One hundred and fifty-four chapters control the government
Those who win the hearts and minds of the people win the world, and the queen naturally keeps this in mind. What's more, she must seize this rare opportunity to control the court and win over the hearts and minds of those ministers. It will be useful in the future.
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"Old minister, I have something to report today. Recently, due to successive years of drought, a large number of refugees are migrating to the south. I wonder what the Queen's opinion is on this?"
This matter is the most important thing in the past few days. Prime Minister Rong and the others are very busy because of this matter. He deliberately asked the Queen about this matter in public in the court, just to see what the Queen is like.
What are you capable of? The issue of refugees has been extremely difficult since ancient times.
"The harvest in the frontier fortress is not good this year, and there is a famine." The Queen Mother muttered to herself, and then continued in a louder voice. "Then open the treasury and help the victims as much as possible."
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After hearing the Queen's decisive decision, the ministers began to hesitate. This matter was not just a matter of words. After all, it would involve a series of things.
"The national treasury must not be opened easily unless it is absolutely necessary. If a war breaks out one day, what should we do?"
After the ministers discussed in low voices for a long time, one person finally took the lead to express their concerns. You must know that the last time Xiliang invaded, the fifth prince led the troops to go out and narrowly escaped death. They did not open the treasury. For such people's
How could they be willing to open the treasury during a famine?
"The people are the foundation of the country. If the problems of the people are not solved, the country cannot be strong. I ask you, now that the people are in dire straits, this is not considered a last resort. What is the last resort?"
As the Queen spoke, she slapped the dragon chair angrily and glared at the ministers. It seemed like a real dragon was roaring behind her. The Queen's domineering look made the ministers shudder.
Your Majesty, your current appearance is actually more terrifying than before.
"Thank you, Prime Minister, I'll leave this matter to you." Seeing that the ministers were not talking about anything, the Queen continued to give her instructions.
The Queen always seems to be very orderly when doing things, and she arranges everything as properly as possible, including every tiny detail.
"My lord, I obey the order."
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After today's incident, the veterans' understanding of the Queen has changed. Especially some of the Queen's ways of dealing with things made them feel particularly admirable. Although some of them were still very unconvinced, they
I didn't find anything against the Queen, so they all behaved more obediently and well-behaved when they went to court.
But those big men still feel dissatisfied from the bottom of their hearts. Although this may really be His Majesty's intention, they are just not willing to surrender to the Queen. From time to time, they still want to see if the Queen has anything.
Fault. If they really find something wrong, then the next thing will be easier to handle.
The Queen is in control of the government these days, and it's okay for a day or two. However, as time goes by, the gossip in the court spreads again. Those old ministers have not seen Your Majesty for five days in a row. They just listen to the Queen.
The empress said that Your Majesty is seriously ill and needs to rest peacefully. However, they still don’t know how sick His Majesty is. They don’t even know what kind of illness His Majesty is suffering from.
It's just because the Queen's way of handling government affairs these days is somewhat similar to His Majesty's, and those matters are handled fairly, so they didn't gossip or put forward any opinions. But gradually
As time goes by, they will inevitably think more.
"Your Majesty, what exactly is this disease?"
"Yes, yes, if I have the opportunity to enter the palace, I really want to go in and see how your majesty is doing now? Even if the imperial doctor tells me that your majesty's condition is fine."
"Who knows? Unfortunately, we can't enter the palace without orders."
Those ministers said helplessly that they could not see the actual situation now and could only guess casually. After all, if they really went to the harem, not to mention the important area of the harem, ministers could not enter casually. More importantly,
What's more, if they really go to the harem, everything will have to be arranged by the Queen, and by then they will have no chance to speak.
Therefore, they could only make casual guesses as they went up and down.
And these words were all listened to by Bei Mingchen, who stood silently aside. The longer these days passed, the more rumors and rumors were generated, and those ministers who usually did not believe in ghosts and gods gradually began to believe in evil.
. They always felt that there was something abnormal about His Majesty’s physical condition, or that something evil was at work that made His Majesty so sick.
As he listened, Bei Mingchen began to feel a little unconfident. Maybe Shuojin was right, maybe he should go into the palace and take a look.
However, before he entered the palace, another thing happened.
