Since today was just a routine morning meeting, it ended before the third quarter of the year.
Zhao Hongrun, who had finished his morning court, was accompanied by Gao Li, Gao He, two young eunuchs, and Wei Jiao and other clan guards, and came to Wende Hall, where he planned to rest for a while before going to Chui Gong Hall to handle government affairs.
After a while, Gao Li, Gao and the two young eunuchs ordered the Shangshan Bureau to serve the breakfast that had been prepared.
As a prince, Zhao Hongrun's breakfast meal had the same specifications as that of Emperor Wei, which was just a bowl of porridge with eight side dishes. Overall, it looked plain and bland, and it seemed that it was not as good as that of wealthy people.
Of course, this is not actually the case. For example, that bowl of porridge with only a little bit of shredded chicken was cooked slowly for two hours by people from Shangshan Bureau. The porridge is not mushy, but there is no need to chew it at all.
The eunuch of Shangshan Bureau said that the porridge cooked like this is good for the stomach.
However, Zhao Hongrun didn't feel anything. After eating the food without chewing anything, he always felt the same as if he hadn't eaten anything.
After finishing breakfast, Zhao Hongrun did not rest for a while in Wende Hall, but came to the front hall.
The front hall of Wende Hall was the place where his father tested the knowledge of his brothers.
I remember that at that time, Zhao Hongrun was woken up by the eunuch of the chamberlain at about this time. He came to the palace full of anger and wrote a limerick in a perfunctory manner to vent his anger at being so early.
cried out in anger.
After finishing writing, he did not say goodbye to his father, but left Wende Hall and went back to Wenzhao Pavilion to catch up on his sleep.
Later, I heard that his father was furious after seeing his limerick. If Zhao Zhao, the brother of the Sixth Prince who was still in the Wei Kingdom at the time, had not intervened on his behalf, his father might have immediately sent a eunuch from the inner chamber to Wenzhao Pavilion.
Arrest people.
"It's been nine years now..."
Seeing the empty front hall, Zhao Hongrun seemed to still be able to see himself sitting in the hall, sitting in the banquet with the other brothers, staring here with a sullen expression - where he was standing at the moment.
The location where his father was back then.
All the brothers were there at that time, but nine years later, many things happened in the palace. The eldest prince Zhao Hongli retreated to the countryside, Yong Wang Hongyu burned himself in Jinxiu Palace, Yan Wang Hongjiang sealed Shanyang, and Rui Wang Hongzhao went to Qi State.
, and he, Zhao Hongrun, also unexpectedly took the position of crown prince and heirloom. Fortunately, he had written the sentence "Fortunately, this is not my ambition."
Shaking his head, Zhao Hongrun turned to Gao Li, Gao and the two young eunuchs, Wei Jiao and other clan guards and ordered: "Let's go to Chui Gong Hall."
"Your Highness, won't you rest here for a while?" Gao Li asked with concern.
Zhao Hongrun shook his head.
Although he didn't think there was anything exciting about sitting on the throne of the prince, but because he had never been exposed to this aspect, he was more or less excited at the moment - after all, he was dealing with the entire country in Chui Gong Hall.
Government affairs is a fatal temptation for anyone, even for Zhao Hongrun.
Taking the imperial guards, Gao Li, Gao He and the two young eunuchs, Zhao Hongrun walked out of the Wende Hall, and walked towards the Chui Gong Hall under the watch of a group of imperial guards outside the hall.
On the way, Zhao Hongrun also saw a group of merchant navy soldiers pointing in this direction and shouting.
Zhao Hongrun was really embarrassed to see the soldiers under his command being so unruly.
But there is no way for the time being, because the palace still needs the Shang Shui Army to be closely protected. The reason is that Li Zheng, the president of the Three Guards Army, has not yet reorganized the Imperial Guards - to be precise, he has not wanted to reorganize the Imperial Guards, because
The old prince Hongyu had 'warned' Li Zheng, which made Li Zheng realize that when the new king takes over, sooner or later they, the old people, will have to hand over their power and retreat to the second line. Therefore, now Zhao Hongrun takes the throne as the prince.
, Li Zheng subconsciously planned to leave the matter of "rectifying the imperial guards" to Zhao Hongrun's people, such as Wei Jiao, the chief of the clan guard next to Zhao Hongrun.
