The rise of the prince

Chapter 98

Early in the morning, when many people were still asleep, many ministers had already arrived outside the Meridian Gate. The eunuchs carried lanterns to illuminate the way. Many courtiers braved the early cold to pass through the tall Meridian Gate, climbed up the high steps, and came to the brightly lit hall. The meeting hall.

According to the law of the great scene, there should be a small court in three days, and officials of the third rank and above can only be seen in the side hall in purple clothes.In the five-day dynasty, all officials above the fifth rank had to go to the hall, and it was in the main hall of Changchun.

But ever since the emperor ascended the throne, he has worked hard and worked tirelessly. There are small dynasties almost every day, but there will be fewer big dynasties, and today happened to be the big dynasties.

The big and small officials entered the hall one by one with jade wats in their hands and stood still. At this time, it was still before dawn.

Following the high-pitched singing of the first father-in-law, the old man in the red gold dragon robe, pearls and jade earrings, and wearing a black crown with twelve jade tassels walked out from the side of the hall. It was the current emperor.

According to the law of etiquette, the emperor only needs to dress up in the court during the great dynasty, which is generally not the case in normal times.

Then the officials kowtowed and saluted, the emperor agreed to die, and then the court meeting began.

In fact, it has been more than half a decade since the beginning of December, and the ministers are aware of many things, and there is only one thing that cannot be agreed up to now, and that is the matter of Wei Chaoren.

Many people in the court today came here with the mentality of watching a play. After all, they are not qualified to participate in the small court, and they have no chance to talk in the big court. They are nothing more than watching a play. Look at the death of Wei Chaoren.

After all, the once high-ranking Jiedushi, the third-rank official of the frontier, has now become ruined. Many people will gloat in their hearts even if the matter has nothing to do with themselves.

The Great Dynasty emphasizes etiquette and regulations, and the highest-ranking second government is the first to play the role as usual.

The chief official of the Zhengshitang and Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhang Shi Wang Yue fell ill, and Yu Cheng'an, the prefect of the political affairs, led the performance, and then the privy envoy Zhong Daoyu played according to the regulations.Then came the three divisions, Yantie Division, Yantie Envoy Lu Jie, Duzhi Division Duzhi Envoy Xue Fang, and Hubu Division Hubu Envoy Tang Zhouwei.

The three divisions were also merged into one place before, and there were three division envoys, also known as "jixiang".

Later, in order to divide the power of the three divisions, the former dynasty divided them into three divisions, each with envoys, but the third division is still the department that coordinates the national finances.

The Privy Council is in charge of military affairs, the Political Affairs Hall is in charge of government affairs, and the three divisions are the prime minister's financial department.

This was just an ordinary report, but after Yantie Division and Du Zhi Division summarized and reported the annual income and expenditure, Tang Zhouwei of the Department of Household Department knelt in front of the hall and hesitated for a long time. clear.

The emperor immediately saw that something was wrong, and stopped him: "Tang Zhouwei, your household department hasn't settled the settlement yet!"

Tang Zhou below was trembling with fright, he faltered a few words and then fell to his knees in front of the hall with a plop: "Your Majesty, it is by no means an official who deliberately desecrated his post. It is indeed His Majesty who has worked hard since he ascended the throne to be upright and holy. My dynasty is prosperous and prosperous, and the people Living and working in peace and contentment has become an unprecedented prosperity, and the growth of household registration is too fast.

Our household department is responsible for the statistics and calculation of household tax cases, confession cases, repair and construction cases, music cases, clothing and food cases, and is in charge of the national household registration, two taxes, wine tax, etc. The growth of household registration is too fast, and the number is huge at one time. It's hard to figure it out!
I dare not lie to Your Majesty with false words. I have summoned the officials of the department overnight to make plans. However, although many new officials who entered the department came from literary examinations, they are only good at literature and science, and they are really not good at calculations. Completely settled. Please forgive me, Your Majesty! "

The chubby Tang Zhou covered his head on the ground after speaking and didn't dare to look up.

The emperor nodded with a blank expression on his face. No one knew what he was thinking: "Do you think you can fool me by saying a few good words! But if you don't finish it, you don't finish it. If you don't lie with imaginary numbers, you are not bad.

