Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1544 The Queen's Life

Ye Mingsheng also worked his way up from the bottom, so Ye Mingsheng understands Chen Changgui's ideas very well and can sympathize with them!

Ye Mingsheng also knew that his decision to let Chen Fu be the Minister of Works and to make him the Vice Minister of Works was more or less unfair to Chen Changgui!
So Ye Mingsheng summoned Chen Changgui the day after announcing his appointment, and asked him if he felt aggrieved and unhappy!

At that time, Chen Changgui said that he was grateful to His Majesty for appointing him as the Minister of Works, and that he would assist Chen Fu Shangshu well. Chen Changgui said so at the time, but his expression, eyes, and tone all betrayed his true thoughts!

Ye Mingsheng told him directly at that time, I know that you, Chen Changgui, feel aggrieved and unhappy, but I made this decision not because I have any bad opinion of you. I made this decision entirely from the perspective of the court and the millions of people of Daqian!
Ye Mingsheng also hinted to Chen Changgui, you said you are less than 40 years old this year, why are you in such a hurry to become the Minister of Works? Chen Fu is almost 60 years old, he can only serve as the Minister of Works for a few years, you should follow him and learn and practice well, try to learn all his experience in engineering construction, water conservancy and military farming, your future will be bright!
In addition to this kind of political suggestion, Ye Mingsheng also gave some compensation. Ye Mingsheng conferred a third-rank imperial title on his mother and a fifth-rank imperial title on his wife. He also rewarded Chen Changgui with a mansion in Yijing and a shop in a prime location in Yijing. In addition, when his mother celebrated her sixtieth birthday, Ye Mingsheng also instructed An Miaoyi to give his mother a big red envelope of three thousand taels of silver...
Anyway, Ye Mingsheng felt that he was not petty and the compensation he gave to Chen Changgui was enough. Chen Changgui also assured Ye Mingsheng that he would assist Chen Fu well, learn from Chen Fu, and strive to make more contributions to Daqian!
After getting such a guarantee from Chen Changgui, Ye Mingsheng didn't think much about it and put the matter aside. After all, as an emperor, Ye Mingsheng had a lot of things to do and pay attention to, and it was impossible for him to invest too much energy in such things.

But looking back now, it is obvious that the compensation given by Ye Mingsheng did not completely eliminate the resentment in Chen Changgui's heart!

The conflict between Chen Changgui and Chen Fu inevitably broke out, and Ye Mingsheng felt very helpless!
But what happened has happened. What Ye Mingsheng has to do now is to clean up the mess and then choose someone to take over the position of Minister of Works!

First of all, Chen Fu left, and Chen Changgui could no longer stay in the Ministry of Works. If he stayed, it would be against the rules of the court, so Ye Mingsheng planned to let Gu Sansi arrange a place for Chen Changgui, to serve as an official position such as a prefect or a county magistrate, to hone Chen Changgui's temper!

Although Ye Mingsheng has always admired Chen Changgui's work ability, this time Ye Mingsheng is really disappointed with his "favorite general"!

Therefore, if Chen Changgui can train himself well, I can give him a chance to reform himself, but if he fails to recover from this, he will never have to come back in this life, and will live out his life in the local area...

As for the new Minister of Works, to be honest, Ye Mingsheng didn't have many suitable candidates in his mind. The only suitable candidate was Su Junjie, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works and also the Director of the Second Manufacturing Bureau!
Su Junjie is also a capable person like Chen Changgui, but compared to Chen Changgui, although he is also very serious and has a positive attitude, he is not a workaholic like Chen Changgui. He is more tactful and has more business acumen. Ye Mingsheng values ​​this point about him and puts him in charge of the work of the Second Manufacturing Bureau!
Although the First Manufacturing Bureau has a higher political status in the court, the Second Manufacturing Bureau led by Su Junjie has more money, and the internal treatment of the Second Manufacturing Bureau is also better!

