Hearing Li Xian's words, Xu Youzhen said with great emotion: "Brother Li is really a believer, the old man feels that these days, there are few people in the court who can be trusted, fortunately, there is an old brother appeared, the old man was extremely moved, over the years, the sea has been up and down, the old man has also experienced a lot, the crown in the court belongs to the family, and I don't know how many civil and military officials have been handed over, but there has never been a person as decisive and shrewd as the old brother." This time I was able to get acquainted with my brother, which is really a blessing for the old man. ”

Hearing Xu Youzhen's words, Li Xian hurriedly spoke: "Lord Xu is overrated, how can the subordinate officials take on such a comment as Lord Xu." The lower officials are willing to serve Lord Xu, completely because of the prestige and virtue of the lord, and nothing else. ”

Li Xian's words were just right, and Xu Youzhen opened his mouth and said: "The old man is really not mistaken, Brother Li is worthy of being the old man's confidant." If the elder brother has something to do in the future, as long as he says hello to the old man, the old man will serve himself. ”

Hearing Xu Youzhen's words, Li Xian hurriedly pushed back and said: "What did Lord Xu say, if the lower officials have something to do, how dare they bother Lord Xu, who has all the opportunities to deal with every day, not to mention that the lower officials have nothing else to do, the yamen where the lower officials are located is a cold Cao idle ya, and there is nothing else to do the rest of the time." Even if you have something to do occasionally, how dare you bother Lord Xu. ”

When Xu Youzhen heard this, he smiled and said: "Lord Li doesn't have to be polite, does the elder brother have the intention to change his seat, come out from the Leng Cao Xian Ya at the moment, and go to the yamen next to him." ”

Hearing this, Li Xian was slightly stunned in his heart, and he didn't understand what Xu Youzhen meant immediately, Xu Youzhen said this to imply that he could help himself be promoted.

Li Xian thought in his heart, in order to deal with Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng at the moment, the most important thing is not to let Shi Heng be suspicious, if he suddenly transfers and there is any rumor for Shi Heng to hear, it will be difficult to handle the matter. After all, it is better to be cautious at the moment, if you startle the snake, you will not be able to provoke between Shi Heng and Xu Youzhen in the future.

With such a thought in his heart, Li Xian opened his mouth and said: "My lord, there is no need to be like this, Li Xian is lazy by nature, and he is full of drama, the current Qingshui Yamen is a good thing for the lower officials, and it is not Li Xian's wish to be promoted to become rich, Li Xian just wants to help Lord Xu to do something real for the subjects of the world." ”

Hearing Li Xian's words, Xu Youzhen said with great admiration: "Brother Li is really a believer, living in a humble room, worried about the world. Just like the ancient sages who live in the remote alleys, eating and drinking, sitting all day long, and being lonely, but enjoying themselves, the ancient sages and sages are like this, the country's warriors are unparalleled, and the sages and sages are the same. ”

Xu Youzhen praised this, and Li Xian hurriedly avoided the table and responded: "My lord is really ashamed of Li Xian when he says this. Lord Li Xiande boasted like this, and he would never dare to accept it. ”

Xu Youzhen heard Li Xian's words, so he opened his mouth and said: "Master Li doesn't have to be modest, from the current situation, there are few ministers in the court who are more clever than Brother Li, and there are even fewer aspiring ministers than Brother Li. Although the old man is the head of the cabinet of the imperial court, from the current situation, even if the old man is determined to do some things, there are still a lot of things that cannot be done in the end. ”

Xu Youzhen said that he would stop the matter, and let out a long sigh.

Hearing Xu Youzhen's sigh, Li Xian opened his mouth and said: "Lord Li's words are really a sigh for the ages, Lord Li is in a high position, and he didn't think that he would be subject to many constraints in promoting administrative affairs, and from the current situation, things are really like this." ”

Xu Youzhen nodded and said: "That's true, those old men who plan to make plans ask themselves are worthy of the people of the world, but there are often people in the court who hinder them, either deliberately disrupting them, or going to the emperor to follow them and slander them, and the things that the old man has planned are not one out of ten, and even the old man feels a little ashamed to say it." ”

Hearing Xu Youzhen's words, Li Xian secretly thought in his heart that Xu Youzhen was still very different from Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang, and this person still had some governance programs and strategies in his heart that he wanted to spread, but from the current situation, although Xu Youzhen put forward a lot of political opinions and strategies with the emperor, the emperor was forced by other ministers or forces in the palace to delay some reforms for a long time, and some of Xu Youzhen's other policies were not resolved. From the current point of view, Xu Youzhen also has a lot of complaints about this.

