Three days later, the Qiantian Palace, Wenbang had a regular court meeting.

Yao Ruoyu sat on the throne, put his hands into fists on his knees, and cocked Erlang's legs under the cover of the carved python sandalwood table, looking at the strange and dignified civil and military ministers below with interest.

The officials of the Ministry of Officials, the Criminal Department, and the Wenwang Mansion had indifferent faces, but they were only slightly surprised by the strange atmosphere at the moment, while the officials of the three departments of etiquette, household, and work had different expressions, some worried, some angry, some hesitant, and some at a loss.

Of course, the five ministers are all calm, but if you look closely, you can find that there are still some differences, Xu Xuanrong is calm and calm, Wen Yuancai is puzzled, Bai Junru is expressionless, Bai Qiuyu is hesitant, and Duan Chun's face is like ashes.

As for the various places in King Wen's Mansion, the six battalion generals of the Military Aircraft Department did not attend the meeting because they were in other places, so there were only a few people such as Zou Buyi, Wu Xue, Cai Xudong, Hou Jingru, and Zhao Wen.

As if he noticed that Yao Ruoyu's eyes were faintly revealing a little impatience, Duan Chun finally let out a long breath of turbidity, and suddenly stepped out of the ranks, came to the front of the hall and bowed, and said solemnly: "Lord Wang, my subordinates have something to report." ”

Say. Yao Ruoyu bowed slightly, and said.

Taking a deep breath, Duan Chun seemed to have made up his mind, and said in a deep voice: "Since my Dawen captured Sichuan and Shu, the affairs of the Ministry of Industry have been heavy, and the subordinates are not able to handle it, and it is difficult to continue to serve as the Minister of Industry. ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar, except for Xu Xuanrong and a few other people's faces, the rest of them were surprised, among them, the household department, the etiquette department was even more shocked, Bai Qiuyu, who was a little distracted, was also stunned at the moment, and subconsciously looked at the old father, but saw that Bai Junru was still calm, and he was more and more surprised.

Groaning slightly, Yao Ruoyu said solemnly: "Duan Bu has worked hard in the past few years, and his achievements in my Dawen are even more heavy, my Dawen occupied Sichuan and Shu at the beginning, and the affairs naturally increased, and it is normal to be in a hurry for a while. ”

Duan Chun smiled bitterly, and still stubbornly continued to play the play: "These days, my subordinates can't sleep at night, and they almost have a few big forks, I really can't afford this position, and I ask the prince for permission." ”

Yao Ruoyu sighed and showed helplessness: "That's it, since the Duan Department is so resolute, this king is not reluctant, but after you step down, the Ministry of Industry cannot be left without an owner, I don't know if there is a suitable successor to recommend?"

Duan Chun nodded: "Duan Shaojie, director of the Water Conservancy Division of our ministry, is talented and diligent, and his subordinates recommend him as the next minister of the Ministry of Industry." ”

"The replacement of positions is a matter of the ministry, Minister Xu, what do you think?" Yao Ruoyu looked at Xu Xuanrong, who was too lazy to act, and said: "I have heard for a long time that Director Duan Shaojie has excellent ability, and he was already famous in Hezhou in his early years, so he is indeed suitable to succeed as the Minister of Industry." ”

"Okay, Duan Shaojie listen!" Nodding slightly, Yao Ruoyu smiled loudly, and saw Duan Shaojie as a leader, so he said, "Today, Duan Chungong's position as Minister of Industry will be removed, and he will be succeeded by Duan Shaojie, the former director of the Water Conservancy Division, and the former deputy director of the Water Conservancy Division, do you have any objections?"

Wenbang was originally close to Yao Ruoyu's words, where would everyone have opinions, and they all bowed their heads to agree.

Seeing Duan Chun and Duan Shaojie in the ranks, Bai Junru suddenly sighed softly, glanced at his only son, moved out of the column, and said, "Lord Wang, the old minister also has something to do." ”

"Old minister, please. Treating Bai Junru, Yao Ruoyu was a little ashamed, naturally he couldn't be as casual as before, sat up slightly straight, and said in a deep voice.

