Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 164 The Dismissed Veteran
The content in the memorandum is just and correct. The people examined by the imperial physicians have no symptoms of wind and cold, which can only represent the present. They may get sick soon after staying for a few days. People who enter and exit within ten miles can easily bring these diseases into the city. There is a great relationship between people with cold syndrome and this. The emperor has already said that the people are not allowed to cross the ten-mile boundary.

If there is one such memorial, there will be a second one, and the emperor not only did not say anything for Prince Bei, but also faintly expressed his dissatisfaction with the ministers who were with Prince Bei at that time. Make the decision and ask the Empress Dowager for orders. When the Northern Prince heard about this, he immediately fell ill.

In Chengqian Palace, the emperor read the memorial, and was a little hesitant whether he should send someone to visit the emperor's uncle at Beiwangfu. A maid from the palace hurriedly came to report that Concubine Yuan was not well.

The emperor immediately went to the harem. Yuan Concubine was the elder sister of the twin beauties brought back from the southern tour. The two sisters were favored by the emperor after they entered the palace. They were known as the emperor's Xieyuhua. Living in the same palace, in this harem, he rose faster than Lu Zhaoyi who is currently locked in the cold palace.

Xiao Jingyi arrived at the Chaohua Palace and walked into the room. The room was full of crying. Yuan Concubine's younger sister, Rong Concubine, was lying on the bedside crying into tears. There, there seemed to be no sound.

Concubine Rong saw the emperor and knelt down beside him and begged him to save her sister. The appearance of the pear blossoms in the rain made people feel distressed. Xiao Jingyi took a few steps forward, but the person on the bed still didn't respond. He came On the way, Concubine Yuan couldn't support herself and had already gone.

After receiving the notification, the empress came over, she had already left, and the next step was to arrange the funeral, Concubine Liang came to help with the empress, but Concubine Rong refused to let the maid touch her sister's body, crying that someone was going to kill her.

The voices of the two sisters are very nice, especially Rong Concubine, the cry is like a mournful singing in the ears, and it can bring people into her state of mind. Rong Concubine knelt there and begged the emperor, "It's cold here in Luodu City. After so many days of snow, sister Xue's body is not good. She got sick from the cold at the beginning of the year, and later assigned a palace servant to take care of her. After getting better, I got sick again, Your Majesty, isn't this someone deliberately wanting my sister to stay sick forever."

It was infected by the palace people to the weak Yuan Concubine, which caused her to not recover for so long, and now she died of illness. The emperor immediately questioned the queen, "Didn't all the sick palace people in the harem be sent out of the palace?" What, why would there be a sick palace servant coming to serve the concubine?"

The empress felt wronged. Before she got sick, who knew if the palace servant would be sick. Besides, she was obviously in poor health and couldn't adapt to the environment here in Luodu City. If she couldn't afford it, she could still blame her.

The queen immediately knelt down, and said without humility, "All the sick palace people have been sent out of the palace. Sister Yuan is sick. It is true that the palace sent people to the palace ladies to ask them to send people to Chaohua Palace to serve them. When the maid came here, she was in good condition, if the emperor doesn't believe it, you can ask Concubine Rong." If she was really sick, she also fell ill in Chaohua Palace, her empress is so stupid, she needs to use this method Come get rid of Yuan Bin.

"Your Majesty, it is true that the palace servants are all well when they come here." Concubine Rong couldn't open her eyes and talk nonsense. It didn't take long for me to get sick, and the concubine didn't know about it at first, the palace people came in and out of the house, and my sister just got sick too."

Then who can blame it? It's because the queen doesn't have the ability to predict who will get sick.

"Your Majesty, in February, many people in the palace contracted a cold syndrome, and there was no sign of it. The weather was cold and damp, and it was easy to get sick. The concubine thought that there was no one among them who wanted Concubine Yuan to be sick all at once. "The queen glanced at Concubine Rong with pink eyes who was crying, and said calmly.

Without evidence, people cannot be wronged. The emperor naturally thought of the memorials of Lord Shenbei and several ministers. The cold disease spread into the city from outside the city, and the palace was the last to be affected. Although it was not serious, a concubine died of illness.

Who knows what kind of mentality the emperor is causing? Waiting for the empress to deal with Concubine Yuan's matter, the emperor even promoted Concubine Rong. At this time, Prince Bei had been ill for five or six days, and the emperor hadn't moved at all. I have expressed my opinion on these memorials, and I have not sent anyone to visit Prince Bei.
They are all ministers of the older generation. Seeing the emperor's deeds, how could they not be disappointed, and they did their best in exchange for such a result. The ministers of Prince Bei's running around also fell ill one after another, and they will not go to court!

And this illness caused a large part of the government to collapse in an instant.

