Chapter 91: The Mission
The drums sounded, and the officials were busy.
There is an official Zhao Wujiang, riding a horse through the towering palace wall.
The dragon hall is bright, Li Zhi sits on the dragon chair, and hundreds of officials in the court appear on the court.
The various ministries reported the latest situation, big and small things in the world, and the voice entered Li Zhi's ears, he looked a little impatient, and after working all night with Helan's family, he looked a little tired at the moment.
"Dali Siqing! What is the result? Li Zhi frowned and shouted.
Dali Temple Qing Hou Shanye's heart tightened, hurriedly came out of the ranks, knelt on the ground, and grabbed the ground with his head.
"Your Majesty... After many investigations by the old minister... Detective, Lord Zhusuiliang..."He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his eyes couldn't help but glance at the eldest grandson Wuji with a gloomy expression, his heart beat a drum, and he said in a trembling voice:
"Gentlemen... It is true that in the imperial examination... Favoritism! ”
"Hou Shanye!" When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, he was furious, he roared angrily and stood out of the queue, looked at Li Zhi, and said:
"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Dali Temple deliberately framed Zhu Suiliang, a member of the court, and the wolf's ambition can be punished, and the old minister suggested ......"
Are you the Son of Heaven or am I? Li Zhi had a cold face, interrupted the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, and said majestically: "Okay! Hou Qing, I ordered you to continue. ”
Hou Shanye took out the fold from his inner sleeve, which contained the so-called evidence, and he respectfully submitted it.
"Your Majesty, this... It is the evidence that the old minister and the master of the criminal department investigated together. ”
Li Zhi spread out the fold and looked at it seriously, his expression became more and more cold, Zhu Suiliang, Zhu Suiliang, you dissuade me from abolishing the queen, I still think how much you think about the Tang Dynasty, I didn't expect you to be such a yang and yin disobedient person...
He threw the fold at Dali Siqing, who was kneeling on the ground, and said angrily: "What about Zhu Suiliang? He is playing favoritism and cheating, you all have the evidence, why don't you interrogate him! ”
"Your Excellency... Xiangguo, the old minister doesn't dare, not to mention that the adults have been sick at home recently..."Dali Siqing said tremblingly.
"He knew that the matter was going to be exposed, and he was afraid of his guilt, so he didn't dare to face me!" Li Zhi's gaze swept to the silent courtiers, "According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, all officials who engage in favoritism and malpractice in the imperial examination should be punished!" ”
"Your Majesty! Zhu Suiliang has worked hard and made great achievements, and he is also a minister appointed by the first emperor to take care of his life, and the crime of fraud in the imperial examination will not lead to death! Zhongshu Ling Laiji immediately came out of the queue and said excitedly.
Zhu Suiliang and the eldest grandson Wuji and others are in their faction, and they are people from their faction, how can they watch the emperor kill Zhu Suiliang.
Zhongshu Ling Laiji, as one of the prime ministers, it is impossible to just watch Zhu Suiliang fall off the horse.
"Your Majesty, the evidence of the matter is still uncertain, don't make any excuses!" The eldest grandson Wuji said in a deep voice, he was a little anxious, and Zhu Suiliang couldn't break it.
"Your Majesty, the old minister also thinks so..."Prime Minister Han Yuan stood up again.
The Ministry of Rites Shangshu was already grateful to Zhu Suiliang, but now seeing this situation, he also stood up in line and defended Zhu Suiliang.
Slowly, more and more courtiers stood up and pleaded for Zhu Suiliang.
Zhao Wujiang clasped his hands in his sleeves, looking at this scene indifferently, and he glanced at the fold on Li Zhi's table, which was presented by Dali Siqing just now.
Unless Li Yifu is a good person, most of this so-called evidence is fake...... He thought in his heart, his eyes wandered, and he caught a glimpse of Li Yifu with a smile on his face.
Seeing the ministers interceding for Zhu Suiliang, Li Zhi's eyes changed, he sighed, his voice was low, and said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, didn't I trust Zhu Aiqing in the first place? But now that I am heartbroken, in the face of conclusive evidence, what should I do?
That's it, after all, he has merit in Datang, although the merits and demerits do not match, but I will not punish him if I think of him and assist...
But the death penalty can be avoided and the living crime is unforgivable, from now on, he will be degraded to Suiliang, deprived of the position of Xiangguo, and enter Tanzhou as the governor, and the political performance of Tanzhou will not rise for a day, and he will stay there for a day..."
Li Zhi rubbed his eyebrows and said slowly.
The eldest grandson Wuji breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that Li Zhitie was determined to kill Zhu Suiliang, and now although Zhu Suiliang was demoted to the poor governor of Tanzhou, as long as he was alive, he could operate it and let him return to Chang'an.
At the same time, the eldest grandson Wuji looked sideways and looked at Dali Siqing, who was kneeling on the ground, with killing intent in his eyes.
"Hou Qing, what about the assassination of the courtiers at the wedding banquet?" Li Zhi was silent, weak and weak.
Hou Shanye of Dali Temple buried his head, "The old minister is incompetent... It has not yet been possible to find out all of them, but it has been found out that the murderer who assassinated the secretary and young eunuch Zhao that day has nothing to do with Master Li, a member of the Zhongshu House..."
