Promotion Letter for the Chief Executive

This is certainly not the first time Ping An has confronted death head-on.

In fact, when he was only a teenager, he personally buried his dependent grandfather, and then he became a wandering and helpless traveler.

But he has never experienced such a death—the death of a person represents the end of an era, and it is closely related to hundreds of millions of people, and it affects the whole body, making people have to be cautious.

This is the power of imperial power.

It has been a long time since Ping An came to Dachu, and it is not without such awareness before, but this is the first time that he is so deeply aware of the deep-rooted influence of imperial power on this era.

——that was a force he had to deal with on his own.

No, it wasn't my own efforts, the shock in Ping An's heart gradually calmed down when he met Zhao Can's gaze.

"What are you looking at?" Zhao Can asked him.

At this time, the two of them were standing in the sheltered pavilion on Duixiu Mountain in the Imperial Garden, which was the highest place in the entire palace.And because the imperial palace is generally built on the mountain, it can also be said to be the highest place in the entire capital. ——If it weren’t for this, they would not have dared to build the library to a height of five floors before Ping’an, and it would have to be at the same level as the palace building.

Leaning on the railing safely, from this angle looking far away, you can see the whole picture of the entire capital.

Because of the death of the emperor, the death knell in the palace rang, and all the festive red in the entire capital was replaced overnight and turned into plain white. pure white.

The auspicious celebration turned into weeping and mourning in an instant, echoed by bursts of bells.Ping An looked at the silent city in front of him, but seemed to hear the sound of weeping lingering above the city.

"I'm looking at the capital," Ping An said.

Zhao Can followed his line of sight, laughed, and sighed, "The world is so big that people say that you can see far from a high place, but even if you stand at such a high place, the distance you can see is very limited. Even the entire capital city is far away. You can’t have a panoramic view, let alone the world?”

Is it big?Ping An took another look. Indeed, the world is very big, but there are even bigger places.Not to mention what else exists in the vast universe beyond this planet, but the vastness and richness, unique products, and large population of the land under the feet are simply unimaginable.

"The funeral is over today, and tomorrow is the enthronement ceremony. How do you feel?" He asked Zhao Can, "From now on, this world will be yours."

It is not that simple to move the emperor's palace into the imperial mausoleum. Moreover, although Emperor Xiping has been on the throne for 25 years, the construction of the imperial mausoleum has only been done in the past ten years.It seems like a long time, but for the emperor's tomb, where every detail must be carefully crafted and there must be no negligence, this time is far from enough.

So now there are still some parts of the imperial mausoleum that need to be repaired. After the completion, the Zigong can be moved in for burial.

At present, Emperor Daxing's Zi Palace will be placed in the palace for the time being, so the funeral cannot be held temporarily.After the mourning is over, the imperial court will resume operations.

As the saying goes, a country cannot be without a king for a day, and since the funeral is over, Zhao Can should naturally be enthroned.Only then can he take over the imperial power of the entire empire and become the supreme No.1.

Zhao Can was not as high-spirited as expected. For him, everything he experienced in this process seemed to be more precious and exciting than this position.And the position of the emperor can only allow him to do what he wants to do more conveniently and calmly. As for the meanings it represents, it has become secondary.

He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Just do what you can."

"You've always done this, haven't you?" Ping An said with a smile.

Zhao Can reached out to hold Ping An, and the originally solemn expression on his face gradually became relaxed. He raised his other hand and pointed at the scenery in front of him, and said loudly, "No matter what kind of scenery it is in the future, , I will let you stand by my side to share!"

"Then thank the Lord Long En." Ping An couldn't help teasing him.

Zhao Can squeezed his palm, "Let's go, let's go back."

At this time, the weather was still very cold. Even though someone had made preparations in the wind shelter in advance, after all, there was no protection around the pavilion, because the terrain was high and the mountain wind was strong. If you stand for a long time, you will feel that your whole body will be soaked in the coolness. .

When Ping An said that he would come up, the reason he gave was, "This is just a place for you to calm down."

Indeed, after the body temperature drops, the emotions in the brain seem to become much calmer.It is naturally impossible to say that being enthroned as emperor has no effect on Zhao Can, but he didn't have much fanaticism in the first place, and after being blown by the cold wind here, he will naturally be completely sober.

But it's still winter at the moment, if it continues, maybe it will freeze people to death.

Zhao Can did not let go of Ping An's hand, but just led him away from the pavilion.

