Chapter 50: Take it and kill
"What a salute first and then a soldier! Isn't the Ministry of Rites a good soldier to go up? When my Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry are easy to bully?"
He Wenshan stared at Lu Youwei who appeared, his gaze was like a fierce beast that chose people to devour.
Li Kaixuan, the former squire of the Ministry of War, is a person from their camp, and Dou Guangtong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, does not like to get involved in right and wrong, because he is about to reach the age of saying goodbye, so Li Kaixuan is basically in charge of the overall situation in the Ministry of War.
Li Kaixuan was dismissed, Dou Guangtong also returned to his hometown, and He Wenshan's camp was equivalent to losing control of the military department.
This newcomer Lu Youwei is obviously the person on the emperor's side, although He Wenshan has Mu Qing's big backstage, he doesn't dare to vent his grievances on the emperor, so he can only vent his anger on Lu Youwei.
"It's easy to bully, you're really good at bullying, the officials are in your hands, it's a tyrannical thing, it's better to abdicate as soon as possible and make way for Xian." Lu Youwei said unceremoniously, he is just a temporary Shangshu, he is not afraid of offending He Wenshan and these people at all, it's a big deal to pat his ass and leave, the end of the world is wide, happy to be at ease, Emperor Wei just left him by his side to support the scene, he can leave at any time.
"Recently, scouts from other countries have been harassing our Great Wei border more and more frequently, and you, the newly appointed military squire, have done nothing at all. ”
A gray old man walked slowly surrounded by a group of officials, and Tobe Shangshu and Long arrived.
The Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of taxes, land, and household registration throughout the country, and is one of the most profitable of the six ministries.
In order to live more comfortably, or to bring people from their families to Chang'an, some officials will inevitably have to curry favor with the household department, so that they can have the opportunity to get a large and good house, and no matter how poor they are, they can choose a good land location to build their own houses.
In the families of some officials, it is inevitable that some relatives are in business, and the transaction volume of some businesses may be as much as tens of thousands of taels of gold in a year, so if they can be exempted from taxes, they can earn nearly 10,000 taels of gold, so they have to curry favor with Tobu Shangshu and Long.
"Yo, and my lord, is the tiger whip delicious? You're a lot older, you don't see that it's so fierce. Du Junda looked at He Long with a mocking expression.
"What kind of tiger whip, why am I eating that thing?" and Long's face changed slightly, and his voice became quieter.
"What's the matter, everyone is a man, understand, don't you say, Lord Lu. Du Junda looked at Lu Lin with a look of teasing.
Lu Lin is a six-rank petty official, but he will pay a tribute to Helong every month with a tiger whip, which has been given for five consecutive years. This incident was seen by Du Junda on the file given to him by Emperor Wei.
In addition to the dossier that Emperor Wei gave Du Junda about He Wenshan, the dossier of some other ministers also gave Du Junda, in short, what Emperor Wei meant was that the bigger the scene today, the better.
Taking off the coat of an honest man, Du Junda really pounded up the paste in a set, and sometimes what he said can anger people.
"What a tiger whip, Lord Du, I don't know what you're talking about. Lu Lin turned his head away from Du Junda, but his heart trembled slightly, how could he know about his tribute to He Long.
"This stack is the order you have placed in Chunfeng Hall in the past five years, and you will go to pick up the tiger whip on time on the fifth day of every month, right?" Du Junda took out a stack of papers from his arms with a smile, he was not prepared enough, how could he dare to scare people easily.
"Come on, come on, colleagues take a look together, let's take a look together. Du Junda distributed the papers to the people around him.
"Lord Du, you have gone too far, have you offended you?" Lu Lin said with an ugly face.
"I didn't offend Master Du, but I did. At this moment, Lu Zhengxuan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also appeared, followed by Ji Youyu, the waiter of the Criminal Department.
"Lord Lu, how do you say this?" Seeing Lu Zhengxuan, Lu Lin instinctively shrank back, the people in the Criminal Department are the most feared by these corrupt officials and corrupt officials.
"A tiger whip a month, your workshop's tax reduction by one-third, with the business capacity of your workshop, you can avoid hundreds of taels a month, this tiger whip is quite expensive." And my lord?"
Lu Zhengxuan had a playful smile, and He Long was about to make a defense, but was interrupted by Lu Zhengxuan.
"On the market, the price of a tiger whip is only a few dozen taels, and your transaction seems to be unequal. ”
He Long slowly narrowed his eyes, in his opinion, Lu Zhengxuan was a biting dog, and it was difficult to get out if he bit him.
"A tiger whip a month, and adults, ready to work hard with your wife to have a younger son? Your grandson is eight years old, right? If you have a younger son, this age and generation will be a bit messy. ”
Lu Zhengxuan clapped his hands, and the two lieutenants of the Criminal Department stepped forward and took Lu Lin away directly.
"And my lord, and my lord, save me, and my lord, and my lord!" Lu Lin's heart-rending cry for help gradually faded away, and during the whole process, He Long didn't even say a word, just kept squinting.
"You're right not to say anything to intercede for him, of all the things you've done, the Tiger Whip is even negligible, and you'd better shut up next. ”
Lu Zhengxuan suddenly took a step forward, with an invisible momentum on his body, He Long gritted his teeth, retreated to He Wenshan's side, and took two more steps back.
Gan Tiannan took a step forward and was about to speak, but was pointed at by Lu Zhengxuan, "Take a step further, the door of the prison will be open for you." ”
When Gan Tiannan heard the word prison, his face suddenly changed, he hesitated for a moment, and after all, he didn't take the second step, but also took a step back and returned to his original position.
