Next, Zhu Hejian's attitude towards Liu Ye was indeed much gentler and closer. He had a few more words with Liu Ye and even took the initiative to inquire about Liu Ye's family situation.
"Oh? Mr. Liu also has an only son in his family. I wonder if he is studying at home now? Or working somewhere outside? With Mr. Liu's wisdom, this son must also be a young talent with extraordinary talents. He must be well cultivated, otherwise
It’s been delayed.”
Unknowingly, Zhu Hejian had already called Liu Ye "sir", and it seemed that the relationship between the two had become closer.
However, upon hearing Zhu Hejian's inquiry, Liu Ye's expression changed slightly, but he quickly regained his composure and calmness, nodded and said: "The dog Liu Ai is currently studying at home, and the lower official still wants him to take the imperial examination."
He has made some achievements on this righteous path, but it is a pity that Xiaguan himself is not good at eight-legged essay writing, and his low status cannot afford to hire a famous teacher, so he can only work behind closed doors, which is indeed a bit of a delay for him."
After Zhu Hejian sighed, he said with a smile: "Speaking of which, there are a few great scholars in my house, and I just need a companion. Mr. Liu, why not let Liu Ai come to my house to work? You can also accompany me on weekdays.
If you seek teachings from great Confucian scholars, you will certainly be able to improve a lot, and at the same time, you can also receive a salary to support your family, isn't it the best of both worlds?"
Liu Ye's face was full of surprise, and he nodded: "If this is the case, of course it is the best! I would like to thank the Seventh Prince for his kindness on behalf of Quanzi... From now on, the future of Xiaguan's family will be entrusted to His Highness.
Yours was taken care of!”
After talking about it, Liu Ye saluted and knelt down again, and his tone was also meaningful.
When smart people talk about things, they always understand each other tacitly, and there is no need to point it out.
In this way, Zhu Hejian and Liu Ye had already discussed many far-reaching matters in just a few words.
Next, after seeing that Zhu Hejian had finished talking about sex, Liu Ye acted very knowledgeable this time and immediately left.
Zhu Hejian seemed to have seriously regarded Liu Ye as "sir", and actually stood up in person and watched Liu Ye leave.
However, after Liu Ye's back gradually faded away, the gentle smile on Zhu Hejian's face gradually cooled down.
On the other side, Jia Lun, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't hold it any longer and said, "Your Highness, do you really believe everything he said?"
Zhu Hejian snorted softly and said: "This man is very scheming and ambitious. I think he is much more powerful than Li Ru'an. Of course I don't completely believe what this kind of person says, but I think his words and deeds today
He expressed his attitude to me, all in order to serve me, and he also gave me several big gifts... There are many such speculators in the officialdom, but there are not many as smart as him, and I currently have a shortage of capable people.
If you have a talent that can be used, you can observe him first."
After a pause, Zhu Hejian then ordered: "Tomorrow, go to his place in person and arrange the people who are from rioters as soon as possible. If their backgrounds are correct, we will let these people
Joining 'Chaofeng' will speed up the process of rebuilding 'Chaofeng'... During this period of time, I can only rely on the inner court and court cronies to do things. It is really inconvenient to have no tools of my own.
"
Jia Lun hesitated for a moment, then said: "Leave aside what he said in defense of Li Ru'an, Your Highness, do you really plan to use the people he mentioned to rebuild 'Chaofeng'? This is too risky. If we rebuild 'Chaofeng'
Feng'zhi has used too many people he recommended, and I'm afraid it will be difficult for 'Chaofeng' to get rid of his influence in the future, and many things cannot be hidden from him."
Zhu Hejian smiled and said: "They are just a group of reckless men from civilian backgrounds. The most they can do is to collect information for us and do some dirty work. They will only become the bottom members of 'Chaofeng'. Of course I will not let them get involved in the core."
I won't even let them know about my existence. From a superficial point of view, I am just showing my kindness to find a way out for a group of people who have lost their livelihood. No one can find fault...
What's more, after this group of people rebelled in Tianshui City, they didn't want to be the leader themselves, so they forced Liu Ye to the leadership position, and then followed Liu Ye's orders wholeheartedly. From this, it can be seen that these people are all
They don't have many opinions and can be easily controlled. This is the main reason why I want to take over this group of people... Liu Ye could easily control them at the beginning, and of course I can also make them easily get rid of Liu Ye's control...
Moreover, if this group of people makes mistakes when doing things in the future, the blame will be thrown on Liu Ye. Liu Ye was their leader in the past and brought them to the capital with his own hands. He also participated in the civil unrest in Tianshui City.
When the court follows this line of investigation, anyone will think that Liu Ye has ulterior motives and is still rebellious. And with Liu Ye's only son in my hands, I have the means to force Liu Ye to confess and completely clear up his relationship.
As long as we operate it properly, we can be as secure as a rock and no longer have to worry about being discovered by others like we did some time ago, and we can be more bold in doing things."
Jia Lun nodded and said: "If His Highness has reached a conclusion, our family will go to see Liu Ye again tomorrow."
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Next, seeing that the sky was getting dark, Zhu Hejian no longer wasted time. After changing into casual clothes, he left the Seventh Prince's Mansion again and rushed to "Lu Weixuan" to meet the new Zuodu Censor Wang Youlun.
