Upon hearing Zhao Junchen's promise, Lu Yuanan and all Shandong officials were overjoyed and thanked Zhao Junchen profusely.
Zhao Junchen seemed to have remembered something temporarily, and said to Lu Yuanan: "By the way, I suddenly remembered something. Mr. Li Lide, the former minister of the Ministry of Justice, is quite close to me. He has just been promoted to the chief envoy of Shandong, and he will be the governor of Shandong from now on."
He is going to work under Governor Lu, but he is used to being a Beijing official, and his experience as a local official is somewhat insufficient. I hope Governor Lu will teach him more in the future. Of course, there is no need for any special care. If he makes a mistake,
Governor Lu is not polite about anything, he just scolds him severely."
Remarks similar to those made by Zhao Junchen still appear from time to time in officialdom hundreds of years later. These remarks may seem fair and impartial, but there is something profound inside.
If you can understand the deep meaning, you may offend others without realizing it.
For example, the so-called "I hope that I will teach Governor Lu more in the future." The deeper meaning is to ask Lu Yuanan to give more power to Li Lide in the future, and to let Li Lide do more tasks that are easy to achieve political achievements. Otherwise, how can it be regarded as teaching?
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Another example is the so-called "No special care is needed. If he does something wrong, just scold him severely." The implication is that if Li Lide does something wrong in the future, Lu Yuanan can scold him. Anyway, people in the officialdom
They are all shameless, and no one will take a few scoldings seriously, but actual punishment and punishment are unnecessary.
These words seem to have no personal feelings, but in fact they are just showing personal favoritism and seeking help. If translated in vernacular, it would be roughly "I tell you clearly that Li Lide is my person. From now on, please help me to guide him well."
If you find any mistakes, help to cover them up. In this case, I will remember you as a favor and I will repay you in the future, otherwise we will just wait and see!"
Lu Yuanan, as a veteran in officialdom for many years, naturally understood the meaning of Zhao Junchen's words and knew that Zhao Junchen was making conditions for himself.
As a disciple of the chief minister Zhou Shangjing, he was not willing to help Zhao Junchen to promote party members, but seeing Emperor Deqing coming soon, if Emperor Deqing found out that Linqing Prefecture's reception was not good, no one knew what the result would be. Even if
Lu Yuanan will be safe with Zhou Shangjing as his backer, but other Shandong officials may be unlucky. As the governor of Shandong, Lu Yuanan cannot protect his officials. How will he be convinced in the future?
Therefore, after Lu Yuanan hesitated for a while, he finally gritted his teeth and nodded: "Master Li was originally the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. He was smart and capable, and was highly praised. Now he has become the Chief Envoy of Shandong. He just shares my worries, and I will be my colleague from now on.
He will definitely be taken care of well, Mr. Zhao can rest assured about this."
While speaking, Lu Yuanan glared at Zhang Jizhi fiercely again, feeling that if Zhang Jizhi hadn't been secretly causing trouble, why would he have made such a thankless promise?
On the other side, after receiving Lu Yuanan's promise, Zhao Junchen also smiled and nodded, saying thank you.
In fact, this kind of transaction is just Zhao Junchen's temporary idea. Even without Lu Yuanan's care, Li Lide has the strong support of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Industry behind him, and he will definitely achieve something during his tenure in Shandong. Now, this kind of transaction is just
Just the icing on the cake.
However, even if it is "icing on the cake", it is still a good thing after all, so Zhao Junchen was in a good mood and did not say anything more. He just greeted a group of Shandong officials to prepare for the arrival of Emperor Deqing.
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Soon, amid the sound of salutes, Emperor Deqing's dragon boat slowly arrived at Linqing Pier.
Then, a group of accompanying ministers disembarked first and lined up on both sides according to rank, waiting for Emperor Deqing to appear.
After waiting for about a stick of incense, Emperor Deqing finally appeared amidst the shouts of long live the officials, and slowly stepped off the dragon boat accompanied by two pavilion elders, Zhou Shangjing and Shen Changmao.
Next, just as Zhao Junchen expected, Emperor Deqing was very "unhappy" when he saw all the officials from Shandong, big and small, appearing in Linqing to welcome him. He severely criticized Lu Yuanan and others for ignoring the imperial edict, raising troops and mobilizing troops, and leaving without permission. Then, amid the frightened pleas from Shandong officials such as Lu Yuanan, Emperor Deqing softened slightly and said, "For the sake of the commendable loyalty of all Shandong officials, I will spare you for now, but I won't do it next time."
In this way, a small storm was resolved with the cooperation of the monarch and his ministers!
Then, after Emperor Deqing gave a few high-sounding words of encouragement to the Shandong officials, he got into his royal chariot and prepared to go to the palace to rest for a while.
However, just when Emperor Deqing was about to step onto the imperial chariot, Zhao Junchen suddenly took a few steps forward, came to Emperor Deqing's side, and whispered: "Your Majesty, after I came to Linqing, I heard that there was something in Linqing. The wealthy businessman, whose surname is Li, is the richest man in Shandong. His mansion is exquisite and elegant, and is known as the No. 1 Garden in Shandong. In order to please His Majesty, this wealthy businessman named Li has now moved his family out of the mansion and wants His Majesty to visit him. Staying in the mansion for two days..."
