In the Weiyang Palace, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was talking with the great farmer Ling Sang Hongyang.

At this time.

Outside the palace, the eunuch came to report.

"Your Majesty, Imperial Doctor Zhang Tang asks to see you."

Hearing that Zhang Tang was coming, Emperor Wu of Han frowned slightly, and said to himself: "I didn't summon Zhang Tang, what is he doing here?" Could it be that Baling's case has been dealt with? ”

"That's it."

"Sang Hongyang, you go back first!"

Sang Hongyang immediately bowed down and nodded: "No! ”

After Sang Hong Yangbai withdrew from the palace, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che said to the eunuch: "Okay, let the Imperial Doctor come in to see me!" ”

When the eunuch heard this, he immediately brought Zhang Tang in.

After the Imperial Doctor enters the palace, he bows to His Majesty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty looked at Zhang Tang and asked, "Zhang Yushi, the matter of Baling has been dealt with?" ”

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Zhang Tang then said: "Back to Your Majesty, the culprit has been caught." ”

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, nodded lightly and said, "Then according to the law, we will punish this person who steals the coins of the Tomb!" ”

"No."

Zhang Tang arched his hand and said.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che glanced at Zhang Tang, and when he saw that he didn't look like he was leaving, he said, "There is still something?" ”

Zhang Tang immediately nodded and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister wants to give you a play?" Please also forgive your majesty for the presumptuousness of the ministers! ”

"A play?" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, was a little confused by the second monk.

And the imperial historian Zhang Tang has already performed.

I saw Zhang Tang showing the usual appearance of Prime Minister Zhuang Qingzhai, and said: "Chen Zhuang Qingzhai has something to show Your Majesty, and I hope Your Majesty will deal with it." “

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Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che felt very strange, shook his head, and asked, "Zhang Yushi, what do you mean by this?"

"What are you doing to play the prime minister?"

"And he said some strange things that I couldn't understand."

Then.

Doctor Yushi took a step back, pretended to be the prime minister's three long histories, and said to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "Your Majesty, Weichen Zhu Maichen, there is something to do!" ”

"Weichen found out that Zhang Tang, the imperial historian, had bribes with businessmen."

"Every time Your Majesty issues a new decree, the businessman always knows it for the first time, and it is revealed by Zhang Tang, the imperial historian."

After speaking.

Zhang Tang stood aside again and said, "Chen Dynasty, second." ”

"Chen Biantong seconded the proposal."

After performing the three minions, the imperial historian Zhang Tang said again: "Your Majesty, what the three long historians said is the result of the investigation by Chen Zhuang Qingzhai, I hope Your Majesty will punish Zhang Tang!" ”

After performing this play.

Imperial Doctor Zhang Tang came back to himself and said, "Your Majesty, the above is the good show that the old minister wants to show you. ”

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, was a little annoyed and said, "What are you doing here, I don't understand!" ”

All of Zhang Tang's actions, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che was a little confused.

Even if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very smart, he didn't understand the meaning of Zhang Tang, the imperial historian.

Coincidentally, at this time, a eunuch came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zhuang Qingzhai and the three long histories ask to see?" ”

Hearing this, Emperor Wu of Han couldn't help but frown his eyebrows and muttered to himself.

"It's really weird, what do you say about him, he came."

At this time.

Imperial Doctor Zhang Tang said: "Your Majesty, can the minister apply for recusal, otherwise, the old minister is afraid that he will be there, and Zhuang Qingzhai will not dare to sue me." ”

"Huh?"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, was a little confused at the moment.

How!

Who else wishes the other party would sue them? However, at this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty seemed to understand what the previous imperial historian Zhang Tang was doing before.

For this.

He said to Zhang Tang: "Then you should step aside first!" ”

"No."

As soon as the words fell, the imperial historian Zhang Tang retreated to the extremely hidden side of the palace, and no one would pay attention to it.

Then.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Checai, continued to the eunuchs: "Let the prime minister come in!" ”

"No."

Thereupon.

Only then was the prime minister and the three long historians able to enter the palace and meet His Majesty.

After the same ceremony of the monarch and the minister.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, looked indifferently at the prime minister and the three long histories behind him, and asked, "Prime Minister, what are you doing in a hurry to enter the palace to see me today?" ”

"Again?" Prime Minister Zhuang Qingzhai muttered softly, but he didn't take it to heart, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister Zhuang Qingzhai has something important to do to show Your Majesty, I hope Your Majesty is busy and listens to the old minister's chatter." ”

Zhuang Qingzhai's age is not small.

After all.

When Marquis Wu Qiang was a doctor of imperial history, he was earlier than Zhang Tang.

Later, Zhuang Qingzhai was demoted, and Li Cai became the imperial historian, and he had good political achievements for two years, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty immediately mentioned the position of prime minister to Li Cai.

The position of the Imperial Doctor was vacant and given to Zhang Tang.

The position of prime minister must have enough military merit to be a marquis to take office? No, this was not accurate during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

But one thing is for sure!

