Are you stupid?

The old minister who has been immersed in the court all his life pointed out too many swords and swords in a few words, and Wang Hua's actions surprised Shenlong even more.

He was fascinated by it.

However, he quickly came to his senses, skipping over Wang Hua's attitude of avoiding troubles in the fight between Xinjun and Jiayu County King, and directly asked about government affairs, "Then the Taiwei walked slowly all the way?" , is there any inconsistency in various places?"

Wang Hua smiled immediately.

He didn't answer the young monarch immediately, but Shenlong felt embarrassed and smiled while rubbing his nose.

After the first emperor spent a whole dynasty of extravagance and debauchery in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the atmosphere has long been corrupted. Although it cannot be said that there are no officials who work in the local area with a passion, more officials can't escape the "three years of being an official, and two days of tens of thousands at home." "Mother" curse, one by one thinks about how to fill their own pockets and rack their brains to increase exorbitant taxes.

After this time, the monarch and his ministers kept everything in silence and spoke more openly.

Wang Hua directly gestured to the back of the car, "The minister returned to Beijing all the way, and the officials at the place where he passed did not know that the minister was trying to avoid disaster. They thought that the minister was showing his official authority and the honor bestowed by His Majesty, so everyone rushed to send the minister away. Gifts, when the minister returned to Beijing, the whole family had a total of ten carts of luggage, and on the way they sent their subordinates to send the 'gifts' back to Beijing first, and the chief engineer sent them eleven times, forty carts each time."

The total number of cities that Wang Hua passed through when he entered the capital was twenty, and he could receive so many offerings. The officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty were not rich and powerful, so where did they get so much money?What's more, even if you go out to a wealthy family, you won't let your children throw money away.The gifts that Wang Hua received were obviously obtained through corruption by local officials.

"If Your Majesty doesn't ask, I plan to submit the memorial. I will present this pile of ill-gotten wealth on the grounds that my business in Youzhou has been very effective over the years, and the gifts are all given by the foreign Khan."

The Wang family is a big family. Wang Hua was born in the direct line, so he has outstanding talents. Even though he has not been in the central government for these years, the family has a good management and will never shorten Wang Hua's wealth. For him, a good reputation is better than that. A few money at your fingertips is much more important-although Wang Hua really doesn't like the Wang family and never supports the clansmen, but as long as the Wang family has Wang Hua, it means that they have not withdrawn from the court, and they will not give up Wang Hua.In other words, because of Wang Hua's estrangement from the family, he also felt guilty about the family, and he didn't want the Wang family to take the blame for him after he quit the court.

"Wang's family is here?" Shenlong quickly responded, and then asked.

Wang Hong, as a representative of a treacherous official, was pushed out of Beijing by Shenlong. Although Wang Hua became a captain, Wang Hua was only "given by the former emperor". It is unknown whether his relationship with Emperor Yuanhe can be harmonious after meeting. In the same way, it doesn't matter if you ask casually.

The Wang family must be very eager to know Wang Hua's attitude towards entering Beijing, and whether he is ready to ease with the family.

Wang Hua didn't want to say more about the family affairs, and covered it up: "It's just family affairs."

Although most of the "family affairs" of the courtiers these days cannot escape the connection with the court, but Wang Hua is not a group of courtiers who are close to him in the classics and Zhou Ji, and the other party is unwilling to say more, so Shenlong can't ask too much.

He simply brought the topic back to the question of how to build up the spirit of local officials, "The corruption of local officials has reached this point, what can the Taiwei do?"

Wang Hua didn't answer but instead asked: "Since I came to His Majesty, His Majesty has asked me the same question three times, and His Majesty must have some calculations in his mind. I don't know what His Majesty thinks."

Is this testing him?

Immediately, I felt a burst of laughter—this group of veterans seemed to like the trick of "If you ask me, I will ask you back. If you don't answer well, then you don't deserve my obedience".

But soon, the amused mood turned to apprehension.

The ass determines the head, and no one is born to like to kneel at the feet of others and let others drive them.Shenlong didn't think he could "shock the tiger's body, fill the court with the aura of dominance, and make all the officials obey".Therefore, it is normal for the courtiers to be inconsistent with the king in order to obtain higher status and greater rights.

The current environment in Dazhou is very bad. It can be said that the entire imperial court is on the verge of collapse. Under such circumstances, as long as you are not a courtier who is not clear-headed, you should know that only by working together with the emperor to make changes can you enjoy the existing rights for a long time , but the courtiers still have their own thoughts, either watching with cold eyes, or fighting against the court.

In the eyes of the courtiers, they were so unscrupulous. To put it bluntly, they didn't pay attention to the king on the dragon chair at all.

Unfortunately, this "king" is now Shenlong.

If the Great Zhou is destroyed unfortunately, although the courtiers are in danger, there is still the possibility of surviving and continuing to serve as an official for the emperor who changed the dynasty; Hunting and killing the usurpers, one cannot escape the end of death.

Alas, so it is really troublesome not to have "one of our own", he should cultivate more "students of the Son of Heaven".

Thinking of the deadly virtues of officials in the court, Shenlong lost the interest in making detours, and said quite directly: "Use it if you can use it, and remove it if you can't use it. It is true that most of the literate and hyphenated people come from high families, but the so-called 'poor families' There are also many wealthy households, they are not lacking in talent and learning. Moreover, they will be more loyal to me."

Are you faithful?But it's just with ease.

