My country is dead again [Rebirth]

Right now, the Beijing inspection is in full swing. Sun Bingde is the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. Although he usually handles affairs in the cabinet, he has to return to the Ministry of Rites to take care of the Beijing inspection. Anyone who has a problem with the interview form has to talk to someone like Han Zhen. Talk, you can't let the people under you have accidents.

So Du Ruo went directly to the Ministry of Rites after leaving the palace, and met Sun Bingde as expected.

The officials of the Ministry of Rituals were a little silent when they saw him. They peeked back and forth when they saw each other's expressions, and found that Sun Bingde was also silent.

The strong tea on the table had already run out. Obviously, Sun Bingde stayed here all afternoon and didn't have a good rest. He also relied on drinking strong tea to refresh himself. Du Ruo looked away lightly and gave a salute.

Sun Bingde was not surprised by his visit, and said bluntly, "Your Majesty showed you the visit form?"

Du Ruo didn't hide it, nodded and said: "Yes, I have something unclear about this matter, so I came here to ask Yuan Weng for advice."

"I've guessed it all, what can I ask for advice?" Sun Bingde poured himself a cup of tea, his tone was alienated, "I feel unfair, come to ask for an explanation?"

Du Ruo was silent for a while, as if he had guessed the result but still wanted to find out, and asked, "Is it because of the Hengchuan Guards incident last time? Yuan Weng still wants military power?"

"It's fine if you think so." Sun Bingde smiled lightly, "Just think I'm holding a grudge."

This was the answer Du Ruo didn't want to hear the most. He closed his eyes and said, "I still want to ask, why?"

"Not long after I first came to Lezhou, the imperial court opened Enke once. Those people were still in the Imperial Academy. As far as I know, they have a good relationship with you, and you are the leader." Sun Bingde took a big drink Tea, and pressed the center of his eyebrows again, to get rid of some tiredness, "At the beginning, Kai Enke was to fill the vacancy of the court as soon as possible, and now some people in the six departments are still drawn from Suifang, and they will be put back later, according to the past practice Let the Hanlin officials fill it in. After the Beijing inspection, the group of people from the Hanlin Academy should also be included in the sixth department. Although the time is not in line with the previous rules, it is normal for special circumstances to be flexible."

These words sounded a little abrupt, but Du Ruo understood immediately, looked at Sun Bingde a little funny, and said: "Those people are all young scholars, and the officials are their seniors. You can only stay in the Imperial Academy every day, and it is inevitable to get acquainted with them, did Yuan Weng already classify these young people as the party members of lower officials?"

"When the imperial court was on the verge of extinction, the Enke was opened. The scholars who are willing to enter the imperial court as officials are all ambitious and ambitious. They are not ordinary people. This group of people is somewhat like you. They are pure in heart and do not want to fall into the mud of the world. Facing Du Ruo, Sun Bingde seemed to have great patience no matter what, "I was willing to propose Enke at the beginning because of this. You can understand that I am using you, because I believe that only you can become the follower of the younger generation. And you are my favorite student."

Sun Bingde didn't need to talk about the later things, they all understood, but it was a pity that Du Ruo didn't stand with him in the end, then Du Ruo and these young people must be against him, either the back wave killed the front wave, or the front wave blocked the back wave's way.

Du Ruo laughed again, and said: "Yuan Weng may think too much about Xiaguan, but now Xiaguan does not have such a high status among these young people, and they cannot respond to everyone, let alone form a faction."

"It's not that I think too much about you, it's that you are still unwilling to face the decisive battle with me one day." Sun Bingde's straight crane eyes locked his bright pupils, "The situation I mentioned It won't take long to show up. Once those scholars enter the six departments, they will officially enter the court. They have something they want to do, but they can't do it alone. They will naturally seek companions, and then you will become a faction. , but in fact, most of the factions in the court are formed in this way. By then, it will be too late."

In the end, he will confront his former teacher tit-for-tat in court, stumbling each other, and even framing each other. How could Du Ruo not understand these things, and he never thought of the reason for Sun Bingde's attack this time, but he still didn't want to admit it after all. Sun Bingde chose to kill them all at the beginning, and didn't want to leave him any chance.

Du Ruo didn't have anything to say about this, and instead said: "Yuan Weng attacked Mr. Tang this time, because he wants to admiral the power of the three battalions again?"

