Facing the skeptical and contemptuous gaze of the full hall, Bai Shilang was like being hit by nine thunders. In a trance, he remembered a question he had discussed with his father when he was a child, is there a chicken or an egg in this world?

At present, that is between Bai Shilang and Li Jixian, there are two things, jealousy and officialdom, which is the cause and which is the effect? Regarding the answer to this question, Lord Bai and everyone else have the opposite opinion, and this is the saddest thing about him.

Bai Shilang thinks that Li You does not abide by the rules and takes revenge on the woman for the officialdom battle: but others think that Bai Shilang is too immoral, and he openly uses officialdom to retaliate because of the jealousy.

In fact, some shady things are done, and it is understandable to be low-key, and everyone in officialdom has a last resort. But the things that cannot be seen are not visible, and shame is not the same as shamelessness.

But like Bai Shilang, if he does something bad, he has to do it openly and shamelessly, it seems that the Manchu Dynasty should condone him, which makes everyone even more disgusted.

At least when you reach the two apex positions of the first assistant or the celebrant and the eunuch who holds the seal, you have the qualifications to be openly and shameless. Before entering the cabinet, it swelled to this point, really when the imperial court was already surnamed Bai?

Perhaps in the hall, some people were suspicious because of Li You's bad record, and speculated that Bai Shilang might have fallen into Li You's trap. But in the face of the main wind direction, and there is no empirical evidence in their hands, they will only express a different point of view when they are full, and their maverick personality will never be the mainstream in the Mandarin Palace.

But it was said that in the Wenhua Palace, Bai Shilang woke up from his trance, and immediately remembered an even more terrible consequence, and his face turned pale.

Can those who were despised by the Manchu Dynasty continue to rise to prominence? The answer is yes, but only if you have the support of the person on the throne behind you.

Bai Shilang doesn't have much real power in his hands for the time being, why would others let him score three points? The reason is also very simple, there is the person on the throne who reuses him and supports him.

Whoever attacks Bai Zhilang is going against that person's will and the consequences are unpredictable. If he loses this support, Bai Shilang will just be an ordinary idle three-grade official.

The young Jinghe Tianzi may be weak, he may not be confident, and he may be dependent on others, but he is not a stupid person.

He also knows that for the sake of a little jealousy, he will make waves in the court, no matter whether it is success or failure, right or wrong, first of all, this attitude is very unacceptable. It's not about morality, it's about political character.

At this moment, Jing and the Son of Heaven are quite annoyed in their hearts, and in this case, anyone will be annoyed.

After building momentum and operation, the Manchu Dynasty knew that the Son of Heaven would especially use the teacher Bai Shilang and promote Lord Bai to serve in the Zhiwen Yuan Pavilion. But at the critical moment, Bai Shilang was so ugly in front of the ministers, how could he not annoy Jinghe Tianzi?

One is annoyed that Bai Shilang has lost his face: the other is annoyed that his vision is too poor; The third is that he is annoyed that Bai Shilang is too uncompetitive and lives up to his expectations.

Tianzi, who had a good impression of Li You, thought about it carefully, and felt that it was really unreasonable to blame Li You about this matter. Li You himself only smashed and robbed in private, and his bad conduct was bad, but he didn't want to make trouble in the court publicly, and he saved the face of the court. It was Bai Shilang who was not angry, and he had to see a real chapter in the court, so he lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot.

All the ministers have to admit that in the current period when Bai Shilang is gentle, the biggest difficulty in dealing with Bai Shilang is how to rectify him and avoid provoking the Son of Heaven at the same time. This is a difficult job, almost incomprehensible, but it has been done to the pinnacle of Master Li's wonderful "I am also provided by the mad cow", and it can be sublimated into a unique art.

Speaking of which, Li You's original intention was to use the Heavenly Demon Self-Harm Dafa to reduce his quality through atrocities such as smashing and robbing, and to attract the strong attention of public opinion, so as to achieve the purpose of dragging Bai Shilang to roll in the mud together.

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As long as Li You and Yu Linglong have unclear rumors, he can find a moment to drag Bai Shilang into the mud together at any time, creating the illusion of jealousy.

When both of them are ashamed, he Li You doesn't care, anyway, there is no promotion opportunity at present, and it doesn't matter if there is something wrong or not; Bai Shilang is different, he is preparing to enter the cabinet during the critical period, and it is extremely disadvantageous to provoke a shame. As the saying goes, those who are barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes.

However, it was very surprising that Master Li was over-interpreted by Yu Linglong to revise the script, but fortunately, it did not affect the final progress.

At present, Bai Shilang was successfully calculated by Lord Li, and one of the things he was most worried about was losing the trust of the Son of Heaven because of today's misunderstanding. He knew that it was all a misunderstanding, but he didn't know how to defend it, and even if he did, no one believed it.

Just as Bai Shilang was trying his best to figure out how to save his image in the heart of the Son of Heaven, Dong Ruoshui, the head of Jiangxi Dao, stood up again and said to the Son of Heaven: "The minister impeached the imperial envoy of the right inspection school and the commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division Li You acted in a disorderly manner, hijacked prostitutes to entertain himself, bullied the common people, and damaged the house, causing the reputation of the imperial court to be bad, please ask Your Majesty to deal with it!" ”

Hearing this impeachment, everyone suddenly remembered that Li You's movements in the alley of the company were known to the Manchu Dynasty, but until Dong Yushi, no one had impeached him, "This is really peculiar, very inexplicable, and a group psychology worth studying."

