Chapter 15: The Protégé of the Son of Heaven
Carpenter Zhu nodded and said loudly, "That's good! I'm here to give you an explanation! Yue Su, listen to the order! ”
"Chen Yue Su takes the order!" Yue Su came to Zhu Youxiao's side in a few steps, and knelt on the ground with his clothes lifted.
"I have now stripped you of all your official positions, can you be convinced?" Carpenter Zhu asked sharply.
"Surrender to oral administration." Yue Su replied loudly.
"I will now remove your reputation, can you be convinced?"
"Surrender to oral administration."
"During your time as an official, I did not bend the law for bribes, did not disregard human life, brought disaster to the country and the people, and specially spared your death. Now dismiss the official and go to office, get rid of his fame, and become a commoner! Seize the sword of Shang Fang, and the three swords of the imperial guillotine! Carpenter Zhu shouted loudly.
"Thank you, Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" Yue Su replied loudly.
After Carpenter Zhu made the punishment decision, the hundred officials in the city knelt on the ground one after another, and said loudly together: "Emperor Shengming, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" ”…… The city is like this, and the city can hear it clearly, it is Qingliu and the scholars are also shouting loudly at the top of their voices: "Emperor Shengming, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”…… wanted the emperor to ask for Yue Su's life, but these people really didn't dare to hope for it. Being able to cut jobs for the people has surprised many people. Father-in-law Wei in the back didn't expect that everything would come so smoothly, it was incredible.
But at this time, Carpenter Zhu suddenly shouted loudly again: "I deal with Yue Su like this, can you be convinced?" ”
"Wait for your heart!" "We're convinced!" …… The officials and the soldiers shouted loudly again. When their shouts subsided, Carpenter Zhu shouted again: "This is the best! ”
Immediately, Carpenter Zhu turned his head to look at Yue Su, and said aloud: "Yue Su takes the order!" ”
"Chen Yue Su takes the order!" Having just been cut down and dismissed, Yue Su's heart was extremely low, as if he had fallen into an abyss. He understands that he has offended so many people, if he has no official position and no rights, these people will come to the door and not cut him with a thousand knives, then he will come out. At the beginning, Yue Su never cared about official positions and rights, and when he was Zou Jiaren, he had already thought of this day. But when the day came, for some reason, he didn't seem to want to lose.
At this moment, hearing that the emperor asked him to accept the order again, Yue Su's spiritual head came suddenly, and his voice was obviously two decibels higher than just now.
"I am now giving Yue Su Jinshi and the first, as a protégé of the Son of Heaven!" Carpenter Zhu said loudly.
"Thank you, Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" This surprise really surprised Yue Su.
However, what he didn't expect was yet to come.
"During the period when Yue Su was governor of Henan, he helped the people, exterminated the rebels, killed the annihilators, and made meritorious contributions. For those who have made meritorious contributions to my Ming Dynasty, I have always been stingy with rewards, and now I will seal Yue Su as the secretary of the criminal department, and also lead the Shuntianfu Yin. And crowned the crown prince and the prince, and gave the imperial guillotine three knives! ”
When Carpenter Zhu finished saying this, whether it was in the city or under the city, he was completely stupid. Even Yue Su was a little stunned, and the official came back without saying anything, and he was promoted to Shangshu. Shaobao is gone, and he has become the prince and the prince, these two titles are big on one side, and he has not suffered a loss. Moreover, the crown prince is one of the "three masters of the East Palace", and he assists the prince, obviously Zhu Carpenter has high expectations for Yue Su and wants him to be the prince's teacher. It was all like a dream, having just fallen into a deep valley and now flying above the nine heavens, and everything was so sudden. The emperor's words are really to let whoever is born live, and let whoever dies die. Thunder, rain and dew are all Jun'en.
It took Yue Su a long time to react, and shouted loudly: "Minister Yue Su thank Lord Longen, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”
The hundred officials in the city knelt on the ground and looked at the emperor. originally thought that Yue Su would be brought down, but how could he have expected that this was a lot of effort, Yue Su was not only reinstated as an official, but also promoted to the secretary of the Criminal Department. Although the emperor's decree is not very open, and the parties will be despised by Shilin, it is still legal, and no one can stop it.
Wei Zhongxian made a gesture to Wei Guangwei in the back, meaning to tell him to shout to the emperor to think twice.
But at this time, something unexpected happened again. In the center of the scholars under the city, a group of people suddenly shouted: "The emperor is sage! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”…… This group of people could only make up one-fifth of the crowd, but the voice was extremely loud, no less than the shouts of all the scholars just now. Obviously prepared, shouting together at the top of their throats.
How could there be scholars to help Yue Su, the emperor is not clear, the hundred officials in the city are not clear, and the other scholars under the city are not clear. Originally, everyone was connected in tandem to bring down this Shilin scum together, why would anyone applaud at this time?
They don't understand, Yue Su understands, all this is Li Yuanchen's credit.
Last night, Li Yuanchen gave Yue Su a series of plans, the first plan was to protect Fang Congzhe and Qi Shijiao; The second plan is to contact the scholars and Qingliu in Shandong. Scholars and Qingliu also want to eat, and they also want to find backers. Coming here to toss around, it can be said that it is for justice, but is it easy to run all the way, it is the cost of travel, and it is food and lodging, and no one says to report it.
