"If I suspect Mr. Li, why do I need someone to investigate?"

As Zhao Jiuben blurted out and choked, not only Li Gang fell silent, but also several other close ministers...no one else, this moment and the other moment.

Not to mention the two parties involved and many close ministers who had experienced that period personally, even the old man Renbaozhong of Dangxiang knew that when Zhao Guanjia first came to the throne, Li Gang was relied upon by the court and the national flag. He wanted to fight against the Jin Dynasty and unite people's hearts.

If you want to re-establish a court, only Mr. Li can do it.

At that time, Li Xianggong looked down upon the Zhao Guan family, and the Zhao Guan family could only remain silent under the Buddha statue.

So, later on, the official tied Han Shizhong with a belt on the Huai River, bought Zhang Jun with half a duck, killed Liu Guangshi at the same time, held the troops and horses for a while, and used fishing tactics to withstand the Jin Dynasty.

It seemed that the army was advancing, and it was considered that it had some power... but it was deceived immediately after the war, leaving Li Xianggong in Yangzhou, and he took advantage of the situation to turn to Nanyang... Although this move was said to be a need to resist gold, it was a way to get rid of it.

Li Xianggong's control and his intention to personally take the initiative in the court should not be too obvious.

However, even so, it is still necessary to change Mr. Li to Mr. Li, and to hand over the queen mother, virtuous concubine, and emperor's heir to the other party as a tacit understanding. Then, all the political power in the southeast must be entrusted to others to make the situation better.

Stable.

This situation lasted until the great victory at Yanling, when the Zhao Guan family regained the old capital, gained the recognition of Zong Zezong and the political and military heritage of the Tokyo Remaining Department, and gained unprecedented political prestige. Only then did the host and guest completely change, and the relationship between monarch and ministers

The situation reversed.

In fact, in the eyes of some political animals, the incident of the Southeast Army Rebellion and the Emperor's Succession may not be a bad thing. Otherwise, according to the personalities of this pair of monarchs and ministers, they would inevitably cause some kind of drama between the monarch and his ministers in traditional feudal political activities.

When the time comes, it will not be beautiful.

And time went further, and now, Li Gang has lost all his internal and external wings, and even his brother no longer wants to do intermediary work for his brother. However, the Zhao Guan family enjoys its own prestige after Yaoshan. An untimely veteran like Li Gang, and

He is an old powerful minister, so of course he seems even more out of place.

In this case, according to everyone's understanding and tacit political rules, anyone can come and talk about old things, whether it is the child watching, the issue of the Southeast Army rebellion and the emperor's heir, or the previous resistance to the imperial government.

As long as Zhao Guanjia wants, they can openly and openly end Li Boji's political life - the so-called promotion of Mingdao Palace and resettlement in Nanjing.

On this point, Li Gang himself obviously thought so after experiencing so much.

However, these people all misjudged. Regarding Li Gang and the time traveler Zhao Jiu, they have their own special views. Even the sentence just said was just choked as soon as they met, and then they choked on it.

Just go back.

In fact, if there is one person in the world who knows that Li Gang will never be treated like that by his Zhao Guan family, then that person is definitely Zhao Jiu himself.

"I crossed the river to Taiping Prefecture first. Firstly, I haven't seen Mr. Li for many years, and I miss him... I should come and take a look..." Zhao Jiu thought for a while, and finally chose to be honest. "Secondly,

The reason is to use Li Gong’s place to avoid the limelight first, and to find out the basics of the South beforehand, so that we can do anything..."

"How are officials going to do something? To whom?" Li Gang remained silent but remained wary. "With all due respect, since Lu Yihao set up Yuechun Money and started making money, the people of Jiangnan have exhausted their power..."

"Who does this citizen refer to?" After finally suppressing his emotions, Zhao Jiufu felt a little angry again. "Is it the poor people who work and weave with their own hands, or the wealthy businessmen and landlords who throw away thousands of coins at every turn? Or is it the people who collect rent every year?

Can I receive a temple worth seven to eight hundred stones?"

Li Gang was silent for a moment again, and then asked with a hint of stubbornness: "Why do the officials think that I am speaking to those people? When and where did I show my presence to these people?"

This time it was Zhao Jiu's turn to get stuck.

There are two monarchs and ministers, one is twenty-seven or eighty years old, he is young and vigorous, and his authority is at the peak; the other is about fifty years old, knowing that he is weak, but his momentum does not decrease.

On the banks of the Yangtze River, they fell into a long silence and looked at each other.

