Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

Anfeng's life has changed.

An Lao Si was walking on the narrow road, the wind whizzed by, and as autumn went and winter came, even wearing a jacket could not resist the invasion of the cold wind.

Fortunately, it hadn't snowed yet.

Taking advantage of the fact that it is not too cold now, the common people went up the mountain to collect firewood one after another.

Fourth An let out a breath, and a white mist had already formed.

He is now able to go to court to discuss state affairs. Although he is in the last seat and has no right to speak, it means that he is closer to the emperor.

Liu Liu was not stupid. He knew that Hongxiu was favored now, and it might be useless for him to say some things to Han Liner, but when the wind blows on the pillow, the result would be uncertain.

So he promoted An Lao Si step by step to his confidant, he gave An Lao Si great benefits, and he didn't have to worry that An Lao Si would betray him.

If An Lao Si betrayed him, when he was finished, An Lao Si would be finished too.

An Lao Si would not be so stupid, he couldn't figure out this reason, so he didn't hold back when he promoted An Lao Si.

Liu Futong held the military power tightly, so Liu Liu had to find a way to hold the prestige in the court, otherwise he would not be able to stand against Liu Futong.

Han Lin'er had a headache from being quarreled by Liu Liu recently.

"Who do you want to seal again?" Han Lin'er said a little angrily, "I gave you the jade seal, and you can seal it!"

Liu Liu knelt down with a "plop", his face was pale, and he didn't dare to speak straight. He walked forward on his knees and said to Han Lin'er: "Your Majesty, the grand master now controls the military power. If even the court is full of his people, then this Is the world still the emperor's world?"

Han Liner sneered: "I see, you just want to pick out his people and replace them with your own people. Let me ask you, how many people in the court are facing me?"

Liu Liu quickly said: "The emperor is the real dragon emperor! All the adults in the court are naturally facing the emperor, but it's just because of the majesty of the grand master..."

He didn't say anything, Han Lin'er threw the jade paperweight aside.

Liu Liu didn't dare to speak anymore.

Han Liner: "You all think I can't understand?"

"Liu Liu, do your job well, don't think about things you shouldn't think about, if I find out..."

Liu Liu kowtowed several times before being thrown out of the study by Han Lin'er.

Liu Liu was walking in the palace in disheveled clothes. The servants in the palace didn't dare to look at him, and they all bowed their waists and buried their heads. Everyone knows that Mr. Liu is quite favored now, and even the Grand Master wants to avoid him. Well, if you offend such a high official, you don't know how you died.

Liu Liu gritted his teeth, he knocked his head, and blood flowed down his forehead.

He thought that Liu Futong would kill him, and he was always ready to deal with it. The An Zi who he placed next to Liu Futong also reported that Liu Futong would attack him when he went to court, but he waited again and again, but he didn't wait for the other party to strike.

Not only that, Liu Futong hadn't fought him yet, so he retreated without fighting.

Liu Liu is like a well-prepared warrior. When he was about to fight the enemy to the death, the enemy suddenly stopped fighting and wanted to go home for dinner. This feeling was worse than losing.

I don't know when there were rumors about Anfeng.

Everywhere in the streets and alleys.

"I heard that Master Liu is currently presiding over the court meeting!"

"Which Lord Liu? Is it the Grand Master?"

"Which is the grand master, it's Liu Yuan's affairs."

"he?"

"What the hell is he?"

"At any rate, the grand master was also the one who assisted the former emperor, and he did his best to support the new emperor. How can he be compared with the grand master?"

"Exactly! Although the grand master is domineering, but the merits of the grand master are also displayed there, so how can Liu Yuanshi compare with the grand master?"

"I heard that Liu Yuan is domineering and domineering, and no one dares to refute it in the court. Although the grand master is a bit domineering, he has never made mistakes in major matters."

"Hey, the emperor has been deceived!"

"The emperor was deceived by the treacherous villain!"

There were more and more memorials to impeach Liu Liu, piled up like a mountain, Liu Liu sullenly asked his servants to burn them all.

