Xue Bai had already rushed to the officials and said in a deep voice: "There is no case in the Tang Dynasty for privately writing national history."
In today's world, cases must be decided not only according to the law, but also based on precedents. The Sui Dynasty's laws explicitly prohibited private compilation of national history. Although the Tang Dynasty followed the Sui's laws, no one was sentenced for this crime since the founding of the country.
Now, no matter how self-interested, arrogant and indulgent the emperor is, at least he never commits crimes because of his words. Although the atmosphere in the court is poor, the officials who are punished by him are usually punished with sticks, demoted, and killed violently. Li Linfu is the emperor's fault.
In fact, he is quite generous, and he is not afraid of being criticized even for stealing his daughter-in-law.
The Tang Dynasty was not like the Manchu Qing Dynasty. There was no literary inquisition, no ignorance of the people, no restraint of speech, and free exchange of culture and crafts. Therefore, the culture was at its peak and dazzling through the ages.
Of course, these officials could not cite any precedents, so they responded: "We are just ordered to arrest people, what's the use of talking to us? How to convict, the chief minister will decide the case. If you want to argue, you can argue in the lobby of the Criminal Department."
Du Wulang immediately said: "Just go! I was also planning to go to the Ministry of Punishment to have a look."
Xue Bai is not afraid of going to the Ministry of Punishment either.
The next moment, Wei Shu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Sit back and continue the exam."
The old man and the young man looked at each other, and Xue Bai stepped aside.
"The annual examination continues."
Wei Shu said, kicked Yang Xuan, drove away the disciples himself, and allowed the officials to take Zheng Qian away.
Afterwards, the old Imperial Academy ordered several apprentices to drink wine, asked them to hand in their papers, and scolded: "Copy? I'm not dazzled yet!"
Xue Bai sat down again and filled in the scriptures with his pen, but his mind was still thinking about what he had just done.
After finally passing the Tie Jing exam, there are two more exams to follow.
While rewinding the scroll, he had a thought in his mind, stood up and lifted the bamboo curtain and came out.
Su Yuanming immediately caught up with him, gave him a look, led him to avoid other people, turned around the corridor and entered a public room.
Wei Shu was standing in the public room and asked, "Where are you going?"
"I'm afraid that the case Dr. Zheng is involved in is not small and it is related to students." Xue Bai said: "This matter is more urgent. Can the annual examination be postponed?"
"No." Wei Shu sighed and said with a hint of reminder: "If you stop and then start again, I won't be in charge."
Xue Bai understood as soon as he heard this that this Jijiu was under some pressure in private.
Some people didn't want him to pass the annual exam.
Although Xue Bai was favored by the Holy Family, he only had the Holy Family now, and he offended many people. Since the East Palace was influential and the Right Prime Minister's Office had the power, there was always a way to prevent him from taking the imperial examination and becoming an official.
For example, Jia Chang has more saintly relatives, and Li Bai has more talent and fame, but he may not have fame.
On this road, someone like Wei Shu must protect him.
However, Xue Bai could not leave Zheng Qian alone and asked: "If the New Year's Exam cannot be stopped, I would like to ask if there is a way to save Dr. Zheng?"
Wei Shu had just calmed down, but now he frowned and turned to look out the window, leaving only a fat figure in a purple robe, saying slowly: "I have been a library official all my life, how could I know about the disputes in the court? It can't be saved.
He, however, was able to secure his future."
Xue Bai pondered and said: "The student may have a way to try to save Dr. Zheng."
"There are two more annual exams."
"That's too late."
Xue Bai glanced at the sky.
After the two annual exams, Chang'an City has already imposed a curfew. No matter what we do, we will have to postpone it until tomorrow. It will be too late.
The annual exam was delayed, just to get some more time to settle down, but Zheng Qian's case involved a major case involving three common people. Their lives were at stake, and there was no need to consider which was more serious.
Wei Shu thought about it while stroking his beard, thinking that Xue Bai didn't understand what he just said. He reminded him again and said bluntly: "Not long ago, someone told me not to let you pass the New Year's Examination. If you go now, it will be like this."
to their will.”
"This is a conspiracy, the students have no choice but to leave."
"Forget it, don't let anyone see you on the road."
Xue Bai then bowed deeply and turned to leave.
Wei Shu looked at his back and didn't know what he was thinking. After a long time, he said to Su Yuanming: "Go and get this boy's scriptures."
"yes."
After a while, Xue Bai's paper was spread out in front of him.
