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Just when Zhang Heng and the seven of them were lingering in the Academy of Sciences, Li Yuntian, who was dressed in a sixth-grade official robe, led several instructors wearing black military uniforms into the gate of Shuntian Mansion with a blank face.

Since today is a rest day for the martial arts hall, Li Yuntian changed into an official robe in the morning and went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, no matter how he is still the superintendent of Huguang Dao, he naturally wants to understand the movements of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and by the way, he has lunch with his colleagues in the Metropolitan Procuratorate to catch up with the old days.

What Li Yuntian didn't expect was that as soon as he returned to the lecture hall in the afternoon, he didn't even have time to change his official robe when he learned a depressed news: the messengers of Shuntian Mansion arrested a few preparatory students of the lecture hall who were fighting with the officials of the Ministry of Rites at noon in an inn, and the Shuntian Mansion asked the lecture martial arts hall to send people to Shuntian Mansion to discuss the way to deal with it.

Originally, it was not Li Yuntian's turn to come forward in this matter, and the Experience Department of the Lecture Hall was specially responsible for handling official documents and liaison with the major yamen in the capital, and according to the usual practice, someone from the Experience Department should come forward to solve this matter.

However, after the experience of the experience division went to Shuntian Mansion, he came back in a gloomy manner, because the Ministry of Rites sent to Shuntian Mansion was a Lang Zhong who was a positive fifth grade, and that Lang Zhong did not care about the experience of only being a positive seventh grade because of his high grade.

Although the martial arts hall has King Fu in charge, it is a newly established yamen, so the grade is only the sixth grade, and the highest-ranking official in addition to King Fu is Li Yuntian, the chief instructor of the sixth grade.

The officialdom pays attention to the principle of reciprocity, and that experience knows that he is too far from the Langzhong level of the household department, so he has to come back and wait for Li Yuntian to make an idea.

Li Yuntian couldn't help but be very annoyed when he learned of this, that Lang Zhong's behavior was bureaucratic if it was light, and if it was serious, it was simply deliberately making things difficult.

The people in the major yamen in the capital all knew that the grade of the lecture martial arts hall was only the sixth grade, but the Ministry of Rites sent a Lang Zhong of the fifth grade to deal with this dispute this time, and it was clear that they wanted to give the lecture martial arts a dismount and deliberately look for trouble. [31515671 Ruling the Ming Dynasty]315 Ruling the Ming Dynasty 318

Moreover, although the officialdom pays attention to the principle of reciprocity, this principle is not a simple reciprocal relationship between grades, but also can be the reciprocity of positions, after all, the roles and status of the yamen of the major ministries and academies are different.

For example, although the Hanlin Academy is only a yamen of the five grades, the bachelors of the five grades of the Hanlin Academy are people who can sit on an equal footing with the officials of the major ministries.

This time, the matter is actually very simple, several preparatory students of the martial arts hall took advantage of the holiday to go to the restaurant to drink, but when they left, they broke out in the corridor with the officials of the Ministry of Rites because of a small dispute, both sides drank wine, and there was their own yamen behind them, so they became a mess without saying a word, which alarmed the people of Shuntianfu.

When Li Yuntian walked into the middle hall of Shuntian Mansion, a thin and tall middle-aged man wearing a five-grade official robe was talking in the **** of Shuntian Mansion and the Ministry of Rites.

"Li Yushi." Seeing Li Yuntian coming in, **** hurriedly got up to greet him, and the tall and thin middle-aged man also stood up. The update is the fastest and most stable

"Master Hu!" Li Yuntian arched his hand to **** and sat opposite the tall thin middle-aged man, looking at him quietly.

"Li Yushi, this official is Qian Lun, the main guest of the Ministry of Rites, the Qing official Shilang, and he came to assist the Shuntian Mansion in handling this matter on the order of Lord Shangshu."

The thin and tall middle-aged man was uncomfortable by Li Yuntian, and his face showed a trace of embarrassment, he seemed to be quite jealous of Li Yuntian, and said stubbornly, "Li Yushi, the officials of our Ministry of Rites were beaten in public for no reason, and this official feels that the perpetrator should be severely punished. ”

"Qian Langzhong, as the saying goes, a slap doesn't make a sound, and I'm afraid the cause of today's conflict can't be explained clearly in a few words."

