On the 15th day of the third month of the first year of Yuanyou, on the 15th day of the lunar month, all officials and ministers in the capital who were not in charge of official affairs or above came to the Zichen Hall.

Shuoshen, Wangshen, Liushen, Japanese ginseng.

The four types of imperial visitation systems of the state and dynasty divided the official ecology of four different levels.

Among them, Wangcan has the lowest status and level.

Because Wang Shen is a court meeting attended by "officials and above who are in Beijing and have no business affairs".

Even the past is a process.

During the nineteen years of the late emperor's reign, he actually appeared in Wangshen court maybe not even thirty times.

Since he ascended the throne and took charge of the two palaces, he has never appeared in Wangshen court.

Everyone just bowed twice in front of the empty curtains and mats in the Zichen Hall, and that was the end.

Then everyone can go back to their respective homes and find their respective mothers.

But today is an exception.

When the ministers attending the court, dressed in official uniforms, holding court scepters, walked through the morning mist in mid-spring, they arrived at the Neidong Gate.

They suddenly discovered that the inner east gate was already bustling with people, including prime ministers and ministers waiting to be appointed.

Noble clothes are everywhere under the palace gate.

what's the situation?

The minds of many ministers were suddenly awakened, and their sleepy eyes immediately became gleaming.

Then, one by one, they were obedient and automatically moved to the end of the queue.

When they arrived at the Zichen Palace, they would know why this was the case?

Something really big happened!

Cisheng of the two palaces came to Zichen Palace in person and ordered Prime Minister Han Jiang to read the edict in the palace.

Use the method of court recommendation to select the ministers in power!

As a result, the entire Bianjing city was immediately alarmed by this incident.

Bianjing Xinbao, which had been prepared for a long time, immediately launched an urgent special issue.

Suddenly, the streets were filled with the sounds of newsboys hawking.

"Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers!"

"Today's Holy Majesty has issued a special decree to order the prime ministers to rule the country!"

"Our newspaper's commentator Hu Feipan commented on this: There are things that did not happen in the Han and Tang Dynasties, and things that the Shang and Zhou Dynasties could not do. The subjects of the Emperor and Song Dynasties were born in a prosperous age and met a wise king. They were really lucky in their lives!"

Zeng Bu opened the window facing the street and looked at the newsboy hawking downstairs.

They were several children about ten years old. They were wearing blue burlap clothes, and their hair was neatly combed, and they didn't look dirty.

They were holding tabloids in their hands, and they all had money bags hanging on their chests. As they walked, the coins jingled in the bags.

Zeng Bu looked at the retreating figures of these children and his eyes gradually narrowed.

"What is Zixuan looking at?" The person sitting opposite him asked with a smile.

"These newsboys are hired by Bianjing New Newspaper." Zeng Bu replied: "I heard that Bianjing New Newspaper hired them and signed a contract to take care of their food and accommodation. They also hired someone to teach them how to read and write."

The man smiled and said: "To be honest with Zixuan, I personally went to Bianjing Xinbao to see the official houses and private schools rented by these newsboys."

"Those official houses are all in Yongtaifang in the outer city..."

"Yongtai Square?" Zeng Bu frowned: "That's where Zhiyuan Affairs is located, right?"

Zhiyuanwu is an agency under the Privy Council. It mainly breeds and manages donkeys, horses, mules, cattle and other carrying livestock in Beijing, and provides leasing services to merchants.

It and the car operation business of the three government offices directly under it are actually two signboards and one government office.

When it is necessary to go on an expedition, it is the car camp service, and usually it is the Zhiyuan service.

It is precisely for this reason that Yongtaifang, where Zhiyuan Affairs Office is located, is one of the few places in Bianjing where no scholar-bureaucrat is willing to set foot.

The main reason is that there are too many livestock kept in captivity in that place.

Even its main livestock have now been moved and raised outside the city.

However, because he needs to rent livestock to make money, Zhiyuanwu also keeps thousands of various livestock in the farm all year round.

