Chapter 328: Imperial Art (I)
Above the court, everyone is in danger.
Some are worried that the emperor is really going to the prison!
Some are worried about whether the head on their neck will fall off in the next moment!
Others are afraid, for fear that they will be implicated because of something they have done!
There are also smart people who know what the emperor is thinking, but they don't say anything, waiting to see a good show!
"The widow will go back to the Qinzheng Palace first, if you can't discuss a reason not to let the widow go to the prison within a stick of incense, then the widow will have to take off this dragon robe and stay with those criminals who have committed the most heinous crimes!" After Chen Xian finished speaking to everyone, he shook the wide sleeves of the dragon robe and walked away.
Leave all the frightened ministers, you look at me, I look at you, all at a loss.
Chen Li and Lu Yan looked at each other and smiled, the two of them were the first to know the emperor's mind.
The ministers had no master, so they had to ask the two.
One of them asked, "General Chen, Lord Lu, I don't know what Your Majesty means by this?" Isn't that frustrating me waiting? The blame lies with us, how can we let Your Majesty go to the heavenly prison?!"
Chen Li sighed and said to everyone: "Your Majesty is really angry this time, you should ask for more blessings!" After saying that, he also left.
Leaving the stunned and frightened crowd.
Lu Yan said to everyone again: "My lords, you don't really want Your Majesty to live in the prison, do you?!" If Your Majesty really goes, then the ministers who should be punished the most...... Aren't you going to have to move your head?!"
"Then according to Lord Lu's opinion, what should we do?" A minister asked.
"If adults want to save their heads, the only way to do this is to take a step back and open the sky! Now that Meng Xiang represents a group of children of the poor family, and the matter is also caused by the unfair treatment of the children of the poor family, if the adults know the current affairs and propose to Your Majesty to treat them well, Your Majesty may look at the ministers differently!" Lu Yan reminded while threatening.
"Yes...... But since ancient times, there has been a difference between respect and inferiority, and those poor children were originally inferior!" The waiter of the Ministry of Rites said.
"Squire-sama! The head is important! Besides, all the rules are set by the official family, and they can be changed by the official family! Adults say yes?!Whether you don't want a head or a reward, you adults choose for yourself!"
Lu Yan finished smiling, turned around and left.
Leaving behind many ministers, the people were panicked.
In such a critical situation, everyone's life is at stake.
didn't have time to think about it, so they all decided to go to the Qinzheng Palace to ask for favor for the children of the poor family.
Chen Xian returned to the Qinzheng Palace, and then drew up a holy decree, which said, "Take a scholar without asking about family background, marriage without asking about valve reading", and there is no prejudice in entering the office! The Jiupin Zhongzheng system will never be there again!"
The ministers flocked to the outside of the Qinzheng Palace, asking to meet the emperor.
Chun'an had been waiting outside for a long time, and when he saw many ministers coming from a distance, he secretly rejoiced in his heart, "Your Majesty, it's really a god!"
Then he hurriedly showed a heavy expression on his face and previewed everyone at the door. "Ministers, please go back! That's less than a stick of incense! "
"Father-in-law Chun'an, please hurry up and go in and inform Your Majesty, just say that we have thought it through, and ask Your Majesty to issue an order to abolish the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System! We are willing to confess our sins! Your Majesty must not go to the prison! This is detrimental to the saint's face!"
Lord Taichang took the lead and said.
The other ministers next to him also chimed in, "Yes! Your Majesty must not go to the prison! Won't I become a sinner for the ages?!"
Chun'an sighed and said, "Your Majesty is still angry, and the slave has no choice but to risk death to ask for your life!"
"Thank you, Father-in-law Chun'an!"
"There is Father-in-law!"
Chun'an entered the main hall, came to the emperor, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Good news! Your Majesty! The ministers have come to admit their mistakes! I also ask Your Majesty to abolish the Jiupin Zhongzheng system! Your Majesty must not go to the Heavenly Prison!"
"That's very good." Chen Xiandao.
"Then Your Majesty is going to announce that the adults will come in and talk back?!" Chun An asked.
"Didn't the widow make an appointment with them for a stick of incense? When it's time for a stick of incense, go and give this to them, and you can save their heads!" Chen Xian said to Chun'an as he picked up the holy decree he had just drafted and handed it to Chun'an.
Then, he went out of the back door and went to Mingyue Tower to see Xiao Mingyue.
Chun'an counted the time, and when it was time for a stick of incense, he began to read the holy decree to many ministers.
The ministers all knelt in one place, waiting for the decree to be announced.
Subsequently, Chun'an cleared his throat and read aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, since ancient times, the children of the poor family have been discriminated against, and now the widow feels deeply remorseful, but the most heart-wrenching thing for the widow is that you are a member of the court, embarrassed, I don't know how many good careers of the poor scholars have been ruined, you should have been deposed, but God has the virtue of a good life, and you can change your mistakes, and they all propose to abolish the dross of the general nine-product Zhongzheng system, and the widow decided to open up the net to you! The death penalty can be avoided, the living crime cannot be escaped, and the relevant people, etc., will be fined for one year! To set an example!"
"Ladies and gentlemen, why don't you hurry up and take the order?!" Chun An said to everyone with the holy decree in his hand.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The crowd prostrated and thanked him.
"Your Majesty has a message, I won't see you adults today, and I ask you to do it yourself, go home and reflect on it!"
"Obey your orders!"
The ministers received the holy decree, and on the way out of the palace, a few of them exclaimed: "Your Majesty is really a saint! Three or two clicks, and they will play with us in the palm of their hands!"
"Yes! Your Majesty will make me willingly agree to abolish the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System with a little trick!"
There are also a few schadenfreude, "Some people take bribes behind their backs in front of the fat poor, and this time, they almost capsized in the gutter!" If it weren't for Your Majesty's benevolence, my head would have been on my neck long ago!"
When the children of the poor family heard that the nine-rank Zhongzheng system was abolished and the imperial examination selection was carried out without discrimination, all of them had a hard and happy look on their faces.
Meng Xiang, Zhang Zhan, and Tang Wen in the prison, when they heard that they were going to be acquitted, they all thought they were dreaming.
"What do you say? Did His Majesty really decree the abolition of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system to elect officials?! Is this really true? Meng Xiang asked the jailer.
"That's right, Your Majesty specially allowed you to go home, and gave each of you fifty pieces of silver as the travel expenses to enter Beijing to take the exam next year! Your Majesty thinks that you are a talent, and I hope you will not live up to the holy will!" The jailer said.
Meng Xiang took the silver and the clean above, knelt at the door, and thanked: "The grass people have thanked Your Majesty!" I wish Your Majesty a long and 100th birthday!"
Zhang and Tang also took the silver, and they were very grateful.
The three of them returned to their hometown together, studied hard in the cold window, and coped with the imperial examination the following year.