Text Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Court Fights

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the year is over, all life will be on the right track, and the things that have not been done before the year will also be picked up and done, so the first day of the dynasty has always been a lot of things. It's just that there is a little difference in the early dynasty on this day, the eldest princess Yun Yuhong also appeared in the court, and just stood on the side of Qianzong, which attracted the courtiers to look sideways, even if she is now named the ghost king, but the position of this station is too close to the emperor, where the prince can usually stand. But Yun Yuhong was like a nobody, allowing the courtiers to speculate secretly.

The first major event in the opening of the dynasty was to agree on how Liu Xiangyi and his party would be convicted of rebellion, and Bai Ziyu stepped forward to take out the case file and fold and hand it over to Qianzong. Liu Xiang and his party consisted of 56 members, of whom five committed suicide in fear of crime, one was killed, and the rest have pleaded guilty. The punishment given by Bai Ziyu was: Liu Xiang and Jinghui Hou's father and son were beheaded for public display, and all the other family members were exiled to the border to serve hard labor. For such a result, Zhou Dashi and others did not refute much, after all, Liu Xiang's party had been dismissed from office, and they all left the court, and Liu Xiang's death had no impact on them. There is a contest of politics and power between them and Liu Xiang, but they don't have the intention of destroying people. It's just that the Liu family is not the only one in the Liu family, many other Liu family members are released as officials, and many officials are not small, what should these people do?

Bai Ziyu said: "The Liu family had no intention of rebelling, and they were very angry after learning what Liu Xiang had done, not only expelled Liu Xiang and his family from the clan, but also wrote a letter to the people, and the Liu family swore allegiance to the emperor for generations." And the eldest son of the Liu family has contributed a lot to this matter because of his loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, so he remains in the Liu family and has nothing to do with Liu Xiang. ”

The other ministers were silent for a long time, is this okay? Whoever commits the crime of raiding the family and exterminating the clan, as long as the person in charge is expelled from the clan, and there is such a good thing? This is clearly a way to come up with because they can't afford to offend the Liu family, but as long as the Liu family takes this step back, the loss is not only Liu Xiang who is under one person and above ten thousand people, but also the connections accumulated in the past hundred years, it will be difficult for the Liu family to achieve such glory in a short period of time, and Bai Ziyu, who can contribute to all this, is not simple.

Only a few ministers raised questions about such a result, but Bai Ziyu was fully prepared and reasonable, so it was quickly resolved, and it didn't take too much time.

The second thing is the matter of judging the chaotic army and the Ouchi guards. Yun Yuhong just said the result lightly, and told the ministers, "This king has done everything, of course this kind of thing will not wait until today to deal with it, otherwise, will the ministers dare to go out today?" ”

Marquis Jingyuan said: "Although Wang Youdao has meritorious service in saving the driver, is it too much for the emperor to be appointed as the commander of the inner guard." Also, it would be too child's fun to hand over the capital guards to a boy who has no name to change. ”

Yun Yuhong looked at Jingyuan Hou for a while, and then sighed and said, "Grandpa is angry that I hit my cousin and cousin yesterday. Alas, I have no choice, as soon as the capital stabilized, I beat people on the street, and shouted that I was the son of Marquis Jingyuan, which made the world look at it, and Liu Sangongzi often called me the son of Liu Xiang. My cousins are so unsuccessful, and I'm in a hurry, so I started a little heavier, grandpa don't blame me. ”

Marquis Jingyuan was a little uncomfortable, and said busily: "I'm talking about the palace and the guards in the capital, don't talk about the eldest princess." ”

Yun Yuhong frowned: "Wang Youdao was only demoted because of some trivial things, he was originally the commander of the inner guard, what is incompetent, Marquis Jingyuan, you said that he rose fast, it is better to say that he fell too fast." Originally, I didn't want to say some things, at that time, my cousin was in charge of the internal guards, when my father was in danger, Hou Ye could see where he was, or this king had a way but led people to rush into the palace, fighting all the way, even if he was stabbed several times, he still saved his father, please greet him, my cousin was stabbed a few times, I saw that he was still interested in beating people yesterday, but it didn't look like he was injured at all. ”

Marquis Jingyuan's face was a little unbearable, what Yun Yuhong said was the truth, and he was powerless to refute it. But Yun Yuhong repeatedly mentioned the eldest grandson, but he couldn't get off the stage. "What about the guards of the capital?" Marquis Jing Yuan didn't want to give up yet.

Yun Yuhong Qi said: "Wu Xun, he is my person, I can rest assured that he guards the capital, at least, with him, he will definitely live and die with the capital, and he will definitely not hide when he has something to do like his cousin, and fight when he is idle." ”

Marquis Jing Yuan only felt that there was a mouthful of blood blocked in his throat, as long as he opened his mouth, Yun Yuhong would mention the matter of the eldest grandson, which made it clear that he wanted to use his eldest grandson to blackmail him, if he continued, his eldest grandson might not be said to be like, and once these statements were spread, his eldest grandson's life would be over. Therefore, Marquis Jingyuan retreated with hatred.

