imprinted you in my heart

There were two rows of servants neatly standing in the main hall of Anren Palace, half of them were holding an information booklet, and half of them were holding a picture painting in their hands. There were men and women, some painted and some pure black and white. Shi Min, who had just entered the palace, was dazzled by the sight. The empress dowagers of the two palaces were sitting on the main seat, chatting and laughing, and didn't stop until they saw her coming in.

After Shi Min stepped forward to salute, he sat in his seat, took a sip of the hot tea that the palace attendant had just served, it was windy and rainy outside, it was really cold, although he had already guessed what it was , but as long as Grandma Huang and the Queen Mother don't mention it, she will be happy to pretend not to know.

Wen Yu and Zhao Huan glanced at each other, and Zhao Huan smiled encouragingly, which made Wen Yu, who was originally relaxed, a little nervous, and folded his hands, "Your grandma and I don't know what type you like, so men and women I picked some of them, do you see if you like them?"

"Let the grandma and the queen mother work hard for the selection of the son, the son is grateful, and will definitely think about it carefully." Shi Min, who was already mentally prepared, was not surprised when he heard the words.

There are two ways for the Empress of Hua Kingdom to be born. One is to meet and fall in love with each other freely like her imperial grandmother and grandma, and then get married. This situation requires a lot of time, and they have been princes for a long time. So there is time to talk about love.

The prince was already married, and the princess was promoted to queen after the prince ascended the throne.Because people here generally have a long life expectancy, this method of queen generation is the mainstream situation.Another option is to choose a queen. In this case, the emperor usually ascends the throne as a young man, such as Shi Min.

Although the selection of empresses is not the mainstream way to produce empresses, there is a complete set of rules and systems in all dynasties, and the Hua Dynasty is no exception. Candidates must meet certain conditions. The royal garden villa eats and lives together for half a year, and after half a year, the emperor decides the candidate for the queen.

Don't think too much, living together means living in the Royal Garden Villa together, not living in the same room.

This was also the fundamental reason why Shi Min was not worried or in a hurry, and left the post-election matters to Grandma Huang and the Queen Mother, because no matter how they chose, the final decision of the Queen's candidate was in her hands.

"All the men have withdrawn." Even now, she can still be sure that the one she likes is a girl, and the men are naturally out of the game.

The palace attendant who was holding the portrait of the man and the information booklet retreated instantly, and the two uneven rows closed again in an instant, becoming two neat rows again. Every move, I was relieved to see the portrait of the man retreating.

The queens of the previous emperors of the Hua Dynasty were all women. It is not because the status of the men in the Hua Dynasty was low, but that the emperors liked women. If they changed their style in Shi Min, not only they, but also the people of the world would have to suspect two.

The reason why there are men here is also because of the post-election rules, unless the emperor himself speaks well, so they can't help her decide this matter.

Think carefully, Shi Min is not just talking, so she carefully observes each portrait, and if she thinks it is not bad, she will pick up the information booklet to check the family background and general personality preferences of the person in the portrait.

Appearance may be very important to some people, but in her opinion, three views, preferences and feelings when getting along are more important, so information booklets are very important. The information on it is far more authentic and reliable than portraits. Not only are they The eight generations of their ancestors have more detailed information about them.

In the past, the personal information in the information booklet was only the height, weight, age and specialty of the portrait owner. She felt that it was too little, so she added personal preferences and asked a few short questions.

If she thinks it is more suitable, she will ask the palace servants to come out. Before she knew it, she had already selected five, and the last two were left unread. The penultimate one was not bad. A little familiar, I took the brochure and started to read it.

The first thing that jumped into her eyes was Bu Qianxue's name, and after a few more glances at the portrait, it was [-]% similar, and she continued to look down habitually, unexpectedly, it was much better than what she took for granted.

Thinking about Bu Qianxue's liking for her, she unexpectedly gave up the second-to-last place and chose Bu Qianxue.Maybe it was a whim, or maybe it was because the other party liked me and was familiar with me.

Zhao Huan and Wen Yu, who couldn't sit still anymore, had come to see for themselves when Shi Min chose the second place. They were a little surprised when they saw that she had chosen Bu Qianxue, because the last place was completely used by them to make up the number of people. of.

It's not that the number of candidates is too small, there are more than 2000 candidates, and they are dazzled. However, there are too many of the same type and the same conditions. They are both officials and they are in Fandu. They really have fewer eyes.

However, since Shi Min chose all of them, they wouldn't say anything, but correspondingly, they didn't like Bu Qianxue at all. After all, the conditions of the first five people were much better than Bu Qianxue.

"Since the selection has been made, the rest will be handed over to me and your mother, and you can just wait for the next year to move into the Royal Garden Villa and choose your own queen." Zhao Huan walked up to Shi Min and held her hand and said kindly , the joy on his face was as if his grandson was going to get married tomorrow.

"Your grandma is right. When the time comes, you will just be responsible for choosing well. Don't worry about the rest, even if you are not satisfied with all of them, it doesn't matter." Wen Yu also happily echoed, for fear that her daughter would have concerns.

"I know, grandma and empress, since there is nothing else, I will go back to deal with state affairs first." Seeing that grandma and empress are so happy, she also wants to spend more time with them, but she will summon the minister later. had to leave temporarily.

