Han Shizu

Chapter 721
"His Majesty!"

Putting down the business at hand, looking up at Zhao Wei standing below, Liu Chengyou showed a little smile, and asked kindly: "How is your body recovering?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. It's much better!" Zhao Wei bowed respectfully as usual.

"It seems that resting for a few more days is still useful!" Looking at Zhao Xi's face, although there is still a whiteness that is different from ordinary people, but the complexion is indeed much better than the previous few days.

"Your Majesty's care and kindness to my ministers is also deeply felt by you!" Zhao Xi said with a deep bow.

"Now that you're back, I'll give you a task!" Liu Chengyou waved his hand and said, "I've heard many times recently that local and state capitals often neglect punishments and prisons, and officials don't take it seriously. Love is hard to sue, and grievances are hard to avenge. I have issued an edict to order the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to select cadres and send them to Daozhou to investigate and correct wrongdoing. The Chongzheng Palace also sent two people to participate in the process. As for the candidates, you can decide It depends!"

After digesting the emperor's order for a while, Zhao Xi cupped his hands and said, "Yes!"

Looking at Zhao Wei's respect, Liu Chengyou likes him, because he likes his respectful and silent manner, and his colleagues are good at handling things and work hard.

"Welcome Chengzhi to return to his post!" Returning to his official case, Zhao Pu immediately walked up with a smile on his face, and the other Chongzheng Lang also looked at him more.

"I'm free in the mansion, but I have to ask Xueshi Zhao to act as an agent, so I have to worry about it!" Zhao Yu replied modestly.

Zhao Pu said: "It should be. Your Majesty trusts me, honors your orders and respects your friends. I will do my duty myself!"

"Scholars should be clear about the investigation of prisons, right?" Zhao Wei looked at Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu nodded.

Zhao Wei said: "Your Majesty ordered that the Chongzheng Hall select two Lang officials to participate in it. The selection of candidates needs to be considered by the two of us to choose the right one!"

Zhao Pu was slightly surprised, but quickly disappeared, and replied: "Yes! This matter is tedious and complicated. After checking various parties, it may involve local government affairs. It is not an easy task to go there for several months or half a year. , although there are quite a lot of talented people in Chongzheng Hall, it is really necessary to select suitable candidates!"

Looking around, Zhao Wei asked, "Where's Guo Tong? Was he on duty last night?"

Zhao Pu said with a smile: "He asked for leave, His Majesty specially granted it!"

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Compared with the calm and deserted place in the past, Duke Xing's mansion is now bustling, with a bit of warmth in the bustle. The servants come and go to serve, serve dishes, and a family banquet is rare and extravagant.

It was rare for Guo Wei to return to court, after all, his son, daughter, son-in-law, nephew, and the whole family in Beijing arrived neatly.Sitting on the main seat, watching Sun Mantang and the grand occasion of the government, Guo Wei was very moved. Before the founding of the country, he did not dare to imagine that his family would be as prosperous as it is today.

However, people without long-term considerations must have near-term worries. Under the grand scene, there are also hidden dangers!Although he didn't show it, Guo Wei always had doubts in his heart, and after he returned to the court, the palpitations became stronger.

The banquet was in full swing, and after accepting the toasts from the juniors, Guo Wei put down his cup, noticed his movements, and the voices of talking and chatting gradually died down, and they all looked at Guo Wei in surprise.

With a serious expression, Guo Wei glanced at his descendants with majestic eyes, and said: "I was originally just a soldier in Gaozu's account, but fortunately he valued me, I was raised from the humble, and I was a counselor for maintenance. Since the founding of the country, I have been honored by two generations of His Majesty Long En, who has been rewarded many times and promoted to the rank of nobility, is now prominent.

Among you, the lowest official and military ranks are all six ranks, this is also the grace of His Majesty and the country.In the Manchu Dynasty, there are not many families as prominent as the Guo family. "

Speaking of this, Guo Wei's tone suddenly changed and became more severe: "However, people must know how to cherish blessings and be content! Your Majesty appreciates and promotes our Guo family, you must know how to be grateful, don't take it for granted, don't take it for granted, and don't be arrogant !

