Chapter 300: The reason for the existence of treacherous officials

'Is it Tian Shi Du or Shijiang?'

Qin Gui began to ponder his bright future, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Although the Rank 6 (Junior) Xiuzhuan was only one rank away from the Rank 6 (Senior) Tian Shi Du/Shijiang,

the difference between them was like heaven and earth.

The biggest benefit of Tian Shi Du and Shijiang was not "reading" and "lecturing," but "serving"!

Tian Shi Du and Shijiang already had the qualifications to serve by the side of the Son of Heaven, becoming true close ministers of the Son of Heaven!

Being able to get close to the Son of Heaven, who is the source of power, what a great honor, what a great future?

If he could gain the appreciation of the Son of Heaven, then among the various prime ministers in the Secretariat who assisted the Majesty in governing the world,

managing yin and yang, and being admired by ten thousand people with every move,

it might not be impossible for him, Qin Gui, to have a position!

Zhang Jie saw the excitement in Qin Gui's heart at a glance,

but didn't expose it; promotion was one of life's great joys.

He stretched out his middle finger and tapped the armrest of the golden nanmu grandmaster chair he was sitting on,

considering that Qin Gui had indeed taken a great risk this time,

a slight carelessness would have led to being cut into two, burying his head in a foreign land, and he had excellently completed the mission,

regardless of other things, rewards and punishments must be clear; this was the way to long-term peace and stability, so he smiled and said:

"Minister Qin has worked hard and made great contributions on this trip, today I specially promote you by another two ranks."

"This, this!"

The surprise came too suddenly, and Qin Gui, overjoyed, was incoherent for a moment.

Promoting the Rank 6 (Junior) Xiuzhuan by another two ranks would be the Rank 5 (Junior) Tian Shi Du Academician/Shijiang Academician!

Being able to add the two characters "Academician" after the Rank 6 (Senior) Tian Shi Du/Shijiang,

his status in the Great Gan imperial court was once again greatly elevated.

This risk he took, he was promoted by four ranks; this risk was too worth it!

If possible, he hoped to come two more times, directly rising to the Secretariat.

"Academician Qin, why don't you thank the Emperor quickly?"

Seeing Qin Gui standing stupidly in place, motionless, Li Dequan had to remind him.

He didn't care whether Qin Gui was promoted or not; after all, he was an attendant,

and not in the same system as the civil officials outside the court; let alone Qin Gui at this time,

even Prime Minister Wang and Prime Minister Chen of the Secretariat couldn't manage his head.

But if Qin Gui were to lose his composure before the throne and disturb the Majesty's good mood, that would be bad.

As a slave of the Son of Heaven, the master's mood and needs were the first principle for them to do things at all times.

"This subject Qin Gui kowtows to thank the Majesty for his heavenly grace! Long live, long live, long live the Emperor!"

Qin Gui, who had come to his senses, "thumped" and knelt on the ground, shouting to thank him.

At the moment of kneeling, he also secretly cast a grateful look at Li Dequan from the corner of his eye.

If he had made the Majesty unhappy because of losing composure before the throne, although the Majesty's golden words were final,

and he wouldn't take back these words, but leaving a bad impression on the Majesty,

even if he was promoted, it would still be a big defeat.

"Rise."

Zhang Jie, who saw through all of this, waved his hand casually.

Not to mention the Rank 5 (Junior) Tian Shi Du Academician/Shijiang Academician, even Rank 5 (Senior),

the Academician in charge of drafting edicts, historical records, and literary affairs, was just so-so in his eyes.

It was Li Dequan's move that made him sigh in his heart.

He now understood why the muddled emperors in history liked treacherous officials so much.

This feeling of having someone thinking and doing things for his joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness at every moment was indeed intoxicating.

Why do treacherous officials exist?

Their existence is to say what the emperor finds hard to say, and do what the emperor finds hard to do.

It is better to say that they are the embodiment of the emperor's personal will than their own thoughts.

Just like Qin Gui later wrongly killed Yue Wu Mu with the reason of "there must be,"

leaving a name for ten thousand generations, being despised by the world, and cursed as the "treacherous prime minister of the ages,"

and even having a kneeling statue cast in front of Yue Wu Mu's temple to kneel for hundreds or thousands of years,

but if it weren't for Wanyan Gou, who was scared out of his wits by his Jin uncle, supporting him from behind,

even if he had nine guts, he wouldn't have dared to "arbitrarily" wrongly kill Yue Wu Mu.

