Red House Shoufu

Chapter 436
The turmoil in the capital intensified, and there was even a scene of Confucian scholars gathering to fight during the Lantern Festival.

If the embroidered clothes guards hadn't noticed it long ago, the officers and soldiers of Wucheng Bingmasi had arrived in time, and they would probably have killed themselves.

At the opening ceremony on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the Ministry of Rites, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Six Divisions almost jointly participated in the event to control the county uncle Prince Teng who poisoned more than [-] people from the upper and lower clans of Yanshenggong's mansion. The emperor ordered the three departments to thoroughly investigate the matter. case.

Immediately afterwards, the officials of the DPRK and China attacked Wang Ziteng and the Wang family crazily, and a flood of impeachment memorials flooded the Secretary of General Affairs.

Since Lin Shu had already handed over his errands, he went to Qinzheng Palace to stay for a while, and then took a leisurely car to go back home.

On the way, when passing the Shuntian Prefecture Gongyuan, I saw a black crowd. These people were gathered in the capital to participate in the examination of this subject.

From time to time there were voices of arguing in the noisy crowd, and Lin Shu could faintly hear someone shouting for an audience, etc. He smiled wryly and shook his head, thinking to himself, it really is youthful spirit, but it is too easy to be used by others.

Just as he was about to put it on the car curtain, he suddenly saw a pale green figure not far away.

Why is she here?

"Fuquan, look over there, is it the Tang family?"

Fuquan heard the sound and saw that it was indeed the Holy Mother of the White Lotus Sect. He frowned and nodded.

After confirming that it was correct, Lin Shu whispered a few words in Fuquan's ear, and Fuquan quickly followed after him.

The Lin family's carriage continued to move forward slowly, and several families would closely guard the two sides of the carriage, driving slowly eastward.

For some reason, Lin Shu felt a little uneasy after seeing the crowds of people in front of the Shuntian Mansion Tribute Court.

After the emperor gradually took control of the troops and horses in the capital, the only big trouble in the court is that Wei Qinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet, intends to return to his hometown, and there are faint signs of party disputes in the court.

In the Chunwei Grand Competition of this subject, some people can't bear to put their own mark on these students.

"Brother Mastiff, stop the car and return to the Gongyuan!"

Lin Shu suddenly called out to stop the carriage, and told Lin Mastiff, who was the driver, to turn around and return to the gate of the Gongyuan.

Sure enough, something happened in front of the Gongyuan gate.

When Lin Shu rushed back to the Gongyuan, only a few of the exhortors who had been in the dark just now stayed where they were.

"Quickly ask, where is the person?"

When the personal guard inquired about the news, Lin Shu almost couldn't help scolding his mother.It turned out that after this group of candidates gathered in front of the tribute courtyard, the news of today's great dynasty spread that Wang Ziteng had completely become a traitor among the scholars in the world, and a great enemy of Confucianism.

I don't know who yelled to have an audience with the palace, asking the emperor to cut the prince into pieces!

What are you kidding?Force the palace?

"Quick, go to the imperial city!"

Lin Shu turned pale with shock. If today's matter is not handled properly, there will be a huge rift between scholars, the royal family and the court, and this rift will never be repaired.

At that time, there will be irreparable distrust between the monarch and his ministers, between the court and the people, let alone reforms, it will be even more difficult to maintain the rule of the country.

It's a pity that Lin Shu was still one step too late.

At this time, in front of the Great Chu Gate, not only hundreds of disciples gathered, but also thousands of common people surrounded there, blocking the road leading to the palace gate.

"Kill the thief, kill the thief, kill the thief..."

Standing on the shaft of the chariot, Lin Shu looked at the palace wall in the distance, and could faintly see the black-armored Imperial Army closely organizing the defense.

"Go to the east gate!"

The carriage quickly bypassed the Yuhe River and entered the Imperial City through the east gate.

When Lin Shu finally arrived at the main hall of the cabinet, the main and deputy officials of the six ministries and five temples and several generals of the Imperial Army gathered in the entire hall.

"Jinyu, you came at the right time. Let me tell you, should we send the forbidden army to arrest all the judges in front of the palace gate?"

Qian Qianli and Qi Bohan, the cabinet assistant who had just rushed back to the capital from Nine Sides, were in a blushing fight. When he saw Lin Shu coming in, he asked his disciple directly: "The old official Qi Ge is too powerful, and he treats the world's talented people as a Disorderly ministers and thieves. This old man can't figure it out, the masters are only concerned about state affairs, how come they become lawless in the eyes of Mr. Qi Ge?"

It turned out that Qi Bohan and Qian Qianli were divided into two factions on how to deal with the cases in front of the palace gates. Qi Bohan was firm and firm.

