Things were in trouble. Even without considering the possibility of criticizing Sang and Huai, Zhao Jiu knew that things were in trouble from the beginning.
The reason couldn't be simpler.
First of all, based on Hu Yin's experience of being almost drowned by his parents when he was just born and then being adopted by his uncle Huan Guo, as well as the guy's bad temper, the impeachment content in this memorial is 90% true... It is impossible for Hu Mingzhong to put himself
Biological parents should be parents who take good care of themselves.
And considering that this guy is already in his mid-thirties, he and his parents probably already have countless experiences and excuses that cannot be concealed, and these excuses have already been widely known in Fujian Township.
Secondly, filial piety these days is very harsh, especially when it comes to officials. Of course Hu Yin will be tolerated by public opinion because of his experience in future generations, but at the moment, it is impossible to be recognized by public opinion...or even worse
Furthermore, it is okay to say that it is directly illegal.
You must know that even the Zhao Guan family supports three queen mothers as memorial arches.
Find someone to go to the Shaolin Temple to interview Emperor Daojun. Emperor Daojun will definitely say that he is only grateful to the officials.
I couldn't help but ask a few more questions, and I had to talk with tears about the tragedy in Wuguo City that I was too embarrassed to mention in my memoirs, and then pointed out how filial and grateful it was for Zhao Guan's family to bring him back to enjoy the influence of Buddhism.
To be fair, thinking of this, Zhao Jiu had a rough feeling that this matter was probably not just a matter of criticizing Sang and Huai, but it was really an impeachment against Hu Yin.
After all, to put it bluntly, who am I afraid of now? Who of the domestic opposition forces can say anything in front of me?
Although Zhao Jiu knew that his experience as an official in the court, the organizational form of private schools, and the natural dislike and opposition to the Northern Expedition in Jiangnan as a tax-rich area, made an opposition indeed exist in the southeastern region of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but he could not
Throw all the dirty water on people's heads.
That group of people had not yet evolved to the point where they would become the opposition parties in Korea in later generations.
if not?
Who is the leader of this Daoxue-Jiangnan-Xiaye official faction?
Li Gang, or Liu Dazhong? It can't be Xu Jingheng, right? In fact, Xu Jingheng, Lu Haowen's old partner and a great hero in the early days of Jianyan, really has a much stronger influence in the southeast than Liu Dazhong.
Xu Jingheng did this to himself at this time?
Moreover, who will provide stable funding for this opposition faction?
How to maintain transportation network?
Has Southern News, which has been making trouble for a long time, come out?
At this time, what do these people want to do by provoking me again?
Not to mention Lu Yihao!
To put it bluntly, even if there was such a person who secretly financed, instigated, and promoted this incident, and was really criticizing Sang and Huai, it was probably his own fault... It was similar to Wang Cweng's case, and it was a lone wolf crime.
Therefore, the key to this matter actually lies in how to save Hu Yin.
It should be noted that Hu Yin, as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was long ago regarded by Zhao Jiu as the Minister of Indifference when the court lacked the finances to carry out large-scale construction projects, and then he actually became the general person in charge and the general contact person of the preparations for the Northern Expedition.
All surplus money and food were given directly to the Ministry of Industry. He was almost all responsible for the coordination and arrangement of the expansion and distribution of ordnance production capacity, the construction and investment of warehouses, the renovation and connection of roads, and the arrangement and adjustment of mobilization plans for troops and civilians.
.
If it was fine at this time last year, there was no money at all, and Hu Yin had no job at all. If something like this happened, it wouldn't hurt to replace him... Chen Gui, Liu Ji, and Lin Jingmo could all do it.
But now, as the imperial court is almost exhausted and has gained financial prosperity, a lot of work has been started. Is it just Hu Yin's problem to let Hu Yin go away at this time?
In early summer, the weather was actually not too hot. Zhao Jiu sat in the stone pavilion until dusk fell before he got up... In fact, he had made up his mind from the beginning. It was pointless for Hu Mingzhong to advance or retreat. Even if he was criticized, it didn't matter.
, it’s not like he hasn’t tolerated it for so many years? But the problem is that he will never allow this matter to shake or affect the overall situation of the Northern Expedition, whether it is deliberate or accidental, it will not be allowed.
However, Zhao Jiu also knew that this kind of thing was really difficult to deal with, because Hu Yin would face the pressure of the entire society, and even someone as stubborn as him might not be able to withstand this kind of hard work.
"Hard work, Zhengfu, give this thing to Hu Mingzhong, and then tell him..."
After Zhao Jiu stood up, he directly handed the complaint document to Yang Yizhong who didn't know when he appeared beside him. But halfway through the words, he felt that he was doing something unnecessary, so after a while, he could only laugh. "This is just this.
