The emperor's attitude was already clear. Liu Xiang's impeachment of Li Buqi is a matter of chasing after the wind and shadows, except for "guarding and stealing from others", and there is naturally no need to investigate it at this point. Then Li Buqi asked for the ordnance workshop to be separated from the Third Division, and there was news that most of the Zaizhi, the Sixth Ministry, and the Privy Council were in favor, and the emperor also had this intention. Knowing that this was the result, Liu Xiang was so angry that he almost vomited blood, closed his door at home, and asked to go out to work.

Wang Gongchen was also so angry that he vomited blood, and to some extent he was more depressed than Liu Xiang. Liu Xiang doesn't need to express his position on whether he should pay salaries to the world's officials, but he, as the third envoy, must make a clear statement.

Although there was no major war in the two years of the Great Song Dynasty, but the preparation never dared to relax, coupled with many natural disasters in various places, the Qingli reform was abandoned halfway, and it has always been beyond the means, although there are two new financial resources of sugar and glass, but compared to the huge expenditure of the country, it is a drop in the bucket. In short, there is no money in the treasury, and neither the prime minister nor the three envoys dare to open an opening to pay the salaries of the small officials. There are good reasons for this, but people's feelings often don't care about any reason or not, and whoever opposes the payment of salaries to the officials will definitely offend the officials in the world.

The emperor and the prime minister didn't want to take this responsibility, so they let the three divisions think about it, saying that Li Buqi could give a way to increase the tax burden, and as long as your three divisions were done, they would have the money to pay the salaries of the officials. However, the problem is that Li Buqi has written more than 20 pages of exclamations on promoting trade and opening up sea trade, with 10 major measures and more than 30 small measures.

What's even worse is that he Wang Gongchen could catch Li Buqi's difference, let Li Buqi go to work, and if he did a good job, the three envoys could share the credit, and if he didn't do a good job, he would not push all of them on Li Buqi. However, after this impeachment incident, judging from the momentum, Li Buqi may not be able to continue to stay in the Third Division, and it is impossible for Wang Gongchen to arrest Li Buqi. Wang Gongchen found that he was bound to become a scapegoat thrown out by the slaughterers to scold the officials.

Politics has never been a permanent ally, only an eternal interest. When Wang Gongchen and Liu Xiang jumped out to impeach Li Buqi, a cadre of civil officials could still share the same hatred, but this was a completely loose alliance, and when they found out that things were not as they imagined, many people began to think about how to get the most out of this matter, even if it was to tear off a piece of meat from their allies.

Song Taizu and Taizong let the three divisions control the world's financial power, not only seized the power of the prime minister, but also seized the power of the household department, the ministry of industry, and the privy council, especially the household department, which was supposed to be in charge of the world's taxes, has now completely become the role of soy sauce. So in fact, many people in the court have the ambition to get back their rights, but when they don't have the opportunity, everyone just thinks about it.

However, Li Buqi did provide them with an opportunity this time, although it seems that the separation of weapons production from the third division does not seem to do much harm to the third division, but the old fox knows that the wind rises at the end of Qingping. Once there is a precedent this time, who knows what will happen in the future?

This time, Li Buqi said that the Third Division would not engage in the production of ordnance and should be stripped of the production of ordnance. So do the officials of the three divisions know how to repair the canal? Should the responsibility for repairing the canals also be stripped and handed over to the Ministry of Works? Does the Third Division know how to march and fight? Should the responsibility of providing food for the army be entrusted to the Privy Council? With the precedent of stripping off the production of weapons, it will not seem abrupt to put forward these demands once the opportunity arises.

In fact, if Wang Gongchen himself were the prime minister, he would also want to hand over the financial plan to the household department, because the household department is under the control of the prime minister, so the prime minister will be a lot stiffer when he grasps the financial power and struggles with the emperor, so he actually understands those officials who support Li Buqi on one side. But who made him now be the envoy of the Third Division, if the Ordnance Workshop was stripped out of the Third Division in this way during his tenure, he would be too faceless.

And now there are already complaints in the three divisions, saying that if they didn't have enough to provoke Li Bu, how could they let the three divisions suffer such a loss.

Therefore, under the pressure of multi-rushing, the third envoy fell ill, and the deputy envoy of the third division happily presided over the work. However, the deputy envoy could not be the master in some matters, and whenever he encountered the matter of discussing the stripping of the weapons supervisor and the payment of salaries to the junior officials, he put on a posture of "it's none of my business, you just have to find a plan." Although Wang Gongchen was lying on the hospital bed, he could still feel the taste of being roasted on the fire.

When Li Buqi was foaming at the water in the court for Li Buqi's book, Li Buqi shrank in the case and became a good baby, soaking in the workshop every day, making it look like he didn't listen to what was going on outside the window. However, he didn't need to inquire about the news, so someone naturally reported it to him.

Cheng Jun sneaked into Li Buqi's office again, and smiled evilly: "Li Ju, I just got the news from Dali Temple, Dali Temple has closed the case, and the guys who framed the officials have been convicted and sentenced to be assigned to Qiongzhou, and they will not be pardoned, but they are not ready to track down the mastermind behind the scenes." ”

The emperor has always been fond of and thin mud, so this is to be expected. Li Buqi looked at the door, and saw that the box army outside the door was standing far away, obviously under Cheng Jun's arrangement. He smiled and said: "I heard that Cheng Du has the ability, and he really has good means and calculations." ”

Cheng Jun hurriedly said: "Li Juan praised it, those people don't understand these things at all, and they will believe it if they are slightly confused." In addition, Judge Li's official document requesting the purchase of a lathe forced Deputy Envoy Liu to do it, and there was no time to check the authenticity in detail, so there was actually nothing difficult about this matter. ”

Li Buqi sneered and asked: "Naturally, it's not difficult to fool a few people, but the difficult thing is to act well and bitterly." If it weren't for the blood letter left by the old craftsman who committed suicide, and the officials who confessed to colluding with them, they wouldn't have played the court so easily, right? ”

Cold sweat oozed from the tip of Cheng Jun's nose, and he said cautiously: "It's true that there are too many people who know about the theft and sale before, but I'm afraid that it will drag on for a long time, and if I really expose it, I'm afraid that I will be involved, so I have to make it more intense and avoid future troubles." ”

Li Buqi asked: "No trouble?" What about the old craftsman who died, and the official who took the blame? ”

"The craftsman's only son owes a gambling debt, and we have paid it off for him, and only he knows about it. Even if someone investigates, they can only trace back to a few people who framed Judge Li. The official was originally involved in the theft and sale, and was selected by lottery, and this time he was sentenced to Cangzhou. We will check up and down, and when he returns, we will ensure that he does not lack wealth according to the agreement. ”

Li Buqi said, "Get up." Originally, I didn't want to ask about your past at all, but if this can set up an ordnance superintendent, I would like to recommend a few of you to become officials, so I don't want to have any hidden dangers. You have to remember that when you are working under me, don't think about doing those things before, otherwise the official will not be able to spare you. ”

At this time, Cheng Jun was grateful, and immediately said: "Li Juan rest assured, you think so highly of me, I can't repay it." If you don't listen to Li's sentence, let the sky thunder five times. ”

Li Buqi said: "Okay, just remember today's words." ”

Looking at Cheng Jun's back, Li Buqi couldn't help but sigh. If someone is available, he doesn't want to use these small officials with a criminal record, but the scale of the weapons workshop is huge and things are complicated, and it really can't be taken over by someone. So these people had to use it first, and ride donkeys to find horses.

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