Corrupt County Magistrate (17)

Ji Changze is the most legendary minister since the founding of Anguo.

His performance in the imperial examination was mediocre. Although it was not bad, it was definitely not good. It stands to reason that such a person would not be accepted as a son-in-law by officials. However, Lord Wei, who was the Chief Censor at the time, had a good vision and dug out this big pearl disguised as sand and married his daughter to Ji Changze.

It is said that at that time, no one understood why Lord Wei could marry his daughter to such a son-in-law who came from a merchant family, had mediocre performance, and had no intersection with him before. In the days that followed, he always supported his son-in-law, especially when Lord Ji returned to the court and carried out many policies with the late emperor, his father-in-law Lord Wei was always his most loyal supporter.

Others are fathers and sons fighting in battle, but when it was their turn, it was directly replaced by the father-in-law and son-in-law standing on the united front.

When Ji Changze's political talent gradually emerged and he successfully became the super confidant of the late emperor, and led An Guo to make one shocking change after another, those who had said behind his back that Lord Wei was probably confused suddenly realized and regretted it.

No wonder!

It turns out that he is not confused, but too smart.

Although Ji Changze is not powerful in the court, he is almost there. However, he has always been upright in his work and life. Even if he has power, he has never been seen to use his power for personal gain. Moreover, he is very thick-skinned, and no matter how his political enemies bully him, he can't hurt him at all.

The fact that he is thick-skinned is recognized by the whole court.

If he is not thick-skinned, can he report the account book to His Majesty every month, including his eating, drinking, defecating, and urinating, what money he earns, and where the money is spent, and report everything to His Majesty without missing a word?

Among the officials who dared not to make their assets transparent, this guy was clearly a scoundrel, but the late emperor fell for his tricks. Every time someone impeached Ji Changze, the late emperor would always talk about the account book, and then say, "You actually think that Ji Aiqing is not good here and there, you should surpass him first."

If you can do it, go ahead, if you can't, don't talk about it.

Although these officials really want to say: I can't do it, I will talk about it.

However, this is a feudal society where the power of life and death is handed over to the imperial power. If you say this, it will definitely be over, so they can only shut up in grief and anger.

It's not possible not to shut up the microphone, didn't you hear that His Majesty called them "Qing" and called others Ji Lord "Aiqing"?

The political opponents were angry and desperate, and they all thought that His Majesty was deceived by Ji Changze's sweet words. Just looking at how long Ji Changze stood beside the officials who once agreed with them but were now brainwashed and stood on Ji Changze's side, they knew how much this guy could deceive people.

They held their breath. Although they dared not say it, they were determined to hold on to the end. They had to outlast Ji Changze!

As a result, the late emperor was kind-hearted and lived a long life. Before Ji Changze fell, many old and conservative ministers were outlasted.

The rest of them finally held on until the late emperor, Ji Changze's biggest supporter, passed away. They hoped that the new emperor would be able to gather his own team. As for Ji Changze, the late emperor's favorite minister, according to the old rules, he would either be a mascot or gradually be removed from the center of power.

They were looking forward to it!

They were excited!

They were so happy that they wanted to go to heaven!

Then, the new emperor Ji Chui took the throne.

The first thing he did after he took the position was to let Ji Changze go to the imperial study and send away all the servants. The two of them had a secret talk in it for two and a half hours.

Then, Ji Changze successfully sold the plan that the late emperor did not agree with before.

The late emperor did trust Ji Changze very much, but he was also an old man. Unlike the new emperor who was in his prime, he was conservative and only wanted to maintain the status quo. Some of the plans that Ji Changze wanted to make were too radical and did not get the late emperor's approval.

But the new emperor is different!

The new emperor is sharp and full of youthful vigor. He has had a good mind since he was a child and has hardly encountered any setbacks. The wife he married is beautiful and has a good family background. The two children he gave birth to are all legitimate sons. In terms of political affairs, because he has been taught by the late emperor since he was a child (tree hole), he has done better than everyone imagined.

At this time, Ji Changze suggested that "Your Majesty, we can't just maintain the status quo, we have to reform." After reading his plan and the prepared materials, the late emperor, who had "Ji Aiqing is a great talent" in his mind since he was a child, agreed to it after considering it for an hour.

The late emperor had Ji Changze, which allowed the originally declining Anguo to slowly recover.

But the new emperor had Ji Changze, which gave the entire Anguo wings and tried to soar into the sky.

Ji Changze said one thing to the previous emperor and another to the new emperor, which made both emperors very happy. They felt that Ji Aiqing was worthy of being Ji Aiqing, and that he and I were just the right person for the same pot.

Although Ji Changze knew that he was an all-purpose pot cover, he could cover a pot as big as a building, but the victims, no, the people being helped, they didn't know.

So, Ji Changze's political enemies were disappointed.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, Ji Changze and him hit it off immediately. The two of them fought vigorously for five years. In the sixth year, the political enemies were numb.

Well, they gave up struggling.

