On October 12, the seventh year of the Apocalypse, just when the training of the archery team was beginning to be effective, Cao Huachun also came to the capital many days earlier than history. After all, in October of the seventh year of the Apocalypse in history, Wei Zhongxian had not really been brought down.

Regarding Cao Huachun, of course, Xiao Xuan did not give unrealistic hopes. It's just that in the past few days, Wang Chengen, as a confidant, has quite admired Cao Huachun's talent. A lot of things have happened for more than a month, so Xiao Xuan also feels that Wang Chengen is not a person who is only loyal and not very reliable in other aspects, so he still plans to test the actual ability and reliability of this Cao Huachun.

On the way to the capital, Cao Huachun had also heard a lot of things, and he felt quite shocked in his heart. Because Cao Huachun began to accompany King Xin when he was a child, King Xin has been a person who has grown up strictly under the attention and attention of many people since he was a child, and it is also very in line with the interests and expectations of many people. However, all the news that Cao Huachun has received in the past few days since King Xin ascended the throne has all reflected that King Xin seems to have completely lost his trust in civil and military officials since he first ascended the throne, and only relied on his own strength to move to Wei Zhongxian by very simple and crude means.

The subsequent battle of the Forbidden City made Cao Huachun even more shocked: how could a child who had never had a military career and been taught by martial artists defeat an army of 20,000 military camps with a new battalion that had only been in the army for more than half a month? Especially among the more than 20,000 people in the army of the five military camps, there are still many people involved? All indications are that things seem to be weird.

When he saw Xiao Xuan, Cao Huachun, who was not stupid, had identified some doubts in his heart since this journey just from Xiao Xuan's demeanor and language habits.

"Oh, Grandpa Cao is back! I haven't encountered much trouble in Ying Tianfu these days, right? I've been on a business lately. And when he became this son of heaven, he knew the dilemma of internal money, as well as the internal and external troubles faced by the imperial court. The dismissal of the palace personnel and the relocation to the area of the Imperial Horse Prison are also to save money as much as possible. Now, my top priority is money. In the past, many equipment fees, carriage and horse fees were paid by the family of the imperial horse supervisor, and there was also the capture of the rebels in the fifth military camp. However, he is alone and lacks skills, and the heavy responsibility of the rectification of the Beijing camp, as well as some things about the autumn grain in the imperial horse supervisor and the Huangzhuang, still rely on Gonggong Cao. As for some of the previous backlogs, I don't think it's a top priority. After all, Wei Zhongxian's foundation is not as big as many people think... Xiao Xuan's words were quite polite and safe in Xiao Xuan's own feelings. However, to Cao Huachun's ears, it seems to be a layer more alienated than in the past. Moreover, this kind of distrust of the imperial court, civil and military officials, self-reliance, and even his own style of doing his own thing does not seem to be at all like the king of faith in the past.

Cao Huachun still thinks it's better to treat each other with sincerity as in the past, "Holy Lord, forgive the slave and maid for speaking bluntly." It is precisely because of the current internal and external troubles in the current situation that what is more needed is that unity is not the same internal friction of party struggle as in the past, and if the imperial court is once again caught in the internal friction of party struggle, then many lessons in the past ten years may be repeated. The slave and maid hope that the saint can see that for the sake of the common people in the world, try not to go his own way alone in special cases, but to rule the world with the ministers... ”

Hearing this, Xiao Xuan was silent for a moment, and then said with some sincerity: "Gonggong Cao, is this really your understanding of this world and this court?" Do you think that many of the directors of the six departments seem to be righteous men and gentlemen, at least there are not too many bad deeds, and the ministers and even the scholars in the world are all loyal to the country, and there is no group that is different from the interests of the imperial court? Oh, I'm not so sure, I'm just asking a thing or two. ”

Cao Huachun didn't expect that King Xin, who had just ascended the throne for only about a month and a half, could have such an understanding, but some of them were more gratified. Usually, it often takes several years for an emperor to deal with government affairs before he realizes that the scholars in the world actually have their own reasons that coincide with the monarch and are different from the interests of the monarch and even the court. If it's a relatively peaceful time, it's normal to not be able to realize this truth for ten years.

"The saints and saints, the world's scholars, clans, and even the world's warriors all have their own interests. However, can these self-interests really be eliminated completely? Does Your Majesty now have the same reliance as Zulong or Emperor Taizu did back then? If not, for the time being, we still need to appease the hearts of the people in the world, so that at least there will not be too much chaos. When the saint has enough support, many things can come slowly. Oh, rest assured, the saint will definitely do the important things that the saint has explained, and the slave will definitely do it as soon as possible, but... If the name is not right, it is not good... ”

Hearing this, Xiao Xuan also nodded silently, although I don't know if this Cao Huachun really said one thing and did another, but at least for now, at least it is possible to stand on the side of his own interests, not a completely untrustworthy person. He replied: "This Gonggong Cao can rest assured, Gonggong Cao is his own family who has followed me since he was a child, Wei Zhongxian's former Dongchang and even the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, and other important positions, I will start to arrange it tomorrow." Some of what Cao Gonggong said is not unreasonable, and it is also appropriate to make necessary personnel adjustments or give more face to some people, and the relationship between the monarch and the minister should not be too antagonistic. In this court, I also understand that many things are not good things that I can rectify in a while. It's just that I still hope that the rectification of the defense of the Beijing camp and some things in the Huangzhuang can be done as soon as possible... ”

When he said this, Xiao Xuan also began to have an idea in his heart: whether it was Dongchang or Jinyiwei, compared to the new army of the Guards under his personal control and responsibility, it seemed that they were separated by such a layer. So: Can we rely on these children who are not deeply involved in the world, especially some orphan children who have no family foundation or even various concerns, to establish an intelligence system directly subordinate to the Guards? Although it is suspected that there are various intelligence agencies stacking their beds and frames, it is always beneficial not to have one layer apart, or to have one more agency that checks each other and verifies it. A new institution is becoming less reliable, so it should be at least a few years, right? How to avoid all kinds of bureaucratic malpractices is something that can be learned from by modern Western bureaucratic mechanisms.

Cao Huachun just solemnly agreed, trying to say that he must do things well, but when Xiao Xuan had some opportunities after he left. Cao Huachun began to ask Wang Chengen a little sideways and verified: "It seems that the saint has become too different from the original after ascending the throne, and he doesn't look like a person at all. There seem to be sporadic rumors outside, is there really nothing wrong with the identity of the saint?"