In the winter, it was getting dark very late, but Gongsun Xun's residence had lit a torch early, and the doctor who didn't need to go to the Chancellor's desk so early to do things actually threw his beloved wife on the bed alone, and then got up early to work.
What happened?
"Wen Qi..." Under the torch in the courtyard, Lu Fan's face was almost bloodless. "Are you really going to act like this?"
"This is natural." Gongsun Xun, who was tying something on the ground, said disapprovingly. "But Zi Heng, I didn't see you being so rude when killing people before, so what does it mean today?"
Lu Fan's face was still pale, and he couldn't help but ask again: "Wen Qi, is this thing really made by nature?"
"Of course." Gongsun Xun said calmly. "My mother told me about it when I was a child. It is indeed a very common thing. I'm just a scholar. How many people will see this thing more? It's not necessarily a scholar.
how."
Lu Fan took a long breath: "The truth is right, but I still feel a little disgusted, so contrary to the way of heaven..."
"That's alright." Gongsun Xun interrupted helplessly. "It's all thanks to you, Ziheng, for being able to help me find such a thing. Go and rest..."
Lu Fan immediately handed over his hand: "That's good. Wen Qi shouldn't come to see me in the next two days and let me rest for a while."
"Easy to say, easy to say!" Gongsun Xun nodded with great understanding.
Lu Fan immediately fled.
Seeing Lu Ziheng stumbling away from the courtyard, Gongsun Xun finally packed up. He picked up a large wooden box for documents in one hand, picked up a bag of rice in the other, and kicked it away.
A slightly fat tabby cat beside him walked slowly out, and then took a car to Nangong under the escort of Han Dang.
In other words, the Nangong is the center of the empire and has strict rules, but after all, it is the place where hundreds of officials work. It is still somewhat different from the purely forbidden area in the North Palace, so the palace gate is a lot more relaxed after all... Let's explore carefully...
For a moment, it probably means that all weapons except ceremonial knives are not allowed inside. As for other things, as long as they are not too taboo, there is nothing to say if you want to bring them in. It is just that you are allowed in but not allowed out.
Otherwise, Gongsun Xun would not be able to carry a bag of grains in every day.
"Mr. Gongsun." The man in charge of the army at the entrance of the palace slightly cupped his hands while facing him under the light of the fire. This was one of the benefits of confronting Duan Xihou head-on that day. "It's so early today."
"The rooster crows too early at home." Gongsun Xun smiled in front of him. He had something in both hands and could not return the favor. "I couldn't sleep anymore, so I came here early. Why, you are still on duty today, Yu Zhonglang?"
"No," the lieutenant named Yu immediately said with a wry smile. "The new year is approaching, and my colleagues are all asking for leave to move around. People like me who have no roots and power in Luozhong can only keep on duty."
Gongsun Xun immediately understood... This is the most common thing among the guards and even the sergeants in Luozhong. The powerful people naturally don't need to mention it, but the rich people can easily be lazy as long as they are willing to spend money, and then there will be
A situation where 'rich people die idle and poor people die from exhaustion'.
This kind of thing was particularly prominent among the Lang officials in the Early Han Dynasty, so much so that a certain Zhong Lang general made corresponding reforms and became famous in history. But in the Later Han Dynasty, only Ha Lin Lang and Hu Ben Lang had this dilemma...
Of course, it is also a kind of long-standing malpractice and corruption that has continued for more than a hundred years in the country. It would be strange if the Han Dynasty had clear politics and no worries in the world!
"However, Dr. Gongsun is also a busy man, isn't he?" Mr. Yu Zhong pointed at the huge wooden box he held in front of him and said, "Are these many documents entrusted by others?"
Gongsun Xun immediately laughed: "Where is the real document? It's just a few jars of honey, picked out from the New Year's goods sent by people from my hometown in western Liaoning. This time I plan to give it to my teacher Lu Gong, so that he can drink it with warm water while working."
"I'll just say it!"
"By the way, wait for me here in the evening and go to my house for a drink together." Gongsun Xun comforted him by the way. "It's almost the Chinese New Year, and everyone is going out, so there is no need to be restrained."
