Chapter 637 Where to go to recruit people
Li Chongjiu was happy and said, "Since Gu can choose his own guards in the imperial palace, what about the eunuchs and palace maids in the East Palace, can Gu choose his own?"
As the prince, Wu Youren was so embarrassed for asking such a cowardly words.↖ The crown prince of an empire had no right to choose the people who served him in his palace. Then this crown prince was a little bit too far away, but sympathy was sympathy. Even if Wu Youren was arrogant, he would still have to bow his head when facing Liang Dazhong.
Wu Youren said: "This, the person who serves in the Eastern Palace... Of course, there is absolutely no problem to choose, but it still needs to be discussed for a long time!"
Liang Dazhong's temper is so sinister and cruel. Wu Youren didn't know today. How dare he touch Liang Dazhong's tiger's butt? And even if Li Chongjiu went to ask Li Yan and the Queen, he would really select eunuchs and palace maids for the East Palace again, but where would those newcomers choose?
If you want to use the people in the palace, no matter whether it is the little eunuch or the palace maid, aren’t they still Liang Dazhong’s people? If you choose a new one from outside, the palace maids must be trained first before they can be used. Who trains? Let Li Chongjiu train himself? This is impossible. Don’t you have to be trained by Liang Dazhong? Then don’t you have to be trained as Liang Dazhong’s people!
As for the little eunuch, if we don’t need to recruit new people from outside, the newly entered the palace will have to be stabbed. After a few months of this knife, we will think that we can walk as usual and still serve people? This is also impossible.
So in the past few months, wouldn’t Liang Dazhong be able to turn the newly entered palace into his little eunuch? This is certain. Therefore, if you want to bypass Liang Dazhong in the palace, you can’t imagine that even if Li Yan and the queen issued an order in person, they wouldn’t be able to avoid it!
Li Chongjiu understood. After hearing Wu Youren's words, he was a little depressed, but he did not blame Wu Youren for not being able to think of a solution. He just whispered: "It's a pity that all the people in the manor were burned to death by fire, otherwise there would be no shortage of personnel. To this extent, everything is subject to control."
Wu Youren had to say, "Go step by step and slowly plan to be the best. Let's choose the guards who protect the East Palace first. This is the top priority."
Li Chongjiu said in a row: "How to choose this? Is it a choice from the Imperial Guard?"
Wu Youren shook his head and said, "First of all, the Empress means that as long as you have the ability, you don't have to have a good background. Secondly, if you choose from the Imperial Guard, you are afraid that the person who is selected will be the Taiwei, especially the someone in the Imperial Guard... This is why you are very dissatisfied with Your Highness, so you must not choose from the Imperial Guard, otherwise the selected guards and Your Highness will not be the same as the Imperial Guard. Wouldn't that be even more dangerous?"
Li Chongjiu had a cold war. When Wu Youren reminded him, he remembered that his dead princess was a relative of Gui Baohua, one of the generals in the Imperial Guards. The princess died, but it had an absolute relationship with him. Although he didn't know whether the matter was exposed, Gui Baohua must be dissatisfied with him. If he recruited people from the Imperial Guards, he would probably be very worried about his safety.
"Then, where should I recruit people?" Li Chongjiu was in trouble. He didn't know where to recruit people. He used to rarely even own manors.
Wu Youren was also a little confused. When the queen gave him this task, he thought it was easy to deal with. Isn’t it just recruiting people? As long as you have some skills, it’s more important to be loyal. The imperial guards are different from other soldiers. They usually don’t have to go to the battlefield. The main responsibility is to protect the palace from attacks and the personal safety of the emperor’s family.
But the world is a generous empire, and the palace is the center of the world. How could anyone come to attack the palace? I thought everyone was Yang Ze, and unless they were strong political enemies, who would send someone to assassinate the emperor's family? In fact, as long as Li Chongjiu is careful, he will not be in danger of anyone. Therefore, the most important thing for the imperial guards is not to be able to fight, but to be loyal.
But people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and loyalty is the most difficult to obtain. At that time, the imperial guards collectively defected to the eldest princess. Even a tough person as hard as Queen Dugu could not prevent such a thing, let alone Li Chongjiu, who had nothing to do.
Wu Youren thought for a while and shook his head, "I need to think about this carefully. I must find someone who is not from a wealthy family but has a pure family background and has never had contact with the ministers in the court. If I can stay away from the Gyeonggi area and find it from other places, it is the best, but someone has to look for it. And it is too late to get more than a hundred people. It is really difficult to deal with if I don't have a year or two!"
