Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 490 Ouyang Lun is dismissed, Wang Bi takes over (Please subscribe!!)
Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it over and over in his mind. At present, there is no one else who can be qualified for the position of Minister of Revenue of the Ming Dynasty except Ouyang Lun.

The current Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Guo Zi, should be able to do a good job, but he is far from Ouyang Lun's level.

You know, the current Ministry of Households is no longer the same as the traditional one.

There are a lot of new institutions, those that manage stocks and securities, those that manage large and small state-owned enterprises, those that manage various safes, and also those that manage foreign trade. Who else can handle all of this except Ouyang Lun?
Li Shanchang?

This guy went to the four southern provinces to learn Ouyang Lun's reforms, but he almost lost everything. The four southern provinces were in chaos, and tens of millions of people were affected. If the Ministry of Revenue was handed over to Li Shanchang, the Ming Dynasty would most likely be ruined.

Zhu Yuanzhang was no longer young and could no longer accept failure, because failure would mean that he would not be able to see the prosperous Ming Dynasty that he had always dreamed of! !

Therefore, the Ministry of Revenue must be controlled by Ouyang Lun!
but.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Li Shanchang and other officials.

Li Shanchang and others were filled with righteous indignation. It was obvious that they would not let it go unless Ouyang Lun was dealt with.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang was not afraid of these things, but the emperor was all about balance. If he completely sided with Ouyang Lun, these officials would only think that he was biased, which would be detrimental to future management.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang decided not to make a decision immediately and wait and see.

He wanted to see what Ouyang Lun was trying to do!
"If you are really dismissed from your post, you will be relieved, but what about the affairs of the Imperial Clan Court and the Ministry of Revenue?"

"Who can take over your mess? Do you have any specific suggestions?"

"If you can arrange all these, I can consider your resignation."

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's meaning was very clear. What he meant to Ouyang Lun was that if you want to resign, I will not refuse, but you have to arrange things well. I still have to create the prosperous Hongwu era. If this matter is messed up, you, Ouyang Lun, can forget about leaving!
My message to Li Shanchang and other Huaixi Party officials is that, you all saw that I am handling this matter impartially. Since Ouyang Lun wants to resign and apologize, I accept it in principle. It can be regarded as a punishment for him, and it can also be regarded as an explanation to you!

The two largest forces in the court today are the Prince Consort Party headed by Ouyang Lun, and the Huaixi Party headed by Li Shanchang. Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Li Shanchang back to the court in order to use Li Shanchang to check and balance Ouyang Lun. Judging from the current situation, although the effect of this check and balance is somewhat unsatisfactory, this goal has been achieved.

In this case, the stage must be given to Ouyang Lun and Li Shanchang, allowing these two to continue performing the "court" drama!

Sure enough, after Zhu Yuanzhang said this, the expressions of Huaixi officials such as Li Shanchang eased a little.

"Ouyang Lun, His Majesty's intention is very clear. You should resign immediately. However, if there are any problems with the Ministry of Clan Affairs or the Ministry of Revenue, you will be held accountable!"

"Hehe! I think he just made an excuse. He doesn't dare to resign. If he really resigns, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Clan Affairs will investigate, and all the dirty things Ouyang Lun has done over the years will surely be exposed to the world!"

"Ouyang Lun, your evil plan has long been discovered by His Majesty and us!"

Hearing the aggressive and provocative words of the Huaixi officials, Ouyang Lun simply rolled his eyes and said, "You are really smart!"

After saying that, Ouyang Lun looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Your Majesty, these officials are really stupid. As the saying goes, a rotten tree cannot be carved. I thought they were stupid, but I really didn't expect them to be so stupid and short-sighted!"

"Your Majesty, didn't you ask who should continue to manage the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue after I resign? I have a suggestion now, which is to let those officials who have doubts about my son-in-law's management of the Ministry of Revenue take up positions in the Ministry of Revenue. I believe they can do it."

Hearing Ouyang Lun's words, everyone at the scene was a little surprised.

Li Shanchang, Lan Yu and others were even more stunned.

"What on earth does this Ouyang Lun want to do!?" Lan Yu growled, "This guy just confronted us head-on, but now he's admitting defeat and even wants to hand over the Ministry of Revenue to us! Is he crazy?"

Li Shanchang frowned and shook his head, "Lan Yu, you are wrong. Ouyang Lun is not admitting defeat at all. He is trying to retreat in order to advance with us!"

"Let's not talk about the Ministry of Revenue. Let's just talk about the Ministry of Revenue. Ouyang Lun has been the Minister of Revenue for a while. During this period, Ouyang Lun has carried out various reforms. The Ministry of Revenue has long been managed by him like an iron chain. If we take over rashly, this guy will plant a few landmines for us and we will suffer a great loss!"

