Chapter 380 Big fish and small fish

Chapter 380 Big fish and small fish

The so-called golden pot is of course not a real pot, but the gold is real. Pieces of gold are placed in boxes. Under the candlelight, the light is dazzling and dazzling. It is worth changing into silver. .

Chao Jing was disappointed, "It turns out that it's just gold used for 'making pots', not ready-made gold pots, really... sigh, such a big person, such a big official, didn't even speak clearly. , make me happy for nothing."

"Since you don't like it, then keep it." Han Ruzi raised his foot and kicked the box lightly, but the box didn't move and was quite heavy.

Chao Jing hurriedly said: "I like it, who said I don't like it? Your Majesty has promised to leave this gold to me."

"Perhaps, what I said is maybe, you don't always modify your memory according to your wishes." Han Ruzi corrected.

"Oh, that means I can only look at it now, maybe who the gold belongs to." Chao Jing was disappointed again.

Han Ruzi smiled and said, "It's up to you who the gold belongs to."

"It turns out that His Majesty is going to arrange a task for me!" Chao Jing finally understood.

Han Ruzi put away his smile, "The task is very simple, ask Zhongshu Province for ten times as much gold, whatever means you use, the gold that comes later must be handed in, this box is yours, if you don't come, this A box will also be confiscated."

"Ten times, isn't that..." Chao Jing gestured twice, "Your Majesty really wants to build a golden house?"

"Go." Han Ruzi did not explain.

Chao Jing replied yes, looked at the box of gold, and reluctantly left.

Han Ruzi waited for a while, and said to Jin Chunzhong, who had been with him all the time, "What news?"

Jin Chunzhong knew that what the emperor coveted was not gold, so he stepped forward and replied: "I have inquired with the two people in the camp. Zhao Ruosu greeted a person two blocks away that evening. It seems that he spoke first, so he should recognize it. This person, and then took the initiative to leave without resisting."

Han Ruzi hummed, anger in his heart, but he didn't show it.

Zhao Ruosu once stood up in Jincheng, but many officials did so at that time. He was not the most prominent person. When he resigned from office and planned to concentrate on serving the emperor, he touched the interests of many people and disappeared.

It was this that made Han Ruzi furious. He could endure the officials' laziness, indifference, stupidity, and even corruption, but preventing someone from approaching the emperor was unforgivable.

Han Ruzi has a deep understanding of the difficulty of selecting candidates, so no one is allowed to block the road to becoming a virtuous one.

"Do you want to continue the investigation?" Jin Chunzhong asked. He can only investigate this far. If he goes further, he must use the power of the government.

Han Ruzi shook his head, "No need, if Zhao Ruosu can come back alive, everything is easy to say, if he dies, hey, I want to hear who can explain all this with 'rules'. Jin Chunzhong, go see Nan Zhijin and scare him ."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Jin Luan was puzzled, and he didn't quite understand the intention of this move.

"Normal scare, when he is an unlucky little official, don't let others think that I value him very much."

Jin Chunzhong nodded, "Understood." After speaking, he stepped back and called someone to carry the box away.

Han Ruzi sat alone in the study, wishing that Yang Feng was by his side, he could ask if the emperor should play tricks with his ministers? But he is faced with a paradox: imperial power must be exercised through layers of officials, and attacking officials means abolishing martial arts and letting officials do their own thing, but the ability to enforce them will become worse and worse, and even distort the emperor's original intentions...

Han Ruzi once again thought of his grandfather Emperor Wu, the lonely old man who slaughtered in his old age, killing heroes, ministers, and sons... It seemed that he had fallen into a crazy state of distrusting anyone. After he really became emperor, Han Ruzi had He was able to understand Emperor Wu's feelings more and more, but he never wanted to follow in his footsteps. He had to handle the relationship between the emperor and other people more carefully and rigorously.

He asked people to find Meng E again, this is the only person who can tell.

"Your brother's whereabouts are unknown, and the Island of Righteousness has fallen apart. It is said that some of them joined the pirates and some of them took refuge in Yunmengze. It is impossible to restore Chen Qi. Do you still insist on learning the art of the emperor? Where is it used?" Han Ruzi asked rather cruelly. Dao, he wants to shred the illusion of dreams.

Meng E was not surprised by this, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, as a puppet, can persevere when there is no hope. My reasons are the same as Your Majesty."

"Hey, I have an emperor's name, what do you have? The descendants of King Qi Chen Lun? This is useless, the Chen family has long been forgotten, only the people on the righteous island still believe, but they are the first They were devastated in the first incident, and three years later, they will pay a heavier price."

Han Ruzi set a goal. After three years of shipbuilding, he could launch a large army to destroy the pirates. As for Yishi Island, it was just one of many pirates.

Meng E looked at the emperor, her eyes were calm, and her face was calm, she always did this, but today she was especially calm, "If Your Majesty is not the son of Emperor Huan, and if I am not a descendant of Chen Qi, then what ordinary people would we be? what."

