The daily life of Dali Siqing

The next day, the court meeting.

Cao Zhengchun, who was supposed to stand next to the emperor, was not in that position, but was listed at the bottom.

The original supervisor of the West Factory, Yuma Jian Zheng Yuhuatian, took the place of Cao Zhengchun and stood beside the emperor.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

After three clean whips, the court meeting began.

"Start playing if there is something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do." It is still the normal process of the past.

Just when the ministers were about to play, Cao Zhengchun stood up.

The reason why Cao Zhengchun can stand here is to start from Dongchang.

The full name of Dongchang is Dongjishichang, and the full name of Dongchang Factory Superintendent is Imperial Envoy Governor Dongchang Official School Office Eunuch, which is a standard third-rank official.

Although the Six Departments of the Court, China and Darkness seem complicated and intertwined, they are actually a balanced ending after the late emperor tried his best to balance all parties.

Due to the existence of martial arts, the importance of warriors has also been greatly enhanced.

In order to stabilize the world, there must be no shortage of warriors in the imperial court.

Even though most people in the civil official group look down on these quack warriors, they have to admit it.

Jinyiwei, Hulong Villa, Six Gates, and Dongchang, these are organizations that existed in the era of Emperor Taizu Gao.

When the princes were fighting for hegemony, Taizu had his own intelligence agency. The person in charge was Chengyi Bo Liu Qingtian. This person was not only the head of Taizu's counselors, but also established and took charge of Taizu's intelligence agency.

After Taizu established the country in the south of the Yangtze River, the original staff of this intelligence agency became the Dali Temple for murder and investigation.

However, when Taizu conquered the northern border, the Mingjiao and Lanhu rebellions broke out successively.

The Daoist sect also chose to attack at this time, disabling the Mingjiao, which was originally suspended with the country, and became the new state religion of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

After the Lanhu Rebellion, the Dali Temple was divided into three parts. The most powerful prison guard merged with the original backbone of the Dragon Rider Guards to form the Jinyiwei, which was in charge of accompanying the army in foreign wars, providing war intelligence, and supplemented by the supervision of hundreds of officials. .

In the anti-theft department with the largest number of staff, it was reorganized into six departments to monitor the rivers and lakes.

The Guangwen Department, which was originally responsible for the world's intelligence, has become today's Hulong Villa. This is the power that Zhu ignored on behalf of the royal family.

Later, Taizu needed to supervise the civil servants, and Taizu used iron and blood methods, but he couldn't kill all the civil servants alone, so he supported the Dongchang and created the eunuch group to balance.

These four families were established during the Taizu Dynasty. The four families performed their duties, but they had overlapping powers.

This has led to conflicts between the four organizations, and it is impossible for them to cooperate sincerely.

Taizu can still control it and be that superior referee.

When the first emperor succeeded to the throne, although the An Sibu believed in the emperor, they were not his confidants after all, so Xichang and Shenhou's mansion came into being.

Xichang Yuhuatian was the late emperor's confidant, and the six or five gods of the Shenhou Mansion had a close personal relationship with the late emperor, and they even had the merit of saving him.

The addition of these two parts makes the Dark Six part balance again.

To get back to the topic, although Cao Zhengchun has a rank and official rank, almost everyone will regard him as an eagle dog of the emperor. I didn't expect that he would be the first to find out today.

"My lord, Cao Zhengchun, the imperial envoy and eunuch in charge of the Dongchang official school, has a copy to play!"

"I report that Zhu Zhangui, the prince of Chu, colluded with the demon grandson Shichang, paid tribute to the poison pill, and served as the first emperor Bintian!"

When Cao Zhengchun stood up, Yu Yanyi, who was at the head of the civil servants, felt that things were developing out of control.

When Cao Zhengchun opened his mouth, Yu Yanyi knew that the new king was going to kill his own brother.

"what?!"

"The king of Chu dared to kill the king and his father?!"

"I didn't expect the King of Chu to be such an unfaithful and unfilial person?"

"Didn't the Taoist sect already ban the alchemy of gold, silver, mercury, and lead?! I heard that Sun Shichang is revered as the 'King of Medicine'..."

Cao Zhengchun's words caused an uproar and broke the original silence in the Hanyuan Hall.

There was a lot of discussion among the ministers.

There are those who are filled with righteous indignation, those who have doubts in their hearts, and those who add fuel to the flames...

The appearance of all living beings in the Hanyuan Hall.

"Cao Zhengchun, do you have evidence for what you said!?"

The one who asked the question was Cheng Qingsong, the governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the censor of the right capital.

This old man may be a little pedantic, but his morality is beyond reproach, and he is upright in his heart.

Such a heinous thing of "killing the king and killing the father" is rare in the troubled times. If it is true, what will be the face of the Great Zhou? !

Facing Cheng Qingsong's questioning, Cao Zhengchun did not rush.

"How dare I, a handicapped person, speak nonsense about such a big event?! My colleagues in the East Factory who carried out this mission and the Imperial Physician Zhao Buwang of the Imperial Hospital can all prove it."

Yu Huatian, who was standing next to the new king Zhu Zhankun, also said at the right time, "The servant has a book to play."

