Rebirth and Revenge: The Imperial Master’s Pampering of Me is Addicting Me

Tang Kun also narrowed his eyes and glanced sideways at Old Master Gu, then quickly lowered his eyes and stood quietly aside without saying anything.

The emperor was so delighted by this series of conversations with the old Grand Tutor Gu that he was extremely pleased and spoke with a wave of his hand.

"My dear minister, you are truly like my right-hand man. Without you, my court feels like it is missing a pillar. At a time like this, only you can step forward and give me such good advice!

Today I will give you another yellow jacket from the Grand Tutor's Mansion, and I will never take it back. I will also allow you to leave it to your descendants."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. I am deeply moved. Your Majesty's grace is so great that I will never let you down. I am willing to serve Your Majesty with all my heart and soul. I express my sincere gratitude."

Old Master Gu was also stunned for a moment, then hurriedly bowed down, along with Gu Chengjin.

The father and son bowed to thank the emperor for his grace with deep fear and trepidation.

Having two jackets in one family is a great honor for a minister!

As soon as these words were spoken, all the civil and military officials could not help but brighten their eyes and began to speak one after another.

"Your Majesty, I also want to contribute my heart and soul to your country. I am willing to donate 10,000 taels to help the people of Yunzhou escape from this crisis as soon as possible!"

"Your Majesty, I have a small fortune in my family and am willing to donate 20,000 taels as disaster relief silver to help Your Majesty solve this urgent problem."

"I am also willing to sell some of my land and donate 30,000 taels to the people of Yunzhou so that they can return home as soon as possible."

Among the group of civil and military ministers, only the Minister of Revenue smiled more and more brightly. He swept his satisfied eyes over his colleagues around him, but he couldn't help but criticize them in his heart.

Haha, you always complain about your poverty to him, but now you're exposed, right? Every time you ask for tens of thousands of taels, do you have the guts to keep hiding it?

Even Tang Kun raised his hand and donated 30,000 taels.

The court, which had been silent just now, suddenly became lively. The emperor became more and more satisfied and asked them to report to the Minister of Revenue.

Then he asked them, "Yunzhou is in urgent need of help. Are there any of you willing to take over Yunzhou and handle some of its affairs to relieve me of my worries?"

The excitement of the people in the court subsided in an instant and they began to hang their heads and remain silent, wishing they could just hide their heads so that the emperor couldn't see them.

Although Yunzhou isn't far from the capital, it's still quite prosperous. But now there's a flood and no one knows how many people have died. It's also unclear whether the flood has receded yet. What if a plague breaks out?

They are living well and don't want to die! Only an idiot would volunteer to do such a difficult and thankless task.

The silence in the court lasted only a moment, and soon the voices of the ministers' recommendations suddenly rang out, but the emperor's expression became increasingly gloomy, and in the end his face turned black.

How could they not be angry? They were asked to work proactively without saying a word, and in the end, it was their sworn enemy who blamed everything.

In the end, it was Tang Kun who stepped forward to stop them, his face stern.

"His Majesty is still sitting up there, how can you be so noisy as if you were just buying groceries on the street? If anyone wants to recommend someone, please come forward and tell His Majesty. This is so disrespectful!"

A group of ministers had lost their temper, but who knew that someone would actually shout and stand up.

Minister of War Zhou Yuanzhi saluted respectfully towards the emperor above him.

"Your Majesty, the Minister of State Affairs believes that the most suitable person to take over Yunzhou at this time is Lord Hu. After all, this is only a temporary position. Once Yunzhou is pacified, Your Majesty can still send a suitable and capable official to take over. I recommend Lord Hu!"

As soon as he stood up, several colleagues beside him couldn't help but give him strange looks, as if to ask, "When did you two become enemies? And you're pushing him out at this time?"

Hu Minglang, who was inexplicably called out, was a little nervous when he stood up but still spoke.

"I have never dealt with floods, but if Your Majesty asks me to go, I will go!"

This was such a perfect flattery that several of his colleagues couldn't help but twitch their lips.

The emperor didn't even pay attention to the quarrel between them. After thinking about it, he really felt that this was a good candidate, so he appointed Shangshu Ling Hu Minglang to go to Yunzhou to take over the affairs of Yunzhou, and gave him the right to act at his discretion.

Then he asked the Minister of Revenue Xu Zhiji to record the disaster relief funds as soon as possible and compile a charter to hand it over to him as soon as possible. He also arranged people to do what the old Grand Tutor Gu had mentioned before. He also deducted one year's salary from Zhu Kunlin to atone for his crime of not judging people well.

The morning court was over. As soon as the emperor and Xu Han left, the ministers relaxed and walked out one after another.

The Minister of Justice Zhu Kunlin walked forward with a dejected look, rubbing his brows in worry.

What was he going to do now? He'd finally gotten someone in the Yunzhou Governorship position, and now that something this serious had happened, how was he going to explain it to His Highness? That idiot Lin Yuan, how could he not see before that this guy was someone who would only run away when faced with a crisis!

He left in a hurry and didn't notice that several colleagues behind him had surrounded the Minister of War Zhou Yuanzhi. They lowered their voices and secretly inquired about the news.

"Old Zhou, can you do this? When did you get the news? It's really unfair of you to not tell us."

"That's right, at least give us some mental preparation, right? I almost didn't react just now. You really did a big job without making any noise!"

"By the way, what's going on between you and Lao Hu? Do you two have a grudge or do you just dislike each other? This is a thankless task, and if you push him out, won't you just offend everyone? What are you thinking?"

Several colleagues suddenly came around him. Zhou Yuanzhi pushed them away with some disgust and explained with his neck stiff.

"No grudges or hatred. I just think he's the right person for this job and it might be handled faster. After all, disaster victims can't wait. Are you jealous? Don't worry, next time I encounter something and you're the right person, I'll push you too."

Several colleagues exchanged glances, smiled awkwardly and said nothing more.

Just kidding, this guy is a hot potato. Who knows if what he recommended was a good thing or a bad thing? If it was a good thing, it would be fine, but if it was a bad thing like this, they didn't want to be involved. I'm really thankful that he didn't think they were suitable this time.

Hu Minglang and Xu Zhiji had already left together. After all, this time one of them was responsible for taking over the disaster relief and the other for collecting disaster relief funds. They had too many common topics to talk about, so naturally they needed to discuss it together.

Gu Chengjin didn't bother to chat with other colleagues. He followed his old father, lowered his eyes, and quietly helped him leave. He slowly left the palace with the new yellow jacket given by the emperor in his hand.

They were completely unaware that a pair of eyes were following them closely, and then the owner of that pair of eyes turned slightly to talk to the person behind them.

"Go check it out."

The person behind him didn't say anything, just responded softly and turned to do his work.

On the other side, Gu Chengjin couldn't hold back his doubts until he got on the carriage and asked directly.

"Father, what happened to you today?"