Chapter Ninety-Seven: Self-defilement, stopping rumors with rumors

Everyone in the tea shop talked for a while, and then someone rushed in and urged, "Hey, why are you still here?" Why don't you hurry up and see the 'Xu Guodirty' parade on the street? ”

Someone said slowly: "Why are you in a hurry?" Didn't you say that you were on a street tour in the afternoon? It's just past early in the morning. ”

"Can you not be in a hurry?" The man shouted: "Now that the news has spread all over the county, many people have already gone in advance, and if you don't go, there will be no good position." ”

"Good location?" Everyone in the tea shop looked at each other, and suddenly heard a strange shout: "Wocao, forget this stubble, hurry up and grab a good position." ”

"Don't run, wait for me."

"I didn't even think of that."

"I must look closer at 'Xu Guo's stolen goods'."

“......”

In an instant, half of the tea shop was completely cleaned, and if it weren't for the teapots and snacks left on the table, I don't know how bad the business of this tea shop was.

Looking at the scene of people going to the empty building in an instant, the father and son of the tea shop owner looked confused.

"Dad, do you want to keep opening the door?" The tea shop owner's son asked softly.

"Closed today." The owner of the tea shop gritted his teeth: "Your mother's revenge should also be avenged." ”

"I've been practicing martial arts for thirteen years, and I've been looking forward to this day for a long time." The son also looked hateful: "Today, I must kill the forest thief to comfort my mother's soul in the sky." ”

"Okay, let's go." After that, the father and son each carried a bull ear knife in their arms, and flashed out of the tea shop without even closing the door.

Because the emperor is far away, the officials of Zhenyang County only care about making money, and they don't care about the lives of the people at all, resulting in the county town not being repaired for more than ten years, and it looks very dilapidated.

The only advantage is that I don't know what the reason was when it was built, the streets of Zhenyang County are very vast, but no one has repaired them for many years, and the stone slabs used for paving have long been gone, revealing the gray-yellow ground, dusty on sunny days, and muddy water splashing on rainy days.

But today is an exception, Xu Guozhang and others were arrested and ready to parade the news of the street spread all over the county for the first time, so that the people of the county actually took the initiative to repair the road surface, and by noon, the eight streets of the entire county have been completely repaired, although it is not a loess mat road, clean water splash street, but it looks much smoother than before.

On a street-facing restaurant on the cross street of Zhenyang County, Zhu Yuming sat by the window in plain clothes, looking at the busy street below, and couldn't help but sigh: "This is the people's heart, the big brother's move has really gathered a lot of people's hearts, and Zhenyang County will be much easier to manage in the future." ”

Zheng Yuan looked worried and said: "But it is already a big taboo to pull officials out of the streets without permission." Xu Guozhang did commit a crime, but only the Criminal Department and Dali Temple can convict him, all we can do is arrest them, and now they are paraded in the streets without permission, which is more and more systematic. If this is spread to Chang'an, I am afraid that it will set off a monstrous wave, and I am afraid that it will bring a lot of trouble to His Highness, and there are still people who have tried to discredit His Highness before, so if we spread this matter again...... The consequences are unpredictable. ”

Liu Yi took out a letter: "This is what my grandfather and Mr. Cen meant, both of them agreed, what else do you say?" There's no way they're going to harm Your Highness, right? ”

"But why is that?" Zheng Yuanming frowned and said suspiciously: "Your Highness is already on the cusp, wouldn't it add fuel to the fire if you do such a thing again?" ”

Liu Yi handed the letter to Zheng Yuan: "You first see what the letter says." Originally, I didn't understand what the truth of this was, but after reading the letter, I realized that the reason why we think that the arrest of officials and parade on the streets is a big deal is because we look at things from our own point of view. But if you look at it from the perspective of His Royal Highness, what is a mere seven-rank official? ”

