Xue Lian was confused by Wei Zhongxian's excited expression. He asked Wei Zhongxian strangely: "Why is Duke Wei looking like this?"
Wei Zhongxian did not answer Xue Lian's question, but asked with a smile: "Xue Hou has this plan, so what are his plans now?"
"Of course I am writing a self-defense memorial to the emperor." Xue Lian immediately replied with certainty.
After hearing Xue Lian's words, Wei Zhongxian immediately laughed. He shook his head and sighed: "Xuehou is still so loyal and honest! Now, with this sharp weapon, why not catch all the Donglin thieves?"
Xue Lian was even more confused. He asked curiously: "Why did Duke Wei say that?"
There is a reason why Xue Lian came to Wei Zhongxian tonight. The disaster relief plan discussed by Wu Shigong and Xue Lian just now is actually not surprising. People of this era may be able to come up with it based on their wisdom. Even if they cannot, as a person
Have you not thought of this method of an official tyrannically collecting money from the victims? But there are several difficulties with this approach. One is that the victims have already been affected by the disaster, and if you go to collect money again, it will easily cause the victims to mutiny; the other is that the victims
Having been hit by a disaster, they don't have much leftover wealth, so they can't collect much money. Therefore, no one is willing to take this thankless method.
The disaster relief plan discussed by Wu Shigong and Xue Lian just solved this problem. They solved the money problem by letting the victims sell part of their houses and land. What's even better is that every step of this plan can be explained with reason.
As for the income of the victims, according to the disaster relief standards of the Ming Dynasty, they can also get some benefits.
However, not everyone is rational. What should we do if some disaster victims are unwilling to pay the rubble removal fees, but are also unwilling to clean up the rubble themselves? What should we do if some disaster victims are unwilling to sell their land? Although some disaster victims are willing to sell their land, what should we do?
But what should he do if he wants to open his mouth to the lion of the government? In this regard, Xue Lian's countermeasure is to use the factory guards led by Wei Zhongxian and the various military divisions that he can directly command, these violent departments, to deal with these unscrupulous people.
The people are severely suppressed. There are good reasons for this approach. The government has already given you money to rebuild your home, but you still have to be a "nail house" to obstruct the government's disaster relief work. How can we not suppress you unruly people?
Therefore, the purpose of Xue Lian's visit to Wei Zhongxian tonight is to hope that the factory guards controlled by Wei Zhongxian will cooperate with his disaster relief work. As for the impeachment of those officials who are unfavorable to his disaster relief, because with the current disaster relief plan as a basis, Xue Lian will file a memorial
He went to the emperor to defend himself. At most, he was quarreling with these officials. In the end, no one could do anything. What surprised Xue Lian was that Wei Zhongxian did not expect that after listening to his plan, after the long examination,
, proposed a political solution. That is to use his own disaster relief plan as a weapon to completely defeat the officials who impeached himself and Wei Zhongxian.
Wei Zhongxian told Xue Lian in detail the political plan he had drawn up: Wei Zhongxian divided the disaster relief work that Xue Lian was responsible for into two stages. The first stage was from the time of the explosion at Wang Gong Factory to the beginning of clearing the ruins. This
During the epidemic period, Xue Lian's main disaster relief work was to rescue people. For example: supplying food to the victims; treating the wounded; preventing the spread of diseases caused by rotting corpses, etc. He asked Xue Lian not to be busy writing memorials for self-defense, but to continue doing the work
Wei Zhongxian would find an opportunity to tell Xue Lian's contribution in front of the emperor. After all, so far, no victims have starved to death after the disaster, and there has been no spread of the epidemic. This is Xue Lian's great contribution.
You must know that the big explosion in Wang Gong Factory happened in May. Not only can people sing on May Day, but because of the hot weather, it is easy for the plague to occur.
In the second stage, Xue Lian's work was to clear the ruins and rebuild the houses. After the ruins were almost cleared and the contract for the reconstruction of the houses of the victims was in Xue Lian's hands, Xue Lian would then write a self-defense memorial.
.Because of the actual achievements in clearing the ruins at the disaster site and the material proof of the house reconstruction contract, Xue Lian's self-defense will be very convincing. Moreover, Wei Zhongxian has learned from Dongchang that this time the attack on Wei Zhongxian and Xue Lian was launched.
