Nine thousand years old [rebirth]

The art of controlling people lies in the combination of grace and power.

After the shock of blood, the loose atmosphere inherited from the first emperor's dynasty was swept away, and the remaining courtiers cherished the black hat on their top very much, and they were much more careful than before in their errands.

Yin Chengyu was finally satisfied. After severely punishing a group of officials, he chose to punish the rest of the Shao Party officials who were not deeply involved in minor crimes.

These officials are not the core figures of the Shaw Brothers' clique, and the crimes committed may be big or small, but they cannot be ignored.After Yin Chengyu thought about it, he demoted this group of officials to other places.

Compared with those officials who ransacked their homes and executed them, the results of these officials are considered to be very good.After this incident, I have a long memory, and if I make political achievements when I go to the place in the future, there is still the possibility of returning to Beijing.

Officials in the DPRK and China were beheaded and demoted.There are fewer officials in the Palace of the Emperor.But the atmosphere of each big court meeting is not as solemn and oppressive as before - anyone with a discerning eye can see that His Majesty has no intention of killing them all.

Next, Yin Chengyu promoted a group of conscientious and capable officials from the remaining officials to fill the vacancies in the Six Departments, and the vacancies left by these promoted officials were filled by more than [-] people from the Imperial Academy and Jinshi Jinshi. .

The vacant manpower was filled, and this time the big cleaning was passed smoothly.

Among this group of promoted officials, the most eye-catching one is Xie Yunchuan, the number one scholar in the new department.

When Xie Yunchuan was just in high school, everyone thought he was from a poor family.It wasn't until Xie Wendao overturned the verdict, Yin Chengyu returned the old Xie family house, and personally inscribed the plaque of "Integrity and Honesty" with a royal pen, that everyone knew that Xie Yunchuan was actually the orphan of the Xie family!

He has already entered the Hanlin Academy, and his talents and learning are obvious to all.He also died because of his late father's injustice, so when Yin Chengyu selected someone from the Imperial Academy to fill the vacancy, he transferred him to the Ministry of Officials to observe politics.

The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the appointment and removal, examination, promotion, transfer, etc. of officials, and is the head of the six departments.

After Shao Tian was deposed, Yin Chengyu promoted Yu Chen, who was formerly the Minister of the Ministry of Works, to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Yu Chen is His Majesty's uncle, not to mention the great power of the official department itself, but only the relationship between Yu Chen and the present, if he can go to the official department to be appreciated by Yu Chen, he will have a bright future in the future.

If it was in the first emperor's dynasty, not to mention ordinary Jinshi, even the academicians of the Imperial Academy would have to rank their seniority, or find some nepotism to manage if they wanted to enter the court as officials.It will take two to three years at least, and three to five years at most.

Who didn't have ambitions to become an official through the imperial examination?It was only after entering the officialdom that the edges and corners were smoothed and ambitions were extinguished. After no matter how hard we tried, we could not see the hope, so we could only drift with the tide and be mediocre.

But now everything is different.

Today, the Holy Master is wise and decisive, and knows how to use people well. If you want to move up this position, you don't need to go around to make connections, you just need to work hard to make political achievements.

The officials of the DPRK and China were all gearing up for a while, and their palms became hot.

The appearance of officials in the DPRK and China has taken on a new look, and Yin Chengyu is naturally happy to see it.

Seeing that the Longevity Festival was approaching, he simply took this opportunity to hold a banquet in the Huangji Hall to win people's hearts.

Officials of the fourth rank and above in the court can bring their families to the palace for banquets. For the Beijing officials below the fourth rank who are not eligible to attend the banquet, as well as the government offices on duty, Yin Chengyu also made an exception and ordered people to give them food to show their enjoyment.On that day, there were singing and dancing in the Huangji Hall, and the atmosphere was excellent.

Yin Chengyu sat on the Dragon Throne in his gown uniform, and was congratulated by all the officials.

