Chapter 213: Washing the Ground
In front of you is Qingyun Avenue!
Zhou Youyi got out of the sedan chair and carefully sorted out the official uniforms on his body. After confirming that there was no place for any disrespect, he stepped towards the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion. At this moment, someone had been waiting at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion. After seeing Zhou Youyi coming, he immediately led him to walk towards the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Zhao Jia's prime minister's mansion is already a big mansion in Yonglefang, but it is far from as huge as the Jing'an Marquis Mansion. Therefore, after walking only a few hundred steps, he arrived at the entrance of the prime minister's study room. The servant who led the way stopped at the door and bowed slightly to Zhou Youyi and said, "Civil Zhou, my master is waiting for you in the study room. Just go in."
The so-called seventh-rank official of the prime minister and the grandson, Zhao Jia, is now a great man. The vision of these servants in his family naturally rises. On weekdays, they have many great men of second-rank third-rank. Zhou Youyi is a seventh-rank censor, so these servants will naturally not be too respectful to him.
Zhou Youyi naturally understood this truth. Not only did he not get angry, he nodded and smiled at the servant: "Thank you, brother, for leading the way."
After saying this, he looked up at the study room in front of him, took a deep breath, and stepped forward and gently knocked on the door of the study room.
"Prince, the official Zhouyouyou..."
Soon, a mellow voice came from the study: "Civil Zhou is here."
Zhou Youyi took a deep breath, pushed the door and walked in, and then knelt in the study with a plop.
"Xiaoguan Zhou Youyi, I have met the prime minister."
In the study, Zhao Jia, who was still dressed in white, was holding a volume of ancient books in his hand. When he saw Zhou Youyi kneeling directly on the ground, he frowned, then put down the volume in his hand, pointed to the chair in front of him, and frowned, "Civil Zhou, you and I are colleagues of the same dynasty. I can't afford to be your kindness, get up quickly."
In this era, men have five kneelings, that is, heaven, earth, king, and relatives, and it is reasonable to kneel these five. However, Shangguan is not among these five, which means that even a ninth rank small official. As long as you have an official body, you can not kneel if you meet a first-rank official.
After all, theoretically speaking, everyone is a colleague, but the division of functions is different and they are equal in personality.
However, some flattering people kowtowed and bowed when they saw Shangguan, and gradually formed a bad trend in the court and the country. Many people knelt when they saw the officials and even when they saw the superior.
People like Zhou Youyi are typical flatterers.
After hearing Zhao Jia's words, Zhou Youyi climbed up from the ground, but still did not dare to stand upright. Instead, he bent his body in front of Zhao Jia, with an extremely humble expression.
"The prime minister started at the end of Qingping and now stood at the top of Qingyun. He is the person he respects most in his life."
"The Prime Minister is a model for our scholars."
Although Zhao Jia has been the prime minister for more than a year and is indispensable to dealing with officials of all sizes on weekdays, most of the officials he contacts are people with some identities. Even if he flatters, he will not be too explicit. However, after a few words of flattery in Zhou Youyi's face, Zhao Jia feels uncomfortable all over.
He frowned, pointed to the chair opposite him, and said, "Civil Zhou, I asked you to come today because I have something to talk to you, just sit down."
Zhou Youyi nodded quickly: "Sir, obey the order."
He sat down in front of Zhao Jia tremblingly, and sat only half of his butt, just like a minister facing a saint.
After sitting down, he looked up at Zhao Jia, and a smile appeared on his face: "I don't know what instructions did the prime minister summon the officials?"
"There is one thing to talk to you."
Zhao Jia looked at the palace censor who was only seventh-rank but stirred up the capital's storm and said slowly: "Censor Zhou has done a lot of things recently, which shocked the government and the people. Even the Grand Governor mentioned you to me many times. It's amazing."
Zhou Youyi was happy, then immediately restrained her smile, suppressed the smile on her face, lowered her head to Zhao Jia, "The Prime Minister has been too rewarded, and the official just did something... to do."
"Does Censor Zhou really think that what he did is what he did?"
Zhao Jia had no expression on his face.
"How do you know that you didn't make the wrong bet or the wrong chess?"
Zhou Youyi was stunned.
After a long time, he looked up at Zhao Jia in shock and said stutteringly: "Prince, if the dynasty is about to change today, everyone in the capital can see that since the general situation has been completed, the official... As a person, I think there should be nothing wrong with it..."
"You also said that everyone in the capital can see that the dynasty is going to change, but why is it that only you, Censor Zhou, stand up to be the one who stands out? There are so many prominent people in Yonglefang, and your Censor Zhou, are not as good as Censor Zhou?"
"If it's a bet that must be won, how could these people let you, a person without any background, sell this?"
Zhao Jia's face was calm and continued, "In addition to these prominent people in the capital, there are many people coming from the southwest in the court. They have been in the capital for more than a year. These people and the Grand Governor are all their own people. How come they know more than the Censor Zhou?"
"So far, has a Southwest man jumped out, echoing the half-word of the Censor Zhou?"
Zhou Youyi was stunned by Zhao Jia's words.
He stood there for a long time before finally looking up at Zhao Jia, his voice stuttering.
"Then...Prince, what do you mean..."
Zhao Jia lowered his head and drank a sip of tea, and said lightly: "Although you are very brave, you are not too stupid. You have not misjudged the situation. What you are doing is not wrong now, but the timing is wrong. The Grand Commander is not convenient to say anything to you due to his identity. But the true nature can tell you clearly that if you continue to do something like this, you will definitely die!"
"Now there are tens of thousands of people with the surname Ji and countless relatives of the Ji family in the capital. Zhou Jingshi might as well think about how many of these people want you to die."
"The Grand Governor didn't nod for a day, and the Grand Governor was still the Grand Governor, and these people were still royal relatives. They couldn't do anything to the Grand Governor, but it was easy to kill you to vent your anger."
Zhou Youyi's face turned pale in an instant. He raised his head and looked at Zhao Jia, then knelt on the ground with a thud, his voice trembling: "Xiang...Please help me!"
"I will naturally save you, otherwise I won't call you to my mansion today."
Zhao Jia was a little myopic because he read too many books. At this moment, he narrowed his eyes and whispered: "We people from the southwest also want the Grand Governor to ascend the throne as soon as possible, which coincides with the Censor Zhou, so I called Censor Zhou to the mansion, with the purpose of saving Censor Zhou."
Zhou Youyi kowtowed more than ever: "Thank you for helping you!"
"Get up and talk."
Zhao Jia smiled: "As long as you follow my instructions, I can't guarantee anything else, your family's wealth and life will definitely be able to be saved."
"In the future, the Grand Governor will be in charge of the throne, and there will definitely be a place for you, Censor Zhou, in the court."
Zhou Youyi climbed up from the ground again, his tone trembling.
"Please give me instructions..."
...
The two of them said something in the study for about half an hour before Zhou Youyi walked out of Zhao Jia's study while wiping his sweat. Before leaving, he thanked Zhao Jia for a long time.
"Come."
After Zhou Youyi left, Zhao Jia's calm voice came from the study of the prime minister.
"Take this chair out and burn it as firewood."
Chapter completed!