The general process of Beichu handling government affairs is like this. Officials from various departments sent official documents to the cabinet, and several old ministers gave them suggestions for handling, and then handed them over to Wang Xiao for approval.

Wang Xiao occasionally...or sometimes he is too lazy to approve it, so he will pass many regular official documents to Chunning and the Governor's Court, and then stamp it with a seal.

This chapter is nominally the chapter of Emperor Chu Zhou Yan.

Only the imperial edicts and official documents issued through this process are the instructions of the compliant Emperor Zhou Yan of Chu.

As for the orders issued by Zhou Yan himself, they were unruly and could only be considered a "meaning of the order" at most, and all officials like to listen to it.

Many people know this inside story, and it’s just tacit. Even some gentry in Northern Chu can say a few words when talking about the current situation in private.

"The Governor's Court is the Chief of Legal Affairs, which is the seal of the King of Jin."

"Yes, and King Jin is the regent of the Great Chu."

"Haha, the regent of the emperor's brother-in-law is also..."

But there are also many people who don’t know these things. After all, although Wang Xiao never hides it, he does not make a big publicity.

Some people have far from high power and power, and usually give me a letter to their own seniors. There are several floors away from the old minister of the House of Representatives, and no one tells him what the hell is. Well... Who is the old minister's vote to be approved? Can the little sesame official take charge?

There are also some people who are not only not powerful enough, but also have a difficult personality to get along with, so others are naturally too lazy to pay attention to them.

There are also some people who are not only difficult to get along with their personalities, but they will also cause trouble if they know these things, and they will also implicate others. When others say these words, they should avoid them...

Luo Deyuan always thought that criticizing the winner was done by His Majesty.

In his eyes, although there was a minister like the King of Jin, His Majesty was also very diligent.

Although Your Majesty did not preside over the morning court, he did not set up a ceremonial supervisor and personally handled government affairs, and there were few mistakes.

In the past two years, the King of Jin has been commanding troops several times, and His Majesty still manages the politics of the court in an orderly manner.

Although the King of Jin still has many things beyond the rituals, the Great Chu is truly a wise ruler and a wise minister. It complements each other and is flourishing...

So, on December 25th, Luo Deyuan received a formal document, transferring him to the magistrate of Fenzhou, Shanxi.

Not only him, but a total of nearly 200 officials were dispatched to Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Liaodong at the same time.

Moreover, these officials have either impeached the King of Jin one after another recently, or have never been dependent on the King of Jin party. They have all been demoted or transferred to the capital.

What is even more intriguing is that the emperor's rituals were originally scheduled to return to Beijing on the 24th, but now he says "the holy body is ill", and he temporarily stays in the Nanyuan Palace in Nanhaizi...

This time, even Rod Yuan felt something was wrong.

When he received the transfer order, he was still at Dahong Bridge in the south of the capital and was ready to welcome him. He had time to ask the guard who came to send the transfer order: "But, the official duties in my hands..."

"Mr. Luo, the vacancies in Fenzhou have been vacant for three months. Please take your post immediately. I will send you to Fenzhou now."

"Now?!"

The two guards walked forward without saying a word, drove Rodyuan and left.

"Slowly... my official's family..."

"Mr. Luo's family will send someone to pick him up."

"But... I can't ride a horse..."

As he spoke, Luo Deyuan had been pushed onto his horse. A guard stepped on him and hugged him around his waist. He said in an unrefutable tone: "Please rest assured, Lord Luo, I can take you."

“…”

Similar things happened in the team of welcomed the horse and the various departments in the capital.

The light cavalry who returned from Nanhaizi went out everywhere, forcibly took many officials on their way to various places to take office like kidnapping...

Who in the court is not a rabbit who is shocked by a little disturbance? If such a big personnel change is said to be nothing wrong, no one will believe it. So all civil and military officials were shocked.

You know, in five days it will be the New Year's Eve. In such a big winter, can we celebrate the New Year on a snowy journey?

"The King of Jin is still so thrilling and decisive." A small official turned his head and looked at the figure gradually distant and sighed.

He was a member of the official exam and was a serious King of Jin. Therefore, although he was feeling emotion, he was actually calm in his heart and worried about everything.

"Yes, King Jin still has to seize the day."

"Suddenly I feel that the capital is so quiet."

"Is it because Lord Luo and his wife impeached King Jin a while ago, and the 'Your Majesty' was angry?"