If you want to protect the Eastern Palace, there are not many guards in front of the imperial palace, which is the basic point. But the problem is that it is not easy to find a hundred people who can be loyal to Li Chongjiu. Not to mention that such people are difficult to find, and in the process of finding, Yang Ze will make trouble, and things will become even more difficult. Too many variables are definitely not a easy task.
Seeing that Wu Youren had no choice, Li Chongjiu was very disappointed. Suddenly, he saw the strong bearded man beside him. If he wanted to be loyal, there was no doubt about the loyalty of the strong bearded man. If the imperial guards in the East Palace were like strong bearded man in the future, he would not have to worry about the fact that he had found this strong bearded man. However, Li Chongjiu really couldn't remember how he found this strong bearded man.
Li Chongjiu asked, "Ju'an, how did you enter the orphan manor?"
This remaining strong man with a beard, named Chi Juan. He entered Li Chongjiu's manor through the introduction of other strong men. There was an introduction. At first, he was just a farmer and collected rent for the manor. Later, he gradually entered Li Chongjiu's sight and became a personal bodyguard. He said this.
Li Chongjiu said, and he had a vague impression, but he didn't pay attention to the specific situation at the beginning. Now he thinks about it, and he can't remember it even more.
When Wu Youren heard this, he thought to himself: "The prince's manor had land in the past. Although it was the land of the prince's family, collecting rent was not easy. First, it was a matter of making money, and second, the tenant could pay less, of course, he had to pay less. Who cares about the other party's title? So being recommended to enter the manor to collect rent not only means that he can fight, but also means that he is more reliable!"
He glanced at Chi Juan. Of course, it has been confirmed that this guy is not really good at fighting. He dared to chase King Yan with a knife, and he was a bit brave. After all, that was King Yan Yang Ze. There were not many people in Chang'an City who dared to use a knife to point Yang Ze.
Just as Wu Youren thought of this, he heard Li Chongjiu ask: "Ju'an. Do you have any friends you have known before? Just like you. Our Eastern Palace recruits people this time. You might as well recommend more friends. As long as they can be like you, you can feel at ease if you are alone."
Wu Youren's mouth moved, and he felt something was wrong. This strong-bearded man was quite loyal, but who could guarantee that his friends were all loyal. And if his friends had something to do with the ministers in the court, wouldn't that be bad? You should know that in the court, the ministers were going to flatter Yang Ze. Li Chong's nine moves to the imperial guards are a big deal, and Yang Ze will definitely know that as long as there is such a slight opportunity to take advantage of it, Yang Ze will never let it go.
However, Wu Youren couldn't say what he wanted to refute. First, he was unable to find a large number of reliable people in a short period of time, and second, he was in front of others. He said that the people recommended by others were unreliable, wouldn't it be a slap in the face in public? If he had a status in Li Chongjiu's heart, this strong-bearded man was definitely higher than Wu Youren.
After just such a hesitation, things are often out of control, at least they are no longer under Wu Youren's control.
Chi Juan heard Li Chongjiu's question and hurriedly said, "When I go back to your highness, I used to have many familiar friends, but their identities are too low. They are either doing small business at home, or they lose their land and work for others. They are all hard-working people, and they don't understand the rules. I wonder if they can match your highness's wishes."
Wu Youren interrupted and asked, "What did you do before?"
Chi Juan turned his head and said, "I used to be a short-term worker. I had no permanent property at home. I only had a broken thatched hut in the corner of the city. After eating for the first meal, I was often bullied. If I hadn't entered Your Highness's manor and had a bit of peace and food, I might have starved to death now, so I would have had no chance to be loyal to Your Highness!"
Wu Youren wanted to interrupt again, but was interrupted by Li Chongjiu, so he didn't ask. He originally wanted to ask Chi Juan, what kind of short-term work he used to do?
Li Chongjiu heard Chi Juan say something affectionately and was very moved, believing that only such people are rescued by him from the dire straits and straits, and he will be loyal to him. Therefore, the more people like Chi Juan, the better. The more you save, the more people you are loyal to him.
Li Chongjiu said: "Ji'an, you are grateful and you have the chivalrous spirit of the ancients!"
Wu Youren frowned, and he was chivalrous. You have lived in a manor outside the city for a long time. Have you ever seen a hero? Moreover, these days, heroes are often outlaws, not all of them are good people. Some even call themselves heroes, but they are actually thieves, but they really can't say this at such a moment.
