After becoming the king of the subjugated country

Tonight, the lights in Kyoto have been on for a long time.

Mr. Qian howled on purpose, and everyone in the restaurant could vaguely hear a few words. Even if some people didn't hear clearly, they more or less sent people over to guard, trying to find out some news.

As a result, after waiting and waiting, there was no sound coming from the room.

On the contrary, people continue to add it.

At the beginning, it was the party members of Wan Cen, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, then some people from the Ministry of Rites and people from the Imperial Academy, followed by the Shangshu and the Minister of the Six Departments, and people from each department came, and finally the two elders of the cabinet.

The important civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were all concentrated in this small room, and it was almost impossible to breathe in the room.

The shopkeeper of the restaurant was dismissed from the beginning, and all the servants were replaced by his own people. After half an hour, the entire restaurant was completely emptied, and the dude who wanted to play and get drunk saw this battle, and used his ability to wink On the one hand, he slipped away early.

"I just asked my daughter. She once stayed in the palace for a month's draft. She said that she had never seen Shang Nan in the palace, but only met Bai Qi from afar."

"I asked someone to look at Shangnan's house again. It was clean, free of dust, and not very popular. Probably no one had lived here before."

"In the past, most of the servants around Shang Nan were low-key and powerful. Now that I think about it, they are probably sent by the palace. How can other places afford such people?"

What you said and what I said, on the contrary, proved Mr. Qian's words.

Mr. Qian's complexion can be said to be particularly ugly. After being teased for so long, he used to be very pleased with himself. The most important question is, what should he do now!

"In the first year of the draft, is it okay if you don't stand up?"

"Of course not," Lord Qian said angrily, "Establishing a queen is an ancestor's rule. If you don't abide by this rule, then why do you use the ancestor's rule to demand His Majesty?"

Tradition and rules are the foundation of their foothold today.

The more a group of people communicate, the more confused they become, and when they finally talked to Mao, the sky brightened.

Seeing that it was time for the yamen to work, the group of people had to disperse and agreed to continue next time.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye. To Ji Chen, it was just an ordinary ten days, but to the courtiers, it was ten days of fear and anxiety.

The group of people who originally supported Shang Nan were completely dumbfounded. They didn't know whether to merge with those who supported Bai Qi, or to stop at this point. The group of people who supported His Majesty watched too many good shows and wished for more excitement.

Among the people who wanted to follow the 'righteous way', some considered whether or not to give His Majesty a man, and the other said that this would also ruin His Majesty's body?The two parties naturally had a dispute.

Xing Yi pulled Qin Sheng and tried to find out the news, "Is Bai Qi going to be crowned empress? Is this matter over? I have come back from a tour, why are you still discussing it?"

Qin Sheng pulled back his sleeve, with a bitter face, "I don't know, I really don't know. These days, one or two of them think I know the news, and they never let me go, and they press me every day, but I really don't know. I don't know anything, His Majesty is very tight-lipped this time, and didn't reveal a word."

Seeing that Qin Sheng was about to leave, the eavesdroppers dispersed immediately.

The Grand Court Assembly is about to begin, Lord Qian clasped his hands together, muttered words, and prayed devoutly.

The person next to him asked Nahan, "Lord Qian, why are you still praying like Buddha? Isn't your uncle a Taoist priest?"

Mr. Qian wiped his face, "You don't understand now, Qin Tianjian is also a Taoist priest, it's useless for me to pray to Sanqing, it's better to go to the Buddha, but I made a wish in front of the Buddha , donated 3 taels of silver, and asked people to go to 35 Buddhist temples in Kyoto, offering incense everywhere, just hope that the queen this time must not be Bai Qi."

Having said that, he resumed his prayer.

People around: "..."

Sang Xi, the inspector of the Qin Tianjian, snorted coldly, "The one who specializes in marriage, the common people know that it is Yuelao!"

After finishing speaking, he didn't care how the group of people behind him winked. After the eunuch shouted, he walked in with his head held high.

In the past ten days, everything has been extremely smooth. Ji Chen first asked about the development of the six departments, and then asked about the construction of various places.

During this period of time, the weapons workshop finally got on the right track, and officially expanded its scale and output. Ji Pei and Bi Xuan also held a martial arts demonstration by the Ministry of War, allowing the latest sharp weapons to deal with various arms. A part of the army was selected as the backbone.

