Seven hundred and seventieth chapters make matters worse
Academician Confucius invited himself to the Imperial Mansion to appease him. He originally planned to "turn the tide" after Zhu Ying's trip to the Imperial Mansion failed. Of course, more importantly, he wanted to restore his own image in the emperor's mind. In his view, the eldest prince
Having been expelled from her clan, the riot that Zhu Ying encountered was just a group of corrupt people in the countryside leading a group of people who didn't know the truth. As long as she showed up, she would definitely be able to handle it easily.
But how could he have thought that the eldest prince had committed suicide silently in his room! Moreover, he had left no last words at all!
As a result, his pursuit of merit seemed to have turned into a quest for fault. Even if he tried his best, he could at least appease the people who had been deceived without knowing what was going on. However, when the emperor sent the new chief servant Hua
When Qi Lai investigated the cause of death of the eldest prince, Academician Confucius still inevitably "fell ill".
After all, before he took the initiative to ask Ying to do this important thing of comfort, he was originally a patient lying on the bed groaning. If he was not sick at this time, what else could he do? Put all your energy and spend seven days together to find out what happened to the eldest prince.
Dead?
As expected by the Confucian scholar, Hua Qi came to visit him without any lack of courtesy, but when she saw his face that could not be told whether it was sallow or pale, and heard his feeble words, she didn't say much.
, just comforted him to feel at ease and recuperate, and then went to investigate the mysterious case on his own, without asking for his help at all, nor questioning him about any details.
But what he never expected was that one night he closed his eyes and fell asleep, but when he opened his eyes... what he saw was the surprised and happy face of his wife Gu!
At this time, Academician Kong, who was still a little confused, was greatly frightened. After being shaken, he suddenly jumped up at a speed that a patient could not reach, and unexpectedly exclaimed: "Why are you here?"
Of? Who asked you to come?"
Mrs. Gu did not expect that her husband would feel as if he had seen a ghost when he saw her. Even if he was sick, maybe he woke up and was confused, she still felt uncomfortable. However, she also knew that the Confucian University scholar was not
But as the mainstay of the family and the pillar of the entire Kong family, I had no choice but to explain with a smile: "Master, I have never been out, you are in our home."
"Home?" If Grand Scholar Confucius was just frightened just now, then he was completely frightened and angry at this moment, "Nonsense, I was still in Huangzhuang when I fell asleep last night, why did I come back to my home in the capital?"
However, as soon as the words came out of his mouth, he suddenly remembered that he slept very soundly... In other words, he slept very well! It was as if he was still in the Imperial Manor when he closed his eyes, but now when he opened his eyes, he was like Gu's so-called
Usually already at home! He couldn't help but pinch his thigh, and used the tingling sensation to confirm that he was not dreaming, and then stared at Gu.
"When was I sent back? What day and time is it now?"
No matter how slow Gu was, he knew at this time that the Master of Confucius was probably not sent back knowingly, so he hurriedly explained: "It's the first day of the twelfth lunar month, and it's almost noon. The master has just been sent home."
At one hour, a team of sharp cavalry soldiers and horses escorted me back. The leader said that I have worked hard these days and am tired and sick. Please stay at home and take good care of yourself."
Seeing that the face of Master Confucius was darker than coal, Gu had to add a few words carefully: "Moreover, after they sent you here, the palace sent an imperial doctor to you and gave you
I checked my pulse and left a prescription."
At this time, Academician Confucius was so angry that he almost fainted. When he was in Huangzhuang before, there were many close followers around him. Whether it was asking for doctors or taking medicine, they could do all these things. The so-called illness
He was completely under control. But how could he have imagined that someone could send him back silently without him knowing anything about it.
While he was unconscious, he invited all the palace doctors to check his pulse and prescribe prescriptions... How could he pretend to be sick?
Academician Confucius, who was almost sick from anger, suppressed the sweet smell in his throat and asked angrily: "What disease did the imperial doctor say I had, and what medicine did he prescribe?"
Because the imperial doctor said that there was nothing serious about Master Confucius, Mrs. Gu prescribed a very fair and peaceful health-preserving prescription. She was relieved for a while, but now that Master Confucius suddenly behaved like this, she realized that something was wrong. Could it be that something was wrong?
The husband was pretending to be ill but was found out. Not only was he sent back without knowing it, but he also had the imperial doctor and the prescription as ironclad evidence?
She hurriedly gave an overview of the imperial doctor's diagnosis and the medicines prescribed. The next moment, she saw Academician Confucius collapse on the bed. She quickly rushed to support the person and then stuffed him behind his back.
