Faced with the instant change in the old woman's attitude, Li Xian felt almost stunned.
what happened? Could it be said that this guy Dai Zhide is... greedy?
This is just a joke. You must know that Dai Zhide is Dai Zhou's heir. Although he is not his biological son, he cannot miss the family education that a biological son should receive. How could someone who was famous in history for his unselfishness and unselfishness raise the son of a corrupt official?
Moreover, judging from historical evaluation, Dai Zhide is obviously similar to his father, and he is also a fair official.
Faced with the old woman's questioning and the prince's strange look, Dai Zhide smiled bitterly and had no choice but to return the spy complaint to the old woman.
Seeing that the old woman almost snatched the memorial, although he felt uncomfortable, Dai Zhide still called a clerk over and asked the clerk to take the old woman to Liu Rengui's mansion and submit the complaint.
Seeing the old woman leave, Dai Zhide saw that the prince's expression had recovered, so he saluted and asked: "Why does your highness look confused and don't ask now?"
Watching the old woman leave, Li Xian shook his head and said: "I never think that a person is a good person just because he has done good things, and he is a bad person because he has done bad things. Just based on one-sided words, It is not appropriate to determine a person's good or evil. In any case, your position as a minister was not achieved by flattering someone."
After saying that, seeing the old woman's figure disappearing from the corner, Li Xian turned around, looked at the smiling Dai Zhide and said, "If Gu's prediction is correct, you must be too stubborn and don't know how to adapt. That's why the news spread." Get a bad reputation.”
Dai Zhide's smile turned into a bitter smile, and he said helplessly: "Your Highness is right, the humble minister often offends people because he is too rigid. Especially when it comes to discussing crimes, because many people can get the intercession of colleagues and the support of saints. Pity, or the blessing of past merits, can alleviate the crime.”
"But this shouldn't be the case. The law should be majestic from the day it was established. Today the punishment can be reduced as appropriate, and tomorrow the punishment can be reduced as appropriate. Over time, people who commit crimes again will feel that they can be reduced. Punished?"
"My father once said that when people break the law, they always take chances. Only when he violates the majesty of the law, punish him severely, so as to serve as a warning for those who come after him."
"It is precisely because of my father's teaching that when everyone in the court is interceding for someone, the humble minister is often the one who speaks out and demands to be punished according to the law. If the ultimatum received is not in compliance with the law, he will be punished. Will be rejected. In the long run..."
At this point, Dai Zhide felt so bitter that he was speechless.
When his father was the minister of Dali Temple, he became a lonely minister because he enforced the law impartially. Now, although he is not in charge of criminal law, he still offended many people.
Thinking about it, my external reputation must not be very good, otherwise, an old woman would not be so wary of herself. People all care about reputation, but the more you pay attention to your own principles, the worse your reputation will be.
Although it was bitter, he felt that it was still necessary to endure the bitterness.
Seeing Dai Zhide's sour and speechless look, Li Xian couldn't help but persuade him: "Dai Pushe, I just realized today how difficult it is for you, the minister, Pushe. I really admire you, so, Look, didn't I personally bring you a meal to show my respect?"
After speaking, Li Xian showed the food box he brought.
Dai Zhide smiled immediately when he saw the food box.
Originally, Wang Bo traveled to three provinces under the pretext of delivering food. Slowly, he came here early in the morning every day, and only in the afternoon, he occasionally returned to the Chongwen Hall to do scholarly work, or to help Zhang Daan and others annotate the "Book of Han".
Because he was busy, under Zhang Wenguan's persuasion, Wang Bo simply stopped going back to the East Palace to bring lunch.
Some time ago, I was used to eating the food in the East Palace and thought it was nothing. However, since I stopped eating in the East Palace and switched to eating in the Shangshu Province's kitchen, I immediately felt that it was boring.
Although he knew that scratching his mouth like this was wrong, and although he didn't say it out loud, he missed the food in the East Palace very much every time he ate at Shangshu Province.
Reaching out his hand and eagerly taking the food box from the eunuch's hand, Dai Zhide smiled and said, "Thank you for your highness's love, I can't thank you enough!"
After saying that, he happily walked into the lobby of Shangshu Province.
In the lobby of Shangshu Province, Wang Bo was almost overwhelmed by the official documents.
