On April 1st, a routine court meeting day.

The three dukes and nine ministers, and even the inner court controlled by the ten regular attendants, all the ministers and officials of the Shaofu gathered in the Deyang Hall of the Nangong Hall to participate in the court discussion.

To be precise, it is "collected discussion" - there are two types of court discussions. If the emperor personally participates, and if the emperor is corrected by the emperor, the minister is called "collected discussion". Only the officials discuss it themselves, and finally the result is released and the emperor is filed, which is called "collected discussion".

Liu Hong has rarely participated in court meetings in recent years, and of course he has not come today, so the ministers have long been used to it.

But as long as the emperor finally stamped the seal and confirmed it, the ministers cannot accuse the emperor of "not diligent in office". As for whether this seal was stamped by Liu Hong or Zhang asked Zhao Zhong to help, foreign ministers did not know.

Perhaps it is the relationship between the issues. In recent issues, the ten regular attendants and their minions have been relatively restrained, and the issues advocated by the ministers have also been quickly passed.

Because it is now a "period of enlargement of thieves", the court needs to discuss many personnel work that will suppress the rebellion and stabilize the situation. The direct lineages under the Ten Constables are generally not as good as foreign ministers, and they always have to lie dormant at this time.

As the final "Minutes of the Collective Meeting" were confiscated and sent to the inner palace for the emperor to register and confirm, many court officials breathed a sigh of relief.

However, in theory, they cannot disperse immediately. They have to wait until the "meeting minutes" is sent to the inner palace and His Majesty uses the seal according to the process before the collective discussion is officially over. Therefore, the relaxed ministers whisper in the Deyang Palace.

"Zi Gan, it seems that the ten regular attendants have been restrained recently. All our appointment requests have been approved. Finally, it is a blessing for the Han Dynasty. They did not interfere when they were on the general." Shangshu Zheng Tai whispered in a low voice to his colleague Lu Zhi with glory.

Lu Zhi seemed less optimistic. He sighed worriedly: "You are still young in public business - three years ago, when the Yellow Turban thieves first emerged, they were also lurking in minions and enduring.

At that time, I asked Your Majesty to abolish the Party and appoint Qingliu, and at first they were corrected. But what about half a year later? When I and Zhang Jiao fought with Guangzong, how did Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong send Zuo Feng and other thieves to deceive their superiors and conceal their subordinates and take credit for merits! If Huangfu Song had not turned the tide and collapsed, the consequences of that year would have been unimaginable."

When Zheng Tai heard this, he immediately remained silent and was poured with cold water on his head.

His qualifications are shorter than Lu Zhi. When the Yellow Turban Thief broke out three years ago, he was not a minister, so when Lu Zhi asked a lesson from the old story, he couldn't answer.

But this did not prevent him from immersing in the dark prospects depicted by Lu Zhi, and being in a heavy mood with Lu Zhi.

The Ten Eunuchs will always be active when the official army and the rebels enter the late stage of the stalemate and are about to launch a strategic counterattack. They will go down the mountain to pick peaches and make more votes when they are given credit!

The heavy sighs of the two soon attracted other idle court officials.

A high-ranking official in the nine ministers came over and said in a tone of guidance: "Son-in-law, why should you pay attention to your ambitions? Whoever is the upright people in the court learn from the lessons three years ago?"

You have also heard just now. Last month, the general asked His Majesty to give Qiang Qu Shanyu an imperial edict to Qiang Qu Shanyu. Qiang Qu Shanyu has replied that he will ignite the Southern Xiongnu cavalry to go south and will be able to help in Youzhou in more than a month. In this attack on Zhang Chun, the court will use all its strength, and the lion fights against the rabbit, and will not give Zhang Chun a chance to stalemate for a long time! We will definitely be able to win the victory before the Ten Eunuchs seize the merits!"

Lu Zhi and Zheng Tai immediately turned around and responded respectfully. It turned out that the person who spoke was Huang Wan of Shaofu.

Many people tend to confuse the "Shangshu" of the Han Dynasty with the Shangshu in the later period of the "Three Provinces and Six Ministry Systems" of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, thinking that the Shangshu was a very high official.