He Wenshan, the secretary of the ministry, Gan Tiannan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and He Long, the three of them, seem to be in one camp.
Lu Zhengxuan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Wu Xiufu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Lu Youwei, the temporary secretary of the Ministry of War, are from another camp.
And Du Junda and other officials, except for Feng Jiangduan, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, also stood on Lu Zhengxuan's side.
Whether it is in terms of numbers or current momentum, Lu Zhengxuan and them have steadily overpowered He Wenshan and them.
Moreover, Lu Zhengxuan drank Gan Tiannan and Helong, so that some people noticed a trace of information, and Lu Zhengxuan seemed to be going to take off the position of He Wenshan's official book.
Some people have already thought about it deeply, knowing that this is a game between the emperor and the first minister, Mu Qing!
More than an hour has passed since the time of the previous dynasty, and the emperor has not yet decreed that they will be allowed to enter, and Mu Qing has not yet appeared, so can he play the game through his subordinates? It seems that this is a tacit way for the two to play.
Today is still early in the morning, and as long as the civil and military officials in Beijing are in the stream and have official positions, regardless of their rank, they must go to the court. Therefore, today is particularly lively, with many officials, no less than a thousand.
"It seems that Lord Lu is coming for me today!" He Wenshan said coldly, first Du Junda lost his face, and now Lu Zhengxuan targeted him again, this should have received the emperor's will, but so what? With Mu Qing here, Emperor Wei wants to move him, the official book, and he must also weigh it!
"Lord He, do you think that if Your Majesty wants to move you, you have to weigh Mu Qing behind you? There are also two adults, Gan Tiannan, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Helong, the secretary of the Ministry of Households?" Lu Zhengxuan seemed to see through He Wenshan's thoughts, and said with a playful face.
"I am an important member of the imperial court, even if I am Your Majesty, it is impossible to remove my official with a word!" He Wenshan said with confidence, he was sure that Lu Zhengxuan would not dare to do anything to him, after all, so many colleagues were watching.
"You seem to have misunderstood the word Your Majesty, Your Majesty, isn't it the one who speaks the most? If he wants to abolish you, do you still need to ask for the consent of others?" Lu Zhengxuan stepped forward and looked at He Wenshan.
"What do you want to do!" He Wenshan's heart trembled, he was far inferior to Lu Zhengxuan in terms of aura.
"Master Du, it's up to you. Lu Zhengxuan glanced at He Wenshan disdainfully, then retreated and gave up the position in front of him to Du Junda.
"Lord He, do you have anything to explain?" Du Junda walked towards He Wenshan with his hands behind his back.
"Du Junda, don't forget that you are my subordinate!" He Wenshan wanted to slap him, but with Lu Zhengxuan and Wu Xiufu here, he didn't dare, and he didn't have this opportunity.
"Your Majesty took me away from the recklessness, originally I thought that I would do a good job for Your Majesty, and I have never wanted to participate in your disputes. But His Majesty took my hand yesterday, and he told me how powerless it was, and you look at what you dogs have forced Your Majesty to be?"
"He Wenshan, you can't keep your black gauze hat today, no one can do it!" Du Junda really stretched out his hand and slapped He Wenshan's black gauze hat, and the audience was in an uproar, this is the following crime!
But Lu Zhengxuan was at the scene, and when he saw this scene, he seemed to turn a blind eye, and no one came forward to accuse Du Junda of being a thorn.
"You!" He Wenshan pointed at Du Junda, looked at the black gauze hat that fell aside, and there seemed to be fire in his eyes.
"In this court, Mu Qing said it doesn't count, His Majesty said it doesn't count, in this world, Mu Qing said it doesn't count, His Majesty said it doesn't count. This is His Majesty's court, not Mu Qing's, and this is His Majesty's world, not Mu Qing's. Mu Qing, it's a fart!"
Du Junda shouted higher than one, and the last sentence "It's a fart" exploded in everyone's hearts like thunder.
The fryer is fryed, the pan is completely fried, someone actually humiliates Mu Qing in public, this is something that has never happened before, no matter how much they don't look at Mu Qing, they all say it in private, humiliate in public, isn't this looking for death?
"You white-eyed wolf, have you forgotten who took good care of you when you first entered the ministry?" He Wenshan scolded.
"Take care, you call it, it's just to pull me in! Don't think I can't see it!" Du Junda ruthlessly exposed He Wenshan's previous behavior.
"Little bastard, I'm so angry! I'm going to kill you!" He Wenshan's mind was punctured, which also made him angry and angry, and shouted to kill Du Junda.
With a sonorous sound, Lu Zhengxuan pulled out a sword from the scabbard of the court lieutenant beside him, this move startled everyone present, and he drew his sword in the palace, but it was very disrespectful.
"Take it and kill him. Lu Zhengxuan threw the sword at the foot of He Wenshan and gave him a chance to kill Du Junda.
The sword landed at He Wenshan's feet, and the sound made him take several steps back in fright, he was a man of letters, he had never really used a sword in his life, and the saber he used when he was young was only for forks.
Du Junda's eyelids jumped, and he scolded Lu Zhengxuan in his heart, although he also felt that He Wenshan didn't dare to kill him in public, but Lu Zhengxuan threw the sword to He Wenshan, which was a bit too much, in case He Wenshan's dog jumped off the wall in a hurry, wouldn't he be killed?