Chapter 120 Chapter 120 Morning Court Meeting
On the second day of the Anjing Rebellion, Lin Si presided over the government and asked officials to come to court.
Thanks to Liang Nian’s hard work yesterday, Lin Si had a good sleep, so when he woke up in the morning, he felt refreshed and able to fight with Lao Deng and others for hundreds of rounds.
Chunyi was in charge of the personnel affairs of the entire palace yesterday.
Most of the palace maids and eunuchs from the Six Shang Bureaus and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were rescued by Lin Si's subordinates. Even those who were not rescued were buried properly.
If the deceased has family members, they will also receive funeral expenses.
The palace maids and eunuchs had never seen such a kind policy before, and they immediately expressed their gratitude and willingness to obey Chunyi's orders.
Today's situation is special. Chunyi is busy choosing clothes, jewelry and combing Lin Si's hair.
The palace maid Xia Fen was waiting by the side the whole time. She almost died at the hands of the rebels yesterday, and it was the county lord's soldiers who saved her.
Therefore, when she was transferred to temporarily serve the county lord, Xia Fen was very happy.
Lin Si took a look at the jewelry in the jewelry box and her decision-making difficulties came back again.
So Lin Si turned around and asked Xia Wu, "Which one do you choose?"
Xia Wu was so frightened that she dared not move. She looked at the jewelry box for a long time before pointing to a hairpin with pearls hanging on it.
Today is the second day since her nine clans suffered heavy casualties. She can't dress too ostentatiously, but she can't just wear two hairbands like before.
This step is suitable.
So Lin Si nodded: "Then let's take this hairpin."
Chunyi puts the hairpin in her bun and pairs it with a plain-colored small-lapel jacket of the same style, which makes her look elegant and dignified.
Lin Si looked at himself in the mirror and slowly stood up.
The voice said calmly, "Let's go."
Chunyi immediately followed behind him, and the guards were already waiting outside the door.
The Central Forbidden Army suffered casualties and injuries. To protect Lin Si's safety, Wu Gengtian naturally has to be personally responsible for it.
Zhong Diyan took the lead, and everyone at Wugengtian said in unison, "Welcome the county lady to the morning court."
Several young eunuchs led the way cautiously in front, not daring to look back.
The distance from the palace chosen by Lin Si to the main hall for court sessions was not short.
But Lin Si had to walk forward step by step today, just like when she walked from Li County to here, every step was very difficult.
The officials naturally arrived earlier than Lin Si. The whole hall was dead silent and everyone looked unhappy.
Too many people died yesterday, not to mention the emperor, the crown prince and the royal family, but also former colleagues and relatives were killed.
Yan Shengguang exchanged glances with Chen Busi and the Xin father and son.
Several people communicated with each other with their eyes.
Yan Shengguang looked at him inquiringly. "Who will start later?"
Xin Lin narrowed his eyes and gestured.
"I have the most seniority among the living people in the court, so it's natural for me to come."
Secretary Chen lowered his eyes to indicate that he had received it.
Liang Nian arrived very early, but the other officials only dared to look at her secretly. They did not dare to talk to her or speak to her in secret.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was Lin Si’s favorite subordinate.
Who would dare to act recklessly at this time?
The leading eunuch said in a shrill voice, "The Princess of Anping has arrived."
All the officials immediately calmed down and knelt down collectively.
"Everyone said in unison: "May Anping County Princess Wan'an be with you."
Lin Si walked forward with a casual pace, his voice very steady. "Stand up."
There is a rule in Dachen that one cannot sit on the dragon throne before ascending the throne. Even when Lin You was the regent, he never sat on the dragon throne. Instead, he placed a luxurious chair under the dragon throne.
Lin Si walked slowly and sat down on the luxurious chair.
Chun Yi stood beside him, and until five o'clock in the morning, all of them hid in a secret place in the hall.
Lin Si said slowly: "I called you all here today to discuss what should be done with Dachen now."
Everyone looked at each other, no one daring to respond rashly.
Now the emperor is dead, the prince is dead, and the clan members are dead. The only male left is a blind and lame one. What can we do?
Seeing no one spoke, Lin Si stretched out his words. "Oh? No one in the whole court can come up with a solution?"
Xin Lin saw that the time had come, so he bowed and said, "I believe that the county lady saved Dachen from danger. If she hadn't arrived in time, we wouldn't be standing here alive. Now that the royal family has no suitable heir, I dare to invite the county lady to ascend the throne!"
These words were like thunder, and the expressions of everyone present changed rapidly, with all kinds of expressions on their faces.
Secretary Chen immediately followed suit. "I second the motion. The county lady is invited to ascend the throne."
Yan Shengguang and Yan Yu also stood up, "Now the only way is for the county lady to ascend the throne. Otherwise, the country will be shattered and the people will suffer! Please ascend the throne!"
At the beginning of the group, everyone knelt down again, with their heads touching the ground, and their attitude was very pious.
The others looked around and could only kneel down as well.
After all, at this point, apart from Lin Si ascending the throne, what other solution is there? Who will take care of state affairs?
Zhuo Zhengchu's behavior yesterday was too brutal. Lin Si saved them and his surname is Lin, so it doesn't seem so difficult to accept now.
Then the officials present knelt again and said in unison: "Please, County Princess, ascend the throne!"
Lin Si tilted his head, propped up his chin with his hand, and said in a very evasive tone, "What are you doing? Get up quickly."
Xin Lin believes that he has excellent acting skills and is determined to imitate the acting skills of a veteran actor.
He burst into tears, wiping his tears while saying: "Please, the county lady, inherit the orthodoxy. The county lady cannot ignore Dachen!"
Yan Shengguang also wiped his tears. "County Lady, you can't ignore the people of this world. If you don't ascend the throne, chaos will break out, and it will be the people who will suffer!"
"Please ascend the throne, County Lord!"
Some of the other officials originally just wanted to let Lin Si act as regent and make plans after the lame and blind relative gave birth to a son. But now they changed their minds and felt that Lin Si's ascension to the throne was the safest way.
Lin Si sighed softly, as if he was helpless. "Since you all ask for this, I will respectfully obey your orders."
Xin Lin lowered his head, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly. This time, the inspection wouldn't have to go far.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your help." Everyone said in unison again.
As a workaholic, Lin Si stretched out his hand and Chun Yi handed a stack of information to him.
Lin Si flipped to the first page. "Now that the first problem has been solved, let's get down to business. Let's start with promoting simplified numbers and merging and filling positions."
Everyone:?
Isn't this speed too fast?
Lin Si first briefly read out the positions that were merged and abolished, as well as the filling issues of the currently vacant positions. In addition to the positions she had already appointed, such as Prime Minister Liang Nianzhi, Minister of Works Huang Yaoniang, and Minister of Revenue Yang Yidong, the newly established Ministry of Commerce was to be headed by Mo Jinglian, and the Minister of Education was to be Zuo You.
Recruitment notices have been released for the remaining positions.
Everyone listened, and although they were not used to the term "position", they knew that it meant something similar to "official".
Among them, the Ministry of Rites had the most positions cut. Lin Si directly cancelled the human sacrifice, because both the Sacrifice and Celebration Departments directly reduced the number of staff by half.
Next came the issue that officials were most concerned about, the reform of the imperial examination system into a civil service examination.
Chunyi paused. "I won't go into details here. If you want to know more, please ask Liang Xiang privately."
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