Guo Song thought that his wife would be emotional after listening to his story, but he didn't expect her to reply very blandly, "I know!" ”

This made Guo Song a little surprised, but soon he understood that his wife should have been in contact with Guo Yuniang.

"Aren't you surprised that I asked Cheng'er to go to Chang'an Express to be a writer?" Guo Song asked with a smile again.

Xue Tao said with a smile: "Actually, Yu Niang walked on the front foot, you came back, Yu Niang told me, you went to Cheng'er today, and enlightened him well, although Yu Niang didn't know what you said to Cheng'er, but I can guess that it must be to comfort Cheng'er, Qiao Si's death has nothing to do with him, as for him to teach, or to write in the newspaper, I don't care too much about this mother, as long as he is safe and sound." ”

Guo Song nodded, "I guess Yu Niang told you." ”

At this time, a maid said outside the door: "Your Highness, General Wang Yue asks to see you!" ”

"I know, let him wait in the Qilin Palace."

Xue Tao hurriedly asked, "Is it that the murderer who killed Qiao Si has been caught?" ”

"Quite possibly! I went to take a look. ”

Guo Song got up and put on a robe, and walked towards the Qilin Hall under the guidance of two lantern-holding maids.

The Qilin Hall is actually Guo Song's outer study, the study is very large, there are tens of thousands of volumes of various books alone, here is mainly in the inner palace to deal with official business and receive ministers, he sat down in the study, and after a while Wang Yue hurriedly walked in.

"See Your Highness!" Wang Yue knelt down on one knee and said.

"Commander Wang, please rise!"

Wang Yue got up, and Guo Song asked with a smile: "But the murderer has been caught?" ”

Wang Yue nodded, "All three of them have been caught, in an inn outside the city." ”

Guo Song said happily: "Tell me, how did you catch it?" “

"I guess they will definitely contact their families, so I kept an eye on their families, and when it was almost dark, a guy from an inn sent a note, which was intercepted by us, and then in this inn, the three murderers hiding in the house were captured in one fell swoop, and the silver they stole was also seized."

Guo Song is very confident in Wang Yue, Wang Yue's internal guards are extremely efficient, and they are much more powerful to be served by the government, as long as they take action, there are no fugitives who can't be caught.

"Early tomorrow morning, exchange all the hundred taels of silver into copper coins to pay off the debts of the Qiao family, and do the rest for their family's funeral."

"The humble position has been exchanged for copper coins, and I am going to send it to the Qiao family overnight, and by the way, I will help them pay off their debts."

Guo Song nodded, "In addition, I will tell you that the prince no longer goes to Ju'anfang to teach, and now he goes to the "Chang'an Express" newspaper every afternoon to do things, and your peripheral prevention and control must also keep up." ”

"Obey the order!"

........

At the same time when Guo Song listened to Wang Yue's report, in an elegant room of Wanjia Restaurant opposite the gate of Dongshi, Duqiu was also inviting Xiangguo Du You to dinner.

Guo Song never forbade the personal friendship of the ministers, let alone let the Jin Wei Mansion monitor it, as for the personal friendship of the ministers will produce things that cannot be put on the table, such as the exchange of interests, Guo Song did not take it too seriously, this kind of thing has been impossible to prevent since ancient times, and if you do too much, it will naturally be exposed.

"It's been a busy day in the past two days, right?" Dugu Qiu poured Du You a full glass of wine and asked with a smile.

Du You is not as upright as Pan Liao, it is difficult to deal with in private, he is very tactful, basically has a good relationship with anyone, and is willing to help people, so he pairs such an old bureaucrat who is proficient in human feelings with Pan Liao, who is upright and never establishes private friendships with colleagues, into a left and right Xiangguo, which is also a kind of wrist of Guo Song, and the combination of rigidity and softness is the way of stability.

Du You shook his head and said with a wry smile: "In the past few days, we have to be busy until midnight to go home, you know, His Royal Highness only approved a court framework for us, and the specific flesh and blood have to be filled by ourselves, especially our officials, we must come up with a plan, and then discuss it by the Zhizheng Hall, until this afternoon, the officials of the six ministries are barely complete, and then there are nine temples, five prisons, two courts, two stations, there are not enough officials at all, and we have to be transferred from the local government, and we must pay attention to both ability and political integrity, the head is big!" I can't wait to split into two. ”

"But such personnel power is also enviable."

Du You sighed and said: "Where is there any power, we just put forward a plan, and we have to pass the court, all officials must be reviewed by the political affairs hall, and then the officials above the fifth grade must be approved by His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”

"I heard a saying that His Royal Highness the King of Jin limits his own powers, and if his decision is opposed by more than five ministers, it can be overturned, is that true?"

