Chapter 268 The Queen Mother and the Regent Who Became a Cat 30
Cha Jiu wanted to pull his hand back, but Zong Yue held it tightly.
Amidst everyone's astonished gazes, he also announced another thing.
That is, to add another seat for Cha Jiu next to his throne. From now on, he and Cha Jiu will jointly rule the country and exercise power.
As soon as these words were spoken, all the ministers were shocked and gave advice and admonitions.
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible. How can a country have two masters?"
"The Queen Mother is a member of the harem. Now that the new ruler has taken the throne, she should no longer interfere in state affairs!"
"I hope your majesty will think twice!"
"I hope your majesty will think twice!"
A large number of ministers knelt down, and the only ones still standing were the Empress Dowager's former subordinates headed by General Qi.
During this period of time, there has been a lot of discussion in the court. Many people assert that after the new emperor ascends the throne, he will definitely purge and convict all officials who have served the empress dowager, and many people are terrified.
Now it seems that this is not the case.
General Qi exhaled his anger, looked at the two well-matched people on the platform with a smile, knelt down amidst the voices of opposition, and said loudly: "Congratulations to the two new masters, long live the throne!"
The rest of the Empress Dowager's former followers also knelt down and kowtowed.
Some young officials who have just entered the government are still confused about the complex forces in the court, but their greatest advantage is that they are simple and obedient.
Since Zong Yue had decided to have the second ruler take charge of the government, they knelt down obediently and accepted the result.
What does it matter how many masters you serve?
Their biggest goal is to display their talents and realize their ambitions!
The power struggle is too young and too passionate, so I will not consider it for the time being.
Cha Jiu really has no interest in power.
But she liked to watch the excitement, liked to see how these old ministers, who were proud of their achievements, put forward arguments and used righteous words to stop her from governing the country.
Among these ministers who advised against it, many placed their bets on Zong Yue, hoping to become a high-ranking official with great power in the future.
If Cha Jiu and So Yue were in power together, the power of these ministers would be weakened by half.
How could they agree?
One of the stubborn old ministers took advantage of his age and said: "If Your Majesty insists on doing so, then I will retire and return to my hometown and bid farewell to the court."
He had followed Zong Yue for many years and had always thought highly of himself. Many officials in the court also followed his lead.
Other officials also planned to follow suit and force Zong Yue to submit by resigning.
Unexpectedly, Zong Yue said cheerfully: "Since you are determined to resign, I cannot keep you here. I will give you silver and good farmland, so you can enjoy your old age in peace."
The old minister who resigned was dumbfounded.
Officials who had originally planned to resign also quickly shut up.
"If anyone else wants to resign, please tell me all of them. I will approve them all." Zong Yue looked around at everyone with a smile, but that smile was clearly intimidating.
Everyone bowed their heads and kept silent, no longer daring to object.
Only then was Zong Yue satisfied.
He is not Zong Qiguang.
He holds real military power and is not afraid of any form of soft threats.
Zong Yue immediately appointed a newly appointed young official to replace the old minister who had resigned. He did it so quickly that the old minister did not even have time to find a reason to regret.
The young official was overwhelmed with flattery and knelt down to thank his new master.
The old minister was asked to leave the court in a daze.
He never thought that after all his ambitious struggles throughout his life, he would end up with nothing because of a tentative resignation and return home in plain clothes!
With such a precedent, these court officials, whether sincere or not, ultimately had no choice but to obey and kneel before the two new masters.
Cha Jiu finally understood why Zong Yue was so insistent on having her come over today.
She sighed, looked at Zong Yue helplessly and said, "If you do this, you will attract a lot of criticism."
Even if we can silence the officials, what can we do about the gossips of the people of the world?
This is also the reason why she chose to stay in seclusion in Yongning Palace. She didn't want to become a handle for him to be talked about.
Zong Yue naturally knew everything she had planned for him, and his heart full of love was even more comforted.
"I am not afraid of being talked about," he said. "I want everyone in the world to know that you and I are not enemies who are at loggerheads with each other."
