Zhen Guo Princess GL

Chapter 316 Political affairs

Lan Sheng was ordered by me to visit the sick, and when he was halfway there, he heard the news that Cui Qiao had passed away, so he had to return to the mansion again, changed into plain clothes, and changed the visit to condolences. Cui Mingde's younger brother Cui Shu and his younger brother's wife Wang Shi received all the hangers-on. Because she was sent by me, I was able to meet her in front of Cui Mingde's mother Yang Shi. It looked like this, but he didn't say a single important word.

This is the etiquette that a family should have. I can't see what Cui's plan is for Cui Mingde, so I can only ask my family to send people to express condolences every day. In addition to greetings, I also have to spy on Cui Mingde's situation. If there is something wrong, I will immediately notify him. As for me, I asked the prime ministers about the arrangements for Cui Qiao's death.The one who asked first was Li Zhaode, who hasn't had much private contact with me since he became Prime Minister, but after thinking about it, these behind-the-scenes arrangements are not a big deal. It is said that two posthumous titles have been drawn up, waiting for His Majesty to decide, and the rest don't know. But I met Yang Zhirou and Yang Gong on the road, and after a few words of greetings, I found out that they are Wen Hui and Wen Ke."

This Prime Minister Yang is from the mother's family, and my mother thought that since male emperors often use their mother's family as their prime ministers, female emperors should not be an exception, so she stipulated that there must be one member of the Yang family among the prime ministers, and now it is Yang Zhirou.Although I often meet him, we don't have much friendship. I didn't expect to ask a question from him. I pondered for a while, and when my mother was free, I simply went to her place to inquire.

However, my mother felt that the two posthumous posthumous titles were not very good. The imperial pen appointed the posthumous posthumous title "Wen Gong", gave it to Wenchang Zuoxiang, and the rest left the court, etc., as in the case of the prime minister.

I saw that she seemed to care for Cui Qiao, so I asked about Cui Mingde's discipline, and my mother said: "I gave her a ten-day vacation, and she will come back naturally after the vacation." Hesitating, he raised his eyebrows and said, "What's wrong?"

Because of my recent military studies, my mother seemed to obey my unimportant requests, so I also confessed my thoughts: "A Cui's father always wanted to marry her into a powerful family, but because of Cui Qiao, he didn't do it. , she has returned home now, I am afraid that if her father uses some means to force her to marry..." Before finishing speaking, my mother shook her head and laughed: "She is already a palace lady, give her family 1 courage, You don't dare to marry her off at will, what are you worrying about here?"

I said: "This is another thing I want to ask my mother--the female officials in the palace are loyal to the court with the officials of the foreign court. The ministers of the foreign court watch things during the day and go home at night. The duty of the imperial court is not to sell people to the Tian family, the female officials in the palace are in charge of affairs during the day and on duty at night, although they are officials by name, they are like slaves in their hearts, isn't it a bit unfair?"

My mother immediately understood what I wanted to say: "Do you want to resign as a female officer and make Cui Mingde resign and go home to observe filial piety like a man, and then be recruited back after he is filial?"

I laughed and said, "It's just because of A Cui's friendship with me, and she is close to Cui Qiao, so I can't bear it..."

My mother squinted at me: "Cui Mingde can go home and observe filial piety, and others can be treated accordingly. Once the precedent of filial piety is established, can the rest of the affairs be like going abroad, such as sleeping abroad, marriage, ceremonies, and powers?" …When you come and go, there is no difference between a palace official and a foreign official, a woman can act like a foreign official in the palace, and naturally she can also directly serve as a foreign official——You have such an idea, don’t you?”

I haven't thought that far, but I also knew that once the precedent is set, the evolution of the second time will be natural-this trick is not someone else, but my mother taught me. She was the queen many years ago, and the second queen is the queen of heaven. As the empress dowager, and now she has ascended the throne again, the most used method among them is precisely this kind of method of making good use of the situation - being punctured by her mother, she didn't panic, she just smiled and said: "My mother has become the emperor, and there is another Dugu Shao is leading soldiers and fighting abroad, and women can do even the worst things better than men, so why can't they be officials like men?"