Bei Wangye, the assistant minister, was ill, and these people under him took care of it, and because of Bei Wangye's madness, the emperor ignored him for a few days and refused to go to court because of the illness, so more things were left behind.

The emperor was angry, isn't this just threatening him, so after these important ministers quit the court, the emperor made a surprising decision, you quit the court, okay, then don't be an official, it's missing Your country can’t function anymore, can’t you? After several memorials, these people were directly dismissed from their posts, and soon ordered the Ministry of Officials to re-appoint a group of officials to fill the vacancy. The position of an assistant minister is completely empty.

These old ministers at home received the decree of dismissal, it was really mad, Prince Bei has been mad for many days, when he heard about this, he shook his head.

Seeing this situation, those few officials who hadn't had time to leave the court, who should they beg? The Prince of the North has become so ill, so he can only ask the Empress Dowager. If the Empress Dowager doesn't show up at this time, I really don't know what to do Turned around.

The Empress Dowager has not been to this Chengqian Palace in the past nine years. She sent someone to invite the Emperor to the ancestral hall in the palace. Kneeling there, standing aside silently.

The Empress Dowager knew that the emperor was coming, she opened her eyes and was supported by the palace servants to get up, how could she persuade the emperor, she told the emperor about the past of the late emperor.

"Yi'er, the people are the foundation of the country, and the law is the foundation of maintaining the order of the country. The ministers of the court are your indispensable right-hand men. They try their best to assist you in becoming the throne and help you familiarize yourself with this government affairs. Everything you do is for the court and the people, you are the emperor, not the people for you, the officials for you, but what you have done for the world." The empress dowager turned around and looked at him, this young On his face, he had the same aura as the late emperor did back then, with some childish immaturity.

"Grandmother, my grandson didn't feel sorry for the world, nor did I feel sorry for the common people. My grandson just felt that my uncle and the others were getting old. When they got old, they should go home and enjoy the happiness. The affairs of the court should be left to the younger generation." That's enough." Xiao Jingyi looked at these ancestral tablets, "Old people hold on to this right, how can young people come up, and grandson can become an admirable king like grandfather."

"Your grandfather never treated these courtiers like this." The Empress Dowager looked at the persistence on her grandson's face, "Could it be that grandmother did something wrong, she shouldn't have issued this order, and she shouldn't have let your uncle take those people ten miles away. Internal resettlement, or do you think it is your uncle's fault, bringing this cold into the city, and you don't justify your uncle's name, and you don't go to see him, you make him feel cold."

A hint of paranoia flashed in Xiao Jingyi's eyes, "I am the emperor, and I have already said that I am not allowed to be placed within ten miles." He felt that his authority had been challenged, and the empress dowager's decree made him feel that he had surpassed himself. , did not treat him as an emperor.

"That's because you did something wrong, Your Majesty!" The Empress Dowager's expression paled, and she hammered her cane heavily.

"I didn't do anything wrong. Even if it spread to the city within ten miles, wouldn't the city suffer even more if it entered the city? This is the imperial city. Doesn't the imperial grandmother think that the imperial city cannot be messed up?"

"The cold syndrome in the city has nothing to do with the outside of the city. Could it be that the people who stay at home are sick at home because of the people outside the city? Yi'er, how can you be so confused!" The Empress Dowager looked at him with such an expression , scolded.

"If the emperor's grandmother came today to persuade her grandson not to dismiss those old ministers, forgive her grandson for not being able to change her will. The imperial decree has been issued and the officials have been appointed. I can't be a rebellious emperor. They threaten me with abandoning the court. How can I do this? I followed their wishes, and this time, how will I decide in the future, without them, I can still handle these affairs well, and I will not disappoint my grandfather's expectations." After Xiao Jingyi finished speaking, he left the ancestral hall directly.

"Your Majesty." The Empress Dowager stared blankly, until the palace people around her called her, she turned around and looked at these ancestral tablets, her gaze fell on the tablet of the late emperor, and finally sighed, ah, the old emperor, decision, seems to be wrong
The court replaced a group of old ministers like a blood exchange. The emperor was so determined that the empress dowager couldn't persuade her to ignore the court affairs. After this incident, she no longer received anyone in Shoukang Palace. .

Many of the new batch of officials who went up were promoted several levels in a row, and even Yuan Chengzhi, who was in the Imperial Academy, received this blessing. The one above him was promoted, he was promoted, and then he was also promoted.

Prince Bei has been silent since he got sick, and he still didn't make a sound until the officials in the court changed a batch. Zhang Zhonghou came to visit him once, but Prince Bei said that he would be his at ease. Wang Ye, enjoy his old age well. He is old and can't control the affairs of the court. He can do whatever the emperor wants.

Prince Bei did what he said, and for the next two years, these three former assistant ministers really watched the situation in court, without any reaction, and just watched with cold eyes.
(End of this chapter)