But in fact, the Han Dynasty's Shangshu was only 600 stones at the beginning, and was an official under the name of "Shaofu", one of the nine ministers. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, the Shaofu was in charge of the inner court, with "Six Caos" under it, and each Cao had a Shangshu.

However, later, the power of the inner court gradually expanded, so the actual power of the Shangshu gradually expanded, and the salary level gradually increased. Later, some three ministers and nine ministers would hold a part-time job of "recording the Shangshu affairs", that is, they had the status of an outer court official and an inner court official at the same time. At this time, the talented people who became Shangshu became more noble.

However, Lu Zhi and Zheng Tai both had only one "Shangshu" in them, rather than the Nine Ministers and the "recording the affairs of the Shangshu".

Therefore, Lu Zhi's official position is not as high as many people imagine. He has to be polite when seeing Huang Wan of Shaofu.

Lu Zhi quickly replied: "I hope it will be as expected by Mr. Huang."

Huang Wan's name is Ziyan, but Lu Zhi respects him and does not call him the name.

Seeing that they were talking about military affairs, a few nine ministers from afar came to discuss together.

They are Yang Biao, the guard guard who is in charge of the imperial guards of the capital, Zhu Jun, the servant who is in charge of the imperial guards of the imperial guards of the capital.

Zhu Ye and Yang Biao both expressed concerns about the execution of the Southern Xiongnu soldiers, and what they saw was almost the same as Li Su refuted Yuan Shao on the same day: "The court has insufficient money and food allocated to Qiangqu Shanyu, so I am afraid that the Southern Xiongnu cavalry will be fine at that time..."

This complained about the issue of money and grain allocation, and involved the Grand Secretary Cao Song having to interrupt and defend himself: "What do you say? How can you say? There is not enough money and grain in Taicang, so can Cao still make money? It's really a good wife who can't cook without rice!"

However, his words were obviously despised by the other nine ministers: Your family has stocked up 100 million yuan to buy the Taiwei! Who doesn’t know that this 100 million yuan is what you greedy for as a Grand Marshal! If the money and grain of Taicang are empty, you have no responsibility?!

After a lot of troubling complaints, Zhao Zhong, one of the ten eunuchs, had already walked out of the inner palace with a volume of decree. When Jiuqing saw Zhao Zhong, he quickly calmed down and waited for him to announce that His Majesty had used the seal and the court meeting ended.

However, several sharp-eyed three ministers and nine ministers immediately noticed something abnormal:

"Hey? No, if you just announce that Your Majesty has used the seal, you don't have to re-pick up the collective discussion. Isn't it better to keep it in the palace for archives? Zhao Zhong held a volume of documents in his hand. Is it because he had other intentions? Or is there some points in the content of the collective discussion today that His Majesty rejected?"

It turned out that if everything was passed normally, Zhao Zhong or Zhang Rang would usually come out empty-handed and would not take anything.

Everyone just waited quietly, wanting to see which point was rejected.

Zhao Zhong slowly walked to Danji and read the edict: "...I heard that Liu Bei, the filial and honest person, was appointed by Zhuo County, was filial and honest, and was honest and restrained himself. He abandoned officials as the country. He gathered discussions to be appointed as the magistrate of Liangxiang County, Zhuo County..."

"... Therefore, he was specially pardoned and exempted from the palace repair money to highlight the court's kindness and magnificent spirit of the patriots, so that loyal and determined people will forget themselves outside and overcome difficulties together..."

The three dukes and nine ministers, and the purple crown was covered with red purple caps. As he listened to the edict, his expression suddenly became more and more exciting.

What?!

Since the second year of Zhongping, Nangong had fired and opened a full commission for the repair of the palace. I have never heard of His Majesty’s separate edict to pardon the money required to take office!

How could this Liu Bei be an exception and a special order be made? What kind of treatment is this?

In the past two years, there are still few three dukes and nine ministers, the governors and prefects who have taken office in the name of integrity? Why did you start making exceptions from Liu Bei!

Of course, other officials are actually quite honest and have a reputation for being honest. In fact, there are also a small number of people who take office without paying money. But the key is that those who do not pay money are actually quite humiliating. They have to go to Xiyuan to play with the relevant eunuchs. The eunuchs secretly report to the emperor. The emperor felt that they could not squeeze out the money, so they confiscated them privately.

