Chapter Ninety-Nine: Can't Be Good
When Gao Rui said this, he began to feel inappropriate, although he was just unintentionally mistaken, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked so bluntly, and it was inevitable that some other thoughts would arise in the ears of others. Although he did dislike Zu Ting......
Liang Jingxing, who had just chased from the mansion and was tired and out of breath, heard Gao Rui say this, and almost didn't fall to the ground. Ming Gong is really too bad at being a man, isn't he a naked slap in the face of Zu Ting in front of so many people?
Zu Ting, that's a real villain! Zu Ting has such a good face, won't he hold a grudge against Gao Rui? Rather provoke a gentleman, don't recruit a villain!
So Liang Jingxing accompanied the smiling face to play the round and said: "Your Highness, he didn't mean that, Your Highness, he just, he just...... I haven't heard from you for a long time, and when I saw it just now, I was a little excited......"
Rao Yiliang Jingxing has lived for so many years, and he has already honed his adult essence, but when he said this, he was still inexplicably weak, and his defense became weaker and weaker.
As for Zu Ting's belief or not, Zu Ting naturally didn't believe it. It's just that in front of so many people, Zu Ting is not easy to get angry and sarcastic about them, so he cooperated very well and made a look of sudden realization, and said:
"Oh, it's okay, it's okay, the old man has been locked up in prison for so many years, and many people think that the old man is dead......"
Speaking of this, Zu Ting glanced at Gao Rui with a smile, "The old man still wants to thank His Royal Highness for remembering my old bones, when the old man was locked up in the dungeon, he was worried that the world would forget the old man from now on...... but His Royal Highness still remembered the old man, which made the old man very moved......!" ”
No matter how you listen to it, there is a sense of intriguing, of course, the officials who stand farther away naturally can't hear Zu Ting's words, seeing Zu Ting's smile, they also thought that Gao Rui and the envoys sent by the imperial court had a good conversation, and they were quietly relieved in their hearts.
"Okay, don't talk nonsense, the old man has a copy of His Majesty's holy edict here, you can see for yourself......" Zu Ting took out a wooden box from his arms, and there was a note like a note hidden in the wooden box, Gao Rui and a group of officials, large and small, all paid a big salute.
Gao Rui respectfully picked up the wooden box and pulled out the note from the bright yellow brocade silk, which stated that this time Shandong disaster relief, Gao Rui was asked to obey Zu Ting's orders.
Gao Ruizai looked carefully and carefully, the font on the note is strong and powerful, every stroke and every pinch are hidden edges, this is undoubtedly from His Majesty's handwriting, he has been in the cabinet for so long, and he has seen too many of His Majesty's next batch of music, and he is very familiar with this font, and there is only one in the world. It seems that it is really His Majesty's will......
So Gao Rui pinched the note, and looked at Zu Ting again and again with a complicated mood. Zu Ting obviously knew what was on it for a long time, and waited for Gao Rui to express his attitude with a relaxed expression.
Gao Rui was ashamed and unwilling, ashamed that his errand was not done well, and in the end His Majesty personally sent someone to ask, unwilling to be the one who came to put out the fire, it was Zu Ting. After all, it's his incompetence......
Gao Rui didn't know that His Majesty did not directly issue the Holy Decree of Huang Huang, but asked Gao Rui to cooperate with Zu Ting's actions in such a very private way, in fact, he already took care of Gao Rui's face......
“…… Minister, obey Your Majesty's will! ”
Gao Rui carefully put away the note and put it in his arms, and said to Zu Ting: "Doctor Zu, all the copywriting in Taishan County in the past few months is in the mansion, if Doctor Zu wants to read it, he will directly order someone to take it out." If necessary, you can send someone to inform the old man at any time, and the old man will definitely know everything! ”
His Majesty gave him enough face for Gao Rui, and Gao Rui also gave His Majesty enough face. Although he didn't agree to let Zu Ting, a shameless villain, take charge of the overall situation in Shandong, since His Majesty said so, then he, as a courtier, could only agree respectfully.
Zu Ting laughed and said, "Your Highness is loyal to the monarch and the country, and he deserves to be a model for hundreds of officials...... even so, the old man will no longer shirk it, that ...... Where is the government? The old man has to pack up his things and move in! ”
"You're ......!" Several guests were furious and wanted to stand up and accuse Zu Ting, Zu Ting was going to move into the mansion as soon as he came, so where did he plan to let King Zhao go to settle down? It's just too deceitful!
"Presumptuous! Since Dr. Zu is in charge of Mount Tai by edict, why can't he live in the palace? Give this king a ......! Gao Rui stopped the doorman who was about to break out, and when he looked at Zu Ting again, he calmed down a lot, "Can Doctor Zu take a step to speak......
Zu Ting was stunned, and then said: "This is nature, Your Highness, please ......"
The two of them walked side by side on the quiet street, followed by some attendants more than a dozen paces behind, and the sky was already covered with fish white belly. Gao Rui was the first to speak: "What did Doctor Zu do outside the city tonight?" ”
Zu Ting didn't give Gao Rui face like this in front of people at this time, and said with white eyes: "What did the old man do......?" The old man helped Taishan County eliminate a big disaster!
Do you know that in the past few days, a total of three bands of thieves have gathered together to encourage the homeless people to attack the city! If the old man doesn't do it, I can't say that your head has been cut off and hung on the door ...... by this time! ”
Gao Rui paused for a moment and asked, "You are new to the city, how do you know that there are three groups of thieves?" ”
Zu Ting said: "The old man has been to Shandong a few days ago, patrolling around Mount Tai, did not come in, these days has been letting the Yiluan Si secret spy who has been mixed into the chaos of the camp to investigate the situation of the troubled people, only then did he learn about this situation, ......the old man heard that they were going to do it tonight, so he took people directly into it, and destroyed the evil thieves of this goods!" ”
Zu Ting turned around and asked in a very puzzled tone: "The old man has always been very curious, Your Highness, are you more blind than the old man?" These rebellious people are all gathered in Taishan County, how dare you be so relieved, let the rebellious people plan a rebellion and not be vigilant?
