Chapter II: Edicts
"Listen to their opinions, do they still need to listen to their opinions? It's nothing more than letting me cut Yue Qing with a thousand knives and punish him with a canonical sentence, can there be anything else? ”
After listening to Wei Zhongxian's answer, Carpenter Zhu coldly threw out such a sentence.
"This ......" The emperor's meaning is obviously to favor Yue Su, and if he wants to change the past, Gonggong Wei must not say 'the emperor is shengming', so he will give up. But this time, he didn't, so he couldn't make such a big move, making the government and the opposition up and down, a voice of indignation, and the evidence was conclusive, such an opportunity could not be found, if he missed it, he was afraid that it would not be easy to wait for the opportunity to bring down Yue Su. Wei Zhongxian pondered for a moment and said carefully: "Your Majesty, otherwise the old slave will read you a few copies of the courtiers' recitals, and Your Majesty will consider it before making a calculation......
These twists and turns were all drawn up by the people in the court by quoting scriptures and racking their brains, and scolding Yue Su for being incomplete, and the crime was unforgivable, in short, how ruthless it was. even listed the things that happened last year's exam, saying that Sun Shenxing's future was ruined because of fraud in the scientific field, and Yue Su's crimes were more than ten times more hateful. I am even more sorry for the ancestors of Confucius and Zhu Carpenter.
The chapters written by these people through the ages were thought to be presented to the emperor, even if they were not necessarily appreciated by the emperor, at least they would have a good name. But as a result, Carpenter Zhu only used one sentence, and sent them all away, "Don't you see that I'm very busy, how can I have the time to listen to this, let's stay in the middle." I know about Yue Qing's affairs, anyway, the disaster relief has been almost done, and I will send him a decree to come back, and then I will ask him face to face, and then I will deal with it. By the way, Yue Su participated in the matter of King Zhou, and King Zhou could ask for a guilty letter? ”
"Yes, do you want to take a look, Your Majesty?" Seeing that the emperor dismissed Yue Su's matter with an understatement, Gonggong Wei was very unhappy, but if he was not happy, he would not be stupid like those intellectuals to argue with the emperor's theory.
"I don't have time, so I won't look at it. In this way, you can draw up a will for King Zhou again, reprimand him, and let him be honest in the future. As for Zhu Gong's ......" Zhu Youxiao hesitated, and finally said: "Take away his son, that is." ”
For Zhu Gongfang, Yue Su really interceded on his behalf, looking at this, Carpenter Zhu showed mercy to his subordinates, and only took away the title of his son, and he could also be demoted to a knighthood in the future. Otherwise, he will have to enter the Zongren Mansion circle.
"The old slave obeys." Wei Zhongxian bowed in response, and then said: "Your Majesty, the position of the secretary of the Criminal Department has been vacant for a long time, and there is no one in the Criminal Department to preside over it, and many official affairs have been delayed, Your Majesty, you can see ......."
This is actually a temptation, if the emperor now agrees to give the real shortage of the criminal department to others, it means that Yue Su will have to be a little unlucky when he comes back. If the emperor doesn't plan to give the position to him, it means that the emperor still values Yue Su and still intends to leave this position to him.
"Don't worry, let's discuss it later. Alright, I'm going to get busy, you go down. After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he picked up the carpenter's belongings and continued to work, no longer paying attention to Wei Zhongxian.
Wei Zhongxian was helpless, as long as he withdrew from the Heart Cultivation Palace, he would have to bring back all the chapters that impeached Yue Su he had brought.
After such a big effort, this is the result in the end. Grandpa Wei was too unwilling.
In the afternoon, Gonggong Wei returned to his mansion and immediately convened an emergency meeting.
There were not many attendees, but all of them were close friends of Grandpa Wei. Among them, there are Cui Chengxiu, the imperial history of the left capital, Feng Quan, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, Ni Wenhuan, the Taichang Shaoqing, Pan Song, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, Hou Guoxing, the commander of Jinyiwei, Xu Xianchun, the commander of Jinyiwei, the Qianhu Tian Ergeng of the East Factory, and Sun Yunhe, the criminal officer of the East Factory.
After brainstorming, Wei Zhongxian told him about today's meeting with the emperor, and the emperor's general meaning can be heard by others without him talking.
Cui Chengxiu is the imperial history of the left capital, and he is the one who led the official to participate in Yuesu. I heard that the big guy worked hard to write the recital, and the emperor didn't even read it, or even listen to it, so he was inevitably a little discouraged. Not to mention him, the people who attended the meeting were basically like this. There is only one person, his eyes are rolling, and he doesn't know what the hell he is thinking.
This person is Feng Quan, he has the deepest enmity with Yue Su, no less than another accomplice, Xu Xianchun. Seeing that it seemed impossible to destroy Yue Su on the journey, he started to think crookedly.
Not to mention, this guy has a lot of ideas, and he quickly came up with a bad idea. At the moment, he said: "Duke, the lower official has come up with an idea, maybe he can get rid of Yue Su." ”
"Oh?" Hearing Feng Quan say that he had an idea, everyone present had their eyes lit up and looked at him. Wei Zhongxian was the same, looked at Feng Quan, and said, "Have you thought of any good ideas?" ”
"The lower officials thought that Yue Su definitely didn't know the emperor's meaning now, and was bent on waiting for the emperor to issue a decree to ask for the guilt, so we might as well draw up a decree for the emperor and do it for Yue Su first. Then, think of prevaricating the emperor, just like dealing with Yang Lian and them. Feng Quan said fiercely. In particular, it can be seen how Yue Su he is.
"Yue Su is not Yang Lian, Yang Lian is in prison, even if he dies, the emperor will not care, but if Yue Su dies, how will the emperor not pursue it, and how will he explain it then." Wei Zhongxian shook his head and said.
