"If you don't retreat, you are still here, and you will be recorded and punished immediately!" Zhao Xu glanced at him and said coldly. When he heard "recorded and punished", everyone finally felt fear and immediately dispersed.
Several officials looked at each other and saw that the people were gradually dispersing, and the possible catastrophe was disappearing. Zhao Xu, who had been supporting himself, suddenly lost his energy, and his feet suddenly became weak and he almost fell down.
"Master Zhao!" Qian Wei screamed and quickly raised his hand to support him.
As he said this, Qian Wei suddenly realized that Zhao Xu was planning to retire, and he felt very uncomfortable. His original dissatisfaction and anger towards Zhao Xu also dissipated.
How could Zhao Xu fail to see the change in his attitude? He pointed at the candidates who were leaving and said, "You are the interrogator, how are you going to deal with it?"
Although these people were separated, it was only temporary, because they came to cause trouble on the first day, and it was not very reasonable to say it out.
But if we can't give these people a reasonable answer, and we can cause trouble once, we might make trouble a second time, or a third time... Then it won't end as easily as it does now.
Qian Wei naturally understood this truth, and when he thought about what had happened just now, he was even more frightened, and sighed: "The fraud in Chunwei was originally a big scandal, but fortunately it broke out in advance. In fact, it broke out in advance, and the impact on the people was not very big, and there are solutions.
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"The best way to offset the bad effects is to start spring again quickly."
"As long as spring can resume and the future of Juren is not delayed, except for those who were arrested, other Juren will definitely not pursue this matter again."
"But this thing seems easy, but it's not easy either."
"The prerequisite for the start of spring is that the case must be closed quickly, but it is not easy to close the case quickly. I just heard some reports, and there are people in the palace and Uncle Zhennan who are involved."
It only involves the nobles, but it involves the eunuchs in the palace. Just thinking about it in depth makes Qian Wei unable to help but feel heavy...
He didn't want to think about that possibility, but that possibility was most likely the truth.
Zhao Xu listened and suddenly said: "Sir Qian, the right way is to cut through the mess quickly. This matter must be settled quickly."
"Flaws in this kind of joint are nothing. You can close the case quickly. I will bear the pressure and recommend you to be the examiner."
Being an examiner for a spring period is like having one more "student" for important ministers like them.
When it comes to Qian Wei, with this extra qualification, he may be able to become the first assistant in the future.
This favor is not a big one.
Qian Wei was startled by this. He asked the question like that before, and the chief assistant was still willing to recommend him?
Seeing Qian Wei's surprise, Zhao Xu smiled and said, "When something like this happens, as the prime minister, I am naturally responsible. I should apologize to the emperor and return home. Before I leave, I still have some face."
Resigning to old age? That's it, not even giving up the position of prime minister? Before leaving, you don't seek the welfare of your children and grandchildren, but you want to waste this remaining life on yourself?
How could the first assistant do this?
Qian Wei and Zhao Xu looked at each other, and the surprise in his heart quickly dissipated. Suddenly, he deeply understood Zhao Xu's heart. This was because he had a right heart, so he could act accordingly.
Qian Wei nodded and said: "I understand, I will cut through the mess quickly, and as for the rest, I also appreciate it."
If you are a mediocre person, you may sneer at this time and say, "Why am I doing it for my future and status?"
But Qian Wei knew very well that if there were more righteous people in the court, there would be more pillars in the world. How could he be pretentious and give in? Besides, if something like this happened, a gap would have opened between the grandson and the emperor. Someone must mediate in the middle, otherwise, I'm afraid the overall situation would be in jeopardy. If you want to be bad and do your duty, that is the weapon of a gentleman.
After being separated from Zhao Xu, Qian Wei immediately said sternly to the people around him: "Come here, ask the governor of Shuntian Prefecture to escort all the relevant people to Dali Temple. I want to try the case!"
Gu Chen
Xinping Princess Mansion
In the princess's mansion, bursts of piano music came from the main courtyard.
The maids who came and went all had smiles on their faces, the princess they were serving finally felt better, and the slaves were naturally relieved.
The somewhat depressing atmosphere before seems to have disappeared.
Everything is moving in a good direction. Thinking of this, my steps become a little lighter.
"The princess has summoned the piano master to the palace again today, so you should prepare an extra lunch."
"Don't worry, the kitchen has been prepared a long time ago."
Several maids murmured, and they were all happy to see the princess's recent obsession with harp music and her association with a famous female harpist in the capital.
At least the luthier who was summoned was an informed and knowledgeable woman, not a man.
Even if there were more such interactions, it would not attract criticism.
Although they don't think there's anything wrong with the princess summoning a man, the capital is currently in troubled times, and even maids like them can vaguely feel that, if possible, they still hope that the princess can spend these few years in peace.
Based on the past friendship between the princess and His Highness Taisun, when His Highness Taisun ascends the throne, the princess's situation will be much better than it is now.
In the room, a guqin was placed in front of Princess Xinping. She gently plucked it with her delicate hands, and bursts of music swayed out.
The woman sitting on her knees, listening quietly, seemed a little surprised by Princess Xinping's progress in piano art.
While playing the guqin, Princess Xinping stopped and asked, "What do you think of my piano skills?"
The woman was the female piano player who was summoned into the house. She smiled and said, "Princess, you have an excellent talent in the piano. Once you study hard, you will make great progress."
"If you praise me like this, I will take it seriously." Upon hearing this, Princess Xinping did not take it seriously, but smiled.
Since Su Ziji asked her about playing the piano last time, Princess Xinping's interest in the Tao of the piano has greatly increased. She even let this famous female piano player in the capital enter the palace only after that day.
Only when listening to the female violinist's instructions or praising her piano skills can she feel a little happy.
Otherwise, just staying in this gorgeous princess mansion and looking at everything around her, what she felt was an emotion that made her feel even more empty.
At this moment, a female official stepped in from outside and whispered in Princess Xinping's ear.
"I'm tired, you should step aside first." Princess Xinping changed her color slightly, looked at the female violinist, and said calmly.
"Yes!" The female violinist immediately calmed down her expression. Just now she was half a master, so she could talk and laugh, but now she is a monarch and a minister, so she naturally had to be respectful and immediately withdrew.
When everyone in the room was full, she looked at the female officer and asked: "You just said that something happened in the palace? What happened?"
The female official hurriedly reported: "Princess, thousands of people were making trouble at the gate of the palace. Although they were dispersed by the chief minister and Master Qian, the emperor seemed to be angry when the trouble was made, and Eunuch Zhao was beaten to a bloody head."
"Oh?" Princess Xinping was somewhat interested when she heard her father was angry: "Are you angry because of the matter of recruiting people?"
The female officer replied: "This is probably only one of the reasons. The main reason is that the chief assistant was angry, because at that time the emperor not only smashed Eunuch Zhao's head with an inkstone, but also cursed the chief assistant angrily and was dissatisfied with the chief assistant."
"What happened next?" Princess Xinping was not surprised that her people could get this information. Everyone in the world is prosperous, and most things in the world are like this.
After all, she grew up in the palace and was the emperor's favorite princess. She had this capital and didn't care so much about power in the past, so she ended up in the current situation. But as long as she wanted to get some information, she would naturally have it.
way.
The maids around her were all palace maids, and most of them had blood and hometown relationships with some of the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace.
Her father probably looked down on her as a daughter from the bottom of his heart, so her process of obtaining information went surprisingly smoothly.