Yang Fa had long expected that Ma Zhi would be impeached, and the two brothers discussed for a long time, but Yang Shui only said that he would act when he saw the opportunity, and if he could protect it, he would protect it, and if he could not protect it, he would abandon it, and he would never fight back to cause the emperor to despise him, leaving a way back in order to make a comeback.

Ma Zhi's problem, the two brothers have studied it thoroughly, and the other party's attack is nothing more than starting from these places.

Dong Yu's matter is one of them, and it is also the least important, Yang Fa didn't pay attention to it, but Yang Shui reminded him, saying that it is very likely to start with this kind of trivial matter, and increase the emperor's idea of changing his appearance little by little, which is called accumulating and destroying bones!

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that even if Dong Yu has the behavior of seeking money, it is harmless, he did not help people to seek official positions, it is not a use of power for personal gain, as far as the minister knows, some of these people are relatives of the Dong family, and they are willing to give money, which is regarded as a courtesy exchange between relatives and friends, and now I regret it, the character can be imagined, the imperial history does not check the things related to the society, but stares at this kind of trivial matter, it is really a waste of public funds, incompetent!"

When the emperor heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and he asked Sun Jingshang: "Sun Qing, is it Dong Yu's relatives and friends who sent the money?" ”

Sun Jingshang bowed his head and said: "Although there are relatives, the amount has far exceeded the normal exchanges, this is bribery, and Dong Yu also personally promised to help them operate their official positions." ”

Yang Fa sneered and said, "So what kind of amount is a normal exchange?" Can there be provisions in the laws of the Tang Dynasty? Or is it the rule given by someone on your grandson? Sun Yushi made such a fuss, what is his intention? ”

Sun Jingshang, as the imperial history, did the work of quarrelling, so he naturally did not give an inch, and said: "The rules are naturally not up to me Sun to have the final say, but justice is at ease in the hearts of the people, and His Majesty has the final say on whether the amount is huge!" ”

This move was indeed ruthless, and Yang Fa couldn't say anything at that time, otherwise he would be working against the emperor, and there would be no good end.

The scholars of the Ming Dynasty admired the style and bones, and did not hesitate to scold the emperor in front of him in order to become famous, and did not hesitate to die in order to become famous.

And there is no such thing in the Tang Dynasty, the emperor is not afraid of killing soldiers, they have Xianbei blood, advocating force, the Sui and Tang dynasties are actually the Jiangmen group to jointly rule the world, and the royal family is the biggest Jiangmen!

Therefore, the later division of the feudal town did not hurt the muscles and bones, and it could be maintained for more than a hundred years, and the status of the scholars was forcibly praised by Song Taizu.

Emperor Dazhong is indeed a rare outlier among all the emperors of the Tang Dynasty, full of poetry and books, like an old pedant, he is very careful about his reputation among scholars, and constantly creates public opinion for this.

So at this time, he paid great attention to his image, so he began to ask the three prime ministers present in turn, and first ordered Wei Fu, Wei Fu naturally planned in advance, and replied: "The impeachment of the imperial history, this matter will inevitably cause a boiling discussion in Beijing, Ma Shilang should resign, as for whether to keep him, it is all in Your Majesty." ”

The emperor asked Cui Xuan again: "What does Cui Shilang think?" ”

Cui Xuan glanced at Bai Minzhong opposite, and was secretly surprised by the strength of the other party, he was thinking about who Ma Zhi would let take over as prime minister if he was released, and found that he was completely unprepared on his side, and he might have to be taken the initiative by Bai Minzhong's party again, at that time, he was alone among the four prime ministers, and I was afraid that he would be marginalized, so Ma Zhi couldn't leave now!

"The minister thinks that this matter is catching the wind and shadows, even if it is true, it is only the work of Ma Shilang's subordinates, at most the royal majesty is not strict, if he is deposed because of this, I am afraid it will be difficult to put an end to the mouth of the world!"

Of course, Cui Xuan knew what the emperor paid the most attention to, and this hit the nail on the head, Bai Minzhong listened to the corner of his eyes twitching slightly, and quickly regained his composure.

