Congratulations on opening the coffin

Chapter 717 Women's Participation in Politics
After she expressed her thoughts, she didn't get a response for a long time, so she couldn't help but frowned: "What? Do you regret it?"

"No." He smiled, "On the contrary, I'm glad you think so. I was worrying about it before. With your temperament, you are not a person who can live in a harem."

Shen Ruo rolled his eyes at him: "What do you mean? Do you think I'm too detached?"

He laughed, hugged her into his arms, kissed her hair, and said with a smile: "What I mean is, how can a cage hold a Penghu, and how can a river hold a Kunpeng? A harem? How can you, Shen Ruo, be alone in this narrow place?"

"It's definitely not my intention to keep you depressed and trapped in the harem. If you are willing to come and conspire with me in the affairs of the world, it is really my luck."

If it was Xiao Chen at the beginning, when he heard her words, he would definitely reprimand her, and even if he didn't get angry, he would never agree to her proposal. It's just that the two of them have been together for so long and have experienced so many things together. Familiar with her temperament and ability, even if she doesn't mention it today, he will take the initiative to ask about it in the next few days.

He knows better than anyone else that it would be a great loss to him, to the people, and to the world to let someone like Shen Ruo be buried in the harem.

Shen Ruo raised his lips and smiled, his eyes bright: "Okay, I will go to court with you tomorrow."

……

On the next day, it was dawn, and before dawn, the huge palace was shrouded in gloom and darkness. The ministers had already entered the palace one after another, and stood in line above the court hall.

When the bell rang at the hour of Mao, all civil and military officials knelt down and worshiped: "See the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

But I saw Emperor Xiao, who was wearing a bright yellow majestic dragon robe, stepping in the vast and bright palace door, and there was a person beside him, slender and unyielding, the bright yellow phoenix robe of the same color dragged the floor, and the long skirt was embroidered The phoenix is ​​so lifelike that it soars high and looks down on the world.

Seeing this scene, all the officials were shocked, but because they could not understand the emperor's thoughts, no one asked.

It wasn't until the emperor and the empress went up to the high platform and shared the dragon seat that Emperor Xiao announced in a deep and majestic voice: "From now on, the empress will go to court with me and have the same power as me, and all civil and military officials will listen to it." The Queen’s edict.”

Perhaps the news was so shocking that the court was silent and there was no reaction.

Seeing this, Emperor Xiao remained calm and calm: "My dear friends, if you have no objection, let's go to court early."

Finally, there were rustling discussions in the hall, Xiao Di's move really caught them by surprise.

Since ancient times, there is no reason for the empress to participate in politics in all dynasties, but although they are full of disapproval, every minister is worried that they will raise objections at this time, fearing that they will be shot in the head, and they will not be able to change Emperor Xiao. If you don't want to think about it, but you can't guarantee your black hat, the gain outweighs the loss.

Just when the ministers were thinking about their own calculations, the current Taifu came out. This person is very important. He is a veteran of the four dynasties. He has also taught the previous two emperors. Emperor Xiao was still a hundred officials, and they respected him quite a lot.

Emperor Xiao knew the reason why the Grand Tutor stood up, but he pretended to be stupid and asked, "Did the Grand Tutor have a revelation?"

Old Madam Fu is now over seventy years old, and still has a strong body, and his voice is loud: "Your Majesty, please give up letting the empress participate in politics. What do the common people think of it, and how do the neighboring countries think that our country of Xiao is in a state of yin and yang, and that there is no one in the court."

Just as Emperor Xiao was about to speak, Empress Xiao who was sitting beside him suddenly raised her hand to stop him. Shi Shiran stood up, stood on the nine-step high platform, looked down at the old master, and asked leisurely: "Teacher, do you eat people?"

All the ministers were in an uproar. The Taifu thought that she was humiliating him with her question, and his face turned red: "Eating people is an act of wild beasts and barbarians. How can you, ministers, eat humans?"

"Since ancient times, whenever natural disasters and man-made disasters have occurred, and the people have suffered from famine, there have been incidents of changing sons and eating. I heard that Li Taifu is an upright and honest man. Whenever there is a famine, he can't eat. He is willing to suffer with the people. Although the natural disasters and visions everywhere However, the lives of the people are still severely damaged, there are even displaced people who are hungry, and there are also situations where corpses are torn apart and their sons are torn apart, Taifu Li wants to go with them?"

"They cannibalize people as a last resort, how can I follow along and do such unconscionable things?"

"That is to say, Taifu, you don't agree with the truth that has been right since ancient times?"

"This minister..." The Tai Tuo was choked so hard that he couldn't speak.

At this time, there was a burst of laughter from the side, and everyone looked at it. Jiang Yuanjin, who was standing among the civil servants, covered her mouth, suppressed a smile, and waved her hands: "Don't pay attention to me, don't pay attention to me, I just suddenly thought of a funny thing .”

Shen Ruo withdrew his gaze, and said slowly: "Since ancient times, women have not been able to participate in politics, just because women cannot receive education, and thus cannot distinguish right from wrong, and cannot manage the order of the government. If women have the same ability as men, they may even be better than men. , Taifu, you said, what is the reason for not letting them participate in politics?"

"My lord..." The master was completely speechless.

But another civil servant stood up and said impassionedly: "Queen, what you said is reasonable, but if you want to convince me and other courtiers, you should show some abilities that are better than men."

Shen Ruo raised his eyebrows, walked straight down the jade steps, and walked in front of the civil official, he immediately took a step back in fright, and hurriedly lowered his head, fearing that he would see Feng Yan and lose his head.

But she herself didn't notice this, instead she said unhurriedly: "Since you said so, then well, I will compete with you. If you win, I will not mention the matter of participating in politics anymore. If the palace wins, you will resign and go into seclusion, what do you think?"

The civil servant was so frightened that he raised his head again, facing the beautiful face that was pure and white, his heart skipped a beat, and he was stunned for a moment.

Until Shen Ruo asked again: "What? Don't you dare? Or you know that you are not as good as Ben Gong, and if you want to surrender without a fight, it's not that Ben Gong can't agree."

Hearing this, he quickly calmed down, and said seriously: "What do you want to compare, my lady? I heard that my lady has superb medical skills and martial arts, and my minister is just a literati. I'm afraid..."

"Don't worry, I won't compete with you. Your name is Zhao Shuangming, right? I heard that you were the number one scholar in the spring examination last year. You must be very good at reading."

He lowered his head and hurriedly said respectfully: "I dare not..."

"Then let's compare endorsements. You should be very good at this, right?"

"minister……"

Without waiting for him to answer, Shen Ruo took out his memorial from the hand of the officials at the side, on which nearly a thousand words were densely written, "Then recite this, whoever recites it accurately and quickly first will be considered the winner."

(End of this chapter)