At night, choose the virtue hall.

Zhao Yun sat on the imperial couch, closed his eyes and rested his mind for a while, then said "tsk" impatiently.

It's time to change phases again.

This is one of the most nerve-wracking government affairs.

Since taking the throne, the succession of prime ministers has been very exhausting.

Shi Miyuan, Zheng Qingzhi, Qiao Xingjian, Cui Yu, Li Zongmian, Shi Songzhi, Fan Zhong, Du Fan, Youyou, Zhao Kui, Xie Fangshu, Wu Qian, Dong Huai, Cheng Yuanfeng, Ding Daquan...

Powerful ministers, mediocre ministers, strong ministers, straight ministers, and sycophantic ministers, none of them can satisfy people.

There is no one who can agree with one's wishes, manage the affairs of the country in an orderly manner, and be loyal only to the emperor.

Jia Sidao?

Jia Sidao is very smart, but even the concubine Yan Guifei in the cold palace can find out something, but such a smart Jia Sidao can't see it?

It seems that he always dares to use the emperor as a bargaining chip for personal gain?

Maybe Li Xia's letter was not intended to frame Jia Sidao, but he saw this?

You have to check carefully, and you can only make a judgment with evidence...

Finally, Zhao Yun spoke and asked, "Have you found all the recent memorials to impeach Ding Daquan?"

"Your Majesty, among the 471 memorials in the palace in three days, there are three impeachments against Prime Minister Ding, all of which are here."

Zhao Yun read the first two copies and saw that Ding Daquan was impeached again for "blinding the listener", so he threw them aside unhappily.

Picking up the last memorial, he glanced at it and asked, "When did this memorial arrive?"

"It was brought to the palace last night and placed in the Xuande Hall this morning. Your Majesty is preparing to go to the palace for the imperial examination and has not yet read it."

Zhao Yun made another "tsk" sound in displeasure and murmured: "Linxuan roll call, the number one scholar has been determined, so what's the use?"

Having said that, this memorial was sent before the palace examination. I haven't seen it, so there is nothing to say about it.

Zhao Yun glanced at the chamberlain beside him, but still felt that he was not to his liking.

"Call Dong Songchen to accompany you."

"This slave takes the order."

After giving these instructions, he continued to read the memorial in his hand.

"The Sichuan pacification system appointed Li Xia, the envoy, to report that the country is looking for talents and attaches great importance to the imperial examination. I recently heard that the Taixue students were discussing privately in the alley. Zuo Xiang Ding Daquan pretended to be in the examination hall. Huiyuan Zhou Zhenyan's writings were not true. The imperial examination

Before entering the venue, the topics of the policy statement have been passed to him. This matter is serious, and I beg your Majesty to investigate thoroughly and cancel the complete list..."

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Jia Mansion.

In the bright candlelight, Jia Sidao pointed at Li Xia, shook his head and said: "It's not like you impeached him. The censor of Jingtai only heard about it. Which minister have you seen personally come on stage?"

"It doesn't matter. My memorial will be read out at the court tomorrow."

Jia Sidao leaned back on his chair, feeling a little disgusted, and said: "I won't leave any room unless I'm an official like you."

"It doesn't matter." Li Xia said: "Your Majesty knows that I am a lonely minister and betrayed the Ding Party. No faction will tolerate me in the future. There is no one of mine in the admonition platform, so I can only come forward to impeach Ding Daquan personally."

"Ah."

Jia Sidao shrugged and said sarcastically: "Do you think His Majesty can trust you just like this?"

Li Xia asked: "Can't you?"

"Do you think that if Concubine Yan gains power again and becomes your backer, you will be able to gain power again?"

"Can't you?"

"You don't understand the Holy Family." Jia Sidao said with a smile, "I made you the commander-in-chief of Shu because the war was still going on at that time and because you deceived His Majesty that you would have an heir. What about now?"

"The war can still be fought, and your majesty can still have heirs." Li Xia asked: "Mr. Jia, do you dare to say that your majesty will not have heirs?"

"I can not."

Jia Sidao was too lazy to have a verbal argument with Li Xia. He pointed at Li Xia and said, "You really don't know how to be an official."

"Indeed."

Jia Sidao sighed slightly and said, "You can only live if you beg me."

Li Xia said: "It seems that Mr. Jia has something in my hands now?"

"I don't care about small things." Jia Sidao knocked on the wine bottle on the table and said, "Your Majesty wants to use me as your prime minister. I'm easy to use. You can't change this. But what I'm telling you is from the bottom of my heart.

