Chapter 60 Cruel Officials
Without his bear-like grandson, Yuchi Changfeng liked Zhou Tieyi more and more.

So much so that he didn't even talk about business, but instead said, "Your Zhou family really made a good deal. If I had known that the Taoists were so supportive, I would have kneeled down and begged His Majesty for a marriage certificate for my son, even if I had no shame!"

Zhou Tieyi smiled and said, "You are too kind, General."

"Haha, it's not an over-praise, it's an under-praise, so I'm talking nonsense. I'm afraid Mei Qingchen's comments about you today have spread all over Tianjing. From now on, no one in the world dares to underestimate you."

Zhou Tieyi frowned, remembering the words that the servant of the Mei family had told him.

He has a clever mind, sees what others don't see, and can do what others can't. If he follows the right path, he can be a capable minister in governing the country.

If this happened to anyone else, it would be flattery, but Zhou Tieyi felt that Mei Qingchen was not flattering him intentionally, but that he really thought so.

Just like he taught his son, 'repay evil with good'.

Zhou Tieyi was just a little surprised, "It spread so quickly?"

"Fast?"

Yuchi Pojun shook his head and sighed, "Confucianists and historians are already preparing to write a biography of Mei Qingchen, which will be included in the Biography of Qingchen in the Records of the Grand Historian."

The "Records of the Grand Historian" of this world began to be written from the time when the Holy Emperor was alive, and has continued to be written to the present day, without interruption despite the wars of the Five Dynasties of the North and South.

Green is the true color of the sky.

Qingchen is a wise minister sent by heaven.

Even in a generation of emperors, there might not be one who could be included in the biographies of young ministers.

Now Confucians and historians are just waiting for Mei Qingchen to kneel and die in front of the Meridian Gate, and then they will spread their knowledge all over the world!

The blood-soaked bun tastes so good!

Zhou Tieyi commented in his heart.

"How long can he kneel in front of the Meridian Gate?"

Zhou Tieyi asked a question.

This question has two meanings. First, how long can Mei Qingchen hold on before dying?

Second, will the emperor make him kneel until death?

Yuchi Pojun smiled like an old fox, "I thought you were not afraid at all, but it turns out you are still afraid."

Zhou Tieyi didn't shy away and smiled bitterly, "How can I not be afraid? He wrote me in his famous article, and my future is tied to it. And I can't blame him, otherwise I will be laughed at by the world."

"The Confucian way of repaying grievances with justice is really amazing, even more amazing than the first chapter of the Buddhist teachings in the Fahua Temple!"

"Yeah, that's awesome."

As a military strategist who has been suppressed by Confucianism for many years, Yuchi Pojun did not laugh at Zhou Tieyi, but felt the same way.

Then he answered Zhou Tieyi's question, "He can kneel until both of us run out of lifespan."

so smart?

Zhou Tieyi couldn't believe it. A Confucian fourth-rank scholar, no, even if Mei Qingchen was a third-rank scholar now, could he have such a long life?

Then why do people still practice Taoism? Just start practicing Confucianism.

Seeing that Zhou Tieyi didn't understand, Yuchi Pojun laughed triumphantly.

As soon as he came in and saw Zhou Tieyi, he, as an elder, actually felt like he couldn't control himself, but now he has turned the tables.

"Go and see for yourself and you'll understand. If you still don't understand, don't ask me."

Zhou Tieyi didn't ask any further questions. The second thing he wanted to do today was to go see Mei Qingchen.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Tieyi asked the second question, "What are the annotations you three made on the "Plea Form"?"

Yuchi Pojun did not answer directly, and said, "Now some people say that you are moody and like to let your subordinates guess your thoughts. If you are wrong, you will be beaten, and if you are right, you will also be beaten. Only when you are half right and half wrong can you laugh heartily."

Zhou Tieyi was speechless for a while, "Who spread rumors about me?" He knew that this incident should be about him teasing Wu Qian yesterday.

Wu Qian?

