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Chapter 364: Almost dead...
Fengyang Governor Yang Fu and Yang Futai went to Xuyi, of course not only to confront Li You, but also to inspect the Zuling Embankment, which was a must.
On September 28, Yang Futai returned to Xuyi from the ancestral mausoleum, and the main trip was over. Now he was thinking about how to surrender Li You, and peacefully recount his merits in the court and receive rewards.
The rest are all trivial matters.
Yang Futai comes from a wealthy family, but he is still too indecisive in his actions, just like when he was faced with a flood and he hesitated to release the water in time. This time he wanted to take credit from Li You, but he was also worried about offending Li You's backstage.
I always want to do things smoothly and ask Li You to take the credit honestly and proactively, but I don’t know that this is an almost impossible task.
In fact, it is very simple. Master Yang can completely use his power as a feudal official to find a way to punish Li You, and can even take extraordinary measures to temporarily imprison Li You. It doesn't matter even if it causes criticism from the government and the public. In this case,
Li You, who is trapped in a cage, is busy rescuing himself. Will he still be in the mood to compete with him for credit?
Of course, the consequences of doing this will be extremely serious, but if you don't want to let go of your children, you won't be able to trap the wolf. If you succeed in saving the ancestor's mausoleum, what else can't you give up? Sometimes you can't do anything without a little courage.
All in all, if you become the opposite of Li You, the method with the highest success rate (not guaranteed to succeed) is to use force to suppress each other, simply and crudely, playing tricks and scheming, and playing tricks will most likely lead to failure.
Regarding this point, the person who has the deepest experience is a certain eldest princess. At first, the money, beauty, fame and fortune were basically ineffective, but in the end, poison and wine worked, at least scaring someone into a more honest person.
After docking at the dock outside the west gate of Xuyi, Yang Futai had just got off the boat when more than two to three hundred people suddenly surged in and blocked him and his entourage on the shore.
Yang Futai was immediately shocked. Is this a civil uprising?
There was even an old man who was over 60 years old and squeezed in front of the governor. He couldn't kneel down, raised the document with both hands, and said loudly: "Master Futai, I am waiting for you to submit the document!"
It turned out that he was complaining, and Yang Futai frowned slightly. Under normal circumstances, the governor would have many followers on his left and right, and would not let others get close easily. When he got off the boat just now, the scene was slightly chaotic, and the land on the shore was narrow.
, he was surrounded and complained when he relaxed even a little bit.
Usually such illegal complaints are ignored, but Yang Futai was thrown to his feet by the old man, and was surrounded outside. He said: "The imperial court has its own place for officials to handle matters. If you have any grievances, you can go to the county government to file a complaint.
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The old man shouted: "We are all citizens of Sizhou. Now that the state and city are destroyed, I don't know where to appeal? If the great master doesn't accept it, there will be no reason for me in the bright and clear world!"
Seeing that there were many people and not retreating, Yang Futai took the memorandum and looked through it. It was fine if he didn't read it, but he threw it back after looking at it. It turned out that these Sizhou people sued Li You for breaching the embankment and flooding the city and asked the court to deal with Li You!
This Li You is really hated by the people of Sizhou... the governor thought. From a personal point of view, he is very happy to see this, but as a second-grade feudal official, he must be politically correct in public. He did this to save the ancestor's mausoleum.
As long as the emperor's surname is Zhu, it is unshakably politically correct. How can it be possible to censor Li You for this?
Seeing that the governor did not want to accept the case, the old man cried loudly: "The lives of our hometown are in ruins, our homes are destroyed, we are homeless, we have no land to rely on, and we sleep in the open and beg for food. This is all Li You's fault!"
Dozens more people knelt down and shouted: "Master Futai, please make the decision for us! Give me, the people of Sizhou, justice!"
After hearing the news, more and more people from Sizhou gathered and surrounded the shore.
Of course, Yang Futai knew that he would never accept this complaint, but now the people in Sizhou were agitated. If they refused too harshly, they might cause trouble. After thinking about it, he had to say: "I will accept the complaint first. What are the details?
Waiting to smell.”
He only said he would accept it, but he didn't say it was accurate, let alone accept it. He was just trying to delay the attack and just try to get out of the siege.
In this way, the crowd reluctantly gave way to the road, but many Sizhou people still followed the governor's ceremonial guard eagerly until they reached the governor's headquarters, which is the county mansion.
When Yang Futai got off the sedan, he saw Sizhou people kneeling on the ground and shouting, imploring him to make decisions for the people before they gradually dispersed. At this, Mr. Yang could only shake his head, it was useless.
In the study, Yang Futai had just drank a few sips of tea to quench his thirst, when he heard from his entourage that Li You had come to see him. It happened that Yang Futai also wanted to talk to Li You again, so he sent a message to bring Li You in.
But he saw Li You enter the study room wearing the official uniform of the sixth rank. Without saying a word, he took off his hat and said again and again: "I heard that Dazhong Cheng has accepted the petitions from the people of Sizhou, so I came here to wait for trial! To avoid Dazhong's case.
The Prime Minister is in trouble!"
Have you deceived me into being stupid and wanted to trick me into falling for you? Hearing this, Yang Futai snorted coldly. He saw through this trick at a glance.
As long as he dares to arrest Li You for interrogation based on this complaint, maybe it cannot be called an interrogation, but should be called an interrogation or inquiry, and then his position as a governor will be over. Therefore, this complaint will not enter the process at all.
Thinking of this, Yang Futai kept silent about the imperial examination and only talked about the ancestral mausoleum.
