Emperor Zhao Xu was furious that a huge matter turned out to be a matter of erecting an archway through the mouth of a minister he once trusted.

Is this a matter of setting up an archway?

This is not a matter of the archway, but a matter of whether the courtiers are loyal.

But when Zhao Xu glanced at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty who were recognized as ministers of humerus, he sadly discovered that no one thought that Xing Shu's almost absurd assumption was false. This is a problem, there are not fools who can be emperors.

, but most of them are smart people, extremely smart smart people.

Zhao Xu was no exception. He quickly thought, if Li Kui is judged to be a traitor, who will put down the rebellion?

Nowadays, Li Kui just lost control and left the court in anger. He did not intend to betray the Song Dynasty. If this made people anxious and started a rebellion, who could stop him?

Thinking of this, Zhao Xu suddenly felt as if he had been delayed by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and was helpless.

He was deceived again. Before, he had no objection to depriving Li Kui of his military power. He didn't think much about it. He simply realized that Li Kui's reputation in the army was a bit high and needed to be suppressed. This was something that every emperor of the Song Dynasty did.

It's a matter of his heart. After all, his ancestors relied on the military to conquer the world. If they can't protect everything, the ministers under them have heavy troops. If there is a rebellion, can the country of the Song Dynasty be preserved?

I originally thought that Li Kui would be patient, but I never thought about what to do if Li Kui couldn't bear it anymore?

Zhao Xu had no choice but to lament, if he had known it, he would have recovered the Sixteenth Province of Youyun and crowned Li Kui the king.

The prince is not doing anything, and the court officials have no capital to criticize the prince, so Li Kui will naturally not be angry. For the court, it is just an extra expense of money and food, which is easy.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xu glanced at Xing Shu with disgust, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a calm tone: "Xing Qing, do you have any good ideas?"

"Your Majesty, we are deeply aware of Scholar Li's filial piety. A mere imperial conferment is not enough to demonstrate the gift of our court. We should show his benevolence and filial piety, and we cannot let loyal and filial people remain unknown." Xing Shu had no choice but to give Li's mother a memorial arch.

If that's not enough, Li Kui must be coaxed.

The emperor suddenly felt bored. He seemed to know that there would be no result in further discussion. He waved his hands feebly and said: "The Hanlin Academy has drafted the decree and asked Qing Xing to do the hard work."

Xing Shu lowered his head and almost fell to the ground. After he heard the cry of 'retreat from the court', there were cold snorts around him. Obviously, his return to the court this time has annoyed a lot of people, which made him even more angry.

What was painful was that the emperor seemed to have given up on him and asked him to personally confess his mistakes to Li Kui. Otherwise, this job would not have fallen to him.

Good strategy?

Xing Shu is definitely gone, the best way is to trick Li Kui and then kill him.

But Li Kui is so decisive in doing things, is he someone who can be easily deceived?

If you can't cheat, you can only coax her hard and then pay for it.

Didn’t you see that Zhang Dun remained silent?

Zhang Dun's character would never tolerate Li Kui's arrogant resistance. Xing Shu guessed that Zhang Dun must have sent a secret message to his brother Zhang Kai, asking who could lead the troops to put down the rebellion if Li Kui was forced to rebel?

The result may have frustrated Zhang Dun.

Zhang Kai felt that he would definitely lose, otherwise Zhang Dun would not pretend to be innocent and be a good guy.

This old man is very stubborn. Unless he can't be beaten, he will never be so easy to talk to.

However, Xing Shu could only complain secretly. He was the mastermind behind Li Kui's death. Of course, he might not be able to really get rid of him. At most, he would banish Li Kui to Qiongzhou.

Xing Shu received the appointment from the imperial court the next day as minister of the decree.

Xing Shu was not too worried about his own life. Li Kui was not a hostile country, and he did not have to worry about his life being in danger if the other party was upset like he was doing when he went to Liao as an envoy.

Li Kui was nominally an important minister of the ministers. As long as Li Kui did not raise the flag of rebellion for a day, Xing Shu did not have to worry about his life. Even if he acted tougher and even pointed at Li Kui's nose and cursed, as long as he did not touch Li Kui's soul

Deep down, he would not be in danger of his life.

On behalf of the imperial court, Xing Shu, who had received extra favors and gained the favor of the emperor, was one hundred soldiers. Xing Shu shook his head and prepared to go on the road, and decided not to look good on Li Kui.

Baokangmen, Xueshi Lane, Li Zhai.

The owner of the house has gone away, but Li Qing, who originally had nothing to do with this big house, stayed and became the owner of this big house.

On the one hand, he was selling off his apparent business. The warehouses near the docks and the warehouses near each city gate were being sold one after another.

But he hasn't figured out how to evacuate people yet.

Moreover, he has been having a headache recently. People who are obviously unrelated to him suddenly come to him, as if he has been wronged a lot, looking for a way out.

For example, this is the case with the person in front of me.

"Brother Lu, my brother is just giving in temporarily to avoid the edge. I think he will still join the court in the future. At his age, wasting a few years is not only not a bad thing, but also a good thing." Li Qing said with a headache. Li Kui was promoted.

It's too fast. If you want to continue to be promoted, you won't be able to reach the position of deputy prime minister in three to five years.

There has never been a civil servant in the Song Dynasty who could serve as deputy prime minister when he was in his twenties or under thirty. Even Kou Zhun was in his thirties or almost forty before he took the post of political advisor.