"In that case, She would like to thank Dr. Gongsun for his kindness." The officer on duty immediately responded with clasped fists.
Immediately, without any inspection at all, Gongsun Xun walked into the Nangong Palace leisurely, and then went straight to the Chancery's desk, which should have just been unlocked. After entering the Chancery's desk, which seemed to have few people, he looked around.
After the episode, he quickly came to the window he was most familiar with...opened the window, untied the object tied with a cloth strip in the wooden box, and put it directly into the chicken coop...the whole process was neat and tidy!
Then, Gongsun Xun placed a bag of rice grains by the window, held the box calmly, walked into his public room with the cloth, and began to light a lamp and process paperwork.
However, as a member of the Zhongdu officials in charge of flood and fire disasters and the security of thieves, as soon as these bamboo slips were opened, the current situation of the empire's foundation being riddled with holes immediately came to light.
In fact, it’s not just Luoyang? There are disasters everywhere in the world!
There has been no rain in Nanyang for several months, and it is not known whether spring plowing will be hindered. A group of hundreds of thieves broke out in Jingzhao, robbing homes everywhere, while Jingzhao Yin was ill and was helpless; all counties in Hebei sent people to report, and the prison was full.
, I don’t know how to deal with it; the houses at Nangong Pingcheng Gate were not seriously damaged during the earthquake, but after the earthquake, cracks appeared everywhere, fearing that they would collapse...
Gongsun Xun sighed. It is no wonder that Liu Tao would be worried all day long. Any loyal minister who stayed in the position of Cao Shangshu, the official of Zhongdu, for a long time would probably be "burned with worry".
"On... we should ask the emperor to send his guards out to Nanyang to pray for rain!"
"On... Jingzhao is an important place in Xijing. We should quickly increase the reward to capture the bandits. In addition, the original Jingzhao Yin is suffering from illness. He has repeatedly written to beg to go. He should turn to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to discuss this matter!"
"On...an amnesty for Hebei."
"On...the Nangong Pingcheng Gate should be repaired."
"Argument……"
Just as I was about to start writing again, suddenly, several loud rooster crows came from outside, and it was suddenly dark.
Gongsun Xun curled his lips and didn't pay much attention. Instead, he shook his head and continued to write and deal with the official documents.
In the blink of an eye, it was afternoon, and the atmosphere in the chancery suddenly became solemn. The tall Lu Zhi walked past the corridor with an expressionless face. The ministers, chief ministers and others around him all tried to avoid him. But in the distance, the people in the corridor were far away.
In front of the window, Liu Tao's hand holding his beard began to tremble.
After another half an hour, Lai Yan, who was in charge of the secret service, also rushed over panting with the help of a little Huangmen. After another half an hour, Cao Jie, Wang Fu, Yuan Wei, Yuan Feng, Yang
Ci, Qiao Xuan, Zhang Ji, Chen Qiu, Liu Kuan, Yang Qiu... all of them came in droves.
To be honest, this is the first time I’ve seen many important people here, Gongsun Xun.
For example, Qiao Xuan, whom he once imitated, is now old and no longer as tough as he was in the story; another example is Wang Fu, the main target he had set in mind, but as expected, he looked around. Except for Cao Jie, Yuan
Feng, Yuan Wei, and Yang Ci, all of them were actually polite to everyone; and Chen Qiu, the unlucky guy who had just lost his position among the three princes and the mistress of the marriage, now looked very sad.
…
Of course, there is also a Yang Sphere. I don’t know why this great master appears here?!
"Liu Shizhong!" Wang Fu is a fat man with gray hair on his temples. He looks quite upright. If he didn't have a beard, he would look rich. At this time, he was standing by the window with his sleeves rolled up, his face full of impatience. "You."
Why can't the palace live peacefully during the Chinese New Year? In October, there was a solar eclipse and an earthquake, so two and three ministers went to the palace in succession; last month, you sent letters continuously, from the Chancellor's Stand to the Censor's Stand, and then to
Yilang, if you insist on talking nonsense about 'invading yang with yin', your majesty will not be able to sleep well. It's not easy for him to live in peace, so why do you want to cause trouble for no reason?!"