What did he say?
Zhou Tieyi shook his head slightly. He didn’t seem to have the intelligence and courage, at least not now.

Moreover, I asked Wu Qian the second half of the sentence yesterday in front of everyone at the Tianbao Tower during the banquet, and too many people heard it.

"Whether it is a rumor or not, you know it in your heart. I am just telling you that everyone has been trying to figure out this matter from the inside out, from yesterday to tomorrow. I have been trying to figure it out for a day and a half, not to mention others. The whole world is watching!"

At this point, Yuchi Pojun took another look at the Flying Eagle uniform that Zhou Tieyi hadn't put on yet, and felt relieved. "Guess what the three of us wrote in the annotations?"

Zhou Tieyi stood up and clasped his fists and saluted, "That kid was really arrogant and daring."

Yuchi Pojun snorted, disapproving of his Confucian behavior.

"As the head of the three ministries, the Grand Secretary should be the first to write about such a big thing. He is the leader of Confucianism. Although Mei Qingchen repays grievances with honesty, he has no favor to me. Why should he write me into a famous article that will be used for thousands of years? It must use me."

Zhou Tieyi paused, pondered for three breaths, and then said, "Mei Qingchen is not easy to write about in public, so the Grand Minister should write about it. I guess it's to ask for a reward for me."

"Then why did he ask for a reward for you?"

Yuchi Pojun interrupted Zhou Tieyi, the casualness in his eyes disappeared, and he stared at Zhou Tieyi fiercely.

After returning, he thought about this matter for a long time, wondering why Dong Xingshu had to ruin his good military talent!

Zhou Tieyi looked casual, as if he was talking about a trivial matter. "What's there to guess? He just doesn't want to see a cruel official, so he simply wants to interrupt my path to promotion."

The current emperor restructured the God-Slaying Bureau, wasn't he trying to change it into the Embroidered Uniform Guard? And what kind of organization did the Embroidered Uniform Guard develop into? Zhou Tieyi knew it well. It was called the Western Factory!
The emperor had only halfway through the changes when his old illness relapsed and he was unable to govern the country. The changes were not completed. Now he needs someone who is brave enough to risk the wrath of the world and continue to help him make the changes!
That's why he said in Tianbao Tower, "When hawks and dogs patrol the area, there are no taboos!"
This sentence is for His Majesty to hear!
As he finished speaking, an extremely cold and chilly air like winter air spread out with Yuchi Pojun as the center.

After a while, most of the plants and trees outside the study that were originally thriving had withered!

Yuchi Jing, who was guarding the door, stared at the scene in a daze.

Such a vision?

He looked back at the nearby study and could only vaguely see two figures confronting each other.

But I couldn't hear anything being said inside.

This is a sign of grandfather's anger!

Didn’t Zhou Tieyi behave well first?
The grandfather loved Zhou Tieyi so much that he wished he could treat him as his own grandson.

Even his own grandson was driven out to guard the gate.

Why did the situation suddenly take a turn for the worse? He hadn't seen his grandfather really angry for a long time.

Should I break in now and plead for Zhou Tieyi?

Yuchi Jing hesitated for a moment.

He thought about what his grandfather would look like when he was really angry, and his feet took root, unable to move.

Yuchi Pojun was really angry.

Not only because of what Zhou Tieyi originally wanted to do, but also because he said it so casually, as if he didn't care about the people in the world at all.

Not only has Yuchi Pojun killed more people than Zhou Tieyi has ever seen, but he is not a good person either.

But the word "cruel official" still made this murderous general frown!
Throughout history, cruel officials have terrified everyone, from the crown prince to the common people!

"Do you know what a cruel official is?"

Yuchi Pojun asked again. He thought that Zhou Tieyi was smart, but he might have read the wrong books and only saw the power of cruel officials, so he went astray. In this way, he could be pulled back.

Zhou Tieyi sneered, cupped his hands to the sky and said, "It doesn't matter what a cruel official is. What matters is that the current emperor wants and needs a cruel official!"

(End of this chapter)