He has always adhered to the principle of acting after planning, managing his own forces little by little, and never allowing traitors to appear, this time let Wei Fu say that the Pei brothers are to move Ma Zhi to kill chickens and monkeys, it seems that the time is not yet ripe.

And Pei's let Sun Jingshang come forward, but he never said a word, and he didn't use all the incriminating evidence he provided, just used this Dong Yu as a breakthrough, looking ahead and looking backwards, is he waiting for the price to sell, and doesn't want his family to dominate?

I thought I had invited the dragon god who was raining, but I didn't expect the thunder to be heavy and the rain to be small.

The emperor finally asked Bai Minzhong: "What do you think of the servant?" ”

Bai Minzhong understood that the emperor had no intention of changing his appearance! Otherwise, it would not be such a calm one-by-one asking for opinions.

"The old minister thought that Cui Shilang was reasonable, and asked His Majesty to order Yu Shitai to find out about this matter and return Ma Shilang to his innocence."

Pei Yu said in the imperial history below: "This is a matter of duty, and it is my responsibility!" ”

The emperor nodded and ordered: "Inquire about the Imperial History Terrace, no punishment!" ”

An impeachment run against Ma Zhi has come to an end.

Bai Minzhong didn't know what the three Pei brothers had in mind when they did this, so they could only wait and see what happened.

The court meeting finally got back on track and began to discuss the matter of Jingyuan Jiedu making Kang Jirong a reward, this matter is relatively easy, nothing more than the amount of reward, there is a foundation for the preparation of the border extension treasury established by Wuzong, there is no shortage of money and grain, and the results are quickly obtained, and all the ministers have no objections.

Zhang Zhongwu's son Zhang Zhifang's inheritance of Lu Longjiedu was also a formality, and he soon let the Zhongshu Province draft a decree to approve it.

In fact, the imperial court has no choice, Lu Longjiedu envoy is Lu Longjun's public push, if the emperor does not agree, he will prepare for a big war, now is the time to attack Tubo to regain lost territory, how can there be civil strife?

The third thing is the real problem today.

Xuzhou military rebellion, who to send now, whether it can be quelled, choose the wrong person to be responsible!

Before that, the emperor first had to reward a prescient courtier, which was Zheng Lu, the right supplement.

Zheng Lu said at the beginning of the year: "The ministers are afraid that if the new Mai is not boarded, Xu Shi will be in chaos." Hurry up and save this side. It also has a table play, detailing the various performances of Xuzhou Jiedu that made Li Kuo not good at governing the army.

At this time, the emperor promoted him to the rank of housekeeper in court.

The living house belongs to the province of Zhongshu, and there are two people from the six products, who are responsible for recording the major events and decrees that occurred in the imperial court, and compile them into historical materials at the end of the year.

The right supplement is also subordinate to Zhongshu Province, which is from the seventh grade, and from the sixth grade to the seventh grade, the seventh grade, and the sixth grade, Zheng Lu is equal to four levels in a row, which belongs to the super-promotion!

The province of the door of the Daming Palace is located in the east outside the Xuanzheng Palace, the province of Zhongshu is in the west, the emperor faces the south and the north back, the east is the left, and the west is the right, so the officials of the province are called the left, and the province of Zhongshu is called the right.

For example, the two provinces have official positions such as counseling doctors, supplementing que, and collecting relics, and the Zhongshu province is the right counselor, the right to supplement the que, and the right to pick up the relics, and the menxia province is the left to advise the doctor, the left to supplement the que, and the left to pick up the relics.

In short, all civil and official positions with the right are generally from the Zhongshu Province, and those with the left are generally from the Menxia Province.

Corresponding to the housekeeper is the housekeeper who is set up in the province of Menxia and is responsible for recording the words and deeds of the emperor.

Li Kuo, the envoy of Xuzhou Jiedu, was the son of Li Cheng, the prime minister of the Jingzong Dynasty, and the sixth grandson of Li Shenfu, the younger brother of Li Yuan, the ancestor of Tang Gaozu.

This person is not an unknown person, he has a very close personal relationship with Jia Island, there are poems "Luodi", "Chang'an Youth Xing" handed down, Yuan and thirteen years in the Jinshi, from the secret art province orthography step by step, to achieve the high position of the festival degree, to say that there is no ability that is too biased.