The Ministry of Industry was concerned about building dams and canals, and the Ministry of Officials was busy arranging manpower to go to the counties to supervise the autumn harvest. At the end of August, there were scenes of bumper harvests everywhere.Even though the production is not abundant this year, compared to the scene mentioned in the novel, it has undoubtedly improved a lot.

After finishing the business, Qin Tianjian naturally continued, "Your Majesty, the ten-day period has come, and now your majesty's red luan star is moving, and there is a phoenix bird accompanying you, please bring up the matter of setting up the empress again."

The people from the Procuratorate took the lead to follow, "Your Majesty, since Shang Nan and Bai Qi are the same person, there is naturally no competition. It can be seen that it should be him."

The people from the Ministry of Rites said coldly: "I am an official of the Ministry of Rites, but I don't know when one person can serve as two officials. Soon, Bai Qi will use Shang Nan's identity to fool the world outside, and he is also suspected of deceiving the emperor— —”

"That's not true, I knew it early on," Ji Chen added naturally, "He told me early on."

The faces of the officials from the Ministry of Rituals suddenly turned green. His Majesty's partiality was so obvious that it was self-evident what his intentions were.

"Even so, Bai Qi should no longer take the merit test as a student, and then enter the court as an official."

Ji Chen propped his chin, and before he could speak, Qin Sheng spoke first, "I know this, Dengwen Lou was originally the Qin family's land, and it was just to help the former His Majesty, that is, King Duan at first." Famous, but later Bai Qi's reputation grew, and my Majesty and I also wanted to know the situation of the outside world. Soon Bai Qi assumed the identity of Shang Nan and assumed his responsibilities. He can do it well by himself. Two jobs, if you switch to someone else, I'm afraid they won't have the ability."

The connections and friends that Bai Qi had accumulated in the past finally came into play at this moment.

Ji Shao also came out to watch the fun, "If it were you who took the exam, maybe you wouldn't be willing to go, after all, the questions are getting more and more difficult now, and Shang Nan was promoted one by one according to the rules of the Ministry of Officials, and he never messed around. .”

Sentence by sentence, I was stunned to put back all the previous words, many people glared at Qin Sheng and Ji Shao, Qin Sheng just pretended not to see, Ji Shao stared back directly, with a haughty expression on his face, which frightened many people away.

Many people stood up and echoed, shouting with the opposition.

Seeing that Bai Qi was about to win the game, an old minister stood up righteously and said loudly: "Your Majesty, if you favor Bai Qi, I have nothing to say, but...the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics!"

In other words, if you want to bring Bai Qi into the harem, you can just let him get out of the court.

Many people's eyes showed excitement, and one or two knelt down to second the proposal.

Mr. Qian almost didn't laugh out loud, he became completely excited, and immediately seconded the proposal.He decided to simply send Shang Nan and Bai Qi away together, this Buddha should go into the harem, if he has the ability to be a male favorite for the rest of his life, don't even think about making a name for himself in the court.

Xing Yi squeezed Xianghu's hand hard, his nails collided with the board of the Wat, and a small piece of the nail was crushed, and he grinned in pain.

He tried his best to stare at Jiang Zilin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, conveying information with his eyes, your idea?

Jiang Zilin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, almost jumped up. He was wronged. It has nothing to do with him. Although this person is famous in the Ministry of Rites, he is mainly busy with other official duties on weekdays.

Bai Qi stood up calmly, first saluted Ji Chen, his tone was light but not lacking in sarcasm, "Lord Sun really knows the rules of etiquette, but now everything in the court is at the forefront, if Lord Sun can help His Majesty solve these matters, I will naturally I have nothing to say, and I am willing to abdicate to the virtuous, and retire to the harem to serve His Majesty."

Ning Wenzheng glanced at Bai Qi, kept his promise and helped him, his eyes were full of determination, "Now, Bai Qi has to pay attention to the construction of the dams in the thirteen counties around He'an County, as well as the autumn harvest in the surrounding areas. Matters, and, Bai Qi also needs to assist the household department to calculate the amount of grain distributed this year and the amount of supplies that will be consumed during the winter. In addition, Bai Qi is also responsible for guarding and teaching the clan. If you Be confident and give it a try.”

