That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 278 Qian Renbi is strong without desire

In the early morning of the next day, hundreds of civil and military officials in court uniforms filed into the imperial city.

At the court meeting, the civil servants are left and the military is right. The civil servants are headed by the four members of the cabinet, and the military officials are headed by the Dadu and the five left governors of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. However, only one of the six governors in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is the left governor of the Central Army. In the court, the other five guarded the place separately, so the court became more and more powerful in culture and weak in military.

He was already strong in culture and weak in military, and Lan Yu, the chief assistant of the cabinet who had been in charge of the government for fifty years, was in charge, so the court hall became more and more like a civil servant's speech hall, often a scene where civil servants made generous speeches and military officials were silent.The civil servants are headed by the cabinet, and all four members of the cabinet are awarded the title of bachelor, namely the chief assistant Lan Yu, the second assistant Han Xuan, the group assistant Li Zhenji, and the group assistant Zhao Zongxian.

The chief assistant, Lan Yu, is in charge of the cabinet drafting power, and holds the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate tightly in his hands. He is in control of all personnel appointments and opinions. The second assistant, Han Xuan, rejoins the cabinet After that, he was in charge of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry, which can be said to have controlled the court's money bag. The group assistant Li Zhenji was in charge of the Ministry of Punishment, and the group assistant Zhao Zongxian was in charge of the Ministry of Rites. The latter two are far from being comparable to Lan Yu and Han Xuan.

In the first year of Taiping, Han Xuan resigned from office and retired, and all his close relatives and old disciples were relegated one after another. There is no clear party statement in the temple, because the temple has become Lanyu's one-spoken hall. The inspector of ceremonies of the red power became a dispute between the inner court and the outer court. It was not until Han Xuan returned to the temple in the 21st year of Taiping that the theory of the blue party that had been silent for 20 years resurfaced. At the same time, the saying of "inverting the blue" It also began to spread quietly in private.

As for who can take the lead in "inverting the blue", it is naturally Lanyu's old opponent, Han Xuan, who fought against Lanyu Temple 20 years ago.

In terms of seniority in the temple, although Han Xuan is not as good as Lan Yu, he is not far behind. He is also an old man who followed Xiao Huang to fight the world. He ranks thirteenth among the heroes of Lingyan Pavilion. , Doctor Guanglu, and Duke Ming Ying.

In addition to Lan Yu and Han Xuan, the two high-profile temple bosses, there is another eye-catching figure on the temple today. It is Wei Wuji, the right governor of the Dark Guard Mansion who rushed back to the imperial capital from Jiangnan. According to the rules, the Dark Guard Mansion generally only has The palm-printed governor attended the court meeting. If there were no special circumstances, the other two governors would not show up easily.

If the other two governors showed up, it would probably indicate a special situation.

Then there is Zhang Baisui, the "Inner Prime Minister" who is the eunuch who is in charge of the ceremony, and is wearing a black python robe, which is particularly conspicuous among the crowd of red and purple.

Except for the Chief Military Officer Wei Jin who is still absent, and the Metropolitan Government is expected to continue to remain silent, the rest of the cabinet, the Supervisor of Rituals, and the top figures of the Secret Guard Mansion have all arrived, so today's court meeting is extraordinarily grand.

The reason for this is that the appointments of the three major frontier governors in the Northwest, Jiangnan and Southern Xinjiang have all expired one after another, and today's court meeting is to discuss the candidates for the new frontier commander.

According to the legal system, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has the right to command the troops, but not the right to deploy troops, let alone the right to respond to personnel appointments, so even if the Metropolitan Governor Wei Jin is absent, it is not a big problem.Even the Ministry of Officials only has the right to appoint officials below the third rank. The few left governors are all from the high position of the first rank, and they are in charge of hundreds of thousands of elite frontier troops. It is related to the safety of the four frontiers. , Then the cabinet votes are drafted, submitted to His Majesty the Emperor for permission, and finally approved by the Supervisor of Rites before they can be formally appointed.

Now Zhang Wubing takes over as Zuo Jun Zuo Dudu is a certainty. He was originally Han Xuan's old department. He was dismissed because of Han Xuan's involvement. , but never thought that Lan Yu would recommend Zhang Wubing as the governor of the Northwest Army first. Now Zhang Wubing should be regarded as the Blue Party or the Korean Party, which is quite interesting.

In Weiyang Palace, Emperor Xiao sits on a dragon chair high above the ninth-tier Dan Chi, facing north and south. Under the Dan Chi, there is a large red sandalwood chair, on which is the chief assistant of the dynasty, Sapphire.

The two masters and apprentices, one up and one down, have worked together to run the temple for twenty years.

Now, the apprentice who knows the fate no longer needs this old master, but the Daqi court still needs this old chief assistant, so Lan Yu has to sit here peacefully, even His Majesty the Emperor cannot drive him away.

