Chapter 605: 'Extinguishing the Candle'

Time flies, it has been three months since he led the crowd south, and it has been almost two months since he entered Beijing, and Shi Bin has finally brought Wang Yi to the position of the second minister, which makes him feel a lot more relaxed.

Although Wang Yi became the second minister, the road is still difficult. As we all know, Wang San, Xie Qiangbing, Li Xu, and Sai Zilong are all hardcore 'stone parties', and if they want to transfer them all to the positions they planned before, they have to hurry up and work hard. After all, there are many obstacles, but there is not much time.

In order not to make Li Zong suspicious, Shi Bin ordered Wang Yi to make a few good suggestions to make Li Zong more satisfied with him. At the same time, he ordered Wang Yi and Zhao Kui to live in peace, not to needle-to-wheat mang, and to 'get along in harmony'. made Zhao Kui unable to say a bad word about Wang Yi in front of Li Zong, and once he said it, he would slap him Zhao Kui's own face.

Since the position of the phase was actually given by Shi Bin this time, Wang Yi did not dare to disobey Shi Bin's meaning even if he hated Zhao Kui to the core, and he also had some wisdom, knowing that if he wanted to leave a good impression in front of Li Zong, he could not always slander, so he simply followed Shi Bin's words to be a tolerant and generous second minister.

Although it has the taste of a marionette, it is much better than when I was a squire before. At least now Wang Yi's opinions can reach the heavens, and he can also express some of his own opinions, and no one dares to point fingers at him anymore. And he is a person who is not very ambitious and easily satisfied, and he doesn't care about giving up his opinions to help Shi Bin speak.

After another month, Shi Bin felt that the time was almost up, so he decided to ask Wang Yi to test Li Zong to see if Li Zong was satisfied with Wu Qian, the envoy who made control along the river.

The answer is naturally not satisfied, Shi Bin conquered the city when he was in the north, and the good news was frequent. Civil affairs are also developing very fast, and the number of households is not an exaggeration to describe it as 'soaring'. Now Wu Qian has become the envoy along the river, but it is too useless, and there is no news for three months. But Li Zong forgot that Wu Qian was a traditional Song minister, and he did not dare to send troops without a holy decree, and he did not dare to rob the people.

It's good that Li Zong is not satisfied with Wu Qian, which is exactly what Shi Bin wants. Of course, Wang Yi is not exactly a waste, and knows how to speak. When Li Zong expressed his dissatisfaction with Wu Qian, at first, Wang Yi said good things for Wu Qian, and gradually said that Wu Qian was a loyal minister with insufficient ability, not enough to confront the Yuan people.

Whenever this matter was discussed, Li Zong asked who could replace Wu Qian as the envoy along the river, and Zhao Kui would make it clear that he would not use Shi Bin but Lu Wende. Wang Yi did not express his position, and everything was arranged by the Sect. was already dissatisfied with Zhao Kui, so even if what he said was right, Li Zong didn't want to listen, and still wanted to find another way and find his own way.

When Wang Yi told Shi Bin the news, Shi Bin was ecstatic and couldn't stop laughing. His brows furrowed and he was worried about it.

This time, Shi Bin summoned Wang San, Jia Ling, and Sai Xishi to discuss the matter, but did not take Wang Yi away. This made Wang Yi very grateful, and once again expressed his willingness to lead the horse for Shi Bin.

"Ladies and gentlemen, just now Wang Zaifu brought us an excellent news, the emperor is dissatisfied with Wu Qian, but he is unwilling to accept Zhao Kui's opinion and use Lu Wende as an envoy along the river, and intends to 'choose his own merit'." Shi Bin smiled slyly.

Choosing your own meritocracy? Wang San, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi all laughed after hearing this. In their eyes, the most stupid person in the Great Song Dynasty is Li Zong, how can he choose meritocracy? This is definitely a good opportunity to regain the control of the envoys along the river.

"Enough of laughing, right? Let's get down to business now and see how we can get Wang San to the position of envoy along the river. ”

"Big brother, little brother has thanked you in advance." Wang Sanli

Moment thanked excitedly.

