Yelu Yuanyi's answer to this is very clear.
"I don't want to do anything."
Yelu Yuanyi said in a low voice: "But I am more concerned that if we add insult to injury and follow His Majesty's footsteps, how much position can we gain from the positions occupied by Shandong people afterwards? And if we add insult to injury, will we also suffer the same fate in the future? Disaster? Will anyone help us by then?"
Yelu Chenghui was silent for a while.
"They have always regarded us as enemies. What you are thinking now is not a popular approach. It is best not to think like this. No matter whether they are here or not, good or not, we cannot be friends."
"I know, but..."
Yelu Yuanyi whispered: "His Majesty's unexpected move this time is really scary. While I feel happy, I can't help but start to imagine what will happen if we are dealt with like this one day."
"You feel like a rabbit is dead and a fox is dead."
Yelu Chenghui lowered his head and murmured: "This is human nature. To tell you the truth, I also had a vague feeling like this. Seeing the people in Shandong being unlucky, I was really happy at first, but when I thought about it, We are officials in the same dynasty, so their fate may not be a warning to us."
"So, I think we should keep a thin line as a human being so that we can meet each other easily in the future. If we add insult to injury, in the future..."
Yelu Yuanyi pursed his lips and said as if he had made up his mind: "I thought of the story about the lips and teeth. After all, we ourselves are not that clean. Who among us dares to say that there is not a single corrupt official in our group?" Official?"
Having said this, Yelu Chenghui fell into a long silence.
After about half a quarter of an hour, Yelu Chenghui finally spoke slowly.
"Yuan Yi, I still remember what you said to me at that time."
Yelu Yuanyi was stunned for a while, and suddenly realized what Yelu Chenghui meant.
"Are you talking about the time when we were still in Hebei?"
"Yes, I remember we talked about the Liberation Army at that time...it was still the Liberation Army at that time."
Yelu Chenghui smiled and said slowly: "At that time, I lamented the strength within the Liberation Army. All those in power were doing things wholeheartedly. There was no corruption, no procrastination, no payment for things, and no deliberate suppression.
What I saw was amazingly efficient and clean, different from any regime I had ever seen. So at that time I said in my heart, don’t say forever, even if it can only last for three to five years, or ten years, the world will be the same. of the Liberation Army.
Now it seems that what I said is correct. The world does belong to the Liberation Army. Although there is still a Song Dynasty lingering on, if the Ming Dynasty wants to destroy the Song Dynasty, it will only take a year or two. No accidents will happen. . "
"At that time, you were very impressed by their internal integrity and efficiency."
Yelu Yuanyi sat down, sighed, and said: "And I remember clearly that you were amazed at what they could do, and at that time I said, this is abnormal. After so many years of ups and downs in my career, I , that is abnormal, it is difficult to last for a long time, and it cannot last long, otherwise people will be ruined."
"Now it seems that what you said is right."
Yelu Chenghui said: "The Ming Dynasty is still powerful, and it is still so powerful that people are desperate, but under the strong appearance, I have seen some bad signs. Not talking about us, just talking about the old people of the Liberation Army, they changed."
"Are you talking about Jiang Yu?"
Yelu Yuanyi said: "He has indeed changed, and he has changed very quickly, which is very strange."
"Yes, it has changed, and it has changed very quickly. Within three years of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he was captured by your Majesty as the governor of Daxing. I heard that the reason was abuse of power... This was the first time since I followed your Majesty into Zhongdu. An excellent appointed official."
Yelu Chenghui smiled helplessly: "At first, I thought I had seen a miracle. I was even ashamed of my past obscurity. I felt that I couldn't hold my head up in front of them who were dedicated to the public. Even if I looked at them even slightly, I would be shocked. I feel a sting in my heart.
But now this feeling gradually disappears, because I found that they are also a group of people after all. You were right at the beginning. They have been in rebellion for a short time and have been facing threats to their survival. One day there will be no more threats, and things will change. "
"I also said at that time that if they never change, I will always be honest and honest, and I will never have a trace of greed again."
Yelu Yuanyi said: "But now they have not done what I expected, so..."
"You want to be corrupt?"
"Don't dare."
Yelu Yuanyi smiled and said: "Of course I don't dare to be corrupt, and I don't want to be the victim of the executioner's sword, but I think that the Ming Dynasty may be no different from the previous dynasties, and maybe all the dynasties were the same when they were founded. It’s just that we haven’t seen it.”
"I don't know, but at that time, I was really surprised. You also know what the Kingdom of Jin was like in the past. People like us have to suffer from both sides."
Yelu Chenghui sighed, shook his head and said: "I just hope that I can continue to be like this for a while, preferably until I die. This is my blessing, right?"
"That's true. Even if it's just a dream, I hope this dream lasts a little longer."
Yelu Yuanyi nodded.
The two said nothing more.
They began to wait patiently for the outcome of this matter, waiting for Su Yonglin to return from Shandong or for more direct news to be sent back. However, before these things could be received, they waited for news from Yelujin.
Yelu Jin visited Yelu Chenghui at night and told Yelu Chenghui that Kong Zheng and others were doing something unusual.
"Some young officials around Kong Zheng were bribed by me. I originally kept them for emergencies, but I didn't expect to learn that they were collecting clues about us."
"ah?"
Yelu Chenghui looked confused.
"Collecting clues about us? What are they going to do? My hometown has been smashed, and they are still busy dealing with us?"
"I don't know the specific situation. It's very inexplicable. Kong Zheng wants his men to collect evidence from us. According to my calculation, they may think that we are behind the Shandong incident, so they suffer. They want to Take revenge on us."
"fart!"
Yelu Chenghui blushed and lost his usual calmness: "My envoy? Who is going to Shandong? Ah? It's the emperor! Can I instruct the emperor to go to Shandong to fight corruption? Who am I? The Supreme Emperor? Kong Is Zheng that stupid?!"
"This is true."
Yelujin was very calm and looked directly at Yelu Chenghui: "Maybe he wants to die together, and he wants to drag us to die together. In short, we must be prepared."
"idiot!"
Yelu Chenghui shook his hand and smashed the tea bowl in his hand, and walked around anxiously.
"what to do?"
Yelujin's expression did not change and he looked at Yelu Chenghui.
"No matter what, we must not let them succeed!"
Yelu Chenghui said angrily: "Immediately sort out all the information you have related to Shandong and send it to Shandong immediately to His Majesty. Then... do you know who Kong Zheng sent out to search for our clues?"
"Know something, but not completely."
"You know as much as you know, and every one of you counts. Get in touch with them, spend money to buy the handles they have, and give them as much as you want. Do you understand what I mean?"
"clear."
Yelujin nodded: "But this may give too much, and they may be too open-minded. If they ask for more, should we agree or not?"