All of the above are either thought-consuming and need to implement policies to meet His Majesty's requirements, or they are trying to settle accounts. Checking the amount of all granaries in the entire household department is enough to scare people to death; as for the last item about The clan members naturally suppressed them while enlightening them. Last month, a clan clan tried to contact the Xia people, and then "accidentally" fell to death while riding a horse.

They made friends with Bai Qi not because of his relationship with Ji Chen, but because of his achievements, because of his hard work and hard work over the years, all of which are worthy of admiration.

The person who wanted to jump out withered again, who dared to take what Bai Qi was holding?If something goes wrong after picking it up, it will be a fatal mistake.

Those who are capable mostly have some kind of friendship with Bai Qi, or keep silent for His Majesty's sake, and those who are not capable want to jump higher, but are afraid of accidentally falling to their death.

Waiting for the ministers below to finish expressing their opinions one by one, after a while of quarreling, Ji Chen finally spoke slowly, with an eager expression on his face, "In that case, why don't I come up with a good idea."

Ning Yuan, the chief assistant who stood at the top, took a deep breath, feeling that this matter seemed to be not very good, and an ominous premonition welled up in his heart.

Ji Chen said: "Your loves are right. It is true that a queen is not suitable to be an official in the court."

The courtiers below couldn't help but nodded, their expressions were a little relieved, and they began to discuss in a low voice.

Ji Pei and Bi Xuan looked at each other, quite surprised, and just gave up?It shouldn't be!

Many people quietly looked at Bai Qi's expression, some with implied pity, and some with complacency.

Ji Chen knocked on the table, "If that's the case, let's make Xiaobai the empress."

noob?

Who is it?

How could anyone be officially called that name?Or is this person Bai Qi?

Most of the people stared at Ji Chen with bewildered faces, some of them looked at Bai Qi, trying to get more hints, and a very small number of people looked at Sang Xi, the Qin Tianjian who didn't say a word, with gradually complicated expressions.

Qin Tianjian Sang Xi coughed lightly, and clenched his hands tightly, "Xiaobai is the Fengming I found for His Majesty, and he is the most suitable candidate for the successor."

The court was full of uproar.

"Who is this?"

"I haven't seen it before, and this person has not been officially drafted, how can he become a queen?"

"It's unreasonable, it's unreasonable!"

"Your Majesty, this is Qin Tianjian who has ulterior motives. I am willing to kill this thief for Your Majesty!"

Amidst the noisy voices, Ji Chen chuckled, his voice subconsciously softer, "Go, invite Xiaobai over."

Eunuch Xin next to him was ordered to leave. Not long after, the gate of the Xuanzheng Hall opened, and a pigeon flew in slowly through the gate, followed the road straight, flew towards Ji Chen from the end, and threw himself into his arms happily.

After a little rubbing, the pigeon became active again, resting on Ji Chen's shoulder, looking down at the people below, Ji Chen touched its soft wings, "This is my Xiaobai, my queen! It is obedient and docile, and it will not interfere with political affairs, so it will just be able to squat in the palace with peace of mind in the future, and it will not affect me to flip other people's cards."

The above major points are all points in the memorial, which the courtiers used to persuade Ji Chen and prevent Bai Qi from ascending the throne.

"..."

There was a dead silence below.

Qin Sheng raised his head suddenly, met the eyes of the others, and had a guess in his heart.

Chief assistant Ning Yuan clutched his heart, crumbling, thinking that it was no wonder Qin Xiang chose to abdicate himself, this position is really not for people.

Ning Yuan felt a gust of wind behind him, probably many people were looking at him, expecting him to stand up and speak first, he pinched himself, chose someone to fall towards him, and that person also saw the opportunity and shouted: "Master Ning fainted!"

Soon, the imperial doctor in charge of guarding the imperial hospital took Ning Yuan down.

The courtiers froze and didn't move, only to notice that there were countless imperial doctors waiting around, and they had to admire Ji Chen's preparation.Only Qin Tianjian stood at the forefront, trying to look towards His Majesty, wishing His Majesty could praise him on the spot.

The Minister of Rites next to him gasped and had no choice but to say, "That's a pigeon!"

Sang Xi corrected with a serious face, "This is Feng!"

The pigeon raised its head reservedly, moved closer to Ji Chen, and couldn't help coquettishly, "Coo coo coo."

Jiang Zilin's expression twisted, "It's the call of a pigeon!"

