Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 693 Can't escape the temptation of power
There was a lot of traffic in front of the Song Mansion.

Song Qi frowned at this moment, feeling a little relieved.

Below him are Wang Yanfan and Chai Yuxi.

The atmosphere was somewhat depressing, Song Qi said: "Brother Wang, the young minister of Dali Temple will not consider it for now, His Majesty passed down a decree today to order Kou Xiang to be the minister of Dali Temple. Brother Kou's temperament, I don't need to say more, I will prepare the coffin to decide the case." Who in the world does not know the name of Judge Kou? With him in charge of Dali Temple, even if Brother Wang becomes the Shaoqing position, he will not be able to please him."

Song Qi had a headache when she said this, Luo Youdu came back at the wrong time, and broke all his plans and plans.

With the collapse of the scholar-bureaucrat group, the temple political core of the Dayu court was divided into three.

Among them, the one who got the biggest piece of cake was Song Qi.

Song Qi's reputation is not as good as Prime Minister Dou Yi's, and her favor is not as good as Zhao Pu who restrains all officials, but he is the one who eats the biggest share, and the power of the temple surpasses that of Dou Yi and Zhao Pu.

This is somewhat unexpected, but within reason.

Dou Yi is the first one among Luo Youdu's cronies to pay homage to the prime minister. She has been the prime minister for many years, comprehensively manages the government affairs, cherishes the people's livelihood, is upright and upright, and has repeatedly confronted the Emperor Dayu who is tough and fond of military affairs, just like Fang Du in history. , is a model of good looks.

As a result, in just a few months, Khitan was wiped out.

Facing Dou Yi who was struggling to support all of this, Song Qi actually forcibly increased Dou Yi's workload at this time, trying to exhaust him to death.

But he chose to watch the theater and be the last fisherman.

The power in Song Qi's hands expanded rapidly, and her ambition also increased imperceptibly. Coupled with the instigation of her subordinates, the desire to compete for the prime minister was born.

Song Qi had a unique advantage. As a Jinshi, he already had a certain talent and reputation, and he was the first old man to follow Luo Youdu.During the rise of the Yu Dynasty, he was present in many places, and he was very good at taking care of his own people, and had a good relationship with them, so he was promoted more or less.

Unlike poisoning, poisoning is at least traceable.As far as this poisonous scheme is concerned, there is nothing to investigate.

Zhang Jin still didn't look up, and said: "Song Xianggong trusts a confidant named Chai Yuxi very much, and most of this plan came from him."

Most of the money saved by Dou Yi was used in Dou Yujun's private school, or to buy books, and she was very frugal in food and lodging.

Wang Yanfan regretted and said: "Who would have thought that His Majesty would come back so quickly..."

Zhang Jin didn't dare to look up at Luo Youdu's expression at the moment, but lowered his head and said, "According to the information we have so far, this is indeed the case."

Power can really make people lose themselves!
"Alas!" Luo Youdu sighed, and after a while he said, "Go and take Chai Yuxi down, and you will interrogate him yourself."

The army returned in triumph, Song Qi was so frightened that she stopped all actions.

Song Qi is a Han who grew up in Khitan, and has seen the majesty of Linhuang Mansion. In his opinion, no matter how smooth the offensive is, Linhuang Mansion will have to fight for a year or so, and there will be two years without returning.Give yourself plenty of time to solidify your foundations.

Luo Youdu suppressed his anger, remembering that he was outside the city of Bianjing, when he saw Dou Yi again, his hunched appearance, the words almost popped out from between his teeth: "This plan is so vicious, I understand how Chu Bao is, He may be fascinated by power and go the wrong way. But he will never come up with such a poisonous plan, someone must be instigating it behind the scenes."

After half a month, Song Qi was terrified and did not dare to take any action. Seeing that her lord was just re-launching foreign military deployments, she didn't have any attitude towards the new political situation. Little, it also confirmed the conjecture in my heart.

He thought of Song Qi, and the passionate young man he met in the refugee residence when he was still working in Kaifeng Mansion.The spirited scholar who dared not fear Wang Jixun and appeared in court to accuse him of his criminal evidence, the hero who worked hard to help him.

Luo Youdu closed his eyes and meditated. After a while, he slapped heavily on the table and cursed: "You son of a bitch, there is no fuel-efficient lamp!"

That is to say, Wu Desi found the news through unconventional means, and if he really wanted to investigate it on the bright side, even the masters of the case like Di Renjie and Bao Zheng could not find evidence.

Chai Yuxi said: "Your Majesty is the king of the world, and he has returned to the court triumphantly. You don't need to think about it, as long as you do your best for the court, you will have a bright future. Besides, take Mr. Dou, how long can you be a director under the current situation?"

On the contrary, it was Song Qi's behavior of stealing food behind her back that made people feel a little disgusted.

