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Chapter 114
The side hall was quiet for a while, and Nie Zhongyou looked at Li Xia with the eyes of an old father.

After all, it was a narrow escape, and we will meet again after goodbye.

Li Xia said flatly, "I am very happy that you are still alive."

Nie Zhongyou nodded, smiled sincerely, and said, "Don't worry, Prime Minister Right will definitely rescue Lin Zi and Lao Liu, we..."

Li Xia suddenly asked, "How did you come back?"

Nie Zhongyou said: "I just told Prime Minister Right..."

"Just now what you said was too vague, but I know what happened in Longhu." Li Xia said, "If it were me, I would not be able to escape with such a serious injury, so I am curious how you escaped back."

Nie Zhongyou didn't answer, he was silent for a while, and asked: "Do you believe me?"

"If you want me to believe you, you should tell the truth."

"To be honest, I will never betray Da Song, and I will never betray Prime Minister Right and brothers."

Li Xia said, "You don't want to say?"

Nie Zhongyou sighed, with some embarrassment in his eyes, but he still said firmly: "I will never betray you."

Li Xia said: "I only care about one thing, will the martial arts that you agreed to give me be fulfilled?"

Nie Zhongyou said: "Don't worry, even though I'm back, the credit still belongs to you. It's far better for Prime Minister You to want you to enter the Imperial Academy than to join the army. You have committed crimes before, so recommending you to enter the Imperial Academy is actually better than giving you a good name." It takes more effort to become a military officer, and the Right Minister really appreciates you for this arrangement. You are still young, and you can pass the imperial examination to become an official in the future, so why bother to lick your blood with my vulgar people?"

"I don't take the imperial examination, I just want a local military position."

"You don't know how good Taixue is. If I fight with Lu Fengtai for a lifetime, it's nothing more than that. But you are different. You will have a great career in official career. Only civil servants can enter the Privy Council, take charge of military and state affairs, and mobilize the world's troops. If you With ambition, three or forty years later..."

"Three and forty years." Li Xia snorted lightly and asked, "Didn't you say you hate civil servants?"

Nie Zhongyou was silent.

He did remember saying that when he first met Li Xia.

"I just think that you will be different from those people when you are a civil servant."

"According to the conditions we agreed on." Li Xia said.

Nie Zhongyou sighed, and said: "Well, as long as you don't feel sorry, entering Shu to lead the army is nothing more than a word from the right minister."

"Ah."

The sharing of life and death in the enemy's land and the joy of reunion seem to have cooled down, and the atmosphere is a little silent.

If Lin Zi and Liu Jinsuo hadn't been caught, maybe now is the time to have a good time.

Nie Zhongyou said: "Your father is missing, let me help you find it."

He had talked about this with Li Xia before, and he brought it up now, perhaps because he was preoccupied with doing something for Li Xia.

"Okay, let's look for it." Li Xia nodded and asked again, "Where is Mr. Han's son?"

"Don't worry, the right minister sent someone to resettle and take care of him. When Lin Zi is rescued and Mr. Han is found, let them reunite."

At this point, the greetings are over, Li Xia asked: "Who do you think Lin Zi and Liu Jinsuo captured, and who betrayed us?"

Nie Zhongyou thought for a while and said, "Do you know Ding Daquan?"

"heard about it."

"It must have been done by Ding Daquan's treacherous party, since he colluded with the North, intending to destroy the evidence, or to compete for credit and seek a position."

Li Xia asked, "Why are you so sure?"

"The deputy envoy of Huaixi Zhizhi we met in Luzhou, Yuan Jie, secretly contacted the traitor Zhang's family in the north. You and I have seen with our own eyes that this person is Ding Daquan's running dog."

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After the court meeting, Cheng Yuanfeng went to Xie Fangshu's public house on the left.

A royal street is crowded with three provinces, six ministries and five mansions, as well as Taimiao, Dafo Temple, and various bureaus and alleys.Even the public house of the prime minister is not spacious.

Cheng Yuanfeng watched along the way, only to feel that there are really too many officials in the court.

"Right side."

"Right Prime Minister..."

In the sound of respectful calls, Cheng Yuanfeng arrived in front of the public room, and an officer pushed the door open.

"Left Prime Minister, Right Prime Minister is here."

Uncle Xie Fang was writing at his desk, raised his head when he heard the movement, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Ne Zhai, why come here in person?"

