Zhang Yaozuo pretended to look at the novelty and turned to the case, and saw a new sign with a rain edge erected outside the courtyard, on which were pasted the various regulations that Li Buqi had just announced, including the details of the minister's money. While he was watching, Li Buqi, who had received the report, walked out of the door and said, "The deputy envoy is here?" Please sit inside. ”

Zhang Yaozuo smiled: "I just passed by here, and I saw that your sign was strange, so I came to take a look." ”

Then he asked Li Buqi in the kind tone of an elder: "Li Ju's method of announcing the minister's money is really the first in the world, I didn't expect Li Juan to have such great courage." With Li Juan's example, I am afraid that all officials in the world will follow suit in the future. ”

Most of the governors of various localities and departments in the Great Song Dynasty would make money on the minister's money, and naturally regarded it as a ban. He took the lead in announcing the use of the minister's money, and did the officials who boasted of their high morals follow or not? If you don't follow it, won't it affect your own glorious image? Come on, it's hard to give up good money! Therefore, Li Buqi did this because he had a problem for the world's officials, and it was strange not to be hated.

Li Buqi had long understood this truth, so when he heard Zhang Yaozuo say this, he immediately understood that Zhang Yaozuo was talking the opposite, and reminded himself that this matter would make him a public enemy of the whole official. But Li Buqi just smiled: "Actually, the lower officials have to do it as a last resort." His Majesty asked the subordinate officials to rectify the ordnance workshop, and the subordinate officials did not dare to live up to His Majesty's trust. It's just that the things in the ordnance workshop are complicated, and there are thousands of things, and the talents of the lower officials are limited, and even the clones are difficult to finish, so they are afraid that the miscellaneous things will stumble their energy. The lower officials had heard that if they wanted to find fault with any official, they only had to check his minister's money. Therefore, the lower officials had no choice but to publish the minister's money first, so as to save people from looking for trouble. ”

Zhang Yaozuo was shocked and asked: "Someone is investigating the minister's money in the case?" ”

Li Buqi blinked and said, "I don't know yet, I just heard the rumors." ”

Now Zhang Yaozuo doesn't care about whether someone really investigates the minister's money, what he cares about is that Li Bu gave up this excuse well. If anyone accuses Li Buqi of making a bad start by disregarding the rules of officialdom and announcing the minister's money, Li Buqi can completely shirk it - it's not that I want to make it public, but someone is investigating me and forcing me to do so.

As for whether someone really checked, it doesn't matter at all. As long as this rumor is released, people will naturally think of Li Buqi and Liang Zi of the Imperial History Terrace, and naturally think of the third envoy Wang Gongchen who was originally the middle of the imperial history, and Liu Xiang, the deputy envoy of salt and iron, is now also concurrently serving as the governor of the imperial history, and naturally think of how Teng Zongliang and Yin Zhu were overthrown. People will first speculate that it was the Yanguan who couldn't wait to make a move on Li Buqi, so he forced Li Buqi to make such a move. The officials have made up their backs on this black cauldron.

Zhang Yaozuo made an understanding look: "Oh, it turns out that there is a reason for it." The old man got it. ”

Back in his office, Zhang Yaozuo called his long-term entourage and asked him to go to the wine shop where the petty officials of the three divisions often came and went at night to listen to the rumors. So without waiting for the lamp, the chief picked up a tea shop where the three officials often came to drink tea, and found a corner to sit down and prop up his ears.

At this time of the day, the tea guests will call friends and companions before listening to the book, and exchange today's information and anecdotes in twos and threes. "Got it? Li Buqi made public all the minister's money for the case, and said that in the future, all the accounts and expenses of the minister's money would be published one by one. ”

"How can you not know? You didn't look at the judges of the other six cases, and they were all confused. ”

"Alas! Not only the other six cases of the Salt and Iron Division, but I heard that the chief officials of the other divisions were also stunned. Li Buqi is a gentleman and a gentleman, if other officials want to be gentlemen, do they also have to announce their minister's money? ”

"How is that possible? Isn't that going to kill the judges? Especially Judge Xue in the grain case, he sees the minister's money as a tight one, if he is allowed to announce it, it is not the same as killing him? ”

"Hey, what do you think of Judge Li? In this way, he has offended all the officials in the world. He's so bold. ”

"Let me tell you, Judge Li happened to hear him talking to Deputy Envoy Zhang. Judge Li said that there were rumors that the official wanted to trouble him with the minister's money, so he had no choice but to do so. ”

"Ah, I see. Do you know who wants to check Li Buqi? ”

"I don't know. But that's not obvious. It's no wonder that no one is staring at him. ”

"Well, yes. It's really obvious, it's not that before Li Bu gave up his post, someone ......"

