A Thousand Hills

Chapter 81

Xie Shangshu may not be able to see through it, or just didn't think about it, or never thought about it.

In terms of official position, Ning Jijiu is only a first-rank and fourth-rank sacrificial wine, which is still four levels away from Xie Shangshu, who is the second-rank Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice. Don’t underestimate these four levels. From fourth-rank to second-rank, many people can survive for 20 years It may not be possible to survive.In terms of self-friendship, Xie Ning and his family are very good, although there are some small conflicts, after all, the original friendship still exists.Therefore, from the status of the two, to the friendship between the two, Xie Shangshu did not expect that Ning Jijiu was just a bluff with him.

After pointing out this possibility to Xie Moru, Xie Shangshu went to consult with his staff again.

Xie Shangshu doesn't have many staff members, but one of them counts as one, and they are all capable.Two gentlemen, one surnamed Gao, who was introduced by Xie Bo to Xie Moru; the other surnamed Li, about forty years old, with a beautiful beard, long eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and a gentle manner.

Xie Shangshu roughly explained the matter, Mr. Gao is old, so it was Mr. Li who said first, "It seems that Mr. Ning has a big plan."

Xie Shangshu said in his heart that his ambition has always been high, but it was delayed after several years of exile. Now it seems that he is still quite unwilling.

Mr. Gao said, "No matter what Lord Ning is planning, it is good for His Excellency to be loyal to the king. If Your Majesty has any inquiries, Your Excellency will be loyal and straightforward. If Your Majesty has no inquiries, Your Excellency should just be silent."

Xie Shangshu clasped his fists and bowed to the south, saying solemnly, "Naturally! I thank someone for being an official of the imperial court. Your Majesty trusts me very much. How dare I live up to the king's heart. It's just that people's hearts are changeable. I and Ning Yunzhong is more friendly, I don't think he has lost the truth to me. It's so sad."

Gao and Li can only comfort the master's family a lot.

This is the way things are, it is estimated that Xie Shangshu must have done a lot in his career as an official for this kind of use of people as excuses, and now that Ning Jijiu is used on himself, Xie Shangshu feels uncomfortable in every possible way.

It was already late when Xie Moru left the Songbaiyuan, Mrs. Xie told the maids and mother-in-law to be careful to turn on the light to watch the road, the night is dark and cool, and take care of the big girl.The moonlight was like water, and the night was starless. The two women in front carried lanterns to illuminate the road, and the wisteria accompanied them. Originally, when walking at night, a big maid like her should support the girl.Xie Moru never likes to be helped, Wisteria dare not say anything, but she has to watch with all her energy, it's getting late, she can't let the girl fall.Xie Moru walked unhurriedly on the stone road, she didn't intend to drive a wedge between Xie Ning and his family.It's just strange that her previous alienation obviously didn't work in Xie's family.It can be seen from the fact that Xie Shangshu concealed Mr. Beiling from her, but Xie Moru did not expect that it was not Xie's family who was far away from Ning's family, but Ning's family was far away from Xie's family.Ning Jijiu made such a choice, in addition to his confidence in his IQ, presumably it is also because he has found a big backer.

In fact, it's not a bad idea to rather sacrifice wine.But the weakness is equally obvious. Once someone sees through it, they will immediately know that the person who set it up is a villain with two faces and three swords.Of course, there are quite a few people like this in the officialdom, and many people even believe in this as a kind of wisdom, but Xie Moru never sees it this way.

Go straight on the avenue.

People who are used to playing tricks lose their magnanimity on the one hand and light on the other.

No matter what others think of it, at least Xie Moru doesn't like this kind of person, let alone this kind of person's surname is Ning.

When Xie Moru returned to the Rhododendron Courtyard, the lights in the small courtyard had already been turned off, she stopped to take a look, before turning to go to the Luluo Courtyard to rest.

Xie Moru was good at guessing people's hearts, so Yu Chaozhong knew little about it, and it was Xie Shangshu who told her in private about the matter of offering sacrifices to wine, chickens and eggs.Even if Xie Shangshu knew that Ning Jijiu was using him as an excuse, according to Xie Shangshu's city government, he would not shout and kill Ning Jijiu.In fact, Xie Shangshu didn't do anything, he had already guessed what Ning Jijiu was planning, and after thinking about it again, he could understand what Ning Jijiu was going to do.This matter is actually not difficult, since Ning Jijiu wants to seek the position of assistant minister under the guise of seeking the prince's teacher, then there must be a vacancy for the position of assistant minister, so that Ning Jijiu can have the opportunity to seek the position of assistant minister.Xie Shangshu is not like Ning Jijiu, he didn't use Ning Jijiu's nine bends and eighteen bends, but directly hit the snake seven inches.Since Wang Lao Shangshu recommended Qin Chuan, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, as the Minister of Rites, Xie Shangshu knew that the opportunity had come.Qin Chuan has been a servant of the Ministry of Rites for more than ten years. There is nothing inappropriate about Qin Chuan in terms of age, seniority, emperor's heart, and style.But who told Qin Chuan to do a stupid thing in the first place? It has to start with Li Qiao, the eldest son of Yong'an Houshu.The reason why Li Qiao failed in the ranking of Keqiuwei was not because of poor writing, but because of the same reason. Li Qiao had a bad reputation in the imperial capital. It was said that when he was young, Li Qiao gave his great-grandfather a birthday present. Pissed off great-grandfather.Well, it’s probably true. Various people spread the rumor quite widely for various purposes. However, the Yong’an Hou Mansion never admitted it, and the Yong’an Hou Mansion gave it The official explanation is: making a slave to the master.

