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Throughout the afternoon, Jiang Zhe was in a good mood. The harvest of the early court was much better than he had expected. He is on Li Gang's side, but it can be seen that the ministers still agree with him as the emperor, at least he is not a complete puppet.

At the same time, the performance of Li Min and Huang Jingtai also lifted his spirits. Huang Jingtai may not have any real talents, but it is good to have backbone, not to mention that Li Min still seems to have a lot of skills.

After dinner, Jiang Zhe was a little bored, so he planned to go out of the palace for a walk. This was the first time he left the palace after time travel, and he didn't bring anyone with him, only Zhang Xiao followed.

After exiting Chengtian Gate and crossing the Jinshui Bridge, you will find Fengtian Square. On the east side of the square are the offices of the four ministries of officials, rites, households, and workers, and on the west is the location of the Ministry of War. At this time, all the offices of the ministries have already left work, and there are only 36 guards. standing in the square.

Jiang Zhe was going to continue walking, but saw that the household department was still on, and he couldn't help being curious. He didn't expect that there were overtime workers in this era, so he went to the window and looked in. He saw a clerk under a kerosene lamp. The man was writing at his desk, and from time to time he was scratching at the abacus at hand.

Jiang Zhe asked Zhang Xiao to wait outside, and walked in slowly. Seeing that the man didn't lift his head, he asked, "Why don't you go home?"

"Ah?" The man didn't expect someone to come in at this time, but he was taken aback. He looked up at Jiang Zhe, but he didn't recognize him, and said with a smile, "Master, haven't you come home yet? Please sit down first, I'll take a seat." This work at hand will have to wait a while before it can be finished."

Jiang Zhe didn't sit down either, but looked around and said, "Are you the one who wants to stay overtime, or did your boss arrange it?"

The man continued to write without raising his head, and said with a sneer, "I'm not afraid to let my lord know that no one wants to work overtime on his own initiative. It's not because our lord Lu is looking for trouble."

Jiang Zhe heard him say that he didn't take the initiative to work overtime, and his favor with him slightly declined, so he planned to leave, walked to the door, and asked casually, "Master Lu, which Master Lu?"

"Who else can there be, Master Lu of Huainan Qingli Department?"

"Lu Yunhai?" Jiang Zhe retracted his foot that had already stepped outside the door.

"Yes, it's Mr. Lu Yunhailu from Biasheng, you also know him?" the man kept saying with his hands.

Hearing that he didn't respect Lu Yunhai very much, Jiang Zhe even called him by his first name. He felt slightly displeased, but he didn't want to get angry at a clerk. At the same time, he also wanted to hear what Lu Yunhai's subordinates thought of him, whom he had always wanted to see. He pretended to be a reformer, so he pretended to ask casually: "You said just now that Mr. Lu is looking for trouble, what do you mean?"

"This matter? I can't say a word or two."

"I happen to have nothing else to do, so just tell me." The less he said, the more Jiang Zhe wanted to know.

The man stopped, rubbed his sore wrists, and said, "Isn't this the Western Turks coming back?"

"Yeah, but the Western Turks are calling, what does it have to do with whether you work overtime or not?" Jiang Zhe asked puzzled.

The man chuckled and said, "This lord can't see that he is still impatient. Let me explain to you slowly."

Jiang Zhe also realized that he was indeed a little anxious. It seemed that he really valued Lu Yunhai a little too much, so he smiled embarrassingly and said nothing.

The man continued: "Because the Western Turks are attacking the border, Master Lu believes that because the emperor is newly enthroned, he will definitely send heavy troops to fight against it in order to show his majesty, and Huainan, as the world's granary, will inevitably be an important supply of military rations. land, so he ordered us to count Huainan's accounts day and night."

"There is nothing inappropriate about Lu Gaohan's actions. Why do you say he is looking for trouble?" Jiang Zhe was a little puzzled, because he was full of expectations for Lu Yunhai in his heart, so he used words to match him.

The man smiled mysteriously and said: "It seems that you don't know much about the current situation, my lord. Judging by your clothes, are you a member of the clan?"

Jiang Zhe smiled and said, "Your eyesight is pretty good. My surname is Jiang."

"If you don't worry about getting angry, I guess you are always the one who doesn't care about government affairs." The man spoke very straightforwardly.

Jiang Zhe didn't care, and continued to ask: "What do you mean by that?"

While tidying up the documents on the table, the man said casually: "If you understand the current situation in the court, you will know that the emperor will definitely not fight this battle. Our Master Lu's move is purely looking for trouble."

"You are not the emperor, how do you know if he wants to fight this battle?" Jiang Zhe's doubts became more and more serious.

The man chuckled and said, "Of course I don't know if the emperor wants to fight this battle, but I know that the emperor will definitely not be able to fight this battle."

"Speak carefully. Zhen, I really want to hear what you have to say." Jiang Zhe's curiosity was completely aroused.

The man looked out and said, "To understand this, you first have to know who in the court really has the most effective words."

