Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

Chapter 101

The resignation of Chief Assistant Zhang Yifeng triggered a series of chain reactions. Officials, large and small, were implicated in countless dismissals.Among the seven cabinet ministers, three were dismissed from office and exiled for forming a party with Zhang Yifeng for personal gain, implicating the clansmen.

For the first time, the ministers saw the thunderous method of trusting the emperor, and they were so shocked that they could not recover for a long time.

Li Zhao took the opportunity to become his confidant in important departments, and further strengthened his control over the court.

Lin Ruhai was promoted to be a Grand Master of the Diange University and concurrently a junior teacher of the Prince, and officially entered the cabinet.

The vacancies of the other two cabinet scholars were not filled for a while because of the disagreement between the emperor and the emperor.Therefore, there are only five ministers in the cabinet now. The chief assistant is called Zhang Shouzhong, who is also an old minister of the Supreme Emperor. He is 65 years old.

Among several cabinet ministers, only Lin Ruhai can be regarded as the new emperor's confidant.But Lin Ruhai's qualifications are still too young to be the chief assistant, so Li Zhao pushed Zhang Shouzhong out.Although he is an old minister of the Supreme Emperor, he has a heart of reverence for the new regime, and he is much more tactful than Zhang Yifeng. Among the veterans, he is more respectful to Li Zhao, and he does not rely on the old to sell the old. At least he listens to Li Zhao's orders , I don't want other cabinet ministers, just obedient and obedient.

Moreover, the promotion of this person is acceptable to the Supreme Emperor.

Among the cabinet ministers, Lin Ruhai is the youngest, and the rest are all past their sixties.Lin Ruhai's ascension has inspired many young people, as if silently swearing that the era of the Supreme Emperor is over, and that it will be the "Zhenyuan" year instead of the "Changxing" of the Supreme Emperor.

The action of assessing officials is still in full swing. Li Xu wakes up early and stays late every day, and puts tremendous pressure on the officials who come from all over the place to assess the pros and cons of the grades. After coming down, people lost a lot of weight.

Entering the palace on this day, Li Xu reported the achievements of recent days to the emperor.

After Li Zhao looked at it, he played together and slowly stepped down from the throne.

"Little brother." He called out, his eyes revealed the domineering and firmness of an emperor, and his voice was sonorous and powerful:

"Although the purpose of this move is to abolish officials, improve the efficiency of the court and the government, and reduce expenditures, it cannot be used as a means of abolishing officials blindly. All officials who came to power through nepotism and idle around are all abolished. Although the rest have certain Ability to handle affairs, but has not been seen in a position for several years, especially local officials, who have no achievements to the people, and it is not a problem to abolish or demote officials according to their assessment levels. But for those who are really talented Ministers with outstanding political achievements, or capable ministers who are praised by the people, not only cannot be dismissed, but they must be greatly rewarded, promoted, and let them continue to contribute to the court in better positions. Our officials are not many, but Little, do you understand?"

Li Xu cupped his hands and said, "Brother Huang please enlighten me."

Li Zhaodao: "I read the history books and found that all the monarchs who have seen the tree in the past dynasties have a common characteristic, that is, they are thirsty for talents. In the past dynasties, in any prosperous age, there are not only Mingjun, but also a large group of people. A good minister. No matter how powerful a king is, how many strategies he can have, and how many things he can handle in a day? After all, they are all limited. Therefore, a large group of capable ministers are needed to help him. The court is short of officials, very short of them! But what is lacking is not those mediocre and corrupt officials who only know how to exploit and fill their belts, but good officials who are truly concerned about the world's worries, share the worries of the monarch, and benefit the people. Therefore, we still need a large number of officials. Talent requires a lot of good officials!"

After hearing the words, Li Xu was greatly encouraged. He fell to his knees in high spirits and congratulated: "Brother Huang has such an idea, it is really a blessing for all people!"

Li Zhao hurriedly helped Li Xu up, "Little brother, get up quickly, there is no need to be like this."

Li Xu was shocked by what he said about such a heroic talent, so he knelt down to congratulate him unconsciously, but when he calmed down, he felt a little too formal.Since he was a child, he and the emperor's brother depended on each other for life, and their relationship was much deeper than that of ordinary brothers. Even after the emperor's brother ascended the throne and became emperor, he was not alienated.So the two of them didn't get along like a monarch and ministers, but more like brothers in ordinary people's families. Except in court, he seldom made big salutes to the emperor's brother on weekdays, and usually it was family salutes.It was a bit awkward to subconsciously perform such a big gift today.

So when Li Zhao pulled, Li Xu followed his strength and stood up.

Li Zhao patted Li Xu on the shoulder, and was about to turn around and walk to the throne, when his eyes caught Zhou Hang looking at him with his head tilted beside the pillar of the main hall, with doubts hidden in his eyes, as if he was in deep thought.

Li Zhao called out "Hang'er" and looked back at Wei Xing'an with cold eyes.

Wei Xingan subconsciously shook his body, almost kneeling on the ground.Your Majesty, it's not that the slaves didn't report, it's because you told Prince Jing that you were working hard when the Crown Prince came down, and His Royal Highness didn't let the slaves report.His Royal Highness is the master, the slave is just a slave, the slave dare not not listen to the master's words, so the slave is also very wronged!

Seemingly noticing his embarrassment, Zhou Hang stepped forward and cupped his hands, "I've seen Father." Then he cupped his hands to Li Xu who was staring at him, "Hi, Uncle Huang."