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Zhu Hejian's meeting with Wang Youlun originally had two purposes. One was to persuade Wang Youlun to involve Zhou Shangjing when investigating the clan's crimes in the future, and the other was to subdue Wang Youlun and make Wang Youlun officially surrender to him.
But after Zhu Hejian met Emperor Deqing before, he found that Emperor Deqing had the same idea as him, and they both wanted to use the clan's crimes to attack Zhou Shangjing, so he didn't need to mention his first purpose to Wang Youlun, otherwise he would just
It will reveal some of his secrets.
Despite this, Zhu Hejian still attached great importance to this meeting with Wang Youlun, because he was indeed eager to take Wang Youlun into his own hands.
Zhu Hejian attaches great importance to Wang Youlun's responsibility and ability, and believes that Wang Youlun can become his right-hand man in the future.
After all, Zhu Hejian has a weak foundation and lacks talents under his command. After today's morning incident, he has paid more and more attention to this shortcoming of his. He believes that those officials who are clean and former "sinking party" officials are not worthy of reuse. Many times they are just
He would do bad things, and if he wanted to do big things, he had to find another talent, so he had deliberately tolerated Liu Ye's cleverness before, and now he was extremely eager to conquer Wang Youlun.
But he said that when Zhu Hejian arrived at "Lu Weixuan", he found that Wang Youlun had been waiting there for a long time, and he obviously also attached great importance to this meeting.
Both of them wanted to get closer to each other. Not only did Wang Youlun take the initiative to cater to them, but Zhu Hejian also put down his posture and deliberately got close to each other. After meeting, the atmosphere was naturally harmonious and they talked happily.
Wang Youlun is not yet forty years old, but he is calm, generous in conversation, and has an excellent image. He has his own unique insights into many things between the government and the public. He is worthy of being the most proud student of Prince Taishi Wang Baoren at that time.
He was secretly valued by Zhou Shangjing. He was obviously a real talent, but because he had been too low-key in the past, he had never been taken seriously by all parties.
In this way, after a conversation, Zhu Hejian's idea of taking Wang Youlun as his own became more and more intense.
When the atmosphere of the meeting became more harmonious, Zhu Hejian saw that the time was almost up and took the initiative to express his solicitation.
"Master Wang and I hit it off right away... From now on, the two of us should keep in touch, and we should advance and retreat together in the temple."
When expressing his stance, Zhu Hejian held Wang Youlun's hands with a very sincere expression. If he didn't know his true background, he would be immediately impressed by him and would be willing to do everything for him.
On the other side, Wang Youlun also showed excitement after hearing Zhu Hejian's active recruitment, but more of hesitation.
After thinking for a moment, Wang Youlun finally shook his head and expressed his rejection, saying apologetically: "His Highness and Xiaguan met each other, and Xiaguan was naturally grateful and felt that it was too late to meet His Highness the Seventh Prince, but... Xiaguan's teacher
It is Grand Master Wang. Xiaguan has always followed him as his teacher since he entered the court. Even after he was persecuted by Zhou Shangjing and demoted to Nanjing as a teacher, Xiaguan still never abandons him and never changes his original intention. Now he is his teacher.
After finally returning to the center of the temple, it was the time to employ people. It was enough that the lower official was unable to help the teacher at this time. How could he change the family and abandon the teacher?
In fact, the reason why Xiaguan asked to see His Highness the Seventh Prince many times before was just because the teacher was now the Crown Prince's Grand Master and had the power and responsibility to assist the Crown Prince. Before he went to Nanjing to take charge, he had specifically told Xianguan that he wanted to meet His Highness the Seventh Prince.
Keeping in touch and getting closer is not because I want to follow the example of someone else, and I hope the Seventh Prince will forgive me!"
After talking about it, Wang Youlun's expression gradually became firmer.
It has to be said that Wang Youlun's rank in this regard is higher than that of Liu Ye. The two of them wanted to join Zhu Hejian for various reasons, but Liu Ye sent information and people in order to cling to Zhu Hejian.
, and finally gave his only son to Zhu Hejian as a hostage, and finally he was accepted by Zhu Hejian. Moreover, after Zhu Hejian accepted him, he still had the idea of making him a scapegoat in the future, but Wang Youlun pretended to refuse but welcomed him.
His appearance made Zhu Hejian take a high look at him, and felt that Wang Youlun would not easily betray Wang Baoren today, and would not easily betray him in the future. He was indeed a rare talent who could be entrusted with important responsibilities.
Of course, this is also related to the completely different statuses of Wang Youlun and Liu Ye. Liu Ye has no qualifications to bargain with Zhu Hejian, so he can only attract Zhu Hejian's attention by betting all his wealth.
On the other side, after hearing Wang Youlun's statement, Zhu Heguo showed admiration and persuaded again: "You also know that Wang Taishi, as the prince's Taishi, is to assist the prince, and under the current situation of the court, I will soon
Once you get to the reserve position, we are originally a family, so how can you change the family if you join me?"
Wang Youlun hesitated again, and finally relaxed and said: "If the teacher agrees, I will naturally not dare to refuse His Highness's kindness!"
Zhu Hejian was overjoyed and said: "I will write a letter to the prince and grand master tonight. I believe he will agree!"
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And just when Zhu Hejian thought he had gained a lot today, Zhao Junchen also took action that night and began to secretly advance one of his plans.
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PS: There are only small chapters in the past few days, and the update will be accelerated next Tuesday.