Then he carefully comforted you and said, "If the emperor is really angry with you and wants to punish you, he won't send troops to escort you back and then ask the imperial doctor to come over."
"You are wrong, the emperor has actually annoyed me for a long time." Academician Kong smiled bitterly, thinking that ever since Jiangge passed away, he had adopted an impartial attitude, and even acted on the opposite side of many matters that the emperor insisted on.
, the emperor was already annoyed with him, otherwise he would not have still not appointed the chief minister according to the usual practice.
However, being dissatisfied with him is not the reason why the emperor would easily touch a cabinet minister like him-continuous attacks on the cabinet will cause a backlash from the court and even the scholars. Today is not twenty years ago, Mao Zedong is no longer the leader.
Of course the brat emperor would act cautiously. Moreover, his previous mistakes were not enough to take him down.
Even the death of the eldest prince is the same this time. After all, strictly speaking, the eldest prince who was expelled from the clan is already a commoner. It is just everyone's habit to address him as a prince. Moreover, that is a person in the capital and in the local area.
Inciting the people and hiring sinners to flee and plot evil, he just didn't think well of the people and made them commit suicide in fear of the crime, which is a sin of negligence.
If the emperor really wants to pursue the case, there are many people who will complain for him. However, pretending to be sick when you are not sick is hypocritical at best, but it is deceiving your Majesty at worst. The most important thing is that this and
He had a tit-for-tat confrontation with Zhang Shou before, and made some small mistakes and even jokes, which involved issues of personal ethics.
What cabinet ministers hate the most is being asked about their moral integrity, and that is what the imperial censor likes to attack the most!
Academician Confucius wriggled his lips, and finally woke up his wife upset. But before, Gu was just concerned and confused, but as soon as her husband broke the joint, she immediately came to her senses, and now she was frightened. Okay.
She was used to seeing storms, so she quickly forced herself to calm down, but managed to squeeze out a smile.
"I understand. Don't worry, sir. I will release the news and say that you fell ill because you were tired and worried too much. You can return to the cabinet to work after two days of rest."
Now that his wife understood this, Scholar Kong stopped nagging. After all, blaming the previous things would not help. However, he then asked about what happened in the past few days after leaving Beijing, and as expected, he heard that Zhang Shou and Zhu
When Ying finally got married, he was still in the mood to sneer, but when he heard the huge battle that was going on, his expression changed again.
After all, after the sudden death of the eldest prince, he immediately stopped all communication with the capital in order to avoid suspicion, so this was the first time he knew about the gathering of talents.
"Zhang Shou is not so capable, it must be Ge Yong...and Lu Wan and Liu Zhiyuan!"
When he said these three names, Academician Kong felt his heart heavy. Lu Wan and Liu Zhiyuan were colleagues in the Ministry of War in the past. After all, ministers and ministers cannot be completely defined as superiors and subordinates, but they have never heard of it.
No matter how good the friendship was, there were often disagreements due to personality differences, but now it's better, the two of them are completely mixed together.
As for Mrs. Ge, she was not someone that a Confucian scholar could touch. Therefore, he could only curse bitterly in his heart twice, until... his wife, Gu, hesitantly said something he had not expected.
information.
"You mean, Guangdong Chen Baisha, a student of Wu Kangzhai of Chongren School, suddenly brought his students to the capital this time? Not only did he go to Zhang Shou's wedding banquet, but he also took his students to Ge Yong's invitation. That young man
Are you a student or a candidate? Are you going to take part in the examination this time? Did the celebrities spread the news?"
After receiving a confirmed reply from his wife, Academician Kong's face was as gloomy as the sky on the eve of a thunderstorm. Even though the entire Chongren School seemed to have few officials, many local officials highly praised them.
The recommendation has been continuous from beginning to end. If Wu Kangzhai had not planned to come to the capital to become an official, he would have already occupied a place in the Hanlin Academy by now.
And he was not worried about anything else. He was worried that Wu Kangzhai's practical actions would catch the emperor's eye, so he would not use them. Once the emperor really made up his mind, a large number of his disciples and grandsons would get huge opportunities in an instant.
Feeling gloomy, he took a deep breath, and it took him a long time to say a few angry words: "A young boy who is still young can actually win the exam. The examiner of the Guangdong Provincial Examination is really a child's play. This time the examination will not be so...
It was a fluke.”
Although reasoning should not irritate her husband, Mrs. Gu had to give Scholar Kong a warning, lest he would get sulky when he found out about it in the future: "Sir, didn't you just choose Mr. Wu Ge to be the examiner in next year's general examination?"
