"The old doctor can have such remarks, I am very relieved!" Ji Di's sincere words also infected Liu Che.

After all, Ji Di is Liu Che's master, and he is responsible for teaching Liu Che to solve his doubts, and the relationship between the two is naturally extraordinary, and now Ji Di can understand and support Liu Che's statecraft, Liu Che is naturally grateful, and the student is recognized by the teacher, which is naturally expected by anyone, so Liu Che said with undisguised emotion: "I have been waiting for this day for a long time!" ”

Ji Di shook his head, and said a little heavily: "The old minister has not been able to understand His Majesty's grand plan as soon as possible, and he is already dull, and the old minister is deeply saddened, and I hope that he can always accompany His Majesty in the future and contribute to His Majesty's picture." ”

"Good!" Liu Che said movingly, "The old doctor's words today are always in my heart. ”

The two of them said these words thoroughly, and Ji Di said: "The minister still has a matter to show His Majesty." ”

"Doctor, please."

"Your Majesty's conquest of the Xiongnu, the reuse of the Han army soldiers, the promotion of talents in an eclectic manner, and the use of military merits to judge the title, so that many previously unknown people have obtained high positions, which has touched the interests of many ministers and scholars. Now His Majesty is going to implement a new law, and the new law will deeply affect the interests of the old and new scholars, far more than the war with the Xiongnu, and the new and old scholars of the whole country, as well as the pattern of the countryside and the powerful people, will be greatly changed. Your Majesty knows all of this clearly? Ji Di looked at Liu Che with an expectant gaze.

It is said that since he was persuaded by his granddaughter to reason and reason some time ago, Ji Di has decided to give up his previous position of supporting the Han and Hungarian peace and relatives, and instead support the war with the Xiongnu. It is difficult to change the political stance, but when such a change is irreversible, once it is changed, it is not an unacceptable thing.

After Ji Di changed his position, he used another kind of vision to look at the war with the Xiongnu and the new law from another angle, and his evaluation changed accordingly, and it was a earth-shaking change that he had never dared to think of before.

Especially his granddaughter has been instilling those radical ideas in him these days, which also makes Ji Di realize that Liu Che's implementation of the new law is as unchangeable as the war with the Xiongnu. And Liu Che is a wise monarch, not a figure who will bow to difficulties.

Reflecting on his situation over the years, Ji Di had to admit that since the war with the Xiongnu, because his consistent political advocacy was to make peace with the Xiongnu, this also caused his political life to suffer a great setback.

Based on these, Ji Di deeply realized that he had changed his political stance this time, and he would not have a great chance to usher in the second spring of his political life!

When the mentality changed from negative coping to positive coping, Ji Di suddenly found that the world of the new law was so vast.

"I have foresight." "But reality tells me that I underestimated the turmoil that change would cause. After that, he looked at Ji Di and asked, "Now that the government and the opposition are turbulent, the situation is blurred, and I often feel at a loss. I wonder if the old doctor might teach me? ”

"The old man doesn't dare to teach, but he has a family." Liu Che has not asked Ji Di for any advice for many years, and now Liu Che's student posture makes Ji Di feel flattered and cordial at the same time, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty acts, no one can change Your Majesty's opinion, and no one can stop it." But how to minimize the cost of change, the old minister has a plan for His Majesty. ”

"Doctor, please." Liu Che's eyes flashed with a glint of curiosity.

"This strategy is called drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle!" Seeing the trust and expectation in Liu Che's eyes, Ji Di suddenly felt that he had made the right political choice this time!

"How do you get paid?" Liu Che asked again.

......

When Lady Xiao finished telling the whole story, everyone fell silent. Obviously, the shock of this incident has made people speak for a while, and the absurdity revealed in it - the prime minister of a country actually conspired with others to assassinate the general of the dynasty - is beyond the scope of some people's acceptance.

Liu Che frowned and looked at Xue Ze, who could pretend to be calm in the hall at first, but later he inevitably showed a trace of panic, and sneered in his heart. At this time, he remembered the strategy of "drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle" suggested to him by Ji Di: the so-called salary at the bottom of the kettle should not only block the mouths of the scholars, but also tie the hands of the scholars.

And this, the foothold is on the conservative forces led by Xue Ze.

Xue Ze is the hand of those scholars!

"Prime Minister! Now what else do you have to say? Zhang Tang said coldly.

"If you want to add sin, why should you do it?" Xue Ze simply adopted Qin Cheng's previous strategy: to kill and deny it. "The end of the line, the sitting is upright, don't say that it is one or two people in the market, even if the minister of the court comes, don't want to smear the appearance!"

"So the prime minister still refuses to admit it?" Zhang Tang was not in a hurry, he put away a volume of books and opened another volume, "In this way, we will move on to the next question, that is, Prime Minister, you framed General Zuo for plotting with the enemy, and General Zuo impeached you for secretly communicating with the Huns, conspiring with Liu Ling, and disturbing the government and harming the country!" Because these two questions are deeply interrelated, Ben Tingwei decided to interrogate them together. Saying that, he bowed his hand to Qin Cheng, "What does General Zuo think?" ”

"But it's up to the captain to deal with it." Qin Cheng smiled at Zhang Tang and clenched his fists.

"Does the right general have any opinions?" Zhang Tang asked Wei Qing again.

