Traveling through ancient times: living a different life

The next day, just after the Yin hour, around four in the morning, two servants came to tell Luo Chen and Bi Yue that they had to attend the morning court today. The two of them had only started to rest at around one in the morning last night, and it had only been a few hours, and they had to get up again to attend the court. It was really a death sentence for Qing Qing.

Xiaomai was knocking on the door outside. Biyue was sleepy and didn't want to get up so early, but she just came back yesterday, so she had to go to the palace today. If she had known this would happen, she would not have made the elixir last night.

Luo Chen was awakened by Xiaohua's knock on the door. He got up immediately, put on his clothes, and came to Biyue's door. He said to Biyue through the door, "Yue'er, my court dress is at home. I will go back to get it now and won't wait for you."

Bi Yue was willing to listen, and quickly said to him, "You don't have to go back."

After saying that, he opened the door, pulled out a piece of paper from his arms, and placed it on the table. The paper turned into a set of his third-rank military officer uniform. "Wear this to deal with the morning today. It's okay."

Luo Chen then remembered that Yue'er was a goddess and that paintbrush could paint everything in the world. He quickly put it on and went to the bathroom on the second floor to wash up.

Biyue closed the door, changed into princess clothes, and whispered to the system,

"Help me get a detailed list of procedures and rules for issuing lottery tickets, as well as a list of clauses for establishing a foundation for disabled soldiers and placing them. Just these two for now. I'm running out of time. Let me know when you're done."

The system rolled its eyes. Just this one? It will take me an hour to get these two copies of the charter.

After opening the door and washing in the washroom, two maids helped her tidy up her clothes, combed her hair, and put on the hairpins and rings specified by the princess. Then Luo Chen led the still confused Bi Yue down the second floor. The two maids held two lanterns, one in front,

One of them followed behind and hurriedly came to the gate of the mansion. He saw his father wearing court clothes, and Chen Chen, Dongnanxibei, Xia Qiudong, all waiting for them. Then he went out of the gate and got on a carriage to rush to the palace.

After entering the palace gate, the carriage stopped and walked to the outside of the Taiji Hall. The civil and military officials stood in two rows and waited for the gate to open before entering the hall.

At six o'clock in the morning, the door of Taiji Hall slowly opened, and a eunuch holding a Buddhist whisk in his hand announced loudly,

"Civil and military officials enter the hall."

Two rows of officials entered the hall one after another. In front were the crown prince and adult princes, and the first-rank officials of the court, who stood in the front in order.

The emperor sat at the top, looking at the ministers below. After they separated and stood one after another, the ministers below shouted "Long live the emperor" three times. The emperor calmly said,

"Everyone, I love you!"

The emperor spoke first. Today, he has an important announcement to make. Wulan has surrendered and is now part of the territory of Changping. Since the king of Wulan was once a wise king and had some skills in governing the country, I don't want to bury his talent. I will place him in Jingguo, now Pingyuanzhou, and make him a prince to govern a territory. Do you have any objections?"

Minister of Personnel Lu Dingwen made an example and said,

"Your Majesty, is it too high a position to confer him the title of a prince? I am worried that when he grows up, he will turn against our country again."

"Lord Lu, what you said makes sense. I sent him to Pingyuan because I was worried that he would become powerful in the future. How can he become powerful in a strange place? All his subordinates will be replaced. I will definitely send local officials and good generals from Changping to garrison there. He will not dare to make any moves."

All the ministers, hearing what the emperor said, all agreed.

"Your Majesty, wise."

"Since you have agreed to my proposal, draft an edict immediately and send someone to pass it on to Lou Yuanzhi. The country is expanding and many officials are needed. The imperial examination will be held in the autumn. This decree must also be issued as soon as possible."

The Minister of Rites, Fan Wenben, bowed to the Emperor and said,

"Your Majesty, the new imperial examination will be held on September 18th, and the names of the examiners must be decided now. I wonder if the emperor has someone in mind."

The prince stepped out of the line, bowed to the emperor at the head, and said to the Minister of Rites,

"Sir Fan, the Emperor has already told me about the imperial examination. He has already drawn up the names of the candidates, and we can start preparing in the next two days."

Biyue and Luochen watched quietly below as Jiang Yuchuan arranged everything he wanted.

She just made an exception and bowed to the emperor above,

"Your Majesty, I have something to report. This time, Rong An went to the front again and saw many soldiers with broken arms and legs on the battlefield. Most of them were poor people recruited from farmers. They were disabled.

If you only give him a few dozen taels of silver and send him back to his hometown to farm, and he cannot do heavy work, the family can tolerate this in the long run. Because of his disability, his relatives and friends will treat him well at first because they see that he has some money on him. But if the money is gone, they will abandon him like a worn-out shoe.

Some disabled soldiers cannot get married for life, have no wife or children, and their lives become even more miserable when they grow old. Who can understand the pain in their hearts? People who used to have healthy limbs are left with such disabled bodies after going to the battlefield, and their physical and mental suffering is unbearable.

And the local officials where they live will no longer pay attention to them. These people once sacrificed their lives on the battlefield, built a Great Wall of Steel for the people in the rear, and protected the peace. But now they are disabled, and no one cares about them or takes care of them. Some of them are even discriminated against and bullied. You can imagine how cruel and sad their miserable lives are.

Today I propose to establish a military fund to help those who have sacrificed their youth and health on the battlefield so that they can have someone to rely on and be taken care of when they are old, so that they can feel that this country has not abandoned them or forsaken them, and can feel the help and warmth that Changping Country has brought them.

I also know that this will require a huge amount of money. I also have a business that will benefit the country and the people, and it must be undertaken by the state. I have already written these two memorials and procedures, and I can now present them to the emperor."

After saying this, he handed the two memorials and two reports to the eunuch Liu beside him, who took them in his hands and handed them to the emperor.

The civil and military officials below were all whispering when they heard such a proposal. The civil officials showed surprised expressions on their faces, while the military officials were extremely happy. They knew that in war, it was inevitable that soldiers would be injured.

No one has ever suggested to the emperor that these wounded soldiers should be given too much care and assistance, let alone the welfare and care afterwards. When everyone heard Princess Rong'an's proposal today, their blood boiled and they felt warm in their hearts. They felt that the princess was really a living Bodhisattva and she spoke for the voices of the soldiers.

The emperor read the two memorials carefully first. The more he read, the more shocked he was. He felt that Princess Rong'an's suggestion was very good and very humane. As a king, he failed to take these into consideration and he was also responsible. He was worshipped by the people, but he had never thought about these injured soldiers and put himself in their shoes. He felt particularly ashamed.