"Long live your majesty, long live your majesty!" After Sandra was announced by the eunuch in the imperial study, she walked to the imperial case and respectfully bowed to Qin Dong.

Qin Dong stretched out his hand and said, "Sandra, get up, what are you doing when you came to see me today?" ”

"Thank you!" Sandra got up after thanking him, and then said: "Your Majesty, I don't know if the chapter presented by the minister a few days ago has been read, if Your Majesty has already reviewed it, please return it to Honglu Temple, and the minister should step up the treatment, after all, this matter is related to the face of the empire, and it is urgent!" ”

"Concerts? When has your Honglu Temple been presenting a concert in the past few days? Why didn't I see it? Qin Dong listened to Sandra's words and was very puzzled, he really didn't see the chapter presented by Honglu Temple, generally speaking, after the ministers presented the chapter, the emperor should hurry up to approve it, if he can't make up his mind about something, or there is no good solution, the emperor will stay in the middle of it, and his subordinates will not meet the emperor in person to ask, after all, to give the emperor a time to consider, if the emperor must express his position, the courtiers will also wait until the time of the court meeting to raise it at the court meeting, not during the court meeting, The Emperor could refuse to summon his courtiers to attack the Facing Saint for any reason. But now is not the time of the court meeting, and Sandra, the secretary of Honglu Temple, personally came to the palace to inquire about the approval of the chapter, and things are a bit abnormal.

Sandra also thought that Qin Dong couldn't make up his mind about this matter, so he stayed in the middle and didn't send it, and now Qin Dong said that he didn't see the concerto, and thought that Qin Dong was pretending to be confused, but the things played on the can't be delayed, and the longer it drags on, the more it will damage the dignity of the empire, and he can't care about anything else at this time. He said directly: "Your Majesty, three days ago, the minister played a concerto, and what was played was the fact that the Amani did not pay tribute to our empire during the time when they should have paid tribute. The minister thought that he should send people to urge the Amani in the name of the empire, and if the other barbarians knew that the Amani did not pay tribute to our country within the specified time, I am afraid that other empires would follow suit! ”

"Wait!" Qin Dong immediately understood the importance of this matter, but now was not the time to deal with the Amani, but to immediately investigate why he didn't see the cantata presented by Sandra, and where did the cantata go? The emperor did not see the recital presented by the minister, and this matter is not trivial!

Qin Dong immediately said, "Hadlin." Messenger Simendez to the audience! ”

"Yes!" Hadlin, the great eunuch on duty, immediately agreed in a male duck voice, and then walked quickly to the door of the imperial study and shouted loudly again: "The envoy of the communication department, the political envoy of the secretary, Mendes, has an audience-".

"Envoy to the Mission, Envoy Mendes—"

This voice was transmitted by the eunuchs outside the palace gate one by one, and arrived at the eunuch duty room at the gate of the palace. There was a special summons eunuch who immediately rode on horseback and went out of the palace gate under the escort of several Praetorian Guard soldiers to summon him.

The General Political Envoy is the General Political Department, which is in charge of receiving, inspecting internal and external chapters and appeal documents, communicating the situation, and investigating and coordinating official documents. It is a central organ that reports on the truthful and feudal opinions of the subjects of the Quartet, and the grievances and grievances of the military and disasters. The General Administration Department is not under the jurisdiction of any department, and is only responsible to the emperor. Its chief is the "general political envoy" (in charge of accepting the internal and external chapters and the refuting of the seals), one left and one right of the general government, one is the fourth product (the acceptance of the internal and external chapters and the subject's sealed complaints), one is the right of the general government, the fourth product (records the military attache sticking to the yellow, the reason for the official attack of the guard, in order to prepare for the election), and one person on the left and one on the right. Zheng Wupin (Zuotong political envoy, accept the Quartet chapter). Experience Division: Experience, from the fifth grade to the eighth grade (palm sending and receiving documents and using seals), the governor, from the seventh grade to the ninth grade (palm sending and receiving the context shift).

For a diligent emperor, the general envoy is very important, because all the ministers' recitals need to be presented to the emperor through the general political envoys, if there is a problem here, the emperor will not see the minister's recitals, he will not know what is happening in the world, he will not be able to understand the people's feelings, which is equivalent to becoming a blind man, so Qin Dong's first reaction is to find out the political secretary.

Because of the relationship of duties, the Department of General Administration was located on the edge of the imperial city, which was convenient for presenting the minister's recitals and various emergency military reports, after Qin Dong's dictation was issued, the eunuch was summoned with a few Janissary cavalry, and the General Administration Department summoned the envoy Mendes, who then followed the summoned eunuch to meet Qin Dong.

After arriving at the imperial study, Mendez saluted Qin Dong, who was sitting behind the imperial case, and nodded to Sandra, the secretary of Honglu Temple.