"Ben will have no opinion." Wei Qing said easily.

"Good!" After asking Qin Cheng and Wei Qing, Zhang Tang didn't even ask Liu Che for instructions, of course, he didn't need to consult Xue Ze's opinion, so he said: "According to people familiar with the matter, and the evidence collected by Ben Tingwei, it can be seen that the prime minister had close contacts with Liu Ling of Xingping Pavilion, and the two of you really had a conspiracy to frame General Zuo for secret communication with the Xiongnu during this interrogation. According to the evidence mastered by Ben Tingwei, it can be effectively proved that the prime minister had dealings with the secret history of the Xiongnu. Combining the two, the prime minister has constituted the crime of colluding with the enemy, the crime of framing important ministers of the court, and the crime of disturbing the government and disorderly government with the kingdom! Prime Minister, can you admit this? ”

Xue Ze snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "Those who are clear are self-purifying, and those who are turbid are self-turbid!" I haven't done anything wrong, so why should I be threatened by you? Since Ting Wei has such remarks, please also ask Ting Wei to come up with evidence, otherwise, it will be disrespectful to the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty and disrespectful to His Majesty! ”

"Ben Tingwei naturally has evidence!" Zhang Tang said, "Since the prime minister refuses to admit it, then Ben Tingwei will come up with evidence!" As he spoke, he commanded to the left and right: "Present the evidence!" ”

"No!"

After a while, there was a person walking into the lobby, but it was a Nangong merchant with the color of a dusty servant! In addition, there were two people on the left and one on the right, holding some books and presenting them to the desk in front of Zhang Tang.

Nangong Shang walked into the lobby, and after seeing Liu Che, he stood solemnly in the center of the hall.

"Prime Minister, do you know who this is?" Zhang Tang pointed at Nangong Shang and asked Xue Ze.

Xue Ze glanced at Nangong Shang, "Nameless person, I don't know what I am." It means that the correction of the market, Lao Tzu will definitely not pay attention to it.

Zhang Tang sneered, "This is the chief of the Han Dynasty, Nangong Shang!" The prime minister may not know who Zuo Shu Chang is, Ben Tingwei might as well tell the prime minister that Zuo Shu Chang is an official who is specifically responsible for investigating the intelligence of the Huns! Saying that, he said to Nangong Shang: "Chief Zuo, please make the information you have collected public!" ”

"No!" Nangong Shang arched his hand to Zhang Tang, and then said loudly: "Xia Guan was only responsible for listening to the internal situation of the Xiongnu and inquiring about the internal intelligence of the Xiongnu, and did not listen to the internal affairs of the Han Dynasty. However, some time ago, when sorting out the information of the Huns, the lower officials inadvertently discovered the clues of the prime minister's dealings with the Huns......"

Whether Nangong Shang accidentally discovered those clues, or whether he had been premeditated to collect information in this regard, in fact, it didn't matter, the important thing was that Xue Ze did have a handle in the hands of Nangong Shang.

......

Chang'an, Xingping Pavilion.

After Liu Ling learned that Xue Ze had become the one being interrogated, he knew that the situation was no longer good.

Liu Ling knew that he had a close relationship with Xue Ze, and it was impossible to completely hide his eyes, and now that Qin Cheng impeached Xue Ze, he would definitely not forget himself. After realizing the joints, Liu Ling decisively came to a conclusion: Chang'an is no longer safe, and he must not stay in Chang'an anymore!

"Pack up your things, Ben Weng is going back to Huainan, right away!" Liu Ling suddenly shouted to the maid.

"Lord Weng ......"

"Go!" The maid's mother-in-law annoyed the eager Liu Ling for a while.

"No......"

"Wait!" Liu Ling raised his hand to stop the maid again, and muttered to himself: "Leaving Chang'an suddenly at this time is tantamount to not confessing to oneself and admitting that you are complicit in Xue Ze's misdeeds." And if you return to Huainan at this time, you will definitely bring back the troubled water, which is not good for your father...... But what else? Qin Cheng is so vicious, if you don't move, there is no way to retreat, if you don't leave at this time, you will inevitably be in a desperate situation, and it will be even worse at that time...... What should I do? ”

The maid saw that Liu Ling, who had always been calm, was in a mess, and she kept nagging and talking to herself, and she was even more confused, looking at Liu Ling in fear and anxiety, not knowing what to do.

And at this moment, a servant ran over in a panic and reported to Liu Lingyu: "Master Weng...... There are a lot of sergeants outside, and they have already surrounded the Xingping Pavilion! ”

"What?" Liu Ling was shocked when he heard this, his body went limp, and he almost fell to the ground.

......

After Nangong Shang spoke, he showed the evidence he had collected about Xue Ze's secret communication with the Xiongnu and his conspiracy with Liu Ling.

For a while, Xue Ze was speechless, even if he pretended to be high, even if he was not afraid of boiling water, in front of the mountain of ironclad evidence, there was no room for refutation.

At this time, Xue Ze fell into an isolated and helpless situation, and he died for life.

"Prime Minister, now that the evidence is conclusive, what else do you have to say?" Zhang Tang asked coldly, and said endlessly: "Murdering the general of the Han Dynasty, plotting with the enemy, and communicating with the kingdom to disrupt the government, no matter which of these crimes is enough for the prime minister to die!" ”