Chapter 69

On the morning of the third day after Hua Yang returned to the palace, she was still sleeping in the Qifeng Palace, and Emperor Jingshun had already gone to court.

The ministers of civil and military affairs stand on the left and right sides of the hall, with two rows on each side.

Chen Tingjian wore the old red robe and stood beside the civil servants. Next to him was the current Inner Pavilion Chief-of-Staff Senior Gao.

Gao Ge is sixty-four years old, with gray hair and beard, but his waist is straight. Judging by his momentum, he should be able to be a Chief-of-Staff for another ten years.

Both Chen Tingjian and Gao Ge were confidant ministers that Emperor Jingshun relied heavily on. They once teamed up with the former Chief-of-Staff to bring down a big corrupt man.The former Chief-of-Staff with different political views was "invited" to go home to retire.

When they had a common "political enemy", they were in the same boat. When the "political enemy" in front of them disappeared, the differences between Chen Tingjian and Gao Ge's handling of political affairs became more and more obvious.They all want to do practical things for the imperial court and the common people, and they all want to realize the ambition of the country and the people, but one wants to take the east road, and the other thinks the west road is the right way. Naturally, they all want to be the head of the Inner Pavilion and let others follow their own command.

In the early years, Emperor Jingshun relied more on Elder Gaoge, and later Chen Tingjian gradually won more emperors' hearts with his talents.The idea of promoting Chen Tingjian as the chief assistant.

It's a pity that the old lady of the Chen family passed away, and Chen Tingjian had to go back to his hometown for mourning, so Mr. Gao Ge continued to be Chief-of-Staff for two and a half years.

Now that Chen Tingjian is back, all the ministers are waiting to see how Emperor Jingshun will choose.

Emperor Jingshun usually did not participate in political affairs, and left everything to the Inner Pavilion he trusted. If the Inner Pavilion hadn't forced him to come and listen to politics, Emperor Jingshun would have preferred to sleep in with his favorite concubines.

But today, he has something to announce.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Emperor Jingshun looked at the two elders standing at the front.

Mr. Gao Ge knew the emperor's thoughts well. Seeing the emperor looking at him at this time, Mr. Gao Ge's temper came up. His eyebrows and eyes drooped, the corners of his mouth tightened, his waist was straightened, and his dissatisfaction with Emperor Jingshun was vividly expressed.manifested.

Others did not dare to lose their temper at the emperor, he dared, he had been the emperor's husband, and when the emperor was still a prince, he also helped the emperor with advice and advice. At that time, Emperor Jingshun relied on him for everything.

This confused emperor, who has sat on the throne for a long time now, and there have not been so many troublesome messes inside and outside the court in the past two years, was deceived by Chen Tingjian, not only marrying Princess Hua Yang to Chen Tingjian's fourth son, who has no reputation at all, but even chased her away.He went home and asked Chen Tingjian to be the Chief-of-Staff!

Mr. Gao Ge was very angry, but it was the emperor after all, so he couldn't yell at him.

He only hoped that Emperor Jingshun would open his eyes and think about the achievements he had made in the past two years, and stop being fooled by Empress Qi and Chen Tingjian!

Emperor Jingshun's gaze quickly shifted to Chen Tingjian next to Mr. Gao Ge.

Chen Tingjian also had a straight waist, and a red robe set off his face like a crown jade, elegant and modest, with a smooth and elegant long beard hanging down to his chest and abdomen, just like the Taoist gods in the painting.

Although Emperor Jingshun hadn't seen Chen Tingjian in the past two years, the news from Ling Zhou had never stopped at all.

The daughter wrote a letter praising Chen Tingjian for personally leading the local people to avoid the flood regardless of the danger. Chen Tingjian also punished his brothers and sisters who took bribes and his nephew who persecuted the people.

Chen Jingzong has the courage to make Lingzhou Wei a new look, besides relying on him as the emperor's father-in-law, why not Chen Tingjian is a good teacher?

It was even because her daughter went to Ling Zhou to mourn with Chen Tingjian, that her daughter accidentally eradicated the big beetle King Xiang for the court, and the treasury suddenly gained tens of millions of taels of silver.

What does this mean?It shows that Chen Tingjian not only has great talents in governing the country, but also his luck is very prosperous!

Besides, before Chen Tingjian left Beijing, Emperor Jingshun hinted that he would leave the position of Chief-of-Staff to Chen Tingjian. Now that he is back, he must not break his promise as an emperor, right?

On the one hand, he couldn't understand Gao Ge's domineering in front of him, and on the other hand, he admired Chen Tingjian, so Emperor Jingshun made a quick decision.

