The news of Li Buqi's resignation immediately caused a sensation in public opinion, and the matter became the talk of almost everyone in the hotel teahouse in Bianliang.

"Hey, you know what? The contract with the Liao State was decided. The annual coin given to the Liao State was 50,000 yuan less than that set by the Yuanyuan Alliance. ”

"How can it be? This won the Liao State, why not just remove all the coins? ”

"Didn't you read what was written in the Fact News? Now that the country is short of money, in order for the people to recuperate, they can only ask for a dismissal first. For Liao, you can only slowly figure it out. ”

"Well, what's this called......"

"Hey! Brother Zhang, Brother Ye, are you here? Have you heard? Li Zhongzheng, Li Daguan has resigned! ”

"Huh? What kind of official did he resign? ”

"He resigned from the police department and the ordnance superintendent."

"Huh? Why is that? The contract with the Liao State has just been decided, and this time it is the best time to go to war with the Liao State, and now is the time to reward meritorious deeds. Li Junjian led the army deep into the Liao State and cut off the grain road of the Liao State, which is the first credit, but why did he resign at this time? ”

"If it weren't for Di Qing leading the army to repel the Liao army, the Liao army would only be able to continue fighting in Hebei, so it is difficult to say whether Di Qing or Li Junjian had the first credit, but this credit is not small. The younger brother speculated that Li Junjian retired because his proposal to build a martyr's shrine was not adopted and he disagreed with Zaizhi. ”

"Oh? Is that so? ”

"Brother Ye, do you remember the interview with Li Junjian that was published in the newspaper two months ago? At that time, he said that once he became famous, his bones withered, and if there were no soldiers who died generously, no matter how good his strategy was, he would not be able to use it, and no matter how rich a country was, it would be just a piece of fat for barbarians. Maybe the fallen soldiers can't be commemorated, and Li Junjian doesn't feel at ease to enjoy the honor alone, right? ”

"Zi'an, I don't agree with your statement. I thought that Li Junjian did not mean to avoid trouble. ”

Several people at the table were shocked and asked, "What?" Avoiding trouble? ”

"yes. Have you forgotten that a few days ago in the capital, it was rumored that Fu'an Qianzhuang was suspected of rebellion in raising a large amount of grain? Although there were rumors later that the matter was nodded by the officials, in this dynasty, as long as the minister is impeached and rebelled, he must at least ask himself to go out to avoid suspicion. Li Junjian is now raising the martial arts academy, and it is estimated that he will not be relieved to go out, so naturally he has no choice but to retreat. ”

"Brother Zhang, I thought that Li Junjian might not be because of the Martial Arts Academy. I heard that a few days ago, Li Junjian went to the notebook and asked the official family to adopt the strategy of 'strong cadres and weak branches' and practice the method of 'strong cadres and strong branches'. Since he proposed to expand the powers of the local government, he is at odds with the governor, and he cannot invite himself out, so wouldn't he be suspected of rebellion? In this way, he has no choice but to resign. This is lifting a stone and shooting yourself in the foot. ”

"It's been a month or two since the news of Fu'an Qianzhuang came out, right? However, as you said, Li Junjian only went to the office a few days ago, that is, Li Junjian knew that the note would make him unable to go out to become an official, but he still suggested that the official family 'strengthen the cadres and strengthen the branches', which can only show that he had already made up his mind to resign from the office, or although he knew that this note would make him unable to go out to become an official, he still handed the note over, and it must be that he thought that this 'strong cadres and strong branches' strategy was extremely important, more important than his official career. Li Junjian became a fifth-rank official in his twenties, and if he went abroad for one term and then returned to Beijing, his future was limitless. But now he was able to retreat bravely, which shows that this man does not take Lelu to heart. Such a person, you say that he has the intention of rebellion, who will believe it? ”

"Brother Zhang is right. What do you think is the strategy of 'strong cadres and strong branches'? ”

"This is naturally excellent. If my generation can be admitted to the meritorious service in the future, there is a chance that nine times out of ten they will become local officials. Do you say that you don't have any power at all, and even a servant or a bandit can bully you, or is it better to have some power to do something? It's not that I said it, but it's actually hard for the officials in this state and county to talk about it now......"

