Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 258 Waiting For Changes
The news of Li Buqi's resignation immediately caused a sensation in public opinion, and it became a topic of discussion for almost everyone in the hotel and teahouse in Bianliang.

"Hey, do you know? The contract with the Liao Kingdom has been finalized. The yearly coin given to the Liao Kingdom is [-] guan less than what was agreed in the Chanyuan Alliance."

"How can it be? This has defeated the Liao Kingdom, why not just remove all the old coins?"

"Didn't you read what was written in "Factual News"? Now that the country is short of money and grain, in order for the people to recuperate, we can only ask for a strike. For the Liao Kingdom, we can only take it slowly."

"Oh, what is this called..."

"Hey! Brother Zhang, Brother Ye, are you here? Have you heard? Li Zhongzheng, Li Zhongzheng has resigned!"

"Huh? What official did he resign from?"

"He's resigned from both the Police Department and the Ordnance Superintendent."

"Huh? Why is this? The contract with the Liao Kingdom has just been finalized. This is the best result of the previous battles with the Liao Kingdom. Now is the time to reward meritorious service. Li Junjian led the army to go deep into the Liao Kingdom and broke the war. Liao State’s Liang Dao is the one who deserves the most credit, so why resign at this time?”

"If it wasn't for Di Qing leading the army to repel the Liao army, the Liao army might still be able to continue fighting in Hebei, so it's hard to say whether it is Di Qing or Li Junjian who deserves the most credit, but the credit is insignificant. My younger brother speculates that Li Junjian is He retired because his proposal to build a martyr's shrine was not accepted and he disagreed with the prime minister."

"Oh? Is that so?"

"Brother Ye, do you remember the interview with Li Junjian published in the newspaper two months ago? At that time, he said that once a general becomes famous, if there are no soldiers who die generously, no matter how good the strategy is, it will be useless." If you don't come out, no matter how rich the country is, it's just a piece of fat from the barbarians. Maybe the fallen soldiers can't be sacrificed, and Li Junjian can't feel at ease to enjoy the honor alone?"

"Zian, I don't agree with your statement. I thought Li Junjian had no intention of avoiding disaster."

Several people at the table were surprised and asked: "What? Avoid disaster?"

"Yes. You have forgotten that a few days ago in the capital, it was rumored that Fu'an Bank raised a large amount of food and was suspected of treason? Although it was rumored later that the matter was approved by the officials, but in this dynasty, as long as the minister is impeached for treason, at least He has to ask himself to go out to avoid suspicion. Li Junjian is now promoted to the Armed Forces Academy, so he is probably worried about going out, so naturally he has no choice but to retire."

"Brother Zhang, I thought that Li Junjian might not be because of the Armed Forces Academy. I heard that a few days ago, Li Junjian wrote a letter asking the officials to change the strategy of 'strong stems and weak branches' and implement the method of 'strong stems and strong branches'. Since he proposed To expand the authority of the local government, even if he is at odds with the Zaizhi, he can't invite him to go out. Wouldn't that be suspected of treason? In this way, he has no choice but to resign. This is shooting himself in the foot. "

"It's been a month or two since the story of Fu'an Bank came out, right? But as you said, Li Junjian only signed the letter a few days ago, that is, Li Junjian knew that the letter would make him unable to go out as an official, but he still suggested that the officials should force him." Gan Qiangzhi', it can only mean that he has already made up his mind to resign from office, or even though he knew that this letter would prevent him from going out to be an official, he still handed in the letter. The strategy of "strengthening branches" is extremely important, even more important than his official career. Li Junjian was a fifth-rank official in his 20s. People don't take Lilu seriously. If you say that such a person has the heart of rebellion, who will believe it?"

"Brother Zhang is right. What do you think of the strategy of 'strengthening the stem and strengthening the branches'?"

"This is of course very good. If my generation can be admitted to fame in the future, nine out of ten will be local officials. You say that you have no rights at all, and even a subordinate or a bandit can bully you. Well, it’s better to have some right to do something? I’m not saying that, but it’s actually hard for the officials of the state and county to say it now..."

