"Father, what are we going to do?"

The relationship between Zhang Zhu and Li Kui is really good, and when they meet Li Kui on weekdays, they call him "third uncle" and "third uncle", and treat him as an elder. If you want to ask the officialdom, he is the third master, who takes him seriously?

No, not a single one. Even Liang Shijie, who doesn't even have a Jinshi background, has one set on the surface and one behind him, and he still thinks that he can't see it? His eyes were like torches, and he just didn't want to say it.

But Li Kui is different, he really treats him as an elder, mainly because the money of filial piety is richer than others, which is the same as Cai Jing in the Military Command Bureau. Isn't that what respect is?

Everything else is fake, the money is real.

Zhang Zhu hurriedly turned around, in front of his father Zhang Dun.

Zhang Dian stretched out his hand to probe in the direction of the teacup, and then gave up again, his heart was a mess, but after all, as the prime minister, he couldn't lose his steadyness, and said slowly: "Ji'er, you must be calm in case of major events!" ”

Others said that if it was his uncle Zhang Qi who said it, Zhang Zhu would also believe it. But his father is a powder keg, scaring the emperor, the queen mother, the prime minister, and Zhang Dian said that 'every major event should be calm', and the Zhang family doesn't believe anything in this nonsense.

"What Renjie did this time, ordinary people really have to be helpless. The dignified three-grade master, if he doesn't do it, he won't do it, this is the first time in the Great Song Dynasty. Since going out to be an official, Zhang Zhu's fear of his father has decreased a lot, and then he thought of a possibility, and asked softly: "Dad, are you helpless?" ”

Isn't there a way to deal with it?

Seeing through it or not, Zhang Dian is the prime minister, who was said to be incompetent by his son, and his face can be good-looking, picked up the teapot on the case and threw it towards Zhang Zhu, and roared in his mouth: "Get out, get out of Lao Tzu!" ”

Zhang Zhu threw away Li Kui's official seal and resignation and fled in a hurry. Originally, the good news brought by the Western Front brought a hint of joy to the Dushitang, which had been cloudy recently, but Zhang Zhu was like a mourning star, and he suddenly extinguished Zhang Dian's good mood, and he also doused it with a bubble of urine.

At the last moment, the smile on his face had not faded, and at this moment, anger filled his chest.

Zhang Dian was shocked, and was surprised by Li Kui's decisiveness, Dushitang was indeed suppressing Li Kui, not Zhang Kui's original intention, but people in his faction were doing it.

Zeng Bu, Lin Xi, Xu Jiang, Xing Shu, Huang Lu, Lai Zhishao, Zhou Zhi, Zhai Si...... Even the small Ministry of Labor Wailang Shangguan Jun also came to make peace, this is no longer a simple pressure, but a complete suppression of Li Kui.

If Li Kui does not respond, the next repression will be even greater.

The reason is simple, civil officials cannot be crowned kings.

Civil officials can tolerate the sealing of the king, and it is not impossible for relatives to be crowned kings, and even eunuchs can cause opposition, but it will not be as fierce as the treatment of civil officials as kings.

There is no first, there is no second, this is just rhetoric. The core question is that after the civil officials are crowned kings, aren't other civil officials naturally shorter than them.

For example, if Li Kui is crowned king, he will stand at the head of the civil officials, and he will be higher than the prime minister. In the early dynasty, he had to lead hundreds of civil and military officials to the court, even if Li Kui stood on the right side of the palace of the generals out of respect for the prime minister, but every word he said caused invisible suppression to all civil officials.

That's right, it's suppression.

This is the harm caused by the prince, and it is absolutely impossible for the civil official group to agree, and one of them can obtain such favor from the imperial court, and even the balance in the court cannot be maintained. The most fatal thing is that once Li Kui is crowned king, Yu Shitai will not be able to falsely accuse him, and he will not dare to impeach him at every turn if there is no shadow.

But when did the Imperial Observatory impeach the minister, when did there be any evidence! It's not for nothing, from the minister's letters, poems and songs, find a sentence or two of faulty words, just say that he has the intention of rebellion, slander the emperor and the like, you can easily pull down a high-ranking minister. Back then, Su Shi was so unlucky.

The official who falsely accused Su Shi has been promoted, but look at what Su Shi has become of bad luck?

If there is really evidence, why did Taizu issue an edict and impeach the minister not guilty.

Isn't this a life-saving talisman for the speech official?

But if there is no basis for the impeachment of a prince, there is no solid and reliable evidence, and the impeachment of the official is to slander the court. This is the reason why the court is more and more jealous of Li Kui regardless of the faction.

