Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Knife and Pen Officer
Lan Ziyi heard a voice from the other side of the wall, and a slightly old voice said:
"Now the ministers of the DPRK and China have attacked the king of Germany, which seems to be menacing, but in fact, the fate is conspicuous, as long as they sue them for private friends, they will definitely be able to gain something. Since ancient times, there has never been a private friend who has not caused trouble in the world, as long as Mr. Wu is willing to make such an impeachment, he will definitely be able to make meritorious contributions to the prince. β
Lan Ziyi was stunned when he heard this, it turned out that he could counterattack like this. Lan Ziyi quietly moved a few steps forward, leaning behind the window and secretly looking at the other side. I saw a man grab Wu Yousi's arm and pull him alive, and hurriedly spoke there. The man looked to be in his fifties, his body and mind were already a little rickety, his forehead was almost bald, the rest of his hair was completely white, his eyes were heavily pagged, and he looked tired, but he was still full of energy, as if he wanted to burn his soul as firewood. Although he was wearing old coarse cloth clothes, he was still patched, and he was dirty.
Lan Ziyi hid his body behind the wall and silently watched the conversation between the two.
Wu Yousi was obviously unhappy when he was pulled, and said impatiently:
"Qiu Xiaozhi, you stopped me on the road just to say this?"
Balding middle-aged man says:
"Mr. Wu, this is a great opportunity, the opportunity will not come again, if you are robbed by others, won't Mr. regret it?"
Wu Yousi sighed and said:
"How can you grab this kind of credit? Someone grabbed this kind of credit? Yesterday was supposed to be a native of the Son of Heaven, but it turned out to be a slaughter of the people, whether the Manchu ministers were privately forming friends or not, they were asking for the people's lives, what is the use of me going to impeach them for privately forming friends? The top priority is to keep the king, not to go out and impeach the minister. β
Qiu Xiaozhi said anxiously:
"The way of using soldiers is to win with righteousness and oddity, of course King Germany can't fall, but how can he prevent it from being attacked by others? If you don't defeat the other side, there will never be peace, doesn't Mr. Wu understand? β
Wu Yousi says:
"Is it that I don't understand or that you don't understand? Don't you see the virtues of King De clearly? I will crush an enemy for him, and he will make thousands of enemies for me. Now it is the Manchu Dynasty civil and military ministers who are attacking King De, and what you want me to impeach is all the officials of the entire Taisho, can you do this? β
Qiu Xiaozhi says:
"It's because it's a group of people who are good at fighting. If it is a person, they will use all their strength to resist the attacks of others, and if it is a group of people, they will have to do everything in their power to maintain unity before they can react externally. The courtiers were not monolithic at all, and whatever banner they waged, they were nothing more than a group of selfish rabble. I can guarantee that as long as Mr. Wu impeached them for forming a private party, these adults who were defeated by the outside would definitely fall apart and fight to get out of it. I know the temperament of this group best. β
Wu Yousi took another breath and said:
"Qiu Xiaozhi, when I first selected the palace clerks, I took a fancy to you and your son who were diligent and diligent in the Ministry of Rites, and they were as practical as they were for decades, and it was your ability to compile official documents, not that you should be a minister and a warrior. When you were in the Ministry of Industry, you were just a small official, a dozen taels of silver a year, and the Ministry of Rites couldn't eat and take cards, what can your whole family do in this capital? Now that you have come to the Dewang Mansion, your annual income has increased tenfold, and you should be content, don't keep thinking about these things that are not under your control. β
Qiu Xiaozhi's face turned red when he heard what Wu Yousi said, but he still continued:
"Mr. Wu, before you were elected to the palace, you were also in the capital, hungry and full, what qualifications do you have to say about me? Now everything you have is given by King De, even if you are not King De, for your own glory and wealth, you should keep the throne of King De, and don't let the ministers succeed. β
Wu Yousi raised his chin, looked at Qiu Xiaozhi with contempt, and said:
"Because I once wandered the capital and lived like a dog, I know how to cherish the good days. The emperor favors the king of virtue, and if there is this article, the king of virtue will not fall; I, Wu Yousi, as the chief housekeeper of the palace, the whole house is well organized under my care, and I am indispensable to the king of Germany; The prince is moody, jealous and jealous, I dare to make any moves, once the prince is unhappy, then I will be targeted everywhere like Lan Ziyi, but I don't have Lan Ziyi's family to protect me, I don't want to roll into the street and live without a fixed place. It's good to get by, it's already a great creation for a poor kid like you and me to have something to eat for a lifetime, don't think about taking risks and getting lucky, you can't afford to play. β
Qiu Xiaozhi looked up at Wu Yousi, with tears in his eyes, and said:
"But once the king ......"
