Red House Shoufu

Chapter 299
Before dawn, although Lin Shu was sleepy, he was surprised by the news reported by Wang Lun and no longer felt sleepy at all.

Following three whips, Lin Shu followed the team into Fengtian Hall.The New Year's Grand Meeting is still a familiar process.

After three prostrations and nine kowtows, Lin Shu stood up and looked towards Wu Xun, but he did not see Jia She.On the contrary, Zhongshun Wang Gao Yongheng was standing behind the two old princes, holding the old god in his hands.

Because of the New Year's seal, a lot of official affairs have been accumulated in half a month. Except for military and political affairs that need to be taken over by the emperor, most of them are arranged by Wei Qinghe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, after listening to the report.

Lin Shu hid in the ranks of the Hanlin Academy, leaning against the pillars in the hall and drowsy. At least for the first half an hour, there would be nothing that would concern him at the Grand Court.

For example, the payment of salaries on the nine sides, a certain chieftain in the southwest needs imperial seals, and the navy in the southeast needs to send money to repair the ships. Anyway, it is the household secretary Wen Tongxuan who is worried. No, the old man's face is darkened!
Until Wei Qinghe skillfully assigned these matters, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became extremely strange.

Because the shocking news came from the Confucian Temple, Li Shouzhong, the former Guozijian sacrificial wine, knelt in front of the statue of Confucianism in the Confucian Temple, holding a certificate, crying that there is no justice, and there is no justice!
The rare anecdote in a century is actually staged today.The civil and military officials in the palace couldn't help but look at Majesty Dan, wanting to see what the emperor would choose.

Li Wei, the son of Li Shouzhong, was beaten and seriously injured by Gao Wanhong, the son of the loyal and trustworthy prince.

Shuntian Mansion did not dare to accept the Li family's petition, so Li Shouzhong handed the petition directly to the Secretary of General Administration, and was suppressed by the Zhen family.This matter was only after being named by the censors at the previous court meeting, the emperor resisted the pressure of the Dragon Head Palace and confined the loyal Wang Gao Yongyi to the mansion.

But Li Shouzhong knew his family had been wronged, and he feared that it would be difficult to truly seek justice.It is convenient to change into a Confucian robe today, holding a complaint and staged a crying scene that has never been seen in a hundred years.

A friend once persuaded Li Shouzhong in front of the Confucian Temple that doing so would anger the emperor.Li Shouzhong replied: "The old man is telling the saint about Gao Wanhong, the son of the faithful prince, and has nothing to do with His Majesty."

Li Shouzhong's spearhead was directed at Zhongxin Wangfu, officials from Gao Yongyi and Zhen's family came out one after another to impeach Li Shouzhong for being ignorant of the king and forcing the palace by breaking the law.

But what followed was the counterattack from Qingliu's faction. Some people elaborated that Li Shouzhong had been upright all his life, and that after two generations of emperors, he had always been impartial and selfless, and dared to speak out.

If it weren't for the fact that there is no way to redress his grievances, he would not have made such a bad move.And once again published the impeachment of Zhongxin Wangfu, Tongzhengsi and Shuntianfu, saying that someone blocked the way of speech.There is suspicion of isolating the saints.

In the main hall, you come and go, and the two sides gradually develop from literary fighting to martial fighting.However, most of the people fighting in the hall were civil servants, and the fights were all pecking at each other. Except for the official hats flying around, there was no bloodshed.

The emperor sat firmly on the high platform, and the three members of the cabinet did not make a sound, allowing people from both parties to make a fuss in the hall.Until Xia Shouzhong came to the emperor's side in a hurry, and whispered: "The imperial concubine sent someone to the Confucian Temple, the old slave has already notified the Rongguo Mansion, and Master Jia has already known about it."

"Boom boom boom!"

The palace censor on duty rang the alarm bell, and the hall fell silent instantly.The emperor's expression was solemn, and he snorted coldly: "My ministers are all skilled, so it's impossible to use Fengtian Hall as a martial arts arena? Where are the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment?"

Minister of Rites Qian Qianli and Minister of Punishment Lu Hao walked out of the queue and bowed in response.

"The old minister is here!"

"Chen is here!"

"This case is handed over to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment for a joint trial. After finding out what happened, I will report it to you. Li Shouzhong...forget it, Li Shouzhong has lived a life of integrity, and he will not be punished for this offense. You persuade him to go home, and the court will deal with this matter." Give the Li family justice."

