When Jiang Zhe got up this morning, he did not go directly to Hongdexuan as usual. Because of Li Gang's troubles, Hongdexuan did not have anything to deal with, so after breakfast, he went to the hotel in front of the palace.
I took a walk in the small garden and thought about my next plan.
He Zhen ran in. Even though it was already October, he was still sweating profusely. Seeing him in such a hurry, Jiang Zhe asked, "What's wrong? Are you in such a hurry?"
He Zhen hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Xiangye Li arrived at Hongdexuan early in the morning and said he had something important to see the emperor. We have been waiting there for nearly an hour."
Jiang Zhe couldn't help but thought to himself: "It's been more than a month, and I've never seen him wanting to discuss anything with me. What's going on today? Is it because of his visit to the Ministry of Finance yesterday? What he heard from him
There are quite a few gods.”
Jiang Zhe actually wanted to see Li Gang very much, because he had to let Li Gang know about several things he had just thought about. The reason why he went to the Ministry of Household Affairs with great fanfare yesterday was to let Li Gang know his behavior and come to investigate.
One's own tone of voice.
I want to see you again and again, but you must not show your eagerness, otherwise you will be at a disadvantage again. So Jiang Zhe thought for a while and said: "When you go back, tell him that I just got up and now I want to use
After dinner, ask him to meet you at the Royal Garden later. I will go there to eat after dinner."
When Li Gang rushed to the Imperial Garden, Jiang Zhe was feeding the goldfish in the pond with fish food. When he saw Li Gang coming in, he waved his hand to excuse him and said with a smile: "Kaiyang (Li Gang's word), you are
You are a veteran of the Three Dynasties. From now on, you don’t need to bow to me when you see me in private. Oh, please wait for a while while I feed the fish over there. After that, let’s go sit in the pavilion over there.”
Jiang Zhe deliberately dilly-dallyed and spent a full stick of incense to finish feeding the fish. Then he asked Li Gang to sit on the stone drum on the pavilion in the middle of the pool, and took the tea from the eunuch below to drink.
After taking a sip, he said, "What's the matter? Come in and see me so early?"
Li Gang took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, handed it over and said: "Sun Guobin, the envoy for the disposal of Lingnan Road, reported that the road suffered a severe drought this year and the grain production was severely reduced. He requested that two million stones of grain be allocated for disaster relief. I am here to ask for an edict from the emperor."
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Jiang Zhe didn't take the book, stretched out two fingers to rub his temples, and said: "The wind blew last night, and my head has been feeling groggy since I woke up this morning. I won't read the book. Kaiyang, you are here."
, Why should I worry about these things? You can just take care of it." Jiang Zhe was deliberately showing weakness.
Li Gang originally heard that Jiang Zhe went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to summon Lu Yunhai alone yesterday, so today he specially picked up something related to the Ministry of Household Affairs and came in to see him in order to explore Jiang Zhe's intentions. Unexpectedly, Jiang Zhe didn't even give a hint.
He didn't answer and pushed it back directly. There was no chance to talk about the personnel of the Ministry of Revenue. He had no choice but to reply: "I will convene people to discuss countermeasures. I will definitely live up to the trust and trust of the emperor." After saying that, he stood up and planned to leave.
Who would have thought that Jiang Zhe spoke again, "I see, Kaiyang, you don't have to worry about the disaster relief. Just ask Li Min to take care of it. Who said he is in charge of money and food?" There was a slight pause.
He then said, "To be honest, I really don't like this guy. He is too tortuous and straightforward. At the meeting the day before yesterday, he actually complained to me about poverty in public, which made me very embarrassed. Didn't he say that the Ministry of Finance has no money? This time
Just ask him to think of ways to provide disaster relief, but I don’t believe it. He won’t pay for the war, and he won’t pay for the disaster relief?”
Li Gang did not expect Jiang Zhe to actually take the initiative to talk about the Ministry of Household Affairs, and quickly followed the conversation and said: "I obey the order, and I will let him do this job later." After a short pause, he deliberately sighed and said: "Li Min has always been stingy.
, regarding the court's money as his own money, he was reluctant to part with it, and he was reluctant to part with it. For Emperor Mu Zong's funeral, the officials and the Ministry of Rites originally agreed to use nine million taels of silver, but in the end Li Min only allocated five hundred and fifty.
One hundred thousand taels is really beneath the dignity of the court."
Li Gang took the opportunity to file a complaint and attack his political opponents, but Jiang Zhe was frightened when he heard this. Well, it cost 5.5 million taels of silver to hold a funeral. This was still a discount. No matter how rich he was, he couldn't afford such a hassle.
, no wonder there is no money to fight?
Surprised, but Jiang Zhe couldn't show it at all in front of Li Gang. Anyway, Li Min had to report to Jun alone, so he would ask questions after meeting him. So Jiang Zhe also continued: "Ai Qing said so much.
Yes, I went to the Ministry of Household Affairs yesterday and summoned a person alone, that is Lu Yunhai, who compared himself to Mencius. I thought he was an elegant man, but he turned out to be very disappointing. Not to mention the rhetoric, but also
He has the same problem as Li Min. He can't open or close his mouth without talking about money and food. I don't like him very much." After finishing speaking, Jiang Zhe deliberately curled his lips to show contempt.
Li Gang then asked: "How does the emperor plan to deal with this person?" He knew that Li Min and Lu Yunhai had a relatively good relationship, and Li Min was too high-ranking to deal with easily, so dealing with Lu Yunhai was a blow to Li Min.