It doesn't matter if it's a good one...... Zhao Wujiang's eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyes collided with Li Yifu, who was smiling, and Li Yifu arched his hand at Zhao Wujiang in the air, but his eyes were cold.
"I know that you have a lot of business today, and you are extremely tired, so I will allow you some more time..." Li Zhi's face was kind, he suddenly thought of something, and said again:
"The secretary and the young eunuch and the scholar of the middle school, in recent days, have worked hard for the country and the people... From now on, Li Yifu will be the official of Zhongshu Shilang, and Zhao Wujiang will be the envoy and sealed together! ”
Zhongshu Shilang, is on the fourth grade. Li Yifu went directly to the fourth grade from the original Zhongshu Sheren on the fifth grade.
The officials beside Li Yifu congratulated one after another, and Li Yifu returned the salute with a warm smile on his face.
At the same time, more officials looked at Zhao Wujiang, this handsome young man with the spirit of Lord Zhao.
Now he is in charge of matters related to the mission, and the emperor said that he will be sealed afterwards, but Zhao Wujiang is now a secretary and a young eunuch from the fourth grade, and the second-in-command of the secretary province, if he is promoted again... Isn't that an official to a secretary and a supervisor...
The courtiers were horrified in their hearts, if it was really as they speculated, Zhao Wujiang had become the secretary and supervisor, then the faction of the court bureau would immediately undergo earth-shaking changes.
What kind of identity is the secretary and supervisor, thinking that Wei Zheng was an official to a secretary and supervisor back then, he was powerful, and he had countless protégés, and now his protégés have grown up, if Zhao Wujiang becomes a secretary and supervisor, how can these old protégés of Wei Zheng not sell some face?
At that time, Zhao Wujiang himself will be able to form a big faction that can wrestle with the eldest grandson Wuji.
The courtiers' discussions became more and more intense, Zhu Suiliang was demoted, Li Yifu was promoted, Zhao Wujiang has a promising future, and now the official position in the DPRK and China has changed greatly, and the position of prime minister is vacant, and there will be disputes in the future...
"Silence!"
The big eunuch in front of the hall held a whip in his hand and slapped the air fiercely, crackling.
The discussion gradually stopped.
Li Zhi swept over the ministers and called out Honglu Siqing and Zhao Wujiang.
"Now that the candidates for the Western Turkic Mission have been decided, do you know Aiqing?"
Most of the officials of the six ministries knew about it, because the list was also posted on the south wall of the Ministry of Rites, but most of the other officials did not know it.
"Wei Wei Datang, Wuhua Tianbao, all countries come to the court, the Western Turks sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty to seek allocation, in order to fulfill the friendship of friends, the emperor has a license to screen talents, and now the list of civil, military and medical three competitions is as follows.
Text: Zhang Weimin, a member of the Tang Dynasty Rite Department, fought against the Western Turkic Ashina greeting card.
Wu: The Tang Dynasty and the Soviet War, against the Western Turkic Ashina Li.
Doctor: Chen Mingjing of the Tang Dynasty, against the Western Turkic Ashina Li.
From noon to unitary, the six divisions of Shangshu Province fought against each other. ”
Zhao Wujiang spoke loudly and spoke slowly.
The ministers were in an uproar, although they knew that their heirs had little hope, but many people still sighed in disappointment.
However, they don't have much to dispute about the quota.
Zhang Weimin, the new champion, is now a member of the Ministry of Rites, he is a talented person, and it is understandable that he will fight on behalf of Datang.
As for the Soviet War, only a few people knew about it, and the rest of the people just felt familiar, and those who knew about the Soviet War also nodded one after another.
Su Zhan is the grandson of Su Dingfang, he has a good talent in martial arts, and he can bear hardships and stand hard work, and he has studied martial arts and the art of war since he was a child.
However, for Chen Mingjing, who is a medical Taoist, few courtiers have heard of it.
And the eldest grandson Wuji's originally cold face, after hearing Chen Mingjing's name, looked quite surprised, he looked at Zhao Wujiang, and was surprised that Zhao Wujiang would actually recommend this person through his own instructions.
He couldn't help but glance at Zhao Wujiang.
"Zhao Wujiang is solely responsible for the affairs of the mission, and the rest of the affairs, you Aiqing, is there anything else to start?" Li Zhi's face was gloomy.
Seeing this, the ministers stopped speaking out and retired from the court.
Zhao Wujiang looked at Li Zhi's eyebrows, which seemed to be nothing, thought in his heart, and shouted out to the system.
【Ding! System detection: Li Zhi's current qi luck value: 1????
Notes: Although it is not visible, luck has declined. 】
Sure enough, Li Zhi was obsessed with Helan's nephrite fragrance, and he didn't seem to be so attentive to the government and politics, and his luck declined... The light in Zhao Wujiang's eyes flickered.
The wind outside the hall was whistling, and between the cold sleeves, Zhao Wujiang clasped his hands in his sleeves, looked at Li Yifu, who was surrounded by some courtiers not far away, and looked at the eldest grandson Wuji, who was upright and worried, he muttered softly:
"Datang, it's going to be windy..."