Mao Cheng is still alive, but life is better than death, like a walking corpse.

"What are you crying about? Come on! ”

Those who have been demoted to the people by Emperor Chrysostom will no longer have the status they used to respect.

The official uniform has been stripped off, and this process is obviously undignified.

Some people got up in the middle of the night to comb their hair, and now it's all gone.

After coming out of the noon gate, I passed through the six department corridor room located in the middle of the Sheji altar and the Taimiao.

The dignified ceremonial department was still in the book, and the crown and uniform were all gone in front of everyone's eyes, and he was escorted to the Chengtian Gate by the guards along with the other twenty people.

Mao Cheng, whose expression was blank, finally had obvious pain and resentment on his face: because his palanquin was waiting here, and his servant had already seen him.

Horror and disbelief appeared on the servant's face: "Master, what's the matter?" ”

Lu Song suddenly shouted: "Stop! ”

"Go back and tell the lady and the young master to keep the mansion."

Mao Cheng could only tell this, and was pushed by Lu Song to continue walking.

Looking to the south, on the right hand side of the front is the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and on the left hand side from north to south is the Zongren Mansion, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Rites of his Mao Cheng.

Seeing that Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the right attendant, and the two Lang Zhong were escorted, followed by the seventeen officials of the Six Departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the low-grade officials and even the officials who noticed the movement came to the door.

In all kinds of eyes, Mao Cheng was embarrassed and angry, and just wanted to get out of here quickly.

But it just so happened that the criminal department was far away. The Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are in the west of Xuanwumen Street.

So this group of people went out from the right gate of Chang'an outside the Chengtian Gate, all the way to the west.

When you can see the pond, the south side is already a house where people live. Further west, it is full of people.

It was morning.

Mao Cheng didn't know what he had experienced along the way, but the Criminal Department had finally arrived.

At this moment, in the prison of the Criminal Department, because of the fear that the eunuchs would interfere with it, serious criminals such as Qian Ning and Jiang Bin are all imprisoned here.

The new monarch has ascended the throne, and they all know it. The original expectation was that the amnesty did not come.

This naturally means that the strength of Yang Tinghe and others is strong enough.

Either the new monarch is pressed into obedience, or although the new monarch has a heart, he can't rein in those who can only be loyal to the Son of Heaven to survive at this moment.

Jiang Bin was desperate, but what could he do?

It is impossible for a rebellion to succeed, even if it can be arrogant for a while, but not a single civil servant supports him.

Even if he was closer to him in the past like Wang Qiong, Jiang Bin knew very well: he just let himself cause him less trouble and let him do things easier.

Really want to rebel...... Think about Wang Qiong, think about Yang Yiqing, who has already become a leader, and think about money and food......

So it's useless to regret it, Jiang Bin is really desperate now.

Until the prison suddenly became lively, Jiang Bin looked over with blank eyes: Who were the people who were caught by Yang Ting and them?

Then he opened his mouth, raised his hand to wipe his eyes, and looked at the escort in disbelief.

"Mao ...... Mao Cheng? Jiang Bin immediately tried his best to rush to the cell door, letting the jailer whip him out of his hand to let him roll back, there was a crazy smile in his voice, "Uncle Zong? Rare guests! What's going on with you? ”

"Jiang Bin! Go back! ”

"Since the night of the first emperor's trip, I didn't expect to meet so soon, hahahaha! The sky has eyes! Your Majesty! I knew we would have to get together sooner or later, but I didn't expect it to be a happy meeting in the prison! It's a great joy in my life! A great deal! ”

Syllable! pia！ Smack: "Come on, lock him up tightly!" ”

"Someone, Uncle Zong has arrived, why don't you warm a few pots of wine? I'm going to drink with the great uncle! Jiang Bin looked crazy, "I heard that the great uncle has the merit of Yingli, could it be that he was regarded as an outcast?" It doesn't matter if Elder Yang Ge doesn't guarantee you, you still have my brother Jiang Bin! ”

Mao Cheng was extremely sad and indignant, how could he ever have thought that he would fall into such a field and be ridiculed by a villain like Jiang Bin?

Who is your brother?

"Yo, Qi Zhiluan, I haven't seen you for many days, why do you look like this?"

Jiang Bin's eyes lit up, and he looked at the group of people like treasures, smiling and greeting them with whips and sticks sticking out of the prison door.

There were four of them from the Ministry of Rites, and the Sixth Section and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were actually served with seventeen officials in one go!

What happened to the court?

