Du He's face looked uncertain.
After seeing Zhang Cang leave, he glanced around coldly and walked away directly.
Seeing Du He, Zhang Cang and others leaving one after another, the few people left in the hall could no longer suppress the smiles on their faces.
Zhao Ping said: "Young Master Du, this time he is trying to pull us into trouble because of all his agencies, but how can we really pull him into trouble?"
"Now that the position of the Young Master is vacant, we are the only ministers who are good at economics in the court."
"Who else is qualified for this position besides me?"
"Ha ha."
Linghu Fan Fuxu said with a smile: "It's still too early to be happy. I heard that Zhang Cang is also very good at economics and is close to His Highness. This time, he even made suggestions for His Highness. Maybe the position of the Young Master will fall to Zhang Cang." On the head."
"And judging from His Highness's behavior over the years, His Highness obviously prefers people who are enterprising."
Zhao Ping was noncommittal and said coldly: "Zhang Cang?"
"He does know a little arithmetic."
"But being able to do arithmetic does not mean being proficient in economics. It is understandable that Your Highness is not familiar with economics, but as the Minister of Economic Affairs, how can we not understand the twists and turns? Economic matters are not suitable for being too aggressive, Your Highness Being quick and wise can indeed work in the short term, but once we take a long-term view, we still have to rely on us to control it."
"Zhang Cang is still a little young."
The others laughed too.
For Zhang Cang.
They didn't take it seriously.
Zhang Cang is the Censor of Shangji, and he has some arithmetic skills, but the Minister of Economic Affairs not only knows arithmetic, but also needs to understand the national economy and the distribution of money and food. He must also consider His Majesty's ideas from time to time. They don't even know that. Dare to say that it covers everything, let alone Zhang Cang, a 'newcomer'?
Even if Fusu wanted to stuff Zhang Cang into the Shaofu.
Nor will he be directly promoted to Shaofu.
after all
Every other line is like a mountain.
Zhang Cang still needs some time to understand the relevant political affairs.
Linghu Fan and Zhao Ping were confident and had no fear that Zhang Cang could threaten them.
After making fun of each other, they each returned to their official offices, but before leaving, their eyes could not help but become colder. After all, they will all be competitors in the next period of time.
Only one person can be qualified for the post of Young Master!
the other side.
Zhang Cangyin had a sullen face and was extremely depressed.
Thinking about Fusu's demands on him, he just felt his scalp numb.
At this time.
He suddenly heard someone calling him from behind.
Zhang Cang subconsciously turned around and saw Shaofu Du He.
He looked stunned.
My heart was even more inexplicable.
He turned around and said respectfully: "I have seen the young master."
"Is there something wrong with the young master calling me to stop him?"
"Young Master?" Du He sneered: "What do I, the Young Master, do now? I, Du He, dare not bear what Zhang Yushi said."
Zhang Cang smiled bitterly and said: "Young Master Du has served the Qin Dynasty for many years, and his hard work has made great achievements. Zhang Cang has always respected the young master, so how dare he show any disrespect? The young master's words really offend the official."
"If the young master is dissatisfied with Zhang Cang because of this incident."
"Zhang Cang is really a little aggrieved."
"His Highness suddenly launched an attack. Not only did you not expect it, the young master, but Zhang Cang also didn't expect it."
"The Young Master may have known that His Highness did come to ask for my opinions and views, but I didn't talk to His Highness for long, and His Highness never said anything to me about replacing the Young Master, and from the beginning to the end, His Highness never He did not explain his true thoughts, nor did he disclose any follow-up information to me. Zhang Cang was really unaware of what happened to the young master."
"If what Zhang Cang said is false, let the young master rebuke him."
Du He looked at Zhang Cang deeply, and finally waved his hand, shook his head and said, "No need."
"The matter is now at this point. It means nothing to me to get to the bottom of it and find out the truth. It is a foregone conclusion that I will retire from the court."
"I, Du He, have been sitting in this position for a while. To be fair, there is no merit but hard work. I do have some complaints about His Highness's actions. But if I think about it carefully, what His Highness said is not unreasonable."
"I'm really lacking energy."
"I am also becoming more conservative and muddle along."
"His Highness has the desire to revive the world and has the idea of showing great strength. An old guy like me is indeed an eyesore. It is natural for His Highness to look down on me."
"You are indeed more suitable than me."
Hear the words.
Zhang Cang's face changed slightly.