You are all my closest family members, and you are related by blood. When you deal with others outside, you may feel that everything is going well, and others will flatter and tolerate you.However, this is not a good thing. Others are looking at my face and fearing the power of the Guo family.What if one day the power of the Guo family is no longer there?
You must learn to be open-minded, humble, and don't be domineering.Since returning to Beijing, I have heard that the trend of extravagance in Beijing is growing, and the children of the rich and powerful are flamboyant and domineering. I see that you are now wearing more beautiful clothes and wearing gold and silver.

I don't care what happened before, but from now on, please remember to restrain your own behavior. If you violate the law and discipline by relying on the power of the Guo family, I will personally tie him up to the judicial department for questioning! "

"Yes!" After Guo Wei finished speaking, his sons and nephews hurriedly responded, all of them lowered their eyebrows and were pleasing to the eye.
Probably because of Guo Wei's words, the atmosphere of the banquet has dropped a bit, and it was still the mistress Zhang, with a kind smile on her face, beckoning everyone to eat.

Seeing that Guo Wei still had a straight face, Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but said to him: "You arranged the banquet, you gathered the whole family, and you trained me. Let's eat some food!"

With his wife's active atmosphere, Guo Wei's expression eased just now, and he raised his glass and invited them to drink together.

As for Guo Wei's words, there are some effects, and the people below have mixed reactions.Guo Rong was seated, and his demeanor was almost the same as that of Guo Wei. He always made Guo Wei feel at ease.Zhang Yongde sat there with a smile on his lips, always with a humble face of a "good boy".As for Li Chongjin, the words "I will do my own way" are almost written on his face, and Guo Wei still needs to beat him.Guo Tong is smart and sophisticated, and he also holds a post in the Chongzheng Hall, so he can understand his father's painstaking efforts.As for the other tricks, it depends on the future performance.

The atmosphere in the hall became lively again, Guo Wei hugged his youngest son Guo Yi in his arms, he hadn't seen him for three years, but he was a bit old and needed to make up for his intimacy.

The female relatives gathered together, a youthful and beautiful young beauty wearing a green skirt, pearl flowers on her head, light makeup and powder, couldn't help but muttered to the beautiful young woman beside her: "Fourth sister, daddy is so fierce!"

Hearing this, the young woman couldn't help covering her mouth and chuckling, "Fifth Sister, if you say that about Daddy, if you let him know..."

The little beauty is Guo Ning, the fifth daughter of the Guo family. Seeing her sister's reaction, she smiled like a flower: "Sister, you won't sue me!"

"How come?" The young woman's beautiful eyes were full of smiles, and she said, "How dare I? You are about to enter the palace, how dare I offend the future imperial concubine?"

"What do you say about this?" After being teased by the young woman, Guo Ning's pretty face suddenly blushed.

"Sooner or later, my fifth sister is still shy."

Many things often come true in one word, the family banquet is in full swing, the steward comes to report, and an angel comes from the palace.Guo Wei was subconsciously surprised, and hurriedly led his family to greet him.

Soon, a heart fell to the ground. Zhang Dejun, the head of the eunuch and servants next to the emperor, came here, accompanied by two officials from the Ministry of Rites.

A piece of good news made the family banquet in the Guo Mansion more lively, but the emperor heard about it, and it happened to be an auspicious day, so he deliberately added some excitement to the Guo Mansion.

"Fifth Sister, am I right, I want to congratulate you!" The young woman moved closer to Guo Ning's ear with a smile on her face.

The little beauty who hadn't left the cabinet was very shy, her jade face was blushing, and after bowing to Guo Wei and his wife, she fled back to her room.

On that night, what Guo Wei said at the banquet was passed to Liu Chengyou's ears very efficiently.The bright yellow light shone on Gujing Wubo's face, and he opened the record personally presented by Li Chongju. After a long silence, a smile finally broke the peace on Liu Chengyou's face.

Liu Chengyou's mood is inevitably a little complicated. The original "thief of the country" has now become a loyal and humble minister of Zhu Guo.I silently sighed in my heart: Guo Qing, Guo Qing, you know how to advance and retreat so well, but it seems that I am jealous.

At the same time, Liu Chengyou couldn't help having such thoughts in his mind: Is this just Guo Wei's appearance?Or, knew that there was eyeliner, and deliberately said it to him, the emperor?
No matter how entangled and complicated his mood is, Liu Chengyou's favor towards Guo Shi is growing day by day.On the first day of July in the eighth year of Qianyou, in autumn, Emperor Han formally accepted Guo Wumei into the palace and named her Concubine Ning.

(End of this chapter)