(Rain during Qingming to send condolences)

The wind became furious outside the palace, howling and raging, as if to blow the palace into the air and tear it to pieces.

The door of the temple was violently pushed open by the wind, and the cold current swept over everyone, and the music on the table was like snowflakes, and the little eunuch was so frightened that he collapsed and crawled forward to close the door.

Shi Fangzhen's face was pale, and the anger in his eyes was about to burn, Wei Yishen had been with you for a long time, knowing that Shi Fangzhen was about to be angry and hurtful. Looking at the little eunuch in the hall with a look of imminent disaster, Wei Yishen coughed lightly and said, "Long live, the Yuantian Sect is like a hidden disease, and now it is exposed, it is a good opportunity to get rid of it; As for the invasion of the Western Regions, it is just for looting, and it will inevitably return after eating enough, and with Zhu Dudu here, I believe that good news will come soon; However, Longwei has deteriorated, and long live it must be paid attention to. ”

Wei Yishen deserved to be an old man, he felt the pulse of the Son of Heaven, and Shi Fangzhen nodded frequently, the anger on his face decreased slightly, and he retreated from the little eunuch lying on the ground, and said, "Wei Xiang might as well talk about it in detail." ”

"These three things all started from the Yuan Tianjiao", Wei Yishen sorted out his beard that was blown by the wind, and said eloquently: "The meaning of the minister boils down to four words: the outside and the inside. ”

"Oh." Shi Fangzhen was aroused, and looked at Wei Yishen with blazing eyes.

"The disaster of the Yuantian Sect began more than 40 years ago, and the disaster is still left because its preaching of 'equal distribution of land and prosperity is the same' has a great influence among the foolish people. In the later years of the first emperor, the land annexation was severe, causing the cultivators in the south of the Yangtze River to lose their land seriously, so that the Yuantianjiao could be revived. ”

Shi Fangzhen slapped the table heavily and interjected: "What the prime minister said is very true, so I am determined to clear the acres of land and eliminate hidden dangers, but it is hateful that there are still ministers in the court who take care of their own interests and secretly obstruct it, which is really hateful." ”

Wei Yishen saw that Shi Fangzhen was aiming the spearhead at the ministers of the DPRK and China, and hurriedly smiled: "Long live Shengming, now that the Qing War is going well, Yu Shangshu just said that the treasury is rich, which shows that Long Live you are far-sighted and thoughtful, which is beyond the reach of your subordinates." ”

The six Shangshu echoed one after another, and Shi Fangzhen was coaxed into laughter by everyone. The eunuchs in the palace secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Wei Xiang with gratitude, it seemed that today's catastrophe had escaped.

Wei Yishen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was secretly proud in his heart, and continued on the surface calmly: "Long live the re-clearing of the fields, the people of Jiangnan are grateful to Dai De for the emperor's grace, and naturally they will not follow the Yuantian Sect bandits to make trouble, this is the best policy to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle." However, when the Yuan Tianjiao preached in the name of Taoism in the south of the Yangtze River, it had a certain influence among the people, and now Master Hongxin is preaching in Jiangnan, and the number of believers is increasing day by day. The third was to order the local government and Longwei to strengthen inspections, so that the Yuantian disciples had no place to hide, and then issued an order to forgive ordinary believers who surrendered to the government. If the old minister wants to take care of it, the Yuan Tianjiao will definitely have no place to stand. ”

"The country is peaceful and stable, the people are single-minded with the outside world, and the foreign enemy can be broken with a snap of a finger. The robbers of the Western Regions are determined to plunder, as long as they are blocked, they will naturally retreat, and long live the order of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate and the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate to increase vigilance to prevent the Northern Desert and Miaojiang from taking advantage of the chaos to rob. In time, Da Zheng will inevitably defend and attack, and long live he will lead the army to expand the territory and achieve hegemony for thousands of years. Wei Yishen knew what the Son of Heaven liked to hear, so he casually added a few words that Shi Fang really liked to hear.

Sure enough, Shi Fangzhen laughed loudly and said: "What a strategy for external peace and internal security, Wei Xiangnai is the old man who seeks the country, and I have been taught." ”

The six Shangshu also praised one after another, Wei Yishen's three strategies are indeed good policies for governing the country, and the seemingly urgent situation in front of them has been analyzed by Wei Yishen, and everyone's hearts have become much more stable.

