Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3712 Reaching a Consensus
In the Zhongshu Provincial Government Office, many officials kept silent at the same time, listening to the movements in the duty room with their ears up.

They are all in the officialdom, and every power change and evidence turmoil in the court is related to their own interests, so they are usually very concerned. Naturally, they know that their elders support Liu Jie to take over the peace talks, and they are more aware that the interests of Song Guogong are involved. There is bound to be a collision...

In the duty room, facing the stern Xiao Yu, Cen Wenwen looked normal, waved his hand to let the clerk exit, and closed the door by the way, blocking the probing eyes of the officials outside.

Cen Wenwen looked Xiao Yu up and down, and said in amazement, "Brother Shi Wen, why are you so haggard?"

The age difference between the two is nearly 20 years, Xiao Yu is the eldest, but because he has been well-clothed and well-fed since he was a child, and he knows how to keep in good health, he is nearly seventy years old but has a childlike face and a good spirit.On the contrary, the younger Cen Wenwen was physically weak, but at the age of fifty, he seemed to be dying. Last winter, he almost ran out of fuel and died...

The Xiao Yu in front of her was completely lacking in her previous style, her face was haggard and her expression was withered. If it wasn't for the burst of vitality under the current anger, it would give people a feeling that her life is not long.

Obviously, this trip to Tongguan was extremely unsatisfactory...

Sitting across from him, Xiao Yu tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, maintain the style of a gentleman, avoid being too rude, and said with a deadpan face: "Everything in the world can't always go smoothly, and people's hearts are full of all kinds of accidents. It doesn't matter if you assassinate along the way, or backstab secretly, if I can still sit here alive, it can be regarded as a great fortune."

Cen Wenwen sighed, and said: "Although I don't know what happened to Brother Shiwen this time, and he ended up so emaciated, but we are assisting the prince, facing a crisis, we should be loyal and dedicated to death, and life and death are ignored, let alone mere fame and fortune? Tilting, we have a long way to go."

"Hey!"

Xiao Yu could hardly suppress his anger, snorted angrily, and glared: "So, you will join forces with Liu Ji to draw the bottom line, intending to kick me out of the court?"

Cen Wenwen shook his head again and again, and said: "How can this be so? Brother Shi Wen is the pillar of the Eastern Palace and the arm of the Crown Prince. He really doesn't think about the importance of the Eastern Palace as a second person. Besides, you and I will meet each other. Why would we want to cooperate with each other? How can you do such inhumane and unrighteous actions? It's just that the current situation is dangerous, and the East Palace is also full of turmoil. You can't always stand at the forefront of the tide, you should endure and lie dormant."

"Ha ha!"

Xiao Yu laughed angrily: "I still have to thank you?"

Cen Wenwen held the pot and poured tea for Xiao Yu, with a sincere tone: "In the eyes of Brother Shi Wen, am I the kind of person who loves power and position and has no shame?"

Xiao Yu snorted and said, "It wasn't before, but maybe I was blind."

Cen Wenwen smiled wryly and said: "Although I am younger than Brother Shiwen, my health is much worse. I have been sick for the past few years, and I feel that there is not much time left. When all my life's ambitions have returned to the yellow earth, how can I let go of those fame and fortune? In your heart? The only thing to worry about is to preserve the vitality of the civil servants before completely retiring, that's all."

When an official becomes an official, it does not mean that he is completely separated from the officialdom and has nothing to do with it. Nephews, disciples, and subordinates will all be taken care of by their own system.When those nephews, disciples, and subordinates are all at the top and have a solid foundation, in turn, they must also take care of other nephews, disciples, and subordinates in the system...

The officialdom, to put it bluntly, is a succession of interests, the link between the past and the future between factions, endless, everyone can benefit from it.

Therefore, Cen Wenwen knew that he was about to step down, and there was no problem in forcing Liu Jie to inherit his mantle. Even if it affected Xiao Yu's interests, it was within the rules.

You can't entrust your nephews, disciples, and subordinates who have been with you for many years to Xiao Yu, can you?
Even if he was willing, Xiao Yu would not accept it; even if he accepted it, he might not treat each other sincerely.After eating all the benefits, wipe your mouth, maybe you will be thrown out as cannon fodder at any time...

Xiao Yu was silent for a while, and the anger in his heart gradually dissipated.

Changing his location, he would make the same decision as Cen Wenwen. In the final analysis, "people don't kill themselves for their own sake"...

Sighing, Xiao Yu took a sip of tea, no longer the aggressive attitude before, and said in a deep voice: "It's not because I hold on to the power and don't let it go, it's because the peace talks have a lot to do with it, if the peace talks can't be brought about, the East Palace will be destroyed at any time Yu, we follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and fight Guan Long to the death. How can we be attached if we don’t have skin? Liu Ji is good at being an official, but he can’t do things. Entrusting him with the important task of peace talks has little hope of success.”

