The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

Shen Jia only met Ling Jingyun once, when he went to Baoning Mansion to deliver a letter to Zhao Zhang, and he left a deep impression on Shen Jia the first time.

A person who is a perfect combination of cold and handsome, a person who is hard to forget after meeting.

But now, this young man is already the fearsome deputy commander of Jinyiwei. Zhao Zhang was able to sit on the Ninth Five-Year Supreme. .

He and Yao Zhan are both subordinates who have served Zhao Zhang for many years. The biggest difference between the two is that Yao Zhan is not as ruthless as he is, and he would sneak into the camp without him. But in terms of loyalty, Yao Zhan is definitely not inferior to him.

After Ling Jingyun came in, he knelt down and saluted without looking sideways: "My minister Ling Jingyun pays respects to my emperor, long live long live!"

Zhao Zhang still maintained the posture just now, with the book stuck to Shen Jia's face, he calmly stopped when he saw him coming, and asked, "What is the most lively thing in Chang'an these days?"

Ling Jingyun bowed his head and said, "It's written in the memorials I present to you every day. Which one are you referring to?"

"About me."

Ling Jingyun paused strangely, glanced at Shen Jiana from the corner of the eye, then knelt down with his knees together, bowed his head and said: "Because Concubine Xian and Song Zhaoyi left the palace, officials and people in the court have criticized them, and I have carefully screened them. , are all unimportant remarks, some of which have already been punished, if the emperor is not satisfied with the result, I can check it again."

"Okay, you don't have to hide it. To tell the truth, what did they say about me?"

Ling Jingyun bit the bullet and replied: "It is said that you...have a hidden disease."

"Oh." The answer was completely expected, Zhao Zhang found that he was not angry, "Is there anything else to say?"

"In addition, someone made up the two nobles, because you said that they have nothing to do with you after they leave the palace, so I didn't pay attention."

Shen Jia has also heard countless versions, which are nothing more than stories about rich girls and poor scholars or cousins.

In fact, everyone knows that if the concubine can come out of the harem safe and sound, there must be something wrong with the emperor.

Seeing Shen Jia's colorful face, she didn't know where she was thinking, so she quickly changed the subject: "Okay, how is the Pu family's affairs going?"

Ling Jingyun didn't expect the emperor to discuss this matter in front of other officials. It seems that the rumors that Shen Jia is the emperor's new favorite minister are not exaggerated at all, and he knows more than others. Associating with the matter of the emperor letting the harem concubines out of the palace, he realized that he might have discovered a terrible secret.

He hurriedly withdrew his mind and said: "There will never be any clues left in the northwest. What Pu Shizi did along the way has already spread among the people. He has done bad deeds before, and many families have been persecuted. It is also a lot of evil, and after three days, these people will unite to sue, and the evidence that needs to be sorted out has also been sorted out."

Zhao Zhang knows that this matter is still simple up to this point. The mistakes made by the Pu family over the years cannot be contained in a basket. Bullying men and women is a trivial matter. There are also a series of crimes such as encroaching on people's land, killing people for money, and corrupting ink. , Evidence he ordered Jin Yiwei to start collecting evidence from the year he ascended the throne, and the evidence is complete.

But these are not the key to his bringing down the Pu family.

"Okay, you go down, you have been staring at the Pu family recently, especially the location of the Pu family dead men, you must find out for me! Don't let anyone go!"

"I obey!" Ling Jingyun bowed his head and exited the imperial study, almost colliding with Commander Yao. The two looked at each other, neither of them apologized, and took a detour.

Yao Zhan came here for the selection of the new deputy commander. The deputy commander Liu was implicated by the concubine Ning and lost his black hat, and was dispatched to the northwest to eat soil. The new deputy commander has not yet been decided.

Waiting for the eunuch in charge to communicate, Yao Zhan went into the imperial study room, and was not surprised to see Shen Jia. Recently, this is a frequent visitor in the palace, who hangs around the imperial study room every day. If he didn't leave the palace in a regular manner every day before the palace door is locked. , he would have thought that the old relationship between these two had rekindled.

But he was too quick to guess, the harem concubine left, others couldn't understand the reason, and those who knew the inside story would know the reason as soon as they guessed, but they couldn't help but worry in their hearts, how long will the emperor be harmed by this Shen scourge?Is it really because of him that he doesn't want a harem or heirs?

"What's the matter?" Zhao Zhang began to be in a daze after seeing him coming in, and couldn't help urging.

Yao Zhan came back to his senses and bowed his head to report: "I want to report to the emperor, three ministers have been screened out as candidates for the deputy commander, please the emperor to decide."

Zhao Zhang glanced at the three candidates in the newspaper, because the deputy commander was the commander's deputy. Since Zhao Zhang trusted Yao Zhan, he asked him to appoint his own deputy. The previous Liu was retained by the late Emperor. The people at home just took this opportunity to eradicate them.

The biggest shortcoming of Yao Zhan is that he is not smart enough. These three people seem to be chosen by himself, but there are many relationships among them, and any one of them may replace Yao Zhan.

"Are people in their own fancy?"

"Yes, I have had people check it out. They are all people with clean and simple family backgrounds, and they have been in office for more than three years, and they are also highly respected."

Shen Jia was sorting out the pile of memorials. Hearing this, he raised his head and glanced at Commander Yao, and saw Zhao Zhang frowned and remained silent, probably dissatisfied with the candidate.

