Chapter Seventy-Five: An Alternative Lonely Minister
"The Yan clan, the foreign dynasty talks about the Cui clan, and they want to attack the Yan clan and everyone with this. Now you are inspecting the book of the Ministry of Etiquette, and the Boling Cui family has always been known as the "House of Etiquette", and the family style is outstanding. At that time, I am afraid that I will not be able to sit in this hall. ”
Xu Jingzong's family is old, and most of them plan for him, unlike other families, the difficulty of the Xu family is not ordinarily high.
As a typical southern scholar, the Xu family really began to embark on the road of development, which had a great relationship with Emperor Yang of Sui. At that time, the antagonism between the North and the South after the reunification of the North and the South was still quite serious, and it can be said that each played in its own circle, except for merchants, veterans, and bandits who would flow between the north and the south, and it was absolutely possible to call it one country with two systems.
Xu Jingzong's Lao Tzu didn't gain a firm foothold, and he himself played with Li Mi again, and the label attached to his body was naturally not good-looking.
However, like Zhang Gongjin, Cheng Zhijie, Xu Shiji and others, the labels on their bodies are not good-looking, but they are not the same as others, they seized the opportunity and naturally turned over.
So now, Xu Jingzong has known the age of the destiny of heaven, but he can rely on sycophancy, and he is crazy to pat on the back, so he has mixed up with the school etiquette department book.
That's it, it's still the middle purpose, and it has nothing to do with the giants of the three provinces. And it was after the emperor moved the capital to Luoyang, which can be called miserable.
"I'm a Hangzhou native, and if I want to gain a firm foothold in the court, if I'm thirty years old, it's okay to find a backer. With my wisdom, it is 'the house plot is broken', and I will not abandon it. But now, I'm 50 years old. If you want to cheer up Xu, you can only imitate Wei Xuancheng. It's just that Wei Xuancheng is even a direct minister who is 'upright and upright', but I want to go to the lonely minister who is 'sycophant'. ”
As a 50-year-old bureaucrat with rich experience in war and struggle, Xu Jingzong has his own set of world outlook and methods of doing things.
Of course, it is necessary to shoot on the back, but it is also a technical problem. What is touted by the crowd "Long live His Majesty the Emperor, long live, long live", he can't show his ability at all.
Even if he Xu Jingzong is a sycophant, he must stand out from the crowd!
There were not many opportunities left for the Xu family, as a minister who gradually got closer to the emperor, Xu Jingzong knew a few years ago that there were no children born in the harem. This illustrates a problem, the emperor's fertility has been lost, so the possibility of wanting to detour one or two harem women to help is zero.
Harem women who can't have children, the time limit for maintaining their value is at most a few months, maybe only a few days, or even the last second of His Majesty the Emperor's trembling, and then ...... That's the end of it.
Xu Jingzong's analysis is very thorough, the current crown prince is useless, and the emperor will not continue to give birth to a prince. As long as there is no deposed queen, then the future emperor will only be chosen from two people.
Of course, Xu Jingzong also weighed that behind Li Chengqian, there is also a force to be reckoned with. It's just that whether this force is really supporting Li Chengqian, he can't see through it.
Especially Jiang Han observation envoy Zhang De, what is his purpose? Obviously, he could support each other with the crown prince ten years ago, but he gave up; Obviously, he could save time and effort by Princess Changle, but he escaped; Obviously, he was successfully promoted in the Sixth Ministry and the central departments and prisons, but he was released......
However, Zhang De and Li Chengqian, the princes, still have an inexplicable connection.
"The Yan clan, the King of Wei and the King of Jin, in your opinion, do you want to contact?"
"No!"
Xu Jingzong's face was solemn, "The prince doesn't touch any of them, and the emperor wants to pass through the world nowadays, and he won't give up if he doesn't get rid of the five surnamed Wang clans and the remnants of the Turks!" Remember, I am a minister, and I am also a lonely minister. In the day of being an official in the court, everything is based on what the emperor thinks and thinks! ”
A few days later, while Cui Shen further bombarded the Boling Cui clan in public opinion, the Qingshui Yamen of the foreign dynasty was also talking to the "in-laws" of the family, and everything revolved around the topic of how to kill the Boling Cui clan, and its intensity made the emperor in the Luoyang Palace very satisfied.
"This Xu Yan clan is very smart."
Li Dong was quite satisfied, nodded and then brushed his beard and said, "Those who argued for the Boling Cui clan in the outer dynasty have all been recorded?" ”
"Your Majesty, it's all written down."
"Send all these people's 'in-laws' to Xu Jingzong."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The newly promoted newcomers from the Ministry of Rites have quite complicated origins, but the proportion of people from big families has been greatly reduced. After Xu Jingzong received a "family relationship form" from a green-robed attendant, he immediately showed a smile.
The next day, Xu Shangshu, who inspected the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, directly threw out a post and clicked all those who objected.
Don't you like to be polite? Then these "in-law" relationships, in the law, of course, must be "avoided", because this is "etiquette".
Xu Jingzong's method is quite rude, to put it bluntly, those of you who speak for the Boling Cui clan have all been recharged by the Boling Cui clan.
Someone was upright and retorted with a righteous face, but Xu Jingzong replied: You have been recharged.
Some people are not afraid of shadows, indicating that they can stand the test, Xu Jingzong still said: You have recharged.
In short, the effect of the "Stuffing Rag Dafa" is very good, so good that the horses of the bigwigs outside the court dare not speak out. At this time, if you don't know how to protect yourself, you will simply become cannon fodder for the big guys.
"The Yan clan, according to today's view, I am afraid that some people should understand that the emperor's intention to destroy the Boling Cui clan is absolutely not allowed to be opposed."
"Pei's can be exiled, but Cui's can't? What five surnames and seven hopes, ten years ago could still be proud of this. Today, the tax on the books of the imperial court has already exceeded 80 million. This is not counting the private property of the imperial bank, and the ...... in various places" Speaking of this, Xu Jingzong suddenly lowered his voice and said, "I see a copy of the branch of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the treasury can have more than 6 million yuan a year, compared with more than 2 million yuan in the early years, there is an increase of 4 million yuan. It can be seen that Iyo Copper Mountain is not trivial. Compared with Iyu Copper Mountain and Indigo Silver, what is a Cui clan? ”
"Can the account books of the Ministry of Civil Affairs still be leaked?"
"It was not an outflow, but when the capital was moved to Luoyang, I was summoned to meet me, and it was a copy taken out of the left and right camps. Now, it should be in the hands of the 'Northern Ya Forbidden Army'. ”
Speaking of this, Xu Jingzong's face was a little frightened, and he whispered, "The officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee have their backgrounds, and the relatives of the five suits, and the Northern Ya Forbidden Army has already begun to make a register before it is compiled. In the next city to the north of the newly repaired East Palace, there is a new supervisor of the Inner Palace, and there are many such texts. ”
"Hiss......"
The old people in the house gasped.
"So, unless the Emperor's Eucharist is safe......"
Xu Jingzong looked cautious, and even looked at his roof door, as if there were people hiding in that place.