Chapter 379 Big fish and small fish
The so-called golden pot is of course not a real pot, but gold is real. It is placed in the box piece by piece, and under the candlelight, the light is dazzling. If it is exchanged for silver, it is unknown how much it will be worth. All the bystanders are moved, and even the emperor can nodded.
Chao Jing was disappointed, "It turns out that the gold used to make a pot is not a gold pot, it's really... Alas, such a big person and such a big official can't even explain it clearly, which makes me happy in vain."
"Since you don't like it, please stay." Han Ruzi raised her foot and kicked the box gently. The box did not move at all, quite heavy.
Chao Jing hurriedly said, "If you like it, who said you don't like it? Your Majesty has promised that you will leave this gold to me."
"Maybe, what I said is maybe, don't always modify your memory according to your wishes." Han Ruzi corrected.
"Oh, that is to say, I can only see now, maybe who will belong to this gold?" Chao Jing was disappointed again.
Han Ruzi smiled and said, "Whoever belongs to gold depends on you."
"So Your Majesty is going to arrange a task for me!" Chao Jing finally understood.
Han Ruzi put away his smile, "The task is very simple. Go to the Secretariat to ask for ten times more gold from the Secretariat. You can use any means. The gold you want to come later will be handed over. This box will be yours. If you don't come, this box will be confiscated."
"Ten times, wouldn't that be..." Chao Jing gestured twice, "Your Majesty really wants to build a golden house?"
"Go." Han Ruzi didn't explain.
Chao Jing responded, looked at the box of gold and left reluctantly.
Han Ruzi waited for a while and said to Jin Chunzhong who had been by his side: "What's the news?"
Jin Chunzhong knew that the emperor was not greedy for gold, so he stepped forward and replied: "I have inquired with the two people from Suwei Camp. Zhao Ruosu greeted someone two streets that evening. It seemed that he spoke first, so he should recognize this person and then leave him voluntarily without resisting."
Han Ruzi nodded, feeling angry, but didn't show it.
Zhao Ruosu once stood up in Jincheng, but many officials did this 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 very angry. He could tolerate the officials' slackness, indifference, stupidity, and even corruption, but it was unforgivable to prevent someone from approaching the emperor.
Han Ruzi has a deep understanding of the difficulty of selecting people, so no one is allowed to block the road to becoming a talented person.
"Do you still need to continue to investigate?" Jin Chunzhong asked. He could only find this point at the moment. If he continued to investigate, he had to use the power of the government.
Han Ruzi shook his head, "No need, 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 the 'rules'. Jin Chunzhong, go see Nan Zhijin and scare him."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The golden line showed doubts on the surface and did not understand the purpose of this move.
"Only scare me. If he is a bad little official, don't let others think that I value him very much."
Jin Chunzhong nodded, "I understand." After saying that, he stepped down and asked someone to come and carry the box away.
Han Ruzi sat alone in the study, hoping that Yang Feng was by his side. He could ask whether the emperor should play with the ministers? But he faced a paradox: the imperial power must be executed through layers of officials. Strike against officials means that he can destroy his martial arts and let the officials do their own things. However, his execution ability will become worse and worse, and even distort the emperor's original intention...
Han Ruzi once again remembered his grandfather, Emperor Wu, who killed many people in his later years, killed heroes, ministers, and sons... He seemed to have fallen into a crazy state of not trusting anyone. After becoming the emperor, Han Ruzi could understand Emperor Wu's mood more and more, but he would never want to follow in the footsteps. He had to be more careful and more rigorous in dealing with the relationship between the emperor and others.
He asked someone to find Meng E again, which was the only object to tell.
"Your brother's whereabouts are unknown, Yishi Island collapses. It is said that some join the pirates, some defect to Yunmengze, and restore Chen Qi is no longer possible. Do you still have to persist in learning the skills of King of Kings? Where is it used?" Han Ruzi asked cruelly, he wanted to tear the illusion of his dream.
Meng E was not surprised by this and said frankly: "Your Majesty is a puppet and can still persist when he has no hope. My reason is the same as Your Majesty."
"Hey, I have the title of emperor at least. What do you have? The descendants of King Chen Lun of Qi? This is useless. The Chen family has been forgotten for a long time. Only the people on Yishi Island are still believing it, but they were bleeding from the first rebellion. Three years later, they will pay a heavier price."
Han Ruzi set a goal that after the shipbuilding was completed in three years, he could mobilize a large army to wipe out the pirates. As for Yishi Island, it was just one of the many pirates.
Meng E looked at the emperor with a calm eyes and a calm face. She was always like this, but she seemed particularly calm today. "If Your Majesty was not the son of Emperor Huan, if I were not a descendant of Chen Qi, then what an ordinary person we would be."
Han Ruzi was stunned and speechless for a moment.
