I felt the emotion in Huang Qiong's tone, although she was extremely moved. But Jia Quan, who was still calm, after pondering for a moment, shook his head and said: "His Highness's thoughts really touched my heart. Being sent abroad to be a state or county official is something that Quan has always dreamed about. . But His Highness currently lacks reliable people around him. Brother Fan is now sent out to be the county magistrate, so there is no one around His Highness."
"Although Quan is not good at scheming, and he is not familiar with government affairs. But by staying with His Highness, I can at least give him advice. In addition, I know the situation in Beijing relatively well, and can serve as His Highness's eyeliner in Beijing. Now. It is no longer convenient for His Highness to leave the palace, so I can stay outside and organize things for His Highness. Your Highness, I have fulfilled my wish for Quan by leaving the capital at this time."
"But for His Highness, it is like breaking a finger. Therefore, I think it is not time for me to leave the capital yet. Besides, I have not yet completed my period of filial piety. My father's grave is in the capital, and I stay in the capital. It is equivalent to mourning for my father on the spot. Therefore, Your Highness should not consider the matter of releasing the minister. When His Highness truly has a firm grasp of the court situation, it will not be too late for the minister to plan to release the minister."
Jia Quan's answer made Huang Qiong nodded with satisfaction. Jia Quan was right. What he needed more now was for him to stay in the capital. As it was no longer convenient for him to leave the palace, he could be his eyes outside the palace. And handle some things for yourself that are inconvenient to leave to others. I already have certain thoughts and ideas in my mind about how to use Jia Quan in the next step.
He said that he was just letting it out, just to compensate in disguise for the injustice that Jia Quan suffered during his absence from the capital. Huang Qiong knew that Jia Quan was ambitious and did not want to be an honest official in the capital. Now that Fan Jian has been released, it is impossible for Jia Quan's mind not to change. I thought that letting him go would satisfy his long-held wish.
But in reality, Huang Qiong still hoped that Jia Quan would stay in Beijing to help him. Facing the decrepit Manchu officials, he has decided to select a group of young officials from the Sixth Ministry and the Hanlin Academy to serve as his team of secretaries to handle the troubles for him. Among them, Jia Quan was his first choice. Although Jia Quan is a bit shady as a person, he really needs his yin when dealing with some things.
But after Huang Qiong finished telling Jia Quan his thoughts, Jia Quan didn't reply for a while. After a long time, Jia Quan laughed to himself and said, "I am all grateful for His Highness's love. But Quan is not the right person to assist His Highness in handling government affairs. To assist His Highness in handling government affairs, what is needed is conspiracy. Quan's temperament is a bit ruthless. The heart is not bright either, and it is easy to become extreme when the time comes.”
"If I am not afraid of offending His Highness, in fact His Highness is also a somewhat extreme person. In some aspects, he is somewhat too eager for success. In this aspect, Quan is somewhat similar to His Highness. It is not possible for two people who are both extreme in temperament to get together. What is a good thing can easily lead to bad things. If Your Highness chooses someone to assist in handling government affairs, he must not only be thoughtful, but also have a calm temperament."
"Moreover, I need someone who can persuade His Highness to a certain extent. I am not qualified in terms of mentality, character, or official experience. Moreover, as the crown prince of the country, Your Highness should look at the world and have an open mind. I Once someone who was close to His Highness, if he enters this so-called military aircraft office, he will be selfless and selfish. This will only do a lot of harm to His Highness's future, but not a single benefit."
"In Quan's opinion, if Your Highness chooses this kind of person, it would be best to choose from among officials of the Hanlin Academy and the Six Ministries, Jinshi and above. Among the candidates, it is necessary to select from as many aspects as possible. It is necessary to select some young and capable people. We must also select a group of people who have been local officials. Quan remembers that last year when Shanxi suppressed the rebellion, His Highness once selected a group of new scholars for Fu Yuanshan to follow him to Shanxi for training. "
"Your Highness, you can consider selecting a group of Jinshi from that group, and then select a group of people from the Hanlin Academy and the Six Ministries. The number does not need to be too many, a dozen will be enough. Your Highness, these people are not too many. As for Minister, neither the three provinces nor the six ministries are suitable. If Your Highness wants to keep me in the capital, there are two departments that are most suitable for me. One is the General Affairs Department, and the other is Dali Temple."
"I am not a Jinshi, and at most I am an official. When entering the Hanlin Academy and the Six Ministries, almost all officials at all levels are from Jinshi. I am afraid they will be ostracized. Given my temperament, I am afraid I can't stand that. Angry. When the time comes, if His Highness deals with them, it would be unworthy of me to go to war because of one person, and it would also have a great impact on His Highness's reputation.
"But if we don't deal with it, even if I can barely stand up under their exclusion, I will probably sit on the bench and be unable to serve His Highness. Similarly, if I enter the higher-status Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, the results will only be worse, not better. The most important thing is that it has been more than a hundred years since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Although the imperial court did not stipulate any customs, officials in the three provinces and six ministries must be Jinshi or officials with imperial background."
"But after more than a hundred years, it has become an unwritten rule. From top to bottom, the imperial court now takes it for granted that officials in the three provinces and six ministries must be officials with Jinshi background. His Highness has just assumed the position of crown prince. It can even be said that in the court, the overall situation has not yet been established. If we break this convention rashly, I am afraid it will cause opposition from officials all over the world."