After drinking for three rounds, just as the wine was intoxicating, Lu Jing, a scholar of the Jianji Palace and Minister of the Ministry of War, stood up and said: "Your Majesty is diligent in governing and working hard to govern. However, it is now the year of the weak crown, but the harem is withered and there is no emperor's heir. The ministers sigh with sorrow. Therefore, on this auspicious day, I implore Your Majesty to choose a concubine to be a queen, and spread the branches and leaves."

Since Yin Chengyu ascended the throne, there have been many proposals similar to asking the emperor to accept his concubine, but Yin Chengyu suppressed them all.

Probably because there was no movement from him, Lu Jing and the other senior officials couldn't help admonishing him face to face.

The heirs of the emperor are related to the country. It is normal for these old ministers to worry, but Yin Chengyu has other plans, so facing the courteous eyes in the palace, he only asked slowly: "The great cause has not been accomplished, why do you think it is home? I want to be entangled in harem disputes."

Although he didn't specify Dao's surname, everyone knew who the "ancestor" he was referring to was.

The late emperor had many harems, and there were six princes who had grown up, not to mention those princes and princesses who died after birth.

But it was also because there were too many heirs, and the late emperor was confused, so that in the end, apart from Konami, who inherited the great rule, only the young fourth and fifth princes were left alive.

And what the emperor said now clearly meant that he did not want to follow in the footsteps of the previous emperors.

The old ministers who persuaded him for a while also hesitated, not knowing whether they should continue to persuade.

The emperor's heirs are important, but they are not yet married. Once they have selected beautiful women and opened the harem and tasted the benefits of women, they will be as obsessed with women as the first emperor, what should they do?

We must know that the first emperor was not so absurd when he first came to the throne!

Yin Chengyu looked around the palace, seeing the hesitant expressions of the ministers, he added another fire: "I have not yet reached the crown, but I have had an heir and set up a prince long ago. The son is strong but the father is not declining, which is also a hidden danger. .It is too early to say about the heir."

The admonishing courtiers became more and more shaken when they heard the words.

His Majesty is indeed too young now, if he had an heir earlier and then established a crown prince, in the future when the crown prince reaches the age of the crown, His Majesty will only pass the age of forty, which is the time of the heyday of spring and autumn.

In the previous dynasty, there was an example in which the emperor lived a long life and the prince couldn't wait to kill his father and usurp the throne.

The remonstrance, which was already not very firm, was even more vacillating, and some courtiers even quietly sat back,

Yin Chengyu comforted him again: "I'm aware of your worries, and it won't be too late to talk about it after the internal and external troubles are settled."

He passed the steps, and the swaying courtiers went down the slope and stopped insisting, and sat back one after another.Just looking at each other, the mood is complicated and unspeakable.Not happy for a while, not happy.

Seeing this, Yin Chengyu pursed his lips in satisfaction, glanced sideways at Xue Shu, covered it with his sleeve, and shook his hand calmly.

——After Lu Jing spoke, Xue Shu's face became more and more ugly, and his whole body was tense, like a knife eager to draw out its sheath.

It wasn't until Yin Chengyu held his hand that his cold eyes softened slightly, and he lowered his eyes and squeezed his hand back forcefully.

Yin Chengyu hooked his fingers and rubbed his thumb lightly on his tiger's mouth, relying on the gauze curtain to prevent people from seeing him clearly, he said silently: I did not break my promise.

He raised his face slightly, and his upturned eyes reflected the lights in the hall, sparkling and compelling.

The protruding Adam's apple slid up and down, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xue Shu couldn't do anything else, he could only clenched his hand more tightly.

The movement in the front hall quickly spread to the female family seats in the back.

Listening to the female officer's whisper, Empress Dowager Yu was puzzled and said, "Earlier, the emperor said that he already has someone he likes, so why is he not in a hurry now? He is not in a hurry, but his girl can't bear to wait."

