Master Li's resignation, of course, was not just about throwing down his official hat in front of the emperor. He also had to deposit and return the sealed envelope, so he went to the General Prosecutor's Office again.
Before sealing the defense, he performed his duties for the last time. He released the young master of the Lu family who had been in prison for nearly three months, and personally delivered him to the Lu family mansion with great fanfare.
The old head of the Lu family, Lu Zhaojie, welcomed him out of the gate. Without even looking at his son, he hurriedly saluted Li You. In full view of everyone, Li You returned the salute and admitted his mistake, "I do have many faults. I have disturbed your house for three months."
, I specially came to apologize today."
The old patriarch's domineering attitude toward Mr. Li has been seen and heard with his own eyes and ears. Even Mr. Peng Ge and the eldest princess can't deal with the two big backers. Even if they lose their official positions, they are not easy to offend. They may retaliate one day.
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But today, Mr. Li lowered his profile and apologized. He simply didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd, which made the head of the Lu family feel flattered and uneasy.
Mr. Li has confessed his crime. Even if this matter is completely exposed, no one will be embarrassed to investigate why it took more than three months for him to be vindicated. A man with a fifth-level official status actually publicly apologized to ordinary people.
, what else do you want?
After the news spread, the trend in the court suddenly changed. Coupled with the incident at the Wenhua Palace, the Conglong Party temporarily silenced the siege of Mr. Peng Ge. First, since Li You did not want to be dignified and shameless and openly believed that he had
Wrong, then Mr. Peng Ge instigated the Lu family to sue Li You, so it can’t be said that he framed the minister. Secondly, this shows that Li You publicly showed his kindness to Mr. Peng Ge, and Li You was powerful behind the scenes.
People are playful.
On the other hand, Mr. Peng Ge, who had endured it for two months, suddenly became aggressive and attacked Bai Shilang one after another. In fact, in the eyes of most courtiers, they already looked down upon the Conglong faction represented by Bai Shilang.
point.
Take Bai Shilang as an example, he was jealous of Li You in his previous fight. This has already shown his frivolous nature, which made many people complain. And Mr. Li was dismissed because of the eunuch's slander, which also made people seem to have the eunuch vaguely cooperating with Bai Shilang.
The feeling of a waiter acting.
Although there is no direct evidence. Before leaving, Li You angrily accused Bai Shilang of colluding with the palace, which may not be groundless. If so, it is not a character issue, but a stance issue.
Bai Shilang relied on the help of the middle official to enter the cabinet, wouldn't he become the cabinet elder attached to the middle official in the future? He is so young, and the emperor cares about him, if he becomes the first minister, wouldn't it be a tragedy for a civil servant? Yes
Anyone who knows anything is worried about this.
Peng Ge's old position has become stable again. Under this situation, even the emperor can't force the declining Bai Shilang to join the cabinet. Because after struggling for a long time, the cabinet just can't vacate the vacancy. If there is no vacancy, what will happen?
Placing cronies? The emperor is not a god, and there is no way to create a redundant position, and it is impossible to remove a auxiliary academician for no reason.
There is also a small episode. One day, Yu Linglong, a famous prostitute in the capital, suddenly announced that she had terminated the ransom agreement with Bai Shilang. The statement said: "After hearing the recent rumors, I suddenly felt that I was blind and trusting someone. I am willing to return the deposit ten times and redeem myself.
I am lowly, from now on I will be closed to guests, and I will only teach piano music in the Jiaofang Division. No outsiders will be seen except Li Tanhua."
The New Year is approaching. It is the most leisurely time for government affairs. Of course, from another perspective, starting a war of words makes you more distracted, or more energetic. Anyway, there is nothing else to do, and being idle is idle. So, the court
In this way, we gradually walked towards Jinghe ten years in a sea of saliva.
The war of words at the end of the year was not only the dispute between Peng and Bai, but also the internal and external disputes, which were mixed together to make it even more chaotic. Numerous memorials at home and abroad impeached Duan Zhien and sealed Li Youming's grievances in the palace. They fell like snowflakes on the emperor's imperial court, almost
Bury the emperor's slightly immature shoulders.
I heard that there were some radical censors who were actively planning a death remonstration for Yique, but Jiang Zongxian, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, stopped him with earnest words. The reason was very practical. The weather was too cold, and it would be uneconomical to freeze and become disabled if he could not die, so why not?
Let’s wait until spring gets warmer next year.
All this made Emperor Jing He, who was "new to human affairs", frowning and at a loss for days. Among the important officials in the imperial court, Li You was the only one in his impression that he was the youngest and boldest person who dared to speak out. But now, as if overnight, the court had no idea what to do.
Dozens and hundreds of Li You appeared out of nowhere, making the crowd look huge.
He obviously did nothing wrong, so Li You did go too far. It was Li You who wanted to resign. Why should he be criticized by everyone?
Annoying! In fact, sometimes Emperor Jinghe also secretly envied his peer Li You who lived a more unrestrained and happy life than he, the emperor - he could scold whoever he wanted, he could be romantic if he wanted, and there were countless people who only heard his name but never saw his person.
Famous prostitutes rushed to pay for their favors.
In this way, all kinds of political achievements and prestige can still fall on one's head, without delaying promotion at all, and when something goes wrong, so many people inexplicably jump out to help!
Pushing aside the several-foot-high memorial on the case, Emperor Jinghe stood up and left the imperial study room located in the back hall of Wenhua Hall. The little eunuch followed him quickly and asked softly: "Where are you going, Your Majesty?"
Jinghe and the Emperor stopped, not knowing who to talk to about their troubles. Duan Daban? That's impossible, it's the trouble that surrounds him in the first place. Talking to him will only make it more and more annoying. Empress? That won't work either. It's not easy.
