Chu Qing waited until it was dark and there was no sign of a ghost. The old eunuch didn't come back, and Huang Laosi didn't come back either.
The longer he waited, the more impatient Chu Qing became, always feeling like he was being cheated.
This Huang Laosi won't take the credit and then refuse to pay him, right?
Waiting left and right, when it was time to enter the palace gate again, Chu Qing had no choice but to greet Huang Laosi's family and trotted out of the palace.
He had heard before that a few years ago, a minister without official robes entered the palace to ask for an audience with the Supreme Emperor. He did not wait, but fell behind the palace gate when leaving, causing the guards to mistake him for an assassin. More than 80 people lined up and surrounded him. Kick, there are more than 20 people who can't get enough of it, the beating will be miserable.
At the same time, in the martial arts field next to the Royal Horse Prison, Huang Laosi was riding on a newly shoed horse, laughing so wildly.
Sun An was shocked.
This newly made horseshoe is actually so powerful.
The war horse stepped on the gravel and broken weapons, as if it were on flat ground, and its speed did not slow down at all.
A group of eunuchs carrying hammers were also shocked.
Putting "shoes" on horses, what idiot came up with this, it's so damn awesome.
Huang Laosi galloped on his horse, just like Ziwei who was riding on the horse and being hugged by Erkang. The happiness was so full that it almost overflowed.
After galloping for a moment, Huang Laosi turned over and dismounted: "Okay, okay, this son of Chu Wensheng is indeed a great talent. When I saw him just now in Taowu Hall, I knew that this man was not a mediocre person. As expected, I have a keen eye." After talking with him for a while, he was inspired, and he and I worked together to come up with this horseshoe, hahahahaha."
Huang Laosi still wanted to save face, but he was embarrassed to say that he came up with it alone.
Sun An hurried over and handed over the sweat towel: "That's inevitable. Your Majesty, you have such wonderful ideas. You are busy all day bending over documents. If you can always have some free time, I don't know how many things you can come up with to benefit the country and the people. Good idea."
"Oh, that's true, but I am the king of a country, so I can't have any leisure."
Sun An laughed sarcastically.
I see you are quite free tonight.
Huang Laosi wiped his sweat, and then suddenly remembered: "I almost forgot, Chu Wensheng's son is still waiting."
Sun An smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, now he is about to leave the palace. Mr. Chu should have left the palace."
"It doesn't matter if we leave him or not, if I see him again, I'll be a little reluctant... I can't bear to urge him to read more."
Huang Laosi originally wanted to say "I can't get off the stage", but that was really the case. He was so stern outside Taowu Hall just now. Now that he has received such a big "benefit", it would be awkward to meet again.
"You should be rewarded." Huang Laosi was born in the military. Although he was occasionally inconsistent, he was a monarch with clear rewards and punishments. He nodded slightly and said: "This son does not have an official position yet, so give him a false position."
He just said that he had a false position, but he didn't mention a word about the thousand guan mentioned before.
But yes, this emperor has no bottom line. He went to the Qizhen Pavilion and let Chu Qing extort so much money. He then asked Sun An to lead Qianqiying to find a reason to find the shopkeeper and get the money back. Chu Qing is For zero yuan purchase, he had to let Qizhen Pavilion give him a lot of change.
Sun An was not surprised when he heard that Chu Qing had been awarded an official title. With this small horseshoe, it would not be an exaggeration to even jump two or three levels if it were replaced by other civil and military gifts from the DPRK.
"Then, Your Majesty, what official position do you think it would be best to give me?"
"Chu Wensheng will be of great use in the future and will go to the Ministry of War. In that case, let's give his son a senior official from the seventh-grade prince to the left and right of the prison gate."
There was something strange in the old eunuch's eyes.
The prince's left and right prison gates are straight. From the seventh rank, a "white body" directly became a seventh-rank military attache. It can be said that this military attache turned around. However, this military attache is a false position, and it is an official position of an official in the East Palace. And the prince is just twelve this year. At the age of 18, this kind of official position has almost no future.
The old eunuch also understood the emperor Chang Chengyou. The new king always restrains first and then advances. This is how the emperor controls his subordinates. He gives both kindness and power. Many times he suppresses you first and pushes him to the extreme. If he gives you a little benefit, he is grateful.
Just like that Chu Wensheng, didn't he keep suppressing him like this, suppressing him... Chu Wensheng was a thief who didn't want to see the emperor, and would scold his mother whenever he mentioned the new king.