Wei Shu glanced at it and murmured casually: "It's just so-so."
He picked up a pen and wrote a few words on the paper.
"Like it?"
Su Yuanming stepped forward and took a look, and saw that they were some good eight-point regular scripts. Although they were pretty, they were far inferior to Wei Shu's own calligraphy.
This is imitating Xue Bai's handwriting.
"The imitation of the sacrificial wine is perfect."
"The Qing minister's disciples only have this level of calligraphy." Wei Shu sighed, "Since he went to save Zheng Sanjue, I had to answer the questions for him in the last two games."
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Xue Bai changed his attire, put on a hat to cover half of his face, and followed Su Yuanming out of the Imperial Academy through the small door to the east.
He got on his horse, but did not look for Yang Zhen, Yang Yuyao or Princess Yuzhen.
When he was writing the scriptures, he had already thought about it. If Zheng Qian's private history of the country was really involved in the case of three common people in the 25th year of Kaiyuan, then once he used his connections to speak for Zheng Qian, it would be like putting out firewood.
It will burn more and more.
The deeper Xue Bai is involved in this matter, the more people involved and the more dangerous it becomes.
For example, Li Linfu accused Wei Jian of interfering with the Eastern Palace, and Li Heng's words for Wei Jian would only harm others and himself, so it is better to draw a clear line.
But if this matter is directed at Xue Bai, in order to lure out Li Ying's group behind Xue Bai, the other party must kill Zheng Qian.
Xue Bai does not intend to imitate Li Heng.
Half an hour later, he drove his horse into Pingkangfang.
He lowered the hat on his head, looked around to see if anyone was following him, and turned into the alley along the wall in the northwest corner.
There is only one mansion occupying the entire northwest of Pingkangfang, namely Princess Changning's Mansion, which is now owned by the couple Yang Hui and Princess Xianyi, the sons of Princess Changning.
The mansion is magnificent, as if telling the story of the former prominence of the two generations of princesses.
There were high walls on both sides of the alley. Xue Bai walked to the back door alone, handed over a greeting card and said: "Please tell the princess and the consort that a friend is visiting."
…
"Who is friends with this ghost?"
Li Niangwu cursed herself, but she still went to Jingyi Hall with Yang Hui to entertain the guests.
When they entered the hall, they saw Xue Bai sitting there leisurely. The couple's expressions became more solemn because they felt the pressure of the confrontation with Xue Bai.
"What are you doing here?" Yang Hui asked calmly.
Li Niang looked fierce but wanted to say something harsh. She said fiercely: "You are not afraid that we will kill you."
"What's the benefit of killing me?" Xue Bai said: "When Li Heng succeeds to the throne, he will not let go of you who have fought with him for so many years to support King Fu Shou."
"Here we come again to stir up trouble. Can we be used by you?"
Xue Bai looked troubled and said slowly: "We did have an accident."
Yang Hui sneered, thinking that Xue Bai really wanted to take advantage of them.
Then, today's dialogue will be controlled by them.
"Zheng Qian, a doctor from Taixue, has been arrested for recording the inside story of the three common people's case." Xue Bai became more and more worried.
The matter had nothing to do with him, Yang Hui looked calm and asked: "Is Zheng Qian one of yours?"
"Dr. Zheng is naturally my teacher." Xue Bai deliberately said, "The consort also knows that Zheng Qian and Zhang Jiuling are Wang Fangqing's disciples and support the former prince."
"Ah."
Xue Bai frowned slightly and said: "Zheng Qian looks like someone from the East Palace, but in fact he is a chess piece we buried in the East Palace."
Yang Hui and Li Niang couldn't help but raise their eyebrows, surprised that Li Ying Yudang had such great ability.
"go on."
"It's hard to tell for the moment. It's Ge Nu who took action against Dong Palace and accidentally injured our people; or Li Heng noticed Zheng Qian's position and took action."
"Even if Li Heng notices it, there is no need to take action against him, right?"
Xue Bai said: "Not long ago, they wanted to marry the Lord of Hezheng County to me, but I refused. There is no room for change between us."
Li Niang had already heard about this and nodded to indicate to Yang Hui that this was true.
"Hu'er is about to enter the capital. Genu's momentum has increased, and Pei Kuan must be eliminated." Xue Bai continued: "Since Pei Kuan became the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he has worked with his uncle to collect a lot of salt taxes in Hebei.
He will be escorted to Beijing soon. Unfortunately, after this incident, Pei Kuan became frightened and wanted to turn to the East Palace. This great achievement may be taken away by Li Heng."
