Outside Qian'an Gate, under the imperial steps, a group of Imperial College students had already taken their places under the arrangement of the accompanying ceremony officer.
Although they all lowered their heads at this moment, they couldn't help but secretly look at the palace gate in front of them, which would immediately attract a scolding from the ceremony officer.
"His Royal Highness has arrived, kneel down to welcome him!"
Hearing the loud reminder from the etiquette officer, everyone present knelt down and then saluted into the palace gate.
"I'm going to pay homage to Your Highness!"
Walking to the palace gate, looking at the students in front of him, Zhao Yanxun said with a smile: "Please get up!"
Everyone stood up one after another, but they did not dare to look around because the person standing in front of them was King Yong.
After staying in the capital for so long, they had the most profound impression of Zhao Yanxun's illustrious reputation.
In front of such a decisive and decisive king, no one dared to be a little presumptuous.
Seeing more than a hundred people in front of him, Wang Tinghe's mind suddenly changed.
There is indeed no shortage of officials in this world. Zhao Yanxun has appointed so many officials this time, so he can do the same next time.
Officials who opposed the imperial court, whether dismissed from office, imprisoned or beheaded, would soon be replaced by these newcomers. In addition, Zhao Yanxun's invincible troops made the world really chaotic.
At this moment, Zhao Yanxun had begun to speak to the students.
First, he praised them for their loyalty to the court, and then said that such loyal people must be reused, so he decided to grant them official positions, hoping that they would make greater contributions to the court in their new positions.
"Everyone, now that disaster is coming from the sky and all the people are in fire and water, it is the time to make achievements!"
Pointing at everyone, Zhao Yanxun said more solemnly: "I believe that among you... there will be famous and virtuous ministers who will be exiled for eternity!"
Most of the people present were young people in their twenties, and they are now at a very energetic age.
After listening to Zhao Yanxun's passionate speech, they all became passionate and determined to make great achievements.
Although Zhao Yanxun came to power as a rebel, his strong skills made everyone believe that he would be a great king.
Thinking of the virtuous and famous ministers of Taizong's dynasty who are still shining brightly to this day, how could everyone at the scene not be fascinated.
"Long live your highness!"
"Long live your highness!"
When Zhao Yanxun finished his speech, enthusiastic shouts erupted from the scene.
But as we kept shouting, the slogan changed and eventually became "Long Live the Emperor."
At any time and anywhere, these people are trying to persuade us to come in. We really need an emperor.
Faced with these shouts, Zhao Yanxun did not say anything to stop him, but handed the scene to the two cabinet ministers, and he turned around and entered Qian'anmen.
"Quiet...quiet!"
After being scolded repeatedly by the ceremony officer, these young officials finally calmed down, and all their eyes focused on the imperial steps.
"That one is the Chief Assistant Wangge Lao, and the one next to him... seems to be..."
"That's Mr. Lu Ge!"
"Mr. Lu Ge? It turns out it's him. He wasn't dismissed...That's it!"
While everyone was talking about it, the two cabinet ministers had already exchanged opinions.
Just listen to Lu Chaowen say: "Everyone, next you go to the Ministry of Personnel. I will test you later and then decide on the appointment!"
In fact, this clause was added temporarily by Zhao Yanxun in order to build momentum and prestige for Lu Chaowen.
After the two cabinet ministers left, the etiquette officer guided everyone present and slowly walked outside the palace gate. Six ministries were located outside the palace.
Although these people left, Zhao Yanxun's matter was not over.
After only ten minutes of leisure, he met with two more officials.
Huang Yuanqing and Yu Chengyao were outstanding students among the first batch of students in the School of Political Science.
The two of them did an outstanding job in the local government. Later, when Zhao Yanxun launched an army to suppress Jingnan, the two of them were responsible for the logistics and transportation tasks. They successfully completed Chang Shisi's dispatch plan and ensured the supply of food and grass for the entire army.
Today they showed up at Qian'an Hall to report on the situation of grain adjustment in the Central Plains.
Now that the autumn harvest has been completed, although there is plenty of food, it is unevenly distributed, so it is necessary to mobilize food for relief.
The armies that are fighting zombies in various places also need to adjust food and supply military supplies. The two of them have a lot to do.
After listening to the reports of these two people, Zhao Yanxun couldn't help but smile and said: "I feel relieved to have you on my errand..."
