Chapter 191 It turns out you like this type of girl
Chu Xingchen was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses when he saw Xiao Wang's eyes and said hurriedly, "Get up quickly."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Sun Yueqing's voice was like hers, a little cold, but very pleasant.
As she got closer, Chu Xingchen discovered that there was still a vague bookish air between her eyebrows.
Sun Yueqing was bookish, probably because she loved reading. Knowing that Sun Yueqing's entry into the palace as a medical girl was related to Xiao Wang, I couldn't help but pay more attention in late winter and found that she liked reading very much.
On a daily basis, I was either reading medical books in Taiyuan Hospital or in the pharmacy. I had either a faint scent of medicine or a faint scent of books on my body, and rarely interacted with people.
The only person she interacted with was probably Xiao Wang.
The intersection between Chu Xingchen and Xiao Wang gradually decreased.
Chu Xingchen inevitably thought that maybe Xiao Wang liked girls like Sun Yueqing.
But soon she ran out of time to think about it.
The salt merchant Xie Ziqing hated Chu Xingchen to death, but the people loved Chu Xingchen to death. Many old people were so excited that they cried while eating the cheap salt.
In addition to them, there were also those who were rescued by Dandansu. Although the number was not large, Dandansu's reputation was opened up.
Those who were dubious were completely convinced, and more and more people were even more excited, hoping that one day they could be reused.
Chu Xingchen liked this very much, as if she had seen countless talents waving to her. Later, some people actually recommended themselves, and some of them were indeed talents, and the suitable ones were used.
It was originally a good thing, and she planned to further select some talents, but as soon as she started, she hit the target head-on-the courtiers were gone.
There are many cases in history where courtiers have walked out of court in protest, including the first time that the late emperor became emperor as a woman.
But it has not appeared for decades, and now it appears again.
And the reason for all this is Chu Xingchen's eclectic measures to demote talents. Her measures are naturally good for ordinary people, but once they get ahead, they are not good for those aristocratic families.
There is an old saying that goes, "A strong family is like an emperor with flowing water." No matter how the court changes, the family will always stand firm.
Although Da Chu is not controlled by aristocratic families, its influence is not small. Eighty percent of the people in the court are basically sons of aristocratic families.
Before, the queen's reputation had improved and everyone was supporting Chu Xingchen. But when Chu Xingchen started to do things that harmed their interests, they changed.
"She will reuse these people in the future. Where will she put us?"
He was originally dissatisfied, but after being incited by others, this secret trend of courtiers resigning began to spread, and finally led to today's catastrophe.
It was obviously the day of the big court meeting, but at least half of the people below were sparsely crowded, and the Queen's face looked ugly.
The representative of the aristocratic family and the leader of the courtiers, Shen Shoufu, came, but his expression was very bad. When he saw Chu Xingchen alone, he spoke frankly.
"Your Highness, I can solve this turmoil this time, but Your Highness may need to restrain himself, otherwise it will chill the hearts of the courtiers, and I will have nothing to do."
Shen Shoufu was born into an aristocratic family and was born into a position in the aristocratic family.
Chu Xingchen looked at Shen Shoufu, "So Shen Shoufu also opposes my approach?"
"Yes." Shen Shoufu nodded, "Your Highness, it will do you no good to be at odds with the aristocratic family."
Chu Xingchen shook his head, "I have no intention of antagonizing the aristocratic family, but are the aristocratic families too... selfish?" They just want to monopolize the court.
She stared at Shen Shoufu closely, "Shen Shoufu, are you involved in this strike?"
Was it guided by you?
"Didn't participate." It's just that he acquiesced, otherwise this situation wouldn't really have happened.
Shen Cangzhu informed him of what he knew, "The news that I received was that Xie Ziqing of the Xie family was the first to propose resigning from the court."
Xie Ziqing hated Chu Xingchen for treating him like that. He hated her deeply and devoted himself to revenge.