His pupils shrank slightly, and he said with a surprised look on his face: "What does the Young Master mean by this?"
"Zhang Cang is a little panicked."
Du He sneered and said disdainfully: "Zhang Cang, there are only you and me around, why do you need to be so pretentious? His Highness has so many plots this time, isn't it just to help you rise to power? Do you really think I can't understand?"
"And the words His Highness said before leaving, and the look he looked at you, I, Du He, also saw."
"Do you really think I can't understand?"
Du He sneered and said, "His Royal Highness intends to help you become the young master."
"You and I have been in court for many years, and we can still see this trick."
"It's not like you didn't hear what those economic ministers in the palace just said. To a certain extent, these people agree with me. If they hadn't seen Prime Minister Feng speak, they wouldn't have let go easily, let alone So shaken.”
"I don't agree with His Highness."
"These people are equally out of tune."
"Allowing these people to serve as the young master is just changing the soup without changing the medicine. With your highness's mind, how can you do such a futile thing? So in the end, no matter how these people fight for the position of the young master, they will eventually lose. On to your head.”
"Sooner or later those people will follow in my footsteps."
Duhe's face was full of sarcasm.
It is indeed very realistic for people to take a leisurely stroll.
But as a person involved, I feel unhappy.
How could he really not care?
Zhang Cang smiled bitterly and said: "It turns out that the young master has noticed it, and Zhang Cang is also very big now."
"The Young Master must have heard about His Highness's recent affairs. His Highness locked himself in the study and did not communicate with the outside world at all. As soon as he came out, he summoned you and me, and then decided these matters arbitrarily. His Highness deliberately Let me fight for this young manor, if His Highness hadn't indicated it with his eyes just now, I might not have even realized it."
"It's just based on my understanding of His Highness."
"His Highness can make such a big determination because he must be very dissatisfied with the current situation of the world, or the current situation of the imperial court, so he is so eager to change. In fact, Du Shaofu just suffered an unreasonable disaster."
"Such a thing, let alone Du Shaofu, even if the court is replaced by someone else, as long as he is in this position, he is destined to have such a disaster, and the result will be equally unpredictable."
"well."
Zhang Cang sighed deeply.
Hear the words.
Du He felt much better.
He smiled and said: "Zhang Yushi, there is no need to comfort me. I still know my own situation. If it were an ordinary person, I might not have suffered like this. But judging from the current situation, these ministers in the court , I’m afraid I’ve underestimated you, the fat censor.”
"They were also confused by your appearance."
"You are actually smarter than anyone else, and you can see things clearly than anyone else. I can rest assured that I will leave the young manor in your hands."
Hear the words.
Zhang Cang said with a bitter look on his face: "The Young Mansion has really embarrassed me. Zhang Cang is not very proficient in economic matters, and what will happen in the end? Zhang Cang really has no idea what will happen in the end. If he can go to the Young Master and take any easy official position, Zhang Cang Cang is satisfied."
"Young Master, Zhang Cang really doesn't dare to hope too much."
"Even so."
"Zhang Cang may ask the young master for advice from time to time in the future."
Zhang Cang's posture was very low.
There is no slight or slackness arising from Du He's imminent departure.
Du He chuckled, shook his head and said, "Can you please teach me? I, Du He, may not be able to answer Zhang Yushi's question."
"Ah? Why is this?" Zhang Cang was stunned.
Du He smiled bitterly and said: "His Royal Highness had already ordered me when I was in Yong Palace. After I retire, he will arrange for me to return home in fine clothes. I will not return home if I am rich and honorable, just like walking at night in brocade clothes. As for when I can return, I don't know. Maybe right after returning home, maybe half a year later, or maybe after old age and death, but that’s fine.”
"I've been away from home for too long."
"It's a good choice to leave Xianyang for a while."
"You can also hear less rumors, and you don't have to look at the faces of some of them."
Duh shook his head.
Zhang Cang looked a little dull.
He had no knowledge of what Duhe said.
I have never heard Fusu mention it. After Du He retires this time, he will be directly arranged to return home?
This is a bit too much.
Du He had been staring at Zhang Cang. When he saw Zhang Cang's astonished look, he immediately knew in his heart that Zhang Cang really had no idea what he was going through. He said sternly: "For economic-related matters, many of the court's accounts are administrative records. Those who cannot stand scrutiny cannot withstand calculations. If you really become the young master in the future, you may have to worry more about this."
"With His Highness's grand plans and ambitions, I'm afraid there will be financial difficulties."