"It's a good way to retreat!" Sitting in his yard, Liu Liu finally couldn't help saying to An Laosi, "Where is he retreating? He's pushing me out!"

"He has become a good official who is loyal to the emperor and patriotic?"

Liu Liu: "Slip the world's jokes!"

People used to dislike Liu Futong and felt that the emperor was pitiful.

Now that Liu Liu has been pushed out, people feel that Liu Futong is actually quite good compared to Liu Liu.

At least Liu Futong's achievements are great!

Liu Liu was beaten as a traitor, so the emperor's decree was also issued after he was deceived by the traitor. Once Liu Liu lost power, Liu Futong could easily regroup the power and change Liu Liu's changes back.

And he succeeded this time, and his reputation will be even better in the future.

At that time, even if Han Liner still wanted to fight against him, he would no longer have that ability.

Liu Liu knew that he had stepped into a trap, but he had already reached this point, and he could not retreat no matter what.

He said to An Laosi: "From tomorrow onwards, it will be said that I am seriously ill."

Fourth An asked very considerately: "How long have you been sick? It doesn't matter if it grows or becomes short."

Liu Liu: "Being sick for half a month, the emperor came to invite me, and I will go back."

Isn't Liu Futong's idea to promote him first?After holding it up, the people below will naturally want to pull him down, but now that he has come down by himself, what else can Liu Futong do next?

"Tell your sister, let her remember to mention me in front of the emperor, if the emperor doesn't come to pick me up after half a month, I will really lose face!" Liu Liu looked at An Laosi and said sincerely.

An Lao Si naturally agreed.

After all, Liu Liu and Liu Futong's fights are not big enough, and small fights are really of no benefit to their plans.

Liu Liu, a member of the Pingzhang Court, was seriously ill and could not serve the emperor. The news suddenly spread all over Anfeng.

It is rumored that because some people spread rumors about him, he fell ill in a fit of anger.

Then he handed in a memorial and resigned.

The general idea is: "Although I know that your majesty loves me very much, I have to let you down. It is because I am not worthy of virtue and ability that I was maliciously slandered. It is nothing to slander me. I have rough skin and thick flesh, but these people also don't like me." I am slandering the emperor, I am an official appointed by the emperor, and it depends on the owner to beat a dog! In order not to embarrass the emperor, I took the initiative to resign, but although I resigned, I still belong to the emperor."

I don't know why the content of this memorial has been circulated, and all scholars know it.

Liu Liu's memorial is very well written, sincere and sincere, and it is very easy to empathize with it. The image of a poor persecuted loyal minister is vivid on the paper.

That's right, you Liu Futong have controlled the government for so long, and you still hold the military power in your hands, how could you be bullied by a civil servant?

The imperial court may not care about the thoughts of farmers or businessmen, but it will definitely care about the thoughts of scholars.

If the scholar's voice is loud, the courtiers will be affected.

The "people's support" that officials want to win refers to the hearts of scholars.

Lin Yuan also got this memorial. After reading it carefully, he sighed to Yang Shaowei: "This knife-catcher has a brilliant literary talent, and every word is heart-wrenching. It's rare to see him."

Yang Shaowei took a look and was a little surprised. It seems that Anfeng also has amazing talents.

This kind of memorial should be sold just right, if it is more, it will be strong, and if it is less, it will be weak.

The strength of character of the literati is vividly interpreted by this memorial.

"He wanted to..." Yang Shaowei swallowed, he didn't really believe that someone would do such a thing, "He wanted civil servants and military generals to discord and split the government."

Civil servants and military generals seem to be hostile by nature, but they are not.

This is not a confrontation between two powers, but a mutual restraint of two powers.

It's all about balance.

In peacetime, whoever overwhelms the other can have a stronger voice, but this is not a peacetime, and the risk of playing this game is also high, but as long as you can survive the risk, the benefits will be huge.

