Cabinet duty.

On behalf of the emperor, Zhang Zuo met with Yang Tinghe and others to convey the results of the emperor's punishment of the Hanlin and prisoners who were sent to prison.

「…… Put it in various mines, do two months of work, the hard work is a little hard, but people have gone to say hello, too hard work will not be done, arrange the living and eating, is to go through the past experience, wait for two months after the official reinstatement, will not affect the future career promotion......

Zhang Zuo spoke softly, with a consultative tone.

Yang Tinghe didn't say anything.

Mao Ji approached and asked, "Isn't this an exile?"

"Huh."

Zhang Zuo smiled, "Elder Mao Ge, you can't say that."

Mao Ji wanted to say a few words, but was stopped by Jiang Mian.

It's obvious.

The emperor sent envoys not to discuss matters with them, but to convey the final result of punishment.

Your cabinet can mix opinions in court affairs at will, and even in matters such as mining taxes, you can directly push back the emperor's decision and let the six ministries refuse to implement it......

But now the emperor is making a fuss about the matter of his own land, that is, the edict prison, and the punishment of those scribes is also famous, you have to fight again, then the emperor directly asked people to beat that group of people in the edict prison, and then let the people out when they were dying, so he asked you what is the problem?

Now it is equivalent to exempting a lot of people from the pain of flesh and skin, and changing to the local area for two months.

The emperor also sent Zhang Zuo, the prime minister, to convey his opinions, which was very face-saving for several members of the cabinet.

At this time, I really thought that Zhang Zuo represented a moderate emperor, but it was a big mistake, and the only ones who suffered were those scribes who lost their personal freedom in prison.

Yang Tinghe opened his mouth and asked, "When will the arrangement be decentralized?" It's just around the corner."

Zhang Zuo said with a smile: "Your Majesty's intention is to implement it immediately, but the Empress Dowager Xingguo interceded with Her Majesty, saying that people's hearts are flesh and blood, and they should be lenient, and it is also for the Empress Dowager to accumulate kindness, so Your Majesty allowed them to go back to their homes for one day, and after settling down the family affairs, they were sent to work in various mines by Jinyiwei."

"Uh-huh......

Yang Tinghe's breath was heavy.

But I also feel that this can be regarded as a way to ease the contradictions between the monarch and the minister.

The emperor was very merciful, originally exiled, did not give the opportunity to see his family, or if he wanted to see him, he could only let his family visit him in the cell, but now he also let the detained scribes go home for a day, and after a day off, they went out of the capital to work as coolies for two months......

The meaning of this exile was diluted, and it was more like being sent out on a mission.

Jiang Mian saw that Yang Tinghe did not make a statement, and he also understood that it was not easy to agree directly with Yang Tinghe's identity, after all, Yang Tinghe agreed, and when he looked back, others would feel that he did not speak for those scribes, which violated his identity as the head of civil officials.

Jiang Mian said with a smile: "That's fine, I hope that Father-in-law Zhang will say hello to the stewards everywhere, and let them do some clerical work, not some hard work done by the husband, then it will be excellent."

"It's nature."

Zhang Zuo responded with a smile.

After Yang Tinghe acquiesced, it was equivalent to saying that the punishment for those scribes was decided.

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……

The matter was settled, and the news spread to all parts of the DPRK and China, and different people had different ideas in their hearts.

But most people feel that this matter is a heavy pick-up, but it is gently put down.

It seems that two months out of the field is a kind of penance, but in fact it is a kind of experience, a group of weak scholars who have no power to bind the chicken and can only use the pen, sent to the mine to work for two months, no matter what to do, let them contact the middle and lower class people in society, is not it a kind of practice accumulation of reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles?

Why don't you scholars have to work?

For ordinary people, this is simply a matter of applause.

The point is that the emperor did not torture this group of people, and this time it was not exile, but an exile, and the reinstatement of the returning officials did not have much impact on the official career, which made the political factor of the matter diluted again.

The matter was settled in this way, and there was no way to go to prison, and the three law divisions did not participate

Among them, even Yang Tinghe acquiesced, and no one came out to say anything.

The scribes finally got out of their cells where they had been held for three days, went home for a day of visits, and then set out for their respective mines, where they had been arranged.

There are two destinations.

The heavier offenders went to the Xishan Coal Mine, and the lighter offenders went to the Yongping Iron Mine, although the Yongpyeong Mansion was relatively far away, but after all, the iron mine did not need them to go to the mine, and the coal mining work was dirty and tiring......

Zhu Hao was the chief signatory, and almost all the prisoners who were taken, as well as several colleagues from the Hanlin Academy, were sent to the Xishan Coal Mine for labor reform.

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The scribes went home to prepare.

There are a lot of colleagues in the Hanlin Academy, and it seems to be extremely deserted at this time.

Yang Shen sat alone at the desk to sort out the manuscript, looking very depressed, he didn't move from the desk all morning, as if he wanted to use work to numb his heart.

Yu Chengxun came in and saw that there was no one in the repair room except for Yang Shen, and suddenly remembered that in fact, except for the two of them, the rest of the people in the repair room were served in one pot.

Fortunately, there is no feast day in winter, otherwise, a noble and idle yamen like the Hanlin Academy will also face the dilemma of insufficient manpower.

"Yongxiu, why are you here? It's time to get ready for the holidays."

Yu Chengxun wanted to use something else to attract Yang Shen's attention.