"Did I cause the incident?" As soon as the other party finished speaking, Liu Tao asked back sternly. "Did the solar eclipse be caused by Liu Ziqi's practice of witchcraft, or was the earthquake caused by me on Tongtuo Street?
Is it caused by stamping your feet? Besides, such a celestial phenomenon will be caused by the Yin energy in the country that invades the monarch. This is the conclusion of the sages for hundreds of years and is recorded in the classics! Why am I talking nonsense?"
"What is recorded in the classics, wasn't it you, Liu Ziqi, who shouted it out loud on Tongtuo Street?" Wang Fu became more and more weird. "Don't think that I don't know. Isn't it you who have the final say on how to interpret the classics?"
When Liu Tao heard this, his beard and hair became even more irritated: "Confucian classics are not decided by us academics. Could it be that you, a regular servant, have the final say?!"
"I don't know whether what I, a regular servant, say counts." Wang Fu suddenly sneered, ignoring the faces of the people around him. "But at least it's better than what you, a lieutenant, say! After all, the general who thought I said what he said doesn't count."
I remember that I and Sangong were all dead!"
As soon as this statement came out, starting from the eldest Qiao Xuan to the youngest Yang Qiu, all the officials looked sideways. Even the good old Liu Kuan and Yuan Yang all stared at Wang with a smile but not a smile.
Just... this made the latter feel uncomfortable for a moment.
"Okay!" At this moment, the gray-haired Cao Jie couldn't help coughing. "How to explain disasters is the duty of the great Confucians. Wang Changshi doesn't need to say more. And what happened in October is also
Wen Raogong (Liu Kuan) and Bo Zhengong (Chen Qiu) have already set an example for the country, so there is no need to say more. Let's just discuss the matter. Liu Shizhong...well, Lu Shizhong, you just need to be troublesome.
Please tell me what happened today quickly, His Majesty is still waiting in the Beigong!"
As soon as these words came out, many officials nodded hurriedly. Wang Fu and Liu Tao looked at each other and snorted coldly, and then said no more.
Lu Zhi stepped forward expressionlessly and saluted the ministers, but he spoke bluntly without any modification: "To be honest with you, the matter is actually very simple. We have always raised chickens in the Shangshutai. When we were feeding the chickens today,
A group of ministers discovered that there was an extra rooster in the chicken pen for no reason... They all thought it was a sign of the 'female chicken turning into a male' in the book, so they were all frightened."
"Isn't this nonsense?" Wang Fu couldn't help but interrupt again. "Maybe they remembered it wrong? It's just one more chicken and one less chicken..."
"Prince." Gongsun Xun suddenly interrupted regardless of his status. "No matter how ignorant we are, we will not remember one rooster as two. One and two are still correct."
Wang Fu couldn't help but hesitate, and the ministers crowded in the corridor also looked at each other in confusion.
"This..." Wang Fu suddenly said thoughtfully again. "Is there anywhere else to raise chickens nearby? The Chancery is in the center of the Nangong. The roosters have strong feathers. Maybe they flew from there."
"Return to the prince." Gongsun Xun once again replied without hesitation. "There is only one place in the Nangong Palace where chickens are fed at the Chancellor's desk. I checked the document and found that this was a custom left over when Yang Huaigong, the famous prime minister of this dynasty, was appointed as the chancellor. He
He was very diligent back then and was very strict with his subordinates. He often came to work at the Chancellor's desk before dawn. When the chickens crow, he would go out to inspect and check whether all the ministers were present and whether there were all the ministers. There were no chickens in other places in Nangong...
"
Wang Fu became increasingly speechless.
"I see." Cao Jie suddenly spoke again. "Then... I remember it's Gongsun Wenqi, right? Have you ever checked this... this 'rooster' first?"
"We don't dare to move lightly," Lu Zhi suddenly said. "The Chancery is an important central place, and the transformation of a female chicken into a male is a very bad omen, so we don't dare to move lightly. Moreover, Liu Shizhong and I immediately guarded here after hearing the movement.
, watched over the entire process and did not let anyone touch him, just waiting for all the gentlemen to arrive..."
