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After hearing the inquiry of the crown prince Zhu and Yu, Zhao Shancai's expression was full of emotion, and he said slowly: "Human nature is greedy, and there are only a very few people who can restrain the greed in their hearts throughout the ages, and officialdom is a fame and fortune dye vat. Since the Song Dynasty, how many people still praise famous sentences such as 'the worries of the world first'? On the contrary, the sentences such as "being an official for thousands of miles is only for money" and "100,000 snowflakes of silver in the Qing prefect's mansion in three years" are spreading more and more widely, and now, there are even more corrupt officials in the court, and it is difficult to find clean officials. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Prince Zhu Heyu's expression was solemn and silent, but he also agreed with Zhao Shancai's statement.

Zhao Shancai glanced at the crown prince Zhu Heyu deeply, and said slowly: "To get back to the point, why is Qingliu mostly useless?" On the contrary, those corrupt officials can do practical things? In fact, there are not no Qingliu officials who are capable, willing to do things, and can be flexible, but they are either suppressed by the corrupt officials and cannot stand out at all, or they have given up their own perseverance and are in the same stream with the corrupt officials!

In officialdom, there is never a saying that you are alone, but it is your position that determines everything! After the officials stepped into the official career, most of them started from the county, but after they took office, they will find that most of their subordinates are filthy officials, most of their colleagues are corrupt officials, and most of their top bosses are traitors. If he wants to do something practical, the people below will drag his feet, the people around him will make stumbling blocks, and the people above will secretly make things difficult, and the result will not only be a mess of things, but also give people a handle, and finally it will be the end of losing officials and holding them accountable. ”

After a pause, Zhao Shancai shook his head lightly and continued: "In this way, the honest officials who can do things have been suppressed before they have come forward, but they have let go of their insistence in their hearts and chose to be in the same stream and with the same dust, then they have become their own people, no matter what they do, there will be party henchmen to help, not only is it easy to get things done and make political achievements, but they have more things to handle, they have rich experience, and they naturally have the ability and means, and the so-called corrupt officials are more able to do things, which is about this reason......

Seeing that the crown prince Zhu Heyu was still silent, Zhao Shancai said again: "The world always says, 'good is rewarded with good, and evil is rewarded with evil', but in the officialdom, such a situation is only a minority, and the Qing officials want to do some good things for the benefit of the country and the people, but they are often troubled by others and end up with evil retribution. ”

According to Mr. Zhao, is it possible that honest and self-disciplined officials will not be able to stand out at all? Are you and I going to let the evil run rampant in the temple and become more and more smoky? After hearing Zhao Shancai's explanation, Prince Zhu Heyu was a little unwilling in his heart, and gritted his teeth and asked.

Zhao Shancai's expression also looked a little weak: "This is not only the current environment of our dynasty, but also the past and present, all dynasties, most of the time, even if there is an occasional Qingping prosperous era, but it is only for a while, and it cannot last long......

Of course, the imperial court needs to be clean and balanced, and honest and self-disciplined officials naturally have a way to get ahead, and the best way is to enter the Imperial Procuratorate and become the imperial historian! The imperial historians are in charge of the power of impeachment and supervision, and they are relatively independent, do not need to deal with practice, are not subject to too much repression, and the environment is relatively simple...... Therefore, most of the Qingliu people are also concentrated in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but they have always stood on the outside, lack of experience, and are used to picking and making mistakes and catching people, so they are gradually a little out of reality, and their eyes are low, which is also one of the reasons why Qingliu always has a lack of ability to do things. ”

After Zhao Shancai finished speaking, the crown prince Zhu and Yu were silent for a long time.

Then, the crown prince Zhu and Yu said slowly: "Mr. Zhao suddenly brought the topic here, I'm afraid he means something else, right?" Mr. Zhao should know that these things are not enough to shake my ambition! I am now the crown prince, and I will be the supreme son of heaven in the future, supported by the people of the world, even if the future is difficult, I will not retreat! ”

Zhao Shancai nodded lightly and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has firm ambitions, and I naturally understand. In fact, like Your Highness, I also hope that all officials will keep to themselves and the world will be peaceful, but today's environment is like this, we can wake up alone, but we can't walk alone! As the saying goes, 'when the water is clear, there are no fish, and when people are observed, there are no disciples', if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really wants to do some practical things, then it is absolutely impossible to just rely on Qingliu officials, because Qingliu's ability to do things is indeed poor, and many times it will only be bad. As for those officials who have the ability to do things and can be honest and self-controlled, although they meet the requirements of His Highness, and they are worthy of His Highness's reuse and promotion, but this kind of person is too rare, although I have spent countless efforts during this period of time, and I have searched for hundreds of officials in the court, but I have only found twenty-one people. ”

Then, Zhao Shan raised his hand and pointed to the booklet in the hands of the crown prince Zhu Heyu, which contained the list information of these twenty-one people.