Your Majesty must have also given you a warrant for the Yiluan Division in front of the palace, and you could have called the Yiluan Si secret agent in Shandong at any time to help you keep an eye on the situation of the chaotic people, but why didn't you use it? ”
Gao Rui's face turned pale and pale, and he said with some embarrassment: "Using them, after all, it doesn't conform to the way of a gentleman...... Zu Ting sneered, and he was very disdainful of Gao Rui's sour pedantic.
In the eyes of Gao Rui's traditional scholars, these brocade-clad spies are all eagle dogs and lackeys, with vicious and treacherous methods, and they are not bright enough, so they are actually a little disgusted and resistant. So although the emperor gave Gao Rui the waist card that could mobilize the brocade secret spy, Gao Rui never used it.
He had a good weapon in his hand, but he didn't use it, but hid it in the snow, which was incurable in Zu Ting's opinion!
"Your Highness is a scholarly businessman, ignoring the overall situation, and almost causing a catastrophe! If it weren't for the old man's timely feeling, the imperial court's plans for this year would have collapsed! ”
"The ancient sage once said that he sacrificed his life for righteousness, but I have never heard of a saint who really sacrificed his life for righteousness, in the heart of His Highness, isn't the situation in Shandong more important than His Highness's prejudice?"
Zu Ting is very dismissive of saints and gentlemen, in his opinion, saints are the most hypocritical. The saint will always persuade others to die, but he will never risk his life, which is worse than his real villain.
Therefore, although Zu Ting is familiar with the subset of scriptures and histories and is full of wealth, he is actually very dismissive of the words of the sages written in the book. He can recite every sentence and every annotation in this, but what kind of influence has he received, just look at Zu Ting's character, that is, hehe......
Gao Rui trembled with anger, pointed at Zu Ting, and said, "You! You...... How can you slander the sages out of thin air......! ”
"Hey, Your Highness, don't turn your face so quickly......" Zu Ting patted Gao Rui's hand and said with a smile: "The old man just said it so casually, unintentional mistakes, unintentional losses, Your Highness must not go to your heart...... Next, the old man will discuss with His Royal Highness the matter of relief for the victims......"
Zu Ting returned all the words that Liang Jingxing said to him to Gao Rui.
Gao Rui looked at him suspiciously, and said, "Disaster relief according to the original plan?" But there's no food in the treasury......"
"These are all small things...... Zu Ting said with a relaxed face: "The disaster relief plan was set by His Majesty's Chrysostom, and we, as courtiers, of course, must spare no effort to complete it, as for the grain and grass that His Highness is worried about...... When I came, I took the cabinet instructions and went to Pingyuan County to ask for food, and it will arrive in a few days, enough for these victims to eat for half a month......"
"It's only been half a month?" Gao Rui frowned, "Half a month's food is far from enough, I need at least four months of food to be able to let go of the disaster relief, this half a month, there is no time to arrange anything!" ”
"Hahahaha......" Zu Ting looked at Gao Rui, and suddenly couldn't support it.
Gao Rui didn't like this feeling, frowned, and asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”
"It's funny that I laugh at Your Highness, who has a mountain of grain piled up under his buttocks, but still has to look for food everywhere......"
As soon as Gao Rui heard this, the anger of being ridiculed also subsided a little, and he asked, "What do you mean by this?" Where did the old man come from here...... ”
Zu Ting said: "You don't have it, but those cockroaches in Shandong do, aren't they the ones who resell their positions and then set them on fire?" Since everything has been done, and it has caused a big disaster, it is too cheap for them to want to get out of it like this......"
"What do you want to do?" Gao Rui looked at the old man who was blind in one eye, and suddenly felt a chill.
"How...... Of course, let them spit out as much as they eat in ten times!
They did a good thing, do they still want the court to wipe their butts? ”
Zu Ting sneered: "These cockroaches, they have lived too comfortably over the years, colluding with local wealthy families, and even daring to ignore the decrees of the imperial court, and openly resell the grain in the Changping warehouse."
Seeing that this mess is about to be covered by it, it is really daring to dare to set it on fire! The old man is here to uproot them at the behest of His Majesty......! ”
Gao Rui was shocked, "You use such a cruel method, aren't you afraid of causing chaos in Shandong?" ”
"What is the old man afraid of? If it is not broken, it will not stand, and the rotten flesh must be dug up to a certain extent, otherwise it will endanger your life!
The old man still has 2,000 forbidden troops in the west of Yecheng, and more than half of the soldiers and horses in Shandong are in Taishan County......"
Zu Ting glanced at Gao Rui, in his opinion, this is the only thing Gao Rui has done right these days.
"The old man doesn't agree, if there is chaos in Shandong at that time, the old man will see how you want to explain!"
Gao Rui resolutely disagreed, although these officials are only small sesame officials, but behind them are all standing local wealthy families, and they cannot be easily provoked, otherwise it will have a great impact on the stability of Shandong.
“…… The old man thinks that you only need to catch a few chickens and monkeys, there is no need to spread the stall so big, and I am afraid that Shandong will be unstable at that time! ”
Zu Ting sneered, "This is not what the old man meant, but what His Majesty meant......
When the fire dragon burned the warehouse and went to Yedu, His Majesty Long Yan was furious! This time, both the Cabinet and His Majesty are fully prepared for their replacement.
…… If you don't bleed, you can't be good! ”
Gao Rui's face suddenly turned as pale as paper!