Chapter 238: The Road in the Cracks
Seeing that some of his subordinates came forward, Yuan Ge remembered what happened in Wenhua Hall last time, so he learned a lesson and kept silent, and let Shao Sheren send Li You. lest you lose your identity and dignity again and laugh at your generosity.
Li You was exposed by Shao Sheren, and he was angry, but he still remembered his main goal in his heart. The other party is just a small housekeeper (Li You's vision is really big), and there is nothing to entangle in itself. At that moment, the general's expression softened a little, as if to defend himself: "You say that this official is rude? It's a serious matter, this official is just an unintentional mistake, and he has already apologized, what else do you want? ”
Shao Sheren knew that Yuan Ge Lao was very resentful of Li You in his heart, and he was unforgiving: "You are only a seven-rank official, you should avoid bowing down when you know that you are wrong, and listen to the punishment of the elder of the Pavilion, and you are still here to defend yourself?" ”
Li You suddenly turned his face and scolded Shao Sheren: "Arrogant villain! Dare to set up a court system! I'm going to have a copy of you! ”
"Don't bluff people with big words." Shao Sheren sneered.
Li You was condescending, "Let me ask you, the princes of the imperial court, there are three orphans and scholars, why can Yuan Ge Lao enter this door?" ”
"Naturally, it's for a university scholar."
"What kind of bachelor is it?"
Of course, the university degree is only five grades... Shao Sheren was speechless for a while, and then said, "But..."
Li You hurriedly walked down the steps, pointed to the Huiji Gate and said, "Sangu and Shangshu are not allowed to enter without permission, and non-university scholars cannot enter this gate." Then in this gate, it should only be about scholars! The scholars and the scholars are all courtiers who serve in front of the emperor, and there may be a distinction between high and low, but how can there be a difference between high and low next to the holy king? Why can a bachelor of the five grades be good at acting in front of the seven grades and forcing people to kowtow? In the inner court, only the Son of Heaven and the Virgin should be honored! ”
He turned his arm, and pointed at Shao Sheren's nose very domineeringly, and scolded: "I am a minister of the court, and I am ordered by the emperor with the ministers, and I will try my best to repay the emperor's favor." It's all you who, like you, are wagging your tail and begging, and are shameless and shameless, who have corrupted the law! I, a Jiangnan official, still know self-love, and I'm really ashamed to be with you! Do not speak to me again, lest you defile my ears. Get lost! ”
There are only two roles in the cabinet, the scholar and the scholar. Li You scolded, in fact, he ordered everyone present, and he had the strength to be the enemy of the world, and he didn't know where he got the confidence.
But Li You's voice is loud, tall, imposing, arrogant, and famous, and he seems to have no fear, so he didn't come forward to confront Li You when he was caught off guard.
In fact, what Li You said is not unreasonable. If you look at the official and flip through the Ming Dynasty, you can see that the cabinet does not even have a separate entry, and it has to be hung under the Hanlin Academy, as if it is a department that seems to have nothing.
However, due to the need for checks and balances of power, the cabinet is out of touch with the actual position of power, and the so-called prime minister has the reality of the prime minister but not the name of the prime minister.
In reality, how many officials dare to belittle Li You in front of all the members of the cabinet who are very powerful? That would be seen as a dead end, or just a loss of mind.
So everyone in the cabinet was so stunned at the moment that they even thought that their ears had heard it wrong, there really was such a stunned official in the world? Who does he think he is?
Li Sheren accepted it when he saw it, and while others did not come back to their senses, he threw his sleeves vigorously and made a disdainful gesture, proudly climbed the stairs again, and walked away through the Huiji Gate.
The father-in-law on duty in the Huiji Gate quietly watched the dispute under the stairs and silently watched Li You go away. An old internal supervisor sighed: "I heard that Wei Zhongxian, a hundred years ago, was rich in shape and good in words, and he scolded the ministers at the Huiji Gate until everyone held their breath and silenced. Today, it is said that Li Sheren has this style. ”
The faces of the cabinet under the Huiji Gate were wonderful, and they would not repeat what they thought and said.
