Section 14 Resolving Disputes
In the following month, Xiao Qing came to visit me frequently, and discussed and made decisions with me many times on many legal matters, and for a time I had a very secret relationship with her, and I got to know her more and more!
Although Xiao Qing has been an official in the officialdom for two years, she is only twenty-two years old, and in my eyes she is like a little girl who has just graduated from college, but her age is a little more mature in her heart!
In the days when the Witch Association and its subsidiaries were established, I knew more about the terms of the law, so I could get a lot of lessons in legal matters, and I could give her satisfactory answers to all the questions raised by Xiao Qing, which made her show great respect and admiration for me!
There is no doubt that deep down in her heart I completely conquered her, and since then she has become my most trusted person in the court!
The law is very troublesome, because the law design is very wide and has a lot of content, so Xiao Qing and I have been busy with the law for a month, so I have never had the opportunity to get out of the barracks to exercise!
In this month, I slowly became a frequent visitor to the court, although I rarely asked about the dispute between the prime minister and the emperor's uncle, but I would also pretend to unintentionally express my opinion from time to time, which made everyone very happy, and the ministers began to slowly get used to my existence. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Early this day, because of the matter of Hanzhong's grain payment, Prime Minister Wang Cheng and the imperial uncle broke out again, and the two did not let each other fight each other, and it seemed that they were going to do it directly in the main hall, and they made a lot of trouble.
The county guard of Hanzhong was a close confidant of the emperor's uncle, but when he paid the grain, the grain collector found that there was a lot of sand and soil attached to the sack in the grain paid by Hanzhong, which was obviously stealing tax and grain cuts, and someone must be making personal profits from it! The grain collector was Prime Minister Wang's person, and Wang Zhe learned about it at this time!
Empress Meng once told me that Wang Zhe coveted the land of Hanzhong and had always wanted to get Hanzhong County! This matter happened to be caught by Wang Zhe, and Prime Minister Wang Cheng played the matter in the court, and proposed to remove the county guard of Hanzhong and replace him with his own cronies to succeed him!
A few days ago, there was an incident in Xicheng of Yongzhou in which the people collectively refused to pay grain, and although this incident was later quelled by Prime Minister Wang Cheng, this incident became an excuse for the emperor to play on the topic! The emperor also immediately played in the court, demanding the dismissal of the Yongzhou county guard, and recommending a close confidant of his own to succeed him!
Due to the major matter involving the ownership of the land, the two of you don't let me and I don't let you, they quarreled in the court for a while, and the hundred officials could only sigh and shake their heads, no one dared to stand up and speak!
Just as the two of them were in a quarrel and were about to start fighting, Xiao Qing suddenly stood out of the queue, stretched out her hand and pointed at the two of them and reprimanded loudly: "Stop, don't make noise in the hall, you two are too much!"
Prime Minister Wang Cheng was angry, he turned his head and shouted at Xiao Qing loudly: "Xiao Qing!
Xiao Qing was unmoved after hearing this, she strode up to Wang Zhe, stared at him and asked: "My Dayong Law has long stipulated, no one is allowed to make a loud noise above the court, let alone fight above the court! As a Fengchang, I have the responsibility to supervise the implementation of the law, so does Prime Minister Wang have to despise my Dayong Law?"
Wang Zhe was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and his neck was so angry that he couldn't answer a word!
This was the emperor's uncle who took the opportunity to echo and said: "Lord Fengchang is right, my great law is used to restrain those who do not follow the rules! Just now I was a little emotional and disturbed the court, I hereby apologize and ask His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty the Empress for forgiveness!"
After speaking, the imperial uncle knelt down directly in front of the main hall and expressed his sincere admitting his mistake!
Wang Zhe rolled his eyes in anger, he glared at the imperial uncle one after another, and had to kneel in front of the hall to admit his mistake!
Because Xiao Qing stepped forward, this won back face for the emperor's eldest brother and Empress Meng, and Empress Meng was very satisfied, and smiled disapprovingly and said: "The two Aiqing are all flat, you are all the pillars of my great memorial, why make a fuss about this matter! Let this matter be settled, the two county guards will not be dismissed first, and give them the opportunity to make meritorious contributions! The county guards of Hanzhong immediately thoroughly investigated the matter of mixing grain with sand, and must give a satisfactory explanation, otherwise they will be severely punished!"
Uncle Huang saluted sullenly and said: "Obey Your Majesty the Queen, the ministers will personally supervise this matter!"
However, Prime Minister Wang Cheng continued to make trouble, and he said with bad intentions: "Uncle Huang, the Hanzhong County Guard was originally your subordinate, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate for you to supervise at this time, right?"
Uncle Huang said angrily: "Wang Zhe, what do you mean by this?"
Prime Minister Wang Cheng sneered and said: "Uncle Huang went to supervise this matter, I am afraid that he would be suspected of shielding his old subordinates! For the sake of Uncle Huang's reputation, it is better to let the old minister supervise this matter!"
