Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 382
No matter how great the truth is, it has to wait for someone to understand it. After Xu Qing finished speaking the sixteen-character mantra, Zhuge Yan was left to ponder it carefully.I ordered the eunuchs under my command to boil water, and I still sweated a lot when I came back from Shantianzhuang today.When you go to court tomorrow, you can't go there in sweat, can you?
The next day, go to court.

This time it was a grand court, but there was nothing important. I only met with officials from various places to report their duties.To Xu Qing's surprise, no censor came out to accuse him of seizing the wrong supplies.But in the second half, there was a fork.

The big court saw foreign officials, and the small court only had Beijing officials, but this time the big court was nothing serious, so the small court was changed in the second half.In the eyes of Beijing officials, my position is more important than that of officials traveling abroad, so in order to maintain the face of the overall Beijing officials, I usually do not expose them during the imperial court.But at this time, there are only Beijing officials, and there are more charms.

"Cui Jing, the censor in the hall, pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor, I have something to report." An official in green robes, kneeling at the end of the hall, spoke loudly due to the distance.

Li Yuan frowned. In his eyes, the censor is really not a good thing, but the imperial court had to set up a censor platform to support the facade, and occasionally to help himself, and to deter those who have no background petty officer.

Seeing the censor speaking, Li Yuan muttered in his heart, this is not to deal with Xu Qing, is it?The emperor would not speak to such a seventh-rank official in person, he just nodded slightly, and the eunuch next to him said, "Cui Yushi, the emperor asked you to speak."

Cui Jing got up immediately, stepped forward and said: "My Majesty, I want to impeach Dr. Yinqing Guanglu, General Yunhui, Luonan County Bo, Xu Qing, the guard of Xuanwu Gate. He is the guard of Xuanwu Gate and is often absent. , harassing other places in the center, being outrageous and unreasonable, forcibly occupying several carts of charcoal in Chang'an warehouse and not returning it. Minister, impeachment is not worthy of his virtue, he should be reduced to the lord, demoted to the outside world!"

Li Yuan's complexion became even worse now, Xu Qing's words were still in his ears that day, and it was only a day before someone jumped out.Well, let's see what you're all doing.At this time, there was no need for Li Yuan to speak, because it was Shang Shu Zuo Pu She Pei Ji who presided over the court meeting. He was the head of all officials and often played a dispatching role.In other words, Li Yuan was just in a high position, watching his courtiers discuss, and only came out to speak when there was something he was interested in.

At this time, Pei Ji moved his fat body, looked behind him and said, "Xu Qing, what do you have to defend?"

Xu Qing had been waiting for this moment a long time ago, this time he didn't need to be reminded by the servant boy, but stood up immediately and said: "Your official has something to say."

Then, he said to Cui Jing: "Lord Cui, I have a few things that I don't understand..."

Scholar-bureaucrats are an elegant class, and they should be respectful and respectful when quarreling. Cui Jing also cupped his hands without losing etiquette: "Master Xu, if you have something to say, please speak."

Xu Qing said slowly: "Master Cui said that the official is not always in place, what does it mean? I am stationed at Xuanwu Gate, how did Master Cui know that I am not in place? Could it be that Master Cui arranged an eyeliner at Xuanwu Gate?"

"Uh," Cui Jing shook his head and replied, "Of course not. Some of my friends saw Mr. Xu went to serve as a prisoner, and wandered around in the Six Departments, but I remember that Mr. Xu's position cannot be left."

Xu Qing waved his sleeves and shouted: "It's nonsense! With the grace of the Holy One, I have the right to walk in the Shangshu Province. Isn't the Six Departments the Shangshu Province? Besides, I went to seek things for the country. The Yellow River Lingxun, the Fourth Army and the Sixteenth Army The official gave me advice and advice on the replacement of Wei's new equipment. Prime Minister Pei can testify to this matter."

Pei Ji took advantage of the situation and replied: "That's right, Mr. Xu is walking in the Six Books of Shangshu, which is in compliance with the rules."

Cui Jing didn't seem to be afraid of Pei Ji: "Then what about the prisoner? What is Master Xu going to do as the prisoner?"

Pei Ji's eyes froze, revealing the aura of the king of all beasts, but it was fleeting. He looked at Cui Jing, as if he also wanted to see who was behind him.Naihe, Naihe, Cui Jing also stood too far away...

Xu Qing smiled, and said slowly: "This matter is also for the sake of the country, but the reason is beyond your knowledge, the emperor can testify."

"Ah," Cui Jing immediately cupped his hands to Li Yuan, and said again: "Since that's the case, then this article is wronging Mr. Xu, and I'm going to die."

No one dares to ask the emperor for evidence, right?
One doesn't work, so there is a second one, Cui Jing said: "Master Xu, the second one is that it is true to seize the charcoal in Chang'an warehouse?"

"Fake!" Xu Qing said categorically, the thief he was talking about seemed real. At this moment, Xu Qing showed the thick skin that even veterans in official circles might not have, his face was neither red nor heartbeat.The other people present knew a little bit about things, and couldn't help but admire Xu Qing at this moment, what a talent.

Cui Jing was also in a hurry: "Don't quibble, Ambassador Chang'an Cangcang is in the side hall, he can come and confront him immediately!"

"Confrontation is confrontation, if there is no, there is no..."

Cui Jing took a breath, and said, "A few days ago, didn't Ambassador Chang'an Cangcang send charcoal to Xuanwumen?"

"No, I don't know anything."

"Okay, okay, Master Xu is really not a mortal..." Cui Jing took out an account book in his sleeve and said: "Master Xu, this is the support of the Chang'an warehouse that day, hum, it says that four carts of charcoal were given to Xuanwumen, Don't you agree yet?"

"Master Cang is greedy, right?" Xu Qing sneered and said, "Cui Yushi, change the Japanese official to find a notebook, and write that he lent you 20 taels, should you pay it back?"

Cui Jing was stunned for a moment, tidied up his crown, cupped his hands and said to Li Yuan: "I am impolite, I am the imperial censor. I heard the wind and played it, but I don't understand the truth. Since Master Xu said it, in order to restore Master Xu's innocence, I beg Your Majesty Let me go to Xuanwumen to search."

Before Li Yuan could speak, the generals yelled, "Oh, you bird man, you are nothing more than a few carts of charcoal, you can't eat or wear it, and it's not worth much. Why do you care about so much!"

Cui Jing didn't change his face, and said to the group of generals: "What the generals said is wrong, every ounce, every cent, is all the people's fat and people's anointing, it's all from the court, the emperor. How can we ignore it because of the small quantity? I heard that one penny a day, one thousand pennies a thousand days, a rope saws a piece of wood, and a drop of water pierces a stone?"

Just when the generals were about to help, Xu Qing said: "A thousand days and a thousand dollars is not bad, but those who are clear will be themselves. .”

"Then go look for it in the barracks, I don't believe it!"

"So what if you find it out, so what if you can't find it out?"

"If you find it, it's you, Xu Qing, who have neglected righteousness for profit. Your virtue is unworthy, and your crime is unforgivable! If you can't find it, it's because you, Mr. Xu, are innocent."

"Okay, okay, as long as you find it. Well..." Xu Qing touched his pocket: "Unfortunately, I have lost my official letter, so I don't know where to find it. "

Xu Qing glanced at Cui Jing coldly, Cui Jing shuddered, and subconsciously felt his sleeve, could it be that Xu Qing had planted me?
(End of this chapter)