Yang Shaowei said excitedly: "It's a bad thing for them, but it's a great thing for us! They're in a mess inside, wouldn't it be much easier for us to fight over it."

Lin Yuan thought of the letter from An Laosi and the others.

It took several years, but now that it finally saw results, Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

"What we have to do now is to wait." Lin Yuan said softly, placing sunspots on the chessboard, "When the time is right, we can take down Anfeng at the lowest cost."

When Yang Shaowei thought that after Anfeng was taken down, there would be no regime in the world that could rival Nan Bodhisattva, and he couldn't help feeling overwhelmed!

How many people in this world are as ambitious as him, and how many people have the same opportunities as him?

Worship Song Shizhao as their teacher, and play chess with Nan Bodhisattva, the world is on their chessboard.

Yang Shaowei really wanted to go out and run for a lap.

After half a month, Liu Liu was personally invited back to the court hall by the emperor. The emperor personally visited the door and invited Liu Liu twice.

His face was saved, and his life was saved.

The direction of the wind in the hall also changed.

Because at this time, Liu Liu represented not only a power unit, but a group. He represented scholars——represented a clean-cut figure who was not afraid of power.

If someone opposes him at this time, wouldn't that mean standing on the opposite side of the scholar?

The difference between civil servants and military officials became more and more obvious.

With more and more contradictions, there will naturally be more friction in the court.

Han Liner's head was getting bigger.

Wen Chen believed that generals can lead troops to fight, but after the squadron returns to the court, he should hand in the military amulet, and a general cannot lead the same army for more than three years.

Han Liner felt that this request was right, no problem.

After all, the military orders abroad are not accepted, and if something happens, it will be too late.

It can be understood that it can't be more than three years. After all, if it is more than three years, it is uncertain whether the surname of this army is Han or something else.

But the military attache also had something to say.

Soldiers need to practice, and formations are practiced time and time again. Generals change every three years. Each general leads troops in a different way. How to ensure that soldiers can adapt to changing generals every three years?

Besides, the soldier talisman will be handed in back. If there is an accident, even if the general is in front of the soldiers, who can bear the risk?

Han Lin'er felt that what the military officer said made sense.

The result is that they start arguing every day when they go to court, and there is no reason for the quarrel.

Liu Liu has completely controlled the court, so naturally Liu Futong will not relax his control over military power.

The two sides wrestled with each other, and Anfeng was in a mess. The officials below wanted to take this opportunity to climb up, forming cliques in the officialdom.

Liu Futong and Liu Liu competed with each other, neither of them was willing to bow their heads first.

Whoever lowers his head first will not be able to raise his head later.

An Laosi was responsible for fanning the flames, he had to let Liu Liu stand firm, even if Liu Futong was given a ladder, Liu Liu would never go down the donkey.

He made a lot of moves, and Liu Futong didn't show his favor, after all, it's no good to go on like this, but he was blocked by An Laosi.

Liu Liu saw that Liu Futong was not showing goodwill, so he also sent someone to show goodwill to Liu Futong. This person was killed by An Laosi. After killing a few, Liu Liu and Liu Futong also became angry.

You sent someone to show your favor, but you not only refused to accept it, but you didn't even hear back?Is this going too far?

The two sides are so stiff with each other.

Anfeng is in a mess, and the officials are filthy, and the people's life is not much better.

Once the officialdom is chaotic, the petty officials will show up.

The life of the common people is even more difficult. The petty officials take money from the common people, and then add some money to the top.

The little official also has a heart that wants to climb up, which is normal.

But the common people don't understand, they just find that life is more difficult, the money they earned before is enough to spend, now they have to give the money to the officials, and there are more bullying people on the streets, and it is difficult to buy food after winter , It is not enough to keep warm, and almost no one can go out to work in winter.

Those who wear cotton-padded clothes are all elders, and it is great for ordinary people's families to have cotton-padded clothes and trousers.

Most of them are families who live in the house in winter, and whoever wants to go out wears the only cotton-padded clothes and trousers to go out.

Livelihood is more difficult.

