Xue Lian was a little confused by Wei Zhongxian's excited expression, and he asked Wei Zhongxian strangely, "Why does Duke Wei look like this?" ”

Wei Zhongxian didn't answer Xue Lian's question, and asked with a smile: "Xue Hou has this plan, so what are your plans now?" ”

"Of course, it is to write a self-defense chapter to the emperor." Xue Lian immediately replied with great certainty.

Hearing Xue Lian's words, Wei Zhongxian immediately laughed. He shook his head and sighed: "Xue Hou is still so loyal and honest!" Now, with this sharp weapon, why not catch all the thieves in the East Forest? ”

Xue Lian was even more confused, and he continued to ask curiously, "Why did Duke Wei say that?" ”

Tonight, Xue Lian came to Wei Zhongxian for a reason. Just now, the disaster relief plan that Wu Shigong and Xue Lian discussed was actually not surprising. According to the wisdom of people of this era, it may also be imagined. Even if you can't think of it, as an official, you can't think of such a way as to tyrannically collect money from the victims? However, there are several difficulties in this approach, one is that the victims have already been affected, and if you go to collect cash, it is easy to cause mutiny among the victims; The other is that the victims have already been affected by the disaster, and they themselves do not have much money left, so they cannot receive much silver. So, no one wants to take this thankless approach.

And the disaster relief plan discussed by Wu Shigong and Xue Lian just solved this problem. They solved the problem of money by asking the victims to sell part of the land for their houses. What's even better is that every step of this plan can be justified, and from the income of the victims, according to the disaster relief standards of the Ming Dynasty, a part of the benefits can also be obtained.

However, not everyone is sensible. What if some people just don't want to pay for the ruins cleanup, but they also don't want to clean up the rubble themselves? Some people just don't want to sell their land, what should they do? Although some victims are willing to sell their land, they want to open their mouths to the lion of the government, what should they do? In this regard, Xue Lian's countermeasure was to use the factory guards led by Wei Zhongxian and the various soldiers and horses that he could directly order, these violent departments, to severely suppress these Diao people. There are also reasons for this to be heard. The government has already given you money to rebuild your home, and you still have to do the work of "nail households" to obstruct the government's disaster relief, how can you do it without suppressing you?

Therefore, the purpose of Xue Lian's visit to Wei Zhongxian tonight was to hope that the factory guards controlled by Wei Zhongxian would cooperate with his disaster relief work. As for the impeachment of those officials who were unfavorable to their own disaster relief, because with the current disaster relief plan as a confidence, Xue Lian folded the performance in front of the emperor to defend himself. At most, they are foaming at each other's mouths and fighting with each other, and in the end, no one can help anyone. To Xue Lian's surprise, he didn't expect Wei Zhongxian to come up with a political solution after listening to his plan. That is to use his own disaster relief plan as a weapon to completely bring down the officials who impeached him and Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian explained to Xue Lian in detail the political plan he had drawn up: Wei Zhongxian divided the disaster relief work that Xue Lian was responsible for into two stages. The first phase of the period was from the explosion at the Wang Gong factory to the beginning of the clean-up of the rubble. At this stage, Xue Lian's main disaster relief work was the work of rescuing people. For example: providing food and drink to the victims; treating the wounded; Prevent the spread of diseases caused by the decomposition of dead bodies, etc. He asked Xue Lian not to be busy with self-criticism, and still made those down-to-earth and hard-working behaviors. Wei Zhongxian would find an opportunity to tell Xue Lian's merits in front of the emperor. After all, so far, no people have starved to death after the disaster. There was no transmission of the outbreak. This is Xue Lian's great credit. You must know that the explosion of Wang Gongchang occurred in May, and Mayday not only sings, but also because of the hot weather, it is easy for the plague to occur.

