So, can it be his own business whether he lets it go or not?

Just when two fellows from the southeast, one red and one purple, were facing each other and thinking about something, as the sun set to the west, the shadow of the courtyard wall of the Dibao Courtyard gradually spread over the entire courtyard. Suddenly, the door of the printing workshop was opened together, and then there was

Unexplainable laborers came out carrying dozens of baskets, and inside the baskets were copies of newspapers still smelling of ink.

Immediately, the lower-ranking officials and some green-robed petty officials among the officials in the Dibao courtyard swarmed up, and bumped into the Tai students who came out to register, and the two sides started handing over in the corridor... Personally

They are not eligible to receive Dibao. They need to report their official position and the department they represent before they can receive a fixed number of Dibao.

Of course, Chen Gongfu, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, did not need to line up in person to receive it. Soon, relevant officials from the Ministry of Personnel took the newspaper and hurriedly gave it to his own officials. However, Li Shuyi did not care about his propriety and stood up directly and came behind Chen Gongfu.

I read someone else's newspaper.

However, Chen Shangshu opened the Di newspaper on the bench and glanced at it for a few moments. After a moment, he stood up, twirled the Di newspaper with his hands and left, leaving only the pale-faced imperial censor Li Jing, and Di who was gradually getting excited.

Report to the hospital.

Not to mention when Li Jing reacted and when he went back to write a report to his brother. It only said that Chen Gongfu, the chief minister, carried the di newspaper behind his back and left the di newspaper courtyard. He came to the imperial street and found his donkey on the roadside.

He sat directly behind the car, and the car started carrying his master, but instead of returning home, he went to the mansion of another court official.

When we arrived here, the master of the family had not returned yet, but Chen Gongfu went directly into the back hall of the family and sat on the guest table as if he was in a deserted place. Not only that, the hostess of the family came out directly to see Chen Shangshu.

On the other hand, he left his three sons to serve him in the back hall.

Obviously, Chen Gongfu had a close relationship with the owner of the family, and the friendship between the two parties had reached a certain level.

After waiting for about two-quarters of an hour, the owner of the family came back. He heard that his family had come to report, and he seemed to have expected it. Then he went directly to the back hall to see Chen Gongfu... none other than Li Guang, Li Taifa, the imperial censor at the time.

When the two met, they did not exchange greetings. Chen Gongfu put down the newspaper in his hand, picked up the tea, took a few sips, and then spoke to each other: "No wonder Taifa didn't want to tell me that day, Zhang Deyuan really turned the sky upside down?!"

When Li Guang heard this, he sat down and smiled bitterly, regardless of his three sons standing beside him: "Actually, it's not just because of how much trouble Zhang Deyuan caused this time, but because the officials had orders in person that day, and ministers really need to be more particular...

Of course, Zhang Deyuan did make such a fuss that I was restrained on the spot and found it difficult to defend myself."

"You may overthrow the sky, but you don't necessarily have to defend it." Chen Gongfu shook his head in reply. "Although some of the regulations are too outrageous, the principle of the Northern Expedition is still correct, and the principle that the Northern Expedition is related to the fundamental foundation of the country is also correct...

…Why seek complete blame?”

Li Guang was startled at first, and then sighed: "Now that things have come to this, what else can we do?"

Chen Gongfu frowned: "Compared to this, let me talk about another thing first... Are these five suggestions really the ability of Zhang Deyuan himself?"

"Of course not." Li Guang sighed again. "I have thought about it for many days, and this is what I thought...Army expansion and alliance are what the title is supposed to mean, no need to say more; the so-called An Hou means sending Quan Bangyan and Guo Zhong

Xun and Zong Zhongwu's former subordinates went to Jiangxi to lead the troops, but they were a bit cruel. I'm afraid it was Lu Zhi's idea; and the fifth thing, building wealth, was the progress of the Northern Expedition that had been planned for three to five years.

It should be Lin Shangshu's idea, he has a secret... But for the fourth thing, which is Empress An, I really can't figure out whose idea it was. After thinking about it, Liu Ziyu is most likely.

These can’t be crooked, can they?”

"I'm afraid only Zhang Deyuan can explain this kind of thing clearly, but he will never explain it clearly." Chen Gongfu also shook his head. "But it doesn't matter. No matter who came up with the idea, it shows that after this internal and external exchange,

, Zhang Deyuan has someone in his pocket who can come up with these ideas, and Zhang Deyuan himself dares to reveal these five points in public, and it can indeed be said that he is moving forward for the sake of the officialdom and the overall situation... From now on, no matter it is

No one can regard him as just a means used by the officials to suppress Xianggong Zhao, but as the real Xianggong of Xifu."

