"Everyone else should leave! Hong Xi, Zhang Yan, Hou Yong and Xu Huizu are staying!"
Zhu Yunxi's first court meeting in front of the imperial court after returning to Beijing lasted for two hours, but according to his usual nature, the meeting had to be dismissed before dinner.
Like the old man, he, the emperor, rarely rewards his ministers with meals. He is not stingy and reluctant to part with food and wine.
It's about rewarding this thing. The more times you reward it, the less rare it becomes. Otherwise, why was Li Zhigang so happy that he was as happy as smoke rising from his ancestral grave when he could have dinner with him for the first time?
This is also part of the emperor's mentality.
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It is said that Li Zhigang was immersed in great joy and excitement, but suddenly the emperor expelled people, but also kept them.
And... what he couldn't accept was that he was not kept.
"Why didn't the emperor keep me?" Li Zhigang lowered his head and walked out gloomily, "What is he going to tell Mr. Zhang and the others?"
At this time, he felt extremely frustrated. He had thought that he was the core minister of the first echelon of the Ming Empire, but suddenly he felt that he seemed to be far away from that position.
"What are you thinking about?"
Li Zhigang was walking forward with his head lowered and full of thoughts, when a voice suddenly came from behind him.
Then he turned around and forced a smile, "Mr. Cao Guo!"
"Li Shaobao!" Li Jinglong smiled.
In the past, this title always made Li Zhigang smile, but now he...
"Isn't Shaobao a little too young?" he thought to himself.
"What are you thinking about?" Li Jinglong looked at him sideways, "You were fine just now, why are you so depressed now?"
Li Zhigang forced out a smile again, "No..."
"You have to make arrangements for lunch!" Li Jinglong smiled again, "I just returned to Beijing, you, who are my friends, can't you help me?"
"Arrange, arrange!" Li Zhigang cheered up, "Where to eat?"
"It's not Lao Li!" Li Jinglong changed his name to an intimate name and whispered, "What's wrong? Are you unhappy? Is there any difficulty? Just tell me if you are, why are you being polite to me?"
At this time, the two of them walked out of the corridor outside Qianqing Palace and walked in the corridor leading to the outside of the palace. They were alone.
"I just..." Li Zhigang thought about it, "Tell me, why did the emperor keep a few of them?"
"Ha!" Li Jinglong thought to himself, "Is this a taste of something? Haha, why are you, Li Zhigang, acting like a jealous concubine? You are worrying about gains and losses when you stay with someone else?"
He thought so in his heart, but he could never say it with his mouth.
"How could I know where to go!" Li Jinglong said with a smile, "Oh, Your Majesty, why do they need to inform you?"
"No, no, that's not what I meant!" Li Zhigang waved his hands hurriedly.
"I understand!" Li Jinglong smiled and whispered, "Do you know why the emperor kept the three of them and no one else?"
Li Zhigang immediately listened attentively.
"Qualifications!" Li Jinglong smiled again, "You, the time you have been in charge of the center is too short after all. Moreover, your current errands are mainly in the Customs and Taxation Department. I leave you to tell you some things, and you can also help.
Don’t get started!”
"Why can't I help?" Li Zhigang was anxious.
"Didn't you leave me alone?" Li Jinglong smiled.
After saying this, Li Zhigang's mood suddenly improved again.
Yes, Duke Cao Guo didn’t even stay!
"I guess they are talking about how to select officials after the conquest of the south!" Li Jinglong said casually, then looked at Li Zhigang, "You are just too thoughtful! Oh, the emperor just gave you two personnel powers, and also
Not enough for you?"
Li Zhigang's face turned red, and he said shyly and proudly, "Where is that?"
"Officials from the taxation departments in various places are highly qualified in their official positions, and the censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate have also been promoted exceptionally!" Li Jinglong laughed in a low voice, "I am jealous of these two powers!"
"Haha!" Li Zhigang pursed his lips, but his heart suddenly became wary.
