Chapter 778: Catch the big ones and let go the small ones
Outside Xi Zheng Palace, He Kun ran in rolling and crawling on the ground.
He bowed his head and lay down directly on the ground. He didn't dare to look at Li Chen's face and said tremblingly: "Weichen, Weichen is here."
As a new member of the East Palace, He Kun's current position is very low-level, but he has great real power.
And this real power is directly linked to the authority of the East Palace and the prince's trust in him.
If the prince has no real power, or if he has power but does not like him, then of course he will not have anyone who can even criticize him.
But now the prince's real power is so great that he has been given the entire important task of accepting gifts.
As a result, if the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty wanted to get closer to the East Palace, the first hurdle would be He Kun.
So He Kun's life was quite comfortable during this period.
It was precisely because of this that he understood more clearly that his fortune and life were all tied to the crown prince.
And today, he knew that the prince was in a bad mood, so he definitely didn't dare to come up and cause trouble.
Glancing at He Kun lying on the ground, Li Chen said lukewarmly: "I heard that during this period, you took the opportunity to run errands for me and received a lot of benefits, including your family's livelihood.
Have you all been settled by someone?"
He Kun did not dare to hide it at all, and immediately admitted honestly: "If I go back to the prince, Wei Chen did receive some benefits, but all the benefits received are registered in the book, and I plan to hand them over to the prince for processing."
Li Chen sneered: "I'm afraid if I don't ask, you will never be able to hand in the registered book, right?"
He Kun immediately shook his head like a rattle, and he said emphatically: "The Crown Prince is aware that in this position, the minister is currently doing errands for the Crown Prince. It is inevitable that there will be some favors, and now the atmosphere has changed."
In this way, if you don't accept the low-level officials, you will easily offend others, and the low-level officials are only accepted in order to complete the errand."
"But I don't dare to think anything wrong about those benefits."
He Kun's attitude was very good and his replies were fluent.
Li Chen suppressed the unhappiness in his heart a little and said coldly: "Okay, I know whether you show loyalty or not."
He Kun was keenly aware of Li Chen's softened tone, and immediately hit the snake on the stick, showing a flattering smile and said: "That's natural, the prince is wise and powerful, there is nothing I can hide from you.
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"This flattery is not at all level."
After such a gag by He Kun, the pent-up anger in Li Chen's heart was restrained bit by bit.
He rubbed his temples, his tone returned to his usual calmness, and he said: "I know the benefits you received, what they are, and their approximate value. You can keep them for yourself. I am too lazy to make up for it on you."
Such a trivial matter."
As a superior, if you control everything so tightly that your subordinates have no room to move, they will definitely be doomed.
Li Chen himself is exhausted, and he is easily resentful below.
Who is not tempted by money and silk, let alone a person like He Kun?
Therefore, Li Chen grasped the big ones and let go the small ones, and did not intend to argue with him about getting benefits.
If there is no benefit to doing things for the superiors, who will continue to work hard?
As expected, He Kun's face showed an expression of surprise and he said gratefully: "Thank you, Prince Edward, for this gift."
With a few words of conversation between the master and the servant, the gift used by the officials below to please He Kun turned into a gift from Li Chen...
