Chapter 10: Drastic Cuts 1
This year's big exam is officially over, but the power struggle between the Shu bureaucrats and the scholar bureaucrats in the court has not stopped. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Regarding the follow-up treatment of the criminal Feng Tianzhao, many people are still waiting to see the situation in the dark. Li Zishang begged the emperor to deal with Feng Tianzhao and thoroughly investigate the death of a scholar surnamed Zhang.
Liu Heng approved Li Zi's recital, and after half a month, Feng Tianzhao committed suicide in fear of crime in the prison, and his son Feng Ning was exiled to Yazhou, and the children of the Feng family were not allowed to enter the office for three generations.
When dealing with this matter, Liu Heng was very angry, Feng Tianzhao's self-determination made many people's hearts put in their stomachs, some things, Liu Heng didn't know, but there were too many things recorded in the account book of taking bribes, and there were too many people involved in it, once it was dealt with, there would definitely be chaos within the court.
This incident strengthened Liu Heng's idea of abolishing the door shade, and in just a few days, Li Zi was promoted to the second rank of the imperial historian and ranked as the deputy minister.
Li Puzheng handed over the book to visit relatives in the palace, Liu Heng approved it, and set up a family banquet in the Zhengde Hall the next day.
I held the white fat baby and coaxed quietly, the child did not cry or make trouble, he was very obedient in my arms, Liu Heng was distressed and afraid that I was tired, so he called out the nurse and took the child.
"Your Majesty, I don't know if you have thought of a name for the little prince?" It's also strange to say, I don't know if it's because of the busy state affairs, the little prince has passed the full moon, but Liu Heng didn't even set up a full moon banquet, and he didn't even have a name.
I watched him become more and more sad these days, and I felt relieved in my heart, and the more troubles he had, the happier I became.
He glanced at me and reluctantly squeezed out a smile, "Anyway, it's a concubine, let's wait until I'm a year old!" ”
I took his hand and said with concern, "In the past few days, you have become more and more depressed, is something happened to the courtier?" Without waiting for him to answer, I continued, "The affairs of the court are foiled by my father, if there are some places where my father also adds to the chaos, the emperor does not have to worry about me, the concubines are in the middle palace, and their status is already prominent enough, even if the glory of the lintel of the mother's house is not enough, it doesn't matter!" ”
After speaking, I secretly sneered in my heart, my ugly words were said in front, if one day Li Puzheng committed any crime, he didn't have to care about my identity as the queen, although he dealt with it according to the law......
He smiled and touched my head, "The most gratifying thing in my life is to marry a good wife like you!" ”
Just when the two of us were in love, Li Puzheng asked for an audience.
Gao Xiao led Li Puzheng into the Zhengde Palace, saying that this is Liu Heng's bedroom, and usually except for me, ordinary palace concubines and ministers are not allowed to come in.
"Long live my emperor, thousand years old queen!" As soon as he entered, Li Puzheng respectfully bowed.
"Flat, today is a family banquet, the right minister doesn't need to be polite!" Liu Heng's voice was not cold, and he was very casual and exempted from Li Puzheng's red tape.
After a while, the palace people were full of dishes, and Liu Heng pulled the chair away and asked me to sit down, and then he sat down again.
He and Li Puzheng were talking about the problem of the displaced people in Wengchuan, and I listened carefully to eat my own food silently, and did not interject.
"The rich have no place to stand, the poor have no place to stand, right minister, what do you think?" Liu Heng put a chopstick dish into the bowl for me, and asked Li Puzheng with some ulterior motives.
After the Wengchuan incident, the imperial court exempted the taxes there, but the labor became more and more serious, the rich still "many animals and slaves, unlimited farms and houses", extravagant and squandering, but the displaced victims lost their land due to natural disasters, and finally became homeless, this problem made Liu Heng have a headache for a long time.
"Under this whole world, it is not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister, not to mention that the people are divided into three, six, nine and so on. Li Puzheng replied lightly, saying that the rich Tian Lianqian Mo, he is also a part of it, and he does not have much real power in his hands, if he loses even the last bit of land, then what will they eat and drink!
Liu Heng's fingers began to habitually tap on the table, I knew that he was already slightly unhappy in his heart, but I didn't remind Li Puzheng, but the eunuch next to him laughed, desperately glared at Li Puzheng, and signaled him not to say any more.
Li Puzheng was instructed by Gao Xiao, realized that Liu Heng was displeased, and immediately changed his mouth and said, "Since the first emperor, the internal law and external Confucianism, to a large extent, the country has been recuperated, and now the disaster of the Wengchuan earthquake, there are not a few rich people who have been affected, and even some people have become displaced people under the attack of bandits. ”
Hearing this, Liu Heng's fingers stopped tapping, his eyes stayed on the table, as if considering the problem, Confucianism as a political concept is of course very good, from Confucius to all dynasties and dynasties, it is also very good, but the problem is that Confucianism is sometimes not implemented at the operational level.
After the meal, Gao Xiao suggested that the begonias in the Imperial Garden had bloomed just right recently, so Liu Heng took me, followed by Li Puzheng, and drove to the Imperial Garden.
As soon as he settled, there was a eunuch who started playing, and the imperial historian Li Zi asked for an audience, and Liu Heng played it on the spot.
I looked at the middle-aged man dressed in a second-grade official mansion with a respectful and rigorous face, and it turned out that this person was Li Zi.
"Minister Li Zi to see the emperor, the queen!"
I smiled slightly, "Master Li doesn't have to be formal!" He nodded towards Liu Heng again, "The concubine heard that Master Li is the chief examiner of this big exam, so she must have learned amazingly!" ”
It seems that I didn't expect me to say such a thing, Li Zi was a little surprised, and then bowed respectfully, "The queen mother praises falsely, and the minister really doesn't dare to be!" ”
"The queen said you can afford it, you can afford it!" Liu Heng held my hand, smiled slightly, and signaled that I didn't have to obey the palace etiquette like this.
Seeing the interaction between me and Liu Heng, Li Zi's mind was dark, he hid his expression, and stood behind Li Puzheng.