In other words, those people are just entities that do not pay money, but they cannot avoid being misunderstood by others to pay money.

Both fame and money are very important!

Because paying money has become a convention, as long as there is no special order, everyone will be "presumption of guilt". As long as there is no special explanation, you will be considered as paying money.

"Silent, quiet! What's there to be a quarrel? This is the special order of Your Majesty to give me a favor, not to reject the appointment of the collective, so I won't leave!" Zhao Zhong said coldly to the court officials on the side of Danqi. The court officials realized that this matter could not be discussed and quickly dispersed.

If the emperor did not agree with the result of the collective discussion, the minister could give advice and refute the discussion. But the emperor accepted it completely, and only gave extra grace. The grace was not the authority of the court, but the authority of selling official shops in the West Garden. Everyone could not even say it.

The three dukes and nine ministers walked out in chaos. After a few steps, they gradually came back to the taste: the emperor's motives have been made very clear, just to encourage the people of the world to "do not repay when serving the country. Even if the court treats you badly, you must continue to serve the court first. As long as you persist for a long time, the court will definitely see it and will give you greater benefits."

From this perspective, this is also due to the times, and we must establish such a positive example to give everyone a thought of doing good deeds for the court without seeking rewards.

Thinking of this, everyone's conscience will be calm and they will not be jealous of Liu Bei anymore. At most, they will be a little envious: This kid has caught up with the typical trend of the Emperor's Tree!

Everyone is a good person and knows the value of this operation.

The previous tens of thousands of volumes of "Xiaoyi Lu" only spreads Liu Bei's deeds, but it may not make everyone feel that Liu Bei has a great future. In this kind of stupid and chaotic world, there are too many people who are famous but not valued.

Are there still fewer celebrities who claim to each other? Are these people awesome? Xu Shao's Yuedan reviews have increased the popularity of so many people every month. Have these people all become famous?

It’s useless to just be famous. If your name is recognized and valued by the court, it is valuable. It’s best if “the court thinks your name is very important, and the court is willing to do something to protect your name.”

So today's special order truly transforms "fame" into "confidence".

From then on, people no longer only know Liu Bei's name, but many knowledgeable people will think that "Liu Bei may have a bright future and a good rise, and being a colleague with him may also have a future."

Once your confidence is established, your colleagues in the officialdom will have a good relationship with you and be polite.

The rich merchants will also be more willing to bet and dare to bet, and borrow money to invest to recruit soldiers and horses for you.

Of course, Liu Bei will definitely rely more on Li Su. In addition to being relied on as a "good peace talent", this is equivalent to another additional value of Goebbels to the head of state.

Goebbels, a great propaganda god in later generations, was called "the person who created the head of state" in history. In today's world, Liu Bei's future propaganda and personality work may also rely entirely on Li Su's magical operations.

Not only Liu Bei, but also many of the big guys in the capital who had Zhu Ziguangui began to seriously consider the value of Li Su, a mere three hundred stone peddler, and wanted to win him over for his own use.

They have no doubt that Li Su is a master of rhythm today, giving people a reputation and a rise in rhythm.

...

Seven days later, the envoys who promulgated the imperial edict, and even Li Su's private messenger, arrived in Zhuo County, Youzhou.

Now that the township hero is organizing, Liu Bei, who is actually in charge of the defense of Zhuo County, heard that the angel was coming, he hurried out to greet him.

"...I heard that Liu Bei, the filial and honest person, was praised by Zhuo County... to highlight the court's kindness and magnificent spirit of the patriots. Let loyal and determined people forget themselves outside and overcome difficulties together..."

After listening to the edict, Liu Bei was trembling, as if he was thrusting by the cold wind when he was urinating, and he was trembling violently.

Brother Boya, you really have the ability to understand the heavens and the opportunity to be unexpected in ghosts and gods!

How come the appointment of a county magistrate is specially inquired by His Majesty, and he can take office without paying the money for the renovation of the palace?

"Brother, brother! Please accept the order quickly! Why are you stunned?" Zhang Fei saw that Liu Bei was still there and looked confused, so he couldn't help but poke him with his elbow.

Zhang Fei has followed Liu Bei for three years and has never seen a person like his elder brother who has always been known for his "happiness and anger" and is so excited that he is so confused and dazed.
Chapter completed!