"I'll be honest with you," Liu Tao defended boldly again. "I dare risk my life as a guarantee. Today, no one has gone to the chicken pen to do anything. They are just waiting for you to come."
Cao Jie looked at Liu Tao, then at the tall Lu Zhi and Gongsun Xun who was hiding behind him. After a while, he slowly nodded: "I understand. In that case, everyone is here, let's go down.
Send someone to catch him and have a look!"
Lu Zhi and Liu Tao each signaled, and then a group of ministers and ministers immediately went around to the outside of the official temple on the Shangshutai and entered through the main entrance of the chicken pen. For a moment, the chickens were really beating outside the window... Of course, the struggle of a group of chickens was in vain.
Meaning, not to mention the two roosters soon, even the hens were all caught, only to be released later.
Finally, the two little Huangmen followed Cao Jie's instructions, each took a 'rooster' and ran outside the Chancellor's Stand to wait for inspection.
And a group of dignitaries also slowly walked outside, preparing to test with their own eyes whether the two chickens were evil.
However, just when everyone was about to reach the open space outside the official temple of Shangshutai, Cao Jie suddenly stood beside a soldier of the Tiger Army holding a long sword and said: "Actually, I have a little bit of a villain's heart.
, when a female chicken turns into a male, what does it mean? There has to be a process, right?"
All the ministers and ministers stopped and looked at each other at a loss.
"What do you mean, Mr. Cao?" Yuan Feng, who was following him, asked helplessly.
"What I mean is very simple." Cao Jie suddenly sneered, and the white air brought by his words continued in the air. "We will examine the chicken later. If one of the two roosters is half female and half male, then
Naturally, it's a female chicken turning into a male. You can call it whatever you want. But if there is just an extra normal male chicken, and you say it's a female chicken turning into a male, I'd also say that someone with ulterior motives in the Chancellery secretly put it on the clothes.
They were brought in! After all, there were some party members who were good at spreading rumors, polluting the political situation, and had evil intentions... At that time, I will have to ask the Huben Army to follow the map and carefully check the thirty-six ministers and eighteen ministers in the minister's desk.
The minister has a long history."
"Why bother with an inventory?!" Wang Fu also suddenly raised his voice. "If this is the case, I would rather misjudge them all than let one go! Let me tell you, as long as those two chickens are ordinary roosters, these fifty-four people will
They will all be sent to jail and sent away, even the servants and ministers will be sent to jail to be tortured carefully!"
Without waiting for the ministers to respond, Wang Fu raised his voice and said, "Didn't you hear that? Quickly bring in more tiger troops!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several Xiaohuangmen immediately bowed to accept the order, called themselves "sir", and then ran away.
For a time, there was no wind in the Chancery Tower. Six ministers and dozens of ministers faced the gray-haired Cao Jie who stood under the Chang Ge, but no one dared to reply.
Gongsun Xun, who was at the back, squinted his eyes slightly at this time, as if he was getting to know the kind-hearted Da Changqiu again when they first met. He did not notice at all that his two teachers glanced at him in unison.
Take a look.
"Everyone knows the difference between roosters and hens." Seeing that the situation was under control, Cao Jie couldn't help but laugh. "One is in the tail feathers, and the other is in the comb... Let's not waste time and let the two holding the big tail feathers
Young man, come forward. You gentlemen... you don't need to go to the Chancellor's desk. Please go with the rest of the princes to see if there are any rooster combs. I'm a sinister person, so I'm just standing here, and I won't bother to follow you.
Already."
After saying that, Cao Jie in turn urged these ministers to go for inspection, and Wang Fu also sneered.
Several ministers of the court had no choice but to move forward one after another.
However, after several ministers surrounded the so-called 'rooster', they all looked hesitant and did not dare to say anything for a while.
"How?" Seeing a group of armored tiger soldiers approaching, Wang Fu couldn't help but urge. "It's just a look at the cockscomb. All the princes are well-educated scholars. Are they all blind?!"
"Come and see for yourself!" Yang Ci was the first to be unable to bear it. "Come over and see this chicken! The tail feathers are bright and it looks like a rooster, but the comb is short and shapeless, just like a female chicken.
! This is clearly a female chicken turning into a male, and only half of it!"