Everybody plays by the rules, but you're not bound by the rules, and that's not okay.

This is the difficulty of Zhangdun, he is such a powerful prime minister, and he cannot accept that there is a civil official above his position. In particular, this civil official is still his junior. You must know that in the second year of Jiayou, Ke Zhangdun participated in the imperial examination for the first time, and he was a high school jinshi, but the champion was his nephew Zhang Heng, so he was angry that he didn't want to be an official, and he took the exam again, and it was not until Jiayou entered the officialdom in the fourth year.

With a character like him, even if he is a prime minister, there is a limit to what he can tolerate

Even if he knew that even if Li Kui was crowned king, it would not pose a threat to his position as prime minister, but he still accepted the suggestion of Zeng Bu and others and transferred Li Kui back to the capital from the front line.

According to his original plan, he had no intention of beating Li Kui to death with a stick.

How old is Zhangdun?

How old is Li Kui?

There is a forty year difference between them, as long as Li Kui is not crowned king, Zhang Kui can be trained as a successor. And Zhang Dian also felt that he could control the situation.

But here's a question, if Zhang Dian really wants to train Li Kui as a successor, what will others do?

Zeng Bu and Lin Xi are all fellow scholars who entered the officialdom at the same time as Zhang Dian. They are almost forty years older than Li Kui, if Li Kui becomes Zhang Kui's successor, they don't expect to be prime ministers in their lives, and they all have to be boiled to death by Li Kui. Even the younger Cai Bian is an old man in his fifties, and he can't survive Li Kui at all.

Regardless of that situation, except for Zhang Dian, almost everyone in the camp of the Fa-changers wanted to kill Li Kui.

No one expected that Li Kui would flip the table and quit.

That night, the people in Zhangdun's mansion and the court all came, there was no silk and bamboo wind music, no singers and dancers, and even the noisy banquets on weekdays. Everyone only has a pot of fragrant tea in front of them and a plate of pastries, and it seems to be doing white things.

This is unique in the feast of Zaifu.

Not only that, everyone's face is full of solemn expressions, everyone is like a mirror in their hearts, and some people can't wait to sing a song happily.

Li Kui, this guy has the courage and no strategy, he actually quit, your death time has come!

At this time, Zhang Dan's heart was frizzy, and he endured the impatience in his heart, and said: "What should I do, don't you have one you want to talk about?" ”

"Zhang Xiang, Li Kui is arrogant and arrogant, and there is no one in his eyes, he even said that he would resign from the government, where will he put the law and discipline of the court? Where to place the majesty of the imperial court? Where to put Your Majesty? ”

Xing Shu finally returned to the capital from the Daimyo's Mansion, and not long after he came back, he met the enemy Li Kui and left, and this excitement made him want to sing and dance. Especially in this, he has made a lot of contributions, and he has the pleasure of slashing the enemy.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he put Li Kui in a place with ulterior motives, and then slandered: "Zhang Xiang, my lords, Li Kui's move is no less than rebellion, and it is a great disrespect to hold a grudge against the imperial court. ”

"Xing Shu, don't talk if you can't speak, no one treats you as a dumb person!"

Xing Shu heard the voice and knew that it was An Tao, and the Privy Council and the Metropolitan Hall were not in agreement, which was a fact that the court knew. It's okay to be noisy on weekdays, but Xing Shu thinks that An Tao doesn't know the general situation, and now he has his eyebrows burned, and he still grabs the mustard of both sides, which is simply unreasonable, even if the official position is not as good as An Tao, Xing Shu is not afraid at all, pointing at An Tao and saying angrily: "An Tao, Li Kui's problem is that he wants to be crowned king, once he is crowned king, who in the court can restrict him?" ”

Zhang Dian raised his eyebrows slightly dissatisfied and did not speak.

Xing Shu seems to compare himself to himself, as if he can't even deal with a junior.

An Tao sneered and glanced around, Li Qingchen did not come, and the Privy Council represented him. In addition, he has a much better relationship with Li Kui than others, and he is even more cooperative and close in Qinfeng Road, he is actually one of the few people in the court who supports Li Kui to command the northern line and recover Youzhou.

It's a pity that the idea of the Privy Council will be interfered with by other yamen when it leaves the Privy Council, and An Tao is also angry, but he doesn't get any benefits and advantages when he quarrels around.

This time, Zhang Dian convened it, obviously, this matter will be said at the court meeting tomorrow, and it will even cause the court to shake, and he, a person who has been excluded, will still be invited.

