The two looked at each other.

Although he didn't speak, his eyes were full of swords.

"Weichen is for this Li family, not to mention that he has done his best to die, but if there is no credit, there should be hard work, right? Over the years, the saint has sat in the harem, singing every night, and drinking in the wine pond and meat forest, can you know the hardships of Weichen? The affairs in the court are all handled by Wei Chen, but I don't know how many deadly knives Wei Chen blocked for the saint? ”

Zhang Jiusheng frowned, and said in his heart: "How can this bad old man say such a thing with a clear conscience? ”

Yun was so angry that he almost wanted to pick up the fruit knife on the table and stab him to death.

Li Hongzhi didn't think so, the smile on his face was still faint, and said: "Wu Xiang, do you really think that I don't know what you have done over the years. ”

Wu Zhidun was silent.

"From when I was still the crown prince, from when my father was still alive, the case of the eldest grandson and the prime minister collaborating with the enemy and treason, do you remember?"

"The minister naturally remembers that the eldest grandson pheasant exchanged letters with the enemy country for more than three years, in a vain attempt to steal the country, fortunately Weichen found it in time and arrested him, the eldest grandson pheasant has now been subdued, his son is assigned to the frontier, his daughter is missing, and Weichen is still looking for her."

"What are you looking for her for? She's a little girl, but she doesn't understand anything, right, Zheng Taishi? ”

Zheng Taishi, who was suddenly named by name, shook his body, lay on the ground, and didn't dare to move.

Wu Zhidun looked over and snorted coldly: "Waste! ”

"Over the years, the folds you have handed over, and when they come into my hands, they are all trivial things. On the contrary, what didn't come to me was the real national event, do you think I don't know? Li Hongzhi stretched out his hand behind him, and Sanyu hurriedly stepped forward and handed over the directory in his hand.

"See for yourself." Li Hongzhi threw the directory at Wu Zhidun's feet and said, "Do you know how Zheng Taishi's leg hurt?" ”

Wu Zhidun half-squatted and picked up the list on the ground, looked up at Li Hongzhi, and then looked at Zheng Taishi, but saw Zheng Taishi trembling, even if he was lying on the ground, he was still as frightened as if he was going to pass out.

"He interrupted himself."

Wu Zhidun's eyes widened, and the officials around him also whispered.

"Today's birthday banquet, all officials in Beijing have received invitations, and local officials are also the same, urgently summoned to Beijing, not because of the emperor's birthday banquet, but because of the change of official position." Li Hongzhi stretched out his hand again, and Sanyu followed closely and put another list on the palm of his hand.

"Wu Xiang, Vice Minister Wu, my teacher, Zhou Xuanming, but he died at your hands, remember?" Li Hongzhi spread out the directory in his hand and said: "Mr. Zhou has devoted his life to teaching and educating people, and has taught many outstanding students for the Li family. ”

Although Li Hongzhi didn't pronounce out the name on the list, as soon as he heard Zhou Xuanming's name, most of the local officials who were kneeling on the ground and hanging their heads raised their heads slightly, with a firm and indifferent look in their eyes.

"When Mr. Zhou was teaching them, he must have said something to them. If you're smart, you should know why you entered Beijing this time, right? Can anyone tell me about Mr. Zhou's plans? Li Hongzhi took the directory in his hand and slapped it in the palm of his hand.

His gaze swept over their heads over and over again.

After a long time, a young man with clear eyebrows stood up from the crowd.

He was wearing the official uniform of the county order, Li Hongzhi squinted his eyes, and recognized this as Si Ting, a young official with independent ideas, Zhou Xuanming had mentioned this person in a letter to him when he was still alive.

This person is still young, a little short-tempered, but he will never drag his feet in major matters, and he has handled local cases very well, and he is not very tactful, and he has offended some people a little, but it is not too serious.

is a young student who has learned the way of being an official.

"Si Ting." Li Hongzhi called out his name.

Si Ting was obviously surprised, he didn't expect that he was such a little-known little county order, who had never entered Beijing, but was well known by the emperor.

"It is Weichen, Weichen first blessed the blessings such as the East China Sea, Shoubi Nanshan, the wind and rain are smooth, and the country and the people are safe."

"Aiqing is exempt." As soon as Li Hongzhi raised his hand, Si Ting stood up straight.

"Mr. once taught Wei Chen, as an official, you can be greedy, but you can't be greedy at will. For fame and fortune, the world is everywhere, we are all laymen, inevitable, but the idea of serving the country and the people in our hearts is immutable. Nowadays, there are many political parties in the DPRK and China, and there are complicated politics, so I hope that I will make achievements in the local area and not think about becoming an official in Beijing for the time being. One day, someone will come to invite Weichen into Beijing. ”

"Have you ever been greedy?"

When Si Ting heard this, his back stiffened and straightened, then he knelt down, kowtowed heavily, and said, "Wechen doesn't dare to deceive, Wechen is greedy." ”

"Oh? How much are you greedy? ”

Si Ting knelt on the ground and took a deep breath: "Back to the saint, one thousand eight hundred taels." ”

Li Hongzhi raised his eyebrows: "Do you know that these thousand eight hundred taels, in this group of people, are not even a dime, you can be said to be a clean official." ”

Si Ting clenched his fists, he didn't know what Li Hongzhi meant, he knelt there, only feeling that his knees were about to break, but Li Hongzhi didn't say anything, and he didn't dare to get up.

