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Chapter 25 Three Wise Prime Ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty

 Li Jiqian sent Shi Qian to be an official.

Zhao Yurui can call him Li Gandang, or Li Xiaowei.

But when most of the imperial city officials are officials, they like to be called Xiaowei. (Just like the highest among the eight official ranks is Taiwei, everyone is called Gao Taiwei)

Zhou Lai took Li Jiqian out of the inner courtyard. When he walked to the outer courtyard, Li Jiqian reiterated some precautions. Zhou Lai listened carefully.

After finishing speaking, Li Jiqian clasped his fists: "Brothers are here. If you don't understand anything, you can ask your brothers. After Zhou Yuhou has been around for a long time, you will naturally understand everything."

"Thank you, Brother Li." Zhou Lai directly called him Brother, and Li Jiqian didn't have any objection. He hugged his fists and prepared to leave.

If someone follows King Yi, their future will definitely be better than his, so Li Jiqian will naturally not have any objections.

But I saw a middle-aged man walking over behind me with a smile, it was Chief Quan.

"Chief Quan, it's time to work." Zhou Lai said with a smile.

"Captain Li, please come this way." Chief Quan said with a smile.

Li Jiqian was inexplicably surprised, but the Wei Palace was smaller than the palaces of later generations, but it was still relatively big for him, so he immediately followed Quan Bao Zhang out.

But I already feel uncomfortable. After all, I have a higher official position than Zhou Lai, but I actually asked a servant to see me off?

But when they walked to the front yard in front of the gate.

Chief Quan suddenly said: "King Yi said that the weather was so hot today, and he wanted Captain Li to make a trip, but he didn't even have time to let him have a drink of water. I hope Captain Li will forgive me."

"Don't you dare." Li Jiqian didn't want to talk to the servant, but when Chief Quan spoke, he had no choice but to deal with it.

But before he finished speaking, Chief Quan suddenly took out a bag from his sleeve and stuffed it into his hand.

"Captain Li, walk slowly." Chief Quan took a few steps back and looked at him with a smile.

Damn it, Li Jiqian looked down and his face changed slightly. He looked up and saw that no one was around. He quickly stuffed it into his sleeves and a charming smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Thank you very much for the last general, King Yi. I will retire first. From now on." If anything happens, you can ask Brother Xiaomao to find the general."

After that, Li Jiqian strode away.

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Prince Wei's Mansion suddenly became quiet again, and a large group of people just left one after another.

Zhao and Rui were sitting in the main hall, with two groups of people clearly standing on both sides.

Mo Ze, Zheng Qingzhi, Yu Zhu and Lin Jie stand on the left side.

Li Huang, Li Zongmian, Wei Liaoweng and Du Fan stand on the right.

Later he gradually figured it out.

Zheng Qingzhi was a close relative of Shi Miyuan and the Guan family, and came to teach Zhao Yurui. Mo Ze, Yu Zhu, and Lin Jie were also from Shi Miyuan, and Lin Jie was a relative of Shi Miyuan's concubine.

Mo Ze is one of the three evils in Shi Miyuan’s famous historical list of Four Woods, Three Evils and Seven Gatekeepers.

Among the other four people, Li, Wei, and Du were all recommended by Emperor Li.

Li Zongmian served as the Prime Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty in history. He was an honest man. Although he lived in Taifu and his family was poor, later generations called him the "Gongqing Prime Minister".

Wei Liaoweng had previously been a doctor of martial arts, specializing in teaching military science, horse archery, and martial arts to students. Before the twenty-sixth year of Shaoxing, this position was mostly filled by military generals. After the twenty-sixth year of Shaoxing, it was stipulated that civil servants could occupy it.<

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Before entering the palace, he was the magistrate of Luzhou, so Wei Liaoweng was both civil and military, and had been in charge of a government, so he was considered a talented person.

Before Du Fan came here, he served as the Superintendent of the Ordnance Bureau, responsible for the production of ordnance, and he also became the prime minister in history.

These three people are all upright, honest and good ministers who are good at speaking out. Two of them became prime ministers in history.

On the contrary, it was Emperor Li who recommended them, who was not well-known in history.

But at this moment, they were all still junior officials. Because they had similar aspirations and similar personalities, they were recommended by Emperor Li and came to the Palace of the Prince of Wei.

