|||->-> Chapter 673 Zhao Kui Zhishi

This incident made Li Zong, a guy who had healed his scars and forgotten the pain, remember again that Shi Bin was not so good at talking, and he could not be self-righteous even if he wanted to compete with Shi Bin for interests. To talk with good words, you must ask Shi Bin to give up his interests, not ask him to give up his interests.

And Shi Bin fully realized that Li Zong was a guy who didn't remember, and he definitely forgot the pain after the scars. It's not okay to wake up every once in a while. He must always remember that the current Great Song is Shi Bin, and it is no longer him Zhao Yun.

After leaving the palace, Xu Feng knew that the matter was done when he saw Shi Bin's appearance, and immediately said with a smile: "My lord, it seems that the matter has been done?" The emperor is not injured, but he can't tell the truth. ”

"Don't worry, I can still control this bit of strength, although he keeps screaming in pain, he definitely doesn't get hurt. In order not to irritate him too much and not force him to jump over the wall in a hurry, I only need the right to appoint and dismiss officials in the four counties of Hexi, Wuwei, Zhangye, and Jiuquan, and I don't want Dunhuang County. Wait for it to be slowly won over later, and it is not difficult for a Zhizhou to win over. Shi Bin smiled.

"Your Excellency is wise, and you think it should be so. There's no need to push Rishu into despair and jump over the wall, that's not good. Xu Feng immediately nodded in agreement.

After a brief exchange, Shi Bin and Xu Feng returned home together. Jia Ling and Sai Xishi were not surprised that Shi Bin would soon return home happily, if this kind of thing had to drag on for a long time, he Shi Bin would not be Shi Bin, and he would not be worthy of being the husband of these two women.

Shi Bin himself was not proud of doing such a trivial thing, but the taste was very good, and he ate three meat buns and twenty mutton dumplings at noon. Jia Ling and Sai Xi Shi also refused to shave their eyebrows, and each of them ate two meat buns and fifteen beef dumplings. After a full meal, the three workaholics and foodies reclined on the Taishi's chair and talked about government politics again.

"Husband, now you say that the four counties of Hexi are scattered like this, is it okay?" Jia Ling asked.

"Of course not, someone has to be in charge, and this person has to be loyal to me and have enough power."

"In other words, it is better to set up a pacification envoy in Hexi, right?" Sai Si Shi asked.

"Yes, it is to set up a Hexi pacification envoy to lead the four counties of Hexi, the question is who to find? The rest of my brothers are already in high positions, that is, your cousin Sai Zhang Fei is still only the leader. But his ability to appease him is a little lacking, hey, it's really troublesome. ”

"Husband, don't worry, my cousin knows that it is already his creation to be the commander, and what kind of appeasement should you be, even if you want to appoint me, you have to stop it. He lacks ability and qualifications, and when he becomes a pacifier, he will probably ruin Hexi. However, the concubine thought that there was a person who was suitable to serve as the pacification envoy of Hexi. ”

"Who is it? Shih Tzu said let's see. Shi Bin heard that Sai Xishi had a candidate, and immediately urged.

"Jiayu will guard Shibi. Although this person is not as resourceful as Wang San and Li Chao, he is also brave and resourceful. He has long served his husband, is loyal and righteous, and is a person who can be entrusted with heavy responsibilities. ”

When several people were happy to find someone who could entrust the affairs of Hexi, Xu Feng came out and poured cold water, because he said: Zhao Kui will soon know that Shi Bin threatened and intimidated Li Zong, and maybe he will come out to make trouble.

This is indeed a troublesome matter, and now Shi Bin no longer wants to be restrained by Zhao Kui, so he asked: "I have had enough of this old horseman, and I don't want to deal with him anymore, is there any way to solve this trouble forever without being criticized?" ”

"The best way is to let Zhao Kui take the initiative." Xu Feng said.

