Chapter 139 The Battle of Kong Qian and Guo Chongtao
Kong Qian was very dissatisfied and wronged. Why didn’t Douluge come to chat with him and ask if he was the descendant of Confucius? If the official position was just a false reputation, the power was actually under his control. Although he was a little frustrated, he was not completely unbearable. Unexpectedly, although Zhang Xian did not take charge of the account, he was very capable. Soon after taking over, he made the relevant matters clear and completely done. Kong Qian was left with the value of being an adviser.
However, fate did not abandon Kong Qian, and opportunities always favor prepared people. A few months later, after Li Cunxu destroyed Liang, the capital was moved from Tokyo Xingtang Prefecture to Bianliang first, and then to Luoyang. In addition to being a tyrant, Zhang Xian was temporarily responsible for guarding Weizhou and could not leave, so the transportation of materials in front could only be temporarily replaced by Kong Qian.
Kong Qian seized this opportunity and took advantage of the opportunity to report to Guo Chongtao's work, imitated Guo Chongtao's old trick of recommending Li Cunshen, and put forward a suggestion: "Although the country is about to establish its capital in Luoyang, Xingtang Prefecture is still an important town. It is not that talented and prestigious officials cannot be in charge. I don't think there is anyone more suitable than Mr. Zhang!"
After hearing this, Guo Chongtao thought it was very reasonable. Wei Bo was a place where something was very easy to get into. There was indeed a capable minister watching. It was impossible to see that Kong Qian was not only good at settlement, but also had a good vision. Guo Chongtao immediately said that he would submit a memorial to the emperor as soon as possible to discuss the matter.
Kong Qian was overjoyed. Of course, the entourage entourage who was in charge of the country's money and grain had to deal with things in the capital. As long as Zhang Xian was left in Weizhou, he would not be able to continue to hold this position and he could take over it himself. Not long after, the appointment and removal order was released, and Zhang Xian was appointed as the entourage entourage. At the same time, he was removed from his position as entourage entourage and was replaced by Prime Minister Dou Lu Ge!
Although Kong Qian did not get any benefits in this round of operations, he did not get anything. At least his immediate boss changed from Zhang Xian to Dou Lu Ge. Zhang Xian is a relatively capable boss, but Dou Lu Ge is not, which means Dou Lu Ge is relatively easy to fool. Zhang Xian is still a relatively honest leader, Dou Lu Ge happens to be not, which means it will be relatively easy to seize his handle.
Since he had not figured out who was the biggest obstacle to his promotion, Kong Qian, who followed Guo Chongtao's path and wanted to invite Dou Lu Ge away. He reminded Guo Chongtao: "Dou is the prime minister, and he is busy with business. His mansion is too far from the office of the renter, which has led to many financial and tax documents not being processed in time and there is a backlog. Can you consider a little reduction in Gong Gong's work?" Although his suggestion is very reasonable, Guo Chongtao just beat him up and refused to do it.
It seems that to move Douluge down, just because he was not caring enough about his health, he had to strengthen his strength. Kong Qian began to carefully search for Douluge's mistakes. Douluge was really cooperative. He had only become a renter for more than a month and used a note to remove hundreds of thousands of public funds from the treasury. The note did not explain the purpose, nor did he say when he would return it. Kong Qian immediately reported this matter to Guo Chongtao: Is this what he should do?
Guo Chongtao and Douluge have a good personal relationship, but he still has certain ethics on the issue of principle. We have done all the bribery, so I won’t talk about it. But why do you still think it’s not enough and you want to embezzle the state’s public funds? I wonder if the public funds in the Tang Dynasty are very tight now, so isn’t enough? Guo Chongtao found an opportunity to hint Douluge: Is the Duke in trouble recently? Is he approved a note?
Douluge immediately reacted: I was so unlucky, and I was caught just as soon as I reached out. The story was exposed too quickly! Although Douluge was nominally the prime minister of the Later Tang Dynasty, he also knew that he was just an ornament launched by Li Cunxu to promote orthodoxy. He had neither a military background nor a person in Li Cunxu's core circle. If he really angered Li Cunxu or Guo Chongtao, it would not be possible to strangle himself to death!
For example, Lu Cheng, who had become prime minister with him, criticized Li Cunxu's sister's son-in-law Xingtang Shaoyin Renyuan because he thought he was respectful and was so arrogant that he scolded Li Cunxu's sister's son-in-law Xingtang Shaoyin Renyuan, and was almost ordered to commit suicide by Li Cunxu! Thinking about Lu Cheng's experience, Dou Lu Ge was very scared and hurriedly submitted a memorial to resign as a entrusted envoy and recommended Guo Chongtao to hold this position on the same position. However, Guo Chongtao was of high power and was already busy with official duties. In addition, there were many people saying bad things behind him at this time. In order to avoid suspicion, he could not accept this position and let others say that he was in a way! So Guo Chongtao resolutely refused in front of Li Cunxu and did not fight for this lack of weight.
Li Cunxu asked: "If you don't do it, then who is suitable for taking over as a renter?" Guo Chongtao knew that the most suitable conditions are Kong Qian. But he just refused to let Kong Qian come up and replied with his classic mantra: "Although Kong Qian has long managed money and grain and has rich experience, he has a low background. If he suddenly reaches a high position, people may not be convinced! Why not do this? Just transfer Zhang Xian from Weizhou, Zhang Xian has also managed finance and did a good job!" Li Cunxu agreed and ordered Zhang Xian to be transferred to Beijing. As for the position left behind in Tokyo, Wang Zhengyan, the former judge of Wei Bo, was appointed.