"But Da Qin's current finances cannot withstand too many hardships. The current finances can only be barely maintained, and it is already very difficult to maintain."
"You're going to be in trouble in the future."
Zhang Cang sighed lightly, deeply agreeing with this.
Du He smiled freely, strode away, and said softly: "I laughed at Hu Wujing at the beginning, but now I have ended up like this, but I, Du He, would like to see these ministers in the court. , how many people can still sit in their original seats and continue to sit back and relax."
"Ha ha."
Zhang Cang watched Du He go away.
His eyes were very bleak.
He hesitated to speak, and finally let out a long sigh.
Du He's tenure in the court was probably in his last few days, but in any case, Fusu at least gave Du He the appropriate dignity and did not embarrass Du He too much.
And Du He didn't really fall out with Fusu completely.
Otherwise, there may still be turmoil in the court.
"Alas, Du He waved his sleeves and left easily, but this mess was all left to me. How could I, Zhang Cang, be so destitute that I have to bear the entire economic responsibility? "
"My life, Zhang Cang, is too miserable."
Zhang Cang complained a few times and walked out of the young man's mansion.
When Du He returned to his official residence, he was surprised to find that someone was already waiting for him in his official residence.
He looked intently.
There was a hint of displeasure in his eyes.
The visitor was none other than Feng Quji, who had gone and returned.
Du He's face darkened, and he snorted coldly: "Prime Minister, you are dealing with political affairs in the Prime Minister's Mansion, why do you come back to me? I, Du He, will be naked soon, why do you need the Prime Minister to bother about me?"
Feng Quji chuckled lightly and joked: "Brother Du, are you blaming me?"
"How dare you!" Du He turned his head and sneered: "How dare I, a young master, resent the Prime Minister?"
"Haha." Feng Quji laughed, pointed at Du He and said: "Your temper is really unchanged. If you blame me, blame me. It is true that I, Feng Quji, did something wrong this time, but to be honest , there is indeed something wrong with your opposition to His Highness this time, and do you really think His Highness can’t see it?”
"Your Highness is no longer what he used to be."
"Now His Highness knows everything about the court."
"And what His Highness has determined will not change for us at all."
"This is very similar to His Majesty."
"Even if I, Feng Quji, speak for you, will His Highness really change his mind?"
"Will not."
"Your Highness will only blame me."
"And from a practical point of view, His Highness's idea does have merit."
Du He hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "His Highness's idea is indeed unique, but it may not be so easy to make Guandong a unified rope and let the court gradually pull them apart. Moreover, it is related to money and food. The court How can we let go so easily? Besides, His Highness is saying, take it in, let it go, take it in, pull it like this."
"But after this incident, what else can your Highness find?"
"I'm afraid not anymore."
"Salt and Iron, His Highness has almost done everything, and now His Highness is eyeing the market."
"When the market is also struggling for Your Highness, where else can Your Highness get money? Nobles? Local officials? Powerful people? None of these will work. Merchants have long been pressed hard by business taxes. In the end, they can only fall to Canada. March on."
"This way."
"Wouldn't it be like going back to the old ways?"
"Furthermore, His Highness's idea requires money to advance it."
"Need to give in."
"The imperial court can't give you much benefit."
"Only by making profits from the local area can we give up the profits. When no benefits are obtained, His Highness's idea will collapse. It will only arouse greater turmoil in Guandong. Guandong is not mature. As the Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty, you, and How could you not know? Only by suppressing Guandong and using administrative means can we force these people to surrender, otherwise it will be useless."
Feng Quji nodded.
He said solemnly: "I also know what you said."
"But from His Highness's words, I have a keen sense that His Highness will not only have these, but other ways to make money, which we have not thought of yet, and even if it is delayed, how long can the court delay it? The court will always have to deal with the issue of money and food. fixed."
"Since His Highness is determined to solve it, why not let His Highness do it?"
"At least there is a chance to break the situation."
Du He sneered, noncommittal.
Feng Quji said with a solemn expression: "I just hope that after you retire in the future, you can still make plans for the court. If you find any hidden dangers or many problems, you can send a letter to me immediately, and I will write it as soon as possible. "
Hear the words.
Du He's face darkened, but he nodded and said, "I understand. If there is any other way, or if something is wrong, I will report it as soon as possible."
"After all, it was us and His Majesty who founded the Great Qin."
"How could I turn a blind eye?"
(End of chapter)
