Chapter 32: Confrontation to the End
After Li Guozhen set the rules among the people, he saw that everyone did not have the slightest objection, so he bowed his head slightly with satisfaction, and asked Tang Guozuo,
"Uncle Tang, have you all been in contact with the palace? Any news? ”
"There's no news, no one at all."
Tang Guozuo's face was a little gloomy, and he said: "Since yesterday, those people in the palace don't seem to have come out, and they can't find any news. ”
"In order to find out the news, I also went to the East Factory, but I could hardly find anyone in the East Factory, even if I found a few, I kept it secret, only said that I should inquire less, and go to the East Factory less in the future, and I didn't say anything else."
"These gelding dogs, when they take advantage on weekdays, they are more ruthless than anyone else, and now when they encounter something, they are all turtles with shrunken heads."
Li Guozhen scolded with anger on his face: "This group of eggless things, really can't count on any of them. ”
Although Li Guozhen was the governor of Jingying, not all the profits obtained from Jingying were taken away by him.
Those eunuchs were powerful and trusted by the emperor, so the eunuchs who interfered in the Beijing camp the most and benefited the most were undoubtedly those eunuchs.
Now seeing that Li Banghua is going to rectify the Beijing camp, these eunuchs who take the most money not only did not notify them in advance, but even did not come forward after the accident, pretending to be a turtle with a shrunken head, how could this make Li Guozhen not angry.
I took the money, I don't want to care about it, how can there be such a good thing in this world.
"They shouldn't be blamed for this."
A well-informed Xungui sitting below spoke: "I heard that there seems to be something wrong in the palace, Your Majesty is wantonly cleaning Dongchang and Jinyiwei, and many people have been thrown into the Imperial Prison, even the Gao Qiqian Gao Gonggong, who was very popular with His Majesty's newcomers before, has had an accident." ”
"I've heard about it, too."
The other person also nodded solemnly, and then lowered his voice and said, "And it's not just in the palace, you know about Jiadingbo, right?" ”
"According to reliable sources, their family has been imprisoned, and even their home has been raided."
"Hiss~"
Tang Guozuo had just learned the news, and after hearing this, he couldn't help but gasp, and then said in a low voice: "What do you mean, what happened to the queen?" ”
"But it shouldn't be."
After finishing speaking, Tang Guozuo shook his head again and directly denied his speculation, "Your Majesty and the queen have a deep relationship with the queen, which is well known to the world, and the crown prince has already made up his mind." ”
"Even if the queen has any misconduct, for the sake of the prince, His Majesty will not do such a desperate thing."
"That's hard to say."
The other said in a secretive tone: "The battle in the harem has always been very bloody, and it is difficult to say if the queen really did something out of the ordinary." ”
"Alright, shut up!"
Li Guozhen looked at a few people with a gloomy face, and then opened his mouth to reprimand: "You dare to talk about the things in the palace, don't you want to live?" ”
"We're just...... It's just that...... Analyze things. ”
Tang Guozuo was reminded by Li Guozhen like this, and suddenly felt that these things were not something they could do, so he laughed awkwardly, and then changed the topic bluntly, "Now these eunuchs in the palace are all pretending to be turtles with shrunken heads, and without their appearance, this matter is not easy to do." ”
The fundamental reason why eunuchs can make hundreds of officials fearful without any power is that they are in the palace, they can see the emperor, and they can deliver messages to the emperor.
Although they can't directly change the emperor's decision, as long as they crook their mouths a little in front of the emperor, they can turn the good into better and the bad into worse.
Therefore, if they help to speak in front of the emperor, they will find a little flaw in Li Banghua's work, turn around and call those ministers who are good friends with them, and jointly impeach them a few times, in that case, it won't take long for Li Banghua to return to his hometown directly, just like last time.
But now, without those eunuchs talking to them, even if they find those ministers, the effect will be much worse.
"Since it's not easy to do, let's do it in a different way."
Li Guozhen's face revealed a hint of coldness, he looked at Tang Guozuo, and said: "Today, Li Guozhen went to the camp and ordered soldiers. ”
"What is the situation in Jingying now, he must know it in his heart."
"If my guess is correct, the first thing he has to do is either to clean up the false or stop the occupation."
"Last time, the old man didn't take him to heart and let him straighten out, so he let him rectify successfully."
"This time, we must stop him, and we must not be a spectator from the sidelines, and let him do what he does."
The old man in Li Guozhen's mouth is talking about his own father, Li Shouqi, who took office as the mayor of Xiangcheng.
The last time Li Banghua rectified the Beijing camp, the governor of the Beijing camp was Li Shouqi.
At that time, because Li Banghua was full of saints, and Li Shouqi did not take Li Banghua to heart, when Li Shouqi reacted that Li Banghua was not easy to deal with, Li Banghua had already laid the foundation for rectification, and he couldn't stop it if he wanted to.
It's just that although Li Shouqi did not stop Li Banghua's rectification, he still jointly put pressure on Chongzhen through the joint honors and officials afterwards, and slandered him, leading Li Banghua's return to his hometown.
And this time, Li Guozhen didn't even want to take a step back, and even the rectification on the surface, he would not let Li Banghua complete it this time.
"The virtuous nephew is young and vigorous, and he is really full of courage."
Tang Guozuo's face was full of smiles, and he said directly: "I don't know what the virtuous nephew plans to do?" If there is anything that needs our cooperation, just ask. ”
Tang Guozuo's face was about to burst into folds of laughter, and the people in Xiangcheng Bofu were still domineering.
It's just that this domineering, in Tang Guozuo's opinion, is purely brainless.
Although Jingying is under the control of Xiangcheng Bofu, this profit has never been their lion's share, but every time something happens, it is their people from Xiangcheng Bofu who come forward first.
This was the case last time when Li Shouqi was the governor of Beijing, and now it is still the same when Li Guozhen is the commander of Beijing, this is not brainless.
However, Tang Guozuo likes Li Guozhen's brainless style very much, because in this way, he only needs to take benefits in the back, and he doesn't have to make a move at all.
Even if something really happened afterwards, he Tang Guozuo could only be regarded as an accomplice at best, and with his hereditary title of Marquis of Lingbi, it was not a big problem at all.
Li Guozhen didn't know that Tang Guozuo's little abacus in his heart was already crackling now, he looked at the few people present, and then said:
"If you want to stop Li Banghua from rectifying the Beijing camp, there are only two ways, one is to let His Majesty withdraw his order and withdraw the order to let Li Banghua rectify the Beijing camp."
"The other is to directly obstruct Li Banghua from the bottom to rectify the Beijing camp, so that he cannot complete the rectification of the Beijing camp."