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, if he wanted to be the prime minister, he must have been a doctor of imperial history before.

Arguably.

Doctor Goshi is a candidate for prime minister.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che listened to Zhuang Qingzhai's words, raised his eyebrows, seemed to feel a little familiar, and asked, "What does the prime minister have to say?" ”

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Zhuang Qingzhai immediately gave Zhu Maichen behind him a look.

Then.

Zhu Maichen immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, what the prime minister said is the discovery of our three long histories. I was just afraid that I wouldn't be able to see Your Majesty, so I told the prime minister first. ”

"So Your Majesty."

"Please let Wechen play the clear."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty furrowed his brows, and he still had a good impression of this Zhu Maichen.

Why?

Because this guy was brought up by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty himself.

Lao Ji is in the woods, and his ambitions are thousands of miles.

Zhu Maichen was more than half a hundred years old before he entered the court as an official, and then was reused by His Majesty, if he hadn't committed something, the current Zhu Maichen should still be in the position of Jiuqing.

To put it simply.

Zhu Maichen's experience was beneficial to the rule of the Han Dynasty in the people.

Coupled with the example of "it is difficult to recover from the water", Zhu Maichen has become famous, and His Majesty has heard of it.

Note!

Fame here is a positive term, not a derogatory one.

Why?

Because the story of Zhu Maichen is definitely positive in the Han Dynasty. If he became rich and promoted, he used a basin of water to humiliate his wife, which was a negative image in the Han Dynasty.

How could Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty give him a promotion?

Or even all the way to the position of Jiuqing?

If Zhu Maichen did this kind of thing very secretively, then he could not mention it. But Zhu Maichen's matter is well known to everyone.

Let's talk about it from the story.

Zhu Maichen used to be poor and had no rice at home, so his daughter-in-law asked him to chop wood for rice, didn't he go?

He listened to his daughter-in-law and went to cut it.

While chopping wood, while reading, he was ridiculed for this.

Wood was chopped and rice was exchanged.

How to understand this process?

It's that Zhu Maichen is doing things at home, he is not lazy to do it, and he doesn't care about anything at home like Liu Bang, and leaves it all to his wife and children.

He did it!

Before Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gaozu, made a fortune, he really didn't do anything, he drank wine and ate meat every day, and never took a penny from his family.

However, Liu Bang became the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, and what he did was praised as a thick black elite.

Zhu Maichen, who listened to his daughter-in-law and did things but didn't make any money, became the target of public criticism in later generations?

And most importantly!

He listened to his daughter-in-law, went to cut wood, and went to plant crops, but his daughter-in-law was not satisfied.

If you can't go on, you still want to "divorce" and marry a carpenter in the more lucrative carpenter industry.

Zhu Maichen agreed.

So his daughter-in-law ran away with the carpenter.

Then someone said that after the daughter-in-law followed the carpenter, she continued to take care of Zhu Maichen's daily food. This is subject to verification, after all, there is no historical record of this.

Let's discuss this matter.

What is this phenomenon?

From the perspective of modern people, this is still his daughter-in-law's problem.

If you want to run away with someone, then make a clear break with Zhu Maichen's predecessor. After you followed the carpenter, what did you care about Zhu Maichen's food?

Can't get over your conscience?

But isn't this just the current one, and the connection with the predecessor?

Of course!

The thinking of the ancients, it is difficult for modern people to judge what they think.

The question is.

Later, Zhu Maichen met Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and soared, why did he want to return to take his humiliation?

If you follow the carpenter, you will follow the carpenter!

Then some people said that after Zhu Maichen soared to prominence, he persecuted the carpenter before letting his daughter-in-law come back.

Historical information can be consulted, but there is no record of this.

There is only the allusion that it is difficult to recover when covered with water.

Regardless of whether Zhu Maichen is right or wrong, there is one thing worth affirming anyway, Zhu Maichen's story of being difficult to recover must be a positive image in the Han Dynasty.

If it is negative, it will not be possible to pass the level of filial piety during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

What does it mean to be filial piety?

To put it simply, it is a statement of filial piety to parents and integrity.

Integrity, a straight word is enough to illustrate the positive image of the allusion that the water was difficult to recover at that time.

If the image is not right.

That Zhu Maichen was also promoted to a fart official later.

Of course, we can't take into account the way of thinking of the ancients, because the way of thinking of the ancients and the way of thinking of people today is different.

You can see the new "Fengshen" movie.

What was the image of Daji before? The image of a goblin who is a disaster to the country and the people!

What now?

The innocent, pure, unpolluted White Lotus represents the unswerving love of the dead, and at the same time can rebuke the image of men who impose any problems on innocent women.

Not to mention compared with the ancients.

If this statement had been placed ten or twenty years ago, it would have been quite explosive.

You can't say that this image of it doesn't make sense.

He has a point!

What does the demise of a nation have to do with a woman? Can Cixi be blamed for the fall of the Qing Dynasty?

This seems to be really weird.

Ahem.