Isn't it embarrassing for a pro-in-law to complain in front of his mother within a few days? One queen and two concubines? They don't have that knowledge, and dragging the affairs of the outer dynasty into the harem is not enough trouble.
After thinking about it, Jing He almost felt that he was a loner in a trance. No wonder all ancient kings were called loners. Fortunately, he also had a very reliable sister (but Mr. Li said that she had been very unreliable recently), so he went to find her.
stop.
It was not easy for the emperor to leave the palace officially. Once he came out, there was an earth-shattering reaction. Police were sent out and troops were mobilized. Fortunately, the palace of the ten princes was on the edge of the imperial city, and the residence of Princess Guide was close to Dong'anmen. So Emperor Jinghe followed the car lightly and did not disturb more people.
He walked out of Dong'an Gate half-dressed and drove to the eldest princess's mansion.
The slaves in the eldest princess's house are all hired from the palace, and they are eunuchs and maids just like the palace. When the servant saw the holy driver, he jumped up to him and kowtowed. The emperor sat on the carriage and said: "Open the door."
Send a message! I want to see the imperial sister."
The gate official replied: "Let me know that Your Majesty, His Highness Chitose, is not in the mansion."
What an unlucky coincidence, it actually missed. Jinghe asked depressedly, "Where have you gone? When can you get back?"
The gate official didn't dare not answer, "Qiantose once told me that the former Prime Minister Li had unfortunately lost his official position and resigned. Today I went to visit him to comfort the royal family."
It was Li You again, and the emperor became even more depressed and shouted: "Open the door! She has to go back to the house, I will go in and wait!"
In order to avoid suspicion, whether it was male or female suspicion or political suspicion, Princess Guide never visited Li You's house on weekdays (two years ago, visiting Li You's house in disguise did not count).
But now that Mr. Li is "unlucky", his reputation has not decreased but has increased. There are many people visiting Li You these days, and the number of guests of the Li family is almost several times that of before.
During this special period, the eldest princess Guide paid a grand visit. Others would not think wrongly. They only thought that the conscientious eldest princess was trying to win the hearts of the emperor. As a special woman with recognized political attributes, she had this advantage.
Guide Chitose would not let go of such a good opportunity for both public and private purposes. The opportunity to establish her presence in the Li family's back house was too rare. In the two years since she and Li You had known each other, she had only done so once during her southern tour of Yangzhou.
The emperor's visit to the emperor's sister failed, and Princess Guide's visit to Li You was also not smooth, so she also failed.
Knowing that her husband was not at home made the excited Chitose Royal Highness very unhappy. She suspected that Li You was avoiding her on purpose. Normally, if she wanted to visit her formally, she would have to post an agreement in advance, but the eldest princess just didn't bother to do it.
Zhang San, the gatekeeper, knelt down to see the eldest princess and defended his master: "My master really didn't avoid His Highness on purpose. It was indeed an accident."
A cold voice came from the Luanjia curtain: "Then where did he go? As far as I have heard, people who resign with their titles are all Dumen thanking guests, staying at home honestly, but your master can't sit still? Listen.
It is said that the Secretary of Education has opened a new West Courtyard in the west of the city, not far from here, I just want to go and have a good time."
Zhang San yelled: "Qiansui has wronged my master! It's all because of the lack of coal at home, and the salary in the capital has been tight recently. My master is afraid that the slaves will not be able to do their job, so today he personally went to the coal market with four or five people to buy.
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Princess Guide heard this and told her entourage: "Wang Yannu, send someone back quickly to transport 10,000 kilograms of fine charcoal from the palace to the Li Mansion!"
Then he shouted to Zhang San: "Open the door! Mr. Li has to go home, so I will go in and wait! Besides, your ladies are always there, so you can see them first. Also, there is a charcoal fire in your house.
This is a gift from me, so there is no need to buy another one. You go and call Mr. Li back."
Zhang San got up, commanded the middle door to be opened, and let the eldest princess in. From the beginning to the end, Zhang San was always wondering about Chitose's tone. Was this an outsider coming to visit, or was her aunt returning home?
Li Youshang didn't know what was going on at home, so he took his slaves leisurely and returned to the coal market outside Fuchengmen. After walking around, he found that the coal situation was still tense, and coal shops of all sizes were still hoarding money without fear.
A few days ago, when he came to the coal market, although he did not suppress the hoarding situation in all coal shops, he sold all the coal stored in Taisheng Coal Shop, the leader in the industry, benefiting thousands of coal shops. This news is not small.
Many people in the city have seen him.
Master Li came to the coal market again today, and he was recognized not long after. Seeing that he was wearing casual clothes and had no formal guards on his left and right, he was very approachable, so an old man bravely stepped forward and asked: "What are you doing today, sir?"
Why are you here? Do you still want to deal with profiteers and sell coal?"
Li You sighed: "I don't know something. I ruined the good deeds of the eunuchs and profiteers last time. Now I have been removed from office and serve the people, so I am powerless. I came here today just to buy coal for my family for the winter. Unfortunately, it is not a good thing."
purchase."
Within half an hour, rumors about Li You spread throughout the coal market - Mr. Li who investigated and punished profiteers a few days ago was dismissed from office by the court!
For a time, there were two skyscrapers inside and outside the shop. I had been worried for several days, fearing that the coal merchants who had been killed by Mr. Li would celebrate with joy, while the people who were full of expectations for the blue sky were like mourning for their heirs. Today's visit was a failure.
There are profiteers all the time, but the blue sky is hard to come by again! I saw one like this in the coal market, and he was easily killed by the bad guys, which is different from the storytelling. (To be continued)
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