The emperor glanced at the crowd and saw that Lin Shu was watching the play with his hands in his hands, so he added again: "The Hanlin waits for Lin Shu to supervise the case on my behalf, and go to the Confucian Temple with the two lovers!"

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The Confucian Temple is on the south side of the Shuntianfu Gongyuan, and the gate is usually guarded by the Dragon Guard.The sacrificial officials belonged to the Ministry of Rites, and civil servants dismounted from their sedan chairs and military officials dismounted from their horses in front of the temple.

However, at this time, the front of the Confucian Temple was already full of spectators, and there were even small vendors selling snacks such as melon seeds among the crowd.

Since the Confucian Temple was built in the Yongle period of the former Ming Dynasty until now, the monarchs and ministers of the two dynasties have regarded it as a holy land of culture.Li Shouzhong's cry today sent the Zhongxin Palace to the opposite of the world's literati.

To what extent has the Li family been bullied by the Zhongxin Palace, and they have to cry out their grievances to Kong Shengren 2000 years ago?

"Who dares to be presumptuous in the Confucian Temple?"

The Long Guard guarding the gate shouted loudly, but it was not Li Shouzhong who was crying in front of the holy statue in the main hall, but the twenty or thirty people with sticks who were rushing towards the Confucian Temple.

The leader is no more than thirty years old, with a fair face, beardless, and delicate skin.This person is well dressed and seems to be from a wealthy family.

Hearing the reprimand from the Long Guard, although displeasure appeared on his face, he waved his hand to stop the footsteps of his subordinates.

He came to the Long Guard and whispered: "Our family is close to the empress dowager. The empress heard that someone was slandering the faithful prince in the Confucian Temple, so she specially sent our family to drive him out..."

As he spoke, he quietly showed a token to the Long Guard, and at the same time stuffed a golden bean into his hand and said: "Brothers, guarding the Confucian Temple is hard work. Don't let this crazy old man disturb the brothers." clean."

Under normal circumstances, as long as this servant moves out the titles of Concubine Gui and Zhongxin Wangfu, he can basically move freely in the capital.But the dragon guard who met today didn't give him face at all.

I saw a look of disdain on his face, and he threw the golden beans at the foot of the servant, and his voice was like thunder: "This Confucian Temple is a holy place for the world's culture, where the wind, the rain, and all the civil and military people in the world can enter. Eunuchs are not allowed to enter! Grandpa Taizu set the rules back then, is the father-in-law going to test the sharpness of a certain knife?"

Saying so, the dragon guard put his hand on the handle of the knife, not afraid of the healthy servant behind the servant in front of him.

After hearing the sentence that eunuchs are not allowed to enter, the servant's eyes showed a stern look.He gritted his teeth and lifted his master out again, and warned in a low voice: "Our family doesn't need to go in, then our subordinates will bring Li Shouzhong out. For your empress's sake, you also want to refute it?"

"Oh, the imperial concubine is a noble concubine, so a certain little imperial guard naturally dare not offend. But standing in front of this Confucian Temple today, XX represents the Imperial Guards of Great Chu, guarding the great Chu Wenhua. Don't talk about the imperial concubine, Unless His Majesty decrees, Mr. Li, a certain family is in Baoding!"

"well said!"

Long Jianwei's categorical words aroused unanimous praise from the surrounding people, and they praised the good man one after another.Even the sacrificial officer on duty in the Confucian Temple came out and praised loudly: "A good man, he should be blessed by a saint!"

The sacrificial officer of the Confucian Temple is just a civil servant from the seventh rank, standing in front of the dragon guard in a green robe, facing the servant and the vicious servant.

"In front of the Confucian Temple, you dare to be presumptuous, so get out!"

This one of the celebrities who served Zhen's side, except for a limited number of people in Longshou Palace, how could he have received such anger.In addition, Li Shouzhong in the Confucian Temple must be driven away as soon as possible, and he gritted his teeth and ordered: "You guys restrain these three people, and the rest of them go in and bring old man Li out quickly... Hey, don't hurt anyone, don't trouble the girl!"

The sacrificial officer and the two dragon guards were outnumbered, and they were overwhelmed by twenty or thirty healthy servants at the gate of the Confucian Temple in a short while.Although the inner servant had scruples to tell the people under him not to hurt others, under the conflict, the dragon guard who had uttered harsh words just now was interrupted with the arm holding the knife.

Among the crowd of onlookers, many literati who came to pay homage to the saint were about to rush out to help the priest under anger.But he heard a stern shout from behind: "How dare you attack the Confucian Temple! Come on, let me take them down. If you dare to resist, you will be killed immediately!"

(End of this chapter)