Someone laughed knowingly and said, "That must be because of Your Majesty's anger."

"No, the King of Jin has always been Kuanhong, and he will never let His Majesty deal with them for trivial matters. There must be something strange about this..."

"What else is there? It won't be..."

The person who spoke suddenly stopped halfway.

It’s not that King Jin is excluding dissidents, right? For what?

The atmosphere suddenly became mysterious.

No one cares whether those ministers who are honest and straightforward instructors are cold on the road, and whether they are hard work or not, and officials unconsciously lowered their voices while looking at each other.

"Will the weather change?"

"Even if the sky does not change, King Jin should be granted a title with his great achievements this time..."

"There is no way to seal it. If you go up, it will have to change the sky..."

"Shh, King Jin doesn't like troublesome people, don't remember Yao Wenhua, He Liangyuan's past experience..."

"Each person performs his duties, and each performs his duties..."

These four words seem to have become life-saving talismans in the officialdom of Northern Chu.

Twenty days ago, the bloody storm of the Temple of Heaven had just ended, and many people were worried whether Wang Xiao was planning another cleaning...

"I am protecting them." Wang Xiao said.

Xia Xiangwei was slightly stunned.

He had just arrived in Nanhaizi from the capital and told Wang Xiao a lot, such as "Although Luo Deyuan and others repeatedly impeached the teacher, they were out of public aspirations. Apart from wasting a little paper and ink, it would not cause any harm. Such a person is like a stone on the roadside, and the teacher ignores him, so why bother kicking him?"

Wang Xiao waved his hand and said, "I know that the people who dare to impeach me now, except for some people who invite me to be honest, most of them are really upright and rare talents. It is because of this that I want to protect them."

"Protect?"

Xia Xiangwei thought, letting others drink the pain of wind and frost during the New Year is also called protection?

"Take you to see Your Majesty." Wang Xiao suddenly said.

"yes……"

The teacher and student walked through the Nanyuan Palace and walked all the way into the palace where Zhou Yan was staying.

Xia Xiangwei looked at him and saw that the guards were tightly guarded around him. There were several eunuchs standing in front of the hall gate. The eunuch in the lead looked a little nervous.

This made him feel something was wrong, and his eyes couldn't help but scan the eunuch's face again.

"His name is Li Zhi, he is the old man around His Majesty." Wang Xiao seemed to feel Xia Xiangwei's gaze and introduced casually.

Wang Xiao doesn't like to care about the people around him, and he rarely introduces the attendants like this, so Xia Xiangwei is increasingly confused.

The eunuch named Li Zhi had already trotted forward and saluted respectfully.

"I have met King Jin, Lord Xia."

Xia Xiangwei felt keenly that Li Zhi was respectful to Wang Xiao, and he also felt very grateful.

No matter what position the people around His Majesty have, it seems inappropriate to be so close to King Jin on the surface...

"Get up." Wang smiled, "Let's see your Majesty."

"Yes." Li Zhi stood up, walked over and slowly pushed open the hall door, and stood sideways to the side without any intention of following them in...

The Nanyuan Palace has been uninhabited for a long time, and there is no popularity in the hall, and it exudes a deep feeling.

Xia Xiangwei followed Wang Xiao through the curtain and suddenly felt a chill.

The hall was very dark, and there was no candlelight, and there was no palace servant to serve him. A few rays of sunlight came in from outside the hall gate. He squinted his eyes and saw a man sitting on the imperial bed wearing a royal robe, as if he was meditating.

But as we got closer, Xia Xiangwei was surprised to find that the "Your Majesty" on the imperial bed was not human at all.

It was a wooden carving in a dragon robe.

"This... Isn't Your Majesty in Nanyuan Palace?" He asked in confusion.

But Wang Xiao bowed to the wood carving and said solemnly: "I have seen Your Majesty... Thank you."

He usually doesn't feel so polite when he sees Zhou Yan.

"Teacher, where is your Majesty...?"

"Hmm?" Wang Xiao's face showed a perfunctory smile and asked, "Isn't Your Majesty here?"

“…”

Xia Xiangwei felt that his smile was insidious, and unconsciously took a step back, murmured: "But this... this... teacher, what are you doing? Is Your Majesty missing?"

Wang Xiao repeated: "Isn't Your Majesty here? Don't you lose your etiquette in front of the emperor."

Xia Xiangwei felt a little confused, looked at the wooden carving on the imperial couch, and then turned to look at the locked door of the palace.
To be continued...