Chapter 408: The Battle of Phases
People are in high positions.
There are people who watch it.
The internal political storm of Great Qin caused by Ji Di's participation reached the apex of the dispute with the return of the Martial King Li Yuan, which also made Li Yuan, who had just come out of his busy state, feel a little irritable.
Eight years for the phase.
Coupled with the long history of the previous period, Chen Ping has been in phase for more than ten years, and this term of office is long enough that those who have ideas about phase can no longer wait.
What's more critical is that Chen Ping's character is not invulnerable, just because Li Yuan got the information, Chen Ping has repeatedly accepted bribes from his subordinates and gifts from foreign missions, and Chen Ping has never confessed the whereabouts of these things to Li Yuan. Of course, no one is perfect, and Li Yuan didn't want to pursue these small details, he valued Chen Ping's ability more and his contribution to the development of the Qin State.
And now, Ji Di's recital has pierced the layer of cover that Li originally wanted to maintain, if he ignores it, the corruption of officials will not be punished as it should be, and it will inevitably make other officials not angry and follow suit, in that case, the era of Qin II and Zhao Gao's misdeeds will appear again, and if Chen Ping is investigated and punished, it will cause the current stable political turmoil of the Qin State, and it is difficult for Li Yuan to decide where to go.
Prime Minister's Office.
Xiangguo Chen Ping sat in front of the desk with a blank expression, and what was placed on the desk was the large bunch of coral mentioned when he was impeached.
In the house, Zhang Ying, Zhang Zhong, Zhang Suniang, Hu Zhuang, He Ping are all there, and Chen Ping's eldest brother Chen Yuan is also there, as for the evil sister-in-law who once looked down on Chen Ping, Chen Yuan has been retired early. Hu Zhuang and He Pingju are people who came out of Daliang, and they also have a friendship with Chen Ping.
These people are all relatives of Chen Ping and are also the core members of his department, in addition, many local county guards and county orders who were promoted by Chen Ping are also the backbone of the Chen family. It's just that these people can't be regarded as the core members of Chen Ping Shili.
"Virtuous son-in-law, otherwise, I will confess to King Wu, just say that I couldn't resist the temptation and accepted Lu Jia's bribe, and this matter has nothing to do with you."
After being silent for a while, Zhang Ying said tremblingly.
After Zhang Cheng arrived in Guanzhong, he served as the agricultural supervisor for three years and served in this position. Zhang Cheng has also been praised by Li Yuan because of Zheng Guoqu's successful Juntong, and in the past two years, because of the relationship between the years and the reunification of the Qin State, many young officials have been gradually promoted, and there is no need for an old man like Zhang Cheng to work hard.
Chen Ping and Zhang Suniang gave birth to a son three years ago, and now Zhang Ying is also full of children and grandchildren. He was happy, but he didn't want to be thunderous in the sky, and there would be such an unprovoked disaster. That piece of coral was actually collected at the banquet where Chen Ping's son turned three years old. At that time, it was just a celebration, but I didn't want to invite disaster because of it.
"What did the father-in-law say, even if you stand up and admit it, will the people behind this Ji Di believe it? Will those people let go? Chen Ping shook his head and said.
Behind the darkness. Who is it?
Chen Ping didn't have to guess, he also knew that there must be Li Zheng's shadow in it.
For this martial king Li Yuan's brother, Chen Ping still has more or less concerns. Although he also knew that Li Yuan did not have much true brotherly affection for Li Zheng, but the bloodline was constantly cut, if he really opposed Li Zheng, Chen Ping would not be able to judge, Li Yuan would definitely be on his side.
Moreover, this time, it was obvious that he was caught by Li Zheng's people, and even if Li Yuan was only protective, he couldn't find a suitable reason.
"Second brother, this Ji Di is just a low-level confessor, his Shangxuan Martial King won't believe it, we might as well just make it clear to the Martial King, it's Li Yushi who is smearing us-!" Chen Yuan said angrily.
