Comprehensive Martial Arts: Read to become a sage, use martial arts to break the ban

Chapter 179
The undercurrent in Tianzi City finally turned into a torrent.

At today's court meeting, the Minister of Rites fired the first shot, bombarding the great Confucian Chen Deming.

"Your Majesty, Chen Deming is just a temporary staff member invited by His Royal Highness. After assisting in the affairs of Chunwei, he should withdraw from the imperial court. However, Chen Deming is still hosting Confucian scholars' lectures and talking about government affairs. , Interfering with their daily duties is really a big cancer in my dynasty."

Minister of Rites Yin Chengyuan's performance shocked countless people.

In the minds of the scholars, Chen Deming was like a big dipper. Not only did the newly promoted officials this year have been deeply influenced by him, but nine out of ten courtiers and ministers had regarded themselves as his students, or their students' students.

He lived in the world of peaches and plums all his life, his knowledge was as unattainable as a mountain, and his bearing was as unfathomable as the sea. He and Tai Fu Fan Huiming were the most dazzling twin stars in the literary world of the Northern Li Dynasty.

Yin Chengyuan's attack was full of heartfelt words, how could he have such courage.

Before Emperor Ming could reply, several censors came forward to play, the content was the same as Yin Chengyuan's, they all attacked him for disrupting the court with his body in white.

The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs soon understood.

Chen Deming was invited by the prince, and now that the prince is not here, Chen Deming is still leading the officials in Tianzi City, so it is naturally inappropriate.

Gradually, some smart people started to chime in.

The crown prince cleaned up the White King and Red King last year, and many positions were vacated in the two king systems. Although this year's vigorous promotion of newcomers, there are still many vacancies.

You can move the position under the buttocks.

On the contrary, more people chose to be silent. The ability of this prince is too terrifying. If they hadn't seen his dead body with their own eyes, most people would not take the risk to confront him.

After defeating King Bai, King Chi, and King Chang'an within a year, who knows if he is hiding behind his back at this moment, leading snakes out of their holes, and sweeping away these forces.

Therefore, most officials set their sights on Guo Pengju, the interim governor, and Zhang Changqing, the elder of the cabinet.

When the two heard Yin Chengyuan's performance, one snorted, and the other seemed to have heard nothing with half-closed eyes.

There was also Liu Minzhi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who looked at the eyes of everyone and smiled slightly, as if Yin Chengyuan was saying something funny.

Seeing the expressions of these three people, the court ministers immediately understood that the crown prince must be alive and well, and these direct descendants are very stable.

After several censors shouted for a while, there was no sound in the court hall.

Emperor Ming gradually frowned.

Yin Chengyuan secretly thought it was too bad, he took the risk of punishing the nine clans to swim in the muddy water, there is no way, who made him an official of the Ministry of Rites.

Yesterday, Yin Chengyuan received the imperial decree, secretly entered the palace, and directly entered the Jingtai Hall.

In Jingtai Hall, there is only His Majesty.

After hearing what His Majesty explained, Yin Chengyuan couldn't help being frightened out of his wits.

Let him lead the censor to attack Chen Deming, how could Yin Chengyuan dare.

But let him refuse His Majesty face to face, he dare not.

Both sides lost their heads, Yin Chengyuan had no choice but to accept His Majesty's imperial decree first, and then there was this morning performance.

His Majesty has clearly promised him that as long as Yin Chengyuan is the first to stand up, the lieutenant generals in the court will all support him, and he is just starting.

Sure enough, after he finished playing, three or four censors generously submitted their resignations one after another, describing Chen Deming as the biggest rat in Northern Li.

The more Yin Chengyuan heard it, the more frightened he became. Even if he wanted to drive Chen Deming out of Tianzi, there was no need to splash dirty water like this. Chen Deming is like a fairy in the hearts of scholars and even the people of the world.

These three or four censors finished attacking Chen Deming, and the Taiji Hall returned to silence.

Originally thought that the trend of harmony between the officials did not appear, and the few censors also realized the problem, and their faces turned pale in an instant.

In the history of the court meeting, there have been farce-like scenes.

Emperor Ming's face was as dark as water.

He didn't allow his northern calendar to become what it is now.

"Elder Ge, what do you mean?"

Emperor Ming called Zhang Changqing, an old official who never stood in line, and Emperor Ming believed that he understood what he meant.

Zhang Changqing stepped out of the team, saluted Emperor Ming, and then replied: "Chen Deming was invited by the prince to preside over the Spring Chamber and select good talents for the country. He has made great contributions to my Beili. But now that the Spring Festival has come to an end, it is not good to force the master to work hard." Labor, Your Majesty can comfort you and give you more rewards, so that Master can return to his hometown and spend his old age in peace."

These words were extremely tactful, meaning to give Chen Deming affirmation, and send him away with a lot of money, so as not to let him continue to influence the court.