Sure enough, when Zhao Hongrun arrived at the Chui Gong Hall, he saw Li Zheng, the president of the Three Guards Army, leading a group of guards to wait outside the hall. When he saw Zhao Hongrun, Li Zheng immediately came up to him, cupped his hands and bowed, "
Li Zheng pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"Uncle Li, if you act like this, I will fall out with you."
Zhao Hongrun said jokingly.
He and Li Zheng were no strangers. I remember that when Zhao Hongrun was still living in the palace, Li Zheng would take care of him privately from time to time. Of course, at that time, Li Zheng only treated His Highness because Zhao Hongrun was the son of Emperor Wei.
Turn a blind eye to certain actions.
Later, after Zhao Hongrun gradually gained the attention of Emperor Wei, Li Zheng met with his highness more and more often.
Of course, even so, the relationship between the two is far less close than that of Zhao Hongrun and Sima An, Bailiba, and Xu Yin, the three generals who were also his father's former imperial guards. After all, the latter three generals are
He and Zhao Hongrun led the army to fight together, and they had a long-lasting friendship on the battlefield.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun called Li Zheng uncle, in the final analysis, he was just giving the latter face.
"Is Uncle Li specially waiting for me here?" Zhao Hongrun asked curiously.
Li Zheng hurriedly saluted and said: "I can't bear the title of His Highness the Crown Prince..." As he said that, he seriousened his expression and said seriously: "That's it, Your Highness the Crown Prince, after all, the Shang Shui Army is a foreign army.
After all, there are many inconveniences in the palace, so I think that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should rectify the imperial guards as soon as possible..."
"Prisonary Guards?" Zhao Hongrun glanced at Li Zheng with some confusion.
You must know that "Jiangwei" and "Jiangwei" actually have completely different meanings today. The former refers to the "Jiangwei" one of the "Three Guards", while the latter refers to the old prince Hongyu.
After integration, there were "one hundred thousand Imperial Guards" including the Imperial Guards, the Bingwei, the Langwei, the Junshui Army, the Chenggao Army, and the Fenxing Army.
However, listening to Li Zheng's words now, it seems that he has no intention of splitting up the Imperial Guard - does this mean that Baili Ba, Xu Yin, Zhu Hai and other generals have decided to officially retreat to the second line?
To be honest, the three generals Baili Ba, Xu Yin, and Zhu Hai are not as good as Sima An in terms of their ability to lead troops in battle, but they are veterans who have led troops for many years. If they are left idle, Zhao Hongrun thinks it will be a pity -
——Although these three generals are now teaching at the "Daliang Military School" to train the next generation of generals in the Wei Kingdom, that is just because the old prince Hongyu did not mean that these three generals were willing to do so.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun said seriously: "About this matter, I would like to discuss this matter with the three generals Baili Ba, Xu Yin, and Zhu Hai."
Hearing this, Li Zheng was stunned for a moment, then came over and said with a smile: "This does not hinder it. I am humble enough to rectify the "Palace Guards" first... I wonder what your Highness the Crown Prince wants?"
"Yeah." Zhao Hongrun nodded.
Although the Shang Shui Army was his confidant, as Li Zheng said, this was a foreign army and it was really unreasonable to stay in the palace.
Seeing Zhao Hongrun nod, Li Zheng added: "Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has granted permission, Beizhi hopes to use Wei Jiao as his deputy and assist Beizhi."
"Me?" Wei Jiao interrupted with both surprise and trepidation. On the side, Lu Mu, Gao Kuo and other clan guards punched him and congratulated him.
No one is a fool. What Li Zheng said clearly meant that he was preparing to train Wei Jiao as his successor.
However, Wei Jiao was still hesitant. After all, according to his values, as the Zong's Chief of Guards, he should always follow His Highness to protect him at all times. How could he leave lightly?
So after gritting his teeth, he said: "Your Highness, why don't you let Lu Mu go? As a humble minister of the clan, I should follow Your Highness every step of the way."
"That's it..." Zhao Hongrun said with a smile when he heard this: "In this case, from now on, you are no longer the Zong Wei Chief, but you, Lu Mu, are the Zong Wei Chief."
