Zhao Mengqi walked back slowly and found someone standing by the road in front of him. When he looked carefully, it was Fang Lu.
The robe on his body was very dirty, but he had obviously tidied it up. He tried his best to maintain the demeanor of a scholar. He bowed his hands and saluted Zhao Mengqi from a distance, but lowered his head slightly and never spoke.
After Zhao Mengqi approached, he stopped and looked at Fang Lu curiously, "Fang Yishan, are you waiting for Xiao Wang?"
Fang Lu seemed to have made up his mind at this time, "Your Highness, I am here to apologize. In the past, I was too self-righteous, ignorant and blindly obedient. I misunderstood Your Highness and was rude to contradict you. Now when I think about it, I feel ashamed and deeply feel that I have done something wrong." I am so shallow that I really have no face to accept the official salary anymore, so I have asked Your Highness to resign, so that I can go back to my hometown to study behind closed doors and re-understand the way of a saint."
"Resign? This is unusual. I have only heard of others seeking official positions, but it is rare for them to actively ask for resignation. You must know that if you resign from me, it is equivalent to cutting off your official career. All you have is No ambitions can be realized.”
As long as nothing unexpected happens, Zhao Mengqi will be in charge of the Song Dynasty in the next few decades, which means no one will give Fang Lu a chance to turn around.
Fang Lu obviously understood this, but he felt that he had offended King Yan. Even if he was not targeted again, he could still only hold an idle position and suffer inaction. Rather than doing this, it would be a short-term pain rather than a long-term one. , it’s okay to go home and eat old rice, at least you can still have a little freedom.
So he smiled bitterly and said, "His Royal Highness is already the King of Yan, and the post of Yishan cannot be held by a person with weak talent and moral integrity. Therefore, the loyal prince's Yishan has no name and no real identity. It is better to abolish it."
Oops, it turns out that I think the official is 'little' and has no power.
Although this person has a more stubborn personality, he still has a strong desire for fame. His resignation may be due to frustration, but it may not be without the intention of asking for an official position in order to retreat.
However, is this a disguised expression of allegiance to yourself?
Give him a try, "It would be a pity if you really have to resign. I originally planned to let you serve as the supervisory censor."
"Ah!? This...this..." Fang Lu stammered, and his eyes were filled with stars at King Yan's words, "Supervisory censor?"
"Yeah, it seems I have to look for candidates again, hey..." Zhao Mengqi pretended to be sorry.
Fang Lu gritted his teeth and bowed deeply, "Your Highness, Wei Chen feels that he may be qualified for the position of censor. Please let Wei Chen have a try."
As expected, when he heard about the post of censor, this man gave up even the reserve of a scholar.
"Aren't you going to resign?"
"We dare not live up to His Highness's favor!"
Zhao Mengqi gave him a meaningful look, but did not continue to play, "Well, your qualifications are too low, you can only serve as Supervisory Censor Li Xing, and you will be responsible for supervising the military affairs in the future. Of course, this is only your part-time job. , your real job is to serve as the military officer of the Prince of Yan’s Palace, Cao Shen, and be in charge of matters such as attendance and merit recording of the Royal Guards’ roster before another military officer takes office.”
The Prince's Bing Cao is equivalent to a small military department, and is only an official of the King of Yan. However, in order to be different from the current official system in the future, Zhao Mengqi deliberately did not have grades. Moreover, before he matured, there would be basically no full-time subordinate officers, and at least one official of the court. Official positions come, otherwise it will be difficult to recruit talents in the era of officialdom.
Fang Lu was a little surprised. This meant that from now on he would be labeled as the King of Yan. There were advantages and disadvantages in the officialdom. After thinking about it for a while, he felt that there was nothing unacceptable, so he agreed.
"Your Highness, the palace's subordinate officials, are set up after the Tang Dynasty?"
The reason why Fang Lu asked this was because the royal palace of the Song Dynasty did not have the arrangement of six Cao Cao joining the army, and even the few other subordinate officials were habitually left vacant.
Zhao Mengqi said casually, "That's right. It's about the same as Tiance Mansion. Currently, you are the only subordinate officer. After the framework is set up, we may be able to adjust the specific settings."
"I understand, I will do my best to serve His Highness from now on!" Fang Lu faintly heard the hidden ambition in King Yan's words, and he was a little excited. There will definitely be few opportunities to display his ambition in the future.
"The appointment from the imperial court has to wait for a while, but there are not so many details in the palace. You go to rest today and come to see me early tomorrow. You will be responsible for the recruitment of the Guards."
"Wei Chen obeys your orders!"
After entering the palace, Fang Lu excused himself and was greeted by Huang Gou.
After opening the palace, Huang Gou became the general manager of the palace. He had more things to do and usually stopped accompanying Zhao Mengqi when he went out.
"Alang, His Royal Highness Zhou Guo and Miss Qian are holding a poetry meeting in Furong Garden. They said that if you come back early, they would also go there. They said that the guests all admire your poetic talent."
Poetic talent?
I have a damn poetic talent.
"Forget it, a bunch of little ladies are playing around, what's the point of me as a grown man? Don't spread any bad words and ruin the reputation of this little lady."
Huang Gou didn't take it seriously after hearing this. He obviously wasn't worried about this if he dared to come. "Alang, it doesn't matter. No one in the house will dare to gossip. Don't worry. Besides, the young lady is here too. I also gave instructions to the young lady." I’ll definitely let you pass.”
If you don't add a surname or anything else and just call her "little lady", then you are specifically referring to Zhao Han.
Zhao Mengqi recalled that in the morning, his sister looked a little unhappy, and realized that she had indeed been neglected during these days, so he might as well spend more time with her while he had nothing to do today.
"Okay, I'll go over after changing my clothes."
