Chapter 607: Judge

Li Xu, who received the holy decree, was ecstatic, of course he knew what the two Zhejiang Road General System meant, which meant that Shi Bin trusted him very much, and it meant that he could hold the emperor in his palm at any time. Therefore, after receiving the holy decree, Li Xu flew straight to Lin'an without waiting for the successor official to arrive, and before making any settlement with him.

Li Xu's arrival was ten days earlier than Shi Bin and the others expected, which made them feel crying and laughing. The commander of the two Zhejiang roads is already nine out of ten Li Xu's, why do you have to come in such a hurry?

"Big brother, thank you big brother for cultivating!" Li Xu said excitedly. ，

"Everyone is a brother, I transferred you here to help me, brothers work together to break the gold. It's just that I want to tell you that your two Zhejiang generals will not be so easy to be, and it will be much more difficult than Wang San, if you are wronged, don't blame me. Shi Bin smiled.

"I understand, the mountain in me before the emperor was far away, so he could naturally follow me, but now that he is under the emperor's nose, of course, he has to be honest. Maybe there are people who are looking for something wrong to make me unhappy, which will affect the big brother's big things. Li Xu said solemnly.

I am glad that Li Xu can think of this, knowing that he has found the right person, Shi Bin is much more down-to-earth.

"Li Xu, I'm afraid there are some things you don't know yet." Jia Ling said very seriously.

"What's the matter? Sister-in-law, please say oh. ”

"You two Zhejiang Road generals have a half-year inspection period, if you are found fault by the traitors and villains in the imperial court within half a year, you will not be officially appointed."

"Expedition period?" Li Xu felt ridiculous when he heard it, what kind of inspection period did he need to take office? So I had to set my eyes on Shi Bin, hoping to get some explanation.

He had already been ready to explain, and Shi Bin slowly said that he first failed to unite officials in the court to sponsor Li Xucheng and the two Zhejiang commanders, and then failed to perform fifteen joint concerts, and finally took dozens of officials to kneel in front of the palace for more than two hours before Li Xu successfully won the two Zhejiang commanders.

Knowing that Shi Bin had worked so hard to obtain the high position of leader, Li Xu immediately burst into tears, and said that he would definitely do his best to be the leader of the two Zhejiang roads, and not let Li Zong and Zhao Kui pick the slightest fork.

"Brother Xian, the reason why Wang San became the envoy along the river is because the emperor hates Wu Qian's inaction, and Zhao Kui happens to have a conflict with the emperor. Before you, the envoy of the Liangzhelu system lost his official position because he did too much evil. Therefore, the commander-in-chief of these two Zhejiang roads must do both things without being criticized, and most likely you may be constrained by others, so you must not be the commander-in-chief. Shi Bin reminded again.

After learning this, Li Xu felt a little burdened in his heart and realized the troubles, but he was a person who could face difficulties, so he did not complain, but asked Shi Bin to rest assured, saying that he would definitely be able to firmly grasp the Liangzhejiang Road in his hands.

After the exchange, Shi Bin took the dusty Li Xu to eat a lot of food to satisfy his appetite. Perhaps because of these two Zhejiang Road leaders, Li Xu's attitude is very good, and Shi Bin ate a total of seven xiaolongbao. And Li Xu was also very happy because he was the commander of Liangzhejiang Road, he had a very good appetite, not to be outdone, and he also ate six cages in a row. In the eyes of others, it is completely two starving ghosts reincarnated.

Since the general consul of Liangzhejiang Road is currently vacant, such an important position cannot be left unattended for a long time, so Li Xu went to the Ministry of Officials the next day to receive the appointment documents, official uniform and official seal, and then took office.

In office, Li Xu

is really conscientious and cautious, so that Li Zong and Zhao Kui, who want to get him down, have nowhere to start, they are all regretful, and they also scolded Shi Bin for being treacherous and cunning.