Luo Youdu patted his cheek, pulled himself together, and looked at the news that Zhang Jin spent half a month inquiring about.

In fact, this is a matter of course in Luo Youdu's eyes.

Song Qi's method of murdering Dou Yi was not a conspiracy, but an overt conspiracy that made it almost impossible to find fault.

Luo Youdu was still thinking about having a chance to lead the troops out to make waves, but now thinking about Zhao Pu's methods, if he hadn't suppressed himself, this guy might have made a fool of himself without knowing it.

That's why Dou Yi is well-known. As the prime minister, he can respond to everything. Many people respect him and cooperate with him, but when the critical moment comes, there are not many people who are willing to share weal and woe with Dou Yi.

"Come on, go and call Ludosun!"

They are Luo Youdu's most trusted vassals, as long as they act faithfully, there is nothing wrong with eating meat.

"No!" Zhang Jin bid farewell and left.

But compared to Song Qi, Zhao Pu is much smarter.

The changes in the temple are all under his control.

Wang Yanfan secretly glanced at Song Qi, seeing his serious face, he didn't dare to say much for a while.

Because Dou Yi can only promote talents by the court, and will not promote the other party against her will just because she has a good relationship with her.

Luo Youdu wanted to reward him with a BMW, but Dou Yi refused, saying: "The BMW is too expensive to pull and grind, and it costs too much to feed. I am not good at riding, and the streets of Bianjing are full of people. If you hit a pedestrian But it’s not good. Your majesty rewards you, but you can’t sell them. Instead of offering them, it’s better to reward them to good ministers and generals, and make contributions together.”

The meat is right there, who will eat it?

Zhao Pu is eligible to eat it, Song Qi is also eligible to eat it, and so is Dou Yi, and even Kou Xiang and Song Xiong can eat it.

This Chai Yuxi was from the Daming Mansion, a prominent local family. When he was young, a fortune-teller saw him and said, "You have extraordinary aptitude. If you learn scriptures, you will become a general."

Naturally, Wang Yanfan looked down on the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

Song Qi was right when she thought about it, she was concerned about face, but Zhao Pu was domineering.If Zhao Pu hadn't been too arrogant, he wouldn't have gone the way of Empress Fu, so he smiled and said: "Xuan Gui is right, even if the responsibility is pursued, Zhao Pu will block it. Can your majesty break both his left and right arms at once? "

Song Qi was both pleasantly surprised and terrified, which meant that she, the emperor, didn't care about their rise, but when she thought of her little actions, she couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine.

Song Qi controlled a large number of Song Party members, and they didn't need to do anything special. As long as they acted against each other at critical moments, or picked faults, and played tricks on their masters, Dou Yi's workload would increase dramatically.

Zhao Pu consolidated his power for himself, and it was his right to train his own people in the court, and he did it openly, as long as he didn't overstep, Luo Youdu could completely accept it.

As Song Qi is the biggest beneficiary, will Zhao Pu find him unhappy?
Nine times out of ten!
With Zhao Pu's political acumen, he couldn't fail to see Song Qi's tricks behind her back.

Now that Zhao Kuangyi had left Bianjing early, Chai Yuxi got Song Qi to meet him by chance and took it for his own use.

This Dali Temple handles criminal and prison cases, and it has been an extremely important official office before the Five Dynasties.The Shaoqing of Dali Temple was also a favorite a long time ago, but as Bianliang became the center of the world, Kaifeng Mansion was born and replaced the status of Dali Temple.

Dou Yi is upright and meticulous in his work. As the prime minister of Dayu and the head of all officials, his workload is far greater than anyone else's, even the emperor Luo Youdu.

As far as Zhao Pu's methods are concerned, an honest gentleman like Dou Yi is definitely not an opponent. Although Lu Duoxun is not close, but with his support, it is still feasible to check and balance Zhao Pu.

Seeing this, Chai Yuxi said: "I think that my husband needn't panic. Judging from His Majesty's recent attitude, he has no intention of pursuing it. If we really want to settle accounts after the fall, Zhao Pu will not be the first to escape. Zhao Pu's actions are much bigger than ours."

Song Qi's heart was filled with excitement when she heard "the day she was born". Everyone praised Dou Yi, the Prime Minister riding a donkey, as a famous prime minister, but who knew that Song Qi was the first to join the emperor's command and hold up half of the sky as the imperial court?Who knows, his achievements before and after?
Why can't Dou Yi deserve the name of Fang Du?

From then on, Chai Yuxi worked hard to study and became famous in the countryside. Just like in history, he went to Beijing to study early and gained fame.The difference is that in the previous life, he met Zhao Kuangyi and entered his shogunate. He served successively as enshrined officer, deputy envoy of Hanlin, envoy of Rujing, envoy of Xuanhui North Court, deputy envoy of Privy Council, and envoy of Xuanhui South Court. Core staff.