Some of the officials of the foreign dynasties and yamen who came to the symphony will also be waiting outside the gate at this time. Seeing this scene in front of him, the shock in his heart was indescribable, and he couldn't wait to exclaim that Li Zhongshu is really a god. In just one day after that, Li You's name was once again recited in various ministries, courtyards, temples, prisons, and divisions in the capital.
"Crazy!" Yuan Ge Lao broke out again, turned around and headed west. If he wants to see the Queen Mother, he must kill Li You here.
But it was said that Li Youang walked to the pavilion door, but found that the pavilion door was locked... And the key is only available to university scholars. He had to reflexively go to the vicinity of Donghua Gate and slip around.
When I came back, I saw that the door of the pavilion was already open. Li You quickly slipped into his public room, took the recital, closed the doors and windows, and sat quietly on the chair. He was waiting for a result, and to say that it was not nervous it was fake, and the trembling hands betrayed his inner world.
Li You's mentality of doing things likes to be exhaustive, strive for safety, and not take risks easily, and today is a rare risk, in order to confirm his judgment without control.
waited from morning to noon, but the result was delayed, Li You didn't even have the heart to eat lunch, and still kept his own door.
Until the afternoon, the Queen Mother issued an edict to the cabinet to punish Li Youlu for half a year. When the entire cabinet heard this punishment, the crowd was in an uproar, which was clearly partiality! Unabashed favoritism!
And Li You slammed the case excitedly, he guessed right, and sure enough! And so it was!
What does this mean? This means that the Queen Mother's behavior towards him is simply conniving! After being punished for the Wenhuadian incident last time, I don't know what others think, but Li You, the person concerned, vaguely felt a hint of connivance, and it turned out to be the case today.
This also shows that he has found a way from the gap between the palace and the outer court, at least for the time being, he can meet the source.
Li You is not crazy in Huijimen today, he is really crazy, and he will not belittle the scholars at the same time, he keeps emphasizing that only the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother are respected in the palace.
Let's start from the beginning, that night he sent away the Chitose who had failed to poison him, and Li You took a long test of his situation again.
The civil officials of the foreign dynasty are his foundation and cannot be betrayed; And the palace side is also a little unguardable, and Guide Chitose is really not easy to deal with. Both sides wanted to grab the book in the split ticket, and under the double squeeze, he was very uncomfortable in the middle. How good is that?
At that time, Li You analyzed the mentality of both sides: Xu Shangshu sent him to serve as the secretary of the division of votes in order to contain the cabinet; Guide Chitose wants to divide the votes in order to control the cabinet. Thinking of this, Li You's eyes couldn't help but light up, to put it bluntly, both sides wanted to suppress the cabinet... It seems that in recent years, the cabinet has been too powerful, and the foreign court and the palace are very dissatisfied. Now that the first assistant of the cabinet is on sick leave, and the second assistant is on leave, there are no too strong figures among the remaining scholars, so it is a rare time to be weak, and when will you not take the opportunity to suppress it at this time?
Li You continued to think, it is easy to do with common ground, and when internal contradictions are difficult to solve, you can divert your attention through external contradictions... That's what imperialism does.
For example, there was a violent conflict between him and the cabinet, whether it was Guide Chitose or Xu Shangshu, I am afraid that they would have to fully support him, where would there be kung fu to fight each other.
Immediately, Li Sheren's people made up their minds, and they simply followed the example of the general who lightly provoked the side and held himself hostile. As long as he has endless disputes and struggles with the cabinet, the foreign court and the palace will have to support him to the end.
However, Li You still has a doubt, what does the Empress Dowager Bingzheng think about the cabinet? In case he just provoked and was immediately dismissed by the Queen Mother, what kind of cowardice and self-esteem?
In the last Wenhuadian incident, the punishment of the Queen Mother was very interesting, but Li You was not sure. Outside the gate today, Li You was a little presumptuous again, in order to test the attitude of the Queen Mother. It's a big deal to ask for money and merchant, and to return to virtue Chitose... Now it can be determined that the Queen Mother is also conniving at him! A person who has been in charge of the country for eight years will not make such a strongly symbolic decision lightly. It seems that the Queen Mother also has ideas for the cabinet ...
(To be continued)