Tibet

Chapter 440 Active Counterattack
Li Xun said with a sneer: "I heard from Li Yu that he has been watching Li Huai. He told me that Li Huai's stepfather, Yu Wenhui, is now serving as Fan Yang's Army Cang Cao Shen, and Cang Cao is in charge of money and food. Generally, only his confidantes can take up the post." , Yu Wenhui actually took up this important position, which shows that the Yuwen family has taken refuge in An Lushan."

Li Ye could understand that the Yuwen family took refuge in Anlu Mountain. There was no hope in the imperial court, so they would naturally vote for the Ming Lord. Li Ye hesitated and said, "What do you mean Li Yu has been watching Li Huai?"

"What happened at the end of January, Brother Xian doesn't know?"

Li Ye shook his head and said, "I don't know anything, what happened?"

"Your father, Ding You, was reinstated in one year. This matter was provoked by Li Huai. Li Xiu, several sons-in-law and elders were furious, and came to attack your father. Li Linhao spoke rudely to your mother and was severely beaten by your mother. Li Yu had a big quarrel with his father about this matter. He came to me and complained. He suspected that Li Huai was sent by the Yuwen family to serve as an undercover agent in the Li family. He wanted to find evidence. It was accidentally discovered that Li Huai's stepfather actually joined An Lushan's army."

Li Ye nodded, "Unexpectedly, my grandfather's eldest grandson is very sober. Taking the overall situation into consideration, he knows that the family's interests are the most important thing. It is not in vain for me to save him in Heyang."

Li Xun sighed and said: "The current situation in the imperial court is very chaotic. It is said that there are five major forces, but in fact there are more than a few princes, such as Di Wang Li Yan, Rong Wang Li Wan, and Yong Wang Li Lin. These three secretly formed a faction to fight against the prince. How could it be possible for the emperor to support him secretly? There is also Ge ​​Shuhan, who is rumored to support Li Wan, but he claims to be loyal to the emperor!"

Li Ye pondered for a moment, "Whenever you have time, bring Li Yu to see me, I want to chat with him."

When Li Ye returned home, he unexpectedly found that his father was back.

"Mom, why is Daddy back?"

Pei Sanniang shook her head and said worriedly: "I don't know, he seems to be in a bad mood. He didn't sleep all night on the way, but he fell asleep when he came back, and he has to go to the court in the afternoon."

"Ye'er is back?" Li Dai's weary voice came from the yard.

Li Ye walked out of the inner hall, seeing his father looking tired and his eyes were red from the heat, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Father, what happened?"

"Go to my study and talk!"

When the father and son came to the study, Li Dai sat down exhausted, and waved his hands to let Li Ye sit down too.

"Ye'er, do you have money?"

"Whatever my father wants, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands are available."

Li Dai said with a wry smile: "Why do I need so much? I only want a thousand guan. One of my subordinate officials died of wrongdoing. I went a step late. His family is not well-off. There are old people on the top and young children on the bottom. He alone supports the family. Once he dies, what will the whole family do? We pooled together more than ten pennies to buy him a thin-skinned coffin for his funeral."

"Row!"

Li Ye agreed, "Father give me the address, and I'll ask my men to go to Chencang County. One thousand guan is a little less, and it would be better to give two thousand guan."

Li Dai wrote an address note and another short message, sighing: "Of course two thousand guan is better, hey! Cao Jingyao died because of me, my heart aches!"

"Why did he die?"

"He was negligent and regarded last year's Zhengshi Hall approval document as this year's, because the format and content are exactly the same, except for the date below. Last year, 35 people were admitted to the Economics Department, and 32 people were admitted this year. The number of Jinshi Departments is 15. So he compiled the admission outline and gave it to the Examination Court.

The examiner was Zhang Bian, and he admitted 35 people. The Ministry of Rites approved it, and the Political Affairs Hall approved it. No one noticed this problem. Finally, the Ministry of Personnel discovered that there was a mistake. I traced it and found that it was Yuanwailang Cao Jingyao who got the wrong certificate from last year. of approval.

It was originally a trivial matter, but Zhang Jun insisted on saying that it was a fraud in the imperial examination. What is fraud?His brother is responsible for the admission of Jinshi, and if he wants to cheat, it is his brother who cheats. "

Li Dai was so angry that his chest heaved, Li Ye asked calmly: "And then?"

"Then he talked nonsense in front of the emperor. The emperor was bewitched by him and approved an 'investigation to the end'. He personally sat in the Ministry of Rites to investigate the cases, and passed the trial one by one. From April to early June, the Ministry of Rites did everything. It stopped. Cao Jingyao was arrested by Dali Temple and was sent back to his hometown a few days ago. He died shortly after returning home. I heard that he was beaten and tortured in prison, but he always said that it was his own responsibility and did not push the responsibility to I."

Li Ye said coldly: "Father is too passive in this matter, listen to me, and submit a letter of resignation to Zhengshitang early tomorrow morning."

"Isn't my resignation in his favor, it's too cheap for him."

"Father, this is retreat in order to advance. If the Minister of Rites resigns, it will go to Gao Lishi. He will not agree, and neither will the emperor."