It was Zhao Pu and Song Qi who fought fiercely.

At this moment, he doesn't remember how long ago, he, Dou Yi, and Kou Xiang got together like close friends, drinking and talking about the world together, playing around at the banquet, and laughing at Dou Yi's wife's cooking.
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Wende Hall.

In the face of the brand-new court situation, apart from Dou Yi who can maintain her heart, Zhao Pu, Song Qi, and Xue Juzheng are more or less involved.

No wonder Zhao Pu was also vying for this seat, for which Song Qi even went the way of Empress Fu.

Luo Youdu suddenly felt lucky that he ended the battle in time, if it was delayed for a year or so, Dou Yi's body might really be dragged down.

But Luo Youdu wouldn't say much, literati love face and popularity, so I can understand.

However, Luo Youdu can't say anything about him yet, and has to remember his merits.

But Dou Yi has a fatal flaw, she is too upright, too lofty.

Naturally, there are not many people who are willing to follow him.

He felt relieved and looked at Chai Yuxi with satisfaction.

Until today, when Luo Youdu transferred Kou Xiang to Dali Temple to serve as Dali Temple Minister and reopened Dali Temple, Wang Yanfan didn't understand Song Qi's scheming.He had long expected that Luo Youdu would reopen Dali Temple, and that he, a young minister, could step in and gain a firm foothold first.

In fact, Wang Yanfan didn't like the Shaoqing of Dali Temple at all at first. He and Song Qi are in-laws and have a close relationship.

Compared with Dou Yi who is too famous, Zhao Pu is too famous.

You can't leave the meat to others, and don't share it with your own people?
If this is really the case, Dayu Jiangshan would have collapsed long ago.

The situation in Dali Temple went from bad to worse, and the minister of Dali Temple even became a Jilu official. He had an official name and treatment, but he had no actual job.

As for Zhao Pu, his talents are already known to the world.But at the same time, his "literary talent" has long been exposed. In addition, in his early years, in order to cater to Luo Youdu, he stood on the military's standpoint and stabbed the entire civilian group in the back from time to time.The scholar-bureaucrat group was destroyed by him again, and because of this, Zhao Pu's reputation was extremely bad, even a bit of a sycophant, and he was despised by most literati.

People like him, those who don't know him, say he's a showman, but most of those who know him will be full of praise and give him a thumbs up.But respect is respect, and there are not many people who are willing to submit to him.

Zhao Pu dared to deal with the Confucian leader Zhang Zhao so domineeringly, he must have obtained the tacit approval of the emperor.

But Xue Ju is just a good guy, his strength is weak, so it doesn't hurt anything.

Dou Yi was deeply influenced by her father, Dou Yujun. She had been prime minister for many years and received generous rewards, but she was honest and frugal, never extravagant and wasteful, so much so that she used to ride a donkey when traveling, and she got the nickname of prime minister riding a donkey.

He suddenly realized a problem.

Dou Yi already has a heavy burden on her body, and if she uses this trick, it will be no less than drinking chronic poison after a long time.

Song Qi was upset, and out of awe of that person, she was at a loss now.

This time Luo Youdu's personal conquest, the important administrative tasks are all up to Dou Yi, facing the young master who can't share the pressure with him, thousands of burdens are on his body.

After all, he was the first old man to follow him, as long as he didn't go too far, he would be considerate...

Song Qi fell down, Dou Yi's body was not as good as before, and Xue Juzheng, a good old man, how could he be Zhao Pu's opponent?

Zhao Pu didn't have any twists and turns. Facing the fat left over from the disbandment of the "scholar bureaucrat group", he opened his mouth to eat it openly, giving people an arrogant and unreasonable posture.

Luo Youdu looked at the news collected by Wu Desi with a gloomy face, a trace of disbelief revealed in his eyes, the hand holding the news couldn't help trembling slightly, and said with a bit of disbelief: "Chu Bao really wants to put Kexiang on Death?"

Song Qi also got the biggest share of the cake as a matter of course, and became the biggest beneficiary after the turmoil in the court.

The collapse of the scholar-bureaucrat group left many vacancies, many of which were male positions, but Song Qi was trying to get him the position of Dali Temple Shaoqing, which made him very dissatisfied in his heart, but he dared not express it.

Luo Youdu thought through all this, and his mood improved slightly: Dou Yi needs to rest and recuperate, Song Qi's resignation is imperative, and he wants to control the temple. Before Lu Duoxun grows up, reuse Zhao Pu is the only choice.

Zhao Pu played a good hand.

Luo Youdu doesn't dislike this kind of method. If he wants to dominate the officials and become the leader of the officials, how can he do it without means?
As Chai Yuxi was taken away by Wu Desi, Luo Youdu soon got the news that Song Qi asked to see him.

After a little hesitation, Dou Yi's appearance appeared in his mind, and he said decisively: "No see!"

(End of this chapter)