Lu Mu understood, deliberately showed a flattering expression, and thanked: "Thank you, Your Highness, tsk tsk, I haven't tasted what Zong Wei Zhang feels like." After that, he glanced at Wei Jiao, who was a little dumbfounded, and waved his hand.
He urged coldly: "Hey, so-and-so, you can leave."
Amid the uncontrollable laughter of the clan guards, even Li Zheng, Gao Li, and Gao He, the two young eunuchs, Wei Jiao glared at Lu Mu in a feigned way, and then solemnly saluted Zhao Hongrun with his fists clasped.
He left with Li Zheng.
"Your relationship is so good..."
When leaving, Li Zheng couldn't help but say to Wei Jiao.
Wei Jiao was stunned for a moment, then a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
Glancing at Wei Jiao beside him, Li Zheng couldn't help but think of his old brothers. A dozen or twenty years ago, weren't they, the clan guards around Emperor Wei, also so harmonious and close?
Just so many years passed by, and His Majesty was already over fifty, and they, the clan guards, were almost at the age where they should retire.
Feeling secretly in his heart, Li Zheng stopped, looked back at Wei Jiao and said sternly: "Wei Jiao, from now on, Li will not regard you as His Royal Highness's Zongwei, and will ask you to treat others with stricter requirements.
, you have to be prepared."
Hearing this, Wei Jiao was shocked and said with a tense expression, "Yes, Lord Li Zheng!"
Nodding with satisfaction, Li Zheng patted Wei Jiao's arm and said with a smile: "But you don't need to be sullen... let's go."
"Uh...yes!"
At the same time, Zhao Hongrun had led a group of people to Chui Gong Hall.
The Chui Gong Hall is still the Chui Gong Hall in Zhao Hongrun's memory. However, his father, Emperor Wei, is no longer visible in this palace, nor is the old prince Hong Yu, nor even Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu.
The original Secretary of State Zhongshu was also missing, and the entire inner hall looked empty.
No, it cannot be said to be empty, because at this time the inner hall was already filled with memorials, piled in piles in the center of the hall.
Seeing these memorials, Zhao Hongrun's eyes couldn't help but twitch twice, and he exclaimed in his heart: Why are there so many?!
"Wow."
Zongwei Mu Qing stared at the memorials and exclaimed exaggeratedly. Then he blinked his eyes and suddenly held his stomach and said: "Oh, Your Highness, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my abdomen..."
After his reminder, the more clever people such as Gao Kuo, Zhou Pu, Zhongzhao and several others said that they had a bad stomach after drinking all night last night and asked Zhao Hongrun to resign.
It was obvious that they were worried that His Highness would be able to capture a young man temporarily.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help rolling his eyes.
As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together, and people are divided into groups. Zhao Hongrun himself is afraid of trouble, and most of the clan guards around him are also like this - of course, even if these clan guards are not afraid of trouble, he will not let them help review these memorials.
.
It's not that he doesn't trust these Zongwei, it's just that the Zongwei are in military positions and have no experience in this field at all. How dare Zhao Hongrun let them help review these memorials?
But even so, Zhao Hongrun was angry and funny when he saw these people pretending.
"Come on, come on, get out of here, don't be an eyesore here." Zhao Hongrun waved his hand, indicating that these clan guards could move freely. After all, he also knew that these clan guards drank all night because they were too excited last night.
As a result, all the sect guards suddenly dispersed, except Lu Mu who stood there with an awkward expression, not knowing whether to leave or stay.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "You should go back and have a rest... There is a merchant navy outside the palace, so there is nothing to worry about."
However, after thinking about it, Lu Mu decided to stay, not because Zhao Hongrun jokingly appointed him as the Zongwei Chief, but because His Highness must have a Zongwei to protect him - unless it is "Mrs. Que"
"exist.
Now that Lu Mu decided to stay, Zhao Hongrun said nothing more, walked to the seat that originally belonged to the old prince Hongyu, and sat down. His eyes were a little straight as he looked at the piles of memorials on the case, and then glanced at the center of the hall.
Those piles of memorials.
"No, it's just me. I must be tired and vomit blood."
Saying something secretly in his heart, Zhao Hongrun waved to Gao Li, Gao and two young eunuchs who were waiting at the side, and ordered: "Send someone to summon Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu to come into the palace to assist me."
