NovelBonte Chapter 142 Trouble
Chapter 142 Trouble
Chapter 142 Trouble
In Xiezhou government office, Zhao Zhen was sitting in front of the desk in a daze. He had just received Bao Zheng and wanted to recruit Bao Zheng, but Bao Zheng declined.
Back then Li Liu'er was kidnapped from Luzhou to Jiezhou, and Bao Zheng was able to find Jiezhou all the way with clues, which shows that he still has the ability to investigate cases.
Moreover, when Fan Zhongyan interrogated the officials involved in the case, Zhao Zhen sent Bao Zheng to assist him. Not only did he get twice the result with half the effort, but he also found out the stolen money hidden by many corrupt officials.
So Zhao Zhen loves talents, and wants to give Bao Zheng a vacant position first, let him stay by his side and be a close minister first.But unexpectedly Bao Zheng refused.
Li Liuer has not been home for more than a year since she was kidnapped. Before Bao Zheng came, her mother-in-law even fell ill because of the loss of her beloved daughter, so Bao Zheng planned to return to Luzhou with Li Liuer to reunite with her family.
Although being appreciated by today's officials is what all scholars in the world dream of, Bao Zheng is an exception. He wants to pass the imperial examination and enter the officialdom with dignity.
Everyone has their own aspirations, and Zhao Zhen didn't force it in the end. After all, if history is followed, Bao Zheng passed the Jinshi examination in the fifth year of Tiansheng, and he was just waiting for a year. It's okay to give some guidance, but if it's hard to backfire, it won't be counterproductive, so it's better to let nature take its course.
"Squeak~"
The door was pushed open, and Shen Moran walked in, smiled at Zhao Zhen, and handed him a booklet.
"what is this?"
Zhao Zhen didn't flip through the booklet, but asked Shen Moran directly.
"Official family! Previously, Qian Weiguan deducted the belongings of many merchants. Many merchants came to me and wanted me to tell Mr. Fan to return their belongings to them, so I made statistics and recorded them in a book. Let the officials take a look, and if there are no mistakes, I will ask the merchants to come to the government office to collect their goods!"
Shen Moran has been busy with the salt reform for the past few days.
Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "I can rest assured that you will do the work. Besides, I said that the reform of Jieyan will be left to you. Just do it boldly. By the way, I plan to let Fan Zhongyan be the magistrate of Jiezhou. Fan Zhongyan is the governor of Jiezhou. With capable ministers and officials, with him in charge of Jiezhou, the reform of Jieyan will be carried out smoothly. If you have any bold ideas, just try them. In addition, after I return, I will issue an edict to exempt Jiezhou from taxes for one year."
"By the way! Have you found Xiaoqing's remains?"
Zhao Zhen asked again.
"Official family! With the help of the Su family, I have found it, but it has been completely changed. I think I must have suffered inhuman abuse in my next life. It is really hateful. If I knew it, I would not let her"
Shen Moran said with a bit of heartache, after all, Xiaoqing loves her like a sister, and she is her second-in-command.
Zhao Zhen got up and walked to her, took her into his arms, and comforted her: "Okay, it's all over, no one wants to do this, after all, they are the same age, let's bury her properly!"
"Ok!"
Shen Moran responded in a low voice, and then suddenly took out an account book from his arms and handed it to Zhao Zhen, saying: "Officials! This is the account book that the Su family got the money to bribe the court ministers, and the Su family felt implicated." There are so many people, so I didn't hand it over to Mr. Fan, but privately handed it over to me, and I want me to hand it over to you, the official!"
"Oh! Really?"
Zhao Zhen picked up the account book and put it aside. He was not in a hurry to look through it. He didn't know what the officialdom of the Song Dynasty was like.
"The slave family is busy these days making new salt planting policies for the salt farmers, as well as doing business with merchants. Mrs. Su and Ms. Liu have helped a lot. Officials, I want to recruit them into the Royal Chamber of Commerce. I plan to focus on cultivating it, I don’t know if it’s possible?”
