Red Mansion Wind

Chapter 57 Serving in front of the imperial court.

"Haha, do you still need a stool to sit on today~"

"Hehe, there is no place for a kid to sit in front of His Majesty, I am fine standing up."

Zhou Xu scratched his head and improved his acting skills by [-]%, pretending to be shy and silly, which caused the emperor to burst into laughter again. Zhou Xu didn't understand what was so funny, but the other palace people looked at Zhou Xu highly, especially It was Jia Yuanchun. She had been in the palace for a long time, but it was rare for her to see the emperor so happy.

"Okay, let me give you a seat today, so that I don't have to go out and say I'm stingy."

After the emperor laughed, he waved his hand and a little eunuch came up to bring Zhou Xu a small pier. He looked at it and it was not cold on the mat this time. After thanking the emperor for the reward, he sat on the stool for half his buttocks. This was his mother. Teach me, this sitting feels worse than standing.

Then there was a moment of silence in the back hall, the emperor didn't speak but just looked at him, Zhou Xu didn't know how to speak, he just stared at Dai Quan with blank air defense eyes, the latter looked very uncomfortable, thinking that this little fool is not holding a grudge Bar?

"Zhou Xu, today Qian Yuan made a plan to open up China and France, and he has solved the worries of border food. He said that this method came from your mouth. Is this what you thought?"

The emperor looked at Zhou Xu with great interest and asked, Zhou Xu was able to come up with a way to arrange soldiers that day. Unexpectedly, asking him to solve this half-grown child, he was also very curious whether Zhou Xu had become enlightened this time or if he heard it from somewhere else.

"Uh, back to Your Majesty, I met the Second Highness the other day and talked nonsense with him. If there's anything wrong, it's none of my business for you to go to him!" Hearing the emperor's question, Zhou Xu Thinking that the second prince had some kind of twisted mind, the emperor and the others found out, so they quickly separated themselves.

"Hmph! Whatever you do, you just solved the problems that have plagued the court for many days. You mean that all the princes in the court are not as good as you, so where do you put the ministers of the Zhengshitang?"

Seeing Zhou Xu's perfunctory attitude, the emperor set Zhou Xu up with a single sentence, and compared these court ministers with just thinking about it. If this word spread, the Zhou family might be killed by those ministers. How could Zhou Xu respond? When I was busy, I changed my words again:

"Ah, that, then I said it was racking my brains, fantasizing, racking my brains, deliberating, painstakingly, vomiting three liters of blood, thinking twice before doing it, and thinking about it for 81 days. Is this the result?"

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"What's the matter, that's what all the books say?"

Seeing the emperor's speechless expression, Zhou Xu asked cautiously, he had thought so hard, he couldn't make those ministers feel ashamed, right?
"Second brother still praised you for studying at home, what kind of mess do you learn?" The emperor shook his head.

"Uh, Your Majesty, don't listen to the nonsense of the Second Highness. I got into trouble when I was studying, so I had to pretend to show it to my father. You won't tell my father, Your Majesty, will you?"

Zhou Xu was very embarrassed to tell the truth.

"You boy."

The emperor was so fooled by Zhou Xu's self-explosion that he didn't know what to say. At this moment, the emperor was very suspicious of calling Zhou Xu into the palace and entrusting him with the placement of soldiers. He was so stupid before, but after thinking about it, it wasn't such a big deal, and he couldn't make any troubles.

And after that, he will also join the army. There is no other such good opportunity. Once he joins the army, he can command thousands of soldiers and horses. However, his honesty has attracted the emperor's attention. It doesn't matter if this kid can do anything else. But speaking the truth in front of the king will overcome all shortcomings.

"Okay, I didn't ask you to enter the palace today for anything else. The day before yesterday, you suggested from time to time the method of gathering soldiers from the Beijing camp to settle down together. After some discussion, the imperial court found it a bit difficult to handle."

The emperor didn't bother to talk to Zhou Xu, so he directly talked about the purpose of asking him to enter the palace. Zhou Xu suddenly realized that this was the matter. Think of a way, but don't.

Zhou Xu said with a silly smile: "I didn't know it was you that day, so I talked nonsense. The ministers are the pillars of the country. I can definitely see that it is a child's words. It should be difficult to implement. Your Majesty, don't take it to heart."

"I only said it was difficult, where did I say it was difficult to implement?"

The emperor interrupted Zhou Xu, and Zhou Xu was speechless. Don't you say it's difficult, so don't do it!

"Your Majesty, did you call me?"

"Hmph, Boss Yin of Jingzhao agrees with your idea, but other ministers feel that the establishment of a new yamen is inappropriate, and it will cost a lot of money, but there are more and more incidents of soldiers disturbing the people in the capital. The matter will not be delayed any longer, so whoever the First Prince proposes to think of this method will be responsible for this matter."

The emperor looked at Zhou Xu and asked: "Little Tiger Chi, you will be crowned next year. I entrust this matter to you. Maybe you can handle it properly?"

"Ah? Make me responsible?"

Zhou Xu was stunned for a moment, then asked in surprise, those thousands of people were all soldiers of the Beijing camp, no matter if they were old, weak or young, they were all elites selected from all over the country. Give him such a child.

It was Zhou Xu who didn't want to understand. He will soon be sixteen and be an adult, and he still thinks that he is a 16-year-old in later generations. The children of rich and noble families are more pampered, but after becoming an adult, it is also necessary to arrange economic and official careers. ,

The emperor obviously wanted to train him. If he could command thousands of soldiers now, he would not be much worse than his father after some hard work. Moreover, Zhou Xu was good at martial arts since he was a child, like a seedling of a fierce general.

"Why, your father joined the army when he was [-] years old. Everyone said that the tiger father had no sons. How can you be an idiot about this?"

Facing the emperor's aggressive general, Zhou Xu naturally had to take it hard, insisting on being a reckless tiger and a foolish persona, his chest was thumping, he stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I have nothing to do and I am also a fool, but I have remembered my father's instructions since I was a child, and those who serve as ministers should share the worries of the emperor so as to live up to His Majesty's long grace!"

"Good, this is a bit of a general!"

The emperor nodded in satisfaction, and said to Zhou Xu: "I originally wanted to attribute this matter to the Privy Council, but the Privy Council has too many affairs and there are no officials to transfer, and Jing Zhaoyin also has a robbery department. The ministers mean that this matter should be taken out separately , just like you said to establish a new government office, but there is only one official position who is in charge, and the tentative rank is Cong Liupin, and the court is only responsible to one person, do you understand?"

Zhou Xu thought for a while before he understood what the emperor meant. What kind of feelings does the new yamen mean that he is a polished commander, and the others are all temporary workers?

"Then... Your Majesty, is there any arrangement for this salary with the government?"

(End of this chapter)