On the first day of the fourth month, the regular pilgrimage day.

The three princes and nine secretaries, and even the ministers of the inner court and the Shaofu controlled by the ten permanent servants, all gathered in the main hall of the South Palace, the Deyang Palace, to participate in the court meeting.

To be precise, it is a "meeting meeting" - there are two kinds of court meetings, which are called "court discussions" when the emperor personally participates and there are monarchs and ministers. Only the hundred officials discussed on their own, and finally came up with the results to the emperor for the record, which was called "assembly".

And Liu Hong has rarely participated in court meetings in recent years, and of course he didn't come today, and the ministers have long been used to it.

But as long as the emperor finally seals and confirms, the courtiers cannot accuse the emperor of "not being diligent in government". As for whether this seal was covered by Liu Hong or Zhang asked Zhao Zhong to help cover it, the foreign minister did not know.

Perhaps because of the relationship between the issues, in the last few issues, the ten permanent servants and their minions have been relatively restrained, and the issues advocated by the ministers have also been passed quickly.

Because it is now a "period of expansion of thieves", the imperial court needs to discuss many points of personnel work that will quell the rebellion and stabilize the situation. And the descendants of the ten permanent servants are generally not as good at fighting as the foreign ministers, and they have always been dormant at such times.

As the final "minutes of the assembly meeting" were circled and sent to the inner palace for the emperor to record and confirm, many courtiers breathed a sigh of relief.

Theoretically, though, they can't disperse right away. And it is not until the "meeting minutes" are sent to the inner palace and His Majesty uses the seal according to the process that the assembly is officially over. Therefore, the ministers who had relaxed also whispered in the Deyang Palace.

"Zigan, it seems that the ten permanent servants have also been restrained recently, and the appointment requests for our others have been passed, and it is finally a blessing for the big Hans, they actually did not obstruct the general at the time." Shangshu Zheng Tai happily whispered to his colleague Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi didn't seem so optimistic, he sighed worriedly: "Gongye, you are still tender - three years ago, when the Yellow Turban thieves first appeared, they were not also latent minions and forbearance.

At that time, I asked His Majesty to abolish the party system and appoint Qingliu, and at the beginning it was also accurate. But what about half a year later? When Zhang Jiao and I held on to Guangzong, how did Zhang Rang Zhao Zhong send Zuo Feng and other thieves to deceive the superiors and subordinates, and take credit! If it weren't for Huangfu Song to turn the tide, the consequences of that year would have been unimaginable. ”

When Zheng Tai heard this, he immediately fell silent and was poured a scoop of cold water on his head.

His qualifications are shorter than Lu Zhi's, and when the Yellow Turban Thieves first broke out three years ago, he was not yet a scholar, so Lu Zhi couldn't answer when he mentioned the lessons of the old things.

But this does not prevent him from substituting for the gloomy foreground depicted by Lu Zhi, and he feels heavy with Lu Zhi.

Every time, the ten permanent servants wait for the officials and the anti-thieves to enter the late stage of the stalemate stage and are about to launch a strategic counteroffensive, and then they will become active, go down the mountain to pick peaches, and get one more vote when they are about to share the credit!

The heavy sighs of the two soon attracted other courtiers who had nothing to do.

A high-ranking official in Jiuqing's uniform came over and said in a pointing tone: "Zigan, public business, why bother to be self-conscious, the upright people of the Manchu Dynasty, won't they learn the lesson of three years ago?"

You also heard it just now, last month, the general asked His Majesty to give Qiangqu Shan Yu an edict, Qiangqu Shan Yu has already replied, that day will be ordered to the Southern Hun cavalry to go south, more than a month can go to Youzhou to help the war. This time to crusade against Zhang Chun, the court will use all its strength, the lion fights the rabbit, and will not give Zhang Chun a chance to hold on for a long time! We will definitely be able to win the game before the ten permanent servants grab the merit! ”

Lu Zhi and Zheng Tai immediately turned around when they heard the words and responded respectfully. It turned out that the person who spoke was Shaofu Huang Wan.

Many people tend to confuse the "Shangshu" of the Han Dynasty with the Shangshu of the "Three Provinces and Six Ministries" period of the Sui and Tang dynasties, thinking that the Shangshu was a very big official.

