"If you don't investigate the good and the evil, and openly criticize and reward them, how can you depose them to be greedy and lazy, and to show your diligence." The third biography of Wei Shu
"Wind direction?" Zuo Ling heard the new usage of this term from Hu Miao for the first time. He knew that this must be because Hu Miao was often next to Taiwei Dong Cheng, and Dong Cheng was often close to the emperor. So he heard it from the emperor again and again.
The new words he heard gradually spread, and Zuo Ling was no longer surprised. At this moment, what he was paying attention to was the words in Hu Miao's mouth. He further asked: "Could it be said that... the Fu family in the North is no longer there?"
Are you favored by the Holy Spirit?"
Hu Miao was about to speak, then he came to his senses and concluded: "I didn't mean that!"
Then, Hu Miao said: "Right and wrong are all in the emperor's mind. We, as ministers, would be wise to avoid rash discussions."
Although he responded promptly, Zuo Ling still managed to get the information he wanted from the other party, not to mention that his last sentence was too obvious.
I don’t know when the news of the emperor’s alienation from the Fu family came out from the palace. When Empress Dong told Dong Cheng at first, Dong Cheng and others didn’t take it to heart. They thought that now Fu Xun, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Fu Rui, the right Fufeng secretary,
Lang Fuguan holds important positions and has great power, and his younger generation Fu Yun is also a little talented in Taixue. In the eyes of others, he is a prosperous high-ranking Northland family, and there is no sign of being treated coldly.
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It was not until this battle against Shu that the emperor awarded rewards to the meritorious ministers. Dong Chengcai secretly got a clue: he was also a secretary supervisor.
However, Fu Qian, the elder, was only transferred to Benchang. If the emperor's honor and favor for the Fu family remained unchanged, even if Fu Qian's merits were not as good as those of Fa Zheng, he would not have achieved this meager result.
Hu Miao knew that any change in the court would be marked in subtle ways in advance. When the situation started to escalate, it would be the final word and the irrepentable ending. Strictly speaking, Fu Gan's incident
, it doesn’t mean anything, so Dong Cheng, Hu Miao and others decided to wait and see what happens after discussing it, and use Fu Rui’s mistake in taking charge of You Fufeng to see which direction the wind will turn.
Seeing Zuo Ling's look, Hu Miao actually felt a little regretful in his heart. Although Zuo Ling was currently a person he could trust, it was far from the point where he was allowed to have access to these secrets. He coughed and turned on his fan.
Put it on the low table and said seriously: "In the next few days, the imperial court will send the imperial censor from the Yushitai to the counties in Guanzhong to supervise the relief. It can be seen that the imperial court has made a decision. Before the imperial censor comes, you should first
I came forward to speak to the Du family, Wang family and other powerful people and persuade them to stop as soon as possible, so you don't blame me for not reminding them."
Zuo Ling said in surprise: "Why, isn't the imperial court still debating the matter of sending the imperial censor to the Yushitai? I heard that Situ Magong thought that this move was because the imperial court did not trust the local ministers, which would easily lead to divisions between the superiors and the subordinates. After several days of discussion, nothing came to an end.
See below, how could it be implemented suddenly?”
Did he not understand the situation of the Central Committee, or did he rely on Hu Miao to explain: "How could Mr. Ma not know that there is no reason to abandon this political decision? The reason for this is just to fight for more time, so as to benefit those below.
Not only could Fu Rui not be offended by a distinguished noble family, but also by the imperial court. Otherwise, how could he live up to the country's reputation for treating heroes and martyrs well?"
Although Ma Rixi is an upright person, the Ma family in Fufeng has been in Gualui for hundreds of years, has a population that is sparse, and has many close relatives. There will always be a group of short-sighted tribesmen who cannot see the situation clearly, cannot listen to warnings, and think that their family has a status.
The three princes, the ministers who are the prime ministers and assistants, can do whatever they want in the village. They only know that one will be prosperous and everyone will be prosperous, but they do evil because of their family background, but they do not know that the disasters they cause will also affect the whole family.