It's just that the Xuzhou Army is too special.

The name of this army is the Wuning Army, which is adjacent to the four towns of Hebei after the Anshi Rebellion, and there have been separatist forces in the past, and the imperial court has repeatedly quelled the rebellion, which has not stopped for more than 100 years.

Wang Zai's father, Wang Zhixing, was the Xuzhou Jiedu envoy who was captured by force, and the Xuzhou army expelled the Jiedu envoy three times in the thirty years after he left office!

Although it was not a rebellion, the Wuning army was all ruffians, unruly and often chaotic.

This time, it was Li Kuo who was unlucky.

However, he will not be severely punished for this, and the imperial court also knows what virtues Xuzhou military has, if he is severely punished, how will he send people in the future? Who would dare to go?

"The minister thinks that Jingzhao Yin Lu Hongzhi is worthy of this important task!" Liu Zhongying, the secretary and supervisor, came out of the class and said.

Xuzhou Jiedu is vacant, this quelling is also an opportunity, Xuzhou is also a big town, Lu Hongzhi is shrewd and capable, it is not difficult to quell the rebellion, so it is a step higher, and you can enter the worship of Shangshu after two transfers.

This is a hundred times stronger than Du Mu's kind of assassination history into the dynasty and being a Lang official.

The Liu family and the Lu family are allies, and of course they must strive for interests at this time.

When Zheng Hao heard this, he also went out to second, although he did not become the son-in-law of the Lu family, but the two families have a long history of marrying each other, and they have long been advancing and retreating together.

The three Pei Xiu brothers and their people also agreed that they were all moderate factions in the Niu Party, and they did not belong to the traitors of the Li Party such as Bai Minzhong and Ma Zhi, nor were they hardliners of the Niu Party like Cui Xuan.

Cui Xuan, as the leader of the Niu Party, naturally has to express his position: "Your Majesty, there were bandits rampant in the Jingfu generation, and Lu Hongzhi captured these people soon after taking office, which can be described as shrewd and capable, and a capable minister." With him, going to Xuzhou will definitely be successful. ”

The Emperor nodded secretly.

Bai Minzhong saw it and knew that His Majesty had made up his mind, so he also echoed: "Now that we are using troops against Tibet, Xuzhou should not make a big move, Lu Jingzhao is scheming, and he will be able to calm it down and turn it into invisible." ”

The emperor then said: "Since all the ministers are promoted together, they will send a decree to appoint Lu Hongzhi as the envoy of the Wuning Army, and quickly go to replace Li Kuo." ”

Of course, Li Kuo couldn't go unpunished, and he couldn't be punished heavily, so he considered it and transferred back to Chang'an to serve as an official.

Guo Hong has been standing by the pillar on the side of the imperial court, not attracting attention at all.

He constantly observed Ma Yuanzhen, and Ma Zhi's impeachment obviously displeased the lieutenant of the Left Army.

But the emperor has been on the throne for four years, and his power is getting heavier and stronger, and he often knocks left and right, and the most taboo is to collude with inside and outside, and it is a taboo for eunuchs and courtiers to make friends.

Ma Yuanzhen didn't dare to blatantly befriend Ma Zhi, so he could only secretly identify with Zong.

The emperor should already know about this, but he didn't make it clear, that is, he was not ready to turn his face with Ma Yuanzhen because of this.

Ma Yuanzhen agreed that Zong also happened to step on the line, and did not make any further moves, which was also the reason why the emperor tolerated it.

When the court and the Chinese government discussed Lu Hongzhi's appointment as the envoy of the Xuzhou Military Festival, Ma Yuanzhen obviously showed his intentions, and some courtiers echoed him, and finally formed a peculiar phenomenon of unanimity with the court.

Guo Hong thought about it slightly, and understood that the lieutenant of the Left Army also wanted Lu Hongzhi to go to Xuzhou, and the reason was estimated that the other party's appointment as Jing Zhaoyin did not give face to the Shence Army at all, which made the army complain a lot, so asking Lu Hongzhi to leave was also fulfilling Ma Yuanzhen's intention.