The seat. This belonged to the deputy prime minister, the deputy of Tong Zhongshu's subordinate Ping Zhangshi. Kou Zhun was considered too young by the official circles at that time, and was suppressed for several years. It was not until he was in his forties that he took the position of prime minister.

Li Kui is now more than ten years younger than Kou Zhun. If he really sat in such a high position, no one would be able to sleep. Even the emperor would be no exception.

The merit is so great that there is no title and no reward.

Such people are destined to have no good end.

This is also the reason why Zhao Xu also thinks that Xing Shu is very discerning. Li Kui needs to be suppressed and needs to be tempered for at least ten years before he can be reused. But he cannot force others to jump over the wall. Too drastic means is not a good thing.

It's easy to cause big troubles.

Compared to Li Qing's calmness, Luda sat down across from him, picked up the wine jar on the food table and drank a lot of wine, then said angrily: "You thief, I am the deputy commander on the front line and the commander of the infantry.

But in the blink of an eye, he was summoned to the capital and almost under house arrest. If the commander-in-chief was really disloyal to the court, forget it. It was just a matter of smoke and mirrors. Without doubting the meritorious officials of the court, what was the point of being a bird official? This matter was just put aside.

In the hands of the commander-in-chief, if I were Lao Lu, I would have rebelled long ago."

"What's the matter? You are an official of the Song Dynasty, and my brother is an official of the Song Dynasty. Luda, you talk nonsense all day long. Not only can you not help my brother, you will also harm him." Li Qing curled his lips with disdain.

road.

But from his eyes, there was no dissatisfaction with Luda, but instead a look of sympathy.

"Okay, can I also follow the commander-in-chief and be a loyal minister?"

Luda has an upright personality. Although he has all the shortcomings of a son of the imperial army of the Song Dynasty, he is lazy and meddlesome. But when it comes to loyalty, he is definitely one of the few people around Li Kui.

Apart from Hua Rong, he is probably the only one.

Ruda curled his lips and said: "Look at me, I am just a rough man who leads troops to kill, but now I am in the imperial city every day, and I am still disliked by villains. I don't want this official."

"Besides, if the commander accepts Ruan Xiaoer, he can't tolerate even an old subordinate like me, right?"

This was a bit heartbreaking. Hearing it without knowing why, he thought that Li Kui was favoring one over the other. But Li Qing was unmoved and said: "Brother Lu, the second brother is different."

"Ruan Xiaoer is not as good as me in arranging troops. He can do it, why can't I do it?"

Ruda said unconvinced.

Li Qing had no choice but to explain patiently: "He is from the Li family."

"He is from the Li family, why can't I be the same? I even worked as a servant for the Marshal for two days." Ruda made it clear that he no longer wanted to live in the capital, and he felt aggrieved.

Li Qing said with a headache: "The reason why my second brother didn't tell you before was because he was afraid that you would have to leave one by one today. Brother Lu, you are now a general in the army. With your current status, it will be easy to find a good match.

When the second brother's departure from the court is completely forgotten, maybe in two or three years, maybe in three or five years, you will be reused. When you open up the branches of the old Lu family in the future, you will also be a member of the generals of the Song Dynasty.

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"Let me live like a dog? Damn, I can't live this life." Luda knew that Li Qing was telling the truth. When the court forgot about Li Kui, he could still return to the army and become a

The general who led the army. But he was not happy. Not only was he not happy, he also wanted to defect to Li Kui.

Nowadays, most of Li Kui's cronies in the capital will be under surveillance.

Ruda ran away by himself. He was worried that he would not be able to escape, so he came to recruit Li Qing to find a way.

Li Qing said angrily: "Why don't you learn from Gao Qiu? He was also called back from the front line, but he didn't say a word, as if nothing happened. This is a smart man."

"Gao Qiu?" Luda sneered, then showed a disdainful look and said: "He flattered Zhang Xiang. Do you still think he is the same Gao Qiu? He has changed a long time ago."

Li Qing smiled and said: "You can also join the Prime Minister! Then get married and have children. When the children grow up, you will probably be able to return to the army. Why not?"

"I'm not interested in having a son, and I don't like women." Ruda twitched the corners of his lips, seemingly dissatisfied with the result.

Li Qing took a breath of air and thought: If you don't like women, you just like men... This is fatal.

"What are you afraid of? I don't like men either." Ruda explained.

Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief, but still had lingering fears: "But is it right to find a woman to continue the bloodline? It's always right to carry on the family line, right?"

"We don't care. If I'm worried about whether I can escape, I don't have to come to you. Can you give me a warm word?"

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Li Qing had no choice but to nod.

In the past few days, we have encountered a lot of things like this in the capital, first from the Military Command Bureau, and then from the Army General.

There are always a few things that are particularly difficult to deal with and put him in a difficult position.

But there are also people who are aware of current affairs, such as Gao Qiu. He saw that Li Kui's crisis had limited impact on him, so he simply took refuge with Zhang Dun. He was reluctant to give up his glory and wealth, so it was understandable to find a backer. The court

He seemed indifferent to this and just turned a blind eye.

A month later, Dengzhou Pier.

Dozens of large ships lined up in a row, seeming to be heading towards the port from a distance.

Standing at the port, surrounded by many officials, Xing Shu raised his hand and straightened his clothes. He didn't expect that he would see Li Kui again, so he thought about giving Li Kui some color.
Chapter completed!