Many of the cooperative projects between the two Manufacturing Bureaus actually involve the First Manufacturing Bureau providing the manpower and the Second Manufacturing Bureau providing the money!
Although Su Junjie's professional ability is not as good as Chen Changgui, he is more willing to delegate power to his subordinates, unlike Chen Changgui who is in charge of all political matters!

With Chen Fu and Chen Changgui, a minister and a vice minister, leaving one after another, in order to maintain the stability of the Ministry of Works, Ye Mingsheng believed that appointing Su Junjie as the minister of Works was the right choice!

However, before appointing Su Junjie as the Minister of Works, Ye Mingsheng felt that he needed to give this Minister Su a good warning!

Because the Second Manufacturing Bureau, led by Su Junjie, is oriented towards the economic and livelihood fields, and the things it produces are also used in people's livelihood, so the Second Manufacturing Bureau is more like a large factory or a large business than a court office...

Su Junjie, the Minister, is more like a big shopkeeper. Previously, an imperial censor impeached Su Junjie, saying that he had too close contacts with some big businessmen, and there may even be some interest transfer!

For this reason, Ye Mingsheng asked the Coordination Office to conduct an investigation, and the results of the investigation showed that some things were indeed not groundless, and Su Junjie was not so clean. Not only did he accept money from others, he also had an affair with the widow of the commander of the Fengwu Army.

Although Su Junjie did make mistakes, he only received a total of more than 1,500 taels of silver from others. You have to know that in his position, the business transactions were tens of thousands of taels, or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and the total turnover was hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year.

Therefore, Ye Mingsheng showed leniency to him and confiscated his illegal gains in private. After ordering him to stop having an affair with the widow, he also gave him a chance to reform. In order to ensure that Su Junjie really reformed, Ye Mingsheng also asked the Coordination Office to arrange a secret sentry in the home of the Minister of Works!
According to the report from the secret sentry, Su Junjie had become more honest after what happened last time. He no longer accepted money that he shouldn't have accepted and ended relationships that he should have ended. On the contrary, the widow kept pestering him, and finally had to give up the relationship after Su Junjie rejected her.

Ye Mingsheng was very satisfied with Su Junjie's attitude of reforming himself. After all, no one is perfect. If he really couldn't tolerate any sand in his eyes, half of the members of the Daqian court would have to be taken down. Although Ye Mingsheng was helpless about this, he had to compromise and make concessions to this reality!

After all, in this kind of political centralized structure that lacks openness and transparency, it is very difficult for you to stay clean and pure, and stay pure and innocent...

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Evening Palace
After having dinner with Jingren, An Miaoyi also tested Jingren's homework.

“Jingren, I heard that Gu Shangshu has been teaching you the chapter on Prince Wen in the Book of Rites these days?”

Jingren, who was thinking about who to play with tomorrow, was stunned when he heard his mother's question. The next second, his still young face immediately became nervous, and then he nodded reluctantly under his mother's gaze.

Noticing the change in her son's expression, An Miaoyi was also a little angry and immediately criticized:

"Jingren, every time I check your homework, you always look guilty. How can you study hard and be more confident?"

Jingren, who was already a little nervous, looked even more depressed when he heard his mother say that. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but under his mother's disappointed look, Jingren finally chose to remain silent.

After An Miaoyi shook her head helplessly, she wanted to ask Jingren to recite the text of Prince Wen to see how well he could recite it. But seeing Jingren's expression, she, as a mother, knew that Jingren's recitation of the text must not be good. If she asked him to recite the text, she would definitely be asking for trouble!

Thinking of this, An Miaoyi said:
"Gu Shangshu told you this article, Prince Wang. What is the text about? Do you remember its general meaning?"

Jingren nodded and said:

"I remember! It was about the education of the nobility during the Spring and Autumn Period in the Zhou Dynasty. It seemed to describe how King Wen and King Wu of Zhou became the crown princes!"

"The textbook gave an example. It seemed that King Wen of Zhou greeted his father three times a day. He was happy to hear that his father was in good health. He was unhappy to hear that his father was not in good health. When his father recovered, he was happy again..."