The surrounding ministers, as well as Taiping Prefecture officials, all buried their heads to the deepest level.

There is no need to say much about the authority of the official family, and for a man like Li Gang who has served as a public minister, no one dares to provoke him until he has received clear instructions from the official family... The atmosphere gradually became awkward and solemn.

After a long pause, it was Zhao Guanjia who actually chose to give in. He sighed slightly, spoke a little slower, and faced each other seriously on the south bank of the Yangtze River: "Li Qing, I went south this time to do something, not to fight with you.

, Even if Li Qing is resentful, he should behave like a minister and let me enter the city."

Li Gang probably felt a little desolate, so he bowed and got out of the way, then shook his head in reply: "I am an official guarding the land, how can I prevent the emperor from entering the city?"

Zhao Jiu also became more and more confident. He immediately put the account book behind his hands, got on his horse, and then rode into the city.

After entering the city, since the emperor and his ministers were having another quarrel, the atmosphere was naturally not as harmonious as in Yangzhou. Both parties hesitated for a moment and then left immediately - Li Gang returned to his home, but because Zhao Guan's family came in a hurry, he could only stay in the state temporarily.

Mansion.

The monarch and his ministers reunited, but they had nothing to say. Looking back on the day they parted in Huaishang, the two of them compared themselves to Zhaolie and Wuhou, which was a bit baffling.

"I have long heard that Mr. Li has an upright temper, but he is unexpectedly so aggressive? How can the official family tolerate it?"

Since Zhao Guan's family has been incorporated into the state capital, it is still early, so they naturally have to go see those investigation reports, and that's it for others. Several ministers who crossed the river in advance and wrote the investigation reports cannot be dispersed, so they can only stay at the side of the state capital.

In the courtyard, they were chatting with each other, waiting for the recruitment news... The person speaking at this time was the new secretary Lang, Zong Ying, who was accompanying him for the first time.

"The people in Xiaoshe think too much."

Renbaozhong knew that this newly joined minister was another reincarnation, but his qualifications were ordinary, and his biological father was dead after all, so he wanted to win over him, so he immediately responded. "This has nothing to do with temper, it has to do with

It has something to do with the position... To put it bluntly, Xianggong Li was kicked out of his position as a dignified minister. It is normal for him to be angry. As for the officials, they also know this truth, so how can they argue with him?

Don’t stop? Believe it or not, as long as the officials allow Mr. Li to regain his position immediately, the monarch and his ministers will immediately... have sex."

Zong Ying said "oh" and was suddenly confused. He didn't know whether he really understood or pretended to understand.

Moreover, according to logic and personality, although there are only a few people in the side courtyard, it is only Ren Baozhong, the old dog of the party, who can say these harmful words... In fact, since Ren Baozhong said these words, the rest of the people

Not to mention, Mei Yue and Yu Yunwen, two friends from the same school, looked at each other, but they both understood it and held back a little thought.

Without him, Ren Baozhong was considered a powerful minister in Xixia. Once he was defeated, he was idle for decades. Once the officials invaded Hengshan, he surrendered directly. I'm afraid he was showing his sympathy.

Of course, it's impossible to say this in person.

However, two young men, Mei Yue and Yu Yunwen, were difficult to talk to, but some people didn't care. One of them immediately spoke without mercy. It was Lu Benzhong, a Hanlin scholar:

"People of Renshe, don't judge others by yourself! For someone like Mr. Li, even if he cares about his position, he won't go to such extent..."

"Please give me some advice from the bachelor." Ren Baozhong responded without getting angry at all.

The rest of the people knew that although Lu Benzhong was just a bachelor in the yamen, he was good at poetry and ran a good tabloid, but his politics were a mess... But everyone also knew that he had a good father... So when he opened his mouth, he was not only benevolent and loyal, but also a mess.

Even the others pricked up their ears with some seriousness.

"You only know one but not the other. For a person like Li Xianggong, the gains and losses of phase are superficial, and political evaluation is the root." Lu Benzhong looked around and talked eloquently. "In fact, just now the official and Li Xianggong

In such a situation, although there are few words, the key point has been directly mentioned, which is financial strategy... Financial strategy is the real reason why Hangzhou Lu Xianggong (Lu Yihao) replaced Li Xianggong, and it is also what the officials asked me to investigate this time.

The real reason is related to Xianggong Li’s posthumous reputation... It’s strange that he’s not angry.”

"What should I say?" Ren Baozhong couldn't urge him enough.

