The demon world I designed

Chapter 21
Today's court meeting ended very early, but many experienced veterans knew that it was not because there were few things going on today, on the contrary, something big might have happened!
Some of the fifth- and sixth-rank officials in the capital, who were about to go home just now, looked at the sedan chairs with black unicorns printed on them outside the Suzaku gate, and murmured in their hearts.

In the capital, only the princes of the state can print unicorns on the sedan chairs. There are nine sedan chairs parked outside the Suzaku gate, which means that the nine princes who are still in the capital have come! !
The Great Jin Dynasty has the Great Court Meeting and the Small Court Meeting. Generally, officials of the seventh rank and above are eligible to participate in the Great Court Meeting, while the Small Court Meeting needs to start from the fourth rank. Normally, there will be two Great Court Meetings and five Small Court Meetings in a month, and there will be no overlap.

Not only did they overlap today, but even several princes who haven't shown up for a long time are in place. I'm afraid something big happened!
The scheming officials didn't dare to discuss lightly at all, and they all bid farewell to their colleagues and went home early. Some new officials who were not very sensible were secretly discussing vigorously, but they didn't know that the secret guards of the palace had already remembered what they said with paper and pen. clearly...
About half an hour later, after the officials below the fourth rank left the arena, the remaining officials from the capital and the noble generals who had just arrived gathered together, and the gate of the court was closed again!
The magnificent lineup of this court meeting made the historians who recorded the court meeting cautious. When the new dynasty was established, most of the nine princes who stayed in the capital rarely participated in the court meeting. When His Royal Highness is established!
The nine princes are dressed in unicorn black robes. Except for the upstart Song Guogong Liu Yu, the remaining eight are all bloodline families. Many people also know that these eight families are big families with a history of thousands of years. , an iron-clad bloodline family!
"Liu Qing, let's talk about it..." The emperor on the dragon chair closed his eyes and calmed down, his tone was calm, but everyone in the court could feel that His Majesty was not in a good mood.

"Yes!" Liu Yu saluted first, then turned around and briefly talked about things in Liuzhou.

Most of the civil and military officials at the court meeting showed shock. Whether it was Qianmianhu who killed Tanhua and sneaked into Yuchi's house, or Mr. Liuzhou Huapi who controlled the entire Liuzhou officialdom, it sounded too scary!
Most old people seem to be stunned. It has been peaceful for more than 20 years, and many people have forgotten that this is a world where terrifying monsters are hidden...
Countless people are thankful that they are officials in the capital and have many guarantees. Otherwise, if they are in other places, they will be made into puppets like their colleagues in Liuzhou. Parents, wives and children don't even know...
"Your Majesty!" An official dressed in a second-rank crane red robe stepped forward and said, "Yu Chipeng didn't know about such a major event in Liuzhou after five years in residence. He must be severely punished for being so slack!"

When the military officer heard the words, they all sneered. At this time, all the people who could stay in the court were blood families. They turned their heads and looked at the civil servants like hungry wolves watching sheep. !

The unbearable scene immediately made the generals burst into laughter, while a group of civil servants blushed with anger.

Of course, there were also some civil servants who stood up. At least Jiuqing and the scholars of the major halls were not intimidated by the momentum, and they looked at the military officer with cold eyes.

"Enough!" The emperor's face darkened, and he didn't forget to confront each other no matter what time it was!
"Your Majesty..." Among the nine princes, a black-faced man with a beard laughed, not caring about the gloomy expression on the emperor's face, and pointed at the Minister of the Ministry of Officials who spoke just now: "This old man is not a thing, The Yuchi family sent the most promising descendants of the family to guard the south of the Yangtze River, and now even the old grandmother of the family has been killed, this old man still doesn't forget to pour dirty water on him!"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials, on the other hand, looked indifferent: "You are entrusted with titles and rest with the country. It is only natural for you to do things for the court. If you can't do it well, it makes sense?"

"Heh..." The big man sneered: "It's as if you civil servants don't receive money. According to what you say, then Jiangnan Xuezheng Mu Hongqing is in charge of Jiangnan's strange affairs, so he should be responsible for it?"

"Okay!" The emperor interrupted the dispute between the two, a little helpless: "I called you here today to settle the matter, not to argue who should be held accountable."

"I suggest that Liuzhou's officialdom should be completely cleaned!" A tall, thin and fair middle-aged man stepped out. The man looked handsome, and his physique was too out of place compared to the big and round generals around him, but all the generals shut up after he spoke. Obviously very prestigious.

The emperor looked over with deep meaning in his eyes.

Qin Guogong: Lu Ming!

In the old ministry that followed King Qin back then, he had the highest prestige. It was also because of his prestige that most of the generals who followed Qin did not riot after the death of King Qin. It was also because he had no intention of continuing to fight. The Xiao family... was able to ascend to the throne!

If you want to say who the royal family is most afraid of now, it is the one in front of you. Even as the most prestigious founding emperor, you have to be polite to this one. When the country was founded, he was even willing to treat him like a prince, but he was rejected by the other party. .

This thousand-faced fox incident is indispensible to a certain big shot in the capital, and if anyone has this energy, this one in front of him is very suspicious.

The emperor paused: "Cleaning?"

