Chapter 195 - To be a man, to be an official, to do things.

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Today's bookkeeping methods of the household department are all derived from later generations, after more than 100 years of evolution, countless professionals have perfected, and it is so easy to find out the flaws from it?

At least, with the insight of those bookkeepers in this era, no matter how experienced and intelligent and wise they are, if they want to understand these accounting methods of the household department without being taught, I am afraid it will take six or seven years of painstaking research.

However, with this buffer time of six or seven years, it is enough for Zhao Junchen to accomplish many things and realize many plans. At that time, if it is a qiēshun lì, Zhao Junchen will no longer be afraid of someone going to the household department to check the accounts - although there are many things and many plans in this, Zhao Junchen still only adheres to the idea of "try his best", and he is not very sure.

Therefore, for Huang Yourong's account check with the household department this time, Zhao Junchen is not worried or cared about it, because from the beginning, Huang Yourong wanted to check the accounts of the household department, and he was already doomed to return in vain.

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In fact, at the same time that Huang Yourong was thundering for this, Zhao Junchen was not idle, he was in the study of Zhao Mansion, reviewing some information sent by Xichang about Yan Pengfei, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, and preparing to prepare the next plan.

In fact, this time Zhao Junchen and Huang Yourong had to take advantage of the party dispute, because Zhao Junchen still controlled the power of the West Factory, and took advantage of the power and responsibility of the West Factory to collect news and criminal evidence, it was much more convenient and fast, and he could always seize the opportunity.

For example, now, Zhao Junchen is planning to start with Yan Pengfei, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, and not long after the idea was made, Wei Huai had already sent nearly 20 charges and evidence about Yan Pengfei collected by the West Factory to Zhao Junchen, and these charges and evidence. It is enough for Zhao Junchen and his party to impeach Yan Pengfei without repeating the same for more than half a month in the following days.

At this time, Zhao Junchen was planning to choose one more piece from it to continue to impeach Yan Pengfei tomorrow morning.

Although, Zhao Junchen also understands. Some ordinary crimes, under the condition that Huang Yourong and Yan Pengfei have already taken precautions, I am afraid that no matter how much they impeach, they will not be able to get Yan Pengfei. After all, above the temple, Zhao Junchen and Huang Yourong's power is only equal at most.

But Zhao Junchen didn't intend to give up like this, because of such a series of impeachments, although Yan Pengfei couldn't help it. However, it was able to divert the attention of Huang Yourong and his party, and create a form and illusion between the government and the opposition, which fell in the eyes of uninformed people, as if Yan Pengfei's position in the DPRK and China was already in jeopardy.

And once the world has such a misunderstanding, those officials and people in the government and the opposition who have been wronged because of Yan Pengfei, but dare not speak out because they are afraid of Yan Pengfei's power, only need to provoke them slightly. will automatically jump out and attack Yan Pengfei in a group.

At that time, it was time for Zhao Junchen to close the net.

And these are the real purposes of Zhao Junchen.

If you want to do something, you must first build momentum, which is exactly this principle.

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"Abuse of power for personal gain, accepting money to exonerate others, framing and extorting people, embezzling public funds from the Criminal Department without permission, as well as forcibly robbing people's women and forcibly occupying people's houses...... Considering this Yan Pengfei's official position in the Criminal Department. He is just as good as he can do within his powers and responsibilities, but it's about the same as my original estimate. ”

In the study, flipping through the information in his hand, there was a thick pile, all of which were all the charges of Yan Pengfei in the officialdom over the years, Zhao Junchen shook his head lightly and muttered to himself.

