Chapter 219: Establishing the Ministry of Labor 3

The ministers below obviously discovered this problem, but King Jing had a golden mouth, so how could he take it back? So with my loud thanks, all the ministers had to accept this fact, that is, I not only owned a third-rank military position, but also a third-rank civil position.

After I got up, King Jing laughed and said to the person who was in charge of his next head: "Xianwen, you will be with Deng Aiqing from today to be responsible for the establishment of the Ministry of Labor. He has more experience. Shangling's contribution to Deng Aiqing's current situation is a great contribution. You have to put down your airs and learn more!"

After King Jing said this, I realized that the person was Zhou Xianwen, the current eldest prince. He didn't expect that he was so old, but he felt relieved to think about it: In the Great Zhou Dynasty, men usually got married and had children at the age of seventeen or eighteen. As long as the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty was enthroned, they would usually choose a crown prince at the age of eighteen. If the princes were not selected, the princes would choose to have children after the age of eighteen. If they could give birth to a son, this was also the political capital to help them ascend the throne. In the previous generation of emperors, when King Jing was ten years old, he enthroned him as the crown prince, so it is not strange to have a eldest prince of such an old age.

King Jing now asks the eldest prince to join the Ministry of Labor and is in charge of the Ministry of Labor with me. He probably also saw the reason why I can get along with the Grand Tutor and the Prime Minister, and wanted the eldest prince to get closer to some ministers on both sides. At the same time, the Ministry of Labor is a department that is relatively close to ordinary people. The influence of the Ba Wang and the four families in the people and the people's hearts also allowed King Jing to see the future of the Ministry of Labor. So, does King Jing do this mean that he has made up his mind to be the crown prince? If that is the case, it must be that the third prince's last incident made King Jing very dissatisfied, and he planned to sign him as the crown prince after the eldest prince received the support of the ministers and ordinary people in the Ministry of Labor.

Although I knew the reason, I felt a little unhappy. I was used to giving orders alone. Now there was a eldest prince by my side, and it hurt like a thorn roaring, but I couldn't pull it out. Although I don't know what kind of person this eldest prince is now, at least I know one thing. In order to ascend the throne in the future, he will definitely work hard to gain support among officials. In order to prove his value and talent, he will definitely have different opinions or simply object to my order. And he has the background of the eldest prince, and the officials' fear of him will definitely be higher than me. Over time, the order I issued will no longer have any prestige among the ministers, or have no value at all.

Similarly, this is also my chance. If you approach the eldest prince, you can give me a better chance to gain his trust. If he ascends the throne in the future, I will most likely become his right-hand man. And now King Jing has spoken, what else can I have? Although I feel a little uncomfortable, I have to use the Ministry of Labor as a stepping stone for the eldest prince to ascend the throne in the future. Even for a future investment, the investment risk is slightly greater, and I don’t know if it can be taken back.

"Do you have any objection to Deng Aiqing?" King Jing asked when I saw that I didn't speak for a long time.

"No!" I immediately replied respectfully, "It is a privilege for the eldest prince to join the Ministry of Labor! I am so happy that I am too late, so what do you think?"

King Jing laughed and said, "That's good! Then Grand Tutor and Prime Minister, today you will establish the list of all the officials who will be elected to the Ministry of Labor and form them as soon as possible!"

"I obey the order!" The Grand Tutor and the Prime Minister replied together.

Seeing that the matter was resolved, King Jing also felt relieved. After no other minister had any information to report, he retreated early.

When I saw that it was still early, and I couldn't help the officials below selected by the Grand Tutor and the Prime Minister. After a moment of thought, I decided to go to the dock to see if the workers were sent away. After all, Feixue and others were still a little worried.

Just as I was about to leave, I heard someone calling me from behind. When I looked back, I saw that it was the eldest prince Zhou Xianwen.

I quickly turned around and bowed, "See Your Highness!"

"No need to be polite!" He smiled slightly, helped me up, and said, "In the future, we don't need the eldest prince to meet in private. The eldest prince's call is so unfamiliar."

"Is this okay?" I said seriously: "There is a difference between the king and the minister. The king is the king, and the minister is the minister. How can it be offside?" When I said this, I actually secretly patted his horse. If the so-called king refers specifically to the royal family, it usually refers to the king.

Although the eldest prince was happy, he showed an unhappy expression on his face and blamed him: "What? Are you deliberately keeping me from here?"

