golden scales

It's time to tap!

"Hehe," Zhu Cihong said with a smile on his face, "Do you think Liu Lao Si dares to act presumptuously in front of me?"

"That is……"

"That's because those who know the current affairs are heroes, and they don't know how to judge the situation. It is inevitable that they will humiliate themselves. レ♠レ" Zhu Cihong's face darkened: "Liu Ruoyu, how can I treat you alone?"

Liu Ruoyu was startled, knelt down on the ground, kowtowed heavily, and when he raised his head again, he was already in tears: "Master Qiantui is kind to the old slave, even if the sun and the moon are shining again, it's nothing more than that."

"It's good if you know." Zhu Cihong knew that there was no need for a heavy hammer to play the drum, and the beating was already in place today, so he walked away.

For a person who wants to do great things, the most taboo should not be the small lack of character in his subordinates, but the inconsistency of the object of allegiance.

Although Zhu Cihong seldom heard the word "loyalty" in his previous life, the phrase "responsible to so-and-so" was also popular in the workplace.Although the names of the two are different, the essence is the same. To put it more officially, it is: unify thinking, clarify goals, and strengthen beliefs.

The subordinates of the Eastern Palace should of course be loyal to the emperor in name, but being responsible to the Eastern Palace is the most important point.All members of the Eastern Palace system must take the Eastern Palace as the core, implement the Eastern Palace line, and unswervingly believe in the Eastern Palace.

Compared with Liu Laosi and Zhu Jiajun's disrespect, You Shiwei's attitude made Zhu Cihong even more unhappy.

"The old slave feels sorry for His Highness!" Liu Ruoyu kowtowed heavily, hitting the stone steps with a bang bang sound.

Zhu Cihong exhaled the exhaust gas in his chest, and stopped him with words: "Speak well."

"Your Highness, this old slave knows that His Highness has been working tirelessly for the foundation of our ancestors, and he only wants to restore the lost land and rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty." Liu Ruoyu cried bitterly: "The old slave just feels that His Highness has done everything to the extreme, and no one is more loyal to Daming than His Highness." but ignored the family relationship between father and son. The ancestors advocated the family relationship first and then the human relationship, because they were afraid that father and son would lose each other!

"Those who understand, are of course respectful to His Highness's act of giving up the small and protecting the big, but those who don't understand will slander His Highness for being inhumane and unreasonable! Every time the old slave thinks of this, his heart aches for His Highness." Your Highness, you are only 16 years old, how can you bear the burden of the whole world's reputation!"

Zhu Cihong exhaled heavily, and said: "You say that, you can be considered loyal." He paused, and then said: "I was born with this temper, and I don't care about it, but as a prince, I have to shoulder the responsibility. It is the responsibility of the prince. It is said that the Zhu family has raised Li Shu for 300 years. In fact, the people of this world have raised my Zhu family for 300 years. If this throne is regarded as the world’s great achievements in rewarding the ancestors’ uprising soldiers, expelling the Tartars, and restoring the clothes of the Han family , then this kindness should be enough. Now is the time when I should die for the people of the world, how can I neglect it?"

It was the first time Liu Ruoyu heard such an argument, he was too frightened to answer, and couldn't answer, so he had to kowtow again.

"That's what I think," Zhu Cihong concluded. "You see, if you tell the emperor's father and mother about this, can they untie their knots?"

"Your Highness must not!" Liu Ruoyu was really frightened this time.It's fine to say this when no one is around, if it reaches the ears of the emperor and empress, it will clearly force the empress to death!

"Isn't it suitable? Then forget it." Zhu Cihong asked: "But since you mentioned human relations, let me add one more thing: Whether it's the guards of the Eastern Palace or the people under the rule, I regard them as my brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts." Aunt. When you enter my house, you are my family. You should have a sense of proportion inside and outside the door. "

"Old slave understands." Liu Ruoyu stopped crying and said, "Your Highness, there is one more thing to report to His Highness."

"Say."

"Princess Kunxing left Laizhou yesterday with three guards and came to Tai'an Prefecture." Liu Ruoyu said: "The old slave has passed on the post along the way, take care to protect it."

"Well, I got it." Zhu Cihong said: "We still need to pay close attention to the affairs of Dongchang, we must put an end to spies. Other than that, Dongchang should not interfere."

"I understand." Liu Ruoyu replied.

"Okay, let's go out." Zhu Cihong nodded and took a breath: "By the way, ask Lu Suyao to come in."

Liu Ruoyu got up, bowed and stepped back.

Lu Suyao's office is in the small courtyard opposite, and she had heard the commotion a long time ago, so she secretly peeked through the window.She saw Liu Ruoyu kneeling and kowtowing, with tears streaming down his face, vaguely words like "human relationship" and "natural relationship" floating around, she guessed that he was talking about the misconduct of the two school captains a few days ago.

——This Mr. Liu is also confused. After following His Highness for so long, don't you know that His Highness is a person who doesn't talk about personal affairs?There is no reason to touch this nail.

Lu Suyao shook her head secretly, thinking of the humiliation she received in the restaurant that day, although she hated her teeth itchingly, she could only endure it.Now is the time for His Royal Highness to use troops, and those captains and generals must be superior to others.Even when Emperor Taizu Gao founded the country, the status of military officials was far higher than that of civil servants.