"You all know about Your Highness's recent situation. Today's Chang'an is only afraid that it has been shrouded in rumors, and His Royal Highness is already in trouble, but at this time, Lin Yi came to invade the Tang Dynasty again, and the assassination history of Yuzhou could not resist, and His Royal Highness had no choice but to lead the army to march, which gave people even more excuses to slander His Highness. Do you believe it or not, once the news of His Highness's leading army to the army reaches back to Chang'an, some people will definitely say that His Highness supports the army and has a heart of disobedience? ”

"That's for sure, those eight calves will never let go of this opportunity." Zhu Yuming's worry was even stronger: "But because of this, we can't arrest officials and parade the streets at this time, isn't this causing chaos to His Highness?" ”

"No, I kind of understand what Master Liu meant." After reading the letter, Zheng Yuan also figured out the joints: "It is precisely because His Highness is in a bad situation at this time that we have to go even further. ”

Zhu Yuming was confused: "What is the truth of this?" ”

Zheng Yuan handed over the letter and explained: "Now that the rumors in Chang'an have been flying all over the sky, we have lost our first hand, and any justification at this time is invalid, because the people of Datang already have preconceived ideas. In this case, we forcibly explain but do not produce sufficient evidence, and that is to add fuel to the fire. Doing so will make people think that we are quibbling, and will only deepen their suspicions, and instead fall into the calculations of the enemy. ”

Liu Yi added: "Therefore, if you want people to doubt the authenticity of the rumors at this time, there are only two ways left, the first is self-defilement, that is, to smear yourself and reduce the court's suspicion of His Royal Highness, which is mainly for the emperor to see; The second method is also self-defilement, taking the initiative to attack His Highness with more violent rumors. ”

"Oh, I see." Zhu Yuming is not a fool, after reading the letter, he got Liu Yi's explanation, and suddenly realized: "Yes, when there is no way to explain the rumors, we will drown out the original rumors with more unreliable rumors, so that the people themselves can understand that these words are false." ”

Zheng Yuan continued: "And what we are doing now is what His Highness ordered, on the one hand, it is to stabilize the hearts of the people in Zhenyang and improve the prestige of the eldest brother, and on the other hand, it is to help His Highness defile himself and give the emperor an explanation." ”

"But can the emperor believe it? It's all too obvious. ”

"The emperor didn't suspect His Highness in the first place, so where did he believe it or not?" Liu Yi said with a smile: "Your Highness has been in Yuezhou for less than a month, and rumors have been spreading in Chang'an City, as long as the princes of the court and the central government are not fools, they all know that this is slandering Your Highness, right?" Do you think the emperor can't see through it? ”

"Since the emperor has seen it through, why do you have to do more? Isn't this taking off your pants and farting? "Zhu Yuming is going crazy, your words are so profound, I don't understand them at all.

"It's just an attitude." Zheng Yuan saw that Zhu Yuming was entangled and crazy, and explained with a smile: "Someone framed His Highness, and the rumors have spread all over the Tang Dynasty, but His Royal Highness was indifferent, neither wrote to ask for guilt, nor went to Chang'an to ask for guilt, but the old god was here to let the rumors spread, what would you think if you were the emperor?"

It's nothing more than two thoughts: this kid can't really have a problem, his heart is empty, right? Or are you sure I won't believe the rumors?

No matter which of these two thoughts is, it may make the emperor dissatisfied with His Royal Highness or directly suspicious.

And we are defiling ourselves at this time, which is to tell the emperor that we have a clear conscience, and if His Royal Highness sends another request for sin, it will be enough to offset the doubts in the emperor's heart. ”

"Sure enough, I'm really not playing politics." Zhu Yuming got Zheng Yuan's explanation, was deeply shocked, and sighed: "I can't even play with you two political rookies, if you play with those old foxes in the court, then you can't let them play to death?" Otherwise, I'm still in the army, and those stupid big guys should be easier to deal with. ”

"Hahaha......" Zheng Yun and Liu Yi laughed out loud when they heard this.

(End of chapter)