With the incident of Princess Jinyang, Zhao Changqing's depressed mood finally got better.

However, he still did not go to the court meeting the next day.

Zhuge Liang sent some of the more important memorials from his ministers to him for review today, but he just brushed them off.

After dealing with these memorials that gave him a headache, Zhao Changqing felt that his head was about to explode.

This was the first time that he put some thought into handling the memorials, and an idea came to his mind: reviewing memorials and handling government affairs were really not done by humans.

After finally finishing the work, I wanted to rest for a while, but Zhuge Liang's voice came to my ears again, "Your Majesty, the post of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is vacant. Who should fill it?"

Regarding this issue, Zhao Changqing felt that he had to handle it carefully.

At present, the Zhongshu Province is the only one, after all, Zhuge Liang is the only prime minister, and he is well-known as a loyal minister and good prime minister. With him around, it will be difficult to deal with mediocrity.

But if Zhuge Liang were to be removed from this position, he would be a little reluctant, after all, it was Zhuge Liang!

And sooner or later, I will encounter something that I have to do even if I don't have to be stupid, such as attacking the capital.

Things like this require Zhuge Liang's help.

Therefore, he cannot be removed from the position of prime minister.

Therefore, for the vacant official position, a corrupt official must be found, a corrupt official who can earn mediocrity points for himself. In this case, the talents of both sides will not be wasted or left behind.

But who specifically?

Zhao Changqing was in trouble.

He asked Zhao Gao next to him, "How is He Shen doing in Luoyang?"

Zhao Gao replied: "To report back to Your Majesty, I have not paid much attention to this matter. However, I have heard that I have done a lot of practical things with you."

"Real truth?"

Zhao Changqing was very happy when he heard these two words. What practical things can a notorious corrupt official in history do?

Are you afraid that a large amount of money was taken from the treasury to engage in corruption?

If this is really the case, he can be considered a child who can be taught.

However, in this case, if He Shen is transferred again to serve as the Minister of Civil Affairs, he will suffer a big loss in building the imperial city. After thinking about it again and again, he finally said:

"There is no rush. Let's leave the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel vacant for now, and let the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel serve as the Minister for the time being. I will make other arrangements when a suitable candidate is found."

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he bowed and said: "This is your Majesty. I will call the Minister of Civil Service in advance..."

Seeing that he was hesitant to speak, Zhao Changqing thought something was going on, so he asked, "Is there anything else?"

Zhuge Liang replied: "Your Majesty, today all the officials from various states and frontiers came to attend the court meeting, but Your Majesty did not go, so they wanted to see Your Majesty as soon as possible."

Zhao Changqing nodded, thinking that it was some big deal that could make Zhuge Kongming hesitant. Unexpectedly, it was this matter. He said quite calmly:

"Will Qingzhi arrive in the capital today? I'm going to tell you to hold a banquet in the Taiji Palace today and ask the officials from the feudal territories to come with Qingzhi. You can go down and make arrangements."

Zhao Changqing has no idea how high his prestige is in Zhuge Liang's heart. Because it is so high, Zhuge Liang's conversations with him have gone from being talkative in the past to being hesitant and hesitant now.

When Zhuge Liang heard the sound, he bowed and said, "The humble minister will retire first."

Zhao Changqing nodded calmly.

When Zhuge Liang was about to walk out of the palace, Zhao Changqing stopped him again and said, "Wait a minute, let Yu Ming come with Cao Shen, and Jian Yi. Then you can come too."

Zhuge Liang bowed again and asked: "This is Your Majesty, how many of the civil and military officials should be selected to attend the banquet?"

Zhao Changqing shook his head and said: "What are you asking them to do? Your brothers accompanied me to fight from Qingzhou. After all, we should have invited this dinner party for Conglong Zhigong a long time ago. Why not just take advantage of today's coincidence and join us?"

Come on, it’s a pity that there is still one Zilong left to go out on business.”

Zhuge Liang resigned after hearing this.

Zhao Changqing really didn't think too much about the banquet. After all, he just wanted to get everyone together.

But Zhuge Liang...

After he went out, he kept thinking, why did His Majesty insist so much on letting Duke Cao and others go?

