Chapter 1667: Relying on the Emperor to have a conscience is worse than relying on a sow to climb a tree

As a frustrated person, Cao Song made his first request: he wanted a pot of wine; he wanted to get drunk.

Chen Guanlou satisfied him, even preparing a side dish for him, letting him drink to his heart's content!

"The Imperial family members are all heartless."

Cao Song drank until he was seven or eight parts drunk, his heart full of grievances, pouring out his bitterness to Chen Guanlou.

Chen Guanlou smiled and nodded, expressing agreement. "I've known that for a long time. Relying on the Emperor to have a conscience is worse than relying on a sow to climb a tree."

"This old man served three generations of emperors; if I have no merit, I have at least worked hard, yet I ended up in this situation. I wanted to seek the merit of following the dragon, but when the late Emperor passed away, this old man was actually locked in the Heavenly Prison, missing a great opportunity. Instead, that Xie Changling, a treacherous villain, did nothing, his attitude was unclear, yet in the end, he plotted the merit of following the dragon, becoming a regent minister! Heaven has no eyes!"

Cao Song felt stifled in his heart; thinking about his decades of official career, it was truly full of obstacles and grievances everywhere.

Little did he know, his official career experience, in the eyes of others, was clearly smooth sailing all the way. If he could be called unsuccessful, all the officials in the world would have to cry and curse their parents.

"You are just greedy!" Chen Guanlou summarized in one sentence. "If you weren't greedy for the merit of following the dragon, you would have had a chance to become one of the four regent ministers. Xie Changling wouldn't have dared to move you easily, unless you chose to retire yourself."

In this way, the Secretariat would have to open up another position.

Chen Guanlou pondered for a moment; to achieve the goal of Chen Guanfu and Zhao Jichong entering the Secretariat at the same time, one of the most likely people to be opened up was Sun Daoning.

Who told the Ministry of Justice to be the weakest, just a foot-washing maid among the Six Ministries.

Tsk!

Sun Daoning should thank Cao Song for his recklessness to escape a disaster.

In view of this matter, he decided to be a little better to Official Cao and not always provoke him. At his age, if he had a heart attack and died in the Heavenly Prison, it would be too much trouble.

"This old man has lived a muddled life; now that I am old, can I not be greedy for once? His Majesty has such a cruel heart! Back then, this old man supported him with all my strength, but him, how did he repay me?"

Cao Song didn't care about his face, complaining endlessly, wiping away tears from time to time.

"I already told you, the Song family members are heartless, but you just wouldn't listen."

"The Song family members are heartless, yet you still had children with the Prince's daughter, and even had two."

"I only have children with her, we didn't get married; that is the difference." Chen Guanlou spoke with justification. "I don't depend on her, and she shouldn't come to bother me. Can you do that?"

Cao Song froze, and after a moment said: "You are really something; it's as if getting married would cost you your life. Look at this mess; as far as this old man knows, at least two Prince's Mansions' princesses have started fighting for the throne, and even had children without getting married. It all started with you and the Prince's daughter."

Chen Guanlou was very disdainful; it wasn't his responsibility. "This matter can't be blamed on me. The root is in Prince Lu. If he had a bit of conscience and hadn't killed his legitimate son, there wouldn't be these subsequent events. Look, another case of the Song family members being heartless."

Cao Song had no way to refute, his mood becoming increasingly depressed.

Seeing that he was truly uncomfortable, Chen Guanlou kindly comforted him: "You have to blame the Jixia Academy for this. That Zhao Jichong is the one who snatched your position.

Chen Guanfu entering the Secretariat is a nailed-down matter. Hou Jue Pingjiang made such a great contribution, which can be described as turning the tide and stabilizing the Great Gan dynasty, yet the court has not discussed a suitable reward until now.

In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that the most suitable reward is to confer a title. Either confer another Hou Jue title on the Hou Fu, one family with two Hou Jue titles, or confer a Duke title. But no one speaks up, and the Emperor won't agree. If conferring a title won't work, you have to find compensation elsewhere; the court cannot have no expression at all. So I said, Chen Guanfu entering the Secretariat is a nailed-down matter.

However, Zhao Jichong is not; whether it is seniority or background, he is not qualified. His only hope is the Jixia Academy behind him. Emperor Taixing and Emperor Emperor Jian Shi, two generations of emperors, were suppressing the Jixia Academy, and it was quite effective. Now, in order to balance the regent ministers, the Emperor does not hesitate to break the established strategies of the two emperors. Tsk tsk... Old Cao, do you know who you should hate now? After you go out, go find Zhao Jichong, go find the Jixia Academy; they snatched your position, they must pay the price."

Cao Song frowned, his eyes gloomy. "This old man treated you as a confidant and told you the truth. But you used this old man as a knife? Chen Guanlou, one must have a conscience when being a person!"

"Look at what you are saying." Chen Guanlou had no guilt after being exposed, his skin was very thick.

He smiled, not caring about the other party's attitude at all. "The relationship between you and me, saying this is being an outsider. I used you as a knife because I treated you as one of my own. If our relationship wasn't up to par, I wouldn't tell you these heart-to-heart words. I said Zhao Jichong snatched your position; do you agree with this conclusion?"

Cao Song gritted his teeth. "You are really a villain."

"I am a true villain. I just ask you, do you agree?" Chen Guanlou was quite smug.

He never claimed to be a gentleman, nor did he disdain being a gentleman. He didn't even think he was a good person, although he occasionally did good deeds.

He was just a person, a normal person with seven emotions and six desires, with joys and sorrows, sometimes good and sometimes bad.

You cannot demand an ordinary person to be a sage or a good person. Being able to abide by the moral bottom line is already better than ninety percent of the people in the world.

Cao Song had to agree.

The other party's analysis was exactly what he thought.

Whether he was imprisoned or not, Chen Guanfu entering the Secretariat was something no one could stop. Unless the Emperor was willing to generously give the Hou Fu two titles for one family.

Originally, there was a vacancy in the Secretariat, and Chen Guanfu just happened to fill it.

Then, Zhao Jichong was occupying his position.

He stepped down, Zhao Jichong stepped up; it was infuriating. "

Zhao Jichong, a teacher, what virtue or ability does he have! For so many years, the highest official position he reached was Fifth Rank, yet he dares to enter the Secretariat with a thick face. How can he be righteous and confident, not afraid of being pointed at by others?

Is there really no one in the Jixia Academy?

If they had arranged someone more awesome, he wouldn't be so disappointed, so unwilling.

Yu Zhaoan was a hundred times better than Zhao Jichong.

Unfortunately, Yu Zhaoan came from the Jixia Academy, but he had long ago broken ties with the Jixia Academy, only caring about family interests. Back then, the one surnamed Yu was finished off by Xie Changling, and the Jixia Academy stood by and watched from beginning to end, which allowed the one surnamed Xie to successfully achieve his goal. It can be described as one report for another.

Now the one surnamed Yu is still eating sand in the Northwest, working like an ox and horse for Hou Jue Pingjiang to engage in immigration.

Serves him right!

"I want to see Chen Guanfu!" Cao Song suddenly made a request.

"Why do you want to see him? It wasn't him who harmed you." Chen Guanlou was puzzled.

Cao Song snorted coldly, his eyes arrogant, looking like he didn't want to communicate with a fool.

Chen Guanlou was immediately unhappy.

With this attitude, he wouldn't cooperate no matter what.

Cao Song took a deep breath, suppressed the emotions in his heart, changed his expression, and explained simply: "If the Hou Fu wants the First Prince to inherit the throne, they cannot refuse to meet with this old man." ===== CHAPTER 1668 =====