Chronicle of Emperor Jing

If the hat of a treacherous official is worn tightly, these courtiers will not be able to straighten their backs when speaking in court.

After all, the court is not monolithic. Everyone may be in the way of others. When other people need it, they can bring it out and criticize them, so they must not give in so easily.

Isn't it just writing articles to refute?There are also masters of writing articles on their side, which is not false at all.

As a result, the scholars in Kyoto quickly started a debate on this matter, and the two sides began to write articles and fight.

Literati fights are similar to ordinary people's fights, where you punch each other, but they use words as weapons to attack and defend.

Qi Yuanheng and the others took the lead in this matter because they shifted the focus of public opinion. The public opinion that was originally focused on Wei Yan was moved to the emperor by him, and he was singing praises to the emperor. The crime of Chengyu cannot be applied to him.

If other people confront him on this point, they will bring the emperor along with them. The person who really wants to offend is obviously the emperor.

However, other people are not stupid, they will definitely not know that this is a trap and step into it.

The emperor was already very impatient with this matter. If someone dared to say that the emperor was wrong, the emperor might be furious and use the crime of disrespect to kill someone.

For this reason, the debate is very different from what it used to be.

In the past, the debates among literati all revolved around the same issue, but the two sides in this debate are always one who praises you and one who scolds me. They are not entangled in the same point, but have been talking about each other.

On Qi Yuanheng's side, they praised the emperor's sageness and the loyalty of the Marquis of Yongning in various ways, while the other group of people accused the Marquis of Yongning. It is not the actions of loyal ministers to refuse to pay the price and invite them to leave Beijing. This affects the reputation of the emperor.

Anyway, I only talk about the bad things about Yongninghou, and definitely don't talk about the emperor.

And their purpose is also very clear, they just want the emperor to send Marquis Yongning out of Beijing in order to avoid suspicion, or Marquis Yongning takes the initiative to avoid suspicion and asks him to leave Beijing.

If it is an ordinary monarch and minister, even if they have an affair, facing this situation, there will definitely be one party who will react, and their wish will probably be fulfilled.

But Jing Li and Wei Yan have never been ordinary monarchs and ministers, and their ideas and practices are also very different.

With Jing Li being so happy a while ago that he wanted to fly to the sky, he wished to spread the word to the world and let the subjects of the world share his joy. How could he be afraid that others would know about it, how could he have the idea of ​​avoiding suspicion ?

As for Wei Yan, he always thought that he was covering up for the emperor's physical condition. Even if he was in the center of rumors now, he was very calm.

It is impossible to defend yourself, to invite yourself out of Beijing.

One is because he has an affair with the emperor, which is a fact, so what is there to argue about?Second, if he clarifies that the dismissal of the harem has nothing to do with him, he will be fine, but others will wonder why the emperor wants to dismiss the harem.

And now Concubine Zhou and others are unwilling to leave the palace, without him standing in front, the emperor will never enter the harem again, isn't it a very suspicious thing?As long as he is around, no one will suspect this matter.

With this in mind, he felt that he was acting as a shield for the emperor, and he definitely couldn't withdraw easily.

Therefore, no matter what other people said or how they looked at him, he remained unmoved, and still calmly entered and exited the guard camp and the palace every day.

The emperor didn't intend to avoid suspicion, and he didn't mean to avoid suspicion. He still did what he should, let others comment, laughed and scolded, and others would sit on wax.After working with them for a long time, it turned out to be of no use at all?

Those courtiers who had ulterior motives in their hearts were so internally injured that they were about to vomit blood in the face of this result.

A punch on a stone, whether it is a broken fist or a broken stone, has at least one straightforward result, but in a case like this, it is a punch in cotton.Obviously the fist is fine, and the cotton is fine, but I feel very uncomfortable.

Marquis Yongning's Qi-nourishing skill is too powerful.Those courtiers who were not familiar with him and had no interest in him, witnessed his performance in this matter, and couldn't help but have this thought in their hearts.

Reputation depends on the person, it is easy to say, but it is not easy to do.Most people just talk about it, and when they really encounter something, they will soon lose their composure.

And Yongning Hou's performance in this matter is definitely remarkable.

Originally, many people felt all kinds of sourness in their hearts when they saw his success. They often thought that he was just lucky. If they were successful in escorting them and gained the emperor's trust and reuse, they would definitely do better than him.

But now, some people have to compare him and look at themselves, and finally feel that it is not for nothing that he can win the emperor's trust, at least they can't do what he does, and they are still fine under such circumstances, as if It wasn't him who was in the vortex of rumors.

With Marquis Yongning having such a calm mind, the possibility of making mistakes is much less, and the future of the Wei family is absolutely promising.

Of course, it is not ordinary people who can learn to look at themselves, and there are only a few people who think this way.

Other people, some people think that he is relying on the emperor's favor and has nothing to fear. If he doesn't know how to advance or retreat, he may have forgotten the truth that flowers do not have a hundred suns.

