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Hearing Zhao Junchen's promise, Lu Yuanan and a number of Shandong officials were overjoyed and thanked Zhao Junchen again and again.

And Zhao Junchen seemed to have remembered something temporarily, and said to Lu Yuanan: "By the way, I suddenly remembered one thing, Master Li Lide, the former squire of the Criminal Department, has a very close relationship with me, he has just been promoted to the political envoy of Shandong, and he will work under Governor Lu in the future, but he is used to being a Beijing official, and the experience of the magistrate is inevitably insufficient, and I hope that Governor Lu will teach him more in the future, of course, there is no need for any special care, if he does something wrong, Governor Lu is not more polite, and scold him fiercely." ”

Similar to Zhao Junchen's words, until hundreds of years later, in the officialdom, it still appears often, this remark seems to be fair and selfless, without selfishness, but there is a lot of article inside, if you fail to understand the deep meaning, I am afraid that you will offend people without knowing it.

For example, the so-called "I hope that Governor Lu will teach him more in the future", the deep meaning of which is to let Lu Yuanan give Li Lide more power in the future, and also let Li Lide do more work that is easy to make political achievements, otherwise how can it be regarded as teaching?

Another example is the so-called "no special care, if he does something wrong, just scold him severely." The implication is that if Li Lide does something wrong in the future, Lu Yuanan can scold, anyway, everyone in the officialdom is cheeky, and no one will take a few words of scolding to heart, but the actual punishment and disposal are not necessary.

These words seem to be selfless, but in fact they are favoritism and going the way, if translated in the vernacular. It's about "I tell you plainly, Li Lide is my person." In the future, you can help me take a good look at him, and help cover up if something goes wrong. In this case, I will remember you a favor, and I will repay it in the future, otherwise we will see! ”

Lu Yuanan, as a veteran of officialdom who has been up and down for many years, naturally understood the deep meaning of Zhao Junchen's words, and knew that Zhao Junchen was making conditions to himself.

As the disciple of Shoufu Zhou Shangjing, he was unwilling to help Zhao Junchen promote his henchmen, but seeing that Emperor Deqing was about to arrive, if Emperor Deqing found out that Linqingzhou's hospitality was not good, no one knew what the result would be. Even if Lu Yuanan has Zhou Shangjing as a backer, he will not have an accident, but maybe other Shandong officials will be unlucky, and Lu Yuanan, as the governor of Shandong, cannot shelter his subordinate officials, how can he be convincing in the future?

Therefore, after Lu Yuanan hesitated for a moment, he finally gritted his teeth and nodded: "Lord Li was originally a squire of the Criminal Department, who was shrewd and capable, and was quite praised, and now he has become the political envoy of Shandong. Just to share my worries, I will be a colleague with him in the future, and I will definitely take care of him, about this Lord Zhao rest assured. ”

Between words. Lu Yuanan glared at Zhang Jiyi fiercely again, feeling that if it weren't for Zhang Jizhi's secret troublemaker, why would he make such a thankless promise?

The other side. After Zhao Junchen got Lu Yuanan's promise, he also smiled and nodded. Thank you very much.

Actually, such a deal. It's just Zhao Junchen's temporary idea, even if there is no Lu Yuanan's care, Li Lide has the strong support of the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry behind him, and he will definitely make a difference during his tenure in Shandong, and now such a deal is just icing on the cake.

However, even if it is "icing on the cake", it is a good thing after all, so Zhao Junchen was in a very good mood next, and he didn't say anything more, just beckoned a group of Shandong officials to prepare for the arrival of Emperor Deqing.

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Soon, in the sound of salutes, Emperor Deqing's dragon boat slowly came to Linqing Wharf.

Then, a group of accompanying ministers disembarked first, and lined up on both sides according to rank, waiting for Emperor Deqing to appear.

After waiting for about a pillar of incense, in the sound of the officials, Emperor Deqing finally appeared, and accompanied by Zhou Shangjing and Shen Changmao, the two elders, slowly stepped off the dragon boat.

Next, as Zhao Junchen expected, seeing that the officials in Shandong were all in Linqing to greet him, Emperor Deqing was very "unhappy", and severely criticized Lu Yuanan and others for ignoring the holy decree, mobilizing the people, and leaving their posts without permission, and then in Lu Yuanan and other Shandong officials' sincere and fearful pleas, Emperor Deqing's face was slightly softened, and he said, "For the sake of the loyalty and commendability of the officials in Shandong, I will spare you for the time being, but not as an example."

In this way, a small turmoil, with the cooperation of the monarch and ministers, was revealed!

Then, after Emperor Deqing said a few high-sounding words of encouragement to the officials in Shandong, he took the royal car and prepared to go to the palace for a while.

It's just that just when Emperor Deqing was about to step into the imperial car, Zhao Junchen suddenly took a few steps forward, came to Emperor Deqing's side, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, after the minister came to Linqing, I heard that there is a giant in Linqing, surnamed Li, is the richest man in Shandong, his mansion is exquisite and beautiful, quite elegant taste, known as the first garden in Shandong, and this rich businessman surnamed Li in order to please His Majesty, now the whole family has moved out of the mansion, and wants His Majesty Xià to live in his mansion for two days......"

