"You go to Guangming Hall to inform Mrs. Jia, and say that the old man said that the two sons are safe and sound in the edict prison;"

"As for the edict of the two sons······"

"Well, it's just that Your Majesty is in a hurry, and he can be released in three or five days!"

"—Remember!"

"—Don't mention Childe's injury!"

Outside the edict, the scorching sun is on the head.

After explaining in a deep voice to the servant in front of him, Shen Tujia handed out another jade plaque, and then turned to look at the soldiers on the other side.

"You go to Changle, on behalf of the old man······"

"No!"

"Dai Gongzi wins, greet the Queen Mother!"

"If the Queen Mother asks why Gongzi didn't go in person, you can tell the Queen Mother: Gongzi is in prison and it is inconvenient to go in person."

With a serious expression, he gave an explanation, and when the servant and the soldiers trotted away in two directions, Shen Tujia took a deep breath, put his hands behind his back, and let out a long sigh leisurely.

"Gongzi actually said that the wall of the Taimiao was dug by His Majesty Chao Cuo······"

"Appalling."

"Appalling ······"

sighed in his heart, and saw Shen Tujia shaking his head and sighing with a gloomy expression;

After stopping outside the edict for a while, Shentu Jiacai finally took a deep breath and walked towards the carriage not far away.

"Prince."

Seeing the old servant coming forward, Shen Tujia, who was about to get in the car and go back to the house, froze, turned around thoughtfully, and looked at the outside of the edict prison, the few jailers who pretended not to see him.

After struggling for a long time, Shen Tujia turned around, took out a small cloth bag from his sleeve, and slapped it heavily on the old servant's hand.

"I have heard that anyone who goes to the prison of Tingwei will be harassed as long as they do not benefit the jailers;"

"Even if he is acquitted in the end, no one has ever been able to get out of prison unharmed."

"You take this piece of gold and go to the prison to make some trouble, so that the two sons can suffer less trouble."

said this sentence with a rather solemn expression, Shen Tujia only felt that his chest was becoming more and more suffocated, so he involuntarily stretched out his hand and pulled some of his clothes;

In front of Shen Tujia, the old servant looked at the gold nugget in his hand stupidly, and his face was full of disbelief.

- If you want to talk about today's Han family, who can be called a 'two-sleeved breeze', then except for Shen Tujia, I'm afraid there will be no second person!

Compared with the selfless Shen Tujia, even the officials of the Imperial Historian, who are specially responsible for picketing officials, no one dares to pat their chests and say: This official has never confiscated bribes!

No way;

Back then, when the first emperor Liu Heng was in power, Zhang Wu, a general who was a confidant of the first emperor's palace, was arrested for taking bribes.

As soon as this case came out, the Chang'an court suddenly panicked, and everyone in the public secretary and hundreds of officials was in danger, and they hated to throw away the bribes they had received and immediately throw them away!

But to everyone's surprise: for the bribed general Zhang Wu, the first emperor not only did not blame, but gave another 500 gold;

Someone asked the first emperor: Your Majesty, why did you do this?

Zhang Wu took bribes, shouldn't His Majesty punish him?

The answer to this question given by the first emperor Liu Heng was: Zhang Wu accepted bribes, there must be something that needs money, but it cannot be solved through legitimate channels;

So I gave him five hundred gold, and he will not be short of money in the future, and he will not take bribes again.

And he made a mistake, and if I punish him, he will be resentful; But if I reward him, he will feel guilty for accepting bribes.

In this way, if someone bribes Zhang Wu in the future, Zhang Wu will not accept bribes anymore when he feels guilty······

Emperor Wen's answer was naturally to earn enough reputation for himself, but it also laid a lot of trouble for the future officialdom.

- After receiving the 500 gold rewarded by the first emperor, whether Zhang Wu is guilty or not, I am afraid that only Zhang Wu himself knows;

But there is no doubt about it: Zhang Wushe is dead.

After this incident, Zhang Wu completely buried his future, and gradually faded out of the center of the court.

And the real impact of this incident on the officialdom of the Han family is that after that, not to mention the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee, or local officials, even the eunuchs in the palace began to blatantly put away their bribes!

As for the reason, it is naturally the attitude of the former emperor Liu Heng in the case of Zhang Wu's bribery: instead of punishing, he should 'raise his integrity' with generous gifts.

In such an environment, not too many people may dare to embezzle;

But accepting bribes has long been the norm in officialdom.

It is precisely in such a turbid environment that Shen Tujia, who is in the position of prime minister, has a clean breeze on his sleeves, which is so valuable;

And at this moment, I saw with my own eyes that the prince of his own family, who had never accepted bribes or bribes, actually ordered himself to 'dot' the prison of the edict, that is, the warden······

"Why is this the king?"

"If you are worried about the two princes, the prince can entrust the court lieutenant in private and take care of one or two of them;

"But if the matter of bribery is known to those 'old people' of the prince, won't the reputation of the monarch and the marquis be incorruptible for most of his life?"

Sure enough, hearing the old servant's slightly anxious dissuasion, Shen Tujia's face immediately appeared a little stiff.

But soon, Shen Tujia pursed his lips and cast a determined gaze on the old servant in front of him.

"I am an honest official, not for others to see;"

"My mouth grows on others, and if others want to slander me, I don't care at all."

"Now, the two sons are in prison, it stands to reason that I can explain to Tingwei in private."

"But Ting Wei Qing Zhang Shizhi, just a few days ago was transferred by His Majesty to the Minister of Huainan, and the new Ting Wei has not yet been decided······"

With a melancholy expression, Shen Tujia finally shook his head with a wry smile.

"The two sons went to prison because of last night's incident;"

"If it weren't for the two sons, maybe it would be me who is in prison at the moment."

"The two sons are in prison, so to speak, completely because of me."

"At this point, if I don't fight for better treatment for the two sons because I care about my reputation, then I am not worthy of being the teacher of the two sons."

Shen Tujia said this, and Shen Tujia also seemed to let go of some psychological burden, only smiled with relief, and patted the old servant's shoulder.

"Go ahead."

"Just do as I say."

"We must put the entire edict in place."

With that, Shen Tujia turned around and stepped onto his extremely shabby carriage.

Seeing Shen Tujia get into the car, the servant hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth secretly;

Just as he was about to turn around, he heard a slight ashamed cry from Shen Tujia in the closed carriage.

"Don't rush yet."

"When my car is gone, you can go again."

"Be as careful as possible;"

"It's best not to be recognized······"