Chapter 210: Control the East Palace
The civil servant just left.
Li Gang raised his eyes, with an angry look that could no longer be concealed.
Obviously, he doesn't like Chen Zhengtai's way very much, and he doesn't like Chen Zhengtai very much.
This is the East Palace. What a solemn place. The crown prince should be surrounded by humble gentlemen.
Only in this way can the crown prince become more cultured. The so-called "those who are close to the red and those who are close to the ink" are black. Regarding moral issues, this is not a joke.
This time, you must give Chen Zhengtai a warning and kill the Eastern Palace.
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Chen Zhengtai was at this time leisurely and went to the tea room to drink tea.
The tea in the East Palace is pretty good. After all, the tea is obtained from the Chen family, and the eunuchs who poured the tea were very careful. When drinking the tea, the same tea leaves were even more delicious than drinking in Erpigou.
Xue Li will always be Chen Zhengtai's follower.
Anyway, Chen Zhengtai will go wherever he goes. There have been many people who have offended recently, so safety is the most important thing.
Xue Li also sat at the table, drinking tea, and said, "I don't know what to drink in this tea. I like to drink, but unfortunately my elder brother doesn't allow me to drink."
Looking at Xue Li's miserable appearance, Chen Zhengtai glared at him: "Drinking alcohol will make a mistake, don't you know? Think about your responsibilities. If it is a mistake, can you afford it?"
Xue Li quickly put away his bitter face and said as if he was pleased: "I know, I know, but... my elder brother..." He lowered his voice: "I have used so much money as soon as I came. You must know that more than one hundred officials are only six or seven thousand guan, and there are countless other eunuchs, civil servants, and guards. This is probably another 100,000 guan. I really feel sorry for my elder brother. Why give them so much money? This money is enough to eat and drink for a lifetime."
Chen Zhengtai was happy. He rarely revealed his thoughts to others, but Xue Li was an exception.
After all... this guy is his bodyguard and driver, and he also serves as a sworn brother. Chen Zhengtai smiled casually and said, "Who said I spent money?"
Xue Li said with a painful face: "There are no flowers yet, and even the dogs have a share?"
Chen Zhengtai shook his head: "Believe it or not, the money is back in my hands today?"
"Ah?" Xue Li was confused. What's the operation?
"You don't understand." Chen Zhengtai said happily: "This is called making something out of nothing. You don't think about it. I'm sending money everywhere, such a big noise. And you have seen that Li Zhan, too."
"Look at his meticulous appearance, he is a person who is difficult to get along with. I just came here, and he is obviously dissatisfied with me. After all, he is a secretary, but he makes me, the younger generation, his junior, be his junior, and he will definitely give me a warning. Not only that, I am afraid that I will make more difficult for me in the future. The more proud and experienced a person is, the more I will dislike someone like Yu'e."
Xue Li nodded repeatedly: "He doesn't think he looks like a good person, so what?"
Chen Zhengtai continued leisurely: "What else can I do? Then I sent the money. If he knew, he must jump up and curse, thinking that I had broken the rules of the Zhan Shi Mansion. How could he tolerate the young Zhan Shi breaking the rules he set? So... In my opinion, he must ask all the subordinates and subordinates to return the money. Only in this way can he show his authority."
Xue Li nodded: "Oh, so that's it, but...Brother, then your money was given for nothing?"
"Who said it was a waste of money?" Chen Zhengtai glared at him: "You, learn more from me in the future and think more about things. Think about it, I gave the money, right? Since they took my money, even if they returned it, this favor is still there, right? It was not me who asked me to refund the money, but Li Zhanshi. Everyone owed me my favor, and at the same time they would resent Li Zhanshi forcing them to refund the money. With this addition and subtraction, I, Chen Zhengtai, did not pay a penny, but became the favorite person in the Zhanshi Mansion. Everyone thinks that I am a generous and generous person, thinks that I can consider the difficulties of these officials and officials, and thinks that I am a good person."
"Where is Li Zhanshi? He forced someone to refund the money, but the money he got was gone. How much hatred is that? Everyone will blame Li Zhanshi for being unkind and for being unkind. They will blame him for deliberately blocking the way for money. Think about it, if I, the young Zhanshi, and Li Zhanshi, have a quarrel in the future, who will everyone help?"
When Xue Li heard this, she looked shocked: "Oh, brother, you...you are so cunning."
Chen Zhengtai said with a stern face: "This is not called cunning, this is called skill. People live in this world and always have their own things they want to do. This is called ideal, but it is impossible to do things by relying on a single ideal. If a pragmatic person pursues what he wants, he must know how to use his own skills and use the lowest efficiency to do what he wants to do. You really don't think that if you can have today, you can only get it by flattering your mentor, right?"
Xue Li was silent, he was thinking hard...
After a while, I saw several officials coming.
