Di Renjie and Li Qiao looked at each other tacitly. After hearing Yao Chong's words, their hearts fell instantly.
After all, this time they invited Yao Chong, the Minister of Civil Affairs, in the hope that they could reach a tacit agreement with Yao Chong on this matter. Otherwise, with the slightly weak names and weight of the Minister of Dali Temple and the Yushitai doctor Li Qiao, they would come here. Impeaching or investigating the dereliction of duty of these more than 500 officials in office does not seem so convincing at this sensitive and urgent moment.
Therefore, once Yao Chong, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who is in charge of and supervises the performance of all officials in the world, is added, and the Ministry of Punishment of the Ministry of Justice is assisted, then among these more than 500 officials, even if there are some who are upright and honest, and who have served the country As a man of the people, when faced with His Majesty's decision, coupled with the joint impeachment of the four of them, he will surely be able to minimize the influence of this matter that is not conducive to His Majesty, at least not to make His Majesty fall into trouble when the time comes. In an embarrassing situation that is reviled by everyone in the world.
So this time, in the names of Di Renjie and Li Qiao, Yao Chong and Wang Xiaojie were invited to a boat on the Luoyang River for a secret discussion. This was the plan of the two in order to provide Li Hong with as much help as possible under the court. plan.
Dali Temple is the highest judicial organ of the Tang Dynasty, shouldering the heavy responsibility of criminal justice. The Ministry of Punishment determines justice and hears cases. It is qualified to investigate any official of the Tang Dynasty, especially now that the Minister of Dali Temple has given Opening the door to convenience allows the Ministry of Punishment to completely ignore whether Dali Temple will obstruct or interfere with the final trial when hearing local cases. It can freely use the laws of the Tang Dynasty to grant These five hundred people made some unfounded charges, or made the official rules that were accustomed to the officialdom more stringent. In this way, several people believed that even the most humble officials might be able to find out a problem.
With such a two-pronged approach, any official who encounters the trouble deliberately brought by Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishments will cover his head and complain that he has a headache.
Moreover, even if the officials felt that the grievances were untrue, and even if they felt that they were being framed to incriminate themselves, they themselves wrote a memorial and wanted to clear their names through the Yushitai's supervision of Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and themselves. Now this road is completely dead, after all, Yushitai doctor has been through two emperors.
When Li Zhi was in power, Li Qiao was the undisputed and undisputed doctor of Yushitai. Now that the new emperor has been on the throne for more than five or six years, Li Qiao is still sitting firmly on Diaoyutai. From this, we can know that Li Qiao is not only in the imperial court. Shitai's government affairs were satisfactory to everyone in the court, and he was also valued by His Majesty.
In this way, everyone in the court and His Majesty can be satisfied. Now that he is willing to help His Majesty solve his problems and take the initiative to confront the wealthy nobles with five surnames and seven hopes, at this time, once he is attacked by Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and For those who are being targeted by the Third Division at Yushitai, how can there be any hope of turning around
What's more, the impeachment of Feng Yanzhuo was originally the responsibility of Yushitai. Now it is just a sensitive moment to talk about topics that officials are not willing to talk about. With the intervention of Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment, no official must be able to talk about it. He might be able to escape unscathed from the combined efforts of the three divisions.
Even if he is able to escape unscathed, even if the three divisions are unable to effectively threaten or accuse him, he will still have to pass the hurdle of the Minister of Civil Affairs. During your tenure, you have never done anything to offend anyone.
Therefore, once Di Renjie and the four people sit together and want to conspire and design any official, then the fate and future of this official will basically be gone, not to mention that when the four of them work together to calculate in their head, Unintentionally, in this way, I am afraid that no official in the entire Tang Dynasty could escape without having a layer of skin peeled off after being targeted by the four people in a tacit understanding.
From the originally heavy atmosphere, as the relaxation and tacit smiles on the faces of the four people appeared more and more, the atmosphere in the whole room gradually became more relaxed. It was Lian Junwu who was appointed by Li Hong after he was born. The impatient Wang Xiaojie, the Minister of Punishment, at least no longer looked anxious on his face at this moment.
The four of them sat together in a tacit understanding and discussed various methods and means, including some unexpected situations that may arise during the process, how to make up for them, and how the four departments should cooperate tacitly.
