After the emperor got married, he collapsed and set up

Outside the Hall of Qinzheng

Military generals always arrived earlier than civil servants. At this time, it was still dark, and with soft sedan chairs shuttled back and forth, more ministers were waiting outside the hall.

Jiang Qing came to Xiao Jinghe's side: "My lord, do you feel that everyone seems different today?"

Leaving aside the military generals on their side, let's just talk about the civil servants on the opposite side. They have been waiting aside since getting off the sedan chair with solemn eyebrows, and they don't talk and smile like usual. Excited to try.

It wasn't too late for Yang Yanqing to come, but he was also a little later than usual.

Lifting the sedan chair curtain, Yang Yanqing, dressed in a scarlet official uniform and wearing a beamed crown, walked out, holding a white jade straight wat, and bowed slightly to the ministers who came over: "I'm sorry for the long wait."

The heavy palace door slowly opened with a muffled friction sound.

"Up-towards-"

Civil and military officials lined up on both sides, and boarded Danbi to meet the Ninth Five-Year Lord whom they were loyal to.

They are both of the first class, but Yang Yanqing bears the name of the emperor's teacher, and concurrently serves as the governor, with the responsibility of supervising and impeaching officials. Since the young emperor Xiao Yun came to the throne, he has forcibly dominated the three veteran cabinet ministers and stood firmly in the ranks of civil servants. head.

Standing opposite to Xiao Jinghe, a member of the royal family who is also the first rank and the military commander, he is in the position of one person under one person and above ten thousand people in the Qinzheng Palace. In front of him is the Ninety-five Lord, and behind him are countless coveted and jealous eyes. , It's like being on the side of a cliff, breathing the most piercing wind that is closest to the sky, and facing the most dangerous and trembling abyss.

This is right.

With power, there is the power to make people in the world flock to it.

Yang Yanqing stood at the head of the civil servants in the palace with downcast eyes, his face calm and calm.The short half-month vacation did not change anything. As long as he stood there again, the courtiers who reported the affairs in a row could not ignore the deterrence brought by the emperor teacher.

Xiao Yun, who was sitting on the dragon chair, also looked at the gentleman he hadn't seen for a long time, with a look of admiration and trust on his face, even if everyone would not look up at Long Yan at this time, Xiao Yun still Not showing the slightest ambition.

The routine reporting matters were not complicated, and when all the censors had retired, all the officials seemed to be relieved.

The great eunuch in the palace flicked his fly whisk and was about to speak when Yang Yanqing walked out slowly with his wat in both hands: "My lord, there is a play."

Xiao Yun sat up straight.

The courtier who was originally relaxed held back the remaining half of his breath.

Xiao Jinghe stood at the head of the queue of generals, and he could clearly see the changes in the expressions of the civil servants facing him. He even heard the breathing of the generals behind him become heavy and rapid for a moment.

He seemed to have never really understood what the imperial teacher Yang Yanqing meant in this imperial court, and what kind of position he occupied.

"A few days ago, the commander of Jinyiwei made Langya return from a secret patrol in Qingzhou and Yunzhou. The Jinyiwei had the right to kill first and then act. The official Yunzhou governor Wang Xingguo was arrested and brought back to Beijing. Your Majesty also asks him to have an audience."

As soon as these words came out, the gazes of all the courtiers either directly or secretly turned to the expressionless Xiao Jinghe.

Everyone knows that Yang Yanqing's absence from court for half a month was a marriage gift from His Majesty to the King Jingbei who was stationed in Qingzhou. Before that, Jin Yiwei had been dispatched to make an unannounced visit, and during this period, not a single word of wind leaked out.

Xiao Yun also glanced at His Highness Xiao Jinghe. He was very unfamiliar with this Uncle Wang, but when he first met him, he keenly sensed a trace of jealousy from this Uncle Wang.

The emperor was young, and the prince who was in his prime holding soldiers and horses had the air of an emperor. How could Xiao Yun tolerate him?

The eunuch received Xiao Yun's wave of his hand and raised his voice: "Xuan, Commander of Jin Yiwei, Lang Ya, come to see——"

Yang Yanqing retreated to the side, looked at Lang Ya, who was wearing a flying fish robe and had removed his embroidered spring knife, and nodded slightly.

