Chapter 17 Coffin Cover
After all, a country with benevolence and filial piety as the main body not only has to pay attention to benevolence and filial piety, but also the same as a subject, not to mention Xiucai and Juren who have already stepped into the official career with half a foot.
Whether it is for the sake of righteousness, or to accumulate popularity in the future, such a move of the imperial court will not oppose such a move, and some will even kneel to the sky to worship the mountain and call our emperor Shengming!
In the past few years, Dakang has continued to use troops abroad, and the main opponent is the alien race. But unexpectedly, the alien race did not run away, and the backyard actually began to catch fire, and there was a flood in the south that year. Dakang, who was already mired in the quagmire of war, was unable to support at all, so the then Tobe Shilang said that he would use the grace of the local talent to temporarily alleviate his danger.
Naturally, the emperor would not slack off, and issued an order after the unanimous approval of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. The consequences were gratifying, Xiucai and Juzi shared a huge amount of money and materials, which smoothly relieved Dakang temporarily.
In the second year, the alien race retreated, the flood retreated, and the whole Dakang presented a prosperous and peaceful appearance, so in order to thank Yuntai and other regions for their generosity, it was announced that there would be an additional examination that year, that is, the legendary Enke, so that students all over the world did not have to wait for a few more years for the imperial examination.
This is the imperial examination that Hao Jian participated in.
At the same time, Li Daozheng, who was the head of the household department at the time, was also promoted to one level because of his meritorious speech, and was directly promoted from the fourth rank of the squire to the third grade of Shangshu, and was in charge of the household department.
In other words, Hao Jian's hungry stomach for two or three years was exchanged for his promotion.
No wonder Hao Jian said that he was so down-and-out when he became a lifter, all because of Li Daozheng.
That's not wrong at all!
The ministers who came back to their senses frowned, so it seems that Hao Jian must be without fault, but meritorious. On the other hand, their own actions are a bit unreasonable and maliciously hurtful to others.
No wonder people say that power bullies people, reverses black and white, and is bent on seeking death, there is a reason for this.
At this time, everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Li Daozheng, so it seems that Li Daozheng is completely messing around here with them!
The silver on Hao Jian's body was sponsored by hundreds of officials, and it was not stolen, after all, so many officials testified, and besides, Li Yuankui's reputation was not very good. Hao Jianqing's poverty is completely for the country and the people, and it is not a loss of virtue, it is completely Li Daozheng's malicious slander.
"Has the grace of the children and the students in Yuntai and other places been restored now?"
Zhao Kuangyin was also listening to the truth, as a gentleman, he was naturally sloppy about this kind of thing, after all, Shizi is the foundation of the country.
"Your Majesty, it has been restored a year ago. It's just that Hao Dianyuan entered the top three and became a jinshi, and he couldn't enjoy the official position of the ninth grade, so he was still like this......"
Xu Benzhong waved his hand and said.
"That's fine, if you neglect Shizi, then it's not right for me. Everyone, get up, don't kneel......"
Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said to the ministers present.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After thanking them, everyone stood up and returned to their positions, while Li Daozheng was still kneeling on the ground.
After seeing that the people around him had dispersed, Li Daozheng kowtowed a few times: "Your Majesty, the minister is dead!" ”
"Yes, the Yuntai matter is all your attention, but you don't know the aftermath of doing things, and you don't know how to investigate the identity of the imperial examination officer, thank you. Now they suspect that they are in other people's deeds, saying that they are in a loss of morality! ”
Zhao Kuangyin blamed all the guilt, as if he had no responsibility for these things, and Li Daozheng was to blame for all these things.
Li Daozheng has bitterness in his heart, but things have developed to the point where the emperor blames him, and he has no choice but to kowtow and admit his mistakes: "Weichen is confused, please forgive your majesty!" ”
"Li Yuankui, do you have anything else to say about the previous incident?"
Ignoring Li Daozheng, Zhao Kuangyin aimed at Li Yuankui and asked with a smile.
"Your Majesty forgives your sins, the students are obsessed with ghosts to do such a thing that is unconscionable, and I hope Your Majesty will punish you lightly!"
Even a fool can see that the wind has changed, and if he doesn't admit it, then what awaits him is even more terrible torture.
Also heartbroken is Zou Yukun who was sitting on the ground with Hao Jian on the side, he sat on the side and saw it very clearly, Zhao Kuangyin said those words from Hao Jian, and he didn't show surprise, as if everything was taken for granted.
