Chapter 37 Choice

Ye Qinghuai stopped Lu Yanchen's classes in the afternoon. But except for morning and bedtime, she spent the whole day in Wenyuan Pavilion behind Wenxuan Hall.

Wenyuan Pavilion stores ancient and modern books, with tens of thousands of volumes in the cabinet, ranging from classics of literature and history to Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and medicine.

Ye Qinghuai spent ten days reading through the chronicles and miscellaneous stories about the wise kings and wise men of the past dynasties in the library of the History Department of Wenyuan Pavilion.

She wanted to know what kind of person was a good king.

Lu Yanchen is right. She only governs the country with anger and nonsense. She is far from seeing the difficulties and dangers on this road. She is not ready yet. Her determination is not enough to sustain her through this journey.

A long and endless road filled with fog.

She has no delusions of wanting to be on par with Yao and Shun, but even though he was the Holy Ancestor Emperor at the beginning of the Dajing Dynasty, she still thinks that he is far from him in terms of civility and martial arts.

Her knowledge and ambition cannot support her big words.

Ye Qinghuai fell into self-doubt.

With these questions, Ye Qinghuai emerged from Wenyuan Pavilion.

Also on the same day, Chen Yuansi returned to court.

On the first day that Chen Yuansi came to court, he finalized the official positions of the three people in the first grade this year. The arrangement of the Ministry of Personnel was very clever. The three of them were either bachelors or editors. Although their status and grades were all low, none of them entered the sixth ministry.

real power.

"Mr. Chen Ge, what do you mean by this?" Gu Shihai immediately questioned after hearing Chen Yuansi's report.

"I don't understand what Mr. Gu Ge said." Chen Yuansi was ill this time and seemed to speak slower.

"There are so many vacancies in the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War, waiting for people to be filled, but the Ministry of Personnel has sent them all to write books. What's the point?"

Chen Yuansi still answered unhurriedly: "How knowledgeable Yi Jia is this time, all the ministers have seen it in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. There is a big commotion in Shengjing Academy, but Mr. Gu Ge insists on going his own way.

With such a heavy responsibility, we are not afraid of using public opinion to make money, won't it be difficult to end it when the time comes?"

"The imperial court is employing people. Which people to use and whether they can be used should naturally be decided by each department. Is the Ministry of Personnel trying to restrict the elbows of each department?"

"What Mr. Gu Ge said is wrong. The Ministry of Personnel appoints people on merit. This time, the three people in the first class are all young talents. The reason why the Ministry of Personnel arranged this is to train them. If they are really usable talents, they will naturally not be buried."

When he said this, Gu Shihai thought for a while, seemed to have calculated something, and said: "But the manpower is tight at the moment, especially the Ministry of War. Jinchuan in the west has repeatedly violated the border after the New Year, and Beidi in the north has also made moves recently. The amount reported by the Ministry of War last month

But there has been no reply for a long time. Mr. Chen Ge neither allocates money nor people to the Ministry of War, so what can I do to fight these battles?"

"Mr. Gu Ge, please be patient. The veteran knows the situation in the Ministry of War, and the cabinet also knows that there will definitely be a shortage of money, food and personnel, but everything must still be done in accordance with regulations. Mr. Gu Ge, when the court comes next, we will go to the East Pavilion for details.

Tell me."

The East Pavilion is to the east of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. It is the office of the Taiqing Pavilion and the place where the cabinet meets and deliberates. When Chen Yuansi said this, he meant that it involved military and political secrets and was not suitable for discussion in public in the court.

Gu Shihai understood and said nothing more. The matter was settled at the court meeting.

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After the morning court, the five cabinet ministers went straight to the East Pavilion.

Ye Qinghuai did not attend their meeting, she had another thing to do.

She had to prevent the Chengtianmen Incident from happening.

Since she knew something like this would happen, she couldn't just sit back and watch.

According to the students' petition she had read in her previous life, the students' request should be to publish the examination papers and reopen the debate in front of the palace.

When Emperor Shengzu established the Spring Palace, in addition to the palace examination, there was another tradition, which was to discuss studies in front of the palace.

Within ten days after the results are released, the imperial court will hold a seminar at the Literary School. The top three officials who have passed the exam will sit in the academic forum and answer homework questions raised by people from all walks of life. Although this seminar is held in the Literary School

, is called "Lunxue in front of the Palace", but it is open to all people. On the one hand, it aims to promote the academic style and set an example for students all over the world. On the other hand, it aims to hone the new subjects and let them understand what the people want.

However, more than 20 years ago, a riot broke out in front of the temple, and dozens of people were injured. Since then, the temple has been abolished. Although there have been calls in the court to reopen the temple in recent years.

, but after all, it’s the words that people say lightly, and it’s hard to make a difference.

Now this matter is handled by Gu Shihai. With his style, not to mention agreeing to the students' request, not arresting all the people who wrote the letter would be considered merciless.

Ye Qinghuai recalled that on the day of the Chengtian Gate Incident in his previous life, it was Luo Zichang, the commander of the Forbidden Army, who came to Wenxuan Palace with He Qingchang, Minister of War, to request a warrant for the mobilization of the Forbidden Army and the Gyeonggi Guards. Now that he thought about it, these two people were probably ordered to do so.

Gu Shihai. But in her previous life, she mostly trusted the courtiers and did not interfere in court affairs. As a result, she had no idea that such a big incident had occurred. She did not find out about the death until Gu Shihai and Chen Yuansi quarreled over the matter the next morning.

