It was the third day of the twelfth lunar month in the sixth year of Taiping.

A heavy snowfall came unexpectedly, shrouding the entire Fengjing in white snow.

During this period, with the arrest of Huang Jie, Liu Jie's delay in claiming illness, and the return of the emperor's eldest son, King Yi Wang Zhao He, the political atmosphere in the capital became quite strange. Even Li Xun was confused by this atmosphere. I felt it, so in the past half month, Li Xun rarely went out and stayed at home all day. He was really bored, so he invited Fan Zhongyun, Zhu Zhengguo and others to come to his home to drink, chat, and relieve his boredom. His life was pretty good. Leisure.

At noon that day, Li Xun and his son and Xiao Lian sat together to eat. Xiao Lian's hair was sparse, which often means that a woman has gotten married and started a family. Of course, Xiao Lian and Li Xun were not married, but whether Xiao Lian was still Both Li Xun and his son regarded Xiaolian as the daughter-in-law of the Li family. Li Xun also explained to Xiaolian, and Xiaolian did not complain.

In fact, after entering the palace and having a long talk with Li Yi, a few days later, Li Yi invited Xiaolian into the palace and talked a lot. Li Xun did not know what they discussed between them. , but after Xiaolian came back from the palace, she felt much more relaxed and became more gentle towards Li Xun.

After lunch, Xiaolian got up and cleaned up the mess.

"Xiao Lian, you can just let the servants do these things, why bother doing it yourself?"

Li Mancang waved his hand, Xiaolian was already half a master, so he could just let his servants do such things.

Xiaolian smiled meekly and said, "Eat and exercise, it's good for your body."

After saying that, Xiaolian looked at Li Xun, and these words were Li Xun's mantra.

Li Mancang shook his head and said nothing more.

After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to rest. After recuperating from this incident, Li Xun developed the habit of taking a nap if there was nothing else to do.

Spreading his hands and stretching, Li Xun was about to go back to his room to rest.

At this time, Dahei walked into the living room quickly: "Master, there is an adult named Wang Zhong who wants to see you."

Wang Zhong?

Li Xun was stunned. His personality was the kind of familiarity. In the past few years, he had made a lot of friends, but they were not close friends. The same was true for Wang Zhong. When the two met, they looked lively, but in fact they were ordinary. At that time, there was little contact between the two parties.

"Invite him to the study."

Li Xun gave instructions, stood up, and said hello to Li Mancang: "Old man, if a friend comes over, I'll say hello."

Li Mancang waved his hand: "You go about your business, I'll go back and take a nap."

He came to the living room and asked someone to bring tea. After waiting for a while, Wang Zhong hurried into the living room.

Li Xun stood up and said with a smile: "Brother Zhuxiang, what brought you here to me?"

Wang Zhong's courtesy name is Zhuxiang.

In this era, people who have a particularly good relationship will call each other by their first names. Those who have a normal relationship will usually only use words to show respect.

Wang Zhong panted, walked closer, picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp. He finally relaxed a little, looked at Li Xun, and said in a deep voice: "Li Xun, you are quite free, but do you know that you are about to be in trouble?" .”

Disaster imminent?

Li Xun was stunned and said in surprise: "Brother Zhuxiang, what do you mean?"

Wang Zhong sat down and spoke slowly.

It turns out that Wang Zhong has a close friend who works in Dali Temple. Just yesterday, the two of them drank and talked about Huang Zhuo's case. At the end of the conversation, Wang Zhong's friend said mysteriously, Dali Temple Shaoqing Liu Congyuan, recently, Particularly active, he was extremely interested in Huang Zhuo's case, and even tortured him to make him follow certain paths...

Li Xun clenched his hands and had a gloomy look on his face.

After attending the banquet at Prince Yi's Mansion that day, within a few days, he and many ministers jointly submitted a petition to Zhao Zhi to plead for Huang Chong. In response, Zhao Zhi became furious and threw the official who submitted the petition directly into prison. , and asked the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to jointly handle the case and conduct a thorough investigation to find out how many courtiers Huang Jie had united with and who was supporting him behind the scenes.

Party strife.

The reason why the Great Jin Dynasty declined day by day after Wuzong was partly related to the following emperors, but most of all, it was related to party disputes.

Zhao Yang’s party struggle is a clear example.

‘Zhao’ refers to Zhao Huaizun, King of Deng, Zhao Zhi’s twelfth imperial uncle, and ‘Yang’ refers to Yang Daosi’s father, Yang Qingyuan, the right minister during the Pingzong period.

Although Zhao Huaizun was born in the royal family, he had advanced ideas and hated the arrogance of the family. Most of the people around him were from the imperial examination and were landowners of the common people with humble family backgrounds. They studied hard to obtain Jinshi and obtain official positions.

As the first aristocratic family in Yang Qing, most of the people gathered around him came from aristocratic families with prominent family backgrounds. They often relied on their fathers and ancestors' high-ranking official status to enter the officialdom, which is called "menyin" origin.

There is an irreconcilable conflict between the interests of both parties. One side represents a poor family, and the other side represents a wealthy family.

Irreconcilable contradictions and severe differences in political directions will only have one result in the end: mutual exclusion and mutual suppression.

Since then, the government has been in chaos, people's hearts have been scattered, and they are simply divided into right and wrong, right and wrong. This is very dangerous for a dynasty.

Even Zhao Zhi suffered from it and died several times. Therefore, after he succeeded to the throne, he hated fighting with the party and tried his best to suppress it. The first thing he did when he came to power was to demote Yang Qingyuan and make great use of the poor people.

In the end, Yang Daosi was appointed as the Right Chancellor because Yang Daosi's thoughts were relatively moderate and he did not want to be as tough as his father and could compromise and reconcile.

As the master of the empire, if his ministers stick together or act one-sided, it will be extremely harmful to his imperial power. The courtiers have to fight and compromise. The only way is to balance. This is why, from Wu Zong to In Pingzong, the prime minister was transferred frequently, and few people could serve for three to five years. However, when Zhao Zhi came here, the political situation was relatively stable, and the position of the prime minister was naturally relatively stable. It is best to have conflicts, but you must grasp a measure. If it is exceeded, for It benefits no one.

In the past, Zhao Zhi was full of energy and diligent in state affairs. With him on top, party struggles were not obvious. However, in Zhao Zhi's later years, the princes fought for power and many things became out of control.

As Wang Zhong just said, after many ministers jointly submitted the report, Zhao Zhi became furious and asked the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to investigate thoroughly. Liu Congyuan, the young minister of Dali Temple, took this opportunity to torture Huang Chong and asked him to put away those irrelevant things. Many people were also involved, including Li Xun. The two had many intersections from the Battle of Jiangnan to the Battle of Longyou. If Li Xun was involved, Liu Congyuan would report to Zhao Zhi and talk to Huang. Li Xun was deeply dissatisfied with the criticism about his arrest and complained a lot. If such words reached Zhao Zhi's ears, one can imagine the consequences.

Seeing that Li Xun was silent for a long time, Wang Zhong said in a low voice: "Li Xun, Huang Zhuo's matter, it seems that the trouble is getting bigger and bigger. I'm afraid many unrelated people will be involved. You should make plans early."
Chapter completed!