Chapter 144: Murder with a knife
If according to the thinking of normal people, an eight-rank petty official took the initiative to find the founding father of the dynasty, and the monk in the service was still shooting bad luck, isn't this looking for death? Ordinary people think like this, but Shi Bufan doesn't see it that way. Because he knew that he was not looking for death, but was taking advantage of the situation. If ordinary people know that the prime minister wants to pick peaches, ordinary people can endure it and will not choose to break out. But Shi Bufan is just the opposite, because he sees the general trend, and he understands the general trend of the future very well. It's not that Shi Bufan wants to deal with these two wealthy people from the Jiangnan family, but someone wants to find them unlucky, and this person is Li Shimin. Now Li Shimin is most likely waiting for the opportunity, waiting for the opportunity for someone to give him an excuse, and then Li Shimin went to "slaughter" these two prime ministers from wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River.
"Your Majesty, when the minister served as the county governor of Wannian County during this time, he felt a great responsibility. And Wannian County is the attached Guo County of Chang'an, the capital of my Tang Dynasty, and represents the image of my Tang Dynasty. And I know that my money comes from the people's fat and anointment, so I ......"
According to the general rules of officialdom, Shi Bufan first made a bunch of empty words and nonsense in the front, but the last is the point.
"Your Majesty, the minister discovered that some court officials have been officials recently, but they have hooked up with some businessmen behind their backs, and even mixed with secret elements. This is really a competition for the interests of the people, and it is really unreasonable. The so-called rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, so I have to come out to play the emperor, and I can't easily let go of such people! Shi Bufan said.
The officials present really wanted to vomit, but Shi Bufan's ability to open his eyes and tell nonsense actually reached this point. Who is said to have hooked up with businessmen, and who is secretly involved? Shi Bufan slept in the same bed with Qin Jiarui, a businesswoman, and even the child was about to be born, but now he said that others hooked up with businessmen, isn't this in two sets of standards, only the state officials are allowed to set fires and the people are not allowed to light the lamps? As for secretly mixing with the elements, where sometimes you directly accept other businessmen, at that time it is still inherited by your children, but it is the difference between the left and right hands. If you want to talk about the elements in the dark, no one can compare to Shi Bufan. But now Shi Bufan is so open-eyed and talking nonsense, everyone has to accept it. It is even used to rise and fall in the world, can you not spoil good words and sentences?
And Li Shimin closed his eyes, as if he was not listening carefully with his eyes closed. However, no one knows Li Shimin's attitude, especially what Li Shimin thinks, this is the most fatal. However, Shi Bufan knows very well that Li Shimin will inevitably help himself as he wants, because this is good for him, and it is impossible for Li Shimin not to do it.
"Your Majesty, the servant Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu, the right servant of the monk, actually hooked up with the candied merchants in Jiangnan, and almost all of them were secretly mixed in the candied fruit industry in Chang'an. Therefore, their behavior of competing with the people for profit is really contrary to the image of my Tang officials. even violated the laws of my Tang Dynasty, please punish the emperor. Shi Bufan said.
"Boom-"
Many officials around were also shocked, and everyone thought that Shi Bufan was going to target anyone, but they didn't expect that they were actually targeting the two prime ministers of the dynasty, which was really amazing. Dare to shoot directly at the prime minister, the courage is definitely not small. What's more, Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu are not alone, behind them is the entire Jiangnan wealthy family, but they are not struggling alone, if you spray him like this, isn't this death? So everyone admires Shi Bufan's courage very much.
When this was said, everyone was talking about it, but the real person didn't seem to be angry. Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu glanced at each other, and they both saw shock and surprise in the eyes of both parties, but they didn't look angry.
As for Li Shimin, his face was strange and he did not express his position immediately.
"Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, do you have anything to say?" Li Shimin asked.
Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu immediately lowered their heads and didn't answer anything, obviously they had nothing to say. Because Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu knew that they had played, and this time they were completely finished. With Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu, two royal families, and old officials who have been mixed for many years in the Sui and Tang dynasties, they know very well that sooner or later they will have such a day. Since Li Shimin made Du Ruhui the secretary of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, and then let Fang Xuanling serve as the secretary of the Zhongshu Order, the meaning of this has been very obvious.
