Chapter 698: Expectation and Hesitation
Since traveling to this time and space, with a lifetime of life experience, Lotte has developed that kind of cheeky personality that is not ashamed or ashamed, and he doesn't care much about anyone's affairs except for himself.
However, this time, the eyes of the old folks fell on Lotte's body, but it made Lotte feel the pressure he had never felt and the helplessness he had never had, and even his own heart was involuntarily a little flustered.
The look in his eyes was an expectation of himself, but also a desire for fairness and justice, and these people looked at themselves with almost god-worshipping piety. At this time, Lotte remembered what Yan Xiaoyi said this afternoon, as long as the common people have enough to eat, who is willing to rebel with their heads.
What is a public field? Gongtian is the money bag of Emperor Huizong, Biandu is being built in the later period of Genyue, the military expenses of the northwest to destroy Xia, a considerable part of it is taken from the income of the Gongtian, the three redundant phenomena of the Great Song Dynasty are too serious, referring to the financial income of the imperial court every year, really can not support such a large finance, the income of the Gongtian Institute has become a yamen of Huizong Zhao Ji to generate income.
Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, and Yang Jian are the three major seats of the eunuchs, and the three of them are each favored, Tong Guan is in charge of the army, Liang Shicheng is in charge, and Yang Jian is neither in charge of the army nor in charge, but he is to grab money for Huizong Zhao Ji.
Tong Guan wanted to win Zhao Ji's favor with his military exploits, and he held military power and was quite powerful in the court, which made the king of the Song Dynasty, who had always emphasized the way of checks and balances, feel that the tail was too big, so Zhao Ji naturally wanted another person to check and balance Tong Guan, and Liang Shicheng was the best candidate.
Liang Shicheng and Tong Guan occupied the first two positions among the eunuchs, Yang Jian wanted to compete for favor, and naturally had to find another way to become the god of wealth of Huizong Zhao Ji, and Liang Shicheng and Tong Guan would attract Zhao Ji's favor, which made Chongtong Guan, Liang Shicheng, and Yang Jian the three most powerful eunuchs in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Can he bring down Yang Jian, who is regarded by Zhao Ji as the God of Wealth's money bag?
Joke! These two words are Lotte's first reaction, and even in the eyes of outsiders, there is a string of affixes behind it that seems to be inadequate, ignorant of current affairs, etc., making itself a joke in officialdom.
I went to Yang Jian's book, and I made the shortcomings of the Gongtian Institute clear, and I looked righteous and awe-inspiring, or it would attract the applause of the Manchu Dynasty and even the people of the world, but could it solve the trouble of Xicheng? Can you solve the tumor that destroyed the Great Song Dynasty?
Of course not, not to mention that Zhao Ji is reluctant to throw away this money bag, the relationship between Liang Shicheng and Yang Jian, the three eunuchs of the inner court, is quite good, and Yang Jian is also a supporter of Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, and many officials in the court are his henchmen, but Yang Jian usually does not go to politics, and these officials are not obvious.
However, as long as he impeached Yang Jian, these people would immediately jump out and attack him, and even if he had the qualifications to destroy Xia, he would be like stabbing a hornet's nest and attracting all his firepower to himself.
Lotte believes that as long as he participates in the impeachment of Yang Jian and Xicheng, in order to take care of Yang Jian's face, Liang Shicheng wants to turn his face with himself, not to mention Wang Huang, Bai Shi, Hu Shi and others will also take the opportunity to fall into the well, Tong Guan will look at the joke with a silent smile on the surface, and Huizong Zhao Ji, who has passed the money bag, will take advantage of the situation to release himself, and Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, will speak for himself with good words from the side, I am afraid that it will have no effect.
Obviously, if you impeach Yang Jian, you will never have any good results, although you will not die, but nine times out of ten you will be deposed from your actual position, leaving only the false title of a Pingyu Marquis on your head to elevate yourself, in order to show the court's favor to you.
If he refuses, how will the elders of the public opinion view themselves, and this matter will be spread in the future, and how the people in the world will view themselves, and even the history books will write about themselves because of this matter, so that they will have a reputation for cherishing black yarn.
This is still light, maybe those who wrote history books in later generations will still write like this, half of the military expenditure for the destruction of Xixia came from Xicheng, and the reason why he did not participate in the impeachment of Yang Jian and Xicheng was because the earliest proposal to destroy Xia was raised by himself, if Xicheng was cut, the military spending in the northwest would drop sharply, which he did not want to see.
In short, the pen of writing history is in the hands of later generations, and how these people want to write is really not up to them.
Lotte is in a dilemma.
In Lotte, he was hesitating, and suddenly a voice like thunder sounded in his ears: "Lotte, what are you hesitating about, is it because of the black yarn on your head that you refuse to come out for the villagers?" ”
The thunderous roar woke Lotte from his contemplation, and the only person who could speak in such a tone was Lotte's father-in-law, Qin Laowan, and others would never dare.
Unable to help himself, Lotte shirked and said: "Father-in-law, this matter is very important, let the son-in-law plan carefully and think twice!" ”
"Think twice?" Hearing Lotte say this, Qin Laowan couldn't help but sneer, looked at the one hundred and tenth neighbor from Pingyu, snorted coldly, and said, "When you people came, do you remember what the old man said?" The old man said that the old man's son-in-law is not right-minded, and he is usually an official who only knows how to behave and please, and he will not make decisions for us ordinary people, and uphold justice, you see that the old man is not wrong......"
