While the ministers were discussing the matter, a crisp sound suddenly sounded, and a two-foot-high bronze man suddenly flashed out. The bronze man held a small hammer in his right hand and a small gong in his left hand. He mechanically lowered his head to Cui Xiuning on the throne, and then moved his hands mechanically.

"Dangdangdang..." The little bronze man knocked six times in a row, but it was Si time.

This is a time-recording instrument developed by the Ministry of Works and Craftsmanship Department, called Si Shi. This Si Shi bronze man can only report the time, but cannot look at the scale, so it is just a palace embellishment. The real time-recording clock is a clock that has already started mass production.

At the same time, the exquisite floor-standing clock on the side of Xuanzheng Hall, the hour hand just pointed to the character "Si" and the minute just pointed to the character "Chu".

The Tang Dynasty clock has been made very precisely, and it is also made by Li Luo himself. The clock developed by the craftsmanship department is divided into two types: self-tone clock and silent clock. The smallest clock can be as big as a bowl, but it cannot create a smaller pocket watch.

However, this watch manufacturing technology has been unique in the world and has been ahead of the West for hundreds of years.

However, although the Tang Palace and the noble and bureaucratic homes generally use clocks, in order to show respect for tradition, many tall and gorgeous sundials are still set up in the palace squares and important occasions. In fact, sundials have higher accuracy than clocks, which is just inconvenient to use.

When the bell rang, Zhang Yanghao, the president of the Datang News Agency, came out and said: "Report to His Majesty the Queen, after the engraving of a small-size lead type, the Datang News Agency has published the first Datang New News Agency. Here is the new newspaper, please review it."

After saying that, he took out a stacked "Da Tang Xunbao" from the sleeves of the court robes and raised it respectfully over his head.

The female official Yan Chan'er lowered the Danban, took the newspaper from Zhang Yanghao, and presented it to the queen.

Cui Xiuning took over the "Da Tang Xunbao" and first smelled the fragrance of ink, which was obviously published today.

With a glance, Choi Xiuning showed a satisfied look.

Of course, the Tang paper newly developed by the Tang Dynasty Craftsmanship Department is used. The quality is already good, and it is not thick or thin. It is the best to print books and newspapers. The cost is also low enough.

The font is a Song font with a small size (sized by a fly head), and the printing is very exquisite.

When I opened it, I saw that the two Tang rulers were square, which was slightly larger than later newspapers, because they were weekday newspapers, not daily newspapers, and there were a lot of reports.

On the right side of the newspaper is the famous emperor calligrapher Mr. Li Luo's imperial pen: The Tang Dynasty Xinbao.

This is a big character, which is used in the Dong style that the Tang Lord is best at. It looks elegant and noble, and is also simple and grand.

Just looking at these four inscriptions makes it extraordinary. Even Cui Xiuning has to admit that men's calligraphy is really a generation of calligraphers now.

The "Da Tang Xunbao" is divided into eight pages, with no advertisements, and is all "dry goods".

The most conspicuous first version is: the Regent Queen welcomes her and the long-distance fleet returns to Beijing.

This is indeed a major news that has happened recently.

Then there is the Regent Queen who rewards meritorious officials and pays martyrs... Floods occurred in the East Province, and the Queen provides relief... His Majesty the Emperor issued an imperial edict to tour the north, and the Emperor established three new states...

Another Western Expedition soldiers fought bloody battles and had recovered Beiting... The fourth group of southern people who immigrated to the four northeastern prefectures have set out... Northern refugees have begun to return north... The Craftsmanship and Construction Department has developed microscopes, etc.

There are dozens of big and small news items, and the content is already very rich. Whether it is military and national affairs, or important news from the government and the country, customs and folk customs, etc., it is all included.

However, from Cui Xiuning's perspective, this is of course a newspaper with a strong official color. To put it bluntly, the "Da Tang Xunbao" is the mouthpiece of the court.

As for private newspapers, I’m sorry, the court does not allow them. As for when they can be allowed, only God knows.

However, private individuals can freely print and publish books, but they cannot violate the "Publishing Law" in the "Da Tang Dynasty Law". Otherwise, they will be punished whether they are printing or hiding.

It can be said that although the Tang court had some control over folk publishing, it did not control it so leniently. In fact, all dynasties, namely, the Qing Dynasty, controlled the strict control of folk publishing, and no other dynasty did not allow the people to print books privately.

I can let you publish a book freely, but you cannot slander the court or the current emperor in your book... As for the others, you can say whatever you want and write what you want.

If you say something you shouldn't say, hum.

