Forming cliques for personal gain

Tufu Lin Tianbao continued: "Secretary and Young Supervisor Zhao Wujiang openly wooed Zhang Weimin, the new top scholar, in an attempt to form his own faction, openly seeking personal gain. At this time, many candidates and ministers saw it with their own eyes!"

"Hmph! According to this, if the Taifu has good relations with many officials of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the officials of the Six Ministries, does it count as forming a clique for personal gain?"

Zhao Wujiang walked out, crossed his arms and looked down at Tai Tu.

Zhao Wujiang did not kneel down, but stood proudly, looking down at the Taifu with disdain. The Taifu's anger rose sharply in his heart, but he had already knelt down just now. Without the emperor's consent, he could not stand up openly.

Zhao Wujiang walked to Taifu Lin Tianbao and stood sideways.

From this angle, the courtiers saw the Taifu kneeling in front of Zhao Wujiang.

"You" Taifu clenched his fists, his body trembled, and he said sternly:

"I have been an official in the government for many years and have long been acquainted with all my colleagues. We are just on good terms with each other. How can we form cliques for personal gain?

And you, Zhao Wujiang! You took the new top scholar Zhang Weimin under your tutelage long before he reached an official position. Isn’t it a clique or a selfish pursuit? What is this?

Zhang Weimin, as an official of the Ministry of Rites, has just stood with you, and you still say that it is not a clique for personal gain?"

What a double standard. Zhao Wujiang walked around the Taifu and clicked his tongue, as if he was sizing up some remarkable creature.

His appearance made some courtiers laugh out loud.

He spread his hands and looked at everyone, "Okay, I have formed a party!"

As soon as these words came out, all the courtiers in the palace were in an uproar. Zhao Wujiang actually directly admitted that he was a party member?

"Zhang Weimin is not the only one who forms cliques among my officials!"

Zhao Wujiang joked: "A few days ago, Mr. Changsun and I hit it off like old friends and clamored to become brothers with different surnames. Does this count as forming a clique?"

"You fart!" Taifu was trembling with anger.

Changsun Wuji coughed dryly.

Zhao Wujiang turned a deaf ear and continued: "Just yesterday, I went to Zhongshu Province, and Mr. Lai Jilai insisted on drinking and talking with me, and also said that he would betroth his beloved daughter to me. Is this considered selfish?"

Laiji also coughed dryly.

The Taifu said angrily: "Zhao Wujiang! You are just grabbing and biting randomly and trying to frame the minister!"

"Oh? Then weren't you biting me just now? Weren't you trying to frame the minister?" Zhao Wujiang said in a deep voice.

"Everything I said is true. Zhang Weimin salutes you as a teacher in front of everyone. Isn't this a clique for personal gain?"

"Then what I'm telling you is true. Don't you often attend each other's banquets and have a good time? Don't you call each other brothers and sisters during the banquet? According to you, is this not a clique for personal gain?"

"Hmph, but you, Zhao Wujiang, have just admitted to forming a clique! Moreover, you and Wang Yifang have long been sworn brothers with different surnames, and you have been discussing and plotting evil things in the Secretariat Department all day long!

You blatantly formed a clique for personal gain and disrupted government discipline!"

"So it turns out that openly forming cliques for personal gain is disrupting the political agenda? You forming cliques for private gain are tacit approval, right?"

Zhao Wujiang smiled and said with a cold look in his eyes:

"I will not take back what I just said. I have formed a party! I can even tell you that it is not just Zhang Weimin or Wang Yifang who formed a party with me! He not only formed a party with me, but also gave me instructions

I’m going to form a party!”

The courtiers were in an uproar. Is Zhao Wujiang crazy?

Wang Yi had a smile on his face. He believed in what his adopted brother was going to do. Although he couldn't see clearly, the domineering and stern look of Zhao Wujiang at this moment made him appreciate it even more.

Zhang Weimin was not panicked. Even though he was involved, he was still worried. The way Zhao Wujiang ignored the powerful and openly faced Changsun Wuji's faction was deeply burned into his heart.

When the Taifu heard what Zhao Wujiang said, he felt as if he had grasped a big handle. He laughed and said: "Zhao Wujiang, Zhao Wujiang, you also said that you did not form a clique for personal gain.

