"snort."
Speaking of Wu Yu, Liu Yuanyu snorted coldly, "How could the emperor be so unfair? Wu Yu assaulted a colleague in the Chuigong Hall, defying the majesty's authority. He was only fined three months' salary, and now he's been transferred from the Taichang Liyuan. He truly defies the law."
Xia Song smiled and said, "Who can blame him for his good performance in local administration? The Political System Council obtained a list of officials from the Ministry of Personnel. Many of those who have outstanding local performance and held idle positions have been transferred. I don't know what they plan to do with them. But I guess I won't be too bad. I might even get a promotion."
Hearing that Wu Yu might be promoted, Liu Yuanyu became even more furious. He paced back and forth in the corridor in frustration, then frowned and said, "Are we supposed to do nothing and just watch? This Constitutional Court is ridiculous. The government should remove it. How can such a place exist?"
"Who knows what the emperor is thinking? Perhaps it was Zhao Jun, or Lü Yijian and the others who bewitched him."
Xia Song said in a low voice.
Now that there are only two of us here, we are not afraid of outsiders finding out.
Moreover, he is different from Liu Yuanyu. Liu Yuanyu was a corrupt official in history. Historical records record: "Yuanyu was greedy by nature, to the point of selling banned items, competing for power with others, and was despised by people of the time."
Because Liu Yuanyu secretly sold contraband, was prone to fighting for power and profit, and had a poor character, he was not popular among his colleagues.
On the other hand, although Xia Song was also listed as a treacherous person in history books, he had a good reputation at that time.
People at that time commented that he had "outstanding literary talent, extraordinary ability, and the potential to be a prime minister!" Even Fan Zhongyan was recommended by him. Later, Fan Zhongyan wrote to thank him, "I deeply believe that a person of rural talent is worthy of the recommendation of heroes."
At least before the conflict broke out between the Qingli New Deal and Fan Zhongyan's New Party, Xia Song had always maintained a low-key, pragmatic, talented and virtuous personality.
Unlike Liu Yuanyu, he has a bad reputation in official circles.
Therefore, even if the content of today's conversation were to be spread, most people would believe him rather than Liu Yuanyu.
Hearing Xia Song's words, Liu Yuanyu agreed and said, "It must be Zhao Jun who colluded with Lu Yijian and others to deceive the emperor. I intend to submit another memorial, asking the emperor to abolish the Civil Affairs Bureau and the Imperial City Bureau. We must not allow such scoundrels to cause trouble in the court."
Xia Song said quickly, "We absolutely cannot do this. Now that the emperor has been bewitched by them, he will definitely believe them and not you. If we submit a memorial now, won't that displease the emperor?"
"So what does Yizi Qiao Gong mean?"
Liu Yuanyu hurriedly asked, "Does Master Ziqiao have any good ideas?"
"Hmm"
Xia Song fell into deep thought.
Logically speaking, he had no conflict with Zhao Jun, so there was no need for him to go against Zhao Jun.
The problem is that he and Lu Yijian are political enemies.
In the early years, when Liu E was in power, Lu Yijian supported Zhao Zhen in ruling the country, while Xia Song was Liu's man and supported her in taking power.
Therefore, Lu Yijian repeatedly impeached Xia Song and wanted to dismiss him from office.
Xia Song always remembered this incident.
In addition, Xia Song was a man with a strong desire for power and had always coveted the position of prime minister. As long as Lu Yijian and others were not overthrown, he would never have a chance to come to the fore.
Now his political enemy Lu Yijian not only holds the highest position in the government, but is even more exaggerated than before. After supporting that Zhao Jun to take charge of the Council of Political Affairs, he has become the second-in-command of the Council of Political Affairs, with the power to control all officials.
This is outrageous.
While Xia Song was envious, jealous and resentful, he was also thinking about how to bring down Lu Yijian and Zhao Jun. Although he did not aspire to the position of the head of the Political System Council, it would be a great thing if he could become a co-minister of the Secretariat.
Thinking of this, Xia Song whispered, "I'm afraid this matter won't be easy to handle. The emperor trusts them now, so impeaching them directly might not be effective. In my opinion, we should act according to the circumstances."
"Play it by ear?"
Liu Yuanyu wondered, "How can we act according to the circumstances?"
Xia Song said, "We don't know who Zhao Jun is, or where he came from. He's currently gaining a great reputation in Bianliang, so it would be difficult to get him to dismiss himself through impeachment. Furthermore, the Civil Service Bureau now controls all officials. If we disobey their orders, we might give them leverage and displease the emperor."
"this"
Liu Yuanyu sighed and said, "Yes, I went to see Mr. Cheng this time to ask him something. The Constitutional Court sent us a document asking us to sort out the statistics of the past few years and send it to the Constitutional Court. Can we refuse and use the excuse that the Three Courts only obey the government and not do anything about it?"
"What does Mr. Cheng say?"
Xia Song asked.
"Mr. Cheng is cautious and does not want to do this. He has already asked us to sort out the numbers."
Liu Yuanyu shrugged.
Xia Song pondered and said, "Well, I don't think Mr. Cheng wants to be the bad guy. Now that the Constitutional Court has been newly established, it may want to assert its authority. Actually, there is no need for us to take the lead. We can just wait and see what happens."
Liu Yuanyu said viciously, "I just can't swallow this. Zhao Jun is just a kid, how can he hold such a high position?"
"What Zizheng Gong thinks is also what most of our colleagues think."
Xia Song smiled and then said, "In that case, I have an idea."
"oh?"
Liu Yuanyu hurriedly asked, "Mr. Ziqiao, please speak quickly."
Xia Song offered a suggestion like a military strategist: "I don't think the Constitutional Council will do anything big this year. They'll probably check the statistics of various departments first, review the figures from previous years, and then start implementing some new policies next year. What if the statistics are wrong, there's chaos, confusion, and the policies are ruined?"
"you mean?"
Liu Yuanyu's eyes suddenly widened.
Xia Song smiled and said, "People always make mistakes. You can't blame the people from the Three Divisions for not sorting it out properly, right?"
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