Even if the emperor is in high spirits at this time, he loves him so much and is willing to protect him, but the Marquis of Yongning is much older than the emperor, how long the emperor can keep this interest is really a matter of consideration.

There are not one or two people who think this way, but many.

But no matter what they thought, the emperor didn't respond, neither did Yongning Hou, and it was useless to say anything.

Wei Minwen resolutely rejected the housekeeper at first, but his father actually did what he said, and really didn't care about anything. The big housekeeper came to him no matter what big or small things happened. He didn't care about anything in the house. People take care of it.

In addition, within a few days, the rumors spread. He felt that even if his father wanted to, he didn't care about housekeeping at this time, so he had no choice but to take over the house.

But after only a few days, he regretted it.

There are 300 people in the Yongning Hou Mansion. There are so many things to do in a day, and he has to decide the big and small things. Even if he sits in the place where he is in charge every day, he is still too busy.

"I don't care about the house anymore, don't come to me for this matter!" Wei Minwen looked at the pile of lists in front of him, feeling extremely overwhelmed.

The Laba Festival is coming, and there are gifts to be given to relatives and friends, Laba porridge to be cooked in the house, and things like sacrifices. When it comes to festivals, the person who is the housekeeper is much busier than usual.

"My lord, when a mansion is first opened, there will be so many things because the rules have not been settled. When everything is settled, it will be done according to the rules, and there will be no more things. At that time, The prince will be free." The big housekeeper was afraid that he would suddenly abandon the stall at such a time, so he quickly comforted him with words.

In fact, every mansion is the busiest time during the holidays, but it is the first time for the son to be a housekeeper and director, so he must not know about it, and it is also the first time for him to be a big housekeeper, so let's just pretend he doesn't know about it.

The big butler thought so, and tried to fool his family's elder son with words, and insisted a little longer.

"Don't lie to me, I still know these things. Now there are present things, and there will be future things in the future." Wei Minwen himself has never been in charge of the house, but he has seen other people in charge, so he naturally knows that even if the rules are followed By the way, things will come up one by one, and it is impossible to have the free time that the butler said.

"My lord, I know that you are impatient to worry about these things, but in this situation, Lord Hou must not be in the mood to manage the affairs. Even for the sake of Lord Hou, you have to take this responsibility." Another way of saying it.

As soon as he said this, Wei Minwen fell silent.

In the market, rumors are raging, and all forces are stirring the wind and rain under the water, causing waves of waves.The two sides on the water have played against each other several times, and each has its own outcome. At present, there has been no real winner or loser.

Although all the people in the mansion were carefully selected by their grandparents, if no one suppressed them, over time, they would definitely be overstaffed and full of disadvantages.

This is not a question of whether these people are good or not, but that people's hearts are like this.

In this case, he should indeed take on the responsibility of being a son, and take care of the affairs of the house for his father, so that he has no worries.

Thinking of this, he finally resigned to his fate, turned over the list on the case, and began to confirm with the housekeeper's family.

Around noon that day, in a post station about a hundred miles away from the capital, a group of travel-stained sergeants were having lunch in the post station.

"General, we will run another [-] miles this afternoon, and we will be able to enter Beijing tomorrow evening, right?" A man who looked like a personal guard said to the middle-aged man on the main seat.

The middle-aged man looked at the sky outside. The sky was gloomy, as if it was going to snow.

"It depends on the situation. If it doesn't snow, we can enter Beijing tomorrow." He said.

"General, do you think there is something wrong with the people in the Ministry of War? They want you to return to Beijing to report on your duties. Why didn't you issue an official document earlier? What's going on?" Those big bosses.

These old masters gave an order, and these little soldiers are not afraid of running with their legs broken, but it is really abominable to wrong his general to march in such a hurry.

"There must be something wrong." The middle-aged man didn't explain the reason, but continued to eat.

They were having their lunch when another group of people entered the post station and sat down not far from them.

Those people asked the little officials in the post station to serve hot meals and dishes, and then began to eat and drink.

"Brother Hu, do you think this is true? Wei..." One of them started gossiping after eating and drinking for a while.

"This kind of thing, who knows." Another replied.

"I'm wondering..." A third joined the conversation.

At the table of the middle-aged man, because no one spoke, their voices came faintly, and the faces of the few people present became uglier the more they heard it.The first guard who spoke heard a few words, then stood up suddenly, grabbed the handle of the knife, pulled it out, stepped forward, and slashed the knife on the table over there. .

The few people who were gossiping were taken aback by his coming, they didn't care about arguing with him for a while, and hurriedly backed away to prevent the soup from splashing on their clothes.

"Where did the barbarians come from? Is there any law?" Those people came back to their senses, and immediately shouted and cursed.

"I chopped it up just like you nonsense bastards!" The guard picked it up on the table with the back of his knife, and the plates flew towards these people, making them wailing and screaming.