing. Li Chunjiang didn't expect him to be so well-informed, so he nodded.

"I just went to the Marquis Wuchang Mansion and heard it." Li Shuchu said.

As soon as Li Shuchu heard the news, he hurriedly rushed to Li Chunjiang's mansion, he actually had something on his mind. Li Shuchu was able to get acquainted with Liu Jun at the beginning, and it was all because of his daughter Li Zhen. Li Shuchu was originally the palace of the former dynasty. His wife is the daughter of the king of the county. Later, he took the imperial examination and went out to confer officials.

A few years ago, her daughter was taken captive by bandits, thanks to Liu Jun's rescue. The daughter was a young girl in Huaichun at that time, and she was obsessed with Liu Jun for a while. As a result, because he was too eager, Liu Jun refused to go far.

Since then, it has been a few years now, and my daughter has already reached the year of marriage. But she has found many young and handsome people who are the right people, but her daughter can't look down on any of them. Seeing that the year has passed, Li Shuchu is really anxious.

But what her daughter is looking at today is today. Even if he is a governor, it is impossible for him to force his relatives. originally thought about it, but slowly my daughter's mind faded, but I didn't expect that until now, my daughter is still stuck in the tip of the horns and refuses to come out.

Overheard about Mei Qing's matter today, Li Shuchu suddenly became upset.

In fact, of course, he also wants his daughter to enter the palace, although he is also a veteran of the new dynasty, but after all, he is married to the daughter of the former dynasty. If the daughter can enter the palace as a concubine, not only will the daughter have a good future to rely on, but also herself and her family will have a future to rely on.

Li Chunjiang didn't expect Li Shuchu to come to see him in a hurry, but it was actually for this. Of course, he also knows about Li Zhen and Liu Jun.

He thought to himself that it would be a good thing if he could make this happen.

However, he had just come out of the palace, and it was not good to talk about Li Zhen again at this time, so he offered Li Shuchu a plan.

"There is a more suitable candidate for this matter, you can go to Your Majesty's imperial sister-in-law, Mrs. Mei, she is also a member of the Mei family, has a good relationship with Mei Qing, and also knows Ling Yuan. If Mrs. Mei enters the palace and talks to the Queen Mother first, and then the Queen Mother talks to Her Majesty about this matter, it will definitely be possible. ”

Li Chunjiang knew very well the reason why Liu Jun rejected Li Zhen back then, firstly, the identities of the two were too different at that time, and secondly, Li Zhen wanted to replace Lu Xueqi as Liu Jun's wife at that time.

And now, the original problem is no longer a problem.

After being selected by a master, Li Shuchu hurriedly thanked him, and then prepared a gift to go to Liu Zhao's mansion to meet him. The matter really went well, and Mei was very willing to help Li Shuchu with this, so he personally went to the palace and said it in front of the Queen Mother.

And it came to pass.

"This is a good thing, now there are too many Hu girls in this palace. Since the daughter of the Li family used to have an old relationship with the emperor, it was also fate, and I told the emperor about this in person. "The queen mother generally doesn't care about things, but of course this kind of daughter-in-law's affairs have to be managed.

Li Zhen is the same as Mei Qing, they are all beautiful girls, Mei Qing is the daughter of the former first assistant, Li Zhen's father is also the current governor, and the queen mother is very happy Li Zhen enters the door.

The Queen Mother came to see the emperor in person, not to discuss, but to inform. Liu Jun saw that the Queen Mother had already made up her mind, thought about it, and finally agreed.

He rejected Li Zhen several times back then, but he didn't expect Li Zhen to insist on it until now, which made him a little surprised and moved. Originally, he was still a little concerned about Li Shuchu's father being a daughter, but thinking about it, with his own control, he didn't have to worry about the dictatorship of his relatives now, and in his hands, his relatives couldn't have the power.

"But the queen mother is in charge of this matter." After Liu Jun figured it out, he went with the flow.

"Then prepare immediately, welcome you to the palace in the next year, pick it up early, and give birth early." The Queen Mother was very enthusiastic about this matter, and when she heard the emperor's promise, she immediately smiled.

She even thought about whether she should take this opportunity to simply pick a few good ones among the Han show girls newly selected into the palace for the emperor to accept, and most of the concubines in this palace in the province are all bearded girls. (To be continued.) )

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