Chapter 76 is fledgling

In the morning after the Qionglin banquet, I came to the palace hall on time. Over the past few months, I have become accustomed to this kind of saying that the early dynasty is called the early dynasty, and it seems that holding meetings has been a tradition in our country since ancient times.

He Ji first came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister He Ji has a book to play." ”

"He Aiqing, please speak."

"Your Majesty, yesterday there was a gathering of students in front of the Gongyuan Academy, when the matter was urgent, the minister promised the candidates without playing, and His Majesty would send a messenger to the Gongyuan this afternoon to understand the situation, and all candidates who had doubts could go. I also ask Your Majesty to forgive me for this matter, but I also ask Your Majesty's permission. ”

I was present yesterday, naturally I knew about the student gathering yesterday, and I also thought that there would be no candidates to go to the Gongyuan today, and those few leaders didn't know where to hide in at this time, how could they dare to come out, but since He Ji proposed, I would not let him break his promise, not to mention that He Ji, who is the chief examiner, not only represents himself, but also represents the court, so this is also a matter of integrity of the court, once there is a problem with the integrity of the court, then there will be no integrity in the world.

"What a crime Aiqing has, I will play it accurately."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." He Ji breathed a sigh of relief.

"Wen Tianxiang."

"The minister is here."

"You are the champion of the Baoyou year, you should understand the meaning of these candidates, I order you to be a messenger, and accompany He Aiqing to the Tribute Academy today."

"Chen Wen Tianxiang obeys the order."

"Chen Ma Tingluan has a fold to play."

"Ma Aiqing, please speak."

"The minister thinks that the incident yesterday was instructed by someone, please ask Your Majesty to issue a strict investigation."

"The minister also seconded the proposal." Weng Yinglong's performance made me stunned, originally I guessed that it might be Jia Yidao's doing, but this time I was confused.

"Ma Aiqing, Weng Aiqing, why is it the reason?"

Ma Tingluan said: "Your Majesty, I have gone through several sessions of the imperial examination, and there has been no student gathering, and now His Majesty's ascension to the throne of the new branch has this incident, and the minister feels that someone has deliberately done it to try to destroy His Majesty's reputation." ”

I looked at Ma Tingluan, and said in my heart, this Master Ma is also direct: "Ma Aiqing, Weng Aiqing, this matter will be discussed after the investigation of Lord Wen in the afternoon, the two of you and He Aiqing are the examiners of this time, these days have been hard, and I will give you a purple medal to show your reward." ”

The three of them said in unison: "Your Majesty." ”

Ma Tingluan thought about it and retreated.

I continued: "Ye Aiqing, the appointment of the new science and technology jinshi is going to be carried out as soon as possible. ”

Ye Mengding said: "Yes, Your Majesty, you can do it after three days." ”

"Yes."

"The minister has his own music." After Ye Mengding retreated, Jia Rudao said suddenly.

"Master, please speak."

"Your Majesty, when it comes to undergraduate jinshi, the minister thinks of Chen Yizhong, a former scholar, the first emperor once said that this person is talented and can be of great use, and the minister will promote this person to return to Beijing to serve."

"Chen Yizhong?"

Those who are familiar with history know Chen Yizhong, the prime minister in the late Southern Song Dynasty.

This person also entered the court through the imperial examination, and his surname was particularly handsome, and he first attached himself to Jia Nidao, and was able to prosper in official fortune, and then saw that Jia Nidao lost power, and turned his head to criticize him, which is really a two-faced and three-knife person.

But I've figured out these historical figures.

The so-called current situation creates heroes, I am this current situation, whether I am loyal or annihilated, whether I can reuse it, let's see.

I briefly straightened out my thoughts and said, "Where is this Chen Yizhong now?" ”

Jia Rudao said: "Your Majesty, this person is now the official school secretary of the Jifu Mansion." ”

"Well, then according to the words of the minister, let him return to the court, and first supervise the imperial history, and issue a letter of appointment from the Ministry of Officials."

"Yes."

"Jiang Aiqing, Liao Aiqing, how is the progress of the Ministry of Commerce?"