Hearing her old man say this, Aunt Qin's mother came out of the inner room and said, "Old man, what nonsense are you talking about, our son-in-law is not such a person!" ”
"I'm ......" Listening to his mother-in-law talk like this, Qin Laowan was even more fierce, pointing at his mother-in-law and saying: "What kind of color is this little white face of Lotte, why doesn't the old man know, our second sister was forced to become his daughter-in-law by him with the old man and Da Lang, this kid is greedy for money and lustful, you don't ask him how many concubines he has accepted......
Hearing Qin Laowan turn over the old accounts, Mrs. Qin's voice suddenly rose an octave, and the whole person trembled angrily: "I'll kill you old donkey, you old donkey is embarrassed to mention this matter, if it weren't for you blocking it left and right, our second sister is a dignified and majestic Mrs. Hou, you old thing dare to mention this matter again......"
When Mrs. Qin mentioned this, Qin Laowan finally had nothing to say, if it wasn't for his own left and right, trying his best to ruin the relationship between Lotte and his daughter, he was the father of the Hou Ye's main room, then the people in the public field would naturally have to give face, and his son would not have been beaten by the other party, and he would end up like this.
Even Qin Laowan could feel that all the neighbors were now looking at him with contempt. In fact, in the past, Qin Laowan knew that the neighbors of Pingyu were talking about him behind his back, saying that he had eyes and did not know gold and jade, and lost a Hou Ye son-in-law, although Lotte also called his father-in-law, but the gold content of his concubine father-in-law, can he get a genuine father-in-law?
Qin Laowan reprimanded Lotte, and immediately reminded the neighbors of Pingyu of Lotte's appearance when he was an official in the county government, and his original expectations for Lotte were immediately lowered, as the saying goes, officials protect each other, although these people and Lotte are neighbors, old people, and relatives, but the officialdom has to give each other faces, and Lotte will really offend the people of officialdom because of taking care of his neighbors?
This made the neighbors feel very confused.
Don't say that it is a group of peaceful neighbors, but the heart of Lotte is also entangled, this is an era of troubled times, is it really able to turn the tide with one's own strength? Or do you end up in danger and all your efforts are on fire?
But now that this situation has come, Lotte always wants to come out and say something, so he cleared his throat and said: "Folks, Le Mou ......"
"Master Ma, my princess asks what happened in the West Courtyard, if anyone dares to make trouble in the mansion, Her Royal Highness the princess doesn't mind coming over and driving these troublemakers out!" Just as Lotte spoke, Princess Lando's maid pushed the door and walked in, looked at these neighbors from Pingyu and gave a salute to Lotte, and said at the same time.
didn't expect Princess Landau to take care of this matter, so Lotte had to say: "These people are all from our family, so I don't bother Her Royal Highness the princess!" ”
"The slave knows!" Hearing Lotte say this, the maid saluted again, and said before leaving: "My princess likes to be quiet, if there is nothing to do, please lower your voice, if you disturb my princess again, don't blame my princess for issuing an eviction order!" ”
It seems that Qin Laowan and these people have not even gone out to Pingyu County a few times, and when they heard the name of the princess, their legs and stomach softened by half a point, and no one dared to say a word throughout the whole process of the maid's speech, all of them were respectful and obedient.
The news that Lotte married the princess of Xixia as the main room also spread to Pingyu, this princess of Xixia is the main room and has a noble status, after this maid left, no one dared to speak loudly anymore.
Helpless, Lotte had no choice but to say: "This official will take this matter to heart, and he will advise His Majesty well!" ”
When Lotte's words fell, Lotte could clearly feel that the eyes of the old folks who were flat had lost their previous earnest appearance, and were replaced by a face full of disappointment.
In order to hide the embarrassment, Lotte hurriedly ordered: "Shakuten, go outside to order ten good banquets, and sell fifty jars of good wine, I haven't seen the hometown elders of Pingyu for a long time, I want to get drunk tonight!" ”
"Yes!" Shakuchi hurriedly answered.
"Mrs. Li!" Then Lotte commanded again.
"What do you command?" Listening to Lotte's call, the porter who was watching the excitement outside the door hurriedly walked over.
"Go to a clean inn where you can live in 100 people, these folks from the lord are tired all the way, and they must have a good place to rest!" Lotte then instructed, and said to Aunt Qin's mother: "Mother-in-law lives at the little son-in-law's house tonight, I haven't seen the second sister for a year and a half, your mother and daughter are chatting about homely things!" ”
After speaking, Lotte looked at a group of peaceful folks and said: "You folks have come from afar, stay in Biandu for a long time, and the expenses for eating and drinking in Biandu will be paid by me Lotte. ”
After saying this, the eyes of the old relatives of the Pingyu Township changed, but there really didn't seem to be any confidence in whether Lotte could uphold justice or something in the matter of whether Lotte could be in the public field.
Tonight's Lejia, set down ten tables of wine, Lotte a table of toasts in turn, one by one clinking glasses, and even the heart has a sense of glory of returning home, but there is also a sense of guilt, even if they do their best, they may not be able to help these neighbors and the people of the world, history in this period, this public field for Huizong Zhao Ji to collect wealth is just beginning, has not yet opened to the time to change the name of Xicheng.
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