"Your Majesty, the minister has a good song." As soon as Li Jing's words fell, he heard Li Fu stand up and arch his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is now the king of the county, and he is not suitable to serve as a scholar of the Qilin Pavilion, and I ask Your Majesty for permission." ”

"Uncle Wang has been tired for many years and deserves to rest, but now that there are many state affairs, Uncle Wang is going to work at this time, how to deal with major affairs in the DPRK and China? Zhao Qing and others are also very busy. How is this good? Li Jing followed Li Fu's words.

"The minister is willing to recommend a person, he can enter the political hall, and please ask His Majesty to investigate." Li Fu said solemnly.

"Oh, who? I don't know who can make Uncle Wang take such a fancy to him, is there such a person in the court? Li Jing looked around and said with a smile: "Say it!" Uncle Wang, I want to hear about this person. ”

Everyone in the hall was also surprised, everyone wanted to know who Li Fu recommended, some people thought that they had a chance to enter the political hall, and some people thought that they had a good relationship with Li Fu, and their faces showed excitement.

"Cao Jing, the head of the household, is loyal to the king, and the minister thinks that he can enter the government hall and walk for the Qilin Pavilion." Li Fu's voice sounded in the main hall, and in an instant, everyone's mouths opened, and even many people began to discuss.

"Your Majesty, although Lord Cao is loyal, he is only a businessman, how can he command the ministers, how can he regulate yin and yang? The minister objected. Wang Pu suddenly changed color and said loudly.

"How can a businessman not be able to? Not to mention that the previous dynasty attached great importance to merchants, this dynasty also said so, even if it is the current Majesty, he was also a merchant back then, if there were no merchants, how could His Majesty create such a great foundation over the years? Li Fu couldn't help but retort. The faces of the people around were stunned, probably only Li Fu would have such courage, and directly pointed out the details of Li Jing back then, that is, he was born as a businessman.

"What's wrong with the merchant's background, just like Lord Wang, how did the brocade clothes and jade food come from, and the Shu brocade he wears is from Shu. Didn't the merchants transport it to Bianjing? Li Jing couldn't help but speak. Shinong industry and commerce have been like this since ancient times, even if the status of merchants is low even in the previous dynasty, they are very important on the surface, but in fact the status is still very low, and those scholars still look down on these merchants.

Everyone's faces tightened, and they didn't dare to speak anymore, Wang Pu's old face turned red, this was the first time Li Jing refuted himself in the court, and he regretted it for a while, he didn't choose what to say, and it actually involved Li Jing.

"Your Majesty, the scholars of the Qilin Pavilion and the princes of the political affairs hall are all literati and ink writers, and they are the best people in the world to read, Lord Cao is of course very good, if there is no Lord Cao, there will not be so much money in the court, and the financial operation will not be so smooth, but the political affairs hall is the political affairs hall, this is the highest glory of the scholars, life should be in the political affairs hall, death should have a nickname, the minister believes that the political affairs hall is the most noble, and Lord Cao is not suitable to appear in the political affairs hall." Counselor Li Guang said.

Li Guang was left by the previous dynasty, his official reputation was very good, and he was not afraid of power, Li Jing still made him a counselor, but he didn't expect that the other party would speak at this time, which suddenly made Li Jing speechless, and Li Guang held high the banner of a scholar. Li Jing is domineering and tyrannical, but he also knows that the officialdom in the future is owned by scholars, and these scholars are the most noble, and it is understandable that they look down on businessmen.

Now let a businessman be the prime minister, isn't this a slap in the face of a scholar? Scholars have always regarded the appearance of generals as their highest ideal, and suddenly found that their highest ideal was to be a minister in the same palace as a businessman, and even accept his leadership, so their hearts were unbalanced.

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that he used his talents at the beginning of the empire, and Guan Zhong also used to be a businessman back then, isn't Tao Zhugong also famous all over the world? At the time of this dynasty, the timber merchant of Wushi Tong also became the prince of the country, assisting Emperor Taizu to become the emperor, and the ministers thought that whether it was a businessman, a scholar, or someone else, as long as he could stabilize the court situation and assist His Majesty, he could enter the political hall. Zhao Ding knew that he should stand up at this time, and said solemnly at the moment: "As for whether he is a scholar or not, the minister thinks it doesn't matter. There are also scum among scholars, and there are also loyal people among businessmen, please Your Majesty be aware of it. ”

As soon as Zhao Ding came out, there was an uproar in the hall, Zhao Ding was a scholar, not under Wang Pu at all, and his reputation in Shilin was very loud, and everyone didn't expect him to appear. Even Li Guang's mouth opened at this time. Don't dare to speak.

"Your Majesty, the son is not the fault of the father. Lord Cao has no way to teach his son, fighting and brawling in the downtown area, such a person can't even teach his own son well, how can he assist His Majesty? Wang Mu listened more anxiously in the back, but he didn't expect Zhao Ding to also come out to speak for Cao Jing, seeing that this proposal was about to be passed, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, he quickly stood up. He faintly felt that a lot of eyes had gathered on his body, which made him uncomfortable.

Wang Pu looked at his son deadly, he didn't expect his son to come forward at this time and speak by himself, that is from the position of a scholar, what position does his son stand on, can this position stand firmly?

"The Son is not the Father's fault? I'm afraid that everyone present should listen carefully to this sentence, and everyone should go to the downtown to take a look, who are those who fight and oppress the good people, and which children are they from, and while talking about others, they also look at themselves. Li Jing's gloomy voice sounded. Wang Mu's vest is all cold sweat.

"That's it! Cao Jing walked for the Qilin Pavilion, entered the political affairs hall, and assisted Zhao Ding in handling political affairs! Li Jing glanced at everyone, his face was cold, he snorted lightly, and got off the throne.

"Retreat!" The attendants beside him hurriedly announced their retirement from the court.

"Congratulations, Lord Cao." Among the ministers, Li Fu looked at Cao Jing with a smile, patted the other party's shoulder and said, "Your Majesty's hand-picked, don't slack off, otherwise, you will live up to Your Majesty's trust in you." ”

"Thank you for the reminder." Cao Jing was honestly afraid, he didn't expect things to turn around, he could become a candidate for the political hall, although he was just a Qilin Pavilion walker, not a Qilin Pavilion scholar, but he could handle state affairs, and it was no longer comparable to a household secretary.

"The political hall needs a person who understands money, if you are just a household secretary, I am afraid that you will not be able to implement some things smoothly, so Your Majesty will promote you." A faint smile appeared on Zhao Ding's face, today is not only one more member of the Political Affairs Hall, but more importantly, Li Jing recognized himself in the main hall and made himself the first and auxiliary minister of the Political Affairs Hall, which is also good news for Zhao Ding.

"The villain has a will." Wang Mu looked at Cao Jing in the crowd, his face was gloomy, he didn't expect that Cao Jing was really cheap in the end, which made him feel very uncomfortable.