It is unwise to try to knock Chen Deming to the ground and discredit the prince.

After hearing Zhang Changqing's words, Emperor Ming's eyelids twitched. This was not a plan he was willing to accept. Emperor Ming's original intention was not to care about Chen Deming, but to dig out Xiao Luo's men through Chen Deming.

The current imperial court has been infiltrated too much by Xiao Luo.

During this period of time, he worked a lot behind the scenes, but with little effect, otherwise he would not have personally summoned Yin Chengyuan to force Yin Chengyuan to launch an attack with the threat of the emperor.

"What's the opinion of all my lovers?"

Emperor Ming scanned all the officials one by one, especially the departments that could be involved in this matter.

It's a pity that nine out of ten officials bowed their heads and necks, like rows of quails in a daze.

Is this the current Northern Calendar?
Was Xiao Luo afraid of being beaten and convinced, or did Xiao Luo pick out a bunch of soft bones in the first place?

Emperor Ming felt a burst of sadness in his heart.

However, he forgot that he had ignored the government for many years, and the Bai Wang Xiao was in charge of the country. What Xiao Luo took over was a mess that was corrupt to the bone.

There is no surplus silver in the treasury, and disasters are everywhere in the world.

At this moment, Emperor Ming only felt angry. As the king of a country, no one responded to what he wanted to do.

Just when he was furious and wanted to give orders desperately, Jinxian coughed lightly.

This cough brought back the words that Emperor Ming had rushed to his lips.

"Your Majesty, it's time for your medicine today, it's time to take it."

medicine?
Emperor Ming's heart moved, and he remembered the elixir that brought death back to life. It was the medicine Xiao Luo had found and saved his life.

If it wasn't for that elixir, he would still be sick now, maybe his condition would deteriorate and he would have died.

Emperor Ming immediately lost his temper, he himself relied on Xiao Luo to live, so why should he blame his courtiers.

He waved his hand wearily: "Just as the old man said, the Ministry of Rites will handle it."

retreated.

Yin Chengyuan stood up in distress, thinking about how to carry out this order, but His Majesty failed to achieve his wish, and took the anger out on himself.

If it doesn't work, resign?
Yin Chengyuan's eyes brightened, he resigned and went home, relying on the accumulation of these years, enough for his family to live safely.

But what about the future of the child?Yin Chengyuan became entangled again. He was not from a wealthy family, and he climbed to the position of servant entirely by his own efforts.

Once he resigns and leaves, decades of hard work will be wiped out.

There are two sons in the family, none of whom has achieved success in education, and they spend a lot of time outside. If they lose their official positions, I don't know how their brothers will endure the poor life.

That's all, it's just to offend Chen Deming. Anyway, the prince hasn't appeared in half a year, so he must be dead.

Taking chances, Yin Chengyuan went back to check the inventory of the Ministry of Rites, planning to choose some exquisite gifts and send Chen Deming away politely.

Finish the task early to avoid long nights and dreams.

The movements at the meeting were quickly reported to Wei Yun.

The one who came to report was Mu Bufan, who is now the servant of the household department and the youngest important official in the imperial court.

"Planning, His Majesty has already attacked our people, how should we deal with it?"

In the end is young, Mu Bufan has anger on his face.

Wei Yun ordered the maid to pour tea for him, and said calmly, "Isn't Your Majesty going to give Master Chen a reward in the end? Not only did we not suffer a loss, but we also made a profit."

"But once Mr. Chen leaves, Tianzi's opponents won't be suppressed anymore!"

"It should be said that once Mr. Chen leaves, some people will be able to take advantage of it, but this is also a good thing. At least before His Royal Highness returns, we can get a list of a group of opponents."

"This?"

Mu Xiaofan looked at Wei Yun suspiciously, this strategist holds the seal of the Prince of the Eastern Palace, and now almost makes decisions about all the affairs of the Eastern Palace.

Although no mistakes were made, Mu Xiaofan felt that compared to when Xiao Luo was there, the Prince's Mansion was much weaker.

Wei Yun smiled sweetly: "One moment and another, when things are going well, we can't see the undercurrents underwater. Now that we're in adversity, we might as well wait for those undercurrents to erupt completely. Master Chen will understand."

"Then let Master Chen leave like this?"

"What he wants to do has already been done, why bother to fetter a person who doesn't care about it for a long time. Master Xianyun Yehe, willing to stay in Tianzi for so long, is already doing Confucian Sword Immortal a great deal of face."

"Will the prince come back and blame us for our lack of protection?"

Wei Yun herself took a sip of tea, and said leisurely, "Did we do something wrong?"

"This is not."

"Then continue to do your own thing, the prince will be back soon."

"Really?"

Mu Xiaofan was very excited.

"It's already on the way back, so don't worry."

Mu Xiaofan took a long breath: "I'm going to tell them."