In the second stage, Xue Lian's work was to clear the ruins and rebuild the house. When the ruins were almost cleared, and the contract for the reconstruction of the victims' houses was also partially in Xue Lian's hands, at this time, Xue Lian went on a self-defense note. Because with the actual results of the ruins cleaning up at the disaster site and the materials of the house reconstruction contract, Xue Lian's self-defense will be very convincing. Moreover, Wei Zhongxian has learned from Dongchang that the political storm launched against Wei Zhongxian and Xue Lian this time was mainly launched by Donglin Party officials. By that time, the impeachment letters of all the officials of the Donglin Party had basically been submitted to the emperor. At that time, Wei Zhongxian told the emperor about Xue Lian's down-to-earth and hard-working behavior, and compared it with the impeachment of those officials, the emperor must have expressed great disgust for the behavior of those Donglin Party officials who only cared about attacking political opponents and ignoring the great cause of disaster relief. Wei Zhongxian will also selectively show the emperor those impeachment recitals that are more intense and even offensive to the emperor's dignity (some officials in the Ming Dynasty love to offend the emperor's dignity, and the representative figure is Hai Rui), and under the anger of Long Yan, the emperor will definitely let Wei Zhongxian deal with these officials seriously. At this time, Wei Zhongxian, who was holding Shang Fang's sword, would make full use of the factory guards in his hands to arrest these officials, and under the severe torture and torture of these officials, the Donglin Party officials would be swept away from the court. The backbone of the leading Donglin Party officials will be ruined by the rectification. Speaking of zuihou, Wei Zhongxian gritted his teeth a little, and he thought in his heart: "Who dares to fight with me?" "It is true that no one can compare to Wei Zhongxian. Unbelief? Then there's a kind of everyone taking off their pants and seeing!

Xue Lian was dumbfounded when he heard it. Wei Zhongxian led the snake out of the hole from the beginning, then took the preemptive action, and then made a final decision, and Zuihou took advantage of the victory to pursue. It's simply a perfect textbook for political struggle. What is especially breathtaking is that Wei Zhongxian found such an opportunity to kill his opponent from a place where it is almost impossible to have any chances, and his political sense and skill are absolutely first-class.

Wu Shigong also never thought at home that he would be a pawn in the chessboard of this political game. It was just for the sake of his own great cause of making money that he put forward this disaster relief plan. However, Wei Zhongxian, a top master of political games, immediately realized the importance of the plan proposed by his pawn, and brought the political role of his pawn's plan to the extreme. It can really be said: a master is a soldier, and a low hand is a life.

However, with such a ruthless hand as Wei Zhongxian, Xue Lian was also a little unbearable in his heart. After nearly twenty years of friendship, Wei Zhongxian of course immediately noticed Xue Lian's hesitant expression, and he also understood Xue Lian's thoughts. He said to Xue Lian: "Xue Hou, the miscellaneous family will show you something." Then, he took out a bunch of keys from his side, walked to a cabinet next to him, opened the lock on the cabinet, took out a few pieces of paper from it and said to Xue Lian: "Xue Hou, look at it, these are all the manuscripts that the children of Dongchang have brought together, and they are all the transcripts that those Donglin thieves are preparing to impeach the two of us this time." ”

Xue Lian took the paper and looked at it carefully. The more I looked, the more excited I became. When he arrived at Zuihou, if he didn't know that these papers were important documents, Xue Lian would have tore them up angrily. In these contents, there is a lot of insults against Xue Lian and Wei Zhongxian, and of course, the level of the people who write these cursed words is also very high, and the scolding does not carry a single dirty word. It is worthy of being born as a Jinshi who is rich in five cars. But it's just enough to scold himself and Wei Zhongxian, Xue Lian also has this mental preparation. What's even more irritating is that in these contents, there are also strenuous accusations against the emperor, and even some words are curses against the emperor. How could Xue Lian, who was deeply rooted in the idea of loyalty, stand it? Xue Lian threw the pieces of paper on the ground and said to Wei Zhongxian hatefully: "It's time to cut those chaotic ministers and thieves with a thousand knives." ”

With Xue Lian's approval, Wei Zhongxian was also very satisfied. At this time, the little eunuch who had arranged dinner knocked on the door and came in, brought in a small table full of dishes, and placed two chairs next to the table facing each other. Wei Zhongxian and Xue Lian did a good job face-to-face.

Wei Zhongxian said to Xue Lian: "Xue Hou has worked hard to relieve the disaster these days, and I have a good drink with the miscellaneous family today." ”

Xue Lian also replied with a smile: "Now, Ben Hou can be regarded as letting go of a matter. Today and Wei Gong are not drunk and do not return. ”