Chapter 1718: He decided to be a good person and show mercy with his words

Chen Guanfu laughed out loud.

He really wanted Xie Changling to hear this—a grass chicken! The one surnamed Xie is just a grass chicken!

He laughed until he had tears in his eyes!

Chen Guanlou was very disdainful; what was there to laugh about? It was just a metaphor.

Chen Guanfu waved his hand, signaling him not to worry about him.

"So, at the small court meeting the day after tomorrow, do you hope I protect Sun Daoning?"

"Didn't Xie Changling look for you to trade?"

"He did. A very obvious hint. But I still want to hear your thoughts. If you don't like Sun Daoning, I can also not protect him. Replacing him with someone else as Minister of Justice is not impossible. For example, I could do it!"

Chen Guanfu recommended himself, quite smugly. He actually quite coveted the position of Minister of Justice.

Chen Guanlou stared at him, looking him over from head to toe, his eyes becoming increasingly disdainful.

"Have you memorized the 'Great Ming Code'? Do you know how to judge a father who is not benevolent and kills his son?"

"There are guests and secretaries for these things." Chen Guanfu said righteously.

Chen Guanlou was so angry he didn't even want to talk.

After holding it in for a while, rather than stifling himself, it was better to hurt others.

He decisively said: "You don't even understand the law, yet you want to be Minister of Justice—it's embarrassing. You'd better stop coveting the position of Minister of Justice; Sun Daoning is doing quite well. Currently, I don't think anyone is more suitable than him to be Minister of Justice."

"Sun Daoning's brain isn't good, he's wooden and clumsy, yet you don't dislike him." Chen Guanfu didn't understand at all.

Since entering the Secretariat, he could be considered to have seen the diversity of the human species. Someone like Sun Daoning, who only seeks stability, could actually sit firmly in the Secretariat for over a decade—it's a miracle. Besides being a background board and investigating cases, he has no function at all.

Sun Daoning is at least a two-list Jinshi, with a high ranking, yet he is described as wooden and clumsy.

Sure enough, it's the Secretariat where everyone has a hundred schemes.

Honest Sun Daoning is being bullied!

"The Minister of Justice doesn't need to be clever and sharp; he only needs to hold the bottom line of the law and have integrity in his conduct—that beats everyone else. If someone like you became Minister of Justice, there would be nine unjust cases in three days, and the world's criminal justice would be finished."

Chen Guanlou retorted impolitely.

Do you really think it's easy to be Minister of Justice?

Just holding the bottom line and maintaining integrity—these two small requirements could eliminate 99% of candidates! Someone clever and sharp like Chen Guanfu can do anything, but he cannot do criminal justice!

If he were to do this job, the law would become a tool for party strife. Holding the bottom line and maintaining integrity would become just empty words.

Chen Guanfu clicked his tongue twice; he was actually being disliked.

"What do you think of the two Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Justice?"

"Their desire for fame and fortune is very heavy! If it weren't for Sun Daoning's constant suppression of them, the Heavenly Prison would have long since become a private prison. They are playing the piano wildly all day long. The two Vice Ministers are exactly the kind of people you described—clever and sharp, very good at scheming. But they are truly unworthy of being Minister of Justice!"

Chen Guanlou told the truth without exaggeration. He was just taking the opportunity to apply eye drops, hoping the Secretariat would quickly transfer the two Vice Ministers away; they were eyesores.

He relied on the Hou Fu, so he could withstand the pressure of the two Vice Ministers. Others couldn't! He had already beaten back the claws of the two Vice Ministers several times, and they didn't know how to restrain themselves.

Chen Guanfu pondered more.

He was in the Secretariat, so naturally, he had to consider the whole picture.

"The Left Vice Minister seems more to my liking!"

Chen Guanlou sneered, put down his wine cup, and looked at the other party impolitely.

"Since you have already made a decision, why did you specifically ask for my opinion?"

"Do you dislike that Left Vice Minister so much?"

"Yes, I dislike him! Are you planning to support him?" Chen Guanlou narrowed his eyes slightly, looking dangerous.

