Daming prepares the emperor

"Master Li, come with me?"

The wind at the end of September was a bit chilly, and it climbed up to Li Bin's knees along the ground, and the coolness reached his heart, as if pouring water on the head of the sky.

Yang Xian put his hands into his sleeves, looked at Li Bin in front of him with a smile, his eyes were full of pleasure.

"You, you!" Li Bin knelt on the ground and was held down by someone. He struggled desperately, but he could barely straighten his waist, and pointed a finger at Yang Xian's proud face, "You bitch, tell tales, you actually To the point of cruelty to Zhongliang."

"Master Li said I was telling the truth?" Yang Xian looked surprised, "Ah, I just read out the decree, which indeed dismissed Mr. Li from his post and asked the Sanfa Division to investigate the details. Mr. Li is saying such things now, Is it implying that His Royal Highness does not distinguish between black and white?"

"I didn't mean that!" Li Bin panicked for a moment, and then said angrily, "Your Highness just temporarily dismissed me from my position, Yang Xian, you intentionally made your words incomplete, with ulterior motives!"

"Then what do you mean? Are you dissatisfied?"

"I was wronged, so naturally I won't admit my guilt and give in! His Royal Highness is very aware of the details, and will definitely know the truth, and won't be fooled by a villain like you."

"I am traitorous and loyal, so Mr. Li is loyal and traitorous?"

This is the value house of Zhongshu Province.

The two stood and knelt, asked and answered, and their voices became louder and louder. In such a solemn and secluded place, needless to say how obtrusive and conspicuous they were.

After receiving the decree from the palace, Yang Xian rushed over non-stop, just to deal with Li Bin when he was on the verge of death, and to give others a blow.

At this time, there were more and more officials in the courtyard. Yang Xian and the people he brought surrounded Li Bin into a small circle. Although the people outside couldn't see what was going on, they got together to exchange news, and they found out what happened. context.

In the crowd, there were those who regretted, those who were excited, and those who were afraid. They stood together in twos and threes and commented on them.

There were so many noises, and the noisy voices were endless. The officials who usually don't see him at all may be smiling secretly at this time. Li Bin has already thought of the appearance of those people taking pleasure in other people's misfortune, and his heart feels as if a bug is biting him. The teeth were chattering, and the eyes staring at Yang Xian began to turn red.

"okay."

Yang Xian threw out a word in a long voice, waved his hands to let the circle disperse, and took the lead to walk out, saying as he walked: "Since Mr. Li doesn't want to go by himself, you can help him."

Several soldiers on the spot looked at each other, two of them walked to the front, and two of them stayed behind, the one grabbing the hand, and the one grabbing the foot, even lifted Li Bin up and followed.

That appearance was no different from lifting a pig to be slaughtered, and Li Bin's cry was as shrill as that of a pig to be slaughtered.

Watching this group go away, the remaining officials looked at each other in blank dismay, and said what they couldn't say in their eyes and movements. At that moment, several people left and went in other directions.

Within half an hour, things spread.

"Are you still pretending to be sick?" Chen asked.

"Stop pretending, stop pretending..." Li Shanchang sighed, "How can you pretend?"

"You should show up when Liu Bowen knocked on Dengwen Drum this morning." Mrs. Chen scolded him, "You are lazy, lying there motionless, and the threshold is about to be stepped on, and you don't care."

"The threshold is broken, and then install a new one." Li Shan said long, "Ma'am, sir, my head is broken, and you have to marry again, which one is worthwhile?"

Chen Shi rolled his eyes at him, these days Li Shanchang enjoyed leisure and leisure, but she was too busy to touch the ground, naturally she saw that her husband was not pleasing to the eye.

"I still have to go out after all." Li Shanchang got up and put on his official clothes, and handed the sachet around his waist to Mrs. Chen, "I have enough of these things, ma'am, please help me keep them first."

Mrs. Chen took the sachet and put it into his sleeve, and helped him straighten his collar. When he was ready, he asked someone to send a sedan chair, and Li Shanchang sat on it, and was carried away to the Zhongshu Provincial Value Room.

Huaixi is very powerful. At this time, there are a group of officials with honorable backs sitting in the duty room. There are officials of all sizes, such as Shangshu, Shilang, and Shizhong. However, although they gathered here for Li Bin, there are not many of them. Really anxious.

If the fire doesn't burn you, everyone is a spectator, so why worry?

What to eat, what to drink, what to drink.

Some people were even happy that there was a place for a trusted aide beside Li Shanchang, and they told a few jokes one after another to amuse them.

"Everyone, let's offer our advice and suggestions." After a round of tea, the minister of the Ministry of Industry was the first to speak out. He is old and usually handles things prudently. It's very good and has more prestige, "We figured out a way to send it to the prime minister's mansion, which is considered our best effort."

