"Forget it!"
Zhao Feng looked at the imperial edict in his hand and couldn't help but sigh and said.
"It seems that I have gone too far during this period. I will have to keep a low profile and bide my time."
"What if His Majesty really lets me enter the court?"
Liu Wei looked at Zhao Feng very puzzled and asked in confusion.
"Others become officials just to try their best to climb up. Now you have become the prefect in only half a year. Shouldn't you take advantage of this opportunity to continue to work hard?"
Zhao Feng directly spread his hands and asked Liu Wei in confusion.
"Why should I continue to work hard? Do I really want to enter the officialdom and fight to the death with those people?"
"Go and get some sleep. As you said, this court has been controlled by the four major families. Even if I have a few lives, it won't be enough for them!"
"Okay, let's take office first. It seems that I have only one criterion for being an official from now on, and that is not to seek merit, but to seek no faults!"
Liu Wei looked at Zhao Feng very dissatisfied, couldn't help but snorted coldly, and said.
"Sir, you obviously have such talent, but you don't want to serve the court or the country. Do you really want to hang around here for the rest of your life?"
When Zhao Feng heard this, he was immediately filled with anger and turned to look at Liu Wei: "Look at what you said, what are you talking about?"
"Why haven't I served the imperial court or the country?"
"As a local official, I can still serve the court and the country and make the lives of the people here better and better. If I really enter the officialdom, I will not be able to understand the sufferings of the people and make the lives of the people better! "
Zhao Feng argued so confidently, not saying that he just didn't want to enter the court.
He had already learned from Liu Wei before that the four major families controlled the government, and almost everyone in the three provinces and six departments of the imperial court belonged to them.
Even if I could enter the imperial court, wouldn't I still have to work under them?
I am powerless and not a member of the four major families, and I don’t want to join them.
The result at that time will definitely be that the leader puts on small shoes for himself, and the subordinates throw dirty water on themselves!
If you want to solve the problem, you must give them gifts, money, and silver!
All this money was earned through hard work, how could it be given away for nothing?
So thinking of this, Zhao Feng waved his hand directly.
"Anyway, I won't enter the officialdom. If I are really asked to work under officials from the four major families, I might as well just resign!"
When Liu Wei heard this, he suddenly understood, and asked Zhao Feng curiously.
"So it's not that you are against entering officialdom, but you don't want to work with people from the four major families?"
Zhao Feng nodded naturally, holding the imperial edict in his hand and looking at it non-stop.
The prefect has reached a position that he is very satisfied with. All he needs to do next is to be as mediocre as possible. It is normal for him to insist on not being promoted for more than ten years.
Liu Wei, however, had silently memorized Zhao Feng's thoughts and planned to discuss this matter with His Majesty.
After all, Zhao Feng's talent is the most powerful among the people he has ever seen. Although such a person has done something locally, it is not as good as letting him enter the imperial court and participate in discussions of national affairs.
Zhao Feng took office here, but he didn't expect Liu Wei to follow him to Fucheng.
Although Zhao Feng had previously planned to help Liu Wei, Liu Wei's current position was just a government servant in a small county. Is it really appropriate to follow him to the capital like this?
But who knows, Liu Wei directly took out a transfer order and said to Zhao Feng with a smile.
"Sir, I'm afraid I have to continue to follow you. Since I have done well during this period, Lord Zhoumu specially promoted me to Fucheng as a yamen servant!"
Zhao Feng looked at Liu Wei with some surprise, and then patted his shoulder hard.
"You kid can do it. I've long seen that you have a future!"
"In this case, then you should learn more by my side!"
Liu Wei smiled and nodded in agreement, but he couldn't help but think about it.
According to His Majesty's plan, I am afraid that I will follow Zhao Feng all the time. If Zhao Feng does not enter the officialdom, when will I be able to regain my true identity?
I don’t know what Zhao Feng’s expression looked like when he found out that he was a person sent by His Majesty. He had been by his side so early.
Thinking of this, Liu Wei couldn't help laughing.
Although Zhao Feng's promotion to prefect was not deliberately publicized, many people still knew about it.
The Shen family had returned to the capital because of their fabric business. After learning about this incident, they specially sent a congratulatory gift.
Most of the other people who have a good relationship with Zhao Feng are also like this.
It can be seen from the speed of Zhao Feng's promotion that Zhao Feng either has some connections, or his talents have been noticed by people above him for a long time. It is beneficial but not harmful to be friends with him now.
But what everyone didn't expect was that the first thing Zhao Feng did after he was promoted to prefect was to stay in his own mansion and didn't come out for three whole days.
When those people who originally had high hopes for Zhao Feng saw this situation, they all felt that Zhao Feng was a bit stuck and couldn't hold up the wall, so they all went back dejectedly.
When Liu Wei heard about this, he frowned and angrily came to Zhao Feng's mansion. As soon as he entered, he found that Zhao Feng was raising birds there.
"Hey, hey, hey, call one!"
Liu Wei was so angry that he walked over and pulled the bird cage away, frowning and asked Zhao Feng.
"Sir, the whole city is waiting for your reform plan, how can you raise birds here?"
Liu Wei said this, looked inside the bird cage, and almost laughed out of anger.
"Besides, this isn't a bird. Isn't it an old hen?"
Zhao Feng reluctantly grabbed the bird cage, shook his head and said.
"There is nothing I need to reform. Now the militia has developed very well. The steel they refine can already support them and bring some income to many people."
"Everything else is in order. Is there anything you need me to intervene in?"
Liu Wei couldn't help but open his mouth, and after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this was indeed the case.
The strange thing is that Zhao Feng has worked as a treasurer in this ancient city for a period of time. Zhao Feng can be said to be well aware of the situation in this ancient city.
So Zhao Feng just acted like he was lying flat on his back and didn't care about the things outside at all.