It's just that Xu Youzhen cared about the humility of the upper and lower levels, and didn't tell these things.

After thinking about these things in his heart, Li Xian understood that Xu Youzhen was still a person who was interested in doing things, but judging from the current situation, this matter was not simple. If you want to do what you like, you will start from this aspect in the future.

"It's really a pity that what the Lord said, a high-ranking and powerful Minister of Yuan and Fu like the Lord actually has a lot of inconvenience in pushing administrative matters, and it seems that there are still quite some forces in the court who are unwilling to be hostile to the Lord." Li Xian pretended to be surprised.

Hearing Li Xian's words, Xu Youzhen nodded and said: "What Lord Li said is very true, this Lord Ben also empathizes, the old man has been up and down for many years, and he has been promoted to such a high position now that he knows that some things in the world will be unexpected, for example, the old man has already negotiated a political matter with the saint some time ago, and the saint also agreed to it at that time, but he never thought that on the second day, the saint did not know whether he listened to the discussion of the eunuch in the palace or the words of a minister in the court, and his attitude changed greatly. So he asked the old man to stop implementing such policies with all his might. ”

When Li Xian heard this, he opened his mouth and said: "In this way, Lord Xu also has his own difficulties, although he is in a high position, he may not be able to do many things himself. ”

Xu Youzhen heard Li Xian's words, so he nodded and said: "What Master Li said is very true, after the sharp edge was frustrated, the old man also thought this later. ”

Li Xian said: "Lord Xu is conscientious and conscientious for the imperial court, and he is brave and loyal, but Zhao Sun and Yue, judging from the current situation, the emperor must have been bewitched by some traitors to come to this. ”

When Xu Youzhen heard this, he just sighed slightly: "As courtiers, we naturally have to be respectful to the emperor, and afterwards, the old man also thought that the people who can make the emperor change his mind overnight are only a few people in the court and the palace." ”

Hearing Xu Youzhen's words, Li Xian pretended not to know and asked: "If it is convenient for Lord Xu, can you tell the lower officials who can change the emperor's mind overnight." ”

Xu Youzhen heard Li Xian's question, so she smiled and said: "Since Lord Li asked, it doesn't hurt for the old man to talk about this matter, but this kind of palace secret matter is still a matter of suspense, and you must not easily talk to others." ”

Li Xian heard Xu Youzhen's words, and hurriedly opened his mouth to reply: "Please rest assured that Lord Xu is in this matter, what the adults said today has entered Li Xian's ears, and he will never say a word to outsiders." ”

Xu Youzhen's Li Xian said after hearing this: "Speaking of this matter, it is also a little frustrating, after the old man discussed it with the emperor that day, he thought that this matter was already a certainty, and there was no reason to change, but a few days later, the emperor suddenly changed his tone and made the old man not have to carry out that political matter." The old man was a little puzzled at the moment, but the emperor's golden words made it inconvenient to object. After retiring from the dynasty, the more the old man thought about it, the more suspicious he felt, so he sent someone to find out what was going on, and after a few days, he learned that Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang had colluded together to make an obstruction, so that the emperor dispelled the idea of implementing the old man's policy. ”

After hearing Xu Youzhen tell this secret, Li Xian suddenly realized that Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang had already had a gap.

It seems that the eldest princess has seen it thoroughly, and the offensive and defensive alliance formed when dealing with Lord Yu Qian in the past few days has not been without gaps.

Li Xian thought of this and admired the eldest princess in his heart.

What the eldest princess said was not bad at all, after Lord Yu Qian was killed by several of them in conspiracy, there was no way to continue to cooperate.

Judging from the current situation, the offensive and defensive alliance formed by several people has long fallen apart, Xu Youzhen, who is quite a political ideal, is quite incompatible with the other two, obviously Xu Youzhen, who was born as a civilian official, still wants to do some things, but Shi Heng and Xu Youzhen, who colluded in one place, did not want the emperor to follow Xu Youzhen's strategy to implement this political matter, so they obstructed it in the middle, so it involved Xu Youzhen's things to do.