But in fact, the Shangshu of the Han Dynasty, which was only 600 stones at the earliest, was a subordinate official under the name of "Shaofu", one of the nine Qings. During the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Shaofu was in charge of the inner court, under which there were "six Cao", each of which had a Shangshu.

It was only later that the power of the inner court gradually expanded, so the actual power of Shangshu gradually expanded, and the level of Yulu gradually increased. In the future, some of the three princes and nine kings will hang a part-time job of "recording Shangshu affairs", that is, they have the identity of both an outer court official and an inner court official, and at this time, the talents who are Shangshu will become more and more noble.

However, Lu Zhi and Zheng Tai both have only one "Shangshu" on their bodies, not Jiuqing and "Lu Shangshu".

Therefore, Lu Zhi's official position is not as high as many people think, and he has to be polite when he sees Shaofu Huang Wan.

Lu Zhi hurriedly replied: "I hope it will be as Huang Gong expected." ”

Huang Wan has a good name, but Lu Zhi respects him and does not call him a word.

Seeing that they were talking about military affairs, a few Jiuqing who knew the soldiers in the distance came over to discuss together.

They are Yang Biao, the guard captain in charge of the Beijing Guard, and Zhu Jun, the servant in charge of Luan Yu and Ma Zheng.

Zhu Jun and Yang Biao both expressed their concerns about the execution of the Southern Xiongnu soldiers, and what they saw was almost the same as Li Su's rebuttal to Yuan Shao that day: "The money and grain allocated by the imperial court to Qiangqu Shan Yu are insufficient, and I am afraid that the Southern Xiongnu cavalry will also be on an errand at that time......."

complained about the issue of money and grain allocation, and Cao Song, the chief farmer, had to interject and defend himself: "What are the princes! Taicang is short of money and food, can Cao still make money? It's really hard for a clever woman to cook without rice! ”

However, his words were obviously despised by the other Jiuqing: Your family has hoarded 100 million yuan and is ready to buy Taiwei! Who doesn't know that this 100 million money is what you are greedy for as a big farmer! Taicang is empty of money and food, so you are not responsible?!

After some disturbing complaints, Zhao Zhong, one of the ten permanent attendants, had already walked out of the inner palace with a scroll of will. When Jiuqing saw Zhao Zhong, he hurriedly quieted down, waiting for him to announce that His Majesty had used the seal and the court meeting was over.

However, a few sharp-eyed Sangong Jiuqing immediately noticed an abnormality:

"Huh? No, if it is just to announce that His Majesty has used the seal, there is no need to bring out the assembly again, and it is better to keep it in the palace for archiving? Zhao Zhong was holding a volume of documents in his hand, could it be that he had another will? Or is there something about the content of today's assembly that has been rejected by His Majesty? ”

It turned out that if everything passed normally, usually Zhao Zhong or Zhang Rang would come out empty-handed and would not take anything.

Everyone waited quietly to see what point was dismissed.

Zhao Zhong slowly walked to the side of Danqi, unfolded the edict and read it: "...... I heard that Zhuo County raised filial piety and honesty Liu Bei, filial piety and righteousness, honest and self-denial, giving up officials for the country, and assembling to award the Zhuo County Liangxiang County Order ......"

“…… Therefore, he was pardoned for the money of the palace repair, so as to glorify the kindness of the court, magnify the spirit of the people, and make the loyal people forget about themselves and overcome the ......difficulties together."

The three princes and nine qing, Zhu Ziguangai, listening to this edict, his expression suddenly became more and more exciting.

What the?!

Since the second year of Zhongping, the fire in Nangong has fully started to collect money for repairing the palace, and I have never heard of His Majesty's separate edict to pardon the money that a specific official needs to pay for taking office!

This Liu Bei District is a county order, can it be made an exception? What a treat this is!

In the past two years, the three princes and nine secretaries who took office in the name of honesty and thorn Shi Taishou are still few! Why start with Liu Bei to make an exception!

Of course, in fact, other officials are really well-known and have a reputation for being honest, but in fact, there are a small number of people who secretly take office without paying money. But the key is that those who didn't pay the money were actually quite humiliating, and they had to go to the West Garden to play with the relevant eunuchs, and the eunuchs played the emperor secretly, and the emperor felt that he really couldn't squeeze out the oil and water, so he confiscated it in private.

In other words, those people are just entities that don't pay money, but they can't avoid being mistaken for paying money.

Fame and money are important!