Langya clasped his fists at Xiao Yun, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, at the beginning of September, according to His Majesty's order, I secretly patrolled Qingzhou and Yunzhou. Fortunately, I did not disgrace my order for more than a month. One case was found out. In the first year of Qingzheng, there was a severe drought in Yunzhou, but all the relief money was embezzled|corrupted, and all the grain and grass were transported to Yunzhou for storage, and all the grain and grass were filled with sand and gravel, resulting in the starvation and death of people in Yunzhou. This is the memorial of the case, please His Majesty, check."

Handing the memorial written in advance to the eunuch who hurried down, Lang Ya paused, his voice calm and cold: "After the disaster worsened, Wang Xingguo, the governor of Yunzhou, not only did not appease the victims, but instead killed the mansion for the crime of provoking trouble." Innocent victims outside the country, including Huo Changming, the youngest son of Huo Ning, the leader of the Yunzhou Uprising Army."

"The case has been going on for five years. I had the honor to find the wives and children of the people who followed Huo Ning in the uprising. I learned from them that all the followers of Huo Ning's uprising were victims of disasters in Yunzhou, and two or three out of ten were old people. Weak women and children, after the uprising, even failed to break through the granary of the governor's mansion, and then wandered around Yunqi Mountain near the border of Yunzhou, intercepting the army's food and grass that was transported to the border of Qingzhou."

"presumptuous!"

Xiao Yun was furious when he heard this, Qingzhou is facing the frontier with Liu Clan, military pay and food are so important, for the imperial court, even if Qingzhou loses two Yunzhous, they cannot retreat even half a step.

Yang Yanqing looked up at Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun gritted his teeth, clenched his fists to restrain his anger: "Keep talking!"

"The Yunzhou uprising army only wanted to intercept half of the food and grass. They didn't expect to find that except for the top sack, the food and grass that were transported to Yunzhou for disaster relief were generally sand."

As soon as this remark came out, the originally silent court seemed to be bombarded as if hot oil had been poured into a pan, and all the generals and officers all stared angrily.

In the midst of the uproar in the hall, the Hubu Shangshu on the cusp of the storm stepped out to the right, holding his head solemnly: "Returning to Your Majesty, whether it was the disaster relief food and grass allocated to Yunzhou or the military pay that was transported to the border of Qingzhou according to regulations, all were paid by the household. All out of the warehouse lightly, there is absolutely no omission! Please learn from your Majesty!"

"Don't worry, my lord. This matter really has nothing to do with the household department." Langya smiled, "The food, grass and silver came out of the household department, and they also arrived at the border of Yunzhou smoothly, and even sent them to the governor of Yunzhou. It’s just that when it’s put into the granary, it’s no longer a life-saving grain, but a deadly loess.”

"Even the military pay shipped to Qingzhou has not been sent to Qingzhou once in eight years since Wang Xingguo served as the governor of Yunzhou." Langya's words did not contain the slightest emotion, just stating the facts of the investigation, but it made the court The crowd was outraged, "The Yunzhou uprising army's way of life was cut off, and the people in the city spontaneously opened the city gate to welcome the uprising army into the city, besieging the Yunzhou governor's mansion and forcing Wang Xingguo to open a warehouse to release grain.

Wang Xingguo, the governor of Yunzhou, only mobilized [-] elite soldiers to defeat the [-] Yunzhou rebels. However, when he reported the disaster, he attributed the tragedy of Yunzhou to the rebellion of the rebels, and the lack of food and grass was also robbed by the rebels. , This caused the people of Yunzhou to become plagued by hunger, and corpses were scattered all over the field. The situation was difficult to control for a while. "

Langya didn't continue talking, both the Holy Majesty and the ministers were well aware of what happened afterwards.

The drought in Yunzhou lasted for three years, and in the early years of Qingzheng, Xiao Yun had just ascended the throne, and the throne was unstable. I'm afraid that the person sitting on the dragon chair now doesn't know which dragon son and grandson it is.

However, the most thought-provoking thing in this is that the Qingzhou Jingbei Army rushed to help the governor of Yunzhou to suppress the rebels. In less than four months, all the rebels were wiped out. Neither the military salary nor the disaster relief food was mentioned. penny.

