After setting the date for the tour, the next step is to consider the people who will accompany it. For this reason, Liu Zhennian specially summoned Niu Yuan and Lu Yingshan to discuss secretly in order to find a perfect solution. Lu Yingshan had always been in the military and had never participated in talks on such important matters. He could only rely on his past experience and suggested to the Prime Minister: "The so-called "people are few and things are simple", he should only go with the chief officer of the Six Ministries and have Su Zongshan by his side. If he has no confidants and his wings are cut off, he will be cornered."
But Niu Yuan was so eager to achieve success that he wished he could catch them all without leaving any harm, so he didn't take it seriously, stroking his white beard and sneered: "Su Zongshan has already been captured. Even if he takes those group of confidants, what big thing can be accomplished? If a large number of people are captured, what great things can be accomplished?" If the Sudang party stays in the capital, can you guarantee that they will not jump over the wall in a hurry? Why not bring them all to Henan and monitor their every move under the nose."
"Well... yes, yes." Lu Yingshan had no words to refute, so he could only confirm Niu Yuan's statement, and then looked back at Liu Zhennian.
Liu Zhennian agreed more with Lu Yingshan's proposal, but now there was no one around him. He lacked someone who dared to insist on opposing opinions to argue with Niu Yuan so that he could understand the pros and cons and listen to both. He could only lament Yan Wen's departure at this moment, and then he slowly accepted Niu Yuan's statement and allowed him to include all the "Su Dang" in the draft list.
Su Zongshan had been sending people to inquire about the patrol. The self-ringing bell rang more than three times, and finally he found out the contents of the list when it was dark.
Lu Zhixian was also on the side at this time. Hearing the messenger say that "there are a lot of people accompanying him this time," he had the same reaction as Su Shenzheng. He leaned back on the chair with a livid face, and his heart felt like a pool of stagnant water.
"It's over! It's over!" He smacked his thigh repeatedly and wailed, "Mr. Liu is planning to kill everyone! Aren't we just going to sit back and wait for death?"
Su Zongshan fiddled with the big green ring on his hand and complained: "I, Su, have never liked to offend others in my life. I am just greedy for a little money. Why would he do this? Isn't it good to live a harmonious life? All day long There is no time to calm down while fighting and killing, alas..."
"Not everyone knows how to be a human being. There are too few sages like you in the world!" Lu Zhixian gritted his teeth angrily, and everyone around him also agreed. Only Su Zongshan frowned, his lips were coldly closed, and his eyes were straight. He stared blankly into the distance, wondering what he was thinking about.
After being stunned for a while, everyone fell silent, for fear of disturbing Master Su's judgment. Most of them raised their eyes slightly and looked at his face blankly, as if looking at a statue of a god, wondering where he would lead the way.
"We can try to struggle, how about changing the door?" Su Zongshan suddenly asked.
"Change the door?" Lu Zhixian was so stunned that he even forgot the meaning of the word and repeated it.
"The Liu Party has tried to put me to death, and there is no way back. Although we don't have much interaction with Qingliu, those people are easier to talk to and should have a good impression of me. We might as well give it a try."
Lu Zhixian himself was dragged to Liu Dang's side by Su Zongshan. After hearing his idea, he was overjoyed and quickly responded: "Participating in politics is actually the best strategy. There is only one road in Huashan right now. It's okay not to leave." gone!"
The gate of the capital suddenly made a loud noise, and a long team gradually appeared from the gate. At the beginning were several horse soldiers holding spears, with an old general crowding in the middle. When his horse hooves stepped out of the city, the horse soldiers quickly got out of the way, lined up on both sides, and shouted: "Liu Liu!" The Prime Minister has left the capital!"
Liu Zhennian gently pulled the horse, and just as the four horseshoes were about to hit the ground, there was a roar of praise in front of him. When he looked up, it turned out that the prince was leading a group of left-behind ministers to bid farewell to him - ministers They all prostrated like slaves, and the prince even had to bend down and make a deep bow.
Although he had watched this scene no less than ten times in his life, this time alone made him very proud. In order to respect the etiquette of the emperor and his ministers, Liu Zhennian had no choice but to jump off his horse and kneel down towards the prince: "How dare I accept the prince's bow? When Zhennian goes to rectify the administration of officials in other provinces, he will not forget the prince's long-term kindness!"
The prince looked at him with respect and fear, and after a long time he answered hesitantly: "Okay... okay, Prime Minister, go and come back as soon as possible."
Liu Zhennian then laughed, picked up his riding whip, and waved away; but the ministers still did not raise their heads. It was not until they heard the sound of horse hooves disappearing that they stood up tremblingly, dusting their sleeves and pleading to the prince. eyes. The prince knew very well that these people were accustomed to taking bribes. If Liu Zhennian started to rectify the trend, there would be only death.
The team walked for a day. Seeing that it was almost night and the people and horses were exhausted, they happened to arrive at the Qinghe Post in Chenzhou. Liu Zhennian arranged for the accompanying officials to stay in the official post. Those who could not live in the official post camped outside the gate of the post with the inspectors A place where officers and soldiers are banned.
As the Minister of War, Ye Yongjia was naturally able to enter the post station to rest. He led the horse to a postman and wanted to go straight into the house, but he didn't expect the latter to ask him in a low voice: "I just heard someone calling you, is your surname Ye?"
"Yes, my surname is Ye, and my name is Yongjia." He turned around and looked him up and down. He saw that the post official had gray hair and wrinkles on his face.
"I remembered what you said. You came here to be an official before. It must have been twenty years. You lived in this post for one day. Later, you killed Lu Deguang in public and became famous. So I remembered this name. After so many years, we can still meet again! May I ask what your current position is?"
"Oh..." When Ye Yongjia heard what he said, he suddenly remembered the past. He looked up and looked around, and saw that not only was there no rain at this time, but even the walls were peeling off, and the door panels of the houses were covered with dirt. After removing the large amount of dust, everything became completely different. It felt like a different world.
"To be honest with you, I am now the Minister of the Ministry of War." He came to his senses and hurriedly answered the old post official.
"The Minister of the Ministry of War... The Minister of the Ministry of War..." The postman repeated his official name, lost for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Corruption is rampant here, just like what happened in the past. I hope you can not change your original intention and put those things in order." Corrupt officials should be put in order so that we, the common people, can be happy for a few days, just a few days!"
After Ye Yongjia heard this, he just sneered sadly, remained silent, said goodbye to the old post official, turned around and went to the house to rest.
But when he recalled the past, he couldn't sleep anyway, so he started rummaging through the cabinet, and accidentally found a chessboard. He quickly took it out, hoping to play a game of chess with someone, but there was no one around him.
At this moment, he suddenly heard a knock on the door and asked hurriedly: "Who?"
"Report to the minister, Chen Tongpao."
