Bachelor

Chapter 223

Yuxi Palace Abode.

The emperor closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on the futon. He wore a crown of fragrant leaves on his head, and his long robe was dragged on the gold bricks on the ground.

Zhai Luan, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment and a bachelor's attendant, knelt in front of the emperor, with a large pile of documents on the floor beside him, raised his head and looked at the emperor of the Ming Dynasty with calm eyes.

The emperor's complexion was very bad, and his face was so blue that not a trace of blood could be seen.

It was the beginning of autumn, and the autumn tiger was rampant, and the whole city of Beijing was turned into a steamer by the continuous autumn sun.The doors and windows of the Yuxi Palace Abode were all wide open, but there was not even a trace of wind, and the gauze curtains hung motionless and weary.Although there were three basins of ice in the spacious room, it was still very hot.

Zhai Luan only sat for half an hour, and his whole body was drenched in sweat, as if he had just been fished out of the water.

When Zhai Luan first entered Xiyuan, the emperor had just taken the elixir, and now he was sitting on the futon spreading the medicinal properties.Therefore, since entering the house, he has not spoken a word to the emperor, and can only sit quietly in front of the emperor and wait.

On such a hot day, and encountering such a major event, if it were someone else, I would have long been unable to bear the irritability in my heart.But Zhai Luan is 43 years old this year. After more than [-] years of experience in the officialdom, he has cultivated a clear mind.No matter how impatient he was, he maintained a calm and calm expression.

He is a native of Shandong. He was a Jinshi in the 18th year of Hongzhi.Later, because of his outstanding talent, he was promoted by Emperor Zhengde to be the head of the Ministry of Punishment, and later promoted to the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment. He can be regarded as a rising star in the political arena.If nothing else, with his qualifications, he should be in the cabinet within 20 years.Of course, the premise is that there is a vacancy in the cabinet, and he can make a lot of achievements in this position of minister.

In this regard, Zhai Luan is full of confidence.

An eunuch tiptoed over, holding a cotton cloth face towel in his hand, which was wet in the golden basin, wrung it dry, and was about to wipe the emperor's face.

At this time, the emperor suddenly opened his eyes, pointed at Di Luan who was covered in sweat, and did not speak.

The eunuch understood, walked over lightly, and handed the towel to Zhai Luan.

Zhai Luan hurriedly thanked him, put the towel on his face, a gust of cool air penetrated his face, he was so comfortable that he almost groaned.However, this refreshing air could not calm his troubled heart.

He knew that he was sitting on the crater now, and if he was not careful, he might be burned to ashes by this raging court.But if he can handle this hot potato well, he will definitely be trusted by the emperor.Being able to gain the emperor's trust is of great benefit to the ambition in his chest.

In the 16th year of Zhengde, Shuntian Mansion Qiuwei has become a joke.First, the student Sun Dan broke out of the examination room suddenly and reported someone cheating in the examination room. Then, the former inspector of etiquette, Bingbi, the eunuch, the imperial envoy, the governor of the East Factory, and the eunuch Bi Yun, who was supposed to cooperate with Sun Dan, took control of the whole examination room.

At this stage, the matter was already a huge case, but at this moment, something even more strange happened.The eunuch Huang Jin also rushed to the examination room with people from Dongchang, saying that he wanted to arrest Sun Dan, the first culprit in the examination room fraud case.

As a result, the people on both sides beat up through the gate of the Gongyuan, so that Qiao Yu, the chief examiner of Shuntian Mansion, was seriously injured.

Shuntian Mansion is at the foot of the emperor, the first good area.This year's Qiuwei is the Enke opened by the emperor when he ascended the throne. Both the courtiers and the emperor are very concerned about this rural examination.Whether the rural examination goes well or not is not only related to the dignity of the court, but also to the majesty of the emperor.It is unbelievable that such a strange situation that has been witnessed for 20 years is being staged violently in Beijing.

The most strange thing is that the parties involved in this case are actually Huang Jin and Sun Dan, who are the emperor's confidantes.Ordinarily, such an important imperial examination is related to the emperor's face, so these two people should not touch the emperor's bad luck.

But these two daring guys actually chose this time and this place to fight each other.

To be honest, Huang Jin is a big idiot. Since the emperor came to the throne, he has also relied on his special relationship with the emperor to be domineering and domineering. .As for Sun Dan, although he is talented and has a good reputation among scholars, but because he was so eye-catching in the battle for the heir apparent some time ago, Zhai Luan also has some opinions: a gentleman should follow the right path to become an official, Doing this kind of dragon art will not ruin your reputation.

At the beginning, Zhai Luan was secretly laughing with the idea of ​​watching the excitement, but when the matter fell on him, he couldn't laugh anymore.

When Sun and Huang made such a fuss, the emperor Longyan was furious, and immediately mobilized the Jinyiwei and Jingying troops to indiscriminately arrest them all and put them in prison.

Sun Dan, Huang Jin, Bi Yun, Qiao Yu, Sun Henian, and more than 100 examiners, transcripts, government servants in the examination room, and more than 100 eunuchs from Dongchang all fell into it.

Among them, Dongchang lost the most, all the officials above Fanzi were dismissed, and the factory was empty.

It's so small when you think about it, Dongchang and Jinyiwei are privileged institutions controlled by the emperor.However, because of Zhu Huan's incident, Jin Yiwei's staff has been completely replaced, and until now, the affairs of the guard are still in chaos.This time, Dongchang was all planted in, and it was completely paralyzed.

Both yamen failed to live up to expectations, which greatly humiliated the emperor.

Because the fraud case in the examination room involved Dongchang and two confidantes, the emperor was furious and ordered the Inspectorate, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment to jointly review the case.

But the officials of these three departments are veterans and know the seriousness of this case.No matter how the case is judged in the future, it will offend a person who cannot afford to be offended.

So, when the matter came to an end, everyone hid aside to watch the excitement, and no one wanted to stand out as the chief interrogator.

The matter finally got to the emperor and the cabinet. The core decision makers of the Ming Empire met and discussed for a long time before deciding to let Zhai Luan be the chief judge.

Hearing this appointment, Zhai Luan almost vomited a mouthful of blood.

Who are Sun Dan and Huang Jin? They belong to the emperor.Sun Dan is the designer of the emperor's future policies, and Huang Jin is the emperor's chief steward.These two people, one inside and one outside, are the hands and feet of the emperor.

To put it bluntly, beating a dog depends on the owner.No matter which of these two is right and who is wrong, no matter if Zhai Luan decides to take one, what awaits him is countless troubles in the years to come.

He thought about it carefully, and only then did he realize that it actually made sense to be the presiding judge himself.

The key reason: Zhai Luan is usually too independent, has no friends or parties, and does not belong to any party in the DPRK.

(End of this chapter)