Zhao Liangren, the celestial official of the Ministry of Officials who was responsible for the evaluation of merit rewards and punishments, opened his mouth and said: "You can be fined for one year." ”

Jinghe Tianzi agreed: "Quasi-play!" ”

The ministers dispersed in twos and threes, and talked one after another: Except for Li You, everyone must pay attention to the red face and trouble. Today, on the surface, Lord Li was fined, but in fact, it was Bai Shilang who was really unlucky. Although Master Li is not in the court, there seems to be him in the court...

That night, when Li You returned home and had dinner at home, he told him about the punishment.

Aunt Guan, who was in charge of housework, said distressedly: "My husband has been fined again!" Now you are a good product, worth a thousand stones every year, this is not a small amount, enough to subsidize the family, and you will be thrown into the water! ”

"Anyway, I haven't received it or flooded, it's all paper numbers, so I don't have to feel distressed." Li You replied a little weakly.

Guan Xiuxiu said unhappily: "When you are an official for one year, you will be fined for a few years, three years and three years, when will it be the end?" If you continue to punish like this, you will not be able to finish it when you die. ”

Li You said calmly: "There are many lice, there is no itching, there are many debts, life is this hundred years, and if you can't finish the punishment, you can still chase me to the underworld to be punished?" ”

Aunt Guan was very annoyed by her husband's irresponsible attitude, and her face was so angry that she blushed slightly, "You can't pay the fine, and you still have children and grandchildren!" The concubine didn't want Erlang to attack Guanglu Sicheng in the future, and she had to make up for his father! ”

Jin Bao'er persuaded: "Sister Xiu'er, don't be annoyed, if you have a few years less, the family will not be unable to survive." ”

At this time, there was a servant who reported that Mr. Zhu Fanghe, a member of the Ministry of Rites, had come to visit, and Li You took the opportunity to get out to meet the guests.

A regular guest like Zhu Bulang was directly invited to the study, and after serving tea, Li You asked, "Mr. Fanghe is visiting tonight, what do you have to say?" ”

Zhu Fanghe smiled bitterly, "What's going on with Brother Xian and Bai Shilang?" ”

Li You asked rhetorically: "Are you asking it yourself, or are you asking it for others?" ”

"Ask for myself, I don't understand why Brother Xian is the enemy of Bai Shilang. Others don't know the inside story, but I know that you obviously gave up on Yu Linglong that night, and it was impossible to compete with Bai Shilang for beauty, and then you deliberately put on a posture. ”

Li You pondered for a moment, this Zhu Bulang is a straightforward and heroic person, and he also has a sense of proportion, if he hides it and is aware of it, it is not beautiful. He replied: "Since I am grateful for the question, I will tell you from the bottom of my heart, and if I am offended, I hope to understand." I really don't want to see the white squire for five reasons. ”

Zhu Bulang was surprised: "There are so many? I would like to hear about it. ”

"First, Xu Ge is in the opposition, waiting for Ding Wei to recover, the cabinet always has to reserve a position, Peng Ge is already old, and it will be just a matter of personnel metabolism after two or three years. What's more, Xu Ge Lao is as kind to me as a mountain, I am always grateful in my heart, how can I sit and watch Bai Shilang enter the cabinet? Where will that put Xu Ge Lao? ”

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"I know this, with Elder Xu Ge's kindness to you, you should repay it for your best efforts." Zhu Bulang gestured.

"Second, it can be seen from the events of the southern tour that those ministers from the dragon are above the top and are not very harmonious with me, and the white squire is the symbol of these ministers from the dragon. Now that there are Yuan and Jin Erge elders in the cabinet, Bai Shilang will be dominant when he enters the cabinet again, which is not necessarily a good thing for the Son of Heaven, and it is not a good thing for me, so before I have enough self-protection power, I don't want to see Bai Shilang enter the cabinet.

Zhu Bulang nodded and said: "You "I also provide a mad bull"..., you are too prepared for danger in peace, no matter who enters the cabinet, what can you do?" ”

"To be a person and to do things is to be in peace! Third, the pro-government of the Son of Heaven should also give priority to stability, and I also like the current situation and do not want to see any huge changes. Therefore, Bai Shilang, a fortunate minister who has no size of merit, destroys the existing situation, which makes me very unpleasant. ”

This is the natural anti-spectacle of vested interests to latecomers, Zhu Bulang shook his head and said, "You think too much." ”

"Fourth, after the Son of Heaven came into power, he did not go pragmatic, but first became obsessed with the so-called personnel adjustment, and first considered how to promote the ministers of Conglong, so that the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty were cold, is it the right way? I will use this opportunity to warn the Son of Heaven! ”

Zhu Bulang sighed: "It is reasonable to be reasonable, but your methods are too biased. ”

"The fifth white squire wants to seek the position of the Xuanjiao Division, and openly sings against me, I will never give it to him!"

It is also difficult to refute this reason, because the interests involved in the division of the mission are too great. In the end, Zhu Bulang said helplessly: "I didn't expect you to have so many reasons, I wanted to make peace from it tonight, but now it seems that it is difficult!" ”

In order to ease the atmosphere, Li You quipped: "At this time, you don't want to be a timely rain, it is better for those who know the times to be Junjie." ”

Zhu Fanghe was a little frustrated, "To tell me the truth for my brother, after hearing your thoughts, I suddenly realized that I was not suitable for officialdom at all." It's ridiculous that I still had the ambition of Qingyun back then, and I was always worried about not being able to do it. ”

"Brother Zhu must not be so demoralized!" Li You exclaimed. (To be continued)