Tossing down Yue Su, what benefits can you have for yourself, you still have to take the exam in the future, you should go to the door as an official, or go to the door, and your future has not changed at all. Taking advantage of this, Li Yuanchen found them and talked about the conditions straight to the point, you have to do very little, you don't need to say good things for Yue Su, openly go against the entire Shilin, as long as you follow the emperor's will at the critical moment, you can do it. There are a lot of benefits you get, not to mention the cost of going back and forth, but also giving twenty taels of silver to each person, in addition, everyone is from Shandong, it is inevitable to join the Qi Party in the future, Yue Su Bao cited Fang Congzhe and Qi Shijiao, and as soon as they come back, you can vote on the door of Lord Qi. As for the Qingliu in Shandong, it is even better to say that the Qi Shijiao had a large group of Yanguan in the past, and now Yue Su is helping the Qi Shijiao, which is equivalent to helping them. Li Yuanchen also gave each person one hundred taels of silver, who wouldn't do it.
Qi Shijiao is the leader of the Qi Party and a model for Shandong scholars. Of course, the successful agreement was reached, which also had a credit from Yue Su, in Zhang Xiang's case, Yue Su pulled Wei Hanming along, which can be regarded as selling a friendship between Qi Shijiao and Shandong Xuezheng Wan Yinke. When you come out to mix, you have to pay it back.
Shandong Qingliu and the scholars stood up to support the emperor, and suddenly disrupted the eunuchs' position. Because in these days, one or two people shouting 'Emperor Shengming', you can not shout along, if there are hundreds of people shouting 'Emperor Shengming', you don't shout along, what does that mean, can it be said that the emperor is not Shengming.
The most important thing is that the irons of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang at the head of the city also shouted loudly at this time, "Emperor Shengming!" ”…… They were not bought by Li Yuanchen, but purely for their own interests. Keep Yue Su, Fang Congzhe and Qi Shijiao can come back.
Gonggong Wei and Wang Tiqian are both masters who welcome and pat horses, and now so many people are shouting the emperor Shengming, and there are many eunuchs in the city, and every sharp voice follows and says The emperor Shengming, aren't you looking for pleasure.
So, without waiting for Gonggong Wei to shout first, Wang Tiqian shouted first, "Emperor Shengming!" ”
It doesn't matter if he shouts, what are those little eunuchs waiting for, they all shouted at the top of their voices, "The emperor is sage!" ”…… It's like I'm afraid that because I'm too late, I won't sell some strength and make the emperor unhappy, but what should I do?
Gonggong Wei was also forced to have no choice but to shout: "Emperor Shengming!" ”
Wei Zhongxian shouted, and the other eunuchs were also forced to shout because of the situation. The whole city and the city were filled with the voice of "Emperor Shengming".
Seeing that the situation had become like this, Zhu Youxiao seemed to be very satisfied with his performance, and said: "I have always had clear rewards and punishments, and I will reward and punish when I should be punished. Yue Su's cheating in the field, I have already punished, Yue Su's merits, just rewarded, I hope that the Qing family, after the future for the community to contribute more, but all meritorious ministers, I will also not hesitate to reward! This matter is over, and those who dare to talk about it again will be killed! ”
"Okay, let's disperse, set up the Heart Palace, and Yue Qing's family will go with me."
Everything ended here, as if everything was under Li Yuanchen's control, but what he didn't expect was that there were two unsung heroes among them, who contributed a lot. One is Liu Mingguo, and the other is Empress Zhang.
Empress Zhang is also more concerned about the court situation, she understands that if Yue Su falls, everything will be in the hands of the Hakka family and Wei Zhongxian. As soon as these two were in power, they could accommodate their sons for a few months, and they didn't do everything possible to get rid of them, so they came out of the ghost. She privately inquired about the situation with Liu Mingguo, and learned that the court would be extremely unfavorable to Yue Su, racking her brains, and finally came up with such a method - clear rewards and punishments.
Empress Zhang pretended to have a stomachache, deceived the emperor to Kunning Palace, and told the plan in person, this method made Zhu Carpenter very satisfied and full of confidence, so he went against the norm, ran back again, and went to the noon gate to meet the scholars. With this idea, all the problems were solved.
Yanjing City seems to have regained calm again, and the scholars from all over the country scattered in a huff, and Qingliu and the hundred officials did whatever they wanted, and they scolded them behind their backs. But everyone knows that this is the prelude to another fight. And the focus of this battle is Fang Congzhe.
The hardcore of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang, as well as some officials who are unwilling to be with the eunuch party, quietly connected together, brewing together, and Bao Jufang came back from philosophy and Qi Shijiao. Of course, they also know in their hearts, with their current strength, they can't do it at all, and the only hope is Yue Su.
When they went to court again, these people began to move closer to Lord Yue, and Lord Yue did not disappoint them, and then Chen played and asked Fang Congzhe and Qi Shijiao to come back. And just like last time, there was another debate in the court.
But this time, the confidence of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang is more than last time, because the backer of Lord Yue is too strong. The emperor is so favored, what else can't be done, Fang Ge Lao comes back, it's just a matter of time.
(To be continued)