This cryptic flattery made my mother smile, but she still shook her head and said: "A woman can be a general because of her extraordinary talent and a coincidence, but if all women can be officials and sit on an equal footing with men, the world will be able to become a general." Wouldn't the men's rules and regulations be messed up? How do you ask the ministers to agree?"

I can't beg, so I can only withdraw angrily, thinking about the best, if my mother refuses to agree, Cui Mingde will still be a member of the palace, and I won't have any worries about forced marriages and marriage negotiations like Dugu Shao, but when I think about my mother That natural tone, and I feel uneasy. In the early years, my mother was quite concerned about the well-being of women in the world, and implemented some edicts such as "Mother's mourning and filial piety for three years", and she paid attention to the available female officials, but now she does not. It seems that she has forgotten that she is also a woman, and she cares about those men in her words and deeds, and she no longer responds to my big words that "women are not inferior to men", but I don't know because she is old and doesn't want to have sex. The big change is due to the influence of the current situation, or a combination of both.

I was lost in thought, and inadvertently wandered out of the palace gate and came to the political affairs hall. Recently, there is not much business, and we will have dinner after noon. The prime ministers have already gone home. Only Yang Zhirou is on duty and is still working hard On official business, the court officials probably didn't expect me to come here so openly without any cover or ceremonial guards. From the people who were waiting at the door, the officials who were waiting for the prime minister's reply were all the same. Startled, a man in scarlet clothes approached me politely, as if he wanted to stop me, but before he could speak, Yang Zhirou raised his head from the desk, got up with a smile, and saluted me: "Princess Changle." order, or..."

My heart moved, and I said with a smile: "I didn't follow the holy order, but I'm just curious, and I want to see what the Zhengshitang looks like." I stepped in on purpose, walked around and looked around, very casually, Yang Zhirou couldn't stop me, so I could only follow In the back, one side said: "It's just a room for discussing affairs. It's the same as Ming Fuyuan, Guangwu Hall, etc. except that the place is different and the personnel are different."

I ignored him, and walked around on my own, and walked to the case where he read the document. The official document on the case had been taken away by him, but the pen and ink were still there. I smiled and picked up the pen, and ordered Fei Yi, who was about to step forward to stop me: "Get some paper, I'll try the pen and ink used by the prime minister to judge matters, how is it different from the usual pen and ink."

That Fei Yi looked at Yang Zhirou with his eyes, Yang Zhirou could only smile wryly and let him obey, I had nothing to write when I picked up the pen, and was afraid that I had violated some taboo that I didn't know, so I threw the pen away again and said with a smile: "The Prime Minister's words After all, the pen is unusual, holding it in my hand, I can’t even write a single word." Sticking out his tongue at Yang Zhirou, he raised his hand to apologize: "I was curious for a while, Meng Lang is a little bit, so don't mind, Mr. Yang." Although I don't know if he will take this I reported the matter to my mother, but it is expected that he has no strong reputation in the past, and he is willing to tell about his posthumous title in the morning. When he picked up another acquaintance, Doulu Qinwang, who was on duty, he entered the political affairs hall again, and he was never charged.

So many times, all the prime ministers broke through when they were on duty, and only when they arrived at Li Zhaode were they called by my mother, but instead of banning me from going to the Zhengshitang, they ordered me to call someone to report the next time I go again, ordering The prime ministers have a preparation, if there is any confidential matter that I should not know, I will keep it in advance, and you can come out to meet me by the way——Since the time of Emperor Taizong, there have been princes who respect the prince when they meet with ministers of the same rank According to the rules, even the status of the princess is slightly higher, and it is no exception when it comes to my mother.

Therefore, although Cui Mingde's filial piety was not accomplished, I felt a little better after all.

The author has something to say: I remember that the Tang Zhizhengshitang was originally in the Shangshu Province. It seems that someone after Li Zhaode (a real prime minister who was appointed from the Zhongshu Province) changed to the Zhongshu Province.