I want to ruin the country

Yining asked with a smile,

"Your name is Zijuan, right?"

"Your Majesty, this servant is Zijuan!"

Yining corrected,

"You can no longer call me a slave. You are my adopted sister, a princess, and a lady of the fifth rank of the imperial family!"

Zijuan blushed.

"Your Majesty, you haven't gotten married yet!"

Yining was happy.

"Yes, yes, that's right! Qian Kang, how about Miss Zijuan? If you are not satisfied, I allow you to change!"

Zijuan immediately became nervous. Why did they come to change? Was the emperor so unreliable?

Qian Kang had not yet fully recovered from the overwhelming happiness. He looked at the girl named Zijuan. She was really pretty, with white teeth, red lips, curved eyebrows, almond eyes, and a slim figure. What was there to be dissatisfied with?

He said hurriedly,

"I am satisfied, very satisfied, no need to change!"

"Ha ha!"

Everyone laughed except a few palace maids.

Some of the palace maids who lost the opportunity blamed themselves, wondering why they ran so slowly.

Yining smiled and said,

"Miss Zijuan, it seems I am still not treating you well. Look how much you want to escape from the palace!"

Zijuan knew that the emperor was teasing her, so she bowed and said,

"Your Majesty said that you disliked us. Otherwise, why would you single us out to be expelled from the palace?"

Yining Road,

"Ah, this is still my fault. Well, since you said so, I will take back what I said. You stay and I will replace you with someone else!"

Zijuan waved her hands hurriedly.

"The Emperor has spoken, how can you take it back? Since you promised me to Lord Qian, I am his in life and his in death. It would be better to let someone else serve the Emperor!"

Yining laughed again.

"Girl, you are really sharp-tongued. Fine, I will grant your wish!

I confer upon Zijuan the title of Princess Ziyuan, and marry her to Qian Kang as his wife!"

Zijuan never thought that she would become a princess in the blink of an eye. This was truly a step to heaven!

Bow down quickly,

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Qian Kang also quickly knelt down to express his gratitude.

Yining instructed,

"Qian Kang, you must treat him well. If you are ungrateful, I will not forgive you!"

Qian Kang kowtowed hurriedly.

"Wei Chen doesn't dare!"

Yining said,

"Don't you dare?"

Zijuan glanced at him, and Qian Kang immediately changed his words.

"It's not that I don't dare, it's that I can't. Having such a beautiful woman is enough to comfort me in my life!"

Everyone laughed again.

Yining said again,

"I know your family is poor, so I will give you three hundred taels of silver as a settlement allowance.

You bring Princess Zijuan home and marry her according to the imperial decree.

After settling the family, I will immediately set off to Jiangnan for shopping and business!"

Qian Kang and Zijuan quickly kowtowed to express their gratitude!

"Okay, kowtow to your matchmaker too!"

The two men kowtowed to Peng Yunzhang again!

"Thank you, Master Peng, for your help!"

Peng Yunzhang stroked his beard and said cheerfully,

"It was His Majesty who helped you, but I have decided to be the matchmaker. I can't be a matchmaker for nothing, so I will also give you ten taels of silver as a token of my appreciation!"

Qian Kang knew that Peng Yunzhang was one of the very few honest officials, and that being able to give him ten taels of silver was already a lot, so he was very grateful.

Yining Road,

“Okay, go pack your things with your sweetheart.

Yi Fangfang, go and have the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepare a dowry for Princess Zijuan. Follow the rules, understand?"

Qian Kang and Zijuan happily followed Yi Fangfang away!

Peng Yunzhang didn't know much about the new emperor before, and what he heard and saw was not what he had seen in the past two days.

But over the past two days, his impression of the emperor has changed greatly!

Although it lacks the majesty of the emperor, it has more humanity!

Judging from the behavior of the eunuchs and palace maids, they are obviously very close to the emperor. They are not as frightened and cautious as before when seeing the emperor!

According to Peng Yunzhang's education and his stereotype of the emperor, the emperor in his mind is not like this. But when he saw such an alternative emperor, why did he still like him from the bottom of his heart!

Yining looked at Peng Yunzhang who was lost in thought, smiled and asked,

"What does Lord Peng think about what happened today?"

Peng Yunzhang said,

"With His Majesty treating people this way, how could Qian Kang not sacrifice his life to serve the country?"

Yining nodded and said,

"He can stick to his bottom line, endure loneliness, and endure poverty. This is why I admire him.

I hope he will remain true to his original aspirations even after achieving success!"

Peng Yunzhang said,

"Your Majesty, I have learned a lot today. I am ashamed!"

"Okay, let's not talk about the past, let's talk about the future!"

"Your Majesty, please give your orders!"

Yining Road,

"Lord Peng, the skilled craftsmen selected from all over the country will soon be coming to the capital. How will you respond?"

"I was just about to report this to Your Majesty, but I'm unsure how to proceed with this matter. Please enlighten me, Your Majesty!"

Yining Road,

"That's why I called you here today!"

Peng Yunzhang clasped his fists and bowed.

"I really don't know how to intervene or how to assess. Examinations are the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites!"

Yining smiled and said,

"I knew you would say that, so I asked you to come here today to discuss this in detail. I want you to know not only the facts, but also the reasons behind them!"

"I am all ears!"

Yining Road,

"There's a saying that goes, 'The Ministry of Personnel is expensive, the Ministry of Revenue is rich, the Ministry of Rites is poor, the Ministry of War is militaristic, the Ministry of Justice is strict, and the Ministry of Works is lowly,' right?"

Peng Yunzhang nodded.

“That’s true, but it means that the things that the Ministry of Industry is in charge of are all dirty and messy jobs that are not worthy of being put on the stage!

Moreover, the people working below are all craftsmen, so in the eyes of some scholars and officials, they are considered lowly!"

Yining laughed in his heart. Not to mention others, if I asked you to switch positions with the Minister of Personnel or the Minister of Revenue, you would be so unhappy that you would burst into tears.

Yining asked,

"I wonder what Master Peng is thinking?"

"I naturally disagree with this statement!"

"why?"

Peng Yunzhang said,

"No matter who we are, we all serve the emperor. How can we distinguish between high and low?"

Yining shook his head and said,

"Although you can say that, that's not the crux of the matter!"

Peng Yunzhang was confused and asked,

"Your Majesty, please let me know!"

Yining Road,

"What is the meaning of the emperor's existence?"

"I think it should be managing the country!"

"That's right. What does managing a country involve?"

Peng Yunzhang really hadn't thought about this question carefully, so he could only say,

"Is it to manage officials and people?"

"What is the purpose of the officials' existence?"

"Serve the Emperor and govern the people!"

“How did the officials come here?”

"Most of them are scholars who have studied hard for ten years to gain academic honors!"

Yining asked,

"If the end of the world comes, and there is only an official, a scholar, and a commoner left in this world, the commoner has a bag of rice, the scholar has many books, and the official has a pile of gold, silver, and jewelry, who will die first?"

Peng Yunzhang thought hard for a long time and said,

"Of course the people will die first!"

Yining stared at him and asked,

"why?"