Chapter 19 Thanking the Emperor for Not Gaining an Inch of Merit
"Tap, tap, tie it too tight!"
Zhaoyun was dressed in a crimson dress, with a long crown on his head, a hook at his waist, a delicate jade pendant lined on the belt, and the beauty of the colorful phoenix on his lower body, and his clothes were luxurious, which was completely different from the previous single clothes.
The two maids were serving Zhaoyun to get dressed, and they tightened their belts too tightly, making Zhaoyun shout again and again.
Even though it was still summer, Zhaoyun didn't feel hot in this grand dress; Shu embroidery is soft and smooth, with excellent exhaustability, and will not cover people with sweat.
It was also the first time for Zhaoyun to wear such luxurious clothes, and he was inevitably a little nervous. If you walk back to Xiangyi in this dress, it will definitely be eye-catching, and even the old guy at home will not dare to have the slightest disrespect for himself!
He has not forgotten that he still has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders; But this time out of Sichuan, the purpose of collecting medicine is not the only purpose.
The belt hook was firmly hooked on the belt of the clothes, and the two maids knelt on the ground, their eyes full of reverenceβthis child worshiped as a superior at a young age, and he didn't know what kind of feats he had made, enough to glorify his ancestors.
They didn't know that this Lord Shangqing had not yet made an inch!
"Lord Shangqing!"
Wu Jia rushed into the door and bowed: "Lord Shangqing, are you ready?" β
Zhaoyun shook back and forth in front of the bronze mirror, looking at his novel shape, although the crown on his head pulled his hair a little painfully, but as long as he got used to it. He nodded slightly and said, "Please lead the way!" β
This was the first time he went to meet Du Cheng in formal clothes, and the purpose of this trip was not to discuss important matters, but to dispel the doubts of many ministers. Although he has become the secretary of the bench, if he can't answer the questions of those ministers, I'm afraid that the official seal that he just got will have to be returned.
Not long after going out, Wushuang ran over, looking at Zhaoyun's new equipment and swallowing his saliva, as if he also wanted to try this kind of clothes: "Boss, do you really not bring a few brothers?" β
"Are you going to take a few of you to make trouble?" Zhaoyun smiled bitterly, "I gave you money, since I went to the city to play, just come back on time, don't miss the time!" β
Wushuang responded to the voice, but after Zhaoyun left, he immediately made a bitter face. That's right, his three elder brothers divided all the money given by Zhaoyun, and he had nothing left! It's good now, Zhaoyun went to meet Du Cheng, and the three of his brothers went to the city to be chic, and they could only drink the northwest wind.
There are already a lot of ministers outside the palace, about thirty or so; This number is already very small, and the talents of the Tho country are withering, and it is not uncommon for one person to dispose of several official positions.
"Eh, here it is!"
It seems that it has been premeditated, and when Zhaoyun comes, all the ministers will not speak; However, Zhaoyun didn't care, and under Wu Jia's hint, he walked straight towards the front of the team.
He's the first of a hundred officials!
"Hmph, a frivolous young man, also trying to be the head of a hundred officials?"
I only heard a sneer, and a cold big foot came out of the crowd; Even Zhaoyun didn't expect that the dignified minister of a country would make such an inferior drama as a stumbling block!
"Heh......"
Zhaoyun was very stable, and when he kicked on that foot, there was a scream from the crowd, which startled the wild crows flying outside the mountain.
He didn't stop, he strode to the front.
As soon as he stood still, another man came up, a middle-aged man in his forties, with a gray beard and a look more like sixty. He didn't lose his courtesy, he bowed his hand to Zhaoyun, and said leisurely: "I don't know your Excellency's name, what position is it?" β
Zhaoyun knew that this was here to find fault, but he was not afraid, and said loudly: "Zhaoyun, the secretary of the Tho State, is also!" Not asked? β
"Under the minister, Ma You!" The man said solemnly, "Since the founding of my country, there has never been a secretary, and now your son calls himself the secretary, how can this be reasonable?" This is a number of classics to forget the ancestors, what a shame! β
"First, I am not from Tho, and there is no such thing as your so-called forgetting of ancestors; Second, the position of Shangqing is sealed by the Marquis of Tho, how can it be fake? Are you questioning or are you insisting? β
Zhaoyun's voice was loud, and the shocked ministers were shocked, but they did not frighten them, and someone came out and said: "My ancestors of the Tho country have a decision, and they cannot be listed; Since Your Excellency knows this, not only does you not want to stop the Marquis from forgetting his ancestors, but he also adds up to the words and bewitches the Marquis, which is really shameful! β
Hearing this, the ministers nodded their heads and looked at Zhaoyun to see how he answered.
Zhaoyun had anticipated these words, chuckled, and said proudly: "The country has no king? Can the country be vassal? I am ashamed that a country is a country but is relegated to a mediocre person because of a dead letter decades ago, don't adults feel even more shameful? β
The man snorted coldly and did not answer.