"Dispose of him?" Jiang Zhe deliberately pretended to be careless and said: "I haven't thought about it carefully. Kaiyang, what do you mean?"
"In my humble opinion..." Li Gang was excited when he saw Jiang Zhe asking him, and he opened his mouth to hit Lu Yunhai hard.
But Jiang Zhe refused to let him finish what he said. As soon as Li Gang opened his mouth, he spoke again, "Forget it, Lu Yunhai is just a sixth-grade chief, and he is not worthy of our concern. I think this is fine, so I can demote him at will."
He went to a county to be the magistrate."
Li Gang choked back half of what he said, and almost choked, but after hearing Jiang Zhe's treatment, he didn't have any objections. Although foreign officials are often much richer than Beijing officials, demoting Lu Yunhai to a poor man cannot help but
No matter how poor the place is, it is still a pleasure. He quickly replied: "I obey your order."
Jiang Zhe added: "Didn't you just say that there is a drought in Lingnan? Just demote him to Lingnan, that shabby place where no bird can shit, and let him talk about finance and food with the local natives. Remember to find him a
The poorest county.”
Li Gang was really elated. He thought of all the things he thought about about the emperor. It seemed that Lu Yunhai was indeed not popular with the emperor. He was happy in his heart, and it showed on his face. He smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry.
, I must find him a quiet county."
Jiang Zhe also laughed and said: "Okay, that's it for Lu Yunhai. I still have something to discuss with Kaiyang."
"Your Majesty, please give me your orders." What Jiang Zhe did made him happy, and Li Gang was happy to give the Emperor face.
"I have taken a fancy to a person in the Ministry of Household Affairs. It turns out he is a scribe under Lu Yunhai, named Zhao Pu. I want to use him, but he has no reputation. What do you think should be done about this matter?" Jiang Zhe said slowly and calmly.
said.
As soon as he heard that Jiang Zhe wanted to hire someone, Li Gang immediately became vigilant. The emperor had appointed Zhang Xiao before, but he was a bodyguard, and Zhang Xiao split a giant python with his hands in front of everyone. He couldn't say anything about it, but this Zhao Pu
However, he wanted to be careful, so he carefully considered his words and said, "In the Tang Dynasty, the ancestral system of the Tang Dynasty requires that non-honored nobles must pass the imperial examination before they can become an official. Since the founding of the country by Taizu, there has been no example of a commoner becoming an official."
"Oh." Jiang Zhe looked slightly hesitant, "Does that mean I can't use it even if I want to?"
Li Gang didn't want to leave a bad impression in Jiang Zhe's mind, so he added: "Of course, it is not impossible if the emperor wants to issue a special order to recruit people, but it is not appropriate to confer titles above fifth grade, so as not to make the world wrong.
Thoughts.”
Jiang Zhe smiled softly and said: "I have no intention of granting him such a high-level official position. I will just let him replace Lu Yunhai as the head of the Huainan Qing Officials Department. That's it. Later, you can let the official department draw up the votes."
"I obey the order." Li Gang thought about it. In his eyes, the official position of the head of the household department was indeed a small official. He probably would not pose any threat to himself, so he offered the emperor a favor and stood up again.
Lai said: "If the emperor has nothing else to do, please Rong Chen retire."
Jiang Zhe shook his head and said: "Kaiyang can't leave yet. I still have a very important thing that I need you to help me with."
"Please give me your orders, Your Majesty." Li Gang had no choice but to sit down again.
Jiang Zhe said with a slight embarrassment: "That's it. I didn't like reading much when I was a child. I didn't feel any inconvenience when I was a prince. Now that I'm an emperor, this memorial seems very special."
Hard work. Does Kaiyang have any good tips for me?"
Li Gang was stumped by this question on the spot, and thought to himself: You are not knowledgeable enough, what can others do? However, ministers cannot say to their faces that the emperor's knowledge is low, because only those with profound knowledge in the Holy Scriptures can only do so.
Said: "The emperor is humble and thirsty for knowledge, which is a blessing to the world. What I can do is to find some great scholars for the emperor to accompany him to study."
Jiang Zhe said: "Kaiyang may not understand what I mean. I still know all the words that should be known, but when I segment sentences, the meaning of the text is often unclear, causing ambiguity and misunderstanding. Is there any way to standardize it?
Break the sentence."
Jiang Zhe actually wanted to take the opportunity to introduce punctuation marks, because strictly speaking punctuation marks are an integral part of written language. Only when an article is equipped with complete punctuation marks can he express his correct thoughts and emotions. Otherwise, if he wants to understand the
A string of Chinese characters is indeed not a simple matter.
If Jiang Zhe wants to establish his own great cause in this world, he must change the law. Since other things cannot be changed at present, the punctuation marks should be introduced first, which will have a huge impact in the future.
Li Gang was not a fool. He could tell from Jiang Zhe's tone that he already had some ideas, so he said: "The sacred knowledge is profound and beyond my reach. I hope the emperor will make it clear!"
Of course Jiang Zhe had knowledge about punctuation marks, but he would never bring it out directly. First, it would be too ostentatious, and second, he wanted to use this opportunity to drag down some of Li Gang's energy. So he deliberately said:
"My idea is to use some symbols to segment sentences, but it's just an idea. The specific things have to be done by Kaiyang."
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