Zhishi? Want Zhao Kui to retire? Shi Bin immediately nodded again and again, "Yes, it is best to let Zhao Kui take the initiative to give office, the problem is that now that Li Zong is threatened, how can he, the number one loyal minister of the Great Song Dynasty, be Zhishi?" I'm afraid it's a bit of a fool's dream. ”

"There will definitely be a way, for example, Zhao Kui is over seventy years old, and his ears and eyes are not clear, we can make a fuss about this." Jia Ling said.

"Yes, my sister is very right. We can make a fuss about his shortcomings. I believe that it is not only we who want Zhao Kui to leave the court, there should be a lot of people he offended before, but he just didn't dare to stand up against him. The enemy of the enemy is the friend, we can try to win over those people to put pressure on the emperor and Zhao Kui. Unable to withstand the pressure, Zhao Kui will inevitably become a leader, and the emperor has to let Zhao Kui leave Lin'an. Sai Si Shi nodded.

"Okay, I'll test it out tomorrow. Proposed the matter of Hebei Xi's pacification envoy and Zhao Kui Zhishi. ”

The day passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was the next morning.

At the beginning of the early dynasty, Zhao Kui condemned Shi Bin for going too far, and actually dared to hurt and threaten Li Zong by wrestling his wrist. Of course, Shi Bin would not admit it, but only said that it was a game with Li Zong. It was Li Zong who couldn't afford to lose, so he sued indiscriminately.

Seeing that Shi Bin was reprimanded by Zhao Kui, Wang Yi and Li Shao did not hesitate to lead other officials to defend Shi Bin and reprimand Zhao Kui for not knowing the truth and talking nonsense. In the face of the overwhelming reprimand, Zhao Kui felt lonely for the first time, and seemed to be more than capable of dealing with the affairs of the imperial court.

Seeing that Zhao Kui's momentum was lowered, Shi Bin said again: "Lord Zhao, you wronged me, right?" Please figure things out before you speak. If you still wronged me like this in the future, I, Shi Bin, will have an opinion. I even doubt that you will be able to continue in the position of Privy Councillor. ”

understands that this is Shi Bin reminding himself to keep his mouth shut and don't go against him, otherwise there will be no good fruit to eat. But Zhao Kui was not afraid of this, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Lord Shi, Zhao never talks nonsense, please rest assured, I will figure things out." ”

Although Zhao Kui's words are strong, but in fact, Zhao Kui is very weak now, how can Shi Bin let go of this opportunity? He immediately proposed to appoint Xiang Shibi as the pacification envoy of the four counties of Hexi. After thinking about it for a while, he added: Sai Zhangfei is the deputy envoy to appease. The two are still the commanders of the two levels.

Those officials who supported Shi Bin naturally seconded the proposal, and Zhao Kui knew that even if he objected, there was no point in having to shut up. Xiang Shibi and Sai Zhangfei were promoted again and became the pacification envoy and deputy envoy of Hexi.

"It's good that Lord Zhao is dedicated to the country, but you can't frame people at will." After agreeing on the appointment, Shi Bin knew that Zhao Kui was unwilling, so he had to remind again, "I, Shi Bin, respect you as a senior, and you can't be framed so casually." And please respect the will of the imperial court. ”

It didn't take long for the court meeting to pass, but Shi Bin did not put forward a suggestion to let Zhao Kui Zhishi at the court meeting, because he felt that it was not suitable, after all, he couldn't deceive people too much.

On the way back to the house, Shi Bin was stopped by Wang Yi to Li Shao, and Shi Bin was very happy that the two of them were very smart in the court and led the crowd to support him, because he saw the right person.

"My lord, Xia Guan and Lord Wang have some ideas to talk to your lordship." Li Shao said cautiously.

"Master Li, why are you so nervous? If you have something to say, you should know that I will never punish for my words. Shi Bin smiled.

Shi Bin really wouldn't punish him for his words, but Li Shao still thought for a long time before he spoke: "My lord, what do you think of Zhao Kui?" ”

"Zhao Kui? He is a loyal and capable minister. It's just too much trouble. ”

"Have you ever thought about eliminating this trouble?" Li Shao asked.