After all, he is also one of the male protagonists in the original novel. He has many tricks and tricks, so he found a way.
Under his instigation, things got worse and worse, and that's where we are today.
Shen Shoufu had no intention of saying more about Chu Xingchen and Xie Ziqing. He only said matter-of-factly, "Your Highness, if you don't express your stance, the next step may be a strike. It's not just a question of a strike."
At that time, Da Chu will surely fall into chaos.
Shen Shoufu stated the facts, which is also the confidence of the family. Da Chu cannot operate normally without their support.
Chu Xingchen laughed a little after hearing this. Unlike before when she wanted to do something but was blocked, this time the nature was completely different.
She doesn't like this feeling.
This time she compromised, will they go even further next time, make her agree to more extreme conditions, interfere with more of her affairs, or even be sidelined?
She doesn't want to be a puppet princess, let alone a puppet emperor.
Chu Xingchen met the Queen and asked her to give her some time to think about it. He did not rush to appease her and did not deal with official matters. He sat alone in the study all day.
When she returned to the East Palace, Shen Cangzhu was already waiting for her.
Shen Cangzhu naturally knew what happened to the previous dynasty, "Your Highness, I cannot influence the previous dynasty and my grandfather, but you can do what you want."
Chu Xingchen nodded, "Okay."
"Your Highness, come and enjoy your meal." Shen Cangzhu accompanied Chu Xingchen to eat. The whole table was filled with Chu Xingchen's favorite dishes.
After Chu Xingchen took a sip of the soup, he suddenly asked, "Shen Cangzhu, if I do something, you have to choose a side. Do you choose the Shen family or me?"
Shen Cangzhu paused and realized something. He thought about it and honestly shook his head, "I don't know."
Chu Xingchen smiled and said nothing more.
Shen Cangzhu's eyes dimmed for a moment. If it were in the past, His Highness would definitely talk to him and discuss it with him, but now he didn't say anything because of his identity.
Shen Cangzhu came out of Jinhua Palace and looked at the moon quietly for a while, "This is fine."
This way he doesn't know anything and doesn't have to be in a dilemma.
He is in the harem, so he doesn't care about things that he can't control, and he won't deliver letters to the Shen family.
Shen Shoufu and the court officials who left the court originally thought that Chu Xingchen would express his position soon, but no, three whole days passed, and Chu Xingchen did not express any position, and even the Queen canceled the small court meeting.
Chu Xingchen looked for the queen every day, but no one knew what they talked about.
Until the fourth day, which was supposed to be a holiday, the queen and her concubine summoned Shen Shoufu and other important ministers.
Because it was a confidential conversation, no one knew what was discussed, only that a dispute arose.
And there was already an uproar outside.
According to the past, Dachu Newspaper would release the latest newspaper on this day, but on this day, the latest Dachu Newspaper has not been published.
Waiting and waiting, until it was almost noon, I finally got the Da Chu newspaper, only to find that there were two copies of the Da Chu newspaper. The extra Da Chu newspaper only mentioned one thing - the imperial examination.
No matter who was the emperor in the feudal dynasty, they all needed talents to assist them. To run the huge court, talents from all over the country were needed to run it. So where did these talents come from?
Before the emergence of the imperial examination system, both the Ninth Rank Zhongzheng system and the imperial examination system were controlled by aristocratic families, so they could arrogantly threaten Chu Xingchen by dismissing the imperial family, and have the capital to despise the royal family.
But Chu Xingchen didn't like to be threatened, so she used the imperial examination system to open a loophole in the family's monopoly talent selection system.
Even Shen Cangzhu didn't expect this step of hers. Like everyone else, he only found out what Chu Xingchen was busy with these days after reading the newspaper.
Chu Xingchen did not make any preparations for the family and directly publicized the imperial examination through the Da Chu Newspaper.
"This autumn, the imperial court plans to hold an imperial examination to select officials by subject. Anyone with a Dachu household registration, excluding criminals, can participate in the examination."