"There is no trace of resentment at all." Hu Huaian came in and took a closer look again.
This is a small house, elegantly and simply decorated. The walls are covered with expensive mulberry paper. Next to the wall is a couch. There is a bookshelf against the wall, which holds hundreds of books.
Eunuch Zhao was not in the same embarrassment as he was at that time. He still had some injuries on his head, but he was in good spirits. There were inkstones, pens, and ink on the wooden table, as well as several volumes of books. There was still steam rising from the tea bowl beside him. He waved his hand and said lightly: "Why did you come here suddenly? Shouldn't you be on duty?"
Hu Huaian smiled apologetically, as if he was exactly the same as before: "Grandpa Zhao, I'm here to tell you something. It's like this..."
He whispered what happened just now.
Eunuch Zhao frowned when he heard this. After hearing this, he thought for a moment and said, "Remember, this is the matter of Chai Kejing, the magistrate of Yulin Prefecture, right? He is an unlucky guy. He just went up and the grain depot was destroyed." I lost fifty thousand dan, and I was reprimanded because of this incident."
This was all a month ago. Hu Huaian is much younger than Eunuch Zhao. He thinks he has a good memory, but he doesn’t remember these seemingly insignificant things so clearly. He usually remembers a few things. More important things.
Before today, who could have thought that this matter would be revealed today?
He came here temporarily again, and this incident had just happened. There was no one who tipped off Eunuch Zhao to let Eunuch Zhao know about it earlier. Therefore, Eunuch Zhao could remember this matter after thinking about it for a moment. The errands are really attentive.
He remembered it as soon as he said it, which really impressed Hu Huaian.
His face also showed such thoughts. Eunuch Zhao looked at it and couldn't help but sigh: "You came here by the wrong way this time."
Hu Huaian looked at Eunuch Zhao and heard Eunuch Zhao disapproving and said: "You and I have a relationship and affection. I don't deny this."
"But in this palace, rules and duties are the most important."
"You have been promoted to the rank of eunuch. The first thing you should think about is the rules, your duty, and how to serve the emperor."
"In the future, don't come to me again, don't always run to me, you must be loyal to the emperor and don't do it half-heartedly. Things like today are just this once and will not happen again."
"In this way, not only will your duty be fulfilled, but mine will also be fulfilled."
"But..." Hu Huaian wanted to say something else, but Eunuch Zhao stared at him, so he could only change his mind: "Yes."
"But when I submitted this file, the emperor read it carefully, but he didn't comment on it. It's because I don't understand it that I want to ask you for advice."
In response to this, Eunuch Zhao just shook his head and served the tea, which meant that the emperor didn't comment, so what could a eunuch like him say?
Seeing this, the eunuch could only resign and leave.
After Hu Huaian retreated, Eunuch Zhao's expression gradually became gloomy. He looked at the closed door. After a long silence in the small room, he took a sip from the tea bowl he had picked up, like a mouthful of bitter medicine, and then put it down again.
"so bitter."
"Granary? Your Majesty must have a purpose for bringing this matter up again!"
"The granary has been a chronic disease of the past generations and has been widely implicated. Past generations have been able to cure it but not root it out. The emperor has been the emperor for 20 years, so he must know it."
"Originally it was just a matter of tapping and then dealing with a few things according to the rules."
"But if we take out the book from a month ago, it will no longer be the ordinary regulations. Could it be related to the grandson again? Is the emperor planning to send the grandson to deal with this big problem?"
Eunuch Zhao understood the emperor too well. He got up and walked a few steps in the room. When he thought of this, he stopped and realized something.
After leaving Eunuch Zhao's small courtyard, Hu Huaian went back along the same route, but instead of returning to his own courtyard, he entered the imperial study room again.
As soon as he entered, he knelt on the ground and said to the emperor: "Back to the emperor, my servant has already been there. He has nothing else to say, let alone any comments on this matter. Instead, he asked me not to go again and again, but to be loyal to the emperor."
After speaking, he said every sentence clearly, and then he bowed and listened to the order.
The emperor nodded without any expression and just said: "I understand, please step back."
Hu Huaian quietly raised his eyes and looked up. Perhaps due to psychological effects, he felt that although the emperor had no expression, his eyebrows were still somewhat open.
Following this sound, Hu Huaian immediately withdrew respectfully.
After the eunuch retreated, the emperor looked at the caisson on the top of the palace and said after a long time: "It seems that this old guy is still a little enlightened."
At this time, there are not many people who can be trusted. Even Meng Lin, the emperor does not completely trust him, let alone his ministers.
The emperor suddenly thought of the previous dynasties, not to mention the following generations, even Emperor Taizong would trust eunuchs more than courtiers.
When I was young, I felt that those emperors were incompetent and I didn't understand what they thought. They gave their authority and trust to some eunuchs.
But now that I think about these things, I feel differently.
"It's hard to rely on your descendants."
One imperial edict governs the life and death of hundreds of millions of people in Jiuzhou. Unless you have tasted this feeling, no one can resist it. Even the emperor, when he is old, sick and weak, his children and grandchildren are young and strong, and there are still people who want power, even if it is just a small share. It was enough to make the emperor feel uneasy like an old tiger.
Are there too many coups, mutinies, and father-son killings in the past dynasties?
"It is difficult for a minister to be loyal."
Many ministers have families and dependents, and they have to make plans not only for themselves, but also for their descendants and families. In terms of loyalty to the emperor, they will inevitably be burdened by these things.
It is not that there are no loyal ministers, but at the end of the day, when I am sitting on a high dragon chair and looking down, with so many people in my eyes, how can I tell who is loyal and who is half-hearted?
Ministers, especially close ministers, can always figure out the holy will and can even better disguise it.
"Even I suffered a lot."
Not long after the emperor ascended the throne, Shang felt that he had always had full control over his courtiers, and those he trusted would not dare to betray his trust.
But what happened next gave the emperor more than one slap in the face.
"I have solved these problems, but I never thought that my biggest enemy is the Duke, the greatest Duke in the world?"
It's not that the emperor didn't understand that many people were loyal to the country and finally became great.
"But you are not a pure minister to me."
Even the chief assistant he has always trusted is like this, how can others guarantee their loyalty?
"For the sake of Dazheng, for the sake of the country, do you regard me as a stupid dog? When you can use me, you should be pious, and when I get old, you can throw it away?"
"What kind of pure minister and loyal minister is this?"
The emperor's eyes were filled with anger.
If you think about it this way, eunuchs who have no descendants or even the concept of a country are indeed kings. When they want to do things or do private affairs, the main group of people they can use.
Unlike courtiers, these eunuchs are still available and can be killed at any time. They don't have to worry about killing when they want to. They can be said to be the best driving people.
The emperor was originally angry with Eunuch Zhao, but he felt that the old man also had second thoughts.
But when the anger gradually subsided, and I thought carefully about what happened before, although I was still very dissatisfied with this old guy for blocking me at that time, I also knew that although this old guy went over the limit at the time, he was really trying to dissuade me for his own sake.
After today's test, he felt more relieved about it.
"It's good if you don't have any resentment. Otherwise, even though we have feelings for you, I can only kill you in advance."
(End of chapter)