Preventing the people is more important than guarding Sichuan. Gu Shihai's iron-fisted policy may cause trouble this time.

But with Ye Qinghuai's current passive situation, it would be a fool's errand to stop Gu Shihai. Even if Gu Shihai cannot get her order this time and cannot mobilize the Imperial Army and the Gyeonggi Guard, Ye Qinghuai doesn't know if he will do anything else.

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If we want to resolve this matter once and for all, the best way is to prevent students from gathering in crowds to petition and avoid the root cause of the problem.

She thought about it for a few days and felt that she could only stand up as the emperor to quell the public anger. Whether it was a promise or a proposal, she should stabilize the public sentiment first. She could mediate with Gu Shihai for the rest of the matter.

Ye Qinghuai even thought about including the legitimate daughter of the Gu family into the harem. This would not only restrain the queen in the harem, but also calm Gu Shihai's heart.

However, these are all things for later. What I need to do now is to leave the palace again.

Firstly, it was to examine the real public opinion caused by the Chunwei list among the people. Now, under the dual pressure of the Ministry of Punishment and the Gyeonggi Guard, all she heard from the court was that the people were peaceful and no one could question the report. What was actually going on?

, I’m afraid she can only know if she travels incognito and goes to see it in person.

In addition, Ye Qinghuai also had to solve one worry during this trip.

If she had to appear in front of the people and students as the emperor, then one person had to be dealt with in advance.

Qin Baozhu.

Someone who knows she is a woman.

Although she had made an oath with heaven and earth as evidence, the matter was serious and Ye Qinghuai had to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Wenxintang has a close relationship with Wang Lisong, and there are many candidates in the academy who took the Chunwei exam, so they are very likely to have participated in the Chengtianmen incident. Although Qin Baozhu has no reference, based on her steward-like status in Wenxintang, and

Because he is familiar with the students, he is very likely to petition in front of Chengtian Gate.

As long as she is here, Ye Qinghuai cannot show up.

The best way is to find a way to persuade her to leave Shengjing. But since she said she grew up in a brothel, she probably has no family anymore. If she leaves Wenxintang, she may have nowhere to go. What's more, it's such a big thing as petitioning.

If she were to leave Beijing suddenly soon, if it weren't for a huge reason, I might not be able to persuade her.

Ye Qinghuai was a little worried.

Both the Ministry of Punishment and the Imperial Guard were under Gu Shihai's control. If they used their power to control her, they would inevitably be unable to avoid Gu Shihai's eyes and ears. The emperor who had never left the palace suddenly targeted a civilian woman like this. Isn't it "there is no three hundred taels of silver here"?

Ye Qinghuai could only persuade her to give it a try. It would be best if she could be persuaded to leave Shengjing, but if not...

She can't take risks.

Ye Qinghuai then called Zhou Shouyi.

"Grandpa Zhou, I want to ask you for some medicine."

"What medicine?"

"A medicine that can cause amnesia after taking it."

Zhou Shouyi frowned and looked at Ye Qinghuai, speechless.

But seeing Ye Qinghuai staring at him seriously, there was no joke in his eyes. Zhou Shouyi searched around the room. After a while, he found a fork for supporting the window next to the window, half of which was used to support the window.

No matter how long his arm was, he waved it gently twice and said to Ye Qinghuai: "It's very handy to use this."

When Ye Qinghuai was puzzled, Zhou Shou turned around and showed her the back of his head. He pointed at a spot on his head and said: "Look here, control your strength, and make sure you get it right in one go.

Amnesia.”

Ye Qinghuai saw that Zhou Shouyi was teasing her and couldn't help laughing. After laughing, she stopped her smile and asked: "Grandpa Zhou, is there really no such medicine?"

"This is unheard of in ancient and modern medical books. Only in the witchcraft of southern Xinjiang, it was rumored that there was a poison that could cause amnesia in people. However, after I banned witchcraft, there were no such rumors."

Ye Qinghuai sighed silently, thought for a moment, and then asked: "Grandpa Zhou, please give me a bottle of poison."

Zhou Shouyi's expression suddenly became tense: "What kind of poison does your Majesty want?"

"Deadly poison. But it can't be found that he died of poisoning." After a pause, she looked at Zhou Shouyi again, with some unbearable eyes, and said, "The best kind is colorless and tasteless and won't hurt if you drink it?

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Zhou Shouyi looked at her warily and asked after a while: "Your Majesty is not going to poison Mr. Gu, is he?"

Ye Qinghuai looked at his expression and couldn't help laughing and said: "I would not use such vicious means to deal with court officials."

She lowered her eyes and said, "It's a commoner outside the palace. She discovered that I am a woman."

Zhou Shou's expression changed like a storm. Finally, he frowned and said: "Your Majesty, there are some roads from which there is no turning back..."

Ye Qinghuai interrupted him: "I have made a decision. Grandpa Zhou, don't worry."

He took another deep look at Ye Qinghuai, sighed, and said, "I'm going to get the medicine right now."

After saying that, he left.

Ye Qinghuai walked out of the house with his hands behind his back and stopped in the courtyard.

She had lived two lives and had only one life on her hands, which was her own life taken by the Long Yuan Sword.

Power is the sharpest knife in the world. Little does she know that no one can sit on this high and mighty throne without blood on their hands. She just didn't expect that for the first time in her life, she would be murderous, and the other person would actually be a

A weak female prostitute from a common people's family.

Ye Qinghuai raised his eyes and looked at the vermilion palace wall.

She suddenly felt that this long and solemn wall seemed to have been stained with human blood in the long river of history.
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