The murderous god in front of him was covered in blood, and he had killed an unknown number of people just now. Mu Yuanzuo, a frail scholar, felt a little frightened when he looked at Xi Junmai, but he did not dare to express any displeasure or anger in his tone.
He is really scared...
Xi Junmai chuckled and glanced at all the officials. No one dared to look at him. They all turned their heads away unnaturally and looked away. Xi Junmai pulled Mu Yuanzuo two steps away and leaned over him.
He whispered in his ear: "The chief steward said that if Mu Shijun is a noble man and does not want to share the credit, he will definitely be yearning for it. But the chief steward is a loyal and kind person, how can he monopolize such a huge credit? Mu
The more you refuse, the more he admires him, and the more he wants to praise you, so that your qualifications will be richer. You must know that above the governor, there are three ministers and nine ministers, as well as the governors of the three provinces and the cabinet.
Bachelor... He will advise His Majesty that this action to annihilate the Gu family was obtained with the approval and help of Mu Shijun. It was Mu Shijun who hid the secrets from all the officials to prevent the news from leaking.
Being able to catch all the Gu family’s thieves…”
Mu Yuanzuo was frightened when he heard that!
Shameless, simply too shameless!
This Fang Jun probably also knows the difficult situation he will face after wiping out the Gu family, and it will be a common problem for the whole world! Therefore, he wants to bring a backer like me to share some firepower for him, right?
Speaking of which, a Shangzhou governor is barely qualified to take the blame...
But why!
Is it easy for me to become the governor of Suzhou?
Mu Yuanzuo was immediately shocked and angry, and said angrily: "This is unreasonable! This is simply unreasonable... Fang Jun is too rogue, isn't he? He has nothing to do with me at this time, so why drag me into this?"
Xi Junmai coughed dryly: "This...how can you say that? This contribution is simply the most important contribution after the founding of the country. How many people want to get some luck but can't get it, how can it be said that I am dragging you down?
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He also felt that his general manager was not very honest in handling this matter. He was obviously bullying an honest person. Who said Mu Yuanzuo had no background and no backing... As for Fang Jun's intention, he could not guess.
Not too lazy to guess.
Let’s just do whatever the general manager asks us to do. Why are we asking so many questions...
Mu Yuanzuo's face turned green and white. He hesitated and asked, "Is there no room for maneuver?"
Xi Junmai shook his head: "The general manager said it exactly, absolutely not!"
Mu Yuanzuo gritted his teeth and said angrily: "It's up to you, do as you like!"
Swinging his sleeves, he turned around and left angrily.
It's so pitiful, how could you encounter such a stick?
Thinking that he would be regarded as a thorn in the flesh by all the noble families in the world, Mu Yuanzuo felt that his future was bleak. He regretted spending a lot of money and doing a lot of favors to seek such a hot official position...
Is this such a bad luck thing to let people live?
*****
The heavy rain lasted for three days and then gradually stopped.
It's just that although the rain has stopped, it has not completely cleared up. The sky is still as gloomy as plumb drops, and the raindrops have not stopped falling.
The tragedy of the Gu family spread quickly throughout Jiangdong and gradually spread to the south of the Yangtze River.
But unlike the expected uproar and shock, all the noble families in the south of the Yangtze River unexpectedly remained silent, either because they were afraid of Fang Jun's strength or because the Gu family was involved in the conspiracy of the remnants of the former Sui Dynasty, for fear of causing chaos.
Getting into trouble...
The entire south of the Yangtze River seemed to be enveloped by terrifying air pressure.
The merchants who usually travel around the country and like to convey news are all silent this time, doing business honestly, delivering goods honestly and collecting money, sealing their mouths, and not daring to say a word.
explain.
Everyone knows that misfortune comes from the mouth.
Usually, merchants like to get together after completing their business to exchange information on the prices of goods in various places, and talk about the local customs and interesting things. When they are interested, they will comment on important matters of the imperial court. The atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty is open.
, not only refers to the relaxed restrictions on matters between men and women, but also the political atmosphere is extremely free. As long as you don't stupidly curse the emperor, no one will care about it.
Compared with a certain dynasty where people were "in prison for words" and "convicted for their words", it was like a paradise. Of course, Fang Jun would not agree with this statement. There must be a limit to freedom of speech, that is, it must be "politically correct"
Next. Social public opinion needs to be guided and controlled, otherwise if you act arbitrarily, you will 100% be provoked and exploited with ulterior motives. When the political situation is turbulent and social conflicts intensify, the unlucky people will be those people who clamor for "freedom of speech"...
