Chapter 171: Balance and Utilization
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Qin Miaomiao handed Su Mu a look that you can rest assured, she is not worried about herself, she is worried about Su Mu, after all, escorting tax grain is a big deal, in case of negligence, it is a big mistake.
"Master Hou, has the date of your departure been set?" Qin Miaomiao's estimate of the time, to make a wave of things in the past few days, it is best to let Su Che and his henchmen have no time to take care of Su Mu.
Su Mu took Qin Miaomiao into his arms, and his tone was a little reluctant: "I will leave at the beginning of next month, there are still a few days to go." Miao Miao, you must take care of yourself during this time, and when I come back, I will propose marriage to my father. ”
Nesting in Su Mu's chest, Qin Miaomiao expressed disdain, your father is cunning and ruthless, and he seems to realize that he is calculating him, and the good restoration of her imperial merchant qualifications is gone, and it seems that she has to rely on herself: "I am also reluctant to Hou Ye, so you must come back as soon as possible, so as not to worry me." ”
The two of them were tired for a while, and the greasy Qin Miaomiao didn't want Su Mu to leave, and at the critical juncture when the two of them were in a hurry, Su Mu's subordinates hurriedly came, saying that it was the emperor's urgent edict.
had no choice but to let Su Mu go, and she tossed and turned in the middle of the night before falling asleep, she was thinking about what could contain the eldest prince and the extremely one-vote henchmen.
But fortunately, she is a bad woman and quickly came up with a way to damage.
Three days before Su Mu left Beijing, a small incident happened in the city, but in just three days, it became a shocking case, which alarmed the emperor and caused Long Yan to be furious.
The eldest prince and all the ministers knelt on the ground.
The reason was that a newly appointed official, his wife complained to the Chang'an prefect about her father-in-law, and after her father-in-law became an official, he abandoned his wife, divorced his wife and children, and ordered him to marry another woman.
According to the case-handling procedure, if someone complains, the prefect will investigate it, but it is found that the man's official position is not to be succeeded by merit, and no one in the family has an ancestor who is an official in the court, and he is an official who spent money to sell.
Buying and selling officials is a big crime, and the prefect does not dare to wade into this troubled water again, so he directly reported it to Dali Temple.
Dali Temple investigated all the way and found that the case was widely implicated, and drafted a report to the saint.
Su Che is the assistant to the government, and the twists and turns will be seen from him, and the matter that he can't decide to solve will be reported to the emperor.
Su Che's hands trembled when he saw the folds, and half of the expenses in his house over the years were probably obtained by this official seller.
He would never dare to hand it over, his father's most taboo was the control of power, if he knew that he had sold his official position, he would have to revoke his auxiliary power, and he would lose a section in the fight with Su Mu at that time.
He thought that he would hide the matter if he suppressed it, but the emperor found out about it the next day.
All the officials of the Ministry were summoned to the Evergreen Palace.
Su Zuyao had a dark face, looked at the officials who were kneeling on the ground, breathing rapidly, and asked loudly: "Speak!" Don't talk like that?"
Led by Su Che, all the officials knelt on the ground, and they all fell to the ground tremblingly, not daring to get up, not daring to raise their heads.
Su Zuyao stood up from the dragon chair, his eyes locked on Su Che, and although his voice was not high, it was cold: "The eldest prince, you say, this case is handled like this?"
Su Che lowered his arms and pressed his forehead to the ground: "The son is incompetent, this case is very important, please ask my father to decide." ”
The fold in his hand was thrown out fiercely, just on top of Su Che's bead crown, and he roared and said, "You are incompetent? You're going to cover the sky with one hand! Do you dare to stop the twists and turns of Dali Temple? What else would you not dare to do?"
Su Zuyao was so angry that he began to cough violently as soon as he scolded a few words. His eyes were firmly fixed on Su Che, his eyes full of anger.
Su Che knelt on the ground, didn't dare to move, and didn't dare to defend himself, he knew his father's character too well, and at this time, he had to bow his head and confess, and if he said more, it would cause him to be even more dissatisfied.
Seeing that Su Che didn't say a word, Su Zuyao walked to the middle of the hall violently, paced back and forth twice, and finally stopped in front of Cui Zhilin, the secretary of the ministry.
Cui Zhilin is a sleek person, and he was very popular with Su Zuyao before this incident, but now it is not what it used to be, Su Zuyao is a master who turns his face and does not recognize people: "Cui Shangshu, let's talk about it, how much has you earned in the past few years?" ”
Su Zuyao's words were like a thunderclap, and Cui Zhilin, who was shocked, trembled, and secretly glanced at Tian Shilang: "My emperor Shengming, the minister has no idea about this matter!" ”
"Huh, don't know? As a secretary of the ministry, you are in charge of the appointment and scheduling of officials, but you don't even know about the sale and purchase of official positions? Then you don't want to sit in the position of the secretary of the ministry anymore. Su Zuyao said it lightly, but it scared Cui Zhilin's heart to jump out.
He has worked hard all his life to climb to today's position, because this one thing has made his life's hard work go to waste, how can he be willing?
