Zhao Shu's wedding was very lively. The ministers congratulated him, and the vassal states paid tribute and were so glorious that they married Wang Qing into the palace. For this day, Zhao Shu held it for three years.

You should know that in the past three years, he could not do anything excessive to mourn his father. He was especially full of eyes full of beauty and spirit. How tormented should he be to a young and energetic emperor.

Zhao Shu felt like a pufferfish. If you suck a little more, you will be frying!

After getting married, there is no need to say much about the matter between the young couple, but they are just tired of being tired all day long, struggling hard for the Lao Zhao family.

However, under the calm, there is a powerful torrential surge, and the entire officialdom must be involved... During the period when Wang Anshi presided over the reform, in order to implement the law, Wang Ning'an made a suggestion, that is, to promote the examination and preparation method. In recent years, the examination and preparation method has become more and more strict, and the Ministry of Personnel has strictly implemented the various evaluation indicators of officials... In addition to approval once a year, a total assessment must be conducted every three years, and the officials must be ranked. If they can get first class, they will have the opportunity to be promoted first. If they get third class, they may be dismissed.

This year's inspection is unique and more dangerous than before.

First of all, the third year of Zhao Shu ascended the throne and changed his reign was also the first formal inspection since he ascended the throne. The court and the country all paid attention to the results of this time. To a large extent, this inspection can influence the future court.

Secondly, the inspector was Lu Gongzhu, the Minister of Personnel. He has always been known for his meticulousness and persistence. He is safe in his work and has a good qualification. Even Wang Ning'an has to respect him three points. Wang Ning'an has never moved on the top of the Ministry of Personnel. The administration of officials is always the most deadly part of the empire, and it is not an exaggeration to do anything to improve it.

When Zhao Shu was in love with the queen, he was also very concerned about the inspection situation. He had to pay attention to it almost every few days. Finally, Lu Gongzhu, who was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, took out the inspection list and presented it to the Political Affairs Hall according to the rules. Because it also involved the evaluation of several ministers of the Political Affairs Hall, the Political Affairs Hall would not be opened, but gave it to the emperor directly.

Almost every official stared at this list and said bluntly, this is the List of Gods and the Book of Life and Death! The people often say that they can’t help doing things, and they will be useless to be exhausted.

The court has to see and recognize the many things you have done before you can get promoted and develop. It is very likely that you have been busy for several years, but you are not as good as the words you can do casually. Don’t be dissatisfied. Rules are rules, and no one can change them!

Everyone looked at the prisoner waiting for the sentence. It will be this time for anyone who can ascend to heaven and who can go to hell.

But it was strange that the palace had been betting for three days and it was not announced.

Not in line with the rules?

Everyone was confused. The little emperor was quite diligent, especially for such an important matter, how could he stay and not send it? If you pass, you will have something to say!

Just when everyone was at a loss, a rumor gradually came out.

It turned out that most of the six arts and Wang Ning'an's followers were sent to the list of Lu Gongzhu, especially the Jinshi class in Jiayou for the second year, which suffered heavy losses. Except for a few people who were responsible for important responsibilities, the others were all affected, and they were in full swing!

When Wang Ning'an went out to handle the case, such a big thing happened in the capital. Some people say, His Majesty the Emperor is cruel enough!

As soon as they got married, they had to cut off Wang Ning'an's gangs and weaken the power of the King of Xiliang. It is said that the Tian family is ruthless, and it seems that this is true, even if even the master cannot escape.

Some people also said that if Wang Ning'an's followers were eliminated first, will Wang Ning'an be defeated in the next step? Could this powerful minister from both dynasties also fall?

All kinds of speculations were rampant for a while and the controversy was everywhere.

...

"Absurd, really absurd!"

Zhao Shu was furious. Of course, he didn't want to attack his fellow disciples. On the contrary, many people here were officials, who were very capable of enduring hardships and did a lot of things for the court, such as Su Che, who participated in the division of land in Yanzhou. He did such a big thing steadily and appropriately, and the court and the country were praised a lot. As a result, he only got a "middle" in the assessment, which was too unreasonable.

Zhao Shu spent three days studying each person carefully. Zhao Shu confirmed that this list was not fair at all and was completely targeted at the master. He was furious and immediately asked someone to call Mr. Lu to reject the list.

Mr. Lu stood straight in front of Zhao Shu, lowering his eyebrows, but he refused to compromise at all.

"I report to Your Majesty. The list of old ministers is prepared by you. All ministers are divided according to the rules of the court. All ministers are divided according to eight levels, including greed, cruel, inaction, impetuous, old, sick, impetuous, and weak. All have rules to follow, and there is no point in favoritism or intentional harm. Please observe clearly."

Zhao Shu was not convinced, "Then I ask you, why is Su Che mediocre? Isn't that reasonable?"

