Chapter 64: The Imperial History of a Dilemma
(1st Update)
Early the next morning, Han Chun'er came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate according to Ye Kai's order, but with his identity, he definitely couldn't go in directly, and of course Ye Kai knew this, so in his instructions, he just asked Han Chun'er to hand over the things he brought to a royal historian named Xie Yuanhan.
Although this is the case, the reality is much more complicated, Han Chun'er talked for a long time, and stuffed some silver with him, in short, it took a long time before he handed over the things on his behalf, and then sat alone at the door of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and waited.
The thing was a package, and Han Chun'er didn't know what was inside, but when she weighed it gently, it should be something like books and literature.
"Brother Han!"
Just after sitting for a while, before her buttocks were warm, Han Chun'er suddenly heard such a voice behind her.
He hurriedly turned his head and saw an official who was not in the middle of the rank running towards him, and this person was naturally the middleman he had just spent money to buy temporarily.
"Lord Xie Yuanhan let you in! Said I wanted to see you. ”
After hearing this, Han Chun'er patted her buttocks, and was about to go in, but saw that the man patted Han Chun'er's shoulder with his right hand, and then his face was hot.
"Brother Han, what is the thing you handed over? I saw that something seemed wrong with the adult's face. ”
The man recalled what happened when he handed over the package just now, and he clearly remembered that when Xie Yuanhan opened the package, his face had been gloomy, which made the person standing on the side couldn't help but be taken aback, since this new imperial historian was transferred from the Sichuan Supervision Dao to the central government, he has been in a state of having nothing to do, how could his face suddenly change like this? In addition to being surprised, my heart also tightened, if this is something bad, maybe I will be unlucky.
"What does it have to do with you?"
Han Chun'er's words were equivalent to directly pouring a basin of cold water on the latter, and the domineering expression on his face just now suddenly froze, but this was not the end, he saw Han Chun'er looking him up and down with a disdainful gaze, and then put on a look of ignoring it, and said coldly.
"Isn't it that adults should know that you, a little official who is not in the stream, also want to know?"
Han Chun'er coaxed and blew at the latter, just now he was arrogant to Han Chun'er's request, deliberately prevaricating, and made it clear that he was reaching out to ask for money.
His eyes directly skimmed over this person, and Han Chun'er swaggered in
The courtyard of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is unimaginably wide, but at a glance, it is full of desolation, the trees are rarely taken care of, growing wantonly, although many buildings of the Ming and Qing dynasties have a history of hundreds of years, but they are also gradually dilapidated, in the spring breeze, only the pine and cypress with special meaning are still green.
This also seems to mean that the imperial history system, which has been closely related to it for more than 2,000 years, is coming to an end today.
With the continuous influx of history, Western doctrines began to enter the heads of the Chinese regardless of good or bad, and in this change, the imperial history system was regarded as dross, according to the requirements of the new policy at the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was originally necessary to abolish the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, the Thirteen Branches of the Imperial History, etc., and then set up the Audit Yuan and the Supreme Trial Hall in the center, and the overlapping powers made the Procuratorate suddenly no longer necessary.
However, as soon as this plan was promulgated, it was vigorously criticized by scholars, especially the old bureaucrats, and even turned into a wave of opposition to Yuan Shikai, the advocate of the new policy.
Even so, anyone can see that the demise of the imperial history system is the trend of the times, so in the officialdom of the late Qing Dynasty, those imperial historians who "dare to impeach the superintendent with the official position of the nine grades and the governor" are also facing the crisis of marginalization.
Xie Yuanhan looked at all this in the courtyard, and had mixed feelings in his heart, as a Hanlin student selected by the imperial examination, he had received a traditional education of the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, but one of the participants in the book on the bus, his head was not rigid.
Although he knew that the Western system was much better and more modern than that of the Qing Dynasty, he always supported the imperial history system.
The imperial history is the Feng Xianguan, and it is the outline of the country, why must it be abolished? What should we do if there is a great traitor who steals from a high position and deceives the Holy Hearing? Xie Yuanhan couldn't understand this.
So when he saw the contents of the package, the flame of jealousy and hatred was ignited in the depths of his heart.
"Small, meet Mishi-sama." Han Chun'er came to Xie Yuanhan's side in a huff and said.
"You brought this thing?" Xie Yuanhan asked.
"It's a villain," Han Chun'er bowed her head and admitted.
"Bold!"
Xie Yuanhan slapped the table, glared and said, the sudden sound made Han Chun'er startled, he took two steps back tremblingly, and at this moment he was even more confused, what was in the package, which made this person angry.
"Fabricating false testimony and framing government officials, do you know what crime to be guilty of!"
Xie Yuanhan then asked, but Han Chun'er naturally couldn't answer half a word, and he was hesitant.
Seeing that the other party was frightened by his two sounds, Xie Yuanhan couldn't help sneering in his heart, and then asked viciously, "Who are you?" ”
After the initial shock, Han Chun'er settled down, he tried hard to think about Ye Kai's previous explanation, and after a long time, he said nervously: "The adult doesn't need to know the villain's name, the villain is insignificant, the important thing is whether the adult believes or does not believe the things in the package?" ”
"Oh?" Such a statement was obviously unexpected by Xie Yuanhan, and after a little thought, he then asked: "What if you believe it, what if you don't believe it?" ”
Xie Yuanhan then pointed to the package on the table, and said, "You have no roots, why should this official believe you?" ”
Why? Han Chun'er didn't know why, he just followed Ye Kai's instructions and continued to say what he should say, and didn't say a word that shouldn't be said.
"Believe it or not, the villain heard that Lord Xie is upright, and he can't rub sand in his eyes, and he is a clean official, so he dares to report it." When Han Chun'er said this, he also felt strange, but he didn't care about this anymore, everything was done.
"It's nothing, the villain has retired." At the end of the point, Han Chun'er arched her hand and stepped back.
Xie Yuanhan could still figure out what was going on, and the person disappeared, so he had to pat the table in discouragement, and his gaze returned to the package.
Inside, in addition to a stack of paper full of words, there was a thick book of accounts.
And when he opened the account, Xie Yuanhan's brows were kept locked, and the sketches on it listed in detail the facts that Chen Bi of the Ministry of Posts and Communications embezzled public funds and turned them into private use, and what made him even more unpredictable was that this account was detailed to every sum of silver, and every use was recorded, just like personal experience.
The various records on this clearly point to the secretary of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, and Chen Bi, a member of the imperial court.
Is this account real, or is it just a trap? Xie Yuanhan was a little embarrassed for a while.