On the first day of the first month of February, the morning dynasty.

Shuowang Day is in the front hall of Wende Hall, regardless of whether the box is a box or not, the promotion of the court officials should participate, the number of people is heavy, and the etiquette is extremely complicated. According to the convention, the early dynasty of Wende Hall generally did not deal with any specific government affairs, and the ceremonial officials retired from the court. If there is any urgent official business, wait until the front hall retreats from the court and then discuss it in the temple.

The officials are like ceremonies, and the officials who praise the honor will announce the end of the early dynasty.

In the imperial history, Cheng Han Yi suddenly came out of the queue and said loudly: "The minister has something to play!" ”

This sudden attack caught the officials who maintained order at the court meeting by surprise.

Zhao Zhen was already about to get up and go back to eat, but when he heard Han Yi's performance, he had to sit down again.

Han Yidao: "Yesterday was closed, and it was rare for the minister to have a reunion with his family, but he didn't want hundreds of officials from the three divisions to gather in front of my house and shout insults, and even smashed the courtyard with bricks and stones. In the peaceful and prosperous era, the officials insulted the ministers so much, and they had no way to see the world, if they were not severely punished, where would the majesty of the court be! ”

The Wende Hall was tall, and Han Yi's voice reverberated endlessly.

Most of the ministers knew what happened yesterday, and after listening to Han Yi's words, they had all kinds of ideas, and their expressions were even more varied, some were indignant, and some were gloating.

As soon as Han Yi's words fell, Lu Yi said simply: "Yesterday, those little officials also went to the Weichen Mansion, and in order to avoid accidents, the door in my mansion was closed. They made a fuss outside the door, and then left on their own, never wanting to mess around like this in the Han Yushi Mansion. ”

went to the prime minister and the imperial history mansion to make trouble, and simply didn't take the court in his eyes, Zhao Zhen was so angry that his face changed, and he asked in a deep voice: "Which other house have they been to?" Speak up! ”

Wang Zeng stepped forward and said, "I also went to Weichen's house." ”

It turned out that none of the two prime ministers was missed, and Zhao Zhen's voice trembled a little: "Is there any trouble?" ”

"Not really." Wang Zeng sighed in his heart, he couldn't have done it today. Weichen thought that these little officials would not make trouble out of thin air, so he gave them pen and paper and asked them to write a pleading, which was supposed to be played today. The officials only said that it was because Han Yushi asked for the redundancy of the three divisions to be cut and their food, clothing and jobs were broken, so they made trouble. The minister thought that there might be something hidden in the matter, so it was better to deal with it prudently. ”

Lu Yijian ignored any hidden words, turned around and asked Wang Zeng: "So, the prime minister has already written down the names of the officials who made trouble yesterday?" Do you remember everything? ”

"Yes, I've written it down." Wang Zeng had no choice but to answer stubbornly.

Yesterday, he asked the troublemakers to write down their names and write a pleading, and Wang Zeng did have the intention of leaving their names to facilitate the handling of the matter afterwards. But the conscience of heaven and earth, Wang Zeng did have the idea of avenging the grievances of the officials, if they did have grievances.

I didn't want the public officials to make such a fuss yesterday, not only rushed into the Prime Minister's Mansion, but also went to the imperial historian's house to smash and insult. The matter has reached this point, there is no reason to talk about it, and it must be severely punished.

"It's good to have a name. If the troublemakers this time are not severely punished, where will they be able to control these petty officials in the future. Lu Yijian looked angry. The ministers asked the three divisions and Kaifeng Mansion to arrest people according to the list of the princes, and the scepter headed by them was matched with Salmon Island, and those who blindly obeyed should also be removed from the list and never hired! ”

Zhao Zhen was about to agree, but Wang Zeng suddenly bowed his hand: "The minister thinks that the decision cannot be so hasty, there are still many unclear things about yesterday's matter, it is not good to make a decision on this, please think twice." ”

Lu Yijian said: "What else is not clear?" Rushing into the Prime Minister's Mansion and insulting the imperial history, the facts are there. Xianggong has a list of these petty officials, just take people according to the list, why waste your lips and tongues! ”

Wang Zeng's face remained unchanged: "What kind of place is Kaifeng Mansion?" At the foot of the Son of Heaven, in the first good district, hundreds of people gather in broad daylight, passing through the streets and alleys as if entering a no-man's land. Dare to ask where are the people in Kaifeng Mansion yesterday? Why didn't anyone intervene to stop it? The officials made trouble for almost a whole day, and it was not in a hurry that they had no time to go on a business trip. ”

At this time, Cheng Lin couldn't pretend to be stupid, and said: "There was a murder outside the city yesterday, and Weichen and his messengers waited out of the city early in the morning, and they didn't come back until the sun went down, and I really didn't hear about it." ”

Xu Ping heard this in the crowd and sneered in his heart. This must have been done by the public officials, who probably didn't have the courage to deliberately make a homicide, but they could report the murder at this time. It's all a coincidence, everything is done seamlessly, and the boss won't have any flaws even if he checks it out.

Moreover, it is difficult to say whether Cheng Lin of Kaifeng Mansion will intentionally shield them. These little officials became a climate, but it was when Cheng Lin was the third envoy, with Cheng Lin's shrewdness and ability, if there was no news at all, Xu Ping was the first to disbelieve it.

Wang Zeng said: "If the prefect is not there, Kaifeng Mansion cannot do without other subordinate officials." ”

Cheng Lin arched his hand: "When the lower official went out of the city, he entrusted all the affairs in the house to the official Ming Ho. ”

Zhao Zhen saw that things were getting more and more complicated, and he was already a little unhappy in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Ming Hao, since you were in the mansion yesterday, why didn't you send a public official to stop it?" ”

Ming Ho stepped forward with the gate staff and bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, my subordinates were on duty yesterday, and they were checking the money and food in the embassy account from morning to night, and no one came to report the trouble of the three officials, and Weichen really had no reason to know. ”

The Kaifeng prefect has left and right halls, which are divided by the officials and assist the prefect. Nominally, the left and right departments have the same duties, and they also work with the same yamen, and the meaning of dividing the left and right is only to let them supervise each other. In fact, the officials still have their own emphasis, Ming Ho is in charge of the Southern Division, the main inspector of the embassy, in charge of the household registration, money and food, etc., and the prison is relatively less involved.

At this point, the investigation could not be carried out in the main hall, so I had to send someone to investigate it in detail afterwards.

Zhao Zhen endured the anger in his heart and ordered: "After the next dynasty, the Yushitai will join with the Kaifeng Mansion to strictly investigate why there were no officials patrolling the capital yesterday, and there is no report to the chief if there is such a major event. ”

Han Yi and Cheng Lin led the decree together.

At this time, Lu Yijian stepped forward and played: "The shortcomings of Kaifeng Mansion can be slowly investigated in detail in the future, and the three officials have lost the imperial court system when making trouble, and they must be strictly governed." Please send the leader of the weapon to Salmon Island, and the rest of the blind obedience will be stopped and will never be hired! ”

Hearing that Lu Yijian kept saying that he would immediately punish yesterday's public officials, the more Xu Ping listened, the more he felt that something was wrong. If those people are assigned and those who should be sent are distributed, and those who want to investigate the mastermind behind the scenes will not be able to find out afterwards.

Seeing that Wang Zeng no longer objected, Xu Ping said loudly: "The minister thinks it is inappropriate, and he must make a decision after careful investigation!" ”

"Xu Ping, come forward to speak!"

Zhao Zhen sat high and saw far away, and when he saw Xu Ping in the crowd opposing, he ordered him to step forward.

Xu Ping stepped forward and saluted: "The minister thinks that there are many suspicious things yesterday, and it takes time to investigate them in detail, so you can't make a decision in a hurry." It's better to wait and find things out first. ”

Lu Yijian glanced at Xu Ping and said coldly, "What's suspicious?" ”

"The day before yesterday, the imperial court decided to lay off the redundant personnel of the three divisions, and only one night later, yesterday there were hundreds of officials of the three divisions to make trouble. Not to mention these officials of the three divisions, how many officials in the DPRK and China know about this? If no one deliberately agitated behind them, would it be possible to gather these people in such a short time? As for the leaders of the group, they are just going back and forth, how can they encourage hundreds of people to follow? If you don't figure things out, Wechen is only afraid that this kind of thing will be difficult to stop! ”

Lu Yi said with a smile: "Xu Ping, you know things better than us——"

Xu Ping bowed his hand to Lu Yijian: "Xianggong, the lower official is the deputy envoy of salt and iron, and he is in charge of the military case. As soon as the news got yesterday, Judge Liu Xin took someone to investigate. It's just that it happened suddenly, and there are not enough people in the three divisions to disperse them, so they can only knock on the side to find out what is going on and who is behind the scenes. ”

Lu Yijian said: "Have you checked it out?" ”

"It's not time yet. Before the early dynasty, I had asked Liu Xin to arrest people according to the information I got yesterday, and I could only wait until after the interrogation to have some eyebrows. ”

At this time, Emperor Zhao Zhen also felt that things were not simple, and asked Wang Zeng, who couldn't speak: "Xu Ping is also reasonable, what does the prime minister think?" ”

Wang Zeng said: "The military case is under the Salt and Iron Division, Xu Ping is in charge of those officials of the Third Division who are making trouble, and the minister thinks that this matter cannot bypass him." However, the Yushitai and Kaifeng Prefecture will handle the case together with the Salt and Iron Division, mainly the Salt and Iron Division. ”

When Lu Yijian heard this, his face showed displeasure, and he was about to step forward to object, but he heard Zhao Zhen say above: "According to what Wang Zeng said, this case will be tried by Yushitai, Kaifeng Mansion and the Salt and Iron Division. Han Yi and Cheng Lin each selected capable officials to assist Xu Ping in the Salt and Iron Division, and after the results were obtained, they went to the court to listen to the referee. ”

Xu Ping, Han Yi, and Cheng Lin were busy receiving orders together.

The emperor Chrysostom, and the matter was settled.

Although Lu Yijian was full of reluctance, he could only keep his mouth shut, and glared fiercely at Xu Ping, who came out to stir up the situation.

After Xu Ping received the order, he didn't say a word, no one looked at it, and the old monk was settled.

Lu Yijian has been in power for so many years, and he loves to play with power, and it is reasonable for the officials to form a big net when they collude up and down. Only in this way can he truly be invincible in the court, and even if he replaces all his henchmen, there is still a way to make a comeback. Because of many things, others simply can't handle them in this situation.

However, above the court, except for Xu Ping, no one would suspect Lu Yijian. No matter how anxious he was to deal with the officials who made trouble yesterday, others would only regard it as his resentment that he was going to leave the house and be besieged.

As for Xu Ping, he also knew in his heart that he was only suspicious of Lu Yijian, and this suspicion could never be confirmed. When he is the prime minister, he will leave the handle of colluding with the officials, if Lu Yijian will make such a mistake, he will not have today's prestige. Some prime ministers will make such small mistakes, but Lu Yijian will never make them. (To be continued.) )