Chapter 175: Duplicity
Lou Si admonished the prime minister again
Chen Zhongshu entered the palace to apologize
Not long after the impeachment of Su Shicheng subsided, Lou Zhixin of the Zhiyuan Yuan exerted his strength again and directly impeached Chen Zhishan, the prime minister of the left. The bullet was handed over to Han Yanxuan by the emperor, and Han looked cautious:
Your Majesty, how is this handled?
The old minister promised to be old and diligent for the country, but it is not easy, so he will no longer embarrass him, just show him this fold and let him pay attention.
This sentence made Han Yanxuan feel very gratified: Your Majesty is kind-hearted and cares so much for the old minister, Weichen is very grateful, long live my emperor, long live, long live!
Money is a good thing, and there are a few people who don't care as much as Aiqing. The emperor said this thoughtfully.
The emperor is so loving, and Weichen is grateful. Your Majesty rest assured, this matter will be handled by Weichen very well.
The main content of impeachment is twofold: as the prime minister, Chen Zhishan is old and mediocre, only knows what to do, and has no achievements; greedy for money, openly accepting bribes, and selling official positions.
In the middle of the book, Chen Zhishan pretended to be a righteous man and a gentleman on weekdays, and talked in front of the emperor that the king should be a virtuous and virtuous minister, and that the courtiers should be clean and thrifty, and so on. secretly connived at his children and relatives to accept bribes outside. Anyone who asks for an interview or a job is granted by them after negotiating the price, and everything is in order. Due to the secretiveness of the actions and the lack of traces, it is difficult for outsiders to find out for a while. Some local officials sent official documents to the capital, and the letter must be marked with the words "how much something is offered together". Anything that is not written, it is not opened at all. It also listed that Zhang Shixiu, the governor of Jianning Mansion, was given a shortage of fat due to bribery. Although Chen Sheng of Quanzhou did not have enough qualifications, he used the case of being over-relocated with a generous bribe as circumstantial evidence.
Based on this, the imperial court should thoroughly investigate Chen's crime of perverting the law for bribes, deprive him of all titles, and escort him to Hainan.
Seeing this, Han Yanxuan felt that this was not groundless, and it was very credible. The emperor did this purely for the sake of his face, so he didn't want to make a big deal out of it.
Shi Dazu, the head of the Taishi Mansion, went to the Zhongshu Department Hall to meet Chen Zhishan, and after being polite to each other, Shi Dazu opened his mouth:
Old Prime Minister, I am ordered by the master king to hand over this recital to you.
Chen Zhishan took it and saw that it was a note to impeach him, which was made by Zhixin Zhixin. I couldn't help but be a little flustered, "What does Shiwang mean by this?" ”
Shiwang asked you to read it carefully. Starzu's face was expressionless.
Chen Zhishan had to calm down and read slowly, his hands were a little shaky, and his face was a little stiff, this is the face that has done bad things and made people pierce it. Shi Dazu felt a sense of disdain in his heart, he was such a person, he could also be on the list, he was the first among the ministers, and he was greedy for money to the point of blatant, and he was safe and sound. If there are many such people in the DPRK and China, is there still hope for this Great Song Dynasty?
Where did you get this?
The emperor gave it to him.
Chen Zhishan asked worriedly: What did Your Majesty say?
Your Majesty didn't say anything, just let the master king hand it over to you.
How did the master explain?
Shiwang asked you to read "Destiny Fu" and think about how to apologize to the emperor.
Chen Zhishan was relieved, thanking His Majesty and the king.
After Shi Dazu left, Chen Zhishan read Lu Mengzheng's "Destiny Fu":
Heaven and earth are constant, the sun and moon are always bright, the four seasons are always ordered, and ghosts and gods are always spiritual.
There are treasures in the sky, the sun, the moon and the stars. There are treasures in the earth, and gold and silver in grains.
There are treasures in the family, filial sons and grandchildren. The country has a treasure, integrity and loyalty.
If you join the way of heaven, then heaven will come to you. If it is authentic, the government will eliminate the sorrow. If it is humane, it will be harmonious for the people.
When the three paths are combined, disaster will bring blessings.
Heaven and earth are harmonious, and all things are born. Authentic harmony, then all things prosper.
Father and son are harmonious, and the family is beneficial. Husband and wife are harmonious, and righteousness is not divided.
The times cannot be relied on, poverty cannot be bullied, and the world turns over and over again, and it must be repeated over and over again.
The rest, when living in Luoyang, went to the monk temple and stayed overnight in the broken kiln. Cloth cannot cover one's body, and porridge cannot satisfy one's hunger. The master is disgusted, the next person hates, and they all say that Yu is cheap, and Yu said: It is not cheap, but time, luck, and life. After Yu ascended to the top and ranked, entered the book, the official to the best, ranked the third public, Si Yi has Qiluo thousand boxes, Si Shi has a hundred delicacies, there is a tart hundred staff staff, there is a sword of cutting the ministers, out of the strong man whip, into the beauty to support, there is Yu Su, the treasury has surplus wealth, people say that the rest of the expensive also, Yu said: not expensive, but time, luck, life.
