Pei Gonggui

It was still early, and Pei Jun was overwhelmed by this matter, and had no intention of returning home to recuperate.He intended to rush to the Jingzhao Division to make arrangements for Song Yi, but in a blink of an eye he saw Jiang Yue coming out with him looking tired, and then he noticed that Jiang Yue was still wearing the funeral shroud from before, seeing that the clothes were untied and guarding him for several days, his heart ached. After a sudden commiseration, he hurriedly borrowed the Meijia carriage to send Jiang Yue back to his residence to rest. He agreed to see you the next morning, and then parted ways, and drove to Jingzhaosi to do business. He returned to Zhongyi Hou's residence at night .

The next morning, when the sun rose high, Pei Jun entered the palace late in a sedan chair, stepped into the Qinghe Hall, and saw the delicate scene inside which he had expected.

Among the nine seats on the left, the cabinet members are already seated, and only Cai Yang is vacant in the middle. Cai Yan and Zhang Ling are still moody and angry, and occupy the left and right sides; The rumored assassin was momentarily surprised that he still came to court, and immediately continued to whisper; on the prince's seat beside the golden pillar in the main hall, the eyes of all the royal relatives turned to Jiang Yue who was sitting in the corner from time to time , but Jiang Yue's eyes were only locked on Pei Jun. Seeing that he was standing in the middle of the six parts, he looked at him inquiringly, as if he was in serious trouble.

Pei Jun only shook his head lightly at Jiang Yue, and seeing the solemn and unhappy face of the Thai king beside Jiang Yue, he knew that Jiang Yue's resurrection from fake death was no different from deception in the eyes of the Thai king. Jiang Yue blinked, and after hearing the greetings from Yan Yuliang and Fang Mingjue behind him, he had no choice but to discuss something with them in a whisper.

The court bell had already rang, and the dragon chair above the main hall was still empty.When all the courtiers waited for a stick of incense in a noisy hustle and bustle, they waited for Hu Li to rush to the hall and declared: "It has been raining heavily for several days, and the emperor has a cough, so it is inconvenient to go to court today. Please ask the cabinet to preside over the court meeting on your behalf, and move back after the court disperses." See you at the Qing Palace in the middle of the step."

After finishing speaking, Hu Li led the accompanying eunuchs and withdrew from the back of the hall.The courtiers in the palace looked at each other for a while. Although they were not surprised by Jiang Zhan's weakness, they said that at the moment when King Jin came back to life and took over the public opinion, Jiang Zhan really should sit firmly on the dragon chair. The Wang family has gained momentum.

Jiang Yue and Pei Jun looked at each other from a distance, and together with all the ministers, they accepted the decree.In the cabinet, Mrs. Xue and Zhang Ling whispered, got up first and said something about the recent affairs of the court, paused, then picked up the folder beside him, looked at Cai Yan calmly, cleared his throat and said, Ning Wuhou The government's case of embezzlement of ink in Nandi was finally sentenced. The leader - Tang's officials and inspectors in Nandi, corrupted the law, denounced his injustice, and despised the holy bow. Punishment for the crime of exile, and the details of the crimes of all the people involved are yet to be clarified; although Li Cunzhi, who sued the imperial court, was more guilty, the court felt that he was credited with redressing the people's grievances, and gave his only son Li Siliang a fertile house and a hundred dollars of money. Two, because he had passed the martial arts examination and had excellent academic qualifications, he was named Baochang, who supervised military affairs in villages and towns, so as to continue his father's ambition.As for the embezzled disaster relief items in Wuzhou, the household department was asked to make up for it day by day.

Fang Mingjue said: "The household department has no money to make up."

Taifu Xue put away the text and glanced at him, only said: "Then make up for it when there is money."

Fang Mingjue then stopped talking, smacking his tongue and thinking to himself that the cabinet would really evade, wouldn't this be nothing?Yan Yuliang hurriedly gave him a hand, and only wrote down the title of conferring on Li Si, sighed, and glanced at Pei Junxiang, both of them knew it well and shook their heads.

Taifu Xue sat down first after finishing speaking, at this time Zhao Taibao nodded to Cai Yan, then got up and said: "The cabinet has something to ask Jing Zhaosi about this morning." He held up a cabinet slip and looked at Pei Jun and said, "At the end of the month, the grain and grass at Nanjing Pass had not been collected, and the delivery date had already been missed. When asked by the cabinet officials, the transport supervisor said that he had not received the transportation documents from Mei's company. Mr. Pei, what's going on? ?”

The eyes of all the ministers immediately turned to Pei Jun.Pei Jun took a step out of the crowd's whispered discussion, and said calmly: "A few days ago, the department raided the Chengnan litigator Cao Luan's family on charges of evading customs duties and bribing officials. The Mei family's water transportation is related to military supplies and is very unusual, so now Jing Zhaosi has also stopped the Mei's business name, and the Mei family is naturally unable to hand over the transportation documents."

"Check and stop?" Zhao Taibao seemed taken aback, "When did this happen?"

Pei Jun said, "This morning."

Zhao Taibao said in disbelief: "Master Pei, you know that the end of the month is the day when alternate documents and food are released, why do you want to investigate and stop the Mei family at this time?"

