The Most Powerful Man in the World

Brushing his beard, Li Shi sighed softly: "A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, such a good Song Yu, but the old man underestimated him!"

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The housekeeper standing by the side looked at Li Shi and said, "Sir, Chu Yi is famous for his murderous reputation, and he has slaughtered literati more than once in Jiangnan. This time..."

Li Shi stroked his beard and glanced at the housekeeper lightly, "Are you trying to say that this time Chu Yi is very likely to kill again?"

The butler nodded slightly.

Li Shi sneered: "If Chu Yi doesn't start killing, then he is not Chu Yi!"

Hearing the words, the housekeeper who had lowered his head suddenly raised his head and looked at Li Shi. He wondered if he had heard it wrong.

You must know that all of this is almost driven by Li Shi, otherwise, Sun Jingan alone, a scholar who has no prestige and no reputation, how can he get up and respond to Yunji as soon as he calls out, after all, it is not because of Because of Li Shi.

Originally, I thought that my master was pushing all this to be sure that Chu Yi would not start killing people, so he would ask people to write to the emperor, trying to create a sensation and put pressure on the emperor.

If that's the case, that's fine, even if you can't be sure of Chu Yi's attitude, but if there is a half chance, you can try it.

However, after listening to Li Shi's words, the housekeeper almost dropped his eyes and looked at Li Shi stupidly.

Listening to Li Shi's meaning, it seems that he can be sure that Chu Yi will not compromise this time, and will even continue to kill. If this is the case, doesn't it mean that everyone involved will lose their lives.

Suddenly, the housekeeper looked into the distance. In the courtyard, dozens of literati gathered together, and among them was the figure of his own son, Li Yi.

The butler, who only felt the cold sweat on his back, subconsciously said to Li Shi: "Master, he is..."

Li Shi calmly glanced at the housekeeper and said, "If this old man doesn't have a son, how can he clear his suspicions, and how can he win sympathy from the cabinet!"

"Can……"

Li Shi waved his hand and slowly got up and said, "This old man has six sons and three daughters under his knees. For my Li family's son, this old man can afford it!"

Since Mo Qing was arrested, as Mo Qing's mentor, Li Shi has felt a great crisis. Mo Qing was picked up by him, and Mo Qing's filial piety to him over the years is not a lot.

With Chu Yi's behavior, the Li family does not think that the other party will let him go easily, so Li Shi must find a way to save the Li family, at least to retire safely.

His own plan flashed in his heart, Li Shi looked back at Li Yi who was joking with the scholars in the distance, and turned away with firm steps.

With the arrival of the day when Huang Huai and others were sentenced, the capital seemed to be filled with wind and rain, which was quite depressing.

In order to avoid accidents, Dongchang and Jinyiwei strengthened their defense against Tianjing, otherwise, if something went wrong, it would be a joke.

Fortunately everything was fine.

Chu Yi seems to be a little busy these days. Yang Ting and Li Jing, many government affairs in the cabinet, Chu Yi, naturally take more care.

豹房

Zhu Houzhao's mood seemed to be quite good, and even the eunuchs who served by his side smiled a little more.

On this day, a sedan chair stopped outside the leopard room, and a white-haired old man stepped out of the sedan chair and looked at the leopard room with a firm look in his eyes.

The old man walked up to the door and bowed to the inner servant who was guarding the door: "This father-in-law, please also take Tong Bing on your behalf, and Li Shi asks to see His Majesty!"

The servant hurriedly returned a salute and said, "Old Li Ge, wait a moment, the slaves will go to report tomorrow."

Soon Li Shi entered the leopard room. When he saw Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao was practicing calligraphy there. Li Shi stepped forward and bowed to Zhu Houzhao: "My minister, Li Shi, see your majesty."

Zhu Houzhao put down the brush in his hand, wiped his hand and glanced at Li Shi and said, "Elder Ge came, is there something in the cabinet?"

Among the elders, Li Shi was mediocre and not very conspicuous, but Zhu Houzhao still had an impression on the elders.

Li Shi fell to his knees with a thud and cried out, "Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty, the old minister is guilty!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but stare at Li Shi, who was crying bitterly.

Gu Dayong glanced at Li Shi at this moment, then coughed lightly: "Master Li, if your Majesty asks you something, you say it!"

Li Shi wiped away his tears and said with a face of self-reproach: "Your Majesty, the minister has no way to teach his son, but he has raised a bad son Li Yi, what's wrong with learning this evil, and even the scholar contacted the scholar in Beijing and tried to Jointly write a letter to the emperor to impeach Director Chu Yi..."

Immediately, Zhu Houzhao's face became extremely ugly, and the scholars jointly signed the letter, which in Zhu Houzhao's view was not much different from the direct remonstrance of a hundred officials.

Right or wrong, few emperors would like to be forced into the palace by their courtiers.