In fact, as early as a few months ago, the cabinet had already started to discuss several candidates for the left governor, but apart from Zhang Wubing, the remaining two candidates proposed by the cabinet were not in line with His Majesty's wishes. The prisoner wore red, which dragged on until today's Great Court Meeting.

In fact, the candidates for the left commanders of the two major frontier armies in Northwest and Southern Xinjiang are easy to say. After all, one is a land of bitter cold and hundreds of battles, and the other is a land of barbarians full of miasma. The position of Zuo Dudu is crucial at the moment.

Jiangnan is a first-class prosperous place in the world, and it involves Jiangdu, especially the Daoist sects have repeatedly attacked Jiangdu, so the position of the Jiangnan Army has become more and more important.The reason why Emperor Xiao and Lan Yu disagreed on who to choose for this position was, in the final analysis, because of their different attitudes towards Taoism.

Emperor Xiao intends to appoint a new governor of the left, while Lan Yu wants Chen Qiong to stay in office.

It's just that after the court meeting began, Emperor Xiao kept silent about the appointment of the left governor of the Jiangnan Army, but Wei Wuji, the right governor of the Dark Guard Mansion, took the lead in making a presentation.

Lan Yu frowned, Han Xuan was there.

The man and cat who used to work with Zhang Wubing and others did not speak loudly, but they could be heard clearly, "Your Majesty Qizuo, I have ordered you to go to the south of the Yangtze River to investigate the case. It has been found that the left governor Chen Qiong has committed five major crimes."

"On the third day of September in the 18th year of Taiping, Chen Qiong secretly met Kong Yixiao, a Qing guest from the Wei Palace, in Jiangdu's private residence. Afterwards, he accepted 5 taels of gold from Kong Yixiao. His major crime was the first."

"During December last year, more than a thousand pirates gathered to rob the fleet, looting a huge amount of 30 taels of silver, and causing hundreds of deaths and injuries. Big Sin Two."

"Since chasing and suppressing the Bailian sect bandits, Chen Qiong's report has been delayed arbitrarily and deliberately deceived, so that military affairs have not been completed for a long time. The three major crimes."

"According to His Majesty's decree, Chen Qiong's ancestral house was thoroughly investigated. There were more than 120 taels of gold, more than [-] million taels of silver, and countless other jewels in the house. The total amount was about four million taels. Chen Qiong's annual salary was only more than [-]. Two, greedy ink to this point, nothing more than this, the four major crimes."

"After the fall of this year, His Majesty secretly ordered the Jiangnan garrison to be stationed [-] miles outside Jiangdu City. Chen Qiong disobeyed the order, and privately asked people from the Taoist sect to have secret talks in the mansion. His intentions cannot be questioned. The fifth major crime. "

"A confession and stolen goods have been registered and recorded, and presented to His Majesty for inspection, and witnesses and criminals are temporarily detained in the Imperial Prison of the Dark Guard."

Emperor Xiao put his hands on the armrests of the dragon chair, expressionless.

Han Xuan stepped out slowly and said calmly, "These five serious crimes should be punished."

The whole court was silent.

If Han Xuan wanted to compete with Lan Yu, he couldn't be a soft-hearted and kind person.

Han Xuan slightly raised his voice, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, there are so many things that are too numerous to record. Only by exposing them to punishment can we be able to see and hear them."

Many courtiers who had grasped His Majesty's thoughts came out to second the proposal one after another.

Several important ministers of the Blue Party wanted to stand up to refute, but they were stopped by Lan Yu's eyes, and finally they did not come out.

Emperor Xiao said slowly: "Wei Wuji, this matter is still under your supervision. Immediately arrest Chen Qiong and go to Beijing. There will be a joint trial with the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, and the Dark Guard Mansion. After being convicted, report to the Supervisor of Rituals."

Wei Wuji knelt down, "I accept the order."

Emperor Xiao got up from the dragon chair, looked down at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu dynasty, his eyes finally fell on Lan Yu, and said softly: "Supervise Yu Kuang, the governor of the royal palace of Qi, to temporarily act as the left governor of the rear army, and the elder Han Ge will draw up the ticket." Submit it to the Supervisor of Rituals and retire from the court."

After Wei Wuji, the human cat, came out of the palace first, all civil and military officials also filed out.

Lan Yu and Han Xuan came to the end, standing side by side in front of Weiyang Palace for the first time, looking at the officials who were walking down the steps one by one.

The last time they stood side by side like this twice was when Emperor Xiao ascended the throne 50 years ago.

Lan Yu said slowly: "The sea is open to all rivers, tolerance is great. Mr. Han Ge, can't you leave a way out? It is also for others."

Han Xuan said indifferently: "If you stand on a wall, you can be strong without desire. I, Han Xuan, have no wife and children, no relatives and friends, no admiration for glory, no desire for women, and I am alone. My days are numbered. In the end, I am nothing more than death." That's all, since you are not afraid of life and death, why do you need to retreat?"

After all, Han Xuan left straight away.

Lan Yu stood where she was, and whispered softly to herself, "What a man who can be strong without desire!"

(End of this chapter)