According to the promotion route of the daily Tang Dynasty, Zhongshu Ling can be directly promoted to Shangshu Servant, and Shangshu can also have the opportunity to be promoted to Servant Shot. So these two are obviously Li Shimin who asked Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui to prepare to take over the positions of the two Shang scholars. Pei Lin is already a dead tiger, and Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu know that once they are a son of heaven and a courtier, they will sooner or later be removed from their positions under various excuses.
Therefore, Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu have been making preparations, hoping to prepare for the establishment of the second generation of spokespersons for the Jiangnan Hao clan as soon as possible. It's a pity that at this time, it fell short. Originally, they wanted Liu Xun, one of the key training objects, to directly grab Shi Bufan's position, so that they directly picked Shi Bufan's peaches. But he didn't expect Shi Bufan to be so ruthless, and fired directly at the two of them.
Now it's okay, Shi Bufan is equivalent to handing a knife to Li Shimin, and this knife can give Li Shimin an excuse. And what Li Shimin wants is just an excuse, and if he has an excuse, he can dismiss Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu.
Although Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu both knew that they would have such a day sooner or later, they didn't expect that this day would come back so suddenly and so uncontrollably.
"Your Majesty, please revoke the position of Chen Shuda's servant, and Xiao Yushangshu's right servant, otherwise how to explain to all the people in the world?" Shi Bufan said again.
Li Shimin didn't mention how happy he was in his heart, there were still people who knew how to figure out their own minds, and knew how to hand him a knife directly, and let him go and masturbate Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu. If you don't give Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu a blow, then how can you support the people you want to arrange to take office? The position of Shangshu's right servant shot Li Shimin has been booked for Du Ruhui, and the position of the left servant shot is reserved by Fang Xuanling. But Pei Lin is already a dead tiger now, as long as he wants to clean him up, he can rise and fall at any time, or just make excuses.
As for this Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu, Li Shimin is very worried that they will not leave, so it is not good to speak directly. Li Shimin, as the emperor, can't just let them get out, right? So Shi Bufan's excuse is just right for them to leave mellowly. The excuse of Shi Bufan came at the right time, if it was another time, this kind of secret shareholding was nothing to a prime minister. But at this time, when Li Shimin just wanted to change people, it was an extremely important excuse. With this excuse, it is entirely possible to take this opportunity to make substitutions for those two positions.
"Chen Shuda, Xiao Yu, is what Shi Bufan said true?" Li Shimin asked.
Chen Shuda thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, it's true!" ”
Isn't this nonsense? Fruits are produced in the Gangnam region, and it is impossible to transport grain to sell at this time. At present, other things in Datang may be very expensive, but grain is definitely not valuable, isn't it a fool to transport grain? Selling preserves is considered a high value-added thing, and you can make money. If the candied fruit industry has nothing to do with the Jiangnan Hao, it is impossible. As long as you think about it, it is useless for Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu to deny it. He dared to deny that when the time comes, a trivial matter will also evolve into a crime of bullying the king, and that is a big thing.
"Well, since you admit it, I can't help but maintain the discipline of the imperial court. Now let Chen Shuda, the servant, and Shangshu's right servant shoot Xiao Yu to go home and think about it behind closed doors. Shangshu has the position of servant, and for the time being, Du Keming has the right to act as an agent. The position of serving is also managed by Fang Xuanling. Li Shimin said.
Shi Bufan almost vomited blood, and thought, "Li Shimin, your appearance is too ugly, right?" Let Fang Xuanling, the Zhongshu Order, manage the Minxia Province, the Zhongshu Order makes decisions, and the Minxia Province deliberates, you let these two departments let the same person manage them, doesn't this let Fang Xuanling make decisions with his left hand and approve with his right hand? What's more, these two people just went home and thought about it behind closed doors, and you immediately asked people to act as agents, this food appearance is too ugly, right? ”
However, Li Shimin has a thick skin, so he is naturally not afraid of looking ugly. On the contrary, he thinks that it is a good thing to settle things down as soon as possible. As for Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu, let them leave mellowly.