"The minister is guilty, the minister must strictly investigate this matter, the minister ......" his loyalty has not been finished, and the words were interrupted by Su Zuyao, "Let you investigate?" I'm not old yet! From today, all official scheduling is suspended! All officials above the third rank of the Ministry of Officials were suspended from their posts and subjected to the review of Dali Temple. ”
Su Zuyao's eyes were like falcons, looking around at everyone kneeling in front of the hall, his voice was grim, and he was born warning: "Those who absconded in fear of crime will be punished by the Nine Clans, and they will be decided!" Dozens of people were kneeling in the hall, but the room was quiet and the needles could be heard.
"The eldest prince stays, and the rest go down."
Su Che knelt on the ground like a statue, not daring to make any movements, but his heart was still overturned, and his clenched fists revealed the fear in his heart at this time.
"Che'er, how old are you this year?" Everyone dispersed, and when Su Zuyao spoke again, he lost the anger just now, and his tone was a little calmer.
Su Che didn't dare to be slack, and hurriedly replied: "Back to my father, my son's retainer has just passed this year, and there is one in thirty." ”
Su Zuyao nodded clearly: "Thirty is one, just in the prime of life, my father has a word to say to you, I hope you must take it to heart after hearing it." ”
After that, he walked in front of Su Che, squatted down on his knees, looked at Su Che at eye level, looked at his eyes, and his tone was extremely peaceful, with his father's love for his son: "Che'er, you are still young, cherish the present, and feel sorry for your father, don't do anything like a white-haired person sending a black-haired person." ”
A heavy blow hit Su Che's heart, and he was stupid and looked at Su Zuyao directly, forgetting to reply.
"Go back, I won't announce that you will stay in the mansion and don't enter the palace." Su Zuyao walked out of the Evergreen Hall with his hands in his hands, not looking at Su Che.
Everything that could be smashed in the eldest prince's study was smashed, and Tian Shilang stood aside and watched Su Che vent, and he didn't say anything to persuade him.
The maidservant outside the courtyard listened to the movement in the study, and knew that the eldest prince was angry with thunder today, and no one wanted to cause trouble, except for the one on duty who was guarding in front of the door, everyone else hid far away.
smashed and smashed, scolded and scolded, Su Che did it for a while, he was also tired, and sat on the chair panting: "There must be someone behind this matter, otherwise I will play a discount, how can Dali Siqing prepare another copy and take it directly to Chaoshang!" ”
Compared with Su Che's impatience, Tian Shilang was much calmer, and he was not as panicked as he was in the court: "Prince, you are angry, for this matter, it is not worth it to be angry." ”
Su Che, who was originally sitting on the chair, listened to Tian Shilang's words, but instead of being angry, he became more angry, rubbed up from the chair, and paced to him in a few steps: "You tell me about this trivial matter?" My father has grounded me in the palace! ”
"The prince is a little restless, the emperor just grounded you because of your private deductions, and did not mention the connection with you about selling officials, so the prince doesn't have to worry about this."
"Do you think that if my father doesn't mention it, he doesn't know my relationship with this case? He had always been thoughtful, how could he not have guessed that I was withholding the fold for the purpose of self-preservation. "He knows too well what kind of character his father is, and I'm afraid he can't escape the blame for this matter.
Su Che was anxious, but Tian Shilang was not in a hurry, he was relaxed: "The prince is not also, if it was placed a year ago, the emperor was displeased, and he might have punished you, but it will not be now." ”
Su Che didn't know what to do: "Why?"
"Because Wu Anjun is back, when he doesn't come back, the emperor will be jealous of your growing power, and he will definitely look for opportunities to suppress it, but as soon as Wu Anjun comes back, the emperor will be much easier, he just needs to check and balance the two of you, he will turn a blind eye to a small fight, and if he makes a big move, he will punish the two of you and consider the problem of containment, so Wu Anjun has not made a mistake recently, and the emperor will not punish you heavily."
The day before Su Mu set off, Qin Miaomiao personally went to the Junhou Mansion, and brought Su Mu a lot of medicinal powder pills in bottles and cans, and it would take a month or two to walk all the way, and he couldn't be by his side, so he was inevitably worried.
After all, Su Mu was a man, and he scoffed at the big burden that Qin Miaomiao had prepared for him: "Miao Miao, I am a man who goes out, is it appropriate to carry these things in bottles and cans?" ”
Qin Miaomiao glanced at Su Mu, not knowing the hearts of good people: "Hmph, what's inappropriate, I won't let you carry it all day long, what's the complaint about in the car?"
Su Mu scratched Qin Miaomiao's nose, hugged her on his lap, and compromised: "Okay, Miao Miao said to take it with you, but this time it should be smoother, the eldest prince was grounded by his father because of something on his side, and he should have no time to take care of me." ”
Qin Miaomiao glanced at him with some stinky fart, quite an invitation to merit: "Now that you borrow his courage, he won't give you any more stumbling blocks, he can't wait for you to complete it smoothly and make a great credit, so that he will be safer." ”
Su Mu nodded, although he agreed with Qin Miaomiao's statement, but there was still a strong sense of loneliness in his eyes, their father used the two brothers as a tool to balance each other, which made him not sad, but he couldn't resist. Seeing Su Mu's loneliness, Qin Miaomiao couldn't help but comfort: "You have to be careful in everything, and you have to go early and return early, I'll wait for you in the capital!" ”