Chapter 781 Despondent

The air was suddenly quiet.

All the servants exited the gazebo.

Master Li's complexion was livid, and anger was burning in his eyes.

Liu Zhao looked calm and sipped tea leisurely.

"Your Highness, please speak clearly."

Liu Zhao smiled, put down his teacup, and asked a question, "How old is your lord this year? Among the first and second-rank senior officials in this dynasty who are not in their 70s and 80s? For example, the family order of the Shaofu, it is foreseeable that he will definitely be able to leave the stage with dignity.

As for Mr. Li, you are in your early sixties and in good health. You can still be active in the court for at least a decade or two. It's not easy to exit decently. "

Master Li snorted coldly, "It is because it is not easy that this old man came to you for help. Otherwise, why would this old man talk nonsense with you."

Liu Zhao said: "You ask His Highness for help, which shows that you trust His Highness. My Highness is not playing tricks. To be honest, it is almost impossible for you to leave the stage decently.

It's clear that the emperor wants to settle old accounts and take the opportunity to suppress your protégés and old officials. May I ask, under this premise, how do you exit decently? Mr. Li may be overthinking the delusion of being an imperial master and leaving the court. "

Master Li's complexion changed again and again, "You think the old man can't leave the stage with dignity?"

Liu Zhao smiled, "There is a way. You can take care of your father, take the initiative to suppress your disciples and old officials, and drive them out of the court. For your hard work, your father may let you leave the court with dignity." , Yourong will become an official."

Master Li's expression was distorted, "It is appalling to let this old man be the executioner who exterminates the disciples and old officials. If this old man takes on the task of the executioner, even if he can exit the scene decently, he will never have a good life in the next ten or twenty years. "

Nobody likes a hangman, much less a traitor.

If Mr. Li accepted Liu Zhao's suggestion and personally picked up the butcher's knife to open the emperor's eyes and 'slaughter' his disciples and old officials, he would definitely be stigmatized for thousands of years and be cast aside by the world.

When he takes office, everyone from the imperial court to the local government will suppress him intentionally or unintentionally.

The Li family will suffer the most difficult years in history.

For his own sake, for his family's sake, and for future generations, Mr. Li will never use a knife against his own people.

Why is the Jinwu Guard scolded by the world as the emperor's eagle dog?

For they are indeed the lackeys of the Emperor,

Do the will of the emperor.

Betray your own people?

As long as the emperor needs it, they dare to betray.

Don't be afraid of being reviled, not afraid of being infamous from generation to generation, and not afraid of harming future generations.

The principle of doing things runs counter to the civil servants and scholars.

Therefore, once the opportunity is seized, the civil servants will insult the Jinwu Guard and all the emperor's eagles and dogs.

Insulting is not enough, it must be written down in the history books, so that future generations will scold these emperor eagles and dogs together from generation to generation.

Who let the pen be in the hands of the civil servants.

Even Jin Wuwei can only pinch his nose to recognize this situation.

The group of Jin Wuwei are the ones who truly live in the present moment.

Infamy behind?

No one cares.

Even if you care about it, you will be the emperor's eagle and dog for a day, and you will be the emperor's eagle and dog for life, you can only bear it silently, and prepare to be infamous forever.

As the head of civil servants, Mr. Li has been in the officialdom for decades, and what he cares most about is his reputation before and after him.

Seeing that he is about to retire, how can he leave a notoriety.

He shook his head again and again, denying Liu Zhao's suggestion.

It was no surprise that Liu Zhao knew that he would object.

He said with a smile: "Master Li is afraid of getting his hands dirty, His Highness understands. However, it will be difficult for Master Li to leave the stage decently when the emperor does something about it."

Master Li's face turned pale, and his beard trembled.

Liu Zhao said what was on his mind.

He asked: "Your Majesty, there is nothing you can do? The old man has given up his face to seek His Majesty's help. Is His Majesty just perfunctory this old man?"

"His Royal Highness helping you, how can I benefit?" Liu Zhao asked directly.

Master Li suddenly laughed, "So His Highness really has a solution?"

"Whether there is a way depends on what kind of price Mr. Li can pay." Liu Zhao looked at the other party with a half-smile.

Master Li said in a loud voice: "Everyone knows that the old man's disciples and old officials are all over the court and the local government. If His Highness is willing to help the old man, the old man promises that they will be His Highness's supporters and help His Highness."

Liu Zhao was noncommittal.

Master Li frowned, "Your Highness is not moved?"

Liu Zhao laughed, "My lord's promise, to my highness, is like a moon in a dream. It looks beautiful, but it's a pity that my highness doesn't care about it."

"Then what do you care about?" Master Li was puzzled.

Liu Zhao said: "How much does Mr. Li know about the trade in the Western Regions?"

Master Li said: "I know that the trade in the Western Regions was initiated by the Northwest Army, and the Shaofu seems to have participated in it."

"Then does Master Li know your father's attitude towards trade in the Western Regions?"

"Your Majesty turned a blind eye, and only ordered the Shaofu to pay attention to the trade in the Western Regions, and did not pay too much attention. In recent years, there have been frequent natural disasters in various places, a lot of government affairs in the court, and the Northwest Army has a great relationship. It can be said that in the past few years, His Majesty did not care about it at all. Don’t spend enough energy to pay attention to the situation in the Northwest. Especially if it involves the Northwest Army, I dare not act rashly.”

