The next day, Jiang Heng yawned because of lack of sleep. Last night, he caught a cold again and sneezed a few times. However, Geng Shu slept very well all night. He rarely slept on his own bed once in a few months. After falling asleep in the middle of the night, he even forgot the thought of coming to accompany Jiang Heng.
This made him feel guilty and said, "You always push on the quilt, no, I have to move in tonight."
Jiang Heng glared at Jie Gui who was beside him, thinking that it was all a good thing you did.
"You have to go to work," Jiang Heng and Geng Shu said after having breakfast in the room and walking through the corridor, "I didn't see you in Luoyang before, you stayed in the room every day, your jade pass. Woolen cloth?"
Geng Shu slept with shoulder pain and neck pain. He had not been active for a while. Jiang Heng slept with a headache. From this day on, he will start to go to the East Palace to assist Prince Taki in government affairs.
"In the middle of the night last night, what did you do?" Jue Ling was talking to Zeng Yu when she saw the three of them coming, so she asked Jiang Heng.
Jiang Heng replied, "Look at the moon." He knew that last night, Jie Gui held him hostage and ran out of the city. No one else would know.
Jue Ling threw the copied booklet to him, Jiang Heng opened his eyes and saw several changes in it. He knew that Jue Ling was protecting herself, and some words could not be said too clearly.
"Juiciao come with me." Jue Ling said to Geng Shu.
Geng Shu said blankly, "Do you?"
"What do you think?!" Ju Ling's voice was a little louder, and it seemed that she was going to train someone, so Jiang Heng pushed him and told him to get out of the way.
This was the first day he came to serve in the East Palace. Prince Taki yawned and just woke up. The palace staff cleaned the palace and put on the brazier. The sky was cold, but Jiang Heng was the first to arrive.
He has not officially participated in politics for a long time, even in the palace of the Prince of Zheng, he is only a guest. The last time he served as an official was five years ago, in Luoyang.
"It's so early," Prince Taki said to him, "I asked you to come over and have breakfast together."
Jiang Heng glanced at the cases under the Crown Prince Taki's seat. There were ten confidants in the East Palace. These ten people were the newly appointed officials of the Yong Dynasty after Ju Cong abdicated in the future. The prince was seated on the third step in the middle. On the left were a series of civil servants, such as the prince's grandfather Lu Ji, the prince's young teacher Zeng Rong, and the prince's young master Zhou You, and on the right were the seats of the military attache Geng Shu and Yiying.
"You sit here." Prince Taki pointed to a table on one side of his side, showing his position.
Jiang Heng was really flattered, his position was placed above all civil and military officials, sitting next to Prince Taki, on the second level.
"Father appointed him." Prince Taki said, "Sit down, don't stick to the rules too much."
Jiang Heng shook his head, but did not sit down, and asked, "Where is the case file for the new law?"
Prince Taki opened the food box, started to eat breakfast, and replied, "On the shelf in the east."
Jiang Heng glanced at Prince Taki, and saw that there were only three or two snacks in the food box and the dough that was in season in October. The life of the royal family of Yong, compared with that of the southern country, could already be described as "frugal". Scarcity, for so many years, I have been concerned about the Central Plains, which is normal.
"What's wrong?" Prince Taki saw Jiang Heng's expression was wrong.
"Why are your files here so messed up?" Jiang Heng couldn't help crying.
The Crown Prince Taki was slightly embarrassed, Jiang Heng almost knocked down the shelves of Tibetan scrolls in the entire East Palace, and asked people to come and divide it again.
"Zuo Xiang said so." Prince Taki had to admit his mistake, "It's my fault."
On each decree, there are opinions from the imperial court department, approval from the East Palace, then the review comments from Lu Ji and Guan Wei, followed by Ju Cong's "read", and then sent back after reading, it is the East Palace Xuxu For the implementation proposal of Nao Nao, each person attaches a sentence or two to the memorial, read it again from left to right, and criticize again, shake open a memorial, which is almost as long as a map of a thousand miles of rivers and mountains.
Jiang Heng said, "The process has to be simplified, and I'll take care of it for you."
Prince Taki said, "Auntie said we were too long-winded."
This is the tradition of Yongdi. When Yonghou founded the country in Luoyan, this process was appropriate. After all, he could take into account all aspects of advice. However, the land and government affairs of Yongguo are far from being comparable to those of the past, and they are still using the old methods of the past. The solution will only delay the time.
The staff of the East Palace came one after another. There were fewer people than Zheng Guo’s, but they were all powerful characters. They saluted Prince Taki when they entered the palace. Prince Taki received the food box after eating half of it. Jiang Heng held a pile of books and went to his Sit before the seat.
"Yesterday at the Liuhua Hall, everyone knew Mrs. Jiang." Prince Taki said.