"Therefore, whether it is the Hanlin Academy, the Three Provinces, Six Ministries or even the Yushitai, there are such densely populated Jinshi and officials. It is not appropriate for me to go, and it may even be counterproductive to His Highness. As for the remaining nine temples, most of them are There are no specific affairs in itself, and some are even in the cold yamen. I am not afraid of sitting on the bench, but I am worried that I will not be able to help His Highness if I go to those yamen."
"The position of the General Secretary is important, but if the emperor is diligent, his authority will not be heavy and it will not attract attention. But there is an advantage, that is, you can meet with His Highness at any time. If His Highness needs anything, just say hello. Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment jointly control the name of punishment, but compared with the Ministry of Punishment, they are yamen with more power but lower positions. The most important thing is that these two yamen can elect officials."
"It is also one of the few yamen in the capital that can elect officials. After all, these two yamen are far from being as powerful as the three provinces and six ministries. Your Highness has placed his ministers in these two yamen, which means they will not attract attention. It will not arouse the suspicion of the civil servants. Even if there are criticisms, I am a minister of His Highness's dormitory. It is not impossible for His Highness to take proper care of him and place him in Qingshui Yamen."
Jia Quan's to-the-point analysis and judgment made Huang Qiong nodded slightly and said softly: "It doesn't make much sense whether or not to go to the person who manages the punishments in Dali Temple. There are not many places where I can help. Just go to the General Affairs Department. First, I will be a seventh-grade governor in the Experience Hall. Your filial piety period is still one year away. After the filial piety period is over, I will be directly promoted to be a governor. But in this way, I feel a little wronged to you. "
Jia Quan was not surprised by Huang Qiong's decision to go to the General Affairs Department. As for Huang Qiong's last sentence, which somewhat aggrieved him, this man had suffered a lot during his absence from the capital. Not only had his salary been suspended, but he didn't even know which yamen he was going to run errands at. If King Yong had not rewarded Jia Quan with a house, he would not even have a place to live.
Jia Quan, who had been so wronged before but had gritted his teeth and endured without shedding a single tear, could no longer control himself and shed two lines of tears. Seeing Jia Quan crying, Huang Qiong did not persuade or comfort him. He knew that Jia Quan needed to vent at this time. Otherwise, with Jia Quan's somewhat arrogant temperament, he would have to suppress the incident.
When Huang Qiong left the capital for the Western Expedition, the reason why he did not resettle Jia Quan before leaving was because he wanted to temper his temper. Not to mention that he was not in a hurry, even if he was in a bit of a hurry, it was still easy to mobilize someone. But Huang Qiong did not touch him, except for letting him stay in the palace and help Situ Huanshuang, who was not good at dealing with external affairs, take care of the housework.
Another reason is that Jia Quan's temperament is a bit sinister. He is proud of his talents, but he is also a bit too extreme. In many things, we are more accustomed to taking the wrong approach. Huang Qiong always had certain concerns about using Jia Quan like this and couldn't let go. Let him hone his temperament in the capital and see if he can be tempered so that he can use it freely in the future.
Of course, Huang Qiong also had some things that he didn't expect. He did not expect that not long after he left the capital, the old man would move his family to Xiyuan and return the Prince's Mansion to Prince Teng. After that, no arrangements were made for Jia Quan, who was unable to enter Xiyuan because of his physical condition. He was neither transferred to another position, nor given a place to do business, nor even a place to live.
It was equivalent to directly leaving Jia Quan, an official of the British Prince's Palace, in the air. It is unclear whether the old man really ignored this situation or whether he did it consciously and waited for him to return. Some people took the opportunity to add insult to injury and stopped Jia Quan's salary, which was already not much. This was a disguised form of coercion. Jia Quan, an old minister of Huang Qiong's residence, took the initiative to leave the capital.
This situation was something Huang Qiong had not expected at the beginning. Neither King Yong nor Jia Quan himself mentioned these things in their letters to him. It was only after he returned to Beijing that he realized that Jia Quan was in such a difficult situation. Huang Qiong, who was originally furious about this matter, wanted to hold some officials from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household accountable. But after hesitating for a long time, he finally did not make up his mind to deal with it.
Those officials were not ordinary cunning, just three days before I arrived in Beijing. Although Jia Quan was not given an official position, he immediately repaid all the salary owed to Jia Quan in one go. Under such circumstances, if you deal with certain people, you will cause great criticism. The reason why Huang Qiong did not make up his mind to deal with certain people was because the initiator of this incident was none other than his own father.
Doing some things might cause the old man to be dissatisfied, so Huang Qiong finally chose to give up. Seeing Jia Quan's sad look today, Huang Qiong felt uncomfortable again. Jia Quan's original temperament is indeed destined not to go very far in the officialdom and needs to be polished. He did intend to train Jia Quan, but he did not intend to train him like this.
As the saying goes, when it comes to beating a dog, it depends on the owner. Although they are not in the capital, some people really think that they can do whatever they want. Taking advantage of the fact that he was not in the capital to deal with Jia Quan, it was obvious that he couldn't fix himself, so he decided to deal with the old people around him so that he could slap himself in the face. It was such an extremely sinister and shameless thing, Huang Qiong knew what that bastard did without having to guess.
Just looking at the tearful Jia Quan, Huang Qiong hesitated for a moment, and finally gave up the idea of dealing with that bastard now. Time is long, and some things don’t happen overnight. As long as he takes control of the government as soon as possible, won't it be easy to deal with him?