In the blink of an eye, Li Xu has been in office for two months, and in four months, he will be able to officially take office after the half-year inspection period. If you don't make a big mistake, these two Zhejiang roads will be in the hands of Shi Bin's family again. This situation made both Li Zong and Zhao Kui feel panicked.

Therefore, they began to discuss how to pull Li Xu down from the position of the commander-in-chief of Liangzhejiang and replace him with Zhao Kui's protégé.

For Zhao Kui, an old bureaucrat, it is not difficult to think of a way, frowning and thinking about it: I want Li Xu to exterminate all the bandits and bandits on Liangzhejiang Road before he officially takes office, leaving no one behind.

This requirement seems normal and reasonable at first glance, but when you taste it, you know that it is an impossible task. Even in the peaceful period, there will be some robbers and bandits, not to mention the troubled times now? But if you don't accept it or can't do it, it will be a disobedience to the decree or a violation of the holy decree, and this kind of crime is enough to make Li Xu lose his office.

What to do? Shi Bin immediately became anxious.

"Husband, why don't we borrow troops from my father and cooperate with Li Xu to encircle and suppress those bandits and bandits from several directions? If you are willing to surrender, we will simply recruit peace. Isn't it easier to achieve the goal by applying both hard and soft? Seeing that Shi Bin was in a hurry, Sai Xi Shi immediately said.

"But the holy decree said extermination, not Zhao'an." Sai Xi Shi said obviously worriedly.

"Sister Xi Shi, why don't we just integrate the bandits and bandits of Zhao'an into my husband's or my father's army? As long as we unanimously say to the outside world, wouldn't it be good to exterminate all bandits and bandits? Jia Ling said with a grin.

"This method is not bad, but I don't know if you have read the requirements of the emperor and Zhao Kui carefully, the holy decree says that no one will be left." Shi Bin smiled bitterly, "Zhao Kui, this old horseman, wants to dig a pit like this to harm me, hum, what a dream!" ”

After listening to Shi Bin's reminder, Jia Ling, Sai Xishi and Xu Feng all frowned, and their faces were like the bottom of a pot. If you really want to pull Li Xu down from the position of the general leader of Liangzhejiang Road, even if you really exterminate all the bandits and bandits in Liangzhejiang Road, it will be useless. Because as long as Zhao Kui secretly releases a wicked person with a blood debt from the prison, it is enough.

"What should I do?" Jia Ling asked unwillingly, "Could it be that the commander-in-chief of the two Zhejiang provinces that we have worked so hard to get has been abolished by such a ridiculous holy decree?" ”

"Of course not, no matter what!" Although he didn't come up with a way, Shi Bin immediately said viciously, "If the emperor and Zhao Kui dare to do this, I will definitely make them look good!" ”

"The husband is angry, if it can be solved well, there is no need to deal with evil, let's see what the emperor means first. It may be better to keep things the same. Even the soldiers borrowed from my sister's father can't be dressed as forbidden soldiers, they have to be dressed as militia. Said Seish.

Sai Xishi's words were very reasonable, Shi Bin naturally adopted them, and soon borrowed 5,000 men and horses from Jia Nidao on Huainan Lianglu to assist Li Xu in suppressing the bandits. Li Xu is an excellent general, and it is of course easy to have enough soldiers to exterminate bandits. In less than two months, there were no bandits and bandits in Liangzhejiang Road.

Seeing the good news coming one after another, Li Zong and Zhao Kui were not only unhappy but depressed. Li Zong even blamed Zhao Kui for not coming up with this bad idea that would make Li Xu famous. It's just that Zhao Kui, who was blamed, was not unhappy, but smiled and told Li Zong about Shi Bin's worries before.

After thinking carefully about the subtlety of this 'no one left', Li Zong couldn't stop laughing, and immediately stopped complaining about Zhao Kui, but praised him for being a pillar of the country.

Sure enough, in the third month of the suppression of bandits, the two Zhejiang roads became large-scale

It is true that there are no bandits and bandits, but there are more scattered robbers. That is, it is only a group of three or five, and it is very difficult to exterminate.

