At noon, the scorching sun was in the sky.
Lin Shaowen, Minister of Rites, Lin Mansion, but at this moment many officials gathered together.
In the hall, the sound of one after another resounded endlessly.
"We can't continue like this. Now even the Right Prime Minister has been imprisoned by His Majesty. If we don't take action, sooner or later we will follow in the footsteps of these people."
"But what can we do? Your right prime minister dares to do such a treasonous and unethical thing, even your Majesty dares to kill him. If we take action first, how can we take action?"
"That's right, Your Majesty is furious. Who dares to stand up at this time? What I don't understand is why the right prime minister took such a big risk and actually wanted to kill the king. Why?"
As he spoke, he looked at Lin Shangshu, who was sitting calmly on the main seat, and his meaning was self-evident.
Lin Shaowen looked at the eyes of the people in front of him, and he didn't know why.
He put down the tea in his hand and waved his hand, and all the quarrelsome people sat down quietly in their seats.
He then stood up and said to his colleagues: "Everyone, I know what you are worried about now, but please don't worry, this matter will not involve you, as long as you are not involved in this rebellion. If you do, no one will cause trouble for you."
"No, no."
"How can I have such courage? I would never dare to do it."
"That's right, rebellion has nothing to do with us."
"..."
"That's good. As long as you have nothing to do with this matter, there won't be any involvement." After Lin Shaowen said this, he continued to everyone: "As for other things, His Majesty has ordered the Supervisory Office to conduct a thorough investigation. I believe it will be soon." There will be a truth soon."
But at this time, Xia Hongye, the Minister of Rites, stood up and asked: "Sir, should we do nothing now?"
Then he turned his head and glanced at everyone present, "Although we are not involved this time, according to the way Zhao Yueming is handling it now, everything we have done has been uncovered by him.
Now it is no longer our duty to protect ourselves, it is Zhao Yueming who is clinging to the past. If he really continues to investigate like this, even if we are not involved in this rebellion, it will just be the things we have done in the past. How can we not know what will happen if we deal with it according to the laws of Dazhou? "
Once upon a time, the so-called Great Zhou Law was a toy they used to restrain other people. But now, with the tacit approval of the King of Zhou, Zhao Yueming used this assassination in a big way, not only uncovering many officials involved in the matter, but also He even took the opportunity to find out everything that some other officials had done before.
Kill people and kill your heart.
The reputation accumulated by the former aristocratic family has been repeatedly beaten by Zhao Yueming during this period, and he has become a character that everyone in Kyoto calls out.
Compared with before, his status has plummeted.
Lin Shaowen also fell silent. He was also a member of the aristocratic family, and the unreasonable disaster he encountered this time made him even more controversial.
He is the Minister of Rites.
What is this for? There are so many wealthy and noble people in Kyoto doing so many shady things secretly, and he, the Minister of Rites, doesn't notice at all?
"Okay, I have my own plan for this matter. No matter what the situation is with the Right Prime Minister, we are not allowed to interfere. With His Majesty's current state, if we dare to intercede for the Right Prime Minister, he will dare to raise the butcher knife and kill everyone. It flows into a river.”
Xia Hongye continued: 'As for us, we can't continue like this. '
Lin Shaowen shook his head: "Didn't you notice that although Zhao Yueming arrested many people, to be honest, those people were all people who had interests involved with the Right Prime Minister, that is, they were from the Right Prime Minister's faction. Apart from them, look at other officials, Did he touch one?
This shows that he still acts in a measured way. The current Zhou Dynasty cannot withstand large-scale turmoil. Your Majesty knows this, I know it, and Zhao Yueming also knows it in his heart. As for you, please be more restrained in your actions in the future. "
"promise!"
Everyone surrendered, no matter whether they could do it or not, but at least they had to show their attitude when facing this Lord Shangshu.
Lin Shaowen saw that everyone was very cooperative with him, so he stopped worrying and directly stated his plan.
"But no matter what, the hundreds of years of accumulation of our family cannot be disintegrated by Zhao Yueming in just a few days. Now the world is full of smoke, and many refugees are gradually appearing around Kyoto.
This time, don’t bother our Majesty to take action. After returning, each family will prepare enough food and grass, open a porridge shed, and rescue the victims in the name of their respective aristocratic families. They are looking for some more prestigious squire and powerful people. Everyone in Shilin will give us Waving the flag and shouting.
Internally, I found a few of those Fuzhongxiaoxiao who had committed evil crimes and sent them to the Ministry of Punishment for trial with great fanfare, so that the people could see that it was not because our family did not act, but because we did not find out. Now after this period of time, we have learned from the painful experience and decided to kill our relatives in a righteous way.
Let's go to the officials and exaggerate it, and then find some storytellers to sing our praises in various restaurants and teahouses, and then use some money to symbolically find relief for some untouchables who can't survive.
With a multi-pronged approach, our family's reputation will naturally improve with little effort, and this is a conspiracy. Even if His Majesty and Zhao Yueming find out, what will happen. "
When everyone heard these arrangements made by Lin Shangshu, they all shouted: "Thank you, Lord Shangshu."
It's just something that can be changed by spending a little money. For people like them, it's not too simple.
Lin Shangwen nodded. In this situation where his own interests were concerned, the reaction of these people still satisfied him.
But in the past hundreds of years, when had the family suffered such a big loss?
The right minister can't be saved. He doesn't have the courage to assassinate the king and kill him. I really don't know what he thinks.
But this matter cannot be dismissed so simply.
"There is one more thing that requires your cooperation with me."
Thinking of this, Lin Shaowen said immediately.
"My lord, just ask."
Lin Shaowen said: "Your Majesty's anger is justifiable, and the most important thing is that he now holds the military power in his hands. This is the most terrifying existence for us. If he really pisses off your Majesty, he will have the confidence to overturn the table.
Even if there is a civil war, an invasion by Wei, or even the destruction of the Zhou Dynasty, we can't see that day coming if it does happen. "
In fact, he was not only worried about this matter. The other aristocratic families in Kyoto were not afraid of the military power in the hands of King Zhou.
Xia Hongye immediately asked: "Does your Excellency have a solution now?"
Lin Shaowen said with a smile: "Don't forget, the military power in your Majesty's hands relies on the Four Dukes and Eight Marquises, but this time, he not only attacked our family, but also attacked the Xingyong Hou Mansion.
As a prince who once held real power, although he has become lonely in recent years, his influence is still there. More importantly, if His Majesty can attack the lonely Xingyong House today, will he also attack them tomorrow? .
This principle applies not only to us, but also to those military generals, and because of their positions, this is even more true for them. "
pS: Do you like this slow pace? If you don’t like this slow layout mode, I will speed up the pace starting tomorrow and write in a refreshing style.
