Hong Zhenji said that the morning meeting was postponed, but a whole day passed and he did not leave the dormitory.
The next day, Hong Zhenji decided to go to the court meeting first. After eating the fish soup prepared by the supervisor, Hong Zhenji felt that his blood was surging and needed to be recuperated, so he returned to the dormitory again and gave up the court meeting that day.
On the third day, Hong Zhenji made up his mind to go to court. Qin Yan replaced five Shuli ladies to serve him. Hong Zhenji scolded Qin Yan, and then made up his mind to go to court again tomorrow.
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Although Qin Yan achieved his goal, he was also scolded. He was a cautious person and knew that this sign was wrong.
That night, he secretly met with Li Quangen to discuss the matter.
Li Quangen thought for a long time and said: "You arranged everything too properly, but it made the Lord Shen suspicious."
"What should we do according to Brother Li's wishes?"
"The art of an emperor lies in checks and balances. If you are an impeccable person, but you always guess the divine monarch's thoughts correctly, the divine monarch will have no way to check and balance you, and he will definitely become suspicious.
You should make some mistakes, guess wrong at least a few times, and find someone to point out the mistakes so that this person can control you, so that God can rest assured."
"Brother Li, I know how to do this."
Qin Yan suddenly understood and was about to leave, but was stopped by Li Quangen: "Brother Qin, I also have something to ask you."
"Brother Li, just say it."
"There is one thing I forgot. I want Brother Qin to help me think about it. What exactly did I forget?"
Qin Yan really wanted to ask a question.
Brother Li, do you understand what you are saying?
Li Quangen also knew that his question was outrageous: "I really can't remember it, but it's really important."
Qin Yan cupped her fists and said, "Brother Li, don't be anxious, think slowly, I'll deal with the current matter first."
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On the sixth day, Hong Zhenji put on his shirt and walked out of the dormitory.
After all, he was born into a noble family and had enjoyed countless luxuries. Although he indulged in them for a while, he was not unable to extricate himself.
Today, he pulled it out!
After dinner and some wine, Hong Zhenji felt hot and dry again.
But he did not go to the dormitory, but forced himself to go to Yingwen Pavilion to deal with government affairs.
This is the self-control of being born into a royal family.
When he arrived at Yingwen Pavilion, he saw the memorials that had been piled up for six days. The corners of Hong Zhenji's eyes trembled for a moment, and he almost lifted the desk.
Looking through the first memorial: The east gate of Shenlin City has paint peeling off and rotten in many places and should be repaired in time.
The city gate decays every year and is repaired every year.
Hong Zhenji ordered: "Leave it to the Ministry of Industry to deal with it."
Next memorial: Insect pests are rampant in the east of the city, harming the stored rice, and should be exterminated as soon as possible.
You must also report the bugs to me!
Hong Zhenji threw the memorial aside and ordered: "Leave it to the Household Department for disposal."
Qin Yan's original reply was approved and handed over to Hong Zhenji for verification before it was sealed.
Hong Zhenji glanced at it impatiently and then reviewed the memorial.
In fact, the mystery of these two memorials is very deep, but Hong Zhenji was inexperienced and could not see it.
In the first book, the Ministry of Industry wants to repair the city gate, but it doesn't say how much money it will cost.
The city gate is the face of Shenlin City, and its location is very conspicuous. The Ministry of Works set up a structure and hired craftsmen to make it more impressive.
In fact, it may only take a few nails and a coat of paint, but a major project worth hundreds of thousands of dollars is completed just like that.
The city gate needs to be repaired every year, and each repair costs hundreds of thousands of silver, which has become a fixed income for the Ministry of Industry.
As for the pest infestations reported by the Ministry of Revenue, this is to cover up the deficit in the accounts.
The granary is in the east of the city. There was an insect outbreak in the east of the city. Although it was dealt with early, it was reasonable to cause hundreds of thousands of stones of grain to be destroyed.
As for the grain eaten by insects, there was no way to check it, so the shortfall in the books was just filled up.
Qin Yan knew the method, but deliberately did not reveal it, and accompanied Hong Zhenji to review each book one after another.
The twenty-sixth volume was approved, and it was all trivial matters. This was Qin Yan's deliberate order.
Hong Zhenji's patience ran out, he threw the memorial aside and said, "Where is the Jizhou Memorial?"
What he is most concerned about now is the civil uprising.
Qin Yan lowered her head and said, "I haven't read these memorials yet."
"You haven't seen it yet, but you sent it to me!" Hong Zhenji was annoyed, "I have to deal with building roads, building buildings, and city gates? At least pick some useful ones and show them to me!"
Qin Yan has been waiting for this sentence for a long time.
He immediately accepted the order and began to help the Lord of Gods select the memorials.
In order to avoid suspicion, Qin Yan asked Hong Zhenji for instructions, and instead of letting him screen the candidates alone, he brought along Bing Bi, the supervisor of etiquette, and the chief officers to do the screening together.
Hong Zhenji agreed, and within half an hour, he read each memorial one by one, and Qin Yan presented Jizhou's memorial to Hong Zhenji.
Because the imperial court withdrew the imperial edict to collect taxes, the rebels in Jizhou had dispersed, and the whereabouts of several rebel leaders were unknown.
Hong Zhenji was very satisfied with the result. He pointed to the memorial and said: "Although these rebel leaders have escaped, they cannot be spared lightly. People must be sent to arrest them."
Qin Yan nodded and said: "What the Lord God said is absolutely true."
The new Chief of Ceremony, Bingbi Congzhilin, opened his mouth, as if he had something to say, but he looked at Qin Yan beside him and did not dare to say it.
Hong Zhenji looked at Cong Zhilin and said, "Do you have something to say?"
Cong Zhilin whispered: "I feel that the civil uprising in Jizhou happened during the late emperor's time, and that quelling the civil uprising was the achievement of the divine monarch.
At this time, if the leader of the rebels is arrested, if everyone in the rebels is in danger and causes trouble again, then the rebellion will become a matter of the time of the divine king."
When Hong Zhenji heard this, he suddenly realized.
There had never been a civil uprising in Qiancheng Kingdom before. The only civil uprising occurred was that of Hong Juncheng. This incident is difficult to erase in the annals of history.
Now I have quelled the civil uprising, which is an unprecedented achievement. If I provoke another civil uprising just to arrest a few rebel leaders, it will be a big loss.
Hong Zhenji nodded and said, "What you said makes sense. How should we deal with the Qiu Fu incident?"
After speaking, Hong Zhenji looked at Qin Yan again.
Qin Yan said: "If you still want to keep the system, you will be charged 50%."
Hong Zhenji looked at Cong Zhilin again.
Cong Zhilin looked at Qin Yan's face and cautiously said to Hong Zhenji: "Master Shen, in my opinion, you can't be too hasty in adding gifts.
There were rumors before that the land tax would be completely exempted. If we rashly impose land tax again, I'm afraid something will happen again."
Qin Yan frowned and said: "Rumors are just rumors after all. Can they really be exempted from Tian Fu?"
Cong Zhilin whispered: "But if the Lord God really waives all the land taxes this year, wouldn't this be another great achievement?"
Hong Zhenji was silent for a long time and said: "I am not doing it for merit, I am doing it for the people!"
Cong Zhilin nodded repeatedly and said: "The Lord God is lenient, all for the sake of the people!"
Hong Zhenji was very satisfied with Cong Zhilin, but he did not agree to completely waive the land tax: "We will put this matter on hold for now and talk about it in a few days."
It is impossible to exempt everything. If you charge less, you can make the people grateful.
According to Hong Zhenjie's idea, this year the imperial court will collect 40%, and various state governments will collect 20% as usual, and the remaining 40% will be left to the people, which can be regarded as allowing them to live a good year.
Hong Zhenji appreciated Cong Zhilin's suggestion.
Qin Yan looked at Cong Zhilin fiercely, making Cong Zhilin tremble with fear.
Hong Zhenji sneered: "Qin Zhangyin, you have a bad temper."
Qin Yan quickly saluted and said, "I don't dare, old slave."
"Any other important memorials?"
Cong Zhilin took out several memorials for recommending talents by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Hong Zhenji briefly read them and found that he was familiar with these names.
These are all pro-Illustration factions. When Hong Zhenji was the prince, he often had fights with several people.
This time Hong Zhenji looked directly at Cong Zhilin: "How do you think this matter should be handled?"
Cong Zhilin said: "Several ministers have worked hard and made great achievements. What the officials said is basically true. They should be promoted."