Unexpectedly, in the next second, Li Hongzhi walked in front of him, helped Si Ting with both hands, and naturally bent down and patted Si Ting's knee for him, so frightened that Si Lian waved his hand and retreated.

Li Hongzhi smiled and said, "Si Aiqing, I hope that your future career as an official will still be like this." ”

"Wechen keep it in mind."

"Si Aiqing, please sit down first." Li Hongzhi pointed to his original position and said.

Si Ting didn't dare to disobey, and sat back in a worried mood.

He originally thought that entering Beijing, although there would be some turmoil, but he didn't expect Li Hongzhi to want to change the blood of the entire court, such a big move, for the court, it can be described as a great turmoil that will damage the enemy by 1,000 and hurt 800 by himself.

Successive kings, unless there is a major event, will never make such a decision.

"Wu Xiang, he is greedy for a small county order, and he is still 1,800 taels, and you are a deputy minister, how long have you been in this position, and how much have you been greedy?" Li Hongzhi looked at Wu Zhidun again.

Wu Zhidun's heart beat wildly.

He didn't intend to answer Li Hongzhi's question, on the contrary, he gritted his teeth and glanced behind him not far away, where the palace man was standing outside the courtyard, nodding his head at him.

"Shengshang, Weichen has a word, I want to talk to Shengshang."

Li Hongzhi took a step back, still carrying his hands behind his back: "Wu Xiang, it's okay to talk about it." ”

"Today's saints, extravagant, ignorant, ignorant and ignorant, ignoring the government in vain, not listening to advice, and having no queen in the harem, it is also chaotic. In the opinion of Weichen, it should be abolished, and then the Xian Emperor should be promoted to the throne. ”

Even though Li Hongzhi had already guessed Wu Zhidun's thoughts, when he heard him say it himself, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, his pupils shrank, and his sleeves were clenched.

And the ministers who were kneeling down were also shocked.

They didn't expect him to be so bold, and he didn't reveal anything to them at all, and he was going to force the palace today.

Some people's hands and feet have begun to weaken, some are short of breath and their faces are flushed, while others are looking at it all with disdain, their eyes full of disdain.

Of all the officials in the audience, only Si Ting sat alone.

He squinted his eyes, it turned out that the husband asked him not to enter Beijing for today.

Li Hongzhi didn't look flustered, he didn't even have the anger in his eyes, this young emperor obviously had the chance to win.

Si Ting relieved himself, and then saw the two chamberlains standing behind Li Hongzhi.

The left and right sides were very calm, the fruit plate in their hands was served steadily, and then looking at the other palace people, they had long since disappeared, and above this banquet, it seemed that only the emperor and various officials were left.

He looked around again, the lights had been extinguished a lot, and in the darkness, there was a faint cold light flickering in it, I don't know if it was the emperor's people or Wu Xiang's people.

Today, it's either dead or alive.

And his fate was already destined when he became Zhou Xuanming's student.

No, he believed in the vision of the gentleman!

"According to what Wu Xiang said, I should abdicate and make way for Xian. But as far as I know, among my father's sons and nephews, only one is qualified to succeed to the throne, and he is still at the border, what? Did Wu Xiang invite him back? ”

Li Hongzhi looked at him with a smile.

The one at the border pass has no intention of taking the throne at all, this matter is known to the civil and military of the whole dynasty, otherwise people would not take the initiative to invite Ying to go to the border pass to guard the city.

This uncle of his, when he was young, was unrestrained and traveled around, and he was used to the days of idle clouds and wild cranes, and he was afraid that letting him go back to the palace was no different from asking for his life.

Wu Zhidun was speechless for a while, he glanced at the Manchu Dynasty civil and military who were kneeling on the ground, those who kept saying that they would help him, now lowered their heads, like maggots without bones.

"However, Wu Xiang didn't invite him back, but I did." Li Hongzhi's expression froze, and then he heard heavy footsteps coming from outside the courtyard.

The scabbard hit the hard armor, and every step seemed to step on the tip of the human heart, heavy and powerful, and before the person arrived, the coercion had already pressed the person to the point that he could not raise his head.

When Yun Sheng was in the capital, he had never heard of this person, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

"How did I not know there was such a person?"

"You don't know?" Zhang Jiusheng was also surprised.

Yun Sheng shook his head: "There is a murderous iron-blooded general in the border pass, I know this, but I don't know that he is actually the uncle of the saint. ”

The royal affair is too complicated. Zhang Jiusheng thought.

"Good nephew, uncle is late!" The man's face was like a crown of jade, but he was more than eight feet tall, standing beside Wu Zhidun, and he didn't know how much taller than him.

"Weichen Li Mao sees the saint, wishes the saint the immortal blessing forever, longevity and Tianqi, and the peace of the country and the people." Li Ma's voice was like a bell, his skin was dark, he didn't know how many rebels he had killed with his hands, and his shrewd and sharp eyes swept straight over Wu Zhidun, who was standing aside, so frightened that he almost knelt down.

"Uncle, I will take your good words."

"I heard that someone in the court wants to force the palace?" Li Maki said quietly.