Chapter 376 New wind sneaks into the night, reforms are silent

Author: Confused and helpless

Starting from the Flower Festival, that is, on the twelfth day of February.

The entire Wei court has been busy with funerals.

First, Emperor Tiantai, and the spirit was stopped for forty-nine days.

Before we knew it, it was the end of April.

Then he was in funeral and returned in half a month.

It was already the end of May in a hurry.

Emperor Invesco died on the way and came back for more than 30 days, and he had enough for 49 days.

It's already the end of June.

However, Emperor Invesco was just buried, and the Empress Dowager died again.

After stopping the spirit for forty-nine days, I will go back and forth to Xiaoci County for another month.

This is because Prince Zhongshun plans to rebel and does not need to be a major burial.

Otherwise, the funeral of the four of this family will be busy with this whole year.

Even so, it will be the end of September when the four royal family are neatly buried.

Now all six months of time and energy have been wasted on the funeral.

The civil and military officials in the court were exhausted physically and mentally, and many elderly people from large families followed the royal family and left together.

Even if they didn't leave, they started asking for leave.

On the third day of the Empress Dowager's death, all the officials went to court in plain clothes.

As soon as the ceremony was over, a censor of the Kedao stepped forward and said:

"I have reported to Your Majesty and the Queen Mother. This year, the country has mourned one after another. The Wei Dynasty has been mourning for half a year. Now the Queen Mother has reached the Pure Land again. I am afraid that the people will be exhausted and will affect the autumn harvest. I don't know if I can follow the rituals and follow the simplicity and speed to nourish the people's livelihood."

"I'm going to discuss it!"

As soon as someone suggested that he wanted to support the people's livelihood, he immediately received unanimous support from all the civil and military officials of the court.

Yuanchun really wanted to go with the flow, but it was related to the word "filial piety", so she didn't dare to agree easily.

"This move may hinder filial piety and is not good for Your Majesty's reputation?"

This "right?" was used very well, and the officials immediately understood Yuanchun's difficulties.

For a time, a group of Jinshi who had already learned the ritual books began to quote widely to conduct in-depth arguments on the feasibility of this matter.

Some say it can be quick, while others say it can be simple.

Some people also say that if you die one after another, you can do it according to a funeral.

The implication is that you don’t need to stop the spirit, just send it to the burial together.

Seeing that all the officials were actively participating, Yuanchun still did not agree.

"What do you guys think?"

There is no need to ask Feng Yibo for such a small matter.

The elders looked at each other, and finally Li Shouzhong, the second assistant who came from the Ministry of Rites, came out and bowed and said:

"I think that since the people are exhausted and the country is in short supply, we can reduce it according to the etiquette."

With enough steps, Yuanchun nodded with satisfaction.

She pondered for a moment and said:

"Since you say so, I will follow the good deeds and follow the reports of you. The third rank and above and the imperial edicts will be sacrificed according to the ceremony. After twenty-one days of the spirit, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor Wen will be buried together."

It is better to reduce it than not. Besides, this will rule out most people.

Those who are third-rank or above are ministers or above, and those who are martial honors are third-rank generals or above.

With all the plans, there are less than fifty families who have left behind the sacrifice.

As for these people, you have to fulfill this obligation after you sit in this position.

What's more, the spirit of the silence has fallen from forty-nine days to twenty-one days, and it is already a great blessing.

"The Empress Dowager is unparalleled in kindness, and the people are blessed!"

"The Empress Dowager is kind to the people, and the welfare of the people!"

“…”

For a moment, all the civil and military officials in the court breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Yuanchun sighed slightly in his heart.

Then, he raised his hand and asked the squad officer to continue.

"Several prefectures in Shandong jointly issued a memorial to impeach someone in the court to take advantage of the major disasters in Shandong's two prefectures, occupying rivers and fertile land, resulting in no place for refugees to be resettled. The opposition leader took the opportunity to recruit bandits, and eventually the disaster of heaven! Among them are...

…”

The attendant officials directly read out the number of participants and the acres occupied one by one.

Many of the officials who were just happy about streamlining the funeral, began to change their qualities!

"I deserve to die!"

"I am guilty!"

"Ministry is not strict in governing the family!"

“…”

Every time a name is read, someone will be pursuing Danbi before apologizing for guilt.

Even the specific land mu was investigated clearly, and they could not argue at all.

After a moment, there was already a kneeling in front of Dan.

When I first came out, I was extremely frightened.

But as the number of people increases, these people gradually feel much more at ease.

There is nothing else, the law does not just blame the public!

If several families participate, they may be sentenced to raiding their homes and exiling them to serve as a warning.

But now there are more than twenty companies coming out, and it seems that the situation is more than this.

Most importantly, many of the people who apologize for guilt are also counted.

Even the Empress Dowager's uncle Jia She was kneeling there at this time.

How can you deal with the Empress Dowager who told the Jia family that she would protect the Jia family?

In their opinion, the worst thing is to return the land and pay the salary for several months.

If you have a little more, I believe the Queen Mother will not be able to do it.

Although the empress dowager refused to let the Jia family become an official, who doesn’t know that this is a means to protect the Jia family?

Now, we won’t deal with the Jia family, something happened to the Jia family itself.

Either you are kind to everyone.

Or die together!

As long as you can do it, everyone will recognize it.

But if a bowl of water is not even enough, it will definitely be unreasonable!

In fact, Yuanchun was also in a difficult situation.

When it comes to Rong Mansion, she really wants to take care of her.

But the matter was too big, and it involved the assassination of the horse bandits of Emperor Investon.

Even she dares not be good at it.

While she was so angry about Jia She and Jia Lian, the father and son, she wrote to Feng Yibo to ask.

Unfortunately, the reply I received was only four words.

Handle impartially.

This is Yuanchun's first time and I don't want to follow Feng Yibo's advice.

So she didn't give up and discussed with the cabinet masters.

As a result, the opinions drawn are similar.

Whether it was Chen Qinzhi or Li Shouzhong, they believed that this matter involved the death of the Emperor, and they must not be ignored.

Yuanchun couldn't, so he could only discuss it at the court meeting with his teeth.
To be continued...