On the morning of October 15th, Yanjing City.

It's time for the court meeting again.

Zheng Wen was wearing a black emperor's crown garment and a emperor's sword. He surrounded by warriors and eunuchs and walked into the main hall of the Daming Palace with his limp feet.

A man limped up the imperial steps step by step. After a while, Zheng Wen sat on the dragon throne.

The ministers below stood in court uniforms and divided into squads.

Huang An shouted: "See all the ministers!"

The ministers below saluted Zheng Wen in unison and shouted: "I'm here to pay my respects to Your Majesty, how can you do it!"

Zheng Wen replied as usual: "I am safe, all the people are safe!"

Seeing this, Huang An spoke loudly again and said, "If you have something to do, report it early, and if you have nothing to do, you will leave the court!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qian Chang, the Minister of Rites, made a list and said: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, a country cannot have a king for a day, nor can it have a descendant for a day. Your Majesty's filial piety period has passed, so he will issue an edict to select beauties from all over the world, enter the palace to serve Your Majesty, and give birth to a prince as soon as possible to calm the court officials!"

Zheng Wen sat on the imperial chair, listened to Qian Chang's words, thought for a while, and then said, "But, let's start from the first month of next year. Your Ministry of Rites will be preparing for the next two months!"

The system of talent show for big players is not very strict. In the year of talent show, the emperor issued an edict to the world. The local officials cooperated with the Ministry of Rites to select women who actively ran for election, and did not force them to run for election. Women aged fifteen and over to twenty and under, civilians, noble families, and nobles can run for election. This is the primary election.

Then they gather in the capital, and women such as the queen of Changle Palace or the queen of Weiyang Palace are selected again. The right one is selected and the emperor will see it personally, and the right one is left as their own woman. After soliciting their opinions, the others will be given marriage to the royal prince or marry by themselves. Of course, some will stay in the palace as female officials. In this regard, they will respect women more!

As for the time of the draft, it is not fixed. It all depends on the mood of His Majesty. It may be three, five, or ten years. Some emperors even have never issued a draft edict in their lifetime. Zheng Wen's grandfather, Emperor Longcheng, has been an emperor for nearly 40 years, but has never issued a draft edict. Zheng Wen's father, Zheng Yan, has been an emperor for sixteen years, and has not conducted a draft edict in the first year of Jianqi.

Of course, Zheng Wen's draft this time must be different from the past, because he ascended the throne before he got married, so this draft was mainly to select the queen, and it was also the only direct draft in the three hundred years since the founding of the country. The rest were the princess or princesses who became the queen.

So the scale of this draft will definitely be very large, and there will definitely be many people participating, of course this is a later story.

Why did Zheng Wen agree?

On the one hand, it is because of politics that an emperor who has no descendants or children ascended the throne for many years will cause turmoil in the court and the ministers will feel uneasy. For a specific reference, you will know that Liu Che, the Emperor Wu of Han, had no sons for many years, even his uncle Tian Ye and King Liu An of Huainan, had to turn a blind eye and pretend that he did not know.

On the other hand, as a man with a strong spirit, Zheng Wen certainly longs for a beautiful wife and concubine, and needs a queen. Moreover, he is not a person who loves first. Although he has traveled through time since later generations, he does not have the kind of other people who have to fall in love before getting married. He is the standard beauty party. As long as you are a beauty, you can look at him from a different perspective.

Of course, Zheng Wen also knew in his heart that someone must have tried his best with Qian Chang, but he just didn’t know who it was!

But Zheng Wen did not intend to ask the truth. As an emperor, he had to learn to pretend to be confused in many things.

When the ministers below heard that His Majesty the Emperor agreed, they all bowed to Zheng Wen with a happy expression, and then they all said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

After hearing this, Zheng Wen said, "I don't know whether the saint is saint."

"But I know that you ministers are all smart and extremely smart people!"

Zheng Wen then stood up from the dragon chaise, took a memorial, raised his right hand in the air, and then spoke, "Look, look, my big slaughter actually has so many borers, don't you know about Ma Yuan, Di Ping, Xia Yong? You know, you are just too smart and you all understand the principle of protecting yourself!"

"I just need some stupid people to do it. Do you know that Xia Yong? It was the former deputy envoy of Privy Councilor. After he was arrested, he said to Zhou Kuo: I could have escaped, but I don't want His Majesty to be disappointed with the warriors. Some people say he is stupid. Yes, he is cute. Although he is not a good thing, even this loyalty and righteous heart touched me. And you just lack this stupidity, otherwise how could I be so serious about the corruption and bribery in the court?"

After hearing this, the ministers below had different thoughts, but no one dared to speak.

"Listen, listen too, Zhou Kuo, the Minister of Justice, submitted a memorial to me."

