Chapter 209: Officer
Wende Hall.
Because of the last time Zhang Dian was angry with the palace servant, all the subsequent court meetings, regardless of whether Zhao Xu was retired or not, were very well-behaved when the ministers were waiting. This is also very painful for these old men, because Zhao Xu has to make everyone wait for a long time almost every day, and it is likely to be a vain wait. There have been many excerpts urging the emperor to be diligent in government, but after these excerpts were handed over, they all fell into the sea, and Zhao Xu was still as late as ever and even bounced.
However, today's early dynasty is different from the past, the ministers have just lined up, and Zhao Xu has arrived.
The ministers were a little apprehensive in their hearts. It's been a long time since I've been on time, and there must be demons when things go wrong, and they all understand this truth.
Moreover, they all know what this demon is, because the people standing in this hall are all close ministers of the Son of Heaven, and the things that have happened in the scientific examination are known to the people in the market, how can they not know. However, knowing where this demon is, the ministers are all worried.
Because they all felt that it was impossible for such a big case to be dealt with in a moment, and since it was certainly not dealt with, how could it not be thunderous with His Majesty's urgency? The anger of the Son of Heaven ambushed millions of corpses and shed thousands of miles of blood, although this sentence was too exaggerated when applied to the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. But the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was also an emperor, and theoretically he could put many people to death. It doesn't matter if Your Majesty is angry or angry, they are just worried that they have suffered from the pond fish.
Zhao Xu obviously didn't sleep well all night, his eyes were bloodshot, and his originally white and desolate face was covered with a layer of cyan moss, which made people feel a little more frightened.
The ministers peeked at the virtue of the official, and hurriedly lowered their heads, for fear of being caught by his godless eyes and called out to do something. Those officials who have been on the fold in the past two days to advise the emperor to be diligent in government can't help but regret it at this moment. I knew that this kind of ghost thing was going to happen, so I pressed the fold first, and then handed it over in a few days. Anyway, they are officials, and it is difficult for others to say anything if they don't do things.
After the salute procedure was completed as always, Zhao Xu's words box opened, and there was a large list, and every sentence was heart-wrenching: I think, everyone in the hall is the pillars of the dynasty, and they will definitely not be indifferent to state affairs. Yes, as you know, there has been such a large-scale imperial examination scandal in our country, and it has finally appeared, and the most praised imperial examination in the world for a hundred years has finally gone wrong in my hands! I don't know how you feel, but I am very frightened and angry. Everyone must be thinking: The emperor above is in a bad mood today, will he be angry with us?
I'm here to tell you, no, not yet. I'm not in the mood to bother with other trivialities right now, I'm just staring at this case and nothing else. If Yousi can handle these things well, have an explanation to me, an explanation to thousands of scholars, an explanation to the people of the world, and an explanation to the Danqing History Scroll, then I can turn a blind eye to your small actions and let you go for the time being. If you don't do a good job, you won't be able to satisfy me and the people of the world. I have to think about whether this court is already rotten, and whether you important ministers who have a lot of money have all done your best to ask for the lives of the people? In this way, I may have to replace some people who can do things and are willing to do things. Anyway, my Great Song Dynasty has always been a peak of talent, and if I change someone else, I can handle this court affairs just as well!
What are you looking at each other? Aren't you very fond of forming parties and attacking political opponents on weekdays? You think I don't even know about those little actions? At this time, I know that I am afraid, why am I not afraid earlier? Why don't you think about doing something more? Why do you always shirk when encountering problems?
The ministers lowered their heads one after another, not daring to speak.
It should be said that Zhao Xu's attack on the ministers so widely is indeed a bit appalling. even used the removal of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces as a threat, which was even more incredible in the history of the Great Song Dynasty. However, he was in a rage at the moment, and he had completely forgotten the proportions of his speech. And the vast majority of the ministers have a bit of a problem, and the atmosphere is like this, and there are too few courtiers who can complete the festival. Everyone is ashamed, when he says it, where do they dare to refute it?
Zhao Xu saw that the ministers were silent, as if they were chilling, so he relieved his anger a little, and said: Where is the front secretary of the palace? Tell me about your achievements yesterday?
