The first county magistrate in history

"Tell the Chief of the Water Conservancy Bureau to kneel and go to the palace!" Suddenly, the empress spoke.

What? Kneeling to the temple?

All civil and military officials were horrified.

Walking on your knees from the Du Shui Jian to here, do you still want your legs?

Some people have already thought of a bloodbath in the streets.

The Metropolitan Water Conservancy Bureau is the superior department of the Subdistrict Bureau...

The water monitoring is finished!

Obviously, the empress is going to take action against the Dushui Supervisor.

The female official Li Qiuhan stood on the left side of the throne, and An Dehai stood on the right side.

At this moment, An Dehai winked at a young eunuch standing at the door.

The young eunuch immediately ran out to pass on the order.

At this moment, all civil and military officials felt insecure.

Even though Xia Mochu is a woman, when it comes to killing, no man can compare to her.

If it weren't for her ruthless tactics, how could she have sat firmly on the throne of the first empress in history?

It took time for the Chief Minister of the Water Conservancy Bureau to crawl up to the palace on his knees. After Xia Mochu glanced at the ministers, he looked at An Dehai.

An Dehai understood and said, "Everyone has the manuscript, you may start your performance."

The ministers were in an uproar.

If the Empress wasn't angry, they would have been eager to submit memorials every day to demonstrate their worth. But when the Empress was angry, they had to think carefully.

For a moment, no one dared to speak.

At this moment, an old official with a respectable appearance came out of his post, knelt on the ground and held up a memorial: "Your Majesty, I am Chen Pingzhang, the Minister of Revenue, and I have this memorial to present."

"I won't read the memorial, just submit it to me, my dear minister!" Xia Mochu got a headache when he saw Chen Pingzhang.

Chen Pingzhang was a loyal minister, upright and incorruptible.

But other than that, this person had no real ability to govern a country or make money. Whenever he made a request, it was always for money.

You are in charge of the treasury in the Ministry of Revenue. If you can't make money, ask the Emperor for it. Even though I am a woman, what can I do to make money?

I'm not a businessman!

As expected, Chen Pingzhang said, "Liangjin Province is experiencing a severe drought and urgently needs funding for disaster relief. The estimated amount of silver for disaster relief is 15 million taels. Your Majesty, please make the decision."

Xia Mochu complained in his heart, why are you coming to me if you don’t want to find a solution yourself?

Fifteen million? I don't even have one and a half million.

I felt very unhappy. If this was Qin Zheng, why would he bother me? He could definitely solve it himself.

Suddenly something moved in my heart.

Isn't this a good opportunity to bring that guy into the court?

Under normal circumstances, these power-hungry ministers would never allow outsiders to enter the court and share their power. But now, hehehe...

"Master Chen, please stand up!"

"My dear ministers, you also know that the treasury is empty. Do you have any good plans?" Xia Mochu asked.

No one spoke.

After years of power struggles and intrigue, these civil and military officials have reached a tacit understanding: I will not interfere in matters that are not my responsibility. And none of you can interfere in matters that are my responsibility.

As a result, the entire Daqian Dynasty court was stable, but there was no progress to speak of. Everyone was busy with their own affairs, not caring about the troubles of others. When they really had no other options, they would turn to the Empress.

Xia Mochu knew they would act this way, and said calmly, "You all are the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers of my Daqian Dynasty, princes and important officials. You have no other options, but do you have anyone to recommend? Is there no one capable in my Daqian Dynasty?"

The empress's words made many officials look happy.

This was the Empress's word. Recruiting talented people meant recruiting new people. This was a good opportunity for them to place their own people in the court.

The governor, Shen Xiangrui, quickly left his post, knelt down, and kowtowed, saying, "I recommend a man who is a man of extraordinary talent and profound learning. He is a true pillar of state."

Xia Mochu was surprised. Could it be that he also knew Qin Zheng?

Apart from Qin Zheng, she had never met anyone with such great talent.

"Who is he?" Xia Mochu asked anxiously.

Shen Xiangrui hurriedly said, "Xuanzhou prefect Cai Bulun!"

"What, it's him?" Xia Mochu thought she had misheard and looked at Shen Xiangrui in surprise.

Shen Xiangrui thought His Majesty had heard of this man before, and said happily, "He is an honest official, compassionate to the people, and is known as the Honourable Judge of Xuanzhou."

With a thud, Imperial Censor Guo Ziqing stepped out of his post and knelt. "I second the motion. Prefect Cai Bulun is both virtuous and talented. Under his administration, Xuanzhou's tax revenue ranks among the top three prefectures year after year. Xuanzhou is prosperous, its people live and work in peace, and public security is so good that people don't even need to lock their doors at night..."

Guo Ziqing spoke incessantly and recommended it strongly.

Some ministers squinted their eyes and glanced at Shen Xiangrui and Guo Ziqing. They all knew that these two people were disciples of the Northern King Cheng Kun, and the Xuanzhou prefect Cai Bulun was also a disciple of the Northern King.

"Shut up!" Xia Mochu suddenly shouted angrily.

Xia Mochu really couldn't bear to listen anymore.

If she were to recommend someone else, she might not be able to figure it out. After all, there were so many officials in the Daqian Dynasty, how could she possibly know them all?

But she had personally come into contact with this Xuanzhou prefect Cai Bulun, and he still wanted to capture her.

She had no idea what Xuanzhou was like before, but this time she went there to investigate in person.

I am so angry!

Xia Mochu was so angry that her pretty face turned blue!

Shen Xiangrui and Guo Ziqing were shocked. Why did the empress look so ugly?

The ministers were also unclear.

Li Qiuhan looked at the two old guys and thought, you are unlucky.

Normally, His Majesty might be wary of the King of the North and not do anything to you. But now, if His Majesty doesn't use you to establish his authority, how can the four kings of different surnames possibly return to the border?

Everything we did today was in line with the Empress's attitude.

Should we continue to condone and give face to the king of a different surname, or should we strike back? The time is now!

However, Li Qiuhan was a little worried. Did His Majesty have any support for doing this?

How could she know that Xia Mochu's reliance was Qin Zheng's Tianlei Cannon.

She just doesn't believe that Qin Zheng won't help his woman when she is in trouble.

As long as the Sky Thunder Cannon is brought here, it is guaranteed to scare the four border kings to death.

She didn't believe that the four border kings didn't know about Hongtong County and the Tianlei Cannon. Those ministers who impeached Qin Zheng were basically the disciples of these four kings of different surnames.

She went to Hongtong County but didn't punish Qin Zheng. This was because he was a talented official who slept with her. It was also because she wanted to create the illusion that Qin Zheng had been won over and joined her camp!

The empress of the Daqian Dynasty had to rely on a small county magistrate to bully others. Xia Mochu felt sad.

But, that's all there is to it!

Xia Mochu's pretty face was icy cold as she sneered, "If I hadn't gone to Xuanzhou on a secret visit, I would have been fooled by you two!"

The empress's words caused Guo Ziqing and Shen Xiangrui's expressions to change drastically.