On the day of the Buddha bathing festival, Li Kuilong, the imperial history of the left capital, invited Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan to go to the Minzhong Temple to worship incense and get married, and after worshipping the Buddha, the three of them went to the most famous Begonia Garden of the Minzhong Temple to play. Mobile M.

Different from the treatment of ordinary people, officials like Li Kuilong always come to worship the Buddha, and there will always be hosts and acquaintances to come to receive them, and invite them to the backyard to serve tea and talk.

However, Li Kuilong obviously didn't come to listen to the host's conversation today, and under his refusal, he left very interestingly about convenience, and only let Zhike take the three of them to a quiet pavilion in the Begonia Garden, and asked Shami to send tea vegetarian snacks, so that they could talk freely here.

At this time, it is the season of begonia flowers, and the seven or eight begonia trees around this small pavilion have a history of hundreds of years.

Since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, begonia flowers are the favorite things of people, every year when the begonia flowers bloom, do not give a poem, and it is difficult to be called a reader. However, Li Kuilong and the three of them obviously did not come to watch the flowers and poems today, they were just talking through this place.

It's just that this conversation is by no means a pleasant conversation for Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan. After listening to Li Kuilong's hints to the two, Yang Weiyuan, who was a little impatient, suddenly couldn't help but put down the tea cup in his hand and said: "But we are also on an errand for the Internal Affairs Office, why do we have to take all the responsibilities now?" Your Majesty... Isn't that too ruthless? ”

The less timid Yang Suoxiu wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and chimed in and said, "Yes, yes." We refund the full amount, no, double it. Who hasn't taken the benefits of this salt reform, why do you want to just catch the two of us..."

Li Kuilong was a little unhappy when he heard this, he drooped his face and said: "You can't say that, the Internal Affairs Office has given money according to the rules, and this is sent to the salt farms everywhere to reform, why do you two leave so many flaws for others to grab pigtails?" Your Majesty asked you to do something, and you did such an errand? To be honest, if there was no His Majesty to cover it up for you, would you be able to return the bribes in this matter now? ”

Hearing Li Kuilong speak in an official tone in front of the two of them, Yang Weiyuan's face suddenly became ugly. At the beginning, the status of the three of them was similar, but when Chongzhen ascended the throne, the two of them wanted to wait and see the direction of the wind, but they failed to join Chongzhen as cleanly as Li Kuilong, and this step became a wrong step. Now, the status of the three of them is very different.

seemed to smell the smell between the two, Yang Suoxiu immediately said in a round voice: "What we did at the beginning was also considered thorough, but we can't help but have an inner ghost to report the news." Who knew that the students who came out of the Judicial College would actually be Hui Shiyang and Ni Yuanlu's people, they made it clear that they had a personal vendetta and wanted to overturn the case for the Donglin Party back then.

Yang Yu, the two of us are just pawns for them to throw stones and ask for directions, but Xiang Zhuang is dancing the sword with the intention of Pei Gong, without the two of us helping you in the Yushitai and the procuratorate, are you really sitting so firmly in the position of the left capital Yushi? ”

Yang Weiyuan's anger was also triggered suddenly, he slapped the stone table fiercely, regardless of the pain from his hand, gritted his teeth and said: "At the beginning, Yuan Keli gave up the post of secretary of the Criminal Department, but he had to retain the position of the president of the Judicial Academy in life and death, and it was originally prepared for today. These Donglin party members have cultivated henchmen under our noses, and it's ridiculous that we thought they had obeyed His Majesty's holy will, and we had abandoned our old suspicions, and they were really cunning bastards..."

No matter how excited Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan were scolding, Li Kuilong also looked at the tea cup in front of him without saying a word, and the entourage of the three people had already guarded the surroundings of this small pavilion, and outsiders couldn't enter here at all, so the two of them scolded casually, and they were not afraid of being listened to.

As for the two of them wanting to arouse Li Kuilong's hatred and hatred, he still thanked him. Although Li Kuilong is not as smart as Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan, he knows a principle of being an official, which is to be loyal to the king. This is also why, at the beginning, Wei Zhongxian trusted him more, and after he took refuge in the emperor, he and Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan were better mixed.

It is really Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan who have their own talents, thinking that they can wait for the price to sell, and they are not willing to go all the way to the dark. And Li Kuilong admitted that he was talentless, and after saving the emperor's thigh, what the emperor said he would do. He has already been instructed by the emperor, how can he be provoked by Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan, two smart people, and now go to fight against Hui Shiyang and Ni Yuanlu, isn't it unpleasant for himself.

Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan scolded for half an hour, scolding Yuan Keli and his party in the Criminal Department, and they didn't hear a word of response from Li Kuilong. Looking at Li Kuilong, who was like water, the two glanced at each other, and finally sat back slowly.

