On the first day of the Lunar New Year this year, on the occasion of the Spring Festival, Lao Gao wishes all book friends a happy New Year, good health, and a happy family!

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At night, a carriage stopped in front of Wu Min's mansion in the second sweet water lane, and a person came out of the carriage, wrapped in thick winter clothes, and his face could not be seen clearly in the night, at this time, Wu Min had been waiting at the door for a long time, and he hurriedly greeted him, "Dazai has worked hard!" ”

"This is not the place to talk, let's go into the house and talk in detail!" His voice Huo Ran was right and white.

Wu Min hurriedly said, "Dazai, please come in!" ”

The two of them walked into the door, and the door slammed shut.

When he came to the Guike Hall, Bai Shizhong took off his robe and said with a slight smile: "I just came back from the palace, and there are some things I want to communicate with Wu Xianggong in advance." ”

"Dazai, please take a seat!"

The two sat down separately, and a maid came in to serve them tea, Wu Min said apologetically: "The family has moved to Hangzhou, and I am alone in the house, I'm afraid that there is poor hospitality, please forgive Dazai!" ”

"It's okay, my two sons also went to Hangzhou, and there are only me and my wife in the house, and everyone is each other."

The two smiled heartily, and Bai Shizhong said: "I just discussed with the official family about the reward for military achievements, of course, we all admit that the army has made some merits, and the reward should not be less, but there must be a degree, and there is also the question of whether the court's financial resources can bear it, I advocate doing what we can......."

Wu Min maintained a polite smile on his face, Bai Shizhong's arrival today was somewhat sudden, and his intuition told Wu Min that Bai Shizhong was not here to chat, but to come with some purpose.

Wu Min smiled and said to the dialogue: "I remember that a consensus has been reached before, to reward military merits with land, including pensions, and the military has also unanimously agreed to this plan. ”

"The principle is so, and I agree with it, but I think there is still room for consideration in the specific plan for rewarding, and the plan previously determined seems to be a little too high, and the official family has no objection, but I just hope that the Zhizheng Hall can reach a consensus."

Wu Min despised Bai Shizhong's little belly chicken intestines a little in his heart, just because his relationship with Li Yanqing was not harmonious, so he set up cards everywhere on the military merit awards, he came to himself tonight, just hoping that he would agree with his reduction and reward plan, this kind of thing is to completely offend the military, and want to let himself come out as this villain, this wishful thinking is shrewd, he is treating others as fools.

"Bai Xianggong, the reward for military merit should be divided into two! One is a seal, the other is a reward, the reward is mainly land, and the benefit objects are ordinary soldiers and middle and lower-level generals, I think that since the imperial court has drafted a plan before, the official family has also signed and agreed, which is related to the reputation of the official family, I suggest that it is best not to act rashly in this piece, so as not to cause a mutiny in the army, it is not beneficial to anyone, as for Bai Xianggong feels that some places are inappropriate and need to be modified, I think it should be on the promotion and knighthood, Bai Xianggong thinks? ”

Wu Min's implication was to tell Bai Shizhong that it was okay to target Li Yanqing, but don't offend too many people, it would cause public anger, Bai Shizhong heard the strings and knew what he meant, and immediately understood what Wu Min meant, and he laughed and said: "That's what I meant, so I came to discuss with Wu Xianggong." ”

"No problem, I agree with Bai Xianggong's plan, but if you want to reach a consensus in the Zhizheng Hall, I'm afraid it's not so easy!"

The so-called consensus is that the six phases of the Zhizheng Hall must be passed, even if they do not agree, but they cannot be opposed, among the six phases, Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan and Zhang Bangchang are wearing a pair of pants, and Bai Shizhong came to find Wu Min tonight, even if Wu Min supports it, there are only four votes, and there are two votes, one is Sun Fu, the other is Li Gang, Sun Fu and Wu Min have a deep friendship, and he also belongs to the middle, Wu Min can persuade him to remain neutral.

