The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

Du Xin still lives in the palace now. When he went back with a thick account book, he happened to meet his godfather Du Fucheng. His face instantly turned into a flower with a smile, and he chased after him to salute: "Father, what are you going Where are you going?"

Du Fucheng looked up and saw him, and joked with a smile: "Hey, isn't this Boss Du? Why are you back today when you have time? Our family thought you lived in the shop."

"Look at what you said, it's not that the shop just opened, you have to watch inside and out, and you can't go back home. I miss you so much."

"Come on, you settled down in Lu'an Hutong. Don't think that our family doesn't know about it and don't want to expose you, but come back today for something?"

Du Xin chuckled, some capable eunuchs in this palace settled down outside, some had three wives and four concubines, a lot of godsons and daughters, he just bought a house outside, not out of line.

He smiled and replied: "This first month's account book is ready, and I just sent it to Mr. Shen for review. I thought maybe the emperor would like to have a look, so I brought it in."

"That's really a coincidence, the emperor is receiving six ministers at the moment, so he must not have time to see you, but you can let someone send the things in first, and the emperor can decide freely whether to read them or not."

"Then I'll trouble you to make a trip." Du Xin directly handed him the account book. Although the two are now father and son in name, they no longer have any interest entanglement with him. Du Xin probably won't return to the palace to serve in the future. , so the two of them got a little less cautious when getting along.

"Okay, leave it to our family. The emperor once said that he would give you a reward. I have selected all the things for you and put them in the house. Go and have a look."

Du Xin happily responded, compared to accumulating money, it is a great honor to be rewarded by the emperor, and the hard work of more than a year has not been in vain.

Du Fucheng entered the imperial study with the ledger in his arms. A few big things happened in the court today, and he couldn't make a decision at the moment. At the moment, the six ministers are still arguing.

Xu Shoufu is usually the one who speaks last and has the most right to speak. Usually, when he makes a decision, everyone is willing to agree with it as long as it is not too outrageous. But today, as soon as he finished expressing his point of view, Chen Mian, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, immediately refuted.

Everyone is familiar with such a scene. Ever since the feud between the two families, Chen Shangshu seems to have changed. He used to be such a refined and honest person, but now his body is covered with nails. Not only Xu Shoufu was nailed, but others Ministers have not been beaten too often.

Zhao Zhang is happy with this. He originally promoted Chen Mian only because there was no one available for the time being. He wanted to find a suitable one and replaced him. He never thought that Chen Mian would give him such a big surprise. With him, it is necessary to balance Xu Shoufu's influence is much easier.

Therefore, during this period of time, everyone has discovered that Chen Mian has a tendency to replace Shen Jia as the emperor's new favorite, and some people say that Shen Jia is about to leave the capital, and the person who stands tall in the court may be replaced by Chen Mian. Shang Shu.

"Chen Mian, public affairs belong to public affairs, and private affairs belong to private affairs. They should not be confused. You are so indiscriminate between public and private, you are not qualified to be the Minister of the Ministry of Industry at all!" Xu Shoufu accused angrily.

Chen Mian was not angry at all, but showed a little panic, "Forgive me, Mr. Shoufu, the lower officials are telling the truth, not regardless of public and private affairs, and the affairs of the court are all official affairs, how can I confuse private affairs with the lower officials?"

"Hmph, it's not the best, Mr. Chen, don't hurt the friendship of your colleagues because of a little thing!"

"That's natural. I'm not a narrow-minded person, and I don't care about small things." But in Chen Mian's view, the death of his own sister was not a small matter. Dali Temple investigated for nearly a month, but finally did not investigate. For some reason, I only know that the former Beichen Princess fell in her own room. At that time, there was only her personal servant girl by her side. Dystocia does not wait for anyone. After finally giving birth to a weak baby girl, she bleeds and dies. The doctor's diagnosis cannot be wrong.

After checking and checking, only the maid who was close to her was suspected, but that maid was killed by Beichen Wangzhang in the first time. The charge was that she did not protect the master well. It would be the same for other people, so it is not abnormal .

The only abnormality is that the king of Beichen was in a hurry to let the princess be buried, and even stopped the spirit in a hurry, but the little princess of the palace was indeed very weak. Not good, isn't it because they were a demon?

Chen Mian knew that it was unlikely that the case would be overturned. Even if he found out that Xu Shoufu's granddaughter had an affair with Bei Chen Wang, he would not be able to provide evidence of their murder.

But justice can't be won, and he won't make the Xu family feel better. In the past few days, the rumors about Xu Jiao outside have become more and more outrageous. How deep is the heart of Bei Chen Wang for her.

If under such circumstances, King Bei Chen still insists on marrying an immoral woman, then Chen Mian will be more convinced that his sister was killed by King Bei Chen. If he does not marry, then let the two families fight each other Well, it can't be that his sister is dead, but her man is in love with another woman.

On this point, Chen Mian is radical and stubborn. No one sees the hidden side of his character, thinking that he is a white-faced steamed bun who can be kneaded by others.

"Okay, stop arguing. I think all the lovers are right, but you can only choose one method. You go back and draw up a booklet and submit it. You can make a decision tomorrow." Zhao Zhang glanced at Xu Shoufu a few more times, his voice She said softly: "Is Xu Aiqing in better health? A few days ago, several rare medicinal materials were sent from the Western Regions. After a while, I will let the envoy Hongyuan see which ones you can use and take some back. Xu Aiqing is indispensable in this court. Your health is getting better." Just take good care of it."

