"Second Uncle is here? ”

As soon as Zhao Ji heard that Zhao Cheng was coming, Zhao Ji immediately stood up from the chair with a respectful face.

"Go and invite the old prince in!"

With that, Zhao Ji hurriedly stepped off the stage and made a gesture of greeting at the door of the main hall.

All the officials also hurriedly brushed and reversed the order, facing the palace gate, and waited for Prince Cheng with the emperor.

Wu Zhi, Murong Yanda, Tang Geng and others were secretly relieved: The second emperor is finally here, and he came so timely!

And Cai Jing and Zhu Mian have a strange face, Prince Cheng has a deep prestige but has not asked about political affairs for many years, and now the sudden appearance especially makes Cai Jing very uneasy. Because now although he covers the sky with one hand in the court, he knows that in front of Prince Cheng, he is nothing.

Knock knock!

The sound of the copper ring under the dragon's head cane hitting the floor gradually became clearer, and people also saw the majestic figure of Prince Cheng.

"Second uncle, nephew greets second uncle!"

As soon as Prince Cheng stepped into the door of the hall with half a foot, Zhao Ji impatiently stepped forward to bow to Prince Cheng.

"I'll wait to meet Prince Cheng!"

The hundred officials also made a big gift according to the system.

"The emperor doesn't have to be polite! Hehe. Prince Cheng picked up Zhao Ji with one hand and said with a smile: "Although we are uncles and nephews, you are the king and I are the ministers, and the etiquette of the monarch and the minister must not be exceeded." How can you bow to me? ”

"Uncle is also a father, second uncle, you treat me as your own, and I have already regarded my second uncle as my own father, why shouldn't I salute?"

Zhao Ji sincerely helped Zhao Cheng into the main hall, and after entering the hall, a eunuch had already moved a chair, and the chair was placed in the position where Cai Jing was standing before, and Cai Jing at this time could only retreat one position.

"The old prince is still so energetic!"

"The old prince's sword is not old!"

"Prince Cheng's majesty has not diminished back then!"

…………

There were bursts of sycophancy among the accompanying officials, but not everyone was qualified to shoot Prince Cheng's sycophant, and the officials who patted the sycophants were led by Cai Jing Wang Huang, and the lowest was also the chief official of each department, and even Wu Zhi's rank couldn't interject.

After sitting firmly on the chair at the head of the hundred officials, Zhao Cheng looked at Zhao Ji and the hundred officials with a smile, waved his hand and said, "What are you doing around me, you should go up and go up!" ”

"Yes!"

The hundred officials regained their steady, but Zhao Ji did not sit on the dragon chair, but still stood beside Prince Cheng.

"Your Majesty, go back to your dragon chair!" Zhao Cheng was puzzled.

"Second uncle, you are here, how dare your nephew sit on the throne." Zhao Ji is like a child.

"Go up and sit, this king is also coming here this time, if you don't go up and sit, it's hard for me to talk about it!"

When Zhao Ji heard this, he bowed to Zhao Cheng again, and then carefully stepped onto the stage and sat on the dragon chair.

"I don't know what you have to order, second uncle?"

After Zhao Ji asked, Cai Jing and the others also glanced at Zhao Cheng nervously.

"Hey! This king has not asked about the government for many years, and he should not have many things to enjoy his old age. Zhao Cheng sighed, paused his dragon head crutches, and continued: "It's just that this morning I saw in the Bianjing Daily that Zhu Wen's case has been closed, and Zhu Wen and other murderers have been beheaded by Wu Zhi, the judge of Kaifeng Mansion, which is really happy!" ”

Zhao Cheng said slowly, Zhao Ji listened carefully, but Cai Jing, Zhu Mian and the others were shocked when they heard that Zhao Cheng was actually here for the case.

Zhao Cheng continued: "Your Majesty, you know that Sun Xin, who was killed by Zhu Wen, has a master-apprentice friendship with this king, and Wu Zhi killed Zhu Wen and other criminals, which can be regarded as a matter of the king's heart........."

Zhao Ji nodded thoughtfully, and Cai Jing, Zhu Mian and the others suddenly turned pale when they heard that Sun Xin was actually Prince Cheng's apprentice, especially Zhu Mian, who looked at him as if he had figured out a lot of things at once.

"My apprentice died a miserable death! Although the culprits have all been executed, this king thinks that since the court is going to close the case for Sun Xin today, this king, as Sun Xin's teacher, should come over to witness it, so that he can ask His Majesty for a mourning honor for my hard-working apprentice. ”

"It should be! You're welcome! ”

Zhao Ji and a group of officials seemed to feel the pain of Zhao Cheng's bereavement, and nodded in agreement.