Bai Junru shook his sleeves and said: "The old minister is sixty years old, and he has been quite unable to do official business recently, and I hope that the prince will allow the old minister to return to his hometown." ”

Hearing that Bai Junru was also going to resign, Duan Chun was stunned, and the huge court hall was even more boiling, but fortunately, he immediately restrained himself, only the heads of the Ministry of Rites showed helplessness and bitterness.

Yao Ruoyu turned a blind eye to the movements below, bowed his head slightly, and muttered: "The old minister has worked hard all these years to manage government affairs, and it is inevitable that he will be weak, but this king has not paid attention, and he is a little indebted, but the old minister is dressed in Confucian scriptures, and it is inevitable that he will retire violently, I don't know if he is willing to serve as the vice president of the Mobile Communication College?"

After making up his mind to retire, Bai Junru had already planned to return to Hezhou for the rest of his life, but he didn't expect that Yao Ruoyu would invite him to serve as the vice president of the Mobile College, and he was immediately stunned, and then his eyes showed gratitude, bowed to the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "It is the blessing of the old minister to be able to teach Confucian scriptures and righteousness to my great scholars, how dare I refuse." ”

With a satisfied smile, Yao Ruoyu continued to ask: "Then the Ministry of Rites is related to my great cultural etiquette system, which is indispensable, I wonder if the old minister can have a suitable successor to recommend?"

Bai Junru groaned slightly, and said with his head bowed: "The old minister has long heard that Guo Fengjie of the Ministry of Officials is sharp-minded, acts prudently, and has worked diligently since taking office, and is the best candidate for the successor of the Minister of Rites. ”

Yao Ruoyu didn't expect Bai Junru to say this when he recommended Guo Fengjie, and his eyes suddenly narrowed, and at the same time, Guo Fengjie, who was originally like a bystander, was also stunned, and looked at Bai Junru in surprise, obviously unable to figure out why Bai Junru would recommend himself.

When Duan Chun and Bai Junru resigned one after another, although Wen Yuancai was surprised, he did not show a different color and watched with peace of mind, but at this moment, when he heard Bai Junru recommend Guo Fengjie with a black gauze hat, this person couldn't help but have a little suspicion in his eyes, and he pondered for a moment, and suddenly glanced at Zou Buyi, and the corners of his lips showed a little smile.

This time, Yao Ruoyu did not deliberately delay acting, glanced at Guo Fengjie, who had calmed down, and said: "Since the old minister is so sure, this king naturally agrees, Guo Fengjie." ”

When Guo Fengjie heard this, he hurriedly stepped out of the ranks, first glanced at Bai Junru gratefully, and then said, "The subordinates are here." ”

Yao Ruoyu smiled: "Today, you are the head of the Ministry of Rites, and when the court meeting is over, you will go to the Ministry of Rites with Old Minister Bai to prepare for the handover, you are from the Ministry of Officials, this kind of affairs should not be troublesome, right?"

Guo Fengjie laughed and said, "No trouble, no trouble." ”

After Bai Junru and Guo Fengjie were included in the ranks, Yao Ruoyu groaned a little and said: "The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the day when the vassals from all over the country pay tribute to the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Yao Ruoyu hadn't told anyone about this matter before, and everyone was stunned, Bai Junru was shocked, and regardless of the situation that he had already stepped down, he said: "Lord, the situation in my Dawen is not yet stable, and Hangdu is thousands of miles away from Shudi, and the road is far away, and the prince is a daughter, so why bother ......"

Waving his hand, Yao Ruoyu said with a smile: "This matter has been decided, there is no need to say more." ”

Seeing this, Bai Junru had to sigh, speechless, Wu Xue, who was quietly munching on osmanthus candy, blinked, quickly swallowed the candy, raised his hand and said, "Brother Yao, I'm going!"

