Xu Guan shrugged and said: "I thought Anping Hou Zhao Tan could be qualified to oversee the Luocheng area of ​​Sanchuan County. This man is brave and courageous and has a straightforward personality. He will not have any trouble with Chuanluo..."

Hearing this, Lin Yuyang, Li Liang and others remained silent.

Don't think that these ministers don't have selfish motives. In fact, they do. Of course, their selfish motives are not wealth, but another level of selfishness, such as making the noble family stronger.

Among the children of the Zhao family, most people feel that the Wei Kingdom belongs to them, but the gentry do not see it this way. In the eyes of the latter, the Zhao family is the Zhao family, the royal family is the royal family, and the country is the country. They cannot be confused.

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Over the years, due to the large number of wealthy, poor, and even ordinary people who have become ministers of the court through examinations, the Zhao family Wanggui has gradually lost control of the country - the Zhao family Wanggui here refers to

Branches other than the direct line of the royal family.

Except for the Zongfu area, almost all of the imperial court has been occupied by the gentry. Therefore, the gentry generally believe that the era has come when their gentry will replace the Zhao family and Wang Gui. However, it is a pity that the Zhao family and Wang Gui are a branch of the royal family after all.

Like Zhao Tan, King of Chengling, Zhao Tan, Marquis of Anping, Zhao Anding, Marquis of Shangliang, etc., there are still many Zhao family nobles who hold great power and compete with the rapidly rising gentry.

In the eyes of the gentry, the nobles of the Zhao family who enjoy various privileges are not welcome. Even though some nobles of the Zhao family, such as Chengling King Zhao Shen, etc., have contributed a lot to the country, the gentry still feel that although these people

They exerted their efforts, but they got more - these people are like vines. Although they also help the big tree to drive away insects, they themselves are also absorbing the nutrients of the big tree. If they turn a blind eye to this, the vines will eventually destroy the big tree.

withered.

Therefore, although the Zhao family and Wang Gui have been constantly grabbing power and reaping benefits over the years, the nobles in the court are also suppressing them intentionally or unintentionally.

For example, at the moment, Yu Ziqi said calmly: "I thought that Kou Zheng from the Fenyin Order has outstanding talents and outstanding political achievements, so he can serve as the Ling Yin of Sichuan Luo."

Who is Kou Zheng? He is a true commoner. As long as he is not from the Zhao family, no matter whether he is from a noble family, a poor family or a commoner, once he enters an official career, he can be included in the gentry and become one of them. "PS: Actually,

There were also conflicts within the gentry, such as between aristocratic families and poor families, and among common people, but the main contradiction in this period was between the royal family and the gentry, which can be regarded as the conflict between the privileged class and the ordinary bureaucratic class."

After all, with Kou Zheng's ability, it is inevitable to open up a family in the future.

In the same way, the same is true for Jie Ziyu, Wen Qi and others.

"Isn't this appropriate?" Li Liang frowned and said, "Fenyin Ling Kou Zheng is the minister of the Inner Dynasty appointed by His Majesty. At the moment, he is just put in a place to hone his skills..."

"The Ling Yin of Chuanluo is also an excellent place for training." Yu Ziqi said with a smile.

After Zhao Tan and Kou Zheng, the ministers of the Inner Dynasty recommended several suitable candidates. Among these candidates, there were not only nobles of the Zhao family, but also children of the gentry. This is no wonder, after all, these ministers of the Inner Dynasty also had

Their respective interpersonal relationships are like Xu Guan, the former Minister of War, who had a good personal relationship with Anping Marquis Zhao Tan.

After many discussions, the ministers in the inner court were still undecided. In this case, they immediately thought of the new king Zhao Run.

This is the rule of the inner court: all matters that can be decided by the inner court shall be decided by the inner court; if the inner court cannot decide after consultation, the decision shall be made by the new king.

"Let me report this matter to Your Majesty."

Du You, the Minister of Rites, took over the matter, and then added in an unclear tone: "By the way, I'm going to check on His Majesty's condition."

Amid the knowing smiles of the ministers, Du You, the Minister of Rites, left the Chui Gong Hall.

At this time, just as Du You had guessed, Zhao Hongrun was lying on a deck chair in the imperial garden, lazily basking in the sun, listening to the eunuch Gao He report on what he had seen this morning.

It has to be said that with the presence of mature and prudent ministers like Du You, Zhao Hongrun is quite reassured about state affairs. The reason why he asked Gao He was just to see how the ministers in the DPRK would react to the fact that he was "unfortunately ill" again.

——And the facts prove that the courtiers are not surprised by this.

This is very good!

Zhao Hongrun thought that given time, even if he was "sick all year round", the government affairs of the DPRK and China would not be delayed because of this.

"father."

With a milky cry, Zhao Hongrun's eldest son Zhao Wei ran up to him and raised his right hand, as if he wanted to hand something to Zhao Hongrun.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun spread his hands and immediately felt a cold and slippery feeling in his palms.

If you look closely, you will see that it is a writhing earthworm. It is very ugly.

