Chapter 395: The way to be an official, the way to wealth is the way to be an official
Su Wanyan came back to her senses and nodded, "Okay."
The two of them talked together for a long time until Shaoyao brought some snacks, and then Su Wanyan went back to the inner room.
Ji Xiaohan continued to review the pile of memorials. The Ministry of Rites presented a memorial regarding the coronation ceremony of the new emperor. The coronation of the new emperor would be followed by the ceremony for the new empress, which was a very grand and solemn event for the Great Zhou Kingdom.
According to the regulations, the people in the Ministry of Rites only needed to submit the procedures of all matters one by one, but their new emperor was difficult to understand and had been making drastic changes to the government. No one dared to step forward to be the person in charge of presiding over the ceremony.
After much discussion, the people from the Ministry of Rites finally decided to submit the candidate for the host to the emperor to decide personally.
Ji Xiaohan also understood the concerns of those people in the Ministry of Rites. It was understandable that they were so timid in doing things because the emperor changed his ministers. The position of the Minister of Rites was still vacant. After the lessons learned from the previous few times, those ministers from the noble families who were lucky enough to stay in the court did not dare to push their people to the position of Minister of Rites, for fear that he would dig up all their secrets and find out all their details.
The court officials were afraid of the emperor, and everything was based on the emperor's wishes. This was the deterrent power of a ruler. Ji Xiaohan picked up his pen and wrote down the person in charge of the coronation ceremony in the memorial, and appointed him as the Minister of Rites, a third-rank official.
The memorial was issued along with the imperial edict. Someone was appointed to fill the vacant position of the Minister of Rites. Everyone was eagerly waiting to see who was chosen by the emperor. As a result, they found out that the new Minister of Rites was actually a minor official who had just been transferred back to the imperial city from outside. His name was Meng Gaoming.
After careful investigation, we learned that this person was a illegitimate child of the Meng family, the richest family in Jinzhou, and was raised in the main house of the Meng family since childhood. Seeing this, everyone suddenly realized that it was not that this person suddenly won the emperor's favor, but that the emperor was clearly trying to show his goodwill to the queen!
Everyone knows that the Su family does not value the Queen Mother. In the past, for the sake of the Su family's prosperity and wealth, Su Hongan pushed the Queen Mother to marry the Emperor, who was still the Prince of Xiao. When the Meng family learned the news, everything was already a foregone conclusion and there was no way to save it. In the end, all the Su family's industries outside were suppressed by the Meng family, and even the shops that were given to Meng Jinwei when she got married were taken back one by one.
No one knew how the Meng family gained the emperor's favor later. Not only was a seventh-rank official from the Meng family's branch who was exiled and had no power or influence transferred to the imperial city, but he was also promoted to the Minister of Rites.
The new Minister of Rites is from the Meng family, the Queen's mother's clan. How could he not do his best to ensure the Emperor's coronation ceremony and the Queen's coronation ceremony?
Since then, the Meng family has finally managed to survive thanks to the Queen's favor.
Not to mention the envy of the officials in the imperial city, even the Meng family themselves were a little jealous of their good luck.
The Meng family has not produced many useful talents in the official career, because the Meng family likes to do business and make money, and has little interest in reading and writing. If they were not afraid of being cheated in business, the Meng family would have produced a group of illiterate and reckless people.
It’s a shame to say that the emperor wanted to promote the Meng family, and after careful selection, he only found Meng Gaoming.
As soon as the imperial edict came out that Meng Gaoming was promoted to the Minister of Rites as an exception, old man Meng hurried to the imperial city with his two sons. The position of Minister of Rites was a high-ranking one and also cost a lot of money. Especially since Gaoming had no roots in the imperial city, if he wanted to hold the position of Minister of Rites firmly, he could not do it well just by relying on the emperor's grace and the empress's face.
The way to be an official is that the path to wealth is the path to officialdom. If you don’t have enough money to spend, how can you have loyal subordinates?
Look, this time, not only did Mr. Meng bring his family fortune, he also moved half of the Meng family's assets to the imperial city. On the one hand, he came to support and build momentum for Meng Gaoming, and on the other hand, he moved the Meng family to the imperial city so that the emperor could rest assured that their Meng family would never be like other families who would do selfish and violent things after receiving the emperor's grace.
The relatives of the queen do not interfere in politics, and they will never do anything to embarrass the queen.
In this way, the Queen will be able to gain more favor from the Emperor in the palace.
The coronation ceremony will be held in a month. The whole country will celebrate and the people will be happy. Ji Xiaohan will also grant amnesty to the world. The former crown prince and the former second prince will also be pardoned for their crimes if they can live to see that time.
"Ugh..." A painful groan came from a cell in the Sky Prison. If you listen carefully, you can hear a low and shallow cry for help.
“Help! Help…”
Unfortunately, the prisoners in the Sky Prison were all serious criminals. Who would care about the lives of people like them who were about to die? Shouting for help would only make them close their eyes and ears even tighter. What's more, the people who shouted for help were the former crown prince and the former second prince.
It doesn't take any guessing to know who is behind the people who came to the Heavenly Prison to touch these two people. The emperor is about to ascend the throne. If these two people are still alive, wouldn't that leave a huge hidden danger for the future?
Death is their best way to survive. As for how they die, that depends on the emperor's mood and methods.
Ji Mingshuo's whole body was twisted in agony, and he still had wounds from the stab wound he received from that bitch Su Rongyan. There was a chronic poison in his body that could not be completely dispelled and could erupt at any time. The more pain he felt in his body, the deeper his hatred for Ji Xiaohan and Su Wanyan became.
Su Rongyan, you bitch, sooner or later I will kill you.
Ever since she came out of the Sky Prison, Su Rongyan has been trembling with fear every day. She is as scared now as she was when she stabbed Ji Mingshuo.
I didn't know what had possessed me at the time, I actually dared to stab him directly in the prison!
"Brother Qing, what should I do? Will I die? I have been feeling a chill on my back these past few days. I'm so scared!" Su Rongyan nestled in Long Qing's arms, about to cry.
Long Qing hugged Su Rongyan tightly in his arms, thoroughly enjoying the feeling of her relying on him. "Don't worry! Since the Emperor didn't pursue your fault then, he certainly won't make things difficult for you later. After all, you're the current Empress's sister. We should consider the Buddha's favor instead of the monk's."
The coronation and crowning ceremony is imminent, and Su Wanyan is pregnant with the dragon heir. It is impossible for Ji Xiaohan to tarnish their good fortune for an insignificant person like Su Rongyan.
Su Rongyan was still worried, but what Long Qing said was very right. Su Wanyan was now the queen. Even if the emperor wanted to kill her, he had to consider the reputation of the Su family. Her father had no hope of turning things around. Would he not even let a daughter-in-law like her go?
Little did she know that the one who wanted her dead was not Ji Xiaohan, but someone else. Su Rongyan waited until after the coronation ceremony and was safe and sound. She thought she had escaped a disaster, but one night, she died quietly...
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