Wealthy families have to tighten their belts, and poor families are even poorer.

An's wife listened to the complaints of the neighbor's family members.

They didn't move out from the original place. At the beginning, they couldn't find a suitable house. Later, they were worried that they would be exposed easily if they moved out, so they stayed in the original place. Besides, Fourth An was just a small Officials, although they can go to court, they have no real power. They live too well and are too conspicuous, and they are easy to become targets.

The female relatives complained to An's wife:

"In the past, although the monthly salary was not much, it was enough for the family to chew on. The daily necessities cost less than a few dollars, but now? I always said that I wanted to provide for Shangfeng, but now I have reduced my clothing and food, and I have not seen it. what a good one."

"It's the same with my family. He still smells of alcohol when he comes back every day. If he's doing something serious, why is he doing something serious? He still pays for it when he goes out to drink every day. Apart from getting sick from drinking, there's really no benefit."

An's wife also said to them: "That guy in my family is the same, you are okay, he has been away for many days and nights, and I don't know what he is doing outside, it seems to be like this now, bear with it, maybe it will be later." The days will be fine."

The female family members were full of resentment, and now all the family members present here are family members of petty officials, only An's wife and her husband are not petty officials, but the female family members all see An's wife's character in their eyes, An's wife is in their hearts, she is a husband A woman who can't talk at all in front of her takes her husband as her god.

She would not tell her husband what she said.

What's more, their husbands have no conflict of interest with An Laosi.

There is no more scruples in speaking.

"This is Renrenren, when will it be a head?" The woman whispered, "It's okay for our family to say, I have many men and brothers, and they all have strength, but I see my natal sisters...there is almost no rice in the family now. gone."

"Is there any way to do this? It's our little bad luck that the top is in such a mess."

An's wife was embroidering flowers, without raising her head, she said: "That can't be helped, we can only talk about it in private."

The female family member sitting next to her winked at the others, and then said in a soft voice: "Mrs. An, we have been friends for more than two years and three years. They say that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and we are all acquaintances. You know more than us, if you know something, don't hide it from us, everyone will discuss it."

An's wife: "I am a woman, what can I know? It's not about the things inside and outside the house, on the stove."

Around her the women began to cry, sobbing softly.

An's wife sighed: "Don't cry, this matter has not come to an end, and life can go on."

"What's the day called now?" the women whispered, "It's useless to persuade us, we are all giving gifts, we can't just stop giving them, but I don't know when this will be the first time, Mrs. An, you are the one with the best news among us, what do you know, tell us, we will never say it."

"Seeing that life is going to be unbearable, if this continues, my whole family will have to drink the northwest wind."

All the petty officials are giving gifts to the top, which feeds the appetite of some officials above who like to make money, so those who don't give gifts are turned out to be outliers, and those who bully them are not those officials who are making money, but small officials like them , just because one party gave gifts and the other party did not, they suddenly became two hostile camps.

Slowly, those who don't give gifts are afraid of being bullied, so they also start giving gifts upwards.

Are these gifts meaningful, and do they get any benefits?

I'm afraid that only the first batch of people will get the benefits, but the atmosphere has already become like this.

The salaries of petty officials are only so small, where do they get so much money?It's not just looking for people to search.

With such a layer-by-layer search, Anfeng's originally not-so-stable regime became even more precarious.

An's wife could only whisper: "Then you can't spread the word."

All the female relatives almost patted their chests to promise, and they all said: "Whoever speaks out will be struck by lightning!"

Only then did An's wife lower her voice mysteriously: "My family told me that giving gifts is really beneficial. Isn't it in chaos now? The adults above will see who is more sincere to them. When the time comes, they will be able to Promote cronies."

"Look at my house, all the valuables have been sold." Wife An sighed, "My family's wealth is too weak, and my family's husband is with Mr. Liu Yuanshi. Although he is a small official, he is well-informed."

An's wife also said: "Give more if you can, so that you will regret it later, don't you think so? I will tell you this, and you can't spread it outside."