Li You did not show mercy and said succinctly: "In this life, the only thing I want is to have a wife and a son who will live forever! I stayed at the embankment for a month and went through hardships. When I was desperate, I wanted to die to serve my country.
I have achieved this feat that almost cost my life. How can I bear it when Dazhong Cheng takes advantage of me by taking advantage of me?"
Li You's words were extremely impolite, not like a sixth-grade subordinate talking to a second-grade boss, and he bluntly exposed the opponent's desire to gain credit.
This completely angered Yang Futai, who could not hold back his face, and he said angrily: "You are so presumptuous!"
Mr. Li remained arrogant and kept chattering to himself.
Too arrogant, too arrogant, Yang Futai shouted to the door, "Pull out left and right... Hurry up!"
At least he still had some sense and suppressed the word "hit". Now was not the time to attack Li You. Maybe Li You had deliberately used a trick to seduce him, so he couldn't be fooled.
Several governor's soldiers rushed in, grabbed Mr. Li and dragged him towards the gate. They reached the porch and then threw the embarrassed Mr. Li out...
Let's turn the scene to the capital in late September and early October. During this period, the dispute between the governor of Fengyang and the general magistrate Li You of Yangzhou was a relatively hot topic in the court that had been quiet for more than half a year. It was even full of rumors among some unscrupulous people.
The malicious metaphor is like Zhong Hui and Deng Ai competing for credit.
The court must make a decision on this matter, but there was endless debate at the court meeting held specifically for this matter that day, and the bachelor and the nine ministers could not form a relatively unified opinion. Although this matter is fictitious, it is too important to say it is important.
Okay. If you think about it superstitiously, what if you get the wrong person and ruin your luck? What if your ancestors are unhappy and impose a heavenly punishment?
However, the court has a lot of practical matters to deal with, and it cannot be delayed by these overly ideological matters, so there is no longer a court meeting specifically for the two to compete for credit. It is just that after other matters have been discussed at each court meeting or court meeting,
By the way, I discussed this matter several times in a row with no result.
At the beginning, Governor Fengyang had the advantage for various reasons.
However, the eunuch who guards the mausoleum, Mr. Hai Gonggong, wrote a second memorial, carefully analyzing the significance of destroying the Sizhou levee to release floods. He also pointed out that the decisive sacrifice of Sizhou is the cornerstone of the rescue of the ancestors of the mausoleum. If the Sizhou area is not turned into a flood,
The Tao has fundamentally reduced the pressure on the Zuling Embankment, and the rest is out of the question.
Since then, the situation has changed a little, and the balance has gradually tilted towards Li You, and evened out with Governor Fengyang.
All the smart people in the court realized why Li You, who was so eloquent and eloquent, had not submitted a memorial yet? This was a major event for him. How could he hold back his loud mouth and not speak?
On the sixth day of October, after the early morning court, Empress Dowager Cisheng took charge of matters in the Wuying Palace.
The general envoy held a stack of memorials and said: "I have received several memorials in two days, all related to the ancestral mausoleum. I would like to write them together and submit them together."
Suddenly everyone in the palace looked at the memorials in his hand, and Empress Dowager Qian asked in surprise, "Is there one from Li You?"
"Still not." The General Secretary said regretfully.
If it was Li You's memorial, Empress Dowager Qian would have read it first before speaking. But this was not the case, so she didn't care and said: "Read it!"
"First, thirty-two Sizhou gentry, soldiers and civilians jointly impeached Li Youshu...In one night, all the land in my hometown was destroyed by floods. From a high altitude, it looked like the sea. The people of the same hometown fled in all directions, hungry and cold, with no guarantee of life or death, and no way to escape.
I want to go home without a home, I have experienced miserable things, and it is heartbreaking to say this... The culprits who are not the culprits of the Dharma are not enough for the common people to be angry..."
None of the princes in the palace had any reaction after hearing this. There have been too many natural disasters and tragedies in various places. Sizhou was relatively well prepared this time because it was prepared in advance. Based on experience, there may be exaggerated words to accuse Li You. Moreover, this memorial
Please can't do it at all, it can only be seen as Sizhou people's venting, and it is difficult for Li You to be scolded.
"Secondly, the county magistrate of Xuyi reported that Li You was assassinated... While talking and laughing, a gold hairpin suddenly stabbed his throat, which was dangerous and dangerous. After investigation, it was found that he was a survivor of Sizhou, and he was also the partial house of Wang, the magistrate of Sizhou..."
When the ministers in the palace heard this, they all whispered to each other. They really didn't expect that Li You would be assassinated. This encounter was quite thrilling. Venting is all about venting. It's understandable to have grievances, but it's a bit too much to take it seriously.
The general envoy picked up the third book and continued to read: "Third, the magistrate of Xuyi County reported that Li You was missing... The people of Sizhou gathered around and filed a complaint against Li You. After hearing that Futai had accepted the complaint, Li You went to the palace to plead guilty, and with him
Futai was theorizing, but for some reason he was thrown out of the camp gate without his crown. At that time, there were many people from Sizhou gathered outside the gate. Li You and his guards were trapped in the crowd and were brutally besieged. The ministers led the Yamen servants to rescue them, but they were unable to save them. When they arrived, it was already
His whereabouts are unknown, suspected to be abducted by Sizhou people..."
At this point, the whole palace was in an uproar, and noisy voices arose one after another. Such a big thing has actually happened. The folk customs in Sizhou are too fierce. They dare to openly hijack the imperial officials outside the governor's office! Want to rebel? Then Li You defends the mausoleum.
If you really try your best to guard it, you will almost die...