I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 250 The son of heaven is the parent of the people, and he thinks he is the king of the world!

The 'joke' that Tianzi Qi obviously meant made all the officials and courtiers in the palace lower their heads in secrecy. No matter how curious they were, they did not dare to cast their gossip eyes on the prime minister who is the head of the court. Zhou Yafu.

But the fact that the officials of the court did not dare to do so does not mean that the crown prince Liu Sheng, who was sitting on the opposite side of Zhou Yafu, did not dare cast gloating gazes at Zhou Yafu, whose complexion was already pig liver...

"Hey;"

"Zhou Yafu, Zhou Yafu~"

"hey-hey······"

Raising his head in a leisurely manner, looking at Zhou Yafu on the opposite side, sitting on pins and needles in the seat that belonged exclusively to the prime minister, Liu Sheng felt an inexplicable joy in his heart.

On the imperial couch, Emperor Qi pretended to think for a moment, but finally shook his head with an ambiguous smile, and let out a short sigh leisurely.

"It seems that one year is still too short..."

"We still need to give the Prime Minister some more time to straighten out the affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"—— But the Prime Minister's Mansion is the key place for Zuozhen to govern the government and handle state affairs;"

"If you continue to let the Prime Minister's Office continue, because the Prime Minister is 'not good at government affairs', the Jiuqing will have a lot of government affairs. After a long time, there will definitely be problems."

"In case of a delay, uh, something that shouldn't be delayed for too long..."

"Um······"

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"How about this;"

"Starting today, Marquis of Kaifeng, let's go to Xiangfu more often."

"——At any rate, it was also honored as 'sub-phase'~"

"If the prime minister can't do it, I will ask the Marquis of Kaifeng to take care of it."

"As for the official job of the imperial censor, the internal history will share some of it, and it can be regarded as being familiar with it in advance..."

With his usual expression, he gave instructions as usual, and waited patiently for Tao Qing and Chao Cuo to get up and take the order. Emperor Qicai nodded slowly with a little melancholy;

After a while, he turned his head abruptly, like an old man coaxing his children and grandchildren, and said with a gentle face, "So, is the prime minister satisfied?"

"I have arranged it like this, so what's the problem for the Prime Minister?"

"If there is, you can mention it directly;"

"But if not, Prime Minister, you will give me a certain date."

"——How long will it take before I can count on my prime minister to be like a 'prime minister', to manage the prime minister's mansion in an orderly manner, and all government affairs are unimpeded;"

"Instead of looking for a few more ministers and ministers to serve as 'deputy prime ministers' as it is now, in order to barely guarantee that the prime minister's mansion will not let the government affairs of the department and office pile up, thereby delaying the government???"

Following Tian Ziqi's words, Zhou Yafu's flushed complexion turned crimson only visible to the naked eye;

In the end, Tianziqi asked the phrase 'When can I count on you? At that time, Zhou Yafu couldn't hold back the shame and anger in his heart, and stood up suddenly from his seat!

He glared viciously at his side, and gloated at his censor, Tao Qing;

Inexplicably, he glanced blankly at the table, waiting to see his happy prince Liu Sheng;

Reminiscing about the heartbreaking words that the emperor said just now...
"Chen Wu was born, so he is not familiar with government affairs!"

"This prime minister is also what His Majesty asked me to do. I never thought of being a prime minister!"

"—Last year, I declined His Majesty with this, and it was Your Majesty who insisted on persuading me, so I had no choice but to accept the order!"

"Since this prime minister has already provoked complaints from both inside and outside the court, then don't bother Your Majesty, I feel embarrassed for my minister!"

"Your Majesty, please choose another virtuous person to take up the post of prime minister!"

Furious, and even aggrieved, he said these words, and Zhou Yafu bowed his hands to the emperor Qi indignantly;

Although he said, 'Your Majesty, please find someone else to be the prime minister', from Zhou Yafu's expression, he could not see the shame and fear that resignation should have at all.

After bowing his hands to Emperor Qi, he turned sideways, snorted at Liu Sheng with anger on his face, then flicked his sleeves coldly, and sat back on the seat by himself.

He acted as if he had no fault at all, and everything was caused by Liu Sheng, which also caused everyone in the hall to look at each other to the left and right;
Only on the imperial couch, the emperor Qi just smiled like a spring breeze. After Zhou Yafu's obviously insincere resentment, it sank suddenly.