The biggest mastermind behind Yue Wu Mu's tragedy was actually Zhao Jiumei,

but unfortunately, the scholars of later dynasties, either voluntarily or forced, avoided the taboo for the respected,

using the Spring and Autumn brush technique passed down from Confucius to cut away many of the secrets hidden within.

'By the way, Zhao Jiumei.'

Zhang Jie suddenly remembered that Zhao Jiumei seemed to be in his hands too.

Speaking of which, he and Zhao Jiumei were also fated; the Deer-Crying Banquet where he won the third place was hosted by Zhao Gou.

Unfortunately, at that time, everyone avoided Zhao Gou, a Great Song prince who might threaten the status of Crown Prince Zhao Huan,

for fear of being involved in the struggle for the succession, which could not even be described as bloody.

At that time, he already had the heart to rebel and was completely pulling Li Gang to eat the buffet...

And when he broke into Bianliang, the primary captives were still Zhao Ji and Zhao Ji,

and other Zhao Song clan members within three generations were all packed into the Ten Kings' Mansion.

Others below three generations, especially below five generations, were directly released to do whatever they wanted.

The grace of a gentleman is cut off after five generations, and the grace of a villain is also cut off after five generations;

the Zhao Song clan members after five generations were called clan members, but in reality, they were already relatives with a little blood relationship.

Besides, Zhang Jie, who was not rich to begin with, had no extra money to support them, so he directly let them find their own way to survive.

Zhao Gou was also one of those packed into the Ten Kings' Mansion.

'Should I cook him?'

Thinking of the things Zhao Gou did in history that made people hate him, Zhang Jie pondered.

With his current power, it was just a matter of a single word to turn Zhao Gou directly into Zhao Jiumei,

and let him enter the palace to keep Li Dequan company.

Killing, slicing, exiling, or beheading others was also very simple.

'Forget it, Zhao Gou in this life hasn't had time to do anything, so forget it.'

Zhang Jie thought about it and decided not to use other methods to humiliate Zhao Gou.

Not to mention that he was still a teenager who could ride and shoot,

and not the Song Gaozong of later generations who was scared out of his wits by his Jin uncles, couldn't even get hard,

and had to return the throne to the descendants of Taizu Zhao Kuangyin.

Just saying that his Great Song had already perished, and he couldn't be Song Gaozong, was the greatest punishment for him.

From being high above, and even the possibility of that supreme position not being impossible, to becoming a person of a perished state, a prisoner, how miserable it was.

That he didn't commit suicide was already a big heart; although Zhang Jie didn't go on a killing spree against the Zhao Song clan,

only cutting a few guys who used to do all kinds of evil, bully the market, and have a bad reputation to show as a warning,

but there were still many clan members who couldn't accept the huge gap of falling from imperial nobility to a prisoner overnight,

and directly used three feet of white silk or a cup of poisonous wine of the same style as their ancestor Zhao Guangyi to end it all.

For the current Zhao Gou, living was the greatest punishment for him!

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

While Zhang Jie was pondering, Qin Gui, who knew he had just been carried away by success, stood carefully by the side after thanking him, not daring to disturb him.

Next, Zhang Jie summoned the generals to discuss the hunting matters a few days later.

Although he listened to various military terms in the meeting that he didn't quite understand,

Qin Gui had ten thousand points of confidence in the Great Gan army in his heart.

Not to mention that the Great Gan army was no longer the "thief-matched army" that was despised by the commoners in the Great Song,

and even had the saying "good iron is not used for nails, good men are not soldiers."

Just talking about the weapons of the Great Gan army, they were more than a notch above the Liao army that was still riding and shooting, playing "Mount & Blade."

On Yanmen Pass, some old-style muskets that were about to be phased out beat the Liao army's several attacks into failure,

let alone the secret weapon newly developed by the Majesty, who was a genius!

When the Great Gan broke into Bianliang, there were a hundred cannons firing together,

livingly blowing up the city wall of Bianjing, which was several zhang high and had a foundation several meters thick!

What did the mere Liao army have to block this kind of weapon, their heads full of small braids? ===== CHAPTER 301 =====

It had blasted apart the city walls of Bianjing, which were several zhang high and had foundations several meters thick!

What could the mere Liao army use to block such a weapon? Their heads, covered in tiny braids?