"I wonder where it's going now?" Zhao Cheng asked.

Zhao Ji was slightly stunned, he had forgotten where the court discussion had just been, so he said to Cai Jing: "Cai Qing, you can talk to the old prince!" ”

"Yes."

Cai Jing received the order, respectfully saluted Zhao Cheng, and said: "Zhu Wen and other criminals have been executed by Lord Wu Zhiwu, and all the officials think that Lord Wu is resolute and must be rewarded. Just now, the officials were mainly discussing how to deal with Zhu Wen's cousin Zhu Mian's crime of covering up. After some discussion, I and several deacons believed that although Zhu Mian had the merit of killing his relatives in righteousness, he could not excuse the crime of covering up, so he should be punished. ”

Cai Jing's words were not leaky, which made Zhao Cheng nod again and again after hearing it.

Seeing that Zhao Cheng was very satisfied, Cai Jing was also relieved in his heart, and Zhu Mian was also secretly happy.

"So, Cai Jing, what are you going to do with Zhu Mian?" Zhao Cheng asked leisurely.

This question made Cai Jing, Zhu Mian and others hang in the air.

"I don't know what the old prince means?" Cai Jing asked tentatively.

Wu Zhi on the other side couldn't help but squint his eyes, Cai Jing was really cunning, and the officialdom's Tai Chi boxing was very clever, so if he threw the problem to Prince Cheng, Prince Cheng naturally didn't want to criticize Zhu Mian too harshly.

"You are the prime minister, what should you do with it, and this king will teach you to fail?"

Fortunately, Zhao Cheng is also an experienced veteran of officialdom, and he pushed Cai Jing back with a word.

"The prince ......taught me a lesson" Cai Jing humbly lowered his head and said: "Although Zhu Mian is guilty, but the responsibility is not heavy, according to the system, he should be demoted and punished. I don't know what Your Majesty and the old prince think? ”

"It's all up to the old prince." Zhao Ji was the first to express his position.

"So which department are you going to demote Zhu Mian to?" Zhao Cheng asked quietly.

"Zhu Mian is gentle, and it is the most suitable ......... to serve in the Ministry of Officials"

As soon as Cai Jing finished speaking, Zhao Cheng hadn't said anything, and someone below immediately jumped out and stopped him loudly.

"No! Let Zhu Mian go to the Ministry of Officials, wouldn't this be a real promotion! ”

It was Tang Geng who jumped out, he was in a hurry, and his face was even more red at this time, and he didn't know whether he was excited or angry.

However, according to Wu Zhi, Tang Geng was angry, because he was also very annoyed after hearing Cai Jing's disposition.

The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the promotion and transfer of grassroots officials in the world, which is much more important than the Ministry of Industry, let Zhu Mian go to the Ministry of Officials, and he is also the head of the Ministry of Officials after Shangshu and Shilang, with Zhu Mian's power, the Ministry of Officials will soon be controlled by him, in this way, Zhu Mian's power has almost doubled, and Wu Zhi will also be restricted by it in the future.

"Stand down! What are you? It's not your turn yet! ”

Seeing Tang Geng come out to stir up the situation, Cai Jing shouted angrily, and Tang Geng's face turned pale.

Boom!

There was a hammering sound, followed by a mid-air shout.

"Cai Jing! What are you? Dare to go wild in front of this king! ”

Suddenly publicly humiliated, Cai Jing was stunned, and he was so angry that he looked up and looked at Zhao Cheng.

Two old men with the same beard and white hair, one wearing the official uniform of the prime minister in the shape of a crane, and the other wearing the official uniform of the best prince of the angry dragon, looked at each other wonderfully in the court for a moment.

Just for a moment, Cai Jing immediately bowed his head and hugged his fists to apologize, and never dared to raise his head again.

"The lower official is reckless, don't blame the prince! But listen to the prince's disposal! ”

"Humph!"

Zhao Cheng also ignored Cai Jing, just paused slightly, he didn't need to use the threat of the dragon head crutch to deal with Cai Jing, Cai Jing was not worth mentioning in his eyes at all. Back then, when he saw a big man like Wang Anshi Sima Guang in the Chinese Yanbo Dynasty, he had to salute him in a proper manner, and at that time, Cai Jing was just a pony boy under the hands of Wang Anshi, the governor of the government!

"Cai Jing, aren't you old and confused?" Zhao Ji also muttered to Cai Jing dissatisfied.

"Yes, yes... The ministers were confused, and His Majesty was angry. ”

"If you are confused, go home early to retire!"

