Chapter 21: The Scholar's Anger (2)
The Emperor leaned over to help her up, and continued, "Very good." Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info but what I care about is whether there will still be remnants of the Zhang family among these people left? ”
"Regarding screening and screening, it is really the key to cleaning up the palace affairs this time." Wanrong looked at the emperor and said quite confidently, "The concubine has discussed with Xie Liangchen and consulted with the Duke of Jin, and the person who remains must meet three conditions before he can be considered for retention: first, the person's background is clear, and his parents and relatives must live in the capital so that the court can control it; Second, this person must have been on an errand in the palace before the fall of the capital, and after many investigations, it was confirmed that he was not implicated with the Zhang family; Third, this person was not in the three major halls of Hanyuan, Xuanzheng, and Zichen, as well as Hanliang, Linde, and other critical places, and he must be a person who was not reused when the Zhang family was in charge of the six palaces. For those who meet these three conditions at the same time, they can only stay after being interviewed by the concubines one by one. In this way, even if the concubine did not dare to guarantee that nothing would go wrong, and there would be no remnants of the Zhang family, it was expected that the person would take care of his own life and not make trouble in the palace again. ”
The emperor stepped forward and affectionately stroked her hair that was still scattered over her shoulders, and said softly: "There really is a concubine Lao Ai these days." With you and Xuan'er in charge of the inner palace for me, I will have no worries. Today, Lin De Hall has agreed on the rank of the new palace people, and I have entrusted Xuan'er as the main one, and you should follow the class, and you must not have a dispute with Xuan'er in public, can you remember? ”
Wanrong heard that the emperor was so worried about herself, and she believed that what Ying'er had reported a few days ago was true, her mouth pursed, and she said with jealousy: "The emperor is relaxed, the concubines will not be boring and ruin the emperor's good deeds." ”
When the emperor saw that she was jealous, he didn't explain much, but only said, "You will know when the time comes." He raised his legs and walked outside the dormitory, walked to the door, turned around and asked Wanrong, "How is Wang Bao'er's little eunuch?" Are people reliable? ”
Wanrong was thinking about what kind of outstanding woman was among the newcomers who entered the palace, which attracted so much attention from the emperor. Unexpectedly, the emperor asked abruptly before going out, and replied with some confusion: "Wang Bao'er? When he hit the East Palace, he was on an errand in Ning Xiangxuan, and his legs and feet were quite sharp, why did the emperor ask about him? ”
"After all, Xie Liangchen is a bit old, and he is a busy person in the province of Zhinei, so he can't follow me all the time," the emperor stopped at the door of the dormitory and explained to Wanrong. "You Wang Bao'er here, Zhu Shuang in Xuan'er, and Lai Xing'er, who has just entered the palace, I plan to choose one of them from a few young people to follow me every day in the future, Concubine Ai won't be reluctant, right?"
"Your Majesty, please stay for a moment, the concubine still has something to say." Wanrong's mind turned around at this time, and she hurriedly caught up with the emperor and said, "Did the emperor say that the original Zhang family sent Lai Xing'er to the East Palace as an eyeliner has also entered the palace now?" ”
The emperor nodded with a smile and said: "Speaking of which, this kid is also related to me, but now that the palace is restless, there is a shortage of available people, so I transferred him to the palace and temporarily worked as an errand in Yanying Palace." Regarding this kid's family history, I have ordered someone to investigate, although it has something to do with the Zhang family, but in the past, I was even more kind to his family, and if he hadn't traveled hundreds of miles two years ago and invited Mr. Liu in time, I am afraid that it will not be easy for me to get out of the malicious frame of the Zhang family, and the concubine does not need to be suspicious of him. ”
"Despite this, the concubine still asks the emperor to think twice." Wanrong looked anxious, "This concubine Xing'er originally felt that he was too clever and well-behaved, and he was not a good person. Now the palace is cleaning up the remnants of the Zhang family, but the emperor put this obvious Zhang eyeliner into the palace, and he has to transfer it to his side to listen to it, and the concubines think it is inappropriate. ”
The emperor saw that she said sincerely, and his mind was also lively, he didn't want to show the hesitation in his heart in front of Wanrong, so he waved his hand and said lightly: "Some small things, since the concubine said so, let's discuss it later." The hour is not early, I still have to go to the morning court, and come back in the evening, I want to hear what the concubine thinks of this group of newcomers. ”
Wanrong heard that the emperor was still going to stay in Yaohua Palace tonight, and Fang Cai's unhappiness and jealousy disappeared, and she gave a salute and said sweetly: "The concubine sends the emperor off." ”
Lai Xing'er was awakened by a quick knock on the door, and a thought quickly flashed through her mind: Furong's people saw three stones by the door and came to the door. He rubbed his sleepy eyes, opened the door, and saw that standing outside the door was Pang Ming, a little eunuch who was also on an errand in Yanying Palace.