Wu Yousi interrupted Qiu Xiaozhi's words and said:
"King Germany has nothing to do, there is an emperor. It may be that once I am the emperor, once the emperor does not shy away in the future, no matter who ascends the throne, he will continue to use this group of ministers, and I am now impeaching them for the sake of King De, and they are not people inside and out, what will I do in the future? β
Qiu Xiaozhi says:
"If King De can't ascend the throne, what future do you have?"
Wu Yousi laughed after hearing this, and said:
"I, Wu Yousi, can go from a third-rate person who eats and drinks on the street, writes for others, and acts as a gunman to a staff member of the palace, so naturally I can work hard here to climb to a better place, and I didn't sell it to King De, so naturally I don't have to rely on him for a future. What I have to do now is to do my job well, and at least ensure the bottom line and safety of the prince's work, as for the impeachment of the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee, you have the ability to do it. β
After speaking, he pulled his hand violently, pulled Qiu Xiaozhi away, and strode away.
Qiu Xiao stood straight in place and scolded angrily:
"Wu Yousi! Aren't you afraid that I will tell others what you said today? β
Wu Yousi didn't listen to his steps, and said without looking back:
"I'm not afraid of others hearing it, saying it like you is framing your superiors, and the other three are jealous and jealous and slandering others, what am I afraid of?"
Speaking of this, Wu Yousi stopped, turned his head and pointed at Qiu Xiaozhi and said:
"Of course you can tell King De, if you can see him."
With that, a burst of laughter went away.
Qiu Xiao was already crying angrily, his hair was messed up, he stood in place and stomped his feet, scolding:
"Lack of erection and conspiracy!"
Lan Ziyi stood behind the window and watched the conversation between the two coldly, until it was confirmed that Wu Yousi was far away, and then Lan Ziyi took a detour through a fake door and walked through the wall.
When Lan Ziyi walked to Qiu Xiaozhi's side, Qiu Xiaozhi was still sitting on the ground and sobbing,
Lan Ziyi approached and bent down to hand over the handkerchief, saying:
"Sir, when you're old, why should you cry bitterly for this little thing."
Qiu Xiaozhi didn't realize who was coming next to him, he didn't raise his head, wiped his tears with a handkerchief, and said:
"I'm more angry in the yamen than this bag, and I'll cry over this little thing. I cried that I had empty ambitions, but there was nowhere to show them, and I was not reconciled to the end of my years but achieved nothing! β
When the words came out, Qiu Xiaozhi felt that something seemed wrong, and when he looked up, he saw that it was Lan Ziyi who was shocked for a while, and after reacting, he hurriedly stood up and saluted, and said:
"The villain has no eyes, but he didn't see that it was Lord Weihou, and asked Weihou to forgive him."
Lan Ziyi smiled and waved his hand, respectfully replied, and said:
"The gentleman has said that. I heard the conversation between you and Wu Xiucai just now, and I am very interested in what Mr. said about 'forming a private party', and I hope that Mr. will talk to me about this matter carefully. β
Qiu Xiaozhi heard Lan Ziyi say that he was interested in his thoughts, his eyes instantly came to life, and he didn't care about the etiquette of dignity and humility, stretched out his hands and held Lan Ziyi's hand tightly, and said:
"Wei Hou Ken listen to me?"
