Luo Youdu left the palace, glanced in the direction of the government hall, and said to himself: "You really can't underestimate anyone."
From the beginning, he had a feeling that everything was going too smoothly.
Since going to the Ministry of Household Registration to check the household registration, all his goals have been easily achieved.
In almost everything he encountered, there were people who cooperated with him. Even the top leader of the Kaifeng Mansion made way for him and found a reason to run to Luoyang.
Until today, Shi Shouxin took the bait as promised, and only then did Luo Youdu react.
His plan to revitalize the Kaifeng Mansion has become a means for several prime ministers in the council chamber to suppress force with words.
Luo Youdu always felt that Fan Zhi and Wang Pu had extraordinary administrative abilities and were not good at internal fighting, which was why they were so miserable by the generals.
Now it seems that I have underestimated those big guys who are in high places.
As a scholar, how could I not have Huahuachangzi?
Infighting?
That's what civil servants are good at, so how could they not be good at it?
It's just that the imperial court emphasized military power over literature. Faced with this general trend, the old scoundrels wisely chose to cease all activities and shrink like a turtle shell to show their weakness to the enemy.
The weaker the civil servant is, the more arrogant and arrogant the military officer is, and the less he tolerates a British master like Guo Rong.
In this way, the situation of using civil force to control force can be promoted as soon as possible.
Sure enough, Guo Rong accelerated the progress of using civil society to control military affairs and began to improve the status of civil servants in the temple.
I haven't taken any action yet. I'm afraid that all the old foxes are unwilling to be the first person.
Wang Jixun's incident happened to happen, and he was involved in it. He followed the current and pushed himself to the front line, becoming a pawn across the river to break the situation.
This was regarded as a spearman, a chess piece in the hands of the two prime ministers Wang Pu, and Luo Youdu was not too repulsive, and he was very open-minded.
You can take advantage of others, and others can certainly take advantage of you.
No matter in modern times or ancient times, no one can avoid becoming a pawn in the hands of others. The key lies in whether you are an abandoned pawn or a master with sufficient value and interests.
As for chess players, they must have a certain status.
If you can't even act as a chess piece, why should you play chess?
"join the army!"
Zhang Jin came up quickly.
Luo Youdu nodded and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work!"
He clearly noticed that after Wang Jixun's incident, Zhang Jin had a feeling of admiration for him, completely recognized himself, and offered to act as a bodyguard to avoid being persecuted by Wang Jixun's relatives and friends.
Luo Youdu naturally valued him more.
"Don't rush back to Kaifeng Mansion now. Let's go to Prime Minister Li's house."
Li Zongxiang was naturally Li Chongjin.
Li Chongjin took the title of prime minister as a military general, but he was actually unable to exercise the power of the prime minister. It was just a symbol of status.
Li Chongjin promised yesterday to help Shi Shouxin, Li Jixun, Zhao Kuangyin and others intercede for Wang Jixun, but today he saw Shi Shouxin in the temple taking the initiative and taking advantage of it. Naturally, he did not say much, but returned to his house to read quietly in the study.
Writing books.
The older you get, the more you can appreciate the benefits of reading.
When Li Chongjin was young, like many generals in the world, he was young and frivolous. He only thought that the scholars in the world were just talkers and not worth mentioning. He spent all his time studying bow and horse, and then learned the skills of leading troops in combat from his uncle Guo Wei.
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However, as his status became higher and higher, Li Chongjin gradually realized that his knowledge was no longer enough to support his current status, so he began to pick up books to make up for his shortcomings.
It was also because of picking up books that Li Chongjin's realm was sublimated, he became more calm, and he also learned how to hide his strength and bide his time.
Otherwise, if he could compete with Guo Rong for the historical status of the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, how could Guo Rong respect him as the number one person in the military, and even trust him so much that he be responsible for commanding the troops in the palace?
"Xiang Xiang, there is a man outside the palace who calls himself Fa Cao and joins the army Luo Youdu. He wants to see you."
Li Chongjin slowly put down the book, pondered for a moment, and said: "Invite him to the living room, I will go there later."
After pondering for a moment, unable to guess Luo Youdu's intention, Li Chongjin simply gave up and went straight to the living room.
The first impression Luo Youdu gave him was that he was young, too young.
I have long heard that this famous Fa Cao in Kaifeng Prefecture was young and promising, but I never expected him to be so young.
When Li Chongjin looked at Luo Youdu, Luo Youdu also glanced at Li Chongjin quietly.
Luo Youdu had a deep impression on this military boss.
In later generations, Luo Youdu specifically learned about the history of the Chenqiao Mutiny.
The success of the Chenqiao Mutiny was mainly due to the lack of resistance by the generals in Kaifeng City.
On the one hand, it was because Zhao Kuangyin was so popular with the military, and on the other hand, the orphans and widowers of the Chai family could be bullied.
The reason for this was originally a mysterious transfer order. He became the military commander of the German army, Tongping Zhangshi, and the commander of the guard army.
Chai Zongxun, a little boy, directly transferred Li Chongjin, who held the military power of the imperial city and was loyal, to Huainan. This resulted in the entire city defense in Beijing falling into the hands of Zhao Kuangyin.
Without this paper transfer order, Zhao Kuangyin would have had no hope of launching a mutiny.
Li Chongjin learned about Zhao Kuangyin's rebellion and chose to raise troops to regain the Later Zhou Dynasty, but by that time the situation was over.
Li Chongjin did not have a good impression of Luo Youdu and said coldly: "You came here because you wanted to come to Shi Shouxin. Li Jixun and the others have already lost."
Luo Youdu bowed and said: "Your Majesty made the choice, there is no difference between winning and losing. Your Majesty specifically gave me full authority to handle this matter, and allowed me to search Wang Jixun's residence and behead him in Kaifeng Mansion."
Li Chongjin's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he shouted: "How brave, are you trying to show off your power to me?"
Luo Youdu said hurriedly: "I don't dare, the Prime Minister has misunderstood. I am here for myself, the Prime Minister, and the official family. I know that the Prime Minister thinks that executing Wang Jixun in this way is an insult to him."
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"Isn't it?" Li Chongjin said angrily: "Wang Jixun is wrong in all kinds of ways, but he has contributed to the great Zhou Dynasty. On the battlefield, he fought one against a hundred many times, regardless of death. Give him a safe way to die.
Is it so difficult?”
Luo Youdu did not directly answer Li Chongjin's words, but said: "Is the prime minister afraid of death?"
"No one is afraid of death!" Li Chongjin answered without hesitation.
Luo Youdu said: "Yes, no one is afraid of death. But when I interrogated Wang Jixun last night, I asked him why he wanted to kill those guards who were loyal to him, so that the prime minister would know what his answer was?"
"He said that it was me he wanted to kill. Because I rejected him in public, he felt that he had lost face. But he did not dare to kill me for fear of losing his life. So he vented his anger on the guards, treating them as if they were killing me.
They were all hacked to death. To this day, what he regrets most is not that he hacked his own guard to death, but that he didn’t chop me with a knife at that time.”
"Mr. Minister, do you think this kind of person is afraid of death, or is he not afraid of death?"