These are all useless documents accumulated by Shangshu Province during this period. Some of them still have value, but many more need to be sent to the furnace for burning.
The sorting of these documents into categories was originally the work of Shangshu Zuocheng, but it was assigned to Wang Bo by Dai Zhide and Liu Rengui.
One person is doing the work of two people, especially when it involves a lot of unfamiliar terms. Wang Bo naturally handles it very slowly, so much so that when the prince arrives, he doesn't even come out to greet him.
He walked up to Wang Bo and knocked on the table.
Wang Bo raised his head and saw that it was His Highness the Crown Prince. He quickly stood up and saluted, "I'm so rude. I didn't know His Highness was coming. I hope Your Highness will forgive me."
Li Xian smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. Since you are busy, you don't have to worry about these etiquettes. Put your work aside for a while, eat first, and then work in a hurry."
Seeing that His Highness the Crown Prince came to deliver food to him, Wang Bo was so moved that he didn't know what to say.
After saluting again, he felt inexplicably excited and went over to receive the food box.
Li Xian also took one portion himself, and sent Wang Bo to send the other portion to Yao Yuanchong.
Sitting in the lobby of Shangshu Province, Li Xian asked Dai Zhide while eating: "Dai Pushe, what do you think of these two prince guests?"
Dai Zhide knew very well what the prince was asking about, and thought about it carefully before saying: "The two people chosen by His Highness are very good. Although Yao Yuanchong is a bit unruly by nature, he has a strong ability to adapt. If you have to choose If we compare him with Wang Bo, in terms of pure ability, Wei Chen would definitely prefer Yao Yuanchong."
"However, if we talk about the overall impression, Wei Chen would choose Wang Bo. At the beginning, Wang Bo was still very timid. It can be seen that he was a little afraid of officialdom. However, during this period of time, he not only adapted to it, but became more If you have a breakthrough, you even dare to take the initiative to give suggestions to Wei Chen."
"In terms of talent, although Wang Bo is not as good as Yao Yuanchong, but Bo Wen strongly remembers this, Yao Yuanchong is not as good as Wang Bo."
"In fact, from Wei Chen's point of view, the reason why Wang Bo's ability surpasses Yao Yuanchong's is that he is practical and capable. Today, Wei Chen deliberately gave him this test."
"It stands to reason that he is an official in the East Palace system and his rank is not low. He does not deserve to be judged by minor ministers, especially when doing such hard work of filing documents. However, he just agreed. It can be seen that he regards this as a An experience that enables growth, not criticism.”
"No matter what your foundation is, as long as you are willing to lower your head and make progress slowly, your future achievements will not be lower. I dare to say that this Wang Bo, at the lowest level, has the potential to become a minister."
After hearing Dai Zhide's comments, Li Xian couldn't help but laugh.
In fact, he thinks so too.
Therefore, if Wang Bo and Yao Yuanchong were released, the first thing he would think of would be Yao Yuanchong.
Not to suppress his hidden unruliness, but because the more beautiful the gem, the more it needs to be polished to shine.
After drinking a cup of tea, Li Xiancai asked: "Dai Pushe, Gu intends to release Yao Yuanchong. What kind of place do you think is suitable for him? What kind of official position should be assigned to him?"
Seeing what the prince said, Dai Zhide couldn't help but become serious, put down his chopsticks, and began to think carefully.
The prince's purpose is already obvious, which is to lay the foundation for his future. Talents like Yao Yuanchong are already rare. The more such talents are, the more they need to be tempered.
Nowadays, both Yao Yuanchong and Wang Bo's official positions of "Prince Guest" are empty. It can even be said that their "third grade" is at most the third grade in the Donggong system. If it is really put on the table, it is nothing.
Even so, for the two people, there is still some moral mismatch.
Official positions in the imperial court are not that easy to obtain, especially the top positions. Putting aside the influence of aristocratic families, merit alone is not even enough. Prestige and seniority are also needed to be mixed together to match the official position.
Therefore, sometimes it is not a bad thing for Beijing officials to be sent abroad. If they perform meritorious deeds during the period, it will be a shortcut to return to the capital and rise up in the court.
After thinking carefully for a while, Dai Zhide said seriously: "Weichen thinks that being the governor of Yazhou is a good position. What do you think of it, Your Highness?"
Yazhou?