Seeing Li Shi take out a roster from his sleeves, shaking his hand, he handed it to Gu Dayong and said, "Your Majesty, please look, this is the roster of the scholars in Beijing that the wicked sons have united. After the old minister noticed it, the first Immediately, I brought the roster and came to see His Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Shi, who had a face of self-blame, and only felt that the other party was a little pitiful. It was a dignified old man, and his family was unfortunate. Li Yi, a son who caused trouble, was born.

After taking over the roster, his eyes swept away, and the first person was called Sun Jingan, followed by Li Yi, and there were even more names on the bottom. After a glance, there were almost a hundred people.

Obviously during this time, Sun Jingan and others contacted some people to join them.

Once hundreds of literati join the letter, it will definitely cause waves in this capital, especially when Huang Huai and others are about to be put to death, even Zhu Houzhao has a string in his heart, and he is afraid that something will happen in the capital. trouble.

Of course, what annoyed Zhu Houzhao the most was the actions of these people to force the palace. The civil and military officials were just forcing the palace. He couldn't move all the officials, but what were these scholars? When a group of scholars could force him, the emperor .

Li Shi was lying on the ground, Yu Guang secretly watched Zhu Houzhao's expression change, and his heart couldn't help hanging.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty and the family is unfortunate. When I came today, the old minister does not ask your majesty to spare the wicked son of Li Yi. I implore your majesty to let the old minister return home. If you can collect the corpse for the wicked son, the old minister is very grateful!"

bang, bang, bang

Li Shi kowtowed, and in the blink of an eye, the skin on his forehead was torn and blood oozing out. Zhu Houzhao had a generous nature. Seeing Li Shi like this, he hurried forward to help Li Shi up and said: "Elder Ge is my senior minister, and yours is yours. Loyalty, I already know that Li Yi's actions have nothing to do with the old man, how can I make the old man retire because of Li Yi, otherwise, wouldn't I be a foolish monarch who doesn't know what is right?"

"The old minister has no way to teach his son, and he has no face left in the cabinet. If Your Majesty really pity the old minister, let the old minister return to his hometown. The old minister will be thousands of miles away and pray for His Majesty every day!"

Saying that, Li Shi knelt down on the ground, threw his five bodies on the ground to pay homage, and said very firmly: "If Your Majesty does not agree, the minister will not be able to kneel!"

Zhu Houzhao frowned, looked at Li Shi, and sighed after a while: "I understand what the Qing family means, you should get up first, and allow me to think about it."

Hearing that Zhu Houzhao's words were loose, Li Shi felt relieved. All he wanted was to escape safely and leave the big whirlpool of the capital. Even if he had a son for this, as long as he could keep the Li family, it would be worthwhile. .

Watching Li Shi leave, Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on the roster, and his face was very gloomy: "Gu Daguan, are you being too kind, these people are so bold, don't they know that this is forcing the palace? You want face What the hell!"

Looking at Zhu Houzhao who was patting the table, Gu Dayong said quickly: "Your Majesty, calm down, calm down, for a group of irrelevant people, it's not worth it!"

After calming down his anger for a while, Zhu Houzhao said, "I invite Chu Da Companion to me!"

Gu Dayong sighed in his heart, looking at Zhu Houzhao's attitude, these literati are afraid that they will be out of luck!

When Chu Yi received the summons, he rushed over immediately, but after just one glance, Chu Yi was surprised. Wasn't Zhu Houzhao in a good mood for the past two days?

"Your Majesty, what's the matter with you?"

Zhu Houzhao handed the roster on the table to Chu Yi and said, "My partner, let's take a look, these people are really angry!"

Chu Yi took over the roster with a puzzled look. There were hundreds of names on it, but there was nothing but names. Even if he was in charge of the East Factory, he was not omniscient.

At this moment, Gu Dayong coughed lightly and explained to Chu Yi in a low voice. After listening to Gu Dayong's explanation, Chu Yi finally understood why Zhu Houzhao was so angry.

Glancing at the roster again, Chu Yi sneered with disdain at the corner of his mouth and said, "Why would your majesty get angry with a group of arrogant Confucian scholars, the ministers killed waves in Jiangnan, I thought it would give them a long memory, it seems that The slaughtering knives of this minister are not enough!"

A deadly murderous intent flashed from Chu Yi, and Gu Dayong, who was standing beside Chu Yi, felt a chill all over his body, and couldn't help but look at Chu Yi in awe.

In this capital, I am afraid that this is the only one who dares to kill the scholar so lightly.

Zhu Houzhao thought that Chu Yi had indeed killed a lot of literati in the south of the Yangtze River, and he was also a little murderous by Chu Yi's words. , they think this is the capital, and you dare not start killing people, so you dare to despise me like this!"

Speaking of which, Zhu Houzhao said in a hoarse voice, "If that's the case, then kill me!"

To be able to make such a generous emperor like Zhu Houzhao have such murderous intentions, one can imagine how much anger Zhu Houzhao felt in his heart.