To put it simply, the above content can prove that Zhu Maichen is still quite popular with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

At the same time, it was also positive in the Han Dynasty that it was difficult to collect the water.

So.

At this moment, when Emperor Wu of Han heard Zhu Maichen's words, he was not angry, but nodded and said, "Okay, then let you talk about the things to be explained!" ”

When Zhu Maichen heard the words of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he immediately said: "Weichen found out that Zhang Tang, the imperial historian, had corruption and bribery with businessmen. ”

"Every time Your Majesty issues a new decree, the businessman always knows it for the first time, and it is revealed by Zhang Tang, the imperial historian."

"About that."

"The minister has already arrested the former doorman of Zhang Tang, the merchant Tian Xin, and can confirm this. Your Majesty, please see, this is the confession of the merchant Tian Xin. ”

After speaking.

Zhu Maichen submitted the confession written by Jian Mu.

The eunuch handed the slip to Emperor Wu of Han, and Emperor Wu of Han looked at the slip with no change in his expression.

However.

His eyes quietly glanced at the imperial historian Zhang Tang hidden in the corner.

Now.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty realized that Zhang Tang's strange behavior just now was originally an imitation of what they were going to say now.

Let's not say it's exactly the same.

At least eight or nine are not far from ten, and this soup has already performed the matter of Prime Minister Zhuang Qingzhai wanting to impeach him.

So.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was no longer much interested in the content of the slips.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the other two long histories behind the prime minister.

Emperor Wu of Han said slowly: "Except for Zhu Maichen, do you two have anything else to say?" ”

Then.

Wang Chao and Bian Tong stood up together and said, "Your Majesty, the merchant Tian Xin is the three of us who will review it together, so the three of us have the same opinion. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal, and I hope that Your Majesty will immediately arrest Zhang Tang and detain him in the Imperial Prison."

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

After listening to what the other two Changshi said, Emperor Wu of Han already understood something in his heart. At this time, he looked at the prime minister and said, "Prime Minister Zhuang, Zhang Tang and the businessman's affairs, so you only listened to the words of Sanchangshi and didn't actually participate?" ”

Then.

Before Zhuang Qingzhai could figure out what the situation was, he said: "Your Majesty, the arrest of the merchant Tian Xin is an order issued by the old minister. ”

"Zhang Tang bribes with businessmen, collusion between officials and businessmen!"

"This is the thing Your Majesty has always hated the most, and the minister can't help but do it!"

Hearing Zhuang Qingzhai's words, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che nodded and said slowly: "I know. ”

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Sanchangshi's face was overjoyed.

Zhuang Qingzhai, who is the prime minister, even said: "Your Majesty, the minister will order the court lieutenant to arrest the imperial historian Zhang Tang?" ”

Hearing this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty looked at Prime Minister Zhuang Qingzhai like a fool.

Subsequently.

Shaking his head, he said indifferently: "Arrest? Arrest what, people aren't just like this! ”

"Zhang Tang, come out!"

"Look, the prime minister has caught you by the hands and impeached you for bribing the businessman."

After speaking.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty threw the scroll of slips to the bottom of the hall, and Zhang Tang in the corner also walked out, picked up the slips, and read them carefully.

The appearance of Zhang Tang.

The prime minister and the three long history were shocked.

Changshi Dynasty even exclaimed: "Your Majesty, since Zhang Tang is here, please send guards to arrest him!" ”

Hear the words.

Emperor Wu of Han just snorted lightly.

Grab Zhang Tang?

Scold!

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che didn't have this idea, just stared at Zhang Tang and asked, "Zhang Yushi, do you have anything to say about this businessman's confession?" ”

Zhang Tang bowed down and said: "The old minister was born as a sword and pen officer, and His Majesty knows it. ”

"This so-called confession, in the eyes of the old minister, is nothing more than four words!"

"Bending into a move!"

As soon as these words came out, they immediately provoked the prime minister Zhuang Qingzhai and the three long historians to criticize him.

A spitting star attack is indispensable.

Imperial Doctor Zhang Tang has a bottom on the control of the situation at this moment, and immediately said confidently: "Since it is said that bribery, there must be money and money transactions." ”

"In that case."

"Minister Zhang Tang, it's okay to ask Your Majesty to search the next family property."

"That's right!"

"In terms of money, it is difficult for a big official like a minister to determine whether he has purchased a house or not. If there is no comparison, it is too much to say. Your Majesty, the old minister suggested that it would be good to search the family property with Zhu Changshi, Wang Changshi, Bian Changshi and Prime Minister Zhuang Cheng. ”

However.

As soon as this remark came out.

The prime minister and the third chief Shi hurriedly objected, saying, "Your Majesty, no!" ”

"This soup is nothing more than trying to pull a cushion on the back. There is a priority in buying a house, and there are differences in family wealth, how can it be generalized. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"I can't listen to Zhang Tang's words, he just wants to muddy the water."

on this.

Imperial Doctor Zhang Tang was as steady as an old dog in his heart, and said to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che: "Your Majesty, look, they are in a hurry!" (End of chapter)