Is it really just a coincidence?

But His Majesty’s tone doesn’t seem that simple!

Zhuge Liang gave the emperor's instructions and held a banquet in Xu.

He went to inform all the feudal officials. Excluding Qingzhou, there were 11 people from the Wei Dynasty, plus General Manager Youyun, Chen Qingzhi and others. Counting himself, there were seventeen people in total.

After Chen Qingzhi arrived, it was already Shenshi, and the team to welcome Chen Qingzhi's triumphant army was quite large. Except for Zhao Changqing, who did not come, all the civil and military officials who should have come were present.

Led by Zhuge Liang, they stood in two long rows on the official road.

After Chen Qingzhi arrived, he felt that there was no His Majesty in the queue to greet him, so he began to think wildly.

After the two parties met and exchanged several greetings, Chen Qingzhi asked Zhuge Liang in a low voice, "Prime Minister, why didn't your Majesty come?"

According to the court etiquette, when a general is out on an expedition, and if he has made great achievements in opening up territories like Chen Qingzhi, the emperor needs to personally greet him outside the city.

But Zhao Changqing didn't come.

After Zhuge Liang heard this, he frowned and sighed: "Your Majesty just asked me to tell the general that a banquet will be held at Taiji Palace tonight at Xu, and I will prepare a banquet for you and all the feudal officials.

As for welcoming you... To be honest, I have told Your Majesty many times that you are coming today, but Your Majesty has no intention of welcoming you..."

It's not that Zhao Changqing doesn't mean this, but he doesn't know there is such a saying.

Just as Chen Qingzhi was about to say something, he was interrupted by Cao Shen on the side: "Qingzhi, don't be in a hurry to meet His Majesty. Brother, I have something to say. Let's go and meet at my house first."

Chen Qingzhi nodded.

After everyone entered the city together, the main generals under Chen Qingzhi all followed the arrangements of the civil and military officials to go and have fun. This was an unwritten rule of the Wei Kingdom.

And he followed Zhuge Liang and others to Cao Shen's house.

Main hall.

Cao Shen, Chen Qingzhi, Zhuge Liang, Xiao Yuming and Jianyi gathered together.

Zhuge Liang told everyone what he was thinking when he left Daming Palace today.

Cao Shen then said: "Originally, this banquet was prepared for Qingzhi and the officials from various frontiers, but why did your majesty summon us? I'm afraid it's not as simple as your majesty said.

If it was just a simple banquet, His Majesty would have to be present among the civil and military officials, but His Majesty would not allow it, which is enough to explain something."

Xiao Yuming said solemnly: "Yes, the Sacred Heart is unpredictable. Everyone here is your majesty's die-hard loyalist, so I will say it bluntly. His majesty summoned us specially, I am afraid it is for the sake of military power."

Jianyi didn't understand these politics, so he asked: "How can you see it?"

Cao Shen touched his beard, thought for a moment and then said: "Recently, there are rumors in the market that Your Majesty is a little worried that Qing's achievements will shock the Lord, and taking advantage of Qing's triumphant return, His Majesty summoned us together again. All this has gone away.

It’s a metaphor.”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "That's right, from the very beginning of the military reform to now, His Majesty just wants to keep these 700,000 troops firmly in his hands.

As for those of us who are ministers, we are meant to work for His Majesty, so you must think thoroughly about this matter of military power."

Chen Qingzhi said: "On the way here, I had already decided to hand over the military power to His Majesty, and I was only responsible for daily drills, troop training, etc.

Our current status is entirely due to His Majesty's gift. The troops and horses under our command can only obey the instructions of His Majesty alone. Including us, without His Majesty's instructions, we are not qualified to command these good men."

Xiao Yuming nodded and agreed: "This is what I mean too. I will hand over the military power to Your Majesty, and we will only be responsible for training."

Cao Shen immediately made a decision and said: "You are right, everything we have is given by your Majesty. If your Majesty wants this military power, you can take it at any time.

And we are just His Majesty's pawns. We must remain absolutely loyal to Your Majesty so that we can live up to His Majesty's kindness in knowing and meeting you."
Chapter completed!