The secretary of the military department, Ding Dawei, got up and said: "The northwest is in an emergency, money, food, ordnance, whether to increase troops and many other matters, please let me show you." ”

Shi Fangzhen thought for a while and said: "You go and consult Taiwei Zhu about the affairs of the northwest, and quickly come up with a charter with the household department and the Ministry of Industry, and report it to me." Yan Songyun was martyred, and the military department gave preferential treatment. In addition, Yang Xiangliang led 20,000 horses to the northwest to reinforce Zhu Zipu and set off immediately. ”

Everyone's hearts moved, Zhu Zipu's return to Beijing was already a certainty, and if it weren't for the invasion of the Western Regions, it would have been possible to hand over after the invasion. The position of the protector of Anxi was vacant, and many generals who were expected to take over were ready to go to the door, and I heard that even the prince of Shenguo, Kefu, was moved, and Ding Dawei tried the tone of the Son of Heaven several times, but to no avail. This will was handed down, and everyone knew that Yang Xiangliang would be the successor.

Long Wei is a sharp sword hanging over the heads of hundreds of civil and military officials, this time Long Wei made a mistake, and the dissatisfaction of the Son of Heaven was seen in the eyes of everyone, and no one wanted to miss such a good opportunity.

Everyone gestured to Wei Yishen with their eyes, and after Wei Yishen finished saying the strategy of "fighting outside and inside", his eyes were lowered, as if he was sitting in a seat and asking his heart, and he didn't look at everyone's eyes at all.

Several people secretly scolded the old fox in their hearts, and among the six departments, there were officials who respected it, Pan Linfeng had to stand up and said: "Long live, this incident in the state has exposed many loopholes in Long Wei, and I hope that Long Live will strictly control Long Wei and use it carefully." ”

Lu Jialin said: "Long Wei has indeed made countless contributions to our dynasty for more than 40 years since its establishment, but Long Wei has gradually degenerated, relying on the trust of the Son of Heaven to deceive the superiors and subordinates, frame officials, extort money, and fly out of the way has happened repeatedly. ”

"The ministers seconded the proposal." The others seconded it.

Shi Fangzhen's face was gloomy, the opinions of the six Shangshu on Long Wei can be said to basically represent the entire court's view of Long Wei, Long Wei was hated by hundreds of officials, he knew very well that Long Wei's existence represented the supremacy of imperial power, so although Shi Fangzhen had a lot of dissatisfaction with Long Wei, he never thought of removing Long Wei.

For him, the sword is rusty, and it is enough to throw it back into the furnace and forge it, and the rust will be removed, and it will still be a good thing.

However, as the Son of Heaven, he couldn't help but take care of the emotions of the ministers, and the scholar was the cornerstone of the country, so Shi Fangzhen looked at Wei Yishen for help. Wei Yishen also hated Long Wei, but he deeply knew that the character of the Son of Heaven would rather bend than bend, and today's Shangshu took the opportunity to make trouble, but in fact, it had no effect, and it might even backfire.

With a clear cough, Wei Yishen said: "Long live, the old minister also has a few heartfelt words for Long Wei. ”

Shi Fang Zhenyi frowned, did Wei Yishen also want to force me to dismiss Long Wei?

"The old minister thinks that the merits and demerits of Long Wei cannot be offset, and the merits will be rewarded, and the excesses will be punished." As soon as Wei Yishen's words came out, Shi Fangzhen's brows relaxed, and the hearts of several Shangshu sank, and they listened to Wei Xiang's words.

"The original purpose of the establishment of Long Wei was to arrest the Yuantian Sect bandits, and after more than 40 years of changes, Long Wei's authority has long been divided and expanded, and the scope involved is very wide, therefore, the original meaning of arresting the Yuantian Sect bandits has weakened, and only today that the Yuantian Sect bandits gathered to rebel."

The six Shangshu secretly picked the thumbs, why did they say that Jiang was still old and spicy, looking at Wei Xiang, he didn't say anything bad about Long Wei at all, just a sentence of expanding his authority, and the intention of putting the cart before the horse appeared, and he used the matter of merging the state to make a note for Long Wei, and secretly picked the dissatisfaction of the Son of Heaven with Long Wei.

Without waiting for Shi Fangzhen to think carefully, Wei Yishen said again: "Long Wei is the first person to take the suppression of the Yuantian Sect as the first responsibility, and the appearance of the Yuantian Sect bandits among them is really shocking, and the harm is terrifying. Not to mention that the internal spies reported to the Yuantian Sect bandits, but only said that this assassination of the Anxi capital protected Zhu Zipu, if Lord Wujiang sacrificed his life to save him, long live would lose an arm. Rong Laochen presumptively guessed that if there were bandits in the dragon guard who intended to assassinate him, he would not be able to prevent it. ”

Shi Fangzhen shuddered at Wei Yishen's words, yes, Long Wei sometimes stays in the palace, if there are Yuantian Sect bandits lurking in this, wouldn't it be dangerous for me. Shi Fangzhen couldn't sit still, stood up and said to Liu Weiguo beside him: "You go and send an edict to King Ning, let him check Long Wei, be sure to check the origin of each Long Wei, and never miss anything." ”

Liu Weiguo led the order out of the palace, Shi Fangzhen pondered for a moment and said: "Now that the disaster relief has been completed, and Duan Cizong is ordered to return to Beijing, Jiang Anyi is seriously injured and should not move, let him recover from his injuries before returning to Beijing, I will reward him heavily." Long Weizhi put it aside in advance, and I will have a will after thinking about it. Ladies and gentlemen, let's disperse. ”

And they arose, bowed, and departed. Out of the palace gate, Guo Congshi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, smiled and bowed his hand to Yu Zhijie: "Lord Yu, Lord Tujiang has made great contributions, and this return to Beijing will inevitably be reused." Lord Yu's apprentice and son-in-law are all pillars of the court, and they will definitely become Lord Yu's arms in the future. ”

Guo Congshi had something to say, Yu Zhijie said with a smile: "An Yi is Lord Guo's subordinate, and his credit is indispensable to Lord Guo's cultivation grace, An Yi often mentions to me Lord Guo's kindness to him." ”

The two of them were "haha" to each other, Lu Jialin snorted coldly and strode into the snow.

There was silence in the main hall, Shi Fang was really thoughtful, and asked out loud for a while: "Feng Zhong, I ordered you to be in charge of Long Wei's correspondence, and you also have the intention of supervising Long Wei, why have you never mentioned Long Wei's rights and wrongs?" ”

Feng Zhong was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said: "The slave should die, the slave has the trust of Long Live Bear, Long Wei is under the control of Prince Ning, and the slave is eight dares who dare not say anything to Lord Ning." ”

Shi Fangzhen shouted angrily: "Is it I Da or Ning Wang Da, how many benefits have you received from Ning Wang, so that you can report good news or bad news?" ”

Feng Zhong kowtowed again and again: "The old slave's loyalty to Banzai can be revealed, if you don't believe it, the slave will dig out his heart and let Banzai you see." ”

After that, Feng Zhong made a gesture to undress and dig out his heart. If you want to talk about trust, the four eunuchs in the palace are in the first place, and it is really impossible for Shi Fang to really let Feng Zhong dig his heart, and scolded with a smile: "It's bloody, I don't want to see it, just get out." ”

Feng Zhong wiped his cold sweat and stood up, still afraid in his heart, it seemed that it would be better to take less money from King Ning.

Shi Fangzhen tapped his hand on the table and asked, "Feng Zhong, Long Wei is now hated by hundreds of officials, and he is full of loopholes, what can you do?" ”

"Slaves don't dare to talk about government affairs." Feng Zhong lowered his head, Shi Fang really couldn't see the crystal light shining in his two eyes.

"Dog minion, I know you're a bit quick-witted, so let you say it."

Feng Zhong raised his head, smiled deferentially, and said in a shrieked voice: "Long live, Long Wei is a sharp blade in your hand, you must not listen to the words of those ministers and destroy your minions." ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven nodded subconsciously, Feng Zhong continued: "The Son of Heaven uses ministers to govern the country, so how can he use ministers to govern ministers?" If you blindly benevolent and virtuous ministers, you will have no reverence, and even confront the Son of Heaven, and then the Son of Heaven will use his minions to cure him. ”

In the Zichen Palace, Feng Zhong spoke softly, and an invisible cold current surged in the main hall, and the wind and snow became even wilder.