The imperial examinations in Dai Viet took place for more than 200 years, but they have gone astray. The selected scholars may be familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, poetry, calligraphy and painting, and there may be many suave people. It is more than enough to invite prostitutes and friends to recite poems and compose poems to entertain them when traveling, but There is a lack of talents that can be applied in the world. Of course, there are people with real talents and practical knowledge, such as Li Zhuo, Shen Rong, Dong Yuan, Gao Zongting and others. Gu Wuchen should also be considered a capable and talented person, but these people are relatively larger than the entire Yue Dynasty. The huge bureaucracy seems too sparse.
Regarding Xia Cao's strategy, Lin Fu guessed that Li Zhuo and Gao Zongting had also thought of it. However, regardless of Li Zhuo's higher power, if Li Zhuo proposed this strategy, it would not be as useful as a small ninth-grade scholar like him. Li Zhuo would be the most powerful. The limit was limited to the Jiangning garrison and had no authority to restrict local administrative affairs; after all, Gu Wuchen and his colleagues in the Chu party would not allow Li Zhuo to lose political achievements to Chen Xinbo. On the contrary, Lin Fu carried out the Xia Cao policy through Gu Wuchen , Li Zhuo, who can take the overall situation into consideration, will help secretly.
Although Lin Fu does not want the world to collapse, he has no ambition or interest in being a minister of ZTE. His main principle is to get along with others. If there is room for recovery in the Dayue Dynasty, he might as well be a minister of ZTE. If the Dai Viet Dynasty was destined to perish, he would not die for the Dai Viet Dynasty. The main purpose of Xia Cao's strategy was to completely suppress Zhao Qinmin. At this time, he could not do without Gu Wuchen's trust, so that Gu Wuchen's power could be further improved. , it also helped him gain a foothold in Jiangdong; although the other one could not join Li Zhuo's family, he still wanted to relieve him of his worries in return for yesterday's acquaintance.
With Zhang Yubo here, Lin Fu and Zhao Qinmin were able to enter and exit Donghua Gate at night. Seeing that it was getting late, they left the Gu Mansion and left. Gu Wuchen got Xia Cao's plan tonight and saw that there was hope for the position of inspector. He was really happy and personally Send Lin Fu, Zhang Yubo, and Zhao Qinmin to the front yard to ride on carriages and horses.
Lin Fu took the horse and pretended to be hesitant, not in a hurry to leave Gu's house with Zhao Qinmin and Zhang Yubo.
Gu Wuchen, who was sitting under the door of the hanging flower hall to see each other off, saw Lin Fu's hesitation and asked, "Do you have anything else to say to me?"
"I don't know whether to say it or not?" Lin Fu said.
"What's the matter? Is there anything else you can't say to me?" Gu Wuchen asked with a smile.
"..." Lin Fu walked up to the hanging flower hall and motioned to Zhang Yubo and Zhao Qinmin to come over. He didn't want to speak for the guards to hear, so he lowered his voice and said, "According to what I said, Chen Xiyan is still the cousin of Qu Wuyang's wife..."
"Oh?" Gu Wuchen's brows suddenly twitched and he asked, "Is that true?"
"Mr. Zhao has lived in Jiangning for a long time, so he should know something..." Lin Fu turned back and looked at Zhao Qinmin.
"Chen Xiyan does have this relationship with the Qu family, and the Xixi Academy is also funded by the Qu family." Zhao Qinmin thought that Lin Fu's scheme was really vicious. He noticed that Wu Chen's expression was already interested, so he took advantage of the situation and said, "The Qu family is not a kind person either. , it’s just that the government can’t catch the Qu family’s sore feet, but there are always those who have sore feet…”
Zhang Yubo was really honest, and only then did he understand: Lin Fu, Zhao Qinmin and Gu Wuchen were actually discussing to frame the Qu family and involve Chen Xiyan. Even if they did not expect to completely overthrow Chen Xiyan, they still wanted to keep Chen Xiyan away from him.
Xia Cao's policy can achieve great political achievements for Gu Wuchen in Jiangdong, but whether Gu Wuchen can gain a firm foothold in Jiangdong is not at all based on outstanding political achievements, but whether the Chu party can gain a firm foothold in the center, and phase competition is fundamental.
Chen Xiyan not only has the strength to compete for the position, but also has the ambition to compete for the position. He has already taken action to compete for the position, and it has been quite effective. Today, Chen Mingzhe, who ranked third in the Holy Emperor's Pro-Dian Competition, is the top pick. It is not without reason.