No matter what he thought in his heart, the old eunuch said respectfully: "Old slave, I will take note of it and I will send a note to the staff tomorrow."
"No." Huang Laosi shook his head: "This boy is out of touch by nature and lacks etiquette. This temperament still needs to be tempered."
"What does your Majesty mean?"
"I ask you, why did Chu Qing give you ten silver notes?"
The old eunuch smiled bitterly: "As you said, this son is different from other ministers or scholars. He acts in an unscrupulous way and wants to give money to the old slave. It seems that it is because of the Taowu Palace incident. He has looked for the old slave before and wants to Allocate some materials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"I see." Huang Laosi nodded slightly: "If that's the case, then..."
"Then deliver the amount requested?"
"Don't give me a piece of wood!"
The old eunuch was dumbfounded: "But didn't you mean..."
"This Taowu Hall, I will not allow the Chu family and his son to build it." Huang Laosi laughed: "When the construction period comes, Chu Wensheng will plead guilty, Chu Qing will also be worried, and the foreign ministers will impeach them. At that time, If I continue to show my kindness, the prince will be rewarded after the incident in Taowu Palace is over."
"Old slave, I took note of it."
"By the way, I think the Taowu Palace is still not broken enough. I will take some people to smash it again tonight."
Sun An shook his head repeatedly: "Your Majesty, we can't smash it any more, otherwise it will really collapse."
Huang Laosi looked a little unwilling: "How many more bricks can be dug out?"
Sun An sighed: "Old slave, please do your best."
Sun An is not an outsider. It can be said that he has watched the emperor grow up, so Huang Laosi does not need to be taboo about this kind of thing. If there is anyone who knows him best in the world, besides the Supreme Emperor, it is this old eunuch.
There was a bit of pride on Huang Laosi's face: "He wants money, but I won't give it to him. He wants to repair the Taowu Palace, but I won't let him do it. The people of the Chu family are all asking for beatings. If you don't sharpen your goods, you won't know how to revere them, especially those who have the ability. If you don't have reverence, even a good sword will hurt its owner."
The old eunuch echoed.
This kind of thing happened too much when the Eight Dragons were competing for the throne. Those who were in pursuit were not talented people. Even if they were, they were also very scheming. The emperor has always been in this habit. He loves to test, to test, to test, to test. , just like...Chu Wensheng, scolding the emperor every day.
Huang Laosi walked towards the palace with his hands behind his back, and Sun Anluo followed closely behind him.
"How is the Qianqi Battalion investigating the Weijiang Granary?"
"There is no conclusion yet, but there are various indications that businessmen from Beijing and China colluded with officials from the Ministry of Industry."
"I have thought of it." Huang Laosi stopped and turned around with a cold expression on his face: "Which minister from the Ministry of Industry?"
"It should be Mr. Hiroshi, the right servant."
"Heng Haishang?!" Huang Laosi looked uncertain: "I initially thought that Weijiang officials took advantage of the corpse position of the Ministry of Industry, but it turns out that the right minister colluded with officials and businessmen. He is so brave."
"Qianqiying doesn't have the ironclad evidence yet, but it has secretly captured some merchants, and the evidence points to Hiroshi Shang."
"What a great Shang Honghai, what a right minister of the Ministry of Industry." Huang Laosi's eyes already showed anger, and he said coldly: "Before the end of the month, I want to see irrefutable evidence, and I will kill these people. If the people of the country are uprooted, the upper beams are not straight and the lower beams are crooked, let thousands of cavalry camp inspect them, and inspect the relatives of Haishang, and the relatives will definitely participate in it."
"Your Majesty, a few days ago...a few days ago you just praised the son of Hiro Haishang, Hiro Gaozhi."
Huang Laosi was stunned when he heard this, and then the anger on his face disappeared, replaced by embarrassment.
After a long silence, Huang Laosi said coldly: "I accept his salary for no merit. He obviously did not write the poems, but he happily accepted my praise. He is indeed a scumbag."
The old eunuch was too embarrassed to say anything.
Then if you take the initiative to praise others, what else can Hong Gaozhi do? I will come to the palace to ask you why you are praising others. Is there a misunderstanding?
Complaints are complaints, and the old eunuch felt like he was in the clear mirror. The Gu family was over, and the Chu family's rise to prominence was just around the corner.
