There are evil intentions in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Jiang Zhe, who is deep inside the palace, is not idle either. After taking a bath and eating snacks, he returned to Hongdexuan and continued to browse the resumes of hundreds of officials. In fact, he has already seen it these days.
He has read a lot, but until now he has not seen a name that interests him, but there are a lot of names that he does not want to see.
From the resumes of hundreds of officials, Jiang Zhe found that most of the officials in the court were either Li Gang's contemporaries, disciples of Li Gang, or relatives of Li Gang. Although the specific situation is not clear, it is estimated that the entire government was also influenced by Li Gang.
Controlled by Li Gang.
This couldn't help but make him feel discouraged. There were treacherous ministers and mediocre ministers in the court. No matter how ambitious he was, how could he carry it out?
Just when Jiang Zhe was dizzy and about to lose confidence, his eyes suddenly lit up, and a name caught his eye - Lu Yunhai, the head of the Huainan Cleaning Department of the Ministry of Revenue.
The reason why Jiang Zhe is interested in this person is because this Lu Yunhai's resume is really different from other people's.
According to records, Lu Yunhai was awarded the Jinshi title when he was twenty years old. His early official career was very good. After becoming the Jinshi, the first official position he held was from the eighth rank to the promotion official position. He served as a promotion official for less than three years.
He was transferred back to the capital and was directly promoted to the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Within a few years, he was promoted to a bachelor's degree in the Hanlin Academy. He was already a fourth-rank official before he was thirty years old, and he was in an important position close to the central government. He was like sitting on a rocket.
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But Lu Yunhai has now been demoted to head of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and has not moved in this position for several years. The reason is that he wrote to the previous emperor asking for reforms, which offended a group of powerful people such as Li Gang.
Jiang Zhe felt that the blood all over his body rushed to the top of his head instantly, the blood vessels on his forehead were beating wildly, stars were appearing in front of his eyes, and he fainted with joy.
Can he not faint? Although he has only been on the throne for less than a month and many things are not clear yet, he has already realized that the country he rules is suffering from internal and external troubles and is full of contradictions. What does he need most at this time?
Talent? He is a reformer with courage and ability. If he discovered such a reform talent at this time, could he faint with displeasure?
Judging from Lu Yunhai's resume, this person should have real talent and learning, because his promotion speed in the early stage was too fast, and there are only two explanations for this situation. Either he is really knowledgeable, or his background is strong enough, but
The biggest backer in the court - Li Gang - is also his political opponent, so it can only be that he is really capable.
"Zhao Neng." Jiang Zhe felt that he could not wait any longer and had to see Lu Yunhai immediately.
"Serving the emperor as a slave." Zhao Neng agreed.
"Go and deliver the order right away, just say..." Jiang Zhe stopped when he was about to speak. Because he thought of many things again. Lu Yunhai is just a small head of the household department now, and it is almost time for dinner at this time.
It's almost time, and it's the official holiday, so calling a sixth-rank official to see him hurriedly will inevitably make people suspicious; and Lu Yunhai was demoted at the hands of the late emperor, and now that the old emperor has just passed away, he summoned him
It is inevitable that ministers who are not wanted to be seen when they are alive will not be gossiped about.
Zhao Neng was still waiting for Jiang Zhe to continue talking, but he didn't expect that the man would stop talking after saying "just say it". At first, he thought Jiang Zhe was thinking about his words, but he didn't say anything for a while and waited some more.
Without saying anything, I realized that Long Live Master was in a trance for some reason. I had no choice but to boldly remind him: "Your Majesty, your decree is unclear. Please give it to me again."
Jiang Zhe's mood gradually calmed down, and he smiled softly and said, "Oh, it's nothing. I'm a little hungry. You can go to the imperial kitchen and tell them to prepare some delicious food for me."
"Ah? This slave obeys the order. Let's go and give them orders now." Zhao Nengxin said, well, as a eunuch in charge, I am the first to go to the imperial kitchen to pass the meal. He knew that the order that Jiang Zhe started to pass on was absolutely absolute. It wasn't this, but Jiang Zhe didn't say anything, so he had no choice but to rush to the imperial kitchen to "deliver the order" with his whisk in his hand.
Jiang Zhe sent Zhao Neng out, but after all he was still itching unbearably. He opened the official resume again, picked up the ink pen and circled Lu Yunhai's name heavily. His heart felt hot and cold, and there was something strange about it. I couldn't take it anymore, and I was lost in thought when I saw An Baobao, the eunuch beside the Queen Mother, coming in through the curtain.
Jiang Zhe couldn't help but frowned. He didn't like eunuchs in the first place, especially when this man named a woman, which made people feel disgusted for no reason. But now he is the red one next to his "mother" People can't be bullied casually, so they can only force a smile and say: "If you don't serve the Queen Mother, why do you come to Hongdexuan?"
An Baobao didn't show any courtesy and said in a male duck's voice: "We came here on the orders of the Queen Mother to ask the Emperor to come over. The Queen Mother said..."