And Qian Qianli is the leader who advocates only arresting and bewitching people to cause trouble, catch the big ones and let go of the small ones, and deal with them lightly.

Lin Shu glanced at the officials in the hall, Wei Qinghe remained silent, and the rest were divided into three factions, among which nearly half of the officials stood behind Qi Bohan.Including the chief and deputy officials of the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Most of the remaining people stood behind Qian Qianli, and again, some people did not stand there, obviously holding a wait-and-see attitude.

After all, we still can’t escape the old path of party struggles. The party struggles in the past dynasties often started from small things and gradually turned into irreversible political struggles. In the end, there was a bang, the society collapsed, and the turmoil lasted for decades or even decades or hundreds of years. unified.

Xing, the people suffer!
Death, the people suffer!
Ugh!
Lin Shu replied a little tiredly: "Mr. Huige, the lower officials thought that the judges should be persuaded to disperse, and then they should be checked to see if there is anyone in this matter who has evil intentions and bewitched the judges to make such a farce. ..."

"Hmph! Farce? Lin Jinyu, do you think this is just a farce?"

When Qi Bohan heard this, what was the difference between what Qian Qianli said?Sure enough, teachers and students are really united.

Qi Bohan snorted coldly and reprimanded directly: "This matter must be dealt with strictly, otherwise what is the majesty of the country? If there are other things in the future, won't the court continue to compromise?"

What a great official authority, he had only spoken halfway before Qi Bohan interrupted him and gave him a scolding.

Lin Shu's heart was also filled with anger, and he suppressed it before continuing: "Old Qige, the subordinate officials also said, why do we need to investigate carefully the inside story of this matter? It can't reach the level of being imprisoned and deprived of fame. If someone really has evil intentions and does something to seduce others, he should be arrested and sentenced, isn't there anything wrong with that?"

Qi Bohan flicked his sleeves, and said angrily: "Everyone is crowded in front of Da Chu's gate. Does Lord Lin feel that the imperial court is not ashamed enough? If you don't make an example, everyone will learn from this group of lawless people to kowtow!" Please see me, what majesty is there in the imperial court? Does everything have to be compromised with lawless people?"

When Lin Shu heard this, he roughly understood Qi Bohan's thoughts.

To put it bluntly, it is still the stereotypes and vulgar customs of the monarch, the minister, the father, the son, and the son, to maintain his policy of ignorant people governing the country.

So Lin Shu didn't keep it any longer, and retorted bluntly: "In 34 years, Wang Yiyan, the people of the country dare not speak, and the road follows the eyes. Does Qi Ge always think that we should learn from King Zhou Li and try to block the mouths of the common people? ?The mouth of the people is better than the defense of the river. If the river is blocked and collapsed, more people will be injured. If the lower officials don’t believe this, the elder Qi Ge won’t understand?”

"you!"

Qi Bohan was so stunned by Lin Shu that he was speechless, and when he reorganized his words and was about to speak again, he only heard a few light coughs in his ears.

Everyone in the hall looked at the senior seat who was coughing at the same time, only to see Wei Qinghe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, slowly got up, and said with a smile: "Okay, there is no need to fight. Let me go out of the palace to try to persuade, If you can’t be persuaded, it’s not too late to discuss.”

"The old man can't do it!"

Wei Qinghe's decision scared everyone in the hall. Seeing that everyone was blocking his way forward, they spoke out to dissuade him.

Are you kidding me, the group of judges are already red-eyed at this moment, if one of them has evil intentions, how can the old man come back safely from outside the palace?
Even Lin Shu didn't expect the old man to make such a decision suddenly, he felt admiration but also a little ashamed.

Wei Qinghe raised his hands slightly, suppressing the commotion in the hall.

He said slowly: "It's just the impulse of a group of children's righteous indignation. As their pioneers, how can we punish them with strict laws at every turn? Don't panic, don't panic, since they are worried about national affairs, they can take the risk of knocking on the palace. Please see, they are all good boys. I go out and talk to them, maybe they will sell my face..."

Qian Qianli was in a hurry, so he directly grabbed Wei Qinghe who was about to walk out, and grabbed his arm tightly: "Let me go, the first assistant is the pillar of the country, so you can't take risks."

"You go and I go, what's the difference?"

With an easy-going face, Wei Qinghe pulled Qian Qianli's hand away with a smile, and after scanning the people around, he patted Qi Bohan's shoulder: "Anxin, it's just a group of children acting recklessly on impulse, Shuntian Mansion It's better that the prison is empty."

Then he said to everyone: "Please make way for the old man, let the old man go out and chat with these children!"

Ten years as the first assistant, he has accumulated a lot of prestige.As soon as Wei Qinghe finished speaking, everyone silently made way for him one after another. Only Lin Shu was still standing there, blocking the main door of the cabinet.