The leader was the chief clerk of the Sijing Bureau. The chief clerk was sad and held a stack of IOUs in front of Chen Zhengtai. He reluctantly put the IOUs on the table, and then bowed to Chen Zhengtai solemnly: "I have met the young secretary."
"Hmm?" Chen Zhengtai clicked the IOU on the desktop: "What's going on?"
The chief clerk was crying and tears: "After the order of Li Zhanshi, I came to return the money. Shao Zhanshi... This... this... this... your kindness, the officials have appreciated it, but... it's just... there are rules of the Eastern Palace."
Chen Zhengtai suddenly looked angry, and Xue Li was stunned by the sight.
Chen Zhengtai showed some anger and said, "What are you saying? I, Chen Zhengtai, are kind to everyone. After all, who has no wife, children, and who has no difficulties at all? The so-called money stumps the hero. The purpose of my gift of this money is to hope that everyone can go back and add a piece of clothing to their wives and buy some food for their children. How come it becomes unruly? Although there are rules in the East Palace, rules are dead and people live. Is it a sin to love each other between colleagues?"
The chief clerk and the officials behind him were about to cry.
This young secretary really touched everyone's hearts. This young secretary is really considerate!
"I will never take this money back after I take it out." Chen Zhengtai said loudly: "This is what I said. Doesn't my words count?"
The chief clerk said with a bitter face: "Young Secretary, there is nothing to say about us. The lower officials have been an official for many years and have never seen a considerate senior official like the young secretary. But this kindness, the lower officials are really grateful. Li Zhan has already said that if anyone does not retreat, he will be expelled. So...so..."
Chen Zhengtai looked surprised: "This is it? If so... I can't say anything. You can't ruin your job because of you, right? Oh... I really can't say anything about this. Why did the original good things become like this?"
The chief clerk and others bowed repeatedly, leaving the money, and then respectfully returned.
As soon as the person left, Chen Zhengtai counted the money happily and kicked his IOU back into his sleeve. He also said, "To be honest, I feel a little reluctant to let me give you so much money at once. It's tens of thousands of yuan. It's not easy for our Chen family to make money, so we have to save some money. Don't be standing there, come and count it for me, don't have any bastards who deliberately give up less."
"Oh, oh." Xue Li nodded blankly, and now she still looks a little unconscious.
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After a while, Li Chengqian finally got up. The eunuch quickly changed his clothes carefully. He remembered something and said, "Is Chen Zhengtai here? This guy, with the salary of our East Palace, he will not be idle again."
The eunuch immediately said, "Here, here, Chen Zhan is a good person. He is working hard in his office. Who doesn't know that Chen Zhan has been here since this morning and is now working hard for the affairs of the Eastern Palace. Chen Zhan is handsome, has a good temperament, and is meticulous in his work..."
Li Chengqian felt that he hadn't woken up yet. Hearing this, he felt that his brain was a little inadequate.
Yeah?
Is this true?
"Let's go, see him go."
The eunuch who was changing clothes smiled and said, "Yes, yes, but your highness hasn't washed up yet?"
He said as he winked with another companion on duty.
The companion quietly retreated.
The eunuch went all the way to the teahouse, panting, and immediately said when he saw Chen Zhengtai: "Staff Chen Zhan, Chen Zhan, Your Highness has gotten up, got up."
Chen Zhengtai looked at the eunuch and drank tea: "I got up, I got up. What's so shocking?"
The eunuch looked at Chen Zhengtai with a kindness in his eyes. He liked Chen Zhan to talk to him like this: "Your Highness the Prince said he was coming to find you. I am not afraid that you are drinking tea here by Shao Zhan. You are hit by Your Highness, for fear that Your Highness will blame you..."
Chen Zhengtai thought it made sense. Although he was not afraid of Li Chengqian scolding him, he was almost the same as scolding him, but on the first day of work, he had to leave a good impression on the prince.
OK, I, Chen Zhengtai, want to work hard, so I said to the eunuch humbly: "Thank you for the reminder of Li Shi."
When the eunuch heard this, his body was shocked and immediately said, "What are you saying about Shao Zhan? They are all family members. How can you thank him? If Chen Zhan thanks him again in the future, I will be angry."
As he said that, he seemed to be afraid of being caught by the prince, and ran away again.
Xue Li continued to remain silent, and he felt his mind was a little confused.
Chen Zhengtai slapped his head and said, "What are you still standing there? Go to work."
When I arrived at the Shao Zhan Shifang, a civil servant had already greeted me and said with a friendly smile: "Oh, Chen Zhan Shi, you are here..."
This civil servant saluted respectfully.
Chen Zhengtai put his hands behind his back and said seriously: "Stop talking, I want to work, immediately take all the pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Oh, yes, what business should I do?"
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Another day is coming, and the tiger has been holding on for another day. I always feel that persistence is the most difficult thing for a person to live. Chapter 5 is here, so I will ask for monthly tickets by the way.
Chapter completed!