2. The villain and the delusional
Pei Yanling let out a beastly low phlegm, stared at Lu Zhi coldly, then got up from the puddle, clenched his fists, and left Yanying's door step by step.
At this moment, Du Huangshang looked at the back of this person worriedly, sighed, and whispered to Lu Zhi: "Jingyu, why is this? Pei Yanling is just a false villain, a cunning community rat. When burning with fire, he hides behind the divine puppet. Not only can he not punish him, he will often accidentally burn the divine puppet, which in turn will harm himself. Don't forget what Gao Yisong said before leaving!"
Lu Zhi frowned and replied seriously: "If Yisong does this in Huainan, it means that he can't help but overturn what he said in the past. Since Yisong rushed forward, I will not fall behind."
"Respect the eunuch! Mencius said that a gentleman should avoid false people."
"In today's world, there is no way to avoid it. If we are helpless, Pei Yanling will secretly support Li Qi, destroy Yisong's plan to conquer the southern expedition, and take the opportunity to change to Xifan. But I know that in the past two years, he made the field of the border military camp not look like it. If he rashly conquers Xifan, he will probably completely destroy the situation that Gao Yue and Wei Gao have worked hard in the past few years, and Zhongsheng will be destroyed. Is it a gentleman's actions to please the master? It's for the world! Only by defeating traitors like Pei Yanling, I will preside over the west of Beijing and the water transportation of the camp and fields in Helong."
Du Huangshang looked at Lu Zhi and could only nodded, expressing his willingness to advance and retreat side by side with him.
Of course, most of the desperate battles between Lu Zhi, Pei Yanling, Gao Yue and Li Qi are considered to be a moral dispute, but a considerable number of people who are more conscious of it: this is actually a game of two types of state power, and a financial dispute between the national treasury and the inner treasury.
The next day, in the Political Affairs Hall, Lu Zhi held his breath and sat upright, lifted up his pen, sat upright in a corner, and wrote on a long piece of paper.
Usually, the articles given to the emperor by ministers are called "confession".
Lu Zhi's statement is called "On the Book of Pei Yanling's Traitors", which is more solemn and formal. It is a heartfelt statement that Lu Zhi, as a minister, expressed to the emperor.
At the same time, Du Huangshang and Han Hui were summoned by the emperor to Yanying Hall.
The emperor asked them directly: "Pei Yanling, he just turned to the villain. All the officials are ministers of the country. Elegance should be the first. Why can't a villain be tolerated?"
Du Huangshang and Han Hui were silent.
The emperor then showed up and said that he would immediately ask Daying to send Huo Zhongtang back all the money in the treasury to ensure that it would be enough to buy grain and pay salary.
But your subordinates promised not to investigate the treasury. I will not pursue Taifu Temple, and you will not pursue Pei Yanling. Everything will end here.
Han Hui couldn't help but take a step back, while Du Huangshang said directly that everyone in the world knew about this matter, and all the scholars and common people were looking at each other, and the ministers could not let it go.
"Aren't you just trying to take away my inner treasury? Why do you have to say so high-sounding?" The emperor was furious and pointed at Du Huangshang and Han Hui. "Gao Yue is out there, and he has been connected with you. I believe in him so much and let him sit in Huainan, the hub of the world..."
"Your Majesty, Duke Wei is in Huainan, and there is no point in blame." Du Huangshang interrupted the emperor.
The emperor was frustrated. Indeed, he really couldn't find anything wrong with Gao Yue. The two taxes and orders were paid on time, and the supervision of Li Qi from Runzhou was also his duty.
At this time, the emperor had no reason to continue. He waved his sleeves to the two prime ministers, indicating that they could leave...
At dusk, Lu Zhi's letter of writing was already written.