After Xu Qingyan heard Zhao Junchen's soft muttering, he sneered with disdain: "You want me to say." That Yan Pengfei is also out of this, even I can guess in advance about his crimes, all these years with the protection of Youge Lao Huang Yourong, this person has always been rampant. didn't hide it much, for the sake of a little silver, he didn't hesitate to make a big move, the West Factory is naturally clear at a check, young master, if you want to rectify him now, it is naturally easy. ”

After hearing Xu Qingyan's ridicule, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

In fact, why wasn't Zhao Junchen like this at the beginning? Relying on the favor of Emperor Deqing, he was even more unscrupulous than Yan Pengfei today, and it was not until the dove occupied the magpie's nest that his style slowly changed. It's just that Xu Qingyan is now getting used to Zhao Junchen's new style of acting, but he is gradually looking down on this kind of practice without "technical content".

Between such secret thoughts, Zhao Junchen said slowly: "Actually, in the final analysis, few officials in the world can withstand strict inspection, they are all operating their own one-third of an acre of land, using their respective rights and responsibilities to make profits for themselves, few are clean, and few can withstand strict inspection, the key is only whether they are investigated."

What's more, now you are laughing at Yan Pengfei so shamefully, but you have forgotten that you and I were not like this at the beginning? Otherwise, how could you and I have such a bad reputation? If you really want to talk about it, although Yan Pengfei doesn't hide it very much, at least he is not as loud as I was at the beginning, but he is much smarter than me at the beginning. ”

Xu Qingyan smiled and said, "Young Master, haven't you figured it out now?" Since returning to Beijing, we have never done this kind of corruption and bribery, but often do some good deeds to help the people to build bridges and pave roads, although the reputation has gradually reversed, but the money in this house has become more and more. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Qingyan couldn't help but smile when he thought of the amount of silver that had been recorded in the Zhao Mansion during this period of time.

Seeing Xu Qingyan's appearance, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but shake his head again and laughed, and then he didn't pay attention to Xu Qingyan anymore, just lowered his head and continued to review the information about Yan Pengfei.

Sometimes, Zhao Junchen doesn't want to understand why Xu Qingyan cares so much about the income and expenditure of the silver in Zhao Junchen's hands, although Zhao Junchen trusts Xu Qingyan and treats him as his own brother, and the silver in the house has always been allowed to be withdrawn by Xu Qingyan, and there is no upper limit, but after all, it is only Zhao Junchen's silver, not Xu Qingyan's silver, not Xu Qingyan's silver, not Xu Qingyan's silver, not to mention that Xu Qingyan has always been by Zhao Junchen's side, and there is little demand for silver.

However, Xu Qingyan always had great concern and enthusiasm for the income and expenditure of the silver money in Zhao Junchen's hands, once Zhao Fuzhong had a large amount of silver income. will be stupid for a few days, and he will be full of energy for everything, but if he has any great use, watching the amount of money in Zhao's account decrease, he will be depressed for a long time, and he will not be able to lift his spirits for anything.

on this. Zhao Junchen can only think that it is Xu Qingyan's miser nature and loyalty to himself.

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Just when Zhao Junchen and Xu Qingyan's master and servant were chatting, Chu Jiayi on the side was quietly waiting for Zhao Junchen's pen and ink as usual.

It's just that although Chu Jiayi's expression is calm, it seems that she is just concentrating on laying paper and grinding ink. But for the conversation between Zhao Junchen and Xu Qingyan, he listened to it word for word, and after hearing Xu Qingyan's words, he couldn't help but think about it, and subconsciously turned his gaze to Zhao Junchen's face.

At this time, Zhao Junchen was intently flipping through the paper materials in his hand. didn't notice Chu Jiayi's small movements.

Seeing Zhao Junchen so serious, Chu Jiayi couldn't help frowning, and her eyes were full of complexity and contradictions.

Since becoming Zhao Junchen's personal maidservant, Chu Jiayi's status in Zhao's mansion is already very high, and she has the right to know many things, plus Zhao Junchen does not deliberately hide many things from her in order not to make Chu Jiayi suspicious.