Ji Changze was clearly a vixen who could bewitch people. They survived the previous emperor, could they survive the strong new emperor?

Moreover, Ji Changze is simply too vicious and full of bad intentions.

He would never use any means against his political opponents. They were all people who wanted to save face. Naturally, these political opponents were embarrassed to use those dirty means (anyone who knew how to use such means would have been killed by Ji Changze long ago), so this was As a result, they only talk about it.

The daily routine is probably "What are you looking at?" "How are you looking at you?" "You dare to look at me" and "I will look at you." Elementary school students can fight better than them.

Not only did Ji Changze never attack them, he also spoke in a nice and gentle manner, which made his colleagues who were officials in the same dynasty feel that they were too serious, but they just had different stances. Since they didn't care, Why bother?

Every time this man with a gentle smile on his face made his political opponents want to vomit blood: "..."

Obviously everyone has different stances and are enemies, but Ji Changze, the white lotus, makes it seem like they have gone too far to bully others. Please find out, please! When did they and Ji Changze have different opinions, they won in the end?

Ji Changze is said to be sinister, and he is very good at winning people's hearts through small favors.

Everyone knows that the officials under Ji Changze will not only receive personal bonuses from him, but also material rewards, and rewards for children at home to go to kindergarten. Moreover, he never bothers to take the credit of his subordinates. If everyone does a great thing together, he will be rewarded. They all reported as they should, so the people under Ji Changze were also the ones who were promoted the fastest.

Moreover, while he protects his own shortcomings, he does not protect his shortcomings too much. If he is wrong, he is wrong. Even if this person is his protégé, he will not interfere, and he will even take the initiative to collect evidence of crime. But if his subordinates have not done anything wrong, he will not do anything wrong. If you are slandered, it will blow up a hornet's nest. Ji Changze is an unyielding person who will never stop after paying the price.

There were also some people who went to complain to the late emperor at that time, saying that Ji Changze had formed a clique for personal gain. He clearly wanted to serve as an official in the court to do things for His Majesty, but in the end, those people all followed Ji Changze's lead.

The late emperor: I can’t hear you.

This is another trait of Ji Changze. Even though he has connections all over the court, he can make a sworn brother out of him with just a few pushes, but he never takes the initiative to get involved in military power, nor does he make friends with military attachés.

This is the greatest sincerity to reassure the emperor.

No matter how hard a group of literati work, what can they accomplish? Even if all the civil servants in the court are on Ji Changze's side, for the emperor who has military power in his hands, he can still sit back and relax.

This is the difference between the thinking of superiors and inferiors.

The person who filed the complaint did not get the outcome he wanted, and felt sad and angry in his heart. His Majesty was also deceived by this guy. After living strong for another twenty years, he finally waited for the new emperor. He was overjoyed and hurried over to complain. One condition.

The new emperor didn't pretend not to hear, he started scolding directly: "You have nothing to do, right? Ji Aiqing needs to do something practical. What are you doing? If you have nothing to do, do this, this, and that for me." , I am so busy every day that my feet never touch the ground. I wish I could grow eighteen pairs of hands to work. As my confidant, if you don’t work hard, you will be like a talkative woman. How shameless!

Complainant: I am actually His Majesty’s confidant? ! !

Before he could be happy for a while, the new emperor threw a lot of things at him, and asked him to do it as quickly as possible on the grounds that "if you weren't my confidant, I wouldn't leave these things to you." .

Suddenly becoming His Majesty's confidant, the complainant felt that he was full of energy and no longer wanted to complain, nor was he sad or angry. He happily went back with his things and began to work hard.

Seeing this, the new emperor, whose feet never touched the ground, was satisfied. He changed into his regular clothes and went out to go fishing with Ji Aiqing.

Ji Aiqing is right. This kind of work that can be left to the ministers can be left to them. They are happy and the burden on him is lightened. It is a win-win situation, so why does he have to do it all by himself? He is clearly the master of the world, and he does what he does like a long-term worker who never gets a break.

No wonder my father lived a long life, I think he will also live a long life in the future.

Two days after the new emperor was happy, Ji Changze resigned.

The reason is that I have already done all the things that need to be done for you. Now the world is at peace, the people have enough food and clothing, your Majesty is in high spirits, and I am no longer needed in the court. I will take my leave.

New Emperor: ...But, Ji Aiqing, you have been my father’s lover for more than 20 years. I don’t want 20 years. Can’t I make up the whole number of 10 years?

Ji Changze and Ma Liu refused.

He is not stupid. He has no work to do now. If he retreats at this time, the emperor will only think of his kindness. If he does not retreat, now that the emperor has finished opening up the outside, his attention will be on the court. By then, Ji Changze will neither be able to Making new contributions and standing in a high position to respond to hundreds of calls, even if the emperor is a bastard, sooner or later he will not be able to bear it anymore.

Now is the best time to run away.

He bid farewell to the emperor and returned to his hometown with his family and relatives. From then on, there was one less minister in the court, but there was one more legendary god in the history class of later generations.