Looking at the thin roster in his hand, the crown prince Zhu and Yu felt extremely heavy.

From top to bottom of the Manchu Dynasty, there are only 21 officials who meet their own requirements, and the rest of the officials are either incompetent or have poor conduct, which makes people feel at ease and reuse.

"Today's temple environment is bad, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is full of treachery, and it is more and more difficult for honest and self-disciplined officials to gain a foothold...... However, the more serious it is, the more you can't take drastic medicine, the more you need to treat it slowly and improve gradually, and in many cases, you even need to fight poison with poison to be effective! If His Highness wants to clear the miasma in the temple, he must first stand firm and establish his prestige, and then he can control the situation and accomplish great things...... But no matter what, you need enough people to help! ”

At this moment, Zhao Shancai took out another booklet from his hand, which was much thicker than the one in the hands of Prince Zhu Heyu.

I saw that Zhao Shancai's expression was serious and serious, and he said slowly: "Your Highness wants to achieve great things, just relying on these twenty-one people, I am afraid it will be a cup of salary, not to mention that most of these twenty-one people are low-grade officials, even if they are focused on cultivating them, they can't save the near fire from far water, and when I selected talents for His Highness during this time, I also drew up another list at the same time." ”

As he spoke, Zhao Shancai handed the second roster to the crown prince Zhu Heyu, and said at the same time: "In this list, there are a total of thirty-seven people, and they have their own merits in terms of ability, means, and vision, and they are all rare talents!" The most rare thing is that these people are all neutrals of the imperial court, and they have not defected to any party, but His Royal Highness is the respect of the crown prince, and it is not very difficult to think of it if he deliberately recruits them. If His Highness gets the refuge and assistance of these people, then the lack of talent will be greatly alleviated, and he will be able to do things with ease in the future...... However......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Shancai sighed lightly and continued: "However, these people more or less have some stains on their bodies, and they are not so honest people, although these stains are not particularly serious, but I also know that Your Highness, you have always rejected those officials who have stains, so these people do not meet Your Highness's employment standards...... However, I will still hand over this list to His Highness, and whether or not to use them in the future is up to His Highness to decide, and Shancai will never be reluctant. ”

After hearing Zhao Shancai's explanation, the crown prince Zhu and Yu were silent for a long time, stretched out his hand to take the second list, and nodded slowly: "In the turbid world, if you want to deal with corrupt officials, you must first use corrupt officials...... Mr. Zhao has good intentions, and I will seriously consider this matter. ”

Seeing that after going around in a big circle, Prince Zhu and Yu were finally willing to consider their suggestions, a trace of relief flashed in Zhao Shancai's eyes.

Prince Zhu and Yu's principle of employing people has always been to emphasize character and ignore ability, which is one of the bottom lines of Prince Zhu and Yu, and it is extremely difficult to persuade Prince Zhu and Yu to change this, even Zhao Shancai has used a lot of thought.

But such a principle of employing people is also "too. The sub-party "is always the key reason for weakness. And "too. The "sub-party" was unable to provide enough support for the crown prince Zhu and Yu, which was also the main reason why the prince Zhu and Yu were unable to gain a firm foothold in the temple.

Since he noticed that the status of the crown prince Zhu and Yu as princes was gradually showing signs of instability, Zhao Shancai wanted to gradually expand the influence of the "princelings". The power of the "sub-party" gradually became stronger and could provide enough support for the crown prince Zhu and Yu, so even Emperor Deqing could not easily depose the crown prince Zhu and Yu!

Of course, if you want to completely stabilize the position of the crown prince Zhu and Yu, in addition to expanding the "Tai. In addition to the influence of the sub-party, the attitude of Emperor Deqing is also extremely critical, as long as Emperor Deqing is willing to continue to support the crown prince Zhu Heyu, then Zhu Heyu's status as a prince will never be shaken!

