Li Xin, the governor of Xiangzhou, was a Qing Dynasty official. In the Ming Dynasty, the prison was broken and the gangsters and bandits stopped, so the people called it Xiangzhou. At that time, Xiangzhou boasted a population of one million and was the richest among dozens of state capitals in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Li Xin was quite talented, and was appreciated by Li Yi's brother Li Fu, the eunuch of the Zhongshu Dynasty, who promoted Li Xin to be the governor of Xiangzhou. When Li Xin first took office, he was conscientious and upright as an official. However, the salary system for all officials had not yet been implemented in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the livelihood of officials did not depend on

There are many families in the shadow of our ancestors

Property or fields were obtained through military exploits. Civil and military officials in the Northern Wei Dynasty often led troops to invade the Southern Dynasties, Liu Song Dynasty, and every time they attacked cities and plundered land, they looted money and fields wherever they went. After reporting to the court, the court took over

Part of it, and the other part will be given as rewards to meritorious ministers.

It was just that when Li Xin was the governor of Xiangzhou, because Xiangzhou did not border the Southern Dynasty Liu and Song Dynasties, he had no chance to go out to plunder property. Therefore, although Li Xin was a feudal official, his life was really very poor.

Seeing that many of his subordinates were living a prosperous life, Li Xin gradually lost his composure. He began to take advantage of his authority, accept bribes, and promote those who bribed him to become local officials.

At that time, many people couldn't stand Li Xin's increasingly crazier amassing of money, so they wrote a memorial to expose the matter to the court. The memorial was sent to Zhongshu Province, and Li Fu found out and detained them all. Li Fu cherished Li Xin's talents and wanted to give them to him.

The opportunity changed. On the one hand, he sent a letter to Li Xin, reminding him to pay attention to his integrity. On the other hand, he said to other colleagues in the Zhongshu Provincial Department: "Li Xin's greedy talent is not too much, so let's let him go and give him some money."

Give him a chance to change his ways!"

Although Li Fu was promoted to the position of Zhongshu Supervisor because of Empress Dowager Feng's favor and trust in Li Yi, Li Fu was indeed a talented person and did an outstanding job in the position of Zhongshu Supervisor. It's a pity that he only cherished his talent.

But it brought a fatal disaster to himself.

Tuoba Ming, the Vice-President of the Central Secretariat, was a close relative of the royal family and had served as the Vice-President of the Central Secretariat for many years. He originally thought that after the old Supervisor of the Central Secretariat resigned and returned to his hometown, he would be the one to take the position of Supervisor of the Central Secretariat. However, because Empress Dowager Feng favored Li Yi

, Breaking the rules

Li Yi's brother Li Fu was assigned to be the eunuch of the Central Secretary. Tuoba Ming's hope was suddenly dashed, and he was aggrieved. Then because this was the title given to him personally by the Empress Dowager Feng, he had no choice but to swallow his anger and serve Li Fu.

Serve your subordinates.

After Empress Dowager Feng eradicated Yihun and returned power to Emperor Xianwen two years later, Tuoba Ming, the assistant minister of Zhongshu, felt that an opportunity had come. He was keenly aware that Emperor Xianwen Tuobahong had great ambitions, was very happy with his success, and was eager to be the emperor.

He has accomplished many great achievements during his term of office and does not want to live under the light of Empress Dowager Feng.

A year after Emperor Xianwen started to restrain himself, he began to quietly take action in the second year of his formal pro-government. He always liked to find trouble with the ministers whom Empress Dowager Feng trusted, and then dismissed or demoted them to make room for those who were hostile to Empress Dowager Feng.

Dissatisfied minister.

Tuoba Ming, the assistant minister of Zhongshu, felt that the time was ripe. Li Fu was an official personally appointed by the Empress Dowager. Now he actually withheld the memorial that reported Li Xin, the governor of Xiangzhou, and he had committed a crime of cover-up. Tuoba Ming believed that if this matter was reported secretly,

Knowing Emperor Xianwen, Emperor Xianwen must be very happy and hold Li Fu accountable so that he can be reused.