Han Ruzi was stunned for a moment, speechless for a moment.

"So 'names' are not all bad things. Yoshidao believed in the prestige of the Chen family back then, thinking that after more than 100 years, they would still be able to respond to everyone in Qi, but it turned out to be a fiasco. This is a lesson, but it also tells me a truth. : In this world, there are always people with dreams who will be used by me, and there are always people who pursue fame and fortune for Your Majesty. Your Majesty’s methods are more mature, so I have to learn from Your Majesty.”

Han Ruzi was stunned again, the prepared words disappeared, and he sighed, "I'm sorry, I'm not in a good mood."

"Your Majesty doesn't need to apologize for anything. I am a descendant of Chen Qi, and my relatives and friends are traitors. Your Majesty can keep me by your side, which shows trust and generosity. Based on this alone, Your Majesty does not need to apologize."

Han Ruzi smiled and calmed down, "I live in the study tonight, you stay."

"There is a concubine waiting for Your Majesty in the bedroom."

"She is not waiting for me, but the emperor who can make her conceive a child, so let her wait. Everyone is waiting, even I am waiting. Their waiting is just a small matter."

Meng E went out and asked someone to bring sleeping equipment.

Han Ruzi lay down, his mood was no longer turbulent, but he was not sleepy, half talking to himself, half telling Meng E, "One word and one answer... How many emperors ascended the throne with such a dream, but in the end they were defeated. And in the end? You are also reading the history books, the emperor always worked hard in the first few years, and then gradually became listless, some people persisted longer, some persisted shorter."

"Emperor Wu persisted for a long time." Meng E said that Emperor Wu has been in power for the longest time, and his official records have not yet been completed, but there is a first draft. With the help of the emperor, Meng E can have a sneak peek.

"Well, but I always feel that Emperor Wu is also the most disappointed. He repelled the Xiongnu, defeated the heroes, and shocked the ministers, but in the end, he still felt that he was a 'lone man', and so many victories did not satisfy him."

Meng E waited for a while before saying, "Perhaps Emperor Wu wanted more victories. Maybe he felt that those victories were not as good as he imagined. After all, the national power of Great Chu began to decline after that. Emperor Wu probably noticed it at the time."

"Hehe, Yang Feng said that I don't need to ask him for advice, I can learn by myself, I think you can also become a teacher. We will all become 'lonely and widowed', Meng E, no matter where you go in the future, as long as you become an emperor - it is said that some Local women can be kings too - they all have the same problems as me."

"I'm waiting to see His Majesty's solution."

"Don't be in a hurry, if you are in a hurry, the big fish will run away, and only the naive little fish will be left. You have to wait patiently, wait for the biggest fish to take the bait, and then take it down in one fell swoop. No matter how long you wait, it will cost more than harvesting a basket of small fish. worth."

"What about the rest of the little fish?"

"Keep it up." Han Ruzi said coldly. After raising it, you can fish again. This is the sinister side of the emperor's technique.

"Is there no way to make officials agree with the emperor?"

"Yang Feng said a very interesting saying, 'A person can be selfish, but not so selfish as to think that others are not selfish', I now understand the meaning better. The more chaotic the Great Chu is, the better, because only then will I have the chance to regain the throne, and the fact is the same, without the ambitions of the Cui family and the Shangguan family, without those internal and external troubles, I am either honestly being a tired lord now, or hiding in the frontier. Refuge. But when I become emperor, I hope that all problems can be solved as soon as possible, and the more peaceful the better. The status has changed, and the thinking has changed. This is my selfishness, and it is also the selfishness of the minister. "

Meng E thought for a while, and then said: "What the minister wants is fame and fortune, some people have already obtained it, some are chasing it, some are very satisfied, and some are disappointed, everyone's selfishness is different, and their thoughts are naturally different from the emperor's What should we do then? Let the minister go on like this 'selfishly'?"

"Let different people do different things. Those who have achieved fame and fortune and are satisfied with them should keep them successful. Those who are ambitious and chasing will make them move forward. Those who are greatly disappointed should beware."

Speaking out of his heart, Han Ruzi felt a lot more comfortable. In the morning tomorrow, he could get up again full of fighting spirit. After all, he is the emperor. .

Just at this moment, the sound of the piano came, melodious and melodious, but Han Ruzi was not tempted, just thought it was nice, and soon drowsiness struck, so he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

When the piano stopped, he didn't notice it.

Meng E, who was sleeping at the door, quietly got up and walked quietly to the couch. It was pitch black in front of her eyes, but she knew that the emperor was close at hand, and she slowly stretched out her hand to find his breath.

She found it, paused for a moment, and retreated to her bed.

She likes the night, because it can cover everything, so give freedom.

In the evening of the next day, after the noble children and scholars who were discussing the matter left, Chao Jing jumped in immediately, blushing with excitement, "It's coming, it's coming, send it to me in three days! Haha! It's all gold! ."

Han Ruzi also smiled, Nan Zhijin was indeed a key figure, and his misfortune was the emperor's luck.