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

If it weren't for the Sima Yi incident, Li Shanchang would probably have had a good ending in the end.

Zhu Yuanzhang had one biggest characteristic, which was that he was good at learning from past events, so Zhu Yuanzhang was also thinking about Sima Yi's story in his mind.

If Li Shanchang had died before Zhu Yuanzhang like Xu Da, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely define Li Shanchang as a figure like Zhang Liang, but unfortunately Li Shanchang was in good health.

Just like the current situation, Zhu Yuanzhang's health is getting worse day by day, but Li Shanchang's health is fine and he is still active in the court.

You should know that Li Shanchang is older than Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang also thought at the beginning that Li Shanchang would definitely be ahead of him, but later he became more and more aware that something was wrong. Li Shanchang was very patient!
If Zhu Yuanzhang died, and Li Shanchang outlasted Zhu Biao, then by the third generation of the Zhu family, Li Shanchang would be a veteran of three dynasties, and he would have a very high prestige in the Huaixi Party. How could the young emperor of the Zhu family be a match for Li Shanchang, this old fox? !
Any emperor who thought of this would probably have the idea of ​​taking action against Li Shanchang.

Li Shanchang was also a smart man, but he was in a difficult situation and never thought of this. This was also the reason why Li Shanchang ended up in tragedy. Perhaps when his family was confiscated and his property was exterminated, Li Shanchang would think of the story of "Sima Yi" and come to his senses, but it was too late.

Should we find an opportunity to remind Li Shanchang? !
Ouyang Lun was just thinking about it when Li Shanchang spoke first.

"Prince Consort Ouyang, as the chief minister of the Ming Cabinet, you are highly regarded by the Emperor Emeritus and His Majesty. You should take the lead in observing the rules of monarch and minister. Being so rude in front of His Majesty is simply a breakdown of etiquette and music. You should set a good example for all officials!!"

"You are disrespecting His Majesty!"

Li Shanchang spoke in a deep voice. Although he was not sure what effect this would have on Ouyang Lun, his main purpose was to gain the upper hand and lay the groundwork for subsequent discussions.

Hearing Li Shanchang's scolding, Ouyang Lun rolled his eyes at him.

Oh shit!

I was thinking of giving you a reminder, but now it seems that it’s totally unnecessary!

Li Shanchang, Li Shanchang, when you first came to Peking with Old Zhu, I treated you to delicious food and drinks, and even took you to get a foot bath and massage. But what happened to you?
Turn around and support Hu Weiyong to deal with us!
After Hu Weiyong committed suicide, you targeted me again and again, constantly causing trouble for me and causing all kinds of trouble!

I can let bygones be bygones, I’m still thinking of you for this year-end bonus, I’ll give you a share of the dividends!
But you, old man, not only don’t know how to be grateful, but you also come to pick a fight with me!

What!?
Do you really think I’m a clay man with no temper and easy to bully?

All you talk about is the etiquette between the emperor and his subjects. You're trying to cause trouble in front of Emperor Zhu Biao. Do you really think I don't know what you're thinking?
Although Ouyang Lun cursed Li Shanchang from beginning to end in his heart, his facial expression did not show any other unnecessary movements except rolling his eyes. Instead, he showed a very calm look.

At this time, Little Leo just walked in with tea.

"Your Majesty, please have some tea first!"

"Ok!"

Ouyang Lun nodded, took the tea and drank it slowly, then said: "Lord Li's tone is really high! He always says that I despise His Majesty!"

"Since ancient times, the true relationship between monarch and minister has focused on the center rather than the form. Lord Li, you talk a lot about the etiquette between monarch and minister, but forget the most important thing, the compatibility between monarch and minister. You are typical of focusing on the form rather than the center!"

"You have such a wrong understanding that you miss the point, and you still have the nerve to blame me?"

"Master Li, you don't think you are very loyal, do you?!"

Hearing Ouyang Lun's words, Li Shanchang's face suddenly darkened. He was so angry that he pointed at his nose and cursed: "You... you are talking nonsense! My loyalty to Your Majesty is known by the sun and the moon!"

"The sun and the moon can shine? Haha, the sun and the moon can't talk, you want them to testify for you? Are you playing with abstractions?" Ouyang Lun continued to fire at full force, "Didn't you just mention the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects?"

"If it's a formal occasion like a court meeting, there's no problem with following some etiquette. Today we are in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and His Majesty has only summoned us, which is not that formal. So what's wrong with everyone relaxing a little?"