Tuoba Ming, the minister of Zhongshu, secretly reported to Emperor Xianwen, and as expected, Emperor Xianwen was rewarded with great joy. Then just when he fantasized about getting the position of minister of Zhongshu, Emperor Xianwen failed to do so.

Instead, Emperor Xianwen sternly reprimanded Tuoba Ming and forbade him from talking about the matter outside.

Tuoba Ming was frightened and didn't know what the emperor meant, so he could only retreat in fear. After Emperor Xianwen waited for Tuoba Ming, the assistant minister of Zhongshu, to retreat, he began to seriously think about how to deal with this matter.

If it were other ministers appointed by Empress Dowager Feng personally, Emperor Xianwen would have followed his usual practice of dismissing that person and asking the minister who exposed the case to take his place. But Li Fu was different. Emperor Xianwen decided to use Li Fu to make a big deal

article to achieve the goal he has always dreamed of achieving.

Li Fu was the Supervisor of the Central Secretary, with outstanding abilities and outstanding political achievements. He almost never made any mistakes. After Emperor Xianwen came to power, he had long wanted to replace Li Fu, but he was afraid of the power of the Queen Mother and was unable to grasp Li Fu's leverage, so

I held it in my heart and never had an attack.

Now that Li Fu had indeed committed a crime, it stands to reason that Emperor Xianwen was overjoyed because he could immediately bring Li Fu to trial. But after all, Emperor Xianwen was also a man who understood strategy well.

Li Xin, the governor of Xiangzhou, was responsible for corruption. Li Fu could not be held accountable at all. At most, he could only be demoted.

Just because Li Fu was the brother of Empress Dowager Feng's lover Li Yi, Emperor Xianwen suddenly felt that if he demoted Li Fu just for this matter, he would be able to help Tuoba Ming, the informant and loyal servant of Zhongshu, to be promoted to the position of supervisor of Zhongshu.

, could further consolidate his power, but Emperor Xianwen always felt that it was a waste and a pity to use such a great opportunity.

He walked around the palace and finally decided to use Li Fu to implicate Li Yi and kill Li Yi to relieve his shame. Li Yi had three brothers. The eldest brother Li Fu was the eunuch of the Zhongshu.

My younger brother Li Shi is the West

Emperor Xianwen, the governor of Yanzhou, believed that Empress Dowager Feng had an affair with Li Yi. He believed that this was a great shame for him and his late father, Emperor Wencheng Tuoba Jun, and he had secretly sworn that he would kill Li Yi once he came to power.

Then, although Li Yi was favored by the Queen Mother because of his handsome appearance and well-behaved person, Li Yi himself was a very talented person. He was not only talented in civil and military affairs, but also very resourceful. He was loyal to the Queen Mother Feng. As the Queen Mother Feng

Her lover and Empress Dowager Feng's right-hand man.

Li Yi's elder brother Li Fu and his younger brother Li Shi were both high-ranking officials. Although this was promoted by Empress Dowager Feng Aiwu and Wu Poge, the three brothers were all talented and capable people. Emperor Xianwen waited hard for more than a year, and finally succeeded.

I couldn't find an opportunity to attack the three Li brothers.

Now that Li Fu committed a crime, how could Emperor Xianwen let go of this opportunity so easily? He wanted to use Li Fu's incident to kill Li Yi. Emperor Xianwen thought for a long time and decided to start with Li Xin, the governor of Xiangzhou, and let Li Xin implicate Li Fu.

Then Li Fu achieved the goal of killing Li Yi.

Emperor Xianwen sent a eunuch to secretly summon Tuoba Ming, the secretary-general's assistant, into the palace. Tuoba Ming originally thought that his chance of getting promoted to an official position had been shattered, but he was feeling depressed when he suddenly saw the eunuch secretly summoned into the palace by an oral order. He couldn't help but feel elated.

After Tuoba Ming's visit to Emperor Xianwen Tuoba Hong was completed, Emperor Xianwen said: "Tuoba Ming, you secretly informed Li Fu of meritorious deeds, but Lian Lian cannot appoint you as the Supervisor of the Central Secretary because of this. Do you know the reason?"

Tuoba Ming bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I am a humble minister, please express my opinion!"
Chapter completed!