Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 1175 What is eye medicine?

After hearing Shu Liang's report, the monarch and his ministers in the palace had different concerns.

Chen Yi's first reaction was that Eunuch Shu was so capable that he was able to get so much fuel. You know, this amount is almost as much as all the remaining fuel in the Ministry of Household Affairs today. It's really a good trick!
Zhu Qiyu's first reaction was...

"Except for Daxing County?"

There was a trace of doubt in these words, and at the same time, Shen Yi felt a trace of danger inexplicably.

Daxing County?
Shen Yi thought for a while, if he remembered correctly, it seemed that Lin Cong was involved in the incident a few days ago, and he was just demoted to Daxing County as the county magistrate. This matter must not have anything to do with Lin Cong.

At this thought, Chen Yi couldn't help but sweat for Lin Cong. Although he was not familiar with this person, he knew a little about him. He was the disciple of the former Tianguan Wang Zhi. Now, although Mr. Wang has returned to his hometown in honor, he still still Alive.

He is the only person in this dynasty who has taken up the position of Taifu. During the holidays, the emperor will also order people to come to visit and express condolences. Therefore, he has a considerable influence in the dynasty.

However, despite his high status, he has already become an official after all. Even though he has been a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for so many years and has accumulated a wide network of contacts, there are always people in the court. The most the officials can do now is to take care of Lin Cong. However, if they risk offending the emperor to speak for Lin Cong, their friendship may not reach that level.

What's more, entering the officialdom depends on personal ability. Wang Zhi has already become an official. As his student, Lin Cong cannot trouble this old man with everything.

So in fact, for today's Lin Cong, keeping a low profile and being steady is the best way. With Wang Zhi's prestige, people in the officialdom will give a little face. As long as he doesn't make trouble, no one will Deliberately embarrass him, even when he needs support, there are also people who want to form a good relationship, and they can use it whenever they can't guarantee it.

It is a pity that perhaps it is precisely because of Wang Zhi as his backer that Lin Cong has never been low-key in the court. On the contrary, he has repeatedly given advice to the court. This attitude of serving the country and the people is certainly worthy of praise. , but, overtly and covertly, it also offended many people.

When the news came that Shu Liang was besieging the palace in the Xuan Mansion and persuading the Emperor to pay homage to the dead officers and soldiers, Lin Cong had come forward to demand severe punishment for Shu Liang. Although the emperor deceived him in the end, there is no doubt that, After that fight, the relationship between Lin Cong and these eunuchs was forged.

Moreover, because of this incident, the emperor didn't like him very much. This time, it was Lin Cong who took the lead in the mining tax eunuch matter. As a result, as soon as the court meeting was over, the emperor sent him to Daxing County with a decree. Many people in the magistrate's county felt that the emperor was nudging him to restrain his temper and stop clinging to the eunuchs every day. But now it seems that Mr. Lin has no intention of restraining himself...

At the same time, after hearing the emperor's question, Shu Liang lowered his head and said with a smile in his eyes.

"Returning to the emperor, I have just received the news. Just this morning, Liu An was arrested by the Daxing County police. The seven thousand kilograms of fuel charcoal he collected has also been seized by Daxing County. It is said that the county magistrate Lin Mr. Cong has obtained the lawsuit and is seeking justice for those merchants. In the next step, the fuel will probably be sent back the same way..."

hiss!
As soon as these words came out, Chen Yi took a deep breath. So, this is the consequence of offending the eunuch. Shu Liang's words seemed to be just stating objective facts, but almost every sentence was full of dissatisfaction. On the thunder point of the emperor.

Liu An's identity was known to Shen Yi. He was a subordinate of Song Wenyi. Now that Song Wenyi was presiding over the construction of imperial estates in various places, Liu An succeeded him and was temporarily responsible for the operation of the imperial estates near the capital. At the last court meeting, Lin Cong The person who was mainly impeached was Liu An.

Not to mention anything else, Liu An is a mine tax eunuch appointed by the emperor, and there are also official ranks in the inner court. You are a mere magistrate of Daxing County, and you have detained an official eunuch without an imperial edict. It is a crime of ultra vires.

Not to mention, Shu Liang also inadvertently mentioned the seven thousand catties of firewood collected by Liu An. This seems to be reporting the situation of errands, but in fact, Shu Liang is reminding the emperor... Liu An is He was arrested while doing business for the emperor.

Since he was an eunuch with an official rank, not an unknown person, and he was still running errands for the emperor. Under such circumstances, Lin Cong dared to arrest him and accuse him of contempt for the emperor's power, but it was not an exaggeration at all.

In addition, Shu Liang's words hinted implicitly and subtly that Lin Cong wanted to return the fuel. This is not true at a time when the court is in urgent need of fuel to meet its urgent needs. It's not an act of revenge!
Therefore, don’t offend the eunuch if you offend anyone. As a person who serves the emperor, maybe just a few words can put you into a crisis. Sometimes, you may not really be retaliated when something happens, but you can’t guarantee that one day. , I’ll just give you a try.

Just like now, the original incident of Lin Cong impeaching Shu Liang seemed to have passed long ago, but in fact, from what he just said, it can be seen that this Eunuch Shu has a grudge!

Sure enough, after saying these words, the emperor's face immediately darkened and he said immediately.

"This Lin Cong is so courageous. Shu Liang, you will immediately take Dongchang's troops to Daxing County and ask Lin Cong to release them, as well as the fuel charcoal collected by Liu An. Not even a pound will be lost." Bring it back to me!"

As soon as these words came out, Shu Liang naturally accepted the order, but Shen Yi beside him was a little anxious.

Although the emperor only asked Shu Liang to take people to bring back Liu An and the fuel he collected, but thinking about it, he knew that since Lin Cong had arrested people, he would not let them go easily.

In addition, Shu Liang's words just now are obviously giving Lin Cong eye drops. When Shu Liang goes there, if Shu Liang uses some tricks, such as not directly telling Lin Cong that he is leaving under orders, or deliberately irritating Lin Cong, then there will definitely be a big fuss.

Once it reaches that point, Lin Cong will not only despise the emperor's power, but also disobey the holy order. When the emperor is furious, it will be useless not to mention that Wang Zhi is behind him, but Yu Qian is behind him. !

In addition, and more importantly, Chen Yi had an inexplicable feeling that although Lin Cong was known for being outspoken and hating eunuchs in the court, he had a very good reputation and always abided by the law.

Even if he really had an opinion about the mining tax eunuch named Liu An, he would not ignore the law and arrest him directly.

You know, Daxing County is within the scope of Gyeonggi. Whether it is to arrest or release people, this is something that may be heard by Datian at every turn. role.

Lin Cong is not reckless, so he should not do such a thing. Of course, with Shu Liang's character, he would not lie to deceive the emperor, and it is such an easy thing to verify.

Therefore, there is a high probability that Lin Cong really arrested someone. However, there must be other secrets behind this. But then again, no matter what the secret is, once Shu Liang leaves the palace, Lin Cong will really be with him. If a conflict arises, then the charge of disobeying the imperial edict will never be removed.

And now, in this palace, the only one who can stop Shu Liang is Shen Yi...

Do you want to stand up and stop this?
If he stood up, he would definitely offend Shu Liang, but Lin Cong was Wang Zhi's disciple after all, and if something like this happened, it would be fine if Shen Yi was not there, but since he was present, if he kept silent, I'm afraid It will be difficult for me to grieve my conscience in the future.

"His Majesty……"

After a brief hesitation, just when Shu Liang was about to retreat, Chen Yi finally made a decision and took a step forward. However, just as he opened his mouth to call out, he saw an internal servant walking in quickly from outside. road.

"Your Majesty, Lords Zhang Min and Yu Shiyue of the Cabinet are asking for an interview. They say that there is an urgent message from Daxing County and they want to meet with Your Majesty!" "Daxing County?"

Hearing this name, the emperor was obviously surprised and frowned slightly. Shen Yi glanced at Shu Liang next to him, but saw that the latter's expression also changed slightly at the same time.

As a result, Chen Yi became more sure of his guess and said.

"Your Majesty, since the two adults said it was an urgent report and it is related to Daxing County, we might as well call them in first to see what happened."

Hearing this, the emperor also nodded and said.

"Let them in."

Then, the emperor paused for a moment, then his eyes fell on Shu Liang and gave instructions.

"You wait aside."

"According to the order."

Shu Liang looked respectful and didn't seem to have any special reaction. However, Shen Yi, who had been paying attention to him, noticed that a hint of disappointment quickly flashed across the face of the Dongchang eunuch.