"

He poured Li Xia a glass of wine.

"It's not poisonous, don't worry about drinking it... I know why you betrayed me, so tell the truth. Your Majesty has planned to make Prince Zhong the crown prince, and I will teach you how to survive. You hide your damn father first, and I will promise Prince Rong

, no one will come forward to spread rumors about King Zhong’s life experience.

I will also tell Prince Zhong, "Your Highness cannot kill Li Xia. Some people have spread rumors that Princess Li drugged Mrs. Huang. This is slandering His Highness's talents. In fact, His Highness is extremely intelligent and of course he was not harmed by drugs. Kill Li."

Flaw, the world will believe rumors even more'."

When Jia Sidao said this, he spread his hands and said: "Look, I can save your life. The premise is that you come to me and prove that Wu Qian has been framing Prince Zhong."

Li Xia said: "Isn't that enough? It's not enough for me to hide Li Yong. I'd better kill him and let King Rong believe in my loyalty."

Jia Sidao smiled and sighed.

Li Xia said again: "Can Xianggong Jia say a word to prevent King Zhong from killing me? I don't believe it, but even if I believe it, you can kill me with a word."

"I admire you very much, and I hope that you will become my disciple and I won't kill you."

"Let's believe you for now, what happens next?"

"You can't keep your position as Commander-in-Chief of Shu." Jia Sidao shook his head and said, "Do you think having military power can save your life? But you don't know who has the military power in the world. In your Majesty's hands, how can your Majesty control the world's military? Privy Council. Do you believe it or not? I

With a transfer order, all the soldiers in your hand will kill you? The only number you can really deploy is...three thousand."

Li Xia looked down at the wine glass in his hand.

Jia Sidao's calculations are good. The number of private soldiers he is now confident of fully controlling is indeed about three thousand people...excluding Zhaotong and Weining.

"The Privy Council and the Prime Minister are the ones who control the world's military power." Jia Sidao sighed again, "As an official, you should be regarded as Shi Miyuan, and only I can become another Shi Miyuan and do better than him. Wu

Diving? No."

Li Xia nodded and responded: "Wu Qian really can't do Shi Miyuan."

"As for you, what kind of official do you think Commander Shu is? He is just a messenger... Do you know what a 'mission' is?"

Li Xia shook his head and said: "I know a little bit, but not thoroughly enough."

"Oh, I have been an official for three years and I still can't figure this out."

Jia Sidao sipped his wine, looking casual and composed.

"There are several types of officials: official, post, dispatch, and honor and title.

Jun, there is nothing much to say about the title, the honor is a supplement, and you don’t have it; Jun, you are the ‘Founding Uncle’, His Majesty rewards you with a false title, a fourth-grade official, used to increase your salary...

Let’s talk about ‘officials’ first. There are rank officials and casual officials. You are the ‘Jiedu Envoy of the Zhenxi Army’. This is your rank, martial rank. Oh, and it’s still a false position.

What is a false position?

You have the name of Jiedushi, but no actual Jiedushi. In the old days, Jiedushi had local military, political, and financial power, but where is your Jiedushi? Longxi?

This is also a false title given to you, it just makes you have a higher martial rank than the generals under your command.

…

Let's talk about "position", there are library positions and postal positions, but you have no position. Because you have not been admitted to the imperial examination, you cannot enter the library, you cannot dabble in literature, and you cannot respond to current policies.

Then, if you don’t know the major affairs of the country, how can you enter the Privy Council and govern the world? Therefore, ‘the prime minister must use scholars’.

…

Speaking of "sent", this is true. You are the "Sichuan pacification system envoy", responsible for the people's livelihood and military strength in Sichuan.

Very powerful? Yes.

However, dispatches are of no quality and rank, and are often replaced.

Why are you so attached to the position of Commander-in-Chief of Shu?

The dispatch is not up to you, it is up to Your Majesty, the Privy Council, and the Prime Minister. It is natural to send you to Sichuan today and send you back tomorrow.

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, no one has been able to do the job."

Li Xia said: "It's very complicated."

"Do you know why this is so?" Jia Sidao asked rhetorically, "It is convenient for the court to dispatch. If we want to use you, a young man with no qualifications, we can send you a job, even if you are three to five grades worse than Pu Zezhi.

Taste means flexibility."

He leaned forward and his tone became a little more serious.
To be continued...