It has been 11 years since the official establishment of the Chinese Empire, and it has been more than 20 years since Zhou Quan established the initial ruling structure in Jeju. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Twenty years is enough time to form a vested interest group, and this vested interest group, because of its nature of chasing interests, dares to play the edge ball of the imperial law, and in some marginal areas, even dares to override the imperial law.

"Well, the Governor's Mansion of Lion Prefecture is up and down, colluding with profiteers to issue usury, and that Wang Ba is a key person, so even if something happened last time and he was removed from his political status, he was still protected by Shang Junxiong, this time only because he provoked Yu'er, so he was thrown out, and this person has 'died of illness' in prison."

Putting down the information in his hand, Zhou Yu had a smirk on his face.

Of course, Wang Ba didn't know that he was messing with the emperor's eldest son Zhou Yu, but he smelled the breath that made him uneasy, so he reported the matter to the top, and then someone found out the true identity of the person with the pseudonym Li Yu, and immediately panicked, and the matter alarmed Shang Junxiong, so he invited Wei Min and Zhou Yu to the banquet.

Zhou Quan knows the truth that when the water is clear, there are no fish, and he turns a blind eye to some things, but this time, he realized that he seems to be a little indulgent to these people.

Originally, they used their identity and status to make some money and goods from other races to seek some benefits for themselves and their families, and Zhou Quan felt that it was no big problem, but now, they actually stretched out their hands to their own clan, and also colluded with the ruffians.

To condone one wicked person is to harm countless good people.

It's just that things are not as easy to deal with as ordinary people think, and in the eyes of ordinary people, he, the emperor, can dismiss the governor of Lion State with just one word. But Zhou Quan knew that it was not so simple behind this, the governor Shang Junxiong had some support in the center, and among the supporters, there was even Sun Cheng, who was relied on by Zhou Quan as his right-hand man.

Sun Cheng......

Thinking of this person, Zhou Quan smiled bitterly.

According to his idea, in order to avoid the appearance of ministers, the term of office of any prime minister is six years, and he cannot be re-elected for three consecutive terms, and now it is the eleventh year of Yuan Xian, and next year will be the end of Sun Cheng's two terms.

Zhou Quan hopes that he can take a good lead and leave the post of prime minister when the time comes, although Sun Cheng is still in the prime of life. Zhou Quan reserved a place for him in the two houses, among which the position of the president of the middle school was the same as that of the prime minister. In addition, in terms of knighthood, Zhou Quan also intends to give preferential treatment, at least to give the title of Duke of a country.

It's just that Sun Cheng has his own ideas, he is loyal to Zhou Quan well, but he is only over forty years old, so he is really unwilling to let him go to the elderly.

He knew that it was impossible to persuade Zhou Quan directly, so he could only try to do it slowly, even if he gave up one term for a while and made a comeback after six years.

But if he wants to return to the prime minister in six years' time, he will need to have the support of a large number of powerful local people, and in this case, the connections he has accumulated over the years will have to go a long way.

This is something that Zhou Quan cannot tolerate.

When he thought of this, Zhou Quan's eyes were already flashing with cold light.

Sun Cheng was indeed still loyal to him, but he had already contradicted his philosophy and had to move it away.

Zhou Yu didn't know that a trivial matter he encountered had become a fulcrum for the entire court bureau in his father's place.

Five days later.

Sun Cheng didn't know that a small unscrupulous businessman, thousands of miles away, would lead a storm to him. He finished today's work and returned to his official residence in a carriage, and his son Sun Xing happened to come out, and he saw it, and he reprimanded him: "You idle thing, you don't think about looking for a serious matter, but you hang out here all day long!" ”

The eldest husband inevitably has a wife who is not virtuous and unfilial, Sun Cheng's son Sun Xing, although he is talented and intelligent, but his temperament is sluggish, and when he was born, Sun Cheng was serving in Liuqiu and other places for a long time, and he didn't have much energy to care about him, and when he grew up, Sun Cheng became the prime minister of the empire again, and he was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground, and he neglected a lot of discipline, so he learned nothing, and relied on Sun Cheng's relationship to enter the university, and he only mixed it for a few years.

After leaving college, he didn't think about business, so he made trouble all day long with a group of upstart children with similar identities. They are all descendants of Zhou Quan, and they think that their fathers have made outstanding achievements, and they should enjoy wealth and nobility. And Sun Xing is one of the best, and even put forward the view that "the son of the prime minister should be the prime minister, and the son of the general should be the general".

Originally, Zhou Quan persuaded Sun Cheng to send this son to the lowest township and temper him for a few years, but Sun Xing only went for a short time, so he couldn't stand the hardship and ran back, and he refused to go to the bottom again, and Sun Cheng could only give him an idle position.

Anyway, Sun Cheng also had enough money for him to squander.

Sun Xing heard his father's reprimand, hehe laughed twice, and disagreed: "Dad, if I had a formal position, I would naturally not wander around all day long...... Dad, I didn't say you, my son doesn't have a good official position, even if he is not a scholar, he has to be a real minister in which ministry, so that in more than ten years, he can also take over your class! ”

"Hmph, your father's position as prime minister will end next year, and you still want to be prime minister? Go to military service honestly, and then go back to Nayan Prefecture where you fled to work for six years, and I will guarantee you a position as a squire in twenty years! ”

"Dad, you're sending me to suffer!"