Not long after, Zhang Min and Yu Shiyue came quickly to the hall, knelt down and saluted, and said.

"Chen Zhang Min..."

"Chen Yu Shiyue..."

"Meet Your Majesty!"

Seeing the two of them coming hand in hand, Shen Yi was slightly relieved, but at the same time he felt dumbfounded.

No one else will talk about the situation in the cabinet, but the important ministers in the DPRK basically know that the two people were originally allies, but now that Zhang Min has come to power, the relationship has long since broken down.

But the more this happened, the two of them became more and more inseparable. Unless they were summoned alone, whenever the cabinet had important matters to report, they would come hand in hand, so that many ministers from outside the court were sighing. The ministers in the cabinet are so united and have a harmonious relationship.

But in fact, the real situation is that the reason why the two of them always come together to do something is to prevent the other party from stumbling on themselves in front of the emperor.

So now, every time he sees these two people coming to show off, Shen Yi feels like laughing in his heart.

Of course, Mr. Shen's years of ups and downs in officialdom have long since made him calm, with no expression on his face at all. After the emperor called out the courtesy, he smiled and greeted the two of them.

After everyone stood up, the emperor asked directly.

"I just heard from the chamberlain who came to report that the two gentlemen came in a hurry because there was an urgent report from Daxing County. What happened?"

As soon as this question was asked, the two people below immediately realized that the emperor's mood seemed not right. He glanced again and saw Shu Liang standing aside with a low eyebrow. The two seemed to have thought of something and looked at each other. , Zhang Min took out a memorial from his sleeve, handed it to the servant to present the imperial case, and then said.

"Your Majesty, Lin Cong, the magistrate of Daxing County, is reporting urgently. Early this morning, some unscrupulous people incited the people to besiege Huangzhuang. The matter was urgent. Lin Cong mobilized the county police to investigate and found that the matter originated from Liu An, the eunuch of the mining tax. On this pretext, we raided several businesses that were stocking fuel charcoal, collected thousands of kilograms of fuel charcoal, and planned to transport it to the capital."

"Later, the news leaked out that the people who had already suffered from the skyrocketing price of fuel charcoal gathered a crowd to besiege Huangzhuang because they were afraid that all the charcoal would be taken away and there would be no charcoal to use. After Lin Cong learned the news, in order to appease the people, he led people into Huangzhuang , and temporarily brought Liu An back to the county government for custody. At the same time, he sealed the firewood in the imperial village and promised the people that all the firewood would be sold at a fair price in the county, which temporarily appeased the people."

"Due to the emergency, Lin Cong had to leave Liu An in the county office first. He announced to the outside world that he had been detained and the memorial was just sent to the cabinet half an hour ago. The matter involved a civil uprising, and the ministers did not dare to delay. , and then urgently asked to see His Majesty."

I see……

Zhang Min's words succinctly explained what happened, and at the same time, they also solved many of Chen Yi's doubts just now.

Since it was a civil uprising, it was natural to act in a hurry and choose means that could stabilize the situation. According to the situation described by Zhang Min, the people at that time were all targeting Liu An, so the best way, of course, was to Tell these people that he has "arrested" Liu An into the county government, and at the same time promised that their charcoal will stay in the county, on the one hand to appease the people, and on the other hand to relieve their worries.

At the same time, "arresting" Liu An into the county government office was, in a sense, also to protect him. After all, although Huangzhuang was a royal estate, it was only the private property of the emperor. There was no specific clear plan for attacking Huangzhuang. However, the county government is a serious court government. Attacking the county government is no different from rebellion. Those who incite the people dare to besiege Huangzhuang, but they may not dare to attack the county government.

Even if we take a step back and say that someone really dares to besiege the county government, then they can delay the time and then call in the nearby inspection department to help ensure the stability of the situation.

From this perspective, there is actually no problem with Lin Cong's handling. The only problem is...

Shen Yi's eyes fell on Shu Liang's body, and he was afraid for a while.

It should be said that among all Lin Cong's disposals, the most important thing was that after the civil uprising was quelled, the details were written as a memorial and sent to the capital as soon as possible.

But if he was half a moment later, after Shu Liang led the decree out of the capital, no matter how well he handled this matter, in the end, I am afraid that he would not be able to escape the serious crime...

(End of this chapter)