Volume 12 Chapter 18

In the stormy Zhongzhou City, there is a simple house.

In one of the halls of the house sat an old man and a young man.

The old man was covered with a blanket on his knees, his eyes were yellow, his face was covered with black age spots. From time to time, when he coughed, the sound from his chest and lungs was like the air blower of an iron workshop. But even so, there was still a positive air on his face.

This simple dressed old man, who seems to be very poor in his family, is Jiang Rui, a famous Minister of the cloud and Qin Dynasty and a speech officer of the Department of justice.

The young man sitting opposite him is Wang Ping, the umbrella maker who followed him out of Donggang Town.

"A few years ago, a bright red demon star was found passing through the sky at the star watching platform of the ritual department. Soon afterwards, the dragon snake mountain changed. The holy Master said that there must be demons for things that are too strange. He said that there are demons in the cave in the vast wilderness." After Jiang Rui finished a bowl of medicine soup, he looked at Wang Ping with some deep pain and said: "since then, I have never had peace in Yunqin. When I heard about people's rebellion, the prince fell, the emperor went to the south, Zhou Shoufu retired, Hu Biyi was defeated, and hundreds of thousands of Yunqin soldiers died in battle."

Wang Ping doesn't know what's urgent about Jiang RUIZHAO's meeting. Listening to Jiang Rui's words, he just worries about Jiang Rui's body.

From the mouths of some officials in the court and some old servants of Jiang Rui's house before he came, he knew that Jiang Rui's body was getting worse and worse, and the medical stone conditioning was not improving.

After a few sharp coughs, Jiang Rui gasped and looked at Wang Ping calmly. "There has been a big movement in the court recently. In a few days, there will be a royal Duke, which will be set up outside the eighth division to deal with the corruption of officials of the eighth division."

Wang Ping is no longer the umbrella maker in the small town, but his face suddenly changed, "if we are dealing with the corruption of every department, and it does not belong to any department, then the real power of the imperial Duke is not great."

Jiang Rui didn't answer Wang Ping's question. In his opinion, such a question is not a question at all. It doesn't need to be answered. He just said in a slow voice: "under severe conditions, there is a need for strong medicine. The official governance of Yun and Qin Dynasties has indeed reached a very serious level. The establishment of a new branch by the holy master and the governance of Shen and Huang can't use the old team with many questions. Therefore, the establishment of a new branch will be the first step for Lord Liu Xueqing and Lord Liu to take charge of the capital Section. I have recommended you to shengshang and Liu Xueqing. Next, you will be transferred to yuduke to take on an important position. "

Wang Wei was suddenly shocked and lost his voice. "How can students take on such a big responsibility because they are not talented enough to learn?"

Jiang Rui coughed heavily, and said in a deep voice: "don't make a fool of yourself. It's just because you're afraid that you'll be corrupted first when you start a business, so the holy ones are all new ministers. They are all young people who dare to fight and fight, who are not afraid of power. It's relatively simple to treat corruption. You only need to be clear and not afraid of death. You have more than enough!"

"If the country wants you to take on a big responsibility, you should take it. I brought you out of Donggang Town. I didn't want you to pass the buck at this time." Without waiting for Wang Ping to say anything, Jiang Rui said in a cold voice.

Wang Wei's palms were full of sweat, and finally he just bit his teeth and said, "students try their best."

Jiang Rui's face was calm, and he was silent for a moment, saying, "my life is not long."

Wang Ping breathed again and turned pale.

"I don't like to say affectation. When the court talked about the southern expedition that day, I just happened to work in other provinces, not in the palace. Otherwise, I would have died and could not live now." Jiang Rui's face became extremely serious and looked at Wang Ping. "I came to tell you something."

Wang Wei inhaled deeply and said, "please tell me, teacher."

Jiang Ruiwei narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "I know you have great respect for Lin Xi. I just want to ask you a little bit. If Lin Xi conflicts with the Holy One, will you be partial to Lin Xi?"

Wang Ping's forehead was dripping with sweat. Looking at Jiang Rui, he said in a trembling voice, "teacher, why do you ask such a question?"

"Because my impression of Lin Xi is always poor, he seems not to be much awed by the Holy One. Such a person is likely to be a great disaster, and a hero like Cang Yue. " Jiang Rui said coldly: "previously, he was nothing but a student of qingluan college, but now his prestige among the people is getting higher and higher, and he can even guide some situations, which will be more dangerous in the future."

Wang Wei opened his mouth, but he couldn't make a sound for a while, and his clothes were wet with sweat.