Although Li Buqi's official position is not high, he is definitely regarded as a famous minister, so he proposed to resign, and the emperor still had to retain him according to the ceremony when important ministers resigned.Then Li Buqi resigned again, and the emperor asked him to stay again. After doing this three times, Li Buqi's resignation report was approved.

No official is light.After Li Buqi went to the temple to thank him, he slept until the sun was high on the second day before getting up.After breakfast, he led Li Rusong to the study outside with his daughter in his arms, a small khaki dog as a pet followed happily at his feet, running back and forth.

Li Buqi was a medical student before traveling, so he was very afraid of parasites and rabies in this era, so he didn't allow pet dogs at home, but Zhao Sheng insisted on keeping such a dog, so he could only turn a blind eye.This dog was given to Zhao Sheng as a farewell gift by a child of the Yi School when he learned that he was going to the Armed Forces School, and he regarded it as a treasure.However, the Armed Forces Academy does not allow students to raise cats and dogs privately, so this dog can only be kept at home.

In the study, Li Buqi took down a pile of building blocks and the beautiful ore specimens on the shelf for the two children to play with, flipped through today's newspapers and read the important letters on the case.At this moment, Zhu Changsheng asked outside the door, "Are the officials inside?"

Li Buqi raised his head and said loudly to the door: "I am here, Brother Zhu, please come in."

Zhu Changsheng came in and saw Li Buqi reading the letter, he was not polite, he poured himself a cup of tea, sat opposite Li Buqi and said: "These days the officials from Qingyuan Academy have been writing letters to the officials, asking The reason for the official's resignation. These people are all branded by Qingyuan Academy, and the biggest support in the court is the official. Now that the official has resigned, some people can't help being anxious."

Li Buqi chuckled and said: "Yes. People who came out of Qingyuan Academy learned and thought differently from most people in the world. It is inevitable that they will have rifts with their superiors and colleagues because of their different ways, and they will be easily suppressed. Naturally, they hope that the government will help them But help is only temporary, and people always have to rely on themselves. Brother Zhu replied to them for me, and only told them that the officials are willing to do something, and as long as they do things well, they will be able to stand out. What they learned in Qingyuan Academy is how They may be inferior to others when it comes to doing things, but when it comes to doing things, they are much better than those who are not in Qingyuan Academy, so let them make good use of their own advantages."

Zhu Changsheng said with a smile: "Now it seems that the official's resignation is really good, but I don't know how many years the official is going to be dull?"

Li Buqi asked puzzledly: "What do you mean by that?"

Zhu Changsheng said: "The resignation of the officials, the officials who have ties to Qingyuan Academy all wrote letters, in the eyes of those with ulterior motives, it can be regarded as a party. The most feared thing for Zhao officials is that someone will marry The party, even honest people like Fan Xiwen and Ouyang Yongshu cannot escape suspicion. Officials occupy high positions at such a young age, Qingyuan Academy will definitely have a large number of officials in the future, and the Zhao official family will naturally worry about the future of the officials. There are officials all over the world, who else can suppress the officials. Now that the officials are retreating bravely and showing indifference, if you think about it, you can calm the hearts of the officials."

"Officials know that these days, Shilin respects officials very much. In particular, the strategy of 'Strengthening the Truth and Strong Branches' has won a group of officials The support of officials. It is foolish to think that if the officials can take care of them for ten years, when they come out of the mountains, they will definitely not be the same as they are today."

To be honest, Li Buqi really didn't think so much when he decided to resign.What he was thinking about was that the person whose name he had memorized before crossing had started to cause trouble. There was going to be a big incident on Guangnan Road. If he continued to sit in the seat of the police department, he must nip this incident in the bud. We can't take the opportunity to manage Guangnan.Moreover, he suggested that Zhao Zhen do something, for fear that the emperor's mind would get busy and something difficult to deal with, so he had no choice but to resign and hide.

Although what Zhu Changsheng said was reasonable, Li Buqi couldn't wait ten years.He estimated that Zhao Zhen would have to call him out for three years at most.But with Zhu Changsheng's reminder just now, he really won't be able to be with Zhao Zhen when the time comes.

(End of this chapter)