Two hundred and thirty eight chapters the road in the cracks
Seeing his subordinates coming forward, Mr. Yuan Ge remembered his last encounter at the Wenhua Palace, so he learned his lesson and kept silent, letting the people of Shao She send Li Gui away, lest he lose his status and dignity again and make his magnanimous laugh.
Li Gui was exposed by Shao Sheren and was angry. However, he still kept his main goal in mind. The other party was just a small Shao Ren (Li Gui's vision was really big), and there was nothing worth entangled with. Now he will
His expression softened a bit, as if to defend himself: "You said that I was rude and overstepped the rules? That's an exaggeration. I just made an unintentional mistake and I have already apologized. What else do you want?" Shao Sheren said
Knowing that Mr. Yuan Ge was very resentful towards Li Gui, he said unreasonably: "You are only a seventh-grade official. You know you have made a mistake and should avoid the road and kneel down to wait for the punishment of Mr. Ge. Why are you still trying to defend yourself?" Li Gui said.
Suddenly he turned his face and scolded Shao Sheren: "Arrogant villain! How dare you set up the imperial code without authorization! I want to take part in your copy!" "Stop bluffing people with your big words." Shao Sheren sneered.
Li Gui said condescendingly, "Let me ask you, there are three orphans in the imperial court, Zhenyi, who are ministers. Why can Mr. Yuan Ge enter this door?" "Of course he is a great scholar."
"What grade is the Grand Bachelor?"
Of course, the Grand Bachelor is only a fifth-grade Shao Sheren. He was speechless for a moment, and then said: "But"
Li Gui hurriedly walked down the steps, pointed at the Huiji Gate and said: "Sangu, the minister is not allowed to enter without permission. Unless you are a great scholar, you cannot enter this door. Then in this door, only the great scholar should be considered! Both the great scholar and the others are not allowed to enter."
There may be distinctions between high and low ministers who serve the emperor, but there should be no distinction between high and low beside the holy king? Why can a fifth-grade scholar be so good at showing power and force people to kowtow in front of a seventh-grade scholar? In the inner court, only
Honor the Emperor and the Holy Mother!"
He turned his arm, pointed at Shao Sheren's nose very domineeringly, and cursed: "I am a minister of the imperial court, and I am ordered by the emperor together with the cabinet ministers, and we will try our best to repay the emperor's favor. It's all you who are begging for mercy.
You are a shameless little servant who has corrupted the laws and regulations! I, a small official from the south of the Yangtze River, still know how to love myself, but I am really ashamed to be associated with you! Don’t speak to me again or you will dirty my ears! Get out!" There are only two kinds of roles in the cabinet.
sè, a bachelor and a member of Zhongshu Sheshe. Li Guang cursed loudly and actually hit everyone present. He was quite eager to be an enemy of the world. He didn't know where he got the confidence.
But Li Gui had a loud voice, a tall stature, an imposing manner, and arrogant movements. He had a great reputation and seemed to be confident. He was caught off guard and did not come forward to confront Li Gui.
In fact, what Li Gui said is not unreasonable. If you look through the Ming Dynasty Hui Dian, you can see that the cabinet does not even have a separate item and has to be hung under the Hanlin Academy, like a department that seems to exist but does not exist.
However, due to the need to check and balance power, the cabinet is a thing that is legally void and is disconnected from the de facto illustrious position of power. It is said that it has the reality of a prime minister but not the name of a prime minister.
In reality, how many officials dare to criticize all members of the powerful cabinet in front of them like Li Gui did today? They will be regarded as desperate or crazy.
Therefore, everyone in the cabinet was shocked at this moment. Many people thought they had heard it wrong. There was such a stupid Guan Yan in the world? Who did he think he was?
Li Sheren immediately stopped when he saw the situation, and before the others had recovered, he vigorously waved his sleeves in a dismissive manner, proudly climbed up the steps again, passed through the Huiji Gate, and walked away.
All the father-in-laws on duty at Huiji Gate quietly watched the disputes among the people below and silently watched Li Gui go away. An old eunuch said with emotion: "I heard that Wei Zhongxian a hundred years ago was majestic in appearance and sycophantic in speech.
He scolded the ministers at Huiji Gate until everyone held their breath and fell silent. Li Sheren is very typical of this style today." The faces of the cabinet members under Huiji Gate were full of excitement, and I won't go into details of what they were thinking and saying.
