The three major sorrows in life, the loss of a child in old age can be said to be the most painful, Hu Weiyong has just experienced this pain, and his hair has turned a lot gray in a few days.

But as the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, he can't extricate himself from the pain of losing his son, and the court can't do without him.

On this day, he got up early, dressed neatly and left the mansion under the service of the concubines and maids, and the servants had prepared a carriage waiting in front of the mansion, seeing the luxurious carriage, Hu Weiyong's heart couldn't help but feel a pain, "Change the sedan chair!" ”

The housekeeper immediately understood that he had done something wrong, and slapped himself in the mouth, "Damn it, let's change the sedan chair for Xiangye." ”

In the early Ming Dynasty, officials mostly traveled by carriage and horse, and sedan chairs were ridden by women or the old and infirm. However, the eight sedan chairs are really comfortable to sit on, and they swayed into the imperial city, and walked until they reached the outside of the Wulong Bridge, where many officials had come, waiting for the palace gate to open.

As soon as Hu Weiyong got out of the sedan chair, hundreds of civil and military officials immediately surrounded him and expressed their condolences to him, but not everyone rushed to slap him.

Hu Weiyong arched his hand and said: "I have worked my family affairs, and my colleagues have bothered, so thank you here." It's not early, so my colleagues should hurry up and prepare to enter the palace."

The morning of the summer day, before the arrival of the day, the east side has been white, the torches on the gatehouse of the palace wall are extinguished, the two side doors are slowly opened, and hundreds of civil and military officials line in.

Everyone stopped in the square in front of the Fengtian Hall for a moment, and the whip sounded, and then a sharp voice announced that the hundred officials entered the hall. The military attache is headed by Deng Yu, and the civil official is naturally headed by Hu Weiyong, who climbed the stairs respectively, and waited for the hundred officials to enter the palace and stand still, and then Yuan Sheng's rough voice sounded, "The emperor has arrived!" ”

I saw Lao Zhu walking quickly from the apse, walking until he sat down on the dragon chair, and Zhu Biao, who followed behind, stood in front of the hundred officials, he had been watching politics in the court for two or three years, but Lao Zhu rarely let him express his opinions in the court, and he got up early every morning but had to pestle in the hall like a wooden stake, which made him a little depressed.

Where does he understand Lao Zhu's painstaking efforts, one by one in this court is either a fox or a tiger, Lao Zhu doesn't want his son to say the wrong thing and let the courtiers look down on him, just like Ma Du tutors his son in mathematics, Lao Zhu The first thing he does every day is to open a small stove for Zhu Biao.

As usual, after the hundred officials visited the shrine, Lao Zhu let everyone be calm, and Prime Minister Hu Weiyong went out of class to confess to Lao Zhu, because his son died suddenly, he had to ask for leave for funeral, and asked the emperor to punish Yunyun.

"People can't be resurrected after death, Hu Qingjie mourns and changes, you should rest for a few more days and come back to duty." Lao Zhu said lightly, his face was expressionless and he couldn't see his anger.

"Thank you for the emperor's compassion, and the ministers should put state affairs first." Hu Weiyong slammed his head on the ground, but Lao Zhu didn't let him get up, and asked in a deep voice: "How did Hu Yanqing die?" ”

Hu Weiyong is a little strange, how did his son die, and the recital of the leave is very clear, isn't this public scar all his scars.

But since Lao Zhu asked in the court, he couldn't help but answer, so he had to say honestly: "The dog fell from the car and died of internal bleeding." Before he finished speaking, he was choked, and he didn't know if he was really sad, or if he was acting in front of Lao Zhu.

"So you killed the coachman to vent your anger?"

Lao Zhu's voice was soft, but Hu Weiyong listened to it in his ears, but his heart couldn't help twitching, "It's all because the coachman urged the horse too fast and accidentally hit the wall, and the dog fell off the car and died. ”

Lao Zhu nodded, "Well, according to what you say, the coachman is indeed guilty." What do you think this coachman should be guilty of? ”

The criminal department Shangshu Xingmao hurriedly went out of work and replied: "Back to the emperor, according to the provisions of the Ming law, there are those who drive a boat to make the wind, ride a horse to scare away, and relax the car to go downhill and cannot stop, and those who injure human life are regarded as manslaughter, and according to the law, they should be paid for the burning and burial of the slain house, and they will be converted into twelve taels and four cents of silver. ”

"It seems that this coachman is wronged, "Da Ming Law" is also very clear, Hu Weiyong, you open your eyes and take a good look!" As soon as Lao Zhu raised his hand, a thick book flew out and landed in front of Hu Weiyong, with the words "Da Ming Law" written on the cover.

"From the first year of Wu, I asked people to start compiling the "Law Order", and after the founding of the country, I wrote the Da Ming Law based on the "Law Order". It has been several years since Hongwu wrote the book in six years, Hu Weiyong, you think that my "Da Ming Law" is a decoration for people to see, and you know what crime you should be guilty of breaking the law and killing the people without permission! ”

In the end, Lao Zhu was already full of emotion, the hall was full of shock, Hu Weiyong's head was running rapidly, he really couldn't figure out what Lao Zhu wanted to do, as Lao Zhu's favorite minister and the prime minister of the dynasty, plus he was good at understanding the intentions, Lao Zhu rarely let him be so unable to get off the stage.

Could it be that the emperor wants to depose himself because of a coachman? Apart from him, who else is Hu Weiyong suitable to be the prime minister?

Do you want to reactivate Lee Sun-chang? No way! His prestige among the Huaixi people was too high, and the emperor was too late to be jealous of him.

