Reincarnation of the powerful minister

On the morning of Fengtian Gate on the sixth day of February in the Jiawu Year, Emperor Jinglong carefully listened to the reports of the six ministers on the affairs of their respective departments, and delivered an important speech, urging the clean-up and disaster relief work of Baizhifang to be further implemented, and to prevent the existence of people in the middle. Bad phenomena such as buck-passing and prevarication, enriching one's own pockets and so on.At the same time, he asked the prince, who is the Prime Minister of the disaster relief, to take stronger measures to ensure the basic living needs of the victims and the stability and unity of the society.

The emperor's important speech aroused strong repercussions.The ministers stated that they must implement the instructions of the Holy Majesty, and resolutely complete the task of disaster relief and comfort the people with greater efforts and more decisive measures.

——The above report comes from Su Qinghe, the seventh-rank supervisory censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Su Yan mentally finished reading the press release he edited himself, and finally when the court meeting was drawing to a close, he waited for Jia Yushi's heavy blow.

It's quite calm.Looking at the figure of Jia Gongji coming out of the crowd, he twisted the soles of his sore feet and pulled himself together.

Sure enough, Jia Gongji first asked why he and a group of censors did not publish the memorials submitted before, and then brought up the old matter again, begging the emperor not only to issue an imperial decree to hold the relevant ministers accountable, but also to fast and bathe sincerely, and go to the Taimiao in person Worship and seek God's forgiveness.The most important thing is to have to punish yourself.

Of course, the wording is still euphemistic: "It's not that the emperor's government has failed or his actions have been wronged, but that the heavens have shown warnings and brought catastrophes, resulting in countless casualties and panic among the people..."

The translation is--this matter is not the emperor's fault, but since the heavens expressed their dissatisfaction and used the big bang as a warning, in order to stabilize the hearts of the people, you should wrong the emperor and issue an edict of guilt!Even if the sage introspects himself three times, the emperor, you should also take the prince to reflect on it together.

The words were very sincere and generous, and at the end he paused and shouted: "King Wu of Zhou and Emperor Taizong of Tang once said that 'the common people have faults, and I owe it to one person'. The sage is more benevolent than King Tangzong of Zhou, and he will not bear to see the common people suffer!"

Many speech officials came out to express their support, admonishing the emperor to put the people of the world first, to issue an imperial edict to appease the wrath of the heavens, and such a big inscription will surely bring about long-term peace and stability, and everything will be eliminated.

This is the first time Su Yan has seen such a large-scale moral kidnapping and killing scene after traveling to ancient times. There is only one thought in his heart... Mom!

If you are a wise king, you must have the self-consciousness of being a wise king, and you must be like those wise kings in history, eating locusts raw in case of locust plagues, and praying barefoot for rain in case of drought.Lizong of Song Dynasty can blame himself because of the ominous omen of the comet passing across the night sky, avoid the main hall and reduce the regular meals, in order to show the meaning of practicing sideways, you Emperor Jinglong is much wiser than him, why can't you Woolen cloth?

It is so righteous and awe-inspiring to say that it has brought "strictly to others and lenient to oneself" to the extreme.

A crowd of admonishers knelt in the center of the square, and petitions came and went.

The civil and military ministers looked at each other, each with their own thoughts, some agreed in their hearts but couldn't speak out because of the emperor's presence, and some felt inappropriate but didn't want to confront the officials.

The elders of the pavilion are very cautious. After all, it is not good to express your opinion too quickly on this kind of matter. You still have to look at the emperor's intentions first—in case the emperor is willing to issue an edict in order to calm public opinion, wouldn't it be useless to jump out and oppose it too early? If you are a good person, you will have to bear the infamy of "fawning on Bully" later.Therefore, even Jiao Yang, the most irritable second assistant, remained silent.

As for Chief Assistant Li Chengfeng, he was old after all, and he suffered from the cold a few days ago because of the overnight discussion, so he couldn't afford to get sick.Otherwise, according to the old man's temper, he could hit Jia Yushi's head with an ivory wat board in a rage.