"They will transfer me away, and the Ministry of Rites of His Royal Highness will be lost."

Li Ye sneered, "Even if father doesn't resign, they will take advantage of this matter to transfer father away. Once father resigns and makes things worse, this matter can be resolved according to father's wishes."

Li Dai gritted his teeth: "You are right, the more afraid they are, the more rampant they will be. I will resign early tomorrow morning, and I will explain to the prince."

Li Ye thought for a while and said, "Father, don't come forward. I'll explain to King Guangping at the crown prince's side."

Li Ye then ordered two of his men to rush to Chencang County with two thousand gold coins.
It was still early, and Li Ye came to Gao Lishi's mansion immediately. He was not looking for Gao Lishi, but Feng Quannong, Gao Lishi's adopted son.

Of course Li Ye can't go directly to King Guangping, he is not an ordinary person, he is a foreign vassal, Li Ye knows it very well, show off his power in the capital, kill a person, sit on the ground and hide the nickname of the devil, the emperor will not pay attention to such trivial matters , but if you go to visit King Guangping in private, it will be more troublesome than killing hundreds of people. It violates the bottom line of the emperor, and the emperor will never tolerate it.

Just like Yuwen Siwu, he did all kinds of evil in the capital, harmed the people, and the people were full of grievances, but the emperor Li Longji didn't take this kind of thing to heart at all. Lian Zhuangbing immediately violated Li Longji's bottom line, forced Yu Wenjing to death, and demoted the Yuwen family to the end.

Seeing this, Li Ye knew what he could do and what he couldn't do.

But Li Ye knew that there was a way to meet King Guangping, and that was through Gao Lishi. They had all played for Gao Lishi's Tianpeng polo team before.

Feng Quannong was very enthusiastic, and invited Li Ye into the mansion, and asked with a smile, "When did Governor Li come back?"

"I just came back the afternoon before yesterday!"

"No wonder my father didn't know you were coming back. He was talking about you yesterday. Since the wedding date has been set, it's time to come back."

"I was supposed to visit Gao Weng yesterday, but there are too many things at home. My father is in a little trouble. Uncle Feng knows about the imperial examination!"

Feng Quannong nodded, "I heard, it shouldn't be a big problem! It has nothing to do with your father."

Li Ye sneered and said, "Blunt knives cut flesh, Zhang Xiangguo tossed endlessly, and my father's body almost collapsed."

"My father also said that that person is looking for trouble. If Li Dudu has anything to do, just say, I can help if I can!"

Li Ye said in a low voice: "Uncle Feng, I want to meet His Royal Highness King Guangping!"

Feng Quannong thought for a while and said, "Okay! You stay here and don't go anywhere. I'll invite him to discuss polo matters. You can meet me here."

Feng Quannong immediately went to Guangping Palace in a carriage, and after half an hour, Feng Quannong came back with Guangping Wang Li Chu.

As soon as he entered the inner hall, Li Chu laughed and shouted: "Where is that brat? Why haven't you come to see me yet!"

Li Ye quickly came out and saluted, "See you, Your Highness!"

Li Chu punched Li Ye on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Mystery, coax me here to meet you. If you want to see me, go directly to my house!"

"I'm a foreign vassal, it's inconvenient!"

"It's inconvenient now, but I can ask the emperor's grandfather to teach my son archery. You can come to my house openly."

Li Ye nodded, "It will take a few more days, but I have something urgent to do today."

"What's the matter?" Li Chu didn't smile anymore.

Li Ye waved his hand, "Let's talk in the hall!"

The two walked into the inner hall and sat down, Li Ye said: "My father is in trouble with the imperial examination, Your Highness should know!"

"Of course I know. My royal father is also very angry. He called Zhang Jun mean and shameless. Your father has endured humiliation for the past two months, which is admirable."

Li Ye said lightly: "But I'm back, I'll let my father fight back and resign early tomorrow morning!"

Li Chu was stunned, "Why?"

Li Ye said slowly: "This is called retreating in order to advance! Only in this way can the Ministry of Rites be preserved."

Li Chu frowned, "Is something wrong?"

"That Yuanwailang was sent home, and he died shortly after arriving home."

"Once he dies, isn't the matter over?"

"Your Highness, if Zhang Jun didn't get what he wanted, would he let him go home? I heard from my father that Cao Jingyao couldn't survive the torture in prison, so he admitted that he cheated in the imperial examination, but he refused to admit that it was me." His father instructed him to beat him to death, and Dali Temple sent him back to his hometown in Chencang, where he died shortly after returning home."

Li Chu slapped the table hard, scolded with a livid face, "The bastards in Dali Temple!"

He said in a deep voice: "You mean, Zhang Jun has obtained the confession and is planning to attack your father?"

Li Ye nodded, "Subordinates are engaging in malpractice for personal gain, and the chief officer cannot escape the responsibility. Even if they cannot convict my father, they still have good reasons to transfer him from the Ministry of Rites and give him a job to retire."

Li Chu nodded slowly, "I understand, so your father resigned, turned against customers, and made things worse."

"That's right. My father will resign on the grounds of being persecuted by the Prime Minister and make things worse."

(End of this chapter)