Give it to Hu Mingzhong, and he will understand."
Yang Yizhong paused slightly and stepped forward to take the document. Without even looking at it, he folded it and put it away. Then he stepped back, then turned around and strode out - Hu Yin, as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, had already received it at the Jingyuan in the north.
In a house, Huan Guo's father and son, and even Huan Guo's wife and concubines who came over later, all lived there together.
It was a good time to leave the palace and go home.
Just like that, not to mention Zhao Jiu's thoughts, only that Yang Yizhong arrived at Hu Mansion. Hu Yin had just returned from the public house in the south not long ago. The two of them greeted each other and let them into the hall. Without any more polite words, Yang Yizhong
Submit that paperwork to:
"The official asked the subordinate to deliver this thing to Hu Shangshu."
Hu Yin took it under the lamp, opened it in his hand, and after a slight sweep, he was completely awakened, but his expression did not change at all, and he just remained silent.
After a while, seeing that the other party was speechless, Yang Yizhong stood up and said to him: "The official's instructions have been fulfilled. I will retire."
It was only then that Hu Mingzhong raised his head and asked seriously: "May I ask Yang Tongzhi if there is anything else the officials can say to me?"
"Just tell me to give this to Hu Shangshu, and Shangshu will understand." Yang Yizhong raised his hand in response.
Hu Yin nodded and stood up, then put the document in his hands and handed it over directly: "Tell the officials for me that I already know about this."
Yang Yizhong was stunned for a moment, but he still took the document and said yes. Then, full of doubts, he went back to the palace to hand over the document, regardless of the fact that it was getting late.
Not to mention how Yang Zhengfu dealt with Zhao Guan's family again, only that Hu Mingzhong returned the documents. He knew that he might encounter the biggest setback in his life, but he still did not show any emotions. He went back to the study and wrote a few simple letters.
After sending the letter, he went to have a leisurely meal without mentioning it to his adoptive father and adopted brother.
After finishing the meal, he went directly back to the study and continued to deal with the official documents he had brought back from the office.
The next day, nothing happened, and he calmly went to the public house opposite Xuande Building to handle official duties.
However, no matter how determined Zhao Jiu is, or how aware Hu Yin is, what should come will always come...Those things cannot be covered up, because even if the documents were given to Zhao Guan's family, the few people who complained are still alive and well.
, not to mention that since this kind of thing has gone the way of impeachment, those who complained will also exchange information with their fellow townsmen and friends early to prepare for public opinion.
Therefore, although the Zhao Guan family tried to cut off the matter directly from the Ministry of Justice early that day, they still could not stop the relevant words and impeachment content from gradually spreading among the officialdom and the Imperial Academy.
Three days later, as the relevant details of Hu Yin's unfilial piety were gradually proved by the Fujian people in Beijing, even the people became agitated... Everyone knew that the officials were deceived, and that Hu Yin, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was a big man.
How can a shameless person hold this position?
Under the fierce momentum, almost everyone wanted to be the Minister of Punishment!
At this time, Zhao Jiu also received an official report from the Ministry of Punishment. The people who wrote the letter were indeed the same group of people who sued Fansi last time. They were all scholars in Beijing and had connections with Fujian.
The source of the specific materials they used to appeal was also very clear. It was a Jianzhou native named Liu Mianzhi... This man was a real fellow countryman and old friend of Hu Yin and his father Huan Guo, and he was also a famous young Neo-Confucian scholar in Fujian.
, and also had a very good relationship with Liu Ziyu's second brother Liu Ziyi, and such a well-known figure had witnessed Hu Yin's refusal to worship his biological father and mother in his hometown in his early years, and he had publicly criticized Hu Yin in his hometown at that time.
I almost broke up with Hu and his son... But Hu Yin later went to Taixue to become a high official, Huan Guo also came to Tokyo, and Liu Mianzhi happened to be a true Neo-Confucian who hated the imperial examination and devoted himself to studying knowledge, so this matter was dropped.
Let it go.
Then, about a few days ago, some people participated in the daily entertainment among the Fujian Township Party members. Some of them talked about the outstanding people in Jianzhou Township. First they mentioned Hu Guo, Hu Yin and his son, and then naturally someone mentioned Liu Mianzhi.
.
Unexpectedly, some people then said that Liu Mianzhi could have entered the capital and become an official. Lu Benzhong, a celebrity close to the official family, had recommended him. The reason why he was still in vain was because of Hu Yin... Then others remembered the entanglements in the past.
, and took advantage of the situation to bring up this topic, which soon aroused serious dissatisfaction among one of the people who had participated in the Taixue Fu Que, so that they had a series of discussions on the spot, which directly led to the Kaiyuanmen Fu Que incident.
