On this day, Xia Xun's family also prepared sacrifices and incense candles for the festival. Xia Xun led the whole family to place the Stove Lord on the stove, with the couplet "God says good things, and the lower world keeps peace" on both sides.
Bow down eight times.
Afterwards, Xia Xun went out.
Today is the day when the last batch of servants from Da Baoen Temple return home. The homes of these batch of servants are closest to the capital, so they are arranged at the end. Xia Xun has to go, so as not to make any mistakes at this time.
There is already a New Year's atmosphere on the street, with people selling New Year's goods, buying New Year's goods, selling firecrackers, and New Year's couplets, all lively and joyful.
Some homes have posted door gods, couplets and blessing characters, while shops have hung up strings of red lanterns and posted banners reading "Jiang Taigong has no taboos here" on eye-catching places on their door lintels. They sell fried rice, kitchen candy, and
Sugar-coated hawsers were all over the street shouting.
The commanders of the five-city military and horse divisions affiliated to the Ministry of War led the patrols and followed the patrol envoys everywhere, shouting and shouting, fighting, stealing, and committing crimes everywhere.
Firecrackers, they have to take care of everything. At this time of year, they are the busiest. People all over the street are happy, but they are the only ones with serious intentions.
The Ming Dynasty had less leave, and the Wucheng Army and Horses Division had even less. Other yamen officials could take sick leave when they got sick, but the Wucheng Army and Horses Division couldn't. If their officials got sick, they couldn't do their jobs and had to retire.
You are not allowed to take sick leave, so as long as you don't want to go home and eat the salary, you have to endure minor illnesses and disasters. How can you be good-tempered?
Xia Xun was riding on a horse, watching the various scenes on the street as he walked. In the 78th year of the Ming Dynasty, this was the first time he spent the holidays peacefully with his family, and his inner feelings were different from those in previous years.
There is also an inexplicable joy.
Suddenly, there was a lot of shouting in front. After hearing the commotion, many people rushed over to get excited. Xia Xun reined in the horses and looked around. He saw several policemen wearing soap coats and gauze hats walking from an alley.
, the two in front wielded iron rulers and drove away the onlookers. There was a catcher lazily holding his hands behind his back, holding a thin iron chain in his hand. The iron chain was tied around a person's neck, like leading a sheep.
Yes, go forward leisurely.
The prisoner was about forty years old, had three long beards, and a clean face. He did not look like a bad person. He was wearing a Songjiang cotton coat and pants. His face was blue from the cold, and he was shivering, but he lowered his head as if he was afraid.
It was like meeting an acquaintance, looking very pitiful.
Xia Xun was slightly curious, because when ordinary people were arrested, they could just lock them up. If someone stripped off his robe like this and only wore a small coat, then there was only one possibility. This person was a court official, and his official uniform was that of a court official.
Seriously, wouldn't it be an insult to the state to be chained?
Xia Xun gave the man a look of surprise before picking up his horse and leaving.
Behind, someone was talking: "Hey, isn't that Mr. Wu? What did you do? Why were you arrested?"
"Which Mr. Wu?"
"Oh, you don't even know this? Mr. Wu Bi, the fattest yamen supervisor in the capital, Mr. Wu Bi and Wu, last night I saw many officials secretly delivering things to his house in large bags and small boxes.
Well, hey! Now it’s all in vain.
Xia Xun rushed to Dabaoen Temple and Huang Ligong, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, had already arrived.
The personnel adjustment in the imperial court is imminent, and the officials are all working hard, and no one wants to make any mistakes at this time.
With the help of an expert like Huang Ligong, Xia Xun can just sit here, drink tea and rest his mind. Huang Ligong has done everything before and after running around. If he comes in to report, Xia Xun's mission will be accepted.
Xia Xun drank tea for a while and was very bored. He ran to the intact Zen rooms in Baoen Temple, found the abbot old monk, and set up the Dragon Gate Formation with him. He was listening to the old monk talking about his time as a priest here during the Zhishun period of the Yuan Dynasty.
In the old story of the young novice monk, another old monk ran in and said to the abbot: "Brother, there is an official named Huang outside, looking for the Duke of the country."
"The one whose surname is Huang?"
Xia Xun figured it out, smiled at the old abbot and said, "Master, I'd like to lend you a Zen room to meet a guest."
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, sit down slowly!"
The old abbot stood up quickly and followed his junior brother out. As soon as they went out, Huang Zhen came in like a yangko dancer, and said happily: "Master Guo, please call the official to search for him. Go to Guo Gong's Mansion.
The superior said that the Duke was at the Great Baoen Temple, and the inferior went to take a look at the shed set up by the Ministry of Works and said that you had come to the temple, haha..."
Xia Xun sat on the Zen bed without getting off. He pointed to the opposite side and said with a smile: "Sit down, why are you so anxious to find me?"
Huang Zhen quickly sat down opposite him, took out a memorial from his sleeve, and said with a smile: "My lord, look, I have already written it. Can you do it?"
Xia Xun unfolded it, not to mention that Huang Zhen's handwriting in small regular script was quite correct. After reading the content carefully, Xia Xun raised his head and asked: "Where did you find these things mentioned here?
, is it true?”
"My lord! Your Majesty has never been ordered to go to the East China Sea to investigate. I have heard that something is going on. I have heard that something is going on! Five points are true, three points are false!"
"What about the two points left?"
Huang Zhen pointed to his head: "This needs to be supplemented by yourself."
Xia Xun was speechless. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said, "That's alright. Just submit it like this first. Later, I will help you check the detailed information there and provide it to you."