At the end, Yao Chong, who was still unhurried, said again: "If I can cooperate with the three adults and share your worries and solve problems for His Majesty, I will naturally be very happy, but... I have to give it to the three of you now. Sir, please pour some cold water on me." At the end of his sentence, Yao Chong looked at the puzzled and puzzled looks of the three people and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
Di Renjie was slightly stunned after listening to Yao Chong's words, but he took the lead and asked: "Master Yao, if the four of us can work together, we must follow the method we just discussed. I dare not say that it is 100% sure, but at least 70% I have enough confidence, right? So I asked Master Yao to give me some advice. I wonder where I made any omissions that made Master Yao worried again? "
"It's not that there's something wrong with our strategy. It's just that since I took charge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, I have been dealing with various local officials all year round. I really can't think of anyone who can escape unscathed under the deliberate calculations of the four of us. It's just... Master Wang, please listen to what I have to say." Yao Chong watched Wang Xiaojie open his mouth to speak, and hurriedly patted Wang Xiaojie's shoulder with his left hand, signaling him to wait a moment.
So Yao Chong continued: "While we were solving your Majesty's problems, we forgot two things. Of course, one of them is a matter in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but it has nothing to do with the three adults." Yao Chong looked at it. The three people's eyes were no longer pretentious, and they hurriedly continued: "One thing that is related to the four of us is that one of us should enter the palace and explore His Majesty's tone and thoughts first. If His Majesty has other ideas, wouldn't it be a waste of our efforts to discuss it for a long time? So we want to help His Majesty solve the problem. Even if we don't let His Majesty know about it for the time being, we still need to know His Majesty's intentions. I’m afraid I’ll have to trouble Mr. Di to come to the palace in person to find out what His Majesty says about this matter, right?”
When Di Renjie, Li Qiao and Wang Xiaojie heard Yao Chong's words, they all nodded in agreement, and then they turned their attention to Di Renjie. After all, among the four of them, Di Renjie has the most harmonious relationship with His Majesty. , although Yao Chong, Wang Xiaojie, or Li Qiao can directly see Li Hong when they enter the palace, but in terms of seniority, even Li Qiao does not think that his weight in His Majesty's heart will be much greater than that of Di Renjie.
So when the three of them looked at Di Renjie, Di Renjie knew that he could only do the interviewing of His Majesty.
So he nodded without hesitation and agreed to go to the palace to visit Li Hong early tomorrow morning. Then Di Renjie looked at Yao Chong and asked, "What about the second thing? Although Mr. Yao just said that the second thing is just It’s related to the official department, but it must have appeared because of my plan. I wonder if Mr. Yao can reveal something and let me take Mr. Yao’s place... "
"There is nothing to hide, but I am worried that with more than 500 colleagues participating in today's risk-taking remonstrance, and our strategy to mediate it, the lack of local officials... For me It is an extremely troublesome matter. After all, this matter is also of great importance. Your Majesty has a showdown and a decisive battle with the wealthy nobles headed by Qiwang of the Five Surnames. However, local government affairs cannot be abolished. Otherwise, this will also be a change for Your Majesty. There is pressure from the public, right? And according to our strategy, it will take at least two to three months to completely resolve this matter. It is not right that the vacancies of local officials have been vacant for such a long time. Your Majesty, this is something that is beneficial to the Tang Dynasty or the people."
After Di Renjie listened to Yao Chong's words, he looked at Wang Xiaojie and Li Qiao, nodded again and said, "It seems that Di's trip to the palace is inevitable, but Master Yao doesn't have to worry too much. Just like what you said, since you can feel that His Majesty may have other strategies, it is impossible to say that His Majesty has already thought of how to fill these more than 500 vacancies, so Di will enter tomorrow Palace, let’s find out what His Majesty has to say, and then how about we get together here?”
"Well, thank you Master Di." After hearing Di Renjie's words, Yao Chong slowly stood up and saluted Di Renjie.
Yao Chong has always been cautious, which may have something to do with the fact that he is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who is the head of the six departments. He has always been flawless in everything he says and does. He never leaves any excuses for others and never owes anyone a favor.
Now at the end of the secret discussion between the four of them, Yao Chong was willing to accept Di Renjie's seemingly small favor. In fact, he had submitted a petition to the three of them, which obviously reassured the three of them that in the next thing, he would Yao Chong was determined not to affect the tacit agreement reached by the four of them because of his own affairs.
Just as the four of them slowly walked out of the Huafang room, arguing about who would pay for today's expenses, Li Dan, who was also the Imperial College's sacrificial wine minister, came to Li Hong under the guidance of the palace maids in the shadow of the palace lights. Go to the palace.
Having just come out of Zhenguan Palace, after learning from his mother that his father's vertigo attack was not a big concern, he turned a corner and walked towards Li Hong.
Combined with the fact that nearly three thousand people risked their lives to admonish him today in Luoyang City, Li Dan felt that as the younger brother of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he should go to his brother at this time and ask if there was anything he could do for him.
(End of chapter)