The ministers were stunned.

Then Gao Chu Gong was the first to speak, laughing loudly.

The courtiers laughed too.

Wang Zeng didn't laugh, but frowned, "What's so funny?" There is this kind of moth in the court, and it is also because some people don't know people, so they can let this kind of fool be promoted to such a important position in the imperial history. ”

When Zhang Sheng, the leader of the imperial history, heard Wang Zeng's words, he went out of work with tears and laughter.

"The ministers don't know the people, and they ask the officials to condemn ......"

Zhao Zhen listened to the laughter of the ministers, and his mood improved a lot, and he said indifferently: "Don't take it as an example, just keep your eyes open in the future and choose some talents for me." ”

When the attendant Zhang Sheng heard this, he hurried to give a salute as if he had been amnestied.

"Thank you for ...... official"

Gao nodded with a smile at Lu Yijian behind Li Di, and said, "Speaking of which, someone nominated this person to serve as the supervisor of the soldiers and horses of the Second Route in Shazhou.

Thanks to the discerning eyes of the Ministry of Kou and the Ministry of Officials, they knew that this matter was a straw bag, so they immediately played the official family and asked the official family to replace this person.

If this person is really allowed to go to the Western Regions, then the soldiers who are far away in the Western Regions will be guilty. ”

"The High Privy Counsel is reasonable......"

“……”

"Some people are in high positions, but they have no eyes, their brains are full of mush, and they often talk nonsense."

“……”

The ministers were babbling.

Gao Zuo Gong easily led the conversation to Lu Yijian.

The ministers easily led the conversation from Lu Yijian to Li Di.

Li Di and Lu Yijian did not speak.

Zhao Zhen's mood that had just recovered instantly turned bad again, and he frowned and said, "Quiet! ”

The Manchu Dynasty closed his mouth with interest.

Zhao Zhen casually dismissed a servant just now, but it was very effective in killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys.

Zhao Zhen stared at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and said in a deep voice: "You and others are all talents of the country, and I am not willing to reprimand you because of some things in the court." However, the state has its own laws, and the court has its rules, so I still hope that you can abide by the court's rituals. ”

"Ministers obey ......"

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty spoke out in unison.

Zhao Zhen nodded, his eyes fell on Li Di with a sad expression.

Li Di got him into trouble, a big problem.

Since Li Di wrote the book, only half a day has passed.

Sixteen old ministers who had already resigned sent to him sent him a note, accusing Li Di of being a traitor of the country and causing trouble to the dynasty.

In all fairness.

Li Di played the things that were invited, every case, every one of them was in line with Zhao Zhen's intentions.

Zhao Zhen first ascended to the throne and also had great ambitions.

Especially after ascending to the throne, I understood after I had an in-depth understanding of my own country.

Seeing that behind the blossoming rivers and mountains, there are hidden tumors one after another.

Every cancer is enough to shake the community.

Every cancer is frantically lying on Jiangshan Sheji's body to absorb blood.

Insatiable and endless.

The imperial court successively abolished several yamen and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Countless money and food have been saved.

However.

The treasury is still empty, and the empty ones can run rats.

Every time he went to inspect the treasury, Zhao Zhen would throw a silver ingot into the treasury.

Then tell Chen Lin beside him self-deprecatingly.

"It's good to have rats, at least to prove that my treasury isn't really empty...... I threw a silver ingot in, and you said they would use it to buy food......"

Naturally, rats can't use silver to buy food.

Zhao Zhen just used this to tell everyone that the rats in the treasury also need charity.

Rats can't even survive in the treasury.

It can be seen from this how poor the court should be.

Zhao Zhen is ambitious and wants to do great things, so it is naturally impossible to watch the treasury remain empty.

Li Di's request to eliminate the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military posts was deeply in line with Zhao Zhen's intentions.

Li Di was angry with Zhao Zhen early, and Zhao Zhen also secretly found someone to calculate carefully.

It's not good.

After a calculation, it was found that the annual amount of money issued by the imperial court to the post of Jilu was far more than twice that of the actual position.

Almost all the officials in the court will have more or less parasitic posts on the top of their heads, as many as seven or eight, and as few as two or three.

Even some officials who are entrusted with the post of Lu do not need to go to the court, do not have to sit in the government, do not have to manage the government, and still receive a high amount of money every month.

Therefore, Li Di wanted to reduce the post on the heads of the officials, and Zhao Zhen agreed, raising his hands in agreement.

The post on the top of the officials' heads was reduced, as long as there were no major disasters in the Great Song Dynasty.

Within ten years, the treasury can be filled.

When the treasury is filled, the pile vault will probably be filled as well.

Zhao Zhen's own inner library will also be filled.

At that time.