Li Yuntian saw that Qian Lun took the lead in showing that he was here on orders and did not mean to fight to the end with him, and his words seemed to be quite helpless, so he groaned for a while and said, "According to this official, if it is just a temporary battle of will, it is better to take a step back and deal with it properly." ”

"That's what the official meant." Qian Lun immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurriedly nodded in agreement, he was really afraid that Li Yuntian would not forgive, and it would be troublesome if he made a big deal at that time.

Seeing that Li Yuntian and Qian Lun were interested in calming down the situation, they couldn't help but show a relaxed look on their faces, and then asked the messenger to bring the two parties involved in the incident for interrogation.

Although the grade of Shuntianfu is high, the officials inside are not good, the reason is very simple, the Jingshi gathers the yamen of the major ministries of the Ming Dynasty, which of them is not something that Shuntianfu can afford to offend, so once you encounter a case involving the yamen of the major ministries, things will become very tricky.

Now that Li Yuntian and Qian Lun both have the meaning of turning big things into small things and small things into small things, then **** naturally pushed the boat down the river and resolved the dispute between the martial arts hall and the Ministry of Rites.

However, the development of things did not develop in the direction expected by ****, and when the servants of Shuntianfu brought the people involved in the brawl up, Li Yuntian's face couldn't help but sink. [31515671 Ruling the Ming Dynasty]315 Ruling the Ming Dynasty 318

The people who were brought up were distinct, and in front of them were several men in brocade clothes in civilian clothes, who looked like boys, and walked in with a leisurely face.

Behind them were martial arts students in black uniforms, with blue noses and swollen faces, broken heads and bleeding, and a lot of blood stains on their bodies.

"I've seen three adults." Those boys didn't kneel down when they came to the front of the hall, they arched their hands at ****, Li Yuntian, and Qian Lun, and saluted with a big grin.

"Lord Qian, are they all from the Ministry of Rites?" Seeing this, Li Yuntian frowned slightly, and asked Qian Lun, who was sitting opposite.

"This ......" Qian Lun's face immediately became a little ugly, and he hesitated for a moment when he heard the words, and then asked the boys, "Are you from the Ministry of Rites?" ”

As soon as Li Yuntian opened his mouth, Qian Lun knew that something was going to happen, these sons and brothers not only had a stubborn habit, but also disregarded the strict rank of officialdom and were quite disrespectful to the officials, indicating that they were not people in the officialdom, how could they be officials of the Ministry of Rites?

Originally, if it wasn't Li Yuntian who was facing it, Qian Lun would have insisted that those sons and brothers were officials of the Ministry of Rites, anyway, there were people above him, and others were helpless.

But Li Yuntian is different, he is not the kind of person who retreats in the face of difficulties, otherwise he would not have been forced to wait for Liu Wenqing's affairs, if his lies were exposed, then he would definitely be unlucky.

After all, this matter involves the reputation of the martial arts hall, and Li Yuntian is involved, if he lies, how can Li Yuntian give up?

"Lord Qiqi, we are all law-abiding civilians, and we were humiliated and beaten by them just because we didn't make way for those villains in the restaurant!" A round-faced boy standing at the front arched his hand at Li Yuntian and Qian Lun, and said arrogantly, "Please let the two adults call the shots for the villain." ”

Li Yuntian was wearing an official robe, and the people who lectured on martial arts were wearing military uniforms, so this round-faced boy brother naturally would not have thought that Li Yuntian was the chief instructor of the martial arts hall, so he naturally wanted to sue the preparatory students of the martial arts hall.

Qian Lun couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart when he heard this, he didn't expect the round-faced boy to be so blind, although Li Yuntian was wearing an official robe, but it was obvious that he was a person from the martial arts hall, otherwise how could the **** open a court to ask questions before the officials of the martial arts hall arrived?

"I see!" Li Yuntian's brows furrowed unobtrusively, and he looked at the round-faced boy brother silently, "Do you have merit and fame?" ”

"Adults, the villains are taking the talent test." Although the round-faced boy felt that Li Yuntian was asking a little strange, but seeing that he was easier to speak, he looked at Li Yuntian disapprerovantly and said, without the slightest respect.

