Chapter 53: The Dust Settles
Feng Zhiyao didn't interject from beginning to end, although he came on behalf of the prefect of Yuzhou, he really didn't know which side to help at the moment. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
On the whole, Bai Bingxiong has no problem, but in terms of friendship, although he has other plans for the eldest daughter of the Bai family, is it worth offending the Song family for the sake of the Bai family?
was hesitating in his heart, not knowing which people outside the lobby shouted "Lord Bai is dedicated to the people, innocent and meritorious", like a grass core lead, lit a cannonball, and exploded violently.
This is good, the people have been impatient with this Song Wende repeatedly forcing Bai Bingxiong, and then look at the vicious Liu Qiandao, thinking that Bai Bingxiong is doing harm for the people, but he has been repeatedly bullied by this county order who has not done any merit for the people, and suddenly the crowd is angry, and everyone shouted out!
"Lord Bai is dedicated to the people, and he is innocent and meritorious!"
"Meritorious service for innocence! Merit for innocence! Merit for innocence!"
The shout shook the sky, and Feng Zhiyao stood up suddenly.
Only then did he realize that the people outside the hall had hideous faces and excited expressions, and he had no doubt that if he dared to ask Bai Bingxiong the slightest question, these people would rush in and trample this public hall into mud!
And the county government's errand, like the soldiers brought by Bai Bingxiong, was calm and indifferent, and had no intention of stopping it at all.
This is the people's feelings, the people's will!
For these crazy people, Song Xiang's younger brother, a big family far away in the capital, is far less important than a person who guards their peace!
Song Wende looked at Bai Bingxiong in disbelief, he couldn't believe it, he was the parent official of Hongnong County, how could he work so hard to rectify a low-end military attachΓ©!
Bai Bingxiong also looked out with Feng Zhiyao.
He suddenly wanted to cry.
He had never received such glory.
He enlisted in the army as a young man, ran around, had countless scars on his body, and took it as his responsibility to serve the country and the people, but he never felt like at this moment, which made him feel that everything he did was not just out of morality, he really felt that it was worth it for these people, born and dead, and spilled blood on his head!
It has reached this point, how else can it be judged? Feng Zhiyao didn't even have to think about it.
The result was satisfactory to everyone in Hongnong County, Bai Bingxiong was not only found not guilty, but was promised by Feng Zhiyao that he would report to the prefect and garrison when he went back, and ask for credit on his behalf.
They hugged their heroes and left, leaving Song Wende staring at the three villains who were also about to be acquitted, gritting his teeth: "Shameless villains!"
Feng Zhiyao walked past him, like a mirror in his heart, and sighed lightly: "They can even fight for more than ten years of life and death without hesitation, let alone you? β
Song Wende looked at the group of people in the distance, his eyes showed bitter resentment, Bai Bingxiong, in the past, as long as you get out, now, you have to die!
The smile on Bai Bingxiong's face didn't stop, and he said goodbye to the people around him one by one, and then got on the horse and went back to the barracks to deal with the follow-up matters.
On the edge of the street in front of the county yamen, there was an inconspicuous carriage parked, except for the horse, which was quite eye-catching, the others were ordinary.
The slender jade hand in the carriage lifted the curtain, looked at the back of Bai Bingxiong beating the horse, smiled slightly, and turned back to the excited woman behind him: "Mother, the dust has settled, don't worry anymore." β
The people in the carriage were Xu Chenghuan and Mrs. Bai.
Mrs. Bai wrung the handkerchief in her hand, she was excited, excited, and her face was a little red.
"Huan Niang, this time it is really thanks to you, which not only saved the lives of our family, but also gave your father credit...... It's a pity that we are still frightened family members and can't go out to see your father's scenery!"
For such praise from Mrs. Bai, Xu Chenghuan never said a word.
If they knew that it was the arrow she threw that injured the cause of these incidents, I wonder how they would feel?
However, she has never blamed herself for this, Bai Bingxiong believes in his brother too much, and it is a fact that he is not strict under the rule, if it continues to develop like this, it will only be a greater disaster in the future.
"Mother, this time my father can go so smoothly, in addition to his hard work, I also have to thank He Qi. β
Mrs. Bai was stunned: "What's the matter with He Qi?"