Zhu Zhankun nodded, "Speak!"

"When the king of Chu was being examined the day before yesterday, a personal attendant of the governor of the king of Chu, who was not angry at the rebellion of the king of Chu and his subordinates, came to make the first report, and attached a handwritten letter from the king of Chu, which was It is the medicinal materials that he bought to refine the poison elixir."

Yu Huatian took out a playbook from his sleeve as he spoke.

It seems that there is factual evidence, and the noisy voices in Hanyuan Hall gradually subsided.

All want to continue to see how things develop.

Two of the dark six parts have evidence, and the authenticity of this matter has gone up several levels.

The civil officials in the court have not noticed it yet, but Di Zhiyuan, the young minister of Dali Temple who often associates with the Six Dark Departments, has already noticed the abnormality.

Among the dark six divisions, Zhuge Zhengwo, the prince of the sixth and fifth gods, is chasing and killing Yuan Shisanjian all over the world, and he is not in Beijing.

Liu Dufeng, the chief arrester of the six sects, who used Xu Fu as a sharpening stone to break into the realm of Fa, Heaven and Phenomenon, is still recovering from his injuries in the north!

And the four commanders of Jinyiwei are no longer in Beijing.

Among the six dark ministries, the remaining leaders were standing in the front of the main hall, the old god was there, and Hou Zhu, the king of Changping County and the owner of Hulong Villa, who was watching coldly, ignored him.

But judging by his appearance, he obviously didn't want to get involved in this matter.

In other words, no one can counteract the intelligence of the East and West factories.

"The lower official has a question, please ask Governor Cao."

Just as the ministers accepted this fact, Di Zhiyuan, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, stepped forward.

The Bingzhou Facao, who was originally depressed, showed amazing growth after being transferred to the capital by Yang Qingyuan. Whether it was judging crimes, compiling laws, or political vision, his decision-making ability had improved a lot.

During the four years of following Yang Qingyuan, Di Zhiyuan has been accumulating.

But when Yang Qingyuan left the capital because of Zhou Mingsheng, Di Zhiyuan and Song Huifu held up the banner of Dali Temple.

Four years of accumulation, thick and thin.

Song Hui's father was in charge of criminal investigation and judgment, and Di Zhiyuan was also responsible for the daily affairs of Dali Temple while assisting in the judgment.

When Yang Qingyuan was not around, Di Zhiyuan was the head of Dali Temple.

Now he has been promoted to be the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, taking charge of Dali Temple on behalf of Yang Qingyuan.

It took Di Zhiyuan nearly ten years to go from being a Jinshi of the second rank to being a six-rank Bingzhou Facao.

It only took five years for Di Zhiyuan to go from the sixth-rank Bingzhou Facao to the fourth-rank Dali Temple Shaoqing.

Cao Zhengchun looked at Di Zhiyuan with complicated eyes.In fact, he really didn't want to be enemies with Dali Temple and Yang Qingyuan.

Whether it's because he has seen Zhenwu Daozun's methods, or because he started from his heart.

Eunuch Cao is polite, but ordinary civil servants look down on eunuchs, especially because of physical defects, which cause most eunuchs to have a strange smell. Although Cao Zhengchun has entered the cave and has long since lost this strange smell, he still will be despised.

But only one or three families deeply influenced by Yang Qingyuan's thoughts, including Wang Hua, Li Xunhuan, Yao Jie, etc., were all polite to Cao Zhengchun.

Regardless of whether it was on the surface or not, for Cao Zhengchun, he accepted this feeling.

What eunuchs can desire is nothing more than power and wealth. Cao Zhengchun has all these, so the only thing left is respect.

It would be a good choice for Cao Zhengchun if the first and third lines would be in power in the future.

But he has no choice now. Even if he is strong in martial arts, he is only an existence attached to the imperial power. For Cao Zhengchun, nothing is more important than his life.

For him, being loyal to the Son of Heaven is enough. As for who the Son of Heaven is, it is secondary.
"Master Di, if you have something to say, please speak."

Di Zhiyuan didn't show any politeness either, and went straight to the point.

"According to the information from Dali Temple, the 'poison pill' mentioned by the governor was made by Sun Shichang, the king of medicine, and you were personally responsible for escorting it, and it also caused people in the world to scramble to snatch it. All the officials are convinced!"

If this is a poison pill, then why does the medicine king personally refine it? !

If this is a poison pill, then why are people in the Jianghu scrambling to snatch it? !

If this is the poison pill, then Cao Zhengchun who escorted the poison pill was the accomplice who poisoned the late emperor.

Cao Zhengchun's statement has obvious logical problems.

Faced with Di Zhiyuan's doubts, neither the emperor nor the original loyalists of the princelings said anything.

Once they open their mouths, this matter will become in the eyes of the neutral ministers. The emperor used the East and West factories as murder weapons to snare the crimes, kill the brothers, and make the late emperor wronged.This is undoubtedly not the effect Zhu Zhankun wants.

Cao Zhengchun has been in charge of the East Factory for many years, so it is naturally impossible for him to be asked this way.

