Emperor Yongtai listened to the predecessors explain the classics and history, and suddenly asked: "Cui Yunhao, what do you think of Jie Zitui?"

Cui Yunhao thought for a moment before replying respectfully: "If you go back to the emperor, I think Jie Zitui is a benevolent and loyal minister."

"Oh?" Emperor Yongtai looked up at him: "Let's listen."

"Yes," Cui Yunhao said, "Jie Zitui didn't have Juelu, and he followed Duke Wen of Jin to escape in vain. He only relied on a word of righteousness. Later, he was so hungry on the way that he cut his flesh to Duke Wen of Jin. He used the word "benevolence." I think Jie Zitui is a loyal minister who is both benevolent and righteous."

Emperor Yongtai looked directly at him and questioned, "Don't you think Jie Zitui is too pedantic and hypocritical?"

Cui Yunhao returned a puzzled look, and Emperor Yongtai looked away, and said slowly: "If he is not following Jin Wengong, would he follow him and flee without hesitation, even at the expense of serving the king?"

Cui Yunhao paused for a moment before saying, "I don't agree with what the emperor said."

Emperor Yongtai suddenly looked at him again, the original tiredness in his eyes was swept away, replaced by a sharp light, and said: "You say."

Cui Yunhao replied calmly: "The records in the history books are all unique facts that have happened before. There is no assumption. Jiezi promoted Jin Wengong, and then resigned from office without saying a salary, and died after repaying the tree, which is enough to show that this person is loyal to the emperor. Going to the festival of righteousness, even if this kind of righteous man is true to what the emperor said, he was not following Duke Wen of Jin but someone else, he will still do what he did later, Jie Zi’s loyalty is not to the king, but to the country.”

He lowered his head: "This is my humble and foolish opinion. If there is any recklessness, I hope the emperor will forgive me."

After hearing these words, Emperor Yongtai looked at him fixedly, without saying a word, after a long time, he stood up and said: "You are right, I was wrong."

After he finished speaking, he actually came to help Cui Yunhao himself, and said with a smile: "I don't know why, every time I listen to your lectures, I feel a sense of enlightenment."

Cui Yunhao bowed his head humbly: "The emperor has wrongly praised it, and I am ashamed."

Emperor Yongtai smiled: "Why should I be ashamed? I have heard a saying that I am willing to serve the imperial court with my humble body and do my best. You said this?"

Cui Yunhao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It's what I said, but it was frivolous words. I don't want to fall into the ears of the Holy One. I'm really scared."

Emperor Yongtai patted him on the shoulder kindly, and said: "I am deeply relieved that you have this ambition. I am afraid that those first and second-rank ministers in the court can't compare with you. If this is the case, then I will give you a service to the court Opportunity."

Cui Yunhao raised his head, looked into the wise and shrewd eyes of the emperor, took a deep breath, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

……

Just when everyone was in panic, fearing that they would be demoted and dismissed, an imperial decree came down. At this juncture, someone was actually promoted, which really shocked everyone's eyes.

Cui Yunhao, the current doctor of the Ministry of War, was personally promoted by the emperor to the position of the left servant of the Ministry of War. He jumped from the fifth rank to the third rank. It is unbelievable. What kind of luck did this man have?
At the beginning of the year, Cui Yunhao was still a member of the military department of the fifth rank. In February, he was promoted to the doctor of the fifth rank of the military department. Now it is only July, and he has been promoted to the left servant of the third rank of the military department. Almost all the ministers in the court can't figure it out , How did this Cui Yunhao get the favor of the emperor? He was promoted again and again, and within a year, he was promoted to three levels in a row. This kind of honor is one of the few in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Oh, by the way, this Cui Yunhao was once the youngest number one scholar in the Great Zhou Dynasty. It can be said that he took all the good things.

Logically speaking, it is really inappropriate for Cui Yunhao to be promoted so quickly. He is still too young and has little qualifications. To be a third-rank official at such a young age, looking around, he is the only one in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Shen Zhi Yuanwai Lang in the capital used nine ranks in order to get a fourth-rank official position, so some people jokingly called the name "Jiuzhuan Dancheng". Ke, Hongshao, Guangshao, and Tongshen, the court officials are overstaffed. At this time, if a subordinate of the fifth rank wants to be promoted to the fourth rank, he needs to go through so many ups and downs.

The officials have been in the court for so long, and they all say that there is a radish and a pit. This time the court was shaken, and many officials were dismissed, and many pits were vacated. The doorway is flexible in every possible way. I don't want a big radish to fall from the sky and occupy the pit. It's really confusing.

If this was normal, the ministers would have taken turns to stop it, but this time it is different, the aftermath of the July incident has not yet passed, and no one knows what the emperor is thinking at this time, if he dares to go to the memorial to disobey him, What kind of catastrophe will it cause?

It is said that the rafters in the head are rotten first, everyone is waiting, the official department is waiting for the censor to play, the censor is waiting for the cabinet to speak, and the cabinet looks at the meaning of the official department, everyone is silent in unison, silent ...

This silence lasted until the day when Cui Yunhao officially took office. Looking at the youngest newly-appointed Minister of War, Zuo Shilang, all the officials sighed in their hearts and complained to each other. Now that there is any objection, it is already a step too late.

This matter can only be done at this point.

Cui Yunhao, as the minister of the military department of the third rank, naturally also has the qualifications for the court meeting. In his opinion, every court meeting seems to be a quarrel, especially after the prince and King Yong's factions become more and more obvious, every time there is a quarrel When they fought, they were all armed with guns and sticks, and the smell of gunpowder was very strong. Sometimes when it was fierce, Cui Yunhao even felt that they wanted to draw their swords to face each other.

On the contrary, the two leading masters, the Crown Prince and King Yong, seemed to speak in harmony, but in fact they had hidden needles in their mouths, and were hypocritical.

Everyone felt that the crown prince had changed a lot, and he was calmer than before. If it was in the past, he would have exposed his foundation within three sentences with King Yong. Now he is still on airs, and he doesn't know Is it a sudden epiphany?

Only Cui Yunhao knew the reason. His eyes were straight ahead, and he listened to the Prince and King Yong say something like you, me, like brothers and sisters, and Chu Yingying's words came to his ears again. : He remembered.

Thinking about it, so what, Cui Yunhao thought indifferently, since I can let him die once, I can also let him die a second time, completely shattering his bones.

"I don't know what Master Cui thinks?"

At this moment, the prince suddenly called Cui Yunhao's name and asked with a smile.

What they just discussed, Cui Yunhao heard in his ears, said that although the enemy soldiers have retreated now, they are cunning and greedy, and they are likely to send troops again. If they do send troops, how should they respond to the enemy.

In the middle of the discussion, the prince suddenly pointed the finger at Cui Yunhao. The Minister of the Ministry of War was on the sidelines. He didn't ask, but asked the left servant of the Ministry of War. His intentions can be imagined.

Everyone was stunned. Emperor Yongtai and King Yong looked over at the same time. The difference was that King Yong had a bit of worry in his eyes, while Emperor Yongtai said with great interest: "Cui Yunhao, tell me."

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