"Shut up, if you say more, you will go back to Daliang." Chen Ping's face sank, and he yelled unceremoniously at Chen Yuan.
was yelled at by Chen Ping like this, and Zhang Ying, Zhang Suniang, Zhang Zhong and others next to him did not have a good face towards Chen Yuan, Chen Yuan shrank into the corner after whispering a few times.
Between brothers, it stands to reason that Chen Yuan is the eldest brother again, and it is disrespectful for Chen Ping to speak so angrily, but this crisis, coupled with the previous variety, made Chen Ping, who has always been calm, unable to restrain the anger in his heart.
Brotherly love is always erased.
Just like Chen Ping and Chen Yuan, when Chen Ping was downcast and separated, Chen Yuan allowed his evil sister-in-law to bully his weak brother without saying a word, and after Chen Ping made a fortune, he ran to Chang'an again, Chen Ping was not good at turning him away, and after giving him a few cold faces, he still helped Chen Yuan find a low-level confessional position.
Unfortunately, Ji Di's attack this time was the rumor leaking out of Chen Yuan's big mouth, if it weren't for him boasting in front of his colleagues how brilliant that piece of coral was, how incomparable, the speaker had no intention, and the listener had a heart, Chen Yuan's remarks were really heard by Ji Di, and there were many people present who could testify.
Just when Chen Ping, Zhang Cheng and others were discussing countermeasures, in the Imperial History Mansion of Changle Fang in the city, there were also ups and downs, and there were words and tongues.
In the imperial history, Li Zheng, the capital agricultural supervisor Guan Yue, the servant shot Zhaoping, and five or six Chang'an officials, and the imperial history were talking to each other, and in addition to these new Qin officials, there was also an old man sitting in the middle, holding his back, his face wrinkled, and he was constantly covering his mouth and coughing lightly.
If Li Yuan is here, he will definitely recognize it, Chen Di.
This important official of the former Qin who was ousted because of the Ying incident, the former backbone of the Ying family, once again appeared on the political stage of the new Qin.
Chen Di and Li Zheng became entangled together.
This is something Li Yuan never thought, in the past few years, his main energy has been on how to deal with Liu Bang, Xiang Yu, Mao Dun and other strong enemies, for the officials around him, he just told Yan Le to pay more attention to the enemy's secret infiltration of the Qin officials, and did not care too much about the exchanges between officials.
"Ahem, ahem, shut up. Listen to me, if you want to pull Chen Ping off the horse, it's not enough to just take a dark and receive a gift at once, you must also come up with more lethal evidence, no matter how good you are, think about it, over the years, who has Chen Ping offended, and what things have he done to provoke the anger of the public? β
Chen Di bent down and lowered his gray head after fading out of the center of political power in the Qin State. His life was a little depressed, the luxurious life of brocade clothes and food in the past was impossible, and the land given by the clan was also recovered due to the rebellion of the Ying clan.
If Li Zheng can ascend to the stage and Chen Di contributes to it, I believe that Li Zheng will definitely not treat himself badly, and more importantly, his descendants of Chen Di will have a backer.
"Evidence. If you want to find it carefully, it is not difficult, but whether this matter can be successful, the key lies in the attitude of King Wu, if King Wu protects Chen Ping, then even if we come up with more evidence, it will be useless. Guan Yue, the agricultural superintendent, had a faint hint of worry on his chubby face.
Guan Yue's political attitude. has always been in the middle of the free faction, but this time, he stood on Li Zheng's side, one of the reasons. It was a serious disagreement between him and Zhang Cheng, the former agricultural supervisor of the capital, on the appointment of agricultural officials.
"This matter, no matter what, we still have to test the attitude of the Martial King first, if he still likes Chen Xiang. Then I'll quit right there! Li Zheng paced back and forth in the room, looking up at the crowd for a while, and then bowing his head and pondering.