He was 55 years old at the time, two years younger than Cheng Yuanfeng.

"Du Shan Gong, you are..."

Uncle Xie Fang said, "Write the letter of resignation."

Cheng Yuanfeng let out a long sigh and said, "Why is this so?"

Uncle Xie Fang shook his head, as if physically and mentally exhausted.

"In the sixth year of Chunyou, I submitted a request to limit the people's famous land and suppress the danger of annexation by the powerful. Only then did I gain the trust of the officials. It has been ten years since then. In the 11th year of Chunyou, the officials awarded the gold seal and purple ribbon, and the officials paid homage to the prime minister, and entrusted all the opportunities in the world. , so far five years..."

Cheng Yuanfeng said: "Yes, Duke Dushan is not afraid of the powerful and powerful, and speaks out his words." The country has been stationed in Qiantang for more than [-] years. The practice grows day by day, the people become poorer day by day, the economic system is worsened day by day, if there is an unstoppable trend!' Every word is earnest, the words are still ringing in my ears."

Uncle Xie Fang said: "But what can I do? The above list limits the land for ten years and pays homage to the prime minister for five years. However, the danger of annexation by powerful and powerful people is extremely serious today. The imperial court pays for the order to limit the land. Since I am doing nothing, I might as well resign. Those who change energy live there."

Cheng Yuanfeng took a step forward, with sincerity in his eyes, he said: "This can't be the case, are you going to entrust state affairs to Ding Daquan?"

"There is still Nezhai Gong in the court..."

"If you resign, will they let me go?"

Uncle Xie Fang was surprised: "They also started to frame you?"

At this point, the two finally became more sincere, and stopped using each other's honorifics, sat closer, and had a long talk in a low voice.

"The inscription on the palace gate really wasn't done by your subordinates without authorization?"

Uncle Xie Fang said: "'Yan Martin is in power, the country is about to perish', it seems to be scolding the treacherous party, but in fact it offends the officials deeply, and puts us on the fire. .”

Cheng Yuanfeng said: "That was written by the treacherous party itself? The word 'the country is about to perish' refers directly to the officials. The drunkard's intention is not to drink."

"It's a good trick to fly injustice." Uncle Xie Fang sighed: "Yesterday, the officials called me into the palace and talked about what happened to Wu Qian back then..."

Uncle Xie Fang didn't need to tell this matter, Cheng Yuanfeng knew about it.

In the 11th year of Chunyou, Xie Fangshu served as the left minister and Wu Qian served as the right minister. There were some conflicts of power and responsibility between the two, and the division of the party and the party made the officials furious.In the first month of the first year of Xingchang, Wu Qian dismissed his prime minister.

Afterwards, Dong Huai served as right minister. This upright man impeached Ding Daquan, but was devoured by him and exiled from Lin'an City. Cheng Yuanfeng then became right minister.

The officials summoned Uncle Xie Fang yesterday, and the meaning was obvious.

——You thanked Uncle Fang for first fighting with Wu Qian, and I respected you, and even changed two right ministers, but you are endless, right?Want to engage in party disputes with Ding Daquan again, and write an inscription on the palace gate to scold me, the king of subjugation?Persecute me?
Sure enough, next, Uncle Xie Fang said another sentence.

"The official asked me if I wanted to be alone."

Cheng Yuanfeng shuddered slightly, and sighed, "That's too serious."

Uncle Xie Fang sighed: "Concubine Yan, Dong Songchen and others cry to the officials every day. We wait for foreign ministers, and we can't argue clearly..."

Cheng Yuanfeng murmured: "This is the end of the matter? Has the person who wrote the inscription been found?"

Uncle Xie Fang said: "Lin'an Mansion has been ordered to investigate strictly, but there is no clue."

"If you have the ability to write inscriptions on palace gates, it's easy to check."

"Yes."

"It's better than..."

Cheng Yuanfeng winked.

Uncle Xie Fang shook his head and said, "Not right, if the case is overturned after the case is finalized...it's not right."

The two chief executives let out another long sigh.

"I thought that being the prime minister would let go of my hands and feet to revitalize the country, but I didn't expect to be deeply involved in crony rivalries and couldn't extricate myself."

"What's the reason? Who has been the prime minister before?"

"Yes." Uncle Xie Fang said: "During the first emperor's reign, in the third year of Kaixi, Shi Miyuan hammered and killed Han Tuozhou; The murder of Shi Miyuan failed again.