"Bold!" When Li Yuntian heard this, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, his face was cold, and he pointed to the round-faced boy and said in a deep voice, "You don't have a reputation and don't worship officials in the court, are you going to rebel?" ”

The round-faced boy didn't expect Li Yuntian to turn his face when he said it, and he couldn't help but be stunned, looking at him with a stunned expression, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

"Lord Hu, this official thinks that for this kind of lawless and ill-intentioned people, he should first take the thirty boards seriously to set an example!" Under the surprised gaze of the round-faced boy, Li Yuntian turned to **** and said in a deep voice.

"Come on, and take heavy responsibility for the thirty boards." 's face showed a trace of helplessness, he never thought that things would come to this point, since the round-faced boy brother and others bumped into Li Yuntian's hands, he had no other choice, so he took a lottery from the lottery holder and threw it to the ground.

The station guards on both sides of the lobby rushed up, pressed the round-faced boy and the others to the ground, and neatly pulled off their pants.

"My lord, the villains are friends of Lu Gongzi, aren't you afraid that Lu Gongzi will seek justice for us." The round-faced boy was taken aback when he saw this, and at this time he had realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted at Li Yuntian.

"Lu Gongzi?" Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, and then he stretched out, no wonder Qian Lun was sent over, it turned out that this matter involved Lu Xiong, the son of Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Although Li Yuntian was busy with the affairs of the martial arts hall, he was also concerned about the situation in the court, and just yesterday, Emperor Xuande issued an order to appoint Lu Xiong, who served in the Ministry of Rites, as the military department.

Lu Xiong is not from the two lists, he can become a military department to the ministry to the matter thanks to Lu Zhen, Lu Zhen three times twice to Emperor Xuande to Lu Xiong to ask for an official, Emperor Xuande had no choice but to grant Lu Xiong the post of military department.

Lü Zhen, like Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji, was a veteran of the Five Dynasties who had gone through Hongwu, Jianwen, Yongle, Hongxi and Xuande, and was promoted to the crown prince by Emperor Hongxi, and his official rank was from a rank.

In later generations, Zhang Tingyu once commented on Lu Zhen, saying that although he was a courtesy official, he did not know the general situation, he was a foolish person, and he had a talent to help him, but he did not succeed in his "operation", and many ministers died unjustly because of it.

No wonder the round-faced boy brother and others have no fear, it turns out that there is Lu Xiong behind him, and behind Lu Xiong is Lu Zhen, the dignified prince Taibao and the Ministry of Rites.

"Presumptuous! How can you be allowed to talk nonsense here in the lobby, when did Lu Gongzi have a friend like you? At this time, Qian Lun's face sank, and he pointed to the round-faced boy and said, "Come on, beat the official hard, see if he dares to talk nonsense!" ”

When the executioner heard this, he immediately picked up the water and fire stick in his hand, and crackled and beat the round-faced boy and the others on the board.

There was a sudden scream of ghosts crying and howling in the lobby, and the round-faced boy and the others were beaten to cry and cry for their mother, wailing again and again, where did they suffer this kind of crime in their daily lives.

"Say, what's going on?" Li Yuntian knew that Qian Lun was excusing Lu Xiong by scolding the round-faced boy just now, and he didn't break it, and after beating the round-faced boy brother and the others, he opened his mouth and asked the injured martial arts hall preparatory students who were standing on the side of the hall with their heads drooped.

"Lord Chief Instructor, a few of his subordinates were drinking in the restaurant, and when they left, someone bumped into their subordinates and made insulting remarks, so the subordinates reasoned with him, and as a result, he was slapped in the face, and his subordinates couldn't help but return the slap to him."

Hearing this, a sturdy preparatory student immediately put his legs together, lifted his chest, and said to Li Yuntian in a loud voice, "Later, I didn't know where a group of people rushed out, and a few of my subordinates fought with them. ”

"You're all hands-on?" Li Yuntian believed that the sturdy preparatory students would not lie to him, and asked the other preparatory students with a frown.

Several preparatory students lowered their heads one after another, not daring to look at Li Yuntian, no one thought that they would cause such a big trouble, even Li Yuntian was alarmed, and it seemed that he had also provoked a young man with a deep background.

"Lord Qian, there is something unclear about this official, since there are no people from the Ministry of Etiquette among these people, why did your lord come here?" Then, Li Yuntian turned around, looked at Qian Lun and asked in a deep voice