In fact, Wu Youren felt something was wrong because he had rich experience in dealing with things, so he could hear something was wrong. But now is not a good time to refute. If you want to tell if there is something wrong with Chi Juan's words, it is still something really wrong.
Chi Juan is a little scoundrel in Chang'an City. Of course, he is not a child of a wealthy family. Those who have no money are called little scoundrels on the street, and those who have money are called dandy. He is a scoundrel or a playboy.
After eating, he didn't have the last meal because Chi Juan used to bet, and of course he had no money to eat after losing the bet, and was bullied. Of course, if he went to eat for free, the owner and the servants of the restaurant would not beat him up and would still pay him up. If he owed the money from the casino, the thugs who watched the venue would never let him stand if they could beat him down!
So, Chi Juan didn't tell lies, but he didn't understand it so clearly, so Li Chongjiu naturally couldn't hear it.
After thinking about it, Li Chongjiu said, "Gou gives you some money, so you go home and invite friends and friends from the old days to have a drink. By the way, observe and see who can use it. Then I recommend it to Gou. The more people there are, the better. Now we need manpower."
Wu Youren couldn't bear it anymore. Such a way of recruiting people was too ridiculous. It seemed that His Royal Highness had no experience in dealing with people. He actually came up with such bad tricks. He would remind him no matter what.
But before he could refute, Chi Juan saw Chi crying and said, "Your Highness, the young man can't leave the palace. We just offended Taiwei Yang. As long as the young man leaves the palace, he doesn't have to leave the palace. As long as he leaves the eastern palace, the young man will be killed immediately and sent by Taiwei Yang. At that time, the young man will never see the highness again."
Li Chongjiu thought about it, Chi Juan was right. Now he was only such a confidant left. If he was killed by Yang Ze again, he would be reluctant to let it go.
So, Li Chongjiu said to Wu Youren: "Shangshu Wu, otherwise you can see if this is possible. Let Juan tell him where he lived before, and then you can find his friends. If you choose it yourself, you will definitely feel at ease."
After asking this, I choked back into my stomach what Wu Youren wanted to refute. Don’t worry about Chi Juan for now, but I would like to defend myself.
Wu Youren smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, I am the Minister of Personnel, and every move will attract attention. If I go to the home of Chi Shiwei himself to recruit his former friends, then this matter will probably be immediately known to Taiwei Yang. If he sends people to obstruct and destroy the lives of Chi Shiwei's friends, wouldn't it be worse."
Li Chongjiu said, thinking about it, Wu Youren was right, but Chi Juan said it well, what should I do? Is it so difficult to do it as a prince and want to do something? Yang Ze, who deserves to be killed, really hurt himself, and he almost forced himself to the dead end.
While in a dilemma, a little eunuch ran in outside quickly and said, "Your Highness, the emperor just sat down and chased him past the Eastern Palace..."
"Ah, my father passed by the East Palace?" Li Chongjiu was stunned. Is there anything wrong? His Eastern Palace is of course on the easternmost point of the palace. As long as his father does not leave the palace, he will never pass by. So he must have come to the Eastern Palace to find him something. Why did he just pass by?
Wu Youren reacted quickly and said, "Since the emperor is just passing by, he must have something to pass to His Highness the Crown Prince, right?"
He estimated that Emperor Li Yan must have had any dissatisfaction with Li Chongjiu and wanted to scold Li Chongjiu. However, with Li Yan's personality, he was afraid that he would not be willing to scold Li Chongjiu in person, so he made an excuse, saying that he was passing by, and then asked someone to pass on the message to Li Chongjiu, and the reprimanding words made the little eunuch say that the father was still a kind father, and it was not good not to say his son in person.
Of course, it must be a reprimand. If it sounds nice, why not say it in person? And the emperor insists on passing by, which means it was the queen who forced him to come. Otherwise, if you pass by the East Palace for nothing, what a big turn it would take!
Wu Youren was really wrong. Li Yan should have arrived long ago, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not good to scold his son in person, so he hesitated for a long time. But if he didn't scold his son, he would not dare to go back and explain to the queen, for fear that the queen would scold him. As a weak husband and father, it would be really difficult for him to do.
So he came up with this method, passed by, and said that he had really been here, and then asked others to say the scolding words, exactly the same as Wu Youren guessed.
Li Chongjiu looked at the little eunuch who reported the news and asked, "Does Father have something to tell me to me?"
Chapter completed!