"His Royal Highness, King Huan, has a humble position and limited qualifications. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to take on such a big responsibility. If you want to do this well, you still need an important minister in the court."
Zhao Jiying still kept things simple. This was something that Sheng Changbai was not capable of.
This is not something that Qi Heng, who is in the sixth grade, can preside over, and Sheng Changbai, who is in the seventh grade and is one level lower, can assist in handling it.
The Qi Heng family itself is a top-notch family, and he is the only son in the family and the proper heir to the title.
And relying on the power of the Queen Mother, her status is enough to suppress these ordinary nobles, and there is no problem in going to the nobles' homes to capture other people's children.
Although Sheng Changbai's position is considered low and powerful, there is no problem in being a member of one, or even three or five families.
But to recruit these people in batches, Sheng Changbai still lacks a bit of status.
"Prince Huan, after the officials agree on this matter, it won't be too late to select a suitable candidate." Gu Tingye followed.
Following two people, Sheng Changbai met Zhao Zongquan without much queuing.
After explaining the cause and effect of the matter in detail, the three people persuaded Zhao Zongquan one after another, and finally Zhao Zongquan agreed to move forward with the matter.
Zhao Zongquan was cautious. If he hadn't brought two foreign aids with him today, Sheng Changbai's memorial might not be passed.
"Leave this matter to General Geng."
In addition to Gu Tingye and Shen Guoshu, the emperor's most trusted confidants were Duan and Geng's two home guards. They were given the title of general and each controlled some troops.
There was no manpower he could trust, so the emperor could only send a few people from his time in Yuzhou.
Although it was a helpless choice, Geng Jiechuan was the emperor's confidant.
He was made a general, his official position was not low, he had military power, and he had nothing to do with the old Bianliang nobles, so he was suitable for arresting people.
Next, the whole Bianliang was rumbled again, and soldiers were everywhere going to arrest people in every house.
This time, because both sides are engaged in expansion, the scope of the impact is wider.
Most of the noble families were implicated, and more or less the family members were sent to prison.
When the children are arrested, the parents and patriarchs will of course be busy trying to get them.
Regardless of whether you seek clarification with the Queen Mother, Empress, or Emperor, you will inevitably have to pay something.
Even if you want to seek refuge and are caught, you will still have to submit some certificate of surrender.
The operation to clean up redundant soldiers has progressed smoothly.
However, the matter of re-recruiting troops to fill the vacancies is actually not that smooth. The general command can only recruit seven to eight people.
There is a serious redundancy of troops in the army, and starvation of pay is a common practice in the entire military system. Another important reason is the lack of money.
Except for a few elite guards who were valued by the emperor, the other armies actually did not receive sufficient military expenditures at all.
The military expenditure allocated by the imperial court could not support sufficient troops and horses, so the army learned to save expenses, starting with reducing the number of troops.
Then the military generals and officers discovered the benefits of taking free money.
The old emperor did not devote enough energy to supervise this matter, and it eventually developed to the current situation.
After doing it again and again, I finally came back to the word money.
In order for the country to increase its income without affecting the current interests of all parties, it can only slowly develop its national strength.
I want to take back the interests that originally belonged to the country from the nobles, officials, businessmen, and landlords.
That would require a thorough reform, and now Zhao Zongquan has just secured his position as emperor.
It is not suitable for such a big thing. Even if you want to carry out some military reforms, you must seize the opportunity of King Yan's forced palace case.
If you want to reform other aspects, you can only wait until the military reform is completed.
No matter what, you have to wait until your fists are hard before you can speak with force.
The court needed stability and was not suitable for causing trouble, so Sheng Changbai entered a state of leisure again.
Go to work like a normal censor, go to the Yamen and click Mao, and then do whatever you want.
It happened to be summer harvest time again, so Sheng Changbai made a few more trips to the farm outside the city.
After this batch of potatoes was harvested again, the number was already quite large, which was enough for small-scale promotion.
The first batch of promotion targets were relatives and close friends at home.
In addition to the reason why the wealth does not flow to other people's fields, these people also trust Sheng Changbai more.
In addition to the original old friends, the Sheng family now has two more in-laws.
Even Ru Lan's Li family and Mo Lan's Wen family, Sheng Changbai also gave each of them hundreds of kilograms of potatoes to use as seeds to plant in their own farms.
"Ru Lan, you don't want to run home all day long. You should stay at home more often. You will have to take over the Li family's business in the future. It's also the summer harvest time, so you have time to go there more.
Go up to Zhuangzi and have a look."
After Li Yu took office and the Li family's parents-in-law returned to Youyang, only Ru Lan was left in Bianliang.
