It stands to reason that such an important memorial must be placed in the urgent type of memorial, or at least in the heavy type type. However, it happened to be placed together with the congratulatory forms of local and state officials. If it were not for Emperor Xiao,
I suddenly thought of estimating how much money the congratulatory gifts sent by officials from various places are worth. Maybe I won’t find out until the end because I get tired of reading the congratulatory messages.
However, after thinking about Emperor Xiao for a moment, he understood the mystery. It must have been done by Su Xiu. This man was afraid of death and was very jealous. Duke Zhou Yan was just a commoner, not from a noble family, even though he was recommended by Liu Ling.
Although he was highly regarded by himself, it seemed that he was still quite ostracized among the officials.
Lu Sen must not have seen this memorial. With Lu Sen's personality, if he saw such a memorial, he would definitely deliver it to him personally.
Su Xiu, hum!
Obviously, Su Xiu didn't want him to see this memorial. He deliberately placed it in the lighter category. The reason was nothing more than jealousy. Now that the Military Aircraft Department has lost two people, he must choose talented people.
Supplementary. Su Xiu and Lu Sen jointly recommended several people a few days ago. If they saw that Zhou Yangong was re-employed in this memorial, one of the people recommended by them would definitely be eliminated.
It was all for personal gain and did not take state affairs seriously at all! Lu Sen was a man who could distinguish between public and private affairs, and he would not engage in such small tricks. Su Xiu did not dare to throw away this memorial because sooner or later Zhou Yangong would
He wanted to return to the court. He did this just to delay. By the time the person he recommended was placed in the military department, it would be too late for Zhou Yangong to come back.
When the time comes to mention this memorial, if she asks about it, Su Xiu will have an excuse. At most, she will admit that she was derelict in not paying attention to such an important memorial. And when that time comes, she will definitely be very upset as to why she did not read all the memorials carefully.
Once again, there will be no punishment for Su Xiu.
What a calculation, Su Xiu really understands herself.
Emperor Xiao sighed, why couldn't he have more ministers like Lao Jiu, Lu Sen, and Zhou Yangong? In order to stabilize the foundation, the late emperor basically appointed officials from local prominent families. Get
The support of Shanxi's large and prominent families played a great role in the stability of the country at that time.
But now, twenty years have passed, and those people from aristocratic families no longer have a stabilizing effect on the foundation of the Northern Han Dynasty. Instead, they are destroying it! These people collude with each other to eliminate dissidents. They look down on the children from poor families who came from the imperial examination, and look down on those who have
Zhou Yangong is a living example of a person who is truly talented but not from an aristocratic family.
They only thought about how to stabilize the interests of the family, rather than the foundation of the Han Dynasty. In the more than 20 years since the founding of the late emperor, there has not been a single official above the fifth rank who came from the imperial examination! In other words, the real power of the Northern Han Dynasty is controlled by those who
In the hands of a so-called aristocratic family.
They did not want to share the hardships of the Han Dynasty, nor did they want to share the wealth and wealth. They only thought about how to increase the interests of their own families, rather than how to improve the situation of the Han Dynasty. But Emperor Xiao knew that this was the situation, and he was unable to change anything now.
The officials in the imperial court are intertwined, relying on each other but at the same time hostile to each other. Although Lao Jiu cooperated with him to take down a dozen of the most shameful officials in one fell swoop after he came back, that was because they secretly collaborated with the enemy and even the emperor dared to betray them. Kill them.
Those aristocratic families are not easy to argue with. After this period, it will be difficult to move them.
"You select a hundred close followers from the Ministry of Justice and carry my imperial edict out of Taiyuan to meet Duke Zhou Yan who has returned from Xixia. Then wherever you meet him, declare the edict on the spot. You send those one hundred close followers to Duke Zhou Yan
, and you escort Xixia’s credentials and gifts back to Taiyuan.”
Emperor Xiao thought for a while and then said: "Tell Zhou Yangong that I can trust him. Let him go ahead and do it. No matter how big the problem is, I will stand by him."
