The wild boar asked me: Is the position you are talking about, is it a seat or a ticket?

I replied to him: Hahahahaha!

Chapter 45

The murder of Mao Sui shocked the government and the public.

You know, he is not a lonely and nameless little person, but one of the nine kings of the dynasty, who is directly responsible for the royal family's goods and daily life!

It is true that General Dou leans towards the government and the opposition, and there are countless henchmen, but it is too appalling to openly kill one of the Jiuqing on the street!

Since Dou Jing was crowned King Yan and the fifth son of the Dou family, the other two heroes Guangluxun Geng Rong and Shangshu Ling Pan Hui have invariably distanced themselves from the Dou family.

It's just that estrangement is estrangement, and these families finally maintain the peace on the surface, but after the Shaofu Ling Mao was killed on the street, this shaky balance was instantly broken.

Mao Xuan is one of the Nine Qings, Guangluxun Geng Rong is also one of the Nine Qings, he General Dou can kill Mao Xuan on the street today, can't he kill him Geng Rong tomorrow?

In political struggles, the most important thing is the bottom line, which is like a mirror, and once it is broken, it can never be reunited.

Sima Yi pointed out that Luo Shui swore not to kill Cao Shuang, and then treacherously killed Cao Shuang's entire family, so that no one dared to believe the oath made by his opponent from then on.

The irony is yet to come.

Before Liu Yu established the Song Dynasty, all the kings of Chan Rang were able to save their lives, and after Liu Yu became emperor, he killed the last emperor of the Sima Dynasty, Emperor Gong of Jin, Sima Dewen, and since then, almost all the monarchs of Zen have been killed.

You think that's the end of it?

The former planted the land and the latter reaped, and there were those who received it later.

When the Song Dynasty was approaching, the Xiao clan usurped Liu, and Liu Zhun, the last emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty, asked the people who came with tears in his eyes: "Are you trying to kill me?" ”

The other party replied: "I will take care of you for the rest of your life, just as your ancestors did to Sima." ”

The last emperor, Liu Zhun, knew that he would definitely die, and then uttered the blood-weeping words that will be handed down to future generations: "May the future generations not be reborn in the family of the Heavenly King!" ”

There has always been no shortage of political disagreements and attacks on each other, and it is common for you to promote and demote, but now some ministers have openly dismissed an important minister of the Nine Emperors, and this is already an act that greatly disrupts the rules of the game.

Guangluxun Geng Rong deeply felt the threat, and for the first time he fought with Dou Jingming above the court: "Shaofu Order-one of the nine kings of the dynasty, dare to ask King Yan, what kind of mistake did he commit, you didn't have time to punish the canon, so you ordered the doorman to kill him in front of the public?!" Where do you put the Son of Heaven and the law of the country, and where do you put the hundred officials?! ”

Dou Jing has been going too smoothly lately.

This kind of self-respecting behavior, even when he is the son of heaven, wants to bow down and hold him down, making him feel that he walks in the heavenly palace every day, and his feet are fluttering.

It was precisely because of this that he suddenly found that a voice of praise for virtue was actually mixed with a piercing rebuttal, and he instantly became angry.

Who is hiding in a dark place and eyeing him?!

He actually wanted to be anonymous and expose his sins in front of the Son of Heaven!

Does this person think that the Son of Heaven has the ability to deal with him?!

Dou Jing intercepted this note, and did not let the Son of Heaven see it at all, and then ordered his henchmen to retrieve the file of the note stored in the Shangshu Pavilion, and compared the notes one by one, so that he had to dig out the mouse hidden in the hole.

It's just that he failed.

It is expected that the person who is sparse has already made all preparations and will not reveal his true identity.

Dou Jing's investigation reached an impasse, and he never thought that a henchman who served in the Shaofu would find some clues in a place that ordinary people would not notice.

The paper used by the courtiers has always been specially made by the Shaofu and supplied to the government offices of Chang'an and local prefectures and counties, but there was a small accident in the production of paper by the Paper Department of the Shaofu before, and this batch of paper was slightly darker and yellower than the previous ones.

Fortunately, the quantity of this batch of paper was not large, and it was only slightly inferior, so it did not affect the use, so it was only circulated within the Shaofu and was not distributed to the rest of the government offices.

