Dajin royal family

Chapter 192 Pei Ju's Guess
Not to mention that Wei Xin is his immediate boss, it is a big taboo in the officialdom for a subordinate to investigate the fault of the boss without telling the boss.Besides, who is Wei Xin, the Wei family of the three giants in Guanzhong.Compared with the former one, the latter one is obviously more difficult for Pei Yun.

His original intention was to use Yu Binghong's private sale of arms to strengthen his position in the Ministry of Industry, and he never thought of targeting Wei Xin.If this matter is not found clearly, it is difficult for the emperor to explain it. If it is found out that it has something to do with Wei Xin, wouldn't this become the emperor's sword, chopping down the Wei family and offending the nobles in Guanzhong?

This time he was able to become the minister of the Ministry of Industry, but the nobles in Guanzhong did not stop him.Although the officialdom only pays attention to benefits and does not consider favors, the problem is that the favors are given by the nobles in Guanzhong. If he does this, it will be ignoring the good intentions of the nobles in Guanzhong, and it will feel like pushing his nose on his face.

To be honest, he didn't want to do this stupid thing.Everyone knows that the emperor's goal at this stage is the nobles in Guanzhong. If he interferes, he will put the Pei family in danger.

At this point, after seeing the emperor, Pei Yun immediately went to Wenxi County Government House, and found his eldest brother Pei Ju to discuss countermeasures.

Pei Ju frowned after hearing the incident, "My dear brother, you did the right thing, but you were a little impatient. This matter shouldn't come out at this time, and it will be easier to deal with it later."

"Brother, what do you mean by that?" Pei Yun didn't understand, no matter when, the emperor would still be able to reconcile with the nobles in Guanzhong.

"Ugh."

Pei Ju sighed, kneading the teacup on the table, "Your Majesty is very angry about the matter of moving the tenants to Bingzhou. These days, there are always tenants petitioning to stay in Guanzhong. Your Majesty is very angry about this. If you find out about this matter now, you will definitely It will become your majesty's leverage against the nobles in Guanzhong."

The reason why those tenants petitioned to stay in Guanzhong was that everyone knew in their hearts that someone secretly instigated them, and anyone behind the scenes could roughly guess.

This matter itself has no impact on the Pei family, but the important thing is that once the matter is really used by the emperor to attack the nobles in Guanzhong, the Pei family will be blacklisted by the Wei family.No one wants to do such a thankless task.

Pei Yun said: "My original intention was to suppress Yu Binghong's remaining party in the Ministry of Industry. I never thought of targeting the Wei family. It's just that His Majesty asked me to investigate secretly. Now that the matter is over, my idea is to try to Let's wait and see if the Wei family can do a good job of dealing with the aftermath, what do you think of this plan?"

Pei Ju nodded, "I can only do this now. With the ability of the Wei family, they must know about the ordnance you found out, and it must be finishing now. Let me add something to you, let the Chang'an county lieutenant go to Taiyuan to investigate Yu Binghong, Don't let it get in the way."

"Wei Hong is a smart man. I know that you will understand if you do this. If my guess is correct, the Wei family may blame Binghong for this matter. The Yu family is now being suppressed by His Majesty. Say it’s optional, and all problems will be solved by then.”

"Big Brother Jing." Pei Yun sighed, "The Chang'an county lieutenant is also a capable person. This person has been closely related to some cases in Chang'an in recent years."

Pei Ju nodded, frowned and said, "It's okay to handle this matter well, as long as Wei Hong is smarter. Brother Wei is worried about another thing now."

"What's the matter?" Pei Yun asked.

"Yesterday, Yuan Yan sent a letter, saying that Zhao Wangshizi divided his troops into three groups, and asked them to conduct investigations in Lu County, Qi County, and Beihai County to attract the attention of Qingzhou officials. Zhao Wangshizi secretly investigated, and this matter revealed strangeness. "Pei Ju said.

Pei Yun thought about it for a while and understood the meaning of the elder brother, "We all guessed that Prince Zhao was just a bait. His Majesty should have sent someone else to Qi County to investigate. Now what Prince Zhao is doing is a bit like an investigation. meaning in it."

If Prince Zhao is really the bait, then he himself is the biggest bait.When he reaches the generation of Qingzhou, his first thing is to conduct investigations in various counties with great fanfare to attract the attention of officials and give space to the officials who secretly investigate.But what Jiang Chengxiao did now surprised both of them. It didn't look like a bait, it was clearly a real investigation.

