Prime Minister

Chapter 495

Inside the apse of Chongzheng Hall.

The three ministers all tasted the food presented by Zhang Maoze, and if they were not concerned about the officials, they would almost praise it.

However, San Zaizhi and Zhang Mao didn't look good at the faces of the officials, so as not to embarrass each other.

San Zaizhi still clearly remembered how the officials swore to take Zhang Yue's handle on what happened today.

How could the dignified emperor embarrass an official by means of checking the official's public money?This can only be done by officials who become emperors halfway through the family.

Now even public money can't help... What should I do?

At this moment, the official came to the case and read the food and mind of the exchange office. This chapter is not used to embezzle public money for private use, but to give to subordinate officials. Is this an act of buying people's hearts?
Until now, the officials still couldn't vent their anger.

But he thought about it again, Zhang Yue was such a clean and honest official, and he saved so many people during the flood, where could he find such an official?
But no matter how you say it, the official family can be described as disgraced in front of the three prime ministers at this moment.

"Your Majesty..." Han Qi said, "Zhang Yue is not greedy at all. Now that the palace has ordered the interrogation and supervision, and there is an uproar in Beijing, how can we explain this matter to the officials?"

"This..." The official froze at the moment.

How to explain?

Zhang Yue beat Han Zhi, but Yu Li should be punished but could not.

Zhang Yue was not greedy for Mo's public money, so Yu Li shouldn't have been fined, but he still couldn't be fined if he wanted to.

There was silence in the apse at the moment.

The officials feel that anger has been accumulating in their chests. Zhang Sheng, Ren Shouzhong, and Cai Xiang, who opposed him at the beginning, cleaned up as soon as they wanted to. Why are they so aggrieved by Zhang Yue?
The emperor's face was gone, and even a small Taichang Cheng couldn't clean up.

It was easy to dismiss his official position, but he couldn't find a suitable reason.

"Han Qing, what do you think? What do you teach me to do?" The official asked Han Qi in a tone of asking for help. He really had no other way at the moment.

Han Qi said: "Your Majesty, Emperor Taizong had a legacy back then not to kill scholar-bureaucrats. The imperial court has been maintained for more than a hundred years, and there is a system in operation. This system is a saying that the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats rule the world together."

Han Qi was not preaching to the emperor, but was subtly educating the emperor.

The official said deeply: "The Son of Heaven and the scholar-bureaucrats rule the world together. I agree with this statement."

Han Qi said: "Therefore, some matters cannot be decided by His Majesty alone, and must be handled in accordance with the rules that have been passed on for a hundred years."

The official said: "But Han Qing, I want to do something. My ancestor's method always makes me feel constrained."

Han Qi said: "Your Majesty's virtuousness is certainly known to all the world, but after thousands of generations of your Majesty, there will always be one or two unfilial descendants. It takes a hundred generations to build a house, but one generation is enough to destroy a house."

"Then there's nothing I can do for you?"

Han Qi thought to himself, it depends on what kind of emperor he is.

The three ministers fell into silence, and the official said in the hall: "I and the late king entered the palace since childhood. I adopted him under the late emperor's knees. I once regarded the late emperor as my biological father, but later Concubine Zhang Guifei was favored by the late emperor. She The first thing I did when I wanted to have a prince was to encourage the late emperor to drive me out of the palace."

"After that, there was a estrangement between me and the first emperor, no, it was fear. The princes who have been deposed since ancient times have not come to a good end, not to mention that I am not even a prince. I dreamed countless times at midnight that I saw the new king enthroned , I was bestowed with death, and since then I have suffered from heart disease."

"After the late emperor passed away, I didn't feel relieved about the late emperor. You can tell me why I refused to become the prince. First, I was afraid of getting into trouble. Second, I was at odds with the late emperor. Even if I ascended the throne, I still said to myself, this throne It was not what the late emperor was willing to give, but what he had to give."

"Therefore, I want to respect the ancestors as royal relatives. I have always been worried about this matter. Even today, I will not change my mind. As for the rules and regulations that Mr. Han said, I understand, but I just don't want to agree to this matter." , and I can rely on you for other matters, but you must rely on me for this matter, otherwise I would rather not be the emperor."

"Three gentlemen, can you agree to me? There is also this chapter that Yuezhen must do."

Speaking of this, the official family couldn't help but burst into tears, and Zhang Mao on the side also shed a few tears with the official family.

The three of Han Qi looked at each other, they didn't expect the official to say such heartfelt words.The officials wanted to recognize King Pu, and they also wanted to not recognize Emperor Renzong as his father, and they even wanted to fight for it even if they didn't hesitate to be emperor.

How they figured it out in the past, the officials just didn't make it clear. They didn't expect that because of Zhang Yue's incident, the officials said what was in their hearts.

Han Qi said: "The reason why your majesty is the son of heaven is not just the son of man, but the king of a country."

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After Han Qi and the other three ministers left, the servant not long after informed the prince Zhao Xu to arrive.

Zhao Shu still likes his eldest son very much, especially since he has become more and more prone to fatigue and physical discomfort recently. He feels that if the days of being emperor are not long, he must make early preparations, so he has been silently improving the status of the prince.

Before Zhao Shu wanted to confer on Zhao Xu the position of proctor, but Jia An objected at that time, saying that a grand master means a master, so do you mean to recognize your son as a teacher?
At that time, Zhao Shu also made a big joke, which was ridiculed by the civil servants.

But he also knew that his position in the official family was not that popular, and he didn't even recognize his father so far, so he never dared to confer the status of Prince Zhao Xu.

After Zhao Xu greeted Zhao Shu, Zhao Shu smiled and said: "A few days ago, you said you were reading Han Feizi's book, but unfortunately several masters refused, but I think carefully that Han Feizi's study is the art of the emperor, so I still have to read it. First read."

"Yes."

Seeing that his son was in a bad mood, Zhao Shu couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

But Zhao Xu said with a crying voice: "Father, can you forgive Zhang Taichang's crimes?"

Zhao Shu's expression suddenly became ugly, and he let go of his son's hand. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Who taught you to tell me this?"

Zhao Xu quickly shook his head and said: "No one taught it, but my son heard that today Zhang Mao surrounded the transfer office with the guards from the palace..."

Hearing this, Zhao Shu took a deep breath and said, "You always know how to measure, you know what to say and what not to say, and you usually do the filial piety of a son of man, but it's not something you can usually do to intervene with your father. "

"Don't say that you are not the prince yet, even if you are the prince, without the status of supervising the country, it is not your turn to interfere with my decision."

Zhao Xu said: "My son... my son, after all, Zhang Taichang is a teacher who has no reputation. If the teacher is in trouble and the students don't help, I really can't bear it. Let alone Zhang Taichang, even Mr. Wang, Mr. Han and the others If they are blamed, the ministers will also intercede with the emperor on their behalf."

Zhao Shu was relieved when he heard the words, he was really a good boy with a kind heart.

Thinking of this, Zhao Shu stroked Zhao Xu's head and said, "Why don't you know that you are a father?"

"Then you are familiar with the almanac and know that Tang Taizong told Prince Li Zhi when he was ill, why did he demote Li Ji?"

Zhao Xu raised his head in a daze, and saw his father looking at him.

Parents have always loved their children with far-reaching plans.

(End of this chapter)