"Besides, although your majesty is the emperor, they also need to relax. Who can stand being tense all the time? Do you know why the emperor cannot live forever? It's because of you, a stubborn and feudal old man!"

"I don't mind, but who among you can take the responsibility for affecting His Majesty's dragon body?"

Ouyang Lun asked this question rhetorically.

This made Li Shanchang angry.

However, Ouyang Lun had no intention of letting it go. He did not give Li Shanchang any room to counterattack and continued firing.

"To be honest, I am really worried about your Majesty's health. If you handle the affairs of the Ming Dynasty like you, Lord Li, your Majesty will be exhausted both physically and mentally in no time!"

"Tell me, as a minister of the Ming cabinet and a former prime minister, is it so difficult for you to do more practical things? Oh, by the way, I forgot about you, Lord Li, you did do a few practical things, but they all ended in failure!"

As Ouyang Lun spoke, he looked at Li Shanchang with sympathy, "Sir Li, to be honest, I still sympathize with you. To be more precise, I sympathize with you. You can't do your job well, and you start to focus on these trivial matters in order to perform in front of His Majesty the Emperor. It will be really hard for you."

Ouyang Lun spoke these words with three parts of sarcasm, three parts of sympathy, three parts of ridicule, and one part of joking. After hearing these remarks, Li Shanchang's face turned dark.

Ouyang Lun's words were like a knife stabbing him in the heart.

Ruthlessly tear off his last fig leaf.

Li Shanchang was naturally very unhappy to be criticized by Ouyang Lun. If Zhu Biao had not been still sitting on the dragon throne, he would have wanted to fight to the death with Ouyang Lun.

Li Shanchang wanted to refute, but Ouyang Lun's retort made him unable to open his mouth, and it was no use thinking frantically.

In the end, he could only widen his eyes and look at Ouyang Lun with anger.

Zhu Biao felt particularly pleased when he heard Ouyang Lun's criticism of Li Shanchang. He completely agreed with what Ouyang Lun said. Zhu Biao even felt that Ouyang Lun was being a little subtle.

What Son of Heaven! What dragon body!
That's all nonsense. Zhu Biao is a flesh-and-blood person!

As a person who had to keep a stern face every day, he could not do anything out of the ordinary. His eating, sleeping, etc. were all strictly controlled. Sometimes Zhu Biao even felt that he was not an emperor, not the most powerful person in the world, but a puppet!
Everything about him seemed to be arranged!
It was fine during the court meeting, but after the meeting, Zhu Biao had to abide by various regulations, which inevitably made Zhu Biao feel a little tired. This tiredness was not physical, but mental. There is no doubt that Ouyang Lun said everything Zhu Biao wanted to say!

Cool!
Zhu Biao muttered secretly in his heart.

However, it was not easy for him to directly announce his support for Ouyang Lun at this time, but Zhu Biao's silence was already the greatest support for Ouyang Lun.

Ouyang Lun's words hit Zhu Biao's heart completely.

Attending the morning court and reviewing memorials were already very difficult for him. So Zhu Biao wanted to conduct a private meeting with ministers in a relatively relaxed atmosphere. If Li Shanchang, Lu Chang and Song Lian had not been present this time, he would probably be lying down with Ouyang Lun, having a massage and discussing things.

Ever since he had a wonderful massage and discussed things with Ouyang Lun last time, Zhu Biao really liked this way of discussing things. In the past, Zhu Biao was influenced by Zhu Yuanzhang and felt that discussing things must be very formal, but now he understands that people can think more clearly when they are in a relaxed state!
The effect will naturally be better.

Of course, if you want to reach the state of negotiating things through massage, it is definitely not possible in a short period of time. It is really difficult to do so if the relationship is not in place.

At present, it is only possible when discussing things with my brother-in-law Ouyang Lun.

"Ahem, brother-in-law, Lord Li, today we are also discussing privately between the monarch and his subjects, so everyone should relax a little."

"Let's discuss the most important things!"

As the emperor, Zhu Biao would naturally not allow Ouyang Lun and Li Shanchang to continue to argue with each other. After all, everyone had important things to do.

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After saying that, Zhu Biao turned to look at Ouyang Lun first, "Brother-in-law, I already know about the tax and year-end gifts. You have done a very good job! Judging from the reactions from all parties, there are no problems and all parties are very positive."

"I have never seen any dynasty collect taxes so smoothly!"

"Brother-in-law, all this is thanks to you!"