After hearing Li Shanchang's analysis, Lan Yu's face changed and he gritted his teeth and said, "What a sinister Ouyang Lun!"

drink!
After listening to Ouyang Lun's words, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly. This guy really dares to think!
Letting Li Shanchang and others take over the Ministry of Revenue was waiting for Li Shanchang and others to fall into a big trap.

You bastard, Ouyang Lun has really put in a lot of effort to avoid taking responsibility and continuing to work hard for the development of the Ming Dynasty.

Whenever Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Ouyang Lun was about to reach the end of his life, the idea of ​​killing Ouyang Lun was completely extinguished. Instead of killing Ouyang Lun, it would be better to squeeze out the last value of Ouyang Lun.

"Li Shanchang, what is your attitude!?"

Zhu Yuanzhang turned to look at Li Shanchang and other officials, and asked in the cold wind.

What will be the attitude of Li Shanchang and others? Of course they will support it!

From not pursuing the case at the beginning, to fining him one year's salary, to now allowing Ouyang Lun to resign, it can be said that forcing Ouyang Lun to resign is the most severe measure of punishment.

They must seize the opportunity. Even Li Shanchang and the others have already imagined in their minds that after Ouyang Lun is defeated by them, the now powerful Prince Consort Party will disappear in an instant! !
As long as Ouyang Lun is completely overthrown, it will be the greatest honor for their Huaixi Party since defeating Liu Bowen!

And the Huaixi Party will undoubtedly return to its peak!!

Of course, Li Shanchang was also very clear about the difficulty of managing the Ministry of Revenue. But so what? As long as it was not Ouyang Lun, he might not be worse than Ouyang Lun. When he was unemployed at home before, he had been reviewing the reasons for the failure of the four southern provinces and constantly summarizing them. If he could do it again, he would never fail again!

The four southern provinces are definitely not going back, but the Ministry of Revenue can give it a try!
I just want to tell everyone in the world that I, Li Shanchang, am doing it again!

Moreover, he had learned his lesson this time. He did not need to take up the position of Minister of Revenue himself. He only needed to find someone to take the position and he would give orders secretly. If anything went wrong, he would sacrifice the pawn to save the king and would not get hurt at all!
"Your Majesty, I think that Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan, is qualified for the position of Minister of Revenue." Li Shanchang said loudly.

"Marquis Dingyuan Wang Bi? He has always been leading troops to fight. Does he understand the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a frown.

Li Shanchang had already thought of how to answer this question, and immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, although Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, is a general, his ability to manage accounts is the strongest. When he followed Mu Ying to conquer the Western Fan and followed Feng Sheng and Lan Yu to conquer the Northern Yuan Dynasty, he was responsible for managing the army's accounts. He managed everything in an orderly manner, laying the foundation for the great victory of the army!"

"Although the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue are a little troublesome, I believe that Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, will be able to handle them well. I understand that the Ministry of Revenue is lax and has no rules. If a general who leads troops in battle is in charge, he can also set some rules for the Ministry of Revenue! Let them know who they are serving!"

Li Shanchang seemed to be possessed. He felt uncomfortable if he didn't point out Ouyang Lun when he spoke.

"It's a good idea to have the general who manages the military accounts serve as the Minister of Revenue." Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it and turned to look at Ouyang Lun. "Ouyang Lun, you are still the Minister of Revenue. What do you think?"

"I agree, I agree with Lord Li's genius idea!" Ouyang Lun nodded repeatedly, "Besides, Marquis Dingyuan has Lord Li's guidance behind him, so there will be no problem for him to manage the Ministry of Revenue!" "You really agree?!" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned. Although Zhu Yuanzhang had already expected that Ouyang Lun wanted to give up, he was still surprised when he saw that Ouyang Lun really agreed to let Li Shanchang's people take over the Ministry of Revenue.

This is equivalent to asking Zhu Yuanzhang to hand over the throne to someone else. Ouyang Lun let go too decisively and casually.

"Of course, I dare not say anything nonsense in front of Your Majesty." Ouyang Lun said seriously.

Uh, haven’t you said enough nonsense in front of me?

"In that case, then..." Zhu Yuanzhang did not want Ouyang Lun to resign as the Minister of Revenue, but things had come to this point. If he tried to stop him, the signs of favoritism would be too obvious.

But before Zhu Yuanzhang could finish, Ouyang Lun spoke again.

"Your Majesty, wait a minute!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang decisively shut up.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense again. Li Shanchang was the most anxious. Before Ouyang Lun could speak, he said, "Ouyang Lun, are you going to regret it again? You dare to regret it in front of His Majesty. You are really lawless!"