With the usual style of those civil servants, how could such a thing be allowed to happen?

Holy Son of Heaven! O Son of Heaven!

Yang Tinghe was actually defeated, and he couldn't protect these people?

Jiang Bin's brain was very good, and he could deduce what might have happened just from the identities of these twenty-one people.

New Hope!

Jiang Bin's appearance makes many people fearful, is this the invincible Jiang Bin in the past? Is this the madness that breeds in a prison?

Some people couldn't help but cry.

Although the reputation of death is good, the fear of being so close to death is also very real.

"Your Majesty! Shengming, hahahahaha! Jiang Bin was locked back in the corner of the cell, but he only laughed loudly there, "There are so many officials, all of them have bitten Lao Tzu!" All of them are mad dogs biting indiscriminately, they are all here, you are all here! ”

In the West Corner Gate of the Forbidden City, His Majesty of the Shengming in Jiang Bin's mouth was also talking about the officials: "It is a good thing to hear about the affairs and supervise the hundred officials, although the ancestral system has not given the officials the authority to advise the king, it is just that they have committed many crimes by following the example of the old court officials for so many years." I just don't understand one thing: as an important position in the imperial court, is it really irresponsible that you don't have to speak? ”

"Your Majesty, if the speaker needs to look forward and be timid, he will lose the original intention of setting up the spokesman." Yang Tinghe was just patiently explaining now.

"I understand, I just want to let the hundred officials, let me always be vigilant." Zhu Houxi nodded, "Of course, there are Jinyiwei and Dongchang inside, and there are six departments outside for the middle of the matter, the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Criminal Department and Dali Temple if they commit crimes. With so many eyes staring, is the DPRK still not a villain? Aren't my statistics there? ”

He pointed to the original Liuzhong songs, which were justified and well-founded, and the ministers were speechless for a while.

"Although I say so, I still have to set up a speaker. It's just that I think this is an extremely important official position, and there are two undesirables. One should not really hear about it, and criticize it wantonly without any evidence, so as to waste the time and energy of the princes of the court; Second, we should not judge the actions of other colleagues without any practical experience, and generalize without being responsible. ”

For the former, the courtiers were also annoyed.

But for the latter, Yang Tinghe had to say: "The right not to be convicted for speech is to encourage them to speak freely because of their low grade and granting them the right not to be convicted for their words." What the official said, whether His Majesty is allowed or not, and the ministers spend time defending themselves, and the court should still spend this bit of energy. Other officials should also be able to stand up to criticism, which is inevitable. If a speaker is to be proficient in a particular practice in order to express his opinion, the rank of a speaker is not commensurate with his qualifications. ”

"This involves the bureaucratic system, and it is also not something that can be discussed today." Zhu Houxi said lightly, "Let's still follow the old rules, I don't want to keep the two things I said, and I hope that the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Six Departments will keep it in mind." Take more time to listen, watch, and think, and the quality of the music presented needs to be important, rather than the quantity, and the impact. ”

After a pause, he said: "Now that I have the Internal Archives Division, when I consider the promotion of the Minister in the future, I will focus on the effect of the performance of the Minister when I was the Minister of State Affairs. I also agree that I only hope that what I will listen to through this road is more based on facts, reasonable, and evidence-based, and is based on things and people, deeds rather than hearts. ”

"I don't ask for a speaker, there must be a strategy when something happens, but I don't just know how to attack. It is the attitude of the Son of Heaven to encourage the Son of Heaven to act when he hears the wind and attack without evidence. The civil officials I want are really heroes with both ability and moral integrity like the ancient countrymen, not the officialdom guards who look around and listen with their ears open. There are already too many people who have rattled the bell and the warning signal, and the talent of the official should not be used only for such trivial matters. These ...... are vacant by the things of today."

The Ministry of Rites was already there, and the remaining position made many people bow their heads and suppress the light in their eyes.

The right attendant of the rite department of the third product and the left deputy capital of the Imperial Palace, the right of the Imperial Palace of the fourth product, and the two main five products of the Rite Department Langzhong...... So many good and bad!

Zhu Houxi's eyes looked at Wang Qiong: "Wang Qing, the officials should take out the ministry as soon as possible." As for the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, everything is busy, so Yuan Qing will first sign it temporarily in the Ministry of Rites, and then push it back. The six section officials, according to the old practice of urgent election, the cabinet will push a list, and each will be accompanied by one party. ”

The sun poured on the majestic imperial city, and the water waves in the Jinshui River inside and outside were rippling.

The water is alive.