"Oh?" Emperor Deqing's footsteps paused slightly, and he seemed to be a little hesitant.

Zhao Junchen continued: "The minister wants to travel all the way, all of them live in the palace along the way, as well as the officials' mansions, but the decoration and scenery in the palace, although the noble atmosphere, but also the same, the same, it is inevitable to be boring after a long time, as for the officials' mansions, there are many inconveniences, so the minister wants to let His Majesty Xià slow down, he has already made an assertion, and agreed to the request of the businessman surnamed Li, which can be regarded as fulfilling his loyalty, and hopes that His Majesty will forgive his sins." ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's words, Emperor Deqing's heart moved, and he also felt that it made sense, so he nodded and said: "This kind of thing, you have to ask me what I mean first, how can you make the decision on my behalf?" But for the sake of your kindness, I won't punish you this time, but I won't take it as an example! As for this time, since you have agreed, I will not refute your face, so let's go to the 'Shandong First Park' to stay for a day or two...... And that businessman surnamed Li, who is loyal, you can reward him with some benefits on my behalf. ”

Seeing that Emperor Deqing didn't care, Zhao Junchen secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and sent Emperor Deqing to take the imperial car, and watched the imperial car slowly start and go to the place arranged by Lu Yuan'an.

Then, Zhao Junchen nodded to Lu Yuan'an from afar, indicating that the matter had been done, and then got on his own frame and followed behind Emperor Deqing's imperial car.

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I have to say that Lu Yuanan is still very discerning, and the forest garden built by the wealthy merchant surnamed Li is indeed beautiful and elegant, and he arranged the temporary palace of Emperor Deqing here, so that everyone is satisfied.

This mansion, covering an area of about forty or fifty acres, imitates the Jiangnan garden, and combines the architectural style of the north, although the area is not large, but it is novel in purpose, unique in ingenuity, quite distinctive.

Among them, the beautiful back garden and the lake pavilion mountain stone alone occupy most of the area of this forest garden, and there are rockery stones of the zodiac in it, all of which are between the similar and the unlike, which makes people reverie endlessly; There are also lake pavilions and forests, which hide and expose each other, sparse and dense, between virtual and real, and esoteric and free, which is breathtaking; There are also zigzag walkways, which make use of the changes in size, direction, light and shade, as well as the leaky windows and cave doors that are blurred and hidden, which are also endlessly interesting. There is also an exquisite pavilion, climbing to the top floor can see the garden scenery, and people will have the illusion of being in the painting.

In fact, since Emperor Deqing came to this garden, he forgot the fatigue of the way, and led the ministers to visit for an afternoon, and between continuous admiration, Emperor Deqing was also very satisfied with Zhao Junchen's decision to temporarily change his residence.

When it was getting late, Emperor Deqing ended the tour and returned to the front hall, where he met with officials of all sizes in Shandong and asked them about the affairs of Shandong.

When Emperor Deqing met with Shandong officials, he only asked Zhou Shangjing and Shen Changmao, two elders, to accompany him, while Zhao Junchen returned to his room in advance, but after returning to the room, Zhao Junchen did not rest, but took out a thick pile of household folds and began to read them carefully.

Unlike Emperor Deqing, who basically became the big shopkeeper after his southern tour, under Zhao Junchen's order, some important things in the household department, as long as they are not very urgent, then the household officials will use fast horses to send the fold to Zhao Junchen for approval and decision, if it is a matter that has been solved by the household department, it is necessary to send a detailed copy to Zhao Junchen, so that Zhao Junchen can know in his heart, and so on every day.

Zhao Junchen did this, not because he was greedy for power, nor because he didn't know how to delegate power, but because Zhao Junchen really didn't worry about the moths in the household department!

If Zhao Junchen just accompanied Emperor Deqing to enjoy the mountains and rivers, and left the affairs of the household department alone, then when Zhao Junchen returned to the capital a few months later, the accounts of the household department did not know what to do, let alone how many dead and bad debts would appear!

Although Zhao Junchen secretly encouraged the crown prince Zhu and Yu to reform the commercial tax, it would also cause great chaos, but after all, this kind of chaos was only limited to the officialdom, and the people were not greatly affected.

Therefore, although he is tired, Zhao Junchen always has to do some things within his ability.

However, just when Zhao Junchen had disposed of half of the household excerpts, Xu Qingyan suddenly pushed the door in, saying that it was Zhang De, the personal eunuch of Emperor Deqing, who had come to visit and brought Emperor Deqing's secret decree!

In this regard, Zhao Junchen did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly welcomed Zhang De into the room.

After Zhang De entered the room, his expression was relaxed, and he said with a smile: "Lord Zhao, Your Majesty has a secret decree, saying that it is for you to change into civilian clothes tomorrow morning, and wait for Your Majesty outside the temporary palace, and go out with Your Majesty to visit the people of Linqingzhou." ”

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PS: Well, the first update.

…… (To be continued......)