Yun Yuhong smiled and looked at the ministers, I will definitely accompany anyone who comes to die again, all the ministers are silent, Wenchen is used to quoting scriptures and arguing with people, but what do you want to do with a person who doesn't reason with you at all, as for the military general Jingyuanhou is already an example, if you don't have a diamond, don't take the porcelain life.

The third issue is how to fill the vacancies left by those dismissed officials, especially the post of prime minister, which is very important, how many pairs of eyes are staring. Therefore, as soon as this matter was mentioned, the scene suddenly became enthusiastic, everyone seemed to have endless words, especially the minister's you recommend me, I recommend your son, etc., so that Yun Yuhong is even more eye-opening, and two-thirds of the ministers recommended Zhou University as the prime minister, the reason is sufficient, the preparation is complete, so that the call of Zhou University to be the prime minister has reached the level of public expectation, Yun Yuhong sighed again, and said that I am unreasonable, that is because these reasonable people are too shameless, and the reason has been taken away by them.

Of course, according to qualifications, according to ability, according to prestige, etc., Zhou University is indeed the best candidate, but unfortunately, Yun Yuhong still hopes that the weak and poor Mo Yunguo can have a prime minister who really thinks about the people, and from this point of view, Zhou University is obviously inappropriate.

Yun Yuhong said to Qianzong: "Father, this prime minister is not in a hurry, the daughter can take care of it first, is it really not suitable for a scholar this week, someone came to report it yesterday, during martial law, he ran to the brothel, which is really indecent." A person of such conduct is not fit for example. ”

Everyone was shocked, and the eyes that looked at Scholar Zhou changed. The eldest princess is unreasonable, but she has always spoken in one and two ways, and she has never lied. It's just that Lord Zhou shouldn't be so confused, right, or does Lord Zhou have any special hobbies?

Scholar Zhou's face turned red, he looked at Yun Yuhong but was speechless for a while, which confirmed everyone's guesses. In fact, all the ministers were misled by Yun Yuhong, and Scholar Zhou was a typical bitter person who couldn't say it. It turned out that when martial law was first imposed, Zhou Daxue couldn't go out, so he thought of a trick to climb over the wall, because his house was relatively large and deep, and it looked like a square from the outside, but it was actually a hexagonal shape that was a little deformed. There was a secluded place, just a little contact with the wall of a brothel. It was discovered by some children of the Zhou family before, and they climbed over the wall out of curiosity, only to find out that it was a private brothel. At that time, Scholar Zhou was ashamed of such a neighbor, and specially sent people to build this wall so that people could no longer climb it. But during the martial law, Liu Xiang remembered this place, he could use this place to go out of the mansion and pretend to be a firewood delivery person to enter the ministers' mansions to discuss matters. Of course, he bought off the brothel in advance, but I don't know why the bustard took the money and had the courage to report him. If Scholar Zhou really had the courage to ask, Yun Yuhong would also tell him directly that this brothel was opened by Aunt Hong, which would be equivalent to her opening Yun Yuhong.

Qianzong coughed and said, "According to what Hong'er saw, you will be the prime minister, and there will be a suitable person." So what do you think the other officials are going to do? ”

Yun Yuhong proposed: "Just listen to what they say, how good these people are, I think it is better to come out and walk with a donkey or a horse, call all the people I mentioned just now, and find some of the affairs that these officials have to deal with, and let them compete on the spot, who can do it and who can't, you can see at a glance." ”

Qianzong was overjoyed and said: "This is a good idea, the time is urgent, and the examination cannot be opened immediately, but it is recommended by the adults, and then a small competition, which is very conducive to the selection of talents." Come, go and preach these people to the temple. ”

The ministers didn't expect Yun Yuhong to come to such a hand, and some of them did start to panic, but now it's too late to prepare anything, and they can only hope that the people they recommend will be more angry.

The stone in Bai Ziyu's heart was put down, he recommended the deputies of these officials, some of them were his own people, and some were people of insight, originally the effect of others being alone was not great, but Yun Yuhong got it in a few words, no matter how many people came up in the end, at least, these people finally had a chance to compete fairly.

Soon the word came, and there were less than sixty vacancies, and there were more than two hundred people to compete. Yun Yuhong and Qianzong divided the people into several batches according to their departments and positions, and then found a few tricky things for them to do what they wanted, and wrote them down and handed them in, and then the eunuch read them out. In order to show fairness, all the answers are not named, and only after the ministers have judged the ranking, they are allowed to say who made it. This approach is not absolutely fair, but it is relatively the best.

It was not until the afternoon that all the people were divided into high and low, and Qianzong left excellent people and assigned positions. To be honest, most of them are promoted deputies, after all, they have been exposed to understand the key points, and they also know how to do it appropriately. There were not a few people arranged by Zhou Dashi and Yu Shangshu, which made the two of them depressed. They felt that Liu Xiang had fallen, but they had ushered in a stronger opponent, who did not have Liu Xiang's strong background, but acted unpredictable and was more difficult to deal with than Liu Xiang. At this time, the two of them invariably missed Liu Xianglai.