Located in the Dongcheng District of the capital of Liangguo, after three generations of operation, it covers an extremely vast area of the night house.

Ye Zhihuai, who had just returned from the palace in his own carriage, entered the house, as always, did not let his subordinates serve, and after a simple grooming alone, he took off his heavy official uniform, changed into a set of simple cloth clothes and went to the hall, and was ready to start lunch, the time was like ordinary people, it was noon.

Ye Zhihuai eats every meal very lightly, just like his daily life, there is nothing particularly interesting, and the amount of food is not much, because there are few people in the night house, not at all like other people's families, two or three generations, several concubines, a large family all gathered at one table, every time they eat, they have to cook a table full of dishes, and there must be more than a dozen subordinates to serve next to them.

In the hall of the night house, on the huge table of the eight immortals, there are two dishes in total, one is soup, the other is green vegetables, the soup is a newly stewed pork belly lotus seed soup, stewed by pork belly and lotus seeds, it has the effect of nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, nourishing qi and nourishing the kidneys, because the night knows that Huai is afraid of cold, and the weather has become a little cold these days, so I want to drink something to warm the stomach.

The content of the soup is not particularly rich, not as dazzling as other people's cooking, there are a lot of good things, it is really just some cheap pork belly and lotus seeds, and the green vegetables are just the most ordinary cabbage, sweet and sour flavor, which is his favorite taste, plus a bowl of rice, this is his lunch.

People like them who live in Dongcheng District, generally have official status, have subsidies from the imperial court, the mansions are built very generously, the family is not short of money, and the farmers outside the city generally send fresh vegetables, melons, fruits and meat on time every day, and there is no need for the people in the government to go to the market in Xicheng District to purchase.

The night family, like ordinary people's homes, has always maintained the tradition of not eating at lunch, so when it is really time to be busy, in fact, he has such a simple meal a day, after all, he has to go to the court meeting in the morning, and he has no time to eat.

Sunrise, sunset, even if it is eating, there is a fixed time and rules, if there is no accident, there will be no group at night, this is the rule.

When he was eating, the old housekeeper of the house was quietly guarding beside him.

In the whole house, except for these two people, there is no one else, servants are not needed, and the branches and leaves of the Ye family are withering, his wife died early, and the two sons are deliberately put outside.

Ye Zhihuai eats very regularly, and has always maintained the order of a mouthful of vegetables, a mouthful of rice, and a mouthful of soup, he eats very slowly, even if the pork belly is actually stewed very soft, he still has to chew it more than ten times at a uniform speed before he is willing to swallow it.

Except for the sound of moving chopsticks to pick up things, there is no other sound in the whole room, there is no sound of dishes and chopsticks colliding, and there is no sound of chewing, because these are extremely rude, he does not speak, and the housekeeper next to him will not open his mouth.

After eating a bowl of rice, Ye Zhihuai put down his chopsticks, and the old housekeeper who had been waiting next to him was about to clean up as usual, he suddenly touched his stomach, and then stretched out his hand to stop the old housekeeper next to him.

Although the old butler was puzzled in his heart, he still didn't show any special expression on his face, just waited quietly, and since his master didn't speak, he continued to stand respectfully and wait.

After being silent for a few breaths, Ye Zhihuai said lightly: "Help me add another bowl." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and handed out the white bowl in his hand to the old man next to him.

The old man was shocked when he saw it, his eyelids were raised, and he couldn't help but raise his head, and almost instantly saw the trace of joy hidden between Ye Zhihuai's eyebrows.

"Ah, yes! Wait a minute, sir. ”

The old man nodded slightly, quickly took the bowl, and then walked out of the house.

Ye Zhihuai sat at the table alone, his waist was straight, more standard than an ordinary person in the army, as the old housekeeper thought, he was indeed a little happy today, these five princes, finally willing to do something, in the past, he was actually most afraid of this person giving up on himself, and he didn't do anything alone, so even if he had the help of the Holy Clan, it was not easy to support him to ascend to the throne, after all, Liangguo is not like other countries, if you want to ascend to the throne, without a little achievement, it is absolutely impossible, and now he finally saw Gu Xuan's efforts, and he was naturally very happy。

As for the Zhao'an Rakshasa clan。。。。。。

Ye Zhihuai can be the official secretary of a country, holding the right of officials to evaluate promotions, and the official residence is second-class, so he is naturally not a stupid person, he knows very well how much credit it will be if this matter is really done, and how much prestige it will bring.

You know, the Rakshasa clan has been the enemy of Liangguo for many years, more than 20 years ago, there was an attack on Huangsha County, slaughtering three towns, plundering thousands of people, these foreign clans have not had a good reputation among the people, and even wrote to the imperial court, hoping that the imperial court would send troops to slaughter them cleanly.

Not to mention that from the strategic point of view of the Liang Kingdom to the south, if you want to go north, you have to cross these four forces, once you subdue the Rakshasa clan, it is equivalent to controlling the entire sand sea, and cutting off the entire joint vertical momentum, such a feat will indeed be very beneficial to the future succession.

Although he didn't know the specific details, it didn't prevent him from providing some help to Gu Xuan as much as he could.

"But this kind of thing should also be communicated to me. ”

In fact, the only point that Ye Zhihuai is a little dissatisfied with is this, if he can be notified earlier, then things will be much easier.

The fifth prince has lived in the palace for a long time and does not know about political affairs, maybe he doesn't know how much energy I have as a minister?