There were many people in the palace, and although Zhao Can's personal style, as long as it wasn't out of line, would not affect his prestige in the court, but now that he has just ascended the throne, it is not suitable for publicity.

However, there were many people in the palace, so he had to be cautious when dealing with Ping An.

So Xiao Fuzi cleared the venue in advance, and now he is the only one waiting beside him, but he is just waiting outside the pavilion.

Seeing Zhao Can leading Ping An out, he immediately lowered his head, as if he didn't see anything.

After getting down Duixiu Mountain, Zhao Can let go of his hand, Ping An distanced himself from him, and Zhang Dongyuan, who was leading the people waiting below, immediately came up to him and saluted Zhao Can.Because of his special status, even though Zhao Can did not bring him as the eunuch with palm prints, but brought Ping An and Xiao Fuzi to stay on it, Zhang Dongyuan didn't seem to notice anything wrong, and his attitude was still very calm.

Zhao Can nodded to him and said, "Go back."

Although the ceremony has not yet been held, Zhao Can has now moved into the Tiangan Palace, and everyone's name for him has also been changed.

Back at the original palace, there are already several officials waiting there to make the final confirmation for tomorrow's enthronement ceremony.Of course, these jobs do not require labor. Zhao Can, Zhang Dongyuan took Xiao Fuzi to receive them.

Zhao Can led Ping An into the hall, saw the memorials piled up on the imperial case, and couldn't help sighing, "Being the emperor is not so good."

"That depends on what kind of emperor you want to be." Ping An said, "A fatuous and extravagant emperor can naturally ignore these tasks and only enjoy the convenience and benefits brought by imperial power. But if you want to be a wise emperor, you will naturally have to compare Others work harder. Throughout the ages, those who achieve great things must be tempered more and bear more responsibilities, right?"

Zhao Can turned his head and stared at Ping An, who suddenly felt uneasy, "What are you looking at?"

"You seem to be very concerned about my ascension to the throne." Zhao Can didn't deal with the political affairs right away, but turned around and walked inside, entering the resting room.

Ping An followed in. The layout here is completely different from the dignified and solemn outside. It is as comfortable as possible, and everything meets the needs of Zhao Can as the master. to the palace.

Zhao Can sat down on the sofa, breathed a sigh of relief, then turned her head to look at Ping An, "Something's wrong with you these two days."

"What's wrong?" Ping An asked, stopping in place.

Zhao Can said, "You have repeatedly reminded me of these words several times in the past few days. Ping An, let me ask you." He looked over with some emotions that Ping An could not understand, "Do you always feel that if I When you become emperor, will your thoughts and ideas change?"

Hearing this, Ping'an's heart suddenly trembled, and for a moment, he felt a little afraid to look directly at Zhao Can.

Does he think so?He felt that Zhao Can would change after he ascended the throne, so he started to feel uneasy?

--yes!

Pingan gave the answer in his heart, he really thought so, was so worried, so he has been thinking about this matter for the past few days, he didn't realize it himself, but like Mrs. This topic was brought up in front of him, and it also meant a bit of beating and vigilance.

Zhao Can is so keen, how could he not detect it?

In fact, it is not surprising that Ping An has such thoughts.After all, he came here from that age when people's hearts were changeable, and he has long been used to being alert and suspicious when facing things.

Moreover, in the stories he knew, most of the kings were ruthless, and it was difficult for the heavenly family to survive.It is an undeniable truth that companionship with a king is like companionship with a tiger.

With so many lessons learned ahead, how could Ping An be careless?

Although, as a modern person, he was not always so respectful when facing the imperial power, it was impossible not to be afraid deep in his heart.Especially during this period of time, seeing the power of the imperial power with my own eyes, I became even more anxious.

Even ordinary people's lifetime promises will change, and they will be affected by many external objects, such as power, money, no one, glory...everything may affect people.There are so many stories about poor and lowly couples getting rich and then abandoning the chaff, let alone the emperor surrounded by these things?

Now that Zhao Can is with Ping An, Ping An believes that he is indeed sincere, but he has no confidence that this sincerity can be preserved forever.Because people change.

As Zhao Can is an emperor, he has great authority. If his heart changes, what will happen to Ping An himself?

he does not know.

So he has been alerting Zhao Can in a way that he didn't even realize, hoping that he will never forget this original intention and never change.

"I..." Ping An opened his mouth, his voice was dry, but he hesitated and didn't know what to say.

