Tang Dynasty good brother

Chapter 435 Head of Hundred Officials
On the second day after the Datang was launched, Qin Hao became 'ill', and he was seriously ill. In order to confuse the fake with the real one, he took a few cold baths, which really made him catch a cold and have a fever.

As the spiritual leader of the merchants, when he fell ill in a mall like Yangzhou, it was inevitable that there would be people asking about his health, but most of them were blocked, and only a few high-ranking people like the Jinling Wang family came in and had a few chats.

It is said that on the second day after the meeting with Rong Guogong, the head of the Wang family made many reforms to his business and made a lot of money. Since then, there have been more and more people visiting him.

When the three days were up, Qin Xiaohao sat down on his knees and said, "Dad, I figured it out."

"If you want to understand, just talk about it."

"You fell ill in Yangzhou because you wanted to buy people's hearts and further maintain your position among businessmen?"

Qin Hao shook his head and said, "I can only see this little thing?"

"Yes, please ask my father to teach me."

"Alas! Winning people's hearts and the like is just a matter of convenience. Capitalism has already sprouted. Although it is only a small beast now, it no longer needs me to guide it. It will eat and grow by itself. Sooner or later One day it will grow into a giant beast.

Although this giant beast was hatched by me, even I don't know where this giant beast will go in the end. It is meaningless to control it, because we can't control it at all. That's enough, and that's why I've always disapproved of your infiltration of Hongmen. "

"The real reason why I pretended to be sick this time is mainly because I don't want to go back to the capital. You and I are two thousand years ahead of us. There must be a pattern for this. Let me ask you, who is in charge of Chang'an now?"

"Naturally, it's Fangxiang."

"That's right, it's Prime Minister Fang, but it's Li Chengqian who oversees the country. Although it was the same when His Majesty conquered Liaodong seven years ago, the crown prince was still young at that time, so what the Prime Minister said was naturally what he said. It was basically just a decoration. But what about now? Today's Li Chengqian is already 23, and the current prince already has his own prince party."

"You mean, Li Chengqian will have conflicts with Fang Xuanling? This... the prince should not be so unwise."

"Whether Li Chengqian would be so unwise, I don't know, but based on my understanding of Fangxiang, he will definitely not have a direct conflict with Li Chengqian, and naturally he will not have conflicts. He is a cautious person, and he will offend the next emperor. He will not do such things, but the frontline soldiers are fighting, and such a big country needs to run, so he must monopolize the power, and Li Chengqian cannot be allowed to mess around. If you were the prime minister, what would you do? "

"Well... Although Li Chengqian hasn't really dealt with any specific government affairs these years, he has been keeping an eye on Nan Ya. Thinking about it, it shouldn't be easy to fool around."

Qin Hao sighed: "Of course Li Chengqian is not easy to fool around, but he is short-sighted, or the bullshit princelings around him are too short-sighted. With this opportunity to supervise the country, the power of the princeling party will definitely grow a lot. In order to protect the overall situation, Xuanling will definitely give them some sweetness, maybe those who are loyal to the crown prince have already been promoted."

"I see. Now that Hou Junji is not here, if you return to Chang'an, you will be the leader of the prince's party. Even if you do nothing, His Majesty will definitely hate you when he returns to Beijing, and you may even want to be alone. It’s impossible, you might be pulled out as a flag, and if the crown prince and Fang Xiang disagree on something, you will still be caught in the middle.”

"That's right. When we came out, Wang Gui had already vented more gas and breathed less. I don't know if he's dead now, but it should be soon even if he didn't die. The position of minister of rites is the most suitable half-phase for me." If I were in Beijing, Li Chengqian would definitely take this opportunity to get me up, and Fang Xiang couldn't say anything. When the time comes, will I, the minister of rites, be shot by the left servant of the minister, or by the prince of the state? Li Shimin still has ten years left. Happy New Year, I don’t want to be labeled as a princeling.”

Qin Xiaohao sighed: "But Dad, we have been waiting for Wang Gui to lose his braids. You are 'ill' in Yangzhou at this time. Of course it is wise to protect yourself, but the seat of Minister of Rites will be gone. Next time you have such an opportunity But it’s difficult, those old things for a while are not dead, you have been without an official or job for two years now, if you wait a few more years, this..."

Qin Hao sighed and said, "There's nothing I can do about it. I'm just 25 this year. What's the rush? Let me settle down for a few more years. It's fine. I want to test you. You say, I don't have a chance with the Ministry of Rites. When His Majesty returns, where is my political future?"

Qin Xiaohao thought about it for a while and said: "It should be under the door. The government and the public have long had a public opinion that you can only be the top leader when you are an official, and you can't be the second child. Come to think of it, only the teacher can control you. If you can't be the director of a minister, go Be a servant of the Huangmen family first, and take over his class when the master gets old in the future."

Qin Hao sighed again, and said: "You, you are still too tender, and you will grow older in the future. Listen to your wife's opinion on everything. You are not a political material at all. If Your Majesty really wants to, I will I have been the servant of the Huangmen for a long time. When Pei Xingjian wins this battle, a meritorious recommendation is indispensable. Even my qualifications as a royal envoy doctor are enough. Master is now serving as a servant and doctor Yushi. He doesn't want to, but in terms of emotion and reason, it's only right for my apprentice to kill the imperial envoy doctor."

"You mean, His Majesty doesn't want you to come in?"

"That's right, in fact, I don't want to enter the door to save myself. Our eternal emperor is a rare emperor who is willing to be hated, so a subject like my master can appear, and although I am my master's apprentice, I am the same as my master. Straightforward has nothing to do with it, he is born with a tactful temper, our Majesty is very knowledgeable, it is impossible for him to let someone like me go to the door to save money."

"Then... I can't see it."

"The crown prince's power is growing. His majesty will definitely suppress it when he comes back. However, as long as Li Chengqian is not abolished, it will not affect the overall situation. As the prince's best friend, is your majesty really assured that I will be placed in Shangshu province?"

"You mean that you will enter the Ministry of Education?"

"Well, nine times out of ten it is Zhongshu Sheng. I remember that Fang Xuanling was dismissed three times. Calculating the time, it should be soon. He is both Zhongshuling and Shangshuzuopu. As a prime minister, this power is too great, it is impossible to really beat him up, His Majesty cannot do without him, but if only one..."

"So Dad, you will replace Fang Xuanling as the Zhongshu Ling?"

"It's hard to say, Zhong Shuling is a little less senior to me. The most reasonable arrangement should be to let me be the servant of the secretary first, and slowly replace Fang Xiang Zhong Shuling's job, hehe, Zhongshu Ling, this is the head of a hundred officials!"

(End of this chapter)