Maybe it's because life has gone on for a long time, people gradually become careless, and the Queen is not as cautious as she was before.
This day or two was fine, but as the days went by, the Queen's ambition was exposed. In the following days, when the Queen went to the main hall again, she looked much more calm, as if she were there.
Everything is prepared for the queen.
No wonder! No wonder, from ancient times to the present, so many people have gradually lost themselves for power. It turns out that not only men, but women are also crazy for power.
"Why, why are your dear ladies looking so sad today?"
On this day, as soon as the Queen came to the main hall, she saw several prime ministers discussing something in a low voice there, and all of them had their brows furrowed, and their expressions looked a little serious.
"To the Queen, you are worried for the sake of the people."
"Oh? What is it? Tell me."
"Recently, many strange things have happened in the Jiangnan area. I don't know who instigated the Japanese pirates and bandits there to become particularly wanton. Even the local officials can't do anything about it."
After such a long time, the veterans began to believe in the Queen. They felt that the Queen would definitely uphold justice for such a serious matter and severely punish the gang of thieves. But who would have thought that the Queen would do this this time?
The decision they made was completely beyond their expectations.
"Is this happening?"
The Queen took a deep breath and spoke leisurely. She held the chair tightly with her hands and gritted her teeth. However, she looked far less angry than before.
"To the Queen, everything I said is true." The ministers said in unison.
The queen twirled her index finger and thumb, narrowed her eyes slightly, and looked at one place, looking a little confused.
Jiangnan, that place, the Queen is much more familiar with than these ministers. It is the place where she grew up. The Queen is familiar with every plant and tree there. How familiar is she with it? She almost knows it.
Everything is clear.
Of course, all of this does not only refer to the scenery there, the delicious food there, the mist and rain there, as the Queen knows, but also includes the evil people that the adults say.
"It's better to be cautious about this matter. Jiangnan is so far away from the imperial capital. We must ensure that the news is reliable enough before we can take action. This matter is of great importance and we need to consider it in the long term."
Having said this, the queen began to feel a little nervous. She stood up from her chair unconsciously and walked around in front of the hall. She hesitated and made some excuses, trying to get rid of the ministers.
However, some of them are veterans of several dynasties and are not so easy to fool.
The ministers were very confused when they heard the Queen's words. In their eyes, the Queen was very fair in her affairs. She always put the people first in everything she did. When there was a famine, the Queen made such a big fuss. Now the Japanese pirates are doing whatever they want.
How could the Queen turn a blind eye to their intrusion?
"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. I hope your Majesty can make a decision early."
"I hope your Majesty can make a decision early."
One of the ministers took the lead and knelt in front of the Queen, begging the Queen to follow their wishes. Then the other ministers also agreed. For a time, the ministers knelt together in the court hall.
"My dear friends, are you planning to rebel?"
Seeing this, the Queen shook her sleeves angrily, turned her head, turned her back to the ministers and scolded her angrily. Maybe only by turning her back to them could the Queen have the courage to do this. When she said this, everyone in the court
It suddenly became silent, and for a while in the court room, the silence was even so quiet that it made people feel chills behind their backs.
"Mother, what about those refugees from Jiangnan?" After a long time, the minister and the others boldly asked again.
"Those common people will naturally have officials who will entertain them well. You should pay more attention to other things!" The queen still did not look back. She tried to control her emotions and said this sentence as lightly as possible.
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible. If His Majesty were here, he would never allow those people to act against others." Not getting the results they wanted, the ministers started to get a little anxious.
They never thought that even though they had hinted so obviously, they would still only get such an answer from the queen.
These days of dealing with the Queen made them a little tired. They thought that the Queen was the one who could distinguish right from wrong, so they continued to speak out. They even mentioned His Majesty, but little did they know that this was the Queen's biggest taboo.
"Your Majesty? Do you think that what I have done is inappropriate? I will tell you again that what I mean is what Your Majesty means."
The queen sneered, then stopped, and glanced around the crowd with eyes as cold as scimitars. Although the queen's expression looked particularly calm from beginning to end, her hands were clenched tightly unconsciously.
When they came together, her thumb clenched tightly on the pad of her index finger, and her long nails were already embedded in her flesh.