Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 607 Is it a good thing to know too much?
  Zhang Han didn't know how many servants Gu Xun's new mansion would need. Anyway, he could take care of the house by himself, so he didn't need any servants.

He did have servants in the past. After all, he was an officer and considered half a noble class. He couldn't do everything by himself. But at that time, he was always in the military camp and rarely went home. Later, after he was promoted to Shadow Guard, he returned home. There were more visits, but due to the nature of the work, it was inconvenient to have too many outsiders at home, so we dispersed them all.

After hearing Zhang Han's words, Gu Xun couldn't help but sigh, "There are so many people... My whole family together can only..."

Gu Xun got stuck in the middle of the sentence, as if he was calculating the number of people, but in the end he couldn't tell the exact number and changed his words to, "There are no more than ten people, but in the end, there are several times more outsiders living in the house!"

Zhang Han could only laugh when he heard this. Anyone with high authority, money and power, whose family is not like this? There must be more servants than masters!

Gu Xun thought for a while, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, never mind, I can't live in a few rooms anyway. There are courtyards on both sides and three courtyards behind, so just leave them alone, so I don't need too many people."

After hearing this, Zhang Han hesitated for a while, and finally expressed his opinion on this matter that had nothing to do with his own work, "Master Imperial Master, if this is the case, once guests come to visit, you may not have enough manpower."

Gu Xunhun replied nonchalantly, "What's not enough? I'm enough to see the guests. Why do I need servants?"

"But you can't personally handle things like welcoming guests and sending them off, banquets and drinks..." Zhang Han reminded helplessly.

Gu Xun is now an important minister of a country. In the future, human relations will be indispensable. This needs to be done by servants, and not just any servant will do it.

In response, Gu Xun just sneered, "Welcome and send you off, everything is at your own convenience. As for the banquet... why should I invite others to dinner?"

"Ah this..." Zhang Han didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only reluctantly persuade me, "Sir, sooner or later you will have to formally intervene in our court in Da Qin. In this officialdom, banquets are inevitable. "

"That's because someone else invited me, not me." Gu Xun replied matter-of-factly, and also gave an example.

"Tell me, who is the head of the hundred officials in the court now?"

"...Of course it's Mr. Chang Pingjun, the right minister." Zhang Han replied helplessly. He had somewhat guessed what Gu Xun would say.

"Do you know that he hosted a banquet for me this morning?" Gu Xun asked again.

Zhang Han nodded, now he was sure that his guess was correct.

"As the head of hundreds of officials, he has to treat me to dinner. Who else is worthy of me?" Gu Xun ended with a rhetorical question.

Zhang Han had nothing to say, so he could only nod in acceptance.

If you follow this logic, there is no need to invite others.

Mo Ya and Bai Feng stood a little further away, listening to the conversation between Gu Xun and Zhang Han, and couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths.

I wanted to laugh a little bit, but I felt it was not good in front of Zhang Han, so I held it back.

After Gu Xun finished explaining this impeccable logic, the topic suddenly changed to Zhang Han's job.

"Speaking of which, since you know that Xiong Qi and I were having a banquet at his house, have you found out what we both talked about?"

"This..." Zhang Han lowered his head, a little unsure of what Gu Xun's question meant, but he still answered truthfully, "The general has not arranged anyone to investigate this matter."

"The residence of Lord Changping is not within the scope of concern of the Shadow Guards." "Besides... it is difficult for the Shadow Guards to sneak into Lord Changping's residence, and it is even less possible for you to monitor the National Preceptor."

Gu Xun looked at the scene in the courtyard casually, waved his hand to comfort Zhang Han and said, "Don't worry, I'm not testing you."

"What I mean is that you should pay attention to the movements of some important ministers such as Lord Changping, just like my private meeting with him. Who knows whether we may secretly conspire against His Majesty?"

"Hehehe..." Zhang Han laughed stiffly, not knowing what to say in response.

Is there anyone who can be so honest and fair as to say that he might murder the king...

Gu Xun glanced at Zhang Han's expression and knew what the other party was thinking, and added, "This is just an example. I hope you understand that the Shadow Guard needs more performance and how to perform it."

Zhang Han still didn't know what to say.

He understood what Gu Xun meant, but he couldn't answer the question.

Using a secret guard organization to monitor the movements of officials is still very rare in this era. To be precise, no king has ever done this. Even if it is a snare, it is mainly used for external purposes, not for internal purposes.

On the contrary, powerful officials such as Ji Wuye might do this in order to eliminate dissidents and attack political opponents.

The main reason is that today's relationship between monarchs and ministers is different from that of later dynasties such as the Tang, Song, and Ming dynasties, especially since the world has not yet been unified. Now, having things like royal robes and guards is actually harmful to the country but not beneficial.

Zhang Han may be a little immature because he is still young, but he has no business ability. He knew as soon as he heard that such behavior could consolidate the monarch's power, but it could easily cause the monarch and his ministers to become alienated.

He didn't dare mess around with something like this that could kill him if he wasn't careful.

Gu Xun also knew Zhang Han's concerns. His original intention was not to encourage the other party to build the Shadow Secret Guard into a Jinyi Guard. He just wanted him to keep an eye on Xiong Qi. Although it was not the time to kill the pig yet, he might as well warm up first. Warm up, put on some eye drops and play with it.

"Haha, you don't have to think too much. I just said this. You can ask His Majesty for instructions later and just do what he wants."

Zhang Han breathed a sigh of relief. He thought that Gu Xun didn't know what was wrong and was going to do something wrong.

"The general knows."

Gu Xun looked at the relaxed Zhang Han and emphasized again, "But you should pay more attention to Xiong Qi."

"Ah?" Zhang Han also expressed doubts, and immediately realized that his nominal boss seemed to be just targeting the right minister. He did not refuse and replied, "I will understand."

Of course, he responded quickly, but he didn't plan to do it directly. He also had to ask Ying Zheng for instructions first.

Gu Xun didn't need to think about it to know that Zhang Han would definitely tell Ying Zheng first, but it didn't matter. The eye drops had to be sent to Ying Zheng in the first place. With the current strength of the Shadow Guards, it might not be possible to just stare at Xiong Qi for twelve hours a day. What can be found, let alone Zhang Han, no one has the time to do it.

"Speaking of the banquet in the morning, do you want to know what Xiong Qi and I talked about?" After tricking Xiong Qi, Gu Xun seduced Zhang Han again with a smile.

Zhang Han looked at Gu Xun's disturbing smile, hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and replied, "I feel that this is a private matter between you and Lord Changping, so I won't..."

(End of this chapter)