So the scope of suspicion was instantly narrowed down to Shaofu.

There are not many people in this department who can get this batch of papers, and even fewer are qualified to go to the emperor, and then they are screened by knowing the many illegal things of the Marquis of Wucheng and the Dou family, and Dou Jing quickly determined who the poisonous snake that was secretly peeping at him was.

Shaofu Ling Mao!

This person is the cousin of Shang Shuling Pan Hui, relying on Pan Hui's relationship to get the fat difference of Shaofu Ling, and before that, he was very unhappy because the Dou family asked him for money, and whether it was backed by Shaofu or Pan family, he could easily get those secrets that ordinary people would never know.

Dou Jingbi was fashionable and had a trace of reason, so he only ordered his eldest son, Marquis Wucheng, to send Mao Xuan to the door for a banquet, and never thought that Mao Xuan would not look at it after receiving the invitation, so he threw it under his feet in front of the Dou family and ran it over twice: "I, a slut, how dare I go to the door of King Yan?" If the Marquis of Wucheng really intends to invite me to eat and drink, he might as well spit out the few generals who embezzled Shaofu first, how about it? ”

Since the Dou family is noble, they will inevitably occupy the department with rich oil and water, Mao Xuan is holding the royal family's money bag in his hand, how can the Dou family not reach out to Shaofu?

And for a greedy and miserly miser, having someone take money out of his pocket and not intend to pay anything for it will undoubtedly anger him greatly.

Cutting off people's financial paths, like killing parents, Mao Xuan has his back to Shangshu Ling Pan Hui, and he feels that he is one of the Jiuqing, how can he take the initiative to come to the door after being slapped in the face, wagging his tail and begging for mercy!

Mao Sui felt that everything he did had antecedents, and that the Dou family had stretched their hands too long.

And in the eyes of the Marquis of Wucheng - it was you Mao Sui who stabbed us behind the scenes, and now we don't care about the past suspicions, and kindly invite you to be a guest, but you are shameless!

The Son of Heaven wants to divide my family into three points, what are you?!

So he angrily sent a doorman and killed Mao Xuan in public to vent his anger.

Dou Jing knew that Mao Sui was dead, so he inevitably reprimanded his eldest son a few words, and immediately sent the guest away to avoid trouble.

At this time, when he arrived at the court, Dou Jing was asked by the former alliance on his face, so he was only full of apologies and sighed: "Such a horrific thing, the old man has just heard about it, and after the next dynasty, he will personally go to the Mao family's mansion to worship." ”

He also said sincerely: "The murderer is indeed a guest of my Dou family, but he committed such a murderous act, but it was not at the behest of my family. The inside story of the murder and then the murder is unknown—if someone bribes your doorman to go out to kill and set fires, will you also be held responsible? ”

Geng Rong sneered: "What is going on with this matter, King Yan knows it well, why bother to make such a look and make people laugh!" ”

Dou Jing only didn't understand the sarcasm in his words, and put all his mind on Pan Hui, who had never spoken.

Compared with Geng Rong, the first person to attack, he is the one who should be most angry.

Pan Hui didn't look at Dou Jing, and he didn't even take the initiative to mention Mao Sui, as if it wasn't his cousin who died.

He just put on his clothes and bowed to the Son of Heaven and said, "The minister's book is obscure. ”

Dou Jing's fingers hidden in his sleeves couldn't help curling up, and a dull boredom suddenly came to his heart.

Because he couldn't guess what Pan Hui wanted to do.

Do you want the Son of Heaven to administer justice for him?

Dou Jing's eyelids drooped slightly, and his heart was dark and loose.

If that's the case, it's actually a good thing for him.

This is another opportunity to test the true attitude of the Son of Heaven towards the Dou family.

Skepticism is the basic ability of a politician to survive.

Sitting on top of the mountain, the Son of Heaven, who had been silent, like a clay puppet, was obviously also shocked by this sudden recital, and after a long time, he said "ah", straightened his body, and said: "Speak." ”

Pan Hui then knelt down and said: "The minister is guilty, I hope I ask Your Majesty for forgiveness." ”

He took out a document from his sleeve and began to read it meticulously: "All the officials of this dynasty, whether they are the central court or the local county officials, must be presented to the Son of Heaven through the Shangshu platform. Today, the minister is still in the book, and the prime minister is still in the book, but he doesn't want to steal the courtiers' songs, intending to block the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven and cover up the mouths of my subjects, the ministers are guilty, and the ministers are afraid! ”

The ministers were quiet for a moment, and then the noise suddenly rose, and from time to time some people looked at Dou Jing in disbelief, and then at Pan Hui who was kneeling on the ground.

