Before Zhang Yong came back, Zhu Houzhao had asked Qiu Yun to change the palace maids.
In this way, it is always better for the eunuch and the maid to form a situation in which they are responsible for each other and are 100% trustworthy.
In fact, the eunuchs themselves did not pose a threat to the emperor.
Just like Liu Jin,
Doesn't someone as smart as him understand that he has done many evil things, and maybe the emperor dug a hole for him?
He understands.
But he had no choice.
He can only continue to show his value in front of the imperial power.
The emperor told him at the beginning that he should be a lonely minister, and the way of survival of a lonely minister is to be loyal.
But even if Liu Jin is fine, Zhu Houzhao still feels insecure. After all, there are tens of thousands of eunuchs, and Liu Jin cannot cover everything.
Perhaps this has something to do with him being a modern person.
So many people died in the palace some time ago, which had some psychological impact on him.
Because if you think about it from his perspective, if he were a eunuch and encountered such an emperor, then when he was cornered, he would be stabbed at all costs. Should he just let him be killed?
On the other side,
Yan Song also caught up with Gu Zuo.
He is now like the assistant to Gu Shilang. There are some things that are not convenient for the emperor to say, and he has to come forward.
Gu Zuo knew him, so he did not reject him thousands of miles away, but walked side by side with him.
This is a long straight road, with tall and bright red walls on both sides. There is no one else in the distance except the two of them.
"Attendant Yan, you are well."
Yan Song still knew his skills very well, so he said something else first, "...Your Majesty has some free time these days. So I had a few words with the attendants. But..."
Speaking of this, Yan Song suddenly smiled, making Gu Zuo confused.
"Anything interesting?"
"...No. Even when His Majesty has free time to talk to the attendants, he rarely talks about romantic affairs. Most of them talk about government affairs, such as the relocation of the capital planning department to the south city of the capital, what procedures are used to ease the affairs of the people, and whether there are any problems. What difficulties are there, whether there is any progress in the library garden, when will the city that never sleeps be opened, will it be a good idea to open it, and can other big cities be imitated..."
"So today, Your Majesty is particularly happy when Young Situ comes in with a note."
Having said that,
Gu Zuo's heart suddenly twitched!
The emperor expected this from him, but he didn't bring any progress to the emperor! Instead, they just say nonsense! !
What does eunuch chaos have to do with him?
Gu Zuo looked at Yan Song again and found that the man was smiling, but there was something in his words, and it was anything but simple!
It is said that those who come out of the attendant's room are not just ordinary people, and it seems that this is indeed the case.
"Shilang Gu, why did you stop?"
Yan Song took two more steps and realized that Gu Zuo was several steps behind him and had stopped in place.
Gu Zuo was thinking about whether to go back and apologize to the emperor, but it didn't seem right.
"Thank you, Attendant Yan." He shook his arms and saluted, and said this to the young man in front of him sincerely.
Yan Song also returned the favor. After all, he was a favored official with the potential to join the cabinet, but he still refused to admit it on the surface, "Young Master, what are you talking about? I haven't said anything yet."
Gu Zuo was no longer interested in such insincere polite words.
"Servant Yan, please go back. Gu will walk the rest of the way by himself."
Yan Song bowed,
Looking at Gu Zuo's back, he fell into deep thought: I hope you can walk the next road by yourself.
Then he breathed a long sigh of relief and it was done.
Imperial Palace Officer, it is really tiring to say such sensitive words and perform such small operations.
In fact, all of Gu Liqing's actions were because he underestimated His Majesty. He wanted to know that the emperor was a strong monarch and no one could mess up his politics. But I just can't think of it. Is it possible that the emperor acquiesced in all this?
In this case, the emperor actually made it clear that he wanted to throw some dirty work into Liu Jin's hands.
At this time, you asked in front of the emperor, what happened to Liu Jin? How do you want the emperor to respond?
So Yan Song, who was listening on the side, knew that what the young Situ said was wrong. As expected, he only got the words "I know".
In fact, for Gu Zuo,
There is no need for him to care about such nonsense. With such a good emperor, as long as he does his own thing well, he can be invincible.
Yan Song also shook his head, hoping he could understand.
Afterwards, he returned to Qianqing Palace to resume his life, but did not see the emperor. After waiting for a long time, he saw the emperor come in with... Zhang Yong.
Zhang Yong! He is back!
Yan Song lowered his head and rolled his eyes.
Zhang Yong came back just when Liu Jin was gaining momentum.
What an obvious move. His Majesty loosened Liu Jin's reins on purpose!
"Didn't you go to see Gu Liqing?"
"Go back to Your Majesty, I've seen you."
"Have you brought the words?"
"yes."
"What did you say?"
Yan Song didn't lie, so he repeated exactly what he and Gu Zuo said.
Zhu Houzhao was stunned when he heard this.
This Yan Song is so precise and concise, conveying all the meaning in just one sentence, and the way of expression is so clever.
He is truly worthy of being someone who left his name in the history books.
"I know, you did a good job in this matter."
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty."
Since Wang Xian left, there are only three people left in the attendant room, Jin Gui, Xie Pi and Yan Song.
The latter two came in together, and now it seems that Yan Song is more powerful. He has a high level of understanding and can understand the court, while Xie Pi seems to be a little step-by-step.
In fact, following the steps is not a problem. How can a place like this allow you to come up with new ideas every day?