Cui Xiuning smiled and nodded and said:

"Zhang Qing's newspaper is very suitable. Next, he will print 100,000 yuan and sell it to the world. If it is sold well, the second issue will be doubled. If it is sold well, the second issue will be reduced in weight. Let's try it first. Although the imperial court will not make money to make money, it will not be able to lose money."

"Abide by the order!" Zhang Yanghao said with his order, his expression suddenly became relaxed.

It's OK. His Majesty the Queen is very satisfied.

Cui Xiuning continued: "The so-called "new year" is of course published every ten days. From today on January 30, 60 to seven days are used as weekends. In addition to the officials on duty, the official offices in various places will have holidays and rest on weekends."

"In addition, the school will also have a holiday of 60 to 700 yuan, including craftsmen and soldiers in the army. All those who have a salary of this court will have a holiday of 60 to 700 yuan. However, it will not be added to the festival."

Cui Xiuning did this, but in fact he would take six days off in January. Add New Year's Day (eight days of Spring Festival), Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Zhongyuan, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, National Day, Winter Solstice, Holy Birthday, Ascension (Yellow Emperor Ascension Day), and the restoration of these twelve festivals is 18 days, and theoretically, the total rest of the year is about 90 days.

But in fact, there isn't, it's only about eighty days.

Because of the Tang Dynasty's rest system, holidays are not added together. If the National Day on October 1st is exactly six months old, then I'm sorry, it's not about six months old and seven days old and three days left for National Day, but still two days.

Of course, this is far inferior to later generations.

But compared with the previous dynasty, it is better.

The Han and Tang dynasties generally had one holiday every five days, and one month was also six days. However, there were not so many holiday festivals in the Han and Tang dynasties.

Officials of the Ministry of Personnel immediately recorded the queen's words as the standard for attendance in the future. Officials of the Tang Dynasty had to check in to work, that is, they signed in by themselves and signed for refunds by themselves.

If you think about what time it will be, what time it will be, and what time it will be, it will be impossible.

It’s okay if you want to cheat on attendance, that’s a handle for your colleagues. If anyone reports you, it’s not a trivial matter. If someone reports you, it’s a reward, and you’re guilty of being reported.

The current official atmosphere in the Tang court, under the influence of Taoist ethics, is no longer an unjust thing to report secrets, but rather glorious. Because the behavior of the whistleblower is defined as "defending the way" and is done by a gentleman. If he covers up and conceals his illegality, he is labeled as a loss of chastity and arbitrage, which is done by a villain, and is punished like the sheltered person.

Under such a general trend, it is impossible for anyone to still receive wages if they don’t go to work for a few days like officials in the Song Dynasty, and their colleagues communicate with each other to protect their absenteeism.

As long as it is not sick leave or bereavement leave, all leave will be deducted. The money will be refunded early when absent from work, and the money will be deducted if you don’t do your job properly. What should you do if you deduct money? The court doesn’t want it, but will give it to other colleagues and reward it to the guardians who reported it.

The treatment of officials in the Tang Dynasty is indeed very generous, provided that you have to abide by the rules.

Perhaps many ministers thought of this level, so Wang Qi, the Minister of Rites, made a speech:

"Your Majesty, I heard that there were some discussions between the court and the country. Some people said that the civil affairs of the Tang Dynasty became popular, and even during the Wuzhou period. Even if you were promoted to the small people, you would dare to ask someone to write a letter of complaint and throw it into bronze gui. There were even civil society groups that specifically investigated the secrets of officials and used bounties to be professions."

"I am worried that if this continues, I am afraid... I am afraid..."

"I'm afraid what?" asked the Regent Queen.

Wang Qi trembled, looked up and found that the queen was looking at him with a smile.

"The terrifying hearts of people are becoming increasingly different. They use public service to help others and collect crimes, so that people are in panic. Isn't this losing the original intention of the court?" Wang Qi said with a tough forehead, and his heart suddenly became hung.

At this moment, this dignified minister wanted to give himself a mouthful.

Yes, I do hate this politics of rumor, but why did I have to make this point and be touched by a ghost?

But what reassuring him was that the queen just smiled and said, "Everything has advantages and disadvantages. Even good medicines are three parts poisonous. You can't do this, otherwise the patients will take medicine. The important ministers of the court are like good doctors, who want to balance and seek benefits and avoid harm."

"Your Majesty the Queen is wise, I am not considering it." Wang Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a forced smile.

Although Cui Xiuning's face was as warm as usual, a hint of coldness flashed in her eyes.

At this moment, a crisp voice suddenly said, "Mr. Wang, are you eager to do that? The Empress immediately ordered the cancellation of the information on the bronze gui?"

Wang Qi looked stunned, then he lowered his face and looked at a young and beautiful female official coldly, "Si Fu Shiqing, what do you mean?"

