Changzhou, Qinzhou, Taiping City, and Yanpingzhou, these four cities are not far from each other. They were originally remote cities. Even though they were princes' fiefs, they were not very prosperous and attractive.
But now the Empress is here.
All four cities were conquered by the Empress, and all the rebellious forces were wiped out. The officials were temporarily replaced by the officials who followed the Empress, and all the military generals were retrained by the Silver Armor Guards.
All the civil and military officials were the empress's confidants. The four cities were instantly twisted together and became like a solid iron barrel.
In particular, countless talents were brought in from the court to directly integrate the chambers of commerce and set up factories, bringing all the things that had been long awaited by various cities to Yanpingzhou.
The massive movement seemed to be an attempt to build Yanping Prefecture into a second capital.
After passing through so many prosperous cities, she placed all her chips on the border cities. For a moment, no one was sure of the empress's intentions.
The surrounding governors were afraid of the empress, but also jealous of her. Many of them submitted letters of greeting and requested to meet the monarch.
Xiao Li was already busy with his work, so how could he have the time to meet these people?
But she is the emperor, and it would be wrong for her not to meet her subjects.
It is another day when Her Majesty the Empress of Capitalist Thought collapses.
Employees forcing their boss to go to work is really going against the will of heaven.
"Jiang Zhou, His Majesty summoned you."
When Jiang Zhou heard this voice, his heart skipped a beat and he suddenly had a bad feeling.
What happened? Did Lu Ling send some news? Is the Empress planning to kill someone?
With a heavy heart, as if he had lost his parents, he walked to see the empress and even thought about how to plead and what last words he would leave.
"I, Jiang Zhou, pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
“Bang!”
A pile of documents were thrown in front of him.
Jiang Zhou was startled: "Your Majesty, this is..."
Xiao Li was writing something in his hand, not even looking up. He pointed to the side and said, "Sit over there and work. Separate the useful and useless things. Wang Wanqing will take you with her to prepare for the meeting."
Jiang Zhou's expression was numb: "...Your Majesty, I am just a commoner, this...is not appropriate..."
Xiao Li seemed to remember something and finally looked up: "I will appoint you as the seventh-rank ceremonial master and grant you the right to walk before the emperor. This is only fitting."
What can Jiang Zhou say?
Jiang Zhou could only swallow his tears, forced a stiff smile, and kowtowed to receive the decree: "Your Majesty, I, Jiang Zhou, thank you."
Lu Ling, brother, please come back soon!
Brother, I have already gotten a high position. If I don’t come back, I’m afraid I won’t be able to leave.
The person who was most happy about Jiang Zhou becoming an official was Wang Wanqing, especially when she saw Jiang Zhou being tortured to death by a pile of files, she couldn't help but go up and praise him.
"Sir Jiang, being personally appointed by His Majesty and assigned tasks is a privilege only afforded to high-ranking officials in the court. Sir Jiang, you must work hard, your future is limitless!"
Jiang Zhou cupped his hands and put on a perfect fake smile: "Master Wang, you are joking. I haven't thanked you for your support yet."
I really want to thank your ancestors for eight generations, you female devil!
He just wants to be a carefree son of a prefect. Who the hell wants to be an official?
Now, an official has come before the Empress, but he is more willing to follow his heart and dares not refuse the Empress. What can he do? Just continue to work hard.
Of course, Wang Wanqing is not just a person who speaks sarcastically. Once there is government affairs coming down, she is recognized by everyone as a workaholic.
All the files were divided into half by Jiang Zhou and half by Wang Wanqing.
Jiang Zhou was so angry that he vomited blood. After Wang Wanqing finished sorting out the information, she had time to supervise the army's study and assessment, and patrol the surrounding area. She sorted out several different types of information about buildings, shops, people, schools, factories, etc. and sent them to the empress.
This was not a random decision. The empress nodded after reading it, and then adjusted the policy according to Wang Wanqing's file the next day.
This was not the first time Jiang Zhou had witnessed Wang Wanqing's abilities, but every time he saw her he was amazed: I admire you!
This girl is young, but when it comes to official work, it seems like she has been in officialdom for decades.
Of course, Jiang Zhou was not surprised by anything he had seen. If he had been to the capital and seen the structure of the six ministries, he would not have been surprised, because the six ministries all rotated in this way.
The disciple personally taught by the empress gave a little shock to the inexperienced local personnel.
However, Jiang Zhou didn't need to go to the capital because officials from the capital had arrived.
Each of the six ministries sent a vice minister to Yanpingzhou to form the empress's temporary team of six ministries. At the same time, they brought a total of eight co-governors from four cities, letting them govern respectively and select the prefects based on their performance.
When this group of people arrived, each of them looked ordinary. Apart from a faint air of death and arrogance about them, there didn't seem to be anything wrong with them.
One look at them would make you think that they were exhausted from the journey and had lost their energy for a while.
Until they met the empress, and then the empress threw out a bunch of target plans, this group of people instantly became like wolves seeing meat, they were like wolves and tigers, and their passion was surging.
Jiang Zhou was confused. Since all these people were here, why did the empress still want to use him as a commoner?
He foolishly went to ask the female devil, and then his life was hit hard again.
Wang Wanqing looked at him with an indescribable look in her eyes: "You actually compare yourself to them. You're really brave."
"The Vice Minister of War came to reorganize the Ministry of War and recalculate the distribution of armor and weapons; the Vice Minister of Revenue came to regulate the distribution of farmland and shops to the people; the Vice Minister of Works brought talents to cooperate with the Ministry of Revenue to build factories and other fortifications.
The Vice Minister of Personnel is in charge of the assessment of officials in the four cities, the Vice Minister of Justice is responsible for revising and drafting local laws, and the Vice Minister of Rites is responsible for the empress's ceremonial guards and local culture and education."
"Let alone you, even what I've done isn't worthy of them taking action. How dare you still think you can compare to them?"
Even if the empress was short of manpower, she would not just grab anyone to take power.
It was only because the empress thought that meeting with those governors was not important that she gave it to Wang Wanqing to practice. Wang Wanqing captured Jiang Zhou to do hard labor. If it was really the core power, how could she casually appoint an official's son who had not been evaluated?
Jiang Zhou: It hurts! It hurts so much!
Jiang Zhou is the son of a prefect and a descendant of an official. He has also seen how his own father handled things as an official, but he feels that not to mention himself, even his father would be eliminated if he met this group of people.
As he was thinking, Jiang Zhou suddenly woke up.
The empress did not attach importance to meeting with the prefects, which meant that she did not value these prefects.
Judging from the empress's reforms on these four cities, she is likely to make similar changes to other cities.
When the imperial court sends new officials down, all the old officials will either be investigated or eliminated, and his father will definitely not be able to defeat this group of people.
He realized belatedly that this was not the time for him to be sad, but his father's official position was in jeopardy!
If his father was deposed by the Empress, and if the Empress confiscated his family property...
Boom!
Jiang Zhou felt like he was struck by lightning and the sky was about to collapse.
No, he can't be depressed, he must roll up his sleeves and save his dad!
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