Hallym Temple.

The Seljuk emissary, Abu, was translating Chinese poetry, and an official next to him was explaining allusions from time to time.

"Cao, Cao......" Abu shouted several times.

The translator also shouted: "Cao Xianggong, Cao Xianggong ......"

"Ah...... What's the matter? Cao Xun seemed to be outside the spirit object, and was suddenly awakened.

Abu said, "If your Excellency is tired, then I won't bother you today." ”

Cao Xun looked back and looked outside, barely squeezing out a smile: "No need, let's continue." ”

Abu said curiously: "Cao, you seem to have something on your mind these days, and several scholars in the Hanlin Academy are also weird. ”

"A little thing." Cao Xun said perfunctorily.

Cao Xun's father, Cao Group, is a Dasheng lyricist who is very favored by Song Huizong, and his glamorous words are written so angrily.

After the death of the Cao group, Cao Xunen was supplemented as Cheng Xinlang. And he didn't have an identity, but he went directly to participate in the palace examination and mixed up with a Jinshi background - the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty was so outrageous, and it was not as formal as the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the emperor could often meddle in it indiscriminately.

Song Huizong was so frightened that he became the emperor and retired to Longde Palace. Cao Xun followed him to "Gou Longde Palace", and fled the capital with Song Huizong.

In history, this old brother was captured by the Jin people, fled back with Song Huizong's "edict", and cried and begged Zhao Gou to send troops to save his father and brother. Later, he served as the deputy envoy to peace, brought Zhao Gou's mother back to Hangzhou, and was promoted all the way to become the Southern Song Dynasty lieutenant.

Cao Xun has not committed any major evils, and he is proficient in poetry, painting and music.

Zhu Ming asked him to stay in the Hanlin Academy, to assist in sorting out the various works left by Song Huizong, and to sort out the Dasheng words handed down during the Dasheng Mansion period. Occasionally, he also served as a special consultant, and was invited by the editing team of "History of the Song Dynasty" to check many court affairs during the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.

"Where is Cao Xun?" Someone shouted outside.

"Bang dang!"

Cao Xun stood up suddenly, and in a panic, knocked over the stool.

Soon, a civil official pushed the door and broke in, followed by several soap officials: "Who is Cao Xun?" ”

Cao Xun knelt down: "Spare your life, spare your life!" ”

The civil official said: "The matter you have committed is not big, as long as you confess honestly, at most you will be fined and exiled, and your family will not be implicated." Stand up and come with me. ”

"Thank you for your life, thank you for your life!" Cao Xun wiped his sweat with his sleeves.

This thing has no real power at all, and there is no chance to commit a serious crime.

But he knows a lot of secrets in the former Song Palace, and he has a good family history, and he knows how to make an atmosphere of sycophancy. After getting off work every day, he fooled around with a group of powerful children, and to put it bluntly, he was just a helper.

Helpers can also advance - brokers!

If a businessman from other places enters Beijing and encounters any trouble, he will seek his help and then dredge it through the children of the powerful.

The sons of the powerful who do this kind of thing in Tokyo are led by the sons of Li Bangyan and Xu Fuyan, and Cao Xun belongs to a dog they raised.

Abu watched Cao Xun being taken away, and said with a puzzled expression, "What's wrong with Cao?" ”

The interpreter, a city official who knew Persian, sighed: "Alas, if you have sinned, you may be exiled." ”

"Cao was a very learned scholar, a good poet and played beautiful music," Abu said. What sin can a man like him commit? ”

"You don't understand." The translator is too lazy to explain.

It wasn't until half a year later, when Abu learned more Chinese, that he found out about the scales and half-claws, and recorded them through his brain:

"Although the officials of the Ming Dynasty are all scholars, there will also be people of poor moral character, who quietly embezzle the country's money. His Majesty, the great Taohuashi Khan and Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was determined to fight corruption in the empire and was unwilling to tolerate any corruption. It's a perfect country, and it must not be stained in the slightest......"

"Even the two sons of Eta Bock (Taifu, the prince's protector, in this case, Li Bangyan) had their heads cut off for their crimes...... There is no doubt that the people here are very happy, and all greedy officials and their relatives will be severely punished by the great emperor! ”

In Abu's pen, Daming is perfect.

And explained why the officials of the Ming Dynasty were all of high moral character, because those who were not noble were severely punished.

……

Huainan.

Zuo Bu's political envoy Ling Guxu is an old friend of Prince Zhu.

The right political envoy is called Guo Sanyi, who once attached himself to Wang Hao, and was demoted to the governor of Yingzhou because of Wang Hao and Cai Jing's fighting law.

Li Hanzhang responded with troops in Suizhou at that time, and attacked Yingzhou, which was empty, and Guo Sanyi was so frightened that he hurriedly surrendered the city. Since then, he has taken refuge in Zhu's father and son, and has become Li Hanzhang's team.

From the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the present, Li Hanzhang has been serving as the secretary of the ministry, and his old subordinate Guo Sanyi has naturally been promoted all the way.

This product was flattering when he was an official in the former Song Dynasty, and he didn't do anything serious except writing poems and patting sycophants. But after surrendering to the Zhu father and son, he actually worked diligently, and his political achievements were quite eye-catching.

"Prudence has done a very good job, Huainan Province's apportionment into the mu has finally been completely completed," Ling Guxu took the lead in praising Guo Sanyi, and said to the officials of the three divisions, "The next thing is the reform of the servants, this is the new policy of the imperial court, we must not slack off, no matter how difficult it is, we must continue to push forward!" ”

"We must pay close attention to this matter!"

The officials have expressed their attitudes, which can be described as full of enthusiasm, because if they do a good job, they will have political achievements.

Guo Sanyi was also expressing his position, but he was not in high spirits, and he was faintly worried.

Ling Guxu continued: "There are the following points that must be paid attention to in the reform of official service, one of which is to let the government at all levels strictly determine the amount of official service......

Before he could finish speaking, there was a sudden noise outside, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps.

The officials of the three divisions of Huainan Province subconsciously looked outside.

There were also a few people who were so frightened that they trembled, and the one who trembled the most was Guo Sanyi.

Ling Guxu got up and walked to the door, but saw two officials, an old man and a young man, walking towards him with soldiers.

The young official took the lead in surrendering: "The right of the Inspectorate is the capital of the Imperial History Wu Hui, and he was ordered to arrest Guo Sanyi, the right ruler of Huainan. Ling Gu Buzheng, bothered! ”

Ling Gu Xu was shocked and asked, "What did Guo Sanyi do?" ”

Wu Hui said: "When he was the right ruler of Henan, he was corrupt and bent the law for personal gain. even colluded to inspect the imperial history and leaked the exam questions in advance. and teamed up with two imperial historians, Henan envoys, Luoyang prefects and others to privately embezzle and divide the family property of the migrants. Even Li Hanzhang, the secretary of the ministry, was censored for promoting Guo Sanyi all the way. ”

"He's too bold, isn't he?" Gu Xu felt unbelievable.

Wu Hui introduced the elderly official next to him and said, "This is the new Huainan Right Envoy Mei Zhili. ”

"Luckily!" Mei Zhili made a bow.

Ling Guxu hurriedly returned the salute and went to check the official documents brought by the two.

The other officials who were in the meeting also came over at this time, and Qi Shushu turned his head to look at Guo Sanyi.

And Guo Sanyi himself was already paralyzed in place and unable to move, and was dragged out by two soldiers left and right.

All the officials looked stupid, this is the right-hand political envoy, who was dragged away directly from the meeting site, how could there be such a thing in the former Song Dynasty?

Even if it is a crime, it is a civil official, and it is too unseemly to do so!

Guo Sanyi, who didn't say a word, was carried out by the soldiers until he was carried out of the door, and finally shouted hysterically: "I don't accept it!" My political performance appraisal has been excellent every time, and I am a meritorious hero from the dragon who followed Li Shangshu. I'm ...... I am not guilty of death, "Da Ming Law" is too strict for officials. That's a strict punishment and a strict law, not done by a benevolent monarch, not by a benevolent monarch! If an official makes a slight mistake and cuts off his head and raids his home, and he has to sit with his family, won't it make the people of the world cold, and in the future, which scholar will be willing to share the worries of the society? I want to meet Your Majesty, the "Great Ming Law" needs to be revised again......"

"Shut his mouth!" Wu Hui got impatient to listen.

In front of many officials, Guo Sanyi was gagged, and he became even more embarrassed.

And he was still wearing an official uniform, and his official hat fell off when he struggled.

Such an image has caused a serious psychological impact on the officials on the spot.

It turns out that the end of corruption and perversion of the law is so miserable!

Wu saw Guo Sanyi quiet down, and then glanced at everyone: "There may be people among you who are corrupt and pervert the law. If you turn yourself in now, you can give a light sentence as appropriate, and don't wait for the court to find out about you. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was really an official who was so frightened that he looked panicked.

Wu Hui seemed to have fiery eyes and raised his hand to the crowd: "The ...... with a goatee over there" Don't look around, it's you. Immediately report the name and official position, and I will send someone to check it slowly when I get back. ”

The guy who was named shouted in horror: "Spare my life, I want to turn myself in, I want to be sent lightly!" ”

Wu Hui sneered: "Catch them together." ”

The man became more and more frightened: "I really want to turn myself in, I really want to turn myself in!" ”

Wu Hui said disdainfully: "Don't shout, count yourself as surrendering." ”

"Multi-...... Thanks a lot. "The man was deceived and exposed, and he was still grateful.

The imperial history and the officers and soldiers came and went quickly, and they disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

The officials of the three divisions of Huainan Province stood at the venue and did not dare to squeak, for fear that Yushi would suddenly kill him.

Even officials who have not made a big mistake are worried at the moment.

It's so scary!

Mei Zhili, the new political envoy of Huainan Youbu, bowed his hand to his new colleagues: "Everyone, it is unfortunate that the contemptible person has come, do you want to continue the meeting today?" ”

Ling Guxu said: "The meeting just now has not been completely entered to continue the meeting!" ”

Who is in the mood for a meeting?

From time to time, some people looked out, worried that Yushi would lead the troops back, and they didn't listen to what Ling Guxu said next.

Ling Guxu had no choice but to order: "We will hold a meeting another day." Those who should turn themselves in should quickly turn themselves in, and those who did not make mistakes should go home and rest, and don't talk nonsense. As long as the monarchs are honest and honest, the "Da Ming Law" will not be found on the heads of you. ”

The officials left the conference room one after another, and the officials and servants of the political secretary had already eaten melons and watched the play and started talking.

Wu Hui was still leading people to arrest Guo Sanyi's family, and the news of the fall of the political envoy of Youbu had spread throughout the city.

On the second day, the prisoner's cart slowly drove through the street in the direction of the city gate.

The streets were full of people, who heard that Guo Sanyi was a corrupt official, and they all came to see off Lord Guo.

"Corrupt officials can't die well!"

I don't know who shouted, and the people began to throw filth at the prisoner car.

Wu exclaimed: "Who threw the bricks? You are not allowed to throw bricks, you can't try the case if you are stoned to death! ”

(End of chapter)