The servant of the household department next to him said: "Master Du, haven't we used all the methods we can think of? The one who took the blame, the one who took the blame, sacrificed several lower officials, and wasted a lot of money. Those censors are like dogs. Yes, if you bite someone and don’t let go, what else can you do?”

"You can't talk like that." Li Ke interrupted the matter, "At least we'll catch some of their people."

"What's the use of that." Another person retorted, "He is an official of the sixth and seventh ranks, and it doesn't hurt to be demoted. Liu Bowen can recruit a group of stunned youths by raising his hand, which may be more in line with his wishes. "

The words were rough and unreasonable, and the room fell into an embarrassing silence.

After a while, the servant of the household department said: "I think it's Yang Xian who is hateful. He catered to the holy will. He followed Lu Shengyu to Guangdong for a trip. When he came back, he didn't know his surname. He was domineering and didn't know how to measure. I saw him Come on."

"This thief dares to make trouble in Zhongshu Province today!"

"I heard that when he was a school inspector before, he was always tricky and tricky. He talked sweetly, hid the sword in his smile, and reported to the Holy One all day long. I don't know how many Zhongliang have been killed."

A few people followed suit to denounce.

Li Ke said in the middle of the matter: "This kind of people don't know how to make money, and they will definitely not have good results. They just rely on their momentary power to become rampant."

The previous person seemed to like to carry the burden, and regardless of the atmosphere, he said another sentence: "It's enough for him to gain power for a while, it's enough to make a lot of money, and he can also keep us down."

"Did you do it on purpose!"

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry hurriedly stood up to smooth things over: "Okay, okay. Don't say a few words. I think we should think again, at least we can't be called people from Eastern Zhejiang..."

"The Prime Minister is here." Before he finished speaking, someone shouted at the door.

Everyone looked around, only to see Li Shanchang walking in slowly, holding the arm of a book office, and after only a few days of disappearing, he looked old, his face was yellow, and his expression was also depressed, and he fell into the ground in the next second Also a possibility.

"Prime Minister!" Several people couldn't help exhaling, with tears in their eyes.

"Everyone is here?" Li Shanchang sat down at the top, took a few breaths, smoothed his sleeves that were wrinkled by the wind carefully, looked down and smiled, "I made everyone laugh, this disease comes like a mountain, it is really not human can decide."

"The prime minister works day and night, and we are incompetent if we can't share the prime minister's worries." The minister said on the spot, "Compared with government affairs, your body is more important, and our use is negligible. It is really a blessing for Daming that you recover soon."

"I've said that." Li Shanchang searched with his eyes, "Why don't you see Li Bin?"

Hu Weiyong, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke: "Prime Minister, Li Bin was taken away by Yang Xian. It has been some time since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally issued an edict."

"Oh." Li Shan said long, "Why did they take people?"

The servant of the household department said angrily: "Prime Minister, it was Yang Xian who was the first to make up trouble, and made up a non-existent thing to submit a letter, just to overthrow Li Bin, and give him a place in the Ministry of Education. Such intentions, people and gods are all angry! They chose to do this when you were old and sick. They are slapping you in the face and our Huaixi face! What's more, Yang Xian has a criminal record. He was an officer of General Li. Enough for us to be vigilant!"

"what do you mean--"

"According to my subordinates, Yang Xian had planned it long ago."

"Then what did you do?"

Li Ke said in the middle of the matter: "Speaking of this, it is thanks to Mr. Hu. He helped Mr. Li come up with a lot of ideas, which are quite effective."

Hu Weiyong's hard work and intelligence are facts. When he is mentioned, everyone's eyes are much gentler. They look over frequently, with a kind of appreciation for their own people.

Seeing this scene, Li Shanchang was satisfied, knowing that the effect of paving the way for him had been achieved this time.

The waiter: "Master Hu's credit need not be said, we all thank him in our hearts, but Master Li was taken away after all, if he was imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and tortured, maybe they would force him to say slanderous nonsense, Pull us into the water."

implication.The faces of several officials who had a good personal relationship with Li Bin immediately changed.

Even the always calm Minister of the Ministry of Industry, after hearing these words, couldn't help looking at Li Shanchang with hopeful eyes.

Although the fire hasn't reached their heads yet, everyone is living in the same boat after all, and they are involved with each other, so it's better if there is no accident.

Li Shanchang said: "That makes sense, Hu, forget it, let me go to battle with my old bones in person, I will go to Yushitai and have a good talk with him. You write a memorandum for me and submit it to the prince. What happens like this As the prime minister, I have committed the crime of negligence."

No name was named, but everyone knew that the words were spoken to Hu Weiyong, and Hu Weiyong immediately responded.