After all, this is the matter of your Ministry of Household Affairs. As an envoy of the Ministry of Household Affairs, you are a second-rank official in the imperial court. This is your job. If you fail to do well, you will not do well. Don’t make excuses for me! "The emperor reprimanded loudly, and none of the officials below dared to speak out.

"However, according to the facts, you have handled it well. You will be exempted from the crime of dereliction of duty, and you will be fined for three months. You are limited to submit the summary of the Secretary of the Ministry of Households to my desk within three days. If you can't do it yourself Understand what is the crime of dereliction of duty!" After finishing his speech, the emperor said, "Next!"

Cheng Zhi of the Hanlin Academy behind was startled and hurried up, Tang Zhouwei was still kneeling and did not dare to get up
The court meeting continued, but Tang Zhouwei, the envoy of the Ministry of Household Affairs, kept kneeling and listening, and dared not stand up because of the pain in his knees.

After reporting according to the regulations, it was time for free discussion. Sure enough, as many people expected, the crown prince first stepped forward to bring up the matter of Wei Chaoren, counted the evidence of the crime, and at the same time stated that there should be no further delay, hoping to kill Wei Chaoren to avenge common people's grievances.

Then Zhu Yue, the envoy of Wude, Yu Cheng'an, a political adviser, and Mo Nijiyun, a member of Zhongshushe, seconded the proposal.

Just when many people were gloating and thinking that Yu Chengan was really dead this time, General Zhong Daoyu protested as usual, thinking that Wei Chaoren didn't deserve to die, and put forward a bunch of reasons. Everyone shook their heads, and the old general was helpless again.

But at this moment, a shocking thing happened. Yang Hongzhao, the commander in front of the palace, Zhao Guanghua, the commander of the horse army of the guards, and Tong Guan, the commander of the infantry of the guards, all stood up and believed that Wei Chaoren's crime was not worthy of death!

Many officials who could not go to the small court, came to the big court after several days, and were waiting to watch the show were stunned on the spot. What's the situation?I haven't been in court for a few days, but the direction of the court has changed all of a sudden!It wouldn't be surprising if such a big event took a year and a half to turn around, but it's only been a few days!

Many courtiers began to whisper, and at this moment, He Zhao, who usually did not ask about Guanbei, suddenly reported that the people in Guanbei had no harvest due to the war disaster, and asked the emperor to send food relief.

The proposal was rejected by the emperor on the spot, and He Zhao was not allowed to mention it again.Although it was refuted, many people began to speculate in their hearts. Could it be that He Zhao also intervened in the Guanbei matter, so where did he stand?Wei Chaoren is still the prince
"The old thief He Zhao actually belongs to Wei Chaoren's side. Okay, what a good old thief, the prince underestimated you!" The prince just came out of the Changchun Palace after the meeting was over and began to curse. He Zhaoyi interrupted Wei Chaoren yesterday. Chaoren is not dead, and today is too!

"On weekdays, he pretended to be condescending, but my father also said that he was upright, so I thought he was so noble. In the end, he was not in collusion with Wei Chaoren!" The prince became more and more angry, and Yu Chengan, who was half a step behind him, also Frowning slightly: "The old minister never expected that He Zhao would be on Wei Chaoren's side in the end, it's just a little strange."

"What's so strange, he's just a villain, an old thief!" the prince gritted his teeth.

Yu Chengan smiled slightly: "What the prince said is true." But he thought in his heart that if He Zhaozhen wanted to help Wei Chaoren, why would he delay until now, and what he said was very strange, as if there was a kind of ambiguity, or...he also I can't tell what's wrong, I can't tell the prince about it, and he doesn't understand it.

"It's because you don't have your mind and your heart. Those things I taught you are biased towards Mr. Wei in the ears of those who are interested. But if you stand on the sidelines and neutralize the angle, how will it be clear, such as the words in the ears of other people who are not involved in this battle. .It’s just a normal talk of worrying about the country and the people.” Li Ye leaned on the chair, and slowly explained to Wei Yubai beside him: “So neither of them knew that they were being tricked.”

"You, you are really bad," Wei Yubai concluded after staying for a long time.

(End of this chapter)