It's ridiculous to say that the grain supervisor Tang Qi chose for Zhao Ce is actually still a child.

Although Zhao Chi has reached the crown, he was born in a princely family, and he is pampered and pampered, which leads to his late maturity.

Although he was also strictly disciplined by teachers in his studies, how could that kind of "bumpiness" be compared to Tang Yuan's desperate efforts on the battlefield? Between life and death, a single decision is hundreds or thousands of lives. The physical and mental training is not something that can be learned from books.

Zhao Chi is somewhat similar to his cousin Zhao Ce.

He is good-looking, and he is a standard talent in appearance. In fact, Zhao Guangda is the same, when it comes to appearance, the faces of princes and princes are a notch higher than ordinary people.

And the experience of the two brothers when they were children is actually very similar, they both have bookish spirit, both have pride and ambition, and he also said to the imperial brother: "The world should be the world of our Zhao family, whether it is the Southern Jin Dynasty, Shu Han, Youlu, Fuyu, Donghu, Xisang, Dali, they are all in a corner of peace." Now that the imperial brother is in power, he should do a lot of work to pacify the four seas and unify them. ”

Zhao Ce was overjoyed and said: "Okay! You can say that again! My brother is very young! ”

Tang Qi smiled secretly and said in his heart: Two two stunned.

In fact, Tang Yuan is only twenty-four years old this year, but he became famous too early, giving people the illusion that he should be a middle-aged general. When Zhao Chi faced Tang Yuan, he even felt that he was a generation behind Tang Yuan.

Although Zhao Chi is not very mature, he has an advantage, he can see the wind and rudder, can observe words and feelings, and listens to his mother very much, but he is a well-behaved child.

Of course, his mother is also a princess, this princess is not simple, she is a veteran of human feelings, and she is also the number one person in Luoyang City, as a royal family, she had a hot fight with the daughters of the five major families of Tang, Meng, Ximen, Qian and Fan, and often went to various families to visit the door, and also held banquets in their own homes.

Don't underestimate this kind of women's gathering, it is often a weather vane for the rise and fall of the family.

And these women are not ordinary women, and those who can speak on the table are also the leaders who control the affairs of the family. There is no shortage of ruthless characters, at the banquet, some men are inconvenient to say, but they can take it out and talk about it, and they have done a lot of things openly and secretly.

Under the influence of such a mother, Zhao Chi learned the psychological foundation of two-faced and three-faced sycophancy, not laughing or talking, seeing what people say, trying not to offend people, but he must ensure that his interests are not lost.

Not long after he came to the Flying Tiger Army, Tang Qi secretly believed to Tang Yuan: "Be careful of this person in the future, but don't be too careful." Beware of him speaking ill of you in front of the Emperor, but don't worry about him causing you a big mess, and now it seems that his ability is not enough to make a big deal. Unless someone assists. Let him be around, try not to have a capable person. ”

After receiving the secret letter, Tang Yuan didn't pay much attention to it, but soon after, a scout found out that Zhao Guangxun actually went to Zhao Chi with a gift.

"They're royalty." Tang Yuan immediately decided, "Let Zhao Guangxun come to my room to talk." ”

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A few days ago, Tang Qi talked to Tang Zhen about the matter of Jiaohe City, but the conversation was very shallow and failed to reach any opinions.

However, during the conversation, Tang Zhen still expressed concern about the future.

Tang Zhen is old, the pride and ambition of his youth have long since disappeared, and now the only remaining concept of hegemony is actually just his habit, so many years, he has been intriguing with people all the time, and finally brought down the Meng family and the Ximen family, and he had the opportunity to compete with the royal family guided by the Queen Mother, but unfortunately at this time it was simply a salary from the bottom of the kettle, and his two sons could not inherit his mantle. He was greatly disappointed.

Since he couldn't go any further, he simply took a step back, so Tang Zhen chose to support the emperor, thus splitting the power of the empress dowager into the emperor's forces and the Cao's forces. In this way, although his opponents have changed from one to two, they have all become weaker, and relatively speaking, it is easier to balance each other. Glamorous e-books

Tang Zhen, who has played with checks and balances all his life, although he is old, he is still more accustomed to this feeling, and he seems to be at ease when doing things, but he doesn't feel that he is powerless because of old age.

After leaving the Tang Mansion, Tang Qi returned to the palace, and Emperor Zhao Cexing rushed to ask how the negotiations were?

Tang Qi said unhurriedly: Don't worry, the old prime minister will come to tell you after thinking about it in a few days.

Zhao Ce didn't believe it, and said two cool words to stimulate Tang Qi, but Tang Qi ignored him. Seeing that Tang Qi ignored people, Zhao Ce didn't have a choice, went to Concubine Qian to play two games of chess, and then went to the imperial study to review the folds. Emperor Zhide's diligence is deep in the marrow, and if he doesn't see the twists and turns, he is uncomfortable.

In fact, it is also a very interesting thing, although the text on it is rigid and respectful, but there are too many stories recorded in it, and the emperor needs to use these words to figure out the true intentions of ministers and local officials, and not be blinded by superficial articles.

For example, if a certain area is obviously very poor, and a new official suddenly pays a lot of taxes at the end of his tenure, there is a problem here, and it is not one.

First of all, did the previous officials be too corrupt and deceived the emperor?

Second, is it that the new officials are imposing harsh taxes in order to increase their political achievements?

In the end, the new magistrate is indeed a talent, which is worth reusing for effectively improving the local economy.

This is the outstanding performance, we have to look at it from many aspects, and there are also those who have performed particularly poorly, and His Majesty the Emperor must also carefully analyze why such a bad situation occurred. For example, a magistrate who has just taken office and suddenly has a sharp drop in tax revenues also exposes more than one problem.

Some of these ways of looking at problems were taught by his teachers when he was the prince, and some were figured out by himself.

Hu Zhongyang, the political doctor of Guozijian, is Zhao Ce's government affairs enlightenment teacher, but it is a pity that he died early, otherwise he must be an important person by Zhao Ce's side now.

"Niangniang, someone from the Tang family said that I have something to say." The eunuch came to report to Tang Qi.

Tang Qi said to Hu Lanhua: "You go and meet, I think there must be a document to give to me, so it's better for you to say less." ”

"Yes!"

Sure enough, I guessed correctly, the so-called "I have something to say" was to send Tang Zhen's handwritten letter, Hu Lanhua and the Tang family's letter messenger didn't say a word, and handed Tang Zhen's letter to Tang Qi.

Tang Qi took a look and was very satisfied.

Hearing that the queen's people were in contact with the Tang family's gate valve, Emperor Zhao Ce soon came to the queen's house, Tang Qi handed the letter to Zhao Ce, Zhao Ce looked at it, smiled happily, and said: "The prime minister is worried about the country and the people, and he is a model for my dynasty." He can give me 20,000 soldiers and horses, but he can enrich the Xuanjia army and maintain 120,000 troops again. ”

Tang Qi said: "I'm just worried that there are 20,000 fewer people in Jiaohe City, and whether it can still control Fanbang in the Western Regions." Those small countries have only been pacified temporarily, and once the dynasty is renewed, there may be a possibility of rebellion. ”

Zhao Ce sighed and said, "Actually, Jiaohe City doesn't necessarily have to be garrisoned. Although the Western Regions are vast, the people's sentiments are complicated, not only are there no taxes, but they consume a huge amount of money every year, which is a big burden for the imperial court. ”

Tang Qi hurriedly dispelled Zhao Ce's thoughts, and said: "Don't give up, that side is not only the transportation artery of silk trade, but also the depth of our defense, and losing the Western Regions is equivalent to losing the backyard." ”