After all, Yang Suoxiu still asked a little unwillingly: "If I am willing to resign, won't Your Majesty have some other explanations?" ”

Li Kuilong raised his head and glanced at the two of them, and said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty has some ideas, but I don't know if the two of you are willing to do it?" But if things mess up again this time, the consequences are hard to say. ”

After Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan glanced at each other, this time it was Yang Weiyuan who spoke first, "If Your Majesty has any ideas, we are naturally willing to serve, and once we don't notice it for a while, this kind of thing will naturally not happen again." ”

Li Kuilong didn't continue to hold it, he leaned forward slightly towards the two and said, "The local gentry meeting, the two of you should know, right?" ”

Yang Suoxiu subconsciously replied: "Of course, isn't it an institution for the local squires to discuss local affairs?" ”

Li Kuilong nodded and said, "Yes, didn't there be a few local gentry councils that were restructured before, and local merchants, scholars, and school teachers were also absorbed as representatives?"

Over the past year or so, these restructured gentry meetings have been running very well, and have done a lot of things for the local people, especially correcting the tendency of local officials to abuse their powers, and saving the imperial court a lot of trouble.

His Majesty meant that he intended to reform the gentry councils in other places in the same way, and that the gentry councils would be renamed parliaments later. In addition, a system of county, government, provincial, and national councils will be established to strengthen the hierarchical relationship between these councils, so that the local and central gentry councils will no longer have no subordinate subordinate councils, and each will have its own set of rules of procedure.

After the establishment of the council, the council at the same level will formally have: the power to regulate local tax laws; the power of impeachment against officials at the same level; The power to supervise the judiciary, taxation, education, administration... The National Assembly will have the power to discuss and advise on Cabinet policies.

The origins of the two of you, one in Shandong and the other in Henan. What does Your Majesty mean, when you return to your hometown, you will be nominated to the gentry councils of the two places, and then you will cooperate with the imperial court to transform these gentry councils into councils. Although you have lost your current official position, the status of this councillor will not be much worse than that of an official in the future..."

Yang Weiyuan's heart couldn't help but move, and then asked, "I don't know who is in charge of the reform of the gentry council?" ”

Li Kuilong thought about it and confided a name. Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan were suddenly a little deflated, this person and the two of them were not all the way. Thankfully, this person is not the same as most of them, so they don't have to worry about being looked at differently.

Although it was not good news from Li Kuilong, Yang Weiyuan and Yang Suoxiu knew that this was the least bad ending at present, after all, after they took the initiative to ask Zhishi, it was equivalent to ending all the things, and no one would continue to hunt them down at the risk of violating the law in the current situation.

However, before leaving, Yang Weiyuan was still unwilling to ask Li Kuilong: "Is this matter so settled?" Yang Yu, aren't you worried, is it you that Hui Shiyang and Ni Yuanlu will deal with next? ”

Facing Yang Weiyuan's questioning, Li Kuilong just smiled and said nothing. Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan finally left unwillingly, looking at the backs of the two leaving, Li Kuilong finally restrained his smile.

He knows more information about Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan, and although Hui Shiyang and Ni Yuanlu have cheated Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan, Ni Yuanlu can't be proud for a long time.

The next structure of the imperial court will change again, the Yushitai and the procuratorate will be officially merged, and the six departments will be officially abolished, he will be the chief prosecutor of the newly merged procuratorate, and Ni Yuanlu will be transferred to the National Bureau of Statistics. Although the cases of Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan dealt a blow to the emperor's power in the Yushitai, the emperor, in turn, took this opportunity to eliminate the last traces of the Yushitai.

Of course, Ni Yuanlu's transfer does not mean that Hui Shiyang's power in the Criminal Department has declined, and the final result is to seize control of the Judicial Academy, otherwise with the continuous number of students graduating from the Judicial Academy, the power of Yuan Keli and Hui Shiyang's family will only become more and more huge.

After breaking up with Yang Suoxiu and Yang Weiyuan, he did not return home, but returned to Xingbu Street. After he returned to the duty room, Jin Guangchen, a close confidant who had been waiting here for a long time, hurriedly sent them one by one.

Li Kuilong looked through the pieces in his hand before he asked Jin Guangchen, "What's so special about this person?" ”

Jin Guangchen replied honestly: "This person's name is Li Jin, and he is a student who graduated from the Judicial Academy this year. The most special thing about him is that he was originally a student of the Army Military Academy, but he was kicked out of the military academy by the instructors of the military academy as ideological misconduct because he advocated the looting of the property of the rich for national use.

However, after being expelled from the military academy, he did not return to his hometown, but went to the judicial academy with a letter of introduction from a nobleman from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Although he changed schools, this man's temperament did not change much, and during his school years, he always advocated the abolition of gentry privileges and the establishment of a tax policy that did not discriminate against everyone..."

Li Kuilong took the piece of his hand and gently tapped the table and said, "Then it's him, you go talk to him and give him the incriminating evidence about Qian Shisheng that we have collected." As long as Qian Shisheng is driven back, then the connection between Wen Tiren and Hui Shiyang will be severed..."

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