Chapter 304: Defects
At the same time, in the country of streams, which is adjacent to the country of heavenly glow, a major event has also been completed recently.
The king died of old age, and after the little prince Gao Le returned to the country of Jianzhi, he succeeded to the throne smoothly and became the youngest monarch on the entire continent. At the same time, with the return of the new king, there are also the courtier Lin who accompanied Gao Le to Shuangyue City before, and the "prophet" Valentine who has been cultivated from childhood to adulthood in the country of the stream.
Although both Gao Le and Lin already knew that the prophet Valentine was a fake. But Lin felt that Gao Le had only come back after going abroad for many years, and he didn't know anything about the court, so he had to be cautious. So for the sake of insurance, they didn't tell Valentine that he was a false prophet, but let him continue to keep this identity, which can be regarded as another guarantee for Gaole's side.
As far as the result is concerned, Lin's original decision was really very wise.
Although the country of the stream is not like the country of the heavenly glow, there are so many messy things for the inheritance of the throne. But the strength of the nobles was also something that Lin had not expected before. They control almost everything in the country of the stream, and they are even suspected of hollowing out the royal family.
Therefore, Gao Le has always had a feeling of being restricted everywhere since he succeeded to the throne, and at any time, Gao Le was always surrounded by young ministers. This made him feel very uncomfortable. In such a situation, only the identity of Valentine's prophet can be a card for Gaulle to contain others. After all, Valentine is a minister of the emperor who was appointed by the previous king a long time ago, and he is a well-known existence in the entire country of Jianzhi. Therefore, those who held the country of the stream did not dare to do anything to him as a prophet for a while. Therefore, no one else dared to say anything about the high-ranking officials and power that Gao Le gave to Valentine.
But even so, Valentine alone can't change the situation in the court of the country of streams, so during the period after his accession to the throne, Gao Le has been very depressed and uncomfortable.
Fortunately, during this time, Lin has been accompanying Gao Le in the palace, so that Gao Le is not really depressed to the point of unbearable.
But even so, Lin has always been in a very awkward position in the palace. Because of the previous fight with An An in Shuangyue City, which led to the blindness of his right eye, Lin has always worn an eye patch since then to prevent the diseased eyes from scaring others. Originally, Gao Le planned to give Lin an official position so that he could stay in the palace justifiably, but the other ministers refused Gao Le's legitimate appointment on the grounds that Lin's appearance was flawed and not elegant, and instead recommended his son and nephew to Gao Le, making it clear that he wanted to further squeeze the last bit of power from Gao Le.
Therefore, although Lin is still staying in the palace, his existence always gives people a feeling of injustice, and he is very passive.
And Gao Le's situation in the palace is actually similar. Although he finally politely rejected the recommendation of the ministers, he was still surrounded by a large group of young courtiers who wanted to express themselves and monitor him, which really made Gao Le feel very exhausted.
Although Gao Le also wanted to regain power, he really didn't know where to start. On the one hand, it was because he had just come back not long ago, and he didn't know much about the affairs of the country of streams; On the other hand, because these ministers have been colluding with each other for a long time, and they affect their whole bodies, Gao Le really doesn't know where to start.
That afternoon, Gao Le was in the office dealing with the government affairs that had been handed over. At the same time, he was accompanied by Lin and several young ministers from several families.
A young minister named Robin handed over a summary report of the year's revenue and expenditure. After turning the page, Gao Le felt that there was something wrong with the amount on it, both in terms of taxes and expenses. So he said to Robin, "I want to know the detailed terms of income and expenditure, and give me a detailed tax report within three days." ”
Unexpectedly, Robin's face suddenly changed, and then he said impatiently: "Your Majesty, this is already a very detailed report, and it took me a long time to sort it out. In the past, when the king was alive, the report was always in this format. If you change it rashly, I'm afraid it won't match the previous file, I'm afraid it's not good, right? ”
Lin listened to Robin's words on the side, but his heart was as uncomfortable as eating a fly.
In fact, this is not the first time that some courtiers have refuted Gao Le's words, and it can be seen that these courtiers seem to be very accustomed to speaking to the king in this way. And this also shows that they almost had the same attitude when they treated the previous kings. From this, it is conceivable how serious the situation of the minister controlling the government is in the country of Jianzhi. The details of what happened in this country did not reach the ears of the king at all, and it was the ministers who decided the course of the country.
To them, the king is just a mascot or even a puppet, and there is no need to respect him at all.
Gao Le was not annoyed, but said calmly: "Really? It was indeed my negligence that I did not take into account the format of the data. In this case, please put the content of the sixteen blocks on the material into separate ones according to this format, so that there is no problem, right? ”
"But it's too much work......
"I don't mind if you hand in the report in part and in part. If that's the case and you're still too troublesome, just give me the original materials, and I'll do it myself. Gao Le said unhurriedly, making it impossible to see what his mood was now.
Now that Gao Le's words have already reached this point, Robin had to reluctantly say, "Okay, I see. ”
Although Gao Le used to be in Twin Moon City, he gave people the impression that he was a little brother with a literary tone and no sense of existence. But in reality, he is a rather decisive person. As long as it is something he recognizes, there is absolutely no possibility of fooling the past. And the moment that really made Lin realize Gao Le's trait was the moment when Gao Le shot Gao Ze. And although a lot of things happened later, Gao Le has always shown a calmness that does not match his age, which is also a rare thing that makes Lin feel gratified.
However, although Gao Le did not conflict with those ministers about taxation this time, there were still some disagreements in the relationship between them, they felt that this Gao Le was too much to say, and it was not easy to fool the past! If this goes on like this, I'm afraid that this king will become more and more difficult to deal with, and he must think of a way to deal with it! Otherwise, they may really lose control of the government.
And that's what Lin is most worried about right now.