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Chapter 82 The Attacking Zeng Bu

Wang Gui died, and his death was so dramatic.

So much so that the empress dowager and the censors of Yushitai, who were still screaming and killing Wang Gui, didn't know how to deal with it for a while?

After all, people are dead!
The dead are the greatest, and there are some things that should not be considered.

But the problem is, whether it is the empress dowager in the palace or the crows at Yushitai, they all want face.

Especially the crows, whose brain circuit has always been known to be different from ordinary people in Song Dynasty.

Oh, you're dead, it's over once and for all, so forget it?
So what are we?
What about our hard work these days?
What will the world think of us?
Do you think we have slandered the Left Prime Minister?Even wronged the prime minister?

If this is the case, won't we lose our persuasiveness when we speak in the future?People will even suspect that their professional ability is not good enough!
The crow couldn't fall asleep at all just thinking about it.

To be a censor, the most important thing is credibility.

A censor without credibility is no different from a wild dog on the roadside.

After thinking about this, the censors no longer hesitated, and continued to write bullets, continue to attack Wu and impeach Wang Gui.

Do you want the crows to let go after death?

Think more!
Beating the dog in the water is what the crows are best at and love to do!

The most wonderful thing is that the dead will not talk back, let alone refute!

Coincidentally, Wang Gui's death was so dramatic.

Censors, don't you know how to use this as a breakthrough?Continue to pour dirty water on Wang Gui?
Was he pissed off?

very good!

Ashamed to death, it can be seen that even this criminal minister knows in his heart how unconscionable the things he has done are!
Otherwise, why would he be pissed off?
Being able to be pissed to death is enough to show that we censors are not wrong!It also shows that justice is at ease in people's hearts!

Look, the common people all know that Zuo Xiang Wang Gui has no merit in the country!

And the empress dowager in the palace was even more depressed.

She returned to Baoci Palace, thinking about it, and always felt uncomfortable.

Wang Gui just died!
This is where she is most uncomfortable!

The old man has not been punished yet, so you dare to die?
Inverted!Inverted!
Especially when this empress dowager who loves face thinks that if this matter is left alone and spread to the states and counties of the world, those who know the whole story may still understand her, the empress dowager, who is not easy to manage and suffer for the country.

But for those who don't know, how should they discuss it?

What Zhao Xu said in the hall kept echoing in her mind.

"The left minister is the father's thigh, don't be degraded deeply!"

The sixth brother is only eight years old, and even if he knows that Zuo Xiang Wang Gui was a minister who was used by the Emperor Daxing for more than ten years during his lifetime, he should not be deeply demoted, lest the Emperor Daxing suffer the stigma of being ignorant and improperly employing people.

Now, Wang Gui died just like that, and his death was so dramatic.

This will be spread to the ears of those ignorant Cuo Da in remote military prefectures.

What will they think?
Will anyone start to associate and even think that Wang Gui was forced to death by her, the empress dowager?
Before the Emperor Daxing's body was cold, he forced to death the prime minister who was reused in his lifetime!
The more the empress dowager thought about it, the more wrong she became.

Therefore, Liang Weijian was immediately sent to inform Zeng Bu in the academy, ordering Zeng Bu to wait for the imperial edict in the Hall of Yingying.

Of course, she is in the name of: Inquiring about bachelors for the emperor to study.

……

For Zeng Bu, the past one month was another happy time in his life.

Not only won the trust of the Empress Dowager, but also summoned him often to consult him about the Spring and Autumn Classics.

In the court hall, there was also a change that pleased him.

The new king came to the throne, and under the will of the Emperor Daxing, he wanted to abolish the law of market exchange and the law of equalization, and also took out the embankment department to buy it.

In this way, Zeng Zixuan's backstabbing of Wang Anshi, who single-handedly promoted him, would no longer be miscalculated.

This is called having foresight, and it is also called sticking to the right path.

It's the behavior of a gentleman!

Therefore, not only can the events of that year no longer become his political burden, but it is also impossible for anyone to accuse him of breaking his promise.

The Daxing emperor already felt that the market change method and the uniform loss method were wrong, and he specially left it for the new emperor to abolish it, and it should be regarded as a grace, and it should be given to the subjects of the world.

Could there be anyone more wise than Emperor Daxing?

Therefore, Zeng Bu at this time can be said to be proud of the spring breeze, and he only has to go to see the flowers in Bianjing.

So, when Zeng Bu was summoned to the Hall of Yingying again this afternoon, he was full of expectations for the future.

……

"Chen, Hanlin scholar Bu, I wish the Empress Dowager all blessings!" Zeng Bu, who was calm as usual, paid respects to the Empress Dowager sitting in the curtain.

During this process, Zeng Bu found out from the corner of his eye.

Most of the female officials and ministers who served in the Jiying Hall in the past were not present.

In front of the empress dowager, there was only one Liang Weijian and three or five female officials serving.

"Bachelors are exempt!" The voice of the Empress Dowager behind the curtain sounded calm, but the tone was a little different from usual: "Liang Weijian, go and give Xueshi Zeng a seat!"

"only!"

Soon a chair was moved in front of Zeng Bu.

After Zeng Bu thanked him, Chi Fen sat down.

The Empress Dowager did not ask him directly as usual, but ordered Liang Weijian to give him tea again.

This detail caught Zeng Bu's attention immediately.

Therefore, while receiving the tea respectfully, he held fluoren to thank him: "The Empress Dowager treats the humble official well, and the humble official really has nothing to repay him. I can only use what I have learned all my life to dedicate my life to the Empress Dowager to help the Empress Dowager support her. The official family has achieved a good reputation in history!"