Dou Jing suddenly changed color.

Pan Hui continued with no waves: "On 1 April, Shangshutai was registered in the register, and 236 copies were received from various official offices and localities, but today, after the minister checked again, he found that only 235 copies of the notes were presented to His Majesty's Imperial Court that day. ”

"It's really a vast supernatural power, and the music sent by hundreds of officials to Shangshutai, someone can see it before the minister's Shangshu order and today's son. Someone can decide for themselves which notes are seen today. If you disobey this person's wishes, not to mention that this recital will sink into the sea, and it will be difficult to save your own life! ”

When Pan Hui said this, he bowed down again and said in a sonorous voice: "The minister thinks that this world is the world of the Mu family, and those who are not the children of the Mu family and seize the country will be attacked by the whole world!" ”

Pan Hui's voice echoed above the main hall, and soon, Guangluxun Geng Rong bowed down and said in a shocking voice: "What Shang Shuling said, the minister thinks it is true!" ”

Even though a large number of courtiers fell to the ground like wheat that had been cut down, the voice of seconding resounded in the hall.

The Dou family openly and humanely destroyed a Jiuqing, obviously breaking through the bottom line of the courtiers.

And Dou Jing had already stretched out his hand to the Shangshutai, and all the notes presented to him had to be seen by him first—who did he think he was!

Did you really put yourself into a child?!

By now, the reason why Mao Xuan was killed in the eyes of the ministers has been revealed.

This Shaofu Ling wrote something that harmed the interests of the Dou family in the song, but he never thought that this song fell into the hands of Dou Jing first, and the latter was angry, so he simply didn't do anything and killed Mao Yu directly.

No one likes a colleague who has no bottom line and is about to kill someone if he doesn't go his way.

Not to mention the courtiers who resolutely supported the Mu family and the other two henchmen who were meritorious in any case, even those who were staggering to the Dou family would have to retreat from General Dou when they saw this.

Dou Jing's arm began to tremble uncontrollably, but he refused to show his decadence.

The rest of the Dou family's henchmen stood in place, looking terrified, their knees frightened, and they almost wanted to fall softly, and they were afraid of the might of King Yan and the great general Dou Jing, and stood trembling in place, as if walking on thin ice.

Dou Jing raised his eyes and looked around, and all he could see was his son-in-law and a few in-laws, and the rest were ......

has long joined the wave of echoing and condemning him.

After many years, Dou Jing finally sensed the creepiness again.

"Old man, ...... minister"

He struggled to find his voice, and even looked at the Son of Heaven on the high platform with a hint of hope: "What Shang Shuling said is reasonable. I would like to ask Your Majesty to make a holy judgment. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely embarrassed.

Ahh

That's a lot of people.

What should I do, and what can I do?

I'm just a puppet.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Dou Jing sympathetically, handed over a reassuring look, and signaled him to rest assured for the time being.

Then he asked Pan Hui: "Shang Shu ordered that the current matter should be handled?" ”

Seeing this, Dou Jing's anxious heart temporarily stabilized, and he even felt a little grateful to this son of heaven who had always been despised by him.

With Pan Hui and a group of courtiers in trouble, doing this now is already showing goodwill to him.

Pan Hui said: "The minister thoroughly investigated the events of that day, and all the people who had contact with the music were detained and examined separately, and all the evidence pointed to one person -- Langguan Chu Daolong!" ”

Dou Jing's heart chuckled.

Chu Daolong was the person who reported to him in Shangshutai.

The Son of Heaven paused for a moment, and then asked, "What did this person say?" ”

A trace of coldness overflowed from Pan Hui's lips: "He didn't say anything, and after he was caught, he bit his tongue and committed suicide." The minister thought, probably because the power of the people behind the scenes was monstrous, Chu Daolong was afraid in his heart. If he commits suicide, he will only die alone, but if he confesses, he is afraid that the whole family will die! ”