"This Cangzhou defense has won a complete victory. It can be seen that the three battalions have become a climate, and this is His Majesty's indestructible backing." Any stranger's words are the same, "If the civil officials don't intervene, the three major battalions will be a terrible threat."

Du Ruo wanted to laugh for no reason. Sun Bingde always had a contemptuous attitude towards his opponents. In his eyes, Tang Hechun and his group were no longer civil servants. In other words, in his heart, he was the only one who could represent civil servants. All must point to where he is. This is the posture of a successful person and the confidence of a successful person.

"It's still the same sentence as a lower official. The three major battalions cannot be reduced to a tool for civil officials to fight for power and profit. They should be managed by capable generals." Du Ruo looked back sharply and said without dodging, "Yuan Weng can give it a try. You can temporarily take away the three battalions, but one day, the lower officials will snatch them back from Yuan Weng."

Sun Bingde laughed when he heard such words: "This is the student I taught alone, and Du Fangzhou is worthy of being my opponent." He seemed to be really happy to meet his opponent, "Let's try, whoever loses You won’t know until the end if you don’t win.”

Du Ruo twisted the corner of the sleeve with his fingers and wrinkled it, and said: "The current power of the cabinet is very close to the peak of danger for the court and a country, and it should not touch the military power anymore. Neither will allow the cabinet to have its own military presence."

"Then I also want to ask you something." Sun Bingde's eyes were deep, "If one day you sat where I am now, would you still think so? Would you still be as stubborn as you are now?"

"Yes." Du Ruo didn't have any hesitation, it wasn't youthful impulsiveness and no hesitation, but the firmness of sticking to his heart, as if he had rehearsed the answer to this question countless times without thinking about it, "If a person is lost after many years The ideals in the past, everything now is actually ridiculous, just like Yuan Weng will not abandon your ideals, and neither will the lower officials. The persistence of the lower officials is destined to be different from that of the Yuan Weng. First, it will not be the second Sun Huaishou."

The eyes of the two met in the mist of strong tea. They have been together day and night for ten years. Not only are their charms and demeanors very similar invisibly, but sometimes there are many differences in the look in their eyes, the expression on their faces, and even the tone of their speech. Similarities, Sun Bingde seemed to see his young self in Du Ruo's eyes.

That was a long way off, but he could believe that at that time, he must have been as willing to sail against the current as he is now, and cross the road in isolation.

It's just that when they took the first step, they chose completely different paths and pursued completely different ideals.

For a moment, Sun Bingde closed his eyes slightly, as if he felt a sigh he had never felt before. Life is going against the grain, and the years are gone. He doesn't want to admit it anymore, and he has to contrast it from that young and firm face. He is already late, maybe one day, he will be tired of all this, turn around and walk away tiredly, away from the officialdom that has been ups and downs for most of his life, and let those ideals dissipate at the end of the years.

One generation grows old and one generation grows up. Perhaps this is the eternal rule. What they hold in their hands now will be reluctantly passed on to the younger generations. The emperor cannot care about the stability of the future generations. Nor can they watch over the vicissitudes of the court 20 years later.

Sun Bingde raised his cup and took another sip of tea, clearing away the untimely sigh in his mind, and when he raised his eyes again, he was still the chief minister of the cabinet who hid all his emotions in his eyes, and said: "Since your majesty knows about the visit list I'm sure I'll find a way to help you."

Du Ruo lowered his eyes silently, saluted and retreated.

As Sun Bingde said, Xie Ruzhuo is indeed trying to find a way to solve this matter, and it is still a bit tricky. He made a lot of noise because of Du Ruo directly intervening in Jingcha, but it is not easy to intervene silently. , he has been worrying about this for several days.

Before he could come up with a very appropriate solution, this matter suddenly turned around.

A person took the initiative to go to the Ministry of War for Du Ruo, then went to the Ministry of Officials to find someone, and finally went to Sun Bingde in person, hoping to make some accommodations on this matter.

Sun Bingde looked at Hua Yangke who came to the door, and said: "Give me a reason that can convince me."

After Hua Yangjiao was transferred to the Criminal Department, he hadn't looked for Sun Bingde for a long time, and Sun Bingde naturally wouldn't look for him either. It was the last time Du Ruo was sent to Hengchuan to look for him.