"What can I say?" Lu Benzhong clasped his hands and shook his head with emotion. "On that day when the official ascended the throne and Li Xianggong was in office, he built the court and cleaned up the situation, which was a great success. However, at that time, the country collapsed, there was no finance, no troops, and nothing happened.

Everyone has to deal with finance, but Li Xianggong's financial strategy is hard to describe in one sentence - whether he was in Nanjing or came to the southeast, he only had two financial methods. One was called frugality, which allowed the court to save money. This is confusing.

You can say that; the other is to ask the wealthy people in various states and counties to donate voluntarily to fill the loopholes..."

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

Ren Baozhong was stunned for a moment, almost unbelievable: "Since ancient times, when people give money, they either set laws and force them with the authority of the government, or they lure them with other things like the officials did in Yangzhou. Li Xianggong also did it to be fair.

Why do people think that the country can tide over the difficulties by relying on donations from wealthy households?"

"This is the real reason why Xianggong Li resigned."

Lu Benzhong shook his head even more: "When the world collapsed, he had integrity, so he could stand out from the crowd, but when it came to doing practical things, he showed his shortcomings... In the battle of Taiyuan that day, Li Yanxian and Li Jie

He was impeached because he didn’t know how to fight. Today’s conclusion has been concluded, so I won’t say more. At that time, the court and even the officials were disappointed with him. On the one hand, he was pursuing this absurd financial strategy in Nanjing. It was obvious at a glance that it was not feasible.

Secondly, after arriving in the southeast, he still had nothing to do. At this time, he got up to clean up the salt administration and cupbearer in the southeast. He suggested collecting money and making money, and it was Lu Xianggong (Lu Yihao) at that time who set up the money... But it happened that Li

, Lu and Lu were incompatible with each other in the southeast that day, so of course the court had to make a choice!"

"No wonder Mr. Li just said that Prime Minister Lu was responsible for making money and that Yuechun money was not good. No wonder he said that he had no intention of protecting the rich, but there was a reason for it?" Zong Ying thought thoughtfully.

"Of course it's not good to make money, and it's not good to make money." Fan Zongyin, the third photographer, couldn't help but join in the conversation. "But if it hadn't been for Xianggong Lu who hastily collected 6 million in economic money in the southeast and brought it to Tokyo.

, how could there be no trouble after withdrawing the troops in Heyin? And if Yuechun money had not been set as a regular practice later, so that the southeastern part of the country was taxed 3 million yuan, and Jingxiang was given an additional 3 million shi, how could it have been possible to gather the western army and then use

Yaoshan won by a single line?! So looking back, no matter what, it was Lu Xianggong who was better than Li Xianggong... The battle between Lu and Li was determined by wealth. Li Xianggong would never think about it in his life.

Turn over."

Ren Baozhong was impressed for a moment, and Zong Ying even felt that the two bachelors, Lu and Lu, were unfathomable and worthy of being masters in the hall. Even the other silent ones, such as Yang Yizhong, Yu Yunwen, and Mei Querk, all stood up in awe for a moment.

Respect, I just feel that the three-day bachelor is treating each other with admiration... This Sanzhao bachelor has been conducting secret visits in Jiangnan for almost a month, and he has really changed his mind.

But when it comes to Bachelor Lu, I don’t know if it’s the same words Prime Minister Lu said before leaving Beijing.

However, just when the scenery in the side courtyard was unique for a moment, suddenly, a person walked out of the next courtyard quickly. When he came to the side courtyard, he waved a Chinese book in his hand and asked directly:

"Fan Zongyin! Is this your investigation?!"

Bachelor Sanzhao was shocked, and the other ministers were also shocked. However, they saw Zhao Guanjia, who had changed into casual clothes, walked closer to Bachelor Fan, pointing at the document in his hand and his anger did not diminish, causing Liu Yan and several young Ban Zhi behind him to follow hurriedly:

"I gave you a month and asked you to check a county. I even drew a form and decided on the options. How did you write it? It's about rumors and rumors... a business tax of less than 3,000 guan a year.

City, but you don’t even know who the richest family in the city is?! How on earth did you inquire this month?"

Although he knew that 80% of the official's anger was brought about by Li Gang and Li Xianggong, when facing the official's thundering anger, Fan Zongyin was also panicked and quickly bowed in response: "So that the official will know that I am

After arriving in Ningguo County, I asked someone to inquire..."

"Of course you are looking for someone to ask. Who did you ask? Why are you asking like this?"
To be continued...