Chapter 31: The Crisis of Father-in-law Wei
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, but Wei Zhongxian's life is not very easy these days, because every day, officials and magnates of all sizes cry to him directly or indirectly, and the impeachment of Li Banghua flies like snowflakes.
Without him, Li Banghua is serious, and first of all, he must forcibly take back the soldiers who occupy the service.
Some of them have a strong enough background and don't take Li Banghua seriously at all, so they don't want to return it.
But Li Banghua's house, like a stone in a dung pit, smelly and hard, directly led the soldiers to the door to ask for someone, and made a lot of trouble several times, and almost started to do it.
In the end, it was Wei Zhongxian who stepped forward and asked those people to return the soldiers who served in their hands first.
As for the impeachment of Li Banghua, almost all of them were suppressed by him.
Because he knows very well that Banzai attaches great importance to the Beijing camp, he also fully supports Li Banghua, the commander of the Beijing camp, and he has already asked the household department to pay 200,000 taels of silver, that is, let Banzai not reduce the amount of money in the palace and have a good New Year.
As a result, Banzai still took out 30,000 taels of silver to Li Banghua, which had never been done before.
Even among the more than a dozen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, this situation rarely occurs, and they are eager to search for people's fat and ointment everywhere, how can they take the initiative to take money out of the internal money?
Banzai has paid for Li Banghua, and you still take advantage of the big benefits of Jingying and are unwilling to return it, isn't this a deliberate against Banzai? We can't hold it anymore.
In case Banzai loses his temper and shouts that he doesn't want to be the emperor anymore, our little heart really can't stand it.
It's the same with hypocrisy, if no one takes it seriously, everyone will turn a blind eye, since Li Banghua wants to investigate thoroughly, this matter will not be taken care of anywhere, and our family will still not be able to hold on to it.
There are also those war horses, people come to the door, then they should pay back, and they should pay back, and if things get big, it's not good for anyone.
Li Banghua was already ready to fight hard and break the boat, and even gambled his own life, because the forces behind it were too huge, and only in this way could he live up to the trust of Banzai.
Therefore, he didn't plan to go to Banzai to complain about everything at first, to prove his determination and courage with his blood.
Unexpectedly, he rushed out single-handedly, and the vicious opponents seemed to be frightened, and even those who were originally clamoring for him Li Banghua to wait and see, but in the end they couldn't see themselves, and obediently spit out the occupying people and horses.
Although Li Banghua had also heard that it was the result of Wei Zhongxian's choice to forbear, he believed that it was Banzai's will to the gelding.
Otherwise, with that gelding dog's ruthlessness towards the Donglin Party, how could he back down? It's not bad if you don't kill the killer.
Not only Li Banghua thought so, but even Wei Zhongxian's comrades, or those who were originally close to him, began to have doubts in their hearts, and some rumors unconsciously began to spread among the upper echelons of the Beijing Division.
"What's wrong with the Chitose Lord who calls for wind and rain? Now even a Li Banghua doesn't dare to move, and he tolerates everywhere, which is too unreasonable. ”
"Jinyiwei and Jingying were forcibly taken back by Banzai, and Gonggong Wei was already frightened, so he didn't dare to touch Li Banghua, who was appointed by Banzai."
"It seems that Gonggong Wei's power is probably going to continue to decline, we have to plan as soon as possible, don't be dragged down by the eunuchs at that time, and there will be no recovery."
These gossips naturally can't escape Wei Zhongxian's ears and eyes, and the father-in-law and Chitose Master Wei, who are used to being high, were so despised that he was so angry that he scolded: "Our family is still alive and well, is it really useless for our family?" ”
So, he immediately decided to kill a few chickens to show a group of monkeys, so that you can see if our family is really scared.
Moreover, in order to test Luo Sigong's attitude, he directly asked Jinyiwei to arrest people.
Luo Sigong was not ambiguous, and immediately ordered Liu Qiao's Nanzhen Fusi to arrest people, and arrested more than a dozen at once, and the highest official rank was a third-grade officer, the same grade as Li Banghua.