Emperor Jingshun said that Gao Ge was old, his eyesight was dim, and he had no energy to deal with political affairs. What else could Gao Ge say?

Emperor Jingshun was determined to ask him to leave, and now he at least gave him a decent reason. If he refused to agree, Emperor Jingshun should accuse him of crimes!

"The old minister thanked Long En!"

Old Gao Ge knelt on the ground, recalling the past, tears still flowed from the corners of his eyes.

Chen Tingjian leaned over to help him.

Elder Gao Ge snorted coldly, and walked away, passing by Chen Jingzong who was standing in the middle, Elder Gao Ge snorted heavily again.

In fact, Chen Bozong, who is also a fourth-rank civil servant, stood opposite his younger brother Chen Jingzong.

Of course, Gao Ge also saw him, but he knew that Chen Bozong was the number one scholar who was admitted based on his ability, and he had real talents and learning, so he didn't sneer at Chen Bozong.

Chen Bozong didn't accept this favor, he looked at his fourth brother without any trace.

Chen Jingzong stood there with a solemn expression, his figure was as tall and straight as a pine tree, because he had nothing to discuss, he watched his nose, nose and heart, very serious.

Once Gao Ge left, the second thing Emperor Jingshun announced was to promote Chen Tingjian to Inner Pavilion Chief-of-Staff.

Then Emperor Jingshun stuffed the political affairs into Chen Tingjian's hands, and he just sat down.

When the early dynasty was over, Emperor Jingshun called Chen Tingjian, Chen Bozong, and Chen Jingzong to the imperial study.

For Chen Tingjian, Emperor Jingshun was very trusting and at ease, and let him just let go.

For Chen Bozong, who was in his thirties, Emperor Jingshun felt that Chen Bozong could change his position. He always handled cases in Dali Temple, and it would be difficult to be promoted to other places in the future.

Chen Jingzong always said that Hua Yang loved the rest of the Chen family because of his admiration for Chen Tingjian, so why not Emperor Jingshun?

When the eighteen-year-old Chen Jingzong came back from Ling Zhou, Chen Tingjian hadn't figured out how to arrange for his son. When Emperor Jingshun heard the news, he immediately put Chen Jingzong in the Jinyiwei and gave him a position as a fourth-rank commander., isn't it all for Chen Tingjian's face?

At that time, Emperor Jingshun didn't know about Chen Jingzong's ability, so he was so partial to Chen Bozong. For Chen Bozong, Emperor Jingshun wanted to cultivate it well, and cultivated it in the Inner Pavilion. Tanhualang Chen Xiaozong was still young, so he could practice for a few more years.

Emperor Jingshun's promotion was very obvious, and the reasons for his promotion were also ready-made. In the past one and a half years, Chen Bozong had made remarkable achievements in serving as magistrate of Ling Zhou.

However, Chen Bozong knelt down and said in a respectful voice: "I would like to thank the emperor for his kindness. I just want to adjudicate the case in the prison, and strive to ensure that there is no wrongful sentence in the world, and no prison is unclear. I also hope that the emperor will fulfill my selfish intentions."

Emperor Jingshun smiled, looked at Chen Tingjian, and said curiously: "It has always been the officials who try to find ways to rise up, but you actually only want to stay in Dali Temple. Don't you want to change places for the rest of your life?"

Chen Bozong raised his head, looked straight at Emperor Jingshun and said, "If you can serve in Dali Temple until old age, I will be very fortunate."

At this time, Chen Tingjian said: "Your Majesty, this minister has an upright temperament and is not good at dealing with officials and colleagues. If he goes to work in the Sixth Ministry, he will easily offend his colleagues. It is better to let him display his ambitions in Dali Temple."

Of course, Emperor Jingshun knew Chen Bozong's temperament, knowing that what the father and son said was true, he agreed. Thinking of the previous example where both father and son took power in the Inner Pavilion, he felt that Chen Tingjian and his son were very valuable.

Finally, Emperor Jingshun looked at his son-in-law Chen Jingzong, and said with a smile, "My son-in-law has made great achievements in Lingzhou Wei, and I will definitely reward you. What do you think?"

Chen Tingjian and Chen Bozong's hearts were lifted slightly.

One is the old father, and the other is the half-father's eldest brother. Both of them are worried that Chen Jingzong, who is "new to officialdom", will accidentally answer the wrong words.

Chen Jingzong looked at Emperor Jingshun, and said respectfully: "I am a martial artist, I don't know anything about court affairs, I just want to train soldiers for the emperor."