Pei Jun was surprised: "Of course the offenders commit crimes today and are arrested today. This matter is related to border defense. If we don't investigate today, when will we investigate?"

"You..." Zhao Taibao was blocked by his words for a while, and said angrily, "This search and interrogation is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, why is the Jingzhao Division in charge? Mr. Pei, you are clearly deliberately delaying the delivery of food! "

"Zhao Taibao really wronged people." Pei Jun raised his eyebrows and lamented, holding his chest and said in an orderly manner, "The water transportation of merchants is originally managed by Jingzhao Division. Doesn’t the Ministry of Punishment delay the time even more? Besides…” He said while looking at Jiang Yue, who was seated on the prince’s seat, “At present, the Ministry of Punishment is short of ministers, understaffed, cases are scattered, and the efficiency is low. Jing Zhaosi takes care of himself, isn’t it? Did you save energy for the Judiciary? If the cabinet wants Jingzhao to ignore this matter, it is imperative to immediately choose the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment."

Before Zhao Taibao could react, Yan Yuliang took a step forward: "Shaofu Pei is very right. The Ministry of Officials has indeed drawn up a few candidates for the Minister. Why don't you mention it to the cabinet while it's early in the court?"

Zhao Taibao's prepared defense was robbed all at once, and suddenly it was useless. He was about to try his best to respond, but Cai Yanyi beside him said something pointedly:

"It seems that Mr. Pei and the Sixth Department have already made arrangements, so let's talk about it."

Hearing this, Zhao Taibao sat down and wiped his forehead with his sleeves.Yan Yuliang took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, and read a few local officials who were drafted by the Ministry of Officials to be worthy of the post of minister. The cabinet shook their heads one by one. The veteran inspector who has been an official for 30 years, several university scholars think he is too old.

Cai Yan lowered his eyes halfway, and straightened his sleeves calmly: "It seems that there is no suitable candidate for a while."

At this time, Li Baoxin, the Minister of Officials next to Yan Yuliang, came out and said: "In fact, there is another person, Yan Shangshu didn't mention it, but the officials thought it was considered."

Yan Yuliang seemed surprised: "Who is it?"

Cai Yan slightly raised his eyes to look into the hall, and heard Li Baoxin clasped his fists and lowered his head, saying: "Yu Shi Tai Duan Cheng, Zhang San."

As soon as these words came out, there was a silence in the court, and the next moment the chatter was like a river of water. Zhang Ling, who had never said a word among the nine cabinet members, suddenly looked up at Li Baoxin.

Among the three people in Yushitai, Zhang San looked at Jiang Yue with startled eyes, and what he got was the affirmation of his mentor.At this time, his heart was beating wildly in his chest, and he heard Li Baoxin continue: "Zhang Duancheng has a steady law study, comes from a family, and has solved major cases in Yushitai, he is really a talent."

"Talent belongs to talent," Pei Jun said, with a trace of contempt in his tone, "but Zhang Duancheng's seniority may not be enough."

Li Baoxin was about to answer the conversation, but Cai Yan had already responded to Pei Jun and said, "If he has enough seniority, he is not trustworthy."

This statement alluded to the matter of Cui Yu, Pei Jun felt harsh to hear it, and when he looked around, he saw that Cai Yanying's eyes were looking straight at him from the old man's eye sockets.Cai Yandao: "Master Pei himself entered the Ministry of Ceremony at a young age, how can seniority determine talents now? Could it be that only the candidates mentioned by Yan Shangshu are the candidates, and those mentioned by others are not counted? Could it be that Mr. Pei is afraid Zhang Duancheng messed up the formation of the Six Divisions?"

"Where." Pei Jun showed a little embarrassment, and smiled: "Grand Master Cai was joking. We are all officials of the imperial court, why do we talk about 'formation'?"

Cai Yanping said: "If there is no word 'formation', then Mr. Pei chose to investigate and stop the Mei family at the end of the month. Isn't what he planned to stop the water transportation and coerce the judicial department to release your sister?"

This remark surprised all the officials in the hall, and at this moment, associating the two, it was indeed the truth that Cai Yan said, and it was inevitable that the discussion would explode. Pei Jun laughed and said, "The closure of Mei's grain business and my sister's injustice have nothing to do with the two cases. The lower officials know that Taishi Cai loves his son's new life and is depressed. He can't help thinking too much, but there is no basis for this." Yes, how can you put this crime on the lower official?"

Cai Yan's eyes darkened, and he was waiting to say more, but at this moment Zhang Ling, who was at the bottom of the cabinet, asked coldly: "How long will it take for the Mei family to stop reforming?"

Pei Jun looked at Zhang Ling with a trace of sarcasm in his eyes: "If there is no abnormality, the ban will be lifted in three to five days, but if any mistakes are found, then it's hard to say..."

"Pei Ziyu!" Grand Tutor Xue just yelled angrily, "I think you are delaying on purpose to intimidate the court!"

Pei Jun bowed his head and cupped his hands when he heard the words: "Whether it is coercion or not, you might as well submit it to the imperial court and leave it to the emperor to decide. Whether it is right or wrong, whether to stop or release food, the Jingzhao Department will make a decision based on the holy will."

After speaking, he looked at Cai Yan and smiled slightly, and said comfortably: "I believe that the emperor will make his own decision."