It is a famous dirty and messy place in Bianjing City.

The man nodded: "Exactly! To be honest with Zi Xuan, I personally inspected the place where the newsboys sleep. They all sleep in a room with bunks, using wooden boards as bed frames, with upper and lower bunks, and more than ten people sleep in one room.

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Zeng Bu's frown deepened and he asked, "So, the people behind Bianjing Xinbao are just fishing for fame? But it's not like that."

More than ten people crowded into a small house.

Zeng Bu could imagine that there must be a stench and sewage flowing across the sky.

Coupled with the situation of Wing Tai Fang...

The feces left by various livestock flows along with the sewage in the streets.

Countless flies and mosquitoes are flying all over the sky...

It's simply terrible!

The other party laughed, shook his head and said, "What Zixuan said is true."

"Huh?" Zeng Bu handed over his hand and said, "Brother An, please give me some advice."

The person sitting opposite him was none other than An Cheng, the eldest brother of An Tao, who was the Minister of Public Affairs in the imperial court.

After An Cheng failed in the imperial examination in his early years, he switched to business and was very successful. He traveled all over the country, and his business even reached Xihe Road.

Since An Tao became the ruler, he took over the business and worked with An Tao as an aide.

He is a meticulous person with a calm personality, and because he has been to countless places when doing business and has a good understanding of the geography of prefectures and counties around the world, An Tao will first ask An Cheng for his opinion on many matters.

Naturally, it was also the target of Zeng’s strategy and lobbying.

An Cheng stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Zixuan has never seen the newsboy's residence in Yongtai Square."

"When I went there, because it was morning, there was no one else where the newsboys lived except for a few cooks who were in charge of their food and drink."

"However, the courtyard is clean, the beds are neatly made, and all the beddings are stacked squarely, like cubes of tofu."

"I heard from the cooks who take care of their daily meals that these children get up at five o'clock every day to do exercises, go out to sell newspapers after dawn, and need to take care of themselves three times a day."

As An Cheng spoke, he pursed his lips, lowered his voice, and said to Zeng: "In the afternoon, I mostly study and read in a private school."

"The teachers of the private school, in addition to some veteran scholars and scholars, there are also many people who have served in the Fourth Army."

"Teach them carpentry, masonry skills, and also teach them to be familiar with various weapons..."

Zeng Bu listened, his heart beating thumpingly.

In Bianjing City, they dared to raise orphans openly, organized them, and even invited the Imperial Guards from the Fourth Army to teach them skills.

All we can say is that it is really a bright sign telling people all over the world who is the real master behind Bianjing Xinbao?

An Cheng continued: "I heard someone say that the best-performing children will be sent to the Astronomy Bureau to learn arithmetic and tools from the astronomy bureau's magic officers."

After saying that, An Cheng looked at Zeng Bu: "Zixuan should have thought of it too, right?"

Zeng Bu nodded, let out a breath, and said, "The legend is actually true."

In the history books, he had only seen one person do something similar.

Sima Yi.

He secretly amassed three thousand dead men, and then launched the Gaopingling Revolution, turning Cao Wei's country into the possession of the Sima family in one fell swoop.

But the question is, why would that person do such a thing?

Doesn’t everyone in this world belong to him?

I can’t figure it out!

Don't understand!

But this also proves that that person is far from being as benevolent, filial and kind as he appears.

An Cheng smiled, some details he saw in Yongtai Square flashing back in his mind.

There are words written on the walls of the courtyard using plaster.

"The officials gave me clothes, and the officials gave me food. The officials' kindness is so great that it is difficult to repay it in this life!"

The simple text told those children directly to whom they should repay this kindness.

In history, there was only one emperor who did something similar.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!

Emperor Wu adopted orphans from the Han army and formed the Yulin Army. This army has since become the most trusted, reliable and loyal force for generations of emperors of the Han Dynasty.
To be continued...