You and the people behind the scenes must also be young people who cannot see the light! I have already seen through people like you!"

Zhao Wujiang knelt down, patted the Taifu on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Guess who this person is?"

As soon as these words came out, I thought of what Zhao Wujiang said just now. Someone instructed him to form a party. He is so confident, who could it be?

All the courtiers made guesses and looked around. Some of them reacted quickly and thought quickly, and instantly looked at the emperor sitting on the high throne.

Damn it. Zhangsun Wuji's heart skipped a beat. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Zhi, who was as frosty on the dragon chair. He was about to give a warning, but before he could, he heard the Taifu speak harshly.

"No matter who he is, he must be as dirty as you!"

The Taifu has investigated clearly that Zhao Wujiang is a eunuch who entered the palace. In his eyes, Zhao Wujiang is an incomplete and dishonest person, so naturally the person behind the scenes is also shady.

As soon as he finished speaking, a roar filled with extreme rage resounded throughout the Dragon Palace.

"Insolent, Lin Tianbao, who gave you the guts!"

Li Zhi slammed the table and stood up from the dragon chair. His face was so gloomy that it was about to drip.

The ministers let out gasps. Although some of them had already guessed, they were still horrified.

Is the emperor involved in forming cliques for personal gain?

What nonsense are you talking about!

The Taifu was shaking like chaff. Thinking of what he just said, he wanted to die.

He knelt on the ground and trembled all over, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I forgive you, I didn't mean that! How could you form a clique..."

"Yes, why do I want to form a party for personal gain?" Li Zhilang said: "Because I! I want the Tang Dynasty to be filled with talents, and I want the Tang Dynasty to enter the prosperous age when all nations come to visit us!

It’s me! Let Secretary Zhao Aiqing, the young supervisor, be ordered to recruit talents from all over the world, so that more talents can contribute to the Tang Dynasty!

It’s me too! The so-called forming a party for selfish gain is what I granted you!”

He looked around at the silent ministers and snorted: "It's not just you who can have a good relationship!"

Li Zhi emphasized the word "good relationship" very seriously, and he looked angrily: "You have a good relationship, so I can leave it alone. But from now on, if anyone tries to frame Zhao Wujiang for this reason again, I will never tolerate it."

!”

Everyone was thinking that the emperor's meaning was obvious. The first half of the sentence meant that everyone formed a faction, and he couldn't control it and would not control it. The second half of the sentence was to pave the way for Zhao Wujiang to recruit talents for him: If you form your own faction, I will do the same, emperor.

, and you don’t care, whoever cares will die!

At the same time, Li Zhi is also releasing a message, that is, Zhao Wujiang is the person appointed by me. You can make friends with him and stand under me, and no one will be like standing under the influence of Changsun Wuji.

Will criticize, some people dare to criticize.

My nephew has grown up and wants something of his own, so he has begun to show his fangs to his uncle and me. Changsun Wuji sneered in his heart, and his eyes became colder and colder.

Li Zhi said solemnly with a majestic look on his face: "Lin Tianbao, as a tutor, did not feel comfortable teaching to the prince. Instead, he was narrow-minded and framed the courtiers. Come on, he was put into the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. After interrogation, he was beheaded and his house was confiscated!"

"Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, please spare your life -"

Taifu Lin Tianbao's face was ashen and he fell to the ground. He looked at Changsun Wuji for help. Changsun Wuji just looked at him lightly without saying anything.

Taifu knew that Changsun Wuji was always ruthless towards useless people.

He felt sad and a little regretful. Maybe in the beginning, he could just be a quiet tutor. Why bother to provoke Zhao Wujiang?

He did not continue to plead for mercy. He wanted to save some dignity. For the sake of his children and their families, he would die in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment tonight and would not be interrogated.

Everyone looked at the majestic Crown Prince and Tutor who was being dragged away the next moment. They sighed in their hearts, and at the same time they also felt the urgency of the coming rain.

The battle for the government has begun!

Is it the station captain Sun Wuji, the head of the prime ministers?

Or should we side with Zhao Wujiang, a popular courtier who has the emperor's back?

Or should we choose to be wise and protect ourselves and not get involved in the disputes in the court?
Chapter completed!