He looked at Zhao Can seriously, the expression on his face was a little strange at the moment, but Ping An could still tell what he was thinking at a glance.

Zhao Can is probably very angry with him for doing this, right?

If it was me, Zhao Can would definitely not be happy if he was questioned for no reason.

During this period of time, Ping An has been in a trance for this reason, and his observation of foreign objects is naturally not very detailed.At this time, Ping An carefully looked at the other party, and then noticed that his complexion was actually not very good.

In fact, after thinking about it, you will know that Zhao Can was injured before, although the imperial physician treated it in time, and the wound medicine in the palace was indeed very effective, but it was difficult to recover for a while.

After that, he held the funeral for 27 consecutive days. Although the ministers wanted to take care of him and there were not many things on him, it was impossible to really relax after all.After all, as a filial son, there should be no negligence in his father's funeral.So even though a month had passed, it was hard to say that Zhao Can's injuries had healed.

Especially the place injured by the crossbow arrow, because it was poisoned before, part of the dead flesh had to be gouged out, and it would take a long time to grow back.Zhao Can is busy during the day, can't sleep well at night, and sometimes needs to stay up late. After 27 days, both physically and mentally, he is almost at his limit.

At this time, he still has to worry about Ping An's problems...

Ping An took a deep breath, walked up to Zhao Can and squatted down, resting his head on his lap, his eyes softened, "I'm sorry, Zhao Can."

"Don't say I'm sorry." Zhao Can smiled and stroked his head, "I have a sudden change in identity, even I can't adapt to it for a while, let alone you?"

But the more Zhao Can didn't blame him, the more guilty Ping An felt.

After realizing that this kind of thinking actually appeared in his mind, he immediately reflected on it, and naturally knew that this kind of thinking was extreme and biased.

People are inherently subject to change.Just to be safe, can you guarantee that your current self will be the same as when you just crossed over?Naturally impossible.The environment is different, they need to change themselves to adapt to the environment, how natural it is!

So not only Zhao Can will change in the future, but he himself will also change.But some things will always be preserved, no matter for him or Zhao Can.

So what is the difference between not trusting Zhao Can and not trusting himself?

Besides, Ping An thinks that his ability is not bad, at least he can protect himself, if Zhao Can really wants to touch him, will he stand where he is and get beaten?

Seeing the expression on his face, Zhao Can knew that he had figured it out. He touched Ping An's face, and suddenly said in a low voice, "Ping An, you should have confidence in yourself. No matter what I become, you As long as you firmly attract my attention and make me fascinated by you, nothing will happen."

Ping An blinked his eyes. Although Zhao Can said this made him feel embarrassed, but thinking about it carefully, isn't it true?

Relationships also need various methods to maintain and maintain them. As long as the relationship between them can be as it is today, what else is there to worry about?It can be seen that he was completely concerned before, and then he was confused.

Thinking about it this way, Ping An felt a little embarrassed. He looked up at Zhao Can and said, "You don't look very well, why don't you take advantage of this time to rest for a while? Tomorrow is the enthronement ceremony, and I'm afraid you will be even more tired then."

"Alright." Zhao Can thought for a while, then nodded.

There are other things to be dealt with later, so naturally there is no need to rest on the bed with such a little effort, the sofa is also very comfortable anyway, so Zhao Can simply take a nap here for a while.Besides, he has an injury on his back, even if he sleeps, he can only lie on his stomach, it would be more convenient to sit like this.

Ping An moved all the pillows over to cover him up, and let him rest here.I went out to organize the memorial for him.

Before, because of the funeral, all the courtiers and wives had to go into the palace to cry, and the entire court was almost paralyzed.Although there are not many affairs in the first month, the accumulation is very considerable after all.

Fortunately, news transmission is very slow nowadays, and the speed and efficiency of the court's operations are not high. It takes a long time to complete a matter itself. Delays of one or two months are common, so it is not considered a delay.However, you can't let it go anymore.After all, there will be more to come.

So Ping An had to take a look at these memorials first, and pick out the important ones for Zhao Can to approve.As for the unimportant ones such as invitations to Ann, the excerpts that were sent to the occasion during the New Year, and the eulogy after the death of the late emperor, Ping An naturally picked them out and put them aside.

It can be said that the ancient official selection system paid too much attention to the literary talents of officials, and even for a long period of time, poems, songs and prose were all the content of scientific research, and the meaning of the scriptures was added later.