Qin Shilang is a decent official, and his reputation in the officialdom is not bad, but the only thing is that he treats people quite harshly.Because of this, he concluded that Li Qiao was an unfilial person, crossed off Li Qiao's name on the Guibang, and made up someone else, and made it clear that such an unfilial person would never be included in the Guibang.

The fact that Qin Chuan deposed Li Qiao from the list has been passed down as a good story for a long time, and it is even one of the things Qin Shilang is quite proud of.

Even now, there are still many people who perceive it this way.

Among these many people, Xie Shangshu was naturally not included.From the day Li Qiao got Mr. Beiling's favor, Xie Shangshu knew that the situation had changed.What's more, Li Qiao went to Ximan with his second son as an envoy, so Xie Shangshu knew Li Qiao's ability better than ordinary people.

Of course, Wang Laoshangshu is not a fool. As a former boss of the Ministry of Rites and one of the cabinet ministers, Wang Laoshangshu has his own reasons for recommending Qin Shilang. Everyone knows who the main room is, right?That is the only direct sister in the world, Princess Wenkang!The Lord Shang also gave birth to the eldest son of the concubine, alas, no matter how capable you are, Marquis of Yongan, I am afraid that Princess Wenkang will not be able to love the eldest son of the concubine.In fact, everyone knew that the Marquis of Yong'an had always put the eldest son of the concubine in his hometown to live in order not to block the eyes of the princess.Now that the eldest son of the concubine has come to the imperial capital, Marquis Yong'an has never brought him to show his face, which shows the indifference between father and son.Furthermore, some people said that Tang Sancai's congratulatory gift was instigated by Princess Wenkang behind the scenes.

The most important thing is that everyone in the court took it for granted that Li Qiao was dethroned by Guibang at the beginning, and even today, he has no objection.

Therefore, the matter of Li Qiao has already been concluded today.

Wang Laoshangshu didn't think that the matter of Li Qiao was a big deal at all, let alone that it would prevent Qin Shilang from ascending to the position of Shangshu.

Please refer to Xie Shangshu's method for how the last flame of Wang Laoshangshu's political career was extinguished in this life.

Wang Laoshangshu put up a memorial to sponsor Qin Chuan, and Xie Shangshu let the news out. Mr. Beiling was ordered by the emperor to build a library, which was a grand event that benefited the country and the people.Mr. Beiling drank this soup, but in this matter, there is no reason to eat alone.In addition, Mr. Beiling was old, even if he had to do everything himself, he still had to find a few helpers.Emperor Mu Yuan also knew that the building of the library was a major event that left his name in history, so he was quite generous in terms of materials, and he also gave Mr. Beiling face enough in the selection of candidates, and asked Mr. Beiling for his opinion.Mr. Beiling is also very knowledgeable, he has a good relationship with the Imperial Academy, so he asked the Imperial Academy for help.The Imperial Academy would not be happy, but Mr. Beiling also found an assistant himself, none other than Li Qiao.

Li Qiao's ability, even Xie Shangshu, has learned it, and there are talents from generation to generation.

Mr. Beiling had countless disciples, so he found Li Qiao who was outside the gate wall as his assistant.

If there is one person who can completely clear Li Qiao's reputation, it must be Mr. Beiling.However, Mr. Beiling has not said a single word about Li Qiao's reputation since then. This old man just used practical actions to show how much he valued Li Qiao.

At this point, the turning point officially began.

Of course it is fine for Qin Shilang to depose an unfilial and rebellious son from Guibang, but what you deposed was a young man who even Mr. Beiling valued, even if this young man was Mr. Beiling who came after you deposed him In your eyes, it’s up to you to talk about it yourself. Did you, Qin Shilang, wrong you or misunderstood the rumors?
Are your ears soft?

It is polite to say that the ears are soft, but the unkind words are: foolish, confused, blind, using good wood as rotten wood, using beautiful jade as rubble, misunderstood and believed, delaying talents...

Of course, Xie Shangshu would not personally appear in the matter of participating in the impeachment of Qin Shilang. For such good materials, some Yushi would be willing to appear.

In the end, Qin Shilang let alone the position of minister, the position of minister was a bit shaky, but fortunately Emperor Mu Yuan protected him one or two times, and he was not held accountable, but the position of minister was out of the question.In this way, the two servants of the Ministry of Rites remained unchanged, and there was no vacancy. As for the position of Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Emperor Mu Yuan simply did not bother Wang Lao Shangshu to recommend him, and asked the cabinet to draw up a list for other arrangements.As for the position of the prince's teacher, Xu Zhangyuan, the head of the Hanlin Academy, will eventually take over the post concurrently.

The above is the whole process of Ning Jijiu chicken and eggs, Xie Shangshu didn't do anything, he just let the wind out about Li Qiao's first assistant in building the library for Mr. Beiling.

Xie Shangshu's so wonderful and smooth push the boat made Ning's every plan to sacrifice the wine come to nothing. Rao Xie Moru also got to say, Jiang is still old and spicy!

Fortunately, Ning Jijiu traveled thousands of miles, and took great pains to invite Mr. Beiling to the imperial capital. This imperial capital has been here for a long time, and Ning Jijiu's understanding of Mr. Beiling's place is no better than Xie Shangshu.It doesn't necessarily mean that Ning Jijiu is incompetent, but the relationship between Xie Shangshu and Li Qiao seems to be really good.

(End of this chapter)