"So 'name' is not all bad. Yishidao believes in the reputation of the Chen family back then, thinking that he can still respond to Qi after more than a hundred years, but it ends up being a crushing defeat. This is a lesson, but it also tells me a truth: there are always people with dreams in this world that 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 want to learn from Your Majesty."
Han Ruzi was stunned again, and the prepared words disappeared, and she sighed softly, "Sorry, I'm not in a good mood."
"Your Majesty does not need to be sorry for anything. I am a descendant of Chen Qi, and my relatives and friends are rebels. Your Majesty can keep me by my side, which shows your trust and magnanimity. With this alone, Your Majesty does not need to be sorry."
Han Ruzi smiled and calmed down, "I live in the study tonight, so you can stay."
"There is a concubine waiting for His Majesty in the bedroom."
"She is not waiting for me, but the emperor who can make her pregnant. So, when she asked her to wait, everyone was waiting, even I was waiting, their waiting was just a trivial matter."
Meng E went out and asked someone to bring her sleeping gear.
Han Ruzi lay down, her mood was no longer turbulent, but she was not sleepy, half talking to herself, half to Meng E, "A word of the word, a hundred responses... How many emperors ascended the throne with such a dream, but ended up in a great defeat? You are also reading history books. The emperor always worked hard for the first few years, and then slowly became listless. Some persisted for a long time, and some persisted for a shorter period of time."
"Emperor Wu persisted for a long time." Meng E said that Emperor Wu reigned for the longest time, and his official records have not been completed yet, but there has been a first draft. With the help of the emperor, Meng E can take a sneak peek.
"Well, but I always feel that Emperor Wu is the most disappointed. He defeated the Huns, defeated the heroes, and shocked the ministers. But in the end, he still felt that he was a 'lonely man' and that so many victories could not satisfy him."
Meng E waited for a while before saying, "Maybe Emperor Wu wants more victory, maybe he feels that those victory is not as good as he imagined. After all, the national strength of the Great Chu began to decline after that, and Emperor Wu probably noticed it at that time."
"Haha, Yang Feng said I don't need to ask him for advice anymore. I can learn from myself. I think you can also become a sect. We will become a 'lonely man', Meng E. No matter where you go in the future, as long as you become an emperor, it is said that in some places, women can also become kings, they will face the same problems as me."
"I'm waiting to see His Majesty's solution."
"You can't be anxious. If you are anxious, the big fish will run away, leaving only the ignorant little fish. You have to wait patiently and wait for the largest fish to take the bait and then take it down in one fell swoop. No matter how long you wait, it's worth it than harvesting a basket of small fish."
"Where are the remaining fish?"
"Support." Han Ruzi said coldly, fishing after raising it is the sinister side of the imperial technique.
"Is there no way to make the officials agree with the emperor?"
"Yang Feng once said a very interesting saying, 'A person can be selfish, but he cannot be so selfish that he thinks others are not.' Now I understand the meaning better. When I am a puppet and a Juehou, to be honest, I hope the more chaotic the Great Chu, because only then can I have the opportunity to retake the throne. This is true. Without the ambition of the Cui family and the Shangguan family, and without those internal and external troubles, I am either honestly a Juehou or hiding in the border for refuge. But when I become emperor, I hope all problems can be solved as soon as possible, and I hope the more peaceful the better. The status changes and my ideas also change. This is my selfishness and the selfishness of the ministers."
Meng E thought for a while and then said, "What the minister wants is fame and fortune. Some people have obtained it, some are chasing it, some are very satisfied, and some are disappointed. Everyone has different selfishness, and their ideas are naturally different from the emperor. So what should I do? Let the minister continue to be so 'selfish'?"
"Let different people do different things, and those who have already obtained fame and fortune and are satisfied will keep him true, with ambition, those who are chasing will make him progress everywhere, and those who are disappointed should be wary of it."
Han Ruzi felt much more comfortable when he said what he was in his heart. He could rise up with fighting spirit tomorrow morning. After all, he was the emperor. In the struggle with ministers, he occupied the right time and place in advance. As long as he commanded properly, he would always win.
The sound of the piano came at this moment, melodious and gentle, but Han Ruzi was not moved. She just felt it sounded nice and soon she felt sleepy, so she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
When the sound of the piano stopped, he did not notice it.
Meng E, who was sleeping at the door, quietly got up and walked to the couch. Her eyes were pitch black, but she knew that the emperor was close, so she slowly stretched out her hand to find his breathing.
She found it, paused for a moment, and retreated to herself.
She likes the night, and because it can cover everything, she gives freedom.
The next evening, after a group of noble children and scholars who were discussing the matter said goodbye, Chao Jing jumped in immediately, his face turned red with excitement, "It's coming, it's coming, I'll deliver 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. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!