The first thing Wang Yuan heard when he returned to Beijing was that the emperor set his bedroom on fire.

No matter how the butterfly's wings fanned, it didn't fan away this palace fire!

King Ning still offers lanterns during the Lantern Festival every year, and this year's lanterns are numerous and beautiful, and Zhu Houzhao asked the palace people to hang them on the pillars. This is already more dangerous, and what is even more nonsense is that a felt curtain is also placed under the eaves, and fireworks and gunpowder are stored in the curtain.

As soon as the fireworks are released, the lanterns are lit, and the lanterns are then lit to the beams and pillars, so there is Zhu Houzhao's sentence: "What a big fireworks!" ”

The Qianqing Palace was burned to the ground.

And what is the Qianqing Palace used for?

Where the emperors of the Ming Dynasty lived and worked!

As soon as Wang Yuan returned to the capital, he received the task of discussing politics. All officials must discuss politics and review the gains and losses of the emperor and his ministers, because the fire in the Qianqing Palace must be something that God is showing.

This time, the ministers did not self-examine, and they all pointed the finger at the emperor, who let the fire just burn down the emperor's bedroom.

The content is nothing more than the following:

First, the emperor should not live in the leopard room for a long time, but should go back to the palace to live.

Second, the emperor should not favor the border generals, but should transfer the border troops from the capital.

Third, the emperor should not be close to the monks, but should respect Confucianism and cultivate virtue diligently.

Fourth, the emperor should not be slacking off in government and tired of studying, but should be diligent in court politics and attend court meetings and banquets on time.

Fifth, the emperor should not be partial to the ministers, but should accept the words of hundreds of officials.

Zhu Houzhao was sprayed bloodied by the civil officials, and he couldn't refute it, so he could only lose his temper in the leopard room, after all, he did burn down his bedroom.

In addition, Zhu Houzhao still believes in Buddhism after all, and has raised countless monks in the leopard room.

The reason was that Zhu Houzhao wanted to give birth to a son and took Concubine Zhuang to the temple to worship. After Qian Ning learned about this, Qian Ning, who was falling out of favor day by day, immediately got the so-called highly respected monk.

Zhu Houzhao wanted to be fresh in everything, and after chatting with the monk for a while, he became interested in Buddhism. Regardless of Concubine Zhuang's dissuasion, he left the monk in the leopard room and built a temple for him, and he also took the trouble to learn Sanskrit.

This is very good!

A few years ago, before Liu Jin died, Zhu Houzhao once believed in Islam and gave himself the Arabic name "Miao Ji Aolan", which means "the glory of Allah". However, everything is hot for three minutes, and I quickly cast my interest elsewhere.

……

The royal house.

Wang Quan, Wang Jiang, and Wang Meng hadn't left yet, and they waited for Wang Yuan to go home before they set off for Guizhou.

The maid brought a large plate of dumplings, and Huang E said with a smile: "Second brother, you must not eat well outside, this is the flat food I personally cooked for you!" Abba, Grandma, Big Brother, you eat too. ”

Wang Jiang's eyebrows opened and smiled: "Brother Yuan, how virtuous the cousin you married." These days when you are not there, Ah Mei (Huang E) takes care of the house properly, and she has to find time to help you edit that newspaper. ”

Wang Quan said: "That is, you must treat her well in the future." ”

Wang Yuan nodded again and again: "The child remembers the teachings. ”

The whole family had a lively meal, and that night, Wang Yangming was invited to dinner, and his parents kept thinking about thanking Wang Yuan for his mentor.

After working for most of the day, Wang Yuan finally had time to make love to his wife, and then hugged each other and said some private words.

"Did you miss me?" Wang Yuan asked with a smile.