"Come to Zhangshu, the emperor has arrived at the Yanying Palace, and Master Xie has sent you to come over immediately." Pang Ming didn't know why he seemed very flustered.
Lai Xing'er put down a heart that he was carrying, and asked with a yawn: "Isn't this the day of the Xuanzheng Palace's grand court meeting?" Why is the emperor here again? ”
Pang Ming saw that Lai Xing'er looked sleepy and lazy, and urged more and more anxiously: "You hurry up." The emperor Long Yan was furious, and he was losing his temper with Lord Lin Shu, and Grandpa Jing was also there, and I was afraid that you would not be able to bear the emperor's punishment if you went late. ”
Lai Xing'er heard that Jing Yuncong was also summoned to Yanying Hall by the emperor, and thought that the battle ahead was unfavorable, so he hurriedly dressed and stopped, and glanced at the three stones placed by the door before going out, and followed Pang Ming to Yanying Hall at a trot. Before the others entered the hall, they heard Liu Yi's voice from the hall: "Lord Lin, I also think that your move is very inappropriate. As the court's chief assistant, every day on duty in the court, the emperor read his hard work, so that the kitchen out of the dine-in for it, this is the court to respect the courtiers, the so-called high-ranking officials to treat the sage is also. If Lord Lin must resign, in my opinion, it is appropriate to resign from the position of Zaifu, and it is not appropriate to resign from the generous Lu given by the king......"
Lai Xing'er quietly walked into the hall and saw Lin Shu kneeling in front of the emperor, Liu Yi and Jing Yuncong sitting at the emperor's head on the left and right. Wei Chang, who was sitting next to the pillar of the temple according to a small case, saw Lai Xing'er coming in, beckoned to him, and motioned for him to come to him.
At this time, Lin Shu, who was kneeling in the middle, said: "The fool is not ignorant of thunder, rain and dew, it is all the grace of the king, and the reason why the ministers should not be disrespected." The reason why a certain person wants to resign from the dine-in given by the emperor is because of the helplessness of the time. Lord Liu did not know, in recent years, the imperial court has raised troops to quell the rebellion year after year, the cost is very huge, Lin was ordered to Zhongshu Province to take up his post, check the account books of the past years, and found that the left treasury has been unable to make ends meet as early as the later years of the first emperor, and the counterinsurgency officials and armies of all walks of life, the grain provided by the imperial court is still less than half, resulting in the armies raising their own food, repeatedly plundering the property of the local people, and the people complaining bitterly, all regard the officials and soldiers as enemies.
Nowadays, the Helong area has been repeatedly harassed by Tibet. That is, just like yesterday, Zhongshu Province received the right section of Longyou to make a six-hundred-mile post: the most elite Scorpion Army of Tubo broke through the pass of our Xingsuchuan and captured the two cities of Shanzhou and Shazhou with lightning speed.
Your Majesty, please forgive the foolish ministers for saying bluntly, the rebels have not yet been pacified, and the root of it lies in this. And with the soldiers in front of the army without food and grass, the people are not living at the same time, it can be seen that in the east and west capitals and even in the capitals of each province, there are people who are extremely rich because of the official eunuchs, and the wind of lewdness and luxury is very loud, and the ministers serve in the house and enjoy the offerings of more than a dozen people, or even dozens of people, and the pillars of the court are still like this, not to mention the civil and military officials? In the previous chapter, he persuaded the emperor to abolish dine-in offerings, and really wanted to set an example for his ministers, and strive to be extravagant and thrifty, and open a new dynasty. Mr. Liu's words, I don't dare to agree. ”