"You and my brother, the stronger you are, the stronger you will be as a brother, what do you want to thank for? Let's think about how to make you the envoy along the river. ”

"Husband, I think we have to build momentum first, so that people in the court say that Wu Qian does not want to forge ahead, but only wants to be comfortable. At the same time, let people spread the news of your discord with Wang San, so that the emperor is not so repulsive and wary of Wang San, and finally Wang Zaifu nominated him to be the envoy along the river. Seishh was quick to say.

"Well, that's good. It's easy to say that Wu Qian doesn't want to make progress and is greedy for comfort, but how can I make people believe that I am at odds with Wang San? There must be some solid evidence, and I am afraid that Li Zong will not believe it. Although he was unconscious, he didn't even think of it. ”

"Big brother, let's just make a fuss about the government. As Wang Yi did before, wouldn't it be good if I often do it right with you? Wang San said with a smile.

"This is naturally good, but everyone knows that you and I are hardcore brothers, how can we be opposed for no reason? So there has to be a reason, a reason that makes sense. Shi Bin said with a frown.

It's a bit troublesome to find a reasonable reason, after all, Shi Bin and Wang San are the earliest hardcore brothers, and if it wasn't for a big event, it would be difficult to get into trouble. What's more, now is the time for the two to work together to conspire with great things, how can they easily turn against each other?

When everyone frowned, Jia Ling suddenly smiled slyly and said, "I have a way to make Wang San immediately become the 'enemy' of her husband." It's just that this puja will make the husband and the king brothers suffer some grievances. I don't know if you're willing to..."

"Grievances?···" After Shi Bin and Wang San glanced at each other, they nodded in agreement to accept the grievance.

"Have you ever heard the story of extinguishing the candle?"

Shi Bin naturally hadn't heard the story of extinguishing the candle, but Wang San and Wang Yi knew it, and immediately admired Jia Ling's courage and courage.

"Mrs. Shi wants to be that Xu Ji?" Wang Yi asked.

"Yes. I want to be that Xu Ji, but my husband is not the king of Chuzhuang, but Dong Zhuo, who wants to kill Lu Bu for the sake of Diao Chan. Jia Ling smiled.

Although he had never heard the story of extinguishing the candle, Shi Bin knew that King Chuzhuang was a talented monarch, Xu Ji must be a beauty, and Dong Zhuo was a womanizer. So after thinking about it for a while, I understood what Jia Ling meant. This is to be a man who turns against his brother for the sake of his wife.

Although this is definitely a good way, Shi Bin is somewhat unhappy in his heart, Wang San and Wang Yi are embarrassed, and Sai Xishi and Xu Feng are ignorant.

Seeing the unhappiness of several people, Jia Ling smiled and said: "I am a woman who is not afraid of slander, are you still afraid of husband and Wang San?" ”

The two of them were a little ashamed to be asked like this, but they still didn't want to lose face so much and became the laughing stock of the ministers.

"My lord, those who become big things are not informal, since Madame doesn't care about this, we can't think of any good way for the time being, so it's better to rely on Madame. If adults feel that they still need to think, then they think we can think about it slowly. ”

"Xu Feng, what do you mean by this?" Shi Bin asked.

"My lord, the extravagance in this Lin'an City is prevalent, and there are Qinglou and flower boats everywhere, so it is better to ask Lord Wang to go to Qinglou and Huachuan often to have fun. In this way, it can not only make others think that Lord Wang is not enterprising, just wants to be comfortable, and sooner or later parted ways with the adults, but also paves the way for the future plan to extinguish the candles. Xu Feng said solemnly, "Of course, if you come up with other ways halfway, you don't need to extinguish the candle." ”

Because Wang Yi mentioned to Li Zong from time to time to restore the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, this made Li Zong's heart itch, and naturally it was even more

Pay attention to the actions of Wu Qian, the envoy along the river. However, the ambitious Li Zong never saw Wu Qian's merits worth mentioning, and finally really moved the idea of removing Wu Qian and choosing another envoy along the river.

