Fu Yan actually told a joke.
Said it was a long, long time ago...
An emperor was worried when he saw that all the concubines in the harem were all sallow and thin, frowning, listless, and seemed to be sick.
Ask them what's wrong with their beloved concubines?
But the concubines just shook their heads and sighed, unable to explain the reason, which made the emperor even more worried.
So the emperor's list was issued, and all the miracle doctors from all over the world were summoned to the palace to treat the concubines. Finally, a Taoist priest unveiled the imperial list and claimed that he could prepare good medicine to cure the concubines' illnesses.
The emperor was overjoyed and immediately summoned him to the palace for treatment.
More than ten days later, the emperor inspected the harem again, and was surprised to find that all the concubines were in the same state of illness before. They were all in high spirits, with charming faces, more charming and outstanding in color than before!
Ask your beloved concubines why they are so good?
The concubines said it was caused by taking the Taoist priest's medicine.
The emperor was delighted when he heard about Long Yan and immediately rewarded the Taoist priest heavily!
When the emperor visited the harem one day after the Taoist priests left, he was surprised to find that there were many young men with sallow faces and skinny bones in the palace courtyard. He couldn't help but be surprised.
Ask the concubines who these people are?
The concubines all laughed and said that they were all the leftover medicine residue after the concubines had used the medicine...
"Fu Wanchun, you don't even say nice things!" Xiao Chen laughed after hearing this, and a smile condensed on his face.
Are you saying that I am also a drug scumbag?
"I didn't say that." Fu Yan said with a smile, "It's just a joke. Boss, don't think too much about it."
"Why do I always feel that you, Wanchun, are hiding something from me?" Xiao Chen looked suspicious.
"Did Miss Ouyang agree to help?" Fu Yan asked him around.
"I agreed, hehe. Speaking of which, we are lucky." Xiao Chen was happy again.
"Boss, you are lucky. I will also take advantage of it. Otherwise, if I were to handle this matter, I would never be able to do it." Fu Yan said.
Early the next morning, Xiao Chen ordered someone to prepare a car, bring gifts, and go straight to Jiangdong Prince's Mansion.
He met with Li Wanjiang last night. Although he didn't discuss any serious business, he still handed over the imperial envoy. Now he can casually go out and meet people. There is no problem in meeting anyone.
The first person to meet was naturally Li Shi.
"Meet the emperor?" Li Shi was very happy to see Xiao Chen.
"I saw you last night." Xiao Chen told Li Shi what happened last night.
"Oh, this is not the first time this has happened, but our dragon vein in Dazhou is not broken so easily." Li Shi acted very indifferently.
Xiao Chen wants to say that if Miss Ouyang and a few of our brothers hadn't happened to be there last night, I'm afraid your family's dragon veins would have been broken by those bald donkeys!
But what he said was, "The emperor's prosperity reaches the heavens, and his country stretches for thousands of years. Naturally, it cannot be damaged by those little ones."
"Haha, I know you have merit, but you should ask the emperor to invite you for this merit. It's useless to tell me, and I can't reward you." Li Shi said with a smile.
"Look at what the prince said, even if I haven't done any meritorious service and have come all the way back, you can't give me anything, can you?" Xiao Chen said with a smile.
"It's good if you come back." Li Shidao, "Do you know that many people in the court think you will not come back."
"I know, I think the emperor just listened to the slanders of those little people, so he was so cold to me." Xiao Chen said bluntly.
"Stop saying these meaningless words. The emperor knows how to treat you. You have made great achievements many times, saved the emperor's life, and protected the emperor's tomb last night. Haha, this time you really made a great contribution. It’s a difficult reward! But as you said, I have to reward you for coming back from such a long way, so take it.”
Li Shi said and stretched out his hand to Xiao Chen.
"My lord, don't you want to reward me?" Xiao Chen was stunned, why did he reach out to ask for a reward from me?
"Hmph, your kid came to me so early in the morning. You must have heard about the emperor asking me to take over the staff department, right?" Li Shidao.
"Ah, is this happening?" Xiao Chen was surprised and happy when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt down to congratulate, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations, Your Majesty! Hehe, Your Majesty, you are in charge of the staff department, that would be great!"
"So you really don't know?" Li Shi saw Xiao Chen's surprise, but it didn't look like he was pretending.
Because Xiao Chen really didn't know.
But he knew what Li Shi asked him for, which was naturally the appointment list of officials from various yamen in Yanyun County.
After the war, Yanyun County's administrative agencies were almost completely paralyzed. Therefore, as the governor, Xiao Chen's first thing after the war was settled was to rebuild the administrative agencies.
Although he is the governor, he does not have the power to appoint or remove officials. Even if he removes a magistrate or appoints a chief registrar, he must seek approval from the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
This is the rule, but in fact it is just a procedure.
Generally speaking, as long as it is the appointment or dismissal of the governor, the court and the staff will never reject it.
But Xiao Chen's appointment list is extraordinary.
He wants to break the rules and use talents in an eclectic way.
For example, Wen Chengxu was just a scholar and was not even qualified to be the chief registrar, but Xiao Chen wanted to directly appoint him as the magistrate of Yanbei Prefecture.
Zhizhou usually has the title of sixth or fifth grade, but because Wen Chengxu also has to be in charge of the trade market, Xiao Chen plans to directly add a fourth-grade title to him, so that he can do things more conveniently and smoothly in the future, at least with the magistrates of other states. Don't be passive when dealing with others.
But there is no precedent.
There is also Liu Congshu. He is a magistrate who surrendered. He should have been on the Ministry of Punishment's blacklist. According to law, he should have his house confiscated and executed.
But Xiao Chen wanted to keep his original position and give him another rank, even if it was just a grade.
These people are Xiao Chen's right-hand men. We can't let them always be acting officials, right?
Without a formal letter of appointment from the imperial court, everyone always feels uneasy...
In fact, relatively speaking, it was relatively easy to appoint Zhuge Xiaosheng, Wei Yuntian, Lin Yue and others, because rewards for military merit could be exempted.
For example, in the first battle commanded by Zhuge Xiaosheng, three thousand Xianbo cavalry were eliminated. How much credit is this? Even being promoted directly to the rank of Commander-in-Chief is not too much.
But what Xiao Chen needs now is establishment, because with his governor's authority, he can only have 10,000 troops, but now he has more than 50,000 troops in total.
Of course, if Li Wanjiang doesn't win the title of General of the Northern Expedition and takes back the marshal's seal, then he will have no problem even if he expands his army by 100,000.
The problem is that it is impossible for Li Wanjiang not to take back his military power.
Because whether he is a general or a marshal, he is appointed temporarily.
In short, this lawsuit with Li Wanjiang is not easy to fight.
The key is that the King of Hell is aggressive and the little devil is difficult to deal with!
Li Wanjiang didn't need to express his position directly. With just a hint, the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War could give a thousand reasons to reject all Xiao Chen's applications.
It's really annoying.