The key is Li Gang, if he resolutely opposes it, the Zhizheng Hall will not be able to reach a consensus, which Bai Shizhong and Wu Min both know well.

For a while, both of them were silent, and after a while, Bai Shizhong said slowly: "It has been four days since the city gate was opened, and I roughly estimated that the people who left the capital and fled south in the past four days are at least more than 300,000 people. ”

Wu Min raised his eyelids, stared at Bai Shizhong with sharp eyes, and said, "Does Bai Xianggong mean that Li Ganggang was deposed?" ”

"I don't know whether the prime minister will be dismissed, but I know that the official family's dissatisfaction with Xiao Li Xianggong has not been a day or two, and if the Yushitai impeached Xiao Li Xianggong at this time to deal with the fact that the people in the capital fled south, the possibility of recalling the prime minister is very great."

Bai Shizhong is undoubtedly an old and cunning fox, two days ago Wu Min made a small trick, canceled the preferential treatment of halving the rent of the official house, and restored the original rent, it was this inadvertently decided to become an accelerant for the people who fled south to leave Beijing and go south again, prompting a large number of people to flee south, Bai Shizhong saw that Wu Min was secretly suppressing Li Gang, so today Bai Shizhong came to visit Wu Min, just to use Li Gang's matter to make a deal with Wu Min.

Only then did Wu Min understand that Bai Shizhong's real purpose for visiting him tonight was originally for Li Gang's matter, and he couldn't help but curse in his heart, "This old fox! ’

However, if Bai Shizhong is willing to depose Li Gang for himself, Wu Min will also be happy to see it.

The reason why Wu Min regards Li Gang as a political enemy is not because of the political discord between the two, but because the two are of the same age, only two years apart, and they are both in their forties to serve as deputy ministers, and they are recognized as representatives of the Shaozhuang faction in the imperial court.

However, Wu Min also knew that Bai Shizhong wanted to make a deal with him, and he also guessed what deal Bai Shizhong wanted to do, which was nothing more than asking him to help him deal with Li Yanqing.

Wu Min pondered and said, "I also think that in the matter of rewarding military meritor, the official family is indeed a little too indulgent to Li Yanqing. ”

Bai Shizhong's eyes narrowed with laughter, "It's not just as simple as connivance!" ”

"Oh! In the opinion of the white minister? ”

"I think Li Yanqing is too strong, the official family is a little afraid of him, and has to give in, Wu Xianggong, the imperial power is subject to the military power, this is not a good phenomenon!"

Wu Min nodded silently, he already understood Bai Shizhong's routine, he nodded and said, "Bai Xianggong's words also make sense!" ”

Bai Shizhong has already said everything that should be said, and the feedback he should have received has also been obtained, Bai Shizhong stood up and said happily: "Let's work together to reverse this abnormal phenomenon." ”

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Bai Shizhong left, Wu Min was still pacing back and forth, on the surface, it seemed that Li Yanqing offended the eunuch on the city wall that day, so Bai Shizhong wanted to take revenge on Li Yanqing.

But Wu Min has always had a strong intuition to tell Wu Min that Bai Shizhong actually deliberately challenged Li Yanqing that day, he was acting, deliberately doing it for the official family, and then he also had a motive to deal with Li Yanqing in front of the outside.

Wu Min has gradually seen through this old fox's routine, he dealt with Li Yanqing not for himself, but for the official family, Li Yanqing has performed too well in the past two months, and he has already given a little credit, and his prestige among the army and the people of the capital has far exceeded that of the official family.

As a newly enthroned emperor, how could he not be taboo about this? It's just that the official family can't show this taboo, after all, Li Yanqing defeated the Jin State and kept the Great Song Sheji, even if he pretended, Zhao Huan also pretended to be grateful to Dade.

Bai Shizhong saw this, and he took the initiative to make himself a vanguard general against Li Yanqing, leaving a very heavy weight in the hearts of the officials.

Thinking of this, Wu Min showed a sneer on his face, with such a precious opportunity, how could he let Bai Shizhong eat alone?