Ever since Yin Chengyu leaked the word last time, Empress Dowager Yu secretly looked at all the women of the right age in and out of the palace, but after looking around, none of them looked like her son's sweetheart.

Now that she heard the commotion in the front hall again, she couldn't hold back, and said to the female officer, "Go and call Zheng Duobao."

Zheng Duobao was given by Yin Chengyu herself when she moved to Ciqing Palace.It's just that after so many years, she hardly interfered with Yin Chengyu's affairs, so naturally she never summoned Zheng Duobao alone.

When he heard the message from the female officer next to the queen mother, Zheng Duobao couldn't help but thumped in his heart.

After arriving in front of Empress Dowager Yu, looking at the other party's probing eyes, I became more and more disturbed in my heart, but I still wanted to salute and say hello without revealing anything on my face.

Empress Dowager Yu didn't go around in circles with him, and asked: "You serve the emperor every day, you should know which woman the emperor likes?"

This unexpected question, no matter how good Zheng Duobao's energy-raising skills are, he couldn't help but tremble at this moment, and his pleasing fat face twisted accordingly.

There is no woman he likes, but there is one eunuch he loves... But how should I say it?

Zheng Duobao faltered: "This, this... How can the person whom His Majesty likes, let the ministers know..."

"You take care of the emperor's daily life every day, but have you never seen the emperor give a reward to any girl? Or treat any female official very differently?" Empress Dowager Yu obviously didn't believe his words.

Zheng Duobao didn't dare to reveal the emperor's affairs, but he also didn't dare to make up to deceive the Empress Dowager. In the end, he could only beg for forgiveness with a bitter face: "Please be lenient, the Empress Dowager, this... I really don't know."

With a mournful face, he thought that everyone was serving His Majesty, why didn't the Empress Dowager invite Xue Shu to ask him?

So there is no need for him to be fried here.

Empress Dowager Yu had a gentle temper, seeing his embarrassment and unwillingness to speak, she did not force her anymore.Waved his hand and let Zheng Duobao go.

Just frowning, she was a little worried. Could it be that the woman had some flaws that the emperor was hiding and refusing to say?

Zheng Duobao, who had escaped the catastrophe, did not dare to stay for a moment, and after paying the salute, he set his fart on fire.It slipped away.

When it was evening, he hesitated a little, and told Yin Chengyu about the queen mother's summoning.

Yin Chengyu was not unhappy, he pondered for a moment and asked: "If you ask mother again next time, you should let me know."

On the contrary, Zheng Duobao was shocked when he heard the words, and confirmed again and again: "Are you really going to tell the truth?"

Yin Chengyu nodded: "You must let the queen mother know."

Because of Yin Chengyu's confession, when the female officer next to Empress Dowager Yu came to ask him to talk to him again after a few days, Zheng Duobao let it out.

He didn't make his words too clear, he only said that His Majesty did not have a favorite woman, but Xue Shu, the governor of the East Factory, often stayed at night to serve him.

This is very ambiguous.Ambiguous.

It stands to reason that the governor of the East Factory is the emperor's confidant, and it is normal to be close to the emperor, but Zheng Duobao revealed his style at this moment, which shows that Xue Shu is not just a simple "confidant".

It is not uncommon for the master of the palace to spoil the beautiful little eunuch out of curiosity. Empress Dowager Yu has lived in the palace for a long time, so she is naturally aware of the secrets in it.

It's just that she can't connect such a thing with her eldest son who is clean and self-sufficient.Besides, Xue Shu, the governor of the East Factory, had also met her before, and she had nothing to do with the pretty little eunuch. Why did the emperor just have a crush on him?

Empress Dowager Yu was full of worry and sighed.

The female officer said cautiously: "Maybe His Majesty likes this?"

This made Empress Dowager Yu even more worried, she hesitated for a moment, and said: "Call Xue Shu to see me."