2. Villains and fools
Pei Yanling let out a beastly low snort, his eyes stared at Lu Yi coldly, and then he got up from the puddle, clenched his fists, and left from the Yanying Gate step by step.
At this moment, Du Huangshang looked at the back of this person worriedly, sighed, and whispered to Lu Zhen: "Respect, why is this so?" Pei Yanling is just a vain and incompetent villain, and he is still a cunning social rat, when he burns it with fire, he hides behind the puppet, not only can he not be punished, but he often burns the puppet by mistake, which in turn harms himself, don't forget the words that Gao Yisong confessed before parting! ”
Lu Zhen's eyebrows tightened, and he replied very seriously: "Yi Song did this in Huainan, which means that he can't help but overturn what he said in the past, since Yi Song is in front, I will not fall behind." ”
"Respect! Mencius said that a gentleman should avoid foolishness. ”
"In today's world, there is no way to avoid it. If we do nothing, Pei Yanling will secretly support Li Qi, sabotage Yisong's plan to conquer the south, and take the opportunity to change to Xifan, but in the past two years, I know that the border army camp has been made by him not to look good, if he dares to conquer Xifan, I am afraid that the situation that Gao Yue and Wei Gao have painstakingly created in the past few years will be completely ruined, and Zhongxing will be ruined. Does a gentleman do it to please the lord and the lord? It's for the sake of the world! Only by defeating traitors like Pei Yanling, and letting me preside over the water transportation of Yingtian in Jingxi and Helong. ”
Du Huangshang looked at Lu Zhen and could only nod, expressing his willingness to advance and retreat side by side with him.
Of course, most of the people in the court, inside and outside the Beijing Division, think that the desperate struggle between Lu Zhen and Pei Yanling, Gao Yue and Li Qi is a moral dispute, but there are also a considerable number of people who know that this is actually a game of two kinds of state power, and it is also a financial dispute between the treasury and the inner treasury.
The next day, in the political hall, Lu Zhen held his breath, sat upright, lifted the pen, sat in a corner, and put down the pen on the long paper.
Usually the articles written by ministers to the emperor are called "forms".
And Lu Zhen's seal is called "On Pei Yanling's Book of Treachery", which is more solemn and formal, and it is Lu Zhen's heartfelt words to the emperor as a minister.
At the same time, Du Huangshang and Han Wei were summoned by the emperor to Yanying Palace.
The emperor asked them directly: "Pei Yanling, but he tends to go to the ears of villains, and he is all ministers of state, so he should put elegance first, why can't he tolerate a villain?" ”
Du Huangshang and Han Wei were silent.
The emperor had a showdown, saying that he would immediately ask Daying to make Huo Zhongtang return all the money in the inner treasury to the treasury, ensuring that it would be enough to buy grain and pay for food.
But you Zhongshu promised not to review any treasury, I will not pursue Taifu Temple, and you will not pursue Pei Yanling, everything will end here.
Han Wei couldn't help but take half a step back, while Du Huangshang said directly, everyone in the world knows about this matter, and the scholars are all looking at it, and the ministers can't help it.
"Aren't you just going to take away my inner library! Why do you say it so high-sounding? The emperor was furious and pointed at Du Huangshang and Han Huan, "Gao Yue is outside, I have already connected with you, I believe in him so much, let him sit in Huainan, the hub of the world......"
"Your Majesty, Duke Wei is in Huainan, and there is absolutely nothing to blame." Du Huangshang interrupted the emperor.
The emperor was depressed, indeed, he really couldn't find Gao Yue's fault, the two taxes and the Zhizhi rice were paid on time, and the governor of Runzhou Li Qi was also his business.
At this time, the emperor had no reason to continue, and he waved his sleeves fiercely at the two ministers, signaling that they could leave......
At dusk, Lu Zhen's pleadings had been written.
In the courtyard, Lu Zhen was very worried, so he persuaded Lu Zhen and said: "Duke Lu, Pei Yanling is treacherous, and the servant has also admonished the Holy Lord twice, but the Holy Lord did not answer, so the servant knows where the Holy Lord's judgment is. If the king continues to be obsessed and the responsibility is not on the minister, why does the prince need to do this? ”
"Zaizhi, if Gao Weigong is still in the court, Pei Yanling will not dare to do this, it is because I am incompetent, so that the evil dances, so don't say that I have been admonished three times, even if it is admonished thirty times, until I am crushed to pieces, I will not hesitate to do it, and if I am born at the wrong time, I only blame me for the secret investment of the pearl. Yesterday, Pei Yanling said that he was a villain, but in fact, I didn't agree, where can Pei be a villain, he is just a fool. ”
"What's the explanation?"
"The villain in the court is Lu Qi, although the villain's character is bad, he is often talented, treacherous and loyal, and deceitful and faithful, so the owner is often deceived by this kind of villain; But Pei Yanling is just a delusional person, he doesn't learn and has no skills, he does things in a hurry, he should speak freely, and his mouth is not blocked, Mencius commented that this kind of delusion is called 'rebellion', the master will never be deceived by the fool, if the fool is still rampant, it is the result of the intentional indulgence of the owner. ”
"Since Lu Gong knows this, the gentleman would rather be bullied by the villain than fight with his bare hands, otherwise wouldn't it be the violent tiger Feng He that Confucius said? The reason why the Holy Lord relies on Pei Yanling is just because he thinks of his three benefits, one is to attach it immediately, the second is to be good at slandering, and the third is to spy on foreign affairs, so the Holy Lord is like an eagle and a dog, and Lu Gong checks and balances the cardinal, why bother to meet with people who can't eat dogs? ”
"Before I was a bachelor of Hanlin, it was equivalent to the private of the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven did not say anything if he did not ask; Now that I am the ruler of the world, how can I not say it, what is the difference between that and the native chicken and tile dog! ”
When the sun slowly sank from the sky above the Daming Palace, in the bathroom hall, Pei Yanling still had a bandage on his head, kneeling in front of the emperor, "Your Majesty, it's not a pity for the ministers to die, but today they can force the ministers to kill, and tomorrow they can limit Your Majesty's inner treasury." Su Ben of the Ministry of Households, as well as Zhang Peng, who sentenced salt and iron, saw the hall under the Zhongshu Gate, and hurriedly handed over the account books to Du Huangshang and Lu Zhen. But I just like to serve His Majesty, what is the difference between Gao Yue and Wei Gao? But Gao Yue was a little unsatisfactory, and when the political affairs hall saw that Li Qi's appointment did not follow him, he sent a rampant attempt to cut the integrity of the town navy......"
"Shut up." At this moment, the emperor was also in turmoil, he didn't want to listen to Pei Yanling's noise anymore.
But Pei Yanling cried loudly and never stopped, "Now Your Majesty only needs to issue an edict, requiring the wealth of the town navy Jingkou to be used for the control of Xifan, so that he can send a ship, not to Yangzhou, but to go up the river, to Xiangyang City, exchange it for light goods, and send it from Shangluo Road to Jingshi...... But if His Majesty doesn't make a decision today, the minister will immediately kill himself with a sword after returning to the house, the so-called lord humiliates the minister to death, and the lord humiliates the minister to death! ”
Outside the curtain, the three sisters Song Ruohua, Ruozhao and Ruoxian, who accompanied them, had never heard of the emperor, and they were so angry with Gao Yue and Lu Zhen, although they were women, they also understood that today's struggle was life and death, involving the fundamental line issue, everyone was terrified, especially the youngest Ruoxian, and tears were about to flow down.
"Go to the East Academy for me, and let Li Jifu and Wei Cigong come." Finally, the emperor said so.
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