When the Empress Dowager heard Zeng Bu's words, she liked it very much, and immediately said: "Xueshi Zeng has recently assisted the old man, offering more scriptures and righteousness, and talking more about the righteous words of the sage. And the officials! Never let the bachelor's hard work go to waste!"

"Don't dare!" Zeng Bu immediately thanked him with fluorine: "It is my duty to assist the Empress Dowager, and it is also my duty as a scholar of the Imperial Academy and a minister of the Tian Family Ci!"

"As for the empress dowager to teach the officials with the words presented by the minister, the minister... really dare not take credit for it! I also dare not be the empress dowager to praise it like this!"

"It's really all the things that I do, but they are just trivial things, almost like the labor in the market, carrying goods for others..."

"Could it be that Lifu carries goods for others, can he expect anything other than wages?"

"Although I'm vulgar, I also know that what I'm doing is the work of a powerful man. It's just sorting out the original content of the sage's scriptures and presenting them to the empress dowager!"

"The one who is really teaching and protecting the officials is the Empress Dowager, and it can only be the Empress Dowager!"

Zeng Bu's words were very useful to the Empress Dowager, she immediately said with emotion: "Scholars really have the humility of ancient gentlemen!"

"Those who don't know how to advance and retreat should really learn from the bachelor!"

Zeng Bu moved his ears and quickly lowered his head.

Who is that person who doesn't know how to advance and retreat?

Anyway, it wouldn't be him, Zeng Zixuan.

Then I heard the Empress Dowager in the curtain say: "I summoned the bachelor today, but I wanted to consult with the bachelor..."

"Your servant respectfully listens to the benevolent decree!" Zeng Bu immediately bowed down, pretending to be listening attentively.

The Empress Dowager in the curtain looked at the humble Zeng Bu in the palace, nodded her head involuntarily, and then asked, "I don't know if you have heard about the sudden death of Duke Xun, Prime Minister of the Left?"

"The Prime Minister of the Left, Lord Xun, has died?" Zeng Bu was surprised, this was something he didn't know yet.

After all, it was only two or three hours since Wang Gui's death, and the Wang family was still in chaos.

Although countless spectators gathered around Wang's house, Zeng Bu has been in the Academy these days, and he hasn't even returned to his home in Bianjing.

The special closed environment of the academy made it impossible for him to keep abreast of what was happening outside.

The Empress Dowager sighed, and asked Liang Weijian to tell Zeng Bu about the matter.

After Liang Weijian finished her introduction, she asked: "Wang Gui is guilty, the government and the public know it, and the censors have read all the chapters, saying that Wang Gui corrupted the ancestors' laws, appointed private people, and amassed money... Besides, this rebellious minister is in Talking nonsense in the hall, saying those outrageous things!"

"Now, he is dead, and I don't know whether to continue the investigation or stop here!"

"A scholar is a court official of the Hanlin Academy. He is familiar with the allusions of the country and the dynasty. How can we know how our ancestors will deal with such a chaotic minister?"

When Zeng Bu heard it, he didn't know that the Empress Dowager was not asking him how to deal with Wang Gui's death.

The empress dowager was just asking him: Wang Gui is dead now, bachelor, you can find a reason for the old man to continue to pursue his crimes!

This is a little bit more difficult.

Because since the founding of the Song Dynasty, it has been about people going to pay off their debts.

Especially since Renmiao, the convicted Zaizhi, not to mention his death, as long as he invites the county to go out, there is a high probability that everything can be written off.

Maybe in a few years, the officials will remember how good this minister is, and a piece of white linen paper will be able to recall him to the court again.

But it doesn't matter, I can't find it in this court, so I can find evidence from the saint's scriptures!

Isn’t that what the sage’s scriptures are used for?

Pick it up when you need it, and put it aside when you don't need it.

Zeng Bu just thought about it for a while, and then went on to play: "His Royal Highness, the Empress Dowager, said: Since the dynasty, although the prime minister has not been killed, and the prime minister has not been deeply sinned, but the minister heard that the poem said: Instead of punishing, but killing future troubles, this The Duke of Zhou punished Cai Zhidao!"

"Then..."

Of course Zeng Bu was also afraid that if Wang Gui was investigated to the end, as long as what he said here today was spread, the world would expel him from the order of scholar-bureaucrats.

Therefore, I also tried to make amends: "The Analects of Confucius said: Don't talk about successes, don't complain about successes, and don't blame the past!"

This confused the Empress Dowager, and asked, "What do you mean by bachelor?"

"Convict him and report it to the world. This is his punishment. After he is executed, he will let the world know what he has done." The true meaning of this is also to be taboo for the venerable!"

After Zeng Bu's explanation, the Empress Dowager immediately understood.

She still knew the source of the Analects of Confucius: don’t talk about what’s done, don’t say what’s done, don’t blame the past, because Zai Wo said outside that the purpose of Zhou Tianzi’s planting chestnut trees was to make the people fear and tremble, so Confucius was not happy, so Having said those words, the Confucian scholar-bureaucrats thus derived the righteousness that saints should be taboo for the emperor, for the venerable, and for their parents.

Now Zeng Bu is holding this to tell her that it is fine to convict Wang Gui, but if the investigation continues, the face of Emperor Daxing may be damaged, and at the same time, the dignity of the scholar-bureaucrats in the world may be damaged.

Just click and go.

The Empress Dowager thought about it, and felt that what Zeng Bu said made sense.

So, he said: "What the scholar said is very suitable for the old man!"

　This chapter is written slowly, Chapter 3 may be later~
　　
　
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