Zhou Hu came out of the public room almost in a daze.
Another major change in his life has made him feel as if he is still dreaming.
Outside the public room is the guest room. In the guest room, many people are already sitting here, waiting for Tongzhi's summons.
Obviously, there is a shortage of people everywhere now, and the Tongzhi Office also needs to mobilize a large number of people to fill the vacant posts.
These officials, like Zhou Hu, are now waiting to find other positions.
Zhou Hu felt his heart heat up, and he seemed to see a bright future under his feet.
No, it's not just about honoring one's ancestors, or the surging mood brought about by the change in circumstances.
What's more, in the long process of official service, he witnessed many new things with his own eyes, and they emerged with him.
And he was involved in it. Whether he was a civil servant or was about to take up the post of chief registrar, he seemed to be in this wave. People like him formed a huge wave, stirring up troubles and turning rivers and seas upside down.
call……
He took a deep breath and wiped his red eyes.
Everyone in the waiting room said nothing, but everyone stared at Zhou Hu who came out of the duty room, as if they wanted to see the purpose of being summoned from Zhou Hu's face.
Zhou Hu worked hard to calm down his mood. He had been an official for many years, and the affairs in the government office had cultivated his mature and prudent temperament. He had become accustomed to being mediocre and silent.
So he looked calm, pursed his lips, and left in a hurry.
In the next few days, the appointment of the official selection department will most likely be issued. Next, there should be a new official to take over his work, and the matters at hand need to be sorted out before they can be handed over.
There will be a rest in two days. I will take this opportunity to take the children out for a walk. After all, I will not have many opportunities to accompany my children after I am on duty.
Other than that, you just need to prepare and pack your bags.
Thinking about all these things, I couldn't help but smile knowingly.
The New Deal and the Maritime Administration are probably the main directions for the future of the entire Taiping Mansion. Now that the general trend has been achieved, this kind of reward from the palace and the court has also proved that no one can stop the light of the Taiping Mansion.
This surging trend, thousands of miles of river waves, will destroy everything.
And he, Zhou Hu... was lucky enough to be among them. Thinking about it now, he is extremely lucky.
What he will do in the future is to follow His Highness the Prince of Wuhu County and continue to work hard until he dies.
At this time, in the county prince's palace.
Like government and county governments, a large number of personnel appointments need to be dealt with, and it is the same for Zhang Anshi.
In the new Ministry of Maritime Affairs, it can be said that these hundreds of officials have really played the game of power to the point of stewing green in the fire.
I have to reward, but I have to reserve something.
Everything that should be given was given, especially when the Ministry of Maritime Affairs was equal to the six ministries. At least His Majesty and Zhang Anshi had nothing to say.
But another way of thinking was to rely on a maritime department to temporarily maintain the interests of many officials.
They used the Ministry of Maritime Affairs to set up a firewall. In a sense, they continued to temporarily block the New Deal and Maritime Affairs from the eighteen provinces.
But for Zhang Anshi, with this rightful position, he can then control the maritime affairs and carry forward the maritime affairs of Taiping Mansion. If he continues to persist, he will sooner or later destroy the conservative ministers, scholars and gentry.
In this world, there is nothing that absolute strength cannot solve, not even the human heart.
Of course, the most important thing is that the Ministry of Maritime Affairs has left a lot of vacancies.
In a ministry, from the minister to the ministers, to the many doctors, chiefs, and even to the maritime administration department in the mansion and the maritime administration office in the county, these up and down means hundreds of official positions.
Obviously, it is impossible for the Ministry of Maritime Affairs to be contaminated by Jinshi, so the only people to fill these vacancies are officials from the top and bottom of the Taiping Mansion. Zhang Anshi is certainly satisfied with this.
After all, so many people have followed Zhang Anshi over the years, and there is no credit but hard work!
The essence of the New Deal is open source, where everyone can make the cake bigger together.
But officials are different from others. They make a big cake, but this cake benefits merchants and many common people. For them, if there is no benefit at all, but they are taught to ride the horse and the horse, how is this possible?
