Chapter 19: King and Minister Fighting Wisdom (2) 3/26]
"PS: Guys...let me think about it."
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"Shuashua——"
Headed by Du You, the Minister of Rites, Lin Yuyang, Feng Yu, Xu Guan, and Li Liang, a total of five court ministers in the Chui Gong Hall came to the recliner where the prince Zhao Hongrun was lying.
Concubine Zhao Que couldn't help but stop what she was doing as she pinched her shoulders.
"Mrs. Bird, please be kind."
Du You and others first bowed to Zhao Que. After all, they also knew that Zhao Que was one of the women that Prince Zhao Run loved very much.
"My lords, you're welcome."
Zhao Que also returned the courtesy, blinked his eyes and asked, "What can you do, sir?"
After hearing this, Du You said in a neither arrogant nor humble manner: "I am here to ask His Highness the Crown Prince to return to Chui Gong Hall and preside over the affairs of the state!" After saying that, he turned to Zhao Hongrun and said with a straight face: "Prince
Your Highness, the people cannot live without a master, and the country cannot live without a king. I sincerely request Your Highness to return to Chui Gong Hall to take charge of the overall situation immediately!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yuyang, Feng Yu, Xu Guan, and Li Liang all said in unison with serious faces: "I implore His Highness the Crown Prince to return to Chui Gong Hall to take charge of the overall situation!"
Perhaps because he was being stared at by five pairs of eyes, Zhao Hongrun sat up, looked at Du You, blinked and said, "Master Du You, I have always respected Master Du..."
What he said was not a threat. Of course, Du You was never afraid of threats. As the head of the Ministry of Rites, Du You was naturally a very dignified official.
Therefore, he ignored Zhao Hongrun's words and repeated what he had said before.
Looking at these five serious internal court ministers in front of him, Zhao Hongrun really had a headache - ten times more headache than adjudicating the conflict between Cui Yong and Zhang Qigong.
To be fair, although Zhao Hongrun seems to be lazy these days - well, in fact he is just lazy, but having said that, he also has a grasp of the overall situation.
For example, even though they were thousands of miles apart, Zhao Hongrun still knew what was happening in Song County very well.
Another example is Sima An, who is guarding the west of Hexi, and Wei Ji, the lord of Lintao, who is guarding the east of Hedong. These two famous Wei generals are actively preparing for war. The status of their armies, as well as the prepared grain and other food, will be reported to Zhao Hongrun one after another.
The only thing Zhao Hongrun was slacking about was not sitting in the Chui Gong Hall to review the memorials with the ministers of the Inner Dynasty - he believed that the Inner Dynasty team he appointed was enough to deal with the memorials, and all he had to do was to master the Wei ship.
The rudder of a warship.
But unfortunately, his way of handling government affairs was unacceptable to his ministers.
This is no wonder, after all, throughout the history of the Wei Kingdom, there has never been a king or prince who handled government affairs in this way.
As for the entire Central Plains, there is one person, and that is King Lu Xi of Qi who passed away a few years ago.
King Lu Xi of Qi was also a very unruly king, and sometimes his behavior was simply absurd and unacceptable. However, it is unbelievable that such a drunken, lustful, lazy and absurd king could
He was the most outstanding king of Qi State so far. He led Qi State to stand out from the other countries in the Central Plains and became the overlord of the Central Plains. Even South Korea in the north and Chu State in the south had to bow their heads in front of King Lu Xi of Qi.
The reason is that King Lu Xi of Qi played for fun, but he never relaxed his control of the current situation.
And now, the same is true for Zhao Hongrun. Although he lies on a recliner and soaks in the sun every day, in fact, he is secretly paying attention to the changes in the outside world and planning the development strategy of Wei State in his mind - but these are
Things cannot be seen or touched by outsiders, so they mistakenly think that His Royal Highness is simply lazy.
"Lord Du You, I really don't like the narrow corner of Chui Gong Hall. I can handle state affairs here, so why do I have to force others to make things difficult?"
Hearing Zhao Hongrun's words, Du You almost spat out a mouthful of blood - as His Royal Highness, handling government affairs in the Chui Gong Hall is actually something that is difficult for someone to do?
Perhaps because he saw Du You's ugly face, Zhao Hongrun coughed and asked again: "What's more, there are people like Lord Du in the Chui Gong Hall who are the pillars of the court... All of you are ministers of the inner court appointed by this king.
The king also knows that all of you are the pillars of the country. With all of you handling state affairs and government affairs in the Chui Gong Hall, why do you need me?"
Hearing Zhao Hongrun's praise in the first half of the paragraph, Du You's face looked a little better. After all, this was the praise of His Highness the Crown Prince. Looking at the entire Wei Kingdom, how many people could get such an honor? This was when he heard the second half of the paragraph.
, he couldn't help but frowned - what? Is it because I and other internal ministers have encouraged the Crown Prince to be lazy?
Thinking of this, Du You said in a deep voice: "His Royal Highness, all the ministers are ministers, you are the master of Chui Gong Palace..."
"No, it's not me, my father is the master of Chui Gong Palace." Zhao Hongrun suddenly interrupted seriously.
Du You was interrupted and looked at the Crown Prince Zhao Run with some embarrassment. Although it was clear that the Crown Prince was deliberately making fun of him and pretending to be stupid, he could not refute that what the Crown Prince said was indeed the truth.
After exhaling, Du You solemnly said: "Your Highness, if I have encouraged the Crown Prince to be lazy and led His Highness to go astray, then I would like to resign from the post of Minister of Internal Affairs and ask Your Highness to
Yes!"