Yang Hui pondered, wondering why he came to say this.
But such important news in the court could not be found out by ordinary people. He was very willing to listen, so he listened attentively and nodded slightly from time to time.
Xue Bai sighed and said: "The right prime minister and the East Palace are fighting. It's like two huge rocks colliding, but it's us who are caught in the middle like weeds. The current situation is that we are suffering from internal and external troubles, and we are in a precarious situation."
"You deserve it!" Li Niang spat, "Li Ying's remaining party should be wiped out."
Xue Bai didn't answer.
Yang Hui thought about the previous conversation and knew that it was possible for the two sides to turn enemies into friends. What's more, Xue Bai took the initiative to show weakness today. Of course, he had the intention of making friends, so he should take advantage of it.
"who are you?"
"In the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, Li Heng, the third son of the emperor, spied on the Sacred Heart, misled the saint into suspecting that the prince was intertwined with the prime minister, instigated Li Xuan to secretly report, used Concubine Wu Hui, dismissed Zhang Jiuling, and eliminated three common people, and then conspired to frame Concubine Wu Hui, and designed the concubine to accept the longevity of the saint.
, kill two birds with one stone, and get rid of two big troubles. All this was noticed by Zhang Jiuling, but unfortunately he had been demoted to Jingzhou, so he only told his close friend Zheng Qian about it. This is the origin of Zheng Qian's "privately writing the history of the country."
Having said this, Xue Bai smiled bitterly before answering Yang Hui's question.
"We, the people who learned about this and wanted to expose this conspiracy, believe that the Tang Dynasty cannot be left in Li Heng's hands."
Yang Hui asked: "Then in whose hands do you think the Tang Dynasty can be handed over?"
Xue Bai said: "Shou Wang can't do it."
Yang Hui raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you thinking of Prince Qing?"
Xue Bai said: "Although King Qing is the eldest son, others think that we want to support him, but in fact it is inconvenient for us to interact with him. Today, I will not go to see King Qing."
"Yes, King Qing's appearance is disgraceful and he cannot be the king of the country."
Li Niang was impatient with their nonsense and said directly: "If you don't want to establish an elder, then you will establish a direct descendant. Since my mother-in-law is named Queen Zhenshun, my brother Sheng Wang Li Qigui is the legitimate son and should be the crown prince."
Yang Hui was a little embarrassed and stopped hiding. He looked at Xue Bai and asked, "What do you think?"
"Can."
"You agree so easily?"
"Since King Sheng is the only legitimate son of the saint, it is feasible. What's more, when a disaster is approaching, how can he take such long-term care?"
Yang Hui didn't expect Xue Bai to be so outspoken.
But then I thought about it, everything I said now was false. If you want to swallow up the other party's power, you have to see what the other party wants to ask for. Now that the status of the Princess Mansion is not as good as before, it may not be possible yet.
"What are your intentions when you come here today? Are you going to use us to save Zheng Qian?"
"There is no need to act rashly." Xue Bai pondered: "In Zhongnan Mountain, I once told Pei Mian's identity, has the consort confirmed it?"
Li Niang saw that he was only asking Yang Hui, as if she didn't know who was in charge of the Princess Mansion, so she immediately said: "So what if it's confirmed?"
"Didn't the princess reveal it to Ge Nu?"
"Oh, why should I be used by you?"
Xue Bai took out a document, spread it out, and gave them a look.
I saw that this document was stamped with the seal of the East Palace official, and a piece was torn off in the middle.
"This is?"
"Evidence that can prove Pei Mian's identity." Xue Bai said: "If I present it to Ge Nu, Ge Nu will not believe it."
Yang Hui stretched out his hand to pick it up.
Xue Bai put away the document and asked with a smile: "Where is my body deed?"
Li Niang was displeased and frowned: "You want to negotiate terms with me?"
"Fair deal."
"Who are you to deserve a fair deal with me? If I kill you..."
Yang Hui hurriedly patted her and comforted her with a few gentle words. The couple just sent someone to get Xue Bai's body deed.
Xue Bai took back the deed and handed over Pei Mian's letter of connection, but said: "However, if the consort presents it to Ge Nu, Ge Nu will know that we are cooperating. It can be used to drive Pei Mian to do things."
"Why don't you take advantage of this yourself?"
"My status is not high enough and it will only make Pei Mian feel murderous. It is better to give it to the consort."
Yang Hui's eyes flashed.
