Fu Song

Chapter 233 Personnel
The ground dragon in the room was extremely hot, and the warmth was pleasant, but most of the people sitting in the room were cold-hearted.

At the top, the chief assistant Luo Su's eyes were burning, his fists were clenched, and he was staring at the official Zhao Suo without giving in. It was completely different from his previous state. He was fighting with the official, and he would not give in. .

His first assistant career is entering the countdown.

And, will retire in a disgraceful and disgraceful manner.

For such a situation, he is naturally not happy, but no matter what he thinks in his heart, the ending will not change in any way.

For him, this meeting between the two governments is very likely to be the last time. He has submitted two resignations in a row. According to the previous rules, if he submits his resignation again, the officials will approve it.

Then, Luo Jieshan's political career would come to an end. At his age, it was basically impossible for him to make a comeback.

This year, for officials, it can be said that there has been joy before and sorrow after.

In the first half of the year, there were frequent reports of victory in the Northwest, and Li Xu, who was rebellious, was defeated in one fell swoop. Although he was still running around, under the siege and interception of the Northwest Marching Chief Xiao Ding, his strength was weakening day by day, and he was completely wiped out. It's a matter of time.

This made Zhao Suo very proud.Because Ma Xing, the pacifier of Shaanxi Road, and Xiao Ding, the general manager of the Northwest March, were all personally selected by him. The two cooperated tacitly in the Northwest and made great achievements in one fell swoop, which made Zhao Suo feel that he was infinitely moving forward no matter whether it was Wencheng or martial arts. The founding fathers are close.The biggest obstacle in the three-way plan to attack Liao has been removed.

But in the second half of the year, things changed suddenly.

Cui Ang, who replaced King Jing and went to Hebei to serve as a pacifier, suffered a big defeat. He lost his army and lost his territory.

Compared with the failure in Hebei, the victory in Shaanxi is not worth mentioning.

Because for Huang Song, the Liao people have always been the number one opponent.

In the end, Da Song ended the war in an extremely disgraceful way.

If you cede land for a hundred miles, the old coins will double.

This will indeed leave a strong mark on this year's history books in the future.

Who is responsible for this?

Naturally, the chief assistant Russell.

Whether he likes it or not, he has to take responsibility for it.

Originally, such a big event happened this year. As the chief assistant, it is inevitable to top the tank. I can't let the officials come out and say, this is my fault, everyone blame me!
But the problem is that the person directly responsible for this matter, Cui Ang, who should be severely punished in Russell's mind, has nothing to do with it. The officials actually want to cover him up and let him return to the center.

This is too much!
Russell hated this guy to the bone now.

Not only because I was implicated and became the most incompetent chief assistant of the Emperor Song Dynasty in recent decades, but also because the situation on the northern border was bad and the people suffered, and such a situation would be difficult to reverse without years of management Such a disadvantage.

Why the officials want to shield him, everyone knows it well.

In order to protect himself, this guy Cui Ang made a big case in the north by bypassing others.More importantly, this case implicated King Jing Zhao Zhe.

The officials are extremely jealous of this son. If the front wins, everything will be fine, but now he has lost a lot.

If they win, everyone will naturally pay respects to the officials, just like when Cui Ang went to Hebei to take office, he attacked the Juma River in one fell swoop and killed the Liao army retreating steadily.

But now it seems that this is just an illusion, it is a prepared attempt by the Liao people to lure the enemy deep.This time, the scouts from the Liao people had already arrived at Daming Mansion.If the Daming Mansion is broken, the Liao army can go straight in and kill Bianliang.

Do you think the people are afraid?Do you panic?
Ever since, no matter in Hebei or the capital, everyone began to miss Jing Wang Zhao Zhe.

The call for Zhao Zhe to go to Hebei again to lead the army to resist the Liao people couldn't help but wave after wave among the people.

But the officials, how dare they let Zhao Zhe go to Hebei to lead the army?

The rift between father and son has grown deeper and deeper.

Keeping Cui Ang in the capital, the official's intention is obvious, that is to prove the son's crime!
Russell disagreed.

With him as the leader, several gentlemen from the two mansions naturally demanded that Cui Ang be severely punished one by one.

The fire in Zhao Suo's heart turned upwards one after another.