Jia Gongji looked left and right, but he couldn't see Su Yan among the black and white heads. He turned his head to look in the team again, and found Su Yan standing alone, so he signaled him with his eyes to keep up with the organization and not to fall behind.

Su Yan clenched his knuckles in his sleeves, but his face was very calm, the corners of his mouth were even slightly raised, and he still smiled without saying a word.

He looked over the courtiers and looked at the emperor above the jade steps. He was too far away to see his eyebrows and expressions clearly, but he seemed to feel the eyes of the other party on him.

The crown prince Zhu Helin who was sitting on the lower left side of the throne got up abruptly, and was about to launch an attack.Emperor Jing Long turned to look at him and said, "Sit down."

"But--"

"Sit down." Emperor Jing Long emphasized his tone.

The prince sat back unwillingly.

Emperor Jinglong said: "My business is in the present, and your business is in the future. What's the rush? You should listen and watch more now. There will be time for you to play in the future."

Lan Xi stood behind the emperor to serve her, and her heart skipped a beat: The emperor's words are not easy to ponder. It seems to be persuading the young master not to rush into a fit, but to learn first; and also vaguely dissatisfied with the crown prince's haste and manipulation of power... But they Father and son have always been close, could it be that he was mistaken?

Hard to say.After the Kunning Palace incident, the emperor's attitude towards the young master seems to have changed, and he punished the young master to go to the Taimiao for nearly a month, but he didn't feel distressed.After returning to the palace, the young master greeted him, his face was a bit haggard because of the blood pricking and copying scriptures, and the emperor only asked a few words indifferently, not as warm and caring as before... Tsk, father and son of the Tian family, it's really hard to say.Lan Xi shook her head imperceptibly.

The admonishers knelt down below and begged: "Your Majesty, please take the sky as a warning and take the common people first!"

"Please issue an edict to punish yourself, so that people's hearts will be settled, and God's will will return!"

"Could it be that the Holy One cherishes his own face more than the stability of the country and the lives of the people?"

Many people talked and talked, tears fell like rain, and wept endlessly.Several censors were so excited that they couldn't hold it back, they touched the ground with their foreheads, leaving bloodstains on the green brick floor.

Su Yan looked at the group hysteria in front of him coldly, and wanted to suggest that the imperial court award them a "moving self" award.

Seeing that he hadn't stepped forward, Jia Yushi's eyes changed from urging to disappointed and contemptuous.

Su Yan smiled at him, shook his sleeves, and stepped out solemnly, standing still not far from Jia Yushi.

Everyone in the court knew that Su Shaoqing of Dali Temple was a celebrity in front of the emperor, and he won the holy family.Looking at this posture now, it seems that he is also going to join the team of persuasion, and even put on the censor uniform-could it be that the emperor actually intended to issue an edict?Or would Su Yan prefer to give up the holy favor, but also to achieve the reputation of being honest and outspoken?

All the officials secretly made various guesses, but they heard Su Yan raised his face to look at the throne, and asked calmly: "Damn me, I forgot when the Longevity Day is?"

...Longevity?

What is the relationship between Longevity Day and Heaven's warning, and sin against oneself?At this juncture, if he asked this irrelevant question, did Su Twelve lose his mind?

Lan Xi hissed slightly, looking at Emperor Jing Long's expression.

Emperor Jing Long nodded slightly to him.

So Lan Xi took two steps forward and said sharply, "Longevity Day is the fourteenth day of the second lunar month."

"February fourteenth." Su Yan pinched his fingers, "It's only seven or eight days ago! The birthday of the emperor is a major festival that is called the three major festivals together with 'New Year's Day' and 'Winter Solstice'. It is a three-day holiday for feasting, and the government and the public enjoy it together. According to the usual practice, the artisans of the capital should decorate the streets and alleys with colored paintings and cloth, the saints would go up to the tower to enjoy the sea of ​​flowers and dances, and all the officials would decorate the colorful incense table and hold cups to offer congratulations.

"——Such a grand festival requires careful preparations, but I see that there is no movement in the palace. If you don't prepare, it will be too late."

Emperor Jing Long's eyes flickered slightly, and there seemed to be a faint smile on his lips.