Jin Gui also follows the steps step by step, but he has one advantage, that is, he is careful, extremely careful. Whether it was words or numbers, Zhu Houzhao couldn't remember a time when he missed something that passed through his hands. Even if he was wrong, if he kept asking, it would be that the person who told him the information was wrong.
So don’t be afraid of following the steps, but be afraid of not having any characteristics. You must have certain characteristics, so that the emperor can arrange things according to your aptitude.
When the attendants left the room, Fengxi was serving as the chief envoy in Fujian, and Guo Shangkun was serving as a political advisor in Yingtian Mansion. In a few months, it will be a year.
Jin Gui is actually four years older than Fengxi.
With nothing going on, Zhu Houzhao began to think about hiring people again.
Jin Gui was silent and boring when he was in Zhan Shifu, but he was unambiguous in his actions.
Therefore, this style can actually do anything, because it is careful and conscientious. It is just a matter of whether it is good at it or not. Even if it is not good at it, serious people will eventually become good at it after learning for a while.
Behind being careful and conscientious is actually patience, not being in a hurry, and doing things bit by bit.
After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao thought that a place really needs people like this who don't talk nonsense, are slow and serious, but also work seriously and patiently.
That is to control rivers, especially the Yellow River.
Of course it is useful to ask for a 'water conservancy expert', but no matter what kind of expert he is, if he does not sink his mind and look at the problems carefully and even on the spot, it is almost impossible to do a good job.
Wang Qiong, the governor of Zhejiang, is also an expert in river management. His "Illustrated Records of the Caohe River" is still on display in the academy.
But Zhu Houzhao would not ask him to regulate the Yellow River, because he was thinking about promotion no matter where he was, so he probably hadn't even sat in the Prime Minister's chair on the river, and had not even looked at the Yellow River for a few times, but his eyes kept getting tired. Staring at the capital, this is not good.
Regulating the Yellow River must be a long-term effort and requires one person to study and explore for years or even decades.
But Wang Qiong is suitable to be the governor of Zhejiang, because Zhejiang has maritime trade and needs smart officials. At least he cannot send pedantic old men from the court there, otherwise he will tell the emperor every day that this will not work and that will not work, so what will happen? ?
In addition, if he wanted to be promoted, he had to pay great attention to the emperor's will. Wouldn't the emperor feel more comfortable if such a person was placed in the important financial and taxation area of the southeast?
Therefore, the key to employing people is to be suitable.
However, Zhu Houzhao felt that Jin Gui's appointment should wait a little longer.
Because he is the last 'old man', Yan Song and Xie Pi came in too short a time.
In addition, there is a vacant seat in the attendant's room, which actually attracts quite a lot of attention.
So far, the emperor has not accepted any recommendation.
Because he wanted to put someone with a special role in the attendant's room.
…
The things that the emperor has to consider are roughly like this, which are boring in nature, such as hiring people, setting up or how to adjust the organization, etc. But Zhu Houzhao found it interesting, just like playing a game, giving different characters different tasks.
The specific things are still done by the people below.
Liu Jin has already sent people from Dongchang out.
It is a serious crime to make irresponsible remarks about the government, and it is even more unforgivable to say that the eunuchs are disrupting the government.
In fact, there should be quite a few people who say this, but most people are not stupid. People know that they can talk about it in their own homes, and even if they are not at home, they can hide in a relatively private place and secretly talk about it.
But there are a few people, perhaps because of their reputation for direct fighting, or because of their boldness, who really dare to say it in public.
So things are simple. They say it’s okay on the first day, and they say it’s okay on the second day, but on the third day...
Dongchang Fanzi kicked the door directly and came in.
"Censor Shao Guoyi, Yingtian's sons Shao Chunxin, Fan Minggui, and Yan Yuwen, made false remarks about the imperial government's national policies in public, ruined the reputation of the Holy Emperor, and repeatedly showed no repentance. It's really abominable! Come here, arrest all four of them and bring them to justice! "
On the second floor of the restaurant, the footsteps of Dongchang Fanzi were heard. A group of scholars gathered around and did not dare to speak.
Some even secretly stayed in the building ready to run away.
After all, when Shao Guoyi said it, they were all too close. What if they were implicated?
But in addition to fear, there was also anger in the crowd. It was just the scimitar on Dongchang Fanzi's waist that kept many people calm.
"I want to go to Shushu to discuss with you! How can your majesty, the next generation of British masters, be deceived by you! Don't think that your Majesty is the only one who can hear what you, Eunuch Liu, say, and we can also go to Shushu!"
…
"The traitorous eunuch is really narrow-minded. It must be because the eunuch messed up the government, so he holds a grudge!"
But the leader of Dongchang is not afraid of the eyes of these people.
"How can you be so good?! You talk about eunuchs messing up the government, huh, if it weren't for the Supervisor of Ceremonies, those evil officials in the Salt Class wouldn't have been protected by you people who talk about benevolence, justice and morality! It's really shameful !”
"Shuzi!" Shao Guo's face turned red with anger, "How dare you say shameless! We are all disciples of saints and sages, and what we do is for the benefit of the country, the country, and the people!"
"It's a lot of nonsense. If you really want to do it for the people, you should say that the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the Supervisor of Audit and Supervision are good. Instead of talking about the eunuchs messing up the government."
The leader of the East Factory was also rude, but he knew that he couldn't win against these people by bickering, so he didn't waste any time, tied up his hands behind his back, and pushed him downstairs!
"take away!"
(End of chapter)