At that time, the reorganization of the Weisuo had been settled, and Sun Bingde, Du Ruo, and Xie Ruzhuo had lived in peace for a long time. The matter of Hengchuan, Sun Bingde just took advantage of the emperor's suspicion to make a big noise, saying that it was about the reorganization of the Weisuo. Whether it was to fight back, or to completely classify Du Ruo and the emperor as one faction to declare war and demonstrate, there was actually no practical purpose in this matter.

Similar to what Du Ruo had guessed at the time, Sun Bingde just wanted to warn again, by the way, draw a line with his former student, give everyone in the court a signal to stand in line, and directly seal back the emperor's face. The civil servants in the hall know how to wink, and they won't stand in the wrong team when they are idle and have nothing to do.

Hua Yangjie approached Sun Bingde and advised him to build momentum, not to mess with Hengchuan. He also advised him not to push Du Ruo too hard in the future. The method of Huairou is also very effective sometimes.

"Don't worry, Yuan Weng, you're ruthless against Du Ruo now, firstly because you want to cut him off before he is fully fledged, and secondly..." Hua Yangjiao smiled meaningfully, "Yuan Weng is also because he cherishes this Student, right? Let him leave the capital at the beginning, and it will be better to wait until he reaches a high position and then lose to you. At that time, the higher he climbs, the harder the fall will be, Yuan Weng will be reluctant after all."

Sun Bingde frowned slightly and looked at him, realizing that he had underestimated this person before. Although he knew that he was a talented person, he never thought that he could be so thoughtful and able to guess his deep meaning. I'm afraid Du Ruo himself would not have thought of it.

"Then since you know, why bother to persuade me to do the opposite." Sun Bingde said.

"Because I think this method is impossible to succeed, Yuan Weng's attack was too ruthless in the early stage, not only pushing Du Fangzhou too hard, but also forcing His Majesty to fight against you." Hua Yangjiao was not timid in Sun Bingde's probing eyes, He replied calmly, "Your Majesty has the military forces that you want but can't get. You are no longer the original Majesty. It's too much trouble. You are actually at a disadvantage. So Yuan Weng might as well let Du Ruoyi go first." Ma, the future will last forever, he is your student, and you taught him his talents and strategies, I don't believe you will be unable to deal with your own students."

What Hua Yangjiao said is indeed correct. The ally behind Du Ruo is the emperor, and the forces behind the emperor are the army and generals. Pushing people into a hurry is not worth the loss, but...

Sun Bingde closed his eyes and sighed silently, "What you mean by Huairou is to live in harmony with Du Ruo?"

"That's not true." Hua Yangjiao knew that he had changed his mind, and smiled secretly, "There should be demonstrations and warnings, you are destined to fight, it is impossible to live in harmony, but the relationship does not have to be like this Tension, at least there can be a middleman to ease it."

Sun Bingde glanced at him: "So you want to be the middleman?"

"Yes." Hua Yangjie nodded, "Du Fangzhou already knew that Xiaguan and Yuan Weng were together, and they might still be together. Before he went to Hengchuan last time, he saw us together, and when he was in Hengchuan, he also liked it. Xiaguan has many precautions. But this time, the interview form written to him by Xiaguan is very fair, and it is beneficial to him. Now he is willing to clear up this matter for him. Will reject people thousands of miles away."

It turned out that before going to Hengchuan last time, Hua Yangjie came to him for a plan. Maybe he deliberately chose to visit Du Ruo when he came. Somewhat interesting, said: "Then what good is it for you to be a peacemaker?"

"Yuan Weng is a smart man. You and Du Ruo have lofty aspirations, but after going to the Ministry of Punishment, I just want to fool around." Hua Yangjie replied generously, "People like me just want to be wise and protect ourselves."

"Well, no one can offend anyone, he is indeed a smart man." Sun Bingde praised, then stared at him and said, "I can give you this chance, but I hope you remember the four words you said today. See your other attempts one day."

Hua Yang nodded and said: "Your official understands, don't worry Yuan Weng, that day will not happen."

He saluted and said goodbye, and when he turned around, a cold smile slipped across his mouth, if Sun Bingde kicked Du Ruo out of the capital at this time, wouldn't Dayu's court be in chaos?

And he can finally let everyone know who is the chess player behind him one day. Everyone is just his pawn, and he should always have a place in this world.

The author has something to say: the sub-cp will appear w in the next chapter

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