It's so hard for this female official who suddenly spoke.

"What do you mean?" With a hard smile, she took out a piece of white paper from her sleeve and raised it in front of Wang Qi. "Do you know a Fengchen woman named Yan Mei?"

"What did you say?" Wang Qi's face changed.

He wanted to say he didn't know him, but looking at the piece of handwriting on Xunfu's hand, he didn't dare to deny it.

In an instant, Wang Qi was covered in cold sweat and he was covered in a lot of money. Even the large ice stove in the hall made him feel no coldness.

This important official of the court who was a second-rank official swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said dryly: "I know her..."

The man looked at the sweet and pretty smile of hard work, and suddenly felt that the smile had become so ferocious, like a poisonous snake spitting out a letter. Her face, which looked childish because of her baby face, looked so ugly at this moment.

"Oh, Master, you are the Minister of Rites of the Tang Dynasty. Isn't this word "ritual" your creed? How can you..."

Wang Qi glared at Xin Kuo, and did not tell her anything. Instead, he knelt down suddenly, bowed down to Cui Xiuning, and said in a trembling voice: "My minister of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Qi, is guilty!"

Speaking of which, although Wang Qi was not from the old man Haidong and Yuan Cong, he was a former doctor of the Song Dynasty, proficient in etiquette and helped Wu Zhenlou, the Minister of Rites. Although he was a deputy, his business was much better than Wu Zhenlou, the Minister of Rites. Otherwise, he would not have reached the high position of Minister of Rites.

Cui Xiuning said lightly with a clear idea in her heart: "What are you guilty?"

"I am not good at me, I am not good at me..." Wang Qi sweated like a slurry, but he couldn't speak.

After the civil and military officials in the court were stunned, they all realized it.

"I am incorrect in the way of the flowers. Therefore, in addition to official duties, I occasionally miss the Qinlou and Chu Pavilion, provoking bees and butterflies, and losing the decentness of the ministers of the State. I am guilty!"

After Wang Qi said these words, he was so embarrassed that he was dying of anger.

However, whether it is the ministers or the queen, they all looked "I don't believe it".

Is lust a bad habit?

yes.

But being romantic and lustful is not a sin. Although it is not glorious to go to Qinlou Chuguan to sleep in the willows, it is not a sin.

To put it bluntly, how many people in the dynasty dare to say that they have never been there?

There must be other reasons.

Sure enough, thanks for his hard work, he said to Cui Xiuning: "Immortal, the Qinlou Chu Pavilion under the Sifu Temple also has a copper gui. Unfortunately, when Weichen inspected the copper gui, he found a woman named Yan Mei, who reported that Wang Qi, the Minister of Rites, had sex with him many times!"

What?

Free sex?

What did the Minister of Rites do?

this…

The faces of the civil and military officials in the court suddenly became extremely wonderful. Their expressions were first suspicious, then surprised, and finally turned into constipated expressions, which seemed to be very hard.

It would be fine if you are lustful, but it is not a crime to go to that happiness.

But you can't have sex for nothing, right?

I am a high salary in the Tang Dynasty. You are a second-rank official with a salary of several thousand silver dollars a year. Your Wang family is also a prominent family in Jiangnan. Speaking of which, you claim to be a descendant of Wang Dao of Wuyixiang. That's it?

Eat for free many times, don’t pay?

If you do this, you will lose not only the face of the Tang Dynasty court, but also the face of the husbands of Huajian.

Wang Qi almost fainted with a "moan". His eyes were staring at the smooth gold brick floor, but he could not see a gap.

The Tang Dynasty reported the news, and he was indeed a little worried that Yan Mei would report him. But because he was an important official in the court, he thought that a lowly fireworks woman would not dare to report him with her ten courage.

This is also the reason why he has always been dissatisfied with the trend of informing the Tang Dynasty and wants to abolish the copper gui system.

Who would have thought that the worry that the needle tip was originally small turned out to be as big as a millstone.

He did have sex with him many times, but it wasn't because he had no money. He didn't believe him if he had no money.

He just likes...not giving money.

Because, he felt that giving money was boring. He just enjoyed the attitude of having sex for free.

What? Isn’t it her fortune to be a second-rank official, and a romantic and elegant person who has become a noble woman with a noble despicable fireworks? Isn’t that her blessing? Not her fortune?

She doesn't pay back and is not grateful. Forget it, she still has to spend money on her own?

Therefore, Wang Qi hopes that he enjoys the treatment like Liu Yong. This is the reason why he has sex for free.

But unexpectedly, this bitch actually reported himself to hundreds of silver dollars.

