"Eunuch Lu, are you serious?"
"Your Majesty, are you really not angry?"
"really."
The two ladies finally breathed a sigh of relief. They estimated that the child might be due in the next few days, so they became more and more worried.
After staying in the Queen's bedroom for a while, it was already late, so Lu Yun went straight back to his own house.
As soon as he returned, he hugged Ye Jiajia's slender waist, and the two of them were extremely close.
"Beauty, I haven't been here for a while. Did you miss me?"
Ye Jiajia nodded and explained shyly: "Of course I miss you, but you definitely don't miss me."
"That's definitely the case."
Lu Yun snorted, "How is that possible?"
So, under the illumination of candlelight, the two men began to fight for three hundred rounds, neither of them giving in.
…
The next day, the emperor went to court as he wished, which made the ministers in the court extremely happy. After all, the emperor was finally able to attend court.
Especially Wang An, his words were not in vain in the end, but he felt very strange why the emperor went straight to court as soon as Eunuch Lu came back.
In the hall, Liang Jing looked at the group of ministers and said coldly: "Everyone, I have been praying for blessings in the new temple recently and have not attended court. Nothing has happened in the court, right?"
"But I heard that some people have been abusing their power recently, and some people want to monopolize power. Is this true?"
As soon as these words were spoken, many ministers knelt on the ground, prostrating themselves and shouting, "Your Majesty, we would never dare to commit such a capital crime."
The reason why Liang Jing said this was that he wanted to scare these people and prevent them from going too far!
Of course, Liang Jing also believed that it was not that bad. It was just that they did not attend the court, so some officials might infinitely expand the power in their hands.
"Your Majesty, the ten cities ceded by the Miao Kingdom are in urgent need of our people to take over. In addition, the cities in the Shu Kingdom that we have occupied also need people to manage them."
"This is absolutely a good thing for our Great Zhou. As long as it is well managed, it will produce a steady supply of food and rapidly increase the financial resources in our treasury."
Wang An walked forward with an excited look on his face. He knew very well that although the occupied land of Shu was a marginal city, the soil was still fertile and the grain yield was extremely high.
This is definitely a good thing for the Great Zhou! This time, sending troops to join forces with Shu to attack the Miao Kingdom will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Not only did it show the world the strength of their continent's military power, it also allowed them to gain a lot of benefits without suffering any major losses.
Liang Jing nodded. "I have naturally thought of this, and I also know that officials need to be dispatched to govern these cities as soon as possible."
"The Prime Minister will make the selection. Please place your list of officials on my desk. I will examine them and then appoint them."
"Your Majesty is wise."
At this moment, Liang Jing looked at the camper who was dozing off beside him. He knew without thinking that Xiao Yunzi must have done something unknown last night.
"Lu Yuntingfeng."
When Lu Yun heard his name being called, he quickly woke up from his sleep, glanced at the smiling emperor beside him, and then hurried downstairs.
"This time, in our alliance with Shu against the Miao, you played an invaluable role. You commanded with unrivaled command on the battlefield, and you orchestrated and triumphed from afar. Facing the betrayal of our Shu allies, you remained calm and even negotiated for the capture of numerous cities for our Great Zhou."
"I must reward you greatly. How about this? I will make you the Marquis of Wuding! You will be appointed as the Imperial Censor, rewarded with a thousand gold coins, and given a fief of ten thousand households."
As soon as these words came out, all the ministers present in the court were stunned! They never expected that His Majesty's style this time would be so grand!
It was a very shocking thing that a eunuch could become the Marquis of Wuding. What was even more surprising was that he could become the Chief Censor, an official position among the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers!
Together with the prime minister and the general, they are known as the Three Dukes. This official position is very powerful and can be said to be fully capable of opposing the prime minister and others.
A eunuch could become a censor! This is absolutely unprecedented.
I'm afraid that even the eunuch of the Qin State back then could not compare to him on the surface.
Although Lu Yun did have some strength, and he played a very important role in capturing so many cities this time, without him, the Great Zhou would definitely have been defeated, and the Miao army might have marched straight in and captured their Great Zhou territory.
At this time, the Left Prime Minister Yang Zhong stood up and said angrily, "Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable. Marquis Wuding is certainly no problem, and we all recognize Eunuch Lu's ability, but the Imperial Censor is a civil servant."
"What's more, he, a eunuch, was able to become the Imperial Censor. Isn't this just shitting on the heads of us ministers? Your Majesty, by doing this, you are betraying the hearts of all the scholars in the world."
"The Confucius Temple that burned down in our Great Zhou has been under construction and is almost finished. Your Majesty knows how much we in the Great Zhou value scholars."
"But now, if a eunuch is appointed as the Imperial Censor, what will the scholars of the world think?"
Liang Jing couldn't help but roll his eyes. Yang Zhong started to talk nonsense here again.
In fact, Lu Yun was not very interested in the Imperial Censor Wu Dinghou. These were of no use to him because his power was already great enough. He was above everyone else and below everyone else.
Even if he was a Censor, it was just an honorary position, but he did not quite agree with what Yang Zhong said.
"Prime Minister Yang, I don't know what to say to you. This is really discouraging the scholars of the world. If any scholar in the world can achieve what I have achieved, they can also become Imperial Censors."
"Your Majesty has his reasons for doing this. What are you questioning? Do you think His Majesty is doing the wrong thing?"
"You are so brave to question His Majesty!"
Yang Zhong was stunned. Lu Yun was really eloquent now. He could turn black into white. How could he be questioning the emperor? He just wanted to explain the situation.
However, most of the ministers in the court did not dare to speak at this time. One reason was that the emperor had already completely taken power, and the other was that Lu Yun was extremely powerful and his abilities were recognized by everyone.
Even if Prime Minister Yang spoke in a grandiose manner, they did not dare to stand up and agree with him.
I have to say, this incident is quite shocking.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Yang Zhong had no choice but to shut up... What else could he do?
Lu Yun is now extremely powerful, and he cannot blame him casually.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