Zou Yukun, who is old and refined, quickly understood why this was the case, Hao Jian fainted in the Jinluan Hall that day, it can be said that he was hurting the country's body, and as the emperor, he naturally wanted to investigate it, so it was not difficult to find out why Hao Jian was like this.
Thinking of this, Zou Yukun felt that his back was cold, and a gust of wind blew, and he couldn't help but shiver a few times.
"My lord, don't move, it's uncomfortable!"
At this time, Hao Jian was comfortably leaning on the human flesh pad, enjoying it very much, but Zou Yukun began to tremble, and Hao Jian, who was shaking, was very uncomfortable.
Glaring at Hao Jian, Zou Yukun continued to watch how things were developing.
"Light punishment? If it is a light punishment, it is worthy of the people who are fighting for my great well-being, if it makes them cold, who will protect my great well-being? For a little money, you don't even want the face of a student, which shows that you are not a good person. And you, Li Aiqing! Do you know your brother is so reckless? ”
Saying that, Zhao Kuangyin pointed the finger at Li Daozheng again, and asked Li Daozheng sharply.
"The minister is guilty!"
Kneeling on the ground, Li Daozheng kowtowed again.
"Guilty of sin, you! Your brothers united with hundreds of officials to harm my loyalty and goodness, in a vain attempt to destroy the foundation of our dynasty, where is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple? ”
Zhao Kuangyin shouted at the ministers.
"The minister is here!"
At this time, an old man came out of the team and waved his hand at Zhao Kuangyin and said.
"What should be done about the sins committed by these two men?"
With a wave of his hand, Zhao Kuangyin asked.
"He deserves to be punished!"
Without further ado, the old man said.
"Your Majesty, Weichen has been wronged!"
Hearing this, Li Daozheng immediately screamed and slammed his head against the ground.
"Your Majesty, spare the students, the students are willing to donate all their family property......"
Li Yuankui also kowtowed, expecting Zhao Kuangyin to be able to fall lightly.
"Do you dare to say that you are wronged? But for the sake of your years of dedication, spare your death! As for Li Yuankui, if you donate all your family property, I can spare your life! ”
Dakang pays attention to benevolence and filial piety, and the holy decree is a little paranoid, even in punishment, as long as it is not a major crime of rebellion, the rest of the crimes are not very heavy, as long as they can spare their lives, they will generally not take their lives.
At some point, it was even allowed to appear with the money of atonement, and if enough money was paid, the guilt would be reduced by one degree, and the punishment would be lighter.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
When Li Daozheng and Li Yuankui heard this, they quickly kowtowed and thanked them.
"But capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped. Li Daozheng slandered Hao Jian's innocence, so he punished you to be a scholar by Hao Jian's side for three years, and went to Qingxi with Hao Jian. As for Li Yuankui, you exiled your potential and went to the northwest to repair the city wall, it was also three years, and you took away your status as a student, and you never came after three years! ”
Well, with Zhao Kuangyin's words, the original high-ranking Hubu Shangshu has now become a little scholar, no, it should be an old scholar. And Li Yuankui also changed from a delicate Li Yuanwai to a coolie, and he didn't know if he could survive the exile for thousands of miles.
"Thank you, Lord Longne!"
This is already the lightest punishment, and for Li Daozheng, he has not been deprived of his official status, but only delegated, but his position is slightly lower.
"As for Hao Jian, during this time, you can recuperate with peace of mind, and take out five hundred pieces of silver from the Ministry of Internal Affairs as a reward, and as for the period of going to work, you will forgive for three months, and you can recuperate during this time. Also, Zou Aiqing did a good job of presiding over justice before, and saved a pillar for our dynasty, rewarded 1,000 taels of silver, 100 acres of fertile land, and his son was sent to the country! ”
What no one expected was that the biggest beneficiary of this matter was Zou Yukun!
was hit by Hao Jian before, and then he was scared by the emperor to the point that he had no master, but he didn't expect to get the most benefits at the last moment.
"Lord Zou is clever, this trick is too high to lose the car and protect the handsome!"
Many people looked at Zou Yukun with envious eyes, no one thought that when they were wondering about Zou Yukun's actions before, Zou Yukun had already played a big game of chess, and in the end, he took all the big and small.
Hehe smiled and thanked the emperor. But Zou Yukun was very painful in his heart, his most trusted ally was gone, and even his precious son-in-law was exiled with him, and he only got money and land. What's slightly better is that his son can go to Guozijian to study, and he was directly rewarded by the emperor with the status of a showman, but his son has already been lifted......