You know, on the surface, it is said that it is three provinces, but the actual status between each other is actually very different, when the traitorous ministers mess with power, collude with the eunuchs in the palace to deceive the monarch, that is naturally the most powerful of the subordinate provinces that can pass the holy decree on behalf of His Majesty, after all, they can directly reach the holy hearing, and even can do the false transmission of the holy decree and control the power of the court, but now this kind of monarch is strict, and everything will be dealt with by himself, and the energy of Shangshu Province is the largest, after all, it is really implemented, and it is the six departments under Shangshu Province that exercise specific functions, not Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province。

As the head of the six departments, the authority of the officials is far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

The Ministry of Officials is in control of the promotion of officials, as well as the assessment and assessment of other things, which is equivalent to holding the handle of the official completely in his hands, which official the emperor pays attention to, must also send someone to transfer out of the Ministry of Officials, looking through his files and comments over the years, even if the Ministry of Officials only gets officials below the fourth grade, but the specific people who do things are originally such a group of people, and the official position is higher, that is the person who gives orders, and the handle and rating level are used to do the coercion, and there are too many things that can be done.

With his help, it is equivalent to basically worry-free affairs, which is why Gu Li has been trying to win him over.

He knows Huai at night, he has been an official for many years, his sleeves are clean, his two sons are outside, he never takes refuge in various factions, he has always remained neutral, and he has no handle outside, as long as he does not cross the basic bottom line, then what he wants to do, no one can restrain him, after all, no one wants him to slide to the opponent's faction, right?

Is it just asking for supplies?

Then find a way to give a little more, Ye Zhihuai thinks so, since this matter has been decided by the emperor, then the rest of the things are just going through the process, although previously in the court, the military attaches strongly opposed the matter of recruiting An, but the military attaches in the future, there is no dominance at all, and it cannot affect the overall situation at all, and now this matter has the support of the prince, and the second has their own help, naturally there is no hindrance, and the next thing is to wait for the Zhongshu Province to issue a decree, and then give a specific appointment from their own side, and finally transfer materials from the household department to Huangsha County。

However, sending more and sending less, it is really a particular thing, if someone obstructs it, the materials will not be enough at that time, which will naturally affect the layout of the five princes.

Ye Zhihuai knocked lightly on the table, lowered his head and thought secretly.

The household department is in charge of the world's land, the people, the government of the money valley, and the difference between the tribute, in fact, it is subdivided, and there is one household department, two degrees of support, three gold departments, and four warehouse departments, but this kind of thing, looking for the people below will also be known by the people above, it is better to be direct.

Well, that Huang Shilang from the household department should be able to.

Ye Zhihuai thought about it, took a sip of soup with a spoon, and then began to think about the file of this Huang Shilang.

This is also his ability to know Huai at night, he can memorize all the files of the main officials, and it is easy to find their handles.

Although this household servant is a three-grade official residence, it is not within the scope of his ministry's jurisdiction, but this person also started from the bottom and was promoted step by step, and the files are still all in his hands.

If such a little bit of material is dispatched, this kind of thing will definitely not be the turn of the household department Shangshu, unless the two countries go to war, otherwise it is impossible to trouble the main members of the second grade, so these things must fall into the hands of the two waiters, this kind of small-scale scheduling, it should fall on the slightly lower status of Huang Shilang to deal with, although if there is no accident, it should also be his subordinates to do it, but the real person in charge is still this person.

This person's life,In fact, there is no big problem.,It's worthy of a conscientious comment.,Although you're in the household department.,But you've never been greedy for a penny.,This file.,If you let ordinary people look at it.,It's true that you can't find a place to blackmail him.。

However, there is an only son in this life, very untalented, Huang Shilang finally entrusted the relationship to send him into the officialdom, but he did not work hard, and has been excluded from the yamen with no oil and water status to do idle work, although Huang Shilang himself climbed very high, but that is on the surface, he is a Hanshi background, has not worshiped the dock, has no backer, the actual status in the household department is not high, there is no way to ask for people, after all, since he has not joined any party, why should people push him up?

Even if he knows Huai at night, it is based on the efforts of his grandfather and father for two generations, and after decades of hard work, and the favor of the emperor, he can do the position of this official secretary, which is not comparable to ordinary people.

It seems that this matter really has to fall into his own hands, and the promotion of officials below the fourth grade is in his hands, even if he can't blatantly help Huang Shilang's son transfer to a better position, but in a few months' mid-year assessment, it is no problem to give a middle school, and then he will personally do the guarantee, Huang Shilang himself will operate one or two casually, and his dog will naturally get the opportunity to be promoted, it is really not good, transfer him to the ministry, and work under him, then no one can find fault with it.

At this moment, outside the door, the old butler walked back from the kitchen with a small wooden bucket in one hand.

Before entering the house, he lowered his head and said respectfully: "Master, the slave is good at making claims, and he has brought some side dishes and a small half-bucket of rice for dinner, and I hope the master is not strange." ”

Ye Zhihuai was stunned when he heard this, and after coming back to his senses, he turned his head to look at the plate on the table that had already been eaten to the bottom, there was only some soup in the pork belly lotus seed soup, and there were no few leaves of sweet and sour cabbage, and the dishes were full of sauce, he immediately smiled and said: "Happy today, it is indeed necessary to eat more, Lao Zeng, it is better to sit down and eat together." ”