Tibet

Chapter 441 Submitting Resignation
Prince Li Heng listened to Guangping King Li Chu's report with a gloomy face, and said coldly: "They can let them do whatever they want, and don't tell me such crap in the future."

Li Chu knew very well why his father was angry. Li Dai resigned without his father's approval. Although he came to inform him, he had no choice but to inform him, but he didn't want to follow his father's instructions.

But Li Chu also knew that the problem was Li Ye. Before that, Li Dai had always followed his father's instructions to bear the burden of humiliation. He endured it from April to June, but it was only three days after Li Ye came back, and things changed. .

But Li Chu did not blame Li Ye. He knew that Li Ye was right. He had always disagreed with Li Dai bearing the humiliation. The more he tolerated it, the more arrogant he became, and he would not let Li Dai and the Ministry of Rites go. Only by fighting back hard could the other party know. Difficult to retreat.

But the father seemed to value the gains and losses of the Ministry of Rites more than Li Dai's feelings.

"Father, the official from the Ministry of Rites is dead. I'm afraid that Zhang Jun will have a final showdown. Li Dai has no choice but to resign, so he wants to resign voluntarily and make progress by retreating!"

Li Heng snorted and said, "It's okay for him to resign, or he can retreat to advance, but I must make the decision. What does it matter if Li Dai kills first and then plays?"

"If the father objects to resigning, then the boy will tell him that Li Dai will definitely follow his father's advice and will not resign tomorrow."

"no need!"

Li Heng said coldly: "I know he listened to his son's instigation, but I want to see what they can do?"

Li Chu sighed in his heart, he knew that his father was not optimistic about Li Dai and his son's counterattack, and he was ready to give up Li Dai.

The next morning, Li Dai, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, submitted a letter of resignation to the Zhengshitang. The reason was that the imperial examination case seriously interfered with the daily affairs of the Ministry of Rites and resulted in the death of innocent officials.

Although Li Dai spoke very implicitly and did not mention Zhang Jun's name, anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was criticizing Zhang Jun for abusing his power and interfering in the affairs of the Ministry of Rites.

Generally, people resign for various reasons, such as poor health, sick parents, or to keep filial piety for their father, etc. They will never directly criticize the prime minister for interfering in politics, disregarding human life, and resign in anger like Li Dai did. Everyone can see this. It's not about resigning, it's about making things worse and challenging Prime Minister Zhang Jun.

The right minister Yang Guozhong immediately convened a meeting in the political affairs hall to discuss the resignation of the servant Li Dai.

If an official under the Ministry of Rites resigns, the Zhengshitang directly approves it, and the emperor does not need to report it, and it will take effect directly.

Even if Yang Guozhong submits it to the emperor, he still has to come up with a resolution of the political affairs hall. What is the attitude of the political affairs hall?
"Let's take a look! Li Dai is complaining about resignation, saying that someone interfered in the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, and that this person persecuted the officials of the Ministry of Rites, causing Cao Jingyao, a member of the Ministry of Rites, to be beaten to death unjustly. Zhang Xiangguo, what do you say?"

Zhang Jun sneered and said: "It's a good one to bite back. I was found cheating in the imperial examination, and I was afraid of being liquidated, so I started to jump the wall. Yes, the official died, but he didn't die from beatings. He committed suicide in fear of crime. He has already admitted I was about to impeach Li Dai because of fraud in the imperial examination, but he complained first."

Next to him, Wei Jiansu said calmly: "Zhang Xiangguo, I've been puzzled. It's just that three more people were admitted. How did it become a fraudulent imperial examination? What kind of fraudulent law is this? Please Zhang Xiangguo tell us about it?"

In fact, this matter has nothing to do with fraud at all, and it is not the Ministry of Rites who decides who to recruit, and the Ministry of Rites cannot interfere with the recruitment of three more people. It is even more nonsense to say that the imperial examination questions were leaked. The Ministry of Rites does not know the imperial examination questions.

Zhang Jun said after a long while: "The official has a relative who took the examination of Ming Jing Ke this year. He thought that the reduction in the number of people admitted this year might not be good for his relatives, so he deliberately increased the number of people, and Li Dai also agreed to expand the number without authorization, which violated the resolution of the Zhengshitang. , isn’t this a great crime?”

