Chapter 10 Forgot that you are blind

Chu Chengye nodded, "Teacher Cheng, tell me what you want to say."

Cheng Yishou bowed respectfully to Chu Chengye and took out the memorial he had prepared.

"I have recently heard that the flood in Jiangtang is serious, and the people are displaced and have no home to return to. Please send someone to Jiangnan to deal with the flood."

Chu Chengye had also heard about the flood in Jiangtang, but everyone under him said that everything was fine. He was in the palace and didn't know the specific situation.

If it was really like what Cheng Jin said, because he didn't know people well and sent other people to deal with the flood in Jiangtang, causing the local people to be displaced and miserable, then he was too incompetent to be the emperor.

"Then who does Master Cheng think can take on this important task?"

[Li Yan, the Minister of Works. 】

Cheng Jin answered for Cheng Yishou in his heart.

【This Li Yan is a rare talent. 】

【When he was an official in the capital, he was just upright and devoted to assisting Chu Chengye, but he was never used. He returned to his hometown with his family in the Jiangnan area, and happened to be met by the Fifth Prince Chu Huaian. Chu Huaian reused him, and the flood in the Jiangtang area was solved, providing a lot of popular foundation for Chu Huaian to ascend the throne. 】

Cheng Yishou was stunned when he heard this.

He and Li Yan served in the court together. Seeing the civil and military officials standing in the same line, Cheng Yishou always hated these things the most. He accidentally had a good conversation with Li Yan and became friends with him, but he had never heard that he had the ability to control floods.

But Cheng Yishou knew that Li Yan's family was in the Jiangnan area, and he was eager to be promoted, so he wanted to recommend Li Yan today.

Now listening to Cheng Jin's voice, his idea was indeed correct.

Chu Chengye stroked the teacup in his hand, and heard Cheng Yishou speak,

"I think that Lord Li Yan, the Minister of Works, is the best candidate."

Chu Chengye's mouth curled up a smile.

You two father and daughter are really in sync.

Before Chu Chengye responded, he heard Wei An say that Lord Gao wanted to see him.

[Why is it so lively today. ]

Chu Chengye and Cheng Yishou frowned at the same time. What was Lord Gao doing here at this time?

However, he was preoccupied with the flood in Jiangtang at this time and did not want to deal with Gao Zhanghai. He waved his hand and said, "I am discussing something with Master Cheng. Let him wait outside."

Wei An went out to pass the message. Chu Chengye was thinking about issuing an order to summon Li Yan to the palace to meet him. While he was thinking, he saw Master Gao had already walked into the house in a swagger, and Wei An beside him was still stopping him.

"Sir Gao, the emperor hasn't summoned you yet, please wait a moment."

"You dog slave, you dare to stop me? I have important matters to discuss with the emperor, and I'm delayed. You can't take responsibility even if you have ten heads."

Cheng Jin looked at this scene and clicked his tongue in his heart:

[This Gao Zhanghai is worthy of being the one who always follows Li Shen. His behavior is exactly the same. Entering the palace without an imperial edict would be a capital crime for other people, but he walked in swaggeringly and scolded Wei An who had been serving Chu Chengye. 】

【That's true. On the surface, he collected taxes for Chu Chengye and controlled the country's financial power. Even Chu Chengye should be careful. After all, he took a lot of money from the country. The money in the treasury of the government might not be as much as Chu Chengye's. 】

【The wool comes from the sheep. You can imagine how much money Gao Zhanghai has embezzled behind the scenes. In the book, Gao Zhanghai volunteered to go to Jiangtang to control the flood. He took the money he had allocated, but the money that fell out of his belt when he loosened it was used to control the flood in Jiangtang, and Chu Chengye praised him greatly. 】

【It's over. He still wanted to survive and forgot that Chu Chengye was blind. 】

【Trust a person who wants to kill himself, reward a person who is greedy beyond count, this luck, just play minesweeper, sweep and no one makes a sound. 】

Listening to Cheng Jin's inner thoughts, Chu Chengye's hand holding the teacup slowly tightened, and his breathing became uneasy.

He now had no time to think about Cheng Jin scolding him for being blind, he only thought about how to execute the person in front of him and spit out all the money he swallowed.

Compared with Chu Chengye's anger, Cheng Yishou looked at Cheng Jin with some worry, he really didn't expect when his daughter knew these things so clearly.

Fortunately, he was the only one in the world who could hear Cheng Jin's inner voice, otherwise, if Cheng Jin insulted the emperor and knew these things, she would inevitably be killed.

Gao Zhanghai in front of him did not notice the change in Chu Chengye's expression. He bowed slightly as a greeting, "I do have urgent matters to report, and I am afraid that I will miss the time, so I did not wait for the emperor's edict to enter the palace. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"Forgive me?" Chu Chengye sneered and looked at the pot-bellied Mr. Gao in front of him.

He had thought that Gao Zhanghai was fat and had difficulty in moving, but he was willing to do his best to deal with the affairs of the court. It was really hard work. Now it seems really funny.

No wonder he was so busy in the court but didn't lose weight. It turned out that he didn't work hard or do official business, but ate all the money.

The veins on Chu Chengye's forehead jumped. He tried his best to suppress it. He gritted his teeth and said,

"I want to see what is so urgent that Lord Gao doesn't even care about etiquette."

Gao Zhanghai saw that Chu Chengye didn't say anything, and his face was three points more happy. No wonder people said that Chu Chengye grew up in the military camp and didn't know any rules. Now it seems that this is indeed the case.

He is a vicious prince who relied on usurping the throne to force the palace. Let alone calling him the emperor, his behavior is enough to be despised by everyone in the world.

"I recently heard that the flood in Jiangtang is urgent and the people are suffering. In order to relieve the emperor's worries, I would like to go to Jiangtang to control the flood."

When Gao Zhanghai said this, there was no expression of worrying about the people on his face. Instead, his eyes were shining as if he smelled fat meat.

As expected.

Chu Chengye was so angry that his breathing was not smooth, but he suppressed his temper and said calmly, "I just discussed this matter with Cheng Taifu, and I have decided to let the Minister of Works Li Yan go."

"What!" Hearing that the lucrative job he had painstakingly calculated was taken away by someone else, Gao Zhanghai could no longer pretend. "No! Your Majesty."

Gao Zhanghai's eyes finally fell on Cheng Yishou and his daughter.

He never took Cheng Yishou seriously. What if her daughter is the emperor's concubine?

Since she is not favored, I am afraid she won’t even have the chance to speak to the Emperor.

Besides, no one knows how Cheng Yishou got the position of the Grand Tutor. He never accepted bribes or formed cliques. He only knew how to contradict the emperor every day in court and spoke without caring about the face of the royal family. The emperor had long been disgusted with him, so how could he believe his words?

Gao Zhanghai looked at Cheng Yishou, then at Chu Chengye, and he looked as if he had suddenly realized something.

"Your Majesty, the words of this Grand Tutor Cheng are not credible."