When Hebei was defeated, these courtiers turned their noses up one by one, as if they had done such a big thing wrong. Is the defeat of Hebei their own problem?Wasn't it because those generals delayed the military plane that they were defeated in the end?And which of these generals is not the confidant of King Jing.

Whether it was a delay to the military plane or intentional, who can say for sure?
Zhao Suo sneered.

The second child is held down by himself, I'm afraid he will go out of Bianliang again if he thinks about it day and night, so let's let the birds fly as high as the sky!
How could I let you out!
These gentlemen, all of them are righteous and strict, do they really think that they don't know what they want?

Mrs. Luo is going to step down this time, so naturally there are a lot of grievances in his heart, but as the chief assistant, who is responsible if you are not responsible for this matter?The reason why he looks so tough now is that he wants to bargain with himself and find a good future for his son.

As for Luo Song, he felt that once Mr. Luo left, he should be the chief assistant. If he wanted to draw a line with the past, he would naturally punish the defeated generals severely. This was to establish his prestige!

Chen Gui and Cui Ang had conflicts, the two had always been on the wrong track when they were in Xifu, this time they seized the opportunity, there is no reason not to trample Cui Ang to death.

As for Li Guang, of course he didn't want Cui Ang to come back, so he would be ranked third in the West Mansion again.If a new one enters, he will naturally be ranked second.

Among the two governments, he couldn't find a minister who could support him, which made Zhao Suo feel like a failure, and made him feel a crisis.The desire to let Cui Ang come back became even stronger.

Cui Ang offended almost everyone this time, but the more he is like this, the more he will heal his heart!Who else could he rely on but himself?Without his own support, he would be torn to pieces by others in a blink of an eye.

Looking at everyone, Zhao Suo said slowly: "The crime of Qin Kuan and others has always been handled by Cui Ang. This matter involves quite a lot. What makes people even more angry is that all the witnesses were intercepted halfway. , The thieves are so bold and reckless, they regard the law as nothing, if they don't pursue it to the end, what is the dignity of the court?"

"Officials, I think that this matter should not be pursued publicly. I have also read those letters, and they can't explain anything. As for the killing of witnesses, it is even more muddled. Hasn't there been an accurate statement up to now? ?” Luo Song shook his head and said, “Officials, in this big defeat, we need to reassure people’s hearts, not make everyone panic!”

"It is precisely to calm people's hearts that we must investigate this matter to the end!" Zhao Suo looked at everyone coldly and said, "Cui Ang really didn't handle things well this time. He doesn't have to stay in the two houses. Let him be in charge of the trial of this case, and he will end it when he started it. The current imperial censor, Cheng Lan Sixin, and Jindong Mansion Counselor, what do you think?"

"Lan Si's new censor Zhongcheng has been appointed for less than a year, and his qualifications are relatively low, and he has no special honors. I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince everyone!" Luo Song shook his head repeatedly.

"Censor Zhongcheng's job is to supervise the officials and punish lawbreakers. How can the criminals around Cui Ang take up this job!" Chen Gui also echoed repeatedly.

Both of them don't want this matter to get worse.Russell is the one who is about to leave his job. It really doesn't matter. The two of them are different. Let Cui Ang go to Yushitai, I'm afraid there will be a big case. Now this guy's eyes are red, even The prince is involved, who else would he not dare to bite?With a great prison, the world is unstable, no matter whether it is the East Mansion or the West Mansion, they are unwilling to face such a situation.

After repeated opposition, Zhao Suo was furious, stood up, and walked away in a huff.

Everyone in the room looked at each other in blank dismay. It seemed that such a situation had never been encountered before.Everyone looked at Russell, no matter what, he should be the leader right now!

"Let's go!" Russell stood up, "After two days, His Majesty's anger will subside, and we will discuss this matter again. Don't worry about this matter!"

"Luo Xiang, in two days, it will be sealed." Luo Song reminded.

Russell chuckled: "The seal is on holiday for the Chinese New Year, just in time, more than ten days! Let everyone have a buffer time and think about this issue carefully."

The group of people had just reached the gate of the palace, but hurried footsteps came from behind them, and when they turned around, they saw Cao Quanzheng, the personal eunuch next to the official's house, trotting after him.

