Cao Teng smiled, "The minister was indeed invited by the general, but the minister is also His Majesty's courtier, so he should share your worries." ”

Liu Zhi snorted noncommittally, "Then you can tell me, how do you share my worries?" ”

"The minister actually knows that the general wants to increase the number of recommended places in order to make money, but he has always been short-tempered, and if he doesn't agree, I'm afraid there will be more trouble."

It seems that Cao Teng knows Liang Ji's virtue very well, so he still plans to help the abuse?

"If all the places are given to him, officials will inevitably be promoted based on the amount of money, and those poor talents will not have the opportunity to display their ambitions."

This can be regarded as saying to Liu Zhi's heart, and the look on his face softened slightly, knowing that he still has something to do, so he patiently listened to him continue to speak.

"The minister thinks it's better than this, Your Majesty may be able to separate these two recommendation methods, the general will take one of them, and the court will keep the other part, what do you think?"

Cao Teng's tone was humble, and he looked at him very sincerely after speaking, waiting for him to make his own decision, without the intention of persecuting him at all, which was in stark contrast to Liang Ji's aggressiveness.

This is a bit interesting, Liu Zhi lowered his head and thought for a while, and then asked humbly: "Cao Changshou thinks, how to split it?" ”

Cao Teng replied respectfully: "In the humble opinion of the ministers, the quota for promoting Maocai will be given to the general, and the quota for recommending filial piety will be reserved for the imperial court, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?" ”

In the past few months, under the supervision of the Empress Dowager Liang, Liu Zhi has studied a lot of classics about the imperial court system, and at this time, he carefully recalled the difference between the two recommended places, and gradually understood Cao Teng's good intentions.

The recommendation of Maocai is actually the evaluation and promotion system of low-level officials, and the recommendation of filial piety is to recommend virtuous and talented people from the people in the township and county.

It can be said that the Han Empire was originally a world of nobles, and the only opportunity for a poor student to become an official was to be filial piety.

If this road is broken, the Hanmen will completely lose the opportunity, but those low-level officials, even if Liu Zhi does not give the quota to Liang Ji, it will be difficult for those who have no money to get ahead.

Therefore, whether to give the general quota or not, for the imperial court, there is not much difference, but the money that the original three princes and nine kings should have been concentrated in Liang Ji.

On the other hand, cutting off people's financial routes is like killing their parents, which exacerbates the contradiction between the court minister and Liang Ji.

High, really high!

Cao Teng has emerged since the time of Emperor An, and has been favored by Emperor Shun until now, serving the five emperors and standing tall, and really has excellent adaptability.

"Okay, Cao Changshi's proposal is very good, so it's done."

Liu Zhimei smiled, but in a blink of an eye, his face sank again, "I don't know if the Queen Mother will agree?" ”

"Since this proposal was made by the minister, it is naturally up to the minister to persuade the queen mother, and Your Majesty does not need to worry."

With such a caring courtier, what emperor can not like it? If all the ministers could work for the monarch like him, the Han Dynasty would have been clear long ago.

He, as the emperor, also sat back and relaxed.

It's a pity that there is only one Cao Teng.

I heard people talk about it before, Li Gu is a good captain, but his personality is too upright and easy to break, unlike Cao Teng, who is sleek but has a bottom line.

Da Honglu Du Qiao is also good, with outstanding talents, but like Li Gu, he likes to be tough too much and doesn't know the truth of flexibility.

"That's good."

Liu Zhi nodded, indicating that there was no doubt about this matter, and then asked in a low voice, "I have something I want to ask Cao Changshi for help." ”

Seeing that his face was stunned, he hurriedly explained, "It's a private matter, not a national matter." ”

Cao Teng was really worried that he would say something earth-shattering, which would make him in a dilemma, and when he heard that it was a private matter, he smiled humbly, "Your Majesty, please speak." ”

"That's right, I have a little eunuch who has been with me since I was a child, and I am used to it, can you help me get him to serve me?"

Liu Zhi had enough of the pain of not having a confidant around him, and wanted to slowly arrange some of his own people.

This is the first step, and it is also an act of temptation.

"It turns out that this is the case, it's a trivial matter, the minister is just in charge of the arrangement of the Yellow Gate in the palace, and it can be done tomorrow."

Unexpectedly, Cao Teng actually agreed, which made Liu Zhi overjoyed, "That's really good." ”

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, is it the kid who poured ice juice for the minister last time?"

Cao Teng has a good memory and quickly guessed the candidate.

"Yes, yes, it's Xiao Liangzi, his big name is Zhang Liang."

Cao Teng was slightly silent for a moment, and then suddenly said: "That child is indeed lively and clever, but if he wants to survive in the palace, he still needs to change his name." ”

"Change your name?"

Liu Zhi was a little confused, but for such a small matter, Cao Teng said that if he wanted to change it, it was no big deal.

"Then Cao Changzhi will change one for him."

The word "bright" is too ostentatious, it is better to change it to "let", let it be humble, what does Your Majesty think? ”

When it came to this, Liu Zhi couldn't hear it no matter how stupid he was, this was saying that Zhang Liang's temperament was too out-of-the-box and not suitable for survival in the palace.

If you want to live a long time, you must know how to be humble and forbearing, of course, maybe this word also has the meaning of admonishing Liu Zhi, but he can't tell whether it is or not.

"That's a good name, it's him."

Liu Zhi nodded affirmatively, and he was also clearly conveying his meaning to Cao Teng, I understood and listened to your words.

"Okay, the minister won't bother much and retire."

Cao Teng finished saluting with his usual warm smile, and then slowly retreated out of the door.

Liu Zhiwu reminisced about the scene just now, the general was flying and domineering, holding heavy power, and deliberately exerting his prestige in front of him, if he was fighting with him with open fire.

I'm afraid that there is only one final result, that is, like Liu Ji, his death is unknown.

Only by forbearance and slow drawing is the most correct way to open.

Put Zhang Liang, no, now it's Zhang Rang, stay by your side, firstly, you can have more of your own people who are close to yourself, and secondly, you can always warn yourself not to be impulsive.

It's a win-win-win-win-win

Zhang Rang, Zhang Rang, you have to fight for some energy, and you can't let me down.

Sighing with emotion, Liu Zhi suddenly felt that something was weird, Zhang Rang?

Why is this name so familiar, as if I have heard it somewhere?

Suddenly, there was a thunderbolt in his head, and he remembered, isn't Zhang Rang the head of the ten permanent servants who leaned towards the government and the opposition during the Lingdi period?

During the entire Three Kingdoms period, he was scolded to the point of bloody super traitor.

On second thought, could he have made a mistake, maybe just the same name and surname?

After careful calculation, he seems to be a short-lived ghost in history, and he doesn't remember how old he lived exactly, anyway, he didn't know how much he was forty.

When he arrived at Emperor Ling, Zhang Rang's age was indeed not very old, and he was his personal eunuch, so he was very likely to be a high-ranking eunuch.

Thinking of this, Liu Zhi's face turned snow-white, should he regret it and put an end to the birth of a super traitor?