After hearing her son's story, An Miaoyi was a little speechless. Although Jingren was not wrong, for some reason, after Jingren's translation, An Miaoyi always felt that something was wrong!

After Jingren finished speaking, An Miaoyi asked again:

"Jingren, what did you learn from this text?"

Jingren hesitated after hearing this, and after a moment of silence, he said cautiously:

"Mother, do you want me to greet my father three times a day?"

This answer made An Miaoyi speechless. She said unhappily:

"You are just imitating others and learning to walk in Handan!"

"You should learn from King Wen and King Wu of Zhou's filial piety to their parents, not from asking how they are doing three times a day!"

"Mom, I understand! I will learn from King Wen and King Wu of Zhou and be a filial son!"

An Miaoyi, who was so angry that her chest hurt, felt a little comforted when she heard her son's solemn promise.

After giving Jingren some advice, An Miaoyi let Jingren go back. An Miaoyi, who was very angry, wanted to relax and have a good rest. Some time ago, an imperial physician named Li from the medical school told An Miaoyi that sleeping with anger was not good for health and beauty...

An Miaoyi deeply agreed with this theory, so from then on An Miaoyi tried her best to fall asleep in a stable emotional state.

An Miaoyi asked two palace maids to massage her feet, and then asked Liu Ma, who was good at massage, to massage her head. In addition, An Miaoyi also asked a little palace maid who spoke clearly to stand by and read her favorite novel Butterfly Tears. In the past, when An Miaoyi read a novel and saw a plot she liked, she would often read it under the lamp at night.

But after doing this for a while, An Miaoyi felt that her eyesight had deteriorated a lot. An Miaoyi was also very troubled by this. For this reason, Qiqige beside her gave An Miaoyi a good idea, which was to let others read to her while An Miaoyi sat on the sofa and listened!

In this way, An Miaoyi can listen to her favorite novel, and she doesn’t have to worry about vision problems caused by reading under a kerosene lamp!
An Miaoyi thought Qiqige's suggestion was very good, as it not only met her needs, but also did not affect her health. In order to give herself a better listening experience, An Miaoyi screened among more than a thousand palace maids in the palace!
First of all, if you want to tell stories for the Queen, you have to be able to read and write, and then you have to speak clearly and not stutter. On this basis, you'd better know some storytelling skills so that you can speak with emotion and intonation, making people feel fascinating when listening.

Apart from these, you'd better not look too bad, and you'd better be a beauty. After all, the Queen will never keep an ugly woman around her...
After much deliberation, An Miaoyi finally chose the little girl named Guo Yan. This little girl was originally the daughter of an official family, but because her elders in the family stood on the wrong side, her family fell into poverty. The little girl was supposed to go to the Jiaofangsi, but because Ye Mingsheng made some adjustments to the Jiaofangsi, Guo Yan also came to the palace to become a maid!
Because Guo Yan's family used to be officials and her father had passed the imperial examination, she was able to read and write. Although she was not a great beauty, she was quite pretty. But the most important thing was that Guo Yan had a very clear voice, which was very pleasant to listen to.

So when choosing, An Miaoyi immediately chose Guo Yan and asked her to be by her side and serve her.

Guo Yan also likes her current job very much. After all, she used to work in a laundry department. Not only did she have bad food and accommodation, but she also had to wash a lot of clothes every day. The water in winter was freezing cold, and her little hands were frozen with several cuts. The little girl wiped away her tears in the middle of the night because of the pain.

But now that she is with An Miaoyi, not only does she eat better and can have meat every few days, but she has also moved from the big dormitory to a double room. At work, she only needs to read novels during the day and then read them to An Miaoyi at night when she needs her!

In addition to these treatments, what Guo Yan was most looking forward to was that now that she was by the Queen's side, she would have the opportunity to contact that man. Although the chance was slim, what if there was a chance...
The young maids in the palace, especially those who were still pretty, had never thought of having a love affair with someone and then becoming a phoenix.