"What do you mean when you look jealous? Do you want to fight with me?" He thought to himself.
At this moment, I heard Li Jinglong continue to laugh and say, "In a few years, these people you promoted will have a smooth career and be in high positions! Haha, the current Li Shaobao may be the old Li Ge by then!"
"Ah? Hahaha!"
Li Zhigang laughed heartily, "Where, where, where, where, don't dare!"
Mr. Li Ge!
This word sounds much better than Li Shaobao!
Disciples and former officials are everywhere in the world!
"Maybe then I will!" Li Jinglong smiled again, "I will have to rely on you!"
"It depends on what you said!" Li Zhigang laughed, "Haha! Well... I won't eat out at noon. I won't stop. Just go to my house. My house is clean!"
By this time, they had already left the Meridian Gate.
After leaving the Meridian Gate, servants from each family rushed to greet them.
Li Zhigang directly ordered Chang Sui, "Go to the seafood shop..."
The place he was talking about was a private restaurant specializing in seafood.
"Let them go out of business today!" Li Zhigang continued, "On the stove are the master and the waiter, who came to our house to organize the banquet with them!"
Immediately, he turned back to Li Jinglong and smiled, "I know you love seafood, but now is the time when the crabs are fat..."
"No, no, no, let's find another one!" Unexpectedly, Li Jinglong waved his hand and frowned, "I heard people say that if you eat too much in the sea, you will turn into a bat!"
Li Zhigang was stunned, what kind of explanation is this?
"Roast the whole lamb!" Li Jinglong smiled, and then waved Li Xiaowai over, "Go to our village and hand over those Tatars who know how to roast lamb..."
As he said this, he thought for a while and said, "Get another camel and bake it together!"
"Master!" Li Zhigang smiled bitterly, "Just the two of us...can we eat so much?"
"Hi! Just a taste!" Li Jinglong waved his hand.
"That's too expensive!"
Li Zhigang came from a wealthy family, and his daily diet and daily life were first-class and exquisite.
But exquisiteness does not mean luxury like Li Jinglong... The food at his home is just enough to eat, and there is no extravagance or waste.
But Li Jinglong, just hearing those words made him want to be scolded.
A camel, a roasted sheep, two people, how about a taste?
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The carriage started moving slowly.
Smooth and comfortable.
Li Jinglong didn't ride in the same carriage as Li Zhigang, and people outside Meridian Gate were very open-minded. He could get close to Li Zhigang, but he must not let outsiders think that they were in the same group.
"The emperor has left Zhang Yan, Hou Yong, Fatty Fatty and Xu Huizu?" Li Jinglong was also thinking about this question in his mind, "What are you going to say?"
Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he understood.
The damn fat man is the head of the ministers in the South Study, and there are many things that cannot be avoided by him. Moreover, it is only through his status as the king's minister that it is most appropriate for him to endorse the emperor for many things.
Xu Huizu is now in charge of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army, and the transfer of local military attachés is inseparable from him.
But this does not mean that the emperor wants to treat the local military attachés.
From another level, local military attachés were the best candidates to maintain stability when the court mobilized or weakened those feudal officials on a large scale.
As for Zhang Yan and Hou Yong, they both served as governors of a province and frontiers for many years.
In other words, the emperor is going to attack the chief secretaries of every province in the world.
The great officials of the border areas, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, but they can cover the sky with one hand in the local area!
The Ming Dynasty overthrew the Yuan Dynasty, but in terms of political structure, it did not completely negate the Yuan Dynasty.
Not only was the provincial division model inherited, but it also gave local chief secretaries great powers.
"Little crooked!" After thinking about this, Li Jinglong said through the window.
"Master, tell me!" Li Xiaowai rode a horse and came over.
"I'll go back and tell the housekeeper later that I won't see any outsiders these days! Remember, no matter who comes, they will tell me that I am not at home. Also, you are not allowed to keep other people's things. Do you understand?"
"I understand, I will go and tell you what you said!"
This chapter has been completed!