When she agreed to the post-election, it was helpless and a condition of exchange, but now she is very happy to have made this decision, because the smiles on the faces of the royal grandma and the queen mother are no longer as pale as before, and she can feel that the post-election And busy they, smile is from the heart.

"Go, come back later for dinner, we'll wait for you" Zhao Huan patted Shi Min's hand, and then reluctantly put it down.

Shi Min saluted again, and reluctantly left Anren Palace, as if the empress mother's exhortation "Don't patronize the state affairs, but also pay attention to proper rest" was still lingering in his ears, and he lingered for a long time.

Why doesn't she want to take a break, but there are too many and complicated national affairs, each of the following people may only do one or two things, but when they are all summed up here, it becomes tens, hundreds or even thousands of things. It's small, but I have to deal with it. It's hard not to worry about it now!

The last ministers summoned today were Household Minister Moto Naoki and Household Chief Jiang Hechang. After the two finished their salutes, Yuan Naoki began to report on the recent financial revenue and expenditure. Although this year's fiscal revenue is higher than before, her actions this year are also different. Not only built the Ninth District Governor's Mansion and the Ninth District Inspector's Mansion, but also formed an army of nearly 20.

These all need money, plus the salaries of the border guards and officials from all over the country, as well as the modification and expansion of the palaces of the kings, post-election, palace expenses, daily maintenance of the palace, etc. The new year has not yet arrived. , half of the money has already been spent.

"How is my career in business compared to the previous one?" Shi Min asked.

"The prosperity is double that of the previous dynasty, and it is also several times that of the previous dynasty," Moto Naoki answered truthfully.

"Then why do commercial tax and other taxes only account for less than 5.00% of the total tax? And why is the total tax increase by less than [-]% compared to the previous dynasty?" Although she could roughly guess the answer, she wanted to hear it even more. Listen to the pros.

Moto Naoki did not answer immediately, but exchanged glances with Jiang Hechang. They discussed this issue after the taxation work was completed. Although most of them could reach an agreement, there were still some differences.

"I personally think that there may be two reasons. One is that the honored nobles deliberately concealed the land and property; the other is tax evasion by businessmen; Jiang Hechang thinks that there may also be errors in the "Measurement Book"" Yuan Zhimu decided after thinking for a few seconds. Express your own point of view and Jiang Hechang's point of view.

The reason they thought of was roughly the same as she guessed, "The "Measurement Book" was completed by your Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, and the Inspectorate. I believe you, even if there are errors, it will not be too big." In other words, This is not the main reason.

"Your Majesty is wise" can be so trusted by His Majesty, Yuan Zhimu and Jiang Hechang's excitement is beyond words.

One of the employment regulations she has always believed in is "no doubts about employing people and no doubts about others". Since she has used them, she will not rashly doubt them, and she also believes in her own judgment on them and other officials. If she still chooses the wrong person after comprehensively considering the five aspects of personality, talent, physical ability, character and intention, then she will have to admit it.

"Since the "Measurement Book" is not the main reason, it can only be the first two points. I hope you will come up with a solution as soon as possible to cure this trend of concealing and evading taxes." The newly added property tax is only so much more. Qian, these honored nobles and businessmen are simply slapping her in the face, and they are dying. They don't know who the emperor is!

"It's Your Majesty, I will leave first." Moto Naoki and Jiang Hechang saluted and left, but was blocked by Qingying who was sleeping on the floor. It was still at His Majesty's feet when he first entered, so he had to go around and go out.

Who doesn't know His Majesty's love for this pet black dog, and it is said that he keeps it with him most of the time, like something, how dare they step on Qing Ying in front of His Majesty!

"Today's dinner is free of meat." Shi Min saw it all, and felt that Qingying was challenging her authority, and she was not at all lenient when it came to skipping meat.

Qingying, who was sleeping on her stomach, immediately got up when she heard the words, and ran to the master's feet, circling around, looking at the master with her head held up and a pair of big watery eyes, the intention of praying was very obvious, Shi Min felt that if Qingying was really a dog If so, the tail is probably broken.

"There is no need to discuss this matter, go to the door and guard for half an hour" Even if she couldn't bear it, she had no choice but to do so.

Because she has to let Qingying realize her mistake, maybe it was just unintentional to block the way today, but if she doesn't punish severely, it is very likely to develop into harassment next time, going around, even if she doesn't Don't mind, Grandma Huang and the Queen Mother won't let her raise Qingying again after they find out, so she has to do this.

Lu Guanchu and the palace attendants, who came in after Yuan Zhimu and the others had left, happened to meet Qingying who was walking out dejectedly, and they all took a look, but no one dared to speak, and the palace attendants quickly returned to their respective positions.

Shi Min summoned the ministers alone, including Lu Guanchu, who would not stay by her side, and only called them when something happened. It wasn't that she didn't believe them, but that knowing too much was not good for them, especially if they hadn't decided yet. thing.

Yuan Zhimu and Jiang Hechang were the last ministers summoned today, so as soon as they left, they all came back in an orderly manner at the beginning of Lu Guanchu. They also saw more interactions between His Majesty and Qingying, and realized more clearly that Qingying is a A very smart dog who can understand human speech, and only listens to His Majesty. ?