Ru Lan has become a member of the Li family, and Ru Lan no longer has to attend some of the banquets and activities where the women of the Sheng family were invited.
The Li family had no roots in Bianliang, no old friends, and basically no social activities.
As a woman, Ru Lan couldn't stand out all day, go out to hang out in houses, visit temples and Taoist temples. Since there was nothing to do, Ru Lan would often go back to her parents' home.
Sheng Changbai still hopes that Ru Lan will stop running to her parents' house all the time and do some serious work by herself, besides taking care of her dowry.
Ru Lan can also take care of the farm and shops owned by the Li family in the capital.
Ru Lan is not required to have high business capabilities, but for these good industries, normal income must still be guaranteed.
Although the dowry staff provided by the Sheng family to Ru Lan and the management staff left by the Li family were all people the two families could trust.
But Rulan doesn't care at all. Without any supervision, it will easily lead to these people changing their minds and becoming corrupt.
These are some high-quality industries. If there are no natural disasters or man-made disasters, it would be quite embarrassing for the Sheng family if Ru Lan had to pay compensation to the business owner.
Seeing that Ru Lan was still just like at home, not doing anything serious at all, Sheng Changbai couldn't help but want to give her a few words.
Just like Lan's current attitude, she still doesn't know what kind of potatoes she will get from the potatoes sheng Changbai gave her.
"Second brother, it's too boring to be busy with income, expenses, and accounting accounts all day long."
Because Wang Ruofu had the old lady above him, Hai Chaoyun below him, and Lin Zongshuang in the middle to compete with him, he did not dare to let go of the power of housekeeping in the family.
But Ru Lan was obviously different. There was no reason for competition at all, so she regarded the power of housekeeping as a burden and did not want to take care of this business.
"The man takes charge of the outside, the woman takes charge of the house, and it is the woman's job to take charge of the family. There is nothing boring about it. Whether it is the mother or the eldest sister, they are not always doing these things. Your ability to manage the house is inherently important.
Far inferior to my mother and eldest sister, and I don’t care much. Do you want to ruin all the Li family’s fortune in the future? Do you want to compare with Mo Lan in the future, and you will be Aunt Kang? "
Sheng Changbai really had no confidence in Ru Lan's housekeeping abilities.
It was only in the past two years, after she quit her home tutor, that Ru Lan followed Wang Ruofu to learn how to manage a house.
Wang Ruofu's ability as a housekeeper cannot be said to be very good, he just passed the test.
Ru Lan, Wang Ruofu's apprentice, has an average teacher's level, and it is doubtful how much the student can write if he doesn't pay attention.
"She is still in a stalemate with her mother-in-law, how can she compare to my legitimate daughter?"
After the Wen family's youngest son returned to Bianliang, Sheng Hong arranged an errand for the Wen family's young man at the Yamen.
Wenjia Xiaolang did reciprocate the favor and often persuaded his mother.
With Wen's young man hanging around among them, Mo Lan's life became a little easier.
The direct conflicts with her mother-in-law have been greatly reduced, and Wen's mother-in-law has also reduced many unreasonable demands on Mo Lan.
Now the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is relatively peaceful.
Although I can't say how good it is, it has basically returned to the normal state where mother-in-law and daughter-in-law don't like each other and still accommodate each other.
When Mo Lan returned to her parents' home, she did not continue to grimace.
Seeing that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have reached a certain balance, Mo Lan has no need to get rid of her mother-in-law, and Sheng Changbai feels relieved.
"When my mother married my father, she was far inferior to Aunt Kang in all aspects. If you look at it now, who would say that Aunt Kang married better."
Although Aunt Kang is a terrible person, she still has a role. She can be used as a negative example among relatives, and she can always alert the Lan family.
The Kang family's decline is so severe, it has the biggest relationship with Uncle Kang.
Lao Kang was lustful, which was not a big problem in this era. However, Lao Kang engaged in promiscuity during the period of filial piety, made his concubine pregnant, violated etiquette, violated filial piety, ruined his character, and ruined his own future.
During this transition of imperial power, Lao Kang was constantly jumping up and down, looking for ways to move around, hoping to be transferred to a position of real power.
Even Sheng Hong couldn't save his face and recommended Lao Kang to Zhao Zongquan again.
But people like Lao Kang have lost their character, and even Zhao Zong, who is in urgent need of manpower, is unwilling to use them.
Lao Kang spent a lot of time looking for people and spending a lot of money, but he still wasn't activated.