This is just like Confucianism. You only allow scholars to study, but don't give them the opportunity to take the imperial examination. Do you only rely on the so-called great principles of this saint to support yourself?
It is precisely because of the fame and the opportunity to serve as officials that countless scholars were born and struggled for it. Finally, they grew and expanded into a group of scholars. In order to defend their vested interests, they became
Defender of Confucianism.
What Zhang Anshi wanted to do was just create a new group of people.
It is impossible to draw a big picture with empty words such as the so-called benefiting the world. Everyone up and down must receive huge benefits. Only in this way will they risk their lives to safeguard their own interests and be the same as Zhang Anshi.
Qi connects branches.
The Ministry of Maritime Affairs was naturally established according to the structure of six ministries. Zhang Anshi was appointed as the minister, but because he had to take care of too many things at the same time, he had to have two capable generals to serve as the left and right ministers.
As a candidate for the position of Minister, Zhang Anshi temporarily thought of one person, Yang Pu.
Yang Pu has always been in charge of the Railway Department, but he was born in the Imperial Academy and served as a bachelor of Zhan Shifu. He also did a lot of practical things in Taiping Mansion, and both his resume and talent are enough to take on this important responsibility.
And for Yang Pu, he has always held a relatively noble official position, but he also needs to refresh his resume and become a minister of the ministry! Then, use this as a springboard to have the opportunity to be granted a title of marquis or prime minister in the future.
He may not be very familiar with maritime affairs, but he is talented and intelligent, has strong learning ability, has rich official career experience, is mature and prudent, and is enough to become Zhang Anshi's biggest assistant.
Of course, there is another point, that is, Yang Pu is from the East Palace and an assistant officer of Zhan Shifu. In essence, it is a team set up by the emperor for the prince, responsible for assisting the future emperor.
Once Yang Pu, a confidant of the prince, became the minister of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, for Zhang Anshi, he would directly pull the people of Zhan Shifu onto his chariot.
And His Majesty is naturally very happy to see this result.
The emperor is old, and the prince may take over the throne at any time. The ministers around him need to work hard, especially in the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, which controls countless money and promotes the New Deal. It is really difficult to serve as Zhang Anshi's deputy.
It could not be better.
The next day, Zhang Anshi happily entered the palace to express his gratitude.
When he met Zhu Di, Zhang Anshi bowed politely and said a few words of gratitude.
Zhu Di then said: "This is what you deserve. What's more, my reward is not for you alone, so you don't have to thank me."
"Thanks are due." Zhang Anshi smiled and said sincerely: "Everyone in Taiping Mansion is very grateful. I hope I can express my gratitude to Your Majesty."
Zhu Di said: "Up and down? Who are these people up and down?"
"For example..." After saying these two words, Zhang Anshi was embarrassed.
It was hard to tell with so many people up and down, so after thinking about it, he smiled and said, "For example, Zhu Zhanji."
After Zhu Di heard this, he smiled and said, "He also thanked me?"
Zhang Anshi said cheerfully: "This time he is going to be the official of the Maritime Affairs Department and will be promoted."
Zhu Di said: "There are not many people in the world who dare to take Tianhuang nobles and make them their subordinates. This is the first time that the Zhang Qing family has done so."
The smile on Zhang Anshi's face suddenly faded a bit. He sighed and said: "Your Majesty, doing this will indeed attract criticism from people all over the world. And... To be honest, there are already many people who are arrogant and say bad things about me.
What... what... a traitor?"
"But I knew I couldn't do anything, but I gritted my teeth and did it. In fact, it was because of Zhanji. Zhanji was young. If Zhanji had been taught by a few great Confucians, how could he distinguish the things of the world after a long time? During the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a disaster
, some ministers told Emperor Hui of Jin that the common people had no food to eat, but Emperor Hui of Jin said: Why not eat minced meat?"
Zhang Anshi paused, then continued: "If my nephew is like Emperor Hui of Jin in the future, I, as my uncle, will really feel heartbroken. I think it is a good thing to teach him some things while he is young now."
