In the palace, Zhou Shuren arrived for a while, the emperor was still distracted, he hadn't seen the emperor for some days, the emperor had lost a lot of weight, and he didn't dare to look at the direction of his hair.

Zhou Shuren didn't dare to disturb the emperor's distraction, so he could only be bored to have fun by himself, only to find that there were scriptures on the kang table in front of the emperor, and he also wrote a few scriptures, and he was surprised, it was the first time he saw the emperor write this.

It was quiet in the main hall, and suddenly the emperor spoke, "My birthday is coming." ”

Zhou Shuren has been paying attention to the emperor, and hurriedly picked it up, "Yes, the emperor, you don't say much." ”

"Well, I want to have a meal as a family, but it seems difficult to achieve, in fact, I don't like birthdays, every year."

The emperor paused, although Zhou Shuren changed a lot of thoughts about watching the play, but he still cared a lot about what came out of the emperor's mouth.

The emperor is silent, since the death of his mother, he hates his birthday, he is not a child born in anticipation, these days he often dreams, dreams of childhood, dreams of people who have been forgotten, no, it should not be said to be forgotten, but do not want to recall, people who have been deeply pressed in the bottom of their hearts.

He began to miss his mother, who had blurred his face, and his uncle, who was angry with him, but who still protected him.

Zhou Shuren didn't understand what the emperor asked him to do today, he was actually quite busy, "Your Majesty? ”

The emperor came back to his senses, "I heard that you generously gave Li Zhao a lonely book?" Or is it the real thing? There are a few fakes copied on the bookshelf of your house, and you are really generous. ”

Zhou Shuren's heart suddenly fell, "The minister is not willing, Lord Li insists on it, the minister doesn't know where to give Lord Li the illusion, so that Lord Li thinks that the minister likes him, the minister is bitter, he cuts the meat and gives gifts, and Lord Li also bullies the minister." ”

The emperor smiled, it was his sons who really bullied Zhou Shuren, his sons were very arrogant, they endured the old fox for so long, and the third and fourth children finally couldn't be left, "I don't do much in the year, and I don't accept gifts from ministers." ”

Zhou Shuren didn't say anything, according to his understanding of the emperor, the emperor's words were by no means so simple, "In this way, my birthday gift, you are satisfied with what you sent, your third son will leave Beijing ahead of schedule, next year the General Department of Maritime Affairs will be located in the capital, Pinggang will be the branch office, next year I plan to build a port, Xuzhou will also set up a place, do you think your son will go to the Maritime Affairs Department to be the head of Liupin, or is it from Sanzhou from Liupinzhou?" ”

Zhou Shuren raised his eyes at the emperor with Kan Ze's eyes closed, he guessed the emperor's thoughts, and the emperor also saw through him, he did think about it, but he kept hesitating, "Only Chang Lian?" ”

"No, there will be two more from the Hanlin Academy."

In the past few years, some people have been cleaned up, more people have been implicated, and a string of people has been pulled, and some officials who had been prepared for records have also disappeared, and some vacancies have appeared.

The development of maritime affairs is fast, and a flat port is not enough, so a new place is selected, and people are needed at this time.

Zhou Shuren is not in pain at this time, from the same knowledge of Liupinzhou, the six products have their own benefits, one has more power, the other is more tempered, the emperor said that he wanted a gift, but in fact he was jealous that he received a gift from Rongchuan, for Changlian, the emperor has already told him how to arrange, and now the opportunity to choose is given to him, "The minister feels that the director of the maritime affairs department is more tempered." ”

The emperor is not surprised by Zhou Shuren's choice, the previous one is slowly boiled, as long as Zhou Shuren is stable in the capital, Zhou Changlian no one dares to provoke in the place, but there is less training, and the maritime division is bound to be a new place to compete, it is a good place to hone people, there is a Zhou Shuren's father behind the move, Zhou Changlian, thinking of this, the emperor glanced at Zhou Shuren, this person still has something in his stomach, but he lives too clearly, he will pretend to be stupid if he wants to dig Zhou Shuren.

The crown prince came in at this time, "Father, the drawings of the Ministry of Works are complete." ”

The emperor sat up and stretched out his hand to take the drawings, Zhou Shuren was busy giving the prince a salute, and he didn't dare to sit this time, so he stood honestly.

The drawings were opened, and the emperor motioned to Zhou Shuren to pull a corner, and Zhou Shuren looked at it generously, this is a drawing of a garden? The rockery and the inner lake are not small.

Zhou Shuren's heart trembled, this area scared him, this is to repair the garden? Now there are several gold-swallowing beasts waiting to be fed every day, and one more?

The crown prince accidentally saw Zhou Shuren's trembling lips, "Lord Zhou? What is wrong with you? ”

Zhou Shuren saw that the crown prince and the emperor were looking at him, and he was already heartbroken and couldn't breathe, "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty." ”

The emperor didn't understand, "Huh? ”

Zhou Shuren was ruthless, "There is no silver in the household." ”

The crown prince and the emperor were stunned, and then the emperor laughed, and the prince couldn't help laughing, and Zhou Shuren knew that he was wrong when he heard it.

The emperor laughed for a while and said, "I will pay for this silver myself." ”

Zhou Shuren smiled dryly, "Minister, the minister didn't work as an errand in the household department, the minister never considered silver, and now every time the minister sees the shrinking silver in the treasury, the minister's heart aches, and it hurts." ”

The emperor is in a very good mood, and Zhou Shuren's fold can show how painful Zhou Shuren's heart is, and he is in a hurry, so he said that technology also has priorities, and it is not effective to smash silver like this, so it must be targeted.

The emperor rolled up the drawings and handed them to the prince, "I'm tired, Aiqing should go back." ”

Zhou Shuren withdrew, and the prince also came out together, Zhou Shuren asked, "His Royal Highness the Prince, is this out of the palace?" ”

The prince nodded, "Well, Lone wants to go and see the address of the garden, if Lord Zhou is not busy accompanying Lone to take a look?" ”

Zhou Shuren wanted to say that I was very busy, but the prince didn't give him a chance to say, he had already taken a step first, and told himself in his heart to endure it, don't look at the younger ones in front of you, that is your next boss, or the boss who controls his own life.

The prince didn't want to communicate with Zhou Shuren much in the palace, and when he got into the carriage after leaving the palace, the prince said: "The fourth son of Lord Zhou's family is going to participate in the township test next year?" ”

"Yes."

The prince said, "There is also an adult's son-in-law." ”

Zhou Shuren said in his heart, you really know a lot, "The minister's son-in-law is a person with no ambitions. ”

The prince smiled, "Adults are very good at teaching children, the children they teach are good, Gu is also a father, and he has a very tight grasp of children's knowledge, which parents hope that their children are good." ”

Zhou Shuren blinked, "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is true." ”

The prince said again: "Lord Zhou only accepted one apprentice? ”

"Yes, the minister has only one apprentice, and he will also participate in the township test next year."

The prince continued: "This apprentice is still cautious. ”

Zhou Shuren realized that the prince was not just chatting with him, he really didn't want to continue to accept it, "The minister also thinks so, and the minister's own children can't teach it, and the minister is powerless." ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was silent, indeed, Zhou Shuren had a lot of children.

The carriage drove slowly, and soon stopped, Zhou Shuren was stunned, this is not far from the palace, "This is here?" ”