Hong Zhenji smiled slightly, turned to Qin Yan and said, "What do you think?"
Qin Yan read the memorial and said: "This memorial seems to be from the Ministry of Officials, but it is actually from the hand of the Grand Master."
Hong Zhenji nodded. Although Cong Zhilin was astute, he was far behind Qin Yan in terms of experience. Qin Yan's sophistication was indeed rare.
This memorial was obviously written by Grand Master Kong Zhongshen, who recommended these pro-Tu faction ministers in order to test Hong Zhenji's attitude.
Before becoming the God King, Hong Zhenji personally announced that after becoming the God King, his attitude may have changed.
Hong Jinji's attitude has really changed. He now wants to find a balance between Daxuan and Tunu.
But he didn't want his officials to see through his intentions.
"Qin Yan, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
Qin Yan shook her head and said: "The old slave thought that the Lord God did not need to pay attention to this matter and just dragged him along."
Hong Zhenji was in a good mood, and Qin Yan gave the answer he wanted to hear.
Why should a divine king rush to reply to a minister?
Please take your time to figure out my thoughts.
"Is there anything else urgent?"
Cong Zhilin took out a memorial and handed it to Hong Zhenji: "There is a cracked road outside Beiyuan Bridge..."
Hong Zhenji picked up the memorial and threw it on Cong Zhilin: "You can just assign the various departments to deal with such trivial matters. Don't tell me again!"
After processing a few more memorials, Hong Zhenji stretched himself and prepared to go to the bedroom.
Cong Zhilin asked cautiously: "Shenjun, do you want to prepare for the court meeting tomorrow?"
Qin Yan said angrily: "Should you ask about this?"
Hong Zhenji looked at Cong Zhilin and the not-so-mature chamberlain with some fondness in his heart: "When did you come to be the Chief of Ceremonies?"
Cong Zhilin replied: "A month ago."
He has only been here a month, no wonder he and Qin Yan are not on good terms.
Hong Zhenji sighed: "Qin Zhangyin is right. You really shouldn't ask about this. Go down."
Cong Zhilin resigned, and Qin Yan followed Hong Zhenji back to the dormitory to rest.
The chief officials of the Supervisor of Ceremonies couldn't come to their senses for a long time.
what is it today?
The palm print and the brush usually do not conflict with each other, so why are they facing each other today?
Everyone couldn't understand it.
Because they don't know that Cong Zhilin is Qin Yan's disciple.
They would not know that what they just saw was a double act.
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Late at night, Chang De received the news from Qin Yan and quickly told Xu Zhiqiong: "Master, Qin Yan already has the right to select the memorials."
Xu Zhiqiong was very satisfied with this, but Chang Decai sighed and said: "Master, if I had known that Hong Zhenji was an immature servant, I might as well have made Hong Huaheng the divine king."
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said, "Is Hong Huaheng well-fed?"
"Then...Hong Huayun can give it a try!"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head repeatedly: "Hong Huayun is not smart, but he has a vicious heart. If you let him become a god king, it's hard to say what he will do.
Hong Hua Heng's character is fair, but after he becomes the Divine King, his character may change. However, this man is extremely smart. Neither Qin Yan nor Li Quangen is his opponent.
The most suitable candidate is none other than Hong Zhenji. It is difficult to say that he is a great wisdom or a great fool. It is difficult to say that he is a great good or a great evil.
He is a mediocre person, an ordinary mediocre person. What Qiancheng really needs is a divine king like him.
Let Hong Huaheng know and let him write the memorial."
The next day, the Supervisor of Ceremonies received a memorial from Prince Hong Huaheng.
Hong Huaheng proposed that if the new king ascends the throne this year, all states and counties will be exempted from land tax.
When the memorial arrived in Qin Yan's hands, he directly approved it and handed it over to the Ministry of Household Affairs for disposal.
The second memorial is still from Hong Huaheng.
He proposed to amend the law to allow people to sell and buy privately, and to establish private markets from which the court collected commercial taxes.
Qin Yan approved the red matter and still handed it over to the Ministry of Household Affairs for disposal.
The third memorial is still from Hong Huaheng.
He proposed to rebuild the Shenji Department and supervise all officials.
Qin Yan immediately approved the red matter, and handed the matter over to Hong Huaheng, with assistance from the officials.