Therefore, the courtiers were more willing to show off their talents in this area, so the memorials were always written with extravagant hype.Questions that can be explained clearly in a hundred words are often eloquently quoted from scriptures, and written in seven or eight hundred words, most of which are meaningless.

This greatly increases the difficulty of reviewing memorials, because first of all, you have to pick out the part that has content among these parallel sentences.In addition, in order to pursue literary talent, we must naturally pay attention to the choice of words and sentences. In many cases, the questions are often unclear, which requires back-and-forth communication, which is even more time-consuming.

Pingan remembered that in the novels he had read, the protagonists would often try to modify this system and let the ministers streamline the content of the memorial.

However, when he was reading the document, he kept thinking about a question. Official documents seem to be the same no matter what era they are in.Even in the era he lived in, wasn't there a lot of red tape?First write the spirit conveyed by the superiors, your own understanding, and a lot of miscellaneous articles, and finally the real content.

Not to mention the choice of words and sentences, after walking around the officialdom, you will find that "the art of language" is indeed a profound knowledge.

It is basically impossible to have a perfect solution to this kind of problem, let's do it step by step!

Ping An rubbed his forehead, and threw aside a hype memorial.However, the meaningless greetings can be stopped.How narcissistic does the emperor have to be to spend a lot of time every day looking at things that praise him?

In the end, I thought it was because everyone was very tired, so not many people came to see me this afternoon.Because it wasn't a big deal, Ping An simply helped to deal with it, so Zhao Can was not disturbed and let him sleep until it was time to light the lamp before waking up.

After dinner, Ping An took Zhao Can to review the memorial.

Because it has been screened, the efficiency has improved a lot. After two hours of busy work, I finished reading the selected parts.In this way, after the ceremony is over tomorrow, it can be sent down, so that the people below can start to work.

On the second day, both Ping An and Zhao Can woke up very early. He personally helped Zhao Can put on a full set of imperial attire, and when he finally put on the crown for him, he couldn't help being absent-minded for a moment.

As the saying goes, people rely on clothing, Buddha depends on gold clothing.After putting on this court uniform, Zhao Can's aura changed suddenly. It was not the person Ping An was familiar with at all, but added a lot of additional aura, powerful and admirable.

When he followed Zhao Can step by step to the Golden Luan Hall, this feeling was even more profound.

Especially against the backdrop of the splendid and solemn palace, the powerful generals who were purging the ranks, and the courtiers who stood in a large area under His Highness, but were so quiet that they didn't make a sound, this kind of momentum was particularly obvious.

Under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rituals, Zhao Can completed the etiquette step by step, and finally walked up to Dan Bi, turned around and sat down.

Everyone in the hall bowed deeply at this moment, and the mountain shouted long live, and the sound resounded through the sky.

Ping An does not know how many literary works and film and television works have seen this kind of scene before, but not to mention that the textual research of later generations is insufficient, and many places cannot be reproduced at all.In other words, the feelings of being in it and appreciating the works are completely different.

In such an environment, people's emotions are easily driven and magnified.At that moment, even Ping An couldn't help feeling a sense of surrender in his heart.

The Taimiao has already been sacrificed first, so here, the ceremony is completely over.

And then, it was time for Zhao Can, the new emperor, to bestow favors and win people's hearts.

The important ministers in the court - those who served in front of the imperial court when the special emperor died - all received rewards.But at their level, it is no longer possible to become an official, so naturally they can only enter the rank.In addition, other ministers also have their own rewards according to their importance.

In addition, there are measures related to the common people, such as amnesty for the world, reduction of corvee taxes, etc., to show the existence of the new emperor to the entire Great Chu.

This is external.And in the palace, after the ceremony is over, there will be various rewards.The rewards for the courtiers need to be decided by Zhao Can and the ministers together, but these can be completely up to him. ——The eunuch is a domestic servant, and even the courtiers are not easy to ask.

Among these eunuchs, the most enviable ones were naturally Zhang Dongyuan, Ping An and Xiao Fuzi.

Needless to say, Zhang Dongyuan was originally a palm seal eunuch, and it is very rare to be trusted by the new emperor to continue to hold this position.Ping'an was originally just an eunuch in the court, but now he was promoted to be an eunuch with a pen, and he knew at a glance that he was the emperor's confidant, and he would take over Zhang Dongyuan's position in the future.As for Xiao Fuzi, originally he was just serving Zhao Can and basically had no power, but now he can almost be said to have skyrocketed.

However, some people are satisfied, and some people are naturally dissatisfied.