After recalling the map, Li Xian said in surprise: "Yazhou is located on Jiannan Road, which is considered a border area of the Tang Dynasty, especially close to the border with Tubo, and there is a risk of war at any time. Are you trying to send him away? Entering the tiger’s mouth!”
Dai Zhide smiled and said: "Your Highness is right. Although Yazhou is close to Tubo, wars have rarely been ignited. Yazhou faces the river on three sides, so it can be said that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If the minister really wants to send him into the tiger's mouth, You can send it to Songzhou, why send it to Yazhou?"
Thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is indeed the case.
Taking another sip of tea, Li Xian had already decided to speak to the emperor tomorrow and release Yao Yuanchong.
Although Yazhou is a remote place, if Yao Yuanchong can stand out from this place, then his "talent as prime minister" may be even higher.
Looking at Dai Zhide, Li Xian smiled and said: "What Dai Pushe said is that I will beg my father tomorrow to send Yao Yuanchong to Yazhou."
Dai Zhide was also very happy to see that the prince adopted his suggestion.
Of course, he was happy not only because his suggestions were adopted, but because the prince obviously did not have the habit of blindly following things. He was used to thinking and arguing on his own before deciding on something.
Be humble but cautious enough, be talented but not arrogant.
This is the quality a prince should possess!
After talking about Yao Yuanchong, although he still had something to say, Li Xian felt that it would be better to wait until after dinner before asking.
Dai Zhide also saw that the prince still had something to ask, so he couldn't help but speed up his meal.
A big bowl of meat sauce bibimbap made Dai Zhide very satisfied.
After drinking the tea brought by Li Yun and seeing that the prince had finished eating, Dai Zhide asked: "Your Highness, do you want to ask about that old woman?"
Li Xian smiled helplessly and said, "I just promised the old lady that I would help her, so even if Liu Pushe doesn't tell me at the meeting tomorrow, I will report this matter to my father."
Dai Zhide sighed: "Your Highness is kind, so naturally he would not see such a thing. But what you don't know is that things like Zhou Han's family are really not uncommon! In fact, many people are interested in his family property. A general of the military, the official of Wukang County Bo Ping. It doesn't matter if you report this, but do you know how many people will be involved?"
Li Xian looked at Dai Zhide doubtfully. Isn't this guy a straightforward man? How could you say such a thing?
Before he could ask, Dai Zhide said categorically: "Your Highness, just watch. Even if Liu Rengui doesn't say anything, the minister will report the matter!"
This guy is going to take the blame for feelings...
Li Xian gave a bitter smile and said: "You are already black now. Why bother to cause more trouble to yourself? It's better to come alone."
"No, no, no, it would be better for Wei Chen to come."
"No, I'm still alone..."
....
"Your Highness, it's better for me to be a humble minister."
When Li Xian and Dai Zhide were arguing, a voice suddenly appeared in the lobby.
Li Xian and Dai Zhide looked over in surprise, and saw Liu Rengui, dressed in regular clothes, walking in.
After bowing his hands to the prince, Liu Rengui sighed: "Your Highness, what Dai Pushe said is right. You are the prince and you are watching the government now. You should not be involved in these things. And Lao Dai, you still feel that you are not evil enough." Are you tired of it? So, it would be better if you give me this opportunity to make a name for yourself, hehehehe."
After listening to Liu Rengui's words, Li Xian couldn't help but laugh.
Just like what he said to Dai Zhide, he never felt that Liu Rengui was purely good or evil.
It is true that he has a lot of evil intentions, and he can be regarded as a sinister person, but he will not back down from the responsibility he deserves.
After finding a chair and sitting down, Liu Rengui took the spy out of his arms. Liu Rengui no longer discussed who should submit the report, but said directly: "After reading this report, I was filled with emotion. The uncle of Wukang County Although the title was inherited, he went through many battles in the grassland and Gobi, and finally died for the country in Songzhou due to a small-scale invasion by the Tubo people. It can be said that although he did not have great military exploits for the Tang Dynasty, he was Bravely loyal.”
"But for such a person, after his death, his family property was misappropriated by others, and his son was still in his infancy. If he grows up, besides his father's title, he doesn't know how much he can inherit."
I didn't see the spy just now, but now that Liu Rengui has brought the spy, Li Xian naturally wants to take a look.
However, after opening it and reading it for a while, he felt a little regretful...
