Qing Jialu

In the early morning of the next day, King Kui came to the Fengtian Hall in a rare way. He was dressed in court clothes and stood proudly in the first row.Seeing this, some officials sighed inwardly, expressing sympathy for Shen Jia's experience.

But Shen Jia's opponent, Wu Gelao, was secretly delighted.It seems that without him taking action, with Shen Jia's upright character, he will definitely offend people everywhere and be kicked out of the capital sooner or later.

Only Shen Jia ignored everyone's concern or mocking eyes, and stood in the last row without saying a word, waiting for the morning court to start.

Three whips sounded, and the emperor went to court.Shen Jia watched the emperor coming down from the imperial chariot from a distance, and saw him wearing a yellow robe with four round dragon collars, a winged crown, a jade belt around his waist, and soap boots on his feet, walking slowly into the hall.

The officials knelt down and prayed three times, and the morning court officially began.

As usual, Cheng Weiting, the first assistant, stepped forward to report the six affairs.Afterwards, the focus of today's discussion was about the allocation of funds for the construction of King Kui's mansion.

King Kui took the lead and asked the Ministry of Households to allocate 50 taels.As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Jia immediately refuted it.The two were arguing over the court.

Hiding behind the crowd, Wu Shang secretly looked at the emperor's expression, but saw that the emperor didn't say a word, and he didn't get angry. He couldn't guess what the holy intention was for a while.

King Kui, on the other hand, was secretly anxious. During the debate with Shen Jia, he looked at his second brother the emperor several times.Yesterday the second brother promised that he could build the palace, why didn't he express his opinion for so long today?

Everyone was guessing the emperor's attitude, but the emperor did not comment.

At this moment, the chief assistant, Mr. Cheng Ge, suddenly stood up, "Your Majesty, King Kui and Mr. Shen each insisted on their own opinions, and each had their own reasons. However, the Ministry of Households has long been living without money. Although it is not impossible to spend a mere 50 However, the veteran believes that now that the imperial court is waiting for prosperity, the money should be used wisely."

Old Cheng Ge's words clearly favored Shen Jia's side. Although the officials were surprised, they all knew that Old Cheng Ge represented the Holy One, and no one could say "no".

Even King Kui was blocked from speaking, he looked at the second brother of the emperor, the second brother Xindao has always said one thing, and never speaks without counting.Today, for a little Shen Jia, do you want to destroy the friendship between their brothers?

At this time, the emperor said with a smile: "Shen Jia is only from the seven ranks, but he is not afraid of the power, and he dares to remonstrate directly. I get Shen Jia, just like Tang Taizong got Wei Zheng."

The emperor's praise made many people secretly surprised. Those who laughed at Shen Jia before did not dare to despise him anymore.

Shen Jia hastily cupped her hands and said: "Your Majesty's praise is ridiculous, but I dare not be a minister."

"I approved Shen Jia's play, and rejected King Kui's request for the appropriation approved by the Ministry of Households." The emperor finally made a verdict.

"Your Majesty!" King Kui looked directly at his second brother and complained, "Then my palace..."

The emperor raised his hand slightly, signaling to King Kui to be safe and not to be impatient, "The silver taels that King Kui built the palace will be subsidized from the internal funds in the future."

All the ministers were shocked again. Although His Majesty beat King Kui, he subsidized him with his own money. What is it about?

Shen Jia also frowned slightly upon hearing this, but the internal money does not belong to the household department, so he naturally has no right to question it.

King Kui had gone through ups and downs, so he didn't dare to complain at this time.The palace can be built, and his second brother didn't lie to him.

It really is the emperor's mind, the sacred heart is unpredictable.

After the court was over, Shen Jia still couldn't figure out what His Majesty meant, so she asked her colleague Li Daren, "Your Majesty really loves his third younger brother so much?"

Master Li shook his head, "Who knows, anyway, on the surface, they are brothers and sisters. Someone wrote a letter before, saying that King Kui lived in the capital for a long time, which was not in compliance with the rules, but His Majesty suppressed it. No matter how much the ministers said, there was nothing wrong." What's the use."

After hearing this, Shen Jia became even more puzzled. His Majesty is indeed a contradictory person.Anyway, he didn't believe that someone who could rebel against his elder brother would care about the so-called "brotherhood".However, why His Majesty frequently favors King Kui, and what is the deep meaning behind it, is unknown.

At the same time, the emperor returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation after retreating from court, and under the service of Eunuch Chen, he took off the cumbersome court clothes and put on Taoist robes.

The grand lady kapok brought a bowl of ginseng soup, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is going to be late today, and the maidservant is worried that it will be cold, so she has been warming it on a small fire. It's just right now."

The emperor glanced at the ginseng soup and didn't want to drink it, "What's the use of drinking these tonics every day?"

Mu Mian frowned lightly, "Your Majesty doesn't want to see an imperial doctor, and now you don't even want to drink tonic?"

Eunuch Chen also persuaded: "Your Majesty, for the sake of kapok getting up early in the morning to make medicine, please bear with it."

"Hey." The emperor shook his head, picked up the medicine bowl resignedly, and took a gulp.

After Kapok left with the empty bowl, the emperor lay on the couch and asked Eunuch Chen, "King Kui and Shen Jia, let's go."

"Yes." Eunuch Chen admired, "Your Majesty's judgment is reasonable, how dare they bother His Majesty again."

"Last time you were right, I was too indulgent to this younger brother. But Shen Jia..." The emperor frowned slightly, and rubbed his brows with his right hand.

Seeing this, Eunuch Chen knew that his master had a headache, so he immediately walked behind the emperor and gently massaged his temples.

The emperor's headache eased slightly, and he continued: "Although Shen Jia is a direct minister, I dare not use him even more."

Eunuch Chen paused slightly, "Didn't Your Majesty compare Lord Shen to Wei Zheng?"

"Wei Zheng has his good points, but also his bad points. What I need most now are counselors like Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui."

The emperor has only the eight-character principle in employing people, "It is better to use officials and be cautious in using Qingliu".However, the emperor observed for a long time the officials who were promoted to Beijing during this foreign inspection, but he failed to find a person who could take on important responsibilities.

Today's chief assistant Cheng Ge, although he is the emperor's confidant, but he is very old, over sixty years old.The emperor didn't know that he could still serve as the chief assistant in the cabinet for a few years.I am afraid that after the old Cheng Ge, there will be no successors in the position of chief assistant.