Although Li Buqi's official position is not high, he can definitely be regarded as a famous minister, so he proposed to resign, and the emperor still had to keep it according to the ceremony when the important minister resigned. Then Li Buqi resigned again, and the emperor retained again, and so on three times, Li Buqi's resignation report was approved.

The unofficial is light. After Li did not abandon the temple to thank him, he slept until three o'clock in the sun the next day before getting up. After breakfast, he led Li Rusong to the study outside with his daughter in his arms, and a small earthy yellow dog as a pet kept running forward and back at his feet.

Li Buqi studied medicine before the crossing, so he was very afraid of parasites and rabies in this era, so he was not allowed to keep a pet dog at home, but Zhao Sheng had to raise such a dog, and he could only turn a blind eye. This dog was given to him as a parting gift by the child of Yixue when he learned that Zhao Sheng was going to go to school in the martial arts academy, and he looked like a baby. However, the Martial Arts Academy does not allow students to keep cats and dogs privately, so this dog can only be kept at home.

When he arrived at the study, Li Buqi took down a pile of blocks and those beautiful ore specimens on the Bogu shelf and gave them to the two children to play with, flipped through today's newspaper and looked at the important letters on the case. At this time, Zhu Changsheng outside the door asked: "Can the officials be inside?" ”

Li Buqi raised his head and said loudly outside the door: "I'm here, Brother Zhu, please come in." ”

Zhu Changsheng entered the door and saw that Li Buqi was reading the letter, and he was not polite, he poured a cup of tea, sat opposite Li Buqi and said: "In the past few days, those officials from Qingyuan Academy have been writing letters to officials, and they have all inquired about the reasons for the resignation of officials. These people all bear the brand of Qingyuan Academy, and their biggest reliance in the court is officials. Now that the official has resigned, some people are not anxious. ”

Li Buqi smiled and said, "Yes." The people who came out of Qingyuan Academy learned and thought differently from most people in the world, and it was inevitable that they would have disagreements with their bosses and colleagues due to differences in Taoism, and they would be easily suppressed, so they naturally hoped that the court would help. However, the help is only temporary, and people always have to rely on themselves. Brother Zhu replied to them on my behalf, only telling them that the official family has the intention to do something, and as long as they do things well, they will definitely be able to make a difference. What they learn in Qingyuan Academy is how to do things, and they may not be as good as others, but when it comes to doing things, they are much better than those who are not in Qingyuan Academy, let them make good use of their advantages. ”

Zhu Changsheng said with a smile: "Now it seems that the resignation of the official is really very good, but I don't know how many years the official is going to be dull?" ”

Li Buqi asked puzzledly: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Zhu Changsheng said: "The resignation of the official, and the officials who have something to do with the Qingyuan Academy, have written letters, but in the eyes of those with ulterior motives, they can also be regarded as a party. What the Zhao Guanjia is most afraid of is that someone will form a party, even people like Fan Xiwen and Ouyang Yongshu cannot escape suspicion. The official is in a high position at such a young age, and there will definitely be a large number of people in Qingyuan Academy who will be officials in the future, and the Zhao official family will naturally worry that in the future, the protégés of the officials will be all over the world, and who else will be able to suppress the officials. Now the officials are retreating bravely, showing tranquility, and they can also settle the heart of the official family if they want to come. ”

"Officials can know that Shilin has been very respected by Shilin for officials these days. In particular, the policy of 'strengthening cadres and strong branches' won the support of a group of officials after recommending that officials who were not involved in the king's affairs be enshrined in the Martyrs' Shrine. foolishly thought that if the officials could raise their hopes for ten years, when they came out of the mountain again, they would definitely not be able to speak on the same day as the present. ”

To be honest, Li Buqi really didn't think so much about it when he decided to resign at that time. What he pondered was that the person who remembered his name before he crossed over began to do something, and there was going to be a big incident on Quang Nam Road, and if he continued to sit in the seat of the police department, he had to nip this matter in the bud, and he couldn't take the opportunity to pass through Quang Nam. And he suggested that Zhao Zhen do something, for fear that the emperor's mind would be lively and something would not be easy to clean up, so he had to resign and hide his leisure.

Although what Zhu Changsheng said made sense, Li Buqi couldn't wait ten years. He estimated that in three years at most, Zhao Zhen would have to ask him to go out of the mountain to settle the matter. However, with Zhu Changsheng's reminder just now, he really can't Zhao Zhen be on call at that time.