Vol 2 Chapter 781: Frustrated

The air was suddenly quiet.
All the servants left the pavilion.
The book in the middle of the book made Master Li's face green, with anger burning in his eyes.
Liu Zhao had a calm expression and took a leisurely tea.
"His Royal Highness, please speak clearly."
Liu Zhao smiled, put down his teacup, and asked a question, "How old is your lord? The first and second-ranking seniors who have decently retired, which one is not seven or eighty? For example, Shaofu Jialing, it is foreseeable that he will decently leave.
As for Master Li, you are in your early sixties and in good health, you can still be active in the court for ten or twenty years. It's not easy to want to exit decently. "
Lord Li snorted coldly, "Because it is not easy, the old man came to you for help. Otherwise, why should the old man talk nonsense with you."
Liu Zhao said: "If you ask your Highness for help, you can see that you trust your Highness. Your Highness doesn't play imaginary things. To be honest, you want to leave the stage honorably. It's almost impossible.
It's clear that the father is going to settle the old accounts and take the opportunity to suppress your clerk. May I ask, under this premise, how do you leave the game gracefully? Delusion of the respect of the Taishi, leaving the court, Lord Li is afraid that he will think too much. "
Master Li's face changed again and again, "Do you think the old man can't leave the stage honorably?"
Liu Zhao smiled, "There is a way, you can share the worries for your father, take the initiative to suppress your protégés, and drive them out of the court. For your hard work, your father may let you leave the court in dignity. , You Rong Zhi Shi."
Lord Li's face was twisted, "It is horrible to let the old man take on the role of the servant who wiped out the deceased official. If the old man takes on the task of the servant, even if the old man can leave the stage honourably, he will never have a good life in the next ten or twenty years. "
No one likes a troop, let alone a traitor.
If Lord Li accepts Liu Zhao's suggestion and personally picks up a butcher knife to open his eyes for the emperor, he will ‘slaughter’ the deceased official, and he will be stinking for thousands of years and be cast aside by the world.
When he pays his official duties, from the imperial court to the local government, he will be suppressed intentionally or unintentionally.
The Li family will suffer the most difficult years in history.
For his own sake, for his family, and for future generations, Lord Li will never do anything against his own.
Why is Jin Wuwei being scolded by the world as the Emperor Eagle?
Because they are indeed the emperor's lackeys, acting in the emperor's will.
Betray yourself?
As long as the emperor needs them, they dare to betray.
Not afraid of spitting, not afraid of being infamy for generations, not afraid of harming future generations.
The principle of doing things runs counter to the civil servants and scholars.
Therefore, once seized the opportunity, the civil servants would insult Jin Wuwei and all the emperor eagle dogs.
Insults alone are not enough, but also to write a note in the history books so that future generations and grandchildren will spit these emperor eagle dogs for generations.
Who makes the pen in the hands of the civil servants?
Even Kingoe can only pinch his nose to recognize this situation.
Jin Wuwei, the group of people, really live in the moment.
Infamy behind?
No one cares.
Even if you care about being an emperor eagle dog for a day and an emperor eagle dog for life, you can only bear it silently, and be prepared to be stinking for thousands of years.
Lord Li, as the head of civil servants, has been in officialdom for decades, and he cares most about his name.
How can you leave a notoriety if you are about to become an official?
He shook his head repeatedly and denied Liu Zhao's suggestion.
It is not surprising that Liu Zhao knew he would object to it.
He smiled and said: "Master Li is afraid that his hands will be dirty, and my Royal Highness understands. However, it will be difficult for Master Li to leave the court decently when his father does it."
Master Li turned pale, and his beard trembled.
Liu Zhao said what was on his mind.
He asked: "I can't help your Highness? The old man asked for the help of the Highness. Is the Highness just so perfunctory to the old man?"
"What benefits can my Highness help you?" Liu Zhao asked directly.
Lord Li suddenly laughed, "So does your Highness really have a way?"
"Is there any way, it depends on what price Master Li can pay." Liu Zhao looked at each other with a smile.
Lord Li said loudly: "Everyone knows that the old man's family and deceased officials are everywhere in courts and local government. If your Highness is willing to help the old man, the old man promises that they will be the supporters of your Highness. He will help your high."
Liu Zhao was noncommittal.
Lord Li frowned, "His Royal Highness is not even moved?"
Liu Zhao laughed, "The promise of your lord, to my Royal Highness, is like a flower in a dream. It looks good, but my Royal Highness is not rare."
"Then what are you rare?" Master Li puzzled.
Liu Zhao said, "How much does Lord Li know about trade in the Western Regions?"
Master Li said: "The old man knows that the trade in the Western Regions was initiated by the Northwest Army, and the Shaofu seems to have participated in it."
"Then Lord Li knows the attitude of the emperor's father towards trade in the Western Regions?"