"Mishi-sama. We can't just wait, King Wu has already returned to the Shenhou Mansion, if Chen Ping is allowed to preempt the first slander, then the old man's original ending may beββ! Chen Di said faintly.
Political strife.
Not much cleaner than on the battlefield.
In Chen Di's opinion, Li Zheng is obviously still very immature, and he is still fantasizing about being able to find evidence of the fatal blow, which is obviously too naΓ―ve.
The key now is not to find evidence, but to convince the martial king Li Yuan that Chen Ping's problems are very serious, and it has affected the stability of Qin's internal affairs, and if he does not resign, Xinqin will face an unprecedented internal turmoil, and honest officials like Li Zheng and Guan Yue will feel helpless and hopeless.
There is a saying, catch the ducks on the shelves.
This is the case with Li Zheng now. In fact, his appeal for the phase is not as strong as everyone imagined, at least, Li Zheng thinks that as long as Li Yuan holds the power of the Qin State, the position of the Xiangguo will be his Li Zheng sooner or later. His leisurely mentality was now tense because of Ji Di's attack on Chen Ping.
Where there are people.
There are rivers and lakes.
Among the Xiongnu tribes, the leaders of the big tribes such as Maodun, Helianbi, Huyanxie, and Qiulijin, including the dead Tiefle, Zhelansonghua, etc., intrigued with each other. And the internal of the new Qin State, since the rise of Li Yuan's army, has not broken the internal conflict and struggle, before, whether it is Li Bi or Chen Di, has not been able to turn over any big waves, this is mainly because Li Yuan handled it properly, and this time, when the external threat is basically eliminated, the internal contradictions of the various factions of the Qin State suddenly sharpened.
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The turmoil in the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Imperial History Mansion is weird.
And Li Yuan, the martial king who was at the center of the storm, was listening to the investigation report of Yan Le, the director of the Jing Division.
Yan Le is also a member of the DPRK.
However, his status is transcendent, due to his past experience, whether it is Chen Ping or Li Zheng, they all respect him, and more importantly, because of the existence of Yan Feng, Yan Le and Li Yuan have a closer degree of mutual trust, in fact, Yan Le has no other allies in the court except relying on Li Yuan's support.
"According to what you say, Chen Ping's greed for ink is true, and Ji Di doesn't have the slightest exaggeration?" Li Yuan frowned and asked while looking at the long scroll that Yan Le had presented.
"King Yuwu, in terms of content, there is no problem with Ji Di's impeachment, but Chen Xiang accepted Lu Jia's gift, and there is a reason, if he insists on resigning, the envoy of Nanyue may misunderstand our cold attitude, which may lead to contradictions and conflicts between the two countries, from this point of view, Chen Xiang is not impossible to receive gifts, and the mistake is only that he did not hand over the gifts to the treasury in time after receiving them." Yan Le replied.
In some things, the authorities and bystanders have different attitudes towards things because of their different identities.
Yan Le did not participate in either side of the infighting between Chen Ping and Li Zheng, but allowed him to discover the essence behind this matter more clearly.
"One more thing. In Yu Shicheng's mansion, our people found an acquaintance: Chen Di, who sneaked back to Chang'an City from Yongqi and lived in Yu Shicheng's mansion. Yan Le paused for a moment and said again.
"Yan Le, you personally keep an eye on Chen Di, pay attention to his every move, and record all the people who have come into contact with him, especially those who have contact with the palace." Li Yuan's face changed and he commanded.
What kind of person Chen Di is, he knows it clearly.
Although this old man has been hidden behind the scenes, he is the backbone of the Win clan, and his appearance is very likely to have another layer of deep meaning.
"Just inciting Li Zheng to fight, believe it's so simple? Or is there something else going on? Li Yuan suddenly found that after the military victory against the Xiongnu, his face was still not a smooth road, and he still needed to cut through thorns and thorns to sweep away the difficulties on the road of the development of New Qin. (To be continued......)