"Hahahaha, what Mr. Liu said coincides with us!" Lao Zhu laughed loudly after hearing this. Then, one monarch and one minister, based on Zhu Biao's advice, perfected the noble's treatment plan bit by bit.
Zhu Su listened on the sidelines, secretly frightened. I'm afraid Li Shanchang never expected that he thought he had found a clever plan to benevolent to both civil and military parties, but this plan would actually become Lao Zhu's starting point for purging the court.
It was used by Lao Zhu to punish military officials first and then punish civil servants.
After this set of operations, even if the court does not target Li Shanchang, I am afraid that Li Shanchang will offend both the civil and military parties at the same time, and he will no longer be a human being inside and outside.
The monarch and his ministers quickly agreed on a specific plan and prepared to summon the nobles to the palace to "drink tea" in a few days. During this process, Lao Zhu received the news from Jin Yiwei that the gathering of nobles at the Korean government had ended. Most of the nobles accepted Li Shanchang's proposal and agreed to exchange land and shop properties with the officials.
"Who has not agreed to the replacement?" Lao Zhu asked.
"Your Majesty, General Feng has not agreed. He said that most of his family's land has been returned to the court, and there is no excess property to exchange for. And..." said the Jin Yiwei.
"Oh, Feng Sheng." Lao Zhu replied lightly. When Zhu Su heard this, he remembered the meaningful glance Feng Sheng gave him that day. As a rare general with both civil and military skills among the nobles, if Feng Sheng does not pursue land and wealth, does he want to pursue a name that will go down in history? It seems that he is not a selfless person like Xu Da and Li Wenzhong.
We haven't had much contact and everything is still unclear, so we can only hide this doubt in our hearts for the time being.
"Only Feng Sheng and these few... Huh, everyone is really unscrupulous." Lao Zhu snorted coldly. "Erhu, go ahead and leave a message for these guys in Beijing."
"Let's just say that on the second day of next month, we will be in the palace and invite these old brothers to come and have a cup of tea!"
"Yes." Erhu took the order and came out. Zhu Su came out and said: "We will start on the second day of next month...isn't it too hasty?"
"It's better to wait until Uncle Xu returns from the north, and then..."
Xu Da led the troops but did not return. This was the most intimidating force under Lao Zhu. After all, those arrogant and powerful generals all hold heavy troops, and they all have a temper like a knife. From Zhu Su's point of view, it would be safe to wait until Xu Da comes back before doing this.
"It doesn't matter." Unexpectedly, Lao Zhu just waved his hand and said something domineering.
"We want to see which monkey cub dares to show his teeth to us!"
…
Days flew by. In the past few days, the palace seemed to have completely forgotten about the increase in business taxes, and everything became calm. Lao Zhu no longer insisted on business taxes, but instead paid attention to the Imperial College. Under the emperor's high pressure, the supervisors of the Imperial College were tortured to death. Many Confucian students who insisted on Neo-Confucianism dropped out of school. Today's supervisors can be said to be rare.
Zhu Su said he didn't care about this, but with the addition of two great scholars, Song Lian and Liu Bowen, the loss of students in the Imperial College could be considered stable. However, even under Liu Bowen's management, the Imperial College still added many compulsory courses such as arithmetic, astronomy, etc., which made the surviving students miserable.
Slowly, time came to the second day of junior high school. As night approached, a group of nobles rode in luxurious carriages and arrived in front of the palace gate. They were in twos and threes, arm in arm, as if they were attending an ordinary dinner party. They had no idea what was waiting for them later.
"Hey, isn't this Mr. Li?"
"I've been staying at home these days. What are you busy with? Are you like me, Fei, who has taken on a few new concubines?"
Pingliang Hou Fei Ju drunkenly grabbed Li Shanchang's arm. Li Shanchang had just gotten off a simple carriage and suddenly heard Fei Ju's name. He was so frightened that his hair stood on end. He tried hard to rip off Fei Ju's hand: "Marquis Pingliang...Why is Marquis Pingliang so drunk now?" ”
"I'm no longer Prime Minister. Now that the Ming Dynasty has no Prime Minister, how can we call it Prime Minister? It's an arrogance, it's an arrogance!"
That day, after Li Shanchang invited all the nobles, he returned to the back house and saw Li Qi coming back with a wound on his face. Then he learned from this filial son that the matter had been reported to the emperor.
Logically speaking, Li Shanchang is just a middleman, and most of his actions do not violate the laws and regulations. Otherwise, he would not dare to act so rashly. But somehow, after knowing about this matter and Lao Zhu knew about it, Li Shanchang felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured on him immediately. All the previous calculations and calculations turned into nothing, and only Lao Zhu's cold words remained in his mind. Eyes.
After that, Li Shanchang immediately closed the door of the mansion. Although there were no guards guarding the door, he always followed Lao Zhu's instructions. No one in the Korean government would leave the mansion unless necessary.
Entering the palace today is the first time Li Shanchang has gone out for fun in these days.
"Hey, Prime Minister Li will always be the prime minister in the eyes of us and the Huaixi generals!" Fei Ju said carelessly.
Ever since that day when Li Shanchang helped the Huaixi nobles exchange their land for commercial property, people like Fei Ju felt that they had gained a lot of benefits. As for the bleeding.
Overjoyed, Fei Ju chartered several flower boats on the Qinhuai River and spent every day hanging out among them, drinking and having fun. It became a very popular affair in Yingtian Mansion in recent days.
No, even when he went to the palace for a banquet, he did not go back home to tidy up. Instead, he drunkenly rushed directly to the palace gate from the other side of the Qinhuai River.
Li Shanchang didn't dare to say more to him. If he continues talking, who knows what other shocking things this drunkard will say. Fortunately, a chamberlain quickly came to the palace gate to convey the emperor's decree: "Your Majesty has a decree, please come with the slave, and the slave will lead all the nobles to the banquet."
So all the nobles did not express their thanks and entered the palace gate in twos and threes, shouting and making small noises. Among all the people, only Li Shanchang and Feng Sheng always upheld etiquette, followed suit and did not dare to go beyond the rules.
Feng Sheng briefly glanced at Li Shanchang, who had become cautious, with a sarcastic smile on his lips.
If I had known today, why bother...
Everyone came to a side hall of the palace. Here, the palace people had already prepared tables and tables. The generals were not seen outside, just as they had done in the past when Lao Zhu was still the commander of Fangququ, they took their seats one after another, twisting and turning. Seeing that there was not even a cup of tea on the table, several people even greeted the waiter: "What are you doing just watching? Why don't you bring some drinks? You have walked such a long way and you don't have any drinks. Are you going to die of thirst?" Grandpas, can’t you?”
His domineering attitude is barely concealed.
"Since you are so thirsty, how can we not let you drink water?" A strong voice came from outside, "Come on, serve tea to all the brothers!" The person who came was none other than Lao Zhu, with a smile on his face and striding forward. came into the temple.
Li Shanchang and Feng Sheng were shocked and immediately left the table and prostrated themselves.
(End of chapter)
