The emperor wants to see you in the imperial study room of Qinzheng Palace. This is a great honor. You need to know that it is the place where the emperor meets his confidants. The idle ministers of the six departments may not be able to enter.
You have to remember that seven steps into the door and three steps in front of the Emperor's table, there are some slightly white floor tiles. When you kneel down and kowtow, you must kowtow there. There is a little space under the floor tiles, so the sound of kowtowing will sound louder.
It's also extremely crispy.
In this way, although the emperor's ears are not good, he can still hear. He must be happy in his heart, right?
Also, before you see the emperor later, you must go to the latrine and untie all your big and small hands. Otherwise, if the emperor chats with you for a long time and you have a stomachache and are holding back your pee, it will definitely be a big problem.
Make an impact...
Chen Ziang wrote them down one by one, feeling extremely grateful to this little father-in-law, because when he came out just now he was holding back a pee, and he forgot to urinate when he was so excited. Now that someone took the initiative to mention it, he realized that this matter was actually
How important...
With Xiao Lizi's care, everything went smoothly.
Li Wanjiang was in hot mourning, but he had not yet taken off his clothes, and of course he was not in plain clothes. He just wore a white belt around his waist and a few strips of linen silk for fun.
"Chen Ziang, please get back on your feet." Seeing Chen Ziang coming, he put down the scroll in his hand, opened his eyes, and looked at it carefully.
You have to remember here that the emperor asked you to stand up when he asked you to stand up. Before the emperor asks you anything, you can't just look up stupidly and look at the emperor. Otherwise, it will be disrespectful to the emperor. If the emperor asks you a question
'What are you looking at?' You won't answer, 'What are you looking at'?
"Look up, I don't have any gold or silver on the floor of my royal study for you to pick up." It seems that Li Wanjiang was in a good mood, and he even made a joke with Chen Ziang, which made Chen Ziang sweat with joy, didn't he?
"Your Majesty, you, Long Yanke, have lost a lot of weight." Chen Ziang answered in a Chinese style.
"Why have you seen me?" Li Wanjiang asked curiously.
"I was a fellow Jinshi in the first year of the founding of the Zhou Dynasty. I went to the palace to express my gratitude and was lucky enough to see the dragon's face!" Chen Ziang said hurriedly.
"Oh? The Qing family is my Jinshi of the Zhou Dynasty?" Li Wanjiang's favorability towards Chen Zi'ang also increased.
First of all, Chen Ziang kowtows very loudly, and I heard the banging, banging, banging, which shows that this person is quite real. Secondly, Chen Ziang speaks loudly and clearly, unlike some officials who speak louder than a mosquito farts.
This makes me very unhappy.
Another Chen Zi'ang mentioned his itch in the first sentence, saying that the emperor has lost weight has two meanings. Firstly, the Queen Mother has just passed away, so the emperor should be "shapeless". Secondly, because I
I have to worry about state affairs, so I lose weight. As the saying goes, although I look thin, the world must be fat.
And Chen Ziang's second sentence hit Li Wanjiang hard in the heart, because since Chen Ziang was his Jinshi of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he was definitely his disciple of the Emperor, and he was chosen by me.
But he was not an official of the previous dynasty.
Not long after the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, many officials in the central and central courts were officials from the previous Han dynasty. The newly elected Jinshi scholars in recent years were simply not enough...
"Oh... Why did you work for King Zhongcheng in the Qing family? Otherwise, how could he know your name and recommend you to Jiangnan?" Li Wanjiang asked about this matter.
"Replying to the emperor, I have never worked for Prince Zhongcheng, and I only have a one-time relationship with him. I went to pay homage to Mr. Xiao Chen. Mr. Xiao happened to go to pay homage to the prince, so he took me with him..." Chen Ziang
He told the story exactly as it was without being arrogant or condescending.
"Well, I also told the Qing family that you are a disciple of King Zhongcheng... How come you and Xiao Chen still know each other?" Li Wanjiang asked again.
"When Mr. Xiao was on his way to see Concubine Liu on her wedding trip, he ordered his ministers to assist him in annihilating the bandit leader Gong Heihu in Black Tiger Mountain, so he recognized her," Chen Ziang said.
"That's it." Li Wanjiang felt very good when he heard this. It turned out that this Chen Zi'ang was neither Li Wanyun's nor Xiao Chen's, but he was obviously a capable person. Otherwise, he could win Li Wanyun's favor and assist Xiao Chen.
Suppressing bandits?
Then he asked him how he was going to carry out his work after arriving at Yongning Mansion. Chen Ziang had already thought about this clearly and gave a simple and concise reply.
Li Wanjiang was happy after hearing this, and said to himself that Chen Zi'ang still had some ideas anyway, unlike the officials selected by the Ministry of Civil Affairs some time ago, who didn't know anything when asked, and would blush when asked again, and would have a thick neck and couldn't fart!
No wonder Xu Haiming once made a secret statement, describing all the current shortcomings of the official department. He also said that the biggest shortcoming is that human relations are greater than rules. All the officials selected have backgrounds. Either this recommendation or that recommendation.
If things continue like this, the Ministry of Personnel will turn into the Ministry of Human Relations, so it must be vigorously rectified...
Just like this Chen Zi'ang, he is obviously a very clear-minded official, but he couldn't be selected. If he hadn't met King Zhongcheng, I'm afraid he would never get ahead... Then wouldn't I be missing a capable general?
And there are countless people in the same situation as Chen Ziang!
In fact, Li Wanjiang is also aware of these shortcomings, but currently he does not have the energy to rectify the officialdom, nor does he dare to rectify it easily. After all, these people still have to do all the affairs in the court.
A small-scale rectification will not help, but if a large-scale rectification is carried out, I am afraid that nine out of ten officials in the world will be rectified. Then who can work for me?
Many people think that the emperor holds the power of life and death over the officials in the world, but this is not the case at all.
The power of the civil service group is actually far beyond your imagination!
But it was said that Chen Ziang stayed in the Imperial Study Room for a full hour before coming out. This also set a record for the longest time for a prefect to see the emperor!
It is said that even if the emperor summons the governor, the conversation may not last so long...
In the evening, Chen Ziang went to visit Gong Shouli. Gong Shouli was amazed and said, "I have been with the emperor for so long, but I have never seen him talk for so long when meeting a small prefect. I'm really surprised what did you, the emperor and his ministers, talk about?"
Hehehe, you don’t have to be afraid, don’t I know the rules in our house? You dare to say it, but I don’t dare to listen.
But for a sensible person like you, I think you’ll have a great time in the future! Just don’t forget about our family then, hehehe...
Smiling so happily, it can be seen that he is still very satisfied with Chen Ziang's gifts and attitude.
Since you are so sensible, I can't help but help you for a while. Why do I hear that you and that bastard Liu Zhong don't deal with each other? Even if I help you, he won't do anything!
In fact, Gong Shouli was asking for favors with nothing, because after Chen Ziang left, the emperor suddenly asked him how Liu Zhong was.
How come I heard that his official is not very arrogant, but he actually allows a disciple to criticize a fourth-rank candidate for the prefect?