Huang E was in Wang Yuan's arms, there was still fine sweat on his forehead, and he gasped and said, "I want to die, it's like losing my soul, and I look forward to your return every day." ”

Wang Yuan quietly slid his hands and said teasingly: "What do you want me to do when I come back?" ”

"Oh, don't touch it, you know that you do bad things," Huang E blushed shyly, "People just want to talk to you every day, and they can see you every day." ”

Wang Yuan asked, "Is there really anything else?" ”

Huang E said embarrassedly: "There is also a little bit, Sister Ning'er's child, I think it has been born now, and I also want to have a child with you." ”

Wang Yuan suddenly turned over: "Then try harder!" ”

Huang E was so ashamed that he couldn't speak, so he could only close his eyes, hugged Wang Yuan tightly, and let this guy toss blindly.

After tossing, it's time to wash up and go to the court, and sleeping can be left at the court meeting.

Since the Qianqing Palace was burned down, Zhu Houzhao has become diligent in his administration, and has been in the court for more than half a month, during which several sutra feasts have been held.

The ministers were a little uncomfortable, and suddenly had to get up in the middle of the night every day, who could stand this? Everyone is secretly speculating, looking at how long the emperor can be diligent this time, no one thinks that the emperor can last more than a month.

While waiting for the dynasty, Wang Yuan saw his father-in-law.

Huang Ke's promotion in the past two years is like riding a rocket, he is not only Yang Tinghe's confidant, but also Wang Yuan's father-in-law, and he is willing to promote him anywhere. used to be the right waiter of the household department, and when he came back from Henan to supervise grain, he was promoted to the left waiter of the criminal department, and now he is transferred (reused) to the left waiter of the military department.

Interestingly, the emperor seems to have reached a tacit understanding with Yang Tinghe.

Once Yang Tinghe's people are promoted, they are often accompanied by the promotion of the imperial party. At the same time that Huang Ke was transferred to the left chamberlain of the military department this time, the emperor recalled a minister from Nanjing to serve as the right attendant of the military department, and at the same time, Yan Song was promoted to the rank of Hubu Langzhong, and continued to manage Shandong's finances and the world's salt tax.

"Virtuous son-in-law, you have gone too far in Shandong, beware of the hidden arrows in the court!" Huang Ke reminded.

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Thank you Lord Taishan for your concern, I sit up straight and walk upright, and I am not afraid of those jumping beams." ”

Huang Ke said: "What do you think about the rebellion of King Guishan? ”

"Hasn't King Guishan already proven his innocence?" Wang Yuan didn't figure it out.

A prince's rebellion case cannot be judged for a while. Even if the investigators were involved in the false accusations, everyone believed that there was indeed a rebellion, but months have passed and there are still discussions on how to deal with it. During this period, the news has been blocked, King Guishan is also under house arrest, and Wang Yuan is busy controlling the water and does not know how things have changed.

No one reminded Wang Yuan, perhaps, officials such as Li Chongsi thought that Wang Yuan was in league with other case handlers, so they did not dare to take the liberty of bringing up this topic.

The ministers came to the Fengtian Temple and stood according to their shifts.

After Wang Yuan bowed to the emperor, he closed his eyes and took a nap, standing and sleeping, he had already practiced.

Before the minister found out, Zhu Houzhao took a preventive shot and said: "Today, don't mention the fire in the Qianqing Palace, and don't mention any border generals and monks!" ”

The officials looked at each other, and they all felt that it was so boring, and they couldn't spray the emperor crazy for legitimate reasons.

The first assistant Yang Tinghe came out to do the work: "Your Majesty, please stop all the work and reduce the weaving affairs in various places." In addition to the Si Li Jian Library, the East Dynasty House and the Jingcang that need to continue to be repaired, the rest of the War Bureau, the monks' house of the Daci'en Temple, the red shop on Huangcheng Street, and the expansion of the leopard house should be suspended. Weaving in Nanjing, Suzhou and Hangzhou should also be stopped immediately. It is really not much money in the household department, and it is necessary to concentrate money and food to rebuild the Qianqing Palace. ”

This is a serious matter, no one objected, and Zhu Houzhao also said: "Quasi-performance." ”

The cabinet minister Liang Chu immediately came out and knelt directly on the ground: "The minister's godson is not strict, so that he cares about people's lives, and asks Zhishi to punish the unfilial son!" ”

Zhu Houzhao said impatiently: "This case is closed, don't mention it again." ”

As an important minister of the cabinet, he is the target of public criticism, and any omissions must be infinitely magnified, not to mention that his son has 300 lives in his hands.

