I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 121 What medicine did you take?

[Send it to Xiangguo Temple for blessings? Did the tyrant believe it or not? 】

Chu Liuzheng didn't understand the tyrant's order.

If you say you believe it, it doesn't look like it; if you say you don't believe it, sending it to the royal temple for prayers does have some meaning.

[If it hadn't been exposed, the tyrant would have believed it, right? Sending her to pray for blessings or something, tsk tsk, the tyrant is still the same unromantic tyrant. The sentence on the stone tablet is for her to become a concubine in the harem, so what's the big deal about sending her to a Buddhist temple? ]

[I wanted to see how the Sea King and the Little White Lotus would bewitch the tyrant so much that he would not attend court early in the morning. Now, all the fun is gone.]

Chu Liuzheng smacked his lips regretfully.

The corners of Xiao Jingfan's lips twitched.

What kind of mess is this woman thinking about all day long? The king has stopped attending court early in the morning since then. No matter how beautiful this woman is, can she be as beautiful as the country?

"Your Majesty, the Grand Tutor and the leaders of the six ministries have all arrived." Seeing Xiao Jingfan leaning back in his chair in a daze, Zhou Yuande stepped forward and reminded him in a low voice.

Xiao Jingfan stood up: "Let's go back."

In the Wenhua Hall, after some formalities and greetings, Xiao Jingfan called him up and offered him a seat.

Yuzhui brought Chenxing and Siyue in to serve tea.

Grand Tutor Yan and others often went to the Wenhua Hall to discuss matters, and were very familiar with the appearance of the palace maids serving tea. When they suddenly saw two unfamiliar faces, they couldn't help but take a few more glances, secretly thinking about asking people about their origins, as they might come in handy at some point.

Chen Xing and Si Yue looked straight ahead, served the tea and followed Yu Zhui to the hall entrance without any unnecessary movements.

Yuzhu looked very satisfied, thinking that finally two people who could save her trouble had come, and her words were not wasted.

Zhou Yuande looked at Chen Xing and Si Yue's actions coldly, and nodded secretly in his heart.

The people who came out of the Dark Guard Camp were indeed calm and useful. With these two around, there would be fewer evil spirits in front of the emperor in the future, and he could worry less.

It was also the first time that Xiao Jingfan saw his two secret guard reserve soldiers. He swept his sharp gaze across the two girls' faces, then retracted his gaze as if nothing had happened and looked at his beloved ones.

"I summoned you all here to take a rest."

Grand Tutor Yan and others looked at each other. Does His Majesty want to reduce the holidays again?

The donkey pulling the mill needs to rest for two days. Aren’t these ministers worse than the donkey?
The six ministers all winked at Grand Tutor Yan and said, "You are His Majesty's teacher, so why don't you give some advice?"

Master Yan's eyelids drooped. He didn't want to be the first one to stick his head out.

Minister Wen and Minister Meng looked at each other and were about to instigate the Minister of Works to be the first to take action, when they heard Xiao Jingfan continue, "I have decided to change the ten-day rest period to a five-day rest period."

All the ministers looked at him at once. How much?
Five days!!
Is he talking nonsense because he is sick or is he trying to trick someone by saying something sarcastic?

Why did you suddenly think of giving more holidays to all the officials?

"Your Majesty, you..." Master Yan began to speak carefully, but just as he started, Xiao Jingfan waved his hand to interrupt him, "Listen to me."

"In addition to what I just said, I think that during festivals, civil and military officials can have two more days off. Originally, the seal was to be sealed on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and the officials would resume duty on the 6th of the first lunar month of the following year. I would like to keep the sealing date unchanged and change it to after the Lantern Festival so that officials can spend more time with their families."

Ministers:! ! !
bloodletting!

Bleeding!!
Your Majesty, what medicine did you take wrong?
"Why are you all staring at me?" Xiao Jingfan frowned in dissatisfaction, "Do you think the revision is not good?"

"No, no, no!" All the ministers shook their heads. Who would want to work when they can have a holiday?

Master Yan asked anxiously, "Your Majesty, why did you suddenly think of changing your day off?"

Isn't there going to be a big pit waiting for them later? For example, a reduction in monthly salary or something.

Xiao Jingfan was in a complicated mood and said in a deep voice: "I don't want you to have no descendants." Master Yan and the others were dumbfounded: "Ah?"

