Seeing that the time has entered October, the entire palace has moved, and the things that keep the cold on the left and right have also been handled.

Among them, in addition to cotton clothes, cotton curtains, etc., paste paper sealing windows are also among them. The imperial dining room is also busy, and a number of dishes have been newly developed to keep out the cold and moisturize the lungs, and the mountain delicacies that have been paid tribute from all over the world have naturally become nourishing food to welcome the arrival of winter.

In addition to these trivial matters in the back court, the front court is also increasing its affairs, one is that the next year is about to make a large sum, and the second is that the next year is also the year of the transfer of officials from various localities, and many officials will go to Beijing to report on their work, or directly transfer to their posts, and third, it will start in November, and it is the annual treasury liquidation month.

According to tradition, after the Great Xia enters the wax moon every year, the affairs of the basic imperial court are in a semi-stagnant state, because on the day of Laba in Beijing, the officials enter the palace and drink Laba porridge, and the officials who are released drink Laba porridge up and down, and the affairs of this year are over, and they will start to operate normally after the second dragon raises its head in February of the next year.

From Laba to February 2 of the next year, during this period of more than 50 days, the entire imperial court entered a semi-dormant state except for the necessary ones, such as the army, and the rotation of the yamen of various ministries, and the common people also had agricultural leisure time, and they were ready to celebrate the New Year.

Therefore, from the middle of October every year to before Laba, both the court and the people are the busiest time, and it is also the most active time for the economy, and the most active also means the busiest.

After Emperor Yude entered October, he had almost never rested for a day, and he was sitting in front of the emperor to write, and now his official position was Zhenshun Jinhua, who was busy with the emperor every day, and he couldn't finish copying the chapters and finishing the copywriting.

However, Jinhua also got a grace, that is, when he was busy, he ate with Emperor Yude, so Cheng Yi used to leave her with food, but now she doesn't need it, because the imperial dining room will send her food to the Qiangang Palace.

It can't be said that Emperor Yude treats Jinhua like a daughter, but he does regard her as a person of his children's generation, besides, Emperor Yude has long had his own selfishness, and he has long planned to point Jinhua to his son as a side concubine in the future, and it is not in vain that he has cultivated this child.

On this day, it was time to pass the meal at noon, but the eunuch in the imperial dining room was a stick of incense later than usual, and Zhou Liang sent someone to guard the door early, and it was not a trivial matter to be hungry for His Majesty.

Finally, the eunuch in the imperial dining room came in with a food box, and Zhou Liang scolded him with his head and face.

"You minions, is this itchy skin? If you starve the emperor today, move your heads carefully! Zhou Liang pointed to the two people who were carrying the food box.

"Zhou Liang, it's okay, it won't matter if I eat a little later, now that the weather is cold, it's normal for them to walk slower on the road occasionally, forget it!" Undoubtedly, Emperor Yude was a benevolent monarch.

"Your Majesty, these minions can't be partial, if you favor them, you will kick your nose in the face." Saying that, Zhou Zhouliang helped Bu Cai.

Jinhua saw that it was really late today, and he also started to help Yude Di Bu vegetables, so he reached out and picked up a plate of mushrooms, and the little eunuch said nervously: "This, this dish is the girl's." ”

Jinhua sighed, didn't care, and continued to help. After all the dishes were arranged, the eunuchs who tested the drugs freely tried each dish with a silver needle, and then the eunuch sampled each dish and tasted it, so as to prevent the poison that could not be tested by the silver needle from being eaten by the emperor by mistake.

After everything is correct, Emperor Yude can sit down and eat steadily.

Jinhua used his own meal on his own small bookcase, and of course, Jinhua's dishes were naturally not tested for drugs.

Today's weather is cloudy, the sky is gray from the morning, and it makes people feel cold for no reason, Emperor Yude eats by himself, and feels that it is not interesting, so Zhang Luo Jinhua eats together.

"Girl, come and dine with me."

Zhou Liang hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right? According to the imperial court etiquette system, in addition to special awards, officials above the third grade can serve you for dinner, Jinhua is just a small from the fourth grade, this, not in line with the rules! ”

"Oh, that's it, Cheng Yi, go and move a small table and put it next to me, the girl eats her own, I eat my own, we eat together, and talk. I'm so lonely. "Emperor Yude retreated.

This time, Zhou Liang did not stop her, and Cheng Yi also placed Jinhua's meals next to Emperor Yude's table, and Emperor Yude condescendingly watched her eat.

"The girl is almost fifteen, right?" Emperor Yude asked.

Jinhua wanted to get up and answer, but was stopped by Emperor Yude waving his hand.

"You eat yours, let's gossip about some homely things, don't be nervous, and save the rules of replying."

"Yes! Back to the emperor, the courtiers turned fifteen years old. Jin Hua replied respectfully.

"If this was in your family, your father and mother must have planned a good marriage for you." Emperor Yude sighed.

Jinhua put down the bowl and looked up at Emperor Yude, then looked at Zhou Liang with his spare eyes, and did not speak.

When Zhou Liang took her on the phoenix boat, he said that he was not allowed to mention his family and relationship with him to others.

Zhou Liang naturally lowered his eyes and was expressionless.

"Your Majesty, let's Jinhua, isn't this in the palace, naturally different from the folk girls next to her, she can have her current appearance, and she will receive more grace from the emperor." Zhou Liang grabbed the words.

"You! I followed you in vain! What parent doesn't think about their children? Can Jinhua still be in the palace for a lifetime? Sooner or later, you have to get married! It's almost fifteen now, so don't delay. "Emperor Yude spoke bitterly.

"Back to the emperor, Jinhua's affairs are all decided by my godfather and aunt." Jinhua picked up the bowl again and ate silently.

"They've got you covered! There are some things that you still have to listen to! ”

Zhou Liang and Jinhua were shocked when they heard Emperor Yude's words. As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention of listening.

Isn't the emperor really going to accept his goddaughter? Zhou Liang thought to himself. Since then, Liang Zi with the queen has been settled, and the previous incident is a lesson from the past.

And what Jinhua thinks is - isn't Emperor Yude going to mess with the mandarin duck spectrum? What should she and her brother do?

Ahem, ahem! Just thinking about it, Jinhua choked on the food in her mouth and kept coughing, and Cheng Yi hurriedly served her a bowl of soup.

"Slow down, slow down! Hahahaha! Emperor Yude looked at Jinhua, who had always been well-behaved, coughed and blushed, and said comfortingly.

Jinhua's face was red, he was very embarrassed, and hastily used lunch.

After lunch, Emperor Yude began to review the chapter again, and Jinhua also began to work, when transcribing the fold to be sent back to the ministry, Jinhua copied a copy of Emperor Yude's Zhubi imperial approval of the word "Zhuo Yi".

Jinhua came to Emperor Yude with this fold.

"Your Majesty, the courtiers have something unclear, what does it mean to be different?" Jinhua spread out the fold and showed it to Emperor Yude.

Emperor Yude raised his eyes and looked at Jinhua and smiled. I took the piece and looked through it.

"Zhuo Yi, it is the high recognition and recognition of an official by the imperial court, which is not something that everyone can get! This is the chapter of this year's official plan and the Beijing Cha, and I have a national plan every three years in Daxia, and if officials at different levels have outstanding contributions, or are honest and love the people in office, they will have the opportunity to be rated as outstanding. ”

Emperor Yude explained with interest, Jinhua nodded, and asked again.

"Your Majesty, will there be a lot of officials who can get outstanding?"

"Of course, there are not many of them, and if everyone can get them, it will lose its meaning, such as the triennial Jingcha, which is used to assess officials in Beijing.

You must know that to be able to be an official at the foot of the Son of Heaven, these officials themselves are already the best of the best, and in such an excellent environment, there are still very prominent officials, such as Di Kun, the current Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. ”

Emperor Yude patiently explained.

"Then how many officials in Jingchazhong can get this assessment?" Jinhua's question is really to understand his biological father better.

"On average, one out of 57 officials in Jingcha can get this title, and in the national plan, one out of 130 officials above the prefectural level can get one, and about one out of 310 officials above the county level can get one."

Jin Hua tilted his head and thought about it, and came to a conclusion: "That means that among the more than 1,700 counties in my Great Xia, there are less than six people who can get this honor?" Right? ”

Jin Hua asked a question, and immediately denied himself.

"No, there are some places between counties and prefectures, and there are also prefectures, and there are many household departments, officials, and even military officials under the prefect, who are also in the big plan? Emperor? ”

"Hahaha!" Emperor Yude was amused by Jinhua and laughed, and looked at Zhou Liang.

Zhou Liang's heart was in his throat, and he thought to himself, a girl, why are there so many questions, if that sentence is asked to the minefield, then she will not be able to eat and go around, and she really sweats for her.

"Zhou Liang, take a look, this kid is really teachable, and some problems have been solved by themselves. Come, come, come to me, I'll tell you one by one! ”

Emperor Yude took a sip of tea, and carefully told Jinhua about the evaluation system of "Zhuo Wei", Jinhua also listened with relish, and during Emperor Yude's explanation, he drew inferences from one another, raised a lot of questions, and also put forward some of his own small opinions.

Although many of Jinhua's small opinions are still immature, but after all, she is raised in the deep palace, and she is new to political affairs, although the pattern is very small, but Emperor Yude is very happy to answer her questions.

Since then, whenever there is a problem in the dossier copied by Jinhua, Jinhua will not shy away from asking Emperor Yude, and slowly Emperor Yude and Jinhua gradually established a teacher-student friendship.

Emperor Yude often said: This girl should be released from the palace and go to all parts of the country, so that her insights can be more outstanding and the pattern can be more magnified.

In the twenty-first year of Yude, after the Spring Festival, Emperor Yude made a bold decision to send his six sons to more than a dozen of the richest and most barren states and counties in Great Xia.

This was undoubtedly a kind of progress, and it was also another feat to establish royal prestige, which was supported by the people of Great Xia.

In the process of decentralization this time, Emperor Yude has a deeper understanding of his sons, and he also has a good idea of which is more important and which is lighter.

The princes are naturally pampered, but when they observe the people's feelings, their respective opinions and insights do not want to be the same, and the dragon and snake are self-explanatory. But that's another story.