The political storm was mainly initiated by the Donglin Party officials. By that time, the impeachment memorials of all the Donglin Party officials had basically been submitted to the emperor. By that time, Wei Zhongxian had Xue Lian firmly confirmed.
When he told the emperor about his behavior and compared it with the impeachment of those officials, the emperor must have expressed great distaste for the behavior of those Donglin Party officials who only focused on attacking political opponents and ignored the great cause of disaster relief. Wei Zhongxian would also selectively impeach those officials.
Some of the impeachment memorials contained more violent words, and even some that offended the emperor's dignity were handed over to the emperor (officials in the Ming Dynasty had a bad taste in offending the emperor's dignity, and the representative figure was Hai Rui). Long Yan was furious.
The emperor will definitely ask Wei Zhongxian to deal with these officials seriously. At this time, Wei Zhongxian, holding Shang Fang's sword, will make full use of the factory guards in his hands to arrest these officials, and torture and implicate these officials.
, and wiped out the Donglin Party officials in the court. Those leading Donglin Party officials would be punished and their families would be destroyed. At the end, Wei Zhongxian was gritting his teeth, thinking in his heart: "Who dares to
Fight with me?" It is true that no one can compete with Wei Zhongxian. Don't believe it? Then take off your pants and have a look!
Xue Lian was dumbfounded when he heard this. Wei Zhongxian lured the snake out of the hole from the beginning, then struck again, then made the final decision, and finally pursued the victory. It is simply a perfect textbook of political struggle. What is especially breathtaking is that Wei Zhongxian started from almost impossible to have anything.
To find such an opportunity to kill the opponent where there is an opportunity, his political acumen and skills are absolutely top-notch.
Wu Shigong, who was also at home, never expected that he would be a pawn in this political game. He only proposed this disaster relief plan for his own money-making cause. However, Wei Zhongxian, a top master of political games, immediately discovered him.
The importance of the plan proposed by this pawn, and the political role of this pawn in his plan was brought into full play. It can be said that the master has a soldier, and the low hand has a life.
However, Xue Lian couldn't bear to deal with Wei Zhongxian's final cruelty. After nearly twenty years of friendship, Wei Zhongxian of course immediately noticed Xue Lian's hesitant look, and he also understood Xue Lian's thoughts. He felt sorry for Xue Lian.
Lian said: "Xue Hou, Zajia wants to show you something." Then he took out a bunch of keys from his side, walked to a cabinet nearby, opened the lock on the cabinet, and took out a few pieces of paper to Xue
Lian said: "Xue Hou, look at it, these are all obtained by the children of Dongchang. These are the transcripts of the memorials prepared by those Donglin thieves to impeach us this time."
Xue Lian took the papers and read them carefully. The more he looked at them, the more excited he became. In the end, if he had not known that these papers were important documents, Xue Lian would have been so angry that he would have torn them into pieces.
These contents are full of insults against Xue Lian and Wei Zhongxian. Of course, the people who wrote these insults are also of high standard, and they do not use a single curse word. It is worthy of being said that they are both educated and rich scholars. But they cursed themselves and Wei Zhongxian.
That's all, Xue Lian was also mentally prepared for this. What's even more annoying is that in these contents, there are also strong accusations against the emperor, and some of the words are even curses on the emperor. How can Xue Lian, who has deep-rooted loyalty to the emperor,
Can you bear it? Xue Lian threw the pieces of paper to the ground and said bitterly to Wei Zhongxian: "It's time to cut those rebellious officials and traitors into pieces with a thousand knives."
With Xue Lian's approval, Wei Zhongxian was also very satisfied. At this time, the little eunuch who arranged the dinner knocked on the door and came in. He brought in a small table full of dishes and placed two chairs facing each other next to the table. Wei Zhongxian and Xue
Do it face to face.
Wei Zhongxian said to Xue Lian: "Xue Hou has worked hard these days in disaster relief. Today I will have a good drink with the Za family."
Xue Lian also smiled and replied: "Now, I can let go of one thing on my mind. I will not return home until I get drunk today."