"Your Majesty opened one eye and closed another. He only ordered the Young Mansion 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, the government has a lot of government affairs, and the Northwest Army is very important. Don’t pay attention to the situation in the Northwest. Especially when the Northwest Army is involved, I dare not act rashly."
Liu Zhao nodded, "Then Master Li knows about the Western Regions Trade, what is the annual amount?"
Master Li hesitated: "A million taels?"
Liu Zhao lowered his head and smiled.
The Northwest Army's methods are indeed extraordinary.
The trade of tens of millions of taels a year has shrunk to a million taels at the imperial court. Not even a fraction is enough.
No wonder Xiao Jiu insisted on cooperating with the Northwest Army.
The whole world only needs to supply goods to ensure that the goods reach the Xiliang King City smoothly, and the Northwest Army will solve the problems nearby.
For example, how to block the court’s speech and how to deceive the emperor’s sight and hearing did not require him and Xiao Jiu to worry about it. The Northwest Army was silent and silent.
In the northwest, the Northwest Army covered the sky with only one hand, not groundless.
Without the permission of the Northwest Army, it was almost a delusion that all the news about the Northwest Army was sent to the capital.
Even Liu Zhao didn't know how many nails the Northwest Army had buried in the capital. How deep are those nails hidden.
He and Xiao Jiu know part of the inside story.
It is impossible to confess to your majesty because of the interest.
In addition, the Shaofu has participated in a share, and the various jewels and jade shipped from the Xiliang King City have been continuously marketed to the world through the Shaofu, and the profits are rich.
So everyone is happy to maintain this situation.
It is normal for your Majesty to sit in the palace and be blinded.
In fact, Shaofu was also blinded.
Shaofu believed that the scale of the Western Regions trade carried out by the Northwest Army was about one million taels, and no more than two million taels at most.
As everyone knows, this is the illusion that Luhou listened to Gu Jiu's suggestion and created for the Shaofu.
The large-scale trade in the northwest can't hide from the eyes of the caring people.
Instead of sneaking, it's better to make a part of it public.
Pulling Shaofu into this plate and sharing profits is equivalent to an extra layer of protection.
The business that Shaofu participated in was taken by the world as the tacit approval of the emperor.
Since the emperor acquiesced, it was legal trade.
Everyone also closed one eye.
The emperor did not move the Northwest Army, and everyone maintained a hello, me, and good relationship with the Northwest Army.
When the emperor decides to liquidate the Northwest Army, it will not be too late to fall into the trap.
Liu Zhao told Master Li, "Master Li wants to leave the field decently and let his father give you some face. There is only one way, and that is the northwest!"
Master Li frowned.
Liu Zhao asked, "My lord hasn't thought about it, why did the father move you at this time?"
"Naturally pave the way for Lu Shizhong."
"Why pave the way for Lu Shizhong?" Liu Zhao asked again.
Master Li suddenly realized, "His Royal Highness means, Your Majesty will move the Northwest?"
Liu Zhao smiled,
It’s a matter of time before the father moves the northwest. This matter is left to others, and the father is definitely not at ease. The father put Lu Shizhong in the court for so many years, maybe everything is to solve the northwest problem. Prepare. Of course, this is all my guess."
Master Li shook his head and nodded, "His Royal Highness's guess is likely to come true. In the past few years, the court was worried about internal and external troubles, and both the court and your majesty were weak in the northwest.
After a few years, the Ministry of Households finally achieved a balance of income and expenditure, and the weather this year has been smooth. As long as such a good situation can be maintained for three to five years, your majesty will try to move the northwest. As for the old man, he is a master who has been hacked. "
Lord Li sighed, very sad.
He said sadly: "The imperial court is worried about foreign and natural disasters. Natural and man-made disasters continue. Your Majesty promoted the old man to the position of Zhong Shuling. For one thing, Lu Shizhong has not enough seniority and needs to fight. Secondly, natural disasters and man-made disasters must be carried by someone. Candidate.
Now that the crisis is over, the gods are beautiful and the weather is good, it is the old man's turn to leave, and Lu Shizhong takes over and assumes the reputation of the ZTE 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 household balance, and there would be no good weather.
In the end, all efforts were made to make wedding dresses for Lu Shizhong. In the future, when history books mention me two, the old man is afraid that he will get a bad reputation. Lu Shizhong is the son of the Chosen, the minister of Zhongxing, it's not fair! "
Master Li has seen the truth, but there is no resentment, just unwilling, and more disheartened.
All efforts were made to make wedding dresses for Lu Shizhong.
All good names have nothing to do with him.
The more I think about it, the more saddened my heart becomes.
He picked up the teacup and drank it in one gulp. Then he said frustratedly: "Ming'er, the old man, please resign and share the worries for your majesty."
"Master Li's words are not correct!"
"His Royal Highness does not need to persuade the old man, the old man has already seen through, there is nothing to remember."
"It may not be without a turnaround."
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