"Wait a minute, your dad is still busy." The mother of the two put down the half-contained soles of her shoes and looked at her two sons with a smile.

Yao Kui couldn't help but laugh when he heard the conversation coming from outside in the study, then got up and stretched, and said loudly: "Bi'er, Xi'er, have you worked hard today?" Come into the study, for your father will test you, and if anyone fails to answer, he will not be allowed to eat tonight. ”

The young man smiled confidently when he heard this, and then walked towards the study with his head held high, as for the half-grown boy, he glanced at his mother with a bitter face, and then walked into the study slowly, muttering as he walked: "I knew that I would listen to Mr. today's explanation, and it seems that I will be hungry tonight." ”

The next morning, the ministers stood still, the emperor ascended, and discussed some inconsequential trivial matters as usual, Yao Kui saw that no one was out of class to play, so he dusted off his official uniform and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the ministers have a performance." ”

Zhu Qizhen was born in the second year of Xuande, although he has not met his eloquent grandfather Yongle Emperor, but he grew up listening to Zhu Di's stories since he was a child, and as for the storyteller, most of the time it is Wang Zhen.

With Wang Zhen's 'correct guidance', Zhu Qizhen naturally admires his grandfather, although he does not have Zhu Di's experience and ability, nor Zhu Di's diligence, but some of his descendants have not been in the court for decades, how can it be impossible for him, so even if the ministers are mediocre to the emperor, so they are deceived by Wang Zhen and resentful, they still recognize the emperor's diligence.

Zhu Qizhen glanced at Yao Kui and found that he didn't know him, so he turned his head to look at Wang Zhen who was standing on the side.

Wang Zhen understood, and bent forward and whispered: "This is Yao Kui in the matter of the official department, and he has always been a high-minded person. ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded slightly expressionlessly, he was slightly displeased with Yao Kui in his heart, as an emperor, he liked courtiers who could share his worries and solve problems, rather than those who were noble but did not do practical things.

"What did Yao Qing play? Let's play it. ”

Today is the Chang Dynasty, in order to leave a good impression in the eyes of many courtiers, so as not to scold himself for three days and two ends because he is not pleasing to the eye, Zhu Qizhen is not stingy to show his gentle side.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yao Kui held the notebook in his hand and said loudly: "The minister recently heard a strange thing. A Hanlin Yuan Ji Shi returned to his hometown and province, but was inexplicably arrested by Jinyi Wei and returned to the capital and imprisoned. The minister did not shy away from saying that this Shujishi's name was Zhao Yan, and it was the minister who selected his article during this examination. His father's only son, who was enjoying his family at home, did not want disaster to fall from the sky, so he galloped into Beijing in a worried state, and then asked for the minister's head. ”

Yao Kui looked straight ahead and talked eloquently, and he couldn't see Zhu Qizhen's face, but even if he saw him, he didn't care, because what he said was the truth.

"The minister is not talented, and he has the responsibility of picking up the missing things, supervising the divisions, and impeaching hundreds of officials, and he does not dare to conceal it after hearing about this matter, and today he specially impeached Ma Shun, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who disregarded the court, wantonly acted recklessly, and dereliction of duty to seize power, which really depends on Your Majesty's trust, and please ask Your Majesty to investigate."

Yao Kui is upright but not a tendon, he knows that Dongchang is also involved, and this matter was provoked by Dongchang, but because Dongchang is directly managed by Wang Zhen, in order to avoid angering Wang Zhen and making things more complicated, he can only avoid the important and only mention Jinyiwei, after all, compared to Dongchang, Jinyiwei is better to knead.

Sure enough, Wang Zhen stood behind Zhu Qizhen, only raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and then continued to look at his nose and nose, in his opinion, whether this matter is related to Dongchang or Jinyiwei, it is just a trivial matter, those imperial histories, in order to seek fame, on weekdays, because of some trivial things, he impassionedly impeached this impeachment in the court, although he can greatly influence the decision-making of Emperor Zhu Qizhen, but the emperor is the emperor in the end, if he talks more because of some trivial things, Over time, it was possible to annoy the emperor because of this, and Wang Zhen was convinced that good steel should be used on the blade.

Zhu Qizhen also raised his eyebrows, thanks to the fact that he began to study Confucianism since he was a child, he still attaches great importance to the imperial examination of the dynasty, Wang Zhen also once told him that if you want to govern the world well, you really can't do without these scholars, and what are the scholars reading for? Except for a very few exceptions, most of them have the intention of learning literature and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family, so for these civil officials in the court, Zhu Qizhen, as the emperor, should show respect, courtesy and corporal attitudes in addition to showing his majesty, because those who read eat this set.

