After standing and listening for a while, Xiao Han understood what they were discussing, the imperial examination had ended, and the hired scholars should also choose to stay in Beijing and be appointed according to the situation, or be sent to a local place.

Now the Ministry of Officials has drawn up a charter for Emperor Wu An to see, and after Emperor Wu An read it, he raised objections to several candidates, and the rest of the people were arranged by the Ministry of Officials.

As for the candidates who raised objections from Emperor Wu An, they were the highly-ranked poor students in this examination, but the arrangement of the officials was to send them abroad. Emperor Wu An had no objection to the dispatch to the locality, and what he did not agree with was the expatriate place.

Perhaps considering that the emperor intended to promote the scholars of the Han family, although the places arranged by the officials were not rich lands, they were not barren.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Wu An said to the servant of the ministry: "All these people I named are sent to the most barren counties. ”

"Your Majesty, this..."Because Su Xun, the secretary of the ministry, was punished for thinking about it behind closed doors, as a waiter, he thought that he would have a bright future, but he didn't expect to slap the horse's legs, and now he was sweating all over, for fear that he would be sent down because of his own cleverness.

Emperor Wu An frowned and said unhappily: "What, is there anything else?" ”

"No, no," the servant replied while wiping his sweat. After speaking, he slipped back to his position, lowered his head, and said nothing.

It was probably the first time he saw such a timid minister, Xiao Han looked at him a few times without leaving a trace, because he always kept his head down, and Xiao Han didn't see his specific appearance clearly. However, looking at his height, it seems that he is not tall, and his personality is also very timid, and if he can achieve the position of a waiter, I am afraid that there should be connections behind him.

After the affairs of the Ministry of Officials are arranged, the next thing is the annual 'Sacrifice to the Heavens'.

In the Jin Kingdom, a 'Sacrifice to the Heavens' ceremony will be held every year, and the emperor prays to the heavens to bless the Jin Kingdom with good weather in the new year.

Now the government and the opposition can see that the emperor's body and bones are not very good recently, so what is the itinerary of this year's 'Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony', the ministers in charge of this matter have to ask the emperor what he means.

In fact, now that the crown prince has entered the court to participate in politics, in the case of the emperor's poor health, he can be represented by the prince.

It's just that this can't be said by the ministers, so it is naturally played first, ask the emperor's opinion, and then make a conclusion.

This matter has been said in the previous dynasty, but there is no specific conclusion, so when I come to the imperial study, we will discuss it together, the charter.

After all, there is still more than a month to go before the 'Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony', and the Ministry of Rites still needs to be managed, this matter cannot be delayed, and a conclusion needs to be reached.

Emperor Wu An turned his head and asked Xiao Yan, "What does the prince think?" ”

Xiao Qi bent down and saluted: "The son is willing to share the worries and solve problems for his father." ”

Emperor Wu An nodded and said, "Since the crown prince has said so, then this matter will be handled by the prince on my behalf." ”

As soon as they heard this, the ministers in the imperial study secretly calculated in their hearts.

Xiao Han looked at Xiao Yan with some concern, she didn't know the 'Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony', the place was not in the capital, but in Wangshan, not far from the capital, where there was a special altar.

Before the ceremony, the emperor or the crown prince needs to bathe and fast for seven days, and then can hold the 'sacrifice to the heavens', all the processes of the sacrifice ceremony take one day, and then continue to stay in Wangshan for one night, the next day before leaving for Beijing, back and forth add up, at least ten days or so.

During the Ten Days, it was the time when assassins were most likely to haunt, and among the ancestors of the Jin Kingdom, one of them was assassinated on the way to worship the heavens, and there was a precedent for his death on the way.

Therefore, as soon as he heard that Xiao Qi went to Wangshan, Xiao Han was worried in his heart. It's just that, listening to the emperor's uncle, he doesn't plan to let her go with him.

Xiao Han was silent, secretly thinking about how to protect Xiao Yan's safety to the greatest extent. But Xiao Qi looked indifferent, obviously not caring about the 'Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony'.

The candidates for the 'Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony' have also been decided, and there is no major matter to discuss for the time being, and the courtiers have retired and left.