Whenever something happens, this old case will be revealed.

happened to encounter the fire in the Qianqing Palace, and there were officials who revisited the old matter, thinking that the cabinet officials were morally deficient, and the heavens would send disasters to warn, and Prince Liang was scolded with the emperor to the blood.

A young man made a list in the matter: "Your Majesty, the son of the cabinet minister Liang Chu, killed 300 people, but only sentenced one to be assigned to the border, which is really unfair. Please reopen this case! ”

Zhu Houzhao was very irritable, he finally insisted on going to the court, and he listened to these impeachments every day, and he was about to vomit when he heard them. immediately slapped Jin Zuo: "I said, don't mention this matter again!" ”

Wang Chun, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, came out of the list: "Your Majesty, the case of King Guishan's rebellion, the evidence is conclusive. After the division discussed, it was believed that King Guishan should be demoted to a concubine and sent to Suzhou to garrison. Shandong Patrol Imperial History Li Hanchen, who accepted bribes to exonerate the good king, should be severely punished! ”

Cheng Qichong, the superintendent of the imperial history, retorted: "Your Majesty, there are still many doubts about the case of King Guishan's rebellion, and the minister asks another responsible official to retry it." In addition, it was rumored that the whistleblower Liang Gu was a disciple of Wang Shouren, and he was the same year as the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. Mr. Wang participated in the investigation of the case at that time, was there any suspicion of favoritism? ”

Wang Yangming also came to the court today, but he didn't expect that he would be involved in the prince's rebellion.

An Pan, who had a conflict with Wang Yuan, came out: "Your Majesty, the minister impeached Wang Yuan, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, who was flying and domineering during the period of governing the river in Shandong, regarded his subjects as domestic slaves, killed and robbed, corrupted and forcibly occupied, and acted arbitrarily. As a result, the resentment of the people in Dongchang Mansion boiled, and the officials and gentry all suffered from their political ......"

"That's it!"

Zhu Houzhao interrupted: "Say it one by one. Wang Erlang, what's going on with King Guishan? ”

Wang Yuan finally opened his sleepy eyes and said slowly: "Your Majesty, because thousands of people gathered at the construction site in Linqing, the ministers were afraid of a civil uprising, so they left Yanzhou ahead of schedule. When the minister left Yanzhou, he signed the judgment document, which judged that King Guishan was innocent and did not rebel. As for why it developed into what it is now, the minister really doesn't know the inside story. ”

Together with Wang Chun and Han Duan, who framed King Guishan, their faces changed drastically when they heard this.

Wang Chun hurriedly said: "After Mr. Wang left, there were other clues in the case. ”

Wang Yuan asked, "What clue?" ”

Wang Chun said: "Yanzhou Haoqiang Chen Huan and Jianghu warlock Li Zuoxiu surrendered to expose the rebellion of King Guishan. ”

Wang Yuan asked, "Where are these two people?" ”

Wang Chun said: "I have committed suicide in fear of sin. ”

Wang Yuan was furious: "After surrendering and exposing the case, you committed suicide in fear of crime, are you so fooled by the world?" Your Majesty, the minister requests that this case be reopened! Also, Li Hanchen, the inspector of the imperial history, has a better understanding of the case and should also be involved. ”

The unlucky Yushi Li Hanchen is still in prison at the moment, and he has been beaten half to death.

Zhu Houzhao said: "According to the meaning of Bachelor Wang, one person from the Celebrant Supervisor, Jinyiwei, and Dali Temple each sent one person to try the case of King Guishan's rebellion with Li Hanchen. Don't mention this until the facts of the case are cleared, I've already been annoyed by you! Wang Erlang, now talk about your indiscriminate killing of officials in Shandong. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "The minister is the one who has been impeached, so it is inconvenient to say more." What the ministers did in Shandong, the ten imperial historians all saw it, and it was most appropriate for them to speak. ”

Ten young imperial historians are listed together.

