Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 342 Someone More Shameless Than Tang Jian

The emperor was always satisfied with the crown prince, otherwise he would have promoted the prince to sit in the Chengqing Palace with the seal, making the state of the supervisor the same as ascending the throne.

In the face of internal and external troubles, the prince personally promoted low-ranking officials to fill important positions and gave them great honor, which made many people jealous.

The emperors of all dynasties have always emphasized that they like to tell the truth and be loyal ministers who do practical things when employing people, but when it comes to employing people, that is not necessarily the case. After all, loyal words are harsh.Even if he is as wise as Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, there are many officials in the court who are opportunistic. How can the current court be an exception.

No, early this morning, a man named Zhao Ren knelt in front of the Shuntian gate to ask for auspiciousness, and see what kind of official the crown prince can reward him when he is happy.The reason, of course, is the words that the crown prince said in the Hongwen Palace that everyone can remonstrate on their own. I don’t know who it is. The mouth is so loose. It’s only been a few days, and the news has spread all over the streets of Chang’an City. Alley.

Speaking of Zhao Ren, he is an interesting person. It is said that there is an ancient tomb in Zhiyefang, Luoyang, the eastern capital. During the Sui Dynasty, someone dug out a stone tablet when digging a cellar here. The text on it said that this is the tomb of Sikong Wangrong of the Jin Dynasty. .

Wang Rong is one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, ranking first from the bottom. Later generations believe that although Wang Rong joined the "Sages of the Bamboo Forest" in appearance, he has never reached the standard of "Sages of the Bamboo Forest" in terms of thought and action.

Opposite Wang Rong's tomb in Zhiyefang is a row of shops. The owner of the first shop is named Zhao Ren. In the early years of Wude, Zhao Ren made a fortune by doing business. Seeing some friends turned into court officials, he couldn't help but pursue his career. However, this official is so easy to be, so he has nowhere to ask for help, but he has never achieved this wish.

In the past two years, Chang'an's policy on merchants has been gradually relaxed, attracting many merchants from other places, and Zhao Ren is one of them.Chang'an City is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and there are quite a few officials here. In the past few years, he has also met a lot of officials in business.

Just when he was about to give up, he met a eunuch who was in charge of buying in the palace. The eunuch told Zhao Ren that when the country employs people with integrity, the crown prince is thirsty for talents. Just look at the newly promoted officials. The recent rumors are all true, as long as you have the ability, you'd better recommend yourself, maybe you can get an official job.

After thinking about it, Zhao Ren didn't find any ability to be an official in himself, so he thought about the early years of Zhenguan, when someone contributed a unicorn, even if he couldn't be an official, it would be great to get a generous reward.

However, he was reluctant to put gold leaf on the pig's skin like others, so he ran to the gate of the palace with a bundle of firewood and shouted to see the prince.

What does it mean to lift a rock and shoot yourself in the foot? Li Chengqian is that. Didn't you say that you are thirsty for talents?A trustworthy person came here today, tell me whether you will see him or not.

Chang Sun Chong, who was pretending to be thinking, leaned on his head with one hand, and kept poking under the table with the other. From his trembling shoulders, Li Chengqian knew that this kid was so happy.

"Cousin, don't you think it's a little strange? The officials in the court didn't recommend themselves, but they just ran out to such a merchant. Isn't there anything behind him to instruct him?" After giving Changsun Chong a look, Li Chengqian said lightly .

He is not a person who is afraid of losing face. If this person is a person with real talent and learning, it will be fine, but this guy is obviously here to embarrass Li Chengqian. Don't you feel bad about yourself, this performance is also bad!
Alas, Chang Sun Chong, who had finally had enough of laughing, flattened his chest and said: "Your Highness, my cousin, it's useless to think about it, you have offended too many people. However, this method is indeed a trick. After some work, why don't we invite your boss, let's go to Shuntianmen to meet this wonderful thing?"

"Okay then, as you said, but we have to bring Wei Zheng along and let him be the chief examiner."

"Why?", what are you calling this old guy for? Isn't it just scolding for nothing?This old guy must have come to preach, hey, this ear can't stop.

"You forgot, he is Xiang Rui nemesis, have you forgotten this?"

Oh, after hearing what the prince said, Changsun Chong suddenly realized that in the fourth year of Zhenguan, after the victory of the Northern Expedition, it can be said that the government and the people were rejoicing, and the whole world was celebrating. A man surnamed Hu in Xiangzhou caught a turtle in the river and dedicated it to the emperor. The strange thing about a tortoise is that there are five red words on the belly of the tortoise: Long live the Son of Heaven.

However, it was Hu who was a bit unlucky, and happened to catch up with Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng was used to this, so he asked for a small knife, and scraped off the scarlet letter on the turtle's stomach. The words are written in red paint. .
Outside the Shuntian gate, after knowing the reason why the crown prince called him here, Lao Wei patted his chest and promised that he would examine the man for His Highness, and thoroughly expose the face of these opportunistic villains to the world, and never let him They mixed into the "organization".

Seeing that Wei Zheng was sternly testing Zhao Ren, Chang Sun Chong stepped forward and whispered, "Your Highness, I have discovered that you are much worse than Tang Jian. When Tang Jian deceives people, he is sure that the other party will not What to do with people, you have made such obedience to the God of Plague today, why don't you just kill this Zhao Ren!"

"What do you know? The way of employing people is the same as the way of employing soldiers. Fight after battle. The art of war is regular, and the skill of using it is all in one mind. No matter what kind of gods get him out, Guer will come out today." It's a surprise soldier, can you suppress the evil spirits without looking for evil people?"

Seeing that Wei Zheng asked about the same thing, Li Chengqian stood up from the chair moved by the guards, walked up to him, glanced at the firewood on the ground, and asked in a deep voice: "Wei Xiang, what's the result of the assessment? Is this person okay?" What job should I do!"

After shaking his sleeves, Wei Zheng cupped his hands and said, "Return to Your Highness, I have already asked you clearly, this person is ignorant of everything except the way of businessmen.

However, since this person wanted to come out for the court so much, the veteran thought that it would be better to accept him as an internal officer in the palace and leave him to do work in the treasury of the inner government. "

Hearing Wei Zheng's suggestion to the prince that he would castrate him as an eunuch, Zhao Ren's dream of becoming an official was instantly shattered. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly to ask the prince not to accept him as an internal official. He still wanted to have more sons.

Of course, in order to exonerate himself, the eunuch who advised him was also recruited by him, and he begged the prince to forgive himself because he was deceived by lard and made meritorious deeds in exposing him.

"Wei Xiang, you're still wise, this eunuch will be sent to the palace for a while, so I'll trouble you to ask!"

"Your Highness, you are really clever, the old minister has nothing to say!" At this moment, if you still don't understand what the prince means, then Wei Zheng's appointment as so many officials will be in vain.

(End of this chapter)