So Chu Jiayi is very clear. Zhao Junchen's behavior is indeed as Xu Qingyan just said, it does not look like a corrupt official at all - not only has he never been greedy for public money, but he has moved the private money in the house to the household department to help the refugees; Not only is there no arrogance, luxury, absurdity, and erosion, but a simple life, as if there is no desire or desire; Not only has she never coveted women, but she has only slept in Fang Ru's room so far, Chu Jiayi thinks that she has a good appearance, and as Zhao Junchen's personal maid, she has long been conscious, but Zhao Junchen has never touched her......

Most importantly. Zhao Junchen has always been dedicated to the official affairs of the DPRK and China, and he is quite capable, Chu Jiayi has seen it more than once, in the case of the embarrassment of the treasury and public funds. Zhao Junchen racked his brains to squeeze out various expenses for the imperial court, and he could even stay up all night for this.

Compared with "corrupt officials and traitors" like Zhao Junchen, those self-proclaimed Qingliu officials in the DPRK and China seem to only talk about it and do not do practical things.

But if Zhao Junchen is not a corrupt official and traitor, it doesn't make sense, not to mention that Chu Jiayi's inherent impression of Zhao Junchen is very deep, just say that although Zhao Junchen has never been greedy for public money, but for the filial piety of the officials below, he has never refused, and for this reason, he often does not ask whether he is right or wrong.

What's more, Chu Jiayi also saw clearly the beginning and end of the party struggle between Zhao Junchen and Huang Yourong this time, and it was completely Zhao Junchen's initiative to provoke in order to seize power and expand his power.

In short, these days, all of Zhao Junchen's Yiqiē have been subverting Chu Jiayi's impression of him, making Chu Jiayi feel conflicted, but also unconsciously developing the habit of secretly observing Zhao Junchen. The curiosity about Zhao Junchen has become deeper and deeper in Chu Jiayi's heart, and sometimes, while thinking about Zhao Junchen's nature, Chu Jiayi will even forget his true purpose in the Zhao Mansion.

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And just when Chu Jiayi was thoughtful and secretly observed Zhao Junchen, Zhao Junchen suddenly spoke.

I saw that Zhao Junchen took out a copy of the pile of incriminating evidence about Yan Pengfei and handed it to Xu Qingyan on the side, and then ordered: "Qingyan, you send someone to hand over this charge to all the adults, so that they must hurry up before tomorrow morning, prepare an impeachment fold for this crime, and the wording should be more intense, and then act at the opportunity in the early court, and it will be difficult together." ”

Xu Qingyan took a look, but it was the evidence of Yan Pengfei's crime of encroaching on people's houses and land when he was buying land, and after nodding, he didn't say anything more, and left the study to make arrangements.

And after Xu Qingyan left, Zhao Junchen finally showed Chu Jiayi's gaze on him, so he turned his head to look at Chu Jiayi and asked, "What's wrong?" Got something to say? ”

Seeing Zhao Junchen's small movements, Chu Jiayi couldn't help but panic secretly, but after all, she had been by Zhao Junchen's side for a long time, so she quickly calmed down, and after glancing at the sky outside the window, she replied softly: "Master, it's getting late, it's time for the maid to go to the small kitchen to prepare tonight's supper pastries for the master." ”

Zhao Junchen didn't seem to see the change in Chu Jiayi's expression, he just shook his head and said, "No need, Ru'er has recently learned a new pastry method." It's like it's called lotus cake, she has to cook and prepare it herself for tonight's supper, you don't have to go, just wait in the study. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen smiled again: "Last time I said that the pastries she made were not as delicious as yours. But it's a misconsideration, these days she will compete with you as soon as she has time, and she thinks she has the intention to compete with you. ”

Thinking of Fang Ru's various expressions in recent days, Chu Jiayi couldn't help but smile and said, "This is Mrs. Ruyi's heart for you, but it is not comparable to the little maid's skills. ”