Seeing this, Chen Guanfu hurriedly laughed, "I did have that idea before. But for the sake of the big picture, to cooperate with Xie Changling, I have already given up supporting this person. As for Sun Daoning, he is indeed very steady. With him guarding the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Justice won't be chaotic, and the Three Judicial Offices won't be chaotic. When the Three Judicial Offices investigate cases, they at least have to consider the Ministry of Justice's attitude. If the Ministry of Justice doesn't mess around, they have to think twice if they want to mess around. Moreover, the Brocade Uniform Guard also needs the Ministry of Justice to suppress them!"

Thinking back and forth, he found that Sun Daoning staying in the Ministry of Justice was the best plan.

The Ministry of Justice seems to be the weakest of the Six Ministries, but its criticality cannot be ignored. It is weak only because Sun Daoning himself doesn't know how to fight for things, doesn't know how to want everything, doesn't know how to be a whore and set up a memorial arch!

To be an official, one must have a thick skin and be greedy enough to swallow an elephant!

Sun Daoning's weakness is that he has too much self-knowledge, is too concerned about his face, doesn't understand the essence of wanting everything, doesn't know how to act like a little wife and cry, and doesn't understand the points and essence of making a scene.

The child who cries gets candy.

The old saying does not deceive!

The turmoil in the Ministry of Justice can be described as pulling one hair and moving the whole body. No wonder Xie Changling refuses to give up on Sun Daoning!

Looking at the Ministry of Works, it seems to be covered in flowers and brocade, but in reality, moving it casually doesn't affect the big picture, only affecting some people's purses.

The virtual and the real are vividly expressed between the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Justice.

"So, have you decided to protect Sun Daoning?" Chen Guanlou asked, "For the vote the day after tomorrow, does Xie Changling have the confidence to hold the ring and not be stolen from by the Emperor?"

Chen Guanlou sneered, "If the Emperor wants to steal, he has to see if he has the ability. Relying on a mad dog like Zhao Jichong, relying on clan princes, relying on fence-sitters... How stupid and arrogant would Xie Changling have to be to lose this game? Even if he wanted to lose, I wouldn't allow him to lose!"

"Aren't you afraid the Emperor's son-in-law will hold a grudge against you?" Chen Guanlou teased.

Chen Guanfu laughed, not caring much, "He has long held a grudge against the Hou Fu. A narrow-minded person! Back then, if any of the princes had been capable, I wouldn't have let my daughter marry him."

Chen Guanfu's mood was very complicated.

He wasn't very willing from the beginning of this marriage.

Emperor Yuanding occupied the word "Di" (legitimate), which is why this marriage was achieved.

Over the years, facts have proven that I didn't misjudge him back then. Emperor Yuanding is incompetent, just a mediocre person. He has no ability to govern the country, but he has a heart for fighting for power and profit. He thinks highly of himself and refuses to learn with an open mind.

Later, when he settled down to learn, he was learning how to manipulate human hearts and play with power. Not governing strategies!

It's as if he thought that as long as he sat firmly on the dragon chair, the world would operate on its own, the people would take the initiative to pay taxes, the strong men would take the initiative to go to the front line to fight, the aristocratic families would take the initiative to support him, and the world would be peaceful!

Thinking about farts all day long!

He was full of anger!

Seeing him suffer, Chen Guanlou immediately gloated, laughing exceptionally happily.

"You have today too, you deserve it!"

"We are brothers; you don't share my worries but laugh at me instead—what kind of logic is that?" Chen Guanfu questioned.

Chen Guanlou felt a bit guilty; he couldn't say he just liked watching the fun, especially the fun of dogs biting dogs. If he said this, Chen Guanfu would have a heart attack on the spot.

Amitabha!

Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda!

He decided to be a good person and show mercy with his words.

"Helping you experience the feeling of being laughed at by others. I'm definitely not the first to laugh at you, nor will I be the last. With me setting the example in advance, you are prepared. In the future, no matter who comes to laugh at you, you will be able to remain unmoved!" ===== CHAPTER 1719 =====