, not only can he be aware of the sufferings of the people in the future, and the ministers around him will not be deceived by him, but also for the soldiers and people of the world, an emperor who is familiar with the people's conditions is also a great blessing for them."
There was some appreciation in Zhu Di's eyes, and he nodded with deep approval and said: "Emperor Taizu Gao also educates his children in the same way. But...he is not like you, who arranges it so carefully. You can teach him well, he will still be the best."
a child."
Zhang Anshi quickly said yes.
Zhu Di asked again: "How is the prince doing now?"
this……
Zhang Anshi looked hesitant.
In fact, he didn't care about his brother-in-law right now. Since he was sent there anyway, his three brothers could do it according to his method. He didn't bother to take care of other things.
Now he, the new Minister of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, has a lot of work to do. He has countless personnel appointments to deal with. In addition, the new ministry must be quickly established. As for the affairs of the Maritime Administration, it must be put on the right track.
All these things, for the time being, are a little more important than my brother-in-law.
Zhu Di looked a little worried and said: "Hey... I had a dream yesterday. I dreamed that pigs entered the trough and ate so much... that the pig pen collapsed and the pigs howled loudly."
Zhang Anshi: "..."
Even though Zhu Di is not superstitious, he thinks about things day by day and dreams at night, and he attaches great importance to dreams.
People of this era believed that dreams were like signs from heaven.
What Zhu Di said about the so-called pig entering the trough and eating to excess, obviously this pig...may be related to Zhu.
As for which Zhu it is...
As for what happened after the pig entered the trough?
Obviously, this was by no means an auspicious sign, but just a sign of trouble later, and Zhu Di couldn't continue talking.
The pigsty has collapsed. This... The pigsty can be compared to a house or something, such as... Jiangshan Sheji.
"Your Majesty is overly concerned." Zhang Anshi comforted him: "Dreams are always reversed."
Zhu Di said: "Maybe I am too worried, but if I think about it carefully, this dream really makes me uneasy. Maybe it's because I am old. As I get older, I can't help but worry too much. This worry... is actually just worry."
Zhang Anshi looked at Zhu Di's appearance, his heart softened a little, and said: "Brother-in-law's side..."
Zhu Di waved his hand and did not let Zhang Anshi continue: "Just do your best."
"According to the decree."
When Zhu Gaochi entered the camp, he originally thought he would be on a diet.
But it soon became apparent that he was overly concerned.
The food provided to him in the model camp was even better than that in the East Palace.
Not only eggs, but also goat's milk, and even a certain amount of meat and sweet potatoes.
There wasn't much rice, it was just dinner, and there was no meat. Meat was only allowed at noon.
Of course, what tortured him the most was not this.
The training in the model camp is almost day and night.
Except for the short one-and-a-half-hour study session, most of the rest of the time is related to practice.
Except for the early morning exercises, the morning class exercises, and then the afternoon exercises, there are almost no breaks.
Of course, Zhu Yong was still very polite to him.
The only person who was rude was Qiu Song.
Qiu Song felt very displeased with Zhu Gaochi, and wondered if Zhang Anshi had given him any special instructions.
What Zhu Gaochi couldn't figure out was that even if Zhang Anshi had given instructions to this guy Qiu Song, how could this guy dare... to show off to him, the current prince, every day?
Although Qiu Song's father, Qiu Fu, was once close to Zhu Gaoxu, and even strongly supported Zhu Gaoxu as the crown prince at that time. But no matter how you say it, this is all in the past!
Now that his position as prince is unshakable, even Qiu Fu has accepted the reality and has been easing the relationship.
But facing Qiu Song still made him feel uncomfortable. Qiu Song stared at him every day, as if he was staring at a thief.
During the training, no one beat or scolded Zhu Gaochi.
However... Zhu Gaochi was incorporated into a small team.
There are only seven or eight people in this team, and these seven or eight people are obviously quite honest. Of course, they still take good care of Zhu Gaochi in the team.
It can be said that, excluding Qiu Song, everyone in the camp is very friendly to him.