Zhao Zhen can do everything he wants.

For example, use money to smash the sixteen states of Yanyun.

The revision of the law requested by Li Di will not only investigate and deal with corruption from the top down, but also curb land annexation and many other malpractices.

Among them, the revision of the new commercial law will nearly double the time it takes for the state treasury to be filled.

on this.

Zhao Zhen also raised his hands in approval.

Because revising the law can not only help Zhao Zhen bring a lot of money, but also help the imperial court eradicate many known tumors.

It can be said that Li Di's two proposals are beneficial to the imperial court and not harmful.

Zhao Zhen has no reason to disagree.

But.

The opposition was loud.

Very big.

Li Di had just handed over the note, and before he could decide whether to adopt Li Di's suggestion, someone was already ready to impeach Li Di.

Even some old ministers who have not been in government for a long time have jumped out to accuse Li Di.

Zhao Zhen was sure that once he agreed to Li Di's invitation.

Li Di will be overwhelmed by all the officials in the government and the opposition.

And he, an official family, will also be impeached by officials from both the government and the opposition.

As for the officials of the government and the opposition, it is unknown what kind of moths they will make in private to embarrass the court and force him to compromise.

But Zhao Zhen can be sure.

The officials of the government and the opposition are making a fuss, and the movement will certainly not be smaller than that of the troops who abolished the Central Plains Mansion last time.

Zhao Zhen didn't know whether he should nod or shake his head now.

Nod.

The country will be in turmoil.

Shake one’s head.

Sit back and watch the country continue to erode.

Zhao Zhen looked at Li Di with a complicated expression, and opened his mouth silently.

"Li Qing ......"

After hesitating for a long time, Zhao Zhen opened his mouth and called Li Di.

Li Di took a step forward, hugged Chao Wat and said: "Minister Li Di asked the official family, in order to enrich the treasury and reduce the position of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military personnel. ”

"I ......"

Zhao Zhengang said a word.

I listened to Li Digang's righteous words: "At the beginning of the founding of our dynasty, Emperor Taizu increased the income of officials from the government and the opposition many times in order to avoid corruption and poison the people. Emperor Taizu hoped that the officials written in the court and the opposition would be fed with the court's money, and not stretch out their hands to the people.

However, Emperor Taizu gave up on people's selfish desires.

Some officials, after taking the high salaries of the imperial court, are still not satisfied.

They took advantage of their power to expropriate and extort money, oppress the good, and occupy people's land and property, and occupy people's shops.

At the beginning of the official family's accession to the throne, Lu Yijian was ordered to inspect the world and investigate and deal with tens of thousands of corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

The Yellow River burst in Bianjing.

Ministers, Wang Zeng and others were ordered to investigate the world's Changping positions, and there were more corrupt officials and corrupt officials who resold Changping grain.

It turns out.

Paying officials high sums of money does not stop them from being corrupt.

Only the harsh laws can make the officials feel fearful.

so that the officials did not dare to stretch out their hands to the people.

Therefore, the minister Li Di asked the officials to reduce the position of the Manchu civil and military personnel and revise the laws of our dynasty.

Give the people a bright future. ”

Li Di's voice was loud.

It was so large that everyone in the hall could hear it clearly.

Kou Ji sighed after listening to Li Di's words.

If Li Di is just a trick, there is still room for relaxation.

Now that this matter has been announced in public, there will be no room for relaxation.

From now on.

Li Di completely went to the opposite side of all the officials in the government and the opposition.

He will be the enemy of all officials in the government and the opposition.

He managed to turn himself into a loner.

also took the opportunity to hand over his life to Zhao Zhen.

Whether he can live in the future and whether he can continue to gain a foothold in the court depends on whether Zhao Zhen can keep him.

Li Di's words fell.

did not wait for the Manchu civil and military to speak.

I saw Lu Yijian take a step forward and said loudly: "The official family, the minister thinks that Li Di is suspected of confusing the public with gossip."

It must be known that there have been corrupt officials in all dynasties.

Emperor Taizu used high decisiveness, with a high amount of money, fostered hundreds of officials, and avoided corruption among most officials.

The corrupt officials in Li Di's mouth are just a few people.

It is not possible to generalize. ”

As soon as Lu Yijian's words came out, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were stunned.

Immediately.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty looked ecstatic, and they all spoke out in support of Lu Yijian.

Only Kou Ji, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai frowned.

Kou Ji clearly remembered that when he went to visit Li Di in the Li Mansion, Li Di told him personally.

Amending the law and sorting out corrupt officials from top to bottom was proposed by Lu Yijian.

Now Lu Yijian fooled Li Di to understand the matter, but he came up with another set of rhetoric.

Kou Ji had a feeling that Li Di had been calculated.