In the fourth year of Qingzheng, Wang Xingguo, the governor of Yunzhou, was greatly rewarded by the court for his meritorious service in managing the disasters in Yunzhou, and he sat firmly on the seat of governor of Yunzhou until today.

some of……

The original uproar in the hall faded away, the civil servants all stared at their noses, noses, noses, noses, noses, and hearts and kept silent. Although the general wanted to ask for an explanation, he could not hold back under the silence of King Jingbei Xiao Jinghe and Marquis Weiyuan.

Besides, all the veterans know that the case of grain embezzlement in Yunzhou involves the long-sealed rebellion case of King Zhan—the first major case that was handled with lightning speed after the emperor set up the Fusi.

"Your Majesty." Yang Yanqing, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke again, "Master Wang Xingguo, governor of Yunzhou, is waiting outside the hall."

At this time, even Xiao Yun couldn't guess what Yang Yanqing's plan was, but he could crucify at most one Wang Xingguo based on the crime of corruption | lying, even if Wang Xingguo bit someone out, and the charges of insufficient evidence were not sufficient It is absolutely impossible to bring down the old cabinet ministers.

So, what's the point of summoning Wang Xingguo to the palace?

Even though he thought so, Xiao Yun still habitually obeyed Yang Yanqing's wishes and summoned Wang Xingguo to the palace.

"Criminal Wang Xingguo, please refer to Your Majesty." At this time, Wang Xingguo was dressed in coarse linen, knelt down and prostrated His Highness, his forehead touched the ground heavily, "Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live."

Wang Xingguo was a student of liberal arts during the reign of the late emperor, and he was a student of Li Xian, a veteran minister in the cabinet. In addition, he was already handsome, so his behavior did not look like a sinful official pleading guilty, but rather like an elegant man with a grievance.

Standing behind Yang Yanqing, old man Li Ge had white beard and hair, kind eyebrows and kind eyes. Looking at his former lover kneeling in front of the hall, his eyes were full of disappointment and sighs, and his face also showed the surprise and resentment of Fang Cailangya's report of the case.

Xiao Yun threw the memorial in his hand on the imperial case: "What else can Wang Qing say about this memorial?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the guilty minister—" Wang Xingguo kowtowed again, "I have nothing to say."

"It's a good one with nothing to say! Then I ask you, where did the corrupt food, grass and silver go?! How did the disaster in Yunzhou recover back then?! Nothing to say? Wang Xingguo, do you know my situation? Shi wished to put you to death in a thousand cuts to comfort the tens of thousands of people in Yunzhou who died in vain!"

Wang Xingguo prostrated himself on the ground without saying a word.

"Come on, draw up an order—" Xiao Yun was even more impatient, standing up and pointing to His Highness, Wang Xingguo, who was as stubborn as a stone and was about to issue an order.

Yang Yanqing stepped sideways and said again: "Your Majesty, please calm down. This matter is of great importance. The final verdict can only be made after the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department finds out the circumstances of the case and traces the missing banker."

Xiao Yun's breath was blocked by Yang Yanqing and held back in the middle of his throat, he gritted his teeth and swallowed back the words on his lips, and said bitterly: "I will follow what the emperor said. I will give the Ministry of Punishment half a month. If we can't track down the whereabouts of the relief troops , be punished together!"

After saying that, he walked away.

The eunuch wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and raised his voice: "Back—towards—"

The courtiers stepped back and exited the Palace of Qinzheng. Xiao Jinghe, who hadn't looked at him the whole time, looked at Yang Yanqing: "Your Excellency Yang is a good means."

"My lord's praise, this is the job of the Zhenfu Division, and I can't afford to be praised by my lord." Yang Yanqing and Xiao Jinghe looked at each other with indifferent expressions.

Xiao Jinghe stared at the man in front of him who couldn't tell that he was still flirting in his arms a few hours ago, and couldn't help but sneered: "Thank you, Mr. Yang, this lesson, I have written it down."

Just when the atmosphere between the two was tense, the eunuch trotted over in a hurry, saluted Xiao Jinghe and then whispered to Yang Yanqing: "Master Yang, Your Majesty has summoned you."

The author has something to say:

Yang Yanqing: We scholars are turning faces faster than turning books!

Xiao Jinghe (written in notebook): Scholar's mouth can only be kissed but not believed