Brother Huang, you are not doing your job right, but you still have the nerve to accuse me.
Zhang Xutuo next to him was embarrassed by Li Xingchen's words, and his face even turned a little red.
"Yi Guo (Zhang Xutuo's cousin) has been crowned for many years, right?" Xiao Shilian couldn't help but asked curiously, "Why haven't we gotten married yet? Is there anyone I like who can act as a matchmaker?"
Zhang Xutuo waved his hand hurriedly.
He grew up in the north in his early years. He followed his family to the south and wandered all the way. He waited until he entered Jinling Academy and received the talent training education of the Dahan system. After he emerged with excellent results, he officially entered the upper class society. Since then, he has been working in the Taiwei Academy. He followed Yang Su around in the house, but now that Yang Su was gone, he had to take charge of the job alone, so marriage was naturally out of the question.
Xiao Shilian wants to continue to delve deeper into this issue. For example, although our Xiao family does not have many heirs, we do not have those who are suitable for you.
Li Xingchen couldn't help but interrupt Xiao Shilian: "Boqing, if you want to change the subject, just stop here. If you really want to find a son-in-law for the Xiao family, then wait until later. We are talking about business now, so don't interrupt. .”
Li Lian'er pinched Xiao Shilian.
This guy is quite capable regardless of the occasion. Relying on the trust of his royal brother, can he say anything at this time?
However, being interrupted by Xiao Shilian, the atmosphere in the camp relaxed a lot.
Li Lian'er resumed the previous topic: "Brother Emperor, are there any more changes in the treatment of the Jizhou family?"
"Since Your Majesty has given Cui Shiji some hope, making any changes at this time may cause his dissatisfaction and lay hidden dangers for the Jizhou family's return." Xiao Shilian said directly, "So I think that the matter is over and I can only appease Cui Shiji first. , it would not be a bad thing if Jizhou can be quickly stabilized with the help of the Jizhou family and the people's hearts will return to my great Han Dynasty."
"But it's still a commonplace question. If you appoint an aristocratic family, the aristocratic family will rise again. Who can stop it?" Li Xingchen sighed.
Zhang Xutuo couldn't help but say at this time: "Your Majesty, I have something I don't know whether to say or not."
Li Xingchen glanced at him. It was the civil officials who should decide whether to appoint a noble family. Zhang Xutuo, as the chief historian of the Taiwei Palace, naturally couldn't say much about this. Therefore, he had to get Li Xingchen's permission first, otherwise he would He won't give anyone any clues.
Zhang Xutuo, whom Li Xingchen met at Jinling Academy, had an upright character. He had been competing with Li Yuan and had a great fight. Later, after the two graduated, one entered the Taiwei Mansion and the other entered the Agriculture Department. , and now he has been transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture, so there will be no intersection after that. This also makes Zhang Xutuo no longer as sharp as before, and he must compete with each other.
Especially after Zhang Xutuo followed Yang Su, his character became more and more calm. Of course he didn't speak when he shouldn't speak. Even when he should speak, he had to express his meaning clearly first to avoid misunderstanding.
Although Li Xingchen doesn't think it's a good thing to be vague and not say it out loud, Zhang Xutuo is also a famous general in history after all. He is definitely a good young man worth cultivating and can take on important responsibilities in the future. Since he wants to enter the high-level officialdom, then You still need to be able to know these ways of conducting yourself in the world.
"But it doesn't matter." Li Xingchen waved his hand.
Zhang Xutuo smiled and said: "I think that since Cui Shiji is willing to be used by the Han Dynasty, your Majesty can use him instead of his family."
Li Xingchen pondered this sentence: "Use his people instead of his family?"
"Yes, what your Majesty is afraid of is that the Jizhou family can take advantage of this opportunity to rise up and lead the other families to oppose our new policy of the Han Dynasty." Zhang Xutuo said slowly, "If this is the case, we can appoint Cui Shiji to be able to
To stabilize the people, we can completely replace the children of the aristocratic families recommended by Cui Shiji, and instead select our own officials, and Cui Shiji will direct the work. As long as we can learn enough experience from Cui Shiji, then naturally it can be used by me. Cui Shiji can then use it.
Or not, what does it have to do with me, a big man?"
Li Xingchen couldn't help but smile.
If Cui Shiji heard about this plan, he would be furious.
Isn't he just hoping to get a way out for the children in his family by humbly speaking so much? Otherwise, Cui Shiji is considered a famous person now. Even if he wants to live in seclusion, the big man will probably ask him to come out and preside over various affairs.
Regarding this matter, and now that the big man is doing this, isn't it equivalent to Cui Shiji begging for a long time, and finally only getting an official position for himself, but the entire family has not benefited from it?
For Cui Shiji, this was like putting him on the fire.
Cruel enough.
However, Li Xingchen had no sympathy for Cui Shiji. Many aristocratic families had surrendered and accepted their fate. Only Cui Shiji tried to struggle out of this situation. The trend of the times was rolling in. As a product, it could no longer meet the needs of the times.
, the aristocratic family should have been swept into the garbage dump, and his persistence will only cause more contradictions and conflicts to emerge.
Besides, although the Han people did not have a similar concept of using their own people instead of their families, it does not mean that they have not done this before. This is actually the case with the Wenxi Pei family.
Pei Ju, the head of the Wenxi Pei family, obediently became the headmaster of the college. In fact, he used Pei Ju's talents instead of the other Baiding children of the Wenxi Pei family. The other children who wanted to obtain fame and enter the officialdom also had to
Take it one step at a time.
"I will discuss this matter with the six ministries as soon as possible to finalize the specific matters." Li Xingchen said in a deep voice.
Be it Zhang Xutuo or Xiao Shilian, they are all members of the military after all, and their suggestions must be limited to key points, otherwise they may arouse the resentment of civilian officials.
Although Li Xingchen didn't mind seeing conflicts between civil servants and military generals, he couldn't let such conflicts directly affect the government, or the impact was so strong that it interfered with the current political policies of the Han Dynasty.
Moreover, there are specialties in the art industry. Even if Zhang Xutuo and others have some outstanding ideas, it is impossible for the Ministry of Personnel and other relevant departments to take them into consideration.
Xiao Shilian nodded: "Your Majesty, I am here because of the war situation in Youzhou."
"Is there news in Youzhou? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Li Xingchen asked directly.
What Li Xingchen looked forward to most was the news from Youzhou and Jinyang.
Xiao Shilian hurriedly explained: "But it is not very important news. Now the Marine Corps has joined forces with the Fenwu Army in Heping City to guard Juyong Pass and control Yan County. Although Dugu Yongye defended Fanyang County and cut off our army's southward path, but as the
Most of Dugu Yongye's subordinates have been transferred to Yecheng. At this time, they are too busy and can no longer pose a threat to Yan County."
Li Xingchen nodded: "Does the Marine Corps want to ask for instructions on the next mission?"