Of course Yao Zhan also saw this, but he didn't know whether the emperor was dissatisfied with him or the person he chose. In order not to let the emperor feel that he was nepotism, he specially selected three people, and let the emperor make the final decision. They were all good candidates. .

"Your Majesty... But the candidate is not good?" Commander Yao asked directly.

Zhao Zhang didn't expect him to figure it out by himself, so he told him directly: "Lin Ping belongs to the eldest princess, Xu Yingxia is Xu Shoufu's collateral nephew, and Li Dechang is an old subordinate of Marquis Zhenyuan. When I came back, I filled a vacancy in the Imperial Guard after recovering, do you know this?"

Yao Zhan nodded: "Except for Lin Ping, Xu Yingxia and Li Dechangchen knew about it, but Xu Yingxia didn't have a deep connection with the Xu family. He was a military officer and had little contact with the Xu family. As for Li Dechang However, I value him for his experience and experience, he has fought the enemy before, and he is a bit more bloody than the others, so I will choose Li Dechang more."

"How is Li Dechang?"

"Heart and heart, emphasizing love and righteousness, and firm will!" Yao Zhan obviously valued this person very much, and he always had good things to say about him.

"Let's go with him, but you'd better be careful, don't trust anyone, and don't be easily framed by others."

Yao Zhan understands how important his position is. The imperial guards are responsible for the safety of the entire palace, which is equivalent to the emperor's private army. If other forces control the imperial guards, the emperor's safety will not be guaranteed.

"I swear to defend the safety of the emperor to the death!" Yao Zhan said loudly.

Zhao Zhang asked him to go to Director Du to draft an order, and the candidate was decided.

When there were only two people left in the imperial study room, Shen Jia asked: "Does the emperor not trust Zhenyuan Hou very much?"

"That's not true. I'm not a narrow-minded person. Marquis Zhenyuan guards the gate of the country for me and does his duty faithfully. I don't doubt him, but I can't trust him too much. Let the Marquis Zhenyuan's government become too powerful. Who knows if it will be the next one?" What about the Pu family?"

"Then why did you still choose Li Dechang? From Commander Yao's point of view, this person should be quite outstanding, and a hearty person is easy to make friends with."

Zhao Zhang sighed, couldn't read the book in his hand anymore, and said helplessly: "Yao Zhan is still not experienced enough, loyal enough, and not smart enough. I tried my best to put him in the position of commander. He should have been sharpened slowly before taking charge of the Imperial Army, but it was not very peaceful when I first became the throne, only he can protect me, and he has indeed paid a lot for me, but as time goes by, his shortcomings It was exposed, and I was worried that he would not be able to suppress Li Dechang, and I was also worried that someone would persecute him in order to make him a seat."

After thinking about it, Shen Jia understood that Yao Zhan's current ability is not enough to command the imperial guards. It is estimated that many people are dissatisfied, and many people are jealous of the power in his hands. It is not easy not to be caught.

"Can't you let him go out to practice and experience? People always have to experience some setbacks to grow. Since the emperor thinks that he is not smart enough, let him go out and let him make a breakthrough. People will never be too naive. "

Zhao Zhang stared at him and asked, "Has Mr. Shen experienced setbacks?"

Shen Jia was questioned. He was an ordinary civil servant in his previous life, and everything was ordinary. He was born in an ordinary family at the beginning of his life. He studied hard for more than ten years in order to be admitted to continue to be a civil servant. Now he has completed a civil servant. Phased goals, if you talk about setbacks, are not without. He thinks that Zhao Zhang is the biggest setback he has encountered.

"No, no, so I'm not tactful enough yet. There's still a long way to go in the future. I will overcome obstacles and move forward firmly!"

Zhao Zhang laughed softly, and didn't say anything about him. Shen Jiake was much smarter than Yao Zhan, and the intrigues in the officialdom would definitely not trouble him.

"Yao Zhan is not suitable for release. He has too little contact with the world. Putting him under my nose can at least give him a hand. If he is released, he will be sold by others and will help count the money."

Shen Jia muttered in her heart: "If Yao Zhan knew that the emperor belittled him so much, he wouldn't know how sad he would be."

"Then do you think there are smart people?" Shen Jia asked boldly.

"Yes, aren't you? I always thought you were extremely smart, otherwise I wouldn't have chosen you as the number one scholar."

"There are too many champions over the years." Shen Jia burst into laughter in her heart, but she was still modest.

Then I heard the emperor say: "But they have never offended the emperor."

Shen Jia quickly bowed her head to admit her mistake, and incidentally complimented the emperor: "Your Majesty is the most broad-minded Mingjun since ancient times, and your mind is wider than the sea!"

Zhao Zhang asked with a smile, "Have you ever seen the sea? Is it wider than the sea?"

Shen Jia thought to herself: Not only have I seen it, but I have swum across the sea in a boat before!

"Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I can imagine it. Besides, this is just a metaphor. You don't have to take it seriously."

Zhao Zhang was not in a bad mood before, but now he is in a better mood. The gloom of the past few years has been swept away, and he finds that even if he and Shen Jia cannot be together again, with this person by his side, just a few glances every day is enough up.

He doesn't know if he is the emperor with the broadest mind in history, but he must be the emperor with the most aggrieved feelings!