At this moment, although Wang Qi was afraid of the queen's handling, he also felt humiliated by the betrayal of fireworks. Why, is this official so uncharacteristic?

The civil and military officials in the court looked like a melon-eating expression, and they pricked up their ears and listened to the hard work and continued:

"Yan Mei reported that the Minister of the Assistant had sex with her many times and owed her ninety-eight silver dollars. She couldn't help but was threatened by the Minister of the Assistant."

"The minister told Yan Mei that if she dared to speak nonsense, she would no longer write poems for her, and she would also let her cherish the present for herself. She wrote poems: "A good man is like spring rain, and he can't be found. The wind and dust have no huge eyes, and she looks at the red Buddha building from afar."

"Tsk tsk, the poems of the Minister of the Secretariat are very good. Unfortunately, the Minister of the Secretariat Wang is Li Jing, but Yan Mei is not a Red Buddha girl. She just relies on selling herself to make a living."

What?

If you are free, you still threaten people and use your power to suppress others? You can also write poems and claim to be romantic?

This is too unvirtuous.

This is arbitrary.

Without faith and righteousness, bullying others with power, shamelessness.

Loss of chastity!

Is this a trivial matter?

This is a loss of the face of the Ministry of Rites and the court!

"Thank you!" Wang Qi could no longer help but turn his head and stared at Xin Hao with resentment: "Sir, you can kill it, not be humiliated! Although I, Wang Qi, are guilty of losing my virginity, but you, your Sifu Temple is not the Censorate! It is not the Da'an Mansion! It is not the police department! It is not the Dali Temple! It is not the Grand Prosecutor's Hall! It is not the Ministry of Justice! It is not the Gendarmerie Department!"

"You have no power to set up a copper gui! No!"

"You are not qualified to take care of the matter of copper gui! If you want to take care of it, it is also the power and responsibility of other departments! You are interfering with the affairs, usurping, and abuse of power!"

"Your Majesty Queen!" Wang Qi turned his head and kowtowed three times, "I accept the punishment and ask Your Majesty Queen to punish you! I also want to impeach the Sifu Temple Minister for his hard work and abuse his power! I set up a copper gui privately!"

Cui Xiuning looked calm and her face was not angry. She looked at the hard work indifferently and said calmly: "Sifu Temple Minister, Wang Qi impeached you for abuse of power and set up a copper gui privately. What do you think about it yourself?"

The unique hibiscus crown of the hard-working and upright female official said solemnly:

"Reply to the words of the Empress, I remember that the "Dharma of the Tang Dynasty" made by the Empress, there is a sentence at the beginning of the beginning: the law is not prohibited by explicit texts, and it can be practiced. The Tao is unreasonable and violated by teachings, so it can be done."

Cui Xiuning couldn't help but sigh inwardly, this hard work is too smart and too treacherous.

"No," Cui Xiuning nodded, "It is not prohibited by the law and does not violate the moral scope. It can be done, and the court does not care about it."

He worked hard to raise the jade scepter high, "So, the empress is not abusing his power or shooting a copper gui privately. The power of the Sifu Temple is to protect women all over the world and educate women all over the world. Then setting up copper gui in the land of Fengyue was originally designed to protect women, which is in line with national laws and official ways."

"And the Tang Dynasty's Dichou Laws: Officials" did not prohibit Sifu Temple from setting up copper gui, nor did it stipulate that only those yamen could set up copper gui. What are the charges of Sifu Temple? When Sifu Temple's bronze gui received a letter of complaint to the court ministers, the ministers would never dare to deliberately conceal it."

"However, I can understand the impeachment of the minister Wang and I don't blame him. After all, he always has to vent his anger and feel better. Therefore, although I do not acknowledge the impeachment of the minister Wang and I do not accuse him of the crime of false accusation."

Li Huizhi and Jin Guangruo, the female officials of Sifu Temple, were both happy and wry and smiled bitterly when they saw this.

Happy that the establishment of copper gui in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion of Sifu Temple should not be a crime, nor is it considered an abuse of power. The wry smile is that Qingtang is so powerful and good at seizing power and fighting, and I don’t know how long it takes to take charge of Sifuqing.

Qingtang turned the originally weak Sifu Temple into a powerful and powerful temple. Speaking of which, they were both admiring and jealous.

Cui Xiuning waved his hand and asked to submit the report letter to himself.

"This matter will be left to the Da'an Mansion and the Censorate to find out the facts. If it is true as the letter of report says, then punish it according to the law."

Choi Soo-ning ordered.

If it is confirmed, Wang Qi will definitely not be the minister of the assistant minister. The best result is also a demotion.
Chapter completed!