Zhao Ta was stunned by Huang Jingchen's question, this official is divided into good officials and bad officials, corrupt officials and clean officials, mediocre officials and Ming officials, big officials and small officials, etc., but he didn't know which one he was asking for a while.

"In a nutshell, as long as there are good officials and bad officials!" Zhao Ta said uncertainly.

"What the prince said can't be wrong, but this is just the division of the people, does the prince want to be a good official or a bad official?" Huang Jingchen nodded and asked again.

"Of course, it's a good official to do something for the people and the country!" Zhao Ta said without hesitation, he grew up under the red flag and has been educated by the army for many years, so he doesn't need to ask his answer.

"Lord Wang, there is also a saying in the officialdom that those who are officials can be divided into three categories: the top seeks things and people; secondly, the plot is not to seek people; The most conspiracy is not a work. Huang Jingchen didn't quite understand the prince, and explained again, "In short, the most powerful officials are those who can ponder both people and things; An almost poor official is an official who can think about things, but not people; The worst is the one who only thinks about people, but not about things. Of course, there are worse people, who can neither ponder people nor things, but this kind of person often cannot be an official. ”

"Uncle Huang, this official is to do things, does it have anything to do with seeking people?" Zhao Ta has been in the officialdom for a few years, and he also knows that the people of the Tao are sinister, and he is also careful to deal with it, but he has definitely not risen to the point of pondering people.

"Lord Wang, an official who seeks things and people, is comfortable in the officialdom, the country is in turmoil, can protect himself, prosper the country, and do something; An official who seeks things but not others is a loyal and honest one. Cultivate the righteousness of Haoran. Drum and shout for the people of the world, even if the liver and brain are smeared, they will not hesitate; An official who seeks people but does not seek trouble, is a treacherous person, and the purpose of being an official is to be promoted to become rich, even if it is stinking for thousands of years, he doesn't care! Huang Jingchen said, "The prince should know what kind of official he is, right?" ”

"I can still be regarded as an official who is planning things but not others, how can I say that I am also for the common people in the world!" Zhao Ta thinks about what he has done over the years, and he has done all the good things. The rectification is also those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and although some of the methods are not very bright, they are still reliable to be classified in this category.

"Hehe, it seems that the prince still knows about himself. You're not a good man, but you're not far away! Huang Jingchen poured wine for the prince and said with a smile, but in a blink of an eye, his tone changed greatly, and he became serious, "For the sake of an official who does not seek people, what he has in his heart is the common people of the world and the court." However, the past has taught us that those who seek things but do not seek others are in such a situation. Their fate is often not good, because if they have high merit, they will be shocked by the master, and they will be jealous of their colleagues and mediocre people. ”

"Oh, according to what Uncle Huang said, Master He is in Hedong to rectify the rule of officials, I trained sergeants, expeditions to Western Xia, and the expansion of territory for my father has caused dissatisfaction among others. Zhao Ta pointed to his head and said.

"It's possible. The prince is so in the northwest, to give... The impression left is that he wants to start a new stove and fire himself, and the feeling of his colleagues is that this person is so showy and too high-level. It's to step on everyone to climb up, and they are not grateful but jealous! Huang Jingchen said.

"Hmm. It's so elusive! Zhao Ta took a sip of wine and said.

"Lord, how did the emperor write the edict he gave you during the negotiation, and how did you do it? Doesn't it raise suspicions? Huang Jingchen said again.

"Shhhh No way? "Zhao Ta gasped and said, the emperor's edict to Zhao Ta was 'It is best to demarcate the boundary with Qingling, followed by Xiazhou, with 200,000 yuan per year, called the minister and the tribute, and the compensation has not been mentioned at all', so Zhao Ta was very calm in the negotiation, because his discretion was too great. However, Zhao Tan still worked hard to demarcate the boundary with the Yellow River and occupy Lingzhou, which was not only the loss of one city and one state, but would be an important turning point in Song-Xia relations. Since the possession of Lingzhou, the Western Xia suddenly lost the capital to establish the country, and the ethnic minority tribes on the border of the Song Dynasty, which had rebelled and surrendered from time to time, could only 'eat the scales and stones', and followed the Great Song Dynasty with an iron heart. Most importantly, the reopening of the Western Regions not only prevented the Uighurs and other countries from paying tribute, but also prevented the tribes from selling horses to the Song Dynasty, completely changing the pattern of the lack of horses in the Great Song Dynasty. Moreover, the recovery of Lingzhou has made the Guanzhong region suddenly have more barriers, and the threat of Western Xia to the interior of the Great Song Dynasty has basically been lifted, and it can be said that it is a harmful and useless thing to deal with new challenges with peace of mind, as long as people are not stupid, they can see the benefits. …,

"Does the prince know Zhou Yafu?" Huang Jingchen asked again.

"Zhilu Dao, Zhou Yafu garrisoned the fine willows, strict in governing the army, so that Chang'an was protected from the invasion of the Huns; He also commanded the army to quell the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, ending the situation of the princes, and was later worshiped as the minister of state, helping Emperor Jing to create a good situation in the Western Han Dynasty! Zhao said.

"Well, what the prince said is good, but do you know how he died?" Huang Jingchen bowed his head.