And Xiao Yan left the imperial study, Xiao Han was about to leave with him, but was stopped by Emperor Wu An: "Pingle stays." ”

Xiao Han held his footsteps, turned around and lowered his head and asked, "Pingle is here, I don't know what the emperor's uncle commands?" ”

Emperor Wu An sighed: "Have you forgotten, what I said before, let you stay and learn to deal with government affairs." The prince's daily routine remains the same, but you don't have to follow him to Taixue in the morning, stay in the imperial study to learn to review and review. By the time Fang Qian went to the East Palace to teach in the afternoon, you were going to learn some other knowledge. ”

"Pingle understands." Xiao Han replied respectfully.

I don't know if it was Bai Suzi who changed the medicine for the emperor's uncle, in recent days, Xiao Han felt that the emperor's uncle's face was much better, although there was still an occasional cough, but it was no longer coughing up blood at every turn like before. This made Xiao Han's heart relax a little, and his mind was no longer as tense as before.

Emperor Wu An still let Xiao Han review a few folds, and then asked casually: "In addition to the Su Mansion, is there anything worthy of your attention in the Pretend Prince's Mansion and the Yan'an Marquis Mansion?" ”

Hearing the emperor's uncle's casual question, Xiao Han's heart tightened, and the hand that picked up the zhu pen trembled slightly, but fortunately, she quickly stabilized her mind and didn't let the zhu pi get on the fold.

She smiled and said, "Probably because they are all related to the Su family, it is inevitable that they will send more attention." ”

"I see, but I'm too worried. Okay, let's continue to criticize, and show it to me when I'm done. ”

"No."

Knowing that this topic had passed, Xiao Han unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and found that because he was too nervous before, cold sweat oozed from his back.

After calming down, she began to review the recitals. The five books that Emperor Wu An gave her were all different things, with the knowledge she learned with Xiao Qi some time ago, she reluctantly reviewed two books, and the remaining three books involved too many departments, so she couldn't grasp the clue.

Emperor Wu An also seemed to sense her confusion and asked, "What, what questions do you have?" ”

Xiao Han got up and said: "Back to the emperor's uncle's words, Pingle just thinks that he is only shallow in learning, and he only knows many things, and once he encounters a deeper problem, he seems to understand it at all. ”

"For example?" Emperor Wu An asked.

Xiao Han took out one of them: "This is about tax collection, and I don't know anything about it, so I can't see if it's boring." It's just something that Pingle doesn't understand, so why don't you hand it over to the household department? ”

Emperor Wu An asked rhetorically: "How do you know that the household department will not cheat?" But it would probably be easier to find someone you can trust to do it. How, do you have a candidate for anything? ”

Xiao Han seemed to understand what Emperor Wu'an meant, and said with a smile: "If the imperial uncle agrees, the remaining three books, Pingle wants to take them away, and they will be handed over to the imperial uncle in the afternoon." ”

Emperor Wu An replied: "Yes." ”

As soon as he heard this, Xiao Han put away the three books, turned around and left the imperial study, and went directly to the East Palace.

Now that she has reached a consensus with Xiao Yan, she will naturally not shy away from this kind of thing, so she went to the East Palace with the fold, and asked the people in the palace to directly summon He Sheng, Cui Guangxi, Zhang Wang and others.

He Sheng, who is the champion of Jinke, happened to be assigned to the household department to do things, and Cui Guangxi stayed in the Yushitai all the year round, and he must know a little about the accounts.

The palace people of the East Palace quickly summoned them, and several of them were dressed in official uniforms, and they were also slightly surprised when they saw each other, after all, they didn't know that they belonged to the same camp before.

Everyone saluted together: "The ministers knock to see the princess, the princess Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”

Xiao Han waved his hand: "You don't have to be polite, this time I called everyone over, so that everyone can get to know each other, they will all be staff members in the future, and they will always have a good relationship." ”

Everyone replied, "The ministers understand, and they must obey the will of the public." ”

One of them stood up and asked, "I don't know if the princess told me to wait this time, but what do you have to tell you?" ”

Xiao Han smiled: "Lord Cui's eyes are as vicious as ever, that's right, this time the palace called you here, and it is indeed something to ask you for help, but I don't know if you are willing or not." ”

Having said that, Xiao Han knew in her heart that these people were all picked up by her, and it was impossible to refuse, and the reason why she said this was just a scene.

As she expected, everyone replied: "The ministers are willing to share the princess's worries and solve problems." ”

With their words, it is easy to say, Xiao Han first took out the book that he asked the emperor's uncle before, and let the content of it be briefly said, this is a note sent by the prefect of Dingzhou, to the effect that the harvest in Dingzhou is not good, and he hopes to reduce taxes for three years. This piece of music was handed to the household department layer by layer, and the household department did not dare to make the decision privately for such a big matter, so it was played to the emperor.

