[Qing Chuan] No pet little promise

Within a few days of becoming a queen, Wei Rong discovered that the job of being a queen is not so easy to handle.The personnel management, material dispatching, and departments of the entire palace... er, the coordination of departments and bureaus is not an easy task.

Wei Rong is like an idler in a department who was suddenly promoted to the CEO of a big-name company with tens of thousands of employees. Even if he showed the spirit of 996 or even 007 in his previous life, he still couldn't hold it.

It's no wonder that the previous palace affairs required Concubine Wen Xi and the Fourth Concubine to jointly manage them.

This is because there are only Yinzhen, her, and the empress dowager three serious masters in the palace, so she doesn't need to worry too much.

Wei Rong even suspected that someone would not have worked so hard to take over the government.

That evening, when Yinzhen returned to Qianqing Palace, he saw Wei Rong still flipping through the account books, and said, "If you don't like these things, you can use more trustworthy people to take charge, and you don't have to do everything yourself."

He could see her busyness these days, and her little face was thinner from the busyness, which made him feel distressed.

"That's the future, and now is the time when I'm getting familiar with it. I must never leave it alone, I must understand it thoroughly. In the future, power will be delegated so that people will not be deceived." Wei Rong said seriously, while helping him take off his outer cloak.

"Are these people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs cheating and slack?" Yinzhen asked immediately.

Wei Rong shook his head, "No." The servants in the palace dared not disobey the Queen after being overwhelmed with courage.

It's just that deceiving the superior and the inferior has always been the practice of subordinates, and it has never been banned from ancient times to the present.People in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are obedient, and there must be little tricks behind the scenes.

Yinzhen looked at her reddened eye circles, and said with a smile: "Since they still know how to be in awe, let them do it, and punish them if it doesn't suit your wishes."

If the errand is done satisfactorily, it will be promoted and reused. If it is not satisfactory, it will be reprimanded and questioned, and another one will be replaced.

Wei Rong rolled his eyes at him, "Then why don't you let the courtiers go and make yourself so hard."

Yinzhen often stays up until midnight when criticizing zhezi, that is to say, he is young now and can hold on.In the past, Kangxi was not so busy.

Yinzhen smiled sarcastically, "Since I've taken this position, of course I can't have a vegetarian meal."

"Me too." Wei Rong just finished saying this and suddenly realized.The two of them actually have some weird social animal physiques.Obviously, it can be done more easily, but it must be done more seriously.

After becoming the emperor and queen, there are no capitalists to oppress them, but they all automatically enter the 996 link.

What kind of trouble is this!

After discovering this, Wei Rong just wanted to look up to the sky and sigh, she was destined to beat the workers!

While talking, the maid served the dinner.

The two went to the side hall.

Yinzhen is frugal and simple, and Wei Rong doesn't like extravagance. The dinner for the emperor and empress did not follow the 120-course rule. There were only 36 dishes, twelve soups, and more than a dozen kinds of fine dim sum and porridge. .

The dining table was also replaced with a round table with a turntable. Yinzhen used it a few times and soon fell in love with this way of eating.Both of them are at an energetic age, there is no need for a bunch of servants to surround them and serve the disabled.

Last time, Wei Rong heard from people around him that this round table became popular outside the palace, and many honorable families imitated it, and even named it the Concentric Table, which has a good metaphor.

After the palace servants finished preparing the dishes, they withdrew.

They used it while talking. There was a plate of snacks in front of Wei Rong, which consisted of six eggs carved into flower shapes. Inside were fluffy chicks made of fresh milk and pastry sugar. The milk was fragrant.

Wei Rong fiddled with the silver chopsticks twice, suddenly remembered an incident in later generations, and laughed out loud.

Yin Zhen asked, "What's wrong?"

"I think of an anecdote. I read in the book that there was a dynasty in ancient times with a huge territory and rich people's livelihood. The dynasty has passed down six or seven generations of emperors. The daily food and drink in the palace are all managed by a man named Nei Si. The yamen will take care of it."

Yinzhen thought for a while, "It must be our House of Internal Affairs."

"Almost." Wei Rong coughed guiltyly, and continued, "Because this yamen controls all the expenses of the palace, the emperor's daily diet, a chicken costs a hundred taels of silver, an egg costs ten taels of silver, The emperor was very frugal, and he was reluctant to eat meat, so he could only eat more eggs. Another time, his dragon robe was a little damaged, and he wanted to mend it before wearing it again, so he sent it to be repaired. The price actually cost 3000 taels of silver, which is about the same as making a new one.”

Yinzhen frowned and said, "When the emperor is so ignorant, is he a puppet manipulated by powerful ministers like Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, or an idiot like Emperor Hui of Jin?"

"Neither, the emperor's character is normal, but he was deceived." Wei Rong shook his head.

Yinzhen couldn't believe it, "How could it be possible to be deceived to this point? Could it be that the emperor never cared about the outside world, or that he didn't have a loyal minister around him."

Even the emperors who are trapped in the imperial city rarely go to the people in small clothes, there should be some channels for news.

Wei Rong smiled, "One day, a minister came in to make a speech. After talking about the business, the emperor casually asked, what did you eat this morning? The minister answered honestly, eating four eggs.

The emperor was taken aback. Eggs cost ten taels of silver, but you actually eat four for a meal. As an emperor, I dare not be so extravagant. Your annual salary is only a few hundred taels, how can you afford it?