He glanced at the surprise in Pei Hao's eyes, and then explained with a smile: "I plan to give Zhou Yangong a great future and let him help me. I plan to confer Duke Zhou Yan as the Silver Green Guanglu Doctor and sign the Privy Council
We are the special patrol envoys of the six states to supervise and supervise the disaster relief matters in the six southern states."
Pei Hao was shocked at first, but after listening to Emperor Xiao's words, he was already shocked and numb. Dr. Yinqing Guanglu, who signed the Privy Council, was a senior official of the third rank, and the six-state patrol envoy had unlimited power.
With this title, Zhou Yangong has the right to supervise local officials. Officials below the fourth rank do not need to ask for an order to be dismissed or dismissed. And supervising and supervising disaster relief in the six southern states is a big job.
If you want to enrich your own pockets, it won't be a big deal to collect a hundred thousand dollars from a round of inspections.
"Surprised?"
Emperor Xiao saw the shock in Pei Hao's heart.
He picked up the memorial given to him by Zhou Yangong and handed it to Pei Hao: "Look at this first."
This time Pei Hao did not refuse, but bowed and took it. Duke Zhou Yan's memorial was only a thousand words long, but it was concise and concise, and every sentence pointed directly to the root of the problem. When Pei Hao saw the end, he couldn't help but marvel.
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"Three tips and tricks, what a great Zhou Yangong!"
Pei Hao praised sincerely: "The first person I have admired so far in my life is Your Majesty, and the second is King Zhong. This Zhou Yangong is the third person I sincerely admire."
Emperor Xiao was very satisfied with Pei Hao's reaction. He nodded: "Zhou Yangong is indeed the pillar of the country. You and he are both talents that I value. Pei Hao, you and Zhou Yangong are all the ones I am planning to arrange to enter the military base."
My close friends, you two must not let me down."
Pei Hao kowtowed and said, "I will live up to your majesty's trust."
After leaving the Forbidden Palace, Pei Hao did not dare to delay. Emperor Xiao made arrangements in such a hurry and asked himself, the Minister of Punishment, to go hundreds of miles away to announce the decree. Pei Hao easily figured out what the emperor was worried about.
Someone wants to attack Zhou Yangong!
In order to protect Duke Zhou Yan, His Majesty asked himself, the minister in charge of criminal matters, to deliver the decree in person, and also brought a hundred trusted experts to protect Duke Zhou Yan. Who in the court wanted to do harm to Duke Zhou Yan?
Pei Hao's brows frowned immediately.
Let His Majesty personally issue an order to protect the safety of a person. Zhou Yangong has obviously been valued by Your Majesty. And there is another person who is more important to Your Majesty and wants to attack Zhou Yangong. Who is this person?
Pei Hao first thought of King Zhong Liu Ling, and then he shook his head fiercely. Did his brain get soaked by the rain, and he would have such a confused idea? Duke Zhou Yan was recommended by King Zhong, and Duke Zhou Yan was reused.
The loyal king will also be happy in his heart. Then who will be unhappy?
His Majesty just mentioned that he wanted to arrange for himself and Zhou Yangong to enter the military base to replace Su Hubao who had been killed, and Ouyang Renhe who had been dismissed from office. Logically speaking, Your Majesty should not bring up this topic with him. Your Majesty would not do such an important thing.
It was brought up very casually.
In other words, His Majesty’s mention of the Military Aircraft Department has a profound meaning.
Is it someone in the Military Aircraft Department who wants to harm Zhou Yangong?
Definitely not Lucerne!
Pei Hao was the first to deny the possibility of Lu Sen. Pei Hao admired Lu Sen's character, and he was also the prospective father-in-law of King Zhong. He would definitely not plot against Zhou Yangong who came out of Prince Zhong's palace. So, there was only one left.
The next great scholar, Su Xiu, is here.
Pei Hao breathed a long sigh of relief. Emperor Xiao had given him enough hints. He only needed to straighten out his thoughts a little to figure out the person.
After leaving the Forbidden Palace, Pei Hao did not go back to the Ministry of Punishment directly. Instead, he rode a horse and went straight to Prince Zhong's Mansion. (To be continued)