Cen Wenwen frowned: "How can you see that?"

There are two reasons why he chose Liu Ji.

One is that Liu Ji, who started as a censor, has a strong temperament, can boost Gangwei, and has outstanding talents.As long as the East Palace survives the current adversity and the crown prince ascends the throne, he will surely promote new policies and reform old affairs. Practical factions like Liu Jie will definitely lead the government and hold real power.Therefore, only by recommending him can he get rich rewards.

Furthermore, Liu Jie served Xiao Xian in his early years as the servant of Huangmen, and later led his army to attack Lingbiao in the south and captured more than [-] cities.In the fourth year of Wude, Xiao Xian was defeated. Liu Ji was in Lingnan at this time, so he presented his watch to the Tang Dynasty and was awarded the title of governor of Nankang Prefecture.Although Xiao Yu never sought a job in the Xiao Mian Dynasty, both of them were from the Nanliang royal family, they were of the same blood, and they had many connections with each other, but they did not stand on Xiao Mian's side.

In this way, Xiao Yu and Liu Jie are considered to have a close relationship, and they are usually very close, recommending him to take over their position, presumably Xiao Yu's resistance will be less.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yu was so explosive, and bluntly said that Liu Ji could not take on the important task of peace talks...

Xiao Yu said: "Although Liu Jie is a strong man, he is not straightforward, and his ideas are quite right. He and Fang Jun have been in harmony with each other from time to time, and they have deep entanglements with each other, and Fang Jun has a great influence on him. At present, Fang Jun Junnai is the leader of the war faction, and his determination is even stronger than that of Li Jing, once Fang Jun communicates with Liu Jie in private, it is hard to say that Liu Jie will not be influenced by him, and then compromise."

Cen Wenwen felt a little overwhelmed: "No way?"

He believed in Xiao Yu, since the other party dared to say that, he must be sure.But he just recommended Liu Ji to the front foot, so he slapped himself in the face when he turned around?

That would be too embarrassing...

Xiao Yu said solemnly: "Be careful sailing for ten thousand years. The peace talks are too important to us and to the East Palace. We must not let Fang Jun get in the way! That guy has no political talent, he only knows how to be brave and ruthless, even if he fights So what if he wins at Guanlong? Li Ji Chen Bing Tongguan, eyeing him like a tiger, what is planned in his heart, the outside world knows nothing, how can he put all his hopes on Li Ji's loyalty? Besides, Li Ji is loyal, but who will win? , who knows?"

Cen Wenwen pondered for a long time before slowly nodding his head, which seemed to agree with Xiao Yu's statement.

I made a mistake, but I didn't expect the entanglement between Fang Jun and Liu Ji to be so deep, so deep that even Xiao Yu felt jealous, uncontrollable, and couldn't see it at all...

Now that the two have reached an agreement, it's easy to handle.

Cen Wenwen said: "His Royal Highness's order has been issued, and Liu Ji will be in charge of the peace talks. This matter cannot be changed. However, brother Shi Wen will still participate in the peace talks. When the time comes, you and I will join hands and make it empty."

With his foundation and Xiao Yu's prestige, the two parties merged into one, almost reached the peak of the Guanlong system, and it was as easy as pie to remove Liu Ji.

Xiao Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "I am very relieved that you can say that. For the sake of the East Palace, and for the sake of our civil service system not being suppressed by the military, you and I must work together, otherwise no matter what the future situation is, we will all be destroyed. I regret it."

The East Palace fell, and those officials who followed the prince were bound to be punished by Guan Long.Even if you don't go into too much detail on the surface, and even the new king will show generosity and pardon some crimes, it is inevitable that you will be suppressed in the end.

The East Palace came back from a desperate situation, defeated the rebels in one fell swoop, and the crown prince successfully ascended the throne, the military will make great contributions. With Li Jing's qualifications, Fang Jun is deeply favored by the prince, the military will completely control the court's right to speak, Civil officials can only be attached to Jiwei and suffer from suppression...

This kind of situation is absolutely unwilling to see the two of them.

Since they wanted to keep the East Palace, they also had to make achievements that surpassed the military on the basis of facilitating peace talks. In the future, they would firmly control the government and suppress everything from the generals with sticks and sticks... The difficulty was not ordinary, so Liu Jie was absolutely incompetent.

Cen Wenwen said: "Let Liu Ji take the lead now. If he is really influenced by Fang Jun and has other ideas about the peace talks, we will completely exclude him."

Xiao Yu said: "It should be so."

(End of this chapter)