Li Guang was silent for a while and then nodded heavily.

"Are you thinking about how to explain to Southeast Li Gongxiang?" Chen Gongfu looked at his old friend's face and suddenly asked again.

"Yes." Li Guang sighed again and again. "It's difficult... Let's not talk about anything else. How can I explain to Li Gongxiang the two matters of empress peace and rectification of her name? I was clearly in front of the emperor that day, but I didn't say a word and ignored these two things.

Has the matter passed?"

"What do you want me to explain?" Chen Gongfu sneered and shook his head. "You are two years younger than me, but you still have such an old-fashioned way of thinking... Do you want to be a pawn for him all your life just because of the kindness of Mr. Li?

If you really want to talk about the kindness of knowing and encountering someone, isn’t it true that today’s officials are treating you with the kindness of knowing someone and meeting you?”

"The official is the emperor..."

"To repay the favor of the emperor, you have to die as a remonstrance; to repay the favor of the prime minister, you have to be a dog and a horse?" Chen Gongfu became more and more impatient. "Do you know that even his own brother can't stand Li Boji's tyrannical style? You still can't bear it?

What kind of leader do you want to be if you stick to the so-called Gongxiang Li’s faction? As everyone knows, this so-called Gongxiang Li’s party has long since disappeared. Even if it exists, it is not the party that the world’s reputation depended on in the past, and it is not your turn to be the leader!”

Li Guang was stunned for a moment, but then he shook his head: "I'm just explaining to Mr. Li. It's mainly because I'm in trouble. If nothing else, what can Emperor Taishang Yuansheng say? After all, he is the emperor who has shown kindness to you and me.

…”

"Again, if we talk about the kindness of knowing and meeting, then the current officials are not the kindness of knowing and meeting you?" Chen Gongfu seemed to have expected this question. "Besides, the kindness of Emperor Taishang Yuansheng to you is so shallow.

?You had the merit of supporting him in the beginning, but he also wanted to control people's hearts with those who were in charge of the battle, so he promoted you to the imperial censor. But when he wanted to negotiate a peace, he demoted you to the Tingzhou wine tax...

Being so half-hearted and using talents as a bargaining chip, is this the way a ruler should behave? Today, on the contrary, I have promoted you again and again. In two or three years, you have been promoted to the director of Yushitai, and you have been the half-prime minister for many years.

Even during the White Horse incident, I didn’t forget to specifically try to retain you, but that’s not considered a favor?”

Li Guang was silent again.

"Do you know why I came to find you today?" Chen Gongfu was hot on his heels.

Li Guang tried his best to shake his head and said, "Didn't you come here to report these five things to Prime Minister Zhang?"

"Yes and no." Chen Gongfu finally sighed. "Taifa, although I am here for this matter, what I want to say is not about these things. I am worried about you..."

Li Guang was finally startled.

"Let me tell you, you are well-educated, knowledgeable, well-respected, and have the demeanor of a famous minister, but you have two huge flaws in your temperament." Chen Gongfu looked serious and looked coldly in front of Li Guang's three adult sons.

Revealing the shortcomings. "First of all, you have a good reputation. You know clearly that things are roughly right and wrong, and you know the basic advantages and disadvantages of people, but you always have to argue and argue over small details and do unnecessary things just for a little reputation!"

"I also know this problem." Li Guang raised his tea bowl in embarrassment to cover it up. "You are not the only one who said it. I will try my best to change it..."

"That's all." Chen Gongfu ignored the embarrassment of the Li family and his son and continued to say coldly. "The key is not to understand the general situation! It's okay to be angry and have a good reputation for small things, but you have to be angry and have a good reputation for big things, but you don't know that for a small thing

His efforts in vain will ruin the overall situation, and he may end up with the reputation of a buffoon in the history books in the future, but he is still complacent."

Li Guang finally couldn't bear it anymore: "Brother Guozuo, please don't slander anyone... When have I ever done anything that could endanger the overall situation?"

"I ask you, is the Northern Expedition right?" Chen Gongfu said happily and not afraid.

Li Guang opened his mouth to speak, but unexpectedly the other party asked directly: "Is it the overall situation?!"

Li Guang wanted to say more, but Chen Gongfu had already asked again: "The original text has been written in the Di newspaper. The official said that after the matter is published in the newspaper, let's wait and see who has anything to say... Have you already written the relevant text these days?

I have revised the memorial countless times, and I am going to tell Prime Minister Zhang tomorrow what is wrong with the third and fourth matters?"

