Chapter 35: Heavy Hands
It was just dawn, and most of the officials of the Ministry of Rites who had been busy all night last night rushed to their homes to sleep. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
The first rays of the morning sun shine on the golden glazed tiles of the palace, shining with a charming sheen.
It was about six o'clock in the morning, but there were already two people in the imperial study in the west hall.
Emperor Wen was really a diligent emperor, and his daily routine was like this. I often don't go to bed until late at night, but I must have gotten up at six or seven o'clock in the morning.
It's just that today's majesty did not hold a red pen in the imperial study to review the folds as in the past, but took a scroll from the hands of the people around him and slowly unfolded it.
This person beside His Majesty is the chief eunuch Zhang Yan, and someone from the celebrant sent this scroll, and the two people in the imperial study know the content of it.
Stretching out his hand to take the scroll with a smile, His Majesty said, "Who said that this Jiang Yin is a pedantic literati?" Isn't that interesting? β
As he spoke, he slowly unfolded the scroll in his hand, "I handed over this note, didn't he know what Chu I meant?" β
"It is said that this field is erosive, and they all say that it seems to be like that, and when it comes to specific issues, they are all playing Tai Chi for Your Majesty. This time, you asked Jiang Yin to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and these people should always be more restrained. Father-in-law Zhang answered with a smile on the side.
"Hmm.... I also want to let Jiang Yin enter the officiating department, which is to sound a wake-up call for them. His Majesty smiled and unfolded the scroll, sweeping the names of the students involved one by one.
At first, it was nothing, the more you look at the face, the worse it is, the more you look at it, the worse it is. When he saw the scroll fully unfolded, Fang Cai's knowing smile had long since disappeared.
Slowly handing the scroll to Grandpa Zhang, who had a questioning face, His Majesty slowly walked towards his dragon chair. "Nothing, you count for me, how many names are there on this scroll."
Grandpa Zhang quickly began to sweep the scroll with his eyes, muttering in his mouth, and he had already counted it between two or three breaths. "Your Majesty, there are a total of 232 students involved in the case."
"Two hundred and thirty-two...... There are two hundred and thirty-two people!! β
His Majesty laughed angrily at first, and nodded lightly when he said this.
When the words came to an end, he was furious, Long Yan was furious, stood up suddenly, picked up the beloved jade tea cup in his hand and smashed it on the ground.
With a crisp sound, the turquoise fragments scattered in all directions, and two little eunuchs outside the door sounded and poked their heads at the door, looking at the fragments of this place, neither advancing nor retreating. I don't know if I should clean up or pretend I didn't see it.
Gonggong Zhang made a slight gesture behind his back, and the two little eunuchs at the door hurriedly shrank their heads and slipped away.
His Majesty smashed his beloved teacup still not enough to relieve his anger, and he scolded, "Two hundred and thirty-two out of three hundred people are involved in the case, these bastards!" I really don't take me seriously!! β
Although he knew that the atmosphere in the field was not good now, and it was common to hand over the slip and go through the back door, he never expected that eighty percent of the places in the Spring Festival had been determined.
"The ones in the third row on this list, huh?? Mixed with the third child all day long, without learning or skill, jumping around the third child to make eagles, all passed to my ears! Do you dare to use your hands and feet, through the joints?? β
"No wonder when Wang Lao retreated, I wanted to mention Jiang Yin, and he had the most voices on his side, so he had this in mind. This Jiang Yin stayed in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he didn't see him arranging fewer people. If this is according to his will, let the surname Lu be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, what happened? He's going to wrap up the whole chun?? β
"What's going on? Aren't Jiang Ling and Yuan Wei famous talents in Guozijian? How could these two people be involved? After scolding a few times, His Majesty's emotions quickly calmed down and asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, Jiang Ling and Yuan Wei are the greetings of Scholar Hu and Scholar Zhu, the two scholars know the situation in the field, and they are afraid that their protΓ©gΓ© will be squeezed down by the relationship, so they have to hand over the note."
"Hehehe." , His Majesty sneered twice, "This father is a talented man who is a scholar in the Ministry of Rites, and there is no scholar to hand over the note for him, and he is in danger of falling off the list, which is really funny and ironic!" β
"Should I be angry with the two scholars and go with the flow, or should I reward Jiang Shangshu for impartially enforcing the law?" His Majesty said sarcastically, "My two sons are really doing a good job." β
The people of the Three Princes and the Seven Princes faction were involved in a lot of cases this time, so it is no wonder that His Majesty's face is so ugly.
The erosion of the field has been his heart disease for many years, and now he suddenly learned that the disease was a little more serious than he thought, and the participation of his two sons was a little more than he thought, and he couldn't help but be very angry.
"The prince has done a good job in this matter." , His Majesty closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, and basically did not see anyone on the prince's side on the scroll.
But it is said that after the crown prince gave the order, he still went to see Jiang Shangshu in violation of the rules. The two talked for a long time, about half an hour. β
"I know that Yun'a has already stated this matter. He thought about it more thoughtfully, saying that he was afraid that Jiang Yin would not dare to go against the family involved in the case, so he wanted the East Palace to take care of the matter. β
"I thought what kind of family could these dozens of students pull out? But I never expected that there were so many people involved! No wonder Yun'er felt that Jiang Shangshu might be very embarrassed. β
"The prince has a heart."
"Hmph." His Majesty made a disdainful voice from his nose, "It's not that I don't know his abacus." He already knew about the affairs of the science field, but he also kept it from me. β
"Now that I have promoted Jiang Yin and sent a note, I know that I have decided to move the field, so I have changed the direction of the wind and come to do things for me."
Gonggong Zhang smiled when he heard this, "After all, the prince is not as good as the other two, if His Majesty doesn't express his position, he really can't turn his face with the family, right?" β
"Yes." , Thinking of the prince's mother who died early, he has been in the East Palace for many years, and he has no power on his mother's side to help him, so he is inevitably cautious in doing things, and he always has to guess his own thoughts.
Don't say anything else, just rush at his performance this time, and strengthen the other two things that are not angry.
"Pass on my order, let Tang Shanshui, the commander of the Royal Forest Army, go to Che'er, this matter must be done quietly, except for the Royal Forest Army and the Forbidden Army, I can't trust anyone."
"Understood." , Gonggong Zhang nodded in response.
"Carefully study the list, except for a few scholars. The rest are close to each other, caught from far to near, and caught small fish and shrimp first. As much as possible, don't let the wind go. The important ones involve the unification of the officials of the dynasty on the day of the release of the list, when they go to the court, I want to catch them off guard! β
"I have already urged Jiang Yin to enter the Ministry of Rites and given them a chance, but they just don't take me seriously. Then don't blame me for being heavy-handed! β