Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4478
Unwilling, Liu Ji looked directly at Xiao Yu and asked, "The Guanlongmen clan has completely declined, the Shandong family has suffered heavy losses, and the Hedong family has failed. Now only the Jiangnan gentry are still prosperous, and the Xiao family in Lanling is the first class. Fan Yue, leading the world's powerful families, should contribute to defeating the imperial court's conspiracy to covet the land of each family."

I can't stand alone in the imperial court. As a civil servant leader in the past, you either entrusted all your contacts, or served as Austrian aid in Jiangnan, how could you stay out of it?

Unexpectedly, this provocative method was useless to Xiao Yu at all, and he even asked a question: "Almost all the civil servants above the court are the children of the family. As the prime minister, Liu Zhongshu should seek the welfare of the family. The true intentions of the organization, rather than blindly consolidating the foundation and expanding the power, too much is too much."

Wu Xun can rise from the wilderness by virtue of his military exploits, but it is almost impossible for civil officials. There are only a handful of people like Ma Zhou who came from a poor family and ascended to high positions. Therefore, behind every civil official stands one or more powerful families. These aristocratic families have spared no effort to support them, and it is absolutely impossible for them to enter the house.

Since you want to be a real civilian leader, you should seek the welfare of the civil servants instead of being aggressive here and plotting against me, a former civil servant leader who has retired...

Liu Ji was silent, his face was ugly.

These words almost pointed at his nose and scolded him for being incompetent. As the secretary of the Central Committee and the leader of civil servants, he didn't even know the real intention of His Majesty's measurement of the world's acres, so he couldn't become His Majesty's confidant and rule the court. A dead body, nothing to do...

These words are indeed ugly, but they are true.

It is a disgrace to the civil service group to pretend to be a civil official leader everywhere, but in fact, he has not become a powerful figure alongside the military leader.

However, it is precisely this principle that made Liu Jie bite the bullet and come to bid farewell to Xiao Yu today, regardless of His Majesty's suspicion, hoping to impress the other party and support him to become a real civil leader... The result was counterproductive.

The residual wine in the jug had cooled down, but Liu Ji had no intention of boiling it again, took a sip of the cold wine, and asked in puzzlement, "Song Guogong has returned to Jiangnan this time, does he have no intention of recovering?"

Although he is over [-] years old, Xiao Yu has strong muscles and bones, full of vitality, and does not appear to be old. It may not be impossible for him to be reappointed and return to the court in the next few years. The premise is that someone will support him vigorously in the court.

And even if Xiao Yu himself has no intention of recovering, what about the descendants of the Xiao family in Lanling?Are you going to be an official?If no one in the court vigorously promotes them, how can they talk about becoming an official?

Are you really not afraid of offending yourself, the Zhongshu Ling?

Facing the threat, Xiao Yu just smiled lightly: "Nowadays, the imperial examination is the way to obtain scholars in the imperial court. It doesn’t make sense, this time, when the old man returns to his hometown, he should urge him to learn and supervise him strictly. He only needs to settle down for more than ten or twenty years, and he may not be able to shine in the imperial examination.”

With the current political situation, it is inevitable for the children of the aristocratic family to be suppressed. Instead of confronting the imperial government's policies, it is better to concentrate on studying. With the background of the Xiao family in Lanling, it is the right way to become an official in the future.

As for you... under such a mighty situation, how many years can you be Zhong Shuling?
Such a threat is inferior.

……

A rush of hoofbeats was blown by the cold wind, and it stopped not far away. Immediately, a servant reported outside the pavilion: "Patriarch, Duke Yue came here on horseback, saying that he is seeing you off."

Xiao Yu was silent for a while, and said, "Please come here."

"Here."

After a while, there was a sound of footsteps. Fang Jun, dressed in ordinary clothes and handsome, strode into the pavilion through the gauze curtain opened by the servant. His eyes glanced at the residual wine on the stone table and Liu Ji's face, and then he smiled and put the food in his hand. Putting down the box, he bowed to Xiao Yu and said, "Duke Song Guo returned to his hometown to enjoy his family relationship and take care of his life. The younger generation specially came to see you off. I wish you good luck and a long life."

"Haha, don't be too polite."

With Fang Jun's current status, power, and feats, even Xiao Yu didn't dare to sit still to accept the ceremony, so he quickly got up, held his shoulders with both hands to help him up, and then patted him on the shoulders, with a complicated expression on his face: "Erlang Have a heart."

Leaving Beijing today, half a lifetime of hard work and fame and fortune have all gone to waste, the scene of hugging and hugging in the past has disappeared, and there are very few people who come to see him off. Not all the people around are chasing fame and fortune, there are also a few who are infected by their own personality charm, are not afraid of gossip from the ruling and opposition parties, and are sincere and passionate.

But Fang Jun was the last person he wanted to see.

It's not because he harbors resentment or something, the battle for the throne is his own, not to mention personal grievances, but he knows that as long as Fang Jun appears, it will inevitably bring about the emperor's mission...

I have already been forced to resign from office and stay away from court, and you still want to force me to do something I don't want to?

But can he refuse?
Of course not...

Liu Jie also bowed to each other, so naturally he couldn't just walk away at this time, it seemed that he was narrow-minded, and the three of them sat down.