If Lao Kang bears two-thirds of the responsibility for the decline of the Kang family, the remaining one-third of the responsibility belongs to Aunt Kang.
Failure to restrain a man is a big mistake, and failure to manage a family business is another failure.
He lost the family's power, lost all his family property, and completely ruined the Kang family.
"As a eldest lady, if you can't take care of your family well, your family fortune will fall into ruin in the blink of an eye. Don't think that you can still be like your family after you get married." Sheng Changbai continued.
One wife can bring prosperity to three generations, which is enough to illustrate the importance of women in the family.
I don’t expect Rulan to be like the old lady at home, but I also can’t see the women in the family becoming worse than the previous generation.
Wang Ruofu is far inferior to the old lady, and Ru Lan is even inferior to Wang Ruofu.
Normal housekeepers and directors are not willing to do it.
After giving Ru Lan a lesson, he asked Ru Lan to go to the farm and watch after Xia harvested.
Sheng Changbai felt that the mission of Qi Jia had taken another step forward, and he felt much relieved.
Family affairs and official affairs were taken care of, but Sheng Changbai still focused on the court.
Regardless of whether it is the Queen Mother or the Emperor, when they are involved in a big conspiracy, it is very lively for both parties, and it will not make people feel bored at all.
After another day at the office, Gu Tingye stopped Sheng Changbai:
"Zecheng, Zecheng, wait for me, let's go have a drink together!"
"Why are you going to drink for no reason?"
After all, he is already a big boss in the army and has a lot of affairs in the army. Gu Tingye is actually not that free.
It won't be the same as when I was an idler, asking people to drink when I met them.
"It's a good thing that the Queen Mother returned the jade seal to the official family." Gu Tingye said with a proud smile.
"Really or not, if the Queen Mother is willing to hand over the jade seal, how can there be such a big fuss in the court?"
The emperor and the queen mother fought so fiercely because they were fighting for the rights in their hands.
If the Queen Mother were willing to delegate power, the current disputes in the court would completely disappear.
"Of course the Queen Mother doesn't want to take the initiative to return the jade seal. I earned it back through trickery." Gu Tingye explained the process in a low voice.
This matter was actually Gu Tingye giving the emperor a sexy idea.
Zhao Zongquan was asked to borrow the jade seal from the Queen Mother in the name of going out of the city to the Taoist temple to pray for rain.
Then there was Liu Bei who borrowed money from Jingzhou and never returned it.
It was the emperor, the prime minister, and Gu Tingye who cooperated to get rid of the scoundrels and bully the old widow, the Queen Mother.
"Let me tell you what's good about you."
Sheng Changbai really didn't know what to say. If he said what he wanted to say, he would get into trouble.
Even if the emperor should take back the jade seal, Gu Tingye, the emperor, and the prime minister were too shameless.
The moral bottom line of these three people is too flexible. People who do not follow martial ethics are still very scary.
"I have no choice but to do so. This is the most peaceful way to get the jade seal back."
Gu Tingye still felt a little complacent.
I don't understand that teaching the emperor to do things like this will leave troubles in the future. After a person's bottom line is exceeded, it will get lower and lower.
An emperor who is immoral, has no bottom line, and does not follow rules is not a good thing no matter how you look at it.
Maybe Gu Tingye thought that such an emperor was very flexible and very good.
But it is impossible for Sheng Changbai to think so. Sheng Changbai is a serious civil servant who develops step by step.
Those who stood were the scholar-bureaucrats, whose interests and foundation were different from those of the emperor's favorites like Gu Tingye.
"Okay, that's it for now. Don't tell anyone else about it."
This thing belongs to the dark history of the emperor and prime minister, and it must not be publicized.
People can be shameless, but they definitely don’t want their shameless behavior to be known to others.
Not to mention that these two people are emperors and prime ministers. After their shameless behavior spreads, it will be recorded in history books and admired by countless people in future generations.
"Don't worry, I'm sensible, so I'll just leave it to you alone."
"No wonder you didn't find someone else to have a drink with today."
Sheng Changbai understood a little bit of Gu Tingye's mind.
Gu Er felt that he had helped the emperor get the jade seal back, and he had successfully accomplished a big event.
It’s not easy to publicize this matter to others, but if you don’t show it off, it will be uncomfortable to hold it in.
I shared it with the strict-mouthed Sheng Changbai.
No matter how dirty the method was, the emperor got the jade seal back.
There were less constraints from the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother still wanted to dominate the government, so she could only use her status to suppress others.
Now in the court, the combination of the emperor and the prime minister can be said to have the upper hand.
Zhao Zongquan and the Queen Mother won another round of power struggle.