Chapter 103: Verbal Sword
This thing is a bit unauthentic. Not only did Emperor Li Xian and the party Zhang Qian both frown, but the eight or nine-grade small sesame officials who were originally a little jealous of Zhang Qian also turned their heads to Shi Sha Chongyi, the servant in the palace, and glared angrily at this person.
It's not that Zhang Qian's popularity is good, but a whole set of tacit understanding in the officialdom. Today, Zong Chuke and Ji Chu Ne are fighting with Xiao Zhizhong. The "auspicious rui" that the two relied on was fake, and they lost this round, and they were not wronged at all.
Since Emperor Ying Tianshen Longxian did not pursue the two of them for "bullying the king", Xiao Zhizhong also chose to stop at the suggestion of the emperor. The two and their henchmen should immediately rest their arms in preparation for the next fight. Instead of obviously losing, but trying to find an opportunity to turn the book from a third party, stalking.
What's more, the reason why Zong Chuke and Ji Chu Nee lost was that the relationship with Zhang Qian was minimal.
Today, even if Zhang Qian was not ordered by the emperor to tell the root of the giraffe. The moment the giraffe began to go berserk, it was destined to lose the qualification to become a "rui beast".
Otherwise, how could the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty be convinced by kicking a horse to death and crippling more than a dozen eunuchs and guards, and almost rushing into the Zichen Palace, hurting the ministers and the emperor, and pushing them to the position of "Rui Beast"?
In order to fulfill a beast, but he turned a blind eye to the guards and eunuchs who risked their lives to protect themselves, how could Li Xian's position as emperor be stable?
However, anger is anger, and none of the eight or nine small sesame officials who were summoned with Zhang Qian tonight had the courage to stand up and refute Sha Chongyi's slander against Zhang Qian.
And Li Xian, in order to show his imperial bearing, he can't just shut up an imperial historian who supervises hundreds of officials because of his appreciation for Zhang Qian. He could only suppress his anger and nodded to Nasha Chongyi with a smile: "What does the imperial history mean by this?" Could it be that this windmill and machine well, do you think that their efficacy is just an exaggeration? ”
"Bi Gou is a well-known honest person, and Xiao Servant has also sent someone to verify the efficacy of the windmill and the well, and Wei Chen does not dare to suspect that what the two of them say is false!" Nasha Chongyi, not blindly caught everyone and bites indiscriminately, avoiding Xiao Zhizhong, who he himself does not want to provoke head-on, and Bi Gou, who has been degraded out of the Beijing Division, and concentrates his firepower on Zhang Qian, "But according to Weichen's verification, the cost of this windmill and machine well is extremely high. Even if it is solid, the income of 100 households in the whole mile for ten years is not enough to buy one of them. If it is pushed to the whole country, it will either make the people have no overnight wealth, or make our Tang Mansion treasury empty. It is called to reduce the disaster of flood and drought in my Tang Dynasty, but it is actually the same as Zheng Guo's plan to exhaust Qin! ”
"What did you say?" Li Xian was shocked when he heard this, and looked at Zhang Qian's gaze, which immediately contained a little suspicion. (Note: Xianqu tired Qin, the Warring States was, there were spies who persuaded the King of Qin to repair Zheng Guoqu in order to consume the strength of Qin.) )
It's no wonder that he has soft ears, who he replaced, he was ousted from the emperor's position by his biological mother once, and he was placed under residential surveillance for 14 years, and he almost lost his life several times, and he will not trust anyone easily. What's more, even if he was later re-put on the throne, his position was not stable, and he could always feel the pressure from the Wu clan.
And Shi Sha Chongyi, the servant in that hall, took advantage of Li Xian's insecurity. Hearing the other party's rhetorical question, he immediately continued to use the topic to play: "The minister thinks that the name of Zhang's book is to sacrifice the weapon to the country, but it is actually to exhaust my Tang Dynasty with tricks." And Bi Gou sells his name, and he is a tiger without fake inspection. Xiao Fu's shooting was overlooked, and he saw that the combination of windmill and machine well could fight against floods and droughts, but he ignored the true intentions of Zhang Thief. Therefore, the minister asked the saint to order the guards to take down the thief, torture the main messenger behind him, and wipe out all the nets, so as to never suffer in the future! ”
"The surname is Sha, you spew blood!" As soon as the words fell, Zhou Jianliang couldn't bear it anymore, rushed out quickly, pointed at Sha Chongyi's nose and scolded, "If sacrificing a weapon for the country is hiding evil intentions, then who will dedicate useful things to the country in the future?" Could it be that if you all learn from you, spraying feces everywhere from morning to night with a big mouth, you can enrich the country and strengthen the army? ”
He was born tall and big, and there was an ugly scar on his face, which suddenly frightened Nasha Chongyi back again and again. Seeing this, Chu Ke of the Military Department Shangshu Sect immediately frowned. was about to make a statement to repel this military general who didn't know the height of the sky, but unexpectedly, after Zhou Jianliang finished scolding Sha Chongyi, he immediately changed his face and saluted respectfully to Emperor Li Xianbi: "The last general is reckless, and he really can't bear to listen to the ministers attacking the innocent, so he was impulsive before." The last general is guilty, no matter how His Majesty punishes, the last general is willing! ”
"Hmm-" Li Xian's face turned black with anger, but he didn't want to bear the notoriety of "living up to the loyal and brave man". He frowned and snorted, then waved his hand at him gently, "Captain Zhou is a talent for charging into battle, and he should have some temper. But for matters related to the national economy and people's livelihood, Zhou Duwei should not be involved. Go down and have a good rest, so as not to delay the commission of Manager Zhang! ”
"Holy Lord, don't rush the last general away, the last general still has a sentence to finish!" Zhou Jianliang is righteous, but he doesn't really lack the strings of his brain, and he sticks a knife in his friend's ribs. Hearing that Emperor Li Xian drove him away from Zichen Palace, he hurriedly accompanied him with a smiling face, "The last general came back this time, in the name of General Zhang, and asked the Holy Lord to transfer gunpowder to be tested before the battle. If the saint was deceived by the minister and disposed of Master Zhang, the gunpowder of the last general would have been lost, and he would not be able to go back to Shuofang to deal with Mr. Zhang. The last general said the truth, and please ask the Holy Enlightenment! ”
"This ......" Li Xian's shortcomings in soft ears were immediately exposed. looked at Zhang Qian, who didn't say a word, and looked at Sha Chongyi, who was full of righteousness, for a while, he was so embarrassed.