"According to the prime minister, I was wrong?"

"—Taking Tiao Hou as a prime minister, is it because I don't know who I know, and entrusts someone who is not?!"

A sad sentence, 'I was wrong? ', causing the courtiers and officials in the palace to raise their heads subconsciously!

Just about to get up, they yelled out in unison, "How could your majesty be wrong", and when they heard the latter sentence, everyone froze again, and froze in place as if in a dilemma.

Did the emperor make a mistake?
impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
The emperor of the Han family is absolutely infallible and absolutely infallible!
Even if there is a mistake, it is the fault of this world!
But then again: whether Zhou Yafu, the prime minister, is the son of heaven or not, he doesn't know people...

"Ugh······"

"Since Taizu Li Han, fifty years have passed, the Prime Minister's Mansion has never been like what it is today, and everything is not working..."

"—Even when Marquis Pingyang was the prime minister, the prime minister's mansion was still orderly when he continued to feast for more than three months;"

"But Tiaohou became prime minister..."

Thinking like this, everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and finally cast their undecided eyes on the top of the imperial steps.

Regarding Zhou Yafu, the prime minister, inside and outside the government and the field, it can be said that the average person is "quite critical";
But because Zhou Yafu served as the prime minister, it was a great achievement to destroy Wu and Chu, and he was transferred from Taiwei to prime minister. Even if the courtiers and officials were dissatisfied, no one really dared to say anything.

But now, Tian Ziqi launched an attack without warning, obviously to change this status quo;
——Because Zhou Yafu was the prime minister, the prime minister's mansion was in chaos, and the government affairs of the court were overwhelmed and could not be dealt with on time.

Only after Zhou Yafu made this statement just now, how this situation will change depends on what the emperor wants...
"Prince Minister Liu Sheng, report to Father Emperor~"

Swish!
In the silence, a loud call sign sounded in front of the east seat, causing all the officials in the hall to look sideways;

Everyone's eyes were locked on Liu Sheng's smiling, humble figure bowing his hands to the emperor Qi.

Including the chief teacher, Zhou Yafu, who still looks like everyone owes him money;

Naturally, it also includes Emperor Qi who is sitting on the imperial couch, whose face has completely sunk...

"Prince, do you have something to say?"

"—If it's to plead for the prime minister, then it goes without saying!"

"No matter what I do, I won't be able to tolerate the prime minister who I personally appointed and then sued the temple to worship the ancestors."

Even though he said so, Tian Ziqi looked sullenly, but he couldn't help turning to Zhou Yafu on his left;
Everyone in the hall could see that today's Emperor Qi was very upset by Zhou Yafu!

But if there is anyone who can't see this, that is the chief teacher, the prime minister Zhou Yafu who is still bending his neck...
"My son, I don't want to plead for the prime minister."

"If you want to come to the prime minister, you don't need your ministers to intercede on your behalf."

With Tianziqi's permission, Liu Shengwen said with a smile;
Then he turned sideways and looked at Zhou Yafu, who was at the opposite table, but his eyes scanned the hall for a while.

"Everyone should still remember that the old prime minister—the old Anzhen Wuhou was still alive, I was a teacher under the old prime minister's family;"

"During the Wu-Chu Rebellion, the government affairs in the court were complicated. The old prime minister was so busy with government affairs that he forgot to sleep and eat, and he couldn't even go home."

"—At that time, my brother-in-law and I were by the old prime minister's side and helped the old prime minister sort out the files..."

Smiling and explaining his intentions, he bowed his hands to everyone in the hall, Liu Shengcai turned around again, and bowed his hands to Emperor Qi again.

"Just now, my son heard from Zhu Gong that all the officials of Jiuqing and Yousi have encountered redundant government affairs because of the prime minister's residence."

"My son was ordered by his father to attend the court meeting, so he shouldn't have opened his mouth so easily."

"But recalling the experience of assisting the old prime minister in the past, I really have some doubts in my heart, and I want to ask clearly..."

Listening to Liu Sheng's words, such as 'old prime minister', 'brother concubine' and 'assistant government', the expressions of everyone in the hall could not help but change slightly;
After a while, they each lowered their heads thoughtfully, assuming that they acquiesced to Liu Sheng's statement.