Besides, since An Tao recovered the land of Hehuang, he was also stumped by Xing Shu and others behind his back, and he was almost brought down because of this, so he naturally wouldn't follow Dushitang's idea.

Xing Shu retorted: "An Xiang, you should understand that Li Kui's matter is different. ”

"I think it's because of the jealousy of you who have no ability, and your ability is not as good as others, so you put a knife behind your back. My Great Song army defeated the powerful elite of the Liao State on the battlefield, but its commander was taken down by you people, I wondered, how can the nearly 300,000 troops of the Western Army fight, and the northern front is guilty of defeat, and there is still a crime if it wins, which is the royal law. You Xing Shu reversed black and white, can you block the world's mouths? ”

"Always talk about military spending, when Lu Dafang was in the household department, he once said that the treasury can support a two-front battle for three years, but what about you? It's only been a few months, and Yan Jingjing has been defeated, but he is eager to pull people back from the front line, saying that the military budget is insufficient. Even if Li Kui is in Zhuozhou, Liao has the courage to take away Zhuozhou and Yanzhou? It's not you group of gutless rats, all of them claim to be moral gentlemen, full of intrigues and tricks behind their backs, all of them are Tongliao masters, and it's too late for me to admire someone! ”

"Enough!"

Zhang Dian really can't listen to it anymore, An Tao's broken mouth can always stab them in the tip of their hearts.

Zhang Duan is the prime minister because he has a higher official position than him, but the effect of his scolding is almost non-existent for An Tao.

Ever since he turned his face with Zhang Dan, he has been determined to fight.

An Tao sneered: "Why did I say it hurts?" Then he pointed at Huang Lu and asked: "Brother Huang, you are a senior, you say a fair word, this drifting military expenditure is Lu Da's anti-corruption, or has it gone into the private pocket, the money of the imperial court, if you say no, it will be gone, you don't know anything about this household secretary, right?" ”

Huang Lu shivered and gasped, he was so annoyed in his heart! He is so old, and he still has to be questioned by An Tao, and this senior is too worthless.

But there is no way, it is true that the household department has no money, and it is also true that there is money in the government treasury in various places. But he can't take over the household department and scrape all the old bottoms of the Great Song Dynasty, right?

If he really did this, he would become a sinner of the Great Song Dynasty.

Huang Lu puffed up and said: "The old man has to give the people a way to live, right?" ”

"Well said, the people's way of life is to change the salt tax from 15 to 25? Giving the people a way to live, is it so that the people can't afford to eat salt? "An Tao doesn't care how old Huang Lu is, Huang Lu is an old man, isn't he An Tao an old man?

They are all old men on crutches, and no one laughs at anyone.

Huang Lu was completely dumbfounded, he was not as angry as An Tao, his speech was originally slow and logical, and quarreling was not An Tao's opponent at all.

Xing Shu almost jumped up and rushed to An Tao, and scolded angrily: "An Tao, don't forget, it was Zhang Xiang who promoted you." ”

"I'm sorry, I'm not as thick as Zhang Zihou, and I'm also a man who stands up to the sky, so you Xing Shu may not be! You and An Tan deliberately provoked some rumors that civil officials are not crowned kings, don't think that everyone else is stupid, the reason why you don't say it is because you dislike arguing with villains like you, and you have a dirty mouth! ”

After An Tao finished speaking, he stared at each other with blazing eyes, and said coldly: "Don't you just want to frame him?" Forcing the three members of the court to leave the court, and even the officials are gone, do you know what the scholars of the world will think of you, and how do you think of us, the high-ranking ministers of the court? The Great Song Dynasty was full of people who could not tolerate people and were narrow-minded. I'm sorry to be in the company of a villain like you, phew-"

The saliva sneak attack was unsuccessful, An Tao dropped his sleeves and left angrily: "I, An Tao, am righteous and awe-inspiring, and I can't do anything to frame Zhongliang with villains like you." Leave! ”

Xing Shu couldn't understand why An Tao, who was not tall, was so angry all day long?

Zhang Dian is clearer, he and An Tao had a good relationship before, but the bad thing was in the first year of Yuan You, Zhang Dian and An Tao met Beijing at the same time, Zhang Dian wanted to take revenge at that time, An Tao wanted to do things at that time, and this is how the estrangement between them came out.

can't deal with An Tao, Xing Shu is afraid of Li Kui, who doesn't even want an official?