The manufacturing methods and manufacturing tools of alcohol are all from Zhang Qian's hands. Although the ordnance supervisor said that Zhang Qian did his best to pass on his art, he did not hide his personal interests at all. But in case this person keeps a hand and disposes of him, the army of the Tang Dynasty may immediately lose a magic weapon.
And the reason why Zhou Jianliang didn't want to fight for the official position that had just changed hands and jumped out for Zhang Qian was because Zhang Qian had sacrificed his life to save him before. As a mere martial artist, he can live up to the life-saving grace of others. Li Xian, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty who had just been protected by Zhang Qian, could not turn his face and deny his account just after receiving a favor? !
"Holy Lord, the minister has a question, and I want to ask Sha Yushi to solve his doubts in court!" Just when Li Xian's head was dizzy with sorrow, suddenly, Zhang Jiuling took it out of the civil service team and asked him for instructions with a smile.
"Zhang Qing can ask questions!" Li Xian wished he could slow himself down first, and nodded at Zhang Jiuling with a smile. Immediately, he turned his gaze to Zhou Jianliang and ordered in a deep voice, "Zhou Duwei stepped aside first." The needs of the Shuofang army, I will send someone to deal with it! ”
"Yes!" Zhou Jianliang cast a self-conscious look at Zhang Qian and retreated.
And Zhang Qian, as if all the disputes had nothing to do with him, also bowed lightly to Li Xian, and slowly retreated to his original kneeling position.
This move was beyond everyone's expectations. When he landed, Sha Chongyi couldn't get off the stage, turned his head, and asked sharply: "Zhang Thief, where are you going?!" You have a bad plot and are seen through by Sha, do you think that you can get out safely by pretending to be deaf and dumb? ”
"A thief shouts to catch a thief, and only then does he need to bluff." Zhang Qian glanced at him coldly and continued to walk slowly, "As for whether there is a bad intention, hehe, there is naturally His Majesty's Holy Judgment." How can you make a preconceived assertion based on your mouth? ”
"You ......" Sha Chongyi's eyes were so angry that his eyes were on fire, he raised his hand, pointed at Zhang Qian's nose and was about to squirt. Unexpectedly, beside him, Ji Chune's gentle cough suddenly sounded, "Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, ......"
In an instant, Sha Chongyi understood that he was almost taken to the gutter by Zhang Qian, a hairy young man!
The other party was attacked by himself, and he neither defended nor bitten back, but just put on a posture of believing in Emperor Li Xian. If he continues to chase after him, he just doesn't trust the judgment and intelligence of Emperor Li Xian. Compared with the two, there is no suspense at all about which side Li Xian should choose.
Thinking of this, Sha Chongyi decisively stopped pestering Zhang Qian, turned around, and bowed down to apologize to Li Xian, whose face was already blue, "Your Majesty, the minister is eager to eliminate traitors for the country, and there is a lack of etiquette for a while, so I am willing to accept Your Majesty's punishment!" ”
This is the good thing about doing imperial history, no matter what mistakes you make, you can say that your starting point is to serve the country and the people. And Li Xian, the Emperor of the Divine Dragon Yingtian, was obviously angry to death by Sha Chongyi's actions, but he was patient with the ancestral system and his own reputation, and he couldn't investigate it deeply. endured and endured, and finally waved his hand gently, "Forget it, Qing is also an unintentional mistake." Director Zhang said that he has something to ask you for, and you can solve his doubts first! ”
"Minister, obey!" Sha Chongyi received a soft stick, and his arrogance immediately decreased by three points. First bowed to Li Xian respectfully, and then turned his gaze to Zhang Jiuling, "Director Zhang, do you have any confusion that you need to ask Sha?" Could it be that because you have a good personal relationship with that Zhang Qian, you want to cover up his crimes? ”
Reasonable or unreasonable, take a bite first, this is one of the basic skills of the imperial history. Sha Chongyi came out and was familiar with the road. thought that he could force Zhang Jiuling to defend himself, and he was in chaos. Unexpectedly, Zhang Jiuling smiled and shook his head slightly, "I have a very close personal relationship with Master Zhang, and it's not fake at all." However, he is not guilty, why did Zhang cover it up for him? But here in Sha Yushi, there are a lot of things that need to be covered. As far as Zhang knows, the scrolls and samples of the windmill and the machine well were all presented to His Majesty by Xiao Servant at the time of the Dynasty this morning. Except for the prison, His Majesty and Xiao Fujiao did not give the scrolls and samples to anyone else for verification. Why did Sha Yushi even know the cost of windmills and machine shafts, and firmly believed that they were so high that they would take ten years for hundreds of households? ”