"Die for a pair of chopsticks!" Zhao Ta said with a smile, the thing is that Emperor Jing summoned Zhou Yafu in the palace and rewarded him with food, but there was only a large piece of meat that was not cut on the banquet, and there were no chopsticks, Zhou Yafu was very unhappy, and turned his head to ask the official in charge of the banquet to take the chopsticks. Emperor Jing then laughed at Zhou Yafu and said, "Isn't this enough for you to be satisfied?" Yafu felt that this meal was wrong, so he excused himself and asked to retreat, and walked out of the house quickly. Emperor Jing watched him leave and said, "Look, this indignant person, will he be able to serve the young master in the future?" In the final analysis, Emperor Jing was worried that his son would not be able to control Zhou Yafu after he succeeded to the throne, so he found fault and got rid of him."

"This is just a one-sided statement, Sima Gong said very clearly, 'If you don't learn, you don't obey the festival', this is the real cause of his death!" Huang Jingchen said, "Zhou Yafu is good at strategy, good at managing the army, and loyal to the country, regardless of personal interests, which certainly enables him to go to the highest point of the people." But once he is at the peak of power, he can't properly handle the contradiction between the power and the imperial power, and Zhou Yafu is from the military, so he is only suitable for generals, not for the prime minister, he can defeat the enemy in front of him, but he lacks the feeling of guarding against the dark arrows from his side. Although he insisted on being a minister, he lacked enough reason and wisdom, and was not humble enough, and finally brought himself an irreparable end! ”

"Although it is said that whether it is a general or a minister, loyalty to the monarch and the country is the goal, but if a person wants to gain a firm foothold in the officialdom and continue to be promoted, he must always be consistent with his superiors, he can only obey the powerful, and he can only unconditionally implement the emperor's edicts. Zhou Yafu didn't know whether he didn't understand this, or knew but didn't want to do that, although Emperor Jing was dissatisfied with Zhou Yafu's refusal to carry out the edict in the counterinsurgency war, but after all, the war was won, so that he kept the throne, and the last thing was to promote him to be a meritorious minister, and Zhou Yafu didn't want to be a mediocre person, just wanted to be a good prime minister with due diligence, everything that belonged to his power, he never pushed, and the emperor's opinion was different, and he dared to argue with Emperor Jing, and in the long run, there would be a gap between the monarch and the minister, and finally he was added to the charge of rebellion. Imprisoned, unjustly killed! Huang Jingchen saw that the prince listened carefully, and explained in detail.

"Well, Uncle Huang is right, this time my father is so anxious to invite me back to Beijing, will it have something to do with violating his edict?" Zhao Ta thinks about it, it is a feudal society now, not the era of democracy in his previous life, but even in that era, the leaders would not like subordinates who acted independently, and he and the emperor said that they were father and son, but in fact, they were also monarchs and ministers, did they do it too much.

"I don't think the emperor will blame the prince for this matter, it is likely that the prince is too strong, plus your master who has always been a famous minister and a clean official, which makes some people uncomfortable, and sometimes it is not necessary!" Huang Jingchen said.

"Hehe, I can gain a foothold in Hedong, and I have to rely on your old blessing to maneuver around it, my master is more stubborn than me, and I have to ignore it!" Zhao Ta thinks about it, in fact, everyone has a common problem, that is, when they are unreasonable, they want to be reasonable, and when they are reasonable, they don't let people.

"I'm also afraid that Old Man He will teach the prince to be as stubborn as him, so I hurriedly caught up!" Huang Jingchen saw that the prince understood his hard work, and his heart was greatly relieved, and he took a bite of food and said, "Actually, this is not necessary, as the saying goes, 'you respect people, people respect you', you can let people go when it is reasonable, I believe that one day in the future, he will definitely let you go." On the other hand, even if you're meeting a villain, how can he go on and on and on?" …,

"Uncle Huang, what should I do when I return to Beijing this time, the northwest is the foundation of our future development, and I don't want to give up easily!" Zhao Ta said that Huang Jingchen has long surpassed the master-servant relationship in his mind, and is more like a family member who is also a master and a father, he has been immersed in the palace for many years, and has a deeper understanding of the rules, and these are what he can't teach him.

"I know very well the prince's thoughts, now that the troubled times are approaching, the southeast civil uprising will shake the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty, and now the traitor is in charge, but the emperor is blindly indulgent, although the prince is upright, but he has a weak heart, it is difficult to protect himself, and the hope of the future Zhongxing Song Dynasty is still on the prince!" Huang Jingchen's words were a bit rebellious, but since he said it in front of Zhao Ta, he also showed his attitude, that is, he followed the prince with all his heart, "If the prince wants to achieve his goal, he only needs to do two words - indisputable!" ”

"Don't fight?!" Zhao Ta's education in his previous life was to work hard to win, learn to be the first, train to be the first, to be a hero, to be a pacesetter, it can also be said that he was fighting when he was born, but now Huang Jingchen let him not fight.

"Yes, it's clear that it's not fighting, but it's actually fighting!" Huang Jingchen said, "Indifferent, in terms of power, the prince's foundation is very shallow, and there is no one in the court; In terms of martial arts, the prince has less than 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands; When others are obsessed with power, the prince is obsessed with state affairs, take the world as his own responsibility, and do more beneficial things, and moreover, he must show the world that he does not covet the big position! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )