The moment the emperor's gaze came, countless thoughts flashed through Hu Xiang's mind.

But he didn't have time to think about it, he could only make a judgment based on instinct, and shook his head categorically: "The minister has never heard of it." ”

"Ministry of Rites." Zhu Yuanzhang moved his gaze to Zhu Mengyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

"This ......" Zhu Mengyan is a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi, he is close to ancient times, gray-haired, he is a jinshi in the eleventh year of Yuan Zhizheng, and he has been an official in the Yuan Dynasty.

From various standpoints, he is not Hu Weiyong's person. Moreover, in this era, the Ministry of Rites was purely a cold yamen with few rights and no future. So Hu Xiang never wooed him.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the Ministry of Rites became the key.

Naturally, Zhu Butang did not have the idea of taking the blame for Zhongshu Province, and after thinking about it for a while, he reported in a deep voice: "Back to the emperor, the minister knows that there is a Cham envoy in Beijing. ”

"Zhen Shuang, where are you Honglu Temple?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked Honglu Temple again.

"Back to the emperor." Zhen Siqing hurriedly replied: "The Cham delegation is now living in the Tongwen Hall of this temple, and the ministers naturally know about them. ”

"Okay." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with 'satisfaction' and said: "After asking around, the only people who know the Cham envoys are the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple." ”

"Now it's narrowed down." Then he said, "Tell me what you know." ”

"Yes, the minister will come first." Zhen Siqing hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Cham envoy came ashore from Guangzhou in October last year and came all the way north to Nanjing. ”

"Who gave them the clearance papers?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice: "We remember that the Guangzhou Maritime Affairs Division has been canceled, and the Prime Minister Haizheng Yamen has not yet re-established the Municipal Shipping Division in Guangzhou, right?" ”

"Yes, the emperor remembers it very clearly." Zhen Shuang patted a little sycophant, and then said: "According to Hongwu's edict for ten years, from now on, all envoys from the ocean should go through the customs clearance documents at the Prime Minister's Haizheng Yamen before they can enter the Celestial Empire according to the agreement. ”

"At present, the Prime Minister's Haizheng Yamen has not re-established the Guangzhou Municipal Shipping Division, so the Cham envoy has not received the customs clearance documents from the Prime Minister's Haizheng Yamen."

"Then how did he get all the way to Beijing unimpeded?" Zhu Yuanzhang raised his voice and asked.

"Back to the emperor." Fortunately, there was enough time to find out the ins and outs, and he hurriedly replied in a deep voice: "According to the reply letter from the Guangxi Political Secretary, the customs clearance document was sent to Zhennanguan last year when the Champa State occupied the capital of Annan.

However, the Cham army was immediately repulsed by Annam, and the mission did not make the trip. The king of Champa ordered the envoy to take the sea route instead. ”

"Well......" After listening to Zhen Shuang's answer, Boss Zhu's expression was a little gloomy, and he still had a yamen to do things.

"It took two months just to verify these facts." Zhen Shuang then reported: "In February this year, the temple acted as the Ministry of Rites in accordance with the rules and requested to arrange a pilgrimage. ”

"Is that so?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Mengyan.

"Back to the emperor, yes." Zhu Mengyan nodded and said, "After the Ministry of Rites received the invitation from Honglu Temple, it reported to Zhongshu Province according to the rules. However, a month later, the Zhongshu Province said that the entry of the Cham envoys into Guangdong did not conform to the customs clearance documents, and was rejected and not allowed to perform Hajj. ”

"Then the Ministry of Rites transferred the text of Zhongshu Province to Honglu Temple according to the regulations."

"The monastery informed the Cham delegation of this result." Zhen Siqing said with a bitter face:

"The Cham envoy was not satisfied, and kept complaining to the temple, and the temple was so entangled that he could not do anything, so he could only put on the book twice for him."

"The headquarters all forwarded the Chinese book, but the Chinese book was rejected." Zhu Mengyan also said helplessly:

"It's probably stuck here...... asked the Cham envoy to make another correct document, but for various reasons, they couldn't do it. But the province refused to be accommodating, and it came and went to this day. ”

"Is that so?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hu Weiyong.

"Back to the emperor, the minister doesn't know." Hu Weiyong still shook his head.

"What are you doing as a prime minister?" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily.

First, the minister has been sick for a long time this year, and he has not asked too much about the specific affairs of the Chinese book. Hu Weiyong bowed his head and replied:

"Second, the Ministry of Rites has always been in charge of Wang Xiang, and it is not easy to point fingers at ministers."

"Wang Guangyang." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wang Guangyang, who had been in a fugue. It's like a teacher seeing a student who is distracted in class, and there is a burst of anger.

In fact, in the past two years, Wang Guangyang has been silent and submissive to the court, which has made the emperor very tired and too lazy to ask him.

But Boss Zhu, who has never raised idlers, doesn't know what his psychology is, so he has tolerated him until now and has not replaced him.

He was also happy and relaxed, and he had slacked off to the point of openly distracting himself in the court...... There was even a time when I fell asleep directly.

Wang Guangyang was reminiscing about last night's 'hand of God' at this moment, and suddenly came back to his senses when he heard the emperor call him.

"Minister, minister doesn't know anything." He hurriedly bowed back and said.

"Yes, Wang Xiang is wholeheartedly playing chess?" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "How can you take care of these chores." ”

"The minister is old and confused, so I ask for a minister." Wang Guangyang immediately pushed the boat down the river and resigned for the 108th time.

"Let's play chess with peace of mind!" Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't allow it, and asked coldly: "Hu Xiang and Wang Xiang don't know, so who is in charge of rejecting it?" ”

Peng Geng Shang Wei glanced at each other, and said in unison: "I don't know." ”

"Bastard!" Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he almost flipped the table, raised his voice and asked, "Is this our head of the imperial court, the book of the Ming Dynasty?" What's the use of your bunch of rice buckets?? ”

"Back to the emperor, this matter may be rejected by Lang Zhong below because of the inconsistency of the documents." Shang Wei boldly said:

"So I didn't go to the government hall at all, and the ministers and the two prime ministers had no way of knowing."

"What could it mean?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked rhetorically.

"It's just not sure yet, and it needs to be strictly investigated." Peng Geng said stubbornly.

"It really needs to be investigated." Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "Not only must we strictly investigate which step the matter is stuck, but also strictly investigate who is so bold to fight with the temple and the ministry for so long, and dare not report it all the time, and keep the prime minister, the prince and us in the dark!" ”

The more he spoke, the more angry he became, and he knocked on the table and said:

"So is it anything in the future, and the people below can pick a fault in the paperwork at will, and just press it down and not report it? Then we will become deaf and blind! ”

"The emperor taught you a lesson." Hu Weiyong hurriedly led the crowd to kneel down and plead guilty. "The ministers must be strictly investigated, no matter whose responsibility it is, they must be severely punished."

"If there is such a serious problem, of course it must be investigated!" Zhu Yuanzhang had a cold face and said loudly: "Don't go back, just explain the problem to us in the palace and see what went wrong." Explain all the problems clearly, and go home again when there is no problem! ”

"Ah......" Hu Weiyong and others were directly stunned there, is this house arrest?

ps. not easy, finally back to normal......

(End of chapter)