Li Guang's expression finally changed drastically, and below him and Chen Gongfu, his eldest son Li Mengbo also changed his expression... Others didn't know, but Li Mengbo knew very well that his father had such a memorial, and indeed he had changed it many times.

After all, it was him, the eldest son, who helped polish and copy every time.

"What's wrong? Isn't it that if I don't speak up, I will be criticized by my old colleagues in Jiangnan, and then lose the support of public opinion?" Chen Gongfu sat still and threw the tea cup in his hand to the ground, smashing it into pieces. " said

In the end, I am still just seeking fame and reputation, or do I want to please both sides? Li Taifa! Do you think that in this situation, you can still be allowed to be a bright person?!"

Li Guang's three sons were stunned and speechless. Li Guang looked at the fragments of the porcelain cup on the ground. Although his face was also pale, he still tried his best to argue: "Brother Guo Zuo, why is this? Since the officials compare Zhao and Zhang to Fang Du,

But can’t you allow me to be like Wei Zheng?”

"Did Wei Zheng's reputation come from saying good things to Li Jiancheng every day, or did he get it from persuading Emperor Taizong not to attack the Turks?" Chen Gongfu said jokingly. "I have made it clear to you today, Li Taifa, that your behavior seems to be a very arrogant one."

Frankly speaking, in my eyes, you are trying to please both sides and are despised!"

"Brother Guozuo!" Li Guang was furious for a moment. "We have been friends for decades, and it is always true that we met when we were young, right? Why do you say such evil words repeatedly today?"

"It's good that you know that our decades-long friendship is true." Chen Gongfu twirled his gray beard and sighed quietly. "Li Taifa, tomorrow's court, you'd better not take that memorial because of our decades-long friendship, otherwise

Naturally, I also have a memorial to impeach your personal ethics, and then there is also a letter of cessation of diplomatic relations, which I submitted to Lu Benzhong’s tabloid..."

At this point, Chen Gongfu stood up, picked up the newspaper on the table, and carried it behind his back. Then he turned to his stunned old friend and said the last words: "Taifa, if it weren't for our decades of friendship, why would I be here today?"

As for coming here in a hurry and saying such evil words, I hope you can think about it."

After saying this, the Minister of Civil Affairs held the newspaper with his hands behind his back and left the house.

"Daddy!"

After Chen Gongfu left, Li Guang was stunned on the spot. However, his eldest son reacted quickly and still sent it off in person. Then he hurriedly turned back and came to the back hall to face his own father. "Chen Shibo is gone."

Only then did Li Guang come back to his senses and looked at his son in confusion: "What does he mean? How can we break off our relationship?"

Li Mengbo lowered his head and thought for a while, then responded carefully: "My son roughly guessed that Chen Shibo's meaning has several layers... One is where Li Gongxiang of the southeast has been idle for many years, and has long since faded; the other is whether Chen Shibo was captured by Zhang Shuxiang

I was convinced that it was time for the whole country to secure the country internally and externally, and to insist on the Northern Expedition. I really believed that my father's remarks at this time were somewhat contrary to the overall situation...otherwise, why would he say the words to break off diplomatic relations?"

Li Guang responded in silence... Although he was silent, he already felt in his heart that his son was right.

As an old friend for decades, Chen Gongfu understood him, and he also understood the other party. Li Guang knew very well that Chen Gongfu was not a man who followed the situation and followed the situation.

He has insisted on criticizing Cheng Xue for decades, and he will not wait until he is in his fifties or sixties to see the light of his official career because of his opposition to Cai Jinghe.

But then again, just as Chen Gongfu believed that Li Guang had a good reputation, Li Guang had long noticed a big problem in Chen Gongfu's character - maybe it was because he wasted a long time in his early years.

, often willing to compromise on small issues.

This is exactly what happened. It should be that Chen Gongfu was persuaded by Zhang Jun and accepted the statement that the Northern Expedition was related to the foundation of the country. He recognized that the Northern Expedition was the so-called first overall situation at the moment. So for this overall situation, he was willing to accept such things as asking the two saints to write

A letter of self-reflection called for sending troops to the south to suppress the various outrageous behaviors of the opposition in order to facilitate the smooth implementation of the matter.

Relatively speaking, Li Guang was also somewhat persuaded by Zhang Jun and recognized that the Northern Expedition was the general trend, but his problem was that he was unwilling to accept those extraordinary actions.

The two people's personalities have been like this for a long time, and similar differences have always existed. However, what Li Guang did not expect was that this difference would actually lead to the severance of their decades-old friendship.

Are you really wrong?
To be continued...