Fang Jun's assassination was not intended to be a big deal, but there were so many navy soldiers and Suzhou County soldiers involved in the incident that it was inevitable that the news would be leaked afterwards. Once it was spread, it became known to everyone in Jiangnan. Even the traffickers and pawns from town to town can vividly describe the dangerous scenes at that time.
The whole Jiangnan will inevitably be shaken!
Who is Fang Jun?
Today, His Majesty's son-in-law is the son-in-law of Xuanling, the chief minister of the Prime Minister. He has been given the title of Duke of Yue, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Prince Shaobao... He is absolutely a first-class important minister of the court. Looking at the court, he can be stable in meritorious service and official position. There are already only a handful of people who can beat Fang Jun.
Especially because Fang Jun was so prestigious in Jiangnan, the Jiangnan gentry had no idea how much they had suffered at his hands, so much so that the whole Jiangnan had already been talked about in disgrace, and everyone shunned him out of fear.
It was such a person who was actually designed to be assassinated and almost died on the spot...
Jiangnan people generally have two views on this matter: one is to sigh, pretending to have a look of compassion on their faces and say a few words about the good fortune of the Yue Kingdom, people and nature, but in their hearts they curse the assassin half to death, since he dared to Why can't the assassination of such a person be planned more carefully and the attack more ruthless, so as to kill him in one fell swoop and eliminate harm for the people?
The other is to hold up one's forehead and celebrate, thankful that Fang Jun escaped. Otherwise, if he had died on the spot, His Majesty Li Er, who was far away in Chang'an, would have been extremely angry. The shock caused by this was enough to implicate most of the Jiangnan nobles. At that time, who dies and who lives, we can only leave it to fate...
Compared with a name, money is nothing?
As long as you can protect your family, your life, and your family inheritance for hundreds or thousands of years, you will not be willing to spend any amount of money!
Fang Jun was said to have been seriously injured after being assassinated. He stayed in the manor all day to recuperate without seeing any outsiders. Fortunately, there was a King of Wei who came forward to handle various matters. Everyone had no other choice, so they all went to Wei. Wang Chu went through various channels, hoping to gain His Highness's understanding, help turn things around, and say a few good words in front of Fang Jun.
As a result, the place where Wei King Li Tai lived was bustling with traffic and bustling with people.
But there is always a close relative between people, and as a prince, it is naturally impossible for him to summon anyone who comes to his door. Some people cannot find a way to see Li Tai, so they are naturally panicked, fearing that this person has not yet waited for the tribute. Qian Cai got His Highness's understanding, but Fang Jun had already ordered the navy soldiers to ransack the house and destroy the family.
Fortunately, everyone later heard that Shen Lun came to apologize in person, promised a generous gift of half of the family property, and received Li Tai's promise...
Now everyone felt relieved.
It is obvious that His Highness the King of Wei only cares about money. As long as he has money, even the family of Shen Wei, one of the masterminds of the assassination, can be forgiven, let alone those families who are beyond their reach?
As long as you are willing to accept the money, I will be willing to give it away!
As a result, the talented prince who was once well-known in Guanzhong turned into a greedy little prince. He counted piles of money all day long as if in a dream, making everyone he saw laugh so hard that they couldn't even see their eyes...
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"Your Highness, with the support of these Jiangnan gentry, Your Highness has become even more powerful. In the past, the predicament of a clever woman struggling to make a living without rice will never reappear. The cultural and educational prosperity of the Tang Dynasty will surely be completed early in the hands of Your Highness, and thousands of students will benefit from it in the future. Your Highness, if you study poetry and books, your name will go down in history for thousands of years to come!"
Mu Yuanzuo's ability to govern the state capital was not weak, but his ability to flatter him was even better. These days, he ran to Li Tai every day to help find warehouses to send guards to carry huge amounts of money and silk wealth.
The relationship is naturally getting closer...
The two of them were sitting in the hall. Li Tai admired Mu Yuanzuo's knowledge and knowledge very much and said with a smile: "I am committed to opening schools in every state and county in the Tang Dynasty. It is not just for my personal reputation. The longer-term goal is to cultivate more talents for the empire. As the empire becomes stronger and its territory continues to expand, more talents are needed to govern various places. It is obvious that relying only on the children of powerful families is no longer enough. The only way is to let them Only when more students from poor families receive a better education can they take on important responsibilities, and this is also the philosophy of governing the country that my father has always advocated. Governor Mu has been helping me a lot these days, and I am grateful to him. After returning to the capital, I will serve as my father's father. If I explain it in front of the emperor, I think my father will also be pleased with it."