Jiang Heng raised his head in the scroll and bowed his hands to everyone. Lu Ji's seat was empty, and the right minister rarely came to the East Palace, so Zeng Rong was the leader of his staff. Zeng Rong looked at him as usual, and was not dissatisfied with Jiang Heng's extraordinary treatment.
"From now on," said Prince Taki, "the East Palace will have to start preparing for the reform in the spring. It will last for three months. It has to be initially drafted, decided, and reviewed. There are so many things to do before the spring, and the affairs are busy. Just do what you can.”
Prince Taki's speech has always been very gentle, without the "must be done" momentum of Juicong, but all the staff obeyed.
Zeng Rong said, "I heard Mr. Jiang's remarks yesterday, which made me feel a lot. After thinking about it all night, I feel that there are many things about this matter, and I don't know where to start."
Zhou You was offended by Jiang Heng on the day of Daiguo. Obviously, he is still dissatisfied now. Seeing that Jiang Heng is standing in the East Palace, he is temporarily on the same line with Zeng and Tuesday's family, so it is inconvenient for him to have an attack. But since Geng Shu wasn't there, it was okay to stab him a few words.
"Master Jiang must have a master already, right?" Zhou You said, "Maybe the journey will be arranged for half a year."
Everyone didn't dare to say it. If Jiang Heng really came up with a proposal for reform, they would have nothing to do with them. If they were too much in the limelight, they would definitely be suppressed.
"No," Jiang Heng said calmly, "No, all of the adults here have done this tour. I just came back and walked around the land where my father lived, and took the opportunity to idle around."
As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly stood up, thinking about something that had been ignored before.
In addition to being the imperial official, Jiang Heng has another important role - he is the son of Geng Yuan. Geng Shu was adopted into the royal family, and Jiang Heng was the only descendant of the Geng family's Eight Classics, and the eldest son of the righteous.
Everyone in the Yong Kingdom, Geng Wei and Zhou Zeng, are all families of scholar-officials who were named marquis. Although the Geng family is not prosperous and has no feudal lands, it cannot hide the sect of its family. His mother Jiang Zhao is the daughter of the Queen Mother Jiang. The big nobles who came out of the country and the more places. Because the Geng family has no fief, its relationship with the royal family is above the other three.
What's more, Geng Yuan is still a "state scholar", and the Yong Kingdom has nothing to repay. Today, the credit can only be inherited by the descendants. Even if Jiang Heng is an idiot, the Ju family must make him a prince and give him a fief, for generations to come. raising his descendants.
Jiang Hengzheng hinted to everyone that he never emphasized his contribution, not because he didn't show up, but because he didn't use it to oppress others, and in terms of opinion, he was no lower than anyone here.
In the past six months, the courtiers have been dizzy and dizzy by Jiang Heng, because his personal voice was too loud, causing everyone to forget his share for a while.
Zeng Rong recalled his father's evaluation of him, and told him that no matter what, he must become friends with Jiang Heng, never become enemies. If you come to a situation where you have to be an enemy, you must do anything to get rid of him, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.
But Jiang Heng now seems to have no plans to deal with the other clansmen. At least they are allies now, and they are people on the same boat.
"So what's your opinion on this, Mr. Jiang?" Zeng Rong said.
"Since this matter was proposed by Mr. Jiang," another young civil servant said, "Mr. Jiang will have to work hard."
Jiang Heng glanced at the young man and caught a glimpse of the card in front of the case called "Niu Min". When they came to discuss matters, they would not put the card. After all, they all knew each other. Prince Taki arranged a seat in advance to make it easier for him to identify the person. .
"Master Niu is right." Jiang Heng spread out a scroll he brought with him and said, "I've been serious about it, the details of the reform are full of threads, and it's not just anyone. Being able to draft proposals independently, and arguing one by one, is not only time-consuming and expensive, but also easy to lead to disagreements. A few days ago, in our detailed rules, the new law set out 16 articles, which are divided into government affairs regulations, talent cultivation, tax reform, military affairs, farmland, and public works. …”
Everyone craned their necks and looked at the thin piece of paper in Jiang Heng's hand, but Jiang Heng gave it to Prince Taki.
"... Commerce and trade, diplomacy, domestic affairs, foreign affairs, foreign affairs, etc." Jiang Heng said, "Why don't we discuss today, each item will be led by an adult, and the proposals will be made separately. After the preliminary design is established, , take it out again, everyone, discuss and decide, how about it?"
Prince Taki got the general outline of the reform, and almost every item in it was followed by the words of the two aides of the East Palace. After a while, he didn't know what it was, and looked at Jiang Heng, but Jiang Heng made a look.
Zeng Rong said: "Mr. Jiang's method is good, but if it's all left to one person, will there be any problems?"
Jiang Heng asked back: "What about Lord Yi Zeng?"