After the people were arrested, Wei Zhongxian naturally wanted to condemn these people to death as soon as possible, and then execute them quickly, so as to achieve the best results.
Originally, things were going well, and Luo Sigong was also very obedient, but he didn't expect that something would go wrong in the last link.
Luo Sigong personally went to Wei Zhongxian to plead guilty and explained the reason.
"Liu Qiao, is that Liu Qiao again? It's really dead. ”
Wei Zhongxian was very annoyed, because a few years ago, this Liu Qiao was removed from Jinyiwei because he disobeyed his orders and was unwilling to kill people according to his wishes.
This time, it was used again because of Luo Sigong's recommendation.
At the beginning, I thought that even Luo Sigong, the commander, chose to take the initiative to make friends, and a commander of Nanzhen Fusi couldn't make any waves, so he sold Luo Sigong a face.
Unexpectedly, after all, it was a mistake, this Liu Qiao, like Li Banghua, is a stone in a dung pit, smelly and hard, and he will not repent.
This person can't stay, and after dealing with the current matter, he has to find a way to expel him again, or even get rid of him directly.
"Since this is the case, then bring the person out of his hands, if you Jinyiwei can't handle it, hand it over to our Dongchang." Wei Zhongxian looked at Luo Sigong and said impatiently.
Hearing this, Luo Sigong's expression was a little unnatural, but he still stubbornly said: "Back to Master Chitose, before I came, Xia Guan had already tried. ”
"Xiaguan originally thought that since you Liu Qiao didn't want to deal with it, then leave it to me Luo Sigong to come in person, but this person insisted on being responsible to the end on the grounds that the case had already been taken over by him, and was unwilling to hand it over."
The lower officials reprimanded him, but the thief was not moved at all, and even said that he would record all the facts of the case and then hand it over to Banzai to decide. If the subordinate obstructs it, he will even directly impeach the subordinate official. ”
"Xia Guan originally thought that after a few years of reflection at home, this thief would repent and reform himself, but he didn't expect it to get worse, and he didn't even give Xia Guan the slightest face."
"It's the official who doesn't know anyone, please punish Master Chitose."
After saying that, Luo Sigong knelt down directly.
Glancing at Luo Sigong lying on the ground, Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "What a person who doesn't know anyone." ”
"These days, there are many people who want to see our family's jokes, thinking that our family is about to lose power, so they are waiting to come up and bite our family, and then ask for credit to Banzai."
"Lord Luo, you are the commander of the Jinyi Guard who was personally named by Long Sui, and we don't have much friendship in the first place, so this is a good opportunity."
"Make a fuss about this matter, and then visit our family in front of Long Live Magazine, maybe it will soar. That Liu Qiao, maybe that's what he thinks, don't you know? ”
Hearing this, Luo Sigong's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly said: "Master Chitose, who is your opponent for this little bit of Taoism?" ”
"Moreover, Xia Guan also knows that Banzai's reliance on Chitose is like an arm. The re-use of the lower officials is just to see that the lower officials have some small achievements in the past, or they can be used to deal with Jianyu. ”
"Although the lower officials don't know much about Admiral Li Banghua's Jingying, the lower officials can probably guess that they should also be prepared to deal with Jianyu."
"These two things are just expedient measures for Banzai, if the Jianyu is retired, the power of this Jinyi Guard and Jingying will return to the hands of the Chitose Lord sooner or later."
"After all, Lord Chitose and Mrs. Chitose have served Banzai for many years, and they have won the trust of Banzai, how can others compete with Haoyue? It is tantamount to using the mantis arm as a car and seeking its own death. ”
"Hahaha......" As soon as Luo Sigong's words fell, Wei Zhongxian looked up to the sky and laughed, this laughter, I can't hear whether it is happy, ridicule, disdain, or other emotions.
Luo Sigong didn't dare to move, and lowered his upper body deeply.