Today is the day of the imperial court's routine early dynasty, and the second prince of Xiao Beiping got up on the second watch day and waited outside the palace gate early, which was much earlier than the ministers of the previous dynasty. This does not show how diligent our eldest prince is in political affairs, it can only show that Xiao Beiping can't sleep this night.

The DPRK and China are still repeating some topics that are not nutritious, such as how much tax money has been collected in the south of the Yangtze River, the township and county that needs to allocate grain relief for floods, and where auspicious places have fallen from the sky, indicating that the Great Liang will dominate the world, and so on. These topics will be discussed almost every time in the court, and the ears of the eldest prince Xiao Beiping are about to be cocooned by these trivial matters. Emperor Liang Wen still listened to the minister's discussion with a pale face, and expressed his opinions from time to time. did not show the slightest boredom and irritability, which is the minimum quality that an emperor should have. It's just that the bloodshot in his eyes reminds every minister in the court that the emperor's body and bones have always been very bad.

So after an almost meaningless discussion, Emperor Wen Liang finally waved his hand, and the chief eunuch shouted: "Retreat!" ”

When his emperor Lao Tzu came out of the Fengtian Palace, he hurriedly rushed to the outside of the palace, and when he arrived at the palace gate, he directly got into the carriage that had been prepared, and disappeared into the palace in a puff of smoke.

It was difficult for Xiao Beiping to clear the time agreed with Duan Chong, and Duan Beiping rushed over immediately after Xiao Beiping went down, and Duan Chong said that he was going to do it, so this is a very important thing, and it can't be delayed for a minute.

The building outside the building has been burned, so naturally I can't go. The location agreed with Duan Zhong was a restaurant at the foot of the palace. When he arrived at the door of the restaurant, Duan Zhong was already recruiting Xiao Beiping on the second floor next to the railing against the street.

This restaurant is under the foot of the palace gate, next to the widest official road in Nanjing, and most of the central officials have to pass through a route after going down to the court.

Xiao Beiping walked up to the small building, sat down next to Duan Chong, and looked downstairs by the way, the location of this re-election is good, the view is excellent, and all the characters on the road can be seen lightly. There was a pot of wine and two side dishes on the table, but there was nothing special.

Xiao Beiping glanced at Duan Chong, looking a little nervous: "Since you want to do it, why are you still hanging in such an eye-catching place?" And you're ...... I don't know what to do. ”

Duan Zhong was lying on the table, his posture was really ...... Indecent: "You don't have to worry too much, what we are doing is not something unseemly, is it possible that you are still preparing to let someone kill someone on the street with a knife and then walk away in a grand manner?" This is the city of Nanjing! ”

Xiao Beiping laughed dryly twice, and then didn't ask any more. And Duan Zhong pointed to the sedan chair of the convoy passing on the road and said: "I have only been to this Fengtian Temple once, and the members of the court are familiar with each other at most, but the specific ones are a little wrong, you might as well point me out which one is which?" ”

Xiao Beiping didn't know what kind of medicine Duan Chong's gourd was selling, but he was idle anyway, so he told Duan Chong about it one by one. For example, this team is the team of the Lord of the Ministry of Household Affairs, which is the sedan chair of the squire of the Criminal Department, of course, Xiao Beiping also introduced an acquaintance to Duan Chong, Lord Wang Junpeng, the secretary of the Ministry of Justice, and Wang Zhikun's Laozi.

Most of these passing officials were sitting in sedan chairs, so Xiao Beiping couldn't recognize them one by one, so he could only pick up some easy ones. And when Xiao Beiping introduced an official, Duan Zhong finally blinked. Kyoto Prefecture Yoon Xu Huanxiang.

The Kyoto Prefecture is in charge of Nanjing's public security and government affairs, and it also connects the six ministries and the upper study. In other words, if the official who sits on the throne of Yin in Kyoto Prefecture is hard enough, he has the ability to pass the emperor's resolution to influence, change, or even completely overturn many yamen. With the power of one position, it is not considered to be overstepping one's authority to be able to meddle in the affairs of many central departments at the same time.

Kyoto Prefecture Yin is a member of the three products of the court, and he is already among the courts. Among the many permissions of Kyoto Prefecture, one of the most important is that you can go directly to the palace to face the king. So such an important position, the person who sits in this position has also been carefully screened by the emperor. It must be a trustworthy and capable person, and there will be no other crooked minds.

And the Kyoto Prefecture should be Xu Huanxiang, this is the person elected by Emperor Wen of Liang. He was originally a squire of the Criminal Department, an official of the fourth grade, and he was extremely rigorous in judging cases and collecting evidence, and most importantly, he was loyal to the monarch.

When the Great Liang was just divided, the Southern Liang court was disordered, and there were many people who formed parties for personal gain. Emperor Wen of Liang rectified the dynasty and purged a large number of senior officials in the court, and when the criminal department was found, the secretary of the criminal department and another squire were implicated and dismissed from their official positions, but Xu Huanxiang, the squire of the criminal department, did not find out anything.