Thinking like this, Li Xian already understood in his heart that Xu Youzhen's statement was to show himself that he had a lot of opinions about Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang, and from the current situation, the offensive and defensive alliance of these people had long since ceased to exist.

Li Xian's heart moved, so he pretended to be extremely surprised and asked Xu Youzhen: "My lord, is this matter true?" ”

When Xu Youzhen heard this, he nodded deeply at Li Xian and said, "Yes, this matter is true. It took a lot of effort for the old man to learn about such a situation. ”

Hearing Xu Youzhen's words, Li Xian nodded and said, "Since Lord Xu has such a word, this matter is really as the adults said, so it seems that Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang want to deal with the adults." ”

Xu Youzhen opened his mouth and said: "It's not bad at all, Shi Heng is in cahoots with Cao Jixiang in the palace, just to bring down the old man, so as to seize the old man's position in the court, and replace him." ”

When Li Xian heard this, he hurriedly said with great indignation: "The eunuch colluded with the foreign minister, this is already a serious crime, I didn't expect that Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang had malicious intentions to replace Lord Xu, this matter must not be allowed to succeed, and it must be returned to the color." ”

Hearing Li Xian's words, Xu Youzhen opened his mouth and said: "Lord Li's income is not bad, and the old man will never tolerate such a thing. No matter what happened before, if Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang wanted to drive the old man away from the court, how could the old man be killed. It's not enough for Cao Jixiang to be in the palace, there is the emperor under his protection, and it is not easy to do it, Shi Heng has a wide range of factions in the court, and the forces are also intertwined, and the old man didn't think of a way to deal with him some time ago. didn't expect the Henan disaster to actually pull Shi Heng's nephew Li Kelin in, Shi Heng made a stupid move this time to attack the old man, but fortunately, Lord Li reminded him that the old man could take this opportunity to counter Shi Heng. ”

When Li Xian heard this, he opened his mouth to Xu Youzhen and asked, "Lord Xu, how do you plan to deal with this matter." ”

When Xu Youzhen heard this, he spoke: "The old man first went to the emperor and handed over all the silver sent by Shi Heng to the emperor, and told the emperor that this is ill-gotten gain, since it is taken from the people, it is better to use it for the people, and it is the most useful for disaster relief." In this way, the old man can be invincible, even if Shi Heng moves out of this matter in the future, the old man has already made arrangements, and the emperor will naturally favor the old man, so Shi Heng will lift a stone and hit himself in the foot. ”

Hearing Xu Youzhen's words, Li Xian said to Xu Youzhen: "Your Excellency's strategy is extremely clever, in this way, even if Shi Heng secretly goes to the emperor to slander him, it will also make the emperor unhappy, this is a good way to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle, Shi Heng has fallen into the hands of adults." ”

As soon as Li Xian said this, Xu Youzhen nodded frequently and said: "What Lord Li said, judging from the current situation, it would be best if things could be as you and I wanted. If Shi Heng is obedient and doesn't come to provoke the old man, that's it, if Shi Heng doesn't know the etiquette at all, and he has to provoke the old man, the old man will naturally not be polite to him, and he will have to make him ruined. ”

Xu Youzhen said in her mouth, and a hint of yin and mean look flashed in her eyes.

When Li Xian heard this, he hurriedly echoed: "What the adults said is very true, from the current situation, this matter falls on Shi Heng, if Shi Heng is interested, everything is over, if Shi Heng is not interested, then Shi Heng is good-looking." ”

When Xu Youzhen heard this, he bowed his head and said: "Lord Li's words have won my heart, the old man can let Shi Heng go now, but if Shi Heng refuses to stop, then it is no wonder that the old man is ruthless." ”

Li Xian heard Xu Youzhen say the four words ruthless, and a trace of indescribable feeling flashed in his heart, Li Xian found that he still underestimated Xu Youzhen, from the point of view of dealing with Shi Heng, Xu Youzhen's strategy was extremely clever, and all the places that Shi Heng could hurt himself step by step had been planned in advance.

In this way, no matter how Shi Heng moves, he will fall into the strategy arranged by Xu Youzhen in advance, and he will not be able to resist or extricate himself.

All of Shi Heng's actions seem to have been seen through by Xu Youzhen, and from the current situation, all of Shi Heng's tricks have no way to pose a threat to Xu Youzhen.