"Oh?" Emperor Deqing paused slightly, seeming to hesitate.
Zhao Junchen continued: "I thought that your Majesty lived in palaces and official residences along the way. However, the decoration and scenery in the palace, although noble and grand, are the same, similar with minor differences. After looking at them for a long time, It is inevitably boring, and as for the officials' residences, there are many inconveniences, so I want your majesty to calm down. I am already good at making decisions and agreeing to the request of the businessman surnamed Li, which can be regarded as fulfilling his loyalty and returning the favor. I hope your majesty will forgive me."
Hearing Zhao Junchen's words, Emperor Deqing's heart moved, and he felt that it was quite reasonable, so he nodded and said: "You have to ask me what I mean about this kind of matter first. How can you make the decision for me? But Nian For the sake of your good intentions, I will not punish you this time, but it will not be the same next time! As for this time, since you have agreed, I will not refute your face, so I will go to the "No. 1 Garden in Shandong" to stay for a while. Two days...and the businessman named Li is commendable for his loyalty. You can reward him with some benefits on my behalf."
Seeing that Emperor Deqing didn't pay attention, Zhao Junchen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and respectfully sent Emperor Deqing off to the imperial chariot. He watched with his own eyes as the imperial chariot slowly started to move towards the place arranged by Lu Yuanan.
Then, Zhao Junchen nodded to Lu Yuanan from a distance, indicating that the matter was done, then got on his own carriage and followed Emperor Deqing's chariot.
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It has to be said that Lu Yuanan is still very discerning, and the forest garden built by the wealthy businessman surnamed Li is indeed beautiful and elegant. He arranged Emperor Deqing's temporary palace here to satisfy everyone.
This mansion covers an area of about 40 to 50 acres. It is modeled after gardens in the south of the Yangtze River and combines northern architectural styles. Although it is not large in area, it is novel in purpose, unique in craftsmanship, and quite distinctive.
Among them, the beautiful back garden and lake pavilion rocks alone take up most of the area of the garden. There are rockery rocks with zodiac signs, all of which are between similar and different, making people endlessly daydream; there is also a lake
The pavilions and woods, hidden and exposed, are dense and dense, virtual and real, vast and free, which is breathtaking; there are also twists and turns of walkways, making use of changes in size, direction, light and shade, as well as blurred and concealed leaky windows and cave doors, which are also breathtaking.
There is endless interest. There is also an exquisite pavilion. When you climb to the top floor, you can see the garden scenery in full view. When people are in it, they will have the illusion that they are in the painting.
In fact, since Emperor Deqing came to this garden, he actually forgot about the fatigue along the way and led all the ministers to visit carefully for an afternoon. While he was constantly admiring, Emperor Deqing expressed his gratitude to Zhao Junchen for his temporary replacement.
I am also very satisfied with my decision on where to live.
When it was getting late, Emperor Deqing ended the tour with unfulfilled interest and returned to the front hall with great joy, where he met with officials of all sizes in Shandong and asked them about government affairs in Shandong.
When Emperor Deqing met with Shandong officials, he only asked the two elders Zhou Shangjing and Shen Changmao to accompany him. Zhao Junchen returned to his room early, but after returning to the room, Zhao Junchen did not rest, but took out a thick
I had a thick stack of household excerpts and began to review them carefully.
Unlike Emperor Deqing, who basically became a big shopkeeper after his southern tour, under Zhao Junchen's order, as long as some important matters of the Ministry of Revenue are not very urgent, the officials of the Ministry of Revenue will use fast horses to deliver the documents.
Zhao Junchen reviews and decides here. If the matter has been resolved by the Ministry of Household Affairs, he will also send a detailed copy to Zhao Junchen so that Zhao Junchen can be aware of it. This continues every day.
Zhao Junchen did this not because he was greedy for power, nor because he didn't know how to delegate power, but because Zhao Junchen really didn't trust those worms in the Ministry of Household Affairs!
If Zhao Junchen only accompanied Emperor Deqing on his sightseeing tours and ignored the affairs of the Household Department, then when Zhao Junchen returned to the capital a few months later, the accounts of the Household Department would still be in chaos, let alone
Do you know how many dead and bad debts there will be?
Although Zhao Junchen secretly encouraged Prince Zhu Heyu to reform commercial taxes, it would also cause great chaos. However, this kind of chaos was only limited to the officialdom, and the impact on the people was not great. However, if the gang of worms in the Ministry of Household Affairs were allowed to
If you mess around, the chaos caused will definitely harm the people.
Therefore, although he is a little tired, Zhao Junchen will always do the things he can do.
However, just when Zhao Junchen was halfway through handling the Hubu Zhezi, Xu Qingyan suddenly pushed in the door and said that Zhang De, the personal eunuch of Emperor Deqing, was visiting and brought Emperor Deqing's secret decree!
Zhao Junchen did not dare to neglect this and quickly welcomed Zhang De into the room.
After Zhang De entered the room, his expression was relaxed and he said with a smile: "Master Zhao, your Majesty has a secret decree, which is to ask you to change into casual clothes early tomorrow morning, and wait for Your Majesty outside the temporary palace, and go out incognito with Your Majesty.
A private visit to the people's sentiments in Linqing Prefecture."
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