Joy of Life: I dressed as a woman and became the Queen of Northern Qi!

Chapter 190: Ideas for reform, rewards for Uesugi Tora?
At the beginning of the Mao hour, the sky was already bright.

In the Pepper Room, Chen Luo sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Zhan Doudou helplessly.

Now he finally understood what "You can never wake up a person who pretends to be asleep" meant!

Zhan Doudou should have gotten up before the morning hour to prepare for the morning court session, but she played too much last night and ended up sleeping very late!

So when it was time to get up, she didn't get up, but still stayed in bed pretending to be asleep.

The palace maids and eunuchs didn't dare to come in to urge them, so Chen Luo had to challenge Doudou!

But today, Zhan Doudou was as determined as if he had eaten a weight!
No matter how much he said, Zhan Doudou showed no reaction. She continued to sleep with even breathing, as if she didn't hear what he said at all!
"I know what you're thinking. There are indeed too many government affairs to deal with. I can see how tired you have been these past few days!"

"After this morning court session is over, I will help you think of a way to make you feel more relaxed!"

"I can't say anything else, but I can ask you to approve half as many memorials as possible!"

In fact, even without Zhan Doudou acting out this scene, he would also find ways to relieve Zhan Doudou's pressure!
The three provinces and six ministries are still in use today, but for some unknown reason, Northern Qi and Qing only had six ministries, but no three provinces!

Maybe it was because Ye Qingmei, who proposed this system, was a science student, or maybe she didn't like the so-called three provinces, so she just retained the six-department system!
The six ministries each have their own responsibilities, and because of the unified management by the left and right prime ministers, the left and right prime ministers can check and balance each other while maintaining the operation of the government!
But there are many disadvantages to doing this, so big that he doesn’t even know how to describe them!

I can only say that this two-phase and six-department system is completely... nonsense!
Especially in Northern Qi, the positions of left and right prime ministers were vacant, and the six ministers had no one to supervise and restrict them, so their power was unprecedented!

With great power, his ambitions naturally grew as well, which was why all the six ministers were his targets for purge!
Replacing the six ministers cannot completely eliminate this situation. Even if the positions of left and right prime ministers are not vacant, who can guarantee that their power is balanced?
Once the power between the left and right prime ministers is unbalanced, how can they check and balance each other?

Isn't this equivalent to creating a powerful official with omnipotent power?
Therefore, reform is imperative, otherwise Northern Qi will run into problems sooner or later!
But reform cannot be achieved overnight, and it cannot be proposed by either him or Zhan Doudou, it must be proposed by a minister!
Otherwise, it will cause public sentiment to become unsettled, and even rumors may spread that they are being bewitched and want to change the law!
So he needs to wait for another person, and when that person arrives, he can start to reform!

Before that, what he had to do was to purge the court, eliminate those ministers with ulterior motives, and pave the way for reform!
"Approving less than half of the memorials?"

"I knew you had a way, Luo'er!"

Zhan Doudou excitedly threw herself into Chen Luo's arms and started biting his face fiercely, without any trace of her previous sleepy look.

Chen Luo raised an eyebrow, pulled her away by the back of her collar, took out a handkerchief with his other hand and wiped the saliva off his face. Under Zhan Doudou's innocent gaze, he calmly said, "Get up!"

"If you don't make it to the morning court today, you'll just have to continue reviewing memorials from now on!"

After saying this, he turned around and walked out of the Pepper Room without paying any attention to Zhan Doudou's pouting mouth.

Not long after he left the house, dozens of palace maids came in one after another, carrying washbasins to help Zhan Doudou wash and dress.

Seeing that Chen Luo was not there, and considering the threat just now, Zhan Doudou was afraid that Chen Luo would really ignore her, so she suppressed the urge to lie down in bed for a while!

The most painful thing in the world is that Chen Luo is not by her side. The second most painful thing is that Chen Luo is by her side, but she has to get up early to attend court!

Although it was very painful, she still cooperated with the palace maid to get dressed, and walked out of the Pepper Room with sleepy eyes.

When she saw the carriage not far away and Chen Luo wearing a phoenix robe in the carriage, her sleepiness instantly disappeared!
"Luo'er... well, it's getting late. If we don't take the carriage to the Qinzheng Palace, we might miss the morning court session. The Queen is really thoughtful!"

Chen Luo looked at Zhan Doudou calmly as she got on the carriage, without any emotion in his flattery of her. If Zhan Doudou hadn't been so tired last night, he would have a hundred different ways to wake her up from her pretend sleep!

Because there were palace maids and eunuchs surrounding the carriage, as well as a team of guards, Zhan Doudou did not dare to make any excessive movements for fear of being discovered by the people around him.

So she behaved very well along the way, the biggest action she took was to secretly touch Chen Luo's hand a few times. After doing this small action, she seemed scared and quickly retracted her hand, pretending that she had not done anything.

Chen Luo shook his head in amusement and gained a deeper understanding of Zhan Doudou's girlish side.

In the end, he took the initiative to reach out his hand and interlocked his fingers with hers, which made Zhan Doudou stop her little movements. The corners of her lips were almost grinning to her ears all the way.

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Qinzheng Hall.

At the beginning of the Mao hour, the ministers arrived at the Qinzheng Hall early!

To be precise, the beginning of the Mao hour is the time when the emperor goes to court, and they, the ministers, must arrive early. They can't let the emperor wait for them, right?

Therefore, all the ministers who were supposed to attend the court at this hour had already arrived at the Qinzheng Hall to wait. Those who had not arrived would not come no matter how long they waited!
"General Uesugi Tora is entering the city today. I wonder how His Majesty and the Queen will reward him!"

"How else can we reward him? Shangshan Hu has already taken the position of general, and the next position is the position of prime minister. He can't be promoted any higher. If we reward him any more, he will most likely be made a marquis of a different surname!"

"Not necessarily. Don't forget that the positions of left and right prime ministers are still vacant. Although Shangshan Hu is a warrior, he has made many contributions. In addition... he may not be unable to sit on the position of prime minister!"

"Master Du, are you kidding me? To let a warrior who leads troops in battle be the prime minister? This is really ridiculous!"

"That's right. If we let a warrior be the prime minister, other countries will probably think that there are no talented people in Northern Qi!"

When Chen Luo walked outside the Qinzheng Hall, he heard a quarrel coming from inside.

He didn't feel anything about the arguments of these ministers. After the reform, there would no longer be a prime minister, chancellor, or grand tutor!
So he naturally would not let Uesugi Tora be the prime minister, as that would just be hindering the process of reform!

"Your Majesty has arrived!!"

"The Queen has arrived!!"

The eunuch's hoarse voice reached the Qinzheng Hall, instantly quieting down the ministers who were arguing with red faces and almost rolling up their sleeves to fight.

They all ran back to where they were supposed to be standing in panic, and immediately knelt down on the ground in an orderly manner after hearing the footsteps.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty!!"

They were not afraid of fighting Doudou, what really scared them was Chen Luo!
Ever since Chen Luo returned to Northern Qi, the Jinyiwei has been active, arresting court officials in the capital city of Shangjing!

They even massacred several ministers’ residences!

This was obviously all instructed by Chen Luo!

After all, who doesn't know that the Jinyiwei are the close confidants of Queen Chen Luo of Northern Qi?
(End of this chapter)