Wei Qi has been back to the dynasty for two months, and he has been very busy in these two months, except for listening to the lectures of the two masters in the palace, he is to study at the edict, and read the books explained by the master under the lamp at night.

Emperor Jing'an was very concerned about Wei Qi, and sent people to reward all kinds of things every now and then, and Concubine Li often sent people to reward all kinds of food, clothing, and jewelry.

On this day, Concubine Li sent a female official to Ye Qi to send Lu Xuan, produced in Shanzhou, Hedong County, the length and width of each horse are the same as other silk yarns, but the weight is only four or two, and when you open it, it looks like smoke, and everyone is amazed.

Ye Qi couldn't help but admire: "Our brocade and yarn in Shu County are the best in the world, I never thought that Hedong also has such a light yarn." ”

The female official said: "Now the silk and yarn in the southeast are also amazing, and the hub of Yangzhou and the yarn of Bozhou are very famous. There is a poem that says, 'Weiyang's soft hub is like a cloud, and Bozhou's light yarn is like a cicada's wings'. ”

At this time, a female official of the palace quietly came to Ye Qi and said, "Gonggong Qiu from the inner province has come to the palace to deliver the decree. ”

Ye Qiyi hurriedly asked Xiaohong to seal a first-class red envelope for the female official sent by Concubine Li, and then hurriedly went to the front. Halfway through, he met Wei Qi who came back, Ye Qi hurriedly asked Qiu Deyong what he said, Wei Qi said: "It's an edict from the emperor's uncle, let me go to the Tiren Hall tomorrow morning and listen to the government with the court." ”

Ye Qidao: "Listen to politics with the court, that is, start to let you participate in the government?" ”

Wei Qidao: "I didn't say it explicitly, but let me listen to politics should be the beginning." ”

Let Wei Qi, the prince of Ming, listen to the government with the court, which can be said to be carried out unconsciously, but another thing is that Ming issued an edict, that is, to agree that Wei Li, the king of Jinling, and Wei Zong, the prince of Jinling, will go to Beijing at the end of the year to congratulate him. After the royal family of Da Sui is in the basket, except for very few cases, it is generally not allowed to return to Beijing. As far as King Jinling is concerned, except for the special situation of the Five Princes Rebellion in the eighth year of Hongzhi, Wei Li returned to Beijing to clear his suspicions and expressed his support to Emperor Jing'an, and never entered Beijing again.

As soon as the news of agreeing to the King of Jinling and his son to enter Beijing to congratulate came out, there was a lot of discussion inside and outside the court, and the officials each guessed the deep meaning of Emperor Jing'an.

Originally, Wei Qi was allowed to listen to the government with the court, and people thought it was the beginning of the establishment of the crown prince, but it was quite interesting to let the King of Jinling enter Beijing, especially to bring the prince Wei Zong to Beijing with him.

If Wei Qi is selected as the crown prince, it will be purely superfluous to let the king of Jinling enter Beijing, and the edict says that it is to let the uncle and nephew meet, but the royal family affection always gives way to the struggle for power. In the case of the unknown position of the crown prince, the entry of King Jinling into Beijing is an unstable factor, especially with the prince Wei Zong, who has the voice of the prince.

As a result, many officials speculated that Emperor Jing'an had not made up his mind in his heart, and the crown prince was still undecided, and some people began to be ready to move. Soon a letter of impeachment was sent, and the people to be impeached were Li Zhiqing, Zhang Dafu, and Yuan Xiaoxiu, as well as Bagong Wang Yi and Qi Ye in Taixue, on charges of leaking secrets and embezzling state funds.

Here's the thing. A few days ago, Liu Zhengzong, a bachelor of Hanlin Chamberlain, asked Zhishi to be allowed to return to his hometown. Liu Zhengzong has been in the Hanlin Academy for more than 20 years, and he has never received a good or bad job, and he is stretched thin with only a meager salary, and last year he was fined for a year for writing, which made matters worse. He was punished by the emperor for thinking about it behind closed doors, some of the same year, friends did not dare to come to the door to avoid suspicion, this time some people wanted to send some Cheng Yi did not dare, even if there were a few bold, but the same poverty, could not take out a few money, so that an old Hanlin of more than 20 years did not even have enough money to go home.

After Li Zhiqing and the other three people knew, after discussion, they sold more than 27 taels of silver for the waste paper and waste silk in the past two years, and gave 20 taels to Liu Zhengzong to make a coil, and called Wei Qi and Ye Qi, and used the remaining 7 taels of silver to invite Liu Zhengzong to drink a meal of practice wine.

This matter was quickly discovered by people with ulterior motives, and immediately impeached in a letter, and Emperor Jing'an ordered the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Criminal Department to jointly investigate. After investigation, it was found that the leak did not exist, the documents and manuscripts that were archived and retained were not missing, and the waste paper sold was useless and worthless. In the past, the disposal of these waste papers was the same, and after being sold, the staff of the Imperial Decree Department, or colleagues from the Hanlin Academy, gathered for dinner and wine during the New Year's Festival.

Despite this actual situation, the law stipulates that such expenses should be paid to the state treasury, and since both the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Criminal Department have come forward to investigate, they can only be dealt with in accordance with the law. So Liu Zhengzong's twenty taels of silver were recovered, and the more than seven taels of silver he ate were also recovered, and the question was how to deal with the personnel. The so-called Bagong Wang Yi and Qi Ye were actually Wei Qi, the Prince of Ming, and his cousin Ye Qi, after the investigation officials learned the truth, they dared to put forward any opinions on how to deal with it, so they had to report it immediately, and finally reported to Shangshu and Zuo Zhenkun of the Criminal Department, and the two had to go to the political hall together to report to Lu Yichu.

After listening to the report, Lu Yichu was a little unimpressed, and said: "This is obviously a bone in the egg." ”

Shang Shu of the Criminal Department said: "The two charges of impeachment, the leakage of secrets is a big matter, and since it has been investigated, it will naturally not be punished." Although the amount of money is not large, the crime is still there. ”

Lu Yichu said: "Whether they are greedy for ink or not is also between the two, and they didn't put it in their pockets." Moreover, such situations exist in other yamen, and everyone just knows it. ”

The Criminal Department Shangshu said: "The matter is such a thing, but if it is not sued, it will not be investigated, and now that the matter is in trouble, it must be dealt with according to the law." ”

Lu Yichu said to Zuo Zhenkun: "Xiaozhi, why don't you keep quiet?" ”

Zuo Zhenkun said: "Prince Ming and the two of them are the place to be edicted by me, and I am responsible for the matter, so it is inconvenient to speak." ”

Lu Yichu was unusual, and scolded: "As the master of Prince Ming arranged by the emperor, it is natural for you to arrange for the prince to study, who dares to say half a word?" You just say your opinion, I see who dares to fart! ”

Zuo Zhenkun said: "Yes." The prime minister also said just now that they didn't put this money into their own pockets, and this is also an old practice, although it violates the law, but it is a bad rule, is it not treated as greedy ink, but according to the waste of public funds? ”

Lu Yichu nodded and said, "That's it." Since it is not dealt with with as greedy ink, the criminal department will not take care of it, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will put forward the handling opinions and report to the emperor for decision. ”

Shangshu of the Criminal Department swallowed his saliva and did not dare to speak again.

Zuo Zhenkun found Xue Jiabi, and the two came to Prince Ming's mansion together and reported the situation to Wei Qi. Wei Qi asked, "What is the opinion of the two masters?" ”

Xue Jiabi was the first to speak: "This matter is clearly with ulterior motives, and it is aimed at His Highness, knowing that His Highness appreciates Li Zhiqing and the others, and intends to attack them, and by the way, it will also damage His Highness's reputation." ”

Zuo Zhenkun said: "Anyone with a discerning eye can see it, so the prime minister asked the Metropolitan Procuratorate to deal with it alone, that is, to recognize that His Royal Highness would deal with the three of them by himself, the matter is not big, but if it is not handled well, it is easy to settle the truth." ”

Wei Qi nodded and said, "Then how should I deal with it?" ”

Zuo Zhenkun said: "It's easy to return the silver, but it's a little troublesome for people not to deal with it. According to the old practice, the three people will not be demoted, but the punishment and transfer from the pending edict are all due meanings. ”

Xue Jiabi's eyes lit up and said: "I heard His Highness say that the three of them are all dry materials, and it is a waste to stay in the edict place, it is better to take this opportunity to arrange them into important departments, and His Royal Highness will also help." ”

Wei Qidao: "Yes, just use them." ”

Zuo Zhenkun said: "It stands to reason that it is logical to enter the sixth department from the Hanlin Academy, and no one can say anything." ”

Wei Qidao: "Li Zhiqing entered the Ministry of Officials, Zhang Dafu entered the Ministry of Soldiers, and Yuan Xiaoxiu entered the Criminal Department, all of which were dry materials. ”

Zuo Zhenkun pondered for a while and said, "It's a little wrong to enter the ministry." I don't think it's as good as this, His Royal Highness called the three of them to the palace and discussed them face to face. ”

Xue Jiabi said: "Will it be honest to shout to the palace?" ”

Zuo Zhenkun said disdainfully: "What are you afraid of!" Some people have already dared to openly argue with the prince, as the prince, how can they care about these roosters and dog thieves. ”

At this time, Ye Qi, who was listening in the back, couldn't help blurting out: "Okay! Master Zuo is right. ”

Zuo and Xue were startled, and Wei Qi smiled and said, "Seventh sister, come out, the two masters are not outsiders." ”

Ye Qi turned around and appeared from behind the screen, and saluted Zuo and Xue, and after the two returned the salute, Zuo Zhenkun said: "Miss Seven is also a party concerned, and it should be discussed together." ”

Wei Qi ordered someone to invite Li Zhiqing and the three to the palace, and the three soon arrived together. At this time, the three of them already knew Wei Qi's identity, and they were not too surprised when they met and saluted, but they were all surprised when they saw Ye Qi.

Wei Qi smiled: "This is my cousin Miss Ye Qi, I put on makeup at the beginning, and I ask the three brothers to forgive me." ”

Li Zhiqing said: "The prince said that he laughed, how dare we be so presumptuous." It's just that I didn't know the identity of the prince and Miss Seven before, if you are offended, please forgive the prince and Miss Seven. ”

Yuan Xiaoxiu couldn't help but say: "When I was eating in the restaurant that night, Miss Seven found Diao Qiming at once, and I thought that Miss Seven was not a mortal at that time, but I didn't expect that she was a heroine." We have all heard of the deeds of Miss Seven snatching the prince from the hands of the Inspection Division, and we all admire it. ”

Ye Qidao: "Although I am a woman, I have seen many characters outside because of my martial arts and business practice since I was a child. As soon as I saw the three gentlemen, I knew that all three of them were heroes, and it was a blessing for my cousin to have three of them to help. The three of them didn't even dare to say,

Wei Qi told the three of them what they had just discussed and asked for their opinions. Li Zhiqing spoke first: "Lord Zuo is reasonable, the three of us entered the six departments together, and the deeds are too obvious. Either enter the ministry or go out, the three of us are at the behest of the prince. ”

Yuan Xiaoxiu said: "Come and don't be rude." If this time it's just to deal with the three of us, it's obvious that it's coming at the prince, and if they don't fight back, they will find a chance to attack next time. Let me ask the prince first, do you know who is behind the scenes? ”

Xue and Zuo couldn't help but glance at each other, and nodded secretly in their hearts.

Wei Qi hesitated for a moment and said, "Don't hide it, there is no evidence for the time being." ”

Yuan Xiaoxiu said: "The prince can not ask for the time being, but I have figured out some things. This time, it was Diao Qiming, a member of the Criminal Department, who came forward directly, but the people behind the scenes were Ji Zhenyi, the history of General Administration, and senior officials of the Criminal Department. Let's not talk about their purpose, just say that they attack the prince, and I am ready to turn them over. ”

Zuo Zhenkun deliberately asked, "How are you going to deal with them?" ”

Yuan Xiaoxiu didn't answer directly, and arched his hand at Wei Qiyi and said, "Lord, I want to ask myself to be released and let me go to Jiangnan for inspection." ”

Wei Qidao: "Tell me your specific plans." ”

Yuan Xiaoxiu smiled slyly and said, "Do you remember what I told you, that Jiang Army, the secretary of Yuejun Yuhang?" ”

Wei Qidao: "Remember, you said that his hands and eyes are up to the sky. ”

Yuan Xiaoxiu said: "Let me go to Yuhang this time, just do him." By dealing with him, I will be able to stab the heavens of the criminal department for him. ”。

Zuo Zhenkun asked, "Where are you going to start, are you sure?" ”

Yuan Xiaoxiu said: "Does Lord Zuo still remember Lord Huang Zun Huang?" I'll start with the case of him being forced to sell his land. ”