However, this matter involves Jinyiwei, who is only nominally under the orders of the emperor and has the right to inspect and arrest, which can be called the eyes and ears of the emperor, and is naturally closer to the emperor than the cabinet of the six ministries.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Qizhen said lightly: "The commander of the Jinyi Guard makes Ma Shun can be?" ”

The Jinyi guard official on duty below replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the commander of the horse is unwell today, so the minister is on duty on his behalf." ”

Zhu Qizhen glanced at the official who replied, and recognized that it was Li Jian, the commander of Jinyiwei, and said, "Do you know about Zhao Yan, the Jishi of the Hanlin Academy?" ”

Li Jian replied below: "This matter...... The minister has heard a little, and it seems to be related to a book that is circulating in the market. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Qizhen is in contact with some serious scriptures and classics on weekdays, but he has only heard of the name of the folk novel, and has never really read it, but at this time he became interested: "Do you know the reason for the matter?" ”

Li Zhan's complexion was slightly yellow, his stature was medium to thin, and his appearance looked ordinary, as if he was a little nervous because he was named and questioned by the emperor, he quietly raised his sleeves and wiped his forehead, and then said dryly: "The original name of this is "The Legend of the White Snake", according to legend, it was made by Zhao Shuchang of the Hanlin Academy, and he also saw it when the ministers were idle......

Wang Zhen's half-squinted eyes suddenly opened, and his mind turned to think about the cause and effect of the matter clearly, and immediately understood that this matter must have something to do with Mao Gui of Dongchang, although Mao Gui and Ma Shun were both for themselves to arrest this Shujishi to the edict, but the method was too direct, and did everything, but I didn't know to shut up the people who knew about it, and the result was above the court, and now I and the cabinet are wrestling because of the war in the south, if the Dongchang is involved again because of this matter, it is not a good thing for myself, it's just, When the next court is concerned, he will let people go to Mao Gui Ma Shun and ask them to find a reason to release that Shu Jishi.

Li Jian continued dryly below: "Commander Ma's book involves the theory of gods and ghosts, and what is preached is the marriage between humans and demons...... thought it was contrary to Gangchang, so he invited Zhao Shuchang to come for questioning, and there was no slacking off in the middle, and he originally planned to put Zhao Shuchang back after the questioning, which was not consistent with what Yao said in the matter. ”

Yao Kui sneered and said: "Li Tongzhi has mixed truths and falsehoods, Yao doesn't dare to agree, and there are countless similar words in the market, why only catch Zhao Shu and don't let go?" ”

"This ......" Li recommended 'speech', like those generals who are not good at words and lack courage.

After all, it was his own group, Wang Zhen didn't want to watch Li Jian make a fool of himself in the court, so he glanced at Wang You, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, Wang You suddenly understood, Shi Shiran came out to play a round and said: "This matter is handled by the Ma Commander, there may be something hidden in it, Li Tong does not know the reason, the old man seems to be better to ask the Ma Commander directly in person." ”

Wang Younai is a waiter in the Ministry of Works, a high-ranking official of the third grade, and Yao Kui is just a matter of officials from the seventh grade, and the status of the two is very different, so Zhang Yi, who is Zhao Yan's nominal boss, stood up as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.

The Hanlin Academy is quite noble, the master of the Hanlin Academy is the five grades, and the attendants and scholars under it are from the five grades, and the emperor listens to the lectures and celebrates the banquets in the suburbs, and the Hanlin Bachelors and the attendants sit on the top of the four Beijing officials.

Today's Hanlin bachelor is the cabinet bachelor Cao Nai, and the actual manager in the Hanlin Academy is the bachelor Zhang Yi, if nothing else, he will enter the cabinet at the end of this year or early next year, so he can be on an equal footing with Wang You, the waiter of the Ministry of Works.

As soon as Zhang Yi heard that his little brother was inexplicably imprisoned in the Jinyi Wei Prison, he began to accumulate anger in his heart, and as soon as Wang You opened his mouth, his anger was immediately detonated.

"Wang Shilang doesn't know where he is speaking?" After satirizing Wang You, Zhang Yi stood in the middle of the court and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Zhao Shu Chang is the fifteenth member of the second class of Jinshi in the current department, hand-picked for His Majesty, it can be said that he is the real protégé of the Son of Heaven, what is his style of writing, His Majesty is the most clear, and his age is not as weak as the crown, it is inevitable that there are some juvenile spirits, even if some of the remarks in the written book are inappropriate, but it does not touch the root of the dynasty, the minister believes that when he is a little older, he will inevitably understand this, so please ask Your Majesty to issue an order to release him immediately." The commander of the Jinyi Guard made Ma Shun derelict his duty and derelict his power to seize power, which was really a blessing for His Majesty's promotion, and asked His Majesty to issue an edict to apply for punishment. ”

Wang You was sarcastically ridiculed by Zhang Yi and did not think it was a pestle, he had a rare opportunity to perform in front of Wang Zhen, at this time Zhang Yi's voice just fell, he roared urgently: "Zhang Shi read this sentence badly, if Zhao Shuchang released him without investigating this matter clearly, then where is the law of the country?" Jin Yiwei has the responsibility of patrolling and arresting, and Commander Ma has always acted fairly, and the old man believes that he will give Zhao Shuchang a fair disposition. ”

Gao Gu, the assistant minister of the cabinet, couldn't stand it anymore, he frowned, and was about to go out of class to support Zhang Yi, who was studying for a bachelor's degree, but was stopped by Miao Xin, who was also a member of the cabinet.

Miao Zhen's eyes glanced in Wang Zhen's direction, and although Gao Gu was still a little angry, he still stopped his actions.

After calming down, Gao Gu also figured it out, if he, a minister, jumped out to support Zhang Yi, he would inevitably move his whole body, and Wang Zhen would have to be involved.