Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1579 Political Affairs Hall Three

"It's true that you may not lose!" Hu Zhao nodded expressionlessly, with a look of indifference in his pupils, looked at Liu Jin, and said, "But Zhongsun, how dare you put your famous name on this gambling table for a while?" take it?"

With his influence as the number one prime minister of the Ming Dynasty Hall, Hu Zhaoda, and the accumulated reputation of controlling the Privy Council of the Political Hall over the years, as long as he supports Liu Jin, he may not lose if the matter is pushed by the court.

But once on Tingtui, the whole thing is completely different.

First of all, they don't care about this matter.

Secondly, Mujing's shot was too abrupt, and they were not prepared at all.

Whether he wins Tingtui or loses Tingtui, the reputation Liu Jin has accumulated in the Ming court for half his life will be destroyed in one go.

Once the reputation is gone, can Liu Jin still win the hearts of the people? If he barely stays in the Zhengshitang, he may not be able to control the Zhengshitang.

Mu Jing, this is not a conspiracy.

It's a conspiracy.

From the moment he brazenly started, he was already in a disadvantageous situation. Forcibly resisting, the first choice would damage the friendship between the monarch and his ministers.

This friendship has been accumulated bit by bit over the years, and it is Hu Zhao's life-saving talisman, but under the current court situation, the two are drifting away, and the friendship will be easily consumed.

In addition, even if he managed to keep Liu Jin, he still lost.

A prime minister who has lost the hearts of the people and has no fairness will lose his position in the hearts of all officials, and he will no longer be the most sacred and inviolable prime minister.

Liu Jin heard that his pupils were also changing color, and water dripped from his gloomy face.

Readers, what are you most afraid of?

It's not that his official career has been frustrated.

It's his own reputation that's gone.

Protecting a scholar's name is like protecting his own life. Let him gamble his reputation on the gambling table. Liu Jin himself can't imagine what the result will be.

He took a deep breath, forcibly calmed down, looked at Hu Zhao, and asked, "If I retreat, will His Majesty let it go, and..."

"Who is qualified to take over the Zhengshitang!"

His gloomy voice was full of resignation.

From the establishment of the South Study Room, he began to prepare step by step. When it came to the establishment of the Zhengshitang, he put in endless efforts.

He has contributed a lot to the fact that the Zhengshitang has the scale it has today and formed the current system. Likewise, his influence has reached every corner.

"Zhongsun, I'll just treat you as a slip of the tongue after being angry, and pretend you didn't hear it!" Hu Zhao's complexion changed, he became serious, and he stared at him indifferently, and said, "You'd better remember, you Who gave everything today, threatening His Majesty, such a stupid and self-defeating thing, if you do it, don't blame me for not recognizing you!"

"Subordinates would never dare to have such an indomitable heart!"

Hearing this, Liu Jin trembled all over, lost his mind due to anger, calmed down all of a sudden, and broke out in a cold sweat half of his body.

He is a person who has seen the power of Mujing. When he was in Wuguan, he knew very well that if he didn't enter Wuguan, he would be dead.

This young young man has such extraordinary control power, he is a born king, if he is arrogant because of his achievements, he will undoubtedly die.

"Your Majesty is a man of great talent and strategy. He is dedicated to the common people, to have a prosperous world, and to live a good life for every common people. We have no right to accuse him of anything, even if we have different views on the New Deal. Opinions are just differences between political opinions, but I believe that he has a bottom line in doing things. If you are willing to retreat, he will not be aggressive. After all, he does not hate you, nor does he think you have done anything wrong. , it’s just that you and I are in the way of the New Deal!”

Hu Zhao calmed down, and explained, "So you don't need to have too much burden in your heart. This matter is because you gave him a chance, and you have nothing to complain about!"

Hearing Hu Zhao's words, Liu Jin suddenly collapsed, his face became a little pale, and he said dejectedly: "It's because I didn't teach my son well, and the current situation not only made me lose my holy family, but also made me suffer. Hu Xiang!"

When he was defeated, Hu Zhao lost his arm, and it became very difficult to fight against the New Deal in Zhaoming Pavilion.

"It's okay!"

A faint smile rose from the corner of Hu Zhao's mouth, and he didn't feel much frustration because of this matter, but he had a new idea: "You will decide that I am powerless to fight against His Majesty's New Deal, and many people will feel the same way, This is an opportunity instead!"

"What does Hu Xiang mean?" Liu Jin's pupils lighted up slightly.

"We are all for the Ming Dynasty!" Hu Zhao said indifferently: "Whoever loses wins is a good thing, so don't be too burdened. Once the New Deal fails, you and I may be needed to restore the situation!"

He didn't fight against Mujing to prevent the New Deal. In fact, he agreed with the New Deal in his heart, but Mujing was too radical. If he didn't stop him, he was afraid that something would happen. People destroy the stable development of the great rivers and mountains of Daming today.

Not even Mujing.

Mu Jing made a sudden move. He was stunned at first, but after thinking about it carefully, this matter may not be a bad thing. If the New Deal takes a step further...

It is unknown how much chain reaction there will be in the future. Mujing is in the front and he is on the opposite side. It is double insurance. Even if Mujing fails, there will still be someone who can stand up and clean up the mess.

"The reason I asked you to admit defeat is to withdraw your fists and preserve your strength!" Hu Zhao said in a low voice, "You and I are not very old, as long as God is not in such a hurry to take back our little lives, there are at least 20 years left In this court game, you don’t need to pay too much attention to the momentary gains and losses, and you know that the position of Minister of Political Affairs in Zhaoming Pavilion is much more important than that in the Political Affairs Hall!”

If you lose your position in the Political Affairs Hall, you can make up for it, but if the position of the Minister of Political Affairs is removed, it will be difficult to get up.

"My subordinates understand!"

Hearing this, Liu Jin became vigilant in his heart. He paid too much attention to the political affairs hall, and forgot that he might be beaten back to before liberation. Can make a comeback.

He thought for a while, and said: "I'll go back now, write a confession letter of bad parenting, and go up overnight!"

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After Liu Jin left, Cai Yong came down from the ninth floor, sat at his desk for a while, it was still raining outside, and it was already dark.

The dark starry sky covers this city of Yudu.

However, no matter it is heavy rain or darkness, there is no way to cover up the light of Yudu City. Every household can light oil lamps. This is the only night in Yudu City.

Looking down from the Daming Palace, the city of Yudu, even if it rains, stands like a bright pearl in the sky.

"Come on!"

"exist!"

Outside the house, the master of the right prime minister is still waiting for orders.

"Go and see, has Prime Minister Hu returned?"

"Report to my lord, I just came back from the corridor, and the lights in Hu Xiang's office room are still on, so I probably didn't go back!"

The master clerk replied.

"I see!"

Cai Yong thought to himself, at this time Hu Zhao is probably in a mess, and he probably won't be able to go home at the same time as in the past.

He thought for a while, tidied his robes, then opened the door and walked out, heading towards Hu Zhao's office wing, the office wing of the two prime ministers, one on the left and one on the right, separated by a long corridor.

The corridor is guarded by guards.

Mu Jing attached great importance to the safety of Daming Palace, and Ma Chao didn't dare to relax a bit, especially the higher the level, the more important it was.

So each floor has Daming's most loyal guards standing guard.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk!"

Cai Yong walked to the door and waved to the other people in Prime Minister Zuo's mansion, indicating that he would knock on the door.

"Enter!"

Hu Zhao's tired voice sounded.

"Hu Xiang, do you have time for a chat?" Cai Yong pushed open the door and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty is not allowed to drink alcohol in Daming Palace, but I have the latest tea here, why don't you have a few sips!" Hu Zhao raised his head, watched Cai Yong walk in, and said with a smile from his office seat.

"also!"

Cai Yong said: "I'm getting older, and I can't drink too many sips of green plum wine. Drink some tea, something lighter!"

In front of Hu Zhao’s work, by the French window near the window, there is a wooden bed with a bamboo mat on it, and a table with tea sets on it.

There is a stove next to it, and the boiling water on the stove is boiling.

He sat down, took the towel, picked up the kettle, first washed the tea set, then started to wash and brew the tea, all in one go.

"Our Majesty, being an emperor is a bit unqualified, but in terms of enjoyment, he is No. 1 in the universe!" Cai Yong said this without any burden. He is not only the prime minister of Ming Dynasty, but also the old man of Mujing. He said he was the emperor, and no one scolded him, so he laughed and complained: "Because he hated the old tea soup, so he personally knew some tea farmers' improved tea planting and frying techniques, in order to be able to drink such a bittersweet goodness. Tea!"