Yang Shen glanced up at Yu Chengxun: "I originally planned to take the initiative to ask for a concert and be exiled for two months with them."

"Ah, this ......"

Yu Chengxun was very hesitant.

You Yang Shen want to make your heart feel better and take the initiative to bear the responsibility, right?

"But then I remembered, if I leave the capital, who will do things for my father in the Hanlin Academy? For the sake of the big picture, I can't go." Yang Shen said.

Yu Chengxun smiled.

I thought, it's good that you didn't take the initiative to ask for help.

I don't care if you're really afraid that no one will do things for your father, or if you're just afraid of being guilty and don't take responsibility, at least if you don't ask for help, I don't have to follow your example.

You're the one who started it, and I'm not much closer, so if you really want to bear the blame, then can I stay out of it?

"It's the right thing to do with Xiu, I believe those colleagues can understand that Your Majesty's move is fundamentally aimed at Wenchen, if you ask for your life, maybe they will be punished more severely, it is better to be like now, in fact, it can be regarded as turning war into jade." Yu Chengxun spoke to comfort Yang Shen.

It's a good thing that you don't have to go to the mines together to work as coolies, and we can alleviate the crimes of those scribes.

Who wouldn't say pretty things?

"Alas!"

Yang Shen suddenly sighed, "But I'm afraid that they won't be able to return to the capital."

"Huh?"

Yu Chengxun looked puzzled, and even had a little surprise on his face.

What do you mean by that?

The emperor plans to intercept them halfway?

Or are you going to exhaust them to death in the mines?

Yang Shen said: "I heard my father say that the imperial court wants to transfer a group of officials, and His Majesty has always considered the arrangements for the evaluation and appointment and dismissal of officials from the Ministry of Officials, and I am afraid that it is to prepare for their transfer to other places."

"This ......"

Yu Chengxun listened to Yang Shen's words and felt that there was some truth.

Previously, the new emperor was very concerned about the appointment and dismissal of officials reported by the ministry, especially for many official vacancies in the court and the localities, many of which were now vacant after the winter of that year, and the ministry was invited several times, and the emperor only made arrangements in some critical positions, and there were many unresolved left.

It happened that all Hanlin people jointly discussed the funeral of the Empress Dowager Shao, didn't the emperor just take advantage of the topic?

Yang Shen sighed, "It's still that I didn't think about it and let Your Majesty seize the loophole. This Hanlin Courtyard is a place where the court and the central government are clear, and they should have a great future, not for either side...... I am the one who delays their future."

Yang Shen and self

Hold yourself accountable.

Yu Chengxun wants to say, are you a deep resentful woman now?

Thinking about everything, or taking everything on yourself?

Besides, these are just your guesses, didn't the emperor say that the official will be reinstated after the end of the two-month labor reform? Why do you think they're going to be let out?

Yang Shen suddenly became very depressed, supporting his head with his hands, his head shrugged down, and his tone was sad: "How will my father value me in the future?"

Hear here.

Yu Chengxun fully understood.

Yang Shen felt that a group of people in the Hanlin Academy, because of a joint performance, caused the Hanlin Academy, which should have avoided the involvement of the noble yamen outside the court, into such a big dispute, and the middle and lower Hanlin was almost served by the emperor, and the value of the Hanlin Academy would be greatly reduced in the future, and Yang Shen, who was arranged by Yang Tinghe to work in the Hanlin Academy, naturally decreased rapidly in Yang Tinghe's eyes.

Coupled with the matter of Shangshu's advice, Yang Shen did not sign his name, which greatly reduced the prestige of the Yang family's father and son in the court.

Yang Tinghe said that he understood his son's hardships, but how could he still entrust this eldest son with important responsibilities in the future?

Since you can't do it, then you are idle!

Or a little errand, you do it, don't want to achieve great things in the future.

"Huh."

Yu Chengxun understood that Yang Shen was feeling sorry for himself.

But in fact, Yang Shen's analysis is also suitable for Yu Chengxun.

Previously, Yang Tinghe was very concerned about controlling public opinion in the imperial court, and controlling public opinion, putting the little emperor in a position of misconduct, standardizing the behavior of the little emperor, and letting the little emperor stop in major matters...... All this was done by the noble Hanlin officials and Kedao Yan officials.

You can't let a group of senior officials from the DPRK and China do that kind of admonition and death advice, right?

The people of the Hanlin Academy and the officials of the Kedao Dynasty were used as cannon fodder.

To put it simply, Yang Tinghe's method of controlling the little emperor is to occupy the commanding heights of public opinion.

Now that the Hanlin Academy has been swept away, Yang Tinghe wants to control public opinion again, the value of the Hanlin Academy will drop greatly, Yang Shen and Yu Chengxun are both Yang Tinghe's pawns in the Hanlin Academy, the Hanlin Academy is a dead chess game for Yang Tinghe, and it can't be revitalized, so Yang Shen and Yu Chengxun will be abandoned in the next step.

Yu Chengxun said: "With Xiu, if Your Majesty insists on going his own way, let those colleagues be transferred, otherwise we will ...... I also applied for an external transfer!"

Since the value of the Hanlin Academy to Yang Tinghe has greatly decreased, why should he die in the Hanlin Academy?

Yang Shen shook his head and said, "No matter what, this Hanlin Courtyard can't be abandoned!"

Yu Chengxun said in his heart, okay, even if he is an outcast, he is still reluctant to be a prominent Hanlin official, no wonder you will be happy with this deep resentful woman!