"In the past, the Central Plains Five Tyrants, Qi Huan, Jin Wen, Qin Mu, Chu Zhuang and Yue Zhi Goujian! These five countries are all vassals of Zhou, but they have never heard that these five countries have no throne! Now Jiuding is falling, the Zhou family is declining, and all countries claim to be kings, but some people are sarcastic and disrespectful? There are faint kings in Shu, and there are traitors outside, this is a time of decline, and the Hou Hou wants to be rich and strong, but you are pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, obstructing the general trend, what is your intention? β
"This ...... This ......"
That person was completely dumbfounded, indeed, all the Central Plains Zhuxiong used to be vassals of the Zhou royal family, but they still had the throne, why couldn't they be in the Tho Kingdom?
Another person saw that he was gradually losing to Zhaoyun, and hurriedly followed up to help: "Even if what Your Excellency said is reasonable, I don't know what your Excellency has done, can you surpass us and other people who have made meritorious contributions and worship as Shangqing?" β
"That's it, you hairy boy, what kind of merit have you made?"
"If you haven't made an inch, why should you be a secretary?"
This is indeed a difficult question, even if Zhang Yi boasted in front of King Qin Hui, he only worshipped Xiangbang after he had the opportunity to achieve results. It is impossible for him to say that Du Cheng worshipped him as the secretary in order to make himself loyal to him, right?
"Jiang Ziya Weishui fishing, I don't know what merits he has for King Zhou? Guan Yiwu almost killed Qi Huangong, but he was still reused! Baili Xi is raised in the city, Uncle Sun Ao is raised in the sea, if the sages of the past dynasties meet the master, they all have the ability to use it, how can they be removed from the wild because they are not popular with the people? β
"People of insight are not in the court, but in the world! People of merit do not dare to be on high merit, as if walking on thin ice. In the merits of the minority, the rank of the secretary, has to tremble, and share the worries for the Lord. A certain Jin offered a strategy to destroy Shu, and the marquis was green, and the high-ranking officials reciprocated, and they didn't dare to do it without dying! β
The man sneered: "After saying so many nice things, there is still no merit to boast here!" You said that you offered a strategy to destroy Shu, but if this strategy fails and the marquis dies, what should you do? β
"The Lord worries about the labor, and the Lord humiliates the ministers to death; I don't dare to forget this in the next minute! The marquis and such a high official as me, I should do my best to die; But if I am a busy person, and the marquis is smart and does not follow me, and gives me a painless official position, I am afraid that my future career will only be like all adults, and I will squeeze out promising young people! β
"Bold!"
"It's ridiculous, dare to say that we have no virtue and no talent!"
"Ignorant Shaft, do you know what you're talking about?"
"Arrogant, too arrogant! cough cough cough - I want to admonish the marquis and expel you from the palace! β
Obviously, these people have prepared a lot of questions to make it difficult for Zhaoyun, but Zhaoyun's words directly aroused the anger in their hearts, where do they remember to blame him? More than 30 ministers all spoke out to humiliate Zhaoyun, as if they wanted to kill him quickly!
I don't know who took the lead, took the clogs on his feet and threw them at Zhaoyun, Zhaoyun reacted quickly and easily dodged, but said with a smile: "Which adult is so ignorant of etiquette, is this outside the palace a place for you to spill?" β
"You, you! β¦β¦ I can't do that much for the sake of this country! β
As soon as the words fell, another clog was thrown over, and I don't know if the person was old and weak, the clogs were not thrown to Zhaoyun, but hit another innocent young official.
"Ouch! Who smashed it, see people clearly! β
The scene was chaotic, some people still wanted to take clogs to smash Zhaoyun, and some people went to find the theory of smashing the wrong person.
For a while, the sound of quarrel reached the palace, and Wu Jia stood next to Du Chengzhi, waiting for the dispatch. Du Cheng tore off a piece of paper on the table, looked at the neat handwriting on it, and muttered: "This thing is quite good, and I ordered the treasury official to buy all the paper in the merchant's hand!" β
"No."
The official in the palace responded to the call, Du Cheng stretched his waist, groaned comfortably, and asked Wu Jia, "How is it outside?" β
The sound of the armor on Wu Jia's body "brushing" was crisp and pleasant: "Back to the Marquis, I am afraid that the guards in the palace will come to report, and the ministers will make things difficult for Lord Shangqing, but they are all easily refuted by Shangqing, and even more unconvinced people hit him with clogs, and now there is no trouble outside the palace!" β
"Trouble...... Just let them make trouble! Du Cheng chuckled, "Since I worship him as the secretary, then he is the head of the ministers, and he can't even handle this little thing...... That disappointed me! β
Wu Jia kept groaning, Du Cheng knew that he had something to say, and said with a smile: "You have served me for more than ten years, what do you have to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" β
Only then did he say: "Marquis, forgive the ministers for being rude, since the purpose of the marquis to worship him as an envoy to the Qin State, why let him have too much contact with the ministers?" Wouldn't it be better if he returned from Qin and removed him from office? β
"Wu Jia, what I need is not just an envoy...... Du Cheng stopped the pen in his hand and began to taste his words again, "I want it...... It is a national event that can be a major event, and can tend to the enemy for thousands of miles - Guan Yiwu! β