"You can't talk nonsense, your Majesty is qualified to be an emperor, you and I don't care, it's up to future generations to judge!" Hu Zhao didn't have any burden to talk about Mujing.

After all, they are all old people who have followed Mu Jing from the most difficult era, even if they say a few words in person, there will be no problem.

"You seem to be very optimistic about his being able to leave a name in history!" Cai Yong took a sip of tea, this tea is indeed good, recalling those tea soups in the past, it seems like something to feed pigs, this is due to Mujing It is indispensable, and scholars all over the world have benefited a lot.

"necessary!"

Hu Zhaodao: "Your Majesty has a great talent and strategy, and he will be able to rule the world. As the founding monarch of Ming Dynasty, the history of the world will leave a lot of ink on him. There are too many expectations for the name behind him, and he will not have a good name for his own history, and he will not even get angry because someone wrote something bad about him, so the world will give him a good name in the future. What kind of reputation will be left behind is actually uncertain, the pen of a scholar is sometimes sharper than a murder knife!"

He is a scholar, and his pen is sometimes inferior to Huang Zhong's knife, and he has the final say on the expansion and disarmament of one stroke.

"That's all for the future!"

Cai Yong didn't care too much, he said softly: "He has always been like this, when he asked me to write his epitaph for Lao Tzu, he didn't care about these reputations!"

"Even so, I always think that His Majesty is a good emperor, a good emperor that Qin Shihuang and Han Gaozu can't compare to!" Hu Zhao said to himself.

"But now this good emperor has come here with the butcher's knife, can you hold on?" He asked in a low voice.

"Ha ha!"

Hu Zhao smiled and said: "This is not the first time, I was actually prepared, but I didn't expect him to come so fiercely this time!"

"This time things are not easy!"

Cai Yong said: "Since he has decided to take action, even let the Metropolitan Procuratorate take action, he has made it clear, if he fails, admit it, if the Metropolitan Procuratorate fails to do this, then Kuai Liangbi will suffer!"

"So Liu Jin can't stay in this position any longer!" Hu Zhao replied.

"Are you willing?" Cai Yong didn't expect that Hu Zhao would make a decision so soon. He always believed that Hu Zhao should struggle a bit instead of giving up easily.

"I'm not willing!" Hu Zhao said, "But you and I both know that what the playbook said is true, and His Majesty will not resort to deceit in order to overthrow Liu Jin. I don't care about this matter. Liu Jin did it on his own. Waiting to work hard for the world, but the children and grandchildren will not live up to it, so there is nothing!"

"Your Majesty is looking for me!" Cai Yong suddenly said, "What does he mean, I will take over the Zhengshitang?"

"you?"

Hu Zhao was a little surprised. He thought it was best to bring up Sima Hui, either Qin Song and Baosu, or the most likely thing was to promote Kuai Liang. After all, Kuai Liang is the most vicious in Mujing now. a dog.

"Yes, it's me!"

Cai Yong said: "But I refused!"

"Why?" Hu Zhao narrowed his eyes, examining Cai Yong.

He respects Cai Yong's character, talent, and reputation, but above the imperial court, he is the Prime Minister of the Left, and Cai Yong is the Prime Minister of the Right. I don't dare to think too much about heart-to-heart matters. After all, no one knows. Whether he will be stabbed or not, this court may not be peaceful.

"Because I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on!" Cai Yong said calmly: "The new policy is pushed too fast. If I take this position, then you won't be able to hold on to the situation!"

"Are you willing to?"

Hu Zhao reacted quickly, but he understood Cai Yong's thoughts. Cai Yong was not afraid to compete with his own, and it would be best if he could take over the position of his Prime Minister Zuo, but Cai Yong also had a big picture.

The promotion of the New Deal has become much faster since Mu Jing came back from the battlefield, and Mu Jing personally promoted the New Deal, which is completely different from Xu Shu and others making small and big troubles.

This will inevitably bring about more turmoil.

Cai Yong was afraid that it would cause turmoil in Daming, so he didn't dare to accept Mujing's gift for his own future.

"I'm not willing!" Cai Yong said with a wry smile, "But personal honor and disgrace cannot override the overall situation of the imperial court!"

"But His Majesty will not stop there!"

Hu Zhao thought for a while, and said, "Actually, if it were you, I would feel much more at ease!"

(End of this chapter)