Xiangye

Chapter 223 The Imperial Decree Arrives ([-])

These are all later stories.

Moreover, as soon as the day was bright and the list came out, the Grand Master ordered the lock to be unlocked and the people released.

The inner and outer curtain officials lived in it for a month, and they were already stuffy. They all breathed a sigh of relief, and invited each other to find a place to eat and drink to be happy.They also discussed that it was a very hot day, and the heat would be unbearable for more than [-] days, so they should simply hide in Zhongnan Mountain, or cool off by the Yellow River.

The scandalous things Du Zhixian did in the examination room have already been excluded by everyone.He didn't have the face to stay here, as soon as the door of the tribute courtyard opened, he felt relieved and was the first to walk out of the tribute courtyard.

As soon as I went out, I was taken aback.I saw a sea of ​​people in the list booth outside, all of them were scholars who came to see the list.The people in the ranking laughed, and the ones who failed the ranking cried loudly, making a fuss.

Each family has its own affairs, who cares whether the other is dead or alive.

Du Shenghui stood outside for a while, and then saw his followers and staff coming to welcome him.

He was already exhausted, and said: "I'm waiting for you, what about the sedan chair, take me back to the post house quickly. This month, it really feels like a year!"

The attendants didn't move, they all stared at him blankly.

Du Zhixian was annoyed and said with a sullen face, "What's the matter, where is the sedan chair, how do you do things?"

It was fine if he didn't scold, but as soon as he opened his mouth, several followers shouted angrily: "Xianzun, for the sake of your mere reputation, you have become the master of Qingtian, but how can you meet people if you ask me to wait?"

Du Zhixian asked in astonishment: "What's wrong?"

The entourages pulled him, and began to scold him, completely without the consciousness of being an aide: "We were all waiting outside this booth to read the list today, and I thought you were going to give us a surprise, my lord. We were surprised when the case came out earlier, but we were not happy with it. No one was on top of those favors."

It turned out that they were talking about those joint papers, and Du Zhi County was the first to be the chief seal officer of the local government.He is a young scholar, when has he seen such a battle.However, these aides are not his classmates, but relatives and fellow villagers, and it is not easy to put on airs and shake their authority in front of them.He had no choice but to say: "I'm just an ordinary inner curtain official, and those papers don't all go through my hands. Even if they pass through my hands, it's still ugly. Turning the table in front of me, I've been judged bad by others, don't you know?" No way!"

"You said it lightly." The attendants were annoyed: "I really don't know what to wait for. The Milky Way is accommodating when the table is turned. You want to be famous and popular, and you don't want to get wet when you walk by the river." Just feet."

"Fame, reputation, what's the matter with me?" Du Shenghui couldn't help laughing wryly: "I'm really sorry for everyone, otherwise, just return the money."

This is said lightly, the so-called eyeballs are black and silver is white, cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents.

How did the attendants agree: "Refund, where the money can be refunded. In Xi'an City for a month, the money we got was used for our meals. Also, the old and the young at home are waiting to be fed, and we have to send some back to make up for it. There is no money today. A favor is on the list, if we go back later, you are an official, and the victims dare not do anything to you, but they will arrest me everywhere. Once found, you will be beaten with a stick, or even your life will be thrown here. "

Du Zhixian: "Don't worry, with me here, others will not make things difficult for you."

"It's a joke to have you here." One person was anxious, and sarcastically said: "Master Du, you are only a senior official, a county magistrate of the seventh rank. You don't go to visit, just talk about the whole of Shaanxi, just in Xi'an, the officials above the seventh rank There is no five hundred, there is always three hundred. Anyone who can come to us to walk the joints is not a person with a background. Anyone who comes out will not put you in his eyes."

"Dead, dead, this time dead!" The followers wailed.

Hearing what they said was rude, Du Shenghui knew that the friendship between the host and the guest was exhausted, and he said angrily: "You bastards, don't think that I am blind and can't see anything. There are only a few favors, but there are four or five in those joint papers." Ten cards, God knows how much money you have collected, despicable villains!"

A entourage sneered; "Well, it seems that our grand master is hopeless, everyone should take care of yourselves. Let's run away as soon as possible, or we won't be able to get away any later."

"Yes, yes, run away!" Thinking of this verse, all the attendants scattered, ran back to their residences, packed their luggage, and went straight back to the countryside.

This situation really smelled like a tree falling and a monkey scattered. Du Shenghui stood there blankly, feeling a sense of sadness in his heart.

It doesn't matter if the entourage fled, but they threw a big blanket to him.

In the following days, Du Shenghui had no choice but to return the money collected to others one by one.At this time, he realized that the staff and followers were also acting recklessly, and actually sold 56 places, which was already tantamount to fraud.Based on an average of 300 taels of silver per person, it is more than 5000 taels of silver.

Poor Du Zhixian has only been an official for one year and has no savings.In order to get back the money, he even sold some of the land in his hometown, which made him extremely embarrassed.

Standing alone outside the tribute courtyard, when he was feeling sad, he suddenly saw Gao Linghan, the chief envoy of Shaanxi, and a group of officials coming out talking and laughing.

Suddenly, a group of people came out from the crowd.Among these people are Jin Yiwei and a sturdy soldier.All of them were dressed in shining armor, armed to the teeth, and they were extremely eye-catching among thousands of scholars.

The leader was the editor and imperial envoy of the Hanlin Academy who came to Shaanxi to recruit soldiers.