'Auxiliary government' beside the old prime minister, former Anzhen Wuhou Shen Tujia?
Help the prime minister sort out the dossier, so it counts as assisting the government?
If you really want to say that, then there are thousands of people inside and outside the entire prime minister's mansion, and everyone is a minister of 'assisting the government'!
——You must know that the theoretical duty of the prime minister is to assist the emperor in governing the world!

If it was the former son Sheng who said these words, then someone among the officials must stand up and teach Liu Sheng a lesson: Hey boy, stop talking nonsense!

But if the current 'Prince wins', then this rhetoric is nothing difficult to accept.

Prince~
Chu Jun~
It's no big deal to take the little things you did in the past and put a little gold on your face.

Even if Liu Sheng didn't do this himself, sooner or later some smart people would think of it and put the gold of "assistant government" on Liu Sheng's face.

After trying to understand this point, everyone's attention was naturally shifted to what Liu Sheng was about to do.

——The prince seems to have "doubts" and wants the prime minister to answer for himself;

And this doubt seems to be related to Zhou Yafu himself caused by the situation of redundant government affairs and stagnant operation of the prime minister...
"Oh······"

"Then ask."

"—The crown prince and the crown prince attend the court meeting, and the purpose is to get familiar with the government and learn the way of governing the country."

"There are doubts, of course they should be answered."

Faintly aware of Liu Sheng's intentions, Tianzi Qi's cloudy expression showed a slight warming trend;

After saying a word in a deep voice, he glanced at Zhou Yafu with a gloomy look, and said in a gloomy tone: "The prime minister will never mind this matter, right?"

"Isn't even the prime minister unwilling to answer the crown prince's doubts?"

Hearing Liu Sheng said that he had doubts and wanted to 'ask' the Prime Minister to answer for him, Zhou Yafu immediately smelled the danger!

The instinct developed over the years between the ranks constantly reminded Zhou Yafu at this moment: be vigilant!
But being blocked by the emperor's words, even if Zhou Yafu refused deliberately, he obviously had no choice.

That is, the moment of "no way" made Zhou Yafu completely lose the last ounce of initiative he could hold in this court meeting...
"Back then, when the old prime minister was in charge of the prime minister's mansion, the reports and files of Jiuqing Yousi were all written by the old prime minister."

"If the old prime minister can decide, he will stamp the seal and send it to the emperor for review;"

"If the old prime minister can't make a decision, he will be temporarily detained. When the old prime minister enters the palace next time, they will all present it to the emperor."

"——Sometimes, the father and the prime minister will discuss together, and resolve the matter as soon as possible, and the old prime minister will entrust it to Jiuqing Yousi to handle it."

"If there is really no way to decide, the old prime minister will propose it during the court meeting, and all officials and ministers will discuss it together to come up with a proper solution."

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"It is precisely because of this way of handling that the old prime minister is so busy in approving the files in the prime minister's mansion that he often cannot go home for several days."

"It is also said inside and outside the court that the old prime minister is diligent in government affairs, and has a clean sleeve, and has never failed the trust of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen."

"This, makes me feel very puzzled..."

Speaking in a calm tone, Liu Sheng did not forget to make a look of 'really puzzled', and took two steps forward, walking in front of Zhou Yafu.

He sized Zhou Yafu very 'puzzled', and then frowned suddenly.

"If I remember correctly, the Prime Minister is less than 50 years old this year, right?"

"——I heard that a man becomes a man at the age of 20, can stand on his own at the age of 30, and can not be confused by external things at the age of 40;"

"Some folks also say that a man cannot be a magistrate of a county if he is less than 30 years old, and a sheriff of a county if he is less than 50 years old."

"Someone in the court even said: If you are less than 50 years old, if you become Jiuqing, there is no way to make people feel at ease."

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"Tiaohou is less than 50 years old, and he has already become an extremely human minister and a prime minister with excellent etiquette. Logically speaking, he should have talents different from ordinary people;"

"—How come now, the Prime Minister can't even guarantee the daily operation of the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

"When the old prime minister was over 70 years old, he could still review files for three days and three nights; when he was 80 years old, he could still live in the prime minister's mansion for [-] consecutive days."