Zhao Yurui doesn't know anyone now. He doesn't know that there are three evil people like Mo Ze around him, nor does he know that there are three wise prime ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty (Zheng Qing later became prime minister).

At this time, everyone was looking at him, waiting for him to speak. Zhao Yurui thought for a while and said, "If the king is not here in the future, all matters concerning the palace can be reported to the Moji Office first."

Of the three junior ministers in the Wei Palace, Mo Ze must be ranked first, and Zhao Yurui will certainly give Shi Miyuan face.

After listening to this, Mo Ze showed a proud look on his face.

Others were noncommittal and said nothing.

There are not many officials in the Wei Palace, and in fact they have nothing to do.

Especially for newly crowned royal clan kings like Zhao Yurui, if they don't have official status and don't need to go to court, they rarely have other things to do, and not all of them have to come every day.

Zhao Yurui arranged their respective offices for them, then left the front hall and returned to the backyard.

Not long after, Zhou Lai, Quan Yong, Niu Bao, Quan Baochang and others arrived.

Zhou Lai held up a drawing, which was a rough map of the Wei Palace.

The palace of King Wei covers an area of ​​about 30 acres, divided into three districts, each district has a main hall.

The front is considered an office and reception area, with a main hall and more than twenty rooms.

In the middle is Zhao Yurui's residence and office, including the activity area where his personal confidants and servants live.

Behind is where the family members live, including the residence of Zhao and Rui.

The Yu family is his heir, so Zhao and Rui usually only live in the middle.

"This is the Qinde Hall. There are four guards guarding the entrance to the backyard of the Qinde Hall every day, rotating in two shifts."

"After passing the Qinde Hall courtyard, you will find the private area of ​​the palace."

"In addition, the palace has four gates, and four people are stationed at each gate."

Zhou Lai briefly explained the arrangements for the guards. The guards would only guard the first area and the gate. They would not care about the second and third areas and would not enter.

Zhao Yurui listened calmly: "If someone climbs over the wall and comes in from behind, the guards in front won't be able to come over in time."

Zhou Lai and others were stunned, wondering why someone would climb over the wall and come in.

"We should recruit some servants as backup," Zhao Yurui said.

Chief Quan immediately shouted: "Just buy it, it's quite cheap for people outside now."

"The general will do it tomorrow. How many people does the king need?" Zhou Lai also asked.

"Let's go, take to the streets now."

Zhao Yurui said and prepared to go to the street.

Unexpectedly, they just brought Zhou Lai, Quan Yong, and Niu Bao to the backyard of Qinde Hall, and saw Yu Tianxi and Zheng Qingzhi face to face.

Zheng Qingzhi sent a piece of paper, on which he wrote down what Zhao Yurui would do every day in the future, mainly studying, practicing calligraphy, and handling official duties.

Zhao Yurui suddenly had a headache when he saw it, but after a quick glance, he didn't seem to mention going to court (Song Dynasty system: the king of Tibet did not have an official position, or the official position was not high enough, so he did not need to go to court), so he was quite happy in his heart.<

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He handed the paper to Zhou Lai: "I will look back later."

Zheng Qingzhi was speechless and didn't say anything.

A smile flashed in Yu Tianxi's eyes. King Yi was ignorant and greedy for fun. Of course, the Prime Minister was quite satisfied.

Yu Tianxi sent Zhao Yurui eight maids and six servants, a total of fourteen people to serve him.

He also said that he would let Zhao Yurui take a look at the maids and if there were any that he didn't like, he could replace them.

As a result, Zhao Yurui went out and took a look, and hey, Xiao Tao was indeed among them. He specially asked Yu Tianxi for it, and the Qiuyue girl he saw last time in the Prime Minister's Mansion was also among them.

Xiao Tao is not pretty. Among the eight maids, Xiao Tao is considered average in appearance, but she has a good figure, which becomes even more obvious in summer.

At this moment, she didn't dare to say anything, let alone look at Zhao Yurui. She lowered her head and felt terrified.

After Yu Tianxi and Zheng Qingzhi left, Zhao Yurui called Xu and Chief Quan.

Mrs. Xu is responsible for managing the maids, and Chief Quan is responsible for managing the servants.

After finishing speaking, he thought about it and said, "If Mrs. Xu is not here, Xiaotao will be responsible."

Xiao Tao lowered her head, her eyes filled with joy.

After that, Zhao Yurui left the palace with Zhou Lai and the others.
Chapter completed!
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