Xu Yu was at the head of the team, he stretched out his hand to stop Gao Linghan and the other officials, and said, "Where is Governor Gao going?"

This sudden scene made the Gongyuan Square, which was as bustling as a vegetable market before, instantly quiet down.Shan Zhen could only hear the sound of thousands of beaks breathing, and only heard the whistling hot wind blowing past and dust rustling down.

Du Shenghui was startled, stopped, and looked over.

Before Gao Linghan entered the examination room, he had already had several conflicts with Xu Yu because of the Shaanxi Ma Zheng case, and the two had long since turned their faces.Seeing Xu Yu approaching murderously, he yelled coldly: "Master Xu, you are really wicked, why do you want to argue with the old man again today?"

Xu Yu said indifferently: "This imperial envoy is loyal to the king's affairs, so naturally he will never return. Mr. Gao, if you have committed a crime, follow me to the imperial envoy's office?"

"How bold!" An official snapped: "Xu Yu, what do you want to do, and you don't even look at where this is? Today is the day of the township examination. If you come here to disturb the case and disturb the scholars, what should you do?"

Gao Linghan waved his hand at the confidant official, signaling him to be quiet.Then he sneered and said to Xu Yu: "Master Xu, today you want to ask me to talk to you in Xingyuan. I'm sorry, but I don't have the time to spare. If you have something to do, you can come to the chief envoy; Come and get me. Otherwise, forgive me for not being with you!" Gao Linghan was absolutely at ease in realizing the arrangement he had made.

In his opinion, Master Xu has nothing to do with him.It is impossible for him to stay in Shaanxi forever, and sooner or later he will leave here and return to Beijing.Thinking that he couldn't find any evidence, he was so angry that he came here to seek his own bad luck.

For this kind of dog talent, it is the best policy to ignore it.

"Yes, what is this villain doing, Chief Minister, let's go back to the yamen. It's really disappointing to meet such a treacherous villain on a hot day!" Gao Linghan's confidants shouted.

Xu Yu was neither angry nor anxious, just stood in front of Gao Linghan with a smile on his face, waiting for the people from the chief envoy to make a fuss, with a relaxed appearance.

Sensing that something was wrong with him, Gao Linghan waved his hand at his subordinates, his expression became solemn.

Xu Yu: "Master Gao, can you please be quiet for a while? If you have nothing to say, can you talk about me?"

Gao Linghan: "Xu Chen, get up!"

Seeing the conflict between the imperial envoy and the chief envoy of a province, and it was the day when the results of the provincial examination were released, everyone shouted in their hearts, holding their breath, for fear of missing the next scene.

The expected big fight, the storm did not appear.

Xu Yu suddenly pulled out a spool of yellow silk from his sleeve, and shouted sharply: "The imperial decree has arrived, Gao Linghan, the governor of Shaanxi, will accept the decree!"

"Ah!" There were low voices one after another in the square.

Gao Linghan's expression changed drastically, but he still knelt down: "Minister, Gao Linghan accepts the order."

Xu Yu unfolded the yellow silk, and read aloud: "Gao Linghan, the chief envoy of Shaanxi, was greedy for money and money for the horse government during his tenure... I deeply hoped for it... I don't want it to be like a beast... Xu Yu, the imperial envoy, will join the army of Xianyang Jinyi for thousands of years. The household was arrested on the spot, and the relevant criminals and evidence were sent to the capital... Order the three courts to try and convict... This is it!"

The imperial decree is not long, with only a few hundred words, it only takes a moment to finish the decree.

The face of Gao Linghan who was kneeling on the ground suddenly turned pale, and a voice in his heart couldn't help shouting: The incident happened, the incident happened... But, the old man did things so properly, where did this Xu get the evidence? ... The old man also spent a full month in the tribute courtyard, isolated from the inside and outside, as if imprisoned, but Xu Xuan took advantage of the loopholes. What happened?

One of the inner curtain officials was Gao Linghan's confidant, and immediately shouted: "This is a rebellious order, and Gao Bu's political envoy cannot obey the order!"

"Yes, this is chaos!" Several officials shouted again.

The status of civil officials in the Ming Dynasty was respected, but the monarchy was constantly restricted by the bureaucratic group since the founding of the ancestors, and the authority was greatly reduced.In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, after the emperor's imperial decree was issued to the cabinet, it often happened that it was returned because it did not meet the cabinet's wishes.The emperor had no choice but to bypass the cabinet and directly send eunuchs to hand down the order to the officials.

But here comes the problem again, the imperial edicts that do not go through the cabinet are often thrown aside by officials on the grounds of illegal "random order" and ignored.In such a situation, the emperor could not deal with it arbitrarily, he could only knock out the front teeth and swallow blood.If you say a few more words, if it is not good, the officials will be angered and admonish, and if it is not good, the three generations of the emperor's ancestors will be scolded all over.

In the later Jiajing period, Hai Rui Haigangfeng often pointed at the emperor's nose and scolded, and said, "Jiajing Jiajing, every family is clean, and today I am a big fool."

If Master Hai was born in my Qing Dynasty, if he dared to say that, he would have been sent away by the emperor long ago.But this is the Ming Dynasty, and Jiagang is as strong as Emperor Jiajing, so he can only pretend not to hear it.

It can be said that in the Ming Dynasty, except for Taizu and Chengzu, the emperors lived very aggrieved.

(End of this chapter)