This time, Academician Confucius was suddenly stunned. Originally, Mr. Wu Ge was not the chief examiner of the examination, but Mr. Wu Ge took the initiative to ask for it. He said that it was the first examination after the crown prince's canonization, and he must choose someone more energetic.
Talent... What does it mean to be more energetic? Doesn't it mean to choose some young people?
According to this, doesn't the young student brought by Chen Xianzhang have great hope?
The more Master Kong thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and the more he thought about it, the more upset he became. Just at this moment, there was another burst of crying and screaming outside, and immediately after, he heard a girl's panicked voice: "
Madam, Mrs. Ninth is here next door! She said that people from the Five Cities Military and Horse Department suddenly came to the door, saying they wanted to arrest Master Ninth and bring him to justice..."
She only called her Madam, so of course she didn’t know that Academician Kong was already awake inside. And Mrs. Gu knew that Academician Kong was upset at the moment, so how could she let Mr. Kong Jiu’s nonsense disturb him? At that moment, she
She hurriedly wanted to go out, but as soon as she reached the door, she heard Mrs. Zhao's loud yelling.
"Sister-in-law, those soldiers and horses are so vicious that they don't listen to anyone at all. My husband is very sick to begin with. If he is taken away by them, will he still be able to come back? I beg you to do well and save me.
My master!"
It's Zhu Tingfang again! It's the Wucheng Army Division again! Academician Confucius's heart was full of evil, but last time Zhu Tingfang dared to rush directly to his house to make trouble, and it happened that his eldest son and his wife made such a huge joke.
He, the dignified chief minister, was so angry that he reported being ill at home, but because of Qin Guogong Zhang Chuan's words, he took over the eldest prince, and the result was that he was in trouble.
Now, Zhu Tingfang came to visit again, but he was going to attack his clan brother directly, which was unbearable! Academician Kong pressed his chest, and then said word by word to Gu who came back to look at the Prime Minister: "You bring
Get a few people and go next door to see what's going on and whether Zhu Tingfang has come in person. If he has come in person, please invite someone to see me."
Seeing that Mrs. Gu was obviously hesitant, as if she felt that she shouldn't interfere with Master Kong Jiu's affairs under the current situation, Grand Bachelor Kong said in a more serious tone: "If anyone finds it, I don't even care about my brother's affairs."
If we don’t manage it, then the pack of wolves that were watching all around will swarm us, and by that time, we will really be helpless!”
It wasn't until this moment that Mrs. Gu truly realized that the situation was dangerous. She nodded hurriedly and hurriedly walked out of the door. When she heard the voices of Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Zhao talking outside the door, Master Kong leaned back softly.
Damn, I just felt my heart beating so fast. Even though he had previously concluded that the emperor would not easily move him away as the elder, Zhu Tingfang's actions still made him feel panicked.
Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing was originally the sharpest knife in the emperor's hand. Now this knife is at least hidden in the sheath, but Zhu Tingfang's new knife is sharper than his father's.
If you refuse to accept it, you will be in trouble!
Although he seemed to be resting with his eyes closed, a lot of things had not been resolved. Academician Confucius was in a state of confusion. Not to mention falling asleep, his temples even felt faintly swollen and painful.
However, his wife, Mrs. Gu, was sent by him to check on the situation next door, and the others seemed to have not come in because of Mrs. Gu's orders. Even though his mouth was dry, there was not even a person bringing tea or water. How could he
He opened his mouth to call someone every time, but in the end he held it back. After waiting for an unknown amount of time, he finally heard a noise coming from outside.
"I heard that Master Confucius was escorted back due to illness. It turns out that he can already see guests. It seems that the illness is relatively mild."
Hearing Zhu Tingfang's harsh words, Academician Kong couldn't help but feel the veins in his forehead, and then pulled down the curtain beside the bed, as if as long as he didn't see the other person later, he could isolate himself from his anger.
.
After a burst of footsteps, he finally heard Zhu Tingfang's leisurely voice: "Well done, Confucius University scholar."
Damn An! Academician Kong wanted to retaliate like this, but in the end he still held back his breath: "Since Mr. Zhu knows that I am returning to Beijing to recuperate, you will be next door to arrest my brother as soon as I come back.
Aren’t you forcing me to die soon?”
"Confucius University scholar made serious words." Zhu Tingfang Shi Shiran sat down at Jindun beside the bed and said calmly, "I would like to teach Mr. Kongge to learn that for many years, my brother hired murderers to fight for property and hurt people...
There are many bad deeds, even if it is said to be full of evil, it is not an exaggeration!"