What's more, I'm just a female officer.

The female officer originally had only three ways to go.She will live alone for life, become a concubine in a rich family, or marry a poor man as a wife.I have never heard of any female official or court lady who left the palace without a miserable life.It is already a great grace to be regarded as a civil servant by the crown prince, so what is there to complain about?

"Auntie, His Highness summoned you." The secretary outside knocked on the door and came in, reporting softly.

Lu Suyao nodded: "Understood. Oh, go to the kitchen and ask for a bowl of chilled sour plum soup, add some white fungus, and send it to Your Highness."

——Your Highness must be disturbed by Mrs. Liu right now.

Lu Suyao thought to herself, tidied up the table, took the notepad and walked to Zhu Cihong's office.When she entered the crown prince's office and saw that the prince was already sitting at the desk and put into work, she could only sigh with regret: after all, she couldn't keep up with the prince's footsteps.

"Your Highness." Lu Suyao blessed her body.

"Xu Jiafu, who was originally scheduled to be summoned tomorrow, will be given a meal earlier tonight." Zhu Cihong flipped through the itinerary on the table: "There is also Xue Shuyan, who also mentioned meeting tonight."

"Yes, Your Highness." Lu Suyao quickly made changes in her notepad.

Zhu Cihong put down the pen in his hand, and leaned back: "Is the queen mother really sad?"

It was only then that Lu Suyao realized that she was actually the one placed by the empress, so she had to say cautiously: "My empress is suddenly offended by this, I think it's very sad."

"You write a family letter in my name to appease the queen mother." Zhu Cihong said: "What do the female officials think about married generals?"

Lu Suyao immediately smiled and said, "I am grateful for His Highness's benevolent government! It's just that some people are worried about losing their jobs in the palace, and they are a bit reluctant."

"Marriage is to give them a better job." Zhu Cihong said: "Married female officials are given ten days of marriage leave, and after pregnancy, they are given an additional five qian silver per month for child support, and two months of paid maternity leave before and after childbirth. Take your children to work, and don’t arrange business trips and overtime. Well, that’s it, let’s post.”

The smile on Lu Suyao's face froze.

"what happened?"

"Your Highness... your great kindness and virtue will never be repaid by servants and maidservants!" Lu Suyao bowed down deeply.

"Oh." Zhu Cihong waved his hand: "Go."

The particularity of women's physiology and psychology determines that they have natural advantages over men when undertaking certain jobs.With such a group of educated and middle-aged labor force, how could Zhu Cihong not make use of them.

And this is also the first step for him to change customs, starting from the female officials who obey his orders, gradually open up the social atmosphere, and encourage more women to go out of the house and devote themselves to social production.

Lu Suyao is Zhu Cihong's full-time secretary, but the East Palace Yiying Talisman is in the hands of Yao Tao.Naturally, this official document had to be sent to Yao Tao's office for distribution, and the content inside also surprised Yao Tao beyond compare.Since Emperor Yingzong banned the burial of concubines, I am afraid that only the crown prince regarded women as human beings the most.

The two seemingly incompatible women even sat and drank together and chatted.

"Your Highness is such a caring person who knows the cold and warm, how can he be so indifferent to the saint. The affairs of the Tian family are still incomprehensible." Yao Tao took a sip of sweet-scented sweet-scented osmanthus and couldn't help sighing.

"Who says it's not? Today His Highness asked me to draft a family letter to comfort the Empress. Oh, can I wait for my slaves to write this?" Lu Suyao also echoed: "When His Highness was in the palace, there was no You are so estranged from your mother."

"I heard from the old man in the palace." Yao Tao put down the teacup and said in a low voice, "Your Highness has never laughed in ten years since she was born, except for crying when she was born, and she has never cried since then. At that time, someone said that His Highness is The stars in the sky come down to earth, which is different from ordinary people."

Lu Suyao kicked her leg lightly, and said: "No wonder, I always feel that His Highness's smile is a bit hard. But he is really kind to those warriors, and he is very generous."

Yao Tao got up and walked to her desk, took out an account book, flipped through it, and said, "It's more than generous? The money His Royal Highness gave to the soldiers in the army exceeded the palace's expenses."

Lu Suyao was taken aback: "Really? I think the food is much better than when I was in the palace."

"That's natural," Yao Tao said, "We all benefit, but those big sables are crying to death."

"Hmph, those people, I don't know how to seize the opportunity to separate the relationship between the crown prince and the emperor this time." Lu Suyao pouted.

Although the female officials in the palace belong to the du li system in name, they are actually subject to the jurisdiction and suppression of the supervisor of ceremonies. The 200 years of grievances have caused the female officials and court ladies to have a lot of grievances against the eunuchs, and they will never forget to derogate if they have the opportunity.

Yao Tao was no exception, she followed Lu Suyao's words and cursed a few words.With a common enemy, the two immediately cherished each other, and the gap disappeared for a while, as if they had always been good sisters.

Until Lu Suyao accidentally said: "I don't know what the Crown Princess will do."

As soon as this remark came out, it was like a moat falling from the sky, lying between the pair of "good sisters". (To be continued.)