Du You nodded and smiled: "There is indeed such a thing, and Lao Pan and I have also confirmed with His Royal Highness King Jin, what does Dugu Pavilion think?" ”

Dugu Qiu groaned and said, "If it's true, His Royal Highness King Jin is very courageous!" ”

Du You laughed, "Do you think this kind of thing will happen?" The five prime ministers opposed His Highness's decision, and Lao Pan said that this kind of thing was very unlikely, and I said that this kind of thing would not happen at all. ”

"Why?" Du Guqiu asked puzzled.

"It's very simple, if many ministers oppose it, there are generally only two situations, the appointment of senior officials and foreign warfare, let's talk about foreign warfare first, before the army went south to Bashu, there was no discussion with the counselor's hall at all, the king of Jin directly transferred troops and sent generals, when His Royal Highness talked to us about this matter, the army had already gone south, and it was already a fait accompli, what is the point of us opposing it again?

The second is the appointment of high-ranking officials, His Royal Highness the King of Jin wants to appoint a person, if it leads to widespread opposition, first of all, this person must have a serious loss of virtue, or it is too contrary to common sense, such as even being promoted several levels, but this kind of mistake, before the five prime ministers objected, the left and right ministers should persuade His Royal Highness, with the intelligence and temperament of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, does Dugu Ge think this kind of thing will happen? ”

Du Gu Qiu nodded, "His Royal Highness King Jin really wouldn't make such a mistake, but since that's the case, why does he limit his power?" ”

Du You picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Elder Ge might as well think about it?" ”

Du Isolated Qiu thought about it, and suddenly blurted out: "It's for his descendants!" ”

Du You nodded, "That's right! ”

Du Gu Qiu sighed, "This power restriction may be useful to his sons and grandsons, and then the backward restriction will be weak, and future generations will always have a way to avoid this self-limitation, like the balance of monarchy formulated by Emperor Gaozu, which was also implemented very well in Gaozong, and when Zhongzong appeared, there was an oblique seal ink edict, and when Xuanzong was established, a Jixian Hall was set up, and the edict directly bypassed Zhongshu Province." ”

Du You agreed with Du Guqiu's opinion, "Elder Ge is right, it is really difficult to say what will happen in a hundred years, let's grasp the present!" ”

"Well said! We toasted it. ”

"!"

As soon as the two of them touched their glasses, they drank it all.

.........

It was already late when Du You got home, and his wife Li saw that her husband was a little drunk, so she hurriedly prepared a sobering soup for him.

Du You's wife Liang died of illness many years ago, Li is the continuation of the string, although not the original match, but the relationship between the husband and wife is still very good, and Li is quite knowledgeable, and sometimes can remind her husband at critical moments, so Du You often chats with his wife about things in the court.

"I thought my lord was busy today, but I didn't expect to drink."

Du You smiled, "Drinking is also busy with official business, do you think you must sit in the court room for official business?" Today is lonely, please drink with me. ”

"It's him! For no reason, what did he do when he invited the master to drink? ”

"For no reason?"

Du You pointed to his wife and said with a smile: "How can there be anything in the world for no reason, there are still two Xiangguo in the political hall, do you think I don't understand his mind?" ”

"Dugu Qiu asked the master to help him get into the picture?"

Li Shi was a little surprised, "He made a request to the master?" ”

Du You shook his head, "Not a word!" ”

"Since he didn't say a word, how did the master know that he wanted to be in the picture?"

Du You drank the decanting soup and said: "Say that you are a woman, you are still not convinced, I am the secretary of the ministry, he can tell me directly, Du Shangshu, recommend me as the prime minister!" Will he say? Never!

He invited me to dinner today, and when the political affairs hall and His Royal Highness the King of Jin discussed the new Xiangguo a few days later, when I saw the name of Dugu Qiu, I understood, it turned out that Dugu Qiu was begging me for help.

So there are some things that don't need to be said, when it comes to the critical moment, it will naturally be understood, this is the intention of the high-ranking person, in fact, he invited me to dinner, I guessed a few points, but I didn't find an excuse to push back, this thing itself means that I am willing to help him. ”

"But..... Didn't the master support Xue Gong to enter the phase? ”

Du You shook his head, "Xue Xun has made it clear that he is not in good health, so he will give up entering the phase." ”

"But is there any hope for Lonely Autumn? I'm afraid that if His Royal Highness King Jin knows that he invites you to dinner tonight, will it be detrimental to the old man's career? ”

Du You smiled and said: "If the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if people are cautious, they will be wise, what a wise saying!" His Royal Highness the King of Jin still hopes that there will be a few more fish in the pond. ”