After Xu Changqing left, Zhou Changshou asked Zhou Ping'an, "Why didn't you tell him that Zhao Xuanji got the money? Otherwise, if the imperial edict to make Zhao Xuanji king comes down, I'm afraid that a large number of people, including Xu Changqing, would be included.

People will be confused and dissatisfied.”

"Talking to him too much will do him no good. With his ability, he can only accept things of this level. As for the confusion and dissatisfaction of other so-called officials, His Highness will naturally have the means to deal with it, so there is no need for you and me to be troublesome."

"Knowing too much is not beneficial, and the same is true for us. Doing too much is not necessarily beneficial."

Zhou Ping'an said to Zhou Changshou with a smile: "If you want to do things well, sometimes you have to make use of some appropriate intrigues to make yourself more powerful and do things more conveniently. When you were under King Ning, if you were

If I had realized it earlier, I wouldn't have been just a staff member for so many years, and I wouldn't have been able to touch you whenever Prince Ning wanted."

Zhou Changshou's face darkened and he said unhappily: "I have no ambition here and have no interest in power. Unlike you, don't force your ideas on me."

"Times have changed, brother."

Zhou Ping'an patted Zhou Changshou's shoulder and said sincerely: "Do you still think it was the ancient times when kings were looking for talents, visiting thatched cottages, and Jiang Taigong was fishing? How much has passed since the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods when virtuous ministers and famous ministers could easily leave with their seals?

Years have passed. In this era, there are too many talents. Most of the empires are unified. If you don't do it, someone will naturally do it. If you don't want something, someone will naturally want it. The king will cherish your talents, but you are surrounded by abilities.

A well-behaved and smart minister who is not much different from you, but is considerate, good at talking and doing things. You are the monarch, which one do you choose?"

Zhou Changshou said coldly: "You are trying to make excuses."

After laughing, Zhou Pingan said: "It is precisely because you and I are not the kind of people who can talk nonsense to please the monarch, so we have to be smarter and not take the initiative to compete with others, because the ability is there.

As long as the monarch we serve still has needs, we can't do without you and me, but when it's time to be smart, we still have to be smart and leave some room for it, so that the monarch will not be afraid because time has passed."

"Just like I have no personal relationship with Xu Changqing, Su Zhenting and the others, I even offended them intentionally or unintentionally. In this way, I will be isolated, and the prince can rest assured. Now that you are here, you must be more careful."

Zhou Changshou had a serious face. He didn't speak this time, but it was obvious that he had listened to Zhou Pingan's words.

If you want to be an able minister who can help the country and the country, the first thing you have to do is to be a qualified minister.

If you are jealous of the monarch all day long, what else can you do?

"So we must be able to offend others, and we must also show our greed for power appropriately. With greed for power, on the one hand, we can indeed make our lives much more comfortable, and on the other hand, it can also reassure His Royal Highness.

, the best of both worlds, why do you need to cause trouble for yourself just because of your arrogance? "

Zhou Changshou frowned and said, "I don't think the prince is such a vulgar person."

"Of course he is not vulgar, but an emperor's mind can change."

Zhou Pingan chuckled and said: "Now that he is the prince, he thinks so. When he becomes the emperor in the future, his views on people and things will inevitably change. The first thing he has to do is how to stabilize his throne.
Chapter completed!