fifth form

Chapter 2392 Follow suit (Wishing everyone good health)
Officials in the court each have their own personalities. Some are shrewd and good at taking sides, while others are talented but lack moral integrity like Guan Fu.

But Zhang Xuezhou is indeed a person with a very unique personality, a rare type of official in Xuchang over the years.

This is the most suicidal official Xuchang has ever seen in his life.

If the court had not been replaced by the one-man rule of Anle Palace, and Zhang Xuezhou had not been promoted to the position with the approval of Anle Palace, if Zhang Xuezhou had not been an official that day and did not come to court the next day, he would definitely have been impeached.

According to common sense, Zhang Xuezhou, who is young and holds a high position, should be cautious and maintain good relations with many senior officials.

But Zhang Xuezhou's character is completely different from that of a normal official.

Not only did the other party not visit his colleagues, he even didn't bother to take care of the officials under his command. Many officials couldn't find their superiors all year round.

Zhang Xuezhou has been lazy in his work for a long time and rarely does normal official duties in a year.

Of course, Xuchang would say that Zhang Xuezhou's official work is average.

In the nearly two years since he took office, the only etiquette reform he made was the improvement of court uniforms. This achievement can't be said to be good or bad, it can only be regarded as normal performance of duties, and everyone has cooperated with him to a high degree.

But this was the only official business the other party had done in the past two years, and it only took one day.

As Zhang Xuezhou's superior, Xu Chang even inspected the project in person and personally asked about it several times after Zhang Xuezhou gave up the task, which ensured that the design and production of court robes could proceed smoothly.

Xu Chang boasted that he consulted Anle Palace on everything, which led to his lack of achievement. But compared to officials like Zhang Xuezhou, Xu Chang felt that his political achievements were brilliant.

It would be fine if Zhang Xuezhou didn't come out normally, but whenever he came out, he would cause trouble. He made a fuss about court dress for two months, and then he discussed state affairs and put forward many inappropriate court regulations.

Many people argued fiercely about these matters, and Xuchang even had to participate in the discussion.

At this moment, the other party is still peeing in the imperial library.

Not to mention that no minister had ever done this before, even the royal family would never urinate in a place like Tianlu Qilin Pavilion where people study.

"Disgraceful to politeness!"

Xu Chang reiterated loudly.

"If everyone follows Taizhong Daifu's example, the government will surely be corrupted," Xu Chang denounced.

"It's just a pee, you can't blame me for everything," Zhang Xuezhou defended.

"But you are the Taizhong doctor who is in charge of etiquette," Xu Chang said in a serious tone, "If you are like this, it will be a moral corruption for your superiors to follow suit!"

"Then I will not serve as the Grand Doctor, and you can use this pee to impeach me!"

Zhang Xuezhou's reply made Xu Chang feel nervous, as if the other party was repeating the same old tune.

In the past, Xu Chang focused his attention on Zhang Xuezhou's shocking remarks, but now, he is closely watching Zhang Xuezhou's resignation.

Zhang Xuezhou is a high-ranking official approved by Anle Palace, but Zhang Xuezhou is extremely close to the new emperor and is also a young official trained by Weiyang Palace.

This made Zhang Xuezhou's identity extremely special. Xu Chang felt that Zhang Xuezhou wanted to get rid of the symbol of Anle Palace very much, and even planned to get rid of the official position of Taizhong Daifu very early on.

It is not easy to escape unscathed from the court. Promotion of officials requires ability and connections. Officials are mostly demoted due to attacks from competitors, and few can protect themselves from such attacks.

This also leads to officials climbing up the career ladder throughout their lives and only retiring at the end of their lives.

Xu Chang originally wanted to stay in the position of prime minister until the day he died of old age. After all, he was very old, but he did not expect that the Empress Dowager would die before him.

There were shadows in his mind, and he kept thinking whether Zhang Xuezhou's way of resigning was safe, and whether he could get out of it safely at the lowest cost and avoid being implicated.

"There seems to be no precedent for impeaching an official with a pee... but it's better to be ridiculous than to lose your life!"

Even a strong general like Zhou Taiwei was unable to escape unscathed, so Xu Chang didn't think he was more capable.

He thought about Zhang Xuezhou, who was also close to the new emperor, and felt that Zhang Xuezhou would be a role model for resigning. If Zhang Xuezhou resigned in a certain way and got away with it, they would only need to repeat the same behavior and then smoothly hand over power, without having to criticize and pick on each other in the court, which would eventually lead to the destruction of the family.

"You don't follow the ancestral rituals, so your position as Taizhong Doctor is decided." Xu Chang thought clearly and said in a loud voice: "I dare to ask Anle Palace to abolish your position!"

"go Go!"

Zhang Xuezhou responded perfunctorily.

Xu Chang pretended to be angry, indicating that this was inevitable.

He felt at ease, and now he just had to wait and see whether Zhang Xuezhou would be impeached and whether the punishment he received was normal and acceptable.

"Someone is coming!"

Xuchang called out several times.

The guards in the distance poked their heads out, and when Xu Chang called out again, a six-man team of guards quickly came running over.

"Grandmaster Dongfang Shuo urinated in Tianlu Qilin Pavilion after the banquet. You should arrest him immediately." Xu Chang said, "I will go to the court tomorrow to impeach this man as a warning to others!"

"Big... lord!"

The guards looked at each other.

The ministers in the court were quarreling with each other, and they were obviously caught in the middle.

Although Zhang Xuezhou did not say "Let's see who dares", the sign of "Jieshizhong" hanging on the other party was not fake.

They could not afford to offend Prime Minister Xu Chang, nor could they afford to offend other officials.

An extremely important issue is that Xuchang did not have the power to enforce the law in the imperial palace, and the request to forcibly detain officials was already over the line.

Even the queen and others only have the power to enforce the law within the area under their jurisdiction.

Only the emperor was actually enforcing the law in the palace, and the guards would only obey the emperor's orders and not the prime minister's instructions.

"What sir? Can't you see that he is peeing here?" Xu Chang saw that the guards did not dare to move and said angrily: "If the late emperor was here, his head would be chopped off!"

"There are still birds pooping in the palace, and I haven't seen anyone catch and kill all the birds." Zhang Xuezhou complained: "Prime Minister Xu is bullying the honest people!"

"How can you be honest?" Xu Chang said, "Your behavior is not in accordance with etiquette. You are unworthy of being a doctor of the Imperial Academy!"

"How am I dishonest? How am I not behaving in accordance with etiquette? How am I unworthy of being a doctor of the Imperial Academy?"

"You are not honest in any way, and you are not in accordance with etiquette in any way..."

Zhang Xuezhou responded to Xu Chang with a few words, and when Xu Chang started to quarrel with him, Zhang Xuezhou suddenly recalled Xu Chang's desolate appearance during the morning court session, and felt that the old man's current state was completely different from before.

He pondered for a few seconds before coming back to his senses.

The Empress Dowager died, and Xuchang's biggest backer fell. The other party seemed to be planning a way out after realizing it.

The new emperor was planning to clear out old ministers, and Xuchang was also planning to withdraw.

The impeached Zhang Xuezhou became the link and standard in this process.

As long as he could get out of this unscathed, Zhang Xuezhou felt that Xuchang would also learn from it in an orderly manner.

This couldn't help but make Zhang Xuezhou curse in a low voice. He felt that even if the officials of the court looked mediocre, they still had all the necessary brains.

He was also very clear that if Xu Chang had such thoughts, he would inevitably become a tool for testing and probing, and his position as Taizhong Daifu would come to an end.