In the end, it was taken to Xiao Han by the emperor and asked her to decide what to do with this matter.

Now Xiao Han took this letter and found them again, which made them look at each other, and they couldn't tell the complicated taste in their hearts.

However, since the master has troubles, as a courtier, he naturally has to share the worries and solve problems for the master, He Sheng was the first to stand up and said: "Dingzhou is located at the junction of the north and the south, and the climate and geography are relatively stable areas, and generally do not suffer from disasters easily, especially the Dingzhou prefect's recital does not indicate what caused the disaster. According to Chen's view, there may be something greasy in this. ”

After He Sheng finished speaking, Cui Guangxi stood up and said: "The minister also knows something about the Dingzhou prefect, we are considered to be the same period, he is upright and upright, and he doesn't think that his character is like being able to do corrupt things." Therefore, according to the minister's opinion, it is better to send someone to investigate this matter! If you are really affected by the disaster and ignore the request for tax relief, it will be the ordinary people who will suffer. ”

Zhang Wang also stood up and said: "The minister thinks that what Lord Cui said is reasonable, this matter is related to the people of Dingzhou, it is better to send someone to find out the truth." ”

Soon everyone was divided into three factions, one faction thought that the prefect of Dingzhou was suspected of embezzlement of ink and silver, and the other side felt that Dingzhou had indeed suffered a disaster and could agree to reduce taxes, and finally it was like Cui Guangxi and Zhang Wang, who advocated that after finding out the case in Dingzhou, they would make a conclusion. The three factions argued endlessly, and soon quarreled. It's simply 'the public says the public is reasonable, and the mother says the mother is reasonable', and no one will let anyone.

Seeing the situation in front of him, Xiao Han felt a headache, and finally understood what kind of day the emperor's uncle was facing every day, this was just a small class in the East Palace, and it was already noisy like a vegetable market. If you are facing dozens of ministers at the court meeting every day, it will be a headache to think about.

As a last resort, Xiao Han had to stop their meaningless quarrel: "Okay, okay, let's stop first!" ”

Hearing Xiao Han say a few words in a row, the quarrel gradually subsided, and everyone hung their heads, waiting for her to speak.

Xiao Han said helplessly: "This matter really needs to understand whether there is really a disaster in Dingzhou, and you can't let the Dingzhou prefect have the final say, you still have to let Your Majesty send someone to Dingzhou to take a look." Let's do it. Let's talk about the next thing, it's about military rations. ”

As soon as they heard about the 'military rations', the expressions of the rest of the people became serious, after all, when it comes to the army, most of the people here are civilian officials, and they really need to think about what they are talking about.

Seeing that everyone was very serious, Xiao Han hurriedly reassured: "It's not a big deal, I just want everyone to discuss it." Previously, the Ministry of War issued two batches of military salaries, but according to the news from the northwest, these two batches of military salaries were deducted, resulting in the soldiers not having enough clothes to keep out the cold during the winter, and there were a lot of frostbites. Therefore, the generals in the northwest wrote a letter to ask His Majesty to investigate the matter thoroughly. ”

Although Xiao Han said that it was not a big deal, it was not a trivial matter when he said it, and the emperors of all dynasties were very disgusted with corrupt officials. In particular, the tolerance for corruption is even lower today, not to mention the military salaries of soldiers and soldiers. If it is found out, I am afraid that it is not impossible to raid the family and exterminate the clan.

Cui Guangxi thought for a while and said, "If the minister remembers correctly, the grain guards these two times are Kang Guangfu, right?" ”

The content of the excerpt is to impeach Kang Guangfu, after all, he served as a grain officer twice, and his military salary was deducted twice, which is indeed very doubtful.

Seeing that Xiao Han didn't speak, Cui Guangxi understood that the problem should lie with Kang Guangfu. recalled the resume of Kang Guangfu and found that he had even impeached him.

Kang Guangfu was not a child of a family, but mixed a five-rank military attache in the army, and then married a powerful wife, so that he entered Beijing and became a Beijing official.

But Kang Guangfu has a narrow-minded personality and is arrogant, but he knows how to read people's eyes very well. Therefore, although he is not a big official, he has not made any mistakes over the years, but the son he gave birth to is really not a thing, relying on his parents' doting, and he is rampant in the market.

His impeachment of Kang Guangfu is related to his son, and since then, the two have been married.

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