Facing a large and prosperous family, it was difficult for Ma Rixi to cope with the government affairs. How could he have time to take care of his relatives in the village? Even if he knew about what they were doing in Fufeng, he could not control it, so he had to turn a blind eye and wait until the emperor
When he wanted to investigate, he tried to delay the time so that those people could stop their efforts as soon as possible. The emperor also had no intention of aggravating the situation and gave them time to deal with it in exchange for the smooth implementation of the censor.
Zuo Ling understood and did not stop. Gu Zi went down on behalf of Hu Miao to summon the Jingzhao Du family and a group of powerful people who were close to Hu Miao to deliver the latest news to them.
Du Zhi held Zuo Ling's hand cordially and said warmly: "Thank you Mr. Zuo for not forgetting to tell me about such a big matter!"
Zuo Ling did not dare to underestimate this old man who had faded out of his official career. Although Du Zhi was not very talented, if he wanted to make friends with Du Ji, the now popular Prime Minister of Hedong County, he would have to rely on him to help him bridge the gap. At any time,
It's always good to have one more friend and one more road. Zuo Ling let the other party hold his hand and said with a faint smile: "Du Gong is joking. This time there is a severe drought in Guanzhong and the common people have less food. It all depends on the food relief provided by each family."
.Now that the imperial court has issued an order to release grain, and there is a censor to supervise it, I am worried that there will be a misunderstanding, so I specially ask the prince for instructions, and advise Duke Du to realize it as soon as possible, and not to rob the imperial court of this gift of benefiting the people."
Naturally, this kind of news will not be told to everyone, otherwise the value of the news will be greatly reduced, and the court will delay the implication because it cannot find enough scapegoats to take the blame. Du Zhi is good at this. Fortunately, he used Dong Feng to communicate with
Hu Miao had this kind of connection, otherwise he would have been kept in the dark about the imperial censor's release. By then, all the well-informed people would have run away, but he was selling grain at high prices in Chang'an without knowing it.
If the land is acquired at a low price, he will be the first to die.
"What Zuo Gong said is true, but no matter what, I will never forget today's kindness." Du Zhi knew the value of the news, so he was naturally very grateful to Zuo Ling. With his mind at peace, he turned to Jingzhao.
Other companies: "I just don't know, Webster's, Luo's...?"
Zuo Ling calmly let go of the hand holding Du Zhi's hand, stretched out his hand to signal him to step into the court, and said slowly: "Duke Du has forgotten? Webster has his own heavenly grace, why should I wait to say more?"
Mr. Luo, I guess there is no shortage of talents among them, so they must be self-aware. I am not very familiar with them, so if I talk too hastily, I will fall behind the inferior ones."
Since Jingzhao Wei's great achievements in defeating Wei Duan, the prefect of Wudu, and being rewarded by the emperor, his power has increased, and it has faintly surpassed the Du family, the fifth family, and the Jin family that were equal to him in the past. After Du Zhi heard this,
Knowing that Webster must have found other channels to escape calmly, he felt a little bit amused, and he was very happy to hear that his other enemy, Luo, had no idea about this.
Prominent high-ranking families can rely on many years of relationship networks, or clan members in the central government, and other channels to find out the direction of the court's policies, so as to seize the opportunity to make profits, and stop in time before others can escape.
A calamity. Since other powerful powers are not as strong as the Ma family and the Yang family, there will be a lag in what they can know about the key policy trends of the court. And the smaller the power, the more serious the lag will be, and the greater the impact will be.
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Therefore, those small powerful people at the bottom either wait and see the movements of the big families at any time and advance and retreat with them, or they try to find ways to have good relations with the government and the powerful. If they are small powerful people who have nothing, wait until they know that the imperial court is going to send censors to local areas.
When supervising the opening of granaries and the distribution of grain and a series of relief operations, the censor had already arrived at the gate of the county government.
The censors sent to various counties were all carefully selected by Cheng Huandian, and those placed in Jingzhao were particularly important. The censor who came to Jingzhao this time was from Taiyuan, Bingzhou, and his name was Hou Wen.