The king is not the king, the minister is not the minister

"Snow and snow fell for ten consecutive days. Looking at the double alleys of the inner city, Zhumen Gaoxuan, carved beams and painted buildings, are endless; silver charcoal is burning in the courtyard, the ground is warm like spring, new trees and flowers in the garden are full of bees and butterflies; fox fur curtains There are brocade quilts all over, and there are even more beautiful women in my arms, tasting new fermented grains, tasting old wine, fish, sheep and ginseng, but I feel vulgar and greasy. I don’t know that it’s cold and freezing, and I’m hungry everywhere.” After Yu Zhuo finished reading, he put down the memorial.

Xia Houzhan commented lightly: "Such literary and eloquent words are boring. In the past winters, all the wine and meat of the Zhumen stink and the bones are frozen to death. This king wants to cure it, but he can't get the slightest key."

"There is no cure." Yu Zhuo picked up a snack and said.

Su Qing said: "It's always been like this. It's not that the superiors don't want to be sympathetic to the people's feelings. However, many people make trouble and deceive the superiors and the inferiors. If one household minister is settled, there will be a second household minister. There are also officials , Ministry of Industry, which one is not fat in the eyes of officials."

Eunuch Zhao came to report in a hurry: "Six ministers and several Hanlin have asked to see."

"See." After Xia Houzhan said, he picked up his teacup and threw it on the ground hard.

All the people who swarmed in froze for a moment, their stomachs full of words they wanted to say suddenly held in their chests.Seeing this, Yu Zhuo sneered and planned to walk away.

"Stop." Xia Houzhan stopped him, "Is it possible that you can come and leave whenever you want in my imperial study?"

Yu Zhuo's voice was unconsciously tinged with conceit: "Your Majesty, this group of people has already come and said what you want to hear. The ministers are also ministers of the two dynasties, and they are civil and military. They definitely don't have the tireless patience."

"you……"

Xia Houzhan took a deep breath, turned to look at the courtiers with different gazes, and said coldly: "When will I bother you to come together? Eunuch Zhao will give you a seat."

"Thank you, Emperor."

This group of people originally planned to impeach Yu Zhuo, but now seeing that the two monarchs and ministers seemed to be at odds, they mustered up their courage and spoke out about their inappropriateness.

"Your loves are right." Xia Houzhan thought it was true, "But after all, Yu Zhuo is the prime minister of the two dynasties, and now he is a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and the people's will. Just these reasons, I can't move."

"Then what His Majesty means..." Su Qing took the opportunity.

"No one is perfect, so why don't you leave it to the teacher and find out how he has been an official all these years." Xia Houzhan stared at the two ministers of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Officials, and said, "You two don't need to cover up, as long as the teacher The documents you want to call must be detailed."

"Yes Yes Yes."

"Okay, let's go first, Minister Xuan Dali."

Striding out of the imperial study room, Yu Zhuo saw that Xiao Dezi outside had put on his cloak early, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty ordered the servant to prepare a piece of clothing for you, and asked the servant to take you to the Empress Dowager's palace."

"What about after leaving Chengluan Palace?" Yu Zhuo asked with a faint smile.

Xiao Dezi said: "Go back to your lord, Your Majesty only said to wait in Chenglu Hall."

Putting on the cloak, Yu Zhuo smiled lightly and said no more.Together with the reform, they have a long way to go. Now that they have made up their minds, they don't care about the means.

Naturally, the ministers in the harem cannot meet casually, not to mention there were some ridiculous gossips before.Yu Zhuo stopped in the back garden, and saw that the garden was full of fresh greenery.

"This..." Yu Zhuo walked into the forest and took a closer look, only to realize that all the plants here were green plums.

"Do adults like green plums too?"

"It's raining in the old days in the south of the Yangtze River. The white walls and green tiles support the green plums, and the clear water and black awning invite the plain moon. It's a wonderful scene in the world." Yu Zhuo reached out and touched the blooming green plums, and asked, "Apart from Chengluan Palace, is there any other place in the palace?" Where is the plum tree?"

"There is a piece of wintersweet in the backyard of Chenglu Hall, a pink plum in the East Garden of the Royal Garden, and a red plum in the Meiyuan. Maybe there are still plants in the other palaces and empresses."

It's fine if Xiao Dezi doesn't say anything, but Yu Zhuo's mind feels a dull pain when he mentions "the ladies of the palaces".

Ordinary people are easy to solve, but Xia Houzhan is an emperor, and the Sangong and Liuyuan are troublesome even if they are placed there for decoration.Sure enough, after standing here for a while, he saw several empresses walking into Chengluan Palace surrounded by maidservants.