Xue Bai added: "Can the Prince Consort help me ask for details about Zheng Qian? They captured Zheng Qian to lure the snake out of its hole. I don't want to fall into the trap, but this matter is not difficult for the Prince Consort."
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Right Prime Minister's Mansion.
Li Linfu is bowing his head at his desk.
The first batch of Hedong salt tax was about to be escorted to Beijing, which put a lot of pressure on him. He has been investigating this matter recently and thinking about countermeasures.
Two days ago, there was another person on the list of political opponents he wanted to get rid of, Yuan Zai.
I heard that this son was the one who advised Yang Hao. He was very talented in tax matters and was quite threatening.
"Alang, the consort is here."
After hearing the announcement, Li Linfu put down the official document in his hand and asked Yang Hui to sit in the hall.
He guessed that Yang Hui came here to urge the Right Prime Minister to get rid of Xue Pingzhao, and he waved his hand as soon as they met.
"Consort, there is no need to be impatient. The truth is that I have already heard that Lu Xuan was demoted. I will wait for the emperor's holy family to fade away and then find an opportunity to get rid of him."
"What the Prime Minister said is true."
After hearing these words, Yang Hui looked up at Li Linfu and suddenly felt something new.
Ge Nu said it as if dealing with Xue Bai was for them, but he was just using people as fools.
After sitting down and chatting for a few words, Yang Hui said: "Right Chancellor, I heard something today... The Ministry of Punishment suddenly arrested Dr. Zheng Qian of Taixue. Is it related to an old case from that year?"
Li Linfu's eyes narrowed and he said slowly: "What a quick news about the prince-in-law."
"It happened that some of my nephews were in the Imperial College, and they heard about it immediately after it happened."
Yang Hui responded, suddenly feeling the pleasure of teasing Ge Nu.
Li Linfu nodded and said: "The Minister of Punishment received a secret letter last night to accuse him. Zheng Qian wrote an article in private, fabricating the history of the country."
"If the Right Prime Minister wants to use this to deal with the East Palace, I am willing to help."
Yang Hui leaned over and expressed his attitude. In fact, he wanted to test whether Li Linfu had instigated this matter.
He didn't want to, but Li Linfu waved his hand and said: "The case is not clear yet. We will discuss it after Xiao Yinzhi's trial. There is no need to worry, Prince Consort."
Yang Wei was surprised and asked: "Isn't this a frame-up by the right prime minister?"
Li Linfu glanced sideways at him and said with a straight face: "The truth is that the law is fair and can never be framed."
"I made a mistake." Yang Hui apologized repeatedly, "I'm asking... Someone really exposed Zheng Qian. Did he really write the history of the country privately?"
"yes."
Li Linfu tugged on his beard, looked thoughtful, and spoke slowly.
"Zhang Jiuling has been dead for seven years, and his brother Zhang Jiugao has always wanted to build a Shinto monument for him..."
Shinto tablets are stone tablets erected in front of tombs that record the life events of the deceased. Carving a tablet is not an easy task. It requires someone to write, write, and carve the monument.
Yang Hui immediately understood why Zhang Jiuling had not yet erected a Shinto monument after his death. Because Li Linfu, who had a small belly, was still alive, he would definitely pay attention to whether Zhang Jiuling's inscription said bad things about him. Zhang Jiugao probably wanted to wait until Li Linfu died and write freely.
An inscription.
really.
"The evidence that Xiao Yinzhi received this time is the inscription written by Zheng Qian for Zhang Jiuling, which contains the sentence 'Concubine Wu Hui has alienated the princes and will establish her son'." Li Linfu said: "In order to protect Concubine Wu Hui's name, the Ministry of Punishment
Capture Zheng Qian and investigate this matter strictly."
"That's it." Yang Hui couldn't help but look moved.
"When the matter is found out, I will report it to my consort."
After Li Linfu finished speaking, he raised his hand to see the guest off.
Yang Hui then left.
He turned around with a sneer in his eyes.
Everyone said that it was Concubine Wu Hui who harmed the three concubines. How could it be that the Ministry of Punishment was so resolute in arresting people because of Concubine Wu Hui?
As Xue Bai said, there must be a hidden secret in this matter.
Even now, Li Linfu still regards him as a fool.
"Consort, are you going back home?"
"There's no hurry." Yang Hui got on his horse, thought for a while, and said, "Go to the Yushitai..."
Chapter 2 is still being written, it won’t be that fast, don’t wait~~I’ve been sleeping later and later day by day, it’s too late~~