"Your Highness, you... how could you..."

A palace maid who was following Zhao Wei saw this scene and felt panicked for no reason.

But to the maid's surprise, Zhao Hongrun showed no angry expression at all on his face, but instead looked nostalgic.

He touched the head of his eldest son Zhao Wei with his other hand and asked with a smile: "Weier, do you know the name of this thing?"

Zhao Wei was less than three years old this year, and he couldn't even speak clearly. He didn't know so much, so he shook his head with a dull expression.

However, before Zhao Hongrun could speak, he heard his second son Zhao Chuan shouting something unknown in the distance, and then he saw his eldest son Zhao Wei in front of him yelling and running away. This made the palace maid even more frightened, and asked her repeatedly.

Zhao Hongrun pleads guilty.

Waving his hand to signal the palace maid to follow his eldest son Zhao Wei, Zhao Hongrun said with some nostalgia: "When I was young, I also teased Uncle Six like this..."

After saying this, there was no response for a long time. Zhao Hongrun glanced left and right subconsciously, and then he realized that he was only surrounded by the eunuch Gao He, his concubine Zhao Que, and Yan Shun and Tong Xin, two guards from the Imperial Guard Division.

The elders, like Lu Mu and Mu Qing, who were already accustomed to praise him, are now serving in the Imperial Guard and are no longer around.

This made Zhao Hongrun feel a little depressed.

Fortunately, the eunuch Gao He was good at observing people's emotions. He understood Zhao Hongrun's expression and asked from the side: "Is your Majesty referring to Prince Yi?"

This finally allowed Zhao Hongrun to continue the topic.

"Yes." Zhao Hongrun nodded with a smile and said, "But when I teased Uncle Six, I was older than this kid..."

When he said these words, Zhao Hongrun was inevitably a little confused.

More than ten or twenty years ago, the eighth prince, who had a lot of misdeeds in the palace, is now married and has several children.

On the contrary, more than ten or twenty years later, among those close to him, his sixth uncle passed away and his father also passed away, which made Zhao Hongrun quite emotional.

His son's pranks reminded him of his past self.

He knew very well that sometimes that kind of prank might be to attract other people's attention.

Because of his personal experience, Zhao Hongrun now often accompanies his wife and children when he is not busy with government affairs. Just as his father said before his death, do not follow his old path and neglect the government affairs because of diligence.

family.

However, such a leisurely life made him miss the days when he was young and teased his sixth uncle, and later started the so-called "father-son war" with his father.

Thinking back on it carefully, it was really an interesting and memorable memory.

It's a pity that at this moment, the eunuch Gao He's words broke Zhao Hongrun's memory of the beautiful memories: "Your Majesty, Du Shangshu is here."

"What?"

Zhao Hongrun glanced into the distance subconsciously, and sure enough he saw Du You, the Minister of Rites, walking towards him. He immediately pretended to be helpless because of his illness.

"Old minister Du You, I would like to pay my respects to Your Majesty." After approaching Zhao Hongrun, Du You, the Minister of Rites, cupped his hands and saluted.

"It's Du Aiqing." Zhao Hongrun, who was pretending to be weak, opened his eyes, coughed twice on purpose, and asked, "Du Aiqing has been working hard these days."

"Hey." Du You smiled vaguely.

In fact, both the emperor and the minister knew what was going on. Therefore, when he heard Du You's unknown laughter, Zhao Hongrun could not help but feel guilty and embarrassed. He coughed and immediately changed the subject: "Du Aiqing is here.

Is there something important?"

Du You stared at Zhao Hongrun twice, but in the end he still did not expose the new king in front of him for pretending to be ill. He pretended not to know and said: "Your Majesty, the "Eastern people's migration to the west" has achieved results. The imperial court believes that,

When several ministers were sent to Sanchuan to guide the relocated people to settle there, so as not to disrupt the order and conflict with the local Sichuan people..." As he said that, he took out a list from his arms and handed it to Zhao Hongrun: "This is

This is a list drawn up by the inner court, please make your decision."

"So that's what happened..."

As soon as he heard that Du You was not just looking for trouble, Zhao Hongrun felt much more relaxed. He took a look at the list and said, "Let's take Zhao Tan, the Marquis of Anping. This man is brave and courageous. It's a pity to leave him idle."

Okay, and as far as I know, Anpinghou has a good drinker, and he must be able to get along well with the leaders of Chuanluo... I named him the "Supervisor of Chuanluo" and took the post of captain. As for the internal affairs of Sanchuan County, the court temporarily

Don't interfere."

"Yes!" Du You nodded knowingly, standing next to Zhao Hongrun's recliner, looking at the princes and princesses bouncing in the distance, a look of kindness on his face, as if he was looking at the future of his Wei Kingdom.

However, after glancing at Zhao Hongrun, the smile on Du Shangshu's face faded by half.

"Your Majesty, for some things it is better to stop in moderation. Going too far will be bad, what do you think?"

"Uh... what Du Aiqing said is absolutely true."
Chapter completed!