Jiang Zhe originally disliked Mr. An, but now that he saw him being so rude, he could no longer suppress his anger. Without waiting for An Baobao to finish speaking, he raised his foot and kicked An Baobao over, saying angrily: "It's neither up nor down. Bastard. Is this how you usually serve the Queen Mother? Believe it or not, I will have you skinned alive right away?"
Jiang Zhe was getting angry in the palace, when suddenly there was a noise outside.
"careful."
"My dear, you are so big."
"Hey, get out of the way."
"Well done. It's amazing."
"Yes, my horizons have been opened today."
Jiang Zhe was already angry, but now he heard the guards outside making such a noise, he suddenly became furious. He thought that I am too useless as an emperor. The eunuchs and eunuchs don't take me seriously, and the guards don't take me seriously either. inside.
"Whoever is outside, get out of here." Jiang Zhe Longyan was furious.
Zhao Fuguo, the chief imperial guard on duty, quickly rushed into the palace, fell to his knees in the tunnel and said: "I will be punished by death for disturbing the Holy Master."
Jiang Zhe was still angry and asked: "In such a panic, is there a fire or an assassin?"
Zhao Fuguo kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, it is true that an assassin came, but he was killed by the ministers."
Jiang Zhe said with emotion: "What kind of assassin is so bold that he dares to assassinate in the daytime? Oh, no, you said it was an assassin? How can this assassin still argue?"
Zhao Fuguo hurriedly said: "Go back to the emperor. This is what happened. A big flowered python appeared out of nowhere, and it looked extremely ferocious. It was the first time for the ministers and others to encounter such a situation, so they panicked and disturbed the emperor. "
"Big python? How could there be such a thing in the palace?" Jiang Zhe also became interested, "Take me to have a look." As he spoke, he raised his feet and walked out. When he saw An Baobao was about to get up, he raised his legs again. He kicked him and said: "Kneel down, you slave. I will take care of you when I come back."
Outside Hongdexuan was a small square. At this time, the guards who had been standing in a circle fell to their knees when they saw the emperor coming out.
Jiang Zhe didn't say anything and walked over. He saw a black and red python corpse lying in the middle of the crowd. It was more than a foot long. It was as thick as the mouth of a bowl, but it had been broken into two parts. The ground was covered with dirty blood.
"Who killed this python?" Jiang Zhe asked.
"Your Majesty, I killed you." A young guard with thick eyebrows and majestic appearance replied.
Seeing how majestic he was, Jiang Zhe nodded and said: "Okay. Very good." Seeing that his body was also covered in blood, he asked with concern: "Where is the injury? Is it important?"
The guard smiled and said: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am not injured. This is the blood that was spattered when the beast was torn apart by me."
Tearing it off? Jiang Zhe hurriedly looked back at the python's body, only to find that the broken parts of the snake's body were uneven. It was obviously not injured by a sword. Jiang Zhe was really interested in this young guard now.
, hand-splitting giant python, dear, how much strength does this take?
"What's your name? What's your current position?" Jiang Zhe started to love talents. Today is really the happiest day since he became emperor. First he discovered a reforming talent like Lu Yunhai, and now he meets such a talented person.
A fierce general, it’s hard not to be happy.
"Back to the emperor, my name is Zhang Xiao. I am now the third-class guard." The guard kowtowed.
"You can split a giant python, but you are actually a third-class bodyguard?" Jiang Zhe asked doubtfully?
"Chen..." Zhang Xiao stopped talking.
"You don't need to go back, I understand." Jiang Zhe has come to his senses. Although he is not from this era, he also knows that guards are generally from noble families, and the speed of promotion sometimes does not depend on ability.
It depends on the strength of the family. At first glance, this Zhang Xiao is a simple man, not a high-ranking official, so he must have been squeezed out a lot.
It's easy to win over this kind of person, you just need to be really nice to him. Jiang Zhe was worried that there was no one he could trust after time travel, so now was the chance to win over Zhang Xiao.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Zhe said loudly: "Here comes someone." Immediately, a eunuch from Hong Dexuan agreed and ran over.
"Record it! Zhang Xiao has done a good job in escorting you. From now on, he will be promoted to the imperial guard with a sword."
Although Zhang Xiao had expected that the emperor would definitely reward him, he did not expect that such a big reward would actually jump five levels in a row. Why did the emperor trust him so much? His mind was confused for a moment, and he actually stayed where he was.
move.
"What? Aren't you still grateful?" Jiang Zhe lowered his head and asked.
Only then did Zhang Xiao come to his senses, and kowtowed hurriedly: "I will never give up on you, the emperor, and I will treat you as a confidant. From now on, as long as I have a breath left, I will do my best to serve the emperor. I should be loyal to you in life, and I should be loyal in death!"
"Okay." Jiang Zhe nodded and said, "I believe you can keep me safe. Get up. I am going to Cining Palace to pay my respects to the Queen Mother. You go and change your clothes first. I will summon you alone later."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
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