Zhao Cheng's kindness dissipated, his face was majestic, and his aura made all the officials in the court feel oppressed.

"You're Zhu Mian, right?"

Zhao Cheng looked at Zhu Mian in the official column, and Zhu Mian immediately came out of the queue like a lamb to the slaughter and bowed to Zhao Cheng.

"Zhu Wen committed such a heinous crime, and you actually shielded him, you really deserve to be punished! Now that this king will demote you and leave Beijing, do you have any complaints? ”

Zhu Mian's face was miserable, a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes, and he nodded obediently in agreement.

"Good!" Zhao Cheng turned his head to look at Zhao Ji and said, "Your Majesty, this king suggests that Zhu Mian be demoted to Qiantang County, Hangzhou, to be a county prince!" ”

"Okay, just follow the second uncle!" Zhao Ji naturally readily agreed, "Intention!" ”

After hearing Zhao Cheng's words, Zhu Mian's face, which was still miserable just now, immediately became brighter, and he was overjoyed in his heart, thinking that the old prince would demote him to the north or northwest, so he would let Wu Zhi clean it up. But Jiangnan is his territory, not to mention going to be a county minister, but he has no official position, he can call the wind and rain and stir up the wind and rain when he arrives in Jiangnan.

Accidentally! What a surprise!

Not only Zhu Mian was happy in his heart, Cai Jing and Zhu Mian's faction officials were secretly happy, as long as Zhu Mian arrived in Jiangnan, then they were almost certain that Zhu Mian would definitely be able to make a comeback!

"Thank you for your grace!"

Zhu Mian immediately bowed to Zhao Cheng, and when he lowered his head, his eyes glanced proudly in the direction where Wu Zhi and the others were.

"That's it! The main reason for this king's visit this time is to ask for a grief for my apprentice, and I hope that the emperor can give him another title of secretary of the criminal department........."

For Zhao Cheng's request, Zhao Ji naturally did not refuse, gave Sun Xin's family a series of mourning, and also gave him a nickname of "Wenzhong", which is extremely high among civil officials, second only to "Wenzheng", like the great writer Ouyang Xiu's nickname is also Wenzhong, and Ouyang Xiu has also entered the two mansions as a privy envoy.

"Alright, you go on, and the king will take his leave! Wu Zhi has made a meritorious contribution to the case this time, Your Majesty, you have to promote him to an official! ”

After Zhao Cheng's old prince instructed Zhao Ji, he left freely, and asked the past dynasties, who else can enter and exit the imperial court so calmly.

Everything has been determined, and after the old prince leaves, there will be nothing to do in the future, the main thing is to reward meritorious deeds.

Since the case has been closed, Wu Zhi and other case-handling personnel should naturally be rewarded.

According to Wu Zhi's recital, Qin Hui was promoted to the position of the lord of Kaifeng Mansion, Song Gong was promoted to the position of judge of Kaifeng Mansion, and Lord Lan was promoted from the original four-rank imperial guard with a sword to a three-grade brocade robe guard, and Wu Zhi .........

Wu Zhi should have been promoted to the position of Shaoyin of Kaifeng Mansion, but since there was Prince Cheng's greeting just now, and Wu Zhi's image from beginning to end was that of a conscientious case-handling officer, and he was not involved in the court dispute, so Zhao Ji simply loved Wu Zhi who was like a jade!

So Zhao Ji made a breakthrough and promoted Wuzhi to "Quanzhi Kaifeng Mansion Yin"!

He replaced the crown prince in the position of Kaifeng Fuyin, and the crown prince was promoted to prison state.

This made Wu Zhi surprised, delighted and never expected! What he didn't expect was that for Zhao Ji's appointment, none of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty jumped out to oppose it!

You must know that Kaifeng Mansion Yin Ke is a top-level second-grade senior official, even if countless officials are good, they are already thankful that they can get this position after mixing in officialdom for decades, and Wu Zhi has only been in officialdom for a few years, and he sat in this position so quickly, and no one objected?

But it's not surprising to think about it, Cai Jing was humiliated by Prince Cheng and probably hasn't come back to his senses, Zhu Mian has just been punished, let alone say anything, and the Qingliu are all on Wu Zhi's side and sorry for Wu Zhi's admiration...... In addition, no one knows if this appointment was discussed in advance between Prince Cheng and the emperor, which one would dare to oppose it?

Kaifeng Mansion Zhengyin, a scholar of Longtuge University, both official positions are already among the core high-ranking officials of the Great Song Dynasty. One step further, it is to enter the east and west mansions, so that he can enter the prime minister in the real sense and become the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty!