Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Chapter 527 Knowing a Little About Everything In addition to handling the government affairs of the Honglu Temple, Pei Xingjian also spends more energy on building a secret team in the Eastern Palace.

Not to mention that Hou Junji and Hou Haitang couldn't see Pei Xingjian, even Du He, the leader of the Eastern Palace spies, hadn't seen him for several days.

When Hou Junji heard that his future son-in-law was entrusted with an important task by the spies and that he was in charge of a secret department, a puzzled expression immediately appeared on his face.

"In charge of the secret department of the East Palace?"

"Nephew Du, what department does Shouyue help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince manage? Can you please tell me?"

The Eastern Palace has the Zhanshi Palace, the Zuoyou Chunfang, the Three Temples and the Ten Rate Palaces. These departments are consistent with the three provinces and six ministries and nine temples and five academies of the imperial court, and are not secret departments.

Moreover, Pei Xingjian also served as the Prince's Chief Justice in the Zhanshi Mansion of the Eastern Palace.

Now Du He said that Pei Xingjian was in charge of the secret department, so Hou Junji was confused.

Du He said apologetically: "Uncle Hou, this department cannot be made public. Please forgive me."

"But don't worry, the department that Shouyue is in charge of is very safe, and I am the chief officer of this department."

Hearing that Pei Xingjian was working under Du He, Hou Junji nodded with relief.

Du He is a very smart little rascal. He will not do anything that is not beneficial to himself. Moreover, it will be of great benefit to Pei Xingjian's career if he follows Du He.

After all, this brat Du He is very keen on promoting his confidants.

Whether it was Du Gou or Du Aitong, or Xue Rengui, Xi Junmai, Xiao Kai and others, they were basically promoted by Du He.

Hou Junji curled his lips and said, "Nephew Du, you can't leave all the work to Shouyue. You have to give him some free time to spend more time with Haitang."

"Otherwise, Haitang would make trouble with me every day, and I wouldn't be able to handle it!"

Her precious daughter's heart was completely devoted to Pei Xingjian, the elegant and knowledgeable man, and she would feel like she was suffering from lovesickness if she couldn't see him for a day.

It just so happens that Pei Xingjian is at a critical period in his official career, and with the support of two noble men, the Crown Prince and Du He, he cannot miss this opportunity.

Because there are capable people who can replace him.

Du He smiled and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Hou. When I meet Shou Yue, I will tell him to go back to Duke Chen's Mansion."

Hou Junji stroked his short beard happily and said, "Then I am relieved."

After discussing personal matters, the two then started talking about business matters.

Hou Junji also told Du He, the Minister of Works, in advance about the major events that the court would be doing next year, so that he could make relevant preparations in advance.

In particular, the five major government affairs of building official roads, bridges, mining coal, controlling water and cultivating military farms are the core tasks of the Ministry of Works next year.

Just as the two of them were chatting excitedly, there was a gentle knock on the office door.

"Knock knock knock."

Then a deep middle-aged voice was heard.

"Right Prime Minister, His Majesty has summoned you to the Liangyi Hall for a meeting."

"The people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs said it was urgent. Zuo Pushe, Fang Sikong, Xiao Tejin and others were also summoned by His Majesty to enter the palace."

Hearing His Majesty's summons and calling other important ministers over, Hou Junji could only stop with a sense of unfulfilled desire.

Hou Junji knew why Li Shimin was looking for them, so he shouted towards the door of the room.

"Yuwen Youcheng, please ask the officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to wait for a moment. I will be out soon!"

"promise!"

There was a reply from outside the door, and then light footsteps quickly moved away.

Hou Junji held a stack of memorials on the table in his hand, then stood up and said with regret on his face.

"Nephew Du, you are really capable of unknown things. You know a little bit about everything!"

"I have gained a lot from talking to you about government affairs, but today the time is short and I haven't had enough fun talking to you!"

"When you have some free time, come over to my place for tea, or to my residence for a drink, and we'll have a good chat!"

Hou Junji found that no matter what he talked about with Du He, Du He always had his own opinions, and they were not nonsense.

He even had his own insights into the government affairs of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Justice.

For example, the first task His Majesty assigned him since he took office was to find a way to enable a group of generals who had not led troops for many years to train more young generals.

In the early years when the Tang Dynasty was relatively stable, Your Majesty separated the generals and soldiers to prevent them from staying together for a long time, which might lead to rebellion.

Except when leading troops into battle, generals would be asked to train their soldiers for a period of time. Most of the time, these generals did not lead troops.

But this also has a bad consequence, that is, the generals do not represent training and combat all year round, and it is impossible to train new and outstanding generals.

Li Shimin was even more worried about letting these generals recruit disciples and students.

Because they had more disciples and followers, it was easier for these generals to succeed in their rebellion.

Du He proposed a very interesting solution, which was to set up a generals' academy, let a group of veteran generals serve as teachers, and openly train young generals.

In this way, the generals will have something to do and can train young generals, and Your Majesty will not have to worry about these generals rebelling.

Du He also stood up and replied, "Uncle Hou, please go and do your business first, we will talk in detail next time."

Then the two of them walked out of the office one after the other.

As they walked out of the office lobby, a middle-aged man with a square face saluted respectfully towards the two of them.

"Greetings to You Pushe and Du Shangshu."

Du He turned his head to look at him, then smiled and nodded at him.

Shangshu Youcheng Yuwenjie is a direct descendant of the Yuwen family and is now one of the core figures of the Guanlong family.

However, he himself acts very low-key and does not show off. He is the same type of dangerous person as Changsun Wuji.

Although Yuwen Jie was from a Guanlong family, he and Fang Yiai were close friends and he was a very versatile person.

Du He clasped his fists towards Hou Junji and said, "Right Prime Minister, I will take my leave first."

"Ah."

Hou Junji nodded calmly.

The two men were in a superior-subordinate relationship. In front of the subordinate officials in the Shangshu Province, Du He had to give face to Hou Junji, his superior.

When Du He walked into the lobby of the Ministry of Works, Yu Chang, the Vice Minister of Works, immediately came to greet him.

"Minister Du, Doctor Xiao has returned, and everyone is here."

Du He nodded and said, "Minister Yu, please call the doctors and deputy doctors of the four ministries to my office."

"promise!"

After Yu Chang saluted with his fists, he walked away quickly with a happy look on his face.

The other construction officers in the lobby all showed delighted expressions on their faces after hearing the conversation between Du He and Yu Chang.

"The Shangshu-sama is finally going to lead them to achieve merit!"

They heard from colleagues in other departments that the recent achievements of Xiao Kai, the doctor of the Ministry of Justice, were all the work of Du Shangshu.

Although there is no conclusive evidence, they still believe it.

Judging from Xiao Kai's nonchalant look, if honeycomb coal and kang were really made by him alone, even domestic pigs could climb up a tree.