"Hehe, let's go."

After Mu Xiaofan left, Wei Yun just lowered her shoulders, and the maid hurried over to help her massage.

"Strategist, it's obviously very hard, why didn't you tell them?"

"They already have a lot of things to do, so why add to their troubles."

"But you, haven't slept for several nights."

The palace maid served Wei Yun very well, and she might secretly regard her as the future Lord of the East Palace, so she flattered her in every possible way.

Wei Yun smiled and let her knead, thinking about it.

Did Emperor Ming's accident today happen on a whim, or did he communicate with Xileibi secretly?

The Tang Sect has not intercepted any information from the west so far, and Xueyun City is very quiet. After Baili Dongfeng returned to Xueyun City, he has not left the door.

If Xueyun City does not participate in the affairs of King Chang'an, then the only people he can use are the survivors of Xileibi. Is Cao Guanzi willing to make wedding dresses for others?
Or can Guanzi Cao also squeeze benefits from King Chang'an?
After entering the palace, Wei Yun really didn't have much rest. Fortunately, she worked all year round, so she managed to survive the hectic period of time.

After Lan Yuehou's rebellion, the Imperial Army's attack on the palace left a very strong impression on the people in the palace, and Emperor Ming had no intention of attacking the army so far.

Even when the West Route Army was trapped in the clouds, Emperor Ming didn't pay much attention to it, and dumped it to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

Seeing the recent changes in Tianzi City, Guo Pengju felt extremely anxious, but he did not insist on going to Yunzhong in person.

After Su Changhe came back, he immediately cleaned up the undercurrent in Tianzi City, eradicating several foreign forces in the rivers and lakes who wanted to take over the Changmen.

Some people were just stones thrown by the dignitaries in the court. After they were crushed together, no one in Tianzi City dared to stand up again.

Except for this group of civil servants who don't know what to do, they are driven by Emperor Ming to jump around.

Late at night.

Wei Yun asked the lady-in-waiting to go to bed by herself. She was wearing a half-thick robe and leaning on the bedside to read the account book.

If the war in the cloud ends, a large pension should be transferred.

The national treasury is empty, and we have to find ways to make money. Apart from taxes and corvee, what other good ways are there?

Money has never been something that the Miss Wei family has to consider, because the Wei family has endless money.

But money is the problem that the strategists of the Eastern Palace have to solve. The Wei family's little money is put to the court, which can be said to be a drop in the bucket. It turns out that any small matter costs hundreds of millions of dollars.

In the few months since she came here, she had already emptied her own private warehouse in Wei's house.

It was just her dowry, a dowry that would never be spent in several lifetimes, and now it was all filled into the national treasury.

Alas, I don't know if Xiao Luo came back and saw the ledger in her hand, whether he was grateful or blamed her for being useless.

Thinking of this, I feel a little headache.

Wei Yun gathered up her robe, feeling a bit chilly, it's autumn.

Tianzi East City, a private house near the Imperial College, Yin Chengyuan commanded officials from the Ministry of Rites, and drove a carriage over.

There were three large mahogany boxes on the carriage, and the boxes were full of good things tributed by various countries.

Some are very valuable, some are very rare, some are pens, inks, papers and inkstones specially used by Confucian scholars, and there is a Guqin over 500 years old, which was made by the masters of the previous dynasty.

Yin Chengyuan smiled and knocked on the door of the private house.

Chen Deming walked out lightly, dressed in out clothes.

"Master, I'm sorry, I'm sending my master away from Beijing by the king's order."

Looking at the carriage loaded with large boxes, Chen Deming slightly showed a sarcastic smile: "Your Majesty has a heart."

"They are all tributes from envoys from various countries. I have been choosing them for a long time. I hope my master will not think that the officials are vulgar."

Chen Deming got into the carriage, took the whip from the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and drove the carriage away by himself.

Looking at the back of the master and the carriage, the official of the Ministry of Rituals asked in astonishment: "Master Minister, I heard that this great Confucian is over seventy years old, but judging by the way he drives the carriage, he is not an old man at all."

Yin Chengyuan wiped the cold sweat off his head, and shouted: "What do you know! Whether it is Chen Deming or Fan Taifu, the great Confucianists of this dynasty, they are all masters of martial arts, not to mention driving a carriage, they are the imperial guards of the entire Tianzi City Coming out is not enough for him to kill alone."

The officer sticks out his tongue.

Yin Chengyuan lowered his voice and said: "Don't you believe it? If you don't believe me, go and find the former forbidden soldiers. How many people died in the battle of the palace at the beginning of the year, and those forbidden soldiers all died in the hands of Fan Taifu!"

"Could it be that the palace was rebuilt later? I heard that tens of thousands of bones were dug out from the ruins during the remodeling."

"Stop talking, save your own life!"

(End of this chapter)