Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 367
In the main hall of Zhongshu Province, Hu Weiyong is discussing matters with Shen Liben, the new minister of household affairs.

"Mr. Hu, the Jiangxi chief envoy has reported that Mr. Chengyi is over there making a fuss about finding out what's going on, and the people are in dire straits. If he continues to toss about, I'm afraid the spring plowing will be delayed." Shen Liben With a worried look on his face.

"Liu Lian went down with Shangfang's sword. It's normal to make a lot of noise." Hu Weiyong said indifferently: "The emperor is trying out the yellow book in Jiangxi, and it is to be promoted throughout the country. There is no room for loss."

"Isn't that the family background of every household will be exposed to the emperor?" Shen Liben was very disturbed. He was originally a poor scholar. Know.

"It seems that you have a lot of property, old Shen?" Hu Weiyong teased.

"Not much, not much. It's only enough to peel and peel the grass a hundred times." Shen Liben said with a wry smile.

"Then you are a damned official!" Hu Weiyong laughed loudly.

"The lower official is also a middle-level family." Shen Liben said without changing his face.It's just a family with a thousand hectares of fertile land...

"Even a middle-level person like you is so anxious." Hu Weiyong smiled and said: "It seems that the emperor is clear, and he will cause unrest in the world again."

"It's unpopular." Shen Liben sighed, "Hu Xiang, you have to persuade the emperor."

"How to persuade? The emperor is just experimenting in Jiangxi. The result has not yet come out, and the truth is impatient to sing the opposite?" Hu Weiyong said with a helpless expression: "Aren't I looking for scolding?"

"That's right." Shen Liben nodded, suddenly understood, raised his head to look at Hu Weiyong, and said in a low voice: "What Hu Xiang means... as long as the Jiangxi pilot project fails, can you persuade the emperor?"

"I didn't say that." Hu Weiyong rolled his eyes and said, "It's up to you what you think, anyway, you won't recognize the truth."

"Understood." Shen Liben nodded heavily, got up happily and said: "The lower officials know how to answer Jiangxi. But what they do is their own business, and has nothing to do with Zhongshu, and of course it has nothing to do with the Ministry of Household Affairs. .”

"Well." Hu Weiyong nodded and said: "Let them not go too far, be careful not to hit the young ones and provoke the old ones."

"Understood, don't worry." Shen Liben nodded repeatedly.

At this time, the people outside the door reported that Chen Ning, the imperial historian, had come.

"Please." Hu Weiyong ordered in a deep voice, and then said to Shen Liben: "You go back first."

"As ordered, I will leave." Shen Liben hurriedly stood up and bowed to leave.

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After seeing the ceremony, Hu Weiyong invited Chen Ning to have tea in the tea room in the East Chamber.

While brewing tea in a smooth manner, he asked slowly, "Didn't you agree, don't run this way easily?"

"Isn't there an upright reason for this?" Chen Ning said with a dry smile: "The emperor ordered that starting tomorrow, the officials of the Zhongshu Province, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and the Yushitai will all go to the Wenhua Hall to make a pilgrimage. What should we do, we haven't done it before, why don't you come to the Ministry of Education and ask about the regulations?"

"Hmm." Hu Weiyong nodded, acknowledging the reason.Slowly pour tea into the Jianzhan in front of Chen Ning and say, "What's so difficult about it? If you go to Fengtian Hall, you can go to Wenhua Hall."

"Do you really treat the prince as the emperor?" Chen Ning was not sure: "After a long time, the emperor will not be unhappy, right?"

"Another emperor might do it, but ours won't." Hu Weiyong shook his head and said, "Their father and son are the most special couple in history. If the prince can make the emperor empty, the emperor will only think that he has It’s a matter of ability, I didn’t choose the wrong person.”

"Fuck..." Chen Ning was speechless for a while, feeling like he had read the history books of all dynasties for nothing.

"However, the prince will not." Hu Weiyong said flatly: "Our prince is very measured. Of course, in the eyes of the emperor, it is because he is not domineering enough, so he is asked to come to court early, just to train him ..."

"Is it really just to train the prince?" Chen Ning suddenly asked quietly.This is the main purpose of his coming. "No other meaning?"

"What's the point?" Hu Weiyong twisted the teacup, his eyes downcast.

"Hu Xiang, don't pretend. Since we have joined Hu Weiyong, we should do our best, and we only ask Hu Xiang to be honest with us!" Chen Ning held the teacup in front of Hu Weiyong.

"Uh, okay." Hu Weiyong lightly touched him, toasted and said, "It's true that the emperor is training the crown prince, but there is another layer of deep meaning... In fact, it is also obvious, to weaken Zhongshu."

"Weaken Zhongshu?"

"Isn't this the emperor's consistent practice since the empty seal?" Hu Weiyong said with a wry smile:
"First, officials such as Pingzhang and Canzheng of the Zhongshu Province were abolished, and then the Zhongshu Province was downgraded to Chengxuan, which greatly weakened the power of the Zhongshu Province.

"In addition to directly weakening it, it has also greatly strengthened the power of your Yushitai, so that Lantai can check and balance Zhongshu." Hu Weiyong continued: "This time, the emperor asked Zhongshu, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and Yushitai to make a preliminary report. Prince, after His Royal Highness has dealt with it, the emperor will check again... The difference here is obvious, right?"

"Well." Chen Ning nodded and said, "We used to report directly to the emperor, as long as the emperor agrees, we can promulgate it. But now we have to pass the prince's test... If the prince disagrees, can we really go to the emperor again? Then Don't you want to slap the prince in the face?"

"Well." Hu Weiyong nodded and said: "You are one of them, and the other is that in the past, the emperor took care of all kinds of affairs, but in the end he was alone, and he could read three or four hundred memorials at most in a day."

"That's scary enough..." Chen Ning whispered that he was not human.The entire Yushitai couldn't finish reading so many texts in one day.

"That is, but there is still more than half of it after all. The emperor doesn't have the energy to read it. And he can't backlog it, because there will be memorials to be delivered the next day." Hu Weiyong said flatly:
"So the emperor can only pick the important ones to read, and send the unimportant ones back to Zhongshu for self-determination. But in fact, who would dare to mess around with military and state affairs? The real tricks are actually in those memorials that don't seem so important. "

"It's true." Chen Ning suddenly realized that he had also worked in Zhongshu Province, and he knew that all the memorials handed over from below would involve the interests of thousands of households.No matter how insignificant the memorial is, it will also determine whether the people of a state and county will escape from the sea of ​​suffering, or continue to struggle in dire straits.

In fact, the power of Zhongshu Province is more realized in these "not so important" places.

Now with the addition of a prince and the emperor, the daily government affairs handled will not only double, but it must be much more than before.

The power that Zhongshu Sheng can fulfill will naturally be greatly reduced...

"Then what should we do?" Chen Ning asked with a frown.

"Don't panic, what to do." Hu Weiyong had already made up his mind and said: "Since the emperor wants the prince to practice government affairs, let's let His Highness understand the difficulties of state affairs and the difficulty of making decisions."

As he spoke, he took a sip of tea, and said quietly: "The emperor cherishes the crown prince, and certainly cannot bear to see him suffer too much."

"Understood." Chen Ning understood Hu Weiyong's subtext - as long as he only screwed up a few more times, the emperor will not let him continue to govern in order to protect the reputation of the prince...

(End of this chapter)