Cai You was temporarily used as a river control project for the Imperial Patrol. He sneered and asked An Pan: "In the matter of An Zhi, if you go out of Jingzhi River, do you dare to take the initiative to ask Your Majesty to send ten imperial historians to supervise you?" If Master Wang is really greedy and perverts the law, how can he make himself uncomfortable? ”

An Pan said: "Don't tell these lies. Did Bachelor Wang kill officials indiscriminately, did he fill his pockets, and did he make Dongchang Mansion a celebrity? Tell me about that! ”

Zhang Aoshan, the superintendent of the imperial history, said: "In the matter of An, do you know how much money and grain it cost to control the water, build a rolling dam, three sluice gates, a river canal, and a reservoir? ”

An Pan asked, "It must have taken a lot of money. ”

Zhang Aoshan said loudly: "I only used 3,728 taels of silver from the imperial court and more than 90,000 stones of grain. The money and food also included relief for 60,000 victims for three months, the payment of travel expenses, seeds and dry food to the victims, and the distribution of two sets of cotton clothes and cotton shoes to each of the victims! In the middle of the matter, you said that Mr. Wang had filled his own pockets, and in exchange for you to supervise the construction of such projects, can the cost be completed by tripling the cost? ”

Cai You smiled: "It's too embarrassing to triple it, maybe it's possible to triple it." ”

An Pan was dumbfounded: "How can you only spend this little money and food?" It must be to exploit the people and spread all the money and food needed for the project on the people! ”

Huang Chen, who temporarily served as the imperial historian, said: "Exploit the people? On the day of the completion of the project, more than 60,000 victims of the river disaster spontaneously knelt down to Mr. Wang to thank him. On the day that Bachelor Wang returned to Beijing, the people of Linqing gathered on both sides of the Wei River and also spontaneously kowtowed to Bachelor Wang to see him off. If you don't believe it, and you don't want to go to Linqing to investigate, you can ask Shudu Yushi and Yu Shilang, they also saw it with their own eyes! ”

Shu Kunshan and Yu Lin came out together and testified to Wang Yuan: "It is indeed the truth. Tens of thousands of disaster victims and the people of Linqing all regarded Master Wang as the blue sky, crying and saving that day, and kneeling everywhere to thank him. ”

An Pan's mind was confused: "If he doesn't spread the money and grain on the people's heads, can he conjure up silver and grain by himself?" ”

Wang Yuan could only explain: "Your Majesty, there are lawless tyrants in the local area, who once colluded with Liu Liu and Liu Qi, and incited the people to block the project, so the minister led the army to raid his house. Some of the money, grain, and silver were copied out, and all of them were used to control the river. Including the silver given to the ministers by the king of Guishan, all of them were taken to control the river, and the ministers did not take a penny, and the accounts were written very clearly. The money and grain that were really consumed were more than 40,000 taels of silver, and nearly 100,000 stones of grain. ”

This makes sense, and the ministers are suddenly.

But they all chose to shut up, and they didn't dare to talk about the project money anymore.

This money and food is enough for them to do the project, not to mention the relief of 60,000 victims, and the distribution of cotton clothes, cotton shoes, travel expenses and seeds.

Qing officials, godfathers!

Even An Pan stopped talking, saluted Wang Yuan respectfully, and honestly returned to his shift and stood up.

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Meritorious service will be rewarded." Wang Erlang did a great job this time, saved money for the imperial court, and promoted him to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites! ”

Yang Tinghe advised: "Your Majesty, Bachelor Wang is still the top student in the current department, is it too anxious?" ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "I will take the test in another month, so wait for the end of the palace test, and then promote Wang Erlang to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites." As for the other heroes who have contributed to the control of the river, the cabinet and the ministry have discussed a charter. ”

The court meeting dispersed, and many young officials saluted Wang Yuan one after another, just to express their respect for the Qing officials and cadres.