He immediately suggested to Zhang Tun: "Zhang Xiang, Li Kui has quite a prestige in the army, and now that he is leaving in anger, the court must be prepared." The lower officials thought that controlling Li Kui's family was a top priority. ”

Zhang Duan was silent, but the anger on his face was not fake, and he also felt that Xing Shu was really not a thing.

The people who sat down were all high-ranking officials in the court, even Cai Jing, who was sitting at the end, was once a high-ranking official. After Cai Jing came, he didn't speak, and when he heard Xing Shu being so unscrupulous, he couldn't stand it anymore, and got up and said, "Xing Shu, it's not a disaster for your family, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Yuan Chang, what are you trying to do? Li Kui left angrily, in case of a mutiny in the army, I would be in danger. ”

Xing Shu deliberately led the situation in the most serious direction, but he ignored an important question, if Li Kui didn't play with them, would he still abide by the rules of officialdom?

Cai Jing snorted coldly: "Jing doesn't understand, the credit made by the bureau for the Great Song Dynasty is worse than the one here?" ”

The scolding does not reveal the shortcomings, as soon as Cai Jing opened his mouth, it caused public anger, and he slapped his face, which hurt hotly. But others can't refute that Li Kui's credit is greater than theirs, which is an indisputable fact.

Cai Jing didn't care about other people's emotions at all, but snorted coldly: "Xing Shu, let me ask you, persecuting Zhongliang like this, what if ...... Lord Li really took advantage of your intentions, what should you do? ”

Xing Shu didn't know why, he didn't think that Li Kui would rebel, and there was no precedent for rebellion among civil officials in the Great Song Dynasty. But when Cai Jing asked him like this, he was dumbfounded, and there was no precedent for a Sanpin civil official in his twenties to say that he would not do it if he didn't do it.

Cai Jing saw that Xing Shu was frightened, so he said quietly: "The family of the bureau has left the capital a few days ago, and now in the house outside the Baokang Gate, he is a brother of his clan to watch the house, if you really force Lord Li, Cai is curious, who will be sent by the imperial court to suppress the thief and uncle, do you have the certainty of victory in the face of Lord Li on the battlefield?" ”

Civilian officials rarely think about military generals, and fighting a war has little to do with them.

Xing Shu was completely dumbfounded, in case Li Kui was really forced to rebel, Da Song might really be finished......

Because, up and down the court, there doesn't seem to be a military general Li Kui, the god of war on the battlefield.

The emperor of the Liao State died indirectly in the hands of Li Kui, and Li Kui really led the army to fight four times, the first three times the Western Xia Shao said that 100,000 horses died, Qingtang died 50,000 horses, and the last Liao State suffered more than 100,000 casualties.

If there was really Li Kui's nemesis in the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, Western Xia would have been destroyed long ago, and Qingtang would still dare to stand on his own? The sixteen states of Yanyun occupied by the Liao State have also been snatched back a long time ago.

Cai Jing saw Xing Shu who was in a cold sweat, and said disdainfully: "Uncle Xing He, you still have to think about how to calm Lord Li's anger, if you really force people to rebel, other Jing dare not say it, your whole family will be sacrificed, after all, the possibility of the army being defeated and retreating is too great, and someone has to be responsible for making a fuss like that, right?" ”

"You...... You, you ......" Xing Shu pointed at Cai Jing's inarticulate panic, angry and afraid, and roared: "Cai Yuanchang, why do you know that Li Kui left with his family and didn't tell Zhang Xiang?" ”

"Li Renjie is my Shangguan, and I, Cai, disdain to be a shameless person who slanders Shangguan." After speaking, Cai Jing hugged his fists at Zhang Dian and said: "Zhang Xiang, the lower officials think that appeasing Lord Li, and even the entire Li clan, is the top priority. ”

Xing Shu looked at Cai Jing's back, and felt like he was stepped on his back, which made outsiders feel aggrieved. But he really didn't dare to bet, did Li Kui dare to rebel?

But it seems that this is definitely a posture to raise troops!

In case, Li Kui really raised troops, he, the initiator, would definitely be unlucky. was originally a nirvana, but because the opponent was not particular, he not only did not make a contribution, but also put himself into the pit.

Especially Cai Jing's performance made him even more angry. He and Cai Jing are not very good. But suddenly, Cai Jing shamelessly dared to call himself a righteous man and a gentleman?

Shameless!

And the most injured was none other than Xing Shu, who forced Li Kui to a showdown, but he found out that he couldn't pick up Li Kui's card, and Da Song couldn't take it!