Prime Minister

Seeing that the fire in the salt and iron hall started, it suddenly turned extremely large, and it was out of control.

Peng Jingyi, who was organizing people to put out the fire, suddenly understood that this was not an accidental fire, but someone carefully arranged it. He must have placed a lot of fire starters in the salt and iron hall, otherwise the fire would not suddenly become so big.

Then there is no need to doubt the fire, it must have been deliberately set on fire, or even aimed at something.

Peng Jingyi rushed to the hall to watch Su Zhe was organizing the bookmen to carry the books.

Peng Jingyi said: "Su's writings must have been intentionally set on fire!"

Su Zhe said indifferently: "I guessed it. When I passed the Yantie Hall this morning, I smelled a smell of soybean oil. So when the fire started, I didn't think about putting out the fire."

"Then what shall we do?"

Su Zhe pointed to Peng Jingyi: "The person who set the fire must have burned these books. You organize people to remove these piles of files and books. As long as you can get them out, I can punish the person who set the fire!"

Seeing that Su Zhe was so calm, Peng Jingyi immediately said, "Okay, I'll try to cut off the fire first, and then order people to move as many books as I can."

Su Zhe said: "It's not about moving as much as you can, but you must move away, otherwise your master and I will not be able to stand up."

"it is good."

Peng Jingyi loudly agreed, and immediately organized manual handling.

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But at the moment in the palace, the officials just fell asleep after drinking the calming soup. In the first half of the seventh year of Xining, there was a severe drought in the whole country. Due to the drought, only one prime minister was left. In the second half of the year, locust plagues spread all over the north, and even spread to the south of the Yangtze River.

The officials were worried and couldn't fall asleep all the time, so they took a bowl of calming soup before going down again, otherwise they would have another sleepless night.

The official who had just taken Anshen Decoction just fell asleep when he was woken up by the servant saying that there was a big fire, and it was not known whether it was inside or outside the palace.

He remembered that during Emperor Renzong's reign, some rebels set fire on purpose and wanted to enter the palace to commit rebellion.

The official got up and dressed in a daze when he heard this, and after a while, another servant reported that it was the fire in the direction of the third division, so he was a little relieved.Another internal servant said that the fire should be extinguished immediately if it is not serious.

The officials were relieved, but after an hour, they asked again and learned that not only did the fire not get smaller, but it got bigger and bigger.

When the officials saw it, they ordered people to invite the prime ministers of the two mansions to come, and they went up to the right Yemen to watch the fire, but they couldn't help being surprised to see that the entire three departments were burned.

At this time, the first person to arrive at the palace was Cai Ting, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council. The official asked Cai Ting, "How is the fire?"

Cai Ting said: "Still in the third department, I would like to ask Your Majesty how to put out the fire?"

The official said: "Let's go to the Mabu Division in a hurry, and send two commanding soldiers to rescue him nearby. Don't let the fire spread."

Cai Ting said: "Your Majesty, if you want to mobilize troops and horses, you must go through the Privy Council, and you must not let the ministers announce the mobilization of troops."

The officials were stunned and thought to themselves, there is indeed such a rule, but it is not yet dawn, how can they order the Privy Council to transfer troops?

The official asked Cai Ting: "Three divisions have always strictly prohibited fire. How could it be that the third division started this fire and spread it everywhere?"

Cai Ting said: "Perhaps it was just a momentary oversight."

The official said: "The crime of igniting the fire is unavoidable. I must punish those who dereliction of duty severely!"

At this time, Han Jiang, Wu Chong, and Lu Huiqing arrived one after another. When they learned that the emperor was fine, all the prime ministers were relieved, and now they were only worried about whether the fire in the third division would spread to other places.

Han Jiang was most anxious to ask for troops to fight the fire, but Cai Ting refused with the previous reasons, and even the mobilization of Kaifeng Mansion to fight the fire was delayed with excuses.

Han Jiang glanced at Cai Ting several times upon hearing this, but secretly panicked in her heart.

Cai Ting, who had been bowing his head, glanced at Han Jiang, and immediately lowered his gaze.

But at this moment, the courtiers watching on the right gate saw a group of soldiers and horses passing by under the imperial gate, and then went straight to the gate.
Go to Sansi to fight the fire.Everyone looked but saw an official in brocade clothes sitting on a horse, ordering soldiers to intercept and patrol along the way, calling the soldiers and others to fight the fire together, and organizing the evacuation of the people.

Compared with the chaotic environment, this person is calm and self-possessed, which is impressive.

Seeing this, the official pointed at the other party and asked, "Who is this person?"

A moment later, the servant came to report, "It's the military inspector. Zhang Dun, the academician, led the soldiers in the military inspector to fight the fire."

The official heard that it was Zhang Dun who nodded.

But Lu Huiqing turned her head away when she heard this, showing a very dissatisfied look, but she felt helpless when she thought that the other party was Zhang Dun.

Soon after, the fire of the third division was suppressed.

Only then did the officials return to the palace.

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At this moment, the officials from the early court arrived one after another. The officials met with the officials in the Chongzheng Hall and told them the news that the fire in the Third Division last night had subsided, and then retreated into the apse.

The prime ministers and Hanlin scholars were also in the apse, and Zhang Yue looked at Lu Huiqing frequently, but the other party looked calm and composed, showing no signs of weakness.

Not long after, Yuan Jiang, the envoy of the Third Division, arrived, and as soon as he entered the palace, he confessed to the officials that he had not strictly supervised, which caused the Third Division to catch fire. Now the entire Third Division has been wiped out, and all the books and books have been burned.

The cause of the fire was that the salt and iron judge Song Di boiled medicine in the salt hall last night and the fire broke out. At the same time, the officials on duty in the third division also neglected their duties last night, which finally caused the fire to flare up and missed the best time to put out the fire.

After listening to Yuan Jiang's words, Zhang Yue knew that Xiang Zhuang's sword dance was aimed at Pei Gong.

Some people not only set fire to the account books of the third division to destroy the evidence, but also pushed the responsibility for the fire on themselves.

The officials were shocked and angry when they heard this. At this time, they were about to question Yuan Jiang. At this time, Lu Huiqing, who was a political adviser, was already furious and asked: "The third division has always strictly prohibited fire.

"Why is it that the judge boiled medicine in the hall so that it caught fire?"

Yuan Jiang said: "Your Majesty, I am indeed to blame for this matter. Originally, the place where the medicine was cooked was used by the abandoned house next to the Yantie Hall, but now the Accounting Department of the Third Division is placed in this house. The accounting department has a population of more than one hundred, and it is stacked everywhere on weekdays. Even though I am the envoy of the Third Division, I dare not take care of it. Therefore, the fire started in the Yantie Hall and burned the account books of the Accounting Division. Finally, there is a fire that burns down the account books of the Third Division."

"The minister's supervision is not strict, and please re-govern it, Your Majesty."

The officials were furious from the bottom of their hearts, but they had already confirmed the fact that this time the fire that burned the third division to nothing, the third division and the accounting division of the third division were also responsible.

It's not that it's a pity how much it costs to rebuild the Third Division, but that the books in it are all important books of the imperial court, where hundreds of years of painstaking efforts have been made.

Now that Yuan Jiang, the envoy of the third division, has pleaded guilty, what about the accounting division of the third division?
At this time, Cai Que came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, there is something I don't understand. What Yuan Jiang said just now is that the medicine is not boiled properly. Then the things on the ground should be burned first. Then why does the fire climb up the beams and pillars first, and then hook the eaves. Is this fire from the bottom or from the top?"

As soon as Cai Que said this, Yuan Jiang's face turned pale.