This Prime Minister Wang seems to be stirring up trouble, making it clear that he is targeting the emperor's uncle, insisting on finding out the criminal evidence of the Hanzhong county guard in the matter of Hanzhong's grain payment, and taking the opportunity to overthrow the Hanzhong county guard and put his own people on the throne, it seems that he is determined to control Hanzhong!
Uncle Huang was so angry that he changed his words and said to Empress Meng: "Your Majesty, if you don't believe your subordinates, you can send Lord Tingwei Jia or Lord Neishi Chen to investigate this matter thoroughly!"
Prime Minister Wang Cheng was embarrassed again: "Who doesn't know that Lord Jia and Lord Chen are your imperial uncle's people, isn't this the same thing as you personally supervising it?"
Uncle Huang was angry, pointed at him and roared: "Wang Zhe, do you have to go against this king?"
At this time, Xiao Qing stood up again, and she said loudly to Empress Meng: "Your Majesty, the people regard food as the sky, and the payment of grain is a major matter of the state, and if it is not handled well, it is easy to cause a popular uprising! Since the lower officials have taken over the post of Fengchang, they have the responsibility to investigate and deal with the problems that arise in Hanzhong's grain payment! Therefore, I implore Her Majesty the Empress for permission to let the lower officials rush to Hanzhong to thoroughly investigate this matter!"
Uncle Huang was shocked when he heard this, and turned to look at Xiao Qing suddenly, looking very surprised by her actions!
Seeing this, Prime Minister Wang Cheng said: "Well, since Lord Fengchang is willing to investigate it personally, it is best to leave this matter to Lord Xiao to deal with!"
Empress Meng couldn't make up her mind for a while, she looked sideways at me, and drew everyone's eyes to me!
This was a red flag, and it was easy to let everyone know that I was behind my back to advise the queen, so I pretended to be sleepy and closed my eyes, hoping that this would fool me around!
Then Empress Meng sighed and replied, "Okay, the matter of Hanzhong's grain mixed with sand and soil will be handed over to Lord Fengchang to investigate!"
Uncle Huang was very angry after hearing this, he shook his sleeves violently, and turned his back directly to Queen Meng, obviously this was very dissatisfied with Queen Meng's arrangement!
I immediately yawned in public, pretended to have just woken up, and then asked everyone in a daze, "Is the morning dynasty over?"
Empress Meng immediately reprimanded: "Jue'er, you must not be rude in the court, and you must do a good job of listening to the government!"
I sighed, and then asked the ministers, "What are the ministers talking about?"
Seeing the opportunity, the imperial uncle replied: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, there was some accident when Hanzhong was collecting grain, and some sand was accidentally mixed in the sack, and I don't know who did it! Now Her Majesty the Queen has an order to thoroughly investigate this matter! Originally, I wanted to contribute to the imperial court and personally supervise this matter, but because the Hanzhong county guard was an old subordinate of this king, someone framed me for deliberately shielding my old subordinates! Your Royal Highness the prince, do you say that I am wronged?"
After hearing this, I got up and yawned again, and then said lazily: "How can it be so troublesome! In my opinion, Uncle Huang, you just let your old subordinates make up the grain again, what is there to check! If you want to show sincerity, if you can't, you can make up for it twice, what's there?"
Everyone was stunned and looked up at me, surprised by what I said!
Uncle Huang was very excited, and immediately asked Empress Meng for instructions: "Your Majesty, what His Royal Highness the Prince said is very reasonable! It is better to order the Hanzhong County Guard to make up for the underpayment of the part, one is to punish him for his dereliction of duty, and the other is to increase the income of the treasury, which is the best of both worlds!"
Empress Meng was stunned for a moment after hearing this, frowned and stared at me for a long time, then turned back to Xiao Qing and said, "Lord Fengchang, do you think His Royal Highness the Prince's method is appropriate?"
Xiao Qing was stunned for a moment after hearing this, she looked up at me seriously, then lowered her head and thought deeply for a long time, and then replied: "Return to Your Majesty the Queen! Although His Royal Highness the Prince's method is somewhat inconsistent with my Dayong Law, the law is dead, and people are alive! Since His Royal Highness the Prince's method can punish the dereliction of duty of the county guard, and can also increase the revenue of the national treasury, this is basically consistent with the principle of the law! The lower official thinks that His Royal Highness the Prince's method is feasible!"
However, Prime Minister Wang Cheng still did not give up, and he asked Xiao Qing rhetorically: "Lord Fengchang, the law is the foundation of the country, how can you change it casually! This dereliction of duty is a violation of the law, and if you break the law, you must investigate and deal with it according to law, how can you engage in favoritism and irregularities?"
