When Gu Badai was alive, he was as honest as water, had a hard and bad temper, and dared to say anything straightforward.
As a result, except for the fourth child, Gu Badai, the great upright official, offended almost all the nobles, including the old emperor.
Kangxi was a considerate emperor, and he clearly didn't like Gu Badai, but in order to establish a reputation as an upright official, he still pinched his nose and promoted him to the position of Minister of Rites.
To be honest, the old emperor treated Gu Badai, an upright official, more than 10,000 times better than Jiajing, who almost killed Hai Rui?
Of course, Gu Badai was the prince's mentor, so he took a lot of advantage.
No matter how bad the Tatars are, there is one advantage worth mentioning, and that is the extra preferential treatment given to the imperial masters.
After the Xinyou coup, four of the eight ministers Gu Ming, headed by Sushun, were jointly killed by Cixi and Guiziliu.
Du Han, the Minister of Military and Aircraft among the Eight Ministers of Gu Ming, did help Su Laoliu do a lot of bad things.
However, because his father Du Shoutian was the disciple of Emperor Xianfeng of Emperor Wenzong of the Qing Dynasty, Du Han was only demoted from his official position and there was no further investigation.
In the year of the Reform Movement of 1898, before Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to attack Emperor Guangxu, she deliberately demoted Master Weng from the capital, which was regarded as letting him live.
After Master Weng returned to Changshu, although he had to go to Changshu County Government regularly to report on his ideological developments, it was not good-looking.
However, compared to Zhang Tingyu who dare not say a word, Master Weng's situation is still much better.
Gu Badai is Lao Si's teacher, and he has no connection with Yuzhu. It is naturally impossible for Yuzhu to take the initiative to stand up and speak for Gu Yan.
According to the practice of the imperial court, the official impeached by Zuodu Yushi personally, even if it is an old emperor, can only choose one of the two.
Either Xu Yuanmeng steps down, or Gu Yan is dismissed.
Originally, it was a very simple multiple-choice question, but the old emperor hesitated.
Yuzhu, a thoughtful person, saw a hint of his hesitation.
Well, the old emperor probably cared about the feelings of the fourth child, right?
However, the old emperor quickly made a decision and dismissed Gu Yan from both his and her duties.
It was this decision that made Yuzhu see the old emperor's flaw.
Until this moment, the old emperor probably still hasn’t made up his mind about who to choose to take over the throne?
After the dynasty dispersed, Yuzhu and others bowed together and sent the old emperor's carriage away.
After the old emperor walked away, Yuzhu just raised his head and saw Song Zhu staring at him coldly.
The conscience of heaven and earth, Yuzhu has never had the desire to compete for the chief bachelor.
When the moon is full, it is waning; when the water is full, it overflows.
Yuzhu is the bachelor of the Ministry of Management, and Longkoduo is the admiral of the Nine Sects who holds military power. It must be admitted that the old emperor already has great trust in the Tong family and his son.
If you want to seek a higher position of power, you will be following the old path of the second brother Yinreng!
It's a pity that rumors are fiercer than tigers. Song Zhu cares about Yuzhu's favor and always tries to find ways to pick on Yuzhu.
However, Yuzhu is not Langtouqing, the first brother in the officialdom, but an old bureaucrat who has received professional training.
The basic quality of an old bureaucrat is that he must be able to keep his composure!
Song Zhu's cold eyes were completely ignored by Yuzhu, who just pretended not to see the strong hostility.
After returning to the cabinet lobby, Yuzhu just sat for a while, drank half a cup of tea, and then left the palace and returned to the Ministry of Revenue...
Hubu is the base of Yuzhu, and this is his hall of speech.
After finishing reviewing the official document in hand, it’s almost lunch time.
Yuzhu put down the pen in his hand, washed his hands, and went out to the kitchen of the Yamen.
The so-called kitchen, also known as the public kitchen, is the internal canteen in the yamen.
Today, all yamen of the imperial court, without exception, have kitchens.
However, the kitchen and administrative office expenses of each yamen need to be collected from the food bank of the household department every month.
In other words, the Banking Department of the Ministry of Accounts is the logistics service group of various yamen in Beijing.
After Yuzhu took charge of the Household Department, he knew that there were many shortcomings in the Fanyin Department, but deliberately did not touch it.
The reason is actually very simple. There are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the subordinate organizations of the Bank of Accounts Department!
Among the various yamen in the capital, the Ministry of Household Affairs has the most officials, more than 400 people.
Naturally, the scale of the household kitchen is also the largest in Beijing.
Not to mention anything else. In the kitchen of the Ministry of Household Affairs, there are more than thirty cooks responsible for cooking.
In addition, there are more than ten people in charge of purchasing.
According to Wendner's investigation, among the cooks and purchasing managers alone, there are many people with extraordinary skills and eyesight.
With Yuzhu's family background and power, he is really not afraid of these people making trouble.
It's just that Yuzhu's plan is very big and he must unite all the forces that can be united. There is no need to offend the backers behind these people for the time being.
In the Qing Dynasty, the emphasis was on harmony with light and dust.
Besides, in the Qing Dynasty, corruption was rampant, and corruption was repeated all over the place.
As long as the old emperor is still alive, any anti-corruption behavior will not only be futile in the end, but will also cause trouble.
Let’s just talk about Lao Si*. The imperial court had a big deficit, and the old emperor sent Lao Si to collect the debt.
As a result, with the protection and connivance of the old emperor, the fourth child not only did not get much money back, but instead offended too many people and became notorious in the street.
To put it bluntly, anti-corruption is such a difficult matter that only those in power can be determined to do it, so that corrupt officials can be a little restrained.
For example, Zhu Chongba's violent skinning and killing of people did scare most corrupt officials.
Yuzhu is definitely not willing to do thankless things.
Yuzhu, with his hands behind his back, accompanied by Yang Sen and Wendner, slowly walked into the kitchen near the back door of the household department.
In front of the kitchen door, there were people from the Ministry of Household Affairs queuing up to get food.
The immediate boss suddenly came to the kitchen, and everyone was stunned.
There are smart ghosts who can react quickly, so quickly bow down and salute.
"Please be safe at Yuzhongtang!"
"Meet Yuzhongtang." The greetings and greetings are heard endlessly.
This is the first time Yuzhu has come to the kitchen. When he walked in, he saw four large long tables filled with various dishes that had been fried.
How should I put it? After all, Yuzhu managed the imperial dining room in the palace. Comparing the two, they are actually almost the same.
Yang Sen was in charge of the bank account. Seeing Yu Zhu glance at him, Yang Sen quickly stood up and said loudly: "Where is the person in charge?"
"Young ones, please bow to the great peace of Yu Zhongtang."
Good guy, I saw a large, dark group of people kneeling in front of Yuzhu.
Yuzhu sighed secretly, the public canteen is full of oil and water, but it actually supports so many idle people?
After walking around the long table filled with dishes, even with the luxury of Yuzhu, I have to admit that there are everything that can fly in the sky, swim in the sea, and crawl on the ground.
"Oh, it's too luxurious. Starting from next month, the kitchen allowance will be halved." Yuzhu couldn't stand it anymore, so he simply made his attitude clear.
"Yuzhongtang, you must not do it!"
At this juncture, someone took the initiative to stand up and openly refute Yuzhu.