Things went according to Zhu Youxiao's plan. Everyone pointed their spearhead at Zhang Guoji. Then there were two people who were relatively safe, one was Hu Fei and the other was Xu Guangqi.
Everything these two people do can proceed smoothly, and Hu Fei should have already started.
The merchants were simply afraid, but there was no reason to lose anything. As long as their fear could be dispelled, there would naturally be no problem. This was an imperial decree, so naturally, they were not afraid.
As for Xu Guangqi, he would have been the target of public criticism, but now someone has dispersed the firepower.
The Imperial Household Department.
Hu Fei walked into Zhang Guoji's room with a stack of contracts in his hand, smiling, and bowed, saying, "Father-in-law, here are the twelve contracts we just signed. Everything was done according to the rules. Please review them."
Zhang Guoji nodded, very satisfied with Hu Fei's attitude.
Ever since he left the palace, everyone in the Imperial Household Department has shown him even more respect.
Because everyone realized one thing, that is, no matter how incompetent this father-in-law is, he is still the father-in-law of the emperor.
Especially Hu Fei, his attitude towards me was extremely good.
Under such circumstances, Zhang Guoji was even happier. In a good mood, he smiled even more. So after seeing Hu Fei, Zhang Guoji smiled brightly.
Zhang Guoji was very satisfied with Hu Fei's performance. These days, no matter what the matter was, Hu Fei would come to him for advice, and he would agree with everything he said.
It can be said that Hu Fei now only follows the orders of his father-in-law. Where can you find such a good subordinate?
What I thought was indeed correct, and my way of employing people was indeed brilliant.
Reaching out to take the contract document handed over by Hu Fei, Zhang Guoji quickly flipped through it.
In fact, he didn't quite understand it, because the contract documents were very complicated. But he couldn't say that he understood it, so he asked him to explain it to him.
This is absolutely not possible.
So Zhang Guoji raised his head, looked at Hu Fei and said with a smile: "I have some other things to do here, so I'll put these here for now and look at them when I have some free time."
Hu Fei quickly said, "It is my fault. Your Excellency is in charge of the Imperial Household Department, and there are so many things to do, so you can't always take care of me. Your Excellency loves me, and I know it very well. Don't worry, your Excellency, I will do my best."
"Okay, okay, that's the best." Zhang Guoji said with a smile.
"In addition to these things, I have one more thing I would like to ask the father-in-law." Hu Fei spoke again.
"Anything else? Tell me!" Zhang Guoji leaned back and said, "Anything is fine. As long as I can handle it, it must not be delayed. After all, this is also the business of our Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"Thank you, Father-in-law." Hu Fei quickly bowed and said, "It's not a big deal. The merchants we recruited this time were all selected based on previous palace expenses, but there are many things that are not available here."
"After this incident, many merchants came to us. They said that they were also loyal to His Majesty and that they couldn't be excluded. They also wanted to join."
When Zhang Guoji heard Hu Fei's words, he was stunned.
These people are really eager to send money here, but there is nothing we can do about it because there are so many benefits here.
But this raises a problem. Do we need to add things to the palace that have not been used in the past?
If it was just a normal purchase, it wouldn't be a big deal. But this time it was different. The merchants came with ulterior motives.
This is all for the title of royal emblem, so whether it is allowed or not is a question.
It was understandable to allow it, after all, he was loyal. Besides, if there were things that were not available in the palace, it wouldn't be a big deal to send some in.
But it is understandable not to allow it, because these people are suspected of taking advantage of loopholes, which means they are using silver to bribe the palace, so it cannot be agreed.
Hu Fei didn't dare to make the decision on his own, so he went straight to ask Zhang Guoji for advice.
After glancing at Hu Fei, Zhang Guoji raised his head, put down the booklet in his hand, and said slowly, "What do you think should be done about this?"
"My Lord, I think this is inappropriate," Hu Fei said quickly. "The Imperial Household Department has just been established, and many things haven't been sorted out yet. It can be said that everything is a mess, and the Audit Department is even more so. If we rashly add so many people, it will easily cause chaos."
"So I think the current group is good enough and easy to manage. If we run out of people in the future, or if we want to bring them in, we can do it then. There's no need to bring them in now."
Zhang Guoji stroked his beard and nodded slightly.
He felt that what Hu Fei said made perfect sense, so he said loudly, "Then let's do this matter as you say. I'll leave it to you. Is there any problem?"
Hu Fei quickly cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, Father-in-law, it will be absolutely safe."
Then he bowed and said, "If there is nothing else, I will take my leave."
Zhang Guoji nodded and watched Hu Fei leave.
He now feels more and more that Hu Fei is a good person. He is sensible, knows when to advance and retreat, has good ability to do things, and is a very good subordinate.
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