"Get up!" Qin Dong said a word, and after Mendes got up and thanked him, he said: "Mendes, just now Honglu Temple Qing Sandra told me that he sent a piece of music to the General Administration Department three days ago, but I haven't seen this piece until now, you tell Sù Me, where did the piece presented by Sandra go?" ”

Mendez listened to it tightly, but his thinking was still very clear, and he frowned: "Three days ago? The minister remembered, three days ago it happened to be the micro-minister on duty, the minister remembered that there was indeed a letter from the Honglu Temple at that time, but the minister had personally sent all the pieces that day! The minister dares to vouch for the head, and the chapter is absolutely not lost in this link, this can be found out! ”

Qin Dong stood up and leaned forward and said sharply, "Mendes, do you really dare to vouch for your head?" ”

Seeing Qin Dong's expression, Mendes was immediately frightened, this matter is not trivial, once it is really him who has a problem here, the head on his neck will really not be able to be saved, but Mendes still straightened his waist and said loudly: "The minister guarantees with his head, there is no lie!" ”

"Good! Hadlin! Qin Dong shouted.

Hadlin, the great eunuch on duty outside the door, immediately ran in and bowed down and said, "The villain is here, what does Your Majesty command?" ”

"Immediately go to the duty room of the celebrant to check and see if there is a record of the Honglu Temple three days ago!"

"Yes!"

Generally, the recital sent by the General Administration Department must be handed over to the Secretary of Ceremonies for the record registration of which yamen sent the recital, who wrote the recital, these are all detailed records, after making a record, the recital was sent to the imperial study, these days the General Administration Department sent the recital, Qin Dong has already approved and sent it back, and there is no unapproved recital on the imperial case in front of him.

The celebrant set up in Qindong did not have the same power as the ceremonial supervisor in the Ming Dynasty, and the ceremonial supervisor in the middle and late Ming Dynasty could "approve the red" on behalf of the emperor, and the "approving red" belonged to the highest decision-making power in terms of the nature of its power, which was a way to realize the imperial power. Therefore, the celebrant eunuch "approved red" on behalf of the emperor, and he was acting on behalf of the imperial power, and the celebrant eunuch set up by Qin Dong could not approve the chapter, if it was too late to approve or delayed due to other reasons, he would rather suppress the chapter than let the eunuch approve the chapter on his behalf.

The celebrant is one of the many yamen in the palace, and there are eunuchs such as admiral, palm print, bingbi, and suitang. The admiral eunuch was in charge of the etiquette in the imperial city. To put it bluntly, it is an institution that manages the eunuchs in the palace, and the rights of the celebrants in the Ming Dynasty are too different.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the eunuch on duty, Hadlin, trotted in and saluted: "Your Majesty, the villain has checked it, and there is indeed a piece of music presented by Honglu Temple in the duty office of the celebrant supervisor!" ”

"What? So the piece was lost in my palace! Qin Dong slammed the imperial case and stood up and shouted, "What are you still standing for?" Why don't you go and find out, who is the eunuch on duty that day? Who made the records, and who sent the pieces to the Imperial Study? Where did the cantata end up? Give you an hour, if you can't find out, you don't have to do it, the celebrant and the eunuch! ”

"Yes, yes, your majesty is angry, the villain will check immediately!" Hadlin was so frightened that his ass was urinating, and he ran out of the house with a crawl after agreeing.

After Hadrin left, Qin Dong turned his head to look at Sandra, the Qing of Honglu Temple, "The matter of the loss of the chapter has been investigated, let's put it aside for the time being, Sandra, now you tell me, what is going on?" ”

"Yes!" Sandra saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the Amani originally belonged to Sambus, the king of the Southern Courtyard, and they have to pay tribute to Sambus every year, not to mention that Sambus himself is the king of the Southern Courtyard of the Hun Empire, last year Sambus handed over the military power, and now although it is the Hu Empire, Sambus is still the king of the Southern Courtyard of our country, but he is only in charge of government affairs, so the Amani people should pay tribute to me, and the time of the tribute should be last month, which has been more than a month, If my empire doesn't pursue it, as if there is no such thing, then the other barbarians who belong to my empire may not pay tribute next year, so we must investigate and punish severely, otherwise, once this opening is opened, then the majesty of the empire will no longer exist! ”

Qin Dong understood that the Amani were provoking the authority of the empire, which meant that the Amani could not be allowed to take the lead without punishment, otherwise, it would be difficult to manage so many barbarian vassals in the empire, if every barbarian who belonged to the empire did not pay tribute, would the Hu Empire still have prestige over the barbarians?

Qin Dong nodded: "This is very good, since the Amani people used to pay tribute to Sambusna, then now they should pay tribute to the empire, otherwise they are not ministers, it is to provoke the authority of the empire, for those barbarians who provoke the authority of the imperial court, the court must impose severe punishment, otherwise it is not enough to deter other barbarians, so let's do it, the day after tomorrow is the day of the court, at that time, Sandra you will play this matter right at the court meeting, I will let the ministers discuss and discuss, see how to deal with it properly, whether to send a large army to attack or garrison troops to threaten the border, You have to come up with a charter! ”

At this time, Mendez saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the distance from the residence of the Amani people to Saidika is really not close, and it will take at least two months to walk with the convoy, so it is better to wait, maybe the tribute and tribute escorted by the Amani are already on the way, if this is the case, and our side has sent a large army to conquer us, how will this make others think of us?" ”

After hearing this, Qin Dong thought for a while and nodded: "What you said also has some truth, so let's send eight hundred li to the border pass to inquire about the situation, and see if there is a team of Amani envoys to the border, Sandra, this matter will be handed over to your Honglu Temple to be responsible for keeping an eye on, and report to me as soon as there is news!" ”

"Your Ministers obey!" (To be continued......)