Lu Gongzhu did not show weakness and smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, Su Che is indeed an official, but in his office, there were nearly a thousand people who were executed before and after. In the past, the imperial court conducted an investigation and found that if more than ten prisoners were executed under his rule, it would be treated as a cool person. Su Che had exceeded a hundred times. Logically speaking, he was already a cruel official, and he was only rated as a medium-sized person because he took into account his merits."

"Lu Qing, your statement is not fair! Su Che is trying to implement the distribution of land in order to ensure that the court has encountered resistance, so of course he has to kill people! What's wrong with this?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that he is guilty of making mistakes and should of course be punished severely. However, such a great crime of killing is really a harm to the peace and the court's name of mercy. If all the ministers do nothing in the name of implementing administrative orders, wouldn't our dynasty become the world of cruel officials? In addition to the excessive criminal law, there are more lawsuits, many local officials, and many bandits' rebellion, etc. As an official who stands alone, it is hard to refuse the blame. The old minister also gives evaluations according to the rules. If he insists on changing, he may attract people to discuss it!"

Lu Gongzhao was the third son of Lu Yijian, an important official in the previous dynasty. He came from a famous family and was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel for many years. He has experienced prestige and is the top among the current ministers.

Zhao Shu couldn't directly suppress him, so he could only reason. After asking about the situation of several people, Lu Yijian talked endlessly, pointing out their questions one by one. Some people were too heavy taxes, some were abused by people's power, causing the people to die innocently, and some people had unclear accounts and bribery... In the end, Zhao Shu was confused. In his impression, he was all capable ministers and officials, but when Lu Gong came here, they all became problems.

And he also explained the truth and came up with evidence, but it seemed that he had not refuted it yet.

There was no choice but to say angrily: "The inspection list is temporarily reserved, and I will issue it after I carefully consider it."

Although Zhao Shu continued to suppress the inspection list, the news spread wildly.

The students of Wang Ning'an were originally quit.

What a joke, I worked hard and worked hard for the court, but as a result, after doing so many things, I didn’t lose it. You, Mr. Lu, are too unreasonable!

These people found Sima Guang one after another and poured out bitterness.

"My true master, how despicable these people are? While the master is not in the court, they will use the examination of the Ministry of Personnel to deal with us! You are the senior brother of the big guy, so you have to help speak!"

Including Wang Shao, he also found him, "Brother Junshi, I heard that there are several civil servants leading troops on the list, which is about to disrupt the morale of the army!"

Sima Guang also sighed at this time. Although he was the second minister, he had always been in charge of finance, and he did not touch the administration of the government much and had little say.

And everyone knows that he is Wang Ning'an's student, and if he insists on making a comeback, he will inevitably gossip.

You should know that over the years, the forces against Wang Ning'an have been suppressed. This time they gathered together to create public opinion, praise Lu Gong for his fairness in his work, and the results of the investigation were very appropriate. If Wang Ning'an insisted on abolishing this list, it would be equivalent to trampling the rules of the court under his feet.

Sima Guang talked about the truth to everyone. Indeed, the master was in a difficult situation, but was it difficult to get a knife for success? This is not reasonable!

"Let's go back first, I'll go find Mr. Lu and have a good talk with him. If he dares to be ugly, I'm not a vegetarian!"

Sima Guang was really angry and went straight to the Ministry of Personnel.

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And at this moment, a big drama was also being staged in the palace.

After Zhao Shu got married, he had to settle the morning and evening every day, and he had to bring Wang Qing over.

As soon as she became the queen, Wang Qing also put aside her recklessness when she was at home and became polite. She is Wang Anshi's daughter. She is smart and has received a good education. Every move is graceful and generous. She soon convinced the people in the palace and did not dare to take it lightly.

Empress Dowager Cao looked at her son and daughter-in-law, and she felt mixed feelings, not knowing whether she was happy or sad.

"The emperor, if you have time, sit with your mother and queen, and the mother will have a few words."

Why did Zhao Shu refuse? He could only nod and agree.

"The mother teaches her a lesson, and the child listens carefully."

Empress Dowager Cao laughed, "A common family says that you have started a family and started a business. Now you have been the emperor for three years and have married a wife. Soon you will be able to spread the royal family and increase the dragon son and grandson. The mother is old and doesn't think about anything, just hope to hold your grandson soon."

As she said that, she even glanced at Wang Qing. The little girl's neck was red, she lowered her head and said nothing.

"When it comes to being an emperor, my mother has seen your father for decades... It's not easy for him. The Queen Guo in front of me has feelings for your father, but she was still demoted to Concubine Jing by your father... After all, it's still a blame on Queen Guo. She fought for the first place everywhere and did not give way to the late emperor. They all said that husband and wife were one, but in the end there was a superior and inferior... I said that there are four elements in the domain, and the king belonged to them. As an emperor, he had a natural conscience in his mouth, and Gan Gang was arbitrary, and he buried a million corpses in anger and bleed thousands of miles. How could it be easy!"
Chapter completed!