Chapter 1291 Loyalty Is The Most Important


    When Yun Shang walked near the Taiji Pce, she heard someone talking inside. Yun Shang lowered


    her voice and asked the servant at the door, "His Majesty is meeting the ministers?"


    "Yes, majesty," The servant replied in a low voice, "general ude, general Shenwei and general


    Dingyuan are all inside."


    Yun Shang nodded and thought to herself, ''Since the people inside the hall are all generals, the


    discussion must have something to do with the war.''.


    "Is there any news from the frontier?" Yun Shang asked the servant.


    The servant shook his head and replied, "I just came to guard half an hour ago. I don''t know what


    happened before that."


    Yun Shang asked thoughtfully, "How long have the three generals been inside there?"


    "About fifteen minutes."


    Yun Shang nodded. They had been inside for fifteen minutes. She was afraid that the meeting inside


    wouldn''t be finished in a short time.


    Yun Shang was about to turn around when she saw Wang Wanzhie out of the Taiji Pce with a


    stack of memorials in her arms.


    Seeing Yun Shang, Wang Wanzhi suddenly stopped and bowed to her, "Greetings, your majesty."


    Yun Shang nodded, "Where are you going?"


    "I''m going to the privy council. The emperor has finished reading the memorials. I''ll send them there."


    "Well, I want to go back to imperial household. Follow me down there with me."


    Wang Wanzhi knew that Yun Shang had something to ask her, so she nodded and followed Yun Shang


    out of the Taiji Pce.


    "His Majesty is having a meeting with the three generals. Is there anything wrong at the frontier?" Yun


    Shang asked.


    Wang Wanzhi nodded and said, "But it''s not a bad thing. Under the pincer attack of the State of Xia as


    well as the State of Ning, the state of Yng had been defeated step by step and had lost several


    battles in a row. Now that the morale of the State of Yng has been lost, the defeat will only happen


    sooner orter."


    Yun Shang breathed a sigh of relief. "Then why did his majesty summon the three generals?"


    "His majesty thinks the war with the State of Yng is almost settled. Now the State of Yng is only


    trying to dy, splitting all the troops into small teams and harassing neighboring countries. However, it


    won''t affect too much. It''s just to slow down the speed of our troops marching.


    His majesty just thinks that to keep General Sun and General Zhao in the battlefield to fight with the


    State of Yng, it will be a bit of a waste of talents. Thus he ns to send the three generals to the


    border, rece one general there so that he can return to the Jin City, and train the soldiers or so


    something like that."


    Wang Wanzhi sounded quite optimistic.


    Yun Shang also knew that Wang Wanzhi had been with Luo Qingyan for a long time, so she was


    influenced and optimistic.


    But she had learned from Luo Yi that Luo Qingyan had sent secret guards to Deer City and Yunzhou to


    secretly investigate. After hearing the news, Yun Shang thought more.


    Maybe Luo Qingyan asked either Zhao Yingjie or Sun Bingzhi toe back , or maybe he didn''t want


    him toe back for training actually.


    Perhaps it was because he sensed that something might be wrong in the coastal area to the East, he


    asked one of them toe back and stand by.


    In this way, they could make a n in advance in case anything happened in either Deer City or


    Yunzhou.


    But Yun Shang would not tell Wang Wanzhi about it. She just smiled and said, "That''s good."


    "Yes." Wang Wanzhi also smiled, "When the war against the State of Ynges to an end, the


    world will be peaceful for a period of time."


    "I hope so,"


    Yun Shang replied. After a pause, she then asked, "After the incident of the Changting Garden, his


    majesty selected a new group of officials. It has been so long, and you should be familiar with those


    officials. What do you think of them in the court now? "


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    "To tell you the truth, I have observed these new officials for a period of time. The new officials are


    much younger than the old ones in the court. Maybe it''s just because they are young, they are more


    energetic and quicker when dealing with the government affairs in ordance with the emperor''s


    arrangement.


    Thus there have been fewer officials who cheat or goof around , fewer officials who hold down their


    jobs without doing a stroke of work, and fewer officials who embezzle and pervert thew.


    It''s also just because they are a little younger, they don''t seem to be calm enough. They can''t be


    considerate enough..."


    Yun Shang chuckled, "After all, they have just entered the court. And all the elders in the court have


    alsoe from this way before. After they experience more, watch more and hear more, everything


    will be fine. "


    "Yes, your majesty." Wang Wanzhi nodded, "So in my eyes, these officials in the court are much better


    than those old officials before.


    At least, I can see that most of them are loyal to his majesty."


    Yun Shang nodded slightly and paused for a while, "You''re right. Young officials may not do things, or


    may not be considerate enough, but they can learn. Loyalty is the most important thing for a minister.


    I can only hope that their loyalty won''t change even if they have been working in the court for a longer


    time, or because others give them more and more bargaining chips,"


    after saying that, Yun Shang smiled, "All right. You can go ahead with your work. I''m going back to the


    Weiyang Pce."


    Wang Wanzhi bowed and paid her respect.


    Wang Wanzhi didn''t stand up until Yun Shang left for the imperial household. She sorted out the


    memorial in his hand, turned around and went to the privy council.


    The weather was getting hotter, but the rain was good this year.


    ording to the secret letters sent from different parts of the State of Xia, most of the ces had a rain


    every four or five days. It had rained quite heavily, so it was neither too dry nor flooded.


    Everything had seemed to be fine.


    Yun Shang smiled and breathed a sigh of relief.


    This was the first year after the emperor''s enthronement ceremony. She hadn''t been the Empress


    before. She was always afraid that she hadn''t thought thoroughly about what she had done. On the


    other hand, she was worried that Luo Qingyan would be too busy with the government affairs and be


    negligent about some other things. She always wanted to take care of everything, but she felt that she


    was not capable enough.


    Yun Shang put the secret letter aside and said to Qian Zhuo in a low voice, "Send a message to them.


    Tell them to mention the weather if there is something important to report. If there is nothing important,


    don''t send any message just to report the weather. Or, it''s a waste to send messages that way. "


    Nowadays, there wasck of manpower. It was often the case these days that when they need people,


    no one was avable. They couldn''t waste it like this.


    Thinking of this, Yun Shang lowered her voice and asked, "Is there any news from the State of Ning?"


    Qian Zhuo shook her head and said, "It will take three or four months to spread messages from Jin city


    to the State of Ning. The news has just been spread for more than a month. It''s still early."


    As soon as Qian Zhuo finished her words, Luo Qingyan''s voice came from outside, "What news is the


    Empress waiting for in the State of Ning? I just received a message from the State of Ning... "