"I escorted the elixir under the orders of the late emperor. The elixir that the late emperor wanted to refine was naturally a elixir that prolongs life, but King Chu Ni colluded with the demon Taoist Sun Shichang and replaced the elixir with a poisonous elixir. We will wait I was kept in the dark and didn't know it."

Said Cao Zhengchun turned to the direction of the new king Zhu Zhankun, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Naturally, Zhu Zhankun would not punish Cao Zhengchun severely.

"This is Zhu Zhangui's poisonous plan. It is so sinister and vicious that ordinary people can't get rid of it! The poison technique of the demon Daoist Sun Shichang is also powerful. Although you have committed a crime of ignorance, you can't blame it all."

Zhu Zhankun paused, as if thinking about the punishment for Cao Zhengchun.

"Cao Zhengchun of Dongchang, who was not clear about the investigation and correction, was deceived by a traitor. He was punished with a stick of eighty years and fined for three years."

Such a big mistake is only punished with a stick, which has already explained Zhu Zhankun's attitude to a certain extent.

Standing below, Zhu Wushi was expressionless, but at the moment he was disdainful.

Zhu Zhankun is still too young!

Although there is a bit of resourcefulness and political skill, but not much!
Cao Zhengchun should be held accountable now, and this matter should be determined.

The heavier the punishment Cao Zhengchun receives, the more it shows the authenticity of this matter.

This was a big mistake that indirectly led to the death of the first emperor, so you will be punished for eighty years and fined for three years.

Cao Zhengchun is a master of the Dongxuan Realm, with Tiangang Boy Kung Fu, invulnerable to swords and guns, what is the difference between eighty sticks and tickling? !

As for the three-year penalty, it is even more nonsense.

The official salaries of the Great Zhou Dynasty were notoriously low, and the officials in the court either received icy respect, or had a side job like Qian Muqian, or had rich family wealth.

If you don't have any, you can only make ends meet like Yu Shoufu, relying on the late emperor's help.However, the first emperor was not rich, so he could be regarded as a poor household helping low-income households!

As for an eunuch like Cao Zhengchun, would he live off his salary? !
But the factory guards under his command don't know how much money they have collected for filial piety!Three years' salary is not enough for Governor Cao to reward a subordinate who has made a meritorious service.

Zhu Zhankun's punishment cannot convince the officials at all, and it cannot be used to establish the authenticity of this matter. Instead, it will arouse the suspicion of the officials.

Zhu Wushi had already labeled Zhu Zhankun as a veto in his heart.

Such a person is not worthy of being the Son of Heaven of the Great Zhou at all. If the conditions do not allow it, he would even contribute to the flames at this moment.

It's a pity, now Zhu Zhankun has offered a condition that Zhu ignores and can't refuse-a marriage.

Give him and Su Xin a marriage!
This is the biggest obsession in Zhu Wushi's heart.

If he loses her and wins the world, who can accompany him to see the prosperity of the world.

In the matter of affection, Zhu Wushi is not black, he can even give up the throne for Su Xin.

Of course, he can marry Su Xin openly after seizing the throne.

But rebellion is always an unstable thing, even if you are as arrogant as Zhu and ignore it, you are not [-]% sure.

Therefore, the emperor's gift of marriage is obviously a better choice, which can stop the sins of the world.

But the fly in the ointment is that the person who gave the marriage is Zhu Zhankun.

Although he is the son of heaven, he is also Zhu Wushi's nephew. The nephew's marriage to the emperor's uncle is obviously not recognized.

But Zhu Wushi had no better choice. If Emperor Taizong Wen was still there, he would naturally be the best candidate for marriage.

Not only the Ninth Five-Year Master, but also Zhu Wushi's elder brother.

The eldest brother is like a father, and the first emperor bestowed marriage on the basis of affection and reason, and there is nothing wrong with it in the country or in the family.

But now there is no choice but to retreat.

After Zhu Zhankun announced the punishment, as expected by Zhu Wushi, there were rustling voices of officials discussing again in Hanyuan Hall.

The supervisory censor who was supposed to be responsible for monitoring the manners and etiquette of the officials also selectively turned a blind eye.

"His Majesty!"

Yu Yanyi, the chief assistant of the cabinet, who had been silent for a long time, just opened his mouth, and the hall fell silent.

Almost all the ministers were waiting for the chief minister to speak.

This scene made Zhu Zhankun fearful.

Leaders and ministers have power for a while.

He was talking about Yu Yanyi at this moment.

With his prestige and power, even if he wanted to do what Yin Yinhuo Guang did, it might not be impossible.

so close!Zhu Zhankun made a secret spy. Fortunately, he sent Zhu Zhangui, king of Chu, to prison in time, otherwise if the two were allowed to collude.

His throne may not be secure!

"Poisoning the late emperor is a serious crime. At this time, the facts are unclear and the evidence is insufficient, so how can we make a conclusion. I think that this case should be managed by Dali Temple, assisted by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and supervised by the Clan Mansion. Find out the truth!"

Yu Yanyi's words immediately won the support of the officials.

The death of the first emperor is not a family matter, but a state matter!