Because no matter what means Shi Heng uses to deal with Xu Youzhen, he will involve himself first.

If the emperor listened to Xu Youzhen's defense, whether he ordered to reprimand Shi Heng, or pretended to ignore it quietly, neither of these situations would be a good thing for Shi Heng.

If Shi Heng couldn't hold back and wanted to attack Xu Youzhen, as soon as he told the emperor about it, the emperor would immediately think that Shi Heng's move was a premeditated attempt to attack Xu Youzhen, so he would never take Shi Heng's words to heart.

Not only that, but the emperor will also feel that Shi Heng is extremely unreliable. In order to maintain the system of the imperial court, the emperor never wanted his important ministers to attack each other.

If Shi Heng took advantage of this to make a living, and Xu Youzhen's previous report was an attitude of calming things down, then in the eyes of Emperor Zhu Qizhen, Shi Heng would become an untrustworthy courtier, and Yuan Fu Xu Youzhen was indeed an old man who was seeking the country and had the loyalty of the community.

In such a contrast, Shi Heng is afraid that there will be no good life.

Li Xian had this idea in his heart, so he felt that Xu Youzhen was by no means comparable to ordinary Wenchen, in fact, if he thought about it carefully, Yu Qian and Lord Yu also died because of Xu Youzhen, speaking of which this person should not be underestimated, and he should be more cautious in dealing with him in the future.

After thinking about this matter, Li Xian nodded at Xu Youzhen and said, "The adult's planning and arrangement is really wonderful, and the lower officials can be sure that Shi Heng will never be able to plan the adult's contingencies." ”

Xu Youzhen heard Li Xian's words, and laughed and said: "Master Li has these words, the old man will be at ease, and Shi Heng will deal with it like this." ”

Hearing Xu Youzhen say this, Li Xian understood in his heart that Xu Youzhen was already determined to make a whole stone in front of the emperor, and he was just relieved in his heart.

After all, it is easier to divide and conquer than to deal with the offensive and defensive alliance of Xu Youzhen and Shi Heng, if these two people are monolithic, naturally water will not be able to pour in, even if they want to provoke in the middle, I am afraid that there is no reason.

Judging from the current situation, things are not easy, and from the current situation, Xu Youzhen already wants to embarrass Shi Heng in this matter. Regardless of whether Shi Heng accepts the offer or not, the tacit relationship between the two will be broken.

As the eldest princess said, as long as Shi Heng and Xu Youzhen have doubts and taboos, it will be much easier to deal with the offensive and defensive alliance between the two in the future.

"Lord Xu is out of the horse, Shi Heng is only afraid that he will be captured with his hands tied and bow down to the sake of the ministers." Li Xian echoed.

Xu Youzhen bowed slightly, and then said to Li Xian: "What Master Li said is very true, and from the current situation, this is the case. ”

After a while, Xu Youzhen suddenly said to Li Xian again: "Brother Li, the old man wants to deal with Shi Heng like this time, and when the old brother hears it, he must not talk about it to outsiders. As far as the old man knows, there are many civil and military officials and eunuchs in the court and the palace who are the eyes and ears of Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang. ”

Hearing Xu Youzhen's warning, Li Xian opened his mouth and said: "Lord Xu, rest assured, Xia Guan Shang still knows how to deal with this matter, and Xia Guan has already decided to let it rot in his stomach, and he will never mention it in front of outsiders." ”

Seeing Li Xian's reply, Xu Youzhen nodded and said, "Brother Li can say this, I am very relieved. ”

Li Xian also followed and said: "Lord Xu, please rest assured, Li Xian is by no means a person who does not know what to do, judging from the current situation, Shi Heng is really a little overdone, and actually wants to design and frame Lord Xu, such a vicious villain is by no means a person who can intersect with him." ”

Hearing Li Xian's words, Xu Youzhen opened his mouth and said: "This matter is not bad at all, and the old man never expected that Shi Heng would actually use such a means against the old man, which is really annoying and hateful. ”

When Li Xian heard this, he said to Xu Youzhen: "Since Shi Heng has done such a thing to Lord Xu, it is not too much for Lord Xu to settle an account with him, if Shi Heng's treacherous plan is successful, I am afraid that the entire court will become Shi Heng's hall of words in the future, and when the time comes, Shi Heng is only afraid that it will become even worse, and if it is not right, Lord Xu will be arrogant and drink around." ”