"...Good guy, are you serious?"
Zhao Hongrun's eyelids twitched. He had a hunch that most of these ministers were seriously resigning their posts to remonstrate.
Especially Du You, as the Minister of Rites, if Zhao Hongrun really agreed with this hard-headed courtier, maybe Du You would resign from office and remonstrate to death, and crash to death on the rockery next to him, or jump to death.
Enter the pool in front of you.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun's tone slowed down and he said with a smile: "My lords, why are you doing this? Let's talk about it carefully... Que'er, please bring some adults a cup of tea. Gao Li, please bring some stools."
"Yes, Your Highness." Zhao Que and the young eunuch Gao Li responded.
Although Du You and others refused repeatedly, Zhao Que ignored them and listened to his man's words, poured several cups of herbal tea and handed them to Du You and others one by one.
Since Zhao Que was the concubine of the crown prince Zhao Run, and was obviously the concubine in the future palace, Du You dared not refuse out of courtesy, so he had to thank him again and again and take it - but as soon as he accepted the tea, they resigned and entered the palace.
The momentum of the remonstrance was inevitably affected.
Thinking about it, it’s not easy to just put a cup of tea aside, how can you still have the previous momentum?
At this time, Zhao Hongrun said kindly: "My lords, it's not that I am lazy on purpose, but as the crown prince and crown prince, I don't have to do everything by myself, right?... Of course, I'm not saying that it's not good to do everything by myself.
, but, even if one person exhausts his efforts, how can he solve the myriad affairs of the whole country?
Therefore, the Chui Gong Palace will be left to your lords. If your lords encounter any problems that cannot be solved through discussion, please inform me. In this case, I can also be free... No, I can also take advantage of my free time to come again.
Self-improvement. After all, I am only twenty-three years old. I am still young and there is still a lot of room for improvement, right?"
"..."
Du You and other internal ministers looked at the lounge chair under Zhao Hongrun's buttocks, the sunshade umbrella behind him, and the table next to it filled with pastries and dried fruits. Finally, they took another look at the charming Zhao Que. Then, they
He cast a rather distrustful look at His Highness the Crown Prince.
"cough."
Noticing the gazes of several court ministers in front of him, Zhao Hongrun coughed and said seriously: "As the saying goes, hearing is false and seeing is believing, but sometimes, what you see with your own eyes may not be the truth... Just like me,
It seems that I am lying here, but in fact, I am sharpening my mind..."
"Just lying here, what kind of tempering is this?!"
The ministers twitched their lips.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun was still continuing: "This is the lesson my father left for me. My father said that I have an impatient temper and need to be sharpened, so he recommended me to go fishing to sharpen my mind."
"Fishing?"
Du You and other ministers looked around, but they didn't see anything like a fishing rod at all.
Seeing this, Du You said with a strange expression: "In ancient times, there was a method of fishing with a straight hook. If anyone is willing to take the bait, it is better for the prince. The fishing rod, fishing line and bait are all saved... I am ignorant, but I dare to ask, what method did your highness the prince use?"
"
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "Mr. Du is wrong. Fishing sharpens your mind. The focus is on training your mind. How can it not be about the few fish that are hooked? Since it is not about the fish that are hooked, why do you need a fishing rod?
Fishing line, fishing bait? Fishing depends on an artistic conception."
"The artistic conception... makes sense." Feng Yu murmured.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, he found that Du You, Lin Yuyang, Xu Guan, and Li Liang all turned their heads at the same time and stared at him fiercely. He was so frightened that he immediately shrank his head and did not dare to speak casually again.
"...That makes no sense!"
Staring at Feng Yu fiercely, even a humble gentleman like Du You cursed angrily in his heart at this moment: This is obviously strong words and nonsense, but you, Feng Yu, believe it!
Taking a breath, Du You calmed down his mind, and then said seriously: "I have never heard of the 'wonderful method' that His Highness the Crown Prince mentioned. I think that if His Highness the Crown Prince wants to sharpen his mind, he needs to be practical and not... fantasy."
He said it very tactfully.
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun showed a thoughtful expression as if he had been taught something, and then nodded and said: "What Mr. Du said is extremely true, it is just a fantasy, I am afraid it is really difficult to sharpen one's mind... I have learned something."
After that, he ordered the young eunuch Gao Li: "Gao He, bring me a fishing rod."
"Eh?"
Du You was stunned.
After a while, seeing Prince Zhao Run sitting by the pond holding a fishing rod, Du You opened his mouth with an indescribably weird expression.
This, this is not right!
Why did it end up like this?
After burning incense, Du You and his party returned to Chui Gong Hall with heavy hearts.
"How?" Yu Ziqi raised his head and asked casually.
The faces of Du You, Lin Yuyang, Xu Guan, Li Liang, and Feng Yu twitched. In the end, Feng Yu sighed and said, "His Royal Highness... is superior in skill, and Master Du accidentally fell into the trap."
Yu Ziqi, Wen Qi, and Jie Ziqi couldn't help laughing. The former smiled and said: "Master Du, give up. With His Highness the Prince's intelligence, how can you ask him to obey?"
Du You glared at Yu Ziqi, frowned and said: "As a minister, I should advise you... This time I made a mistake, next time, next time..."
Seeing him secretly making up his mind, Yu Ziqi shook his head speechlessly.
In this way, two months were spent in the happy confrontation between the emperor and his ministers, and May was ushered in with active preparations for war.