Some officials from other yamen from outside the court who came to deliver the memorial were also waiting outside the gate.
Seeing this scene in front of me, the shock in my heart could not be described in words. I wanted to shout out that Li Zhongshu was really a god. In just one day, Li Gu's name was once again recited in all ministries, courtyards, temples, supervisors and departments in the capital.
"Crazy!" Mr. Yuan Ge exploded again, turned around and headed west. He wanted to see the Empress Dowager, so he had to kill Li Gui here.
But it was said that Li Gui walked to the pavilion door with his head high, only to find that the door was locked and only the bachelor had the key. He had to turn around and sneak around Donghua Gate.
When he came back and looked again, the door to the pavilion had been opened. Li Gu quickly slipped into his office, received today's memorial, closed the door and windows tightly, and sat quietly on a chair. He was waiting for a result. If he said he was not nervous, he would be lying. He was trembling.
His hands betrayed his inner world.
Li Gui's mentality likes to make every decision when doing things, strives for safety, and does not take risks easily. Today is a rare risk taking, in order to confirm his judgment without having control.
From morning until noon, he was tired and still didn't come. Li Gui didn't even have the heart to eat lunch, so he still closed the door and kept to himself.
In the afternoon, the Empress Dowager came to the cabinet and ordered Li to be punished by estimating Dai's salary for half a year. When the entire cabinet heard this punishment, they were in an uproar. This was clearly partiality! Uncovered partiality!
But Li Gui excitedly punched the case. He guessed correctly. It was indeed so! It was indeed so!
What does this mean? It means that the Queen Mother is simply conniving at his behavior! After being punished for the Wenhua Palace incident last time, I don’t know what others thought, but Li Gui, the person involved, vaguely felt a hint of connivance. As a result,
It's like this again today.
This also shows that he has found a way out of the gap between the palace and the outer court, and at least for the time being he can have both sides.
Li Gui was not crazy at Huijimen today. If he was crazy, he would not belittle the great scholar and at the same time keep emphasizing that only the emperor and the queen mother are the most respected in the palace.
Let’s start from the beginning. That night, after sending away Guide Chitose who attempted poisoning, Li Gui once again took a long look at his situation.
The civil servants of foreign dynasties are his foundation and cannot be abandoned: and the palace side is also a little hard to guard against, and Guide Chitose is really not easy to deal with. Both sides want to seize the sub-ticket Zhongshu, and under the double squeeze, the one caught in the middle
He felt very uncomfortable. What should he do?
At that time, Li Gu analyzed the mentality of the two parties: Xu Shangshu sent him to be the secretary of the branch of the vote in order to contain the cabinet; Chitose Guide wanted to be the secretary of the branch of the vote in order to control the cabinet. Thinking of this, Li Gu couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he said:
Both sides want to suppress the cabinet. It seems that the power of the cabinet has become too strong in recent years, and both the outer court and the palace are very dissatisfied. Now the first assistant of the cabinet is sick and the second assistant has retired. There are no very powerful figures among the remaining bachelors, so it is a rare one.
When you are weak, how could you not take the opportunity to suppress you?
Li Gui continued to think, if there is common ground, it will be easier to handle. When internal conflicts are difficult to resolve, external conflicts can be used to divert attention... This is what imperialism does.
For example, there was a fierce conflict between him and the cabinet. Both Guide Chitose and Xu Shangshu would probably have to fully support him, and there would be no time to fight with each other.
Immediately, Li She made up her mind and decided to imitate the general who led the army by lightly provoking enemies and bullying the invaders. As long as he continued to have disputes and struggles with the cabinet, the outer court and the palace would have to support him to the end.
However, Li Gui still had a doubt. What did Queen Mother Bingzheng think of the cabinet? If he had just provoked and was immediately dismissed from office by the Queen Mother, what kind of bandits would he be holding hostage? What would he do to himself?
In the last Wenhua Palace incident, the Queen Mother's punishment was worth pondering, but Li Gu was not sure.
Today, outside the Huiji Gate, Li Gui once again acted a little extravagantly to test the Queen Mother's attitude.
The worst-case scenario is to beg Qian Huangshang and beg for virtue and a thousand years of life...,
Now it is certain that the Queen Mother is also conniving with him! A person who has been able to govern the country for eight years will not make such a highly symbolic decision lightly. It seems that the Queen Mother also has ideas about the cabinet...!