Having achieved his goal and dissipated the heat, Li Zhi stood up, stretched, glanced at the empty fish basket, and said, "Suddenly I'm bored. Let's get started. I'm going back to rest."
After speaking, Li Zhi waved his hand again, and immediately a large group of eunuchs came over carrying several boxes.
This was Li Xian's plan before he came to the palace this time. Unexpectedly, Li Zhi was already ready before he opened his mouth.
Antiques, jewelry, rare treasures, and magic weapons, these four items are undoubtedly the most popular products at auctions, but these items are inferior to those sponsored by the emperor.
Almost everyone in the world would not refuse to flatter the emperor. As long as it is something sent for auction by the emperor, even a piece of rotten wood will trigger a bidding war.
With these things and the emperor's promise, Li Xian returned to the East Palace.
Not long after returning to the eldest wife's palace, Niwai, the emperor's decree came down from Zongzheng Temple.
"I ordered the prince to move to a humble house and remember the hardships and sweet things."
This is the content of the imperial edict. Because it was issued from Zongzheng Temple, it can be regarded as the emperor's education for his son, so the ministers have no right to dictate.
As for the shabby room...
Li Xian had considered this problem as early as the beginning of its establishment, so the houses he built were truly dilapidated on the outside but golden on the inside.
"Today, His Majesty sent an imperial edict from Zongzheng Temple. Haha, it was actually sent to the East Palace."
After a day of hard work, Hao Chujun and Zhang Wenguan walked together, not riding in a carriage, but walking unsteadily out of the imperial city.
Although Zongzhengji's decree does not require Sansheng's nod, it is still necessary to go through the process and keep a record. As the chief official of Menxia Province, the content of the imperial edict was naturally inseparable from Zhang Wenguan's sight.
However, he had studied this decree for a long time and could not figure out what His Majesty the Emperor meant. Moving to a shack? Remembering the bitter and thinking of the sweet? If it is summer, there is nothing wrong with the emperor doing this. It is indeed educational for the prince to suffer some hardships.
But now that winter is about to come, why bother moving? Aren't you afraid of freezing the prince?
But if you interpret it as punishment, it makes no sense.
When it comes to presiding over disaster relief matters, the prince's arrangements can be said to be flawless. Even if talents from three provinces and six ministries come together, the arrangements may not be as good as the prince's. Especially the arrangement of ordering the officials to add more water to the porridge and asking the East Palace officials to inspect and catch him and give him a scolding made him applaud.
Although it is inappropriate to fool the people, in extraordinary times, extraordinary methods must be used. Although the scale of the drought was huge, with the prince's various measures to appease the people, there was no civil uprising anywhere, which is already amazing.
It would be outrageous for such an outstanding prince to be punished if the king learned that he had to report good things to his ancestors.
If one person can't figure it out, just ask another person to think about it together. As a result, Zhang Wenguan revealed the emperor's will without any conscious attention from the servants.
Because he was not following an ordinary path, Hao Chujun did not know the content of the imperial edict. Now that he heard Zhang Wenguan talk about it, he couldn't help but frown. You knew that this old man wouldn't be waiting for you to take a walk with him when he got off work. There was definitely something going on.
The prince was reprimanded? This is a strange thing, but there is no reason to speculate on the holy intention.
Looking at the setting sun, Hao Chujun smiled and said, "Do you know what you mean? Are you afraid that the position of the crown prince will change? As far as I'm concerned, this is impossible to happen."
"Why are you so sure?"
"After the death of Crown Prince Li Hong, those who can inherit the throne are none other than the current Crown Prince Li Xian, the King of England Li Xian, and the King of Ji Li Dan. King Li Xian of England has unknown identity, and although Li Dan has Ming Chongyan, or the entire Taoist sect behind his back, but He is still young and cannot tell right from wrong. Under such circumstances, Prince Xian's status is ironclad. Now that Prince Xian is living in the East Palace, the parties in the DPRK and China will definitely not dare to fight with each other. Even if there are people with ulterior motives, they will not be able to find anyone to agree with them. selection."
"Under such a situation, as long as Tai Zixian does not do anything treacherous and unethical, his status is basically stable. What's more, judging from Tai Zixian's performance since entering Chang'an, he will be another generation of British masters. If
If he succeeds to the throne smoothly, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty for another forty or fifty years can be foreseen. Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor ordered the Crown Prince to recall the sorrows and sweet memories. At most, it was just to torment the Crown Prince in his free time, and it was impossible to involve other emotions. Zhang Shizhong, you were also born in the East Palace. With His Majesty's temperament today, Prince Hong must have been tormented a lot back then. "
After listening to Hao Chujun's words, Zhang Wenguan thought about it and found that it was really like this. In the past, every time Prince Hong was praised by the government and the public, he would inevitably be reprimanded by his Majesty in a short period of time.
Prince Xian took charge of the overall situation during the disaster relief and made great contributions. He also stole the show during the autumn hunting activities. It is indeed reasonable for him to be beaten by His Majesty at this time.
Seeing Zhang Wenguan's relieved look, Hao Chujun smiled again and said: "Old Zhang, if you care now, you will be confused. You can see such a simple truth clearly. The reason why you pulled me in is just to strengthen your confidence. That's it. I have been an official in the imperial court for many years, and I don't believe you can't figure out some of the personnel changes during this period?"
Although the promotion of officials is a matter of the Ministry of Personnel, it will ultimately be reviewed by the Central Secretariat and the Ministry of Menxia. As the chief officials of the two departments, Hao Chujun and Zhang Wenguan can be said to be the two most well-informed people in the court. What's more, after serving as officials for many years, there were sometimes some small changes in the court. Outsiders couldn't tell, but the two of them could still see some traces.
Seeing Hao Chujun say this, Zhang Wenguan smiled but said nothing.
There are some things that cannot be said out loud. Even if they say it, their status cannot afford it.
After looking at each other and smiling, the two of them walked a little more cheerfully.
During the recent autumn hunting period, all the chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries left Chang'an. When they came back, they had accumulated too much work and had no time to take a closer look at the work. For the fixed pattern of official position changes, they just signed it directly, which is not a mistake. If you look into it carefully, it will be a big deal if work is delayed due to excessive pursuit.
Officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs were afraid of being punished if they worked slowly, but Hao Chujun and Zhang Wenguan were not.
It stands to reason that the current structure of the court is very stable, and the emperor's checks and balances are perfect. Unless there is a problem with some high-ranking officials, there will be major changes.
However, just during the Autumn Hunting period, 30% of the guards in many key places in Chang'an were replaced. Ten guards in the army were replaced by Sima, which is still curious.
After examining the resumes of these people, it was determined that more than half of them had served as public servants but had not fully demonstrated their merits. A small number of them had no resume at all, as if they had jumped out of a stone.
When something goes wrong, he becomes a monster, and there seems to be only one person who can do it all.
And considering the role these people can play, it's natural that one can't help but watch one's tongue.