This made Shi Bin unable to sit still any longer, and he was reprimanded by Li Zong several times in a row when he entered the palace to meet Li Zong, saying that he was not recommended by Ren and that he should be held responsible.

In the end, they couldn't help but tell Jia Ling and Sai Xishi about this, and when the two heard that Li Zong actually wanted to hold Shi Bin responsible, they immediately roared in Hedong, saying that they wanted to settle accounts with Li Zong. Shi Bin wished that someone would take this breath for him, so he didn't bother to care. Fortunately, Xu Feng's words still had some effect, persuading Jia Ling and Sai Xishi to calm down.

"Say, what should I do?" Shi Bin said with a smile, "It seems that the emperor and Zhao Kui will never give up if they don't pull Li Xu off the horse." ”

"Now the bandits in Liangzhejiang are still not small, right?"

"Yes, Sister Xi Shi, why are you asking this?"

"If you want to revoke Li Xu's official position, you have to send a messenger."

Sai Xishi's words made Shi Bin and the others confused and unable to understand.

"Why don't we try to prevent Na Qin from going to Li Xu to announce the decree and stop him halfway?" Sai Xi Shi said with a sinister smile.

Stopping the Chin Cha in the middle of the road? Sai Xishi's words scared Jia Ling and Xu Feng enough, and Shi Bin took it as a joke. At the same time, he said that he could try, but he also said that he could not come clearly.

After the three edicts failed, Zhao Kui knew that Shi Bin must be making trouble, so he had no choice but to invite him to the imperial study to talk about Li Xu with Li Zong.

"Shi Aiqing, you have worked hard for my Great Song Dynasty, and now you have almost recovered all the old land in the Taizu period, and you are a rare hero and hero of my Great Song Dynasty."

"Emperor Xie praises, the food of the king, the loyalty of the king, this is what the minister should do." Shi Bin replied seriously.

"I have always been rewarded for meritorious service, and I must be punished for my mistakes, but now that Li Xu, the commander of the two Zhejiang, has made a mistake, I plan to punish him, and it seems that Shi Aiqing does not agree." Li Zong said with some unhappiness.

"The emperor, the ministers support the emperor's proposition that meritorious service must be rewarded and punished, and they do not disagree with the emperor's approach, but I want to know what mistake Lord Li has made."

"There is nothing else, it is because Lord Li Xu violated the holy decree and did not do what the emperor asked him to do." Zhao Kui said.

After sneering, Shi Bin said: "Zhao Zaifu is saying that Li Xu did not exterminate the bandits and bandits on the Liangzhejiang Road to the point that there is not one left?" ”

"Exactly."

"Lord Zhao is so powerful, it is inevitable that several bandits and bandits occupy the mountain in peacetime, and this is even more true in troubled times. The homeless people are actually bandits, dare to ask Lord Zhao, can you kill those homeless people? Shi Bin said angrily.

"Lord Shi, whether I can eliminate the bandits is my business, but Lord Li Xu has not done what the emperor ordered, and he will be punished. I have already discussed it with the emperor, and seeing that Lord Li Xu has also made great contributions, I plan to demote Li Xu to the criminal officer of Liangzhejiang Road. ”

If Shi Bin had a knife in his hand, he would have wanted to cut the two guys in front of him, but unfortunately he didn't. He didn't dare to come around in the palace, for fear that if people were not hurt, they would pay for themselves.

"There is no excuse for the sin that you want to add!" Shi Bin scolded in such a low voice and then said nothing.

"Since Shi Aiqing has no objection to this decision, then demote Li Xu to the criminal officer of Liangzhejiang Road, and the general leader will choose meritocracy. However, please also ask Shi Aiqing to take care of Li Xu and let him not make mistakes again. Li Zong said.

Knowing that nothing could be done, Shi Bin had to compromise temporarily, and angrily left the imperial study and returned to the mansion.