Liu Zhao nodded, "Then, does Master Li know about the trade in the Western Regions, how much is the annual amount?"

Master Li hesitated and said, "One million taels?"

Liu Zhao lowered his head and smiled.

The methods of the Northwest Army are really unusual.

The trade of tens of millions of taels a year shrank to a million taels in an instant when it arrived at the imperial court. Not even a fraction is enough.

No wonder Xiao Jiu insisted on cooperating with the Northwest Army.

Four Seas only needs to supply the goods and ensure that the goods reach the Xiliang King City smoothly, and the Northwest Army will take care of other matters.

For example, how to block the court's tongue, how to deceive the emperor's sight and hearing, he and Xiao Jiu don't need to worry about it, and the Northwest Army has solved everything silently.

In the northwest, the Northwest Army covered the sky with one hand, and it was not groundless.

It is almost delusional to send all news about the Northwest Army to the capital without the permission of the Northwest Army.

Even Liu Zhao didn't know how many nails the Northwest Army had buried in the capital. How well those nails are hidden.

He and Xiao Jiu knew part of the inside story.

Because of related interests, it is impossible to take the initiative to confess to His Majesty.

In addition, the Shaofu participated in a share, and all kinds of jewelry and jade transported from Xiliang Wangcheng were continuously sold to the world through the Shaofu, making a lot of profits.

Therefore, everyone is willing to maintain this situation.

It is normal for His Majesty to be blinded while sitting in the palace.

In fact, Shaofu was also deceived.

The Shaofu thought that the scale of trade in the Western Regions carried out by the Northwest Army was about one million taels, at most no more than two million taels.

As everyone knows, this is an illusion specially created for Shaofu by Marquis Lu following Gu Jiu's suggestion.

The large-scale trade in the Northwest cannot be hidden from the eyes of those who are interested.

Rather than being sneaky, let some of it be public.

Pulling Shaofu into this plate and sharing the profits is equivalent to an extra layer of protection.

The business that the Shaofu participated in, the world took for granted that it had the emperor's tacit approval.

Since the emperor acquiesced, it was legal trade.

Everyone turned a blind eye.

The emperor did not move the Northwest Army, and everyone maintained a relationship with the Northwest Army, hello, hello, everyone.

When the emperor decides to liquidate the Northwest Army one day, it will not be too late to make trouble.

Liu Zhao told Mr. Li, "Mr. Li wants to leave the stage with dignity and let the emperor give you some face. There is only one way, and that is the northwest!"

Master Li frowned tightly.

Liu Zhao asked, "My lord, I never thought about it, why did my father touch you at this time?"

"Naturally paving the way for Lu Shizhong."

"Why pave the way for Lu Shizhong?" Liu Zhao asked again.

Master Li suddenly realized, "Your Highness means that His Majesty wants to move the northwest?"

Liu Zhao smiled, "It will be a matter of time before my father moves to the northwest. If this matter is left to others, my father is definitely not at ease. My father put Lu Shizhong in the court for so many years of experience, maybe everything is to solve the problem of the northwest Get ready. Of course, this is all my guesswork."

Lord Li shook his head and nodded again, "His Royal Highness's guess is likely to come true. In the past few years, the court suffered internal and external troubles, and both the imperial court and His Majesty were powerless with regard to the Northwest.

Over the past few years, the Ministry of Household Affairs has finally achieved a balance of income and expenditure, and the weather is going well this year. As long as such a good situation can be maintained for three to five years, His Majesty will try to move the northwest. As for the old man, he is the master of being scapegoated. "

Master Li let out a sigh of emotion, very sad.

He said sadly: "There are internal and external troubles in the imperial court, and natural disasters and man-made disasters continue. Your Majesty promoted the old man to the position of Zhongshu Ling. Firstly, Lu Shizhong's qualifications are not enough, and he needs to work hard. Second, natural disasters and man-made disasters have to be blamed, and the old man is the only one." Candidates.

Now that the crisis is over, the weather is beautiful and the weather is good, it is the old man's turn to leave the stage, and Lu Shizhong will take over and bear the reputation of the Zhongxing court. All of this is clearly the foundation laid by the old man. Without the old man's hard work over the years, there would be no balance of income and expenditure for the household department, and there would be no smooth weather.

In the end, all the hard work was to make a wedding dress for Lu Shizhong. If the two of us are mentioned in the history books in the future, the old man is afraid that I will get a bad reputation. Lu Shizhong is the chosen son, the minister of ZTE, it's not fair! "

Master Li has seen through the truth, but he has no resentment, but is unwilling, and more disheartened.

All efforts are to make a wedding dress for Lu Shizhong.

All good names have nothing to do with him.

The more I think about it, the more bitter my heart becomes.

He picked up his teacup and drank it in one gulp. Then he said dejectedly: "The old man Ming'er will go to the book to resign, and relieve His Majesty's worries."

"Master Li's words are wrong!"

"Your Highness, there is no need to persuade the old man, the old man has already seen through it, and there is nothing to commemorate."

"There may not be a turnaround."