Chapter 414: The Battle Front Collapses

After the matter was settled, Shi Bin and Zhao Kui left the Xie Mansion together, and when they walked to the corner of the street, the two saw a scene that made them feel bad: the little eunuch who often helped the emperor pass the decree entered the Xie Mansion.

Shi Bin immediately wanted to go back to Xie Mansion to ask for an understanding, but was stopped by Zhao Kui. After two struggles, he didn't break free, so he had to speak: "What does Lord Zhao mean by this?" ”

"It's nothing, the old man just wants to remind Lord Shi that this is Lin'an, not Lord Shi's barracks, and you have to think twice before acting. What's more, the adult went to Xie Mansion to wait for Lord Xie at this time, if he changed his mind, you couldn't do anything about him. Zhao Kui patiently explained.

Of course, he wouldn't tell Zhao Kui about the 'fire' intimidation, so he had to accept his opinion and go back to his house to rest.

Two hours after Uncle Xie Fang was called into the palace by Li Zong, the little eunuch brought Shi Bin and Zhao Kui into the palace as well. Along the way, Shi Bin learned that Uncle Xie Fang had been in Li Zong's study all this time and had never left.

This matter is full of strangeness, Shi Bin faintly feels that Li Zong has united Uncle Xie Fang to deal with him and Zhao Kui, and the thing to talk about is probably how to recapture Shaanxi. So he quietly asked Zhao Kui what to do.

Zhao Kui, the old fritter, has seen a lot of wind and waves, and he is not nervous about this, and said with a smile: "Lord Shi doesn't have to worry, as long as we take care of the emperor's feelings and insist on resisting the yuan instead of bending the knee to seek peace, things are very simple." Uncle Xie Fang would be useless even if he stood on the emperor's side. ”

Shi Bin didn't understand these words, in his concept, the power of the emperor and the prime minister was greater than the power of the prime minister and him. Once the two of them unite, will it be useless?

Knowing that Shi Bin didn't understand very well, Zhao Kui didn't laugh at him, but said patiently: "Although Uncle Xie Fang is the master and faction, he is also a face-saving person, and he doesn't want to be scolded as a traitor. So as long as we say that we will stand up to anyone who bends their knees and sues for peace, Uncle Xie Fang will definitely not go all the way to the dark. After all, the emperor's idea will not be to blindly seek peace. ”

I understood where Zhao Kui's dependence was, even if he bet that Uncle Xie Fang still had a shameful heart, the emperor would not keep asking for peace, so he was not in a hurry. Shi Bin also relaxed, planning to take a good look at how Li Zong and Uncle Xie Fang were going to make a move.

Soon arrived at Li Zong's study, as expected, Uncle Xie Fang's expression at this time was very strange, a little ashamed, a little proud, and a little excited.

Suddenly, Shi Bin realized a very important question: the problem he had said two hours ago must now be known to Li Zong, so wouldn't he have more reason to stick to his policy of peace talks? Wu Qian didn't understand his own method, so as long as Li Zong made a will, he would definitely act according to his will. The previous efforts were in vain.

Seeing Shi Bin and Zhao Kui coming in, Li Zong greeted the two very warmly, and the two of them also followed the etiquette of the courtiers and saluted Li Zong.

"Zhao Aiqing, how old are you this year?" Rizuma asked.

"Back to the emperor, Weichen is sixty-seven years old this year." Zhao Kui replied.

"Zhao Aiqing, life is rare for seventy years. You are sixty-seven and you are really old and strong, and you are so energetic, which is really envious of me. ”

"The emperor praised it falsely, where can the remnant of Weichen deserve such praise. The emperor must be in better health than me at this age. ”

"Aiqing has been conscientious and conscientious all these years, and she has devoted herself to my great song, but she has not enjoyed a single day, which makes me really ashamed." Li Zong said with a 'ashamed' voice.

Although Shi Bin was not very smart, he felt that something was wrong with these words, and there was something in these obvious words at this time.

"The emperor doesn't have to be like this, Weichen has wanted to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country since he was a child, and now he is old, although he can't defend his family and defend the country, he died in battle

, but he can still share the emperor's worries. ”

"I'm very relieved that Aiqing has such thoughts, but I can't be too selfish, you should also enjoy a few days of family fun, so I want to make you a young master, the envoy of Wu'an, the prince of Ji Guo, as for the post of prime minister, Uncle Xie Fang will take over, how about it?" Rizune smiled very slyly.