It was rare for Zhao Zhang to say such a long word of caring, and Xu Shoufu thanked him with tears of gratitude, and the discomfort in his heart disappeared.

When he got out of the imperial study room, his eyes became dizzy and he almost fell to the ground. Recently, he was busy with state affairs, dragging his sick body to work day and night, especially standing in the imperial study room for several hours. I can't bear it, not to mention that he is still ill.

The servant helped him out of the palace, sat on the sedan chair and persuaded him in a low voice: "My lord, why don't you take a leave of absence to recuperate for a while, your health is important."

"Ahem, easier said than done? Do you think the position of chief assistant is so easy to do? There are so many things waiting for the old man to make decisions. If the old man is away for a few days, there should be complaints from all over the court. At that time, the emperor can find someone to replace the old man. , that’s not worth the candle.”

"But it's not a good thing for your body to be so depleted, why don't we call the eldest son back?"

"How long has he been out? Wasn't he being teased when he was called back at this time? Well, no matter how long it takes for Shen Jia to leave Chang'an, what is a Chen Mian? The emperor intends to reuse him now, isn't it just to balance the old man? Power? Then let him balance it out, without Chen Mian there will be others."

Zhao Zhang sat in the imperial study for a while, and Hong Yuan envoy came with the medicine boy, and also brought those rare medicinal materials that were said to be rare and rare.

Zhao Zhang asked without raising his head: "Have you checked everything? Is there something wrong with the things?"

Hongyuan Envoy replied respectfully: "Back to the emperor, I have tried everything, and the things are not wrong, but there are some shortages in the year. I think they exaggerated, but the things are still good things."

Zhao Zhang looked up and glanced at several boxes, "Is there any medicinal material suitable for Xu Shoufu's body conditioning?"

"Xu Shoufu has been suffering from exhaustion all year round, and his temperament has fluctuated too much recently. His heart hurts his lungs and liver. Overjoyed and furious."

The corners of Zhao Zhang's mouth curled up, that was really hard for him, he nodded and said: "Xu Shoufu has worked hard all his life for Da Jin, even though he doesn't need these medicinal materials for the time being, I will pick one out and give it to him, and keep it as a gift. Use it well for your family, as for what you said just now, say it again in front of him, and tell him for me that your body is important, and you can let the people below do your business, so don't worry about it."

"Yes, I have remembered."

Zhao Zhang got up and walked down, picked out several kinds of medicinal materials from the box, and handed them to the servant standing beside him, "Put these in the red wooden box in the hall of my bedroom, the one with the medicinal materials written on it is, and then put the list Give Hongyuan Envoy a look to make sure nothing goes wrong."

Envoy Hong Yuan was stunned for a moment and then remembered this matter. It should be the medicinal materials prepared by the emperor for Mr. Shen. He prepared a large box full of medicinal materials, which can be used to treat cold, headache, brain fever, mosquito bites and heatstroke. As far as he can think of, he has prepared prescriptions and basic medicinal materials. Besides, good things are essential, such as top-quality gold sore medicine, scar-removing medicine, and top-quality supplements.

Envoy Hong recalled that when the eldest princess got married, the court lady came to the imperial hospital to ask for prescriptions and medicinal materials. He asked the emperor for instructions, and the emperor only gave up a few common prescriptions and medicinal materials.

The envoy Hong Yuan worked tirelessly to check the contents of the box, replaced the medicinal materials that were about to expire, and changed the storage method of several precious medicinal materials. In fact, he knew that there were very few chances that these things would really come in handy. But it is better to be prepared than to find the medicine temporarily.

When Shen Jia entered the palace, Zhao Zhang remembered the ledger that Du Fucheng had sent in before. After searching for a long time, he found it under a pile of memorials. He didn't look at it, but asked Shen Jia, "Have you encountered any trouble since the shop opened?"

Shen Jia said with a smile: "With Du Xin watching, who would dare to make trouble? Not only that, but the performance is quite good, I don't know how much of it was bought for you."

Zhao Zhang was unmoved, and said flatly: "I am the Son of Heaven, so what's wrong with them spending some money for me? Besides, the money will be spent on the people in the end? I don't enjoy much of it myself."

Shen Jia nodded in agreement: "This is called taking from the people and using it for the people, very good!"

Zhao Zhang repeated, "What is taken from the people and used by the people... is indeed the truth, and I think this should be used as the standard for the government to act, instead of thinking about how to exploit the people once you take office."

"People are so greedy. Although there are supervisory departments everywhere, corrupt officials are always killed. When the economy of Dajin improves, officials can be raised in salary and high salaries to support honesty, but it may not be of much use. After all, no matter how high the salary It is impossible for them to support three wives, four concubines and a whole family."

This is not exaggeration by Shen Jia. He has seen many officials who have to support the lives of relatives of the whole clan after high school. The reason is that when he was studying, his clan members stretched out their hands to help him. Kindness is not righteous, not filial and not fraternal.

In this era when filial piety is especially valued, an official cannot part with his family, otherwise his official career will come to an end.

"Qin Tianjian just sent a suitable date for travel, and it will be on the eighth day, five days later." Zhao Zhang suddenly said in a depressed mood.

Shen Jia jokingly said: "Why bother Qin Tianjian with such a trivial matter? If you think it's too fast, you might as well delay it for two more days." At worst, he just walked faster on the road.

Zhao Zhang didn't tell him that the Qin Tianjian had selected three days, which was the farthest one, but no matter how much it was delayed, it couldn't be delayed for a few days. Otherwise, with Shen Jia's personality, she would definitely have to rush day and night.