Zheng Wen opened the memorial, took a few steps, and said loudly: "My Minister Zhou Kuo, Minister of Justice, reported that since he was ordered to investigate the Ma Yuan case, he has confiscated the property of Ma Yuan's family: 1.3 million taels of silver, two large houses, 20,000 hectares of fertile land, and other gold, silver and jewelry. The property of Di Ping, the former right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was 1.8 million taels of silver, five large houses, one garden, 30,000 hectares of fertile land, and other gold, silver and jewelry. The property of Xia Yong, the former deputy envoy of the Privy Council, was 1.3 million taels of silver, three large houses, one garden, 20,000 hectares of fertile land, and other gold, silver and jewelry. The property of Xia Yong, the former deputy envoy of the Privy Council, was 1.3 million taels of silver, three large houses, one garden, 20,000 hectares of fertile land, and other gold, silver and jewelry. The estimated price of 1.5 million taels of gold, silver and jewelry…”

"Listen, listen, it really opens my eyes! Great corrupt, big worms, all greedy are people's wealth and ointment!"

Zheng Wen paused for a moment before standing in front of the imperial chair and shouted sternly: "Why did it become like this? Is the court not good enough to them?"

Zheng Wen stood on a high place, pointed his right hand at the ministers standing below and said, "No, in my opinion, it is the indulgence of you ministers on them!"

"You touch your conscience and ask, are you worthy of the official hat on your head?"

"You touch your conscience and ask, are you worthy of your family's salary?"

"You touch your conscience and ask, are you worthy of the court's trust in you?"

Zheng Wen was very excited and said he was tired, so he threw the memorial from a high place and suddenly fell heavily on the floor of the hall. With a "pop" sound, it not only fell on the floor of the hall, but also in the hearts of the court officials.

The ministers knelt on the ground and then spoke in unison: "Your Majesty forgive me, I will die!"

Zheng Wen stood on a high place and quietly looked at the kneeling minister below. His anger had not subsided and he did not speak.

After a while, Zheng Wen said again: "Get up! Actually, I know, and I can't blame you all."

"Everyone says that the son does not say his father's fault, but today I still have to say in front of all the ministers that a large part of the reason is because of my father's lenient years."

"But, I want to tell you today that my father's lenientness does not mean that I also want lenientness!"

"I want to tell you that my Zheng Wen's governance in this life is just one word, strict!"

"No matter what it is, it must be strict. The army must be strict, and the court officials must be strict."

After pausing, he sat on the imperial chair again, and then said, "We must be strict in building the military, and we must be strict in collecting grain and taxes... In short, no matter what it is, I must be strict in one!"

"I give you a month. If you feel that you can't meet the requirements of me, please resign!"

"Otherwise, I will let you know what the emperor is and the minister is!"

The ministers below were silent, but they had different thoughts. I wonder what they were thinking?

After a moment of silence, Zheng Wen said again: "Is there anything else? If not, just retreat."

At this time, Liu Jian spoke out and said, "Your Majesty, the case of the imperial tomb is already at a deadlock, and it is impossible to find any results again. The old minister believes that there is no need to investigate again. Please tell me!" After Liu Jian said that, he bowed to Zheng Wen.

Zheng Wen understands Liu Jian’s meaning, but Zheng Wen also has his own considerations.

The court officials were also curious, so they pricked up their ears and listened carefully, wanting to hear Your Majesty's attitude, so as to guess Your Majesty's thoughts so as to further seek profit for themselves.

But as an emperor, how could Zheng Wen make it so easy for them to guess what they think?

Then he said, "I will think about it again! I will discuss this matter next time."

So, Zheng Wen sat on the dragon throne and said, "Is there anything else?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Shan, the Minister of War, made a speech: "Your Majesty, three days later, the 100,000 troops leading by the General and Duke of Liao Wu Yong, who went to Shanhaiguan to enter the capital. Please tell me!"

Zheng Wen laughed loudly after hearing this, and said, "Okay, OK, OK!"

Then he stood up and danced a little, obviously very happy, so he spoke, "It's all my warriors of Daqian. I can't treat them in vain!"

"I will personally go out of the capital to greet them thirty miles away!"

"Ministry of War, the Ministry of Revenue must do the relevant work well and not let the warriors bleed and cry!"

"Now!" "Now!"

"That's it! Is there anything wrong?"

Seeing that nothing happened, Zheng Wen said, "Then let's retreat!"

"I respectfully send you to Your Majesty!"

Zheng Wen lame his feet down the imperial steps step by step, and soon he was surrounded by warriors and left the hall.

The ministers looked at Zheng Wen's disappearing back and felt a lot of emotion in their hearts!

Your Majesty’s emperor’s mental skills are getting more and more powerful!

When I just talked about corruption and bribery, I was furious. Next, when I talked about the triumphant success of the army, I laughed again!

Are they increasingly unable to see whether His Majesty is really angry or fake, whether he is really happy or fake, otherwise how could his face change so quickly?

And Zheng Wen was really angry in the hall today? Yes, but he was not as angry as he seemed. Since things had happened, it was useless to get angry any more.
Chapter completed!