Sang Xi sneered, "This is Feng Ming!"

Jiang Zilin: "..." When the court is over, he's going to beat this bastard to death!

Xing Yi also listened to the conversation, and signaled Jiang Zilin with his eyes to add me when the time comes.

"Okay, I've fulfilled your wish, retreat!" Ji Chen got up and left with the pigeon.

Bai Qi followed directly.

Eunuch Xin hurriedly greeted the eunuch to announce "retire from court", and he himself tried his best to follow behind his master, ready to serve him at any time.

After Ji Chen left, the courtiers started to quarrel immediately, and everyone got together again.

"Where is Sang Xi? He was caught, and today I must beat him up!"

"Here, don't let him run away."

"It's fun walking us around, isn't it? You're dead today."

A group of people simply pulled up their sleeves and went straight up, waving wat boards. Sang Xi didn't expect that His Majesty had no intention of saving him at all, so he shouted, trying to throw the pot out, "It can't be my fault, look, it's all Master Qian caused such a mess! If he hadn't recommended Shang Nan, would this incident happen today?"

"Hey, speaking of it, Mr. Qian said this morning that he was praying everywhere during this time, so that Bai Qi would not become a queen, right?"

More people squeezed their fingers, surrounded Mr. Qian, and sneered a few times: "Mr. Qian's wish has come true. Did you know the news a long time ago, and want to see our reaction."

Qin Sheng was watching the excitement, and Wei Shiguan was trying to record the scene while asking Qin Sheng, "My lord, don't you want to stop it?"

Qin Sheng sneered, "Your Majesty obviously left Sang Xi here on purpose to vent his anger to others. Anyway, he did a lot of bad things for the late emperor before, and now he has paid off his debts. Besides, Your Majesty has always been small-bellied, last time I pinched him." Sang Xi won a plaque of the Taoist law by sniffing his nose, and now he will definitely take revenge."

Wei Shiguan suddenly realized, and wrote down every word Qin Sheng said.

Qin Sheng's face froze, and he reminded: "I don't need to remember the last sentence I said."

The official historian guarded Shi An in his arms to prevent him from coming to snatch it, "Master Qin, what Shi An needs most is the truth, even if you threaten me, I will not yield|submit."

Qin Sheng: "..."

The superficial friendship between the two ended on the spot.

Ji Pei took Bi Xuan's hand, walked around the noisy crowd, and whispered to her.

"Your Majesty is a good plan. A sage from my side said that if you want to open a window, you can first propose to remove the roof. Now Your Majesty is also using this trick. I am afraid that many courtiers will regret it now. It is better to Li Baiqi for it." Later. When His Majesty proposes legislation in the future, the resistance will be much smaller."

"More than that, if His Majesty now forcibly establishes the Empress, I am afraid that many courtiers will think of ways to impeach Bai Qi and find reasons to suppress him. Now it will not happen, after all, the Empress is not him."

Ji Pei exchanged opinions with her in a low voice, "I asked Brother Huang for his will, and our wedding is scheduled for September [-]. But if we have children, the first child may end up in Brother Huang's name."

Bi Xuan readily agreed. Seeing that he was worried, she comforted him: "The child will have the opportunity to inherit the throne as soon as he is born. I am also a layman, so I must be happy. Besides, I won't have to look around in Sichuan because of this, and if I want a child, I will only recognize me." I also want the throne. As long as the child lives well and can shoulder the responsibility of the country, that's enough."

On the contrary, she is more worried about where Ji Chen will go to find a suitable heir if the child does not have this qualification and lacks enough character.Their relationship with the clan is too rigid, and if they are selected from it, it may be difficult for the child's parents to deal with it in the future.

At the same time, Ji Chen and Bai Qi were also discussing the matter of becoming a queen.

"I set our Empress Dowager Ceremony on the seventh day of September. The weather on this day is fine, and it is also the only auspicious day in September." Ji Chen had already written the imperial decree, and now it has been discussed in the court, so he will directly The imperial decree was issued, "Wait until the eighth day of the ninth lunar month, and it will be officially recorded on Yudie."

Bai Qi raised his eyebrows, and the hand stroking the pigeon was a little heavy, "A grand ceremony for the queen?"

Ji Chen's words had a long meaning, "It's for Dabai, not for Xiaobai."

Bai Qi met Ji Chen's gaze, and her ears gradually turned red.