"Yes..." Qin Guogong Lu Ming saluted and said: "Although according to the words of the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, the puppet officials in Liuzhou all showed their prototypes after the death of Mr. Huapi and became immobile puppets, but the suspicion of other officials in Liuzhou cannot be ruled out. , just to be on the safe side, I believe that all officials under Liuzhou jurisdiction should be recalled to Beijing for a thorough investigation, and Liuzhou personnel should be dispatched to replace them!"

"This..." The emperor frowned, this action was too big, but what the other party said was correct, what happened, Liuzhou really needs to be cleaned, and the Jiangnan region may have to be thoroughly investigated .

If you can have Mr. Painted Skin, you can also have other things. Jiangnan is a place where the imperial court pays a lot of taxes, so there must be no more mistakes!
"Qin Guogong put it simply!" The Minister of the Ministry of Officials sneered: "Liuzhou is a large government directly under the jurisdiction, governing [-] counties under its jurisdiction, involving more than [-] officials. Where can I find so many new officials for you?"

The civil servants nodded one after another. This country is newly established, and the most lacking is civil servants who can do things. There is a shortage of officials from all over the country.
Qin Guogong bowed politely to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and then said: "Didn't Your Majesty have just graduated from Enke? Isn't there more than 300 Jinshi waiting now?"

"This... This is prepared for the north..." The Minister of the Ministry of Officials frowned: "Give it to Liuzhou, what will Yan Yun do?"

"I feel that Yan Yun can be managed by the old officials of Northern Yan State first..." Lu Ming clasped his hands again and said, "There are heavy troops stationed, and Yan State's vital energy is severely injured, so it is impossible to invade, so there is no need to worry about troubles for the time being, Your Majesty We can send supervisory officials to monitor the administrative attitudes of those old Beiyan officials, and if we do things effectively, our dynasty can also generously accept them as official officials, which can also show our greatness!"

The emperor raised his forehead slightly when he heard the words: "What Lu Qing said is a good idea, but Liuzhou is a government directly under the central government. The county magistrates and county lieutenants of the nineteen counties can entrust new scholars. What about the officials of Liuzhou's prefecture?"

Other civil officials also nodded one after another: "Yes, Liuzhou is a sixth-rank official even if it is a general judge, and all Taoist platforms and new academic officials are fifth-rank officials. Is it true that Xinke Scholars directly encourage the arrangement?"

Lu Ming's face remained unchanged, and he still said in a calm tone: "All the roads can be filled by officials from other places who are promoted at the discretion of the Ministry of Officials. The official Xuezheng suggested that two school officials who were born as sorcerers go. It’s Xuezheng, this is because there are not enough warlocks, and the second is because warlocks need to observe whether they are stable, and they are too young to release the capital easily.”

"However, Liuzhou's current situation is special, and with the incident of Mr. Huapi just now, I feel that there must still be hidden ghosts in that place, and Jiangnan Xuezheng Mu Hongqing and some of his apprentices alone may not be able to handle it."

The emperor thought for a while, then nodded slightly: "Lu Qing has made arrangements, Zheng Yun is here!"

Then he looked at the Minister of the Ministry of Officials: "The chief official of Liuzhou, Yan Aiqing, do you have any recommendations?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials suddenly had a bitter expression on his face. Now that there is a shortage of people in various parts of the court, he is devastated. He has been rejected several times to expand Jinshi. How can there be any suitable candidates for transfer?

"How about... let the new champion?"

"Not right..." Before the emperor could speak, Liu Yu, Duke of the Song Dynasty, shook his head first: "Even if the champion of the new discipline has been studying in the Imperial Academy for two years, he can only be released to the outside world at most at the sixth grade. This rule cannot be broken..."

Although Liu Yu is the duke of the country, he can be regarded as a person on the civil servant's side. When he opened his mouth, Jiuqing, including the Minister of the Ministry of officials, did not refute.

"I have someone to choose..." Lu Ming raised his head and smiled.

"Oh?" The emperor looked at the other party with great interest: "It's the first time I've heard Ai Qing recommend an official, let me hear it?"

"I have read Shaoqing's memorial to Wang Ye. Among them, Chen Qing, a new scholar, seems to have made a lot of contributions in this incident?"

"Chen Qing?" The emperor and other ministers were stunned for a moment. Wang Ye's memorial had mentioned this person, and it seemed that Wang Ye was able to escape this time thanks to this person.

"This..." Liu Yu frowned: "Wang Ye's memorial did praise him a lot. At the moment when the villain was in danger, Chen Qing, a new scholar named Chen Qing, was very smart in handling things. .”

"Your Majesty..." Lu Ming smiled and said, "May I ask if the time for the crown prince to choose a concubine is as usual?"

As soon as these words came out, the entire court fell silent. Unexpectedly, the most sensitive matter was brought up by Qin Guogong, who had always been reserved and silent.

Now the thousand-faced fox has not been found yet, but His Majesty has made it clear that it is indeed a sensitive and difficult question whether to give priority to national insurance or to give priority to it.

The emperor narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly: "What does Lu Qing mean?"

Lu Ming cupped his hands: "In the memorial of the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, the Jinshi named Chen Qing is not affected by the memory of the thousand-faced fox. If this person can find the thousand-faced fox, it will be a great achievement, plus the credit for the Liuzhou incident. , to be promoted to the fifth rank, barely justified."

"Chen Qing..." The emperor looked at Qin Guogong's indifferent smiling face, then looked at the other dukes who seemed to be clueless, and then laughed too: "Okay, then follow what Qing said!! "

(End of this chapter)