Xu Da is impossible, he is in the army as he is thriving, if he is allowed to control the power again, wouldn't he want to give up the world?

Wang Guangyang, the old drunkard, is even more impossible, if he is allowed to be the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, it will really be chaotic.

As Lao Zhu's confidant, Hu Weiyong actually knows Lao Zhu very well and knows what he cares about most, that is, the Zhu family's country......

His heart jumped again, it was a kid surnamed Ma! The thing about him killing the coachman was reported to Yingtian Yamen, and he really underestimated him, I originally thought he was a lazy person, and I never thought that his appetite was so big!

"Hu Weiyong! I ask you! ”

Lao Zhu's shouting and questioning came from the top of his head again, and Hu Weiyong once again slammed the ground, "Weichen killed the coachman in anger for a while, and he is indeed guilty of being punished by His Majesty." He knew that Lao Zhu was a shun donkey, and the more he argued and punished, the more obedient he was, but he lifted it high and fell gently.

But Lao Zhu didn't seem to have the intention of giving up, "Xingmao, what crime should Hu Weiyong be guilty of?" ”

"Back to the emperor, according to the "Da Ming Law", those who kill slaves and maids without permission will be punished with seventy canes for one year. However, the coachman was guilty first, and Hu Xiang was also angry and murdered, and Weichen thought that he should be punished lightly. ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department opened his mouth, and immediately popped out a few officials to intercede with Hu Weiyong, not only civil officials, but also many military generals and nobles, among which Pingliang Hou Feiju was the most active.

Lao Zhu turned a deaf ear, and only said: "That coachman doesn't seem to be a slave, Yao Bin, the prefect of Yingtian, what did you find out when you received a report yesterday, whether the coachman was a slave or not." ”

As the mayor of the capital, he is naturally qualified to participate in the court meeting, Ying Tianzhifu hurriedly stood up from the end of the line, and secretly glad that he didn't fool things yesterday, so that he didn't know anything, "Back to the emperor, the bitter master's name is Hu San, he is Hu Xiang's fellow countryman, and he has never sold himself to Hu Mansion, and the family of four also lives elsewhere. The others will be checked by Weichen, and then the file will be transferred to the Criminal Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple. ”

"The corpses, the murder weapons are all there, and there are still more than a dozen people who have confessed, and there is still nothing unclear, so far even the prisoners have not been caught, what is the use of handing over the files. Yao Bin was incompetent, demoted to one level and retained, and fined for half a year. ”

"Thank you for the grace of my emperor!" Ying Tianzhifu hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him, and in the end, he was only fined by one level for half a year in such a case, which is already a very good result.

Lao Zhu looked at the Shangshu of the Criminal Department again, "What should I do with Xingmao now?" ”

"This ...... This should be ......" The old face of Shangshu of the Criminal Department was flushed, and he couldn't figure out Lao Zhu's heart, he was about to change the prime minister, and he was afraid that he would misestimate and be dealt with by Hu Weiyong when he turned around.

"It seems that you are not very familiar with the book "Da Ming Law" of the Criminal Department, and you can't tell me about it!" Old Zhu Huoran got up, "Since ancient times, debts have been paid off and killed to pay for their lives!" ”

Hiss - there was a gasp above the court, and the civil and military officials lowered their heads one by one, but a pair of eyes secretly looked at Lao Zhu's expression, trying to distinguish the truth from the falsehood of this sentence.

It wasn't until Yuan Sheng came down from Danqi with a beautiful dagger that he realized that this was not Lao Zhu's false words and threats, but to come to the real thing, and Hu Weiyong, who was in power and in the opposition, was about to be finished.

For a while, the courtiers had their own thoughts, and those who were not used to seeing Hu Weiyong gloated, thinking about how to turn around and fall into the ground, and those who had taken refuge in Hu Weiyong were panicked and thinking about how to protect themselves, but no one paid attention to Hu Weiyong.

Yuan Sheng put the tray in front of Hu Weiyong, "Hu Xiangye, this is the emperor's reward for you, and you are not grateful." ”

At this moment, Hu Weiyong was lying on the ground, trying hard to control his body not to tremble, in addition to fear, he was full of incomprehension.

He didn't understand, this was simply unreasonable, he didn't understand why it was like this, and the image of the emperor who he thought he knew in his heart suddenly became very vague and he couldn't figure it out.

He raised his head slightly and looked at the tray in front of him, the bright dagger reflected the dazzling morning light of the summer sun on his face, but it made people not feel the slightest warmth, but there was a chill accompanied by despair rising from his heart, and he said unwillingly: "I, Hu Weiyong, am going to end up like this?" ”

Suddenly, a eunuch walked quickly to the palace, and after crossing the threshold, he bowed and said: "The emperor's Cao Guogong Mansion sent someone to deliver the news, and the old Guogong has just passed away." ”

Hearing this, Yuan Sheng put his hand behind him and waved it slightly, and a little eunuch in the apse who probed his brain hurriedly retracted his neck.

Lao Zhu sighed, his originally straight body withered a little, "Drop out of the dynasty for three days, to show condolences, prepare to drive, and I will go to the memorial service!" ”

After he finished speaking, he turned around and went down to the apse, Yuan Sheng pretended to be stunned, picked up the tray on the ground and hurriedly followed, when he arrived at the apse, Lao Zhu was already changing his clothes, it was a plain regular clothes, and when he saw Yuan Sheng, he ordered: "You go and tell Han Cheng to keep an eye on Hu Mansion, and it is his real henchman who will go to his house tonight." ”

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