Fang Jun looked at the pot of residual wine, and said with a smile: "Liu Zhongshu's family has billions of dollars, but he is so stingy, sending his friends off on a long journey, why doesn't he arrange a table of good wine and food?"

Liu Ji was speechless, thinking in front of you, who would dare to say "a family worth billions"?
Xiao Yu smiled and said: "Life is like duckweed, it just drifts with the tide, no one knows where he stays or where he is wandering, today is the fate of all colleagues, a drink is enough to say goodbye, old man Grateful."

Fang Jun opened the food box, took out a few delicate side dishes, and took out a white porcelain wine bottle. Seeing that the fire of the small stove was still on, he casually put the kettle on it, and waited for the water temperature to boil the wine.

He motioned to the two of them to have a meal, and he put a "salt bean" in his mouth to chew, and asked with a smile, "I don't know what you two are talking about? I actually stayed in the distance for a while, and I wanted to come back after Liu Zhongshu left." , but Liu Zhongshu did not go for a long time, so I had to take the liberty to come here, disturbing the conversation between the two of you."

He said "presumptuous" in his mouth, but his eyes were burning. He was obviously very curious about what the two had said before, as if he couldn't wait to know...

Xiao Yu was a little speechless, even if you can guess what we are talking about, why make such a gesture?
Reluctantly said: "It's just some sour words reminiscing about the past. Hero Erlang is young and full of vigor, so I'm afraid he won't be able to feel the sadness and helplessness in it."

Fang Jun said "Oh", and turned his eyes around the faces of the two of them, slightly surprised: "That is to say, you two are dissatisfied with the resignation of Song Guogong this time, and have resentment against His Majesty's decision? "

Xiao Yu jumped, and hurriedly said: "Erlang, how can you talk nonsense? Your Majesty is generous and merciful, and it is too late for me to be grateful. How can I hold resentment? You must never say this again!"

Although it would not be possible to be accused by Shanggang because of resentment, but after all, the crime of disrespect to the emperor is not a small one, especially when he stays away from the court, if someone puts eye drops on him in front of His Majesty, he will even argue and explain Can't, isn't it bad?

Liu Jie said with a sneer: "At the beginning, many people said that Fang Erlang was the number one courtier in the Tang Dynasty. In the past, it was nothing more than slandering and flattering in front of Emperor Taizong, but now he is bewitching His Majesty, and his words are framing, rejecting dissidents and framing Zhongliang. You will be the treacherous minister of the empire and the source of disaster for the country!"

Although Fang Jun is not easy to mess with, he is not afraid. If he wants to become a real civilian leader, he must fight the military and snatch benefits from the military. In any case, Fang Jun is an unavoidable mess. Since sooner or later Fighting for a life and death, why be polite at this time?

Fang Jun laughed, looked at Xiao Yu, and pointed at Liu Ji: "Since ancient times, the treacherous and evil people are the best at turning black and white and pointing deer into horses. This guy keeps saying that I am a lucky minister, and it is lucky to ascend to a high position, but it is completely What is the reason for not mentioning that he himself has no merit but steals the position of Zhongshuling? People don’t know their own shame, and horses don’t know how to look good. This is the person who is talking about. Song Guogong has been through turbulent waves all his life, and he still has to stay away from this kind of person when he is old. Some, so as not to be affected by it, and the late festival will not be guaranteed.”

Liu Ji was furious, and it would be fine if he said anything else. What is "people don't know their own shame, and horses don't know their faces"?This stick is full of jingles, once the words are spread, it will definitely become a huge stain on him, how can he bear it?

Immediately slapped the stone table, and said angrily: "Don't spit blood! When I was serving as a secret agent and counselor for the emperor Taizong, you were still fighting and bullying men and women all over Chang'an. If you made a little contribution, you would be defiant and despised. We, the elders of the Zhenguan Dynasty, simply don't make any sense!"

"Hey, today is the day I leave Beijing. The two of you came to see me off. I am very grateful. Why bother to have a verbal dispute and hurt the harmony?"

Xiao Yu had no choice but to persuade him to make peace, and gave Liu Ji a vague look.

I don't know why, this Liu Jie's usual behavior can be called mature, prudent, shrewd and wise, but when he gets in front of Fang Jun, he is easily angered, and he refuses to give in to the tit for tat.It's fine if you're above the imperial court, but now it's the wilderness, if Fang Jun is angered and beats you regardless, where the hell are you going to reason?
Is it possible to go to His Majesty to file a complaint, saying that the dignified Shuling was beaten and injured by the current crown prince Shaofu and Yue Guogong?
Not to mention whether His Majesty will punish Fang Jun for "killing relatives righteously", don't you want your own face?
The kettle on the stove made a noise, so Xiao Yu simply picked up the kettle and poured hot water into the wine scalder, and placed the white porcelain wine bottle brought by Fang Jun on it, and asked Fang Jun: "Erlang will see you off before he leaves. Is there anything to say?"

He didn't believe that Fang Jun was leaving Yiyi out of concern for affection. He thought that His Majesty had something to say, but it was inconvenient to tell him in an imperial edict, so he asked Fang Jun to convey it.

When I asked the question, I felt a little uneasy. If His Majesty had extremely strict requirements on me, how would I deal with it?

(End of this chapter)