Or, this is actually Jiang Chengxiao's old suspicion, and a trick?

Pei Ju said solemnly: "One more thing, if His Majesty really sent someone to investigate secretly, that person must have already set off. I have observed the capable officials in the court, and there has been no movement yet. This is really weird. Or should we say You guessed wrong, His Majesty asked Jiang Chengxiao to be in charge of investigating Qingzhou, is this just our hysteria?"

Pei Ju didn't want to admit this, but now the facts made him very confused.What exactly does His Majesty want to do? He doesn't really think that with the help of King Zhao's son, he can find out the corrupt officials in Qingzhou, right?
Is this a bit too big?
He admitted that the Prince Zhao's son was not an ordinary person, but the officialdom is much more complicated than the battlefield, and the intertwined relationships are very troublesome. Can Jiang Chengxiao really straighten it out?
Pei Yun said: "Brother, do you think His Majesty would have guessed that Jiang Chengxiao would go to Zheng's mansion to seek help, and use the power of Zheng's family to purge Qingzhou officials?"

"It's possible." Pei Ju didn't rule out the possibility, "but the problem is that the Zheng family's influence in Qingzhou is not as influential as that of Qinghe."

Speaking of this, Pei Ju's pupils shrank sharply, "I understand, Your Majesty is not going to Qingzhou at all, His Majesty's goal is the Cui family of Qinghe!"

"Cui Shi?" Pei Yun was taken aback, "How could you have anything to do with Cui Shi?"

Pei Ju said solemnly: "My dear brother, you have not been in the center for a long time, and some things are not clear. If Brother Wei's guess is correct, His Majesty is going to move the positions of the six ministers to rebalance the government."

hiss.
Pei Yun took a deep breath, the position of the six ministers is so important, how can he act at will, he immediately said: "Brother, how could this be related, even if His Majesty's target is the Cui family of Qinghe, but there is no one in the Cui family He has held the position of minister. Furthermore, the Cui family is very low-key in the court, so how could they become His Majesty's target?"

Also in Qiwang, Shandong, Pei Yun knew Cui's family quite well.

Pei Ju sneered and said, "You are wrong brother, the Cui family is not low-key. Do you still remember that not long ago, a child of the Cui family was executed by His Majesty?"

Pei Yun was stunned, thinking of something and said: "Brother is talking about Cui Zifu? I remember that he was executed by His Majesty because he made a mistake in the Ministry of Rites. Could there be something hidden in it?"

"What mistake can be executed by His Majesty himself!" Pei Ju got up and walked back and forth in the room, "Yes, I should have thought of it a long time ago, I should have thought of it a long time ago, except for that matter, it is impossible for His Majesty to kill you for a small mistake. The execution of Cui Zifu must be because His Majesty found out about that matter, Cui Zifu is a scapegoat!"

The more Pei Ju said, the more confused Pei Yun was. He had not been transferred back to the capital for a long time, so he didn't know much about some things.

After a while, Pei Ju just gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "First the Wang family, then the Lu family, and now the Cui family, these idiots! Sooner or later we will die at the hands of these idiots!"

"Brother, what's going on?" Pei Yun hurriedly got up, and now the matter seemed to be getting more and more serious.

Pei Ju suppressed his anger and motioned Pei Yun to sit down, and the two brothers knelt down facing each other.Pei Ju explained: "At the end of last year, His Majesty made a mistake when he was offering sacrifices at the altar. My brother should know about it."

"I know, for this reason, didn't His Majesty order the eldest brother to think about his mistakes in the mansion, and temporarily leave the post of Minister of Rites?"

Pei Ju nodded, "At that time, I thought something went wrong with the King of Qi, so I couldn't read the sacrificial oration myself, so I had to ask Yu Shinan to do it for me. But now it seems that the problem is not the king of Qi, but the sacrificial oration!"

Recalling the emperor's angry voice in the imperial study at that time, Pei Ju said firmly: "I suspect that the sacrificial texts were dropped and there were no words on them. There is no problem in reciting a sacrificial oration in public.”

"If this is the case, then His Majesty will definitely investigate secretly. Later, two people from the Ministry of Rites died, one was Cui Xingshan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the other was Cui Zifu. If these two people switched the sacrificial rites, wouldn't it be natural for His Majesty to execute them! "

(End of this chapter)