In the early morning of the next morning, the civil and military officials stood in two halves, forming a confrontational situation. Since the emperor had not yet arrived, most of the officials stood in a more casual posture, and some of the neighboring officials would chat a few words.

Until a chamberlain shouted.

"The Emperor has arrived!"

All the officials then stood up straight and looked solemn. When the emperor sat down, all the officials shouted in unison.

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

The sound echoed in the empty hall for a long time.

"Be flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

As soon as the court came to court, officials came forward.

"I am reporting to the Emperor that there is a locust plague in Huaibei. Lin County and neighboring Yu County have lost their crops. The local government has submitted a memorial and asked the Emperor to allocate grain for disaster relief."

The emperor frowned when he heard that it was a locust plague, but Zhou had already had a plan to deal with the locust plague.

"Master Liu."

"The minister is here."

"You come up with a plan and submit it."

Liu Wen, the Minister of Household Affairs, responded respectfully and stepped back.

Then some courtiers came forward to report.

"Your Majesty, floods have occurred in Jiangbei, and two villages have been flooded one after another. Floods often occur in Jiangbei, especially these two villages that are flooded almost every year. The houses just built last year have been razed to the ground this year.

The minister suggested that the remaining people in the two villages move directly to other villages so as not to waste money from the treasury every year. "

As soon as Mr. Zhao finished speaking, but before the emperor could speak, an opposing minister stood up.

"Master Zhao, as the saying goes, it's hard to leave a good homeland. If you ask them to move to another village, the people in that village will agree."

Soon, the two groups of people who agreed and opposed were arguing in the court, and they could not get a charter.

The emperor listened for a long time and rubbed his temples. Seeing that the courtiers were still unable to make a decision, he spoke.

"I will make my own judgment on this matter. What else do you have to do?"

All the courtiers, look at you and me, I think everything will be fine. As for those trivial things like robbing homes and houses, no one will come up to the court to talk about it.

Seeing that no courtiers came forward, the emperor immediately raised his brows and gave Eunuch Mao a wink.

Eunuch Mao waved his hand, and three imperial guards moved two items and placed them in front of the hall.

The courtiers had never seen this before and thought it was very strange. The emperor noticed the reactions of the courtiers and was too lazy to speak.

"Yu Aiqing, tell me what these two are."

Yu Zheng walked out of the room respectfully, then walked up to the two objects and pointed at the two-wheeled bicycle: "This object is called a wooden horse. It is used for riding like a horse. The other object is called a tricycle. Both of these objects are It was researched in the workshop of the Prince's Mansion in Anping County, but it is not sold on the market now, it is only available here in the Emperor's house."

After Yu Zheng finished speaking, he returned to his seat and stood still without waiting for the reaction of the courtiers. The ministers really didn't understand what the emperor meant by carrying these two things to the main hall, but the people who could stand in the main hall were all human beings, and no one asked the emperor who was the one who stood out.

"I have decided that from now on you will ride these two things when you go to court. All officials under forty years old will ride two-wheeled wooden horses, and those over forty years old will ride tricycles. I will give you three days to ride these two things within these three days. Learn, if anyone comes in a carriage when going to court three days later, he will not come to this morning's court."

What the emperor said is not serious, but it cannot be said that it is not serious. The emperor is very aware of the tempers of these ministers. Sometimes they are no different from the gangsters in the market. If he does not speak more seriously, they will not listen to him.

Fortunately, the weather was hot now, so he wouldn't suffer too much when riding to the court in the morning. If it was winter, he really wouldn't be able to convince them.

Just convince people now and wait until winter.

As soon as the emperor's words came out, more than half of the adults were opposed to it. When they came to the morning court every morning, they only needed to ride in their own carriages and not suffer at all.

There are ice basins in the summer and charcoal fires in the winter, and riding a carriage is also a status symbol for them. If they go to court in the future, as the emperor said, they will ride this thing. That's why people treat him like a monkey on the street. They can't afford to throw this person away.

"Your Majesty, this must not be done. The two items made by the Anping County Prince's Palace, let alone whether they are useful or not, but if the ministers are allowed to ride to the court, what will the people think? That is not for nothing. They are laughing at it. Moreover, the Anping County Prince’s Palace sent these two things to the emperor, and I have to wonder what the Anping County Prince’s Palace meant.”

The person who spoke was Mr. Cao Ge. He was a veteran of three dynasties. If he were allowed to ride on that thing in the future, it would be a disgrace to him. He couldn't afford to lose that person.

Although other officials were opposed in their hearts, they did not dare to be the first to speak out. However, Cao Gelao stood up and was immediately followed by courtiers.

"I second the proposal."

"I second the proposal,..."

There were gradually more voices.

When the emperor saw it, he found that more than half of the officials were opposed, with civil servants being the most numerous. Military generals did not have so many rules, so they were the least opposed.

"Then I'm here to tell you who the Lord of Jiahe County is who sent these two things. If you can think of a better way than her, I will take back what I just said."

All the ministers listened attentively after hearing the words.

"I remember that the head of Jiahe County told me that horse-scare incidents occurred frequently in the city. She went to ask Mr. Yin Jiang of Kyoto Prefecture. Many people died in horse-scare incidents every year. Last year alone, they died in horse-scare incidents. Ten people were injured, one of whom was an official of the imperial court, and dozens of people were injured.

The biggest problem is that there are too many carriages in the city, and the roads in the city are often blocked, so the head of Jiahe County came up with this method to solve the problem of too many carriages and horses in the city. "

As soon as the emperor's words came out, Mr. Cao Ge, who took the lead in opposing it, also felt that the idea of ​​Lord Jiahe County was not wrong at all. Not only was it right, the idea was also very novel.

But in order to reduce the excessive burden of horses and horses in the city, they cannot be allowed to ride on wooden horses.

Therefore, although I appreciate the idea of ​​Lord Jiahe County, I still have to oppose what should be opposed, otherwise why would everyone want to become an official?

However, there were many people who supported the generals when they heard the emperor's words. They felt that civil servants just rode in carriages to show off when they went out. Like their generals, they always rode horses wherever they went, and their equestrian skills were good, and the generals rarely spooked their horses and caused accidents.

Unlike these civil servants who hit and killed a common man on the road and only needed some money to compensate them, they did not care about the lives of the common people at all.

"Your Majesty, the Lord of Jiahe County has a good idea, but why do you want your ministers to abandon their carriages and ride wooden horses? Only half of the officials in the city have carriages, but the other half are from the wealthy families in the city."

As soon as the minister said this, many courtiers followed suit.

The emperor looked at the minister.

"I just want you to try it first. If it is feasible, in the future, whether officials or wealthy people travel in the city, except for the female family members, they will only have to ride wooden horses."

The emperor's words immediately silenced the opposing officials.


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