Chapter five hundred and forty-six heart of the world valley manager [2 more]
Watching the clerk take away the imperial edict, Jiao Fang, the chief minister of the cabinet, couldn't help but sigh: "Your Majesty was not able to keep the chief steward after all!"
Chen Ding, who has an upright temperament, frowned and said: "Your Majesty is confused. It's okay to allow General Manager Chu to resign. After all, this is Chu Yi's decision, and your Majesty has nothing to do. But why did your Majesty appoint Gu?"
Dayong is the chief ceremonial supervisor."
It can be seen that Chen Ding strongly disagrees with Gu Dayong's succession as Director of Ceremonies.
Others don't know what kind of person Gu Dayong is, but these people in the cabinet know it all too well.
In the more than a year since Chu Yi was away, if you really want to talk about it, although there were undercurrents in the court, under Zhu Houzhao's suppression, it was generally very calm.
But beneath this calmness, there was an undercurrent surging, and Gu Dayong was one of the most restless beings.
Because Gu Dayong really had the trust of the emperor, even if some of Gu Dayong's actions were out of line, everyone would turn a blind eye.
Fortunately, it was not too much for Gu Dayong to cause trouble. For the sake of the emperor, everyone did not target Gu Dayong.
However, now Gu Dayong was suddenly appointed as the Supervisor of Ceremonies by the Emperor. This position was not something that ordinary people could occupy.
Look at who are sitting in this seat. The world-powerful Emperor Liu Jin and the King of Wu Chu Yi, no matter who they are, they are inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.
Now the Zhengde Dynasty has welcomed the third Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies, Gu Dayong, but I don’t know whether Gu Dayong is like Liu Jin who died because of his own greed, or whether he is like Chu Yi who has the world in his heart and succeeds.
Retreat.
Everyone looked at each other and heard Wang Hua sigh softly: "Your Majesty's decree has been made. I think everyone knows what kind of temperament our Majesty has. Since His Majesty has chosen Gu Dayong, then in Gu Dayong
No matter what we say, His Majesty will not change his mind until the evil deeds are revealed."
But Wang Shouren chuckled and said: "It's just that Gu Dayong became the Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies. Why should everyone be sad? Gu Dayong can just do things honestly. Otherwise, even if he is the Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies
, there are many people in this world who can control him."
Yang Yiqing stroked his beard and smiled and said: "What Yang Ming said is true. Don't forget that although Manager Chu said he was resigning, he is still the King Wu of Ming Dynasty and the Crown Prince. If Gu Dayong does too much, I will
We just need to invite Manager Chu."
After thinking about this, Jiao Fang and the other cabinet ministers secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and no longer worried about whether Gu Dayong would cause any trouble if he became the Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies.
The emperor's decree was conveyed to the eunuchs and officials of the Ministry of Rites as quickly as possible as soon as it came out of the cabinet. They took the imperial decree to the mansions of Chu Yi and Gu Dayong.
Not only did Chu Yi have a mansion outside the palace, but the emperor also rewarded him with a mansion outside the palace, such as Gu Dayong.
In Chu Yi's Prince Wu's Mansion, the eunuchs and officials from the Ministry of Etiquette who conveyed the edict left in a hurry. After all, Chu Yi was so notorious that these eunuchs and officials from the Ministry of Etiquette did not dare to stay in Chu Yi's residence for too long.
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But there was a lot of joy in Gu Dayong's mansion.
As Gu Dayong's confidant, Miao Miao watched Gu Dayong take the imperial edict from the hand of the eunuch and said to Gu Dayong with a smile: "Congratulations to the Chief Manager, congratulations to the Chief Manager, now the name of the Chief Manager is considered
Well deserved!”
Although everyone usually calls Gu Dayong the General Manager, Gu Dayong himself knows that as long as he does not sit in the position of Chief Supervisor of Ceremonies for a day, he will not be called the General Manager.
Although it was said that Zhu Houzhao wrote the imperial edict in front of Gu Dayong, who had already seen it before, but his feelings were very different when he saw it then and now.
Gu Dayong looked at the imperial edict and couldn't help laughing loudly.
As the decree was issued, the capital itself was the place where news spread the fastest. In less than half a day, the news that Chu Yi's resignation was approved by the emperor, and that Gu Dayong was promoted to the position of Supervisor of Ceremonies spread throughout the world immediately.
Capital.
Then another rumor spread, that is, Chu Yi fell out of favor with the emperor.
That day in the court, so many people watched with their own eyes as Chu Yi begged the emperor to allow him to resign. Although there were rumors among the capital, everyone would rather believe the rumors than the facts.
Rumors are spreading everywhere in teahouses and restaurants.
"Have you heard that the former general manager Chu Yi has fallen out of favor with the emperor..."
"Some people have long said that Chu Yi is too talented, but now he has been abandoned by the emperor as expected."
"Hahaha, this eunuch has his day too!"
Some people think that Chu Yi has fallen out of favor, and naturally some people don't believe it. However, in the face of the rumors, everyone has been staring at Prince Wu's Mansion, but there is no movement in Prince Wu's Mansion. Over time, almost most people believe that Chu Yi has fallen out of favor.