"Okay, then I'll go back." Li Shanchang stood up on the table, someone immediately helped him, he raised his hand to refuse, straightened up by himself, and looked around, "The doctor who invited said that my illness has improved recently, and I should It will recover in a few days, and in the past few days, the ups and downs of Daming depend on you, and I hope you will always remember it."

"Naturally, Prime Minister, go slowly." Everyone respectfully sent off in unison.

Li Shanchang went out, the sedan chair was waiting outside the door, the servant asked him to get on the sedan chair, asked him the address, and walked towards Yushitai.

"My lord, the prime minister is here."

Liu Ji was dealing with official business when a book office suddenly came in and reported nervously and panicked.

"Prime Minister? Why did the Prime Minister come here?" Liu Ji frowned.

"I don't even know the little one." The secretary said, "What are your plans?"

"You serve the tea first, and I'll go out right away."

"Yes."

The main room of Yushitai is incomparable with Zhongshu Sheng, only half the size, but because of the taste of the censors, the decoration is very elegant and clean. Li Shanchang sat on the chair and observed the surrounding decorations with great interest. good point.

Naturally, Liu Ji would not let him wait for a long time, so he simply cleaned up the official documents on the table and came out to meet him.

"Prime Minister." Liu Ji called out respectfully.

Li Shanchang had seen enough of the room, and was closing his eyes to rest his mind. Hearing this, he opened his eyes, looked straight at Liu Ji, and said with a smile, "Berwen."

"The subordinate is here."

"You and I still say these kind words." Li Shanchang said, "Sit down, let's chat."

Liu Ji sat down with a flat expression, neither sad nor happy, looking at the ground without looking at Li Shanchang: "What does the prime minister want to talk about? Do you need to listen to the official report on Yushitai?"

"Yushitai did a good job, I have nothing to ask." Li Shan said long, "Let's open the skylight and speak honestly, Bowen, Li Bin was arrested by Yang Xian under your command, I have to do something."

Liu Ji didn't expect Li Shanchang to be so frank, so he raised his head and said bluntly, "I've been supervising the whole process of Li Bin's matter, and I can assure the prime minister that he deserved what he deserved, and the censors reported a good thing, and there is absolutely no exaggeration words."

"I know." Li Shan said long, "I also know what the people on my side look like. But you know the truth about employing people, whether they can choose talents or not. No mistake, it may not happen.”

"The prime minister is right, but there are officials like Dao Tong and Lu Shengyu in Ming Dynasty."

"How many people like him are there?" Li Shanchang disapproved, "The prince is behind him, and the sage is behind the prince. Who in the world has such a backer? What's more, the incident in Panyu can disturb the government and the public, and he can't move it if he wants to." , someone asked him to move..."

"Do you think so, Bowen?" Li Shanchang stared at him deeply when he said the last sentence.

Liu Jidao: "I don't understand what the prime minister means."

"You know whether you understand it or not." Li Shanchang was prevaricated, but his words were still gentle, "I just want to ask one thing, how do you plan to deal with Li Bin?"

"It doesn't matter how I plan to deal with it. My Ming Dynasty has its own laws, and it's not up to the lower officials to make decisions."

"Then how did Daming Law convict him?"

"Beheaded according to the law." Liu Ji said, "If His Majesty asks for the crime, he should be executed by Ling Chi."

"His Royal Highness supervises the country, that's not the case." Li Shanchang said calmly, "Then it's beheading, right?"

Liu Ji thought about it and nodded.

"Berwin." Seeing that he was still so tough, Li Shanchang's attitude also changed, "To be an official, you must know how to live with the light, especially us old people. You should know his temper all the way with the Holy One. Why don't you give it to yourself?" How about leaving a way out? Is there anything wrong with this?"

"..." Liu Ji didn't speak.

"I'm not a fool." Li Shanchang continued, "I know your thoughts, and you should also know mine. Aren't Yang Xian and Hu Weiyong the successors of you and me? Bowen, our paths are the same Yes. Walking this way is like crossing a river on stilts. No one knows what’s in the river, but as long as the people on the other side are willing to help you look, you can always cross.”

Liu Ji remained silent.

"Why make things so tense? You have fulfilled your duties, you are worthy of His Majesty, you are worthy of Zhedong, and you are even more worthy of your ideas at the time. Live the rest of your life well."

When Li Shanchang said this, he revealed a kind of vicissitudes and softness that have gone through hardships.

"I'm willing to drown."

"What?" Li Shanchang didn't hear clearly.

Liu Ji tilted his head, his eyes were the same as when he saw Li Shanchang for the first time.His hair was white and wrinkled, but he was still able to show his sharpness, like a sharp long knife out of its sheath, he firmly said: "Please go back, Prime Minister. I am willing to drown, no one will help me."

"..." Li Shanchang's face darkened, "Stop talking?"