Because Zhao Xu learned that the scientific examination was leaked, he immediately sent the commander of the front division of the palace to prison, so at this time, it was the deputy commander who was responsible for leading the front division of the palace. He is the officer who went with Lu Yihao yesterday to arrest the obscene protector of the Ming Sect, named Li Dazhuang.
Hearing Zhao Xu's summons, Li Dazhuang hurriedly went out of class and said: Minister Li Dazhuang knocked to see my emperor, may my emperor live long live long live!
Zhao Xu sneered and said: I have a guard who can help me send the exam questions out, and I don't dare to hope for a long life, I just hope that I won't become the king of the dead country one day!
Li Dazhuang was originally a little complacent because he caught the short protector, and felt that this weekend should be regarded as making up for it. Besides, he was not the chief general of the palace in the first place, and the blame for leaking the question could not be counted on his head, but this time he personally led the team to arrest the Qin criminal, and the Qin criminal was very fierce, and even he himself almost lost his life. Zhao Xu didn't mention such a great achievement, but how could he not be shocked by blindly blaming the leak.
He even thought a little coldly in his heart: Your Majesty has not lost confidence in the guards in front of the palace and wants to remove all the generals, right? The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this speculation was reasonable, and he suddenly felt a chill in the back of his head.
Although the Great Song Dynasty has always been kind to the scholars, he almost never kills. But he is very suspicious of martial artists. Although the exhibition of military generals has been restricted from the system, the emperor and hundreds of officials still keep their eyes on the martial artists. So much so that the Privy Council of the warriors was almost always composed of literati. Therefore, for Li Dazhuang, once something happens to him, the loss of his official position is quite light, and he is afraid that his life will be hindered.
So he gritted his teeth and decided to take out a thing that had appeared on the way to escort the short protector to the prison yesterday.
At that moment, he kowtowed his head fiercely for a while, and said: Your Majesty is prosperous for thousands of years, and longevity is boundless, this is the extremely pious words in the minister's heart, Your Majesty Mingjian!
When those Wenchen in the eastern class heard that he was a martial artist who slapped the sycophants so loudly, their hearts became unbalanced, and they secretly despised it: Uneducated, it's terrible! I can't talk about strategy when I shoot a sycophant, and it is really too untechnical to go straight like this.
Zhao Xu was obviously not very interested in his sycophancy, and said lightly: "Gossip, I came to ask you, yesterday I ordered your company to arrest the Qin criminal who sold the exam questions, can you make any progress?"
When Li Dazhuang heard this, his heart tightened again, and he suddenly thought that it was not the person who directly betrayed the exam questions that he caught, but just one of his comrades, if that person didn't know too many details, wouldn't he be
He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said: Your Majesty, that person has been killed by his comrade Seeing Zhao Xu's figure move, he was about to float, he hurriedly took a hard answer: It's just that his comrade has now been captured, and the minister has escorted this person to Dali Temple Prison
Zhao Xu's face was slightly relaxed, and he turned to Dongban again, and asked: Dali Temple, what do you say?
Dali Siqing hurriedly stomped his feet, and Mu Yun behind him understood, and hurriedly said: Your Majesty, yesterday Dali Temple Prison did accept a prisoner sent by the front division of the palace. It's just that when Nachin was brought here, he was already seriously wounded, and his legs were cut by sharp blades, and he was bleeding profusely. Although the minister had already hired a good doctor for him, before the doctor arrived, the prisoner was already killed!
The cold sweat on Li Dazhuang's head broke out again. He always thought that the short man was strong in martial arts and had the ability to heal his wounds freely, although he was seriously injured in the leg, he was not fatal. But he didn't expect him to die like this! He couldn't help but secretly regret in his heart, even if he was afraid that he would escape, he could break his leg with the back of a knife, why did he just use the knife to cut it?
What he never expected was that even if he sent a living Qin prisoner in, he would soon turn into a dead corpse and come out, because Tui Cheng, who was in charge of the case in Dali Temple, was the deputy head of the Ming Sect!