"You are working in the household department, and now you have the title of chief. Now you can be promoted to doctor so that you can run errands in the future!"
The two of them were only temporarily employed in the Household Department, but they were basically not managed by the Household Department. Instead, they acted directly on the orders of Zhao Yanxun.
As long as such an official makes no mistakes in the future, his position in the center will basically not be a problem.
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Looking at the two young officials in front, Zhao Yanxun motioned for them to stand up, and then said: "There are two most urgent things at the moment. One is to distribute the food everywhere, and the other is to transport the southern food to the Central Plains!"
"Huang Yuanqing is responsible for the first one, and Yu Chengyao will take charge of the second one!"
Distributing grain to various places is a complex but simple matter, but collecting grain from the south requires a battle of wits and courage with local forces.
It can be said that Zhao Yanxun obviously recognized his ability more when he handed over the difficult task to Yu Chengyao.
"I accept your order!"
Nodding, Zhao Yanxun continued: "It's rare for you to come back, so I won't leave you alone anymore. Go back and reunite with your family!"
"Thank you, Your Highness, I will take my leave!"
After the two saluted, they slowly exited the hall.
It wasn't until they left Qian'anmen that their expressions became relaxed.
I heard Yu Chengyao sigh: "I have been traveling for many days. Although my mother has arrived in Beijing, I have not been able to see her... It is really unfilial!"
Although he was blaming himself, he still couldn't hide it. His face was filled with high spirits.
Now that Jian is in the emperor's heart, she will surely rise to the top in the future. How can he not be happy!
But Huang Yuanqing beside him was silent at the moment, with a troubled look on his face.
"Yuanqing, why do you look like this? Have you encountered some difficulties?"
As a good friend, Yu Chengyao naturally has to care about him.
But at this time, Huang Yuanqing stopped and Yu Chengyao could only stop.
Behind the two of them, the tall emperor stood majestically, reflecting golden light under the sunlight.
"Half a month ago, you went to Hedong County to deliver food, and more than three hundred people died, right?"
Yu Chengyao never expected that Huang Yuanqing would talk about such a thing here and now.
"What do you mean?"
"I asked you if you were?"
After a few breaths of silence, Yu Chengyao said with a solemn expression: "Yes... but there's nothing we can do about it. I'll tell you more in detail later!"
No matter how you say it, such a thing is disgraceful, so Yu Chengyao didn't want to say more, and he spent a lot of effort to suppress the matter.
But Huang Yuanqing was not going to let it go, and then asked: "What do you mean there is no way?"
At this moment, no matter how good the relationship was, Yu Chengyao's heart was filled with anger.
"For His Highness's great cause, no matter how many people die, isn't it normal to have to make sacrifices when doing great things?" Yu Chengyao roared in a low voice.
Unexpectedly, Huang Yuanqing sneered and said: "For His Highness's great cause? I think it is for your own achievements, right?"
"You actually look at me like this?" Yu Chengyao asked in disbelief.
"You have to transport food when there is a heavy rain, you have to transport food where monsters are rampant, you have to transport food when manpower is insufficient... It's all because of your lack of compassion for your subordinates that so many people died!"
Huang Yuanqing can criticize these things, which shows that he has taken into account these aspects and completed the tasks on time.
Yu Chengyao knew this, so he didn't know how to refute Huang Yuanqing's accusation.
Immediately afterwards, Huang Yuanqing asked again: "As you said, these people died for His Highness' great cause, but why... you didn't report their deaths to His Highness?"
"I heard some things before when I was transporting grain in Longyou to supply military supplies. At that time, I didn't believe you were such a ruthless person!"
"Now it seems..."
Huang Yuanqing wanted to speak from the bottom of his heart, but he and Yu Chengyao were close friends after all, so he still saved face for Yu Chengyao.
"From now on, just take care of yourself!"
After saying this, Huang Yuanqing passed Yu Chengyao and walked straight out of the palace gate.
On the same spot, Yu Chengyao's expression kept changing, and finally he loosened his clenched fists.
"Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures..."
Looking at Huang Yuanqing's retreating back, Yu Chengyao murmured: "Those who do big things don't stick to trivial matters. Even if His Highness knew about it, he would definitely not make such a big deal out of a molehill like you because of some untouchables!"