But as soon as this feeling came to mind, Kou Ji sensed that something was wrong.

From the time Lu Yijian began to speak to the end of Lu Yijian's speech, Li Di did not show any look of surprise on his face.

Kou Ji stood on the vertical arch hall with full doubts, listening to Li Di arguing with the Manchu civil and military forces.

In the face of the accusations of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military, Li Di did not flinch at all, and opened his mouth and went back one by one.

A debate battle lasted for more than an hour.

It finally ended in Zhao Zhen's unpleasant roar.

After the dispersal of the dynasty.

Kou Ji took the lead out of the vertical arch hall, arrived outside the Donghua Gate, found Li Di's carriage, and waited for Li Di next to Li Di's carriage.

Li Di and Lu Yijian were summoned by Zhao Zhen into the Shishitang.

After more than half an hour, he appeared outside the Donghua Gate.

He was not surprised to see Koji waiting for him next to the carriage.

casually invited Kou Ji to get into the car and instructed the coachman to drive the carriage home.

The carriage traveled all the way out of Bianjing City and stopped outside a newly purchased courtyard by Li Di in Ruian Town.

Entered the annex.

After sitting down.

Li Di, who had been silent all the way, stared at Kou Ji and said, "Are you full of doubts, do you want to ask the old man?" ”

Kou Ji nodded decisively, "Grandpa Li, when I visited your mansion before, you told me. said that the matter of revising the law was brought up by Lu Yijian, why is Lu Yijian embarrassed you in the court today? ”

Li Di smiled indifferently, "Don't you wonder, Lu Yijian rebelled in court, why didn't the old man get angry?" Didn't even question him? ”

Kou Ji said seriously: "I also have this doubt. ”

Li Di nodded and said, "It's still your kid who is smart......"

Li Di asked the servant to pour the tea, tasted a few sips, and said lightly in Kou Ji's curious look: "Do you know about Huo Guang's biography?" ”

"Huo Guang?!"

Kou Ji was slightly stunned, not understanding what Li Di meant by his words.

Huo Guang was a powerful minister in the Western Han Dynasty, and during his reign, he did a lot of things, and Kou Ji didn't know what Li Di was referring to.

Li Di saw that Kou Ji hadn't understood what he meant, so he continued: "Do you know about Sang Hongyang's biography? ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he finally understood what Li Di meant.

Western Han Dynasty.

Sang Hongyang was in charge, reformed many decrees of the Western Han Dynasty, and created many financial management decrees for the Western Han Dynasty.

After the death of Emperor Wu, he appointed Sang Hongyang, Huo Guang and other four ministers as ministers.

Sang Hongyang and Huo Guangzheng disagreed, and the two fought openly and secretly.

In order to bring down Sang Hongyang, Huo Guang united a group of people who opposed Sang Hongyang's decree to deal with Sang Hongyang.

Sang Hong was outnumbered and brought down.

Huo Guang took advantage of this to control the power of the government and the opposition.

But after Huo Guang took power, he did not repeal the decree implemented by Sang Hongyang.

Instead, he implemented Sang Hongyang's decree.

Those who oppose Sang Hongyang's decree were played beautifully.

Kill their people and use their politics.

Hence the birth.

Li Di successively mentioned Huo Guang and Sang Hongyang.

Kou Ji suddenly thought of what Li Di and Lu Yijian were going to do.

Kou Ji was stunned and said, "Grandpa Li, are you and Gong Lu following Huo Guang's example?" ”

Li Di smiled and nodded: "The children can be taught, and ......."

Kou Ji frowned and said: "There are quite a few people who know this allusion, and Lu Gong's words and deeds are inconsistent, how can he deceive the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty." ”

Li Di smiled indifferently: "True and false, false and true, who can tell the difference between true and false?" ”

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "You are risking your life to help Lu Gong build steps." ”

When Li Di heard this, he was silent for a moment and said, "If not, how can you boost Lu Yijian's prestige." And how to make Lu Yijian forcefully implement the matter of revising the law?

Not everyone can be like your grandfather, who was ordered to take advantage of the majesty bestowed by the first emperor to suppress the officials and the officials, so that the officials had to act according to his heart.

Therefore, the old man needs to be a stepping stone to help Lu Yijian cushion his feet, so that he can stand taller and speak louder. ”

Kou Ji frowned, "But the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty gathered together, they can bring you down, and they can also bring down Duke Lu." They are now going to use Lu Gong to bring you down, so naturally everything will be based on Lu Gong's horse. But once Lu Gong shows his true face, they will also use others to bring down Lu Gong.

With you as a step, Lu Gong can stand higher and speak louder.

But it's still hard to compare with my grandfather.

And what you have to do is far more intense than what my grandfather did before. ”