At least for now, it seems that the current emperor also intends to use Chen Xiyan to balance the power of the Chu Party, and Chun Wei's announcement of the results is just a test.
For the common people, the emperor is superior and no one dares to resist. In fact, there is no absolute supreme power in this world. At least when it comes to the issue of establishing a prime minister, the current emperor cannot have his way. If Chen Xiyan is forcibly promoted to the prime minister, the Chu Party will
Even if other factions in the DPRK may not dare to go on strike collectively, one or two secret obstructions are enough to make the situation develop in a worse direction, and may even prevent the government from even leaving the imperial city, let alone control the world situation in the hands of one person.
The current emperor did not dare to suddenly appoint Chen Xiyan as prime minister, so he used Chen Mingzhe to test the reaction of the government and the public, or in other words, to pave the way for establishing Chen Xiyan as prime minister.
At this time, the Chu party cannot have an overreaction. Although Chen Mingzhe ranked third in the national examination, he was the top candidate in the imperial examination.
From "the emperor may use Chen Xiyan as the prime minister" to "using Chen Xiyan as the prime minister is not a bad choice", "Chen Xiyan as the prime minister may be able to save the overall situation better than Zhang Xie". By then, if the Chu party firmly opposes the emperor using Chen Xiyan as the prime minister, they will be in the minority
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The Chu party must exert resistance before the matter becomes a foregone conclusion. As long as it destroys the possibility of Chen Xiyan becoming an official and becoming prime minister, there is no need to face the final dangerous hurdle.
"You must never talk about this matter to outsiders," Gu Wuchen said sternly, "You just took it seriously and never mentioned it..."
Lin Fu knew that Gu Wuchen was moved, but it was not easy to frame the Qu family, but if the chicken theft failed and the matter was revealed, it would be a big disaster. Gu Wuchen could not be careless, and it was impossible not to discuss this strategy with Zhang Xie and Tang Haoxin.
Lin Fu nodded, and with Zhao Qinmin and Zhang Yubo, he led his entourage to leave Gu's house, and Zhang Yubo escorted him through Donghua Gate.
After leaving Donghua Gate, the moon was clear and the breeze was gentle. Lin Fu rode his horse without talking to Zhao Qinmin. He looked at the shadow of the grass in the ditch and seemed to be thinking. Zhao Qinmin's momentum was completely suppressed by Lin Fu, and he was only worried about what to do.
To repair the relationship with Lin Fu, of course he didn't dare to think that Lin Fu had neglected him.
Zhou Pu and the guards were scattered around. After the Donghua Gate was closed, the spacious official road more than 20 steps wide was deserted. There were no pedestrians, and the sound of the wind was mixed with the chirping of insects.
The tragedy of the refugees at Hekou must be avenged. Lin Fu had never been able to trace the Qu family's motive for causing the massacre of refugees at Hekou. At this time, it seemed that Chen Xiyan was probably behind the scenes.
For Chen Xiyan, the biggest obstacle to his ascent to power is Zhang Xie, the leader of the Chu Party.
Gu Wuchen is the son-in-law of Tang Haoxin, the leader of the Chu Party. He is from the same family as Zhang Xie. It was Zhang Xie who quickly promoted him to the position of Deputy Inspector of Jiangdong. If Gu Wuchen makes a big mistake in Jiangning, the entire Chu Party will bear the responsibility.
If it can make the current emperor lower his trust in the Chu Party, he will naturally not dare to easily use Zhang Xie as his prime minister. When Gu Wuchen was assassinated in Shiliang, it was most likely that Chen Xiyan was behind the scenes. Whether it was the massacre of refugees or the murder of people in Shiliang County
The assassination of Gu Wuchen can further intensify the conflict between Gu Wuchen and the local forces in Jiangning. If the situation in Jiangning becomes a mess because of Gu Wuchen's arrival, no matter who is at fault, Gu Wuchen will be held responsible. The situation may be just like the person behind the scenes.
As a result, the relationship between Gu Wuchen and Wang Xueshan deteriorated to the extreme during the Dongshi Rebellion. However, it was Dongcheng Lieutenant Chen Zhi who was as stupid as a dog and made a big mistake, allowing Lin Fu to help Gu Wuchen seize the initiative.
Although Chen Xiyan was known as a great scholar, he was by no means a good person. Lin Fuyou felt that the scourge of party disputes between the DPRK and China was more severe than military affairs, and more severe than floods and droughts.