[Well, there will be an update in a while, ask for a monthly pass, a monthly pass, and a reward. 】

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Chu Yi nodded slightly, pondered and said, "Your Majesty, this old man Li Ge..."

Zhu Houzhao raised his head and glanced at Chu Yi, showing a bit of a smile and said, "Why, my partner wouldn't think that I was moved by Li Shi's righteous act of exterminating relatives, thinking that he was really loyal to me, and even the life and death of his son can be determined. Forget it!"

Chu Yi only saw Zhu Houzhao's expression and knew that Zhu Houzhao really was like a mirror in his heart.

At this moment, I heard Zhu Houzhao look gloomy and said: "What kind of people are these ministers, Huang Huai and these people are greedy and have no king's law. The elder of the cabinet, who is the role model of the ministers in the world, is so cruel."

Zhu Houzhao sighed, patted the table and said, "There is a saying that tigers are poisonous and do not eat their sons, and even a beast has a deep love for calf. He is a cabinet elder, and even his own son can be sold, just to win me. His sympathy made me think he was loyal to me!"

Gu Dayong, Chu Yi stood aside, listening to Zhu Houzhao vent.

After denouncing Li Shi, Zhu Houzhao took a sip of tea and then let out a sigh of turbidity. He looked at Chu Yi and said, "I can't see through Li Shi's thoughts, but this old man is also alert. Just now he gave me the information about his embezzlement and bribery, and he wanted to get away. If it wasn't for the information given to me by a great companion, let me first understand Li Shi's true face, I am afraid that he will really succeed today. It's over."

It turned out that Chu Yi had already inquired from Mo Qing about some evidence of corruption and bribery of the old man Li Shi. After all, with the close relationship between Mo Qing and Li Shi, it would be strange to say that Mo Qing did not know some of Li Shi's black materials. It is.

Li Shi is also aware of this, so he will be cruel, even at the expense of a son, trying to impress the emperor and let him go back.

Although he was heartbroken to say that he had a son, but compared to the entire family, a son like Li Yi would die if he died.

If it succeeds, it goes without saying that Li Yi alone can gain the safety of the entire family. If it fails, it will result in the looting of the family and extermination of the family. It seems that there is no difference between Li Yi dying sooner or later.

Chu Yi nodded and said, "Your Majesty is like watching fire, how can Li Shi's little tricks escape His Majesty's eyes like a torch!"

Zhu Houzhao, who was in a much better mood, said: "Okay, Li Shi's problem, I'll accompany you to investigate and deal with it according to law!"

Chu Yi looked at Zhu Houzhao and said slowly, "I just don't know that it took so much effort and wasted so much effort that if Li Ge, who finally directed this big play, knew that he had done so much, it's just that Like a clown to hate, to make people laugh, what would he look like."

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, then sighed: "Poor people must have something to hate!"

But he said that Li Shi left the leopard room, and his heart seemed to have put down a stone. From Zhu Houzhao's reaction and his understanding of Zhu Houzhao, Li Shi felt that he should be able to escape smoothly this time.

However, when he thought that his son might lose his life because of this, Li Shi was still a little uncomfortable, but when Li Shi thought that the whole family could be protected because of this, the discomfort disappeared.

Li Yi is not the only son under his knees, the family peace for the death of a son is worth it!

The housekeeper was waiting outside the leopard room, and when he saw his master come out, he quickly stepped forward and said, "Master!"

Li Shi got into the sedan chair and said, "Butler, send this master to the cabinet!"

The emperor agreed that the news of his return to his hometown has not come, so he is still a member of the cabinet. Even if he is to continue to maintain his image of being loyal to his duties, he still has to go to the cabinet.

Besides, the emperor agrees that his will to go to office will inevitably pass through the cabinet, and it just so happens that he can also wait for the news as soon as possible in the cabinet.

In the cabinet, Fei Hong, Jiang Mian and other elders could not help but greet Li Shi when they saw Li Shi coming.

Jiang Mian put down the government affairs in his hand and smiled and said: "Why did Master Li come late today, is it because Xinna's ninth concubine made Master Li reluctant to part!"

The other elders couldn't help laughing when they heard the words, but Li Shi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Lord Jiang is joking, just now Li just went to beg to see His Majesty."

When the elders heard this, Fei Hong subconsciously said, "Master Li won't really go to intercede for Mo Qing."

Apparently, Li Shi's intention to speak up for Mo Qing's righteousness was remembered by several people. Now he heard that Li Shi went to the leopard room to meet the emperor. Naturally, he subconsciously thought that Li Shi was interceding for Mo Qing.

Li Shi shook his head slightly. In Li Shi's opinion, the emperor agreed that his will to become an official may come down soon, so there is no need to hide Jiang Mian and others.

With a light cough, Li Shi glanced at everyone and said, "Li is not here for Mo Qing, but to implore His Majesty to allow the old man to return to his hometown, the fallen leaves to return to their roots, and to grow old in their hometown!"

"what?"

"Master Li is going to work?"