As an official in the court, not making mistakes is the best political achievement, so Xu Huanxiang naturally received the attention of Emperor Wen of Liang, and directly jumped two levels to go to Britain for Kyoto, and became a high-ranking member of the court, and stayed in Kyoto for more than ten years, and has been doing extremely safely, which won the appreciation of Emperor Wen of Liang. If it weren't for the importance of the location of this Kyoto Mansion, Emperor Wen Liang had always been worried about letting others sit in this position, and I am afraid that Xu Huanxiang's official grade would have to be raised by at least two levels.

Duan Zhong sighed, interrupted Xiao Beiping's introduction, and said word by word: "I'm ready to watch the show!" ”

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At this moment, Lord Yoon Xu Huanxiang of Kyoto Prefecture is sitting in a sedan chair with his eyes closed. When I am old, I have to get up early to wait in the palace every morning, and my body is really unbearable. So every time I go to the morning court, I have to go to bed and sleep again when I go back to the house.

However, today seemed a little unusual, because the sedan chair I was sitting in suddenly stopped, and there was some noise outside. There seemed to be the sound of a woman crying. The butler's voice came from outside the sedan chair: "Master, someone stopped the sedan chair outside." Lord Xu Huanxiang's eyes narrowed: "What's the matter?" ”

The housekeeper opened the curtain, and Lord Xu Huanxiang glanced out, and sure enough, he saw a woman kneeling in front of the sedan chair, crying and crying, shouting that she was wronged, and her head kept knocking on the ground, almost bleeding. frowned, it's not unheard of this thing of shouting grievances on the street, but it's the first time I've encountered it. Kyoto Prefecture is busy with official business, and not all cases have to be handled by the government, so for this kind of thing, Lord Xu Huanxiang doesn't want to pay attention to it. So Lord Xu Huanxiang sighed and instructed the housekeeper: "You let her go to the yamen or Dali Temple of the Criminal Department, and tell them any grievances!" ”

The butler took the order, and went forward and said a few words to the kneeling woman, but the woman began to cry even more, and even hugged the butler's thigh and began to cry. It took a lot of strength to struggle out, and the housekeeper hurriedly ran back: "Come back, I don't listen to this woman, what should I do?" ”

Xu Huanxiang's eyes widened: "What kind of system is this?" If all the people with grievances come to stop my sedan chair, do I need to live? You tell him again, and if you don't listen, you can just drive away. ”

The butler received the order, and hurriedly turned around and said again. As a result, the woman still shook her head desperately and refused to leave. The housekeeper was in a hurry, stretched out his foot and kicked away the woman who was dragging him desperately, and was about to order the guards to drive her to the side of the road, when he suddenly heard a voice saying: "What's going on, how can anyone dare to stop someone else's sedan chair in the street?" ”

Xu Huanxiang's eyebrows jumped when he heard this voice, so familiar! Hurriedly opened the curtain and looked, obediently, isn't this His Royal Highness, why did he come here? Isn't it Wen Yuanbo standing next to him...... Hurriedly stood up and got out of the sedan chair, took small steps to Xiao Beiping's front and saluted: "I have seen Your Highness." ”

Xiao Beiping looked at the woman kneeling on the ground, and frowned: "What's going on?" ”

Xu Huanxiang said: "This woman stopped the official's sedan chair to shout grievances on the street, and told her to go to Dali Temple or the Criminal Department to avenge her grievances, but she didn't know that she didn't listen." ”

The woman who was kneeling on the ground saw that the adults in the sedan chair suddenly ran out, and still looked at the luggage of the two young sons, and knew that the two sons were bigger, so she hurriedly climbed two steps on the ground and cried out that she was wronged.

Duan Zhong looked at the woman lying on the ground, sighed, and reached out to help her, who knew that she was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, refusing to get up. Duan Zhong was helpless, so he had to bow his hand to Xu Huanxiang and said, "Lord Xu, I think this woman is also pitiful, and there must be something wronged." I think this woman should have no one to write a pleadings for her to fight a lawsuit, and it is useless to go to the Criminal Department or Dali Temple, so you might as well take it back to the house and ask about the situation. ”

Xiao Beiping next to him also said: "Yes, this people shouted grievances on the street, which shows that not all the people in my Liang can live and work in peace and contentment, but I hate it!" Wen Yuanbo and I are drinking here today, I didn't expect to encounter such a thing, it's really ......" Xiao Beiping sighed and didn't continue, but the meaning he wanted to express was already very obvious.

The eldest prince has spoken, what else does this three-grade Kyoto Mansion Yin have to say? Lord Xu Huanxiang waved his hand and ordered, "Take it away!" ”

The blocked road went again, and the palanquin of Lord Yin Xu Huanxiang of Kyoto Prefecture was moving slowly, but there were two more noblemen on horseback behind them.

Xiao Beiping glanced at Duan Zhong meaningfully: "This is what you arranged?" ”

Duan Zhong smiled and did not speak. Xiao Beiping sighed: "Who is this woman, what is your idea?" ”

Duan Zhong smiled: "Let's go to Kyoto Mansion to try the first trial, don't we all understand?" ”