From Li Shao's eyes, face and tone, Shi Bin knew that Li Shao would not harm Zhao Kui, he should just want to squeeze him away, so as not to always jump out and cause trouble.

Wouldn't this just fit Shi Bin's plan? Naturally, he was overjoyed in his heart, but unfortunately he couldn't show it too much, so Shi Bin could only sigh and say: "Who said he didn't want to, but he has been a Zaifu for many years, and even if he is demoted to a privy deputy envoy now, he still has a high prestige." How can it be said that derogatory is derogatory? If that's the case, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of waves. ”

"My lord, the lower officials and Lord Wang are here to offer advice." Li Shao said.

As soon as he heard that the two of them were here to offer advice, Shi Bin suddenly came to his senses and motioned for them to speak quickly.

Unexpectedly, they also took a fancy to Zhao Kui's shortcomings of being over seventy years old, and said that they could let Zhao Kui review some more official documents, and when he couldn't stand it, he would naturally choose Zhishi.

I felt in my heart that it was too cruel to let an old man in his seventies be subjected to high-intensity labor, so Shi Bin did not agree immediately, but just frowned and remained silent. also understood that this method was very despicable, and Wang Yi and Li Shao didn't dare to make a sound, just stood aside as guards.

"It's not good, Zhao Kui is too old after all, and if he is under too much pressure, he may die directly, so I'm afraid the gains outweigh the losses." Shi Bin said after a while, "Is there any other way, think about it again." ”

"My lord, Xia Guan suddenly thought of another way. The approval of official documents is done by officials, but the specific ones are those small officials, if those small officials are not honest officials, wouldn't it be very troublesome? Wang Yi smiled a little slyly.

Not honest? These words shocked Shi Bin's spirit. Indeed, Zhao Kui has one or two hundred official duties to deal with in a day, of course, it is impossible to do everything himself. If his subordinates are perfunctory, then he Zhao Kui will be in trouble. It will soon become the target of public criticism, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in Lin'an.

"Lord Wang's method is good, although Zhao Kui will be very anxious, but with his body, he can definitely only sit and be anxious, the key is not to get tired and sick." Shi Bin said very approvingly.

After setting such a strategy, the speed of handing over the official documents to Zhao Kui became slower, and the speed of Zhao Kui's subordinates was also slow. In this way, the number of official documents that Zhao Kui reviewed in a day dropped sharply from the original 200 to less than 120, more and more official affairs were piled up, and other officials complained more and more.

Clear-eyed people knew at a glance that this was Shi Bin who wanted to squeeze out Zhao Kui, and asked him to fail the annual evaluation, and finally justifiably belittled him, and he could no longer restrain Shi Bin.

Such a little trick Zhao Kui also quickly saw it, but Zhao Kui did not go to Shi Bin to theorize this time, because in his opinion, no matter how theoretical it is, it is useless, it is better to simply unite with fellow travelers to do the work in hand. It must be said that there are still people who support Zhao Kui, so Zhao Kui's situation has been better for a while. It's just that Shi Bin's side is too powerful, and soon the situation of Zhao Kui and others will become critical again, and they will be struggling.

This continued for more than a month, but the situation continued to deteriorate. After all, Zhao Kui does not have many dead friends, and being an official is to seek wealth and novice rather than to make enemies, and no one wants to offend the evil god Shi Bin, the original supporters left Zhao Kui one after another and chose to watch the fire from the other side.

This lasted for more than half a year, and at the end of the third year of Kaiqing (1261), the officials reviewed, and there was no surprise that Zhao Kui was evaluated. According to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, he was demoted from Lin'an to become the governor of Yongzhou. Zhao Kui, who was unbearable, asked for Zhishi, but Li Zong naturally refused. Li Zong didn't dare to fight against Shi Bin on his own, but no matter how he asked Zhao Kui to stay, Zhao Kui still returned to his hometown.