"Shhhh

"Ahem, ahem, that's a good idea."

"Maybe someone wanted to find trouble with Li Buqi, and leaked the news, so that Li Buqi noticed it."

"But Li Buqi has only been in office for a month, what can he find out at this time? Feeling a little anxious, aren't you? ”

"Hey, some people are stupid when they read books, you can't think with common sense. Didn't you listen to the interesting story of the gentleman who told the story yesterday? ”

"I didn't come yesterday. What you talked about yesterday, you can teach me something. ”

"A bachelor, who never cares about things on weekdays, bought a load of firewood when he was visiting Washizi on a whim a few days ago, guess how much it spent?"

"Don't sell it, how much did it cost?"

"It took sixty times!"

"Obediently, sixty times? In comparison, the firewood you bought for the officials is cheap. ”

"Hey, hey. Do you think that these people who are stupid in reading books can speculate with common sense? ”

A group of small officials are naturally not afraid of big things, and the more they talk, the more lively they become. At this time, someone suddenly said, "Don't say it, Mr. Storyteller has come out." ”

Immediately everyone stopped gossiping, and someone shouted, "Isn't it time to talk about a new book today?" That 'Jiang Ziya Jintai worshipping general' has been talking for two days. ”

The storyteller arched his hand and said: "Coincidentally, the next time today has just come out of the Li Daguanren Mansion, and tonight I will tell you about the 'Shouyang Mountain Yiqi Blocking Army'." ”

Immediately the tea guests roared: "Speak, speak." ”

The storyteller swept his eyes and estimated that the people were not yet full, so he sat down unhurriedly and said, "Don't be busy, let's talk about the interesting story I just heard......

Zhang Yaozuo's long-term entourage saw that it was impossible to hear anything valuable here, so he settled the tea money and changed to a tavern to continue to inquire about the news, and the next day he told Zhang Yaozuo what he heard last night on the way to the court with Zhang Yaozuo. But when he was summoned by the emperor to the Chongzheng Palace and asked him why Li Buqi had only been in office for a month, there was a minister Qian Qian who wanted to investigate the case from the imperial history, and Zhang Yaozuo really realized that something was wrong with this matter - the emperor got the news too quickly.

When the emperor wanted to promote Zhang Yaozuo, he was not sprayed by the officials, and Zhang Yaozuo remembered this matter, so he didn't mind giving the officials eye medicine: "Your Majesty, Li Buqi has always had some dislikes with Yushitai, and some people don't like him." ”

The emperor sighed and said, "I have long been worried about this matter, so I have repeatedly warned Li Buqi to be cautious in his words and deeds, and not to cause trouble. Who knows, I still can't hide. I remember that a few days ago, you said that Li Buqi has been either in the workshop all day long, or busy checking documents, and has not done anything else, what is there to check? was able to force Li Buqi to publish all the accounts of the minister's money, and I don't know what it looked like? I asked Li Bu to abandon the case for the sake of military affairs, but why don't those people understand my painstaking efforts? Do you know who this man is? ”

Zhang Yaozuo quietly added fuel to the fire: "Judge Li only said that it was rumored that someone wanted to check the whereabouts of his minister's money, but he didn't say who it was. Therefore, the minister did not know who this person was. But there are always some people who just want to do things. ”

Seeing that he couldn't ask anything, the emperor had to say to Zhang Yaozuo: "Li Buqi told me that he can save at least one million yuan a year in the ordnance workshop. If this is done, the state will be much more relaxed. So you have to help Li Buqi put the ordnance workshop in order, and don't give up halfway. ”

Zhang Yaozuo hurriedly agreed to come down and said goodbye to the palace. The emperor was still not at ease, and sent the little eunuch Wang Zhongzheng to give Li Buqi food and drink to show his support for Li Buqi.

Li Buqi couldn't see that little bit of food and drink at all, drank a little drink, and the rest was distributed to the subordinates. However, the emperor gave him food and drink, soothed his wounded feelings, and made him see that his arrangement had succeeded.

This was a successful defensive planting, and now the waters have been muddyed, although Li Buqi has become the target of all the officials in the world who share the fat from the minister's money, but all those who may have attacked Li Buqi have also carried the black cauldron. If they are smart enough, they shouldn't rush out and touch the mold, and they will leave a period of time for Li Buqi to do things with peace of mind. Of course, if someone can't figure out the consequences, it means that they are not smart enough, and such a fool should be easy to kill.

This is also a warning from Li Buqi, if those who beat him up don't understand, he doesn't mind making a bigger fuss next time.

In the morning, Liu Xiang also approved Li Buqi's plan, and the next step is to let go of work.