As a prince, he had even participated in the fight for the heir apparent, so he was not too familiar with the officialdom.
Regardless of whether his father liked the Suzhou governor or not, if he said some pleasant words for the time being and made a big pie, he would be able to get more sincere help from Mu Yuanzuo and even indescribable gratitude.
It's just a few words, it's a favor without any cost, why not do it?
When Mu Yuanzuo heard that Li Tai was going to praise him in front of His Majesty Li Er, he immediately flushed with excitement and said with emotion: "If your Highness is really like this, I will follow you for the rest of my life. If you have any other intention, both humans and gods will abandon you!" "
The most important thing when expressing your loyalty to your superior is not to brag about how capable you are, but to put your loyalty first.
There are so many capable people in the world, why should they put you to good use?
You have to be obedient...
The two of them talked and laughed freely and really got along with each other.
Li Tai asked Mu Yuanzuo to stay and enjoy lunch together. Mu Yuanzuo naturally could not refuse. When he ordered the interior to prepare lunch, Li Tai saw that Mu Yuanzuo had a strange look on his face and hesitated to speak. He understood in his heart that this person today Afraid that something might come to his door, he asked, "What does Governor Mu have to hide? Why don't you tell me?"
Mu Yuanzuo sighed: "It's not something that is difficult to explain, but I'm just worried and don't know how to deal with it, so I want to seek His Highness's opinion."
"Oh, what's going on?"
"Your Highness, I dare to ask, what exactly does Duke Yue intend to do with the Shen family in Wuxing?"
This matter has been lingering in Mu Yuanzuo's mind for many days, but he never dared to ask Fang Jun. Therefore, he was worried about it and could not sleep peacefully.
I happened to have a good conversation with King Wei today, so I boldly asked, hoping to get some advice from King Wei.
Li Tai frowned and asked: "This king has accepted the gift of atonement from my family, and has told the Duke of Yue that he has no objection, so this matter should end here. Besides, the Duke of Yue has not objected. That thief Shen Wei is imprisoned in the naval prison, and all interrogations are handled by the navy, so what does it have to do with you?"
Mu Yuanzuo smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness does not know. Yesterday, the Navy Commander Su Dingfang sent people to escort Shen Wei and a group of Suzhou County soldiers to the Suzhou Mansion Office and handed them over to the ministers. According to him, the Navy is not a local The government has no right to interrogate cases, so subsequent interrogations and investigations must be handed over to the Suzhou government."
Li Tai nodded slightly and understood.
Fang Jun is the victim in this matter. According to Fang Jun's past temper, it is absolutely impossible to let it go. Killing one person will not lead to a river of blood, but the Wu Xing Shen family, the mastermind of the case, will definitely carry out severe retaliation. Moreover, the evidence of Shen Wei's crime is conclusive and irrefutable, so it is too easy to find out the rest of the Shen family, regardless of whether other Shen family members know about or participate in this matter.
Even if it expands, starting from Shen Wei and the Shen family, most of the Jiangnan gentry are implicated, and there is enough evidence.
But now Fang Jun is uncharacteristically letting things go, and Li Tai is taking the opportunity to make money. This makes Mu Yuanzuo confused because he can't find the right balance.
If the Shen family and other Jiangnan gentry are seriously not investigated, will Fang Jun feel that Mu Yuanzuo is incompetent?
I, Fang Jun, have a special status and I have to swallow my anger in order to take care of the overall situation, but you, Mu Yuanzuo, are also afraid of offending others and affecting the government, so you refuse to vent your anger on me. So why do I need you, a loser?
But if the investigation continues, and Li Tai has collected all the money, wouldn't he let His Highness the King of Wei sit on the wax?
So the reason why Mu Yuanzuo asked this question was not that he didn't know how to deal with it, but to test what kind of resolution he and Fang Jun had reached. It was right to "take into account the overall situation", but what kind of consideration should be given to it? However, you need to give yourself a standard...
Li Tai frowned and pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "The Duke of Yue has been greatly wronged in this matter. With his temperament, he will be angry for a long time. Although I also agree with his approach of taking the overall situation into consideration, we are not saints. How can we not have a little bit of selfishness? Therefore, we must take into account the overall situation and also support justice. Although we cannot involve too many people and deal with them harshly, we do not avoid punishing people in details to set an example."
Mu Yuanzuo understood.
After all, you just feel that there are still some families whose "atonement" has not been paid in full, and you can dig deeper into the current level to fully utilize the potential of those families.
Is this a plan to allocate all the money needed to build a school in the next ten years with one stroke?
So dark...