Jiang Wanli went out and said: "Your Majesty, it has taken shape, the registration of shops in Lin'an City can be completed in late April, and the land measurement of Guangdong and Fujian roads is also underway, and the minister expects that the Ministry of Commerce will be officially put into operation on May 1." ”

"Okay, Jiang Aiqing, Liao Aiqing bothered."

Towards the end of the court meeting, I saw that Fan Wenhu and Xia Gui went out at the same time and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has folded and played." ”

"Two Aiqing, please speak."

Fan Wenhu said: "Your Majesty, after the third day, it is the commemoration of the formation of the forbidden army, and the minister asks Your Majesty to move to inspect and review." ”

These two people rarely speak, but at this time, for some reason, they suddenly came to the book. Fan Xia and the others are both Jia Nidao's pawns in the army, holding the power of the forbidden army, and they are the top generals of the Central Army at the moment.

I paused for a moment and said, "Very good, it's time for me to visit the elite soldiers of my court, master, let's go together then." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Jia Rudao's face was calm, as if he had nothing to do with him, and said, "Your Majesty, some eyebrows have been found about the masked assassins, these people should have sneaked into our dynasty from different places and gathered in the area of Huiji, and the leader is a Mongolian Tianya man, named Kunzhe, one of the four elders of Tianya. It's just that there are no clues about their intelligence sources. ”

"Well, Shichen has worked hard, continue to investigate in the Criminal Department, they won't know my whereabouts without an inside line, although this matter is difficult, but it is worth investigating."

Wen Zhang's arrival in the afternoon was beyond my expectations, it was done so quickly, it seems that this kid has some ability.

"Chen Wenzhang, Chen Shenmo, see the emperor."

I saw that both of them were dusty servants, and it was obvious that they had just returned to Beijing: "Hehe, let's get even." ”

"Your Majesty."

"Sit down and take a sip of tea."

Wen Zhang took a big sip and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has completed the task, and the young man has injured forty-three people, and no one has died." ”

"Well, slowly tell me about your fledgling deeds."

Wen Zhang began to tell about Jinhua's suppression of bandits.

Jinhua in the Southern Song Dynasty is in the north of Jinhua City, about 160 kilometers away from Lin'an.

Since the establishment of the Youth Guard, it has never stopped training, even in the New Year, it is still training as usual, watching those reserve members all day long, where do the five hundred members of the Youth Guard dare to slack off.

In the past three months, there have been no distractions, just one word "practice".

Although the young guards are not very old, their own quality is quite good, and after three months of hard training, their physical fitness has been greatly improved, and they are basically unhindered by the rapid march of 80 kilometers, in contrast, it is the hundred imperial guards led by Shen Mo who are dwarfed, which makes Shen Mo feel very embarrassed.

Two days later, Wenzhang Shen Mo came to Jinhua Mansion, rested in the government office, replenished food and water, declined the kindness of the Jinhua prefect to send officials to help, and only needed a guide and a topographic map, and drove directly to the Phoenix Mountain area east of Jinhua.

Along the way, the guide told Wen Zhang and Shen Mo that at the beginning of last year, there were two bandits who occupied the mountain as the king, one was on the Phoenix Mountain, about 30 people, the leader was named Song Kui, and the other was on the Daliu Mountain, with a larger number of people, about 70 people, and the bandit leader claimed to be called the sky, and the two bandits did all kinds of evil, robbing merchants and disturbing the neighborhood.

"Just such a small number of people, how many people are in the box army of Jinhua Mansion? Didn't you get rid of it? Wen Zhang asked.

The guide replied: "General Hui, there are more than 200 people in the Xiang army, first, the terrain of Phoenix Mountain and Daliu Mountain is relatively partial, and second, ......."

"Why?"

The guide hesitated for a long time before saying: "These Xiang soldiers have come several times, but each time they come just tossing the villagers from the neighboring villages, eating and drinking, and then going down the mountain to make a show, there is no intention to go up to the mountain to suppress the bandits, once, a Xiang military captain led people to rush up, but the bandits hid in the mountains, the school captain wanted to pursue, but those soldiers were unwilling, and the school captain seemed to be unable to order these box soldiers, and in the end they were all gone." Alas! ”