Bastard! actually wants to seize power, come to the bottom of the kettle, and make it difficult for him to support himself. Shi Bin secretly scolded Li Zong and Uncle Xie Fang for being extremely shameless. Just as he was about to express his objection, Uncle Xie Fang spoke first, "Lord Zhao, I think the emperor is right, you should rest after decades of working for the country, otherwise the world will say that the emperor is too inconsiderate of his subordinates." ”

Using this to pressure Zhao Kui made him unable to find the right words to fight back for a while, so he had to fall silent.

Shi Bin, who was watching from the sidelines, suddenly felt that the matter was urgent, and the two of them were too ruthless and yin in this move, which obviously made Zhao Kui confused.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has something to say." Shi Bin knew that he couldn't let things develop like this, and he didn't care if he thought about it or not, so he came out first to talk nonsense and buy some time for Zhao Kui.

"What does Shi Aiqing think? But it doesn't hurt to say that. Li Zong's words were so modest.

Weichen thought that Lord Zhao wanted to serve the country all his life, and he was a person with a lofty ideological realm who would rather die of hard work than pleasure. Therefore, Wei Chen thinks that if he puts Lord Zhao in the cabinet but does not let him do his best for the country, I am afraid that he will not be happy, and even very depressed. Shi Bin said very painfully with a crying voice: "This is harming him!" With this heart disease, I am afraid that Lord Zhao will not be able to enjoy the joy of his children and grandchildren around his knees, and maybe he will see the emperor because of this heart disease in a few years. ”

After such a move, Li Zong and Uncle Xie Fang had nothing to say, and Zhao Kui gave Shi Bin a grateful look, because these words reached his heart, and someone could understand him and make him very comfortable.

After a stalemate for a while, Uncle Xie Fang, the old slippery head, began to talk about Zhao Kui's body again. emphasized that Zhao Kui's health is getting weaker and he is not suitable to take on so many responsibilities anymore, and he needs to reduce some of the burden. In this way, Zhao Kui can do more for the country, not to fish with all his might.

If Shi Bin thought that this was right before, but today he was overshadowed by Li Zong and Uncle Xie Fang, he didn't think so, and came to a 'fight based on reason', and said that Zhao Kui was good.

"Your Majesty, Lord Xie. What do you think of Lord Zhao's abilities? Shi Bin asked.

"Lord Zhao is the Optimus Prime of my Great Song Dynasty, the Dinghai Divine Needle, and no one in the court can stand out." Uncle Xie Fang said with certainty. Li Zong also nodded yes.

"Then Lord Xie means that you also think that you are inferior to Lord Zhao?" Shi Bin smiled evilly.

Realizing that he had been tricked, but it was not good for him to defend himself, Uncle Xie Fang had no choice but to give Li Zong a look of help. Li Zong naturally couldn't let his allies have an accident, so he immediately said: "Lord Shi, although Lord Xie is not as capable as Lord Zhao, he is also a capable minister, and if he exercises more, he should not be worse than Lord Zhao." Besides, who didn't work out? The old man still has to give some opportunities to the newcomer. ”

This sentence stuck Shi Bin, because he himself seized the opportunity to get to this high position after training, and this opportunity was given by these old men like Meng Heng.

understands that Li Zong and Uncle Xie Fang want him Zhao Kui to give up part of his rights, otherwise he will not give up. Even if it doesn't work today, it will come back in the future. So after thinking about it, Zhao Kui said, "Lord Shi, I thought that the words of the emperor and Lord Xie also made sense. My body is not as good as before, and I have more than enough heart but not enough strength, not to mention that I should really give others some opportunities, so I have to share some power. ”

Zhao Kui's attitude made Li Zong and Uncle Xie Fang ecstatic, while Shi Bin was very depressed. The two immediately asked Zhao Kui what power he was willing to give up. He was not just a prime minister or a privy councillor, both

Very important position. The favorite of the two is naturally that Zhao Kui gave up the phase and only went to be his privy envoy.