The dragon has not been encountered, temporarily living between the clouds and mist. The gentleman loses time and succumbs to the villain. Fate did not pass, and he was abandoned by fools. Before the time came, he was bullied by the villain. A poor gentleman at the beginning, self-pity and self-remorse. Rich villain, not out of the world. Life is only to make friends, not to talk about the rich and the poor. Win a thousand gold, but not expensive, win a word, and win a thousand gold. I mourn and chase no hate, wealth must be long and conservative, Su Qin has not met, when he returns home, his parents hate, his brothers are evil, his sister-in-law is not inferior, his wife is unwilling to cook, but he returns to his hometown in fine clothes, Ma Zhuang is strong, golden and colorful cloth, brothers go out of the house with a smile, and his wife and sister-in-law have taken care of it, Su Qin is the old Su Qin, and he Chen and his relatives in the past. is still like this in his own flesh and blood, not to mention the strangers, he is still not there.
The article crowns the world, Confucius is still in Chen Bang. Wu Luo is outstanding, and Taigong once fished in Weishui. Yan Hui's life is short, how can he be a violent person. The thief is old, and he is not a virtuous person. Emperor Yao Tiansheng, but he raised a man who was not good. is stubborn, and gives birth to the son of great filial piety. Ganluo 12 is the prime minister, and 50 ministers are ministers. Yan Ying was five feet long and was named the prime minister of Qi. Han Xinli has no chicken, set up as a virtuous minister of the Han Dynasty, when he did not meet, he had no urn for a day, and to Xingtong, he was sealed by the king of Qi, scared Yan to take Zhao, commanded millions of male soldiers, once the time was rested, he died at the poisonous hands of the Yin people. Li Guang has the power to shoot tigers, and he is old and unsealed. Feng Tang has the ambition of Anbang, and he has never met in his life.
The ancient sages did not hold the number of yin and yang. Today's Confucian scholars are not separated from the middle of Thailand. The waist is gold and purple, and they are all born in poor and lowly families. Straw shoes are all descendants of the rich. There are the poor, and then there are the rich. There is a small strong, and then there is an old age. People can learn to accumulate goodness, and the family has more than enough to celebrate. A young beauty, a foolish husband. A handsome and talented man, he is matched with an ugly woman. Five men and two women, old and empty. Thousands of gold, after death, leave the hometown and leave the well. Talented and shallow, juvenile and the first Dengke. Full of articles, to old age and lifelong non-first. Whether rich or poor, they are all destined by numerology.
If the sky is not shining, the sun and the moon have no light. When there is no land, there is no vegetation. When the water is not, the waves are not still. When people can't, their fate is not clear. If there is no fundamental eight characters, how can you be a minister. Life is up to fate, not by anyone.
The centipede is multi-legged, not as good as the snake spirit. The rooster has wings and cannot fly as well as the crow. Horses have a thousand miles of gallop, and non-people can't go by themselves. People have a thousand tricks, and they can't reach themselves without luck.
I respectfully advise Shiwen for this.
The content is long, and many of the examples and truths mentioned in it are understood and known by Chen Zhishan, and some of them have been personally experienced. Everyone can talk about the truth, but in the face of the temptation of money and other material things, how many can withstand it? Like a moth to a fire, knowing that the fire is dangerous, but it just likes light and warmth. What's more, there may not be any disaster if you pounce on it.
When I returned to the house in the evening, I didn't want to eat, so I walked into the study and sat there in a daze, thinking and meditating. At five o'clock, he rushed to the palace and asked to meet the emperor.
At this time, the emperor was in the queen's palace and was preparing to rest. Let Guan Li tell him to go back, and talk about it tomorrow if there is something to do. After a while, Guan Li reported: The prime minister knelt in front of the queen's palace, saying that he was asking the emperor for guilt, and he was willing to kneel until tomorrow morning.
There was no way, the emperor had to see him in the queen's palace, after Chen Zhishan came in, he knelt down with a puff and kept kowtowing: Your Majesty, the old minister Chen Zhishan entered the palace to apologize, His Majesty is kind to the old minister, and he is kind to the old minister, but the old minister did not take care of his subordinates and nephews, and he really deserves death.
Empress Yang spoke: Lord Chen, the court has given you a lot of money, why are you still making so much money? Don't forget, you are the prime minister, and you have to select virtuous ministers to help the officials govern the country well.
What Niangniang said is that the old minister will do it.
Zhao Kuo came up and yawned, okay, I know, you can go back.