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Guo Kun scratched his head and didn't dare to refute, he really didn't understand the entanglement behind it. Lin Jue arched his hand and said, "Since my father-in-law knows the mystery behind this, why don't you tell my son-in-law?" My son-in-law came here to know these things that I didn't know. My father-in-law talked to my son-in-law, and this was the biggest help to me. ”

Guo Bing frowned and said, "What did I tell you?" It's still that thing. This king has clearly told you not to get involved in this matter, this is the final judgment of this king, but have you listened? You're too self-righteous. But if you want to hear it, the king will analyze these things with you. ”

Lin Jue nodded happily, and Guo Kun hurriedly said, "Why don't you come in and sit, what are you doing standing there?" When people see it, they think we don't want to see you, the son-in-law of the palace. ”

Lin Jue smiled and said in his heart: You actually don't treat me very well. But he turned around and sat down in his seat again. Guo Bing took a few sips of the teacup slowly, and Lin Jue and Guo Kun both sat quietly waiting for him to speak. Finally, Guo Bing put down the teacup and coughed lightly again.

"Lin Jue, this king understands your feelings, and this king knows that you are extremely protective of your Lin family, and even do not hesitate to fight with your life. At the beginning, in order to save your Lin family, you took the initiative to go to Guishan Island to venture to regain the birthday gift, and this king greatly appreciated it. Since then, this king has known that you are a person who can do everything for the Lin family. Your loyalty to your family is worthy of praise and admiration. Since then, the king has had a good impression of you. This king thought that if he could have a loyal person like you by his side, it would be the most reassuring thing. Now, you have become the son-in-law of this king, although there are twists and turns, but after all, I still married Cai Wei to you. This is also the value that this king attaches to you. That's why the king doesn't want you to ruin yourself, so he asks for something. I am out of concern and respect, not out of restraint on you, and you should know that my hard work is. ”

Guo Bing's words were very sincere, although some of them were untrue, but on the whole, he honestly said his thoughts. From the very beginning, Guo Bing wanted to win over Lin Jue, but Lin Jue always stayed away. Guo Bing actually loves and hates Lin Jue, this kid has ruined a lot of his own things, but he has helped himself a lot. Very capable, but unwilling to cling to himself. In the end, he had to marry Cai Wei to him, which really trapped him, which can be said to be quite difficult.

"Father-in-law, son-in-law understands." Lin Jue said in a deep voice.

Guo Bing nodded and said, "It's good that you understand." As far as the matter of your second uncle is concerned, the reason why this king wants you to clear up this matter and not get involved is because this king thinks that there is no room for turning back on this matter. If you regard this incident as Wu Chunlai's revenge on you, then you are very wrong. Of course, perhaps there is this factor in this, and striking Lin Bonian is a blow to your backer and foundation, and it makes some sense to say that it is a revenge on you. But you're thinking too highly of yourself. Who is Wu Chunlai? His words in the political hall are very weighty, although he is not very old and his qualifications are not deep enough, his methods and schemes are well known. Otherwise, why do you think Lu Zhongtian would value him so much? As far as I know, Wu Chunlai will soon be promoted to vice minister to succeed Qian Qianyi. There are not many people who worship the deputy prime minister in their early forties, and there are not many people in my Great Zhou Dynasty. Such a character, do you think he needs to put too much thought into you? Do you think that apart from you, he can't find the chess pieces placed next to Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru? You think highly of yourself, and you underestimate that Wu Chun is coming. ”

Lin Jue frowned and thought carefully, Guo Bing's words were extremely reasonable, although they were a little harsh, but they did get to the point. With Wu Chunlai's identity, he really can't compete with himself. Maybe he'll punish himself a little, but he won't be guilty of staring at himself and biting. Maybe I really thought too much about this matter, and the matter of the second uncle may not be as simple as I thought on the surface.

"Please explain it to my father-in-law." Lin Jue got up and bowed.

Guo Bing was very satisfied with Lin Jue's attitude, snorted and waved his hand to let Lin Jue sit down, and continued: "Although this king has not been in Beijing for a long time, this king has always been aware of the changes in the court. Let me first tell you about the overall situation of the DPRK and China. Since Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru were transferred to the capital as officials, the pattern of the court and the central government is very delicate at the moment. Lin Jue, you claim to be smart and insightful, so let me ask you, do you know what Yan Zhengsu and your teacher Fang Dunru are going to do when they enter the court as officials this time? ”

Lin Jue thought about it, and finally decided that it was not appropriate to hide some things at this time, so he said: "According to my son-in-law's guess, Master Yan and my teacher, Mr. Fang, are here on a mission. Perhaps it is to carry out a major change in the government. ”

Guo Bing was stunned for a moment and exclaimed, "How can you know about this?" It's not simple, it's not simple, and sure enough, you have the capital to be proud of. ”

Lin Jue hurriedly smiled: "Actually, one day, Lord Yan and Mr. Fang were drinking, and the two talked a lot, and the little son-in-law was serving beside them, and I guessed from his words." It's not a guess from the son-in-law. ”

Guo Bing nodded and smiled: "I see, Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru didn't shy away from you when they said this kind of thing, which shows that they are serious about you." No wonder Wu Chunlai has forced you to report to him several times, there is indeed no one closer to the two of them than you. ”

Lin Jue smiled bitterly: "The son-in-law didn't deliberately eavesdrop, he just served on the side. ”

Guo Bing waved his hand and said: "This king doesn't care how you know, you are right, a big change is brewing in the court." The leader is the Holy One today. The emperor wanted to make every effort to do something, so he brought Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru to the capital to carry out drastic changes in the government. Hehe, if the emperor wants to be the first emperor of the ages, he naturally has to toss. After five years on the throne, he always has to do something, otherwise how will his exploits be recorded in the history books of later generations? Is it recorded that the strength of his reign is not as good as the day is dying, and the people are not getting worse day by day? Hehehe. ”

Guo Bing laughed, not forgetting to complain and vent his dissatisfaction with the one who was pressing him out of breath.

"The emperor's idea is to reverse the dilemma of the imperial court's finances exceeding its means, boost the morale of the army and the people, and improve the combat effectiveness of the army. As we all know, my big week is not as good as day by day, and the financial revenue has been sharply reduced by half compared with more than ten years ago. Originally, my annual fiscal and tax revenue amounted to more than 100 million taels of silver, but now it is only 50 or 60 million taels. And the extravagance and glitz still do not change, how can it be used? If it is not enough, it will be deducted everywhere, and one gram will not be able to do things, and so on and so on, and everything will be wasted. Most of the money was allocated for military pay, but it was still stretched thin. The combat effectiveness is low, and a large pile of waste is raised. It is reported that the defenders of the border town were attacked and harassed by the Liao, and they were defeated in nine out of ten battles. In the end, he could only rely on the garrison of the border city and let the Liao people run around the township. If it weren't for the agreement of the Yanyun Alliance, the Liao people would have already openly attacked the border towns. ”

Guo Bing took a sip of tea and continued: "In short, the emperor is ready to carry out a major change, in order to restore the finances, strengthen the military, and re-revitalize and prosper the Great Zhou. This is his ambition. However, there is nothing wrong with this ambition, but change is not so easy. I don't want to say more about the specific reasons, just how can Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru bear the burden of this change? You must know that many people will suffer heavy losses from this change, and these people do not agree with the change to their own heads? That's obviously unwilling. Although the emperor is behind the back, the emperor can't personally suppress everyone to pave the way for Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru. The emperor is supportive behind his back, but on the surface, he wants a bowl of water to be level. This is the way to be a king. ”

“…… However, with Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru's current qualifications, once the ministers of the DPRK and China rise up and oppose the change, will they not end up in nothing? When the time comes, will the emperor come out to clean up the situation? That would be clearly inappropriate. In this situation, Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru needed to stand up and make several major things to deter the ministers. These things not only make people speechless, but also make the emperor stand up and support them with confidence. There is nothing more direct and effective in this kind of thing than the investigation and punishment of several traitors and courtiers. Therefore, you can see that after Fang Dunru came to the capital to serve as the imperial historian, he impeached several officials in a row. Although they are all officials of four or five grades, this also puts everyone in the DPRK and China in danger. I'm not derogatory to Fang Dunru, Lin Jue, do you know why your teacher was called by his colleagues in the court? He was called a 'mad dog', which meant that no one dared to provoke him, or he would bite him. ”

Lin Jue rolled his eyes and was speechless. Although he was dissatisfied with the nickname of Fang Dunru that the prince said in front of him, after listening to the words of the prince Shicai, Lin Jue had a feeling of openness in his heart. Originally, he thought that Fang Dunru's impeachment of officials after coming to the capital was just his duty as the middle prince of the imperial history, and even more so his upright and jealous character. But I didn't expect that there was a layer of meaning to do a few things to establish authority, establish prestige in the court, and pave the way for change.

It's a layered strategy. In other words, it's all calculation!

"What does my father-in-law mean that in the end, this fire burned to the head of the Sansi Yamen, which is also a powerful move?" Lin Jue frowned.

"Exactly." Guo Bing nodded.

"But...... Why the Sansi Yamen? Why is my second uncle's yamen? Lin Jue frowned.

Guo Bing smiled and said softly: "Lin Jue, it's not that they deliberately took your second uncle to the knife. It's just that your second uncle is in the third division of the yamen, and it is just the right time for him. Because it is inevitable and inevitable that the fire of the Sansi Yamen will burn. This is the last step of Liwei and the prelude to great changes. ”

What do you mean by that? Why is it inevitable? Lin Jue frowned and asked.