Now that he ascended the throne, Shi Miyuan, Shi Songzhi's uncles and nephews took over the power one after another, a peaceful defeat made the situation worse.In the fourth year of Chunyou, Du Fan finally paid homage to the Prime Minister and expelled Shi Songzhi's henchmen. In just one year, Shi Songzhi poisoned Du Fan, the Right Prime Minister, Xu Yuanjie from the Ministry of Industry, and Liu Hanbi, the prefect of Lin'an, one after another. It was shocking! "

"Speak carefully." Cheng Yuanfeng said: "There is no conclusive evidence for the poisoning."

"Conclusive evidence?" Uncle Xie Fang said: "Shi Songzhi learned that Du Fan was addicted to books. He put poison on the books and asked people to offer them up. What more evidence do you need?!"

"It's an old case, forget it."

Uncle Xie Fang said: "But the fierceness of the battle of phases can be seen."

Cheng Yuanfeng nodded.

Uncle Xie Fang said: "I only hope that I can seek real things for the society. I have no intention of party disputes, and it is not my wish to be the prime minister. Back then, the princes said that 'the prime minister must use scholars', that's all Zhao Kui's phase. I had no choice but to worship the prime minister."

"Yes."

"Wu Qian and I have no personal grievances even though we have disagreements in political views."

"Yes."

"Dong Huai was persecuted by Ding Daquan, and I tried my best to keep him safe."

"I see."

"But in the eyes of the officials, I am intriguing all day long; in the eyes of the officials, I exclude dissidents and want to be alone."

Cheng Yuanfeng persuaded: "There is no need to do this, things may turn around..."

"It's not far away." Uncle Xie Fang sighed dejectedly.

Sighing, he pointed to the piles of official documents in the public room, which were all good strategies for governing the country that he had painstakingly devised.

"I am not concerned about my personal future. What I worry about is that the border wars continue, and the fields are becoming barren;

Those who are concerned are powerful families with many fields, and taxes and labor are not allowed to be added; people with few fields have nothing to count on.

Those who are concerned, the corpses in the Huaihe River are lying in the wild, and the bones of the Western Shu are like mountains; Lin'an still only hears the sound of orchestral bells and drums.

What I propose is that the officials should not be shaken by their original intentions because of their closeness, and the officials should not abandon good policies because of personal grievances and fights, and the world will be lucky.

However, if you can't realize your ideals for being a good friend, you might as well go back. "

After Uncle Xie Fang finished speaking so long, Cheng Yuanfeng finally lost his patience and revealed the real purpose of coming here today.

"In April this year, Jia Shixian and I sent a group of people north to Kaifeng..."

Uncle Xie Fang was surprised, and said, "For the information that Zhao Kui said?"

"Yes."

"You are confused! You are confused! Once..."

"This matter is the official's consent..."

Uncle Xie Fang was furious, and shouted: "If you come out of Duanping and enter Luo again, can you afford it?!"

Cheng Yuanfeng said: "The information has been obtained, but the people who went to the north came back after going through all kinds of risks, but they were caught by Ding Daquan."

"Got it? Got caught?"

"I got it confirmed, what Zhao Kui said is true. The matter has been done, and it will be useless for you and me to argue."

Uncle Xie Fang asked: "Ding Daquan wants to fight for merit?"

"Yes." Cheng Yuanfeng pondered, and said again: "This matter was originally planned by me and Jia Shixian. Now that I have returned, Jia Shixian didn't tell me. Instead, I sent people to watch my mansion and prevent them from contacting me."

"Jia Sidao... want to monopolize the credit?"

"Yes." Cheng Yuanfeng sighed: "Ding is very urgent, but Jia is not reliable. I can only come to you."

Uncle Xie Fang fell silent.

"Ding Daquan colluded with the North." Cheng Yuanfeng reminded: "Huaiyou, Yuan Jie."

Uncle Xie Fang had fully understood what Cheng Yuanfeng meant, and finally shouted: "Ding Daquan is so courageous!"

"The most urgent thing is to rescue people. Adding intelligence, it is ironclad evidence."

Speaking of this, Cheng Yuanfeng put on a serious face, and said solemnly: "The loyal and righteous man returned from bathing in blood, but was persecuted by the treacherous party. This matter will be brought to the imperial court, and I will fight Ding Daquan to the end..."

(End of this chapter)