Man Bao glanced at the prince sympathetically, and the prince frowned, glanced at her condescendingly, and asked, "So what did you do with the letter?"
"I have written a letter to impeach Wang Ji and others."
The prince raised his eyebrows slightly, looked Zhou Man up and down and asked, "Are you arguing with the censor?"
Man Bao said seriously: "Your Highness, how can this be a quarrel? I am here to make the court, the Imperial Medical Office and the country better."
The prince nodded perfunctorily, "Yes, the impeachment is good, but don't cry if you can't argue."
"Am I that kind of person?" Man Bao said ambitiously, puffing out his chest, "As long as I am reasonable, I will not lose."
The prince twitched his lips, feeling that she was too naive. In this world, especially in this court, winning or losing is never a matter of truth.
The prince glanced at her and quickened his pace, passing Zhou Man towards the backyard where he lived.
Eunuch Wu quickly ran to catch up, but Man Bao, who was lagging behind, grabbed him and asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, what do you mean?"
Eunuch Wu whispered: "I just want you to play by yourself."
After saying that, he immediately broke away from Zhou Man's hand and trotted to catch up with the prince, trailing three steps behind.
Man Bao scratched his head and couldn't help but mutter, "I originally wanted to play by myself, but you stopped me."
She shrugged and turned around to go to Chongwen Hall.
When she arrived at Chongwen Hall, Bai Shan and the others were finishing school.
Man Bao thought of something and immediately ran to find Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang was collecting the manuscripts he had copied and was about to go home. When he saw Man Bao running in, he smiled and asked, "Why are you running?"
Man Bao said: "Sir, please go back and tell my sister-in-law that I want to eat mutton, bamboo shoots and soybean noodles tomorrow morning."
Mr. Zhuang asked: "Don't you have breakfast before leaving the palace tomorrow morning?"
"I can eat less and keep my stomach to eat soybean noodles."
Mr. Zhuang raised his hand and knocked her on the head and responded.
At this time, Mr. Zhuang didn't know that Man Bao had quarreled with someone, so he agreed with a smile. It should be said that most of the courtiers, including Yushitai, didn't know yet.
By the time the folds were handed over to the provincial governor, it was already too late. Everyone had to prepare for going to the Yamen. Some unimportant folds were piled there and were selected by the people on duty before deciding whether to send them to the Central Secretary and His Majesty for review.
Zhou Man was a fifth-level editor, and the impeachment of Wang Ji and others was not a top priority, so he was left behind with a bunch of excerpts.
Wei Zhi, who was on duty at night, was bored and asked people to classify these excerpts and send some important ones to the palace for the emperor's review tomorrow.
Yes, most officials, especially lower-level officials, can take a nap, but the upper-level officials have rules about duty rotation.
Not to mention the emperor, when he met the official Xiu Mu, he just skipped the morning court, which was just a little less exciting, but he still had to work every day.
Zhou Man's excerpts were also screened out, and Wei Zhi happened to read the recent impeachment excerpts.
Impeachment excerpts have always been an important tool for supervising the conduct of officials. From these excerpts, you can know which official went to a flower house to get drunk; or which official or official's son did something that corrupted customs or violated the law...
Wei Zhi has always believed that whether an official's governance is clear depends on whether the impeachment package can be impeached at will.
The day when the officials dare not speak out anymore, it means that the administration of officials has been corrupted to a certain extent. Therefore, even among the censors, there is a phenomenon of impeachment for personal gain, but he still does not advocate that His Majesty prohibit it.
Because people tend to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, once the officials are punished without evidence, it will have a great impact on the openness of speech.
After flipping through several books, most of the books he turned over were placed on the right hand side. This does not require the emperor to deal with it and can only be handed over to the Zhongshu Province. There is currently only one book on the left hand side, which requires the emperor to personally
watch.
He picked up a book casually, and when he opened it, he felt a pang when he saw the densely packed words. Although it looked very neat, there were so many words...
How many times have I said that even when it comes to impeachment, we should be concise and to the point, and talk less nonsense. Those people at Yushitai just don't understand... Huh?
Wei Zhi woke up a little, sat up slightly, turned around and started reading from the first line again...
It took Wei Zhi a while to finish reading the envelope. After thinking about it, he put his hand on his left hand.
The folders selected by the Menxia Province were sent to the emperor's case early the next morning.
However, the emperor didn't want to be diligent this morning, so after breakfast he played in the imperial garden with his daughters for a long time. When he was almost happy, he went to review the unfinished papers with his hands behind his back.
When the emperor saw the fold on Zhou Man's hand, he couldn't help but slap the table with joy. He laughed loudly while holding the fold, and said to Gu Zhong: "This child is good, and her scolding is wonderful. Why didn't I know she had this?"
eloquence?"
Gu Zhong smiled and poured tea for the emperor, and asked smoothly: "Which young master is your Majesty talking about?"
"That's Zhou Man. Yesterday Wang Ji wrote a letter to impeach the Crown Prince and Taiyuan. Today she is writing to impeach Wang Ji." The emperor shook his head and smiled: "I don't know if she is venting her anger on behalf of the Crown Prince or Taiyuan.
"
The emperor hadn't finished reading yet, he had only read half of it. He smiled, took a sip of tea, and continued to read. As he looked, the smile on the emperor's face disappeared. Gu Zhong stood aside and looked frightened.
But he didn't dare to show it.
The emperor stretched out his hand and knocked on the table. After a while, he smiled and said: "In the end, I underestimated her and sent this letter to Kongji Wine House. After all, she was able to get the fold because she is a member of the Chongwen Museum.
Wupin Compilation, Kong Jijiu is the owner of the hotel, and it is his responsibility."
Gu Zhong didn't know what was written on the fold, and he didn't dare to pry. He bent down and reached out to take the fold, then put it in a box and asked his apprentice to send it out of the palace.
It was a rare break for Kong Jijiu. He was having a drink with friends at home and playing chess to cultivate himself.
After receiving the booklet from the palace, he opened it curiously.
The Duke of Yu County, who was playing chess with him, saw that he had not spoken for a long time, so he raised his eyelids to look at him and asked, "What's going on?"
Kong Jijiu stroked his beard and said with a pleased smile, "It's nothing. A subordinate just wrote a letter to impeach several officials."
"What kind of big deal is this? Your Majesty is going to hand you the booklet to see?"
Kong Jijiu smiled, put the fold back into the box, and said nonchalantly: "It's not a big deal, County Lord, it's my turn to go now, right?"
County Duke Yu didn't ask any further questions, just answered with a smile, and after finishing the game, he said goodbye and went home with his hands behind his back.
After Duke Yuxian left, Kong Jijiu opened the box again and took a look at the book. After a while, he turned back to the study and said to his servants: "Go and ask Duke Zhao and Guo Zhan to come over."
Zhao Guogong is the uncle of the country and has always had a good relationship with the prince. Not to mention Guo Zhanshi, he is the head of Zhanshi Mansion.