Because it has become customary to pay money, as long as there is no special purpose, everyone is "presumed guilty", as long as there is no special explanation, you will pay the money.

"Silence, silence! What's there to be noisy about, this is Your Majesty's special decree to be gracious, and it is not to reject the appointment of the assembly, and it is not to retreat! Zhao Zhong was on the side of Danqi and sneered at the courtiers a few words, and the courtiers realized that this matter could not be discussed, and hurriedly dispersed.

If the emperor does not agree with the outcome of the discussion, then the minister can re-admonish and refute the discussion. But the emperor accepted it all, just an extra favor, and the favor was not the authority of the imperial court, but the permission to sell official shops in the West Garden, and everyone couldn't even say it.

The three princes and nine kings walked out one after another, and after a few steps, they gradually came back to their senses: the emperor did this, and the motive has been made very clear, which is to encourage the people of the world to 'don't repay when you serve the country, even if the court treats you badly, you must continue to serve the court first, as long as you persist for a long time, the court will definitely see it and will give you greater benefits'.

From this point of view, this is also forced by the times, and it is necessary to establish such a positive example and give everyone an idea of doing good deeds for the court without asking for anything in return.

Thinking about it like this, everyone's conscience will be calm, and they will no longer be jealous of Liu Bei, at most they will be a little envious: this kid has caught up with the typical trend of the emperor tree!

Everyone is human and knows the value of this wave of operations.

The previous tens of thousands of volumes of "Filial Piety Records" only spread Liu Bei's deeds, but it may not make the world feel that Liu Bei has a great future. In this kind of dim and chaotic times, there are too many people who have a clear name but are not reused.

Are there fewer celebrities and gentlemen flaunting each other's eight handsome, eight and eight cooks? Are these people awesome? Xu Shao's monthly review has increased the popularity of so many people, have these people soared?

It's useless to be famous, your name is recognized and valued by the imperial court, and that's valuable. It is best that "the court feels that your name is very important, and the court is willing to do something to protect your name".

Therefore, today's special purpose is to transform "popularity" into "confidence".

From then on, everyone no longer only knows Liu Bei's name, but also many people of insight will feel that "Liu Bei may have a great future, a good upward channel, and a colleague with him may also have a future."

Once confidence is established, colleagues in officialdom will have a good relationship with you and take the initiative to be polite.

Wealthy businessmen will also be more willing to bet, dare to bet, and borrow money to invest in your recruitment.

Of course, Liu Bei will definitely rely on Li Su more and more, in addition to being relied on as a "talent of Liangping", which is equivalent to adding another value of Goebbels to the Führer.

Goebbels, the great god of propaganda in later generations, is known as "the man who shaped the Führer". And in today's world, Liu Bei's propaganda work in the future may also rely entirely on Li Su's divine operation.

Not only Liu Bei, but even many bigwigs with Zhu Ziguan in the capital began to seriously think about the value of Li Su's mere 300 stone Xiaopeng, and wanted to win him over for his own use.

They have no doubt that Li Su is a number of rhythm masters today, and he has a reputation for flying rhythm bands.

……

Seven days later, the envoy of the imperial court, and even Li Su's personal messenger, arrived in Zhuo County, Youzhou.

Liu Bei, who is now organizing Xiangyong and is actually in charge of the defense of Zhuo County, heard that the angel was coming, and hurriedly went out to greet him.

“…… It is said that Zhuo County raised filial piety and Liu Bei...... With the kindness of the imperial court, the spirit of the magnificent heroes. Let the loyal people forget themselves and overcome the difficulties together......"

After listening to the edict, Liu Bei's whole body was trembling, as if he was blown by a cold wind when urinating, and he trembled violently.

Brother Bo Yaxian, he really has the ability to reach the heavens, and the ghosts and gods have unpredictable opportunities!

How can the appointment of a county magistrate in our district be granted an amnesty by His Majesty who has specially consulted and can take office without paying the palace money?

"Big brother, big brother! Hurry up! What are you stunned about. Zhang Fei saw that Liu Bei was still there with a confused expression, and couldn't help but poke him with his elbow.

Zhang Fei has followed Liu Bei for three years, and he has never seen a person like his eldest brother, who has always been known for his "joy and anger", so excited that he is in such a daze.

"Boya Shingo no Ryohei! No, you have to add Yi Qin! Liu Bei took a bite of his cheeks before he came back to his senses and respectfully accepted the order.