Zhu Biao first praised Ouyang Lun very seriously, and then continued: "Of course, I called my brother-in-law here today not to discuss these two things, but to discuss the issue of court administration!"

"Last time, many officials voluntarily resigned, and I approved this. However, the many vacant positions still need to be filled as soon as possible, otherwise there will be a big chaos tomorrow."

"Lord Li has told me several times that you spent all your energy on other things and didn't discuss this matter with them at all, which seriously affected the preparation of the list. So today I will simply gather all of you together!"

"We, the emperor and his subjects, should try our best to discuss and come up with a conclusion today. Otherwise, wouldn't my rectification of the court administration become a joke?"

After Zhu Biao finished speaking, he blinked at Ouyang Lun. His meaning was very clear. He asked Ouyang Lun for help and asked him to stop getting entangled with Li Shanchang for Zhu Biao's sake. After all, if the two of them continued to argue with each other like this, they might not get any results even if they spent a whole day here.

"Since Your Majesty has spoken, I naturally have no objection." Ouyang Lun was not angry. He just simply wanted to confront Li Shanchang to prevent the old man from getting too aggressive. Also, he had to give face to his brother-in-law Zhu Biao.

"Lord Li, you have no objection, right?" Zhu Yuanzhang was even happier when he saw that Ouyang Lun was giving him face. He turned around and asked Li Shanchang.

"Your Majesty, I will obey you." What else could Li Shanchang say at this time? He couldn't defeat Ouyang Lun anyway, so he might as well stop while he was ahead.

"Master Song, Master Lu, you have no objection, right?"

Zhu Biao treated everyone equally and did not neglect Song Lian and Lu Chang.

Upon hearing this, Song Lian and Lu Chang of course shook their heads and said it was no problem.

"Since all four of you have no problem, let's start discussing the list of officials!" Zhu Biao nodded, and then said, "If you have any ideas now, you can speak directly!"

Zhu Biao didn't beat around the bush and spoke directly.

Last time, more than ten people resigned, all of them were officials of the fifth rank or above. Officials of the fifth rank or above in the capital are all important positions. Moreover, with the deepening of the rectification of civil service administration, many officials have resigned voluntarily due to pressure. The accumulated number of vacancies for officials has reached more than twenty people!
The appointment of these more than 20 official positions was enough to create a new force in the court, and naturally became the focus of contention between the Huaixi Party and the centrists.

Of course, with Zhu Biao's current power, he can directly arrange the appointment of these more than 20 officials.

But this did not mean much to Zhu Biao. He wanted to see the attitudes of the Huaixi Party, the Neutral Party and the Prince Consort Party officials towards these more than 20 official positions, to see whether they were doing it for power or for political ambitions!

Ouyang Lun and the Prince Consort Party's indifferent attitude made Zhu Biao more convinced that the Prince Consort Party was the one who truly worked for the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, the performance of the Huaixi Party and the neutral faction did not satisfy Zhu Biao very much.

As Zhu Biao asked the question, there was silence in the Taiji Hall.

Ouyang Lun had no intention of speaking at all. When Li Shanchang saw that Ouyang Lun didn't speak, he didn't speak either and looked at Ouyang Lun silently. When Song Lian and Lu Chang saw that Li Shanchang and Ouyang Lun didn't speak, they didn't speak either. They both understood that if Ouyang Lun and Li Shanchang didn't speak, no matter what they said, it would be useless.

Zhu Biao frowned, looking somewhat helpless, then looked at Ouyang Lun and said, "Brother-in-law, how about you speak first?"

Ouyang Lun spread his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have been busy with other things recently. I came here in a hurry today and I am not prepared. I will listen to the list of vacant officials. As long as the list is discussed on the spot, I will have no objection!"

Hearing this, Li Shanchang's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Prince Consort Ouyang, you said this yourself!"

"If I, Your Majesty, Lord Song, and Lord Lu discuss and come up with a list, you can no longer object!" Li Shanchang said hurriedly.

"Of course!" Ouyang Lun nodded.

"Good!" Li Shanchang smiled, and then quickly took out a memorial from his sleeve and presented it to the emperor Zhu Biao with both hands, "Your Majesty, this is the list that I have worked hard on for a long time, and carefully examined several times!"

"All those on the list are talented people from our Ming Dynasty! They are totally worthy of promotion and reuse!"

"Your Majesty, please investigate!"

When the memorial was delivered to Zhu Biao, he immediately opened it and read it. (End of this chapter)