"Shoufu, Shoufu! The officials invite you to go back and discuss matters!" Cao Quan said in a low voice when he ran up to the crowd.Seeing that all the people waiting had a bad expression on their faces, he couldn't help shivering.Speaking of which, he was also a prominent figure in the palace, but he knew better about the tempers of these gentlemen, and if he really annoyed them, he might punch himself hard.

Chen Gui glanced at Russell, smiled, flicked his sleeves, and walked away.

Luo Song just clasped his hands together: "Luo Xiang, I'll go first."

Li Guang didn't say hello, but walked away.

The officials are naturally planning to defeat each of them.And right now, the one who is most likely to be breached is Russell, the chief assistant.

After leaving the palace gate, Li Guang greeted the two, got into the carriage and left.

Luo Song was about to board his carriage, but a stereotypical voice came from behind him.

"Fengchen, let's have a drink together?"

Luo Song looked back at Chen Gui in astonishment. In their position, the most taboo thing was to have secret meetings like this in private.

Watching Luo Song look around, Chen Gui smiled and said, "There's a roast duck restaurant on Zuo [-]rd Street, and it's roasted with fruit wood."

Luo Song couldn't help laughing.

The third Zuo Street side is the favorite place for officials to patronize. Where Chen Guixuan is, it is natural to show it to everyone, and the two of them mean to be aboveboard.

The roast duck restaurant on Zuo [-]rd Street is not big, but the business is really good. When the two husbands came, the room was almost full of people.

But if these two want to come in to eat roast duck, the others can only leave.

In a blink of an eye, the guards cleaned up all the people in the room. Even in the roast duck kitchen, there were a few guards.

"Luo Jie can't stand the top of the mountain." Chen Gui said: "You should know him better than me. He is just using this last chance to make another deal with the officials. Luo Huan's departure from Beijing this year is more or less affected If you don't take advantage of this opportunity to seek some benefits for Luo Er, I'm afraid you won't have this opportunity in the future."

"Luo Jieshan has really lost his mind in the past two years." Luo Song shook his head: "The reputation that I have earned hard for a lifetime, if this continues, I can't even hold on to the last bit of persistence."

"But he is the first assistant after all, as long as he is still in office for a day, he is the first assistant!" Chen Gui said: "Feng Chen, it seems that the official's intention to keep Cui Ang in Beijing is extremely firm."

Luo Song said angrily: "Cui Ang is in Beijing, and in a position like Yushi Zhongcheng, he must build a big prison. The officials clearly know this, but they still want to keep him in Beijing. Just hold it down. Jing Sheng, if you and I can't stop this, how many people will suffer?"

Chen Gui chuckled: "Fengchen, are you worried about Xiao Yu?"

"It's not just Xiao Yu?" Luo Song sighed.

Chen Gui looked at Luo Song, and suddenly said, "Fengchen, once Luo Jieshan leaves, can you hold Cui Huaiyuan down? Let me tell you first, although I used to be a member of the Privy Council and his boss, I couldn't hold back Cui Huaiyuan." this person."

Luo Song's eyes narrowed slightly, "Jing Sheng, just say what you mean!"

"Fengchen, you can't hold him back. Especially now, this person is already crazy. The officials want to use his hand to suppress King Jing. With our abilities, I'm afraid we won't be able to control the situation." Chen Gui lowered his voice. He raised his voice: "So, I advise you, for the first assistant position, you should step back and don't fight."

Luo Song immediately lowered his eyelids. He has been working hard for this seat for many years, how could he give up because of such a sentence as the old rules?
"Fengchen, it's not easy to sit in this seat right now!" Chen Gui continued to persuade, "Cui Huaiyuan really started a big prison, and it will get out of hand by then, who will be responsible for it?"

Luo Song's eyelids twitched, and he raised his head to look at Chen Gui.

"Like Luo Jieshan had to resign this time, is it really because he has some serious problems?" Chen Gui said, "No, it's because someone needs to be responsible for this year's fiasco. Those who can explain to the world, except Who else can be the chief minister of the court? With all due respect, if you are in power at this time, if one is not good, you may be the chief minister with the shortest time in power in the country."

Luo Song learned to take a breath: "Who are you going to recommend?"

"Xia Jie Xia Zhiyan!" Chen Gui laughed.

"Xia Zhiyan returned to the court, Hebei is so bleak now, who will clean up this mess?"

"Shaanxi Road appeasement envoy Ma Xing."

(End of this chapter)