"The eldest son of the emperor can go to serve in the army, why can't you?"

"He wanted to be the emperor, and the second prince said that his eldest brother was the most duplicitous......

"Shut up, stop talk!" Sun Cheng's expression changed slightly, and he scolded sharply.

The second prince is Zhou Zhou, originally Zhou Huan, the son of Zhou Quan and Yu Liyan, was the second prince, but unfortunately he failed to grow up, so that Zhou Zhou, the third child, became the second, and Zhou Shi became the third. Zhou Zhou is the son of Liang Hongyu, Liang Hongyu once served as Zhou Quan's secretary for a long time, and he is also quite influential in the officialdom, so he has also gathered a group of people around him.

Originally, Sun Cheng hoped that his son Sun Xing and Zhou Yu would have a relationship, but unfortunately, the two looked down on each other, but Sun Xing became friends with Zhou Zhou. However, Sun Cheng could guess that Zhou Zhou looked down on Sun Xing, but he was afraid that the root cause was because he was the prime minister of the cabinet.

"What are you afraid of, we often say, Daddy, the older you get, the more timid you become......"

Sun Chengcheng had no choice but to take this son, so after slapping him away, he sighed and returned to the house.

It was only after staying in the house for a while that a messenger came: "Your Majesty has summoned the Prime Minister." ”

This kind of thing is not uncommon, so Sun Cheng didn't care, he cleaned up a little, and was about to wear formal clothes, but was told that Zhou Quan ordered him to wear civilian clothes, although he had doubts in his heart, but he still followed.

A carriage came to pick him up, and there were no markings on the carriage, except that the driver was Li Bao, an old acquaintance of Sun Cheng.

As soon as Sun Cheng entered the carriage, he looked at Zhou Quan and got up to greet him with a smile: "Sun Qing, I invited you here at this time, Mrs. Zun won't have an opinion, right?" ”

Sun Cheng smiled, thanking him in his mouth, but muttered secretly in his heart. In addition, he had a close relationship with Zhou Quan at the beginning, and he was also a teacher and friend, but now although Zhou Quan is smiling affectionately, he still feels that the relationship between the two seems to be far away.

The carriage passed through the streets and alleys of Yingtianfu, and it didn't take long to stop, but it was a restaurant. They were all dressed in civilian clothes and walked in unnoticed.

Sun Cheng already felt that something was wrong at this time.

After they were seated, the guy quickly served the food, Li Bao tasted everything first, and Zhou Quan began to use chopsticks. It's just that after only eating two or three bites, Zhou Quan stopped eating, and of course Sun Cheng didn't eat anymore, sat up straight, and waited for Zhou Quan to speak.

"It's been a long time since we've had a day like this, right?" Zhou Quan said with a smile.

Sun Cheng nodded, and said sincerely: "When we were in Wuguo City back then, we would occasionally sneak out of the restaurant to eat together, and after arriving in Yingtian, this kind of thing has never happened again." ”

"We are all from the market, so at the beginning of the establishment of the foundation, we all know the suffering of the small people in the market, and we will take care of them in every national policy. Now that we are all in a high position, we are too far away from the market, and I am afraid that I will forget my original intention, so I occasionally sneak out like this to see the people's livelihood and suffering. ”

"Your Majesty's love for the people ......" Sun Cheng felt a little sweaty on his back.

"Over the years, the livelihood of the people in the market has been much better than in the former Song Dynasty, even if it is a prosperous era in the history books, it is nothing more than that, all of this is inseparable from Sun Qing's contributions." Zhou Quan ignored his praise and said slowly.

Sun Cheng felt that there was more sweat on his back, he sat up correct, and said in a deep voice: "All national policies are judged by Your Majesty, and the ministers are only executors, and they should not be praised by Your Majesty......"

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a familiar voice suddenly coming from the next room: "Yes, I'm here, you kid will look for a place, even such a restaurant, you can find it, what do you say about the fun for me?" ”

This voice is the voice of his only son.

At this time, Sun Cheng not only sweated on his back, but also began to sweat on his forehead. He was thinking about getting up, but Zhou Quan waved his hand and said with a smile: "It seems to be my nephew's voice over there, you don't have to alarm him, lest anyone know that we are here." ”

Sun Cheng could only sit honestly, praying secretly in his heart, hoping that his son would not say something too outrageous.

Zhou Quan did not stop and began to discuss with him the development of Nanyang. Sun Cheng listened attentively while responding to the peace, and the more he listened, the more frightened he became, because next door, his son was conspiring with a certain wealthy businessman how to use his status as the prime minister of the cabinet to obtain the assets of the imperial court at a low price.

He wanted to shoot the case several times, but he didn't dare, looking at Zhou Quan's eyes, from frightened, to slowly become a little pleading.

Zhou Quan discussed the affairs of Nanyang with him, and he inevitably answered that the bull's head was not the horse's mouth, seeing him in such a situation, Zhou Quan sighed: "You don't blame my nephew too much, these profiteers are powerful, they are everywhere, he is a young man, and he will inevitably be used." ”

"Minister...... Thank you, Your Majesty...... The minister's adopted son does not teach, and he has high hopes for His Majesty, so please resign as prime minister and go home to teach his son! Sun Cheng said with sweat all over his body.

"It doesn't have to be this way...... Let's start and finish. Zhou Quan said to Sun Cheng with deep meaning.