Chen Xiyan may have been unjustly accused, but the Qu family had to be eliminated, but he never wanted Gu Wuchen to know about the Changshan Island incident, so he could not directly accuse the Qu family of being the murderer behind the refugee massacre. Lin Fu could only use a roundabout way, and offered Gu Wuchen "a plan to frame the Qu family."
The strategy of "implicating Chen Xiyan" to achieve the purpose of killing someone with a borrowed knife depends on whether this strategy can be implemented after consultation between Gu Wuchen and Zhang Xie and Tang Hao in a secret letter.
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Arriving at the mouth of the river, Zhao Qinmin went back to the surrounding house as usual, and the accompanying soldiers led the horses to the shed. Lin Fu and Zhou Pu walked towards the thatched cottage. When they walked to the courtyard door, and just about to knock on the door, they heard the sound of a dog barking suddenly.
Two black shadows rushed over from the yard with the wind. Lin Fu was startled. He casually took off his waist knife and was about to open up the two vicious dogs.
"Don't kill the dog..." A scream came from the yard, and he watched Sun Wenpei run out of it.
Lin Fu and Zhou Pu each raised their kicks and kicked the two vicious dogs away. The two vicious dogs were kicked and howled, but they rolled over in the mud without fear and made a move to pounce. Before they pounced,
The two vicious dogs actually made eye contact and simultaneously lunged at Lin Fu who was standing in front of him. However, Sun Wenpei arrived at this time and kicked the dog until it whined and screamed, before he stopped his attack and hid.
After Sun Wenpei, he stared at Lin Fu and Zhou Pu with eager eyes.
"Master Lin, don't kill Lu and the leopard, they don't bite people..." Sun Wenpei said cautiously.
"You should stop the two vicious dogs from biting people first," Lin Fu said jokingly, and then asked Sun Wenpei, "Is Jingzhong a guest in the thatched cottage?"
"No," although Sun Wenpei is the daughter of the He Gang, she is always timid in front of Lin Fu. Naturally, Lin Fu mentioned that Lin Jingzhong was making a joke on her and Lin Jingzhong, but she still did not dare to laugh and said concisely, "My sister
Let me tell Mr. Lin that she has no choice but to live in Zhutang. She doesn’t want to be in debt to you. If you don’t pay the three thousand money to your eyes, you will naturally not be able to repay your debt. But the He Gang doesn’t have anything valuable.
Just ask me to send a few puppies over. The puppies have been handed over to Xiaoman and Sister Yue'er... After Wen Pei finished speaking, Wen Pei left first." Sun Wenpei bent down and took the two dogs as if they were hiding from ghosts.
The leather band around the neck of the black dog, which was just above the knee height, walked towards the south building of Zhutang.
"Am I so scary?" Lin Fu asked Zhou Pu with a smile.
"..." Zhou Pu smiled, looked at Sun Wenpei leading the two black dogs, and said, "These two black mountain dogs are good. I didn't expect that there would be black mountain dogs in Xihe. I wonder if they have been shown to the crow.
In the eyes..."
"Master Crow likes to eat dog meat?" Lin Fu asked with a smile. He also saw that these two dogs were good. They gave him and Zhou Pu a kick each without losing their ferocity. They were also big in size and not very intelligent. They could also
They were domesticated and seemed to be well-bred. Later generations of military police often used foreign dog breeds. Lin Fu was not familiar with native dogs, but he knew that there was a tradition of raising dogs since ancient times, so he thought that this dog was originally called a Black Mountain Dog.
"Don't try to trick me behind my back. Dogs can serve as whistles and messengers. How can we, as spies, eat dog meat?" Crow quietly slid down from an ancient mulberry tree outside the door and said, "That girl from the Xihe Club sent it here."
Can you give me all six puppies?"
Su Jinyuan, the military sage of the time, wrote in the "Commentary to the Seven Classics of Martial Arts" that "When an army marches down to the camp, set up dog stalls on all sides and use the dogs to guard it. If the enemy comes, the dogs will bark, so that there will be an alarm in the camp." In the army,
There is also a tradition of raising war dogs. Lin Fu also considered raising dogs on Prison Island to share the patrolling and guarding work of the soldiers, but most of the dogs he saw in Jiangning before were native dogs of mixed blood. This kind of dog is only raised by ordinary people.
Looking at the house, I can’t be a guard dog or a war dog. I didn’t expect that this woman Sun Wenwan is really not simple. She knows that dog breeds that can be used as guard dogs and war dogs are far more valuable to the river mouth and prison island than three to five thousand dollars.
Much more. We really need to draw a clear line here and not take advantage of this side.
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ps: I have been away on vacation for the past few days, so I can regain my strength and make up for it.