The official panicked, and immediately replied that what he bought was a bad egg that couldn't hatch chickens, so the price was very cheap, so he fooled it. "

Yinzhen couldn't wait to ask, "Then the emperor didn't become suspicious?"

"That's not true. Afterwards, the emperor was suspicious, and asked a few ministers to ask about this matter. They all tried to shirk responsibility. Some said eggs were expensive and they couldn't afford them, and some said they didn't like eggs naturally, so they didn't know the price. Anyway, in the end, the emperor didn't know what the price of the eggs was."

After listening to Wei Rong's speech, Yinzhen's face became serious, "Being deceived from top to bottom and colluding together, this is a tricky slave who has become a power. Even the emperor can only be trapped in this power and cannot be broken." He sighed again, "Such a dynasty, How can it last."

Wei Rong thought about it, this story is actually not far away, it is about Emperor Daoguang, your great-grandson, er, in the original history.

Although it is said that when the water is clear, there will be no fish, but by the late Qing Dynasty, the water was no longer clear, but a whole mass of mud, and even the emperor was trapped in it, unable to move.

When the profit-making group rises to the entire Ministry of Internal Affairs, and even the entire court, the emperor can do nothing.Because the monarchy is not a god, it is impossible to abolish and kill everyone and replace them again.

Yinzhen was silent for a moment, and slowly said, "From one palace to one country, the officialdom in this world is not like this. Once the atmosphere is corrupted, it will be even more difficult to clarify. Nowadays, there is a trend of extravagance and corruption in the country. Just turn it around."

Wei Rong: ... She just wanted to explain why she couldn't give all the authority to the people around her now, this guy was thinking about the government again.

Sure enough, workaholics can't be set up.

The two had dinner, and Yinzhen didn't go to the Palace of Mental Cultivation to deal with government affairs, so it was rare for her to accompany her to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the moon.

Needless to say, there was no need to elaborate on the lingering night after they came back.

In the next few days, Wei Rong clearly felt that he was preoccupied, and often lost his mind.She thought it was just the government that was bothering her, so she didn't ask any further questions based on the principle of the harem not interfering in politics.

It was early morning, and Yinzhen came over suddenly, "I thought of a way, what do you think?"

Wei Rong:? "What method?"

"It's the matter you mentioned a few days ago that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is colluding and enriching its own pockets. How to solve it. After thinking about it for a few days, I finally came up with a solution."

Wei Rong: ...

Dare to say that you have been thinking about this for the past few days, and I am talking about the Department of Internal Affairs, why did you directly restore it to the Department of Internal Affairs.

Let the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs hear it, and don't be scared to death!

While complaining in her heart, Wei Rong still asked considerately: "Let's listen."

"The emperor can assign several major purchases by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, such as pearls, jade, silk, satin, flowers, etc., to the firms in the capital, and they will provide the goods. Of course, in order to prevent these firms from colluding with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they need to be replaced in turn..." Yin Zhen said enthusiastically.The bulk purchases of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are based on the imperial business system. Although the goods delivered are good, the system is rigid and corruption is easy to breed. This method is to change the imperial business to a competitive model instead of a fixed one.

Wei Rong clapped her hands: "It is also possible to convene every year to make a list of major businesses in the palace, and each firm will compete for bids."

Yinzhen's eyes are bright, that's what it means.

With just a few words, she can understand her true intentions, and there is no other person in this world who can have such a tacit understanding with him.

The two of them talked more and more enthusiastically, and when they finished speaking, Yinzhen smiled and said, "I have to write down this idea, in case one day in the future, I can prepare it for use." The so-called plan is only on paper. , has not been eroded to that extent.There is no need to rush reforms.

After finishing speaking, Yinzhen went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Wei Rong was reading a book in the hall, but he didn't read two pages, and suddenly remembered, my good fellow, didn't the two of them just talk about the bidding for future generations?No wonder it feels familiar.

***

Time flies, and the days are fast.

In a blink of an eye, autumn passed and winter came. After winter, the first snow of the year fell in the capital.

It was clear after the snow, and in the evening, Yinzhen came to Wei Rong: "I've been bored in the palace for a long time, let's go out of the palace tonight."

Wei Rong was pleasantly surprised, but she still didn't forget to ask: "Is it suitable?" In this era, she knows very well that the emperor is not like in the TV novels of later generations, who can go out of the palace at will.

"What's inappropriate, let's go on tour in low clothes to observe the people's sentiments, so as to prevent an egg from being slaughtered for ten taels of silver in the future." Yinzhen laughed.

Wei Rong was funny, and this became a stalk between the two.

But being able to go out of the palace to play was like a piece of pie in the sky, she immediately summoned the female officer, changed into a plain lavender long dress, and wore a bun.

By the time everything was tidied up, Yinzhen had already changed into a soot-blue Wensheng dress, elegant and dignified.

The carriage had already been prepared in the small square outside the hall, Yinzhen only brought Xiao Shengzi, Wei Rong took the newly promoted maid in charge Su Dong, and seven or eight guards followed, and they left the palace together.

The carriage was heading east all the way, going very fast.Wei Rong became more and more puzzled as he walked through the lively market without stopping.

She turned around and looked at Yinzhen in the car, "Any plans for today?"

"I wanted to give you a surprise, but it was discovered so quickly." Yinzhen smiled, "I'll see it right away, so you don't have to worry."