Lan Ziyi nodded and said:
Ziyi is willing to listen to Mr. Explain carefully. I'm about to go back to the deer park, but I can't find the way, so if it's convenient for you, sir, you might as well show me the way. β
Qiu Xiaozhi nodded with tears in his eyes, and said as he walked:
"Finally someone, finally someone willing to listen to me."
Lan Ziyi walked aside and listened to Qiu Xiaozhi's excited nonsense, and waited for his mood to calm down before asking:
"Mr. just said that the ministers are forming friends privately, this is really a word that woke up the people in the dream, and made Ziyi pause, can Mr. say it carefully?"
Qiu Xiaozhi says:
"It's rare for Wei Hou Ken to appreciate me. I've been in the capital for more than 20 years, and I've been treated as a knife and coin boy, and no one has paid attention to me, and now someone is finally willing to listen to me. β
Saying that, Qiu Xiaozhi sobbed again, and when he finally got tired of crying, after stopping, he said:
"I'm sorry Weihou, it's rude."
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"You're welcome, sir."
Qiu Xiaozhi says:
And so the little man said. Today, it seems that the world is turbulent, but in fact, it is just the ministers talking nonsense, and these scholars will be extremely excited once they feel that they are seeking justice for the common people in the world. But in fact, it's just a fierce scream, and there are not many real bites. In addition, the Jiangdong ministers in the DPRK and the foreign ministers from Yuelu Academy have been fighting openly and secretly, but now that Zhang Mingyue and the Jiangdong scholars have become stronger, and the other adults are forced to get involved, as long as Wei Hou is willing to sue them for forming a private party, when the time comes, those who follow the trend and wait to bet on these ministers will be neutral, even if they can't stop the offensive, they can be contained to a large extent. β
Lan Ziyi couldn't help but be shocked when he heard Zhang Mingyue's three words, but he still asked Qiu Xiao and said straightly:
"Could it be that this incident was led by Zhang Zhongtang?"
Qiu Xiaozhi says:
"Not only this time, but the incident where Wei Hou broke into the palace gate at night a few days ago was also instigated by Zhang Mingyue."
Lan Ziyi's heart was shocked after hearing this, and he was speechless for a while.
Qiu Xiaozhi thought that Lan Ziyi was thinking about his words, so he continued:
Zhang Mingyue was scheming, and the Jiangdong scholars were firmly controlled by him, and the Jiangdong scholars surrounded the East Palace tightly. Next to the prince, there was originally Zhou Youyi, the second uncle of Yuelu Academy, as a professor, but he was also excluded from the East Palace. Therefore, when the emperor first established King De, Zhou Youyi came to teach, in fact, at that time, foreign scholars were willing to join King De. It's just that the prince did too much to die, which chilled your hearts. So now the foreign adults of the DPRK and China are there to keep their mouths shut and no longer speak. β
Lan Ziyi waited for Qiu Xiaozhi to finish speaking, settled down, and said:
"Since the foreigners have lost faith in the king, how can I get them to side with me?"
Qiu Xiaozhi says:
"The Marquis doesn't have to let them come over, and the Marquis doesn't even have to do these things for King De. Wei Hou was born in a feudal town, and he relied on not a civil official. Once the impeachment of the minister is successful, he can make a name for himself, and he can also knock on the mountain and shake the tiger to make those foreign ministers neutral, if the operation is done properly to defeat Zhang Mingyue and his party, then the foundation of King De's ascension to the throne will be more stable. Once King De ascends the throne, the current princelings will undoubtedly be defeated, and at that time, only Wei Hou will be qualified to fill the power gap left by the princelings after they withdrew from the dynasty. β
Lan Ziyi nodded and said:
"The plan is good, but when the time comes, won't I be a big fan and become the target of everyone."
Qiu Xiaozhi says:
"Take it one step at a time, now it's not the time for Wei Hou to worry about that, it's better to think about how to block the current wave of attacks coming towards King De."