He held her hand tightly, releasing a reassuring power, and took her to look at the courtiers and palace ladies who were submitting to him, as well as the distant mountains and rivers and people outside the imperial city that were invisible.
His voice was low and exciting, gentle and firm: "You are the one I want to be with for the rest of my life, the one I will be with day and night. You will always be by my throne, and we will enjoy every sunrise and sunset in this imperial city together."
Never separate again.
Never separate.
Zong Yue had said this, and Cha Jiu no longer refused.
She smiled and shook his hand back, indicating that she was willing to stand at the pinnacle of power with him and enjoy all the sunsets, stars, wind, snow and spring scenery together.
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Facts have proven that the people are much more tolerant of the two rulers in power than the court officials.
As long as the country is stable and people have no worries about food and clothing, they don't care how many emperors there are or who is the emperor.
The mess left over from Zong Qiguang's reign has been cleaned up, and now Sheng is in good order, the new policies benefit the people, and heaven has been generous with its blessings, with bumper harvests in many places. The people have long regarded the second ruler in power as an auspicious sign.
In the second year of Zong Yue's accession to the throne, he abolished Empress Dowager Cha Jiu's status and married her with the ceremony of empress.
It only took Zong Yue time to dismiss another official who had died of remonstrance for the ministers to go from feeling that something was wrong to being hesitant to speak out and finally accepting the idea.
Forget it, shut up.
The collective salary was increased at the beginning of this year, so there is no need to touch upon it.
Dying to give advice is something only a fool would do.
Today, Sheng State is getting better day by day. Zong Yue has made remarkable achievements in government and is deeply loved by the people. Even if there are some unethical issues between him and the former Queen Mother in the harem, it is actually not a big deal.
Therefore, Zong Yue's enthronement of the queen was smooth.
However, some ambitious ministers also set their eyes on Zong Yue's harem and wanted to send their daughters into the palace to gain favor and consolidate their status in the previous dynasty.
"Then how did you refuse?" Cha Jiu touched the calico cat in her arms and looked at Zong Yue curiously.
"I didn't refuse." Zong Yue said.
Cha Jiu's eyes widened immediately and she pinched his arm: "Your Majesty is planning to accept all the beauties."
This little bit of force was not as painful as when she bit him with her baby teeth when she was a kitten.
Zong Yue shook her hand back and said with a smile, "I didn't accept it either."
He kept the question a secret, and waited until Cha Jiu's brows were twisted into knots from guessing the answer, before he slowly told the answer.
"As long as I give a reason for not wanting to take a concubine, these courtiers will rack their brains to come up with more reasons to convince me, chattering endlessly, which is very annoying."
"So I agreed to take you as my concubine, but with a few conditions. One is that you can write a high-quality policy paper on the topic I give you within one stick of incense. The other is that you can recite books such as "On Governing the Country" and "On Agriculture and Commerce" by heart, and answer questions smoothly..."
Cha Jiu became more and more confused as he listened: "Wait, are you looking for a concubine or the number one scholar?"
"I didn't want to take a concubine in the first place, but I couldn't stand the annoyance, so I put forward this condition to evade them."
Want to enter the palace
Okay, answer the question first.
Cha Jiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I'm afraid there aren't many people in the world who can pass your examination to select a concubine."
Zong Yue stroked her face with admiration in his eyes: "But you can do it. You are full of talent and wisdom, better than countless people. With you in front of me, how can I look down on others?"
Cha Jiu glared at him.
Zong Yue leaned over and kissed her, squeezing the calico cat in his arms and making it meow.
"..." Zong Yue frowned and lowered his head, then pinched the cat's neck and carried it out the door.
Throw it out and close the door, all in one go.
Then he went back and hugged Cha Jiu and continued kissing her passionately.
Cha Jiu's voice was intermittent: "I thought... well, I thought you liked cats."
Zong Yue sucked a red mark on her neck and murmured, "I don't like it. You are the first cat I have ever raised."
He always hated things with hair on them because there might be dirty things like dirt or bugs hidden underneath.
Cha Jiu is an exception.
And he was very excited about this exception.
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