Chapter 942: There Are No Factions Within the Party, and All Kinds of Weird Things Happen

Since we are talking about private matters, it is not convenient to talk in the lobby. Wu Yi, a "local tyrant and country bumpkin", hosted the party and ordered a private room.

The window paper has three layers, and each room has several layers of wood boards. The sound insulation effect is very good. After closing the door, the outside disturbance seems to disappear in an instant.

The ground is covered with precious mink fur. The huge candles as big as a baby's arm burn day and night. Even if the light is not good, it is as bright as day. The rest of the tea bowls and utensils are all first-class good things.

While the effect is good, it costs Wu Yi ten taels of silver to use this private room, which is equivalent to the savings of ordinary people for several years. It is not for ordinary people, and they can't afford it at all.

The private room costs ten taels, a table of food costs another five taels, and fine wine costs two taels. At the end of the day, Wu Yi spends money like water. In the eyes of the two scholars, Wu Yi's figure has become hazy. When did the country people become so rich?

The scholar in plain clothes entered the compartment and drank a mouthful of the wine that he rarely saw, not to mention could drink, and then said happily: "Mr. Chen is really a generous person!"

When contacting the two of them, Wu Yi had already introduced himself, but he used the identity of Chen Yan. His identity and place of origin were all verifiable, so even if others went to Chenliu County to investigate, there was no need to worry.

"Before in the lobby outside, I felt that you two were not ordinary people. A mere silver is not worth mentioning!" Wu Yi's implication was that he wanted to make friends with the two of them.

"I am Wang Xinyuan, and I have no background. This is Brother Xu Yuanchang. Brother Xu's family is one of the best cloth merchants in the city, and their business is all over Beijun!"

When Wang Xinyuan introduced himself, he also introduced the person next to him. Just as Wu Yi guessed when he first met them, one was from a poor family and the other was from a rich family.

Wu Yi greeted them one by one!

Then, Wang Xinyuan opened up and said a lot, such as this Liu Fuzun is the disciple of the Imperial Censor in the court. He is not the master who taught him since childhood, but the room teacher under the relationship of the imperial examination.

There are factions in the officialdom, but many people may not have seen them before they became officials. In order to win over the relationship as soon as possible and to help each other in the future, they will do everything they can. The imperial examination is undoubtedly the best means. This is the means of civil officials. Scholars who took the imperial examination in the same year also have the friendship of the same room.

The above are the means for civil officials to make friends. As for military officials, there are similar means. I will introduce them later when I have time.

In short, there is no party outside the party, the emperor's thoughts, and there are no factions within the party.

There is no court that is absolutely pure and without disputes. It is even unimaginable and can only be described as strange.

Only by admitting complexity can we differentiate them, choose enemies and friends, and then make our friends more numerous and isolate our opponents.

The strategies of struggle in ancient and modern times are all like this.

The Imperial Censor of the Daji Dynasty was one of the three most important officials. According to the Shinto system, he was the Supreme God of Heaven. According to the Immortal Dao, he was also the Taiyi Immortal. Wu Yi had never met such an existence before, and he was quite curious.

Wu Yi acted surprised and said, "There is such a thing!"

Wang Xinyuan was very satisfied to see Wu Yi's surprised expression. Before, Wu Yi's generous attitude of throwing thousands of gold made him feel inferior, but now he finally felt balanced.

"Yes! With that person in the court, our Liu Fuzun doesn't have to worry about being buried or replaced by others as long as he makes achievements. It will be much easier to get promoted!" Xu Yuanchang, who had been silent for a long time, spoke.

His family was responsible for this huge business, and they had to deal with the officialdom on weekdays. Under the influence of what they saw and heard, they were also clear about many things in the officialdom.

Many times, officials have no motivation and muddle through, not because they don't have the ability, but because if they do a good job, they don't get the credit, and if they do a bad job, they are the ones who are guilty. How can they have any motivation? It's better to follow the rules of Xiao and Cao.

Liu Fuzun has someone to support him, so he doesn't have the biggest concern. Naturally, he can govern the people and do a great job.

After that, Wang Xinyuan taught him almost everything he knew, but later, most of them were rumors, and there was no evidence. For example, the Imperial Censor was planning a reform, so in the scroll, he had to intentionally add a discussion of the reform, so that he could win the favor of Liu Fuzun.

However, the scroll that Liu Fuzun praised in the past few days was not completely in this style. There were also some that wrote that the laws of the ancestors could not be changed. So, it was just a rumor and could not be completely believed.

In short, Wu Yi spent more than 100 taels of silver to obtain these news, which was still a big profit for him. Silver was of no use to Wu Yi. If there was not enough, there were many legal means to obtain it.

After knowing Liu Fuzun's general preferences, Wu Yi can also prescribe the right medicine and incite civil unrest specifically against him. Wu Yi needs to think about what level the civil unrest in Chenliu County needs to be maintained at, where it should be directed, and how to use local trivial matters to cause fluctuations in the court.

If the imperial censor can be formally induced to propose reforms, it will be even better. When there is no increase, all so-called reforms are painful stock changes. If you want to get more, someone will definitely spit out what they have eaten. At that time, the court will inevitably have party disputes.

When party disputes start, it basically means that the dynasty has reached the middle and late stages. Many people hate officials protecting each other, but to be honest, only when officials protect each other can things really be done.

When the parties start fighting, people oppose for the sake of opposing, regardless of right or wrong, good or evil, which is the disaster of the empire and the sorrow of the people.

Asking a person about his opinion on mutual protection among officials can basically distinguish between a political novice and an entry-level person.

If that day really comes, Wu Yi's purpose of coming here can be regarded as a beginning. Of course, all of this is currently lingering in Wu Yi's mind and has not been put into practice.

However, after confirming that this Liu Fuzun is an existence that can reach the ears of the emperor, Wu Yi has already had a rough plan in his mind, and he just needs to formally initiate it.

After chatting with the two of them for half a day, Wu Yi parted with them. Wang Xinyuan and the other two wanted to use the excuse of writing a travel letter together to keep Wu Yi, a fool who spends money like water, but Wu Yi said goodbye first on the pretext that he had something important to do in his hometown.

Naturally, Wu Yi told them that he was born in Chenliu County and agreed to meet again in the future.

Xu Yuanchang frowned slightly when he heard that Wu Yi was born in Chenliu County, and asked what Wu Yi's father and brother did. Wu Yi replied that his father was a clerk in the government office.

Afterwards, Xu Yuanchang seemed to understand something and did not say much. Presumably, he thought that the money on Wu Yi came from the corruption of his father and grandfather. Xu Yuanchang had also heard about the bad administration in Chenliu County!