"Why is this the end?" Some low-level officials still can't see the situation clearly.
In the eyes of those low-level officials, Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu, as the two prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, were sued by such an eight-grade petty official, don't you defend yourself? And Chen Shuda actually directly admitted that there was something involved, didn't he deny it directly? And he didn't take any retaliatory action against Shi Bufan, and directly admitted it frankly. Even when Li Shimin dismissed them from their positions and asked them to go home and think about it behind closed doors, they didn't refute a word, isn't this too weak?
Why are the two prime ministers, but behind them are the wealthy families in Jiangnan, so weak and deceitful? This is simply useless, so everyone is surprised how Shi Bufan moved to the two prime ministers so easily.
"How do you know so much about what I'm thinking? I was waiting for an excuse to get this Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu away, and he sent a knife over at this time, but he really sent a knife to me to kill. Moreover, why did he offend Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu at this time, wasn't he afraid of the Jiangnan wealthy family behind Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu? What happened in the middle of this, which would make Shi Bufan do such a crazy thing? Looks like I'm going to check! Li Shimin was also thinking.
Li Shimin obviously felt that Shi Bufan gave him an excuse just now, but he didn't quite understand the cause and effect behind this matter. Why did Shi Bufan desperately offend the two prime ministers, you must know that Shi Bufan is not that impulsive person. Although Li Shimin has long wanted to remove Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu from their positions, he has never been able to find a suitable person and is willing to take the initiative to sue them. Those high-ranking cronies, Li Shimin did not want them to come forward. If Du Ruhui or Fang Xuanling are asked to come out to engage in that Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu, it will inevitably be suspected that Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui are too ugly.
But it's not appropriate to let someone else do it. Shi Bufan took the initiative to find Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu's black materials without Li Shimin's instructions, and gave Li Shimin a knife and killed Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu.
But Li Shimin still didn't understand why Shi Bufan took the initiative to engage in this Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu. Didn't Shi Bufan know that behind Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu was the entire Jiangnan wealthy family? The wealthy family in Jiangnan has little influence in Guanzhong, but it is much easier to clean up an ordinary official from a poor family, and it doesn't take much effort. But Shi Bufan actually took the risk to do it, isn't this dying?
Therefore, there must be an article behind this, this is the idea that Li Shimin is pondering, and he plans to investigate it.
The court meeting quickly dispersed, this time Shi Bufan sued Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu, and it was a success, Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu did not defend themselves, so Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu were dismissed. The dismissal of these two prime ministers at the same time immediately caused a sensation in Chang'an's respective yamen. The people in the entire Chang'an official mansion yamen are talking about this matter, and everyone is shocked by the matter of this morning's court meeting, what is going on with this? An eight-grade petty official, he actually got down two prime ministers at once?
"Zhang Hong County Order, do you still want to adjust my position?" Shi Bufan asked Wannian County Commander Zhang Hong and said.
Zhang Hong looked at Shi Bufan and felt very afraid. Originally, he thought that the two prime ministers, Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu, could easily clean up a small county of Shi Bufan, but now it is not Shi Bufan who is being cleaned up, but Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda, the two prime ministers. This is also too terrible, so the two prime ministers have been cleaned up, what else does Zhang Hong dare to say? His own backers have been cleaned up, and he is a guy who has no backers, so he naturally doesn't dare to do anything about Shi Bufan.
Moreover, Shi Bufan can be said to have caused a sensation in Chang'an, and he actually directly brought down the two prime ministers, there are many such people! However, after the dispersal of the dynasty, it was still the same as daily life, and there was no direct intoxication in it, but he went directly to the countryside below to check the construction of water conservancy facilities. This water conservancy facility is related to the harvest of the coming year, and with good water conservancy facilities, the harvest can be guaranteed in drought and flood, and there will be no major changes.
However, Xiao Yu returned home and heard that Xiao Yu had been dismissed, which immediately caused a sensation in the entire Xiao family. A dignified prime minister, saying that he will be dismissed from office, will he be dismissed, can this not cause a sensation? The people of the Xiao family suddenly couldn't accept it.
(To be continued.) )