Shen Moran asked.
"Moran, the Royal Chamber of Commerce is equivalent to a huge group. If this group wants to stay in the leading position, then the support of the rulers is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it needs to constantly introduce new blood. I also understand this, Su I have asked Jin Yiwei to investigate the identities of Shi and Miss Liu, so you can cultivate and reuse them with confidence, after all, it is good for you to relax a bit if someone can help you share the burden!"
Zhao Zhen replied.
"You care about me?"
Shen Moran turned to look at Zhao Zhen.
"If I didn't care about you, I wouldn't come to Jiezhou in person. As far as I am concerned, Jieyan doesn't have to reform, and I can even let corrupt officials in Jiezhou go, but you must not make any mistakes, because you are My wife!"
Zhao Zhen looked at her affectionately.
Shen Moran's smile became even brighter, because she knew that this man who didn't love her at the beginning had fallen in love with her now. Although she was only one of his many women, she was already content.
"By the way! Official, I just saw Bao Zheng leaving in a carriage? He is a literary star of the Song Dynasty. Why don't you keep him?"
Shen Moran asked suddenly.
"What? Could it be that you also fell in love with that bag of black charcoal?"
Zhao Zhen couldn't help asking.
"How can there be! I just want to ask if Bao Zheng has a man named Gongsun Ce by his side. By the way, the most important thing is the little monk Zhan Zhao. If he acts as a guard by the official's side, the safety of the official's house must be safe." No worries!"
Shen Moran smiled.
"Zhan Zhao and Gongsun Ce are fictional characters, they don't exist!"
Zhao Zhen smiled wryly.
"That's it! I thought they were all real!"
Most of Shen Moran's understanding of the Song Dynasty still rests on the TV series "Youth Bao Qingtian" he watched as a child.
"By the way! Officials, I have to go to Mr. Fan to discuss things, so I'm leaving first!"
Shen Moran suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said to Zhao Zhen.
"Moran! You stay with me!"
Zhao Zhen said suddenly.
"I will have plenty of time to spend with you in the future, so why bother with this little time in front of me, not to mention I have important things to deal with!"
Shen Moran comforted.
"Okay! Go and deal with it!"
Zhao Zhen sat in front of the chair a little disappointed, picked up the brochure given by Shen Moran and read it. Shen Moran didn't say anything when he saw this, and hurried out to find Fan Zhongyan to get the approval letter to return the merchants' property to them , Thinking that everything has been dealt with before coming to accompany Zhao Zhen.
"Report to the officials! The army is ready and ready to return to Beijing at any time!"
Zhang Kang reported to Zhao Zhen.
"Okay! Let me know, we will leave after a stick of incense."
Just as Zhao Zhen finished speaking, Shen Moran suddenly walked in and asked in surprise: "Guan family! Are you leaving tonight?"
Seeing this, Zhang Kang had no choice but to salute, then stepped back and closed the door behind him.
"Yes! In order not to disturb the people, I plan to return to Beijing tonight!"
Zhao Zhen smiled.
"Can't you stay a few more days?"
Shen Moran said softly.
"This time I am going on tour in a micro-clothes. The ministers of the court don't know that I am in Jiezhou. I only have 49 days. It has been more than a month now. If I don't go back, it will be too late. Moreover, Mr. Fan is under my instruction. Sexually executed so many civil servants, it must be reported to the court soon, it will definitely cause an uproar, lest there is something wrong with the government, I need to go back immediately!"
Zhao Zhen explained to her.
"That's it! I still want to spend these few days with you!"
Shen Moran said a little disappointed.
"Then you should finish handling the affairs of Jiezhou early so that you can go back early. By the way, I left a battalion of soldiers and horses in Jiezhou. In addition, Yang Chongxun also left you for guarding matters. You go to him, by the way, take care of yourself and don't worry me!"
As Zhao Zhen said, he kissed Shen Moran's forehead, reluctantly glanced at her, and then walked out.
Shen Moran suddenly grabbed Zhao Zhen's sleeve, then opened the door first, and said to Zhang Kang who was standing outside: "General Zhang, the official has orders, and there are still some things to explain. After an hour, the army will be here. Set off!"
Zhang Kang hurriedly responded: "Yes! Mrs. Shen! The last general will go down and make arrangements!"
"Moran, what are you doing?"
Zhao Zhen asked in puzzlement.
After Shen Moran closed the door, he threw himself into Zhao Zhen's arms with a red face, and whispered: "Guanjia! Don't you miss me?"
"Of course I want to! I think about it all the time!"
Zhao Zhen replied hurriedly.
"Then don't hurry up!"
Shen Moran said in a low voice with a red face.
Zhao Zhen suddenly understood, picked up the beauty, and walked towards the bed
Kaifeng Imperial Palace, Ciyuan Hall, the concubine Yang was reading a book while Liu E was listening carefully. This kind of life has lasted for more than a month.
The servant Zhang Jingsheng hurried in and said to the Queen Mother Liu E: "Queen! Zhang Xianggong, Wang Xianggong, Lu Xianggong, Lu Xianggong, Cao Xianggong, please meet the Queen Mother, saying that there is something important to discuss with the Queen Mother!"
Liu E thought for a while and said, "Broadcast!"
"I will pay my respects to the Empress Dowager, and to Concubine Yang!"
Several court officials said in unison.
Liu E opened his mouth and asked, "Waiting for the ceremony, several gentlemen came together, I don't know what it is?"
A few people glanced at each other, and the prime minister Zhang Zhibai said: "To the Empress Dowager, the previous officials ordered Fan Zhongyan to go to Xiezhou to thoroughly investigate the matter of the Imperial Merchant. Now the news has come that Fan Zhongyan has found out the mastermind behind the attack on the Imperial Merchant. Xiezhou Zhizhou Qian Weiguan, Xiezhou officials are often involved in this matter, and the ministers are here for this matter!"
Liu E said, "What? Did Fan Zhongyan mishandle it?"
Wang Zeng said: "Returning to the Queen Mother, it is reasonable to say that this case involves such officials, the mastermind Qian Weiguan should be executed, and the rest of the officials should be relegated or exiled, but Fan Zhongyan beheaded more than [-] officials in one go One official involved in the case, the rest of the officials will also be severely punished, I think this is not too much! "
Lu Zongdao said: "Queen Mother, I have always treated the scholar-bureaucrats favorably. Fan Zhongyan's killing is too heavy, and I think it is not advisable."
Cao Li said: "The officials ordered Fan Zhongyan to be an imperial envoy, because they wanted Fan Zhongyan to find out about the robbing of the Jiezhou imperial merchants. As a result, Fan Zhongyan killed the officials of Jiezhou. The minister thought that the court should quickly call Fan Zhongyan back to Beijing for questioning."
Liu E knew that even though Fan Zhongyan was honest and selfless, he would not dare to issue this order. This order must have come from an official.After thinking it over clearly, Liu E asked, "How does Prime Minister Zhang view this matter?"
Zhang Zhibai said: "Report to the Empress Dowager, Fan Zhongyan's letter is still on the way, what is the real situation in Xiezhou, I don't know, only rely on the letters from Xiezhou officials to know one or two, In addition, the official family will leave the customs in three days. I think it is better to wait for three days. When it comes, Fan Zhongyan's son will also arrive, and the time for the official family's retreat will just end. How to deal with it is left to the officials!"
Zhang Zhibai had some vague guesses in his heart, so he decided to delay the time. After three days, the officials must make a decision.
Cao Lili said: "Before the official retreat, there was a decree left. During the retreat, if the ministers had different opinions, all political affairs would be left to the Queen Mother for decision. Queen Mother, this matter is important, and the old minister suggested that Fan Zhongyan be dismissed immediately. Check it out!"
Cao used this move to tell Liu E that she, the queen mother, has the final say on the current government affairs.
"Although the Ai family is a woman, they also know that changing generals on the battlefield is a taboo for military strategists. Therefore, whether to revoke Fan Zhongyan's matter, the Ai family needs to discuss it with Concubine Yang. You are all important officials of the court, and you will also discuss it carefully when you go back. , finally come up with a proper method, and then go down to deal with government affairs!"
After Liu E finished speaking, he issued an order to expel the guests.
The next day, Cao Lili went to the palace with Lu Yijian and others to see the Empress Dowager Liu E, but he didn't want Liu E to shirk on the grounds of being unwell.
At the same time, the court ministers impeached Fan Zhongyan's letters one after another. On the second day, someone leaked the news, and the news spread to the Imperial College. He wrote the letter, but in the end he was suppressed by Liu E.
Many ministers in the court have received money for filial piety. They know that since Fan Zhongyan dared to behead so many officials, he must have grasped a lot of evidence of their crimes. out.
They were deeply afraid that the letter submitted by Fan Zhongyan was a letter that recorded their bribery, so they wrote letters to impeach Fan Zhongyan. As long as Fan Zhongyan can be dismissed and investigated, then the matter will be turned into nothing, and they can also escape. doomed.
Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager Liu E remained motionless, all the letters were kept in the middle, and all the ministers who entered the palace to seek an audience were all gone.
Seeing this, many ministers related to this matter wanted to intercept and kill the messenger, but Fan Zhongyan's letter was brought back by Zhang Kang, no matter how courageous they were, it would be useless.
Ever since, they colluded with the scholars of the Guozijian and fanned the flames, attracting the doctors, lecturers, and hundreds of students of the Guozijian to sit in front of the palace gate, begging the court to replace Fan Zhongyan, and forgive the officials involved in the case.
A large number of scholars and officials gathered outside the palace, and there was no peace in the palace.
Because Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Chu, Zhao Yuanyan, King of Zhou, Zhao Yunrang, King of Pingkang County, Zhao Yunbi, King of Ankang County and other royal families entered the palace to see the Queen Mother Liu E.
Liu E naturally dared not see her this time.
Several princes and counties clamored to see the official family. Liu E had run out of good things to say, but no one would listen. Zhao Yuanyan, the eighth king, wondered whether the official family was put under house arrest by Liu E.
All of a sudden, the servants knew that Yan Wenying had come in, and said loudly: "The officials said: I have learned about the affairs of the court. Tomorrow, the Xuanzheng Palace will be held in the Xuanzheng Palace. The Jiezhou matter will be resolved!"
"The minister takes orders!"
Seeing this, the Eighth King Zhao Yuanyan dragged the King of Chu away, but Zhao Yunrang's face turned livid.
Outside the Suzaku gate of the imperial city, all the scholars of the Imperial College, as well as some officials in the court, were here. Because they knelt for too long, some old officials could not bear it anymore and passed out, but they had no intention of leaving at all. I have to say, On the point of safeguarding the interests of scholars, the willpower of Song Dynasty officials is indestructible.
Suddenly, a pair of royal guards came in a neat line, and then surrounded the crowd. Many ministers and students from the Imperial College turned pale instantly, wondering what the officials were doing?Do you want to learn from Qin Shihuang?
The commander of Jinyiwei, Zhang Yong, went to the front, opened the imperial decree and read aloud: "I already know the request of the students and officials of the Imperial College, and I will hold a grand meeting in the Xuanzheng Hall tomorrow. All sentient beings from the Guozijian will disperse immediately, and those who violate the edict will be dismissed from the school and distributed to the frontiers, and will never be hired!"
"We are going to see the official family now~"
A Guozijian student suddenly shouted.
Zhang Yong pulled out the Xiuchun knife, and then shouted loudly: "Take it!"
Earlier, two Jin Yiwei walked among the students and snatched them out like chickens.
Seeing that Jin Yiwei was really moving, the scholars of the Imperial College quickly got up and limped away.
(End of this chapter)