Kong Qian was almost mad! He asked Zhang Xian to come back and become his boss, so it would be better not to bring down Dou Lu Ge. He now knows who was blocking his way to promotion! It turns out that he had been worshipping the wrong temple gate! However, it is still too late to make up for the sheep. Guo Chongtao, the only one who can speak in front of Li Cunxu. If you don’t keep people in your temple, you will have your own way to keep people! Kong Qian began to increase his efforts to please Jing Jin, another celebrity beside Li Cunxu, who was an actor.
Jing Jin and Zhu Shouyin, who was a servant, were ranked as two major intelligence officers under Li Cunxu. Later, Zhu Shouyin was promoted and led troops there, and he also contributed a great defeat to Li Cunxu in Desheng, and his favor was slightly reduced. From then on, Jing Jin was respected in the intelligence community of the Later Tang Dynasty.
At this time, in the Later Tang Dynasty, if Guo Chongtao could be most of Li Cunxu's home in the court, Liu Yuniang was laughing at the crowd. Then outside the court and the court, there was Jing Jin, who had a low status on the surface. The big and small things among the people and the privacy of the civil and military interactions were all investigated by Jing Jin and reported them to Li Cunxu in secret, which was almost another thing that Li Cunxu had heard.
Some of Li Cunxu wanted to do it, but because he was not open and honest enough, he would leave it to Jing Jin to do something that could not be discussed in the court, which shows how trustworthy he was. However, the appearance of a actor who was despised by people and the work of the general manager to see people's privacy makes Jing Jin's image in the eyes of many court officials very negative.
Through private transactions, Kong Qian made himself a close friend of Jing Jin and he had to respect him every time he met. Jing Jin, who had seen many court officials rolled his eyes, was very helpful and reciprocated. From time to time, he would speak a few beautiful words for Kong Qian in front of Li Cunxu. With Jing Jin's support, Kong Qian was shameless and visited the former head Lu Ge who had made him cheat.
Kong Qian first expressed his regret and said with pain: "It's all because we didn't strictly check when using people. We didn't know which villain was, but he actually broke the little thing about the husband's approval! He really knew people but not the heart!" Dou Luge could only sigh: "It's over, so it's better not to mention it."
Kong Qian sincerely suggested: "In fact, a small official who can do a little bit of trivial matters such as managing money and grain can be competent. On the contrary, Yedu is a fundamental important place for the country, and the candidates for the position cannot be careless. I know the person Yin Wang Zhengyan of Xingtang. He is impeccable in terms of character and ethics. But he lacks the ability to respond to things when encountering problems. The emperor summoned Zhang Xian to the court, but left Wang Zhengyan to guard Yedu. Can people not worry?"
When Douluge heard this, he felt it was reasonable because Kong Qian did not wrongly accuse Wang Zhengyan. This Wang was not capable of being famous among the ministers of the Later Tang Dynasty, and was even worse than Douluge. The prime minister, who had always been mediocre, felt that correcting this mistake was a rare opportunity to regain his image. He immediately went to Guo Chongtao and expressed his foresight.
Guo Chongtao said disapprovingly: "The officials at all levels who stayed in Weizhou are old ministers who have followed their masters for many years. With their assistance, why worry that Wang Zhengyan can't do anything?" Dou Lu Ge's rare truth was in hand, so he stopped giving in and opposed: "The transfer of Zhang Xian to Beijing is a mistake and appointing Wang Zhengyan to stay in Weizhou! If it is necessary to adjust, it is better to let Wang Zhengyan enter Beijing as a resident envoy. With Kong Qian and other teams help him, it may be possible. Let Wang Zhengyan take charge, and it will definitely be a bad thing!"
Guo Chongtao failed to argue with Dou Lu Ge for the first time, so the personnel transfer order was forced to make major adjustments. Zhang Xian continued to take charge of the stay in Tokyo, Wang Zhengyan was transferred to the capital as a resident envoy, and Kong Qian successfully replaced himself with the most incompetent boss.
An incompetent boss has such benefits: it would be fine if he didn't speak. As soon as he expressed his opinion, he would immediately miss it, fully exposing his idiot nature. Wang Zhengyan had to try to speak as little as possible, but as the top leader of the department, his subordinates reported to you and asked for advice, you could not completely ignore it! So not long after, Kong Qian accumulated a lot of black materials about the dereliction of duty of the new boss.
Kong Qian took these black materials and went to Guo Chongtao to report and expose his boss. Kong Qian showed his expression of worrying about the country and the people, and even said in tears: "The country's taxes come from the people's wealth and wealth. It is hard to get, and it cannot withstand such troubles! Mr. Guo, please think of a way to stop such a thing from happening!"
However, although Kong Qian's acting skills are good and his performance is very serious, he cannot impress Guo Chongtao. Guo Chongtao cannot tolerate a person who likes to be a domineering person like him. Besides, he is also very disgusted with Kong Qian's many practices in managing finance and taxation, and even thinks that he is a treacherous minister, so Guo Chongtao pretends to be deaf and mute and ignores him.
If you can't pass Guo Chongtao's level, then it's logical that Kong Qian has no hope of promotion. Judging from the current situation, it's impossible to make Guo Chongtao be merciful to Kong Qian. Kong Qian was angry and annoyed, but he still refused to admit defeat. If the conventional method doesn't work, then try unconventional methods! After Kong Qian and Jing Jin negotiated secretly, he took the risk of using his last trick: I want to resign and quit!
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Chapter completed!