How can it be linked to the extinction of the family line? Why don't they understand this?
Xiao Jingfan did not explain, but glanced at the silly faces of the seven people with some disgust.

He had misunderstood before, thinking that by extending the rest period, civil and military officials would be able to work more, but he forgot that he needed to combine work and rest and make flexible arrangements.

Perhaps if we rest for a few more days, there will be fewer lazy people.

Just try it first, and if it doesn’t work, just adjust it back.

Xiao Jingfan looked at the seven people present and said, "Do you think there is anything wrong with what I just said?"

Grand Tutor Yan and the six ministers were still digesting the sudden news that had fallen to them. They were in no hurry to answer, but were still pondering the matter.

Having more vacation time is good, but it also has to be practical.

After a while, the Minister of Rites said, "Your Majesty, I think it is not appropriate to move the annual leave to after the Lantern Festival. It would be better to move it to the eighth or tenth day of the first lunar month, so that officials can have a few more days of rest without delaying government affairs."

"I think what Lord Su said is very true." The Minister of Works echoed, "Your Majesty is considerate of us, and we are grateful, but we should put state affairs first."

Grand Tutor Yan said, "I think festivals can be divided into major festivals and minor festivals. Major festivals can give us two extra days of rest, while minor festivals only require one extra day. In addition, if we have a five-day rest period, we can have about ten days of rest each month. Any more will lead to laziness, which will not be beneficial to government affairs and will disappoint your majesty's kindness."

"What the Grand Master said makes sense. I think we can further subdivide it by office and rank." The Minister of Justice gave an example, "For example, the six ministries are already very busy with government affairs. If they take too long a break, it may affect the transmission of government affairs. We can appropriately reduce vacations or take turns to rest."

Minister Wen felt that what the Minister of Justice said made sense, and he said to Xiao Jingfan: "For example, in the Ministry of Revenue where I work, every time we collect summer taxes, autumn taxes, and the end of the year, there are not enough people to collect statistics, let alone go home to rest. I think we can take some time off."

The Minister of War said: "I think..."

……

The seven of them were discussing heatedly, with saliva flying everywhere.

Xiao Jingfan listened with a cup of tea in his hand. As the seven people discussed and supplemented their ideas, a more detailed vacation plan gradually took shape in his mind.

By the time everyone finished discussing, nearly two hours had passed and the tea had been changed twice.

During the meal, Concubine Zhu, Concubine Chun, Cai Baolin and Concubine Shu all sent people to deliver stew, and Xiao Jingfan shared it all with his beloved ministers.

Minister Meng wrote the draft and gave it to Xiao Jingfan for review.

Xiao Jingfan read through the several lines at a glance, and was quite satisfied. He handed it to Grand Tutor Yan, "Grand Tutor, you will propose it at the court meeting tomorrow."

Master Yan took it with both hands, "I obey your order."

"You have worked hard, so go to the side hall and rest for a while. I have already asked the imperial kitchen to prepare dinner. You will have dinner with me in the palace today."

Grand Master Yan and the six ministers said: "We thank your majesty for your grace."

Zhou Yuande walked forward with a smile and led the seven people to the side hall to rest.

Seeing that the discussion inside was over, Xiao Anzi hurried in to report: "Your Majesty, Censor Zhu is outside the palace asking for an audience."

Xiao Jingfan's eyes darkened: "Xuan."

Zhu Zhou had been waiting outside the hall for more than half an hour.

He never expected that such auspicious and exciting event would befall his family.

It turned out that Fengnu was his eldest daughter, and was brought into the palace by Xie Hui. She has not returned home yet, and there has been no news of her being made a concubine, which made him feel uneasy.

The last incident at Prince Shun’s Mansion has not yet passed, and now another incident has occurred.

This time it is deceiving the emperor and deceiving the superiors, which is a serious crime of exterminating the family and the entire clan!
How could he have deserved to have such a troublesome daughter?
Zhu Zhou followed Xiao Anzi into the palace nervously. He glanced at Xiao Jingfan's expression and didn't dare to hope for the best. He immediately knelt down and apologized: "I didn't teach my daughter well enough, and she did such a treasonous thing to win the favor of the public. Please punish me, Your Majesty."