Datang: I am the prince of salted fish, I impeach Li Er at the beginning

Chapter 161 Minister of the Ministry of Officials?Lick the dog!
The solution proposed by Li Zhi was compiled into a book by Cui Zhiwen.

It appeared on Ma Zhou's desk the next day.

Ma Zhou, the official censor, took a deep look at Cui Zhiwen, who was neither humble nor overbearing, picked up the booklet and read it carefully.

After a while, Ma Zhou put down the book, raised his eyes and asked, "Did you come up with the plan in the book alone?"

Cui Zhiwen shook his head: "As for the future prevention strategy, it comes from the hands of the subordinate officials, and the rest are all His Highness's thoughts."

Hearing this answer, Ma Zhou nodded slightly with a look of "as expected".

"Ah."

He pondered for a few seconds, then waved his hand towards Cui Zhiwen.

"Okay, I know about this, you can go and do your work."

"Yes." Cui Zhiwen cupped his hands in salute, said goodbye and left.

After Cui Zhiwen, an unexpected figure walked out from behind the screen.

As if in his own office, he sat behind the desk, took out the brochure and began to read.

Ma Zhou seemed not to have seen this man's movements. He knocked on the table with one hand and pondered in a low voice: "What exactly does Your Highness mean? It seems that he intends to avoid the limelight, but he also gave an exact plan, but to say that Your Highness I intend to intervene in this incident, but I don't intend to express my position publicly, um...it's really unpredictable."

Judging from the plan given by Li Zhi, it is obvious that he is on the standpoint of suppressing the gentry.

The attitude is very clear, that is, to teach those gentry a lesson.

But the problem is that this plan was not submitted by Li Zhi himself.

Instead, under the guise of Cui Zhiwen's hand, he reported his opinion to the court.

In this way, the matter has become very ambiguous.

On the one hand, he expresses his position in a personal way, and on the other hand, he doesn't want to get too involved in it.

The vacillating attitude made it difficult for people to see clearly what the intention of this Highness was.

Just when Ma Zhou was deep in thought, Sun Fujia, the Minister of Dali Temple, had finished reading the contents of the brochure and put the brochure back on the table.

"Regardless of His Highness' true intentions, since this booklet is in our hands, let's hand it over to the imperial court."

"In whose name?" Ma Zhou frowned and asked a question.

Sun Fujia said: "Whoever handed in the brochure, then hand it in in whose name."

"You mean to push Cui Zhiwen to the forefront?" Ma Zhou frowned and thought for a while, then hesitated and said, "Cui Zhiwen is His Highness's man after all, so is it really okay if you don't ask?"

"Since your Highness pushed him out, it means that you already have this idea." Sun Fujia said calmly: "Since you can't understand His Highness's true meaning, then deal with it in the most obvious way, according to His Highness's meaning, put the Cui Zhiwen pushed it out."

When the words came to Sun Fujia, Li Zhi's meaning immediately became clear.

He insisted that this was what Li Zhi wanted to express, and planned to push Cui Zhiwen to the tank.

Ma Zhou hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

"Since you have said so, then do as you say!"

After all, Ma Zhou asked another question: "Should I say hello to the Prime Minister in advance?"

There are currently three prime ministers in the imperial court.

Although Ma Zhou did not mention the surname of the prime minister, Sun Fujia shook his head and rejected it as if he knew who he was talking about.

"If His Highness is willing, he will naturally notify the Prime Minister, and we don't need to make a claim."

"But..." Ma Zhou still felt something was wrong, and felt that it was necessary to report the matter.

But Sun Fujia shook his head resolutely: "Don't forget that we are His Highness's people, not the prime minister's wings, so don't add to the snake."

Hearing this, Ma Zhou couldn't help being taken aback, and looked at Sun Fujia with a strange look.

Your Highness's people?

Are we really His Highness's people?

I don't think so, right?
In front of Sun Fujia, Ma Zhou didn't say anything more.

He just put away the booklet on the table, as if acquiescing to Sun Fujia's decision.

But what's going on behind the scenes, I don't know.

……

Imperial City, Shangshu Province.

Li Zhi strolled back and forth in a room full of materials.

It's like visiting your own home, without treating yourself as an outsider at all.

And behind him, a little old man nearly half a century old with a flattering expression on his face, like a dog's leg, followed closely behind Li Zhi.

"Your Highness, just ask what you want to find, why do you have to go there yourself?"

It may be unbelievable to say it, but this person is Zhang Liang, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who was just transferred from Luoyang.

It stands to reason that with his status in the court, he doesn't need to flatter anyone at all.

But this man is different.

I don't know where he heard about Li Zhi's performance during this period, and he turned into a licking dog and licked wildly behind him.

That kitsch look, don't mention how dazzling it is.

If he hadn't known that Zhang Liang was a member of the court, he might have been treated as a tortoise.

This guy is more down-to-earth than Li Zhi, highlighting a reality.

"Zhang Shangshu, you are a dignified third-rank minister, is this appearance really suitable?" Li Zhi was looking for things, and said playfully: "If outsiders see your appearance like this, your old face will definitely be used. It's gone."

"If you lose it, then throw it away." Zhang Liang had a shameless look on his face, not ashamed but proud, "It's not shameful to be a dog for His Highness!"

Well, it's all said and done, and Li Zhi has nothing to say.

He just couldn't figure it out. This man was almost 50 years old. Why would he bow down to a junior?
Is it really worth it?
No matter how he thought about it, Li Zhi couldn't figure out why Zhang Liang did this.

But if you can't figure it out, you can't figure it out. Li Zhi never struggles with these things.

He looked on the shelf for a few times, but he didn't find what he was looking for, so he turned to Zhang Liang and asked, "Zhang Shangshu, do you know where the examination papers of Mingfa used in the imperial examination are? My king wants to see the examination questions, so you can find them." , show me the King."

"Ah? The title of the imperial examination?" Zhang Liang showed a look of embarrassment on his face, "Is this not very good?"

After all, he seemed to be afraid that Li Zhi would be displeased, so he quickly gave an explanation: "If you want to let an examinee pass, just order it. As long as you say a word, it doesn't matter even if you give him a champion, but you must The subject of the imperial examination... I'm afraid it won't work."

If this Highness accidentally leaked the title, he will be held responsible.

Zhang Liang really couldn't bear the responsibility of leaking the imperial examination questions.

Seeing his embarrassed expression, he was almost on the verge of crying.

The muscles on Li Zhi's face twitched, and he didn't know where to start complaining.

This person is a real treasure, there are too many flaws in his words.

(End of this chapter)