Even when sleeping in the barracks, everyone snored, fearing that Zhu Gaochi would not be able to sleep and would be disturbed by their snoring. Everyone would open their eyes first and resist sleepiness, and then they would fall asleep after Zhu Gaochi fell asleep.
Zhu Gaochi, on the other hand, began to admire and gradually trust these captains.
But soon, something bad happened.
In each team's drill, if one of the captains fails to complete the drill, or falls behind, the entire team is usually punished.
And Zhu Gaochi is obviously the kind of person who is taken care of, but always falls behind.
Therefore, the team he belonged to was punished again and again almost from early morning.
Every day, this group of people can be seen standing obediently on the school field with their heads hanging down.
Obviously, no one dared to punish Zhu Gaochi.
But the more this happened, the more Zhu Gaochi couldn't bear it.
In essence, he is a kind person. Looking at a group of people, he respects him very much and serves him every day. He lets him eat first when there is food and let him sleep first when there is sleep. However, because of him, he will always be
The players at the end of each team are punished every day.
Zhu Gaochi felt that his self-esteem had been greatly provoked, and his heart felt as uncomfortable as being squeezed hard.
He couldn't even accept that these guys on the same team were being humiliated every day, especially since all of this was caused by him.
Of course, Zhu Yong, Zhang and Qiu Song were different. They comforted Zhu Gaochi: "Your Highness, it's okay, it's okay. This is none of your Highness's business. It's just the rules in the camp. Your Highness is the prince, so naturally he doesn't need to be punished. They
It would be fine if they were punished. Anyway, they are thick-skinned and thick-skinned, so they can bear it. Besides, this is what they should do!?
Zhu Gaochi: "..."
It's okay not to hear this, but obviously it makes me feel worse.
Zhu Yong then said: "Your Highness, don't worry, we will take care of Your Highness. Your Highness, what would you like to eat for tomorrow's lunch? We have..."
Zhu Gaochi could no longer suppress the shame in his heart, gritted his teeth and said: "I want to practice!"
"Ah... No, no, no..." Zhu Yong said with concern: "Your Highness, you are a rich man, and you are here just to go through the motions. Your Highness, when you are in our camp, treat this place as the East Palace.
Just think of Zhang as the eunuch beside you."
Zhang glanced sideways at Zhu Yong and retorted dissatisfiedly: "Second brother, why do I have no eggs? Then who are you?"
Zhu Yong slapped him on the head, looked at him with contempt and said: "Idiot, why are you causing trouble? This is just a metaphor."
"Then why..."
Zhu Gaochi has a strong self-esteem.
In fact, this is understandable. Because of his physical inconvenience, he did not receive much care from his father when he was young, so he was ignored.
So he has the pride of a noble man, but also has low self-esteem!
Therefore, he is willing to treat everyone kindly, and he can't help but feel intolerable when he thinks of someone suffering for him.
So he squinted his eyes slightly, and made a certain decision in his heart at this moment, and then said with a bit of generosity and sacrifice: "I can't always complete the training of the formation properly. At night, you two will give me some guidance."
Give me some guidance."
"Ah...this..." Zhu Yong was confused by Zhu Gaochi's sudden serious attitude, and then said: "Your Highness...you are really...really...such a thing, and you are willing to do it yourself. No wonder the eldest brother said, Your Highness
He is the best brother-in-law in the world. I wish I had such a brother-in-law. Your Highness, can I call you brother-in-law?"
Zhu Gaochi: "..."
Zhu Yong patted his chest and said proudly: "Your Highness, don't worry, this matter will be taken care of by us. After dinner, we brothers will personally accompany Your Highness to practice well."
Zhu Gaochi's face turned red. At this moment, he seemed to... realized that he seemed to have been tricked into something.
But even though it was a ploy, he felt that he had to get into this trap.
So, he simply stopped thinking about it.
After dinner, the school grounds were empty, and lanterns were hung up. There were only a few shadows in this desolate school grounds, which were continuously lengthened by the lights.