Xiao Qing immediately retorted: "Prime Minister! When the subordinate takes over the post of Fengchang, the first task he receives is to rewrite and revise the law, and make appropriate adjustments to the harsh parts of the law, so that it can be made more suitable for the people's livelihood and more reasonable! The county keeper has indeed made some mistakes in the matter of paying grain, but the crime must not be dismissed and investigated! If the county keeper can remedy his mistakes and recover the losses of the court in time, then the county keeper can be regarded as atoning for his sins! There is a cloud in the left biography: Whoever has no fault can change it, and it is a great good! Now that our dynasty is employing people, we can't just dismiss hundreds of officials at every turn because they have committed a trivial matter, and how many people in the imperial court will be able to use them in the end? Could it be that Prime Minister Wang Cheng will definitely be able to guarantee that he will not make a single mistake in the future?"
Prime Minister Wang Cheng was speechless after hearing this, he twisted his body, and replied very reluctantly: "Lord Fengchang is full of poetry and books, and he is naturally much more familiar with the law than the old minister, since Lord Fengchang thinks that His Royal Highness the prince's method is feasible, then the old minister has no objection!"
After hearing this, Empress Meng was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Okay, since the Prime Minister also agrees, then this matter will be supervised by the imperial uncle and the Hanzhong County Guard according to the method said by His Royal Highness the Prince!"
Uncle Huang immediately gave up his hand and said happily: "Obey Your Majesty the Queen, this King will definitely deal with this matter quickly, and never let Her Majesty the Queen and Her Royal Highness the Prince down!"
After saying that, Uncle Huang smiled and saluted me, as if he was very grateful to me!
After the morning court ended, the imperial uncle dragged me to a compartment alone, and said with a smile at me: "Oh, the imperial nephew, thank you nephew in the court!"
I smiled and said, "Uncle Huang, what are you talking about, we are all from the Ying clan, the family doesn't speak two words, Uncle Huang, you are outside!"
Uncle Huang smiled and said, "Yo, Uncle Huang likes to hear this sentence the nephew, hehe!"
I looked at Uncle Huang and asked him, "Uncle Huang, I haven't seen my cousins for a long time, when will you bring them to the palace to play with me!"
After hearing this, the imperial uncle laughed and said: "Hahaha, it must be, it must be a long time since I brought them to visit His Majesty and the Empress! Well, when I finish the affairs of Hanzhong this time, then I will arrange for them to come to Yongzhou, how about it?"
I smiled and said, "Okay, great, haha!"
Uncle Huang is Uncle Huang, after all, family affection is there, no matter what, it will not be too strange! After making the paste with Uncle Huang, I went back to the harem!
Unexpectedly, Empress Meng and Xiao Qing were waiting for me at the door, and when they saw me coming, they anxiously pulled me into the palace.
Before they could open their mouths to ask, I replied directly: "I know what you want to ask! Uncle Huang is our winner of the clan, we can't suppress Uncle Huang at this time, and if we want to suppress it, we should deal with Prime Minister Wang first!"
Empress Meng nodded slightly after hearing this, but Xiao Qing opened her mouth and said: "But Prime Minister Wang's power in the court is even larger, and it is not so simple to deal with him!"
I nodded and said, "Yes, what Lord Xiao said is good! So we can't act rashly at the moment, we can only appease them first, and let them check and balance each other!"
Xiao Qing nodded, obviously understanding what I meant!
Empress Meng sighed and said, "Hey, fortunately, the emperor is clever and has thought of such a good idea for the queen mother! I see that when the imperial uncle heard that he was going to send someone to investigate, his face became ugly, and I was really worried that he would hold a grudge because of this!"
I replied, "Probably not!" I came back late, but I talked to Uncle Huang halfway, and it would be better to talk to Uncle Huang, let him bring his cousin to the palace to play!"
Empress Meng said happily: "Really, that's great, as long as you can stabilize the imperial uncle!"
Xiao Qing couldn't laugh out, she frowned, and still asked uneasily: "But His Royal Highness the Prince, it is never a way to go on like this, Uncle Huang has military power, this threat is too great!"
I comforted her and said, "Lord Xiao, please rest assured, Uncle Huang is also surnamed Win, and blood is always thicker than water!
Xiao Qing finally smiled cheerfully after hearing this, it seems that she is still more receptive to my explanation!
Everything is not absolute, and there are countless examples of killing relatives for the throne in history, sometimes it is a biological father, sometimes it is a brother! We are still a layer apart from the emperor's uncle, but his nephew is logically very dangerous!
But it depends on the specific situation, with my understanding of Uncle Huang's character, he is definitely not such a ruthless person!
The reason is that he doesn't have so many scheming, and he is still a very impulsive person, and whatever he thinks will usually appear on his face! He readily agreed to bring his son to the palace to play with me.
It is precisely because of this that in my future plans, Uncle Huang is just a person who is co-opted or suppressed by me, but by no means a person who wants to be completely eradicated!