If Zhao Hongrun remembers correctly, Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu, three former secretaries of the Central Committee, were thrown to the Imperial Academy after they were relieved of their posts by the old prince Hongyu.
"Yes, Prince!" Gao Hegong cupped his hands and ran out of the inner hall.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun casually took a memorial from the case, spread it out and took a look.
This is a memorial about Bolangsha River Port. It was written by "Bo Langcheng" Cao Jing, who was in charge of Bolangsha's commercial affairs. This person pointed out in the memorial that the commercial streets of Bolangsha River Port were already quite prosperous.
Therefore, he was also targeted by the local ruffian rangers in Daliang, so that there were incidents one after another of "rangers deliberately causing trouble, intending to ask for money (collecting protection fees) from shop owners." In addition, several groups of rangers from different forces,
There were also frequent street fights.
Therefore, "Bolang Cheng Cao Jing" hoped that the imperial court would add the post of "Wuwei" and expand the number of guards stationed at Bolang Shahe Port.
In addition, "Bolang Cheng Cao Jing" also expressed some opinions on other issues in Bolangsha Commercial Street, such as domestic merchants joining forces to squeeze out foreign merchants, nobles bullying others, buying and selling by force, etc.
After reading the long and dense speech of "Bo Lang Cheng Cao Jing", Zhao Hongrun raised his hand and rubbed his brow bone, feeling that his eyes were a little dizzy.
At this time, the young eunuch Gao He had already polished the grinder for Zhao Hongrun.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun took up the pen and wrote annotations in the memorial of "Bo Langcheng Cao Jing". Simply put, he adopted the appropriate suggestions and rejected the inappropriate suggestions among the suggestions of "Bo Langcheng Cao Jing".
In addition, Zhao Hongrun’s own opinions are added.
Since this was the first memorial to be reviewed, Zhao Hongrun annotated it very carefully, and his suggestions and ideas were also written in quite detail.
However, the good times did not last long. After Zhao Hongrun carefully reviewed about three or four memorials and looked back at the countless memorials in the center of the hall, he felt that there was no enthusiasm in his heart at all, as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him.
, and disappeared immediately.
In addition, the kneeling posture made his back hurt and his ankles hurt. How could he have the energy to continue reviewing these memorials?
"Aren't the three adults, Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu here yet?" Zhao Hongrun couldn't help shouting.
The young eunuch Gao He noticed that His Highness the Crown Prince seemed a little irritable and blinked his eyes without daring to interrupt. However, Zongwei Lu Mu stood nearby and couldn't help laughing.
To be honest, in Lu Mu's opinion, it was already very remarkable that His Highness was able to restrain his temper and review for about a moment.
At the same time, in the Hanlin Office under the Ministry of Rites, the young eunuch Gao He came here accompanied by a group of guards and asked the scribes in the official office to invite Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu, the three former ministers of Zhongshu, respectfully
He said to the three of them: "Three adults, His Royal Highness, you will go to Chui Gong Hall immediately to assist in handling government affairs."
Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu looked at each other in shock.
Although after hearing the news last night that "King Su Zhao Run was appointed crown prince," the three of them had joked in private, speculating whether His Highness would reinstate them to their posts, but that was just a joke, and they themselves did not
Not seriously.
Unexpectedly, early this morning, as soon as they arrived at the Hanlin Office, the young eunuch next to His Royal Highness came to summon them in person.
This is really... a surprise!
"My three gentlemen, the carriage is just outside the office. Please leave immediately. Don't keep His Royal Highness waiting." The young eunuch Gao He gestured with a smile.
"Yes, yes." Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu nodded repeatedly, followed Gao He out of the Hanlin Office, and got on the carriage heading to the palace.
In the carriage, Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu couldn't say anything directly due to the presence of Gao Gao and the young eunuch, so they had to communicate frequently with their eyes.
Thinking about it, they were also inexplicably shocked by the fact that King Su Zhao Run became the crown prince.
If others are not familiar with King Su Zhao Run, how can they still not be familiar with him?
His Highness, I think back then, was the dominant figure in the palace. Even Chui Gong Palace was once harmed by His Highness. As a result, Emperor Wei, who was still handling government affairs in Chui Gong Palace at that time, could only send out a wanted order.