Zeng Rong glanced at Zhou You, Zhou You was obviously serious. He has always attached great importance to appearances. Since Jiang Heng is a descendant of the Geng family, he has many fewer enemies, as if he is "from our side" .
"A proposal," Zhou You said, "must have at least two people working together, and it is advisable to review each other."
Prince Taki: "..."
Crown Prince Taki was extremely shocked, and then he got up. Jiang Heng actually knew the thoughts of this group of staff well in advance!
"Master Zhou is right," Jiang Heng said, "but I was too rash."
Zhou You shook his head and said sternly: "One person is the main, one person is the auxiliary. The auxiliary person can act as a reviewer, and he has his own proposal to be responsible for."
Everyone said that this plan was very good, and Prince Taki looked down at the paper, "diplomacy", and wrote the word "Zouyou", followed by "Jiang Heng".
"Then I will read the details," Prince Takihui said, "If you have any plans, you can take them."
Zhou You said: "I have already received diplomacy, I wonder if Lord Jiang is willing to point it out for me?"
Jiang Heng said, "Naturally."
As a result, the reform of diplomacy was mainly based on traveling around, supplemented by Jiang Heng.
"Government Regulations." Prince Taki gave a soft "um", and the place where the person in charge was written was empty, and he followed the head of the inner court and called the officials who were late.
"Apart from His Highness, there is no suitable candidate." Zeng Rong said.
"That's right," Prince Taki said, "that's exactly what it is."
Chi Ruo sat in the last seat, in charge of the government affairs report between the East Palace and the imperial court, and said, "I will assist the prince."
Prince Taki added his own words.
"Where's Yucai?" Prince Taki said, looking at the word "Bai Huan" above, but said nothing, looking at the officials in the East Palace.
Bai Huan raised his hand and said, "I would like to take this item."
Zeng Rong's cousin said, "I'll help Brother Bai."
Prince Taki shook his head and called people in turn. Among them, the military and foreign affairs were assigned to Geng Shu. The masters and assistants of each item were all as expected by Jiang Heng. The cloth is well-behaved. The thing that made the Crown Prince Taki tiring was that no one had read the general outline of the reform before this, and all the staff in the East Palace had spontaneously proposed.
And these reform proposals are intricate and intertwined in their interests. It is necessary to avoid suspicion, and to strive for their own interests for the Han clan, scholar-bureaucrats, royal clan, officials and other groups, and to check and balance each other. Jiang Heng actually expected all of them in advance!
Zeng Rong led the tax reform, which is one of the most important items. It was Jiang Heng's last resort. With so many landlords, there must be some benefits for people to share, otherwise the reform will not be pushed forward.
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"Foreign affairs," said Prince Taki.
"I'll come," Jiang Heng said, "Please serve as my assistant."
Prince Taki nodded with pleasure. After the sixteen items were assigned, the remaining "foreign internal affairs" and "commercial trade", Jiang Heng did not write to anyone.
"Once the foreign affairs of foreigners are settled," Jiang Heng said, "the internal affairs will naturally be resolved. For commerce, there are other candidates. The candidates are outside the East Palace. Your Highness can leave it to the final solution."
"Okay." Prince Taki took half a day to divide all the tasks, and immediately relaxed, he was still worried last night, reform is so important, even if he has the heart to do it, the clues are extremely complicated, like a mess, submit a new law in three months, easier said than done?
In the end, Jiang Heng only used it for one morning, and he quickly cut the mess, broke it into pieces, and began to solve it.
"Then let's go," said Prince Taki. "It's getting late, and there's still work to do in the afternoon."
The rest of the people resigned one after another, Zeng Rong stepped forward to have a few words with Jiang Heng, and accidentally saw the general outline of the reform before Prince Taki's case, and a series of words below it.
Zeng Rong: "..."
Jiang Heng immediately blocked the case imperceptibly, raised his eyebrows at Zeng Rong. Prince Taki has a good heart, and quickly put the general guide away.
But Zeng Rong had already seen it, and the shock it brought him made him forget what he wanted to say for a while.
"Brother Zeng?" Jiang Heng asked.
Zeng Rong returned to his senses and said, "Don't dare, how old is Brother Yu, who is holding a banquet with the Zhou family at the mansion, then invite His Royal Highness and Brother Jiang to have a light meal?"
"Okay," said Prince Taki, as soon as the guests at the front door of Prince Taki had dispersed, he returned to his usual appearance, "When is it?"
Zeng Rong is like everyone's eldest brother. He is over old, behaves elegantly, and looks handsome. Jiang Heng still has a good impression of him.
Zhou Youdao: "Then it will take a few days, and after the next Yuan Festival, I will send the post."
Jiang Heng said in his heart that you will be so busy next time, you still have the mind to set up a table to eat, you are really busy on weekdays, but since Prince Taki agreed, it was inconvenient to refuse, so he turned his head.