Lan Xi also figured out something, she didn't have time to think about it, and answered intuitively: "The emperor has always advocated simplicity, Zeng Dao's birthday is a personal celebration, and he doesn't want to use it as an excuse to make a big deal and increase the burden on the people. Therefore, Longevity Traditionally, family banquets are only held in the palace. On that day, the ministers worshiped at the Fengtian Hall and received tea soup, that’s all, there is no need to make any preparations.”

"So that's it." Su Yan nodded seriously, and said again, "The actions of the emperor are the example of the subjects. The emperor is still simple, and the subjects should also refrain from extravagance. If this is the case, why did Jia Yushi Jia Your Excellency is happy to have Lin'er, but you have to make a big fuss, invite a troupe to take the stage with a lot of money, dragon dance and lion dance, gongs and drums are jubilant, and a large banquet is held for relatives, friends and colleagues. How about two full days of celebration?"

Jia Gongji was stunned, got up from the ground, and glared at Su Yan: "Su Twelve, what do you mean? This is to impeach me? I am over forty years old, and I just had a son with difficulty. I can't help celebrating more when I am overjoyed. Why? Are you breaking the law?"

Su Yan hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, Mr. Jia's actions are natural and understandable. In addition, I want to spread a rumor for Mr. Jia - I heard some officials in the capital gossip privately that your son is Mrs. Jia's spiritual light. It's absurd to ask for it from the temple!

"In July last year, Lord Jia did go to Lingguang Temple to ask Master Jiyao—sorry, Jiyao is a demon monk, a convicted criminal, and can no longer be called a "master"—to ask the god stick for a son, but he did not He did not bring his wife along with him. When Jin Yiwei was handling the case, Jiyao explained clearly the situation of the officials he had befriended, and indeed he had never deceived Mrs. Jia. Therefore, Mrs. Jia and the child are innocent, and some officials are asked not to Gossip behind their backs and ruin their reputation."

Jia Gongji's face turned red and white.

The matter of going to Lingguang Temple to ask for a son is a stain in his life of blindness and misbelief in treachery.After the monk in Lingguang Temple cheated the adulterous woman, he was still very grateful that he didn't fall too deep and didn't send his wife into the tiger's mouth. He also hoped that this matter would disappear with Jiyao's death and the demolition of Lingguang Temple. Someone knows.

It's a pity that there is no impenetrable wall in the world. After all, this matter still got out. Some officials privately teased him that he was happy with "Luo Hanzi".

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Su Yan exposed this matter, and it is true that he refuted the rumor for himself——What is the inside story of the case handled by Beizhen Fusi? Shen Qi is friendly, and it is naturally more convincing if he says it out of his mouth.

But you, Su Twelve, didn't even look at it. Is now the right time to clarify this matter?

When he was impassioned and sad about state affairs, he used to spread rumors about his private affairs to disturb the public, what intentions did he have!Teach him where to put this old face!

Jia Gongji stared at Su Yan, the veins on his forehead popped up, and he couldn't repay his kindness by scolding him for meddling in his own business, so he could only say bitterly: "Thank you, Mr. Su, for clarifying this matter for me, but this is a court meeting, and Mr. Su is rambling about. There is a suspicion of not distinguishing between public and private, and putting the cart before the horse."

It means that you, Su Twelve, are either out of your mind or have ulterior motives, so don't be fooled by him.

Su Yan smiled nonchalantly, and said again: "Refuting the rumors is just incidental, I just want to persuade Mrs. Jia that many of the congratulatory gifts received at the son's birth banquet are precious gold, silver, jade, and antique collections. It was sent back. You must know that there is no such thing as a free lunch in the world. Those who are not relatives or relatives of the lord will give generous gifts for nothing, and they are not expecting the lord to speak for him as an official and censor? No matter whether the lord is a cover for him The tool of crime has become his weapon to attack the enemy, and it has always violated the professional ethics of the speech officer of "being selfless and impartial in fighting violence".

"—The honest words are harsh to the ear, and I hope that Jia Yushi will not be angry."

Jia Yushi was not only angry, but also angry and ashamed, so angry that his seven orifices were smoking, and he was so ashamed that he couldn't bear it.

