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"What? Xu Wan'er is a woman?"

"Ridiculous! How can our Liang Dynasty allow a woman to serve as the governor of Zhejiang!"

"That's right, this is absolutely not allowed!"

Some of the ministers in the hall were originally quite confused about the name Xu Wan'er.

As soon as Wei Zili opened his mouth, everyone was immediately in an uproar. There was a lot of discussion in the court, and it was quite noisy for a while.

Soon after, the Minister of Revenue Pei Yan also walked out of the queue.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report."

"The former Zhejiang Provincial Governor Zuo Anning colluded with the Japanese pirates and embezzled state funds. He has been imprisoned in death row for more than a month. I recommend Song Qingming, the governor of Kangzhou in Nanzhili, to serve as the Zhejiang Provincial Governor."

When Pei Yan first came up, he did not directly attack Xu Wan'er's identity as her daughter, but instead stated the candidate he recommended.

"Your Majesty, I second the proposal!"

"Wei Chen seconded the proposal!"

"..."

When the Jiangnan Party officials present heard Song Qingming's name, they all stood up and echoed the voice.

There is no doubt that Song Qingming, who was born in Nanzhili, was also a member of the Jiangnan party officials.

"Your Majesty, Song Qingming has been in office for fifteen years and has been an honest and upright official. Last year, he managed Kangzhou, which was originally suffering from famine, and made it prosperous. It seems that he is indeed qualified to serve as the governor of Zhejiang!"

Wei Ziri also spoke up at this time and supported Song Qingming recommended by Pei Yan.

Sitting on the dragon throne, the empress looked at the important officials in the hall, and a bit of hostility gradually emerged in her cold eyes.

Especially when he heard the court officials trying their best to belittle Xu Wan'er's status as a daughter, he felt even more unhappy!

She had seen Xu Wan'er before, the beautiful legal advisor who had always been with Xia Yun.

From what she learned, as early as in Dai County, although Xu Wan'er was called a legal advisor, he actually did the work of the chief steward and his abilities were quite impressive.

Thinking of this, the empress couldn't help but scold Xia Yun in her heart!

When Xia Yun visited the Xiao Mansion that day, she received a cooperation plan prepared by Xu Wan'er from Xia Yun.

After returning to the palace, she compared the handwriting and finally came to a conclusion that all the memorials Xia Yun had sent to the court over the years were actually written by Xu Wan'er!

That bastard Xia Yun has never written a single word!

In the days after she learned the truth, the empress was so angry that she was fuming. Xia Yun even asked someone to write the memorial for him, which showed that he did not take her, the emperor, seriously.

However, this also indirectly confirms a fact that Xu Wan'er's ability to do things is quite outstanding!

Finally, during the period when the empress remained silent, some of the ministers in the hall realized that they had said the wrong thing.

When they were belittling Xu Wan'er's status as a daughter, they actually forgot for a moment that Her Majesty sitting on the dragon throne was also a daughter!

"Lord Xu, how do you think this matter should be decided?"

The empress did not express her opinion directly, but instead focused her attention on Xu Jinsong.

She has realized that Xu Jinsong's behavior in the court today was to shirk responsibility, and now she wants Xu Jinsong to give a definite answer in front of all the ministers in the court.

Hearing this, Xu Jinsong, whose face was full of vicissitudes, showed some hesitation in his eyes.

"The Zhejiang issue is of great importance. I dare not take the initiative to make decisions on my own. I hope Your Majesty will make a wise decision."

After hesitating for more than ten breaths, Xu Jinsong finally kicked the ball back to the empress.

At this moment, he also wanted to see what attitude His Majesty had towards Xia Yun!

"Draft an imperial decree to immediately transfer Xu Wan'er, the advisor to the Zhejiang Governor, to the position of the third-rank governor of Zhejiang."

Seeing that Xu Jinsong continued to practice Tai Chi, the empress no longer had the heart to waste time and directly issued an edict in front of all the ministers in the hall.

As soon as this decree was issued, everyone in the hall was shocked, and the ministers began to look at each other.

At the front of the hall, Junior Minister Xu Miao, Wei Zili, Pei Yan and others all had gloomy looks on their faces.

Obviously, it was unexpected that His Majesty would actually agree to Xia Yun's absurd request!

For a woman who had never passed the imperial examination to directly serve as a provincial governor, let alone the Daliang Dynasty! Even in the dynasties before the Daliang Dynasty, it was unheard of!

"Your Majesty is holy."

Not long after, when the atmosphere in the court was about to fall into awkwardness again, Xu Jinsong spoke.

Seeing the Prime Minister speak, the other ministers also had to make their own statements.

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

In the court, a uniform voice rang out, and the empress showed a look of satisfaction on her face.

The reason why she risked the world's disapproval and promoted Xu Wan'er to be the governor of Zhejiang was not only because of Xu Wan'er's strong ability to get things done.

There is another reason, Xu Wan'er was the candidate recommended by Xia Yun himself.

If an official from other places is sent to Zhejiang to serve as the governor, whether he has the ability or not is secondary.

The real key point is that if the governor sent by the court to Zhejiang has friction with Xia Yun again, things will be difficult!

......

"Sir, in the past few days, only one meal has been provided to those scholars. Now the dungeon is very quiet."

In the lobby of the governor's office, Xu Wan'er reported to Xia Yun the latest situation of the hundreds of imprisoned scholars.

On that day, Xia Yun ordered that the scholars be starved for two days and two nights, but in the following two days, the government only provided one meal for those people.

"Starve them for another six days, and still provide them with a meal every two days. After six days, send those people to repair the city wall."

Xia Yun, who was sitting on the armchair, looked relaxed and at ease, and a faint voice came out of his mouth.

"Yes, my lord."

"But what about their property?"

Xu Wan'er nodded and continued to ask.

“I copied all of them.”

There seemed to be no emotion in Xia Yun's voice. To him, those so-called "scholars" were a waste of air when they were alive and a waste of land when they died.

It would be better to make use of their remaining energy and contribute to the Hangzhou city defense expansion project.

"Yes, my lord!"

At this time, Xu Wan'er took out another document and slowly read out the various information recorded in the document.

"Your Excellency, during this period of time, the Hangzhou Construction Bureau has recruited a total of about 45,000 new workers."

"The Hangzhou Shipyard Project has completed foundation construction."

"The progress of the farmland reclamation project has reached 40%."

"The city defense expansion project has been fully launched, and the current progress has reached about 8%."

"The disaster relief project implemented by Jiang Wenzhong has been completed by about 65%, with only marginal counties and cities left to be completed."

"Hangzhou's soldier recruitment project has currently enrolled about 6700 new soldiers."

"Infrastructure construction in Hangzhou is currently underway. The underground sewage drainage system is being built, and the water supply system is being promoted. The progress of both systems is about 40%."

At this moment, the series of words that came out of Xu Wan'er's mouth were all about the progress of various current engineering projects.