"Does it need to be said? Of course it is the emperor." Jiang Zhe deliberately followed his words.

"Your majesty?" The man shook his head and said, "Is there anyone in Beijing who doesn't know that the current emperor is a famous dull prince before he ascended the throne? Let me tell you, Li Gang and Li Xiangye are the most useful people in this court, as long as Li Xiang doesn't want to Fight, even if the emperor wants to fight, he can't send troops, and Li Xiang has always advocated peace and not advocated war. And even if we really want to fight this battle, we can't transfer food from Huainan."

Jiang Zhe smiled wryly, at first he was a little complacent about being able to find out that Li Gang was in control of the court in the first place, but now it seems that this is not a secret at all, even a clerk knows about it.

"Why can't the grain be transferred from Huainan?" Jiang Zhe was already interested in the person in front of him, so he continued to ask.

The man rubbed his hands and said, "First of all, it's not cost-effective. From Huainan to the front line of Yumenguan, a stone of grain is equivalent to six liang of silver. Not to mention that there is no money in the national treasury. The best way is to sell the official food in Huainan on the spot, and use the money to buy food in the pass and transport it to the front line, but the food in the pass will definitely not be available.”

"You can still transport grain from the east of the river." Although Jiang Zhe felt that what he said was reasonable, he still had to deliberately make things difficult. During the funeral of the late emperor, he also did a lot of homework, and he still had a certain understanding of the geographical distribution of the Great Tang Dynasty. of.

Who would have thought that person would not be in a hurry, and said calmly, "Hedong has food and soldiers, but neither of them can be moved, because the north is the East Turks. Although they have been relatively peaceful in the past two years because of their marriage, but before The number one enemy of our dynasty, who can guarantee that they will not invade our territory again in the future? The best choice to transfer grain to Hedong is Huainan, which is why there is a war in Longyou and it is impossible to transfer grain from Huainan The second reason."

His knowledge really made Jiang Zhe look at him with admiration. He really didn't expect that this person looks ordinary on the outside, but there are many hills in his chest. Not only is his thinking flexible, but his vision is also very far-sighted. It seems that Lu Yunhai's subordinates are still not very popular. What's going on?So he asked: "Since you have seen it thoroughly, why didn't you explain it to Lu Gaohan?"

The man twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "It's useless to say it. Our Lord Lu is a stubborn bull. As long as your point of view is inconsistent with his, he will think that you must be wrong, not him. Alright." After speaking, he shook his head, it seemed that he was very dissatisfied with Lu Yunhai's point.

Jiang Zhe was originally full of hope for Lu Yunhai, but now from what he heard from this person, Lu Yunhai was not as good as he imagined. He was disappointed but also happy to find this person in front of him, but He also wanted to see how high the level of the person in front of him was, so he smiled and said: "I have benefited a lot from talking to you for a long time. But you and I are just acquainted for the first time, how dare you face the emperor in front of me? The prime minister and your boss are showing disrespect? Are you not afraid that I will report you?"

The man laughed and said: "As the saying goes, harm others to benefit yourself. People only attack others when they benefit themselves. I am just a small clerk. If you report me, what good will it do you? No Good thing, why did you bother with that?"

Jiang Zhe found that this person was really not simple. Seeing that he didn't have any amazing words, but his words were reasonable, he was really a usable person. Since he had a heart of love for talents, he asked: "What is your name?" what name?"

The man replied casually: "My name is Zhao Pu, how about you?"

"Zhao Pu?" Jiang Zhe asked in surprise, "Can you read the Analects?"

"The Analects? Oh, it's a sage's book, I'm a little scribe, how can I read that at ordinary times?" Zhao Pu didn't know why Jiang Zhe asked this question.

Don't read the Analects?Isn't it the one I imagined?Jiang Zhe was a little bit disappointed, but then he thought, what's the matter with Zhao Pu, who is famous for his half of the Analects of Confucius to rule the world?It's still a talent, and a talent should be used by itself.

And there is no such thing as a good thing in the sky, if I continue to pin my hopes on others, I am afraid that there will only be one disappointment after another, and Lu Yunhai has disappointed himself very much.Yes, you must rely on yourself, relying on your own understanding of history, relying on your accumulated knowledge of thousands of years more than people in this era, you will definitely be able to establish your own great achievements in this era.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhe patted Zhao Pu on the shoulder and said, "It will be good for you to read more books in the future. It's getting late, let's go, and discuss it with you some other day."

Walking to the door, he said again: "By the way, I forgot to tell you, my name is Jiang Zhe." After finishing speaking, he walked out without waiting for Zhao Pu's reaction.

Zhang Xiao has been waiting outside, when he saw Jiang Zhe coming out, he followed immediately, and whispered: "The emperor is still going back to the palace, it's already dark, if something happens, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect the emperor by himself."

Jiang Zhe nodded, and said: "Your concerns are right, I'm going back to the palace. But you can't rest yet, you have to hurry up and do what I entrusted to you."

"Yes, I understand." Zhang Xiao replied with a bow.

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