Lan Yu: "Ouyang Lun, if you can't bear to leave, you can just say so. There's no need to put on a show for us here!"

Wang Bi: "Prince Consort Ouyang, you are not afraid that after I take over as the Minister of Revenue, I will find out about your past corruption and abuse of power, right?"

Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan, was also in high spirits at the moment. Originally, his status in the Huaixi Party was not very high, at most he was a "senior thug". He came to attend this court meeting today, and was prepared to follow the plan of Li Shanchang and Lan Yu completely, but he never expected that such a great thing would fall on his head.

Even though he is a marquis of the Ming Dynasty, he has no chance to fight and is just an idle person. But now the position of the Minister of Finance of the Ming Dynasty has fallen into his hands, which means that he will soon control the purse of the Ming Dynasty! !

The Ministry of Revenue is the most important government office among the six ministries. It has great power and controls financial authority. If one becomes the Minister of Revenue, he will be one of the most influential people in the court!

So when he saw that Ouyang Lun seemed to be going back on his word, he immediately became unable to sit still.

Ouyang Lun first glanced at Li Shanchang and Lan Yu, then set his gaze on Wang Bi, smiled and shook his head, but did not speak.

"Ouyang Lun, if you regret it, I can consider letting you continue to serve as the Minister of Revenue!"

"Your Majesty has misunderstood. I am not regretting anything, but I want to make a request to Your Majesty." Ouyang Lun bowed.

"What request?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked puzzledly.

"Since I took office as the Minister of Revenue, I have been able to manage the Ministry well thanks to the full support of the officials. Now that the work of the Ministry has come to an end, I am about to say goodbye to the Ministry, so I want to take the officials of the Ministry out for team building and relax! Please allow, Your Majesty!" Ouyang Lun said slowly.

"Team building?" Zhu Yuanzhang was even more confused.

"I didn't explain it clearly. The so-called team building is for everyone to go out together to eat, drink, have fun and have fun." Ouyang Lun explained: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, before going to the team building, I and other officials of the Ministry of Revenue will hand over all the relevant matters of the Ministry of Revenue. It's just that the new Minister of Revenue will arrange the handover himself. This will avoid friction between the new and old officials of the Ministry of Revenue, and it will be more conducive for the new Minister of Revenue to control the Ministry of Revenue!"

"Lest someone say that although I, Ouyang Lun, have left, I am still clinging to the Ministry of Revenue and am reporting me again!"

"Master Li, you will definitely support this, right?!"

"Prince Consort Ouyang is joking. I am not the new Minister of Revenue. This matter needs to be decided by the new Minister of Revenue!" Li Shanchang did not respond. Instead, he used Ouyang Lun's words to urge Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang to determine the candidate for the new Minister of Revenue.

Swish--

Everyone turned their eyes to Zhu Yuanzhang who was sitting on the dragon throne.

Among them, Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan, had the most eager look.

"Wang Bi!"

"I'm here!" Wang Bi stood up quickly and crawled on the ground.

"Since Ouyang Lun has no objection to you being the Minister of Revenue, and Li Shanchang strongly recommends you, let me ask you, are you willing to take over the responsibilities of the Minister of Revenue from Ouyang Lun?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.

He still hoped that Wang Bi would refuse, as he always felt that it was unreliable to let Wang Bi be the Minister of Revenue!
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your support!"

"I am willing to sacrifice my life for the Ming Dynasty, no matter what it takes!!"

Perhaps he was too excited, Wang Bi kowtowed three times and almost fainted.

"In that case, you will take over as the Minister of Revenue!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wang Bi kowtowed again.

"Your Majesty, I also have something to say!" Li Shanchang stood up and said.

"What do you want?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned. Why are you guys so nosy today? "Go ahead!"

"Your Majesty, although Prince Consort Ouyang has resigned from the post of Minister of Revenue and taken away all the officials of the Ministry of Revenue, this behavior is commendable, but I am a little worried now. If the policies led by Prince Consort Ouyang go wrong in the future, Minister Wang will be blamed!"

"I even suspect that the Ministry of Revenue has some hidden dangers now, and Prince Consort Ouyang can no longer cover it up, so he has taken the initiative to resign from the position of Minister of Revenue!"

"Your Majesty, please give me a clear warning!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Li Shanchang has some truth in what he said. What do you think?"

Li Shanchang had already thought about it, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, I think if it is found out in the future that the hidden danger existed when Prince Consort Ouyang was here, Prince Consort Ouyang needs to be tried!"

(End of this chapter)