"At this hour, why would there be a court lady going to pay her respects?"

"It's not that your majesty is busy with everything. Once you enter the harem, you'll just visit the empress dowager. If these ladies want to be favored by the emperor, don't they have to come to the palace every day to pray and copy scriptures?"

Yu Zhuo patted Xiao Dezi on the shoulder and said, "I'll sit back in the yard and tell His Majesty what you just said truthfully."

Xiao Dezi suddenly looked embarrassed.

When they walked out of the imperial study, the expressions of the six ministers and the Hanlin scholars were different.After blowing a few breaths of cold wind, I calmed down and thought about it, this is not right, what they want to impeach is Yu Zhuo's "high meritorious service" and "disrespect to the emperor", so why did they investigate corruption and bribery instead?

Li Ming, the newly appointed Minister of the Household Department, quietly looked at his colleagues a few times, feeling very upset.In just one year, the Minister of the Household Department was replaced one after another. The previous Minister of the Household Department, Zhao Xu, was ransacked before the stool was warmed up.

"Zhu Shangshu, what do you think the emperor wants to investigate?"

Li Ming was the youngest among the ministers in this row. Who else was not in their fifties or sixties, the holy will was unpredictable, and Xia Houzhan didn't show up often, so he had no way of knowing except to ask these seniors for advice.

"From my point of view, the emperor doesn't want to investigate Yu Zhuo at all, it's true that he wants to investigate us." said Zhu Fengcai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.

Unlike the Shangshu who was transferred by the Ministry of Household Affairs, the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry has not been changed since its establishment.Zhu Fengcai can be regarded as a veteran in the court, and he can tell by looking around.

"This is real?"

The old academician of the Imperial Academy sneered: "In the spring of tomorrow, His Majesty wants to build a deliberative cabinet in the palace, and these days he is making trouble for Yu Zhuo. In my opinion, this is killing two birds with one stone."

"How should I say it?" Li Ming listened humbly.

"The emperor wants to build this council, of course he has to be trustworthy." The old scholar stroked his beard and said, "The emperor wants to move Yu Zhuo, so why worry about it, what status was Zhou Xi back then, why didn't he end up like that? "

Zhu Fengcai said with a smile: "You all want to enter this discussion hall and do things under His Majesty's eyes, so why don't you behave well this time?"

These old foxes kept half of what they said.Li Ming nodded. The emperor most likely wanted to see how this matter was handled before deciding who would form the cabinet.

"The palace gate is here, my lords, goodbye." Several ministers greeted each other, and the old scholar saw that Li Ming hadn't left yet, so he stepped into the carriage a step too late.

"Master Liu."

"Li Shangshu, this is—" The old scholar scanned the carriages waiting at the gate of the palace, and only his coachman was left.

Li Ming didn't hire a car in the first place, but he just said: "My driver is probably delayed due to deep snow and slippery roads. Lord Liu, let's go ahead."

After Master Liu left, Li Ming sat down in a restaurant beside him.

"Isn't this Commander Su? You're here too." Li Ming saw Su Shixue, who was wearing a brocade suit, staying with a few guards of the Royal Forest Army, and he had a plan, so he went to chat.

"Lord Li, I'm not a leader anymore." Su Shixue glanced at him lightly.That look seemed to say: There is more than one Hubu Shangshu whose house was confiscated by me.

The few people who drank with Su Shixue were all former members of the Imperial Forest Army. Now the commander of the Imperial Forest Army has changed, but Su Shixue's prestige in the army has not diminished.

"I'm confused, Chief Envoy Su, can I ask you something." Li Ming said apologetically.

Su Shixue put down her wine glass and said, "Your Excellency has any questions, but it's okay to say."

"When did Master Yu come out of the palace gate today, did Chief Envoy Su and the brothers see it?" Li Ming asked while pouring wine for Su Shixue.

"I have never seen him go out of the palace. Lord Yu comes and goes as he pleases, and there is no record in the palace." Su Shixue looked at Li Ming calmly, and added, "Only the Imperial Study Room can record these things, why don't Lord Li go ask Yu?" Eunuch Zhao, who is in charge of the study."

"Thank you Master Su for letting me know." Li Ming took the warm wine on his table and continued to fill it up for Su Shixue, "I want to discuss something with Master Yu, no, I still have to go to the Yu Mansion to try my luck."

"No delivery."

As soon as Xiao Er delivered the wine, Li Ming finally waited for the person he wanted to meet—the Minister of Dali Temple.He quickly put down the money and said, "Xiao Er, return this jug the next day."

Seeing him leaving in a hurry, Su Shixue whispered to the people around her, "Remember to tell Your Majesty what Lord Li said."

"Yes."

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