There was a look of disappointment in Jiang Rui's eyes, and he said with deep pain: "you should understand that no matter what the emperor's fault is, it is always the emperor's fault. If our subjects are not loyal to the emperor and patriotic, they are not right. No matter what wonderful things they do, they are not right. They are just making fun of others. It is the power of the holy one to give us advice and to seek happiness for the people. Naturally, our power should be used to maintain the Holy One. I know you can't answer me now because you think Lin Xi can't do what I said, but if he does it! You don't need to explain anything for him, you just need to promise me, punish the rebellious minister, no matter how close you are! "

Wang Ping still couldn't make a sound, just nodded pale.

"Jiang Rui is furious," don't you even hesitate to be a minister

Wang Ping shuddered all over, but Jiang Rui coughed heavily, puffed out a mouthful of blood, and his chest was dripping with blood.

"Calm down, teacher! I must remember the teacher's instruction! I will die! " Wang Wei was suddenly shocked, in a great hurry, and fell on his knees in front of Jiang Rui.

"Well, this is my student." Jiang Rui showed a smile and shook. He reached out to touch Wang Ping's head, but he found how hard he tried, but he couldn't lift his hand. He just couldn't reach over the distance of several feet. "The time has come." The honest and upright old minister who worried about the country and the people all his life sighed nostalgically in the heavy rain in Zhongzhou City, looked at the boundless heavy rain outside the window, suddenly relaxed, breathed out the last breath and said the last sentence, "don't forget to promise me."

"Teacher!"

"My Lord!"

In the sound of rainstorm, a generation of upright and famous officials died, and the small courtyard was full of sadness.

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"These short-sighted civil servants, the so-called direct ministers, have a stiff mind and understand something!"

In the heavy rain, in a turret of Zhongzhou City, a general of Zhongzhou guards wearing cloth clothes sneered and scolded: "there is not enough success, there is more failure!"

"do you think it is not good to set up a royal capital, Mr. Lu?"

Another general in silver looked at his angry boss puzzled and asked.

"Yuduke is good, but it depends on when!" The commander of Zhongzhou guards dressed in cloth said coldly and sternly: "when the patient is seriously ill and needs strong medicine, he should also take advantage of the time when the patient's health is well maintained. Now when the two countries are fighting, they are aggressive to clean the corrupt officials. The worse the governance of the officials in Yunqin is, the more dangerous people are, the more corrupt officials can't be killed for a while! How much mess is going to happen in this? Don't mess with the front line before the inside! "

"It's true that the families of corrupt officials can support military pay, but now we in Yunqin are not in the extreme of money and food shortage. What our military wants is smooth support! Some of them are corrupt officials who can handle affairs at all times. They need to be killed and arrested. After the war is over, they need to be killed and arrested. It's very gratifying. Those civil servants are very comfortable. Maybe many more people will die in our front line! "

"Wen xuanshu, as the first assistant, only knows to accept the saints, so he gets the support of many officials. This matter is also agreed by the vast majority of officials. Even if those elders want to oppose, under the pedantic power of those direct officials, if they oppose more, they will be considered as unfair! It's a good article first aid. It's well done, but if it's too well done, it's more problematic. How can a flatterer compare with Zhou first aid! "

After several angry voices, the cloth commander seemed to be still angry. Then he said in a cold voice: "and this new branch is all about breaking the rules and upgrading. Who knows if there is anything dirty in it?"

The general in silver armor seems to be a fiery man. After listening to these words, he suddenly got angry. In a cold voice, he said: "Lord LV, since you think so, and you are not used to Wen Shoufu, let's just ask for a transfer and follow Gu Yunjing's general!"

"How can it be."

The general in cloth sneered, "the more so, the more we have to bow down to Chen Chen, obey his orders and serve him well."

"Silver armour general double eyebrows frown," Lu adult, I don't understand

"If anyone who has a problem with him has to go away and be removed by him, who will watch him in Zhongzhou?" The cloth general's face calmed down a little. Looking at the silver general, he sneered and said: "so the more so, the more we should show respect for him, and be loyal to him if we want to climb up with him. Usually in front of outsiders, we don't even want to mention his uncomfortable look. We are loyal to him if we want to make everyone feel it. "

The silver armour general was stunned, understood, smiled, but then he was a little angry and sad. "It seems too difficult for me to do this."

"It's hard to do. Even if someone pokes at me and scolds me. "

"But one day, others will know who is really for Yun Qin," said the general in cloth

After a tiny meal, the general narrowed his eyes and said firmly, "president Zhang said that time will prove everything."