Hearing the whispers of the surrounding officials, vaguely saying words such as "taking bribes in disguise" and "honesty", Jia Yushi wished that a crack would be opened in the square immediately, allowing him to crawl in, so as to avoid the sharp tongue of others.

Su Yan turned his gaze to the censors who were kneeling on the ground.

Twenty or thirty people were all the talkers who were close to Jia Gongji in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and they were often seen jumping around in the court hall on weekdays.

These censors still had their blood and tears on their cheeks, and they couldn't help shrinking under his needle-like gaze.

Su Yan paced slowly, walked half a circle around everyone, and commented one by one:

"Xue Yushi, when you went to Governor Xuanfu, you arrested and punished dozens of local generals and schools arbitrarily. You can't escape the charge of 'torturing generals', right?"

"Censor He Lou, the imperial court ordered you to recommend talents, why did you recommend all of them from your hometown? Your parents specialize in 'sages'?"

"And you, Huang Yushi, knowing that yellow ocher is the exclusive forbidden color of the emperor, because you are greedy for vanity, and in order to enjoy the feeling of being superior, you are still so lucky that the Jinyi guards didn't arrest you. "

"Tang Yushi..."

The censors who were named looked horrified, and they didn't know how their handle was caught by the other party.

Thinking of the word "Jinyiwei" again, everyone's faces turned ashen.Jin Yiwei knew, but could the emperor not know?It was just to find the best time to send them off through Su Yan's mouth!

"Speaking of which, everyone has faults. Why do you just force the emperor who is 'not a political failure, but a deed' to issue an edict of guilt? How do you know that God didn't issue it just because your virtue is unworthy? Warning?

"How about this, you all write a letter of guilt first, expose your own stains and black materials, blame yourself for your mistakes, swear to change your mind, and from now on you will be worthy of your chest. People’s fat and people anoint a good official with a salary. Then post it on the bulletin boards of the two cities and make it public. What do you think?”

Su Yan gradually raised his voice: "Why don't you say anything? Please, my lords, be a warning to the heavens and keep the common people in mind!

"Could it be that my lords cherish your own face more than the stability of the country and the lives of the people?"

The words that were thrown bounced back on their faces, making these officials extremely embarrassed.

Su Yan turned around and looked at the two groups of civil and military ministers on the left and right, and said loudly: "There is no pure gold, who dares to say that he is perfect? ​​Anyway, I, Su Qinghe, dare not. I also have things that are wrong and bad. In this case, everyone Let's all reflect and reflect together, if there is something, it will be corrected, and if there is nothing, it will be better.

"Just hold a 'criticism and self-criticism' conference to deeply analyze your own right and wrong gains and losses. I believe that God will be moved by our sincerity, such a big inscription will ensure long-term peace and stability, and everything will disappear."

"Absurd!" Someone among the ministers retorted loudly. "How can a country be governed by 'criticism and self-criticism'? If God can be moved by a few words of self-examination and a piece of apology, then why bother The people work hard, the officials are dedicated to their duties, and the king is diligent in governing?"

Su Yan clapped his palms and said, "Well said! Prosper the country with hard work, and harm the country with empty talk, so why are you still entangled in a piece of paper of guilt, instead of doing your best in your respective positions?"

On the jade steps, Emperor Jinglong, who had been silent for a long time, spoke:

"According to my decree, a special 'Joint Investigation Team' was set up, and Su Yan, the right young minister of Dali Temple, was appointed as the team leader to investigate the explosion of Baizhifang. And other personnel, regardless of rank or position, are allowed to be called by them, and those who violate them will be punished with resistance.

"Whether the big explosion in Baizhifang was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, the truth will always come to light. Su Yan, I order you to investigate and find out the truth, so that the culprit can be brought to justice and the world will be rectified."

Su Yan knelt down, cupped his hands and said, "Minister—lead the decree!"

"As for you——" the emperor glanced at the censors named by Su Yan one by one, sighed in disappointment, and got up with a flick of his sleeves, "Deal with the law, demote those who should be demoted, and dismiss those who should be dismissed. Retire."