In other words, Ma Shen's meaning is very clear. This incident happened spontaneously and suddenly in Tokyo. It was an accident. It has nothing to do with Jiangnan, Taoism, those officials, the Supreme Taojun Emperor, or any accusations against Sang and Huai.
...Please don’t make any speculations or implicate the officials.
In this regard, Zhao Jiu did not mean to speculate too much about the involvement. He had already made similar guesses, but at that time he made the guess from the perspective of the situation in the court, the size of the opposition forces, and whether the organization was tight or not. And Ma Shen
The submitted information verified his idea from another angle - judging from the dates and the social circles of these people, it was indeed a group of Fujian people inside Tokyo who started the riot, and the time and interpersonal relationships were closely related to it.
The opposition in the southeast cannot match it.
Moreover, Zhao Jiu also vaguely remembered that Lu Benzhong had recommended this person in a public way, because he felt that this person was a real scholar and could be transformed into the original school. However, Liu Mianzhi did not know whether it was because of the school or because of the school.
I really didn’t want to become an official, so I refused directly.
Of course, even if everything was correct, Zhao Jiu still ordered Yang Yizhong to keep up with the verification again, and then waited carefully for the development and changes of the incident.
Let's also say that the Ministry of Punishment issued a formal document to clear the accusers and let them move freely... This is something that can't be helped. There is no reason to implicate the innocent. Even if Zhao Jiu is itchy about these people, he has to admit that they are innocent.
...But in this way, the authenticity of Hu Yin's unfilial piety was verified from an official perspective.
The remarks reproduced in the complaint document, that is, the words of the great scholar Liu Mianzhi criticizing Hu Yin for being unfilial, can withstand the test of the court's judicial organs.
Immediately, in a slightly dull atmosphere, one day later, Li Guang, the censor Zhongcheng, took the lead, and almost everyone in the censorship station officially submitted a letter to formally impeach Hu Yin, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, for being involved in the case and being accused of being unfilial.
Hu Yin explained.
This is a matter of course, Li Guang and his subordinates are fulfilling their duties.
Not only that, after Ma Shen compiled the case files, he also reported the matter in the name of the Ministry of Punishments. It is worth mentioning that this was also Ma Shen performing his duties.
For a time, bullets and bullets were fired, and they went straight to the front of the emperor.
Next, according to political rules, Hu Yin should defend himself and at the same time ask to resign to clear his name.
This was the situation that Zhao Jiu was most worried about at the beginning... No one did anything wrong, and there was no big political conspiracy. On the contrary, it seems that almost everyone in this matter is following political rules and ethics.
For those who performed their duties under the rules, even those who made the first accusation seemed blameless, but the equally innocent Hu Yin had to pay a political price, even if it might affect the court's preparations for the Northern Expedition.
This has nothing to do with political opposition, it is the opposition between the ethical laws and human nature in the feudal era.
However, Hu Yin did not resign or defend himself, but just kept working.
But this aroused the anger of the imperial court, the public opinion of scholars, and even the people in the market, because indulging in love is the most taboo thing among scholar-bureaucrats these days, and it is itself a moral dilemma second only to unfilial piety.
For a time, even the Taixue students who had only discussed in private before began to accuse Dibao of shielding senior officials and not publishing relevant memorials in public. They even began to post notices in Taixue directly questioning Professor Huan Guo... But at the same time, Zhao Guan's family
But still maintained an extremely strange silence.
This seems to explain why Hu Yin can be confident.
In the next few days, in the court, perhaps because they sensed the attitude of Zhao Guan's family, and because the horse capital was already stinking but they were still passed around from door to door, there was some concern.
The bullets gradually began to fall apart.
It seems like things will end here.
"This matter should have been over long ago!"
In mid-May, in the south of Xuande Building, because the officials moved the provinces and the Privy Council into the palace, the original east and west mansions were actually turned into public pavilions and six divisions. But at noon that day, the weather was extremely hot. Under the corridor of the public room of the Ministry of Industry,
Gou Long Ruyuan, the left servant, was still sweating profusely after finishing a bowl of takeaway ice porridge, but he suddenly started to slap the case in front of everyone, with an anxious look on his face. "Ethics is nothing more than human relations. It's not like these people don't know the whole story about Hu Shangshu's affairs."
... They were not the ones who nearly drowned that day, but they were just talking empty words! It’s like sitting in the shade, but arrogantly despising the delivery man under the sun and spilling the soup!"
This is the Ministry of Industry. As soon as this statement came out, people naturally echoed it.
However, everyone agreed and agreed, but they couldn't help but feel contempt in their hearts... The level of the Goulong Minister was beyond comparison. He was the fastest to learn and the most popular among the new figures and large tables handed down by the officials.
Li, but he is also famous for his character.
I stopped flattering the officials twice before, but now I still want to flatter the chief official of the Ministry of Industry?
