Qing Jialu

Xiao Yi and Cheng Ge had known each other in their infancy. At that time, Xiao Yi was just an unsuccessful King of Qin, while Cheng Ge was pushed out of the imperial court and had to go to Qinzhou to work as an aide in the palace.

Seeing that Shen Jia is gaining more and more attention from His Majesty, Cheng Ge couldn't help but have the idea of ​​"cooking a rabbit to death".He bowed his head to Xiao Yi, then got up and staggered away from Yuxi Palace.

Eunuch Chen waited outside the hall, watching Old Cheng Ge come out with a disappointed expression, just now he heard the sound of something falling inside.He glanced in the direction of the palace door several times uneasily, but he didn't dare to break in without authorization.

When Eunuch Chen was anxious, Xiao Yi's voice came from the hall.Eunuch Chen hurried in, and sure enough, he saw that the cup was broken and the ground was in a mess.

"Your Majesty..." Eunuch Chen saw the emperor standing in front of the table, staring at the plaque above his head in a daze.He was worried about His Majesty's legs, hesitated for a long time but dared not persuade him.

Xiao Yi turned around and saw Chen Jinzhong coming, pointed to the debris on the ground, "Ask someone to clean up here."

"Yes." Eunuch Chen waved his hand to summon two young eunuchs who were waiting outside the hall to come in to clean up. He followed the emperor himself, observing that His Majesty's complexion was still good, so he asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, you are angry."

"I'm not actually angry." Xiao Yi walked to the back room and sat down on the low couch. He said that on purpose just now, just to frighten Cheng Ge.

Eunuch Chen breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that the master is not someone who loses his temper casually.

The two young eunuchs quickly cleaned up the outer hall, and retreated out in a hurry.Eunuch Chen was waiting in front of the imperial court, seeing His Majesty looking up at the plaque in the hall, "'Huangjian has poles', isn't that inscribed by grandfather?"

"Yes." Eunuch Chen replied.

"Did the imperial grandfather also live in Xiyuan? How come I don't remember it?"

"It was the 34th year of Hongwu. Emperor Hongwu mentioned it when he was vacationing in Xiyuan for summer." Eunuch Chen was familiar with the past in the palace. "At that time, His Majesty was still in the northwest, so naturally he didn't know."

"I see." Xiao Yi nodded.He has been to the northwest border for many years, and he doesn't know many old things in the palace.But Chen Jinzhong did not go to the northwest with him at that time, Xiao Yi asked him to stay in the palace to serve his father and mother.

Eunuch Chen didn't understand why Xiao Yi was suddenly interested in the plaque, and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, do you want to change a plaque? Or write one yourself?"

"My handwriting, let's forget about it." Xiao Yi's handwriting was not as strong as his grandfather's due to the lack of wrist strength due to cold poison. He told Eunuch Chen, "Since it is my grandfather's imperial pen, please keep it well. In Yuxi Palace, there should be grandfather left. Anything else?"

"The slaves have organized all the imperial belongings to the small compartment on the west."

Xiao Yi suddenly became interested, "Bring it to me to see."

Eunuch Chen took a few books and showed them to His Majesty, with Emperor Hongwu's annotations on them.Xiao Yi held the book and leaned on the couch to read it with gusto.His feelings for the emperor's grandfather are very complicated, including admiration, doubt, and grievance.

Emperor Hongwu devoted all his life to regaining the lost land in the northwest and strengthening the national power, which Xiao Yi admired.However, in the late period of the Hongwu Dynasty, when the battle for succession was serious, he let it go and did not appoint a prince in time, which led to the formation of cliques among officials and chaos in the administration of officials. Xiao Yi was puzzled by this.

However, what makes Xiao Yi wrong is that when he was a child, his grandfather obviously liked him very much, but when he was 12 years old, he ordered him to go to the Northwest to join the army.Later, the grandfather passed on to the uncle, and he completely gave up on him and his father.

Xiao Yi casually flipped through the book, he really wanted to find the answer, he really wanted to know what his grandfather really thought.

Three days later, the cabinet handed over the list of candidates.Xiao Yi handed the ticket to Shen Jia, "Besides you, the cabinet has nominated two more people, who do you want to see?"

Shen Jia took it and saw that the other two were Han Chang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Xu Wenmao, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

"I think Han Shangshu is good." Shen Jia said.

"Both of them are disciples of Mr. Cheng Ge." Xiao Yi secretly meant that there was no difference between choosing Han Chang or Xu Wenmao.

"But the "Tao Cheng Fa" needs the support of the Ministry of Officials." Shen Jia replied.

Xiao Yi hesitated, "You are sure to bring Han Chang here."

"I would like to give it a try."

"Then let him be." Xiao Yi picked up a pen and clicked a little next to Han Chang's name.

Now there are two more people in the cabinet, and Shen Jia has become the youngest cabinet minister in the country.The four are in the same cabinet, Mr. Cheng Ge is the chief assistant, and he needs to make decisions on all major and minor matters.Second assistant Zhang Xu, the "grass on the wall", had always been on Cheng Ge's side before, but now that the emperor added two more people, he suddenly wavered a little.

Besides, Han Chang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was the latest to join the cabinet, but he was nearly forty years old, and had been working hard in the Ministry of Officials before.Shen Jia observed him for a few days, and saw that Han Chang was more than respectful to Mr. Cheng Ge, but not close enough.At present, it is not easy to judge the attitude of this person.

Shen Jia told Xiao Yi what he had observed, and Xiao Yi thought for a moment and said, "Second assistant Zhang Xu is nothing to worry about, but it is the most important thing to win over Han Chang. If the cabinet votes and Han Chang is on your side, then Zhang Xu must I'll be by your side too."

"I understand that I will visit Han Shangshu privately."

"In addition, the "Examination Method" needs to be pushed step by step and disassembled. First implement the "examination book" and put the "removal of redundancy" at the end."

"Why?" Shen Jia was puzzled, "'Removing redundancy' is also very important."

"At present, the attitude of the cabinet is not clear. If we dismiss and abolish officials now, many officials will definitely be dissatisfied." Xiao Yi held Shen Jia's hand, "First implement the performance appraisal, and we will take it step by step."

Shen Jia knew that what Xiao Yi said was reasonable, he sighed lightly, "Okay, it's up to you."

Xiao Yi took Shen Jia to sit down on the couch in the back room. Shen Jia saw a book on the small table, and he took it over curiously, ""Sun Tzu's Art of War"?"

"Yes."

"Your Majesty is an expert in the art of war, why do you still read military books?"

"This is not my book, please read the comments on it."

Shen Jia flipped through a few pages, and asked suspiciously: "The date on the annotation is Hongwu five years, could it be...the imperial pen of Emperor Hongwu?"

"It was written by my grandfather."

"As expected of Emperor Wu." Shen Jia praised, and then changed the topic, "But Your Majesty, the world is peaceful now, and it is no longer disturbed by the border borders like it was during Emperor Hongwu's time."

"I don't read books to be aggressive." Xiao Yi knew what Shen Jia wanted to say, so he said directly, "I just want to find an answer."

"Answer? What answer?" Shen Jia looked at Xiao Yi, "What questions do you have?"

"Why did my grandfather pass the throne to my uncle? He knew that my uncle was a concubine, and he was not capable of governing the country."

Shen Jia replied ignorantly, "Maybe because he is the eldest son."

"But my grandfather handed over another 20 troops from the Northwest to me."

"This..." Shen Jia shook his head, he didn't understand what Emperor Hongwu meant.

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