How can you not know which is more important, the prime minister or the privy councillor? It is already Zhao Kui's bottom line to be willing to give up power, so he said that he can only give up the position of privy envoy, and the position of prime minister will never be given up. Of course, Li Zong and Uncle Xie Fang were unwilling to let Zhao Kui step down as prime minister, so they began to lobby in turn.

Seeing that Lizong and Uncle Xie Fang were so dissatisfied, Shi Bin couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, Lord Xie." Even if Lord Zhao really resigns as prime minister, who can control this situation? Mr. Xie, can you do it? If you think you have the ability to control the situation, then I will support Lord Zhao to step down as prime minister. If you can't control the situation by then, then don't blame me for impeaching you with other officials! ”

didn't expect Shi Bin to come with such a threat, and Uncle Xie Fang immediately beat a drum in his heart. He understands that even if he really becomes the prime minister, if Shi Bin is determined to make trouble, he will not be the prime minister for a few days before he will have to step down. Maybe it will be assigned to the local government again, which will be a big loss.

Shi Bin's words made Li Zong realize that even if Zhao Kui took the initiative to step down, he would not be able to agree, because those who could suppress the court were all in the field, and Uncle Xie Fang did not have the ability to be this Optimus Prime.

"Lord Shi is right, I didn't think it through, Lord Zhao still has to be the prime minister, then please ask Lord Zhao to resign from the position of privy envoy as he said." Uncle Xie Fang said with a slight 'apology'.

Such a result was acceptable to Shi Bin, Zhao Kui, Li Zong, and Uncle Xie Fang, so the atmosphere in the study became a little lighter, and it was no longer so angry. Now that the position of a privy envoy has been vacated, such an important position Li Zong and Zhao Kui naturally want to be controlled by their own people, and suddenly the atmosphere in the study room is strange again.

Li Zong spoke first: "What do you think of Cheng Yuanfeng?" ”

Although Cheng Yuanfeng Shi Bin didn't know much about him, he knew that he was diligent and loved the people and was a good official, but he didn't know if he was the main battle faction, so Shi Bin was not in a hurry to express his position, but looked at Zhao Kui. I saw Zhao Kui say: "Cheng Yuanfeng is diligent and loves the people, he is a capable minister, but he is not good at military affairs, so he is not suitable for the position of privy envoy." ”

This reason is very sufficient, although Li Zong is not happy that Zhao Kui denied his opinion, but there is no way, he only hopes that Uncle Xie Fang can help him. But he didn't expect that Uncle Xie Fang, a treacherous man, would actually come to recommend himself, saying that he was willing to learn from Zhao Kui, and serve as the deputy minister and privy envoy at the same time, and he would rather die of exhaustion in his post for the sake of the country.

The transfer of Uncle Xie Fang to Beijing is to check and balance Zhao Kui and Shi Bin is not to make him bigger, even if Zhao Kui is put in the cabinet, Li Zong will not let him serve as the prime minister and privy envoy at the same time, even if it is impossible for the second minister and the privy envoy. Therefore, Li Zong did not hesitate to deny Uncle Xie Fang's self-recommendation.

Seeing this, Shi Bin spoke: "Your Majesty, Lord Xie. Lord Zhao has served as a privy envoy for many years, and he should be most familiar with who is most suitable to be a privy envoy in my Great Song Dynasty, so let's listen to his opinion, how about it? ”

This is a good compromise, Li Zong and Uncle Xie Fang immediately agreed, and Zhao Kui also expressed his willingness to nominate him. After thinking about it for a while, he proposed a person that everyone can accept - Li Fu.

After the matter was discussed, Shi Bin, Zhao Kui and Uncle Xie Fang left Li Zong's study one after another. Shi Bin and Zhao Kui were frustrated, because the united front that had been established with great difficulty collapsed because of the backlash of Uncle Xie Fang, and because Li Fu's participation would add more variables, the only thing that was acceptable was that Li Fu was also a firm main battle faction.

Uncle Xie Fang was not very happy, because his good wish was not fulfilled, he was denied by Li Zong, and he became the common enemy of Shi Bin and Zhao Kui. Now with the addition of a main battle faction Li Fu, things are not very good.

There was no one happier than Ritsune, because he not only destroyed the united front of the three, but also muddied the waters, which was more conducive to him to sit on the throne. ()

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