But who dares to say more about the current situation?
Even if the Gu family is not mentioned, who can guarantee that what they say will not be extended and speculated, and then put on the line?
The court may not care what you say, but don't you see that all those wealthy families are holding back their energy, just waiting for a vent to appear so that they can cause something big?
Whoever hits the knife edge at this time is simply seeking death...
When Fang Jun sent the evidence of the Gu family's crimes to the capital, he unexpectedly received an edict.
The words of Piansi and Liliu look beautiful, but Fang Jun can’t understand it at all. It would be better if they simply modify the vocabulary, and you can probably understand the meaning after just swiping it, but it involves allusions and the like.
Idiom, stop eating immediately...
There are many uncommon idioms in this edict, such as "taking the time to replace the melon", such as "the nose is full of weight", such as "the endowment of Pihu"... Fang Jun was confused for a while. He cursed secretly in his heart.
What kind of flatterer wrote such an obscure edict in order to please Li Er?
Chinese is the most beautiful writing, Fang Jun has no doubt about this.
If you continue to write privately, no matter how much you show off your literary talent or your rhetoric, this is an edict, and it is meant to be revealed to the world for everyone to see. If you make it so gorgeous and obscure, how many people can do it?
clear?
Fang Jun secretly noted that he would definitely want to meet with Li Er if he had the opportunity in the future. However, any document that was of great importance or involved a wide range of matters must be written in simple words and easy to understand.
Fortunately, he still has some literary skills. At least he always passed the Chinese language when he was in school. He was actually able to figure out the meaning of this edict...
The meaning of the article is that the emperor followed the original intention of enfeoffment in ancient times and ordered the descendants of the Li and Tang royal families to rule the world and serve as the border of the country. However, as time has changed, the ancient laws and regulations no longer apply to the present, so the feudal system was abolished and feudalism was eliminated.
The princes of the country who had already become vassals were ordered to arrange the important military and political affairs in various places and then return to Beijing within a time limit without any mistakes...
Regarding this point, Fang Jun still admires His Majesty Li Er.
According to His Majesty Li Er's original wish, he wanted to entrust his sons to various parts of the world, feudalize their own kingdoms, and defend the capital. They are all of their own kind, but there can only be one prince, not to mention the palms and backs of his hands.
Meat, it hurts to lose any one of them. Just the fact that these sons are outstanding and not have a fuel-efficient lamp makes His Majesty Li Er scratch his head. They are all eyeing the position of crown prince. Sooner or later something big will happen...
If your sons all have their own feudal kingdoms, and you go to your own fiefdoms to toss around, aren't you just like the emperor? If there is an invasion from outside, the feudal kingdoms will be able to resist resistance at the first time, and will spare no effort to resist! The emperor's territory belongs to the emperor
If the title given to you is lost from your hands, you can't blame others. Besides, if you lose your own territory, how dare you ask the emperor for another piece of land and start a new feudal system?
Isn't it a shame...
It can be said that His Majesty Li Er's ideals are very full, but the reality is very skinny.
Most things in this world can only be accomplished by taking advantage of the situation. If you go against the trend, you will only fail. The feudal system was played in the Spring and Autumn Period in ancient times. Qin Shihuang deposed it and established the system of prefectures and counties to strengthen centralization of power.
The Han Dynasty picked it up again, and as a result, the feudal states in various places were engaged in trouble all day long. They rebelled today and caused chaos tomorrow, leaving the central government in a state of embarrassment.
Facts have proved that the development of history follows a trend, and only by following the trend can we rejuvenate the country and secure the country; if we reverse the course of history, the world will inevitably be in chaos, and it will be too late to regret it.
His Majesty Li Er probably saw from somewhere that the shortcomings of this feudal system were extremely serious, so he decisively admitted his mistakes, changed his course, abolished the feudal system, and recalled all the princes who had already resigned from the vassal to Chang'an.
But if this happens, Chang'an may be in trouble...
Pei Xingjian looked at Fang Jun sitting on the chair in a daze, and couldn't help but ask: "This time we go to war against the Gu family, it's really too much. From now on, the situation that the general manager will face is really too difficult...
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Before Fang Jun could say anything, Su Dingfang on the side had already said coolly: "Gu family, you deserve to die!"