Zhao Junchen sighed. shook his head and said: "I'm just afraid that she will be tired, Ru'er is now in charge of a lot of things inside and outside the house, and she has always asked about everything, there are no competent people to help, not much more idle than me, but she still spends a lot of time every day to specialize in cooking." I really don't know where she got so much energy, after I have dealt with all kinds of official duties, but I have always been too tired to do it, and I always fall asleep every day. ”

Chu Jiayi said with a smile: "Master, you feel tired, but Mrs. Ruyi may not feel tired, let the little maid see, once Mrs. Ruyi feels that she can help the master." No matter how busy you are, you still have fun thinking about it. ”

Zhao Junchen nodded and said, "That's true, but I'm afraid she's too strong." ”

Seeing that Zhao Junchen was not in a hurry to deal with official business today, as if he was talking quite well, Chu Jiayi hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to take the opportunity to explore some useful things, but said: "Speaking of which, in order to cure the shrimp's eye disease, Miss Liu Rui took the shrimp to Shaanxi to visit a famous doctor. It's been a few days since I left the house, and I don't know what the situation is, the shrimp is in a pitiful situation, and I hope it will be okay. ”

After chatting a few words, Zhao Junchen had already begun to continue to deal with the official business at hand. After hearing Chu Jiayi's words, while flipping through the folds in his hand, he said noncommittally: "I sent some chariots and horses to follow them, although the road is far away, nothing will happen if I think about it." ”

After Chu Jiayi secretly glanced at Zhao Junchen, she asked cautiously: "I heard that my lord, because of the shrimp matter, you are now having a dispute with Huang Yourong Pavilion in the court?" Recently, this incident has caused a stir between the government and the opposition, but is it serious? ”

understood that Chu Jiayi wanted to find out some useful information, but fortunately, the prince Zhu Heyu reported it after returning to Beijing, but unfortunately Chu Jiayi was not born a qualified undercover spy, and the topic was extremely blunt, so Zhao Junchen couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

But Zhao Junchen didn't debunk it, just followed the topic and said: "These days, I do have some contradictions with Huang Ge Lao, and they are also arguing with each other, today Huang Ge Lao also sent someone to the household department to check the accounts, wanting to embarrass me, but it is not because of the shrimp, speaking of which, this time I took the initiative to provoke Huang Ge Lao, and took the lead to remove the official position of his disciple, so he took revenge." ”

Seeing that Zhao Junchen said indifferently, as if this much-anticipated party struggle was just a trivial matter, Chu Jiayi asked curiously: "Then sir, why did you take the initiative to argue with Huang Ge Lao?" But where did Huang Ge offend the old man? ”

This is not only Chu Jiayi's most curious question, now in the government and the opposition, there are countless people who have the same question, after all, Zhao Junchen's attack on Huang Yourong this time was too sudden, and there was no warning at all before.

In the past few days, almost everyone has been puzzled about the cause of the party dispute between Zhao Junchen and Huang Yourong, including Huang Yourong himself, and has speculated a lot about it.

In view of the fact that Chu Jiayi is a spy planted by the crown prince Zhu Heyu beside him, Zhao Junchen naturally can't tell his true purpose, after all, his party dispute with Huang Yourong this time is to lure the prince Zhu Heyu to do some "right stupid things" during Emperor Deqing's southern tour, and Huang Yourong is just a bypassing goal.

But for Chu Jiayi's inquiry, Zhao Junchen didn't want to avoid it. So after thinking about it for a while, Zhao Junchen finally said: "If you want to say that Huang Yourong offended me in something, it is not necessarily, in fact, before I impeached Huang Yourong's disciples, Huang Yourong also took the initiative to show favor to me and wanted to form an alliance with me, but in this officialdom, many disputes are actually for no reason, such as the party dispute between me and Huang Yourong." ”

Speaking of this, seeing that Chu Jiayi was still a little puzzled and didn't seem to understand, Zhao Junchen continued: "If you insist on saying that there is any reason, I can only say that I have begun the next stage in this officialdom, and Huang Yourong happens to be one of the stones blocking the way." ”

"What's next?"

Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Chu Jiayi became more and more confused.

Zhao Junchen smiled. But instead of answering, he asked: "In your opinion, if a person wants to make a name for himself in officialdom, how many different stages does he need to go through?" ”

Zhao Junchen's question is a bit profound, I'm afraid that many old fritters in officialdom can't figure it out, let alone Chu Jiayi, who has never set foot in officialdom.

So. Although Chu Jiayi thought seriously for a moment, she still shook her head and said, "The maid can't figure it out." ”

"If you want to mix up some fame in the officialdom, you probably need three different stages, that is, first 'being a man', then 'being an official', and then 'doing things'! In history, all the supreme ministers and people who have been famous for thousands of years have gone through these three stages before and after. And then they achieved their respective achievements. ”

Saying that, Zhao Junchen sighed lightly, and said a little helplessly: "Actually, if it was in the Yao Shunyu Tang period, a person who was an official would have the protection of the Holy Monarch above. The following is that the people are simple, the officials are between the monarch and the people, if you want to make some fame, you only need to 'do things', as long as you do things well, the kings will reward you, and your colleagues will support you. The people will also love you, and then you will naturally rise step by step and become famous through the ages, which is very simple. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen shook his head again and continued: "It's a pity that people's hearts are not ancient now, and it is no longer the era of Yao Shunyu soup, in fact, I have always doubted the description of the Yao Shunyu soup period in the history books. Did it ever happen? Or is it just a guess that posterity takes for granted? The kind of era that only belonged to the holy monarchs and virtuous ministers, in my opinion, may have been just the ideals of historians and literati. ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Chu Jiayi nodded thoughtfully, at least on the surface. did not refute Zhao Junchen's point of view, but just softly echoed: "Master Gaojian." ”

And Zhao Junchen continued: "But after all, the reality is different from the ideal, the hearts of the people in the world are changeable, after entering the court as an official, if you are just 'doing things', it will not work, the people below may not be able to understand, the colleagues around you may be jealous, and the emperor above is more likely to be suspicious, not only to get twice the result with half the effort, but also to backfire, and even endanger yourself, so, in today's world, the first priority for officials is not how to 'do things', but how to 'behave'!" ”

"To be human?"

Chu Jiayi listened to Zhao Junchen's specious reasoning, frowned slightly, and subconsciously repeated.

Zhao Junchen nodded and said: "Yes, if you want to be an official, you must first learn how to behave, the so-called 'being a man', that is, the way and means of dealing with the world, only by learning how to be a man, can you have a good impression in the hearts of the people, so as to get the support of the people, in order to get along with your colleagues, so as to get the support of your colleagues, and in order to please the emperor, so as to get the emperor's attention." In this way, the official can have a stable position in the officialdom, and only when the position in the officialdom is stable can the next stage begin. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen laughed at himself again: "Speaking of which, in the past, I was in the first stage of being an official, that is, the stage of 'being a man', always trying my best to please His Majesty today, and I was left and right among the major factions in the DPRK and China, and I tried my best to ease the relationship with hostile people, and then won over those officials who had the same interests as me to form friends to protect and help each other, and it was precisely because of this that I was able to have this situation today and be able to stabilize my position in the DPRK." ”

Chu Jiayi asked: "So, sir, you are now in a stable position in the court, and you have begun the stage of 'being an official', so you will have a dispute with the old students of the Yellow Pavilion?" ”

Zhao Junchen nodded with a smile and said: "That's right, after the position of the DPRK and China is stable, if you want to go further and make a difference, you need to have greater power to complement you, so you need to expand your own power, you need to form more friends, you need to compete for power with other forces in the DPRK, and many times, for your own interests, you even need to frame others out of nothing, so step by step to expand the power in your hands, and at this stage, the focus is on forming a party for personal gain, which I call 'being an official'." And now, the reason why I suddenly targeted Huang Yourong is actually because I am greedy for the influence of power in Huang Yourong's hands and want to compete for some. ”