"Duke, what the emperor values is the living Yue Su, if a person dies, how can the emperor continue to value it. Temper tantrums for two days at most, but with the Governor and the Holy Lady by their side, what can they do in the end? It's not like it's over. Moreover, let's take Yue Su's crime again and make it bigger, and let the hundred officials impeach him again, anyway, the person is dead, and the emperor will push the boat down the river, so I will stop it. Feng Quan said again.
When he finished saying this, without waiting for Wei Zhongxian to express his position, Xu Xianchun was the first to say: "Duke, Feng Shangshu's words are good, as long as we kill Yue Su first, in the end, it is not what you say, what else can the emperor do?" Otherwise, you give the little one a will to capture Yue Su, and the little one will personally go to Kaifeng, capture Yue Su, and then do it halfway. Guaranteed to be clean and neat! ”
What a big hatred this is, pretentious murder, and rushing to go.
However, Xu Xianchun also had a calculation in his heart, this matter would not be much risky, as soon as Kaifeng finished reading the holy decree, Yue Su would inevitably be arrested, escorted back to Beijing, and took the opportunity to understand him, and by the way, he could also ravage and avenge the revenge of the year. Regarding the matter of the edict, it is unlikely that the emperor will summon Yue Su's subordinates for interrogation, and it is not what Gonggong Wei says, the emperor will listen to anything, and in the end the matter will be over. I took revenge and made a great contribution in front of my master, which is simply killing two birds with one stone, why not do it.
Seeing that these two said so, and there were still people rushing to go, Gonggong Wei also felt that it was feasible. He glanced at the others and asked, "What do you think of this?" ”
There were not only these two who had a holiday with Yue Su at the scene, and Hou Guoxing, the commander of Jinyiwei, was also bitter and hateful, and he couldn't wait to eat Yue Su's meat. When he heard the question, he immediately said, "I think it's okay!" ”
There is another person who has a grudge against Yue Su, and that is Pan Song. His son asked Yue Su to parade through the streets, but this was not a big hatred, but he wanted Yue Su to die more than anyone else. He is now the right attendant of the Criminal Department, and he is only halfway away from the position of Shangshu, but there is a stumbling block in front of him, and that is Yue Shaobao. Yue Su is not dead, Shangshu's position, how can it be his turn, don't rush anything else, but if you rush this point, you Yue Su will also die. He also immediately followed up and said, "Duke, the lower officials also think this plan is very good. ”
Cui Chengxiu, Ni Wenhuan, Tian Ergeng and Sun Yunhe don't have a deep grudge against Yue Su, but judging from the current situation, if their master wants to monopolize the government, he must get rid of Yue Su. If you can't get through the right way, you just have to wait to play the left side road. And no one in the big guy wants Yue Su to come back alive. After all, the name of 'Yue Yan King' in Yanjing City is too loud.
Tian Ergeng felt that something seemed wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong. This strategy seems to be so seamless.
Seeing that no one objected, Gonggong Wei nodded, and then made up his mind, "Since everyone thinks it is feasible, then it is decided." Ni Wenhuan, if you come to draw up the will, you will write to remove all of Yue Su's official positions, take back the sword of Shang Fang, and hand it over to Jinyiwei for investigation! ”
Kaifeng Governor Yamen.
Yue Su had already given a funeral for Hanlian a few days ago, and chose a room in the middle of the back house as her mourning hall, and Rong Zimei often worshipped.
Zimei's injury has not healed yet, but she can barely get off the ground, even so, she still comes to incense Hanlian every day, and every time she sits for nearly an hour, talking to Hanlian. It's not about the recent physical condition, it's about what you eat for three meals, anyway, you can't finish talking, and you won't leave until you're tired and exhausted.
Today, as usual, Zimei still came to the mourning hall to talk to Han Lian after eating, accompanied by the maid. Now the maid who serves her is no longer Mei'er, after all, Mrs. Aoyue is such a messenger by her side. Therefore, Yue Su borrowed two maids from Mu Tianjiao to serve Zimei.
But today, Zimei didn't say much, and after chatting for less than half an hour, she asked the maid to help her go to the back office to find Yue Su.
Yue Su was working in the back hall, on the one hand, to understand the matter of rebuilding the Yellow River as soon as possible, and on the other hand, he was waiting for the will of the imperial court. As Feng Quan expected, after asking for guilt, Yue Su also thought that the emperor would inevitably condemn him. It's hard to say whether it's light or heavy.
At this time, Zimei was outside asking to see her, and Yue Su immediately invited her in, and then ordered to take a seat.
After Zimei sat down, she looked at Yue Su, with a look of embarrassment in her expression, thinking that she had something to say, and it was inconvenient to speak. It took a long time before a sentence popped up, "Lord Yue, I have caused you a lot of trouble these days, and you are ...... now Also...... So...... I want to ......"
As soon as Yue Su saw her expression, and then listened to her stumbling tone, he immediately understood what she meant, and said: "You see that I am now a guilty body, and it is difficult to protect myself, I am afraid that I will not be able to do your business, so I don't want to embarrass me and cause trouble for me, so I plan to resign." ”
Seeing Yue Su's words, Zimei nodded slightly. Yue Su laughed and said, "Zimei, don't worry, Yue Mou will do what he says, and you can rest assured that you can recuperate." Even if I am in a different place, before I die, I will try to ask someone to help you fulfill your wish. ”
As soon as he finished saying this, a person hurriedly ran in outside the door, and it turned out to be Tong Zhou. After Tong Xuan came in, he first bowed down and saluted, and then said, "My lord, the holy decree has arrived, please accept it outside the door." ”
(To be continued)