"—How can Hou Tiaohou be unable to handle the official duties of the prime minister's mansion when he is less than 50 years old?"

"When the old prime minister is here, the prime minister's mansion is orderly, and government affairs can be handled on time;"

"—How could the Marquis have been prime minister for a year, yet he never went to the palace to ask his father for instructions with a file that he couldn't handle?"

"——In the past year, there has never been a matter that was difficult for the emperor to decide, and the prime minister brought it to the court meeting and discussed it with all the officials?"

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"The prime minister didn't handle any of the things that should be handled by himself;"

"The Prime Minister has never asked for instructions about the matter that should be asked by the emperor;"

"The matter that should be handed over to all officials to discuss, the prime minister has never brought it up to the court."

"—Hou Tiao, why did you do this?"

"Is it because the prime minister's dignity is not in line with the prince's wishes?"

"Father's trust, empress dowager's expectation, and even the world's expectations are not enough to make Tiaohou a little ashamed, let Tiaohou take a little time every day to go to the prime minister's mansion to handle government affairs???"

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Quiet.

Ultimate tranquility.

After Liu Sheng exited several "doubtful" ways in succession, the huge Xuanshi Hall fell into a burst of extreme silence.

Facing Liu Sheng's 'doubt', almost everyone in the hall lowered their heads in shame.

——Liu Sheng, he is asking the teacher for his crime.

Everyone could hear that Liu Sheng was pointing at Zhou Yafu's nose and questioning Zhou Yafu: Why don't you even want to imitate what the old prime minister can do?

Regarding this, all the officials in the palace could do was bow their heads in shame.

Because the old prime minister Shen Tujia who passed away was really what Liu Sheng described.

In front of such an old man, anyone who still has a sense of shame can only bow his head in shame.

Zhou Yafu, of course, also has a sense of shame.

But Zhou Yafu's sense of shame will never cause Zhou Yafu to have any emotions that a normal person should have in front of a prince who is "unworthy of virtue"...

"I really don't understand why someone like Tiaohou became the prime minister of my Han family."

"——When the old prime minister was still alive, he once told his ministers: Whether it is the Chang'an court or the Guandong county, as long as it is a 'prime minister', it should be held by someone with real talents and real learning."

"If the prime minister or the prime minister is incompetent, it will drag down millions of people and suffer hardships that they shouldn't have suffered because of one person's incompetence."

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"Now, Tiaohou has been the prime minister of my Han family for a full year, but he still doesn't know what his duties are;"

"Who knows how many innocent people and Li Shus in the world are short of food and clothing because of Tiaohou, and even their families are ruined?"

"If these people all know that they are being persecuted by Marquis Tiao, then it's nothing - at most, my Han family's face will be disgraced, and the dignity of Han officials will no longer be there;"

"However, what should we do if someone with a heart makes a hindrance and makes people think that this is all the fault of the father?"

"Are you going to let the father personally bear the blame of the people of the world for Tiaohou's fault?"

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"I heard that if the monarch is humiliated, the subjects should desperately defend the dignity of the monarch;"

"But the ministers have never heard that if the ministers make mistakes, the monarch will bear the abuse of the world for the ministers."

"—Father respects Tiaohou and tolerates Tiaohou in every possible way. My son admires father's mind very much."

"But if the emperor only loves Tiaohou, what should we do with the tens of millions of suffering people in the world?"

"Tiaohou, what virtue and ability..."

"——He~De~He~Neng!"

After saying that, Liu Sheng knelt down on the ground with eyes full of grief, and kowtowed deeply to Emperor Qi.

"As a son, he shouldn't have accused his father of his behavior like this;"

"But as the crown prince and as a subject, I really dare not turn a blind eye to this."

"—Father Huang once taught his sons and ministers: Our Han family is based on the people, and on the tens of millions of farmers in the world;"

""Shangshu Zhoushu Hong Fan" also said: The emperor should be the king of the subjects of the world just like the parents of the subjects."

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"My son, bow your head and bow your head, I will worship you~"

"I implore my father, with all the people in the world, the common people..."

"—Take the ancestral temple and the community as the most important~"

　Today is also updated~
　　Fathers, take care of your health, take your medicine on time if you are already sick~
　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)