Soul swap tyrant always wants to have a baby

That morning, all the civil and military officials were dressed smartly and arrived at the palace a quarter of an hour earlier than usual.

This is the first morning court after the emperor's triumphant return. After what happened yesterday, today's morning court will definitely not be peaceful.

All the officials did not dare to eat or drink after getting up today, for fear that their stomachs would not be able to hold up during the morning court session and they would displease the emperor if they were not careful.

The current emperor is not the same as before. With the achievement of conquering Beidong, basically as long as the emperor does not hand over Dongxia to others, he can sit on the throne firmly until his death.

Even if the emperor just followed behind the army, this battle would be remembered forever.

Not to mention that the emperor personally led his troops to destroy Beidong, the Zhongli family's genealogy even had a separate page for the emperor.

The barbarians in the north have often harassed the people living on the border over the past few decades.

Unfortunately, Dongxia’s treasury was empty and its troops were insufficient, so it could only try its best to resist.

Now, Beidong has been conquered by the emperor and has completely become the territory of their Dongxia.

After the autumn, the people in the north no longer have to live in fear, and no longer have to worry about the Huns coming into the village to burn, kill and loot.

This morning's court session was filled with both joy and sorrow.

However, Leng Qingyi did not attack anyone right away.

Instead, he first recounted in detail the details of the destruction of Beidong and how the Fifth Prince of Nanqiu provided Beidong with powerful gunpowder.

After some discussion, the officials decided that the Left Vice Minister of Rites and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites would negotiate with Nan Qiu first.

Specific matters will be decided after Nanqiu's fifth prince Lu Jinmin is escorted back to Beijing and Nanqiu gives a reply.

Then Leng Qingyi asked the important officials from various positions in the court to talk about the major and minor events that had happened during the few months when she was on the expedition.

Although the affairs of the court are handled by the prime minister, Leng Wuqin is not in charge of them and does not need Leng Qingyi to intervene.

After Leng Wuqin had dealt with everything he could decide, he would write a detailed memorial and send it to Leng Qingyi in the northern border.

If it is a major matter, it still needs to be sent to the northern border as quickly as possible for Leng Qingyi to make the decision.

Although Leng Qingyi knew roughly about those things, his main focus was on fighting on the border.

He glanced at those matters and stopped interfering when he saw that Leng Wuqin had handled them properly.

Now that I'm back in Beijing, I naturally have to listen to it again in detail.

It's almost like a performance report.

Yesterday, when they learned that the emperor had returned to Beijing early, the officials had already sorted out what had happened in the past few months overnight.

Now the emperor mentioned each of them and answered them fluently.

Leng Qing listened carefully and found no major mistakes, so this part was over.

Just as all the officials breathed a sigh of relief, Leng Qing spoke.

"Prime Minister, General of the Cavalry, and Minister of Revenue, how did you handle yesterday's incident?"

Zhu Chen's plump body trembled suddenly when his name was called.

He stood behind Leng Wuqin and Ling Xuan.

"Your Majesty, everyone's identity has been verified, and the suspicious individuals have been apprehended by General Ling."

Ling Xuan replied immediately afterwards.

"Your Majesty, we only apprehended 1,236 of those who rioted at the city gate yesterday. The remaining 3,000 or so are missing. I am still doing my best to track them down."

"Those with suspicious identities who caused trouble at the palace gate yesterday have been taken into custody and are now being held in the Ministry of Justice's prison."

"..."

After Ling Xuan finished answering, it was Zhu Chen's turn.

Maybe it was because she felt guilty, but Leng Qing saw that Zhu Chen had lost a lot of weight compared to before she went to war, and her official uniform, which used to be tight, was now looser.

"Your Majesty, the people who caused trouble in the palace yesterday have been released after kneeling for two hours to check their household registration."

"Most of those whose identities are questionable come from remote villages in Dongxia, and a small number do not have household registration."

"The household registration of the officials General Ling captured was also checked. They all had the same identities as those who caused trouble at the palace gate. Most of them came from remote mountain villages, and a small number were unregistered."

"Another very suspicious point is that the majority of those with registered household registrations were registered in recent years, with only a very small number having been registered since childhood."

"..."

After Zhu Chen answered carefully, he lowered his brows and returned to his original position.

Leng Qingyi, who was sitting on the dragon throne, nodded after listening to the reports of the three people.

This was within her expectations.

Today's household registration policy in Dongxia is naturally not like that of the technologically advanced era, where the entire network is interconnected.

Leng Qingyi estimates that Dongxia's actual population is 30% higher than the registered population. (This is just a stretch, don't argue. If you argue, you're right.)

There are three reasons.

First, some people live in very remote areas, and the highest-ranking official they have ever seen in their lives is the village head.

Having lived in a remote mountain village all his life, if the local county magistrate was responsible, he would allow the people to register their household registration.

If the local county magistrate does not take charge of the affairs, it is very likely that the village will be forgotten.

Second, the survival rate of infants in ancient times was not high, and ordinary people would wait until their children were six or seven years old and strong before registering their children in the family tree and handling their household registration.

Third, the idea of ​​favoring boys over girls is quite serious in today's era, and some families will not even register their daughters for household registration.

Daughters from common families would be engaged when they were thirteen or fourteen years old, and would get married when they reached the age of marriage. Some would even get married before they reached the age of marriage.

She was not valued at her parents' home and her parents did not register her for household registration. After she moved to her husband's home, she took care of the household affairs for the rest of her life and never traveled far.

The husband's family will not bother to register the household registration for the daughter-in-law they marry into.

This situation often occurs in remote villages where the emperor is far away.

State capitals around the capital generally conduct a population census every three years.

It is highly likely that the officials in faraway places will not go door to door. The county magistrate will hand over the task to the village head, and the village head will hand in the list and the job is done.

The number of people, the number of land, and the amount of land all depend on the decision of the village head.

In more remote areas, even this may not be necessary.

However, what Zhu Chen said is that a large proportion of people’s household registrations were newly processed in recent years, which is very interesting.

Who on earth started planning this so early?

Not only did he build up power for himself, he even thought about the household registration issue.

No wonder they couldn't force the emperor to abdicate directly. These people were trained one by one.

If the attempt to force the emperor to abdicate fails, how much will be lost?

Tsk, it hurts just thinking about it.

"Minister of Justice, you must keep an eye on the people in the prison. No one is allowed to visit them. And be careful with their food to prevent them from being poisoned."

"Yes."

"I will send someone to the Ministry of Justice later to conduct the interrogation. You two will come to discuss it. I need to receive useful information tomorrow."

"Yes, I accept the order."

Leng Qingyi returned to Beijing with Da Jin alone this time. The tiger is much faster than the horse and the bear.

Although tigers' endurance is not as good as horses', Dajin is an exception.

I don’t know if it’s because of his intelligence or something else, but Da Jin is no less endurance than a thousand-mile horse.

It only consumes half a wild boar for every hundred miles.

So Leng San did not return to Beijing with Leng Qingyi this time.

This important task naturally fell on Leng Si.