"I don't dare!" I said quickly.

"Don't you dare?" the eldest prince said angrily, "Then you are not allowed to call me the eldest prince in private from now on, and violators will definitely be severely punished!"

"I obey the order!" I said seriously.

The eldest prince was speechless, looked at me up and down, and smiled, "Everyone said Deng Long is not an ordinary person, it turns out that way!"

"Thank you for your praise. I am an ordinary person, no different from others." My words are still in the standard official accent.

Unexpectedly, he laughed instead of anger and said, "Don't give me an official voice, I'll follow you today. If you go there, I'll go there, don't try to send me away!"

I was speechless. In fact, the words I just said were just joking with him, and I also wanted to try his character. However, other people's scoundrel methods were really good. He was a dignified prince. He was used to the court's dogmatic etiquette education. It was really embarrassing him to say such words. At the same time, he said that he would follow me, and I could never leave him alone.

However, since he has decided to follow me, it would be a pity if he doesn't use his identity as the eldest prince.

"Okay!" I said respectfully, "Weichen is going to send a group of workers back to Shangling now. I wonder if Your Highness is interested in going to the dock with me?"

"Okay!" He agreed happily, and then held my hand, feeling even more anxious than me.

But I felt a little uncomfortable. If I was holding me now, one of Feixue and others, I would be very comfortable. But now, I felt awkward if I was holding me now.

When I arrived at the gate, someone naturally led the chase lightning up. The main reason was that I thought the sedan was slow, so I rode the chase lightning up today.

When the eldest prince saw the chasing the electric power, his eyes lit up and said, "Can you actually subdue this horse?" His tone was full of surprise.

"Submit?" I smiled slightly, stroked the horse's head gently, and said, "I didn't subdue it, it was following me."

Zhuidian also whistled softly at this time, as if he agreed with my words, and rubbed his head against me.

The eldest prince's eyes were full of surprise and said, "I really didn't expect that, I really didn't expect that the inability to surrender in the palace would follow you obediently. It's so incredible!" In addition to sighing, there was also deep envy in his words.

"Haha!" I smiled and said, "How can chasing the electricity compare to ordinary bad horses? What it wants is not a master who can subdue him, but a friend!"

"Make friends with horses?" The eldest prince widened his eyes and sighed: "It's indeed a strange man."

Weird man? I smiled slightly. They are used to being in high positions. It is unlikely that they will make friends with ordinary people, let alone a horse. Without forcing him to understand, I turned over and chased the electricity and said, "Your Highness, please come with me!"

Outside Fengtian Gate, there is also a special place for the royal family to release horses, because they are afraid that the people in the palace will not be able to find transportation due to urgent circumstances when they go out. While we are talking, someone has already led the horse over.

The eldest prince took the reins, turned over the horse, and shook the reins. The horse accelerated a few steps and walked with me.

There is a street outside Fengtian Gate, so our speed is not very fast. The eldest prince looked at the people doing business on both sides of the street and suddenly sighed: "You said, can the capital city become the same as Shangling?"

"I don't know what Your Highness means?" I turned my head and asked.

"I've been to Shangling!" He replied faintly, "Just a few days ago, my father asked me to go to Shangling alone, but he didn't say anything to ask me to do, he just asked me to go and see!"

"I don't understand why he added me to Shangling. When I got there, I realized the first time what fairness and what it means to be innocent. In order to verify the price of the same product, I ran alleys of Shangling. What surprised me was the difference between the products, but only three cents, and the price of that product was 150 taels of silver."

"The Shangling people do not seem to be worried. Even if they treat strangers like me, they will greet each other with a smile. And the yamen there, I actually saw them helping people wash clothes."

"In just a few days, what Shang Ling left for me was apart from surprise, but also envy. If you have to use one word to describe the Shang Ling I saw, it would be a fairyland on earth!"

"And the person who created such a legend is..." He turned his head and looked at me deeply, and said, "It's you Deng Long! During those days, I also saw your reputation among the people, not to mention your huge statue. Even the people who go to visit your fake tomb every day were endless. When I went there, it was the news that the four majors announced that you were not dead. You don't know that after the announcement, they were just going to Lingcheng to be decorated with lights and colors, which was more lively than the New Year. Later, I went to Grandpa Eight's house, and when talking about this, he only said two words: people's hearts! And the father let me know first, probably these two words."
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