"You...... You disagree? Wei Huai looked at him in disbelief, a little crazy: "What do you want to do?" ”

"Brother Ren, don't you take advantage of this time to clear out any redundant officials, won't you give them a chance to fight for the party? You will allow your reforms to be misinterpreted, tampered with, and eventually become unrecognizable...... Can that really be called good governance and good governance? I don't think so. ”

"In the end of the party struggle, one side must win," Wei Huai held a hand behind his back and held his crutches, "Since there is a winner, redundant officials will undoubtedly be judged!" It's definitely good governance, that's enough, and I don't care how they jump up and down on my proposal! There was a clear hint of anger in his words.

"But I can't agree, you can't convince me." Xia Yuanlong pointed to his resolute eyes and said.

Wei Huai had nothing to say, shook his head, and fell heavily on the recliner.

"You're not the one to say that, I know that." Wei Huai was thinking that this was just a set of his superficial rhetoric, and there must be something else in it.

Xia Yuanlong listened to it and sighed bitterly; With this sigh of thought, Wei Huai suddenly patted his head, came to his senses, and smiled puzzledly.

"Renying is still shrewd, you're just afraid that I don't have the perseverance to persevere...... Changed the opinion to make me more acceptable. ”

"You still know me." Xia Yuanlong spread his hands and said helplessly.

"Yuanlong, I am the dignified leader of the Nanjing literary circle, and now I am taking into account the reform of Jianghuai and other places, so it is normal to say that I am the leader of the Jiangnan literary circle. Why do you still distrust my perseverance so much? Wei Huai held the rattan crutch in his hand and knocked on the chair frame in frustration.

"Jimin, I can see from what stopped Wan Heshun at the beginning, you are not suitable to be a leader. Determination, strain, majesty, perseverance...... What you need to have...... But Brother Wei didn't. Xia Yuanlong tried to keep his voice as low as possible.

Wei Huai sneered: "How many years have passed since that incident, do you think I am still the kind of person who suffers from gains and losses?" In that case, I might as well just quit this position! ”

"Stop, stop." Xia Yuanlong shook his head sullenly, "If you insist on this, I can't help it, listen to it." ”

"Virtuous brother, ......"

Wei Huai was about to sigh, but suddenly stopped speaking and closed his mouth deeply. It was as if he had tacitly acknowledged that his words were reasonable. They both turned their heads at the same time, looking at the bleak and dim afterglow of the setting sun, not knowing what the coming night would bring them.

Wei Huai therefore made up his mind and wrote a letter to reduce redundant officials, and handed it over to the palace of Wang Wan Heshun of Jiankang County, waiting for a reply.

About two or three days later, the king of Wanjun replied to the letter, saying that Wei Huai's proposal was very good, and it was an urgent task at present, and he should not be neglected, and immediately sent someone to focus on this matter.

But Wei Huai saw it, only holding the letter, without the slightest joy, his head was stuffy, and the faint wrinkles on his forehead were like black lines, and he looked extremely dignified. Xia Yuanlong watched from the side, and when he saw this scene, he felt very uncomfortable, so he pretended to be okay and walked through the corridor.

"Zheng Shiyan, the commander-in-chief of the Yue Mansion."

In the early morning of the palace city, as soon as the sky was bright, Wan Heshun sat leisurely in the main hall, looking at the beams of the house, holding a blank piece of paper under his left hand, which was specially copied down from the list of Nanjing officials, on which the names of large and small were arranged in an orderly manner; In his right hand, he turned a small brush, dipped it in a little vermilion, and ticked the names of officials on the paper as if he were dealing with death row prisoners. In front of him was a confidant of the official department Shangshu, named Hu Qi, who was responsible for reading out the official positions of the people on the list for him.

"What kind of officer is this?" Wan Heshun couldn't help but laugh.

"This is him Lu Fangxuan in order to station the military horses in the city, so he made a few official positions." Hutche Road.

"This Lu Fangxuan is really hateful! It's a pity that this person can't move. Wan Heshun said coldly, and the tip of the pen skipped the name 'Zheng Shiyan'. Then he pointed at him, "Keep reading." ”

"The Discussion of the Senate of the Nanjing Officials."

"This kind of petty official just let him go. Your subordinates, you yourself understand. Wan Heshun's gaze began to sweep towards the next name.

"Qi Zhi ......" Wan Heshun frowned suspiciously, "Who is this?" ”

"Qi Zhi?" Hudge's memory was not very clear, "Let me think about it......" He paced a few steps, stroked his beard, and then said, "Remember, remember." He is the deputy commander of the Yue Gong Mansion, and it is said that he has a relationship with Lu Fangxuan from childhood to adulthood, or he came to Jinshi in the same year. ”

Wan Heshun used a red pen to tick the name fiercely: "It's better to clean him up!" ”

"I respectfully invite the Yue Guo Gong Lu to enter the palace——"

Wan Heshun raised his head and saw that there were two figures in front of the palace gate, stepping on thick boots, wearing a crimson brocade winter robe, playing two orange and red lanterns, leading a silver-topped sedan chair carried by six people, and walking slowly along the bluestone road.

Wan Heshun pulled up his official uniform, stepped out of the threshold, walked down the stairs, stopped in front of the sedan chair, prepared a kind smile, and said attentively: "Brother Lu Xian is really here in person!" I lived up to my expectations! ”

The two people, the eunuch who led the way, lifted the sedan curtain, Lu Fangxuan lowered his head and came out, and stepped forward to hug Wan Heshun enthusiastically: "King Wanjun, how can I not come to discuss such a major matter as the redundant officials?" Governor Ye is here? ”

Wan Heshun said with a smile: "Governor Ye said to come later, don't worry, sit down in the hall and rest!" ”

Lu Fangxuan nodded, walked towards the hall, and also saluted Hu Qi.

"The deputy commander of the Yue Mansion has consulted—"

Wan Heshun was suddenly startled when he heard this person's name and surname, but he pretended to be calm and slowly turned around. This time he turned around, and even an old man like him, who had seen the world, couldn't help but wipe his straight eyes, and couldn't believe everything in front of him: he saw that there were four sedan chairs in front and back, with a tin top, a blue cloth, and two pairs of lanterns shrouded, which looked very powerful.

"It's just a leader, or a deputy...... It's too unruly......" Wan He whispered to himself.

Then, the eunuch in front lifted the blue cloth, Qi Shi first stretched out one foot, someone pulled his trouser leg for him, and stretched out the other foot......

Wan Heshun couldn't bear it, so he simply turned his back to show his dissatisfaction.

After a moment, when the man's feet fell to the ground, he turned around and glanced at him a few times, seeing that he was about forty or fifty years old, but his beard and hair were dyed black, his face was white, his nose was high, and his facial features were relatively neat, but there seemed to be a kind of anger in his eyes, which made it difficult to say that he was handsome.

"Lord Wan, fortunately!" He raised his hand, and a ring with dark green agate shone faintly on his left hand.

Wan Heshun only glanced at him, looked at his arrogant appearance again, then raised his head disdainfully, and said with a reluctant smile:

"Fortunately."