No matter how talented the students from poor families are, they cannot rise to high positions under the obstruction of the aristocratic family. They need to be appreciated by the emperor more urgently, so they will naturally be more willing to follow the emperor. It's really not true loyalty, do Yuanhedi not care, or do they think he can control it?

However, Emperor Yuanhe was right. For now, what he needs to do is to clean up the court. Only by keeping the officials in his hands as quickly as possible can the government orders be implemented.Otherwise, no matter how good the decree is, if it is not properly implemented by local officials, let alone good results, if the people’s dissatisfaction is not caused, it will be regarded as the ancestors’ virtue.

"Your Majesty has a good idea, but the old minister only asked His Majesty one thing - the officials in the court are deeply intertwined. Since His Majesty wants to clean up their relatives, how can officials serve His Majesty?"

The smile on Shenlong's face immediately became more confident and presumptuous, "What the Taiwei said, even between husband and wife, father and son will inevitably have doubts. The officials are only standing together for the benefit, and their relationship will never last long. "

"Your Majesty is indeed prepared."

"Yes, but I still want to hear different voices." Shenlong nodded, swallowing Wang Hua's indescribable evaluation.

"The old minister has nothing to say. The duty of a minister is to realize the king's vision. What's more, your Majesty's move is not wrong. You just need to remember that the methods should not be too cruel." Wang Hua's words seemed useless, but they were actually words from the heart.

"I will remember."

Shenlong took down Wang Hua's instructions, and politely held a banquet for Wang Hua to wash away the dust.

Wang Hua kept talking clichés at the banquet, but when he returned to the house to meet the Wang family, he couldn't help asking them, "How is the family doing now? Is there enough food and drink on weekdays?"

The Wang family didn't realize the meaning of Wang Hua's words, and when Wang Hua was old and soft-hearted, he began to consider the interests of the family, and replied excitedly: "You don't have to worry about the family. The family has rich clothes and fine food, and there are countless meals every day. Never be short of food and clothing just because Emperor Yuanhe ordered frugality."

Wang Hua closed his eyes and took a deep breath, barely suppressing the insults that almost blurted out.

Can the emperor's will be changed by a mere family?After Kui Yuan and the Emperor knew that Wang Hong had done nothing good, they drove him out of the capital without implicating the whole Wang family. As a result, the Wang family did it in accordance with the frugal order issued by the emperor to show their grandeur?

Bunch of idiots!

Wang Hua said unhappily: "I think the family is fat and strong, so there is no need to eat and drink so well. Porridge and side dishes are enough."

"What my uncle said, our royal family has gone through four dynasties, and we are a well-deserved family. We can't afford a few dishes. The children are fatter, and their bones are strong."

"Yuan and Emperor in the palace took care of me. There were only eight dishes and a bottle of wine on the table. You guys are lucky. The food at home is better than Yuan and Emperor—no wonder none of you can enter after Wang Hong was banished from Beijing." Center! With this little insight, the Wang family probably won't have the chance to 'survive the Five Dynasties'!"

The younger generation of the Wang family was anxious, "But uncle, Yuan Hedi is not like a narrow-minded king."

"The monarch is broad-minded, so you are tolerant of Ke Jiner harming the monarch? Ha, if you really want to think about it, buy Bai Ling as soon as possible and prepare to hang yourself for the whole family." Wang Hua hasn't been home for many years and has not accumulated much. The homesickness was completely broken up in a few words with the younger generation in the family. He waved his hand and let his servants help him back to his home. After seeing his children and encouraging him, he rested with his old wife who had been with him all his life down.

Lying on the extraordinarily soft bed, Wang Hua tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.

People feel lighter when they are old, and his old wife is very tired, but Wang Hua is so tossing and turning, she can't fall asleep.Wang Hua's old wife simply asked the maid to light a lamp in the room, and chatted with Wang Hua next to each other.

"I see that you've come back from the palace with a distraught mind. Is it because the new king is not easy to get along with?"

Wang Hua and his old wife and young couple come to accompany each other when they are old. They have been noisy all their lives, but when they are old, they talk about everything, and their feelings grow deep.

Wang Hua simply got up, approved the clothes and said worriedly, "Smart people are mostly difficult to deceive. When I returned home today, I realized that the family has changed too much. The children are too extravagant and arrogant. This is not a good sign. "

Now that he has spoken, there is nothing that cannot be said later.Wang Hua added with a wry smile, "Even if we ourselves frequently wrote letters telling our children and grandchildren to work hard, they couldn't get rid of their arrogance and extravagance, let alone think about other families in the family. The Wang family has been a well-known family for more than [-] generations. Now at home The one with the highest official position is Wang Hongna, a courtier. The more I think about it, the more afraid I am, there is no sleepiness."

"I watched that boy Wang Hua grow up, and he can commit crimes in a blink of an eye." Wang Hua's old wife shook her head with a smile, and said very leniently, "The first one to clean up is the new king. He, but you can see that he is still alive and kicking. It can be seen that the new king is not a cruel and ruthless person. It is not terrible to offend the emperor who is willing to keep everything on the line." The old wife patted Wang Hua, "Okay, go to sleep, We are all at this age, and our children and grandchildren have their own blessings. You have said everything you should say, and if you worry about them, it will be useless if they don't follow suit."

Wang Hua's old wife's words became a prophecy.

Wang Hua really didn't expect that Yuan and Di's "brothers believe in each other" and biting each other fiercely started from the Wang family.