In the temple, the master of the imperial edict and the edict found Lu Zhi. He was very worried, so he advised Lu Zhi: "Duke Lu, Pei Yanling, has also advised the Holy Lord twice, but the Holy Lord did not answer, so I knew the Holy Lord's intention to be determined. The Book of Rites says that the ministers advised him three times. If the king continues to be obsessed with his slander and is not responsible for his slander, why should he do this?"
"Come on this, if Gao Wei Duke is still in the court, Pei Yanling would never dare to do this. It was because I was incompetent and the evil spirits were dancing. So don't say that I would give advice three times, even if I gave advice thirty times, I would be willing to do anything. If I were born at the wrong time, I would only blame me for secretly turning my head. Yesterday, Pei Yanling said that he was a villain, but in fact I didn't agree. Pei could not be a villain, he was just a fool."
"What's the solution?"
"The villain in the court is Lu Qi. Although the villain is bad, he is often talented, and the treacherous looks like loyalty and the cheating looks like faith. Therefore, the ruler is often blinded by such villains. However, Pei Yanling is just a delusional person. He is not a skillful person, and he acts in an unscrupulous manner when encountering things, and speaks without any restraint. Mencius commented on this kind of delusional person as "rebellious". The ruler will never be deceived by delusional persons. If the delusional person is still rampant, it is caused by the delusional person's intentional indulgence."
"Since Mr. Lu knows this, a gentleman would rather be deceived by a villain than fight against others with his bare hands. Otherwise, wouldn't he become what Confucius said about Feng He? The reason why the Holy Lord relies on Pei Yanling was just to think of his three benefits. One is to engrave the following, the second is to be good at slander, and the third is to spy on foreign affairs. Therefore, the Holy Lord raised Pei like a hawk and dog, and Duke Lu checked and balanced the key points, why should he see someone who did not eat dogs?"
"I was a Hanlin scholar before, so I was the emperor's personal personalities. If the emperor doesn't ask, he will not speak. Now I am the magistrate of the world, how can I not speak? What's the difference between that and a native chicken and a tile dog!"
When the sun slowly sinks from the sky above the Daming Palace, Pei Yanling's head was still wrapped around his head and knelt in front of the emperor, "Your Majesty, I'm not willing to die, but today they can force me to kill me, and tomorrow they can cut off His Majesty's inner treasury. Su Bian, who was also a member of the Ministry of Revenue, and Zhang Pang, who judged the Yan Tie, hurriedly handed over the account book to Du Huangshang and Lu Zhi when he saw the certificate from the Secretary of the Central Committee. The effectiveness of this certificate was even more serious than the imperial order. What was the crime of Li Qi in Zhenhai Army? But he liked to give him the offer. What was the difference between Gao Yue and Wei Gao? But Gao Yue was a little unhappy, and the Political Affairs Hall saw that Li Qi did not follow his appointment, so he asked to seize the flag of Zhenhai Army..."
"Shut up." The emperor was also in a state of confusion at this moment. He didn't want to listen to Pei Yanling's noise anymore.
But Pei Yanling burst into tears and never stopped talking, "Now, Your Majesty only needs to issue an edict to ask the capital of Jingkou of the Zhenhai Army to be the necessary financial resources to control Xifan, so that the ship can be shipped. Instead of going to Yangzhou, you go up the river and go to Xiangyang City to change it to light goods, and send it from Shangluo Road to the capital... But if Your Majesty does not decide today, I will immediately lie down my sword and commit suicide after returning to my house. The so-called humiliation of the minister will die, and the master will die!"
Outside the curtain, Song Ruohua, RuoShao and RuoXian, who were accompanying him, had never heard of the emperor. He was so angry at Gao Yue and Lu Zhi. Although they were women, they also understood that the struggle now was a life-and-death issue, involving the fundamental route issue. Everyone was frightened, especially RuoXian, who was so scared that tears were almost shedding.
"Go to the Eastern Bachelor's College for me and ask Li Jifu and Duke Wei to come." Finally, the emperor said so.
Chapter completed!