Emperor Jingshun was still pondering the meaning of these words, Chen Tingjian turned around and scolded his son sharply: "There are so many military officers in the court, how could it be your turn to train soldiers for the emperor, how dare you speak wild words in front of the emperor, and kneel down to plead guilty!"

Chen Jingzong knelt down, but there was no intention of apologizing on his face, and he looked firmly at Emperor Jingshun behind the case.

Emperor Jingshun waved his hand at Chen Tingjian, got Chen Jingzong up, and asked with a pleasant face, "What kind of soldier do you want to train?"

Chen Jingzong said: "You will be in charge of Jinyiwei yourself. Everyone in the guards is elite. I am useless in Jinyiwei. Therefore, I want to ask the emperor to change the guards and let me work. It is best to be in the twenty-six guards of Capital City.The worst guard house, so that the minister can do something after he goes there."

Emperor Jingshun smiled and looked at Chen Tingjian.

Chen Tingjian still had an angry look on his face, and of course the anger was directed at his son: "Nonsense, the soldiers in the twenty-six guards of Capital City are strong men selected from all over the country, all of them are good at martial arts, just pick one out at randomThey may not be worse than you, why do you order them? Don't rely on your status as a son-in-law to think of yourself as extraordinary and arrogant."

Chen Jingzong didn't even look at him, his left ear went in and his right ear went out.

Emperor Jingshun was amused by Chen Tingjian. This is the Pavilion Elder Chen who could not change his face before the collapse of Mount Tai. Emperor Jingshun and Chen Tingjian have known each other for almost 30 years. He has never seen Chen Tingjian being scolded by any minister.Pass.

Pavilion Elder Chen has always been refined and well-founded when arguing with others. Probably only when disciplining his own son, he speaks rudely and unceremoniously.

After watching the excitement, Emperor Jingshun stroked his beard and said to Chen Tingjian: "The twenty-six guards in Capital City, I personally manage the Jinyi Guards, and the other guards are under the care of the Ministry of War. I don't know the details, Mr. GeTell me, which guard has the worst troops?"

Chen Tingjian was shocked.

At that time, Taizu and Chengzu set up 26 guards in Capital City. These 26 guards were actually the emperor's own army, and they were completely controlled and mobilized by the emperor. However, a certain descendant of the emperor led the army to conquer himself. Not only was he himself arrested, but he was also arrested.Most of the elite of the twenty-six guards of Capital City were folded in. Since then, the courtiers did not dare to let the emperor control the army, and slowly gathered all the twenty-five guards except Jin Yiwei into the hands of the Ministry of War.

Emperor Jingshun said lightly, does he mean to take back the military power of the pro-military?

It's all the fourth child's fault, what are you talking about!

There were ups and downs in his heart, but Chen Tingjian remained calm and calm. After thinking for a moment, he replied to Emperor Jingshun: "Back to the emperor, there are ten fingers that can be divided into different lengths. The strength of the twenty-five guards is indeed slightly different. Among them, the left guard of DaxingLi Zhengyuan, the commanding officer, is over sixty years old, and may be out of energy, several times in the guards' martial arts competition, the record of Daxing Zuowei is always at the bottom."

These guards in Capital City hold a martial arts competition every winter month. Each guard selects ten people to participate in a series of competitions and ranks according to the final results.

Poor Daxing Zuowei is the last one almost every time.

As soon as Chen Tingjian reminded him, Emperor Jingshun remembered that being the first in everything, no matter whether it is positive or negative, can make people impressed. For example, Emperor Jingshun couldn't remember which guard house was the second to last.

"Since Li Zhengyuan is old, let the son-in-law take over his position and go to Daxing Zuowei as the commander."

Emperor Jingshun said without hesitation.

Chen Tingjian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you can't do it. No matter how bad Daxing Zuowei is, he is still the Jingwei, and the commander is a third-rank official. How can he live there?"

Emperor Jingshun: "Li Zhengyuan has qualifications, let's see what he has brought Daxing Zuowei into? Don't blame me for being willing to give young people a chance if the veteran is not good enough. Let the son-in-law try it.Still at the bottom, I will change another position for the son-in-law."

When Chen Jingzong heard the words, he said loudly: "Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will definitely live up to your high expectations!"

Emperor Jingshun smiled.

Chen Jingzong is the son of Chen Tingjian, but also his son-in-law.

Chen Tingjian doesn't like this son, he likes it, as long as Chen Jingzong gathers Daxing Zuowei and obediently listens to him, then Daxing Zuowei will become his own army again.