Time passed like water, and a few months passed in the blink of an eye. Just as he said, Chu Yi had no longer interfered with the affairs of the court since he resigned from office after receiving the emperor's order, except for regularly going to the palace to teach the young prince.
Apart from that, he spent the rest of the time in Prince Wu's Mansion, and even some officials who came to ask for an audience were turned away.
Compared with the crowds in front of the palace of Prince Nawu of Chu Yi, there was a constant flow of traffic in front of the palace of Gu Dayong, who was promoted to the director of rituals. The sedan chairs of officials who went to see Gu Dayong were almost lined up like a long queue.
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Even because there were so many officials visiting Gu Dayong, officials below the fourth rank had to submit invitations several days in advance if they wanted to meet Gu Dayong.
Gu Dayong's momentum was unparalleled for a while. It has always been human nature to downplay the low and praise the high. When Gu Dayong gained power, naturally a group of officials followed Gu Dayong.
For these outsiders, Gu Dayong could be said to accept all comers. After all, if Gu Dayong wanted to establish his own power in the court, he had to gather some people around him.
When Gu Dayong took office as a new official, the first thing that was unlucky was some of the officials who used to be attached to Chu Yi. These officials were not as powerful as Wang Shouren, Yang Yiqing, and Han Kun. Even these officials were Gu Dayong.
Dayong didn't dare to move lightly, but the other officials were different. Gu Dayong could find any reason to take down these officials.
In just a few months, no less than a dozen officials with low official positions but in important departments were replaced by Gu Dayong with his own people.
Departments such as the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs were all assigned their own personnel by Gu Dayong.
In the mansion, an official entered the study under the guidance of a servant. When he saw Gu Dayong sitting there with a rosy face, Lu Sen, as the newly appointed Minister of Household Affairs, bowed to Gu Dayong with a pop.
Said: "My son Lu Sen, meet your adoptive father!"
Gu Dayong smiled and stretched out his hand and said: "It's okay for Sen'er to be in the household department. Did old man Chen Ding give you any trouble?"
In a short period of time, Gu Dayong took in eighteen adopted sons and gathered a group of officials with these eighteen adopted sons as the backbone for his use.
And Lu Sen was one of the eighteen adopted sons gathered by Gu Dayong. He was placed in the household department by Gu Dayong. Needless to say, Gu Dayong was eyeing the household department. After all, Gu Dayong was not a fool. He knew
The principle of having money and food in your hands and not panic in your heart.
Lu Sen showed a bit of a wry smile on his face and said: "Returning to my adoptive father, Chen Ding Shangshu is too stubborn. Because of his adoptive father, he always targets the child. Fortunately, he does not dare to offend the adoptive father too much, so the child falls in the household department.
It’s not a bad life.”
Mentioning Chen Ding, Gu Dayong couldn't help but frown and said with a bit of displeasure: "This old guy has been a senator for several times. Even in front of His Majesty, he dares to show off to His Majesty directly. Otherwise, our family will definitely take him."
As he spoke, Gu Dayong looked at Lu Sen and said, "Sen'er, can you keep the money for repairing the river embankment that your adoptive father asked you to keep?"
Lu Sen whispered: "Going back to my adoptive father, I have already cut off 500,000 taels of silver according to the instructions of my adoptive father. However, as a result, there is only less than 200,000 taels left for repairing the river."
, this river..."
Gu Da waved his hand and said with some indifference: "In the past two years, the imperial court has spent tens of millions of taels of silver to repair the river. This river has been simply repaired earlier, so this time it is considered insufficient funds.
, a little repair is enough, I really thought there would be some kind of flood disaster!"
Lu Sen nodded with deep understanding and said, "What the adoptive father said is true. The child will arrange for someone to send the money to the adoptive father's house tomorrow."
Gu Dayong suddenly smiled and said to Lu Sen, "Very good, we really did not misjudge you!"
Lu Sen said modestly: "But he is not as good as Brother Wenzheng. This time the imperial court allocated millions of taels of silver to resettle hundreds of thousands of people who moved to Sanwei, Jianzhou. Brother Wenzheng only needs to make a little move.
The pen and ink will then be worth tens or millions of taels of silver."
Gu Dayong looked at Lu Sen and said, "Sen'er, do you think that if His Majesty and the rest of the world knew what we were doing, would they think that we are bringing disaster to the country and the people?"
Lu Sen looked serious and said: "Is it wrong for us to share the emperor's worries and seek some benefits for ourselves? As the saying goes, the emperor does not need hungry soldiers, and we have not harmed the local people. Why is it wrong? How can we harm the country and the people?"
Say? My foster father dedicated himself to the people of the world, and in a few months he presided over more than a dozen major projects such as river repairs, road repairs, and resettlement of disaster victims. If this is not a benefit to all people, what is it? If you really want to say that your foster father has harmed the country and the people, they deserve it.
Conscience..."
Lu Sen's adoptive father spoke righteously. Lu Sen's face even turned red when he got excited. If anyone disagreed, he would roll up his sleeves and argue with the other party.
Gu Da smiled happily, with a look of satisfaction on his face, and nodded to Lu Sen, "Sen'er's words have deeply touched my heart, they are so deep in my heart!"