Then he looked at Li Zhao again, and said with a smile, "Father, don't blame Eunuch Wei, it's my servant who didn't let him disturb the conversation between Father and Uncle."

"So, you heard everything I told your uncle?"

Zhou Hang nodded.

Li Zhaodao: "It's good to hear it. In the future, when you govern the country, you must also remember that talents are the most important at any time. It is better to have more talents than less, just like reading as many books as possible. Otherwise, you will hate books when they are used up." Few, if you hold Buddha's feet temporarily, there will inevitably be big troubles. The same is true for governing the country. Talents must be reserved at all times, and talents from all walks of life will not be stretched when they are used in this way."

Zhou Hang stepped forward, pouting his lips in displeasure, "Father, Mr. Lin has said these great principles eight hundred times, and it's so easy that I've just cleared my ears, and you come to read them again!"

Seeing Zhou Hang approaching, Li Zhao took his shoulders, "You are the prince, it is good to listen to the truth."

Li Xu winked very much, and wanted to cultivate the relationship between father and son, so he shouldn't be an eyesore here.So, he asked to resign, and the emperor readily agreed.The father and son sat together and talked for a while, then Li Zhao asked Zhou Hang what book he was studying recently, and then tested his knowledge.Zhou Hang said that he was studying "Six Secret Teachings" and "Three Strategies". "Six Secret Teachings" and "Three Strategies" not only involved the art of war, but also included politics. Just right.

Exam Zhou Hang's knowledge, answers are also very smooth, many things also have their own unique insights.

Li Zhao was very happy and praised Lin Ruhai for teaching well.

Zhou Hang complained half-truthfully about Lin Ruhai's strictness. Li Zhaoming knew that Lin Ruhai's strictness was for his own good, for the sake of the imperial court, and for the people of the world. Moreover, Zhou Hang also flattered Lin Ruhai very much, so there was no sign of disgust.But he deliberately said: "It's not good for you to despise Lin Ruhai, how about changing your honesty for your father?"

Zhou Hang was so frightened that he almost spit out the half cup of tea that he had just put into his mouth. He swallowed the tea in his mouth with his neck straightened, and coughed again and again due to choking.Seeing his son's face flushed from choking, Li Zhao felt a little distressed, and went up to pat him on the back.

Zhou Hang choked for a long time before raising his head, and said, "Ahem, no need, Father, Mr. Lin is fine..."

Can Lin Ruhai be changed at will? That's Sister Lin's father.Let sister Lin know that she should be angry and ignore him again, okay?

He was not afraid of Zhou Tiantian, but he was afraid that sister Lin would be angry, which was more painful than that knife gouging out his heart.

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The sudden emergence of Lin Ruhai has aroused the envy of the high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital, as well as the common people.From the emperor's favored minister to the current emperor's favorite minister, from inspecting the salt censor to the prince's young teacher, to the cabinet minister, and now even his only daughter has been hired by the current emperor as the prince's concubine. Two, it has become the new expensive cooking oil in the capital.

But envy is useless, not everyone has that kind of luck.

The Lin Mansion suddenly became lively, with a lot of traffic and visitors.

Lin Ruhai is often on duty in the palace, and has no time to receive these visitors who have broken through the threshold.So many people didn't see Lin Ruhai when they came. Even if they sent greeting cards through the concierge, most of Lin Ruhai didn't see him.Even whether the white invitation can be delivered to Lin Ruhai in the end is still unknown.It is said that there was a small official from Hainan who wanted to follow Lin Ruhai's footsteps. He came to Lin's mansion every day to pay his respects, and gave the concierge countless gifts.

Later, the visitors thought of a workaround. Instead of coming in person, they asked their family members to come.

Isn't Lin Ruhai not at home, but it's not that he is the only master of the Lin family, doesn't he still think of a girl, and this girl is also of extraordinary status, the future princess, if she can be on the tower's line, there will be endless possibilities The benefits!

If there are female relatives visiting, it is natural that Daiyu will receive them, but do you want to see the future crown princess?

Obviously not!

The noble ladies who can see Daiyu must at least be the wives of aristocratic families, or at least the family members of senior officials above the third rank.

The most indispensable thing in the capital is high-ranking officials from aristocratic families, and most of them yearn to climb to high places.Calculated in this way, Zire is not uncommon, and it is not easy to receive so many people rushing to visit.In less than a month, Daiyu also felt a little unbearable, and simply closed the door to thank the guests on the grounds that she occasionally felt unwell due to the wind and cold, thus stealing half a day of leisure.

The nuns, female officials, and maids sent by the palace began to perform their duties formally, and taught Daiyu as a serious royal daughter-in-law.All kinds of rules and etiquette are very cumbersome, and outsiders are naturally not seen, and even meeting Lin Ruhai is not as convenient as before.

Daiyu learned the rules for a day, and was so tired that her bones were about to fall apart. In the evening, she lay on the bed and Huier pinched her legs.Before she knew it, a little paper man climbed onto her wrist from her cuff, and Daiyu knew that it was Zhou Hang who had sent another message, so she cleared her throat and said, "Hui'er, you go down first, let me stay by myself for a while."

Hui'er said "yes", bowed and stepped back.

Only then did Daiyu take the villain off his wrist and put it on the neatly folded quilt.

The villain told Daiyu that the latest batch of abolition lists had come out, including Jia Zheng's name.Daiyu bit her lip, thinking, the second uncle is grandmother's beloved son, she might not be pure again.