Wang Fu and Cao Jie were both stunned.
On the other side, Yuan Feng, who was sizing up another chicken, also turned around and reluctantly handed over his hand: "Mr. Cao, I'm not just talking nonsense. I've seen it with my own eyes. I can't believe it. This chicken is actually like this. The tail feathers are like this."
Bright-colored, but with short combs..."
Before he finished speaking, Wang Fu was so angry that he actually stepped forward to check it in person. Then he threw the 'rooster' to the ground in a hurry: "The comb is the right way to judge the male and female. If this is the case, why can't it be just a cock?"
A hen with bright tail feathers? Maybe she can even lay eggs..."
In the middle of his words, Wang Changshi's words stopped abruptly, because the 'hen with bright tail feathers' that he threw to the ground actually crowed loudly!
Everyone changed their colors one after another, and then regardless of the eunuchs or the ministers, they just stared at the strange 'female chicken' with frightened faces, as if they were looking at some prehistoric monster. Another Xiao Huangmen holding a chicken also quickly frightened him.
I had to give up and throw the other 'hen' out.
"There must be a monster out there!" At this moment, Wang Lang, a young man, could not help but be the first to break the silence. "Everyone, you don't know, I have come to the Chancery before dawn several times.
When handling documents, I can hear the rooster crow every time... But if these two chickens are both female, wouldn't it mean that after the female chicken turns into a male, there will be a female chicken crowing?!"
Yang Ci looked back at his most trusted student, his face also blank and speechless.
After hearing this, the frightened Wang Fu became even more frightened. He actually covered his face with his hands and took the lead in leading a group of small Huangmen to escape in embarrassment. Cao Jie was also speechless. After a long time, he sighed and went straight to Beigong.
Okay... Seeing this, the Tiger and Ben troops had no choice but to disperse.
Seeing all the eunuchs and sergeants disappear, the front of the Chancellor's desk became completely lively. On the one hand, everyone was surprised and confused, looking at the two chickens as if they were monsters. On the other hand, they quoted scriptures and talked about "the transformation of a female chicken into a male".
The announcement that the "Female Chicken Si Chen" appeared at the Chancellor's Desk... But is this still nonsense? Isn't it just that the eunuchs are in power?
At the same time, Yushitai, Dongguan, and even the Sasao officials on duty all rushed to see the news after hearing the news!
Gongsun Xun even saw Tian Feng staring at him in the crowd!
In the midst of the chaos, Liu Kuan shook his head and walked toward Gongsun Xun with his sleeves rolled up. When he came to his student, Lu Zhi, who looked suspicious, also took two steps closer.
"I only let one go." Before these two people could speak, Gongsun Xun confessed them all. "I asked Lu Ziheng to search for seven or eight days in the countryside of Fengshi, and then I found one. I just threw it into the chicken this morning.
Circle...the other one, the student really doesn’t know, maybe he really changed it himself in the Chancellor’s Desk!”
Lu Zhi and Liu Kuan could not help but stand frozen on the spot.
Just when the three teachers and students were suspicious, several more soldiers of the Tiger Army rushed from the south avenue with their swords drawn. The leader was Yu She who was guarding the door... However, this move only attracted everyone's attention.
It attracted attention, but it did not frighten everyone, because among the few soldiers, there was an official from the Public Transport Department escorting him, and this official was holding a box containing documents.
You don't need to think about it to know that something big happened here, and it needs to be dealt with urgently by the Chancellor, but it has nothing to do with this matter.
"What's the matter?" To everyone's surprise, before several ministers and the one in charge of the affairs of the minister, Lai Yan, came forward, the general, Yang Qiu, the great craftsman, quickly came up to them and shouted.
This public transport department official was originally confused because so many people gathered here to 'watch the chickens', but when Yang Qiu asked, he was even more at a loss.
"I just met the emperor today!" Upon seeing this, Yang Qiu hurriedly explained loudly. "Lai Gong is physically weak, so the emperor transferred me to the position of minister, and I will be responsible for commanding the minister's desk before Zhengshuo on the first day of the first lunar month... Report something.
That’s fine with me.”