"Let's talk about it later," glaring at her, Yao Ruoyu cleared his throat, ignored the girl's angry eyes, and said solemnly, "Sichuan Shu has returned to Wen for a certain period of time, and the candidates for the governors of various places have not yet been agreed, this matter cannot be delayed any longer, and it must be discussed properly today, so that the government affairs of various places can run normally as soon as possible, Minister Xu, has the list of candidates been drawn up?"

Xu Xuanrong said: "Three people have been drafted, and there are still several governors who have not yet been decided. ”

"Then let's discuss it now!" leaning back in the chair, Yao Ruo smiled foolishly, "If you have a suitable candidate, you can recommend it, and we will discuss it together." ”

Yesterday, Yao Ruoyu secretly summoned Duan Chun, and directly laid out the evidence of his huge amount of bribes over the years, and the frightened Duan Chun knelt directly on the ground and confessed his guilt again and again, but Yao Ruoyu was also unwilling to separate from the Dali widows, and after scolding him, he expressed his attitude that Duan Chun must step down, but the Ministry of Industry can still be in the hands of Duan's family, and they are also allowed to control the quota of the two prefectures.

As a fish on the knife board, Duan Chun dared to refuse, and immediately agreed, which also happened to him taking the initiative to resign before.

At this moment, after discussing the candidates for governors in various places, Duan Shaojie, Bai Qiuyu, Wen Yuancai, Xu Xuanrong and others all recommended several people one after another, either their own officials in the Fifth Ministry, or members of the local gentry.

Around this list, everyone also argued several times, but fortunately, with Bai Junru and Duan Chun taking the initiative to resign, Bai Qiuyu and Duan Shaojie, who had just taken office, did not dare to insist as usual, and soon fell into disadvantage.

Three hours later, the crowd who almost had their bladders exploding finally decided on the candidates for the governors of various places.

The Bai Party and the Duan Party each won two places, and the rest were either recommended by Xu Xuanrong, Guo Fengjie, and Wen Yuancai, or Yao Ruoyu selected elites from all over the Wen Palace.

Finally waited for the meeting to end, all the civil and military officers didn't care about etiquette, and they withdrew from the Qiantian Hall and ran to the toilet, but Wu Xue, Fan Difei and others stayed, Wu Xue rushed to the high platform regardless of it, grabbed Yao Ruoyu's sleeve, and shouted: "I also want to go to Hangzhou!"

Li Huan didn't come up, but he also smiled and said, "Brother Demon, Sister Xian and I also want to go to see Master, let's go together." ”

Fan Difei, who didn't know when he also walked up to the high platform, touched the throne carved in pure gold with a smile, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen Master for several years, let me join me!"

Yao Ruoyu didn't realize this when he saw this, and said with a smile: "There are important things to go to Hangzhou this time, and I don't recommend you to go together." ”

Zou Buyi also stayed, he was secretly looking at Hu Xian, and raised his eyebrows in confusion when he heard this: "What's the matter?"

Dragging Wu Xue down the high platform, Yao Ruo smiled foolishly: "The day before yesterday, the Song Dynasty sent an edict, on the one hand, to praise us for taking away Sichuan Shu from the Jin State, and on the other hand, to want to take Sichuan Shu over. ”

Zou Buyi was stunned when he heard this, Li Huan and the others were all angry, Chen Meng was even more angry, and said angrily: "Why?"

Fan Difei also followed, and sneered: "That's it, it took us more than half a year, how many people died to lay down Sichuan and Shu, why should we give it to the Great Song Dynasty?"

Hu Xian's mind was more delicate, and she frowned and said: "There is always a reason! Our Dawen is a vassal of the Song Dynasty, not a vassal, and it stands to reason that they should not make such a request." ”

When Zou Buyi heard this, he hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Hu Xian is right! What reason did Da Song give?"