Therefore, Zhao Shancai didn't say anything more, but just opened his mouth to remind: "It is naturally excellent that His Highness is willing to seriously consider these things...... However, it is not too early now, it is better for Your Highness not to delay any longer, it is better to enter the palace as soon as possible to face the saint and present your self-reflection to Your Majesty! Our immediate priority now is to regain His Majesty's support. ”

After hearing Zhao Shancai's reminder, the crown prince Zhu and Yu were stunned for a moment, and then nodded and said: "What Mr. Zhao said is reasonable, I will enter the palace to ask to see my father." ”

After speaking, after the crown prince Zhu and Yu admonished Zhao Shancai to pay attention to rest, he left the study and went to prepare for entering the palace to face the saint.

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The crown prince Zhu and Yu had just left the study, but Zhao Shancai's body suddenly became weak, and his brain was also dizzy, and he almost collapsed on the ground, his face became more and more gray, and his expression was extremely weak and weak.

In the past ten days, Zhao Shancai's physical condition has become worse and worse, in addition to using needles to relieve pain three times a day, he will secretly take a large number of drugs to suppress pain, overdraft his body, and forcibly refresh his mind, otherwise with his current physical condition, let alone planning the future for the crown prince Zhu and Yu, even ordinary walking is an extremely difficult thing.

Just now, when Zhao Shancai was talking to the crown prince Zhu and Yu, he also forcibly supported and tried his best to keep it, although his voice was a little weak, but he didn't show too much malaise.

Otherwise, the crown prince Zhu and Yu would definitely force him to rest, and he would definitely be distracted and worried when he entered the palace to face the saint, which was something that Zhao Shancai would never want to see.

After slumping in the chair for a long time, Zhao Shancai's body finally regained some strength.

I saw Zhao Shancai reach out and take out a pill from his arms, put it in his mouth and take it.

After a long time, Zhao Shancai's appearance was finally a little more normal, but he still had no intention of resting, he just picked up a piece of information from his hand, and his eyes were full of worry.

It's not that I'm worried about my physical condition, but I'm worried about the future of the crown prince Zhu and Yu.

This information said that in the past ten days, Emperor Deqing has repeatedly inquired about the current situation of the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian, and secretly ordered Dongchang to investigate all the relevant information of the Seventh Prince; At the same time, Emperor Deqing did not pay much attention to the crown prince Zhu Heyu, who had been thinking behind closed doors.

What this information means, Zhao Shancai naturally knows in his heart.

"It's a pity that I'm afraid my time is running out, although I have tried my best and exhausted all my scheming, I may not be able to reverse the crisis......"

Zhao Shancai muttered to himself.

Then, Zhao Shancai's gaze turned to another piece of information.

This information said that Zhao Junchen would officially accept Fang Ru as a side room in three days, and would also feast guests and invite all the close colleagues in the temple.

"Perhaps...... I need to meet Zhao Junchen......"

When he whispered to himself, Zhao Shancai's eyes flickered.

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At the same time, in the imperial study in the palace, Emperor Deqing was also reading information.

All of this information is related to the Seventh Prince, Zhu Hejian!

Whether it is Zhu Hejian's remarks and views in recent years, or the temperament of the people around Zhu Hejian, all of them are involved in the intelligence.

Even, this information also includes the fact that Zhu Hejian once gave advice to the crown prince Zhu Heyu during Emperor Deqing's southern tour.

After reading this information, Emperor Deqing's face was quite serious, and his eyes were full of contemplation.

Emperor Deqing suddenly found that the Seventh Prince, Zhu Hejian, did not seem to be as simple as he imagined.

In the past, Emperor Deqing always believed that the temperament of the seventh prince Zhu Hejian and the crown prince Zhu Heyu were very similar, but Zhu Hejian's methods were not as direct as the crown prince Zhu Heyu, and his personality was more gentle.

But now after reading this information, Emperor Deqing found that the intelligence of the seventh prince Zhu Hejian was far beyond his expectations, and he, as a father, had never noticed this before.

Not to mention anything else, during Emperor Deqing's southern tour, the reason why the crown prince Zhu Heyu was able to suppress Huang Yourong to the death was precisely because of Zhu Hejian's advice, and this means alone should not be underestimated.

"This trick is scheming, he has never shown it in front of me before, is it deliberately hidden with ulterior motives? Or did he never show his ambitions? ”

Emperor Deqing thought secretly.

And just as Emperor Deqing was pondering, the eunuch Zhang De suddenly entered the imperial study and reported to Emperor Deqing: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down." ”

Emperor Deqing was slightly stunned, then sighed secretly, nodded and said, "Since you're here, let him in." ”

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