Poor Family Chapter 704

  Chapter 704 Standing in line

All eyes were on Wang Fu. If Li Gang's criticism of Wang Fu also involved factional disputes, everyone would have other ideas, but Li Yanqing's accusation is different. He is a great hero in defending Taiyuan. Jin Guo was afraid of him, and he did not hesitate to withdraw his troops in exchange for his transfer from Taiyuan, and even got the support of hundreds of thousands of people in the capital, which gave him a kind of prestige in the court that ordinary people could not match, and he had a certain understanding of court affairs. influence.

  So his face-to-face accusation against Wang Fu made the emperor Zhao Ji a little restless, and asked Wang Fu in displeasure, "Wang Xiangguo, what's going on?"

  Wang Fu blushed and explained: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I just want to make overall arrangements for the relief of refugees, so it will take some time."

"Well, it takes a little time. More than a month has passed, and there is no movement from the imperial court or the local government. Hundreds of thousands of refugees who cannot escape are suffering from hunger and cold. disappeared in one sentence."

Li Yanqing bowed to Zhao Ji and the crown prince Zhao Huan again, "Your Majesty, the crown prince supervises the country, and I met a group of refugees who escaped from Zhending Mansion this morning. To be a subject of the Song Dynasty, he escaped the Yellow River through untold hardships, but many old people died of illness and hunger. Your Majesty, these are your people. They did not die under the iron hoof of the Jin man, but died under the king In Xiangguo's understatement, who will bear this responsibility?"

Li Yanqing's last words were stern, and he finally exploded in the court, shocking all the people in the court. Ever since he was obsessed with the prime minister, no minister dared to have such an outburst in the court. Zhao Ji's face suddenly became very ugly, but Li Yanqing Every sentence of Yanqing's heartbreaking words made him speechless.

  At this moment, Cai Jing stood up and said, "Please don't be angry, Mr. Li Fu, Your Majesty, please allow me to say something."

  Zhao Ji nodded depressedly, "Cai Xianggong, please tell me!"

Cai Jing said slowly: "Since Shenzong in the Great Song Dynasty, there have been clear regulations on the people in disasters. The local government does not need to approve the relief from the court, and His Majesty made it clear during the Fangla Rebellion a few years ago. According to the instructions, the local governments will provide relief to the displaced people in case of disasters caused by soldiers. Therefore, although Wang Xiangguo was a bit slow in submitting the reply, the responsibility cannot be completely shifted to Wang Xiangguo. responsibility."

  Li Yanqing raised his eyebrows, and asked: "Is this the rule? The government has the right to provide relief on its own, without approval from the Zhizheng Hall."

   "This is indeed the rule!"

Li Yanqing nodded, and asked Wang Fu in a sharp voice: "I believe in Cai Xianggong's judgment, and I believe that the emperor is sympathetic to the people's holy will. Then I will ask Wang Xiangguo. As the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, I will follow His Majesty's will to issue an order to the sixteen counties of Kaifeng Prefecture." After issuing the order to relieve the victims, your majestic Wang Xiangguo sent people to the counties of Kaifeng Prefecture to strictly prohibit the counties of Kaifeng Prefecture from providing relief to the victims, openly resisting the imperial edict, why?"

   There was an uproar in the court hall, Wang Fu's face became extremely ugly, but he couldn't say a word, Zhao Ji couldn't sit still, and asked: "Master Li, do you have evidence?"

  Li Yanqing took out Wang Fu's silver medal and presented it, "This is the token that Wang Fu sent people to order in various counties. Please examine it, Your Majesty!"

A **** presented the silver medal to Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji looked at the silver medal and was really annoyed. Except for the different characters on the silver medal, the style of the silver medal and even the decorations on it were exactly the same as his emperor's gold medal. He had never approved it. Ministers other than the prince can have the silver medal. Needless to say, this was engraved by Wang Fu without authorization, and there is suspicion of trespassing.

  Zhao Ji glared at Wang Fu fiercely. Wang Fu could see the dissatisfaction in Zhao Ji's eyes. He was so frightened that he fell to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly, "I'm guilty of my crime!"

  The conviction he said was not that he sent people to ban the relief of refugees, but that his secret of making silver medals was discovered by Zhao Ji.

  Zhao Ji said coldly: "You transfer all the government affairs in your hands to Cai Laoxiangguo, and you are not allowed to intervene in the government affairs for two months!"

  Wang Fu was sweating profusely and said in a low voice: "My minister, obey the order!"

  Zhao Ji said to Cai Jing again: "The plan for the relief of refugees must be introduced immediately, and no further delay is allowed. The Zhizheng Hall can ask the prince for instructions to get this matter done!"

  Cai Jing quickly got up and expressed his opinion, "The old minister must live up to His Majesty's trust, and we will start to deal with this matter today."

Zhao Ji nodded, glanced at Li Yanqing, and said slowly: "I know that Li Fuyin has just come out of the army, and some military habits can't be changed. I don't blame you, but the court is not an army after all. I hope Li Fuyin can do it. Get used to your status as a civil servant as soon as possible, and try your best to help the prince manage the capital well."

   "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your tolerance!"

  Zhao Ji was very unhappy. Wang Fu's disappointment was on the one hand, and Li Yanqing's roaring at the court also made him lose face. Even Li Yanqing's aggressiveness actually made him feel a little afraid.

   "Retire!"

  Zhao Ji stood up and flicked his sleeves, then left angrily.

Wang Fu stared at Li Yanqing viciously, and left in a hurry. At this time, Cai Jing walked up to Prince Zhao Huan, and said sincerely: "In the past, the old minister had more than enough heart, but now the old minister can make some decisions. Cooperate with His Royal Highness to the greatest extent, and make all the battle preparations well."