"May I ask what is the name of his relative? Where did he rank in the exam? If he passes the exam, we can take the exam again alone to see if the test questions have been leaked."

Zhang Jun twitched his face twice and said: "His relative's name is Sun Shan, so it doesn't matter if you don't check it. I'm not saying whether his relative passed the exam, but the behavior of this official has seriously damaged the imperial examination system. Li Dai agreed to expand the number of people without authorization." , this is not only contemptuous of the Zhengshitang, but also deceiving the emperor, this kind of behavior should be severely punished!"

"Zhang Xiangguo, after the list of 35 people was submitted and we approved it, are we also flouting the resolution of the Political Affairs Hall and deceiving the emperor?"

Zhang Jun said in dissatisfaction: "Wei Xiangguo, you can't say that. We just didn't expect that someone would dare to tamper with the resolution. We trusted the Ministry of Rites too much and didn't look carefully."

Wei Jiansu sneered and said, "For the same thing, you are deceiving others, but you don't pay close attention to yourself. Zhang Xiangguo, aren't you afraid that future generations will have an allusion of being lenient and harsh to others?"

"Okay! Stop arguing."

Yang Guozhong interrupted the argument between the two. Although he had no deep hatred for Li Dai, he had always been eyeing the Ministry of Rites. If he used Zhang Jun's hand to get rid of Li Dai and took the Ministry of Rites into his own hands, wouldn't that be the best result?

"Whether Li Dai knew about it or not, but this year's imperial examination did go wrong. As the chief official, Li Dai should take responsibility. Let's vote! Do you accept Li Dai's resignation? If you agree to his resignation, please raise your hand!"

The result of the vote was four to one, and the Political Affairs Hall approved Li Dai's resignation.

However, the political hall approved Li Dai's resignation, which does not mean that the resignation will take effect. It must be signed and approved by the emperor. Although the emperor only appoints and removes high-ranking officials above the third rank, but Yang Guozhong dares to appoint and remove high-ranking officials like the minister without the emperor's consent, his prime ministership is also over. up.

The reason why Li Linfu was able to be the prime minister for 20 years is because he broke the rules and transferred a lot of power that originally belonged to the prime minister to the emperor. Li Longji tasted the sweetness, and then asked him to hand over the power of the prime minister, how could it be possible?

Li Dai submitted his resignation and began to pack his belongings in the official room. The officials of the Ministry of Rites were very reluctant to give up. Li Dai was kind, upright and upright, which made his subordinates love and respect him very much. If he was persecuted by the officialdom and resigned, let the officials All dejected.

In the room, Li Dai smiled to more than a dozen officials under his command: "Everyone should think in a better way. Someone in the Ministry of Rites is just targeting me. After I leave, the Ministry of Rites will be quiet. You don't have to be tossed anymore. After a few days of tossing It’s been a month, I’ve really wronged everyone.”

After speaking, Li Dai bowed to everyone, and many people shed tears.

At this moment, an employee walked in quickly and whispered something in Li Dai's ear. Li Dai nodded and said with a smile to everyone: "Everyone go to work! The higher-ups want to talk to me."

Everyone went back to the official room, Li Dai quickly packed up his things, took a report, and hurried to Gao Lishi's official room.

The resignation letter and the vote of the Political Affairs Hall were handed over to Gao Lishi's desk. Gao Lishi was in a complicated mood. He knew that such a thing would happen, because he learned yesterday that Li Ye had returned.

Li Ye is back, so Li Dai's resignation is not a resignation to take the blame, but a declaration of war, but this matter is not easy to handle!Gao Lishi was also very embarrassed, and the emperor ordered to investigate to the end. Although Zhang Jun was venting his personal anger, he was carrying out the emperor's instructions after all.

Fortunately, the Holy Majesty has been unwell for the past two days, so this matter can be delayed until we see how the situation develops.

At this time, an eunuch reported at the door, "Ah Weng, Li Shilang from the Ministry of Rites is asking to see you!"

"Please come in!"

After a while, Li Dai entered the room and bowed to salute, "Your Majesty, Li Dai, see Gao Weng!"

"Li Shilang, please sit down!"

Li Dai sat down in a guest seat at the side, Gao Lishi pointed to the resignation letter and said: "Your resignation letter has already come to me, and the government has approved it, but I want to hear from you what is the reason?"

(End of this chapter)