Huang Zhen was overjoyed, thanked him repeatedly, and then asked with saliva on his face: "My lord, what about lowering your rank..."
Xia Xun shook his head: "It's no wonder that Huang Zhen has never made much progress in his life. He's so restless and doesn't know how to communicate. It's no wonder that the Metropolitan Procuratorate changes its chief officers like a whirlwind, and no one can match him.
"
He really couldn't speak implicitly to this person who didn't know any skills at all. Xia Xun had no choice but to say: "Don't worry, I have informed you about this matter to someone who can speak to you. Tomorrow's court will be indispensable.
You have a place.”
"Thank you so much, Mr. Guo. Your kindness to Huang Zhen is truly renewed. Huang Zhen is not with the wrong person!"
Huang Zhen thanked him with tears in his eyes, and said happily: "My lord, have you heard about it? Wu Bi, the director of the Ministry of Civil Service Examination, was just arrested by the Ministry of Punishment, hahaha..."
Xia Xun was startled and said curiously: "He was arrested? Didn't you mean that all the officials dared to get angry but dare not speak out about his request for bribes? Which of your imperial envoys impeached him?"
Huang Zhen smiled and said authentically: "My lord, this is not impeached by us from the Imperial Procuratorate. Mr. Chen, the imperial envoy of the Zuo Du, has a close relationship with him. Even if he is not a monk or a Buddha, no imperial envoy would be able to offend him for him."
My lord, sir, hehe, this time, Wu Lang has offended the public!"
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"Miss, miss, miss..."
Qiaoyun flew all the way into Ming'er's boudoir like a butterfly.
"Such a big girl is not stable at all. Can she lift her skirt? Do you understand? Why are you panicking?"
Ming'er scolded her a few words angrily, and Qiaoyun fainted at that moment: "Yes, miss, I know I was wrong!"
Ming'er rested her chin in boredom, playing Go with herself, and asked lazily: "What's going on?"
With this question, Qiaoyun regained his energy, suddenly raised the door, and said excitedly: "Miss, do you still remember the Wu Lang that Mr. Dingguo talked about a few days ago?"
Ming'er picked up a chess piece, and while considering the position of the next piece, she said: "Oh, sir, who is sick?"
Qiao Yun said anxiously: "Oh, he's not a sick man, he's a man from the Ministry of Civil Affairs' Examination Department. Isn't the Mr. Wu Ziming who the queen is looking after for the young lady the son of Wu Lang?"
Ming'er pressed down the chess piece with a "pop" sound, raised her eyes, and asked lightly: "What?"
Qiao Yun clenched her small fists and said excitedly: "Catch it, really catch it."
"Um?"
Ming'er rolled her eyes and became suspicious: "For what crime, who impeached him?"
Qiaoyun said: "Ha, he is really capable. For a small examination master, the person he offended is quite powerful."
"Who are they?"
Qiao Yun counted on his fingers: "The King of Zhou in Kaifeng, Zheng Ci, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Jian Yi, the right minister of the Ministry of Official Affairs, and..., oh my, I secretly heard what Duke Dingguo told others, and I can't remember clearly. Your Majesty listened. He said that he was taking advantage of the opportunity to take meritorious examinations and blackmailed all the officials. He became furious and wanted to chop off his head. He also took away his son's honors and exiled his whole family to Yunnan Yuanmou!"
She patted her chest and said, "It's such a close call. Fortunately, the young lady didn't actually marry him!"
Ming'er's delicate eyebrows frowned slightly. She knew where Xu Jingchang had found out about Wu Lang's corruption and bribery. Did a junior like him need to worry about his aunt's marriage? Ming'er was suspicious at the time, so she just asked , how dare Xu Jingchang hide it from her?
now……
Ming'er's shrewd eyes narrowed slightly: "The King of Zhou in Kaifeng is very friendly with Yang Xu. I have heard Jing Chang say more than once that King Zhou sent him special products from Kaifeng. A prince, to hand over such details, What kind of friendship is this? Zheng Ci, the Minister of Punishment, was fished out of prison by Yang Xu, otherwise, he would have been killed by Chen Ying and Ji Gang in the first place.
Others have too small official positions and are just following the trend. A local vassal king or a court minister suddenly and unexpectedly attacked a small official, Wailang? How can there be unprovoked actions in the officialdom? , they did this... Could it be that they were instigated by Yang Xu..."
Ming'er held her chin and sat there in a daze. For a moment, she didn't know whether she wanted to cry or laugh.
In the Dabaoen Temple, Xia Xun didn't know that he could shoot while lying down. He sighed to Huang Zhen: "Oh, these corrupt officials are greedy, don't they just hope to buy an endless family property for their descendants? As a result, it harmed the descendants. The young master of the Wu family was originally a civil servant, but now his fame was reduced and he was demoted to a lowly status, but he will never be able to stand up again. When I was in Qingzhou, there was a member of the Geng family who married into the Sun family because..., why bother? Come on, why bother?"
Xia Xun sighed, but he was snickering in his heart. He couldn't help but blame himself: "It's so inappropriate. How can my psychology be so dark? No, it's because of a watery cabbage that I didn't let go." The pig is happy, so I am happy. Yes, I have sympathy for flowers, and everyone has it! Haha, haha..."
However, soon, when Empress Xu was overjoyed to choose a second son of a good official for her sister, and the family had just been happy for two days, and was imprisoned with lightning speed, Xia Xun
I can't laugh anymore.
Ming'er is very angry, and the consequences will be serious!