Drunk House

 Chapter 719: Accumulation of disadvantages turns into disease (1st update)

No one knows better than Su Rong that Uncle Xie trained Fengling and the secret guards around her not just as secret guards. The things they have been involved in since they were young are more than ten times that of ordinary people, especially It's Fengling. It can be said that Fengling has learned just as much as she has learned.

Fengling knew what propriety meant, and she was only a few months older than him.

 She put her arms around Zhou Gu's waist, lay on him, and sighed, "I'm so tired."

Zhou Gu is also tired. Today, he is in the Ministry of Rites and has no time to spare. He is so busy that he has some doubts. Even if Fengling and Yan Jin are sent, can they really get married within half a year?

 Even he can't be sure.

The bone of the old man of the Ministry of Rites, the bones of the bones, do n’t know how long it can be supported, do n’t be tired halfway?

He patted Su Rong on the back and expressed his worries, "Old Minister of Rites, you have worked really hard. When you came back tonight, did you notice that the temperature just dropped again? It's very cold. I'm afraid there's going to be a cold. It's cold in spring, so I'm worried that the old minister won't fall ill."

Su Rong immediately said: "Hurry up and ask Dr. Zhang to take the pulse of Lao Shangshu tomorrow." After she finished speaking, she added: "Let Dr. Zhang and Qin Feng both enter Tai Hospital. I heard that Tai Hospital also There is a shortage of people. In the past, most of the doctors in the Imperial Hospital were from the Nangong family. After my father returned to the capital, the Imperial Hospital fell into disarray. Now there are only a few people sparsely supporting it."

“Yes, both the president and the judge are old.” Zhou Gu said.

"Then Dr. Zhang will be the head of the court and Qin Feng will be the judge." Su Rong said.

 Zhou Gu has no objection.

The two chatted briefly for a few more words, both of them were tired, and soon lay down to sleep. They were too tired to even think about the past, and at most they exchanged a perfunctory good night kiss. cutscene.

Before falling asleep, Zhou Gu thought that if he continued to be tired like this, he wouldn't be worried that he wouldn't be able to hold on any longer. He was really too tired to have any energy.

 The Ministry of Husbandry is much more important than the Ministry of Rites, and is in charge of the civil affairs and treasury of the entire Southern Chu. Land, people, taxes, household registration, salaries and wages, etc. In the past, the Ministry of Hubu was controlled by the Nangong family. Although the Minister of Hubu was a member of the king, the officials below were almost ignored by the Nangong family. To get rid of him means to be incited to rebel. He struggled for two years and gave up. The Nangong family did not move him, but they did not break the relationship with the king, leaving a fig leaf, and he was that fig leaf.

Now that the Nangong family has fallen, the entire household department has become his sole support.

After the king returned to the capital, he cried bitterly when he saw the king alive, and even wanted to retire. However, the king helped him up, dispatched people from various ministries, and set up a temporary household team for him. It's not easy to use, but at least it's not empty anymore. He could only grit his teeth and hold on, otherwise if he gave up his job, the household department would be in ruins. Once the household ministry was over, the collapse of the Southern Chu State would be imminent.

The two factions of the Nangong family and the King of Liu'an destroyed almost half of the court, and the remaining half was already broken into pieces in the struggle.

　No one knows better than these elderly people that when the king returned to the capital, he was faced with such a big mess and almost died again. Ye Xiang's hair almost turned gray due to worry, and he felt that he might as well die in that valley.

After they returned to Beijing, they had just gathered people from here and there to reorganize the court, and heard that the Wei Crown Prince Yuan Zhao had invaded. They all panicked and could only use all their energy to raise food and military pay. , now we are left with a very empty court and a mountain of affairs?

 The Ministry of Household Affairs is not just short of a Zhou Guo.

When Sun Chun, the Secretary of the Ministry of Hubu, saw that Zhou Gu had been transferred from the Ministry of Rites to the Ministry of Hunan, he almost cried with joy. He almost took Zhou Gu's hand and gave him a hug. He was so excited that he said, "Oh, Madam Madam, you are welcome." It's great to be able to come to the Ministry of Husbandry. If you didn't come, I would also like to take advantage of it. All matters in the Ministry of Rites can be put aside first, but we, the Ministry of Husbandry, can't afford to wait."

Faced with Sun Chunwang's enthusiasm, Zhou Gu almost turned around and left, but fortunately he held his nerve and said quickly: "Master Sun, I know that the Ministry of Revenue is short of people. Isn't this coming? If there are difficult things, just take care of them. Arrange it for me."

Sun Chunwang was waiting for this sentence, "The concubine is young, the old minister is old, the eyes are dim, the brain is not strong enough, and the legs and feet are not good. The position of minister is really unfair to you. Why don't you take the old minister's position?"

Zhou Gu was startled, "This can't be done. I have a dark eye on Hu Bu. Hu Bu can't live without Mr. Lao. When we had dinner last night, my father-in-law specifically reminded me, Mr. Sun, how have you been doing these years?" , The hard work is great, it is really not easy to hold the household department firmly while the Nangong family is surrounded by wolves. Please don't say such things, I can't stand it. If you keep talking, I can leave."

"Don't go, don't go. Isn't it okay if I don't tell you?" Sun Chunwang dragged Zhou Gu tightly, how could he let a duck with his mouth fly away? He immediately pulled Zhou Gu and said, "Come on, come on, I'll tell you, our household department has a lot of things to do. I'm afraid I won't be able to finish them in the last ten or eight books."

 Zhou Gu took a breath, "Is it so serious?"

"Yes, in these years, the Nangong family has controlled the government, and the corpses have been left to eat. They have accumulated disadvantages and become ill. The old ministers are unable to defeat four people, and there is nothing they can do." Sun Chunwang sighed repeatedly, "The government of Nanchu is frozen three feet and cannot be repaired in a day. Cold. Even if the king started to work hard five or six years ago, it is too late. In these few years, what the king can do is limited. He does not dare to do it too rashly or too obviously, lest the Nangong family notices and suddenly overturns the situation. After leaving the court, this is the situation we have now."

Zhou Gu also sighed, didn’t he? Seventeen years had passed since the time when Da Wei negotiated peace with Daliang. His father-in-law had been depressed for eleven or twelve years before he learned of his daughter's existence. Then he could not openly and suddenly wake up to political affairs, so he could only secretly reverse the situation. But how can it be that easy? He didn't know it before, but now he knows it. This situation is really not surprising at all.

He followed Sun Chunwang into the door of the Household Department. The piles of files almost made him dizzy. He could foresee that he would be exhausted from all this in the next, not to mention half a year, or even a year.

　　　Any thoughts he had about rushing to get married have completely dissipated. When he gets back tonight, he will tell Su Rong that she is not in a hurry to get married, and don't let her father-in-law rush the Minister of Rites.

By the way, what is the name of the boss of the Ministry of Rites? Oh, my surname is Zhang, my name is Zhang Lixin.

In order for Mr. Zhang to live a few more years, he should do good deeds and accumulate virtue!

 (End of this chapter)