Chapter 1269: 23 Things About the Fake Emperor and the Powerful Officials
While Yuan Chizhi was fighting his way through obstacles in the north, Shi Li was leveraging his strength in the imperial capital.
These people who are firmly in the court are just too idle. They keep an eye on every word and action in the palace every day. We have to find something to keep them busy so that they have no time to cause trouble.
At present, the country is peaceful and the people are at peace, so Shi Li went to the six ministries in order to question them, asking about the old accounts one by one. If there were any unclear points, he would ask them to the end.
The six ministers were sweating profusely after being asked these questions, and after returning, they began to tidy up from head to toe.
Then, Shi Li went to the palace of the imperial concubines again and had a friendly discussion with several imperial concubines. Two of them volunteered to call one or two ladies from noble families over every day to talk and enjoy the scenery with them.
The concubines didn't need to say anything, the ladies who were ordered to come to the palace would imagine it themselves, and their families would also imagine it themselves.
In this way, everyone is busy and won't care what is said in the storybook.
In the dead of winter, there was another heavy snowfall outside.
Shi Li was in the study room, looking at the people from the Ministry of Revenue with a smile. They had worked hard for half a month to deliver the tax books of the imperial capital for the past three years, and she nodded with satisfaction.
"I think that every province and every department should investigate in this way, so that no one can take advantage of the situation."
At Shi Li's words, the people in the Ministry of Revenue bowed their heads as low as they could and nodded repeatedly.
After beating them for a while, the people from the Ministry of Revenue retreated.
The female official who was newly selected from the girls' school walked in and stood respectfully in front of Shi Li.
After Huang Suqing was born in the girls' school, some far-sighted families finally began to send their daughters to the girls' school. Xie Qingyun did not disappoint Shi Li's high hopes, teaching each student according to their aptitude, and in a short period of time, she found many truly talented people.
The female official in front of him was one of them. After Xie Qingyun discovered that she was extremely sensitive to numerology, he specially asked a teacher to teach her this subject. After she had made some progress in her studies, he introduced her to Shi Li.
Shi Li directly handed the account book sent by the Ministry of Revenue to her and said kindly, "Review it carefully for me."
This was the first time that the female official was entrusted with an important task, and her cheeks flushed with excitement.
If an emperor wants to do well, he does not have to be the most capable person, but he must know how to use people well. This is the experience that Shi Li has recently summed up.
She was the only one in the study, and she could breathe a sigh of relief.
Shi Li felt the room was stuffy, so she stood up and opened the window, letting in the cold and fresh air from outside.
The sky was filled with white snow, and Shi Li suddenly recalled the past when she had also stood in front of the window, watching someone walking slowly towards her.
It’s been so long.
The war in the north was going smoothly. The northerners relied on their familiarity with the terrain and fought and retreated at the same time, which was also a headache. Yuan Chizhi made up his mind to catch them all in one fell swoop this time, and the battle line was stretched out.
In a blink of an eye, he had been away from the imperial capital for nearly half a year.
Shi Li stretched out her hand, looked at a piece of white snow falling into her palm, and sighed softly.
I can't say against my will that I don't miss you at all. When I have free time, I always think of you.
[The anchor is becoming more and more like a qualified emperor~]
[To be honest, I kind of miss Yuan Chizhi. He and the anchor are like soul mates...]
[Yes, he has never looked down on the anchor just because she is a woman.]
[Wow, I love this kind of man so much~]
Seeing the last comment, Shi Li finally couldn't help laughing out loud and rolled her eyes again.
"I can't love him at all, he's mine!"
This time-travel experience made her develop some domineering tendencies.
With heavy snowfall one after another, the days passed slowly until the end of the year.
Shi Lila announced that she would stop writing at the end of the month, which finally made the people in the six departments breathe a sigh of relief and everyone could have a good new year.
Occasional complaints will not destabilize the stable court.
What's more, good news has been coming in for several consecutive days.
Huang Suqing has almost completed the construction of the dikes in the south. He dredged the water where it needed to be dredged and built dikes where it needed to be built. The people in the south live and work in peace this year and have not suffered from flooding at all.
This was the first time that the common people felt the power of women's education, which had accomplished something that had troubled the court for so long.
What they didn't know was that Shi Li gradually recruited several female officials who were extremely talented and hardworking. Every time they helped Shi Li point out the problems in the six ministries, they frightened the people in the six ministries.
Today, no one dares to question the existence of women's schools.
The most exciting thing was the battle report from the north. After more than half a year of confrontation, Yuan Chizhi finally struck directly at Huanglong, took off the head of the Northern Kingdom's prince, and completely defeated the Northern Kingdom.
The Northern Kingdom was like this, and other small tribes on the border that were ready to make some moves had completely given up their thoughts and surrendered to the Jing Dynasty.
On New Year's Eve, Shi Li gave herself a day off. After waking up, she lay lazily on the bed and didn't want to move.
Unexpectedly, footsteps were heard in the bedroom and slowly stopped outside the curtain. The familiar voice made her open her eyes wide instantly.
"Your Majesty, are you not going to get up yet?"