During this period, Wang Yi reported these things done by Wang San to Li Zong as a joke, and finally told Wang San that he was rude after drinking, and Jia Ling planned to extinguish the candle but Shi Bin secretly held a grudge. and told Li Zong that now Shi Bin and Wang San are like fire and water, and they can win over Wang San and let Wang San fight against Shi Bin.

Of course, he wouldn't believe Wang Yi's words, and Li Sect sent his cronies in the palace to investigate. However, even the servants in Shi Bin's mansion said that Wang San had molested Jia Ling. Shi Bin was about to break off his brotherhood with Wang San, and Jia Ling persuaded Shi Bin to kill Wang San.

This result made Li Zong excited, and immediately summoned Wang San to the palace to meet him and try to win him over. After Wang San entered the palace, he was asked about this by Li Zong, and he immediately wailed and begged Li Zong to save his life. Seeing that Wang San's reaction was so big, Li Zong was a little puzzled but also very happy. So he said tentatively: "The general is the commander-in-chief of Sichuan, just go back to Sichuan, why are you still afraid of Shi Bin's harm?" ”

"The emperor doesn't know, that Shi Bin has been operating in Jinghu and Sichuan for many years, and he will obey all orders, if the minister returns to Sichuan, he will kill himself, and he will definitely die and die." Wang San cried as he spoke.

In order to reassure Li Zong, Wang San said again: "Your Majesty, the minister knows that he is wrong, and he should not follow Shi Bin's traitorous minister who deceived the monarch before. As long as the emperor saves the life of the minister, the minister is willing to open up territory for the emperor and let me recreate the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties. ”

After listening to Wang San's words, Li Zong moved his mind to appoint him as the envoy along the river, but he was still not at ease, so he planned to test and tempt again.

So at the court meeting a few days later, Li Zong said that Wu Qian's ability was insufficient to take on the task of making envoys along the river, and he had to change his ministers.

The first one to jump out against it was Zhao Kui, saying that although Wu Qian had no merits, he was not at fault, and Wu Qian had only been in office for three or four months, so it was impossible to have any merits. The second person to jump out against it was Shi Bin, who expressed his full support for Zhao Kui's views and did not approve of the removal of Wu Qian. And Wang Yi and Wang San, the two staunch 'anti-stone factions', said that they must replace Wu Qian, a corpse vegetarian, and choose another meritocracy.

Since Li Zong hates Zhao Kui and is afraid of Shi Bin, of course he can't agree with the two of them supporting Wu Qian. However, Wang Yi and Wang San, two staunch 'anti-stone faction's, had to agree with the opinions. So in the end, it was decided to remove Wu Qian's position as an envoy along the river and let him return to Jingdong Road to continue to serve as a pacification envoy.

Due to the constant threat of Yuan people in the north, the system along the river made this position impossible to revoke and someone had to take over. At this time, Wang Yi proposed that Wang San should be the envoy along the river. Zhao Kui and Shi Bin both opposed it together, and Wang San also said that he did not dare to accept this important task.

Zhao Kui and Shi Bin, who were hostile in the past, have the same opinion today, which makes Li Zong suspicious and worried. Thinking about Wang San's recent satisfactory performance and the oath of allegiance, Li Zong finally won the plan and ordered Wang San to replace Wu Qian as the envoy along the river.

Note: Extinguishing the candle is something that happened during a banquet held by King Chuzhuang. After three rounds of drinking, everyone was a little drunk, and a gust of wind blew through the lights and candles. At this time, a drunk general was drunk and gaffe grabbed the hand of Xu Ji, the favorite concubine of the king of Chuzhuang, and Xu Ji was very clever to tear off the general's hat. and asked the king of Chu Zhuang to light the lamp, find out the general who was rude to her, and punish him severely. However, King Chu Zhuang asked everyone to tear off their hats and let the general go.

Three years later, the king of Chuzhuang invaded Jin. A general named Tang Cunning took the initiative to lead his subordinates to open the way first. This general fought desperately everywhere he went, and defeated the Jin army. When rewarding, Tang Wei admitted that he was the one who insulted Xu Ji, so he didn't want to reward him. This is the famous 'Feast of Absolute Silk'.