Lin Shu sighed, bowed his head and said, "Master Ge, let's go down to the government."

"Wow!"

After a moment of silence, there was another burst of noisy discussions in the main hall.Only Qian Qianli was worried, but when he saw Jia Lian standing up, he smiled and nodded in relief.

Wei Qinghe did not agree with Lin Shu's suggestion, but patted him on the shoulder lightly: "Although you are Liu Yuanlang, you can't compare to the chief minister of the cabinet. When will you become the chief minister of the cabinet?" , it’s not too late to go!”

Lin Shu smiled wryly and said: "It is estimated that you will go out all the time, so this kind of thing will not happen in the future. Is it possible for the official to act as a walking stick for the old man to help you out of the palace?"

Jia Lian also walked up to Wei Qinghe, cupped his hands and said, "The last general is also willing to go together, among other things, in case someone in the crowd really plots to do something wrong, there is a last general here, and it will be no problem to protect the old man."

"Okay, one piece of paper and one weapon, then do it like this!"

Wei Qinghe waved his hands and led Lin Shu and Jia Lian to the outside of the main hall.All the civil and military people behind him followed closely and went to the gate of Da Chu.

……

The situation outside the Great Chu Gate naturally spread to the emperor's ears immediately. In the Palace of Qinzheng, the emperor was always calmly reviewing the memorials on the table, and Zuo Lan, the commander of the embroidered clothes guard, bowed and stood beside him.

"My lord, Elder Wei Ge intends to go out of the palace to persuade the disciples gathered in front of Da Chu's gate. Marquis Lin and General Jia will accompany him out of the palace!"

The news sent back by Xia Shouzhong made the ink pen in the emperor's hand pause, and he ordered in a cold voice: "Zuo Lan, go and arrange someone to protect Elder Wei Ge."

"The minister leads the order!"

Zuo Lan retreated in a hurry, the emperor put down the pen in his hand, walked to the gate of Qinzheng Hall, and looked towards the southern sky.

Xia Shouzhong accompanied the emperor, and asked in a low voice: "My lord, forgive me for not understanding, the embroidered guards have already found out who is behind this group of disciples, why not find out these people earlier?"

The emperor leisurely said: "Da Chu is not guilty of words, let alone these people in the name of avenging the descendants of saints, how can I deal with them? Wait, wait until they make things worse, I can find those people, Severe and severe punishment. When the time comes, who will intercede for these people?"

……

At this time, not only hundreds of nearly a thousand scholars gathered in front of the Great Chu Gate, but also thousands of ordinary people gathered here blindly.

The imperial guards on the palace wall were short of drawing bows and arrows. Fortunately, the imperial guards who guarded the gate had already received the death order, and no blood could be seen in front of the palace gate, so no catastrophe was caused.

Almost all of the disciples gathered in front of the palace gate held a book of remonstrance, held up the book of remonstrance and screamed loudly to kill thieves and eradicate evil.

Those common people who ran blindly watched the commotion silently, discussing a few words with the people around them in a low voice from time to time, unaware that someone was carefully squeezing in among them at this time.

On the third floor of a restaurant not far away, a bald monk was talking to two men in fine clothes.

"Buddha, our people are ready. As long as someone comes out of the palace to negotiate or the imperial army is dispatched, our people will shoot and kill immediately. At that time, the court eagles and dogs will definitely fight back. It is impossible to hold this trial. It's..."

The bald monk chuckled, looking coldly at the Forbidden City with red bricks and green tiles in the distance.

He warned in a hoarse voice: "I guess the dog emperor would not dare to attack this group of scholars. He is not in the right place, and there are many people who disobey him. He must not dare to offend the scholars all over the world. According to me Look, he will send people out of the palace to negotiate with these scholars, and when the time comes, let our people pay attention and withdraw immediately after shooting the dog emperor. This fire must be lit, and it will be enough for the dog emperor to have a headache."

……

The lifters shouted for a long time, not only were their voices a little hoarse, but even their raised hands gradually became stiff and painful from the cold.

Seeing that there was no response from the palace for a long time, some people became irritable, while others slowly retreated.

Especially the soldiers of the Forbidden Army who were cold on the palace wall in front of them, and just now the commander of the Forbidden Army had already spoken loudly about the crime of assaulting the palace ban. Slowly, several officers discussed with each other in a low voice, and quietly moved out of the team.

Suddenly, with a creaking sound, the big truth door was slowly opened.

Everyone looked forward, and saw a soft sedan chair carried by four people inside the Great Chumen, on which sat an old man in a python robe with a kind and kind smile, followed by a young man with a golden crown and jade belt, and a A general of the imperial army dressed in a flying fish suit and a goose feather knife hanging from his waist.

(End of this chapter)