Du Zhongxiao looked at the newspaper and suddenly laughed out loud. Han Yueniang was eating a green plum on the side, and she glanced at him and said, "Take a good look at the morning newspaper, and suddenly laugh, which is scary." The Imperial Court Newspaper, is there still a joke in it! ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "It shouldn't have been, but this time it's really a joke." There is a madman Leng Qing, whose mother is a palace maid released from the palace, and he said that he is the prince of the abandoned people. accompanied by the same demon monk Gao Ji'an, who swaggered and deceived in the capital, and there were many people who believed in it. Xu Xiucai, who came to take refuge last year, was almost deceived when he was in the capital. Not long ago, Leng Qing went to the palace guards to go into the palace to recognize his relatives, and was taken to Kaifeng Mansion. As soon as he entered the mansion, he shouted: 'How can Mingyi not be able to afford it!' Qian Mingyi, the prefect of Kaifeng, really stood up when he heard this. Now the Taiwanese admonition is constantly writing books, saying that Qian Mingyi has no prestige and can't be Jingyin. Isn't it ridiculous that such a thing should happen! ”

The dignified prefect of Kaifeng was so frightened by the words of a madman who pretended to be crazy and stupid that he stood up, this Qian Mingyi really lost the face of the court officials. Not to mention a pretending prince, that is, the prince, when he arrived at the lobby of Kaifeng Mansion, the prefect should not stand up. Qian Mingyi was the fastest promoted official in the Song Dynasty so far, and he was so hasty, and I don't know how he was promoted.

Han Yueniang had no interest in Qian Mingyi, her gossip heart ignited, and she hurriedly asked, "How is that prince?" Is it true or false? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "How can it be true! The palace maid is pregnant and released from the palace, are all the people in the palace blind? ”

Han Yueniang bit the plum and said, "That's very difficult to say." The world is so big that there are no surprises. I listened to the storyteller in Vasheri, and there was a large family where the concubine and maidservant were pregnant, and they were driven out of the house by the mistress. Many years later, the son grew up and came back to recognize his relatives, and the family was reunited. - Alas, by the way, I heard a story two days ago, a servant girl was pregnant, kicked out of the house and suffered countless hardships, and then her son was angry and passed the Jinshi examination. ”

Du Zhongxiao said with a smile: "The storyteller told those stories, and he made them up by himself. One is that you people like to listen, and they make some money. Another sarcastic exhortation to the world, a woman is jealous of the family's disadvantage, how many words are true? That kind of thing is rare, not to say no. Not to mention the royal family, it is a big family, how many people will do things so sloppily? ”

Han Yueniang said: "How do you know it's made up?" The one who was admitted to the Jinshi has a name and a surname. ”

Du Zhongxiao smiled and shook his head: "Have a name and a surname?" In which year did you pass the Jinshi exam? Since the Tang Dynasty, there has been a directory of Jinshi, can you find it? If it was five generations of troubled times, then there would be all kinds of strange things, when I didn't say it. At that time, it was useless to pass the Jinshi examination. ”

Han Yueniang thought for a while and said, "This kind of thing, of course, is a peaceful and prosperous world, which one likes to listen to things in troubled times!" - By the way, you said that the prince, what happened to him? Did the official family invite them into the palace to confess their relatives with blood or something? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "How many things do the emperor do every day, where can he be so nonsense." Qian Mingyi sentenced him to confuse the public with wild words and sent him to Yexian County to dig coal. However, the verdict of this case is confused, and the courtiers are writing to ask for a retrial. ”

Han Yueniang frowned: "Why are you confused?" The official family did not recognize their relatives, nor did they say no, and it was a very serious crime to distribute them. One day in the future, maybe you really recognize it as the prince, please go to the palace, how dare you sentence it severely! ”

Du Zhongxiao could only sigh: "It's because you people love to think blindly that you say that Qian Mingyi is confused and doesn't know what he did." What can the emperor say when he encounters this kind of thing? Say that this Leng Qing is not the prince, let Kaifeng Mansion deal with it? This is the beginning, and that's okay. There are hundreds of palace maids released in the palace, what should everyone do like this? Not to mention, as soon as the emperor speaks, someone will think, is it possible that the palace queen has been lucky? There are a hundred mouths, and I can't tell clearly. The emperor can't say anything in this case, and the officials just need to understand it, so they are afraid that it will not be clear. is really a prince, then he will be introduced into the palace early, and the hundred officials are anxious for the royal heir. If not, then it's not a sin to be allocated, and it's worth pretending to be a prince? Heavy penalties must be meted out. ”

Han Yueniang glanced at Du Zhongxiao, concentrated on eating plums, and ignored him anymore. Who cares about how to do this, how to do Qian Mingyi, obviously he just wants to hear an interesting story, be with the women, and have some conversations.

To Han Yueniang's ears, this matter has the potential for gossip, and the prince who is in exile can arouse people's interest as soon as he hears it. In Du Zhongxiao's view, it was just that the officials were incompetent, and they deserved to be attacked by the officials of the DPRK and China.

Qian Mingyi's mind is not difficult to guess. His intellect told him that it could never be true, so he convicted and sentenced. In the peaceful era, there was no fierce palace struggle, and the prince was in exile among the people, who would believe it? For thousands of years, there have been cases of princes living among the people, such as Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, which is the most famous one. But which one is not a name and a surname, there is a spectrum to check, there are clear witnesses and life trajectories. There is a pregnant palace maid who leaves the palace and gives birth to a dragon species, and when the palace is the soil of the rich man in the countryside. But Qian Mingyi is not responsible, although he knows that it is fake, he is still afraid that if it is true, the emperor did not speak after all, and he will not be able to bear it in the future. It's just a distribution, leaving a way out anyway.

How can the emperor talk about this kind of thing? It's really impossible, but if you say it's fake and let out so many palace maids, there will always be people who guess if it's true. The officials who handle it must shoulder their responsibilities, ascertain the facts, and justify the punishment. This time I was confused, and maybe I will come back in a few years. Left and right is just a crime of distribution, and it is good to be a prince and cheat to eat and drink among the people. In the end, in order to prevent this kind of thing from happening, won't you let the palace maid come out in the future? A moral policy cannot be carried out.

When later generations talk about this matter, they will often comment wisely that the emperor is confused and weak, and he only needs to say a word, but he doesn't say it, and finally causes a lot of turmoil. Insisting on this matter is the shining point of some officials, such as Bao Zheng, and their personal morality at this time.

In fact, it is a simple case, including political factors and Qian Mingyi's personal reasons, which made the matter bigger. The failure to handle this case shows that Qian Mingyi lacks political sensitivity and is not a material for being a minister. Of course, being born in a Qian family, it may also be one of the reasons for this kind of thing.

Han Jiang was still the official of Kaifeng Mansion at this time, insisted on opposing Qian Mingyi's decision, and asked for a retrial in the last chapter. Han Jiang's identity had to do this, otherwise he would not be able to get rid of Qian Mingyi after dealing with him. Han Jiang could see that Du Zhongxiao was too lazy to care about it, so it was a joke.

Putting down the court newspaper, Du Zhongxiao said: "Since I pacified Wang Ze, the past two years have been really peaceful, and there is nothing to do in the world." If it weren't for the fact that rich Mingyi and foolish people occasionally made jokes, the Chaobao would have looked boring. ”

Han Yueniang said: "What are these words?" The first thing we said when we listened to the opera and sang the opera was that there was nothing to do in the world at this time, and it was really a peaceful world. Hearing this, everyone shouted hello. You are an official, how can you still hope that the world is not peaceful? Isn't it good to be a good official? ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "With the size of the world, how can it be too peaceful." It's like a river, the wider it is, the more calm it looks, but in fact, there is an undercurrent surging underneath. When it comes to galloping, it's a big deal. If it is a small stream, it will toss when it encounters branches and rocks, but it is not a big deal. ”

Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao sighed: "It's not that I'm looking forward to something happening in the world, but there is something in the world, and it seems that there is nothing to do on the surface, just close your eyes from top to bottom and pretend not to see." With the size of China, the so-called Taiping is just a whitewash of Taiping, and it is right that there are things every year. ”

Han Yueniang shook her head and ignored Du Zhongxiao. After eating the plums, he said: "Although Fancheng is lively here, I can't get used to it." I always want to be quiet these days, and if you take a break from it, we will go to live in the camp and the yamen. ”