"He Qi has an uncle who works as a scribe in Duguan, if it weren't for him to help with the dots, contact Liu Qiandao's subordinates, find a person from the gang of bandits who has a good heart to arrange his identity, and take the military status, then his father's words are not easy to complete. β
Mrs. Bai didn't expect this stubble, and nodded: "Then we have to prepare a gift to go to He's house to thank He Qi." β
"Mother, by all means. Xu Chenghuan sat back to Mrs. Bai: "He Qi did this, the He family may not know, and besides, the matter of his father can't be publicized in the first place, if he goes to thank him again, won't he tell others that there is something greasy in the middle?"
"Then you say, we won't thank you?"
Xu Chenghuan remembered the figure of the man who left with his father just now, and shook his head: "Of course not, He Qi, he will naturally ask his father for a thank you gift, let's not worry about it, just understand it in our hearts." β
He Qi should be able to get his wish this time, right? Bai Bingxiong can be so exhaustive today, and He Qi's credit is really not small.
In Beijing, Xiao Shaoyun didn't wait for a moment, and immediately made a decree to select unmarried women who had reached the age of 16 in Daqi to enter Beijing and handed it over to the Ministry of Rites.
When Prime Minister Song Wenru got the news, he was like a blow to the head.
The emperor did not consult with any ministers before issuing the order, and it was clear that he was bent on doing his own thing!
What's this for?!
The court controversy after Empress Xiaoyuan is still vivid, and the ministers who have been beaten by the court staff are not all good now, what kind of storm does the emperor want to set off?
On the first day of Empress Xiaoyuan's funeral, a wave of wind and waves had already been set off in the court.
On that day, despite the opposition of the ministers of the imperial family, the emperor insisted on burying the empress in the imperial mausoleum.
"Whoever dares to say that she is unlucky, I will take someone's life! Whoever dares to oppose it again will go to the queen to be buried with me, my royal mausoleum, I don't care about giving you outsiders the honor of a burial!"
But a dead man, the emperor is so ruthless, who can fight for anything?
But the ensuing edict that would never stand after it made the court completely fried.
Although the wedding night is over, Xu Chenghuan is the queen canonized by the emperor's personal decree, buried according to the queen's etiquette, buried in the imperial mausoleum, there is no way, there is no way to fight for the emperor, there is no problem with the princes and commoners banning banquets and marriages, and even the emperor wants to be buried with her after a hundred years, which is normal, and the emperor is deeply affectionate.
But when this never stands again, the problem is big!
How can the king of a country no longer establish a queen because of a woman!
Xu Chenghuan's death, although the whole country mourns, but without the queen, how many families with daughters have begun to fight the idea of this throne!
Let a dead person forever block the way of others to be in the middle palace, so that the emperors of this generation of the Great Qi Dynasty have no sons-in-law, from the court to the Li people, no one can agree!
"Your Majesty, you must not!"
On that day, the officials of the Ministry of Rites almost broke their heads, and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty knelt in front of the Taiji Hall of the Emperor's Dynasty for three days, and a large number of officials were beaten with the cane, but they could not prevent the issuance of the edict.
Xu Chenghuan, who was nicknamed Empress Xiaoyuan, was extremely grieved after his death, and the whole country mourned.
Empress Xiaoyuan with countless envy and glory, the scenery buried in the imperial mausoleum, the emperor even fainted when her coffin was buried, and after waking up, he wrote a thousand-word memorial text for her, always mourning.
Such affection from the emperor moved countless women in the world and made a group of courtiers resentful, but how long has it been, and the emperor is actually going to select the world's beauties again, isn't this a slap in the face?
With such a crisp and loud slap, do you want the emperor's face?
Song Wende is the person who really pretends to be the emperor in his heart, and he was originally going to see his nephew's injury, and as soon as his footsteps turned, he was going to enter the palace to persuade the emperor.
But before he could leave the house, someone came to him.
"Master, Master Xi is here. β
In front of Prime Minister Song's door, there are few people who can enter his door without asking to see him and waiting for a notification, but this Taishi is definitely one of them.
"Please!" Song Wen hurriedly greeted him.
The position of Taishi Xi is now just a fictitious position, and he has no real power, but no one in the civil and military officials of the Great Qi dares to snub him.
Just because he was not only the prime minister of the Gaozu period, but also the world-renowned Confucian, the enlightenment teacher of the first emperor, and the serious emperor, even the current emperor Xiao Shaoyun, in front of him, he has never put the emperor's score, let alone others. Half of the civil officials of the Great Qi Dynasty have been instructed by him and honored as a teacher, including him Song Wenru.