Seeing that he was so positive, Yao Ruo looked at him suspiciously, and said lightly: "Sichuan and Shu were originally the fief of the King of Shu of the Great Song Dynasty, when Jin Guotie rode south, he lost his fief and could only flee back to Hangdu, this time the Song Dynasty wanted to return to Shu, it was the idea of this prince." ”

Wu Xue pursed her lips and muttered: "What a thick skin! I lost Chuandi, we beat it down, and we want to go over, it's really shameless!"

"How did you reply, brother demon?" Li Huan thought for a while and asked.

Shaking his head, Yao Ruoyu said indifferently: "I didn't reply, and the Song Dynasty didn't ask directly, but asked from the side, so this time I planned to go to Hangdu in person, and if I didn't solve this matter, the King of Shu would make some trouble sooner or later, so I didn't say it in public before." ”

Zou Buyi bowed his head lightly and said in a deep voice: "This matter is a bit complicated, it stands to reason that this place is the fief of the King of Shu, and we are a vassal of the Song Dynasty, so we should return the land of Shu to the King of Shu." ”

"Of course, that's an ordinary situation," Seeing Hu Xian's cold eyes sweeping, Zou Buyi hurriedly smiled and continued, "The King of Shu has lost Sichuan for more than ten years, and the local people have long lost their hearts, and we are not only a small vassal of Hezhou back then, but a strong Sichuan Shu, with the princes of the Seven Realms in charge, and the Song Dynasty will not ask us to return Shu with a too tough attitude." ”

Yao Ruoyu smiled and nodded: "And the Song Dynasty is not monolithic, the military has three kings with different surnames and ten first-class military marquis, and the civil officials have two ministers and six Shangshu, these princes of the Song Dynasty seem to be relatives of the emperor, but in fact, except for a few strong factions, like the King of Shu, they have no right to speak." ”

Shrugging his shoulders, Zou Buyi chuckled: "So as long as we can win the support of other people, there is nothing the King of Shu can do alone, of course, the best way is to solve this person." ”

"Why don't I kill him?" Fan Difei raised his eyebrows and asked eagerly.

"Where is Hangdu, can you be wild?" Rolling his eyes, Yao Ruoyu said angrily.

Zou Buyi smiled: "Actually, don't worry too much, as the prince said, the king of Shu has no right to speak, and to be honest, we occupy Sichuan and Shu, in fact, we also share the pressure from the Jin and Barbarian countries for the Song Dynasty, as long as the head is not bad, you can see who occupies Sichuan and Shu is more beneficial to the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Let's talk about these things when we get to Hangzhou," shaking his head, Yao Ruoyu looked at Wu Xue and the others and asked, "Do you still want to go?"

"Of course, how can you miss such an exciting thing!" Fan Difei rubbed his hands and replied with a grin.

Seeing that Wu Xue, Hu Xian, and Li Huan were all bowed, Yao Ruoyu had to shrug his shoulders, but when he turned his head, he caught a glimpse of Hou Jingru who wanted to speak and stopped, and said with a smile: "Jingru, what's wrong?"

"Brother Demon, I want to go too," after hesitating, Hou Jingru said softly, "I haven't been to Jiangnan yet." ”

"Then let's go together! exactly six people," Yao Ruo suddenly thought of Zou Buyi Ying and Hu Xian's words earlier, and suddenly turned his head to look at it, and said with a wicked smile, "Buyi, do you want to go?"

Zou Buyi was about to agree, but when he saw this guy's strange gaze, he immediately reacted and snorted: "Please forgive me, the prince is not like some corpses and vegetarian meals, and Si Tian is really unable to get rid of it." ”

Snorted twice, Yao Ruoyu was too lazy to say that this guy's move to save face, but when everyone was about to leave the Qiantian Palace, he sneaked up to the side of this cloth cloth master, and laughed in a low voice: "It's a pity! You haven't seen the hills on your chest for about a month." ”

This ridicule was exchanged for a humiliating but unwilling laugh: "Lord, Buyi has repented." ”