Lao Song was a capable person, a man of loyalty, aware of current affairs, and most importantly, lived a very real life.
He never shirks things, and he never refuses gifts. He always smiles when receiving gifts. He holds the power of Baiqisi, and occasionally he is willing to give up his principles and engage in a little power-seeking for personal gain.
He is a veteran in officialdom, but he is just right.
Anyway, the Song Sen in Li Qinzai's eyes was completely different from the sinister and ruthless image of the spy chief of the Jinyi Weidong Factory in movies and TV dramas.
This guy looks like the director of the neighborhood committee. He talks directly when he has something to say and stops by when he has nothing to do.
Of course, he is not stupid, and he will never stab himself with a knife.
The crowd of common people outside Guanyi is getting bigger and bigger, almost rivaling the huge crowds in the Western Market.
Li Qinzai urged: "It's almost time to heat up, let your people get excited!"
Song Sen chuckled, then stood still and made a strange gesture. Soon a middle-aged man wearing common people's clothes appeared in front of Song Sen, bowing his head respectfully.
Song Sen smiled playfully in front of Li Qinzai, but his face quickly changed in front of his subordinates. He really looked like the image of a spy leader inherent in movies and TV dramas, ruthless and decisive.
With a few words in his subordinate's ear, Song Sen gave some instructions and he left without saying a word.
Soon, there was a commotion at the entrance of the hotel. The leading citizens suddenly pushed away the guards outside the hotel as if they were possessed by evil spirits, and several people worked together to slam the door of the hotel.
The door of Guanyi was mostly a decoration. When it was first built, it must not have been considered to have an anti-collision function. After three or two blows, the door of Guanyi was broken open.
There was a burst of inciting slogans from the crowd, and the people cheered and rushed towards the hotel like a rising tide.
Li Qinzai and Song Sen still stood where they were. They were just watching the fun and there was no need to charge into battle. Today's scene was enough for Lu Jiayi to drink another pot.
Moving his eyes, Li Qinzai noticed that a dozen censors in casual clothes and Liu Rengui, who was pretending to be an old farmer, followed the crowd and quietly poured into the post.
Li Qinzai clicked his tongue in disgust.
Even though he is very old, he still likes to watch the fun and is not afraid of stampedes. An old saying goes here, be naughty.
Stretching and letting out a long yawn, Li Qinzai said vaguely: "Because of this excitement, I lost two hours of sleep. I'm going home to catch up on my sleep."
Song Sen smiled and said: "I will send Duke Li back to his residence."
"No, just keep an eye on Guanyi. You know what to do, right?"
"Don't worry, Duke Li. There are subordinates instigating him behind the scenes. Lu Jiajiduo will definitely have a hard time today."
"You are becoming more and more like a villain. There should be a villain's arrogant laughter here, Jie Jie Jie..."
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In the afternoon, Song Sen excitedly came to the Duke's Mansion to pay his respects.
The incident at Guanyi became a big deal. People seeking medical treatment in the morning rushed into Guanyi and blocked Lu Jiajiduo in the room. Countless people knelt down to beg Lu Jiajiduo. Lu Jiajiduo was helpless. With no place to escape, he had no choice but to show up and meet the people.
His attitude is quite cordial. After all, he is already an official of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, he must love the people as his sons.
Under the pleading of the people seeking medical treatment, Lu Jiajiduo had to promise that he was willing to treat the people's diseases and prescribe them. However, due to limited energy and the emperor's official duties, he could only see five people a day. patient.
After saying this, Lu Jiajiduo immediately selected five patients, checked their pulses, and personally prepared the prescriptions and gave them to them for free. The people thanked them for the medicine and left.
Li Qinzai was interested: "Did he really check someone's pulse and give him medicine?"
"That's right, many of Baiqisi's informants were present, and they all saw it with their own eyes."
Li Qinzai raised his eyebrows: "If a charlatan is really capable of taking pulses and asking questions, I would admire him. Lao Song, you arrange for people to keep an eye on the people who have been given medicine day and night to see if they take the medicine given by the liar. What’s the reaction?”
"The lower official has given orders to go down. Duke Li, this person must not become popular, otherwise it will be a disaster for our Tang Dynasty. Will the court..."
"Don't worry, someone has already been sharpening their knives in the court. Liu Rengui and a dozen censors were present in the morning. Do you think they were just watching the fun?"
Li Qinzai showed a smile.
A tolerant and open-minded country needs both a sage king and wise ministers. When a sage king makes a mistake, the wise ministers will immediately stand up and correct them, risking their lives to bring the emperor back to the right path.
The Tang Dynasty has its own charm that can leave a bright mark on thousands of years of history. Especially in the early Tang Dynasty, there were many famous generals outside the country to conquer and defend the country, and there were admonitions and wise ministers inside to supervise the country, which gave this country its own unique style. Integrated error correction function.
Now, the time has come for the courtiers to exercise their corrective powers.
Sure enough, at the court meeting the next day, Liu Rengui took the lead in attacking, and openly handed over the impeachment memorial in the Taiji Hall.
Liu Rengui believed that the emperor was fatuous, superstitious about immortality, favored sycophants, and brought chaos to the court.
Secondly, Lu Jiayiduo, the envoy of the Wutu Kingdom, seduced and deceived others and conspired to harm the Tian family. He should be punished for his deeds.
Liu Xuanyi, the Duke of Xing State, recommended a demon monk who brought harm to the country, led wolves into the house, and harmed the common people.
There were three people involved, and Li Zhi was the first to bear the brunt.
In front of a palace full of civil and military officials, Liu Rengui read out the contents of the impeachment memorial word for word and sentence by sentence, and all the officials were in an uproar.
Li Zhi sat at the head of the palace, his face turned green with anger, but the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was tolerant of all things and accepted good advice. This was the character set by three generations of emperors in the court.
No matter how harsh Liu Rengui's words were, Li Zhi could only grit his teeth secretly, and had to pretend to be open-minded and willing to be taught, but in his heart he wanted to dig up the graves of the Liu family's eighteenth generation ancestors.
The matter was not over yet. After Liu Rengui finished speaking, he licked his lips with unfinished content. He realized that the first few sentences when he impeached the emperor were not harsh enough, so he planned to organize the words to curse again.
At this time, more than a dozen supervisory censors in the palace came out and agreed with Liu Rengui's words.
Li Zhi was so angry that he was shaking all over. I am just asking for immortality, and I am not forcing you to take medicine. Are you so intolerant of my little thoughts?
With Liu Rengui taking the lead and more than a dozen censors joining in, the trend in the court suddenly became one-sided.
Li Zhi was not the first emperor to seek immortality, and he would never be the last.
As early as the Zhenguan period, in his later years, Li Shimin also called sorcerers into the palace to refine the elixir of immortality for him. Later, before Li Shimin died, he finally regained his senses and discovered that the so-called immortality was just the emperor's wishful thinking, and it was a waste of money and people, and the court was full of smoke and smoke. .
Therefore, before Li Shimin died, he issued an edict not only to expel the magicians from the palace, but also made a will that the emperors of the Tang Dynasty were not allowed to believe in the magicians or seek immortality.
Now Li Zhi openly gave the demon monk an official title and asked him to enter the palace to refine elixirs. To put it more seriously, this was clearly disobeying the late emperor's will and was suspected of forgetting his ancestors.