After a pause, Zhao Junchen sighed and said: "If one day comes, I have a powerful influence comparable to Zhou Shangjing, the assistant of the court, and I can make His Majesty also give three points, and this stage of 'being an official' is almost over." At that time, you will have enough power in your hands, and you will no longer worry about being restrained and rebounded all day long, so that you can unrestricted your ambitions, and then you can reach the third stage, which is the stage of 'doing things'. ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen say so much as if it was true or false, Chu Jiayi was a little noncommittal in her heart, feeling that these were just Zhao Junchen's cover-up words for what he had done.

But when I heard Zhao Junchen mention the stage of "doing things", it seemed to involve Zhao Junchen's true ambition, but it was only a few sentences, and he didn't want to explain in detail before, but he couldn't help but move in his heart, and he wanted to ask Zhao Junchen - if he really reached the stage of 'doing things', what would he plan to do? Why can't these things be done before, but now they can't be done, and they have to wait until they have power comparable to Zhou Shangjing's power before they can let go?

However, after hesitating for a moment, Chu Jiayi still suppressed the impulse in her heart, and just lowered her head and said: "Sir, your words are secretly consistent with the principle of 'if you are poor, you will be good alone, and if you are good, you will help the world', but it is limited to officialdom, but there are more steps from poor to good." ”

Zhao Junchen smiled and laughed at himself: "It's just the art of studying camp officialdom, where can it be compared with the truth of the sages?" You're ashamed of me when you say that. However, my words are only a general description, the so-called three stages of being an official are also intertwined and the priorities change, for example, I am now, although I have not yet reached the stage of 'doing things', but is it not the same to do things for the court? ”

As he spoke, Zhao Junchen shook the fold in his hand, and then didn't say anything more, just opened the fold and continued to deal with the official affairs of the court.

Seeing Zhao Junchen like this, Chu Jiayi also understood that Zhao Junchen had already finished talking about sex, and he didn't plan to say anything more to himself, so he obediently stopped talking, and just continued to serve Zhao Junchen's pen and ink, but he was just hanging down, and there seemed to be complicated feelings in his eyes.

Since coming to Zhao Junchen's side, in order to avoid arousing Zhao Junchen's suspicion, Chu Jiayi has always been cautious in her words, although she often accompanies her, and today's conversation is the longest conversation between her and Zhao Junchen.

It's just that Zhao Junchen's words seem to be true and false, as if he has said a lot, but he seems to have said nothing.

But for some reason, Chu Jiayi always felt that after such a conversation, she finally got to know Zhao Junchen a little.

On the other side, while Zhao Junchen was dealing with official business, he smiled secretly in his heart after seeing Chu Jiayi's expression change out of the corner of his eye.

In fact, Zhao Junchen's words are not false.

First 'being a man' to stabilize the form, then 'being an official' to expand authority, and then 'doing things' to do one's best, in fact, is also Zhao Junchen's real idea. It's just that these are of no use to the crown prince Zhu and Yu behind Chu Jiayi.

Thinking about it, Zhao Junchen didn't think much about it anymore, but just continued to deal with official business, for Chu Jiayi, Zhao Junchen actually didn't plan to spend too much scheming.

It's just that at this time, Zhao Junchen didn't know that among his friends, Chen Dongxiang, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, who was most dissatisfied with him, was hesitating and contradicting when he looked at a secret letter against him.

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ps: During this time, due to some work reasons, I can't go online, but I have saved a lot of manuscripts, about **10,000 words, all of which are large chapters of more than 5,000 words, so let's start three chapters today. Well, this is the first update, a three-in-one chapter of more than 7,000 words, and the later chapters are being revised, right away. (To be continued.) )