A ban was posted on the door of Chui Gong Hall, prohibiting Su Wang Zhao Hongrun and the latter's clan guards from approaching Chui Gong Hall.
Who would have thought that in the end, His Highness, who was once lawless in the palace, would become the crown prince and crown prince of his Kingdom of Wei.
Compared with Lin Yuyang and Feng Yu, Yu Ziqi seemed more excited.
Because back then, Yu Ziqi's views on "riching the country" coincided with that of His Highness. Now, that His Highness has become the crown prince of Wei. Doesn't this mean that he, Yu Ziqi, finally has the opportunity to realize his own political ambitions?
Are you ambitious?
About a moment later, Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu entered the palace and arrived outside Chui Gong Hall.
Although the three of them had actually been familiar with Zhao Hongrun for a long time, due to the fact that His Highness's status was much higher than before, Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu did not dare to slack off at all, and stood outside the palace to tidy up.
After a while of dressing up and confirming that there were no problems, he said to the young eunuch Gao Li: "Eunuch Gao, please report on your behalf."
Gao Li nodded and walked into the inner hall with small steps.
As soon as he entered the inner hall, he was stunned because he saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, holding his chin with his left hand and turning a memorial with three fingers of his right hand - this look did not look like it at all.
They are handling government affairs seriously.
"...It's only been half an hour, right?"
Gao Li couldn't help but smile bitterly.
In fact, before being sent to Zhao Hongrun by the great eunuch Tong Xian, Gao Li had listened to Tong Xian's instructions. The latter said that the prince was very lazy and lazy, so he asked Gao Li and Gao He to be by his side appropriately.
Just a reminder.
It's just that Gao Li never expected that after he left for more than half an hour, His Highness the Prince would already start fishing - God, this is only the first day!
After exchanging glances with his younger brother Gao He who was standing behind Zhao Hongrun, Gao Li coughed lightly and called respectfully: "Your Highness."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun, who was wandering in the sky, finally focused his eyes. He turned the memorial in his hand and took advantage of the moment it flew up to hold it in his hand.
Seeing this handsome scene, Zongwei Lu Mu immediately applauded and cooperated very well.
To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that Lu Mu was the Zongwei beside His Royal Highness, Gao Li would have wanted to kick him out - who are these people!
In his opinion, it must be because Wei Jiao, Lu Mu and other unscrupulous Zongwei did not do their jobs well and did not give good advice to the Crown Prince, which made the Crown Prince become so lazy.
He secretly breathed out and pretended not to notice the talented move of His Highness the Crown Prince. Gao Li lowered his head and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi and Feng Yu are already waiting outside the palace at this moment."
"Okay!" Zhao Hongrun casually threw the memorial in his hand on the table in front of him and said, "Invite them in."
Seeing His Highness the Prince's move of "throwing away the memorial", Gao Li had to pretend not to see it again and bowed away.
After a while, he brought in Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu, the three former Zhongshu adults.
After Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi and Feng Yu entered the inner hall, they bowed their hands to Zhao Hongrun and said, "Welcome ministers, please pay homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and said with a smile: "Master Lin, Master Yu, Master Feng, the three of you have known me for many years, so there is no need to be so foreign. I believe that the purpose of calling you three here today is
Gao Li has also told you... I wonder if you three would be willing to lend a helping hand to me?"
Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu looked at each other and said happily: "Although I am ignorant, I am still willing to share the worries of His Royal Highness."
Zhao Hongrun was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately called Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi and Feng Yu to take their seats.
Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu were also very happy. After all, they were reinstated and resumed their duties.
However, an hour later, Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu quickly reviewed a pile of memorials. They looked up at the prince again and saw that the latter was wandering away again, holding his chin and turning his hands.
They couldn't calm down when they picked up the calligraphy brush.
What about the "help" you promised?
Even Yu Ziqi, who had a particularly good impression of Zhao Hongrun, couldn't help but feel very sick after seeing this scene.
Compared with the diligent Emperor Wei and the old prince Hongyu, the prince in front of him is really too lazy and too tired, and he is always distracted. What should we do?
"...I hope this His Highness just hasn't adapted to the status of a prince yet."
Lin Yuyang, Yu Ziqi, and Feng Yu glanced at each other and prayed secretly in their hearts.