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Chapter 484: Being unkind to the king
"Commander Wang, why are you so anxious?" I was thinking as I walked, I saw the Huangji Gate, and bumped into the Commander Wang Zhizhen of the Royal Guards. Seeing him walking in a hurry, I couldn't help but ask.

"Your Majesty, Wang Zhizhen, has met Zhou Shangshu!" Being stopped by the Minister of Civil Affairs, Wang Zhizhen could only step forward and salute.

"No need to be polite... Zhou just came from the Yangxin Palace. Your Majesty is feeling a little unwell and has gone back to the palace to rest. If Commander Wang has nothing serious to do, it would be better to go to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit tomorrow."

Zhou Daodeng did have good intentions. No matter whether the emperor was slightly ailing or mentally exhausted, it would never hurt to take some more rest between intrigues. I don't have the ability or the courage to devote myself to the New Deal without hesitation like Yuan Keli. Creating some conditions to make the emperor feel more comfortable is considered as fulfilling the duty of a minister.

"Alas! Something big has happened, and we can't delay it. The candidates who came to Beijing to take the exam got into a fight in the Jieyun Building in Xijiangmi Lane. Not only did they damage the equipment, but one person was beaten to death. More than 40 participants have been arrested. We have been arrested and the murderer has not yet been found. Your Majesty has to make up his mind on how to deal with it next. I am resigning!"

Wang Zhizhen wiped the sweat from his forehead and briefly described the reason for entering the palace. Regardless of what Zhou Daodeng wanted to ask, he hurriedly clasped his fists and ran into the palace gate.

"W-what's the purpose of this? The storm is about to come, and I don't know how to deal with it this time..." Someone was killed in a fight or a group fight, which made Zhou Daodeng suddenly dumbfounded. This is unheard of and appalling!
But soon he thought of a deeper trouble. Such a big event would definitely cause an uproar in the court. Will someone take the opportunity to challenge the New Deal? Not only that, it’s huge.

Turning back and taking a look at the majestic Huangji Gate, Zhou Daodeng felt weak for no reason. He didn't want to stay here for a moment, but he felt a little reluctant in his heart. He took two steps and looked back, and then took two steps and looked back. .

Beside the Taiye Pond in Xiyuan, the emperor, who was originally unwell and had even stopped going to court in the morning, was holding a fishing rod in his hand and directing Wang Chengen to row a boat to make a nest, with a relaxed and comfortable look on his face.

"Long live my lord, although Guo Zizhang has no faction, he has criticized the New Deal. It seems inappropriate to let him serve as the Prime Minister of Customs." Unlike fishing in the past, there is Wang An around him who doesn't like fishing very much. Compared with the emperor, he looked more haggard, with a frown and a sad look on his face.

"Come on, sit down, don't think about anything in your mind, take a deep breath... spit out... exhale... exhale..." The emperor curled his lips, patted the stone next to him, then closed his eyes slightly, and felt a breath in his chest and abdomen. The drum shrunk and he practiced the breathing technique.

"Let me ask you, when was Guo Zizhang born?" Wang An had to sit down and show off, but the emperor soon saw the clues and simply stopped teaching him. He put down his fishing rod and made a serious face.

"Go back to Long Live Lord, Guo Zizhang was born in the 21st year of Jiajing. He was one of the top 11 in the 5th year of Longqing. He once served as a promotion official in Jianning Prefecture and the director of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry..." Seeing that the emperor was unhappy, Wang An breathed a sigh of relief. , hurriedly searched his mind and recounted everything about Guo Zizhang in his memory.

"Stop! I'm not asking about his resume, but I want you to calculate how old he is this year. 73, right? The Customs Office is located in Guangzhou, and there is a high probability that he will not take the Navy Clipper to go south.

I am over seventy years old and have traveled thousands of miles to travel from the capital city with distinct seasons to the hot and humid Guangzhou. I also have to receive customs and other subordinates from the navy under the supervision of the governor of Nanyang, the chief envoy of Guangdong, and the governor of Guangdong, and work. The amount is huge, even if it were given to a mature man, he would probably become seriously ill. "But he was interrupted by the emperor as soon as he started speaking. The next step was why Guo Zizhang was appointed as the Prime Minister of Customs. The sun was clearly hanging in the sky, and there was no wind or waves on the water, but Wang An couldn't hear it and felt it on his back. Chill.

Good guy, Emperor Hexiang was not optimistic that Guo Zizhang would be able to take office alive. Even when he arrived in Guangzhou with his tired body, what greeted him was not a harmonious atmosphere, but the vigilance and indifference of Yuan Yingtai, Zuo Guangdou and Li Rumei.

The most troublesome thing is not these civil servants, but the naval generals under Yuan Keli. That group of guys can almost be described as lawless. Every year, there are several boxes of complaints filed by the coastal states.

Crimes such as indiscriminate killing of innocent people, colluding with pirates, and conspiracy to commit crimes that could lead to beheading and confiscating homes were all slapped on my face. I didn't even bother to write about such innocuous crimes as smuggling into the sea, meddling in local affairs, insulting and threatening imperial officials.

It is simply wishful thinking for an official who is disgusted with the New Deal and does not have the support of the emperor to smoothly take over the customs work from them. At the very least, it would lead to a lot of trouble and a lot of anger, and there would be no one to talk to, let alone support.

If he were an official in his prime, he might still have nothing to do, but Guo Zizhang is already over seventy years old. He has traveled thousands of miles on a boat and arrived in a strange environment where the climate and food are not used to him. And he feels sulky all day long. Can he? Surviving until this time next year is indeed a big problem.

It was so wicked that Wang An really couldn't think of any other words to describe the emperor's sinister intentions. To be so decisive towards a veteran of the Four Dynasties is terrible and cruel. The emperor was calculating people to the core. If he didn't tell it clearly, even his close ministers like him who had served him since childhood would be at a loss.

"Even if he is determined, it will not help if he takes over smoothly. The customs uses a new accounting method. People who have not received long-term training cannot even understand it. They can only rely on their subordinates whether they think about it or not. I will start from Kaito. The Secretary selects suitable candidates to follow Li Tianjing south, and the Customs Prime Minister alone cannot change anything."

In fact, Hong Tao did not intend to torture Guo Zizhang to death in office, but just wanted to create a lot of unsolvable problems to make him quit. At that time, Li Tianjing will be able to rightfully correct the situation. Even if the courtiers are no longer reluctant to appoint officials to replace him, they will only serve as deputy positions at most and will not have any binding effect.

"New accounting method? I wonder if this slave can still learn it..." After hearing the emperor's specific personnel arrangements for the customs, Wang An could only silently recite a eulogy for Guo Zizhang in his heart.

Haihusi is a direct descendant of the emperor who is on equal footing with the Cuju team. He must be better than his predecessors. Yuan Yingtai, Zuo Guangdou, Li Rumei and even the navy are not troublesome compared with them. Even the Secretary Li Supervisor and Dongchang are not troublesome to these people. You can only watch but not control.

At the same time, I also heard a vocabulary closely related to my work, the new accounting method. Since he is the emperor's steward, he must be involved in the transaction of money and goods. If he cannot understand the customs accounts, how will he deal with the incoming and outgoing internal treasury in the future? There is a high probability that it will fall into the hands of the Cuju team and Wang Chengen, and the loss will be too great.

(End of this chapter)