The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1219 Very good
The one presiding over the morning court today is still Queen Sheng Ran.

Sheng Yuan met with Emperor Yanping yesterday and talked a lot, but he didn't say a single word to his sister.

Therefore, when she stood on both sides of the court hall with the officials, her first reaction was to look up at the throne.

Since Emperor Yanping entrusted the government affairs to the Empress, Empress Sheng Zhen had another set of tables and soft chairs set up in front of the throne. The size was slightly smaller, which showed the emperor's majesty without going beyond the rules. Even if some court officials had some complaints about this, they only muttered a few words in private and never brought it to the table.

Sheng Ran sat on a high step and looked over. The expressions and actions of the ministers in the hall were all within his field of vision.

Of course, among all the ministers, the most conspicuous one is her sister Yuan.

Look at her big eyes rolling around with energy, you can tell at a glance that she is going to be naughty again.

Sheng Ran gave his sister a meaningful look, then swept his eyes over the ministers and asked in a deep voice, "Do you have any memorials to submit?"

Sheng Yuan scratched his face as he listened to the Minister of Rites reporting on the preparations for the Crown Princess's enthronement ceremony. At the same time, he recalled his recent performance and made sure that he had not been causing any trouble recently. Suddenly, he straightened his chest involuntarily.

Although morning court sessions are held almost every day, in reality, the time at which each session ends is not fixed.

It has a similar meaning to what is said in opera scripts: "If you have a script, you can start your speech; if you don't, you can leave the court."

Of course, even if there was nothing major to report, the court officials would not really just stand there and leave in front of the emperor. After all, there were no major events, but there were many minor ones.

Everyone chatted freely, which also made the emperor feel that the morning court was fulfilling.

However, there should be no need for the emperor and his subjects to be perfunctory in this morning's court.

After the Minister of Rites He Benchu ​​received instructions from the empress and returned to the team, another censor from the Censorate went out to report the reports submitted by the various supervisory censors.

"There is a female official in Dazhou Prefecture, who is the chief official of the prefecture. Not long after she took office, she hired her husband as a co-magistrate and made her father a judge. On weekdays, her husband and father took over the court to hear cases. The 3,500 households in Zhongzhou were handed over to two scholars. It is really absurd! The censor of Dazhou Prefecture impeached her for dereliction of duty, negligence, unreasonableness and incompetence!"

Sheng Yuan was originally listening with great interest, but she didn't expect that the censor's eyes drifted towards her while he was impeaching. Suddenly, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue became dissatisfied.

What? Because the other person is also a girl, so she has to suffer as well?

If she took a walk in the prison of Shuntian Prefecture, could she give the censor a few kicks when she came back? After all, they were both husbands!
"Oh???" Sheng Ran noticed that her little sister's eyebrows were raised, and she immediately interrupted and asked the censor, "How could such a ridiculous thing happen? Which examination did she take? How long has she been in Dazhou? What are her political achievements? Why didn't anyone find out something was wrong and report it to the court before today? What does the local Internal Guard do? There are so many officials in a state, but not one of them reported the situation to the Ministry of Personnel several times? Oh, by the way, how did the censor of Dazhou find out about this?"

Before Sheng Ran finished speaking, a young eunuch hurried towards the side door.

Behind the side door is the database where various important information is stored, and there are eunuchs who are specifically responsible for patrolling and management.

Because it is only separated from the front hall by a layer of wood, all the noises from the previous dynasty can be heard clearly here.

Just as the young eunuch entered the side door, another eunuch handed him the prepared documents.

……

Sheng Ran flipped through the information that she had taken from the young eunuch: "Well, it turns out that the 95th place in the imperial examination that the emperor held was a real Jinshi."

Having said this, Sheng Ran threw the information on the table with a dull look on her face, sneering: "It seems that this person has used all her brain for the exam. I wonder if she can still write the words of courtesy, righteousness, integrity and shame."

"Perhaps she took the imperial examination for her father and husband?" A minister whispered. Sheng Ran glanced at him and looked at the imperial censor just now: "Does the Lin family have anything else to say?"

"Here is the original report submitted by the Censor of Dazhou Prefecture. Please read it, Your Majesty."

Sheng Ran took a quick look and said, "Humph, send an order to the Inner Guards to accompany the officials of the Three Law Departments to inspect Dazhou and escort this ridiculous prefect to the capital for me!"

……

Sheng Yuan heard the anger in his sister's words and immediately retracted his chest, which had just been straightened a while ago.

As a human being, you need to have good eyesight.

Coincidentally, the thirteen censors, as if they had made an appointment, all submitted their impeachment reports today.

But it made some people who wanted to debate with her feel awkward.

Sheng Yuan lowered his head and used his sceptre to cover his eyes as he yawned, then wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeves.

I am really sleepy and really bored.

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Of the memorials submitted by the Censorate, except for the first one which sounded somewhat interesting, the others were all commonplace matters, either that the officials in this place were incompetent, or that the officials in that place were corrupt, or that the academic atmosphere in a certain place was not strong and they were unwilling to correct it.

"Yuan Jie'er." An Yu quietly came to Sheng Yuan's side from the back row, pointed at her sleeve with his finger, and whispered, "From the names of those people, it seems that they are probably girls."

"Hmm?" Sheng Yuan turned his head and asked in a low voice, "Are you sure? I remember there was an old man in the last cabinet whose name was 'Wei'!"

"I brought the latest version of the official register with me! When he mentioned the names of the officials, I looked them up almost one by one. Except for a few that I didn't remember, they were basically all correct!
You have a good memory, so you can go through it again and see if what I said is correct."

But Sheng Yuan did not take the booklet and read it carefully: "You, how can I not understand? If you say so, then it must be true."

"So, Sister Yuan, you have to be careful. I think they have bad intentions."

Sheng Yuan rolled her eyes and looked at her sister again.

Unfortunately, her sister is now unusual and will not easily let others see her true emotions, so Sheng Yuan can only rely on logical reasoning.

……

After waiting for a long time until all the ministers had nothing more to say, the one who wanted to debate in the court finally found his chance and came out to report, "We have a memorial to report!"

Seeing that the other party finally couldn't help but come out, Sheng Ran nodded: "Allow it!"

"Your Highness Lu Ying, Grand Secretary of Huagai Palace, together with Grand Secretary Yu Ziwen of Wuying Palace and Grand Secretary Han Baozhi of Dongge, sincerely recommend the former Deputy Minister of the Cabinet and great scholar Jingge as the tutor of the Imperial Concubine. I sincerely ask the Queen to consider it."

"Mr. Jingge?" Sheng Ran's eyes drifted among the ministers. After taking in their expressions, she said, "I have heard of this old gentleman's great reputation. The scholars and literati of Da Chu all praised his talent. If I remember correctly, this old gentleman already has many students all over the world.

If Princess Zhaode follows him to study literature, she may make some progress, but... this gentleman is already an octogenarian, how can we let him endure the pain of a thousand-mile journey? Moreover, as far as I know, Mr. Jingge is indifferent to fame and wealth. After retiring, he rarely interacts with the rich and powerful, and only teaches in the mountains. During this period, many nobles went to invite him, but all returned empty-handed. I think the old gentleman may not be willing to come to Kyoto to teach the princess. "