Xiao Yu returned home, and his family had long known that he had been dismissed. This kind of thing can't be hidden, especially the things in the palace, and it leaks out like a sieve. The most unimportant thing in the world is precisely the palace, because all the forces have planted people in it, and nothing can be completely kept secret. The people have not dispersed yet, and the news that Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu have been removed from the position of prime minister has also been reported. So now Xiao Yu's family has already received the news and immediately began to ask.

"Father, why were you dismissed from the position of Shang Shu's right servant this time? How could the emperor be like this, and he turned his face so much and didn't recognize people? You are the hero who founded the country with the Emperor Taishang back then, how can you turn your face so disrespectfully? One of Xiao Yu's sons said.

And the other son immediately said: "Damn, this time is extraordinary, a small county man, or a poor family, he dares to attack his father?" He actually sued his father, really damn it? Father, let me go and bring a few people, and I made him, and I saw who dared to say anything about us. He is a county man from a humble family, and he dares to do something to our Xiao family, it's really damned! I think even if he is killed, the nobles will not say anything. ”

Xiao Yu immediately said angrily: "Give me back!" ”

"Father, what are you doing?"

Xiao Yu couldn't help but say: "You are about the same age as Shi Bufan, why is the gap so big?" If you want him to do something, I'll be relieved. But you, when you encounter something, are you so impulsive and so uncalm? Do you really think that Shi Bufan is suing this time? Do you really think that Shi Bufan will be able to get me and Chen Shuda down the two prime ministers? No, Chen Shuda just handed the knife to that person, so that person took the opportunity to remove me from the position of prime minister. Don't you know the custom of a son of heaven and a courtier? What if I follow the emperor to open the country, and what if I am the founding hero? Have you forgotten how the Emperor became the Emperor? Therefore, it is inevitable that once a son of heaven and a courtier, I know that sooner or later I will have such a day. You go to kill Shi Bufan, so what can you do? Even if it is not extraordinary, there will be other opportunities. What's more, when you go to kill Shi Bufan at this time, aren't you looking for death? Who will dare to associate with our Xiao family at that time? Killing people if you don't agree with each other, and killing people casually in officialdom is a big taboo. ”

And those sons only then remembered the situation of a son of heaven and a courtier. And in officialdom, you can't kill people casually, because political assassinations don't outweigh the losses. Can you assassinate or not, because everyone is the spokesperson of a power group behind them, and if you kill one, there will be a second one. What's more, if you assassinate casually, who will dare to be friends with you in the future? If you don't agree with each other, you will kill someone, and anyone will avoid such a person.

"Father, the child was negligent, he was in a hurry just now, and he didn't think of this." Xiao Yu's sons immediately said together.

Xiao Yu's sons didn't understand, but they were angry just now by the news that their father was dismissed. In addition, as a scholar, their prejudice against the poor made them look down on Shi Bufan. A poor family dared to engage in the scholar clan like this, which was a big rebellion in the early Tang Dynasty. This kind of rebellious thinking has been deeply rooted in the marrow of the scholar clan and the whole society, they believe that the scholar clan will always be noble, and there is even a saying that the beggars of the scholar clan do not marry poor officials, which means that the bloodline of the Ming clan is noble, even if they are beggars, they are also noble. And even if a person from a poor family becomes an official, he is also lowly.

So when a poor family dares to take the initiative to challenge the scholars, this is a big rebellion in their eyes, so that Xiao Yu's sons can't accept it. Under this arrogance and prejudice, they can no longer correctly judge the whole situation, and naturally blame all the blame on Shi Bufan.

Xiao Yu looked at her sons, and couldn't help but shake her head. Although his sons are very smart on weekdays, they are often not useful when they are smart, and only when they can be smart at a critical moment can they be really useful. Some people look smart on weekdays, but when it comes to the real crisis, they can't play it. Some people look stupid in normal times, but they are smarter than anyone else in a crisis, which means that everyone's potential is different.

Whether a person's chances of success are often not based on whether they are smart on weekdays, but whether they can be used at critical times. If you don't use it at a critical time, no matter how smart you are on weekdays, you will be buried. A person may be a fool on weekdays, but when he plays at a critical time, he may be able to create a great cause.

Although his sons have received various teachings on weekdays, at this time, because of the arrogance and prejudice of the scholars against the Hanmen, they can't judge the whole situation. actually took the difference between the poor family of the scholar clan and didn't let go, and didn't carefully analyze the real reason why he was dismissed, but blamed it on the cold family of Shi Bufan?

"There is a debtor who is wronged, you don't even understand the real principal, but instead set your sights on Shi Bufan, a petty official, you are really unsuccessful!" Xiao Yu scolded secretly.

Shijia

"Jia Rui, this time it is actually a debtor who has been wronged, Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu will not do anything to me. It is useless for them to want to retaliate against me, because even if they retaliate against me, it will be more than they gain. Because what really wants to clean up Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu this time is not my Shi Bufan, but the emperor. I'm just trying to figure it out and go with the flow. Their dismissal is a general trend, and I can't decide it alone. So it was only a matter of time before they were dismissed, and even they themselves understood very well the truth of this once a son of heaven and a courtier, so they were already ready to 'retire'. But they didn't expect this thing to come so suddenly, which caught them off guard. So don't look at me as suing this time, but in fact, the person who really wants to clean up Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu is not me, it's the emperor! Shi Bufan said.

Qin Jiarui has always been worried that Shi Bufan is attacking Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu like this, is this offending the wealthy families in Jiangnan? Even if Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu are dismissed, they are also former prime ministers, and there are many protégés behind them, and it is easy to clean up Shi Bufan. Even to attack Qin Jiarui's industry, it is very normal. So Qin Jiarui has been worried about Shi Bufan, worried that Shi Bufan has offended Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda, and there will be no good end in the future.

However, Shi Bufan also appeased Qin Jiarui and asked Qin Jiarui not to be nervous, because although Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu were cleaned up by Shi Bufan on the surface, in fact, it was the emperor Li Shimin who really cleaned them up. This is not only clear from time to time, but even Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu themselves are very clear. The so-called unjust debtor has the owner, even if these two guys want to take revenge, it is to take revenge on Emperor Li Shimin, but do they dare?

Revenge is extraordinary, they haven't been so cheap?

As for Dugu Daxue, they also said; "Jia Rui, it's actually very simple, if Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu come to take revenge on their husband, it will actually be a shame for them. The two prime ministers chased an eight-rank petty official, so they really have no face? No matter what they say, they used to be the prime minister of a country, even if they don't have the measure of the prime minister, they must have the eyes of the prime minister, right? Entangled with an eight-rank petty official, that is detrimental to identity. In the final analysis, this matter is not something that an eight-rank petty official can come up with, and the husband just borrowed the emperor's power. The real instigator of this is the emperor, and the husband is just taking advantage of the situation. ”

"This kind of thing, all the officials at the top understand the problem here, only those who don't have much information and are stupid will take it for granted that the husband moved to the two prime ministers. But the really smart people, as well as those high-ranking officials, will understand that the real person in charge this time is the emperor, not the husband. Revenge on her husband is not only useless, but will lose its value. ”

"Moreover, Sister Jia Rui, there is no personal vendetta in officialdom. There is no selfish enmity in officialdom, some are just interests, and the group represented behind them. Personal enmity does not exist, so if Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu come to take revenge on their husband, it will show that they are stupid and cannot pursue this kind of personal vendetta. But they won't be such stupid people, they are very smart, so they won't waste time and energy with their husbands. ”

Shi Bufan also nodded immediately, this Dugu Daxue obviously understands more politically than this Qin Jiarui. Just as soldiers on the battlefield have no personal vendettas, officials in officialdom have no real personal vendettas. Behind every official is the faction represented by him, and different factions also have different parties, and different parties represent the interests of different classes or interest groups. Perhaps the competition in officialdom is essentially a competition between factions, parties, or even interest groups.

There is almost no personal enmity between individuals, and a person's decision is determined not by his own brain, but by his position and the interest groups he represents. Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu will not fail to understand that Shi Bufan just represents Li Shimin and says what Li Shimin wants to say. Shi Bufan was just Li Shimin's "mouth", saying what he wanted to say for Li Shimin, and finally Li Shimin completed the idea of removing them from office.

But will Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu take revenge for this? If they retaliate against Shi Bufan, then Bufan will have to wonder how Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu got into the position of prime minister. A person who is entangled in such a small matter will not be able to get into the position of prime minister. Regarding the contradiction between their emperor and the prime minister, Shi Bufan is just a "trivial matter" and just a tool. If you are too calculating with the times, it is as absurd as a judge who cares about a murderous knife when trying a case, and does not hold the person with the knife accountable.

"There is a debtor and a debtor, Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu want to hate the emperor, not me! I'm just a tool, and although I'm a bit more active with this tool, I still can't get rid of the fact that I'm just a tool of the emperor. I only guessed what the emperor was thinking, and that's what allowed me to take advantage of the situation. Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda are veteran politicians, both politicians who have mixed to the top, and they will not be so stupid to deal with me as a small eight-grade petty official, let alone blame me for the emperor's behavior. I can't afford such a big thing, even if I have to carry the black pot, it won't be my turn. Therefore, Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu can only knock out their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs, and it is impossible to hold me accountable. Shi Bufan said.

Many film and television dramas say that those high-ranking officials and nobles, those prime ministers offended him because of some ordinary "grass people", so they let people kill him? This is actually not, if it is not a real core threat, how can a prime minister attack a small grass people? In later generations, there were more people scolding central officials on the people's network, could they still kill all the people because of this? People are not so idle, just talk to you as a grass people.

If a prime minister stares at this low-level all day long, that person can't be busy every day. Different levels are staring at different things, and the prime minister is staring at national affairs and the plans of the entire interest group, and he has no time to deal with this kind of scolded thing.

The so-called prime minister's belly can support the boat, not that the real prime minister is big. It's because of his high pattern, and he doesn't offend him more than an ordinary "grass people". Just as an elephant does not care about offending him than an ant, a prime minister will not casually care about a low-level official scolding him. What's more, this time Shi Bufan just made Li Shimin's knife, as if the executioner executed the criminal, but the executioner himself was not qualified to decide the life and death of this person, and only the judge had the right to decide. However, the judge would not carry out the death sentence himself, so the executioner carried out the execution, but the criminal could not be considered the executioner. If the family of the condemned prisoner wants to take revenge, it is also to seek revenge from the person who made the decision, not to find the executioner!

"Still, this time is good. This time, I cleaned up these two prime ministers, and it can be regarded that I have enough capital. In the future, no one will dare to despise me, at least in the middle and low-level officialdom, no one dares to really despise me as a person. I've even cleaned up the prime minister, what do they dare to do to me? Therefore, in the middle and low-level officialdom, ordinary people dare not do anything to me, let alone offend me. So I'm not afraid for the time being. Shi Bufan said.

Dugu Daxue also nodded and said, "Although this time I borrowed the emperor's prestige, but it can also increase your reputation." Although the emperor is the real principal, many low-level officials will take it for granted that you are the husband and monarch in charge, which will be of great help to you to increase your deterrence and influence. This will be enough for you to get more followers, and more potential followers. (To be continued.) )