This is quite an interesting appointment... A recognized cruel official, the so-called emperor's thug, actually changed from a guilty person to Yilang in one year, and then suddenly became one of the nine ministers.
Craftsman has now become Shangshuling again.
It seems that the emperor does have some ideas.
Of course, now is not the time to think about this. After hearing Yang Qiu’s self-introduction, the official from the Public Transport Department hurriedly bowed and handed over the official document in his hand: “Reply to the Minister’s Order, Jiaozhou Urgent Report, Hepu, Jiaozhi
The barbarians in the county have rebelled, Jiuzhen, and Rinan have also rebelled. Four of the seven counties in Jiaozhou have fallen, so please deal with them quickly!"
The officials and officials were once again in chaos... Gongsun Xun was also dumbfounded, and Shi Xie, who was following Liu Tao, was even more anxious.
However, the matter was not over yet. At this moment, just like thunder on dry land, within everyone's field of vision, the inner house, the arsenal house and the outer Dongyuan house at the Nangong gate suddenly collapsed completely.
Except for Gongsun Xun, who suddenly thought about the official document he was dealing with this morning, everyone else was stunned and didn't know what to do.
"Ominous omens are recurring and disasters are spreading frequently. It must be a state-owned evildoer!" Liu Tao really couldn't hold it back. He was the first to shout a similar slogan in front of the Nangong Gate last time. This time, he was the first one in the center of the Nangong.
He shouted this sentence that all scholars want to shout!
For a time, there was really a lively discussion in the center of Nangong.
To be honest, if he hadn't seen Cao Jie casually calling the Tigers and Ben troops around, Gongsun Xun might have been infected by the emotions of this group of people at this time, and then he would have raised his arms and said, "The country and the dynasty are raising scholars."
Four hundred years have passed since the Day of Death for Righteousness, today is the day!' And he called on this group of people to go to Beigong Fugu...please kill Cao Jie, Wang Fu.
However, after thinking about it, Gongsun Xun decided not to take the risk. After all, according to experience, the political situation of the Han Dynasty still had to be solved with a knife. Even Wang Yun and other people in Yushitai knew this.
To win over Gongsun Xun as a knife...this move was just to shake the emperor's attitude.
"The world is difficult, and my heart is full of worries." Seeing the chaos in front of the Chancellor's desk, Liu Kuan suddenly shook his head slightly. "I'll go home and drink."
Lu Zhi's expression changed a bit, he shook his head, then turned around and walked into the Chancery.
There is no doubt that even leaving aside Liu Kuan, even Lu Zhi felt that he should not be too impatient at this time.
However, just when Gongsun Xun and his two teachers were about to endure it, over there, Yang Qiuyang Fangzheng, who was staring blankly at the collapsed palace gate, suddenly slammed the official document box in his hand to the ground, and then angrily
Screaming: "If the emperor can use Yang Qiu as the commander-in-chief, how can An make these evildoers so rampant?! How come he has made a ministerial order that can only write official documents?!"
From Yuan Yang down to Gongsun Xun, Wang Lang, Wang Yun, Tian Feng and others, Manchu scholars Gongqing, Shangshu and Yushi all looked at him with special attention.
——————I heard that cock tastes better——————
"In the past, at the end of the Xiping reign of Emperor Ling of the former Han Dynasty, a female chicken turned into a male at the Nangong Shangshu Desk. All the hair on the body looked like a male, but the crown had not changed. When it happened, Luozhong was so frightened that the eunuchs covered their faces and left. The public opinion among the scholars was fierce.
On the same day, the Jiaozhou Incident happened again, four counties fell, and the Nangong Pingcheng Gate collapsed for no reason. Taizu was a minister at the time. He saw it with his own eyes and was shocked on the spot. When they were about to return, they whispered to each other: 'I know that the fate of the Han Dynasty will not be long.
, You should concentrate on your work.' Taizu did not answer." - "Xin Yan Shu". Volume 1. The Chronicles of Emperor Taizu Wu
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By the way, it is a normal physiological phenomenon for a female chicken to change into a male... Each chicken has two sets of reproductive systems, which can adjust themselves due to trauma or environmental changes... It seems like this.