Zhao Huan was very happy in his heart, originally they were at a disadvantage in the court meeting today, but unexpectedly Li Yanqing turned the situation around and overthrew the biggest stumbling block, Wang Fu. Although it was only a two-month suspension, it was enough for him Many decrees of the government can be unblocked, and Cai Jing's statement gave him a taste of the sweetness of victory.

   Zhao Huan said with a smile: "I hope that we will first work together to introduce a refugee resettlement plan. This is a top priority."

   "The old minister thinks so too."

   At this time, Zhao Huan looked into the distance, and saw Li Yanqing salute him at the gate of the hall, Zhao Huan nodded, Li Yanqing turned around and left quickly.

  Cai Jing looked at the back of Li Yanqing going away, smiled and said: "Mr. Li's strategy today is very clever, what do you think, Your Highness?"

Of course, Zhao Huan also noticed that Li Yanqing worked every step of the way to create an atmosphere, and finally took out his trump card and knocked down Wang Fu in one fell swoop, which also prevented his father from protecting Wang Fu. The strategy was indeed very clever, but Zhao Huan was also a little worried. Sighing, "His performance is a bit too much today, I'm afraid father will be dissatisfied with him from now on."

   "Actually, it doesn't matter, young people! There will be opportunities in the future."

  Seeing that Li Gang was still waiting beside him, Cai Jing bowed slightly, "Your Highness, the old minister is going to take a step first."

   "Old man, walk slowly."

  Cai Jing left the main hall and returned to his official room.

  Not long after Li Yanqing came out of the main hall, Gao Qiu chased after him, "Mr. Li, I'm sorry at noon yesterday!"

   Originally, the two of them made an appointment to drink tea at Zhukukulou Teahouse at noon yesterday, but Gao Li had to apologize to Li Yanqing because he had something urgent yesterday.

  Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "It was my first day in office yesterday, and I was indeed very busy."

  Gao Qiu chuckled, "Why don't we go to the building for a drink now."

   It happened that it was time to leave the court, so Li Yanqing happily said, "Then respect is worse than obedience!"

The two came out of Xuande Building on horseback, and soon came to Fanlou. Compared with before, Fanlou was much deserted. Three of the five restaurants in spring, summer, autumn and winter were closed, and only Lameilou and Furonglou were still open. , but the guests are still full.

Of course, there will be a special reserved room for Gao Qiu when he arrives. They entered a private room on the third floor and sat down. The maid brought the food and wine. Gao Qiu poured a glass for Li Yanqing himself and said with a smile: "The building will be moved to Hangzhou. By the West Lake, you know it!"

  Li Yanqing really didn't know, "What about the towers in the capital?" He asked puzzled.

"It should continue to operate! But it won't be as popular as before. The most beautiful women and the best wine are sent to Hangzhou. I heard that Hangzhou Fanlou will open next month. I would like to go to Hangzhou if I have a chance. look."

   "Taiwei should have a chance soon." Li Yanqing laughed with a pun.

  Gao Qiu asked the two serving maids to go down. He lowered his voice and said, "Originally, when the Jin soldiers came to the Yellow River, the officials decided to abdicate, but Wang Fu dissuaded them later."

  Li Yanqing shook his head, "It's not because Wang Fu persuaded him to stop him, but because the Jin soldiers didn't put enough pressure on them. If the Jin soldiers attacked in winter and directly crossed the Yellow River and approached the city, even ten Wang Fu couldn't stop them."

Gao Lian drank the wine in his glass, "Everyone in the court said that the Jinbing would not come again, but secretly everyone is retreating, the court is now in a state of confusion, and the situation in the court in the past two months is very strange. I advise you to keep a low profile, your behavior in Zichen Palace today is a bit unwise!"

  Li Yanqing smiled lightly, "Now is the time to stand in line with a high profile. Even Cai Xianggong took the initiative to report to the crown prince when he retired from the court. How can the crown prince keep a low profile at this critical moment?"

  Gao Qiu was stunned for a while, he fell into deep thought, drank a few glasses of wine, Gao Qiu asked again: "Have you visited Liang Shicheng?"

  Li Yanqing pondered for a while and said: "I went to see him yesterday afternoon, but he is not at the residence, he said he has been in the palace recently."

   "Liang Shicheng has not returned home for almost two months, and has been staying in the palace, do you believe it?"

  Li Yanqing was puzzled, "Why?"

Gao Qiu sneered and said, "King Yun was appointed as the commander of the Northern Expedition. Liang Shicheng was in the wrong team and went to show his loyalty to King Yun. As a result, this matter was exposed by the **** close to King Yun. He stays in the palace every day. Let me tell you, the more he is like this, the more officials will hate him. Last month he said he would donate 500,000 yuan to the internal treasury, but he was severely scolded by the officials , Ask him how he has so much money?"

Li Yanqing knew in his heart that Liang Shicheng had completely lost power, but now Li Yanqing was no longer worried that Liang Shicheng would catch him. Even if Liang Shicheng reported to Zhao Ji that Li Shicheng was taken away by him, I believe Zhao Ji would not dare to attack him at this time On the contrary, he will only vent his anger on Liang Shicheng. Liang Shicheng has concealed this matter for many years, which in itself is a kind of betrayal of Zhao Ji.

At this time, Gao Qiu poured another glass of wine for Li Yanqing. He took the sword from his waist, put it on the table and pushed it to Li Yanqing, and said slowly: "This sword has been with me for many years, please help me take this sword Hand over the sword to His Highness the Crown Prince."

  (end of this chapter)

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