Just take pictures, everyone takes pictures, but the problem is, looking at his appearance, it seems that he really takes Hu Shangshu’s affairs as his own... To put it bluntly, it’s better for you to go up after Hu Shangshu is gone, right?
?
What are you pretending to be?
Pretend to be just like the real thing.
On the other side, Goulong Ruyuan saw the officials around him being so perfunctory and how he didn't understand what they were thinking. However, he was so full of thoughts that it was impossible to tell them. However, he shook his head repeatedly, then stamped his feet and prepared to go back to work.
However, the moment Goulong Ruyuan turned around and entered the public house, there was a noise on the imperial street in front of him, which made the Goulong Minister tremble and quickly turn around:
"What happened?!"
There were some servants running out to take a look, but after a while, a man ran back with sweating profusely. Then as soon as he entered the public building of the Ministry of Industry, he hurriedly announced: "Something big happened! A group of Fujian Taipei students went to Xuande
Lou Fuque is gone, we must be severely punished by our Lord Hu!"
Goulong Ruyuan's face turned pale, and he was stunned on the spot. Then he staggered and almost fell down on the corridor of the public room... which also made the surrounding people from the Ministry of Works stunned for a moment.
They really don't know whether the Zuo Shilang is really worried about Hu Shangshu, or is his acting skills so good?
But Gou Long Ruyuan came back to his senses, stood upright, sighed, shook his head, and without saying a word, he hurriedly turned to his office, closed the door and went to work.
At the same time, although the door of the public room in the middle of the courtyard of the Ministry of Industry was always open, there was no movement during the whole process.
The other officials of the Ministry of Works, including the newly appointed right minister He Zhu, looked at the door of the central public house where Hu Shangshu was, and then looked at the door of the locked room of the left minister Gou Long. They also felt bored, so they could only look at each other, and then quickly used
After skipping the extra meal, everyone went back to work with their own thoughts.
In other words, Zhao Guan's family almost wanted to deal with the matter coldly based on the prestige of the seven-year emperor. However, the group of imperial students was really full of energy. Once they became dissatisfied, they went directly to the palace to write a letter, which made it impossible to avoid the matter.
Maybe...even the Zhao Guan family, after experiencing Chen Dong's unjust case, must deal with this matter with a very serious attitude.
The effect of Taisheng's addition to Fuque was indeed immediate. The next day, Hu Yin officially issued a self-defense statement in two copies and handed it over to the provincial government and the Privy Council at the same time. The former was for his superiors and the officialdom, and the latter
The case is routine and needs to be forwarded by the Privy Council to the officials for review.
At the same time, Huan Guo also posted his own signed reply behind Taixue's screen wall, but he elaborated on the matter from his own perspective.
However, even the reply from the father and son seemed very fierce, and there was no intention of compromise at all.
According to what Hu Yin said, his fellow countryman Liu Mianzhi accused him of not being able to "harmonize and vent" with his "Shi Mu" at home. That is true. But the problem is that "Rong Rong venting" is the relationship between mother and son.
What should happen is that I was abandoned when I was young, and I have parents and brothers (referring to Huan Guo's family). How can I get along with my 'world mother', my father Huan Guo's third sister-in-law again?
A lot has been said, certainly more than this, but the most important thing is this - Hu Yin fundamentally denies that he is the son of his biological father and mother.
At the same time, although Huan Guo's reply to the imperial student was very tactful, he also pointed out that when he adopted Hu Yin with the permission of Hu Yin's grandmother, he was only twenty-five years old and had a wife and concubines, so it could not be for the sake of continuation.
Adoptive adoption is a kind of adoption of an abandoned baby after Hu Yin's biological father and biological mother abandoned Hu Yin.
In other words, Hu Guo also supported Hu Yin's remarks. He also believed that Hu Yin was a child abandoned by his biological parents. There was no direct relationship between the two parties at the beginning, and the new relationship was established from him. "Shifu, Shifu."
The relationship between mother and nephew.
However, this kind of explanation only sorted out and explained what everyone knew, and then put it out in public. It was not convincing to the public... because essentially what everyone cared about was that Hu Ming Zhongming knew that it was the biological mother but did not tell the other party.
Treat it as a biological mother's behavior, not an act of abandonment and adoption.
Do you really think Liu Mianzhi is so close to the Hu family and doesn’t know the twists and turns inside?
What's more, Hu Yin still didn't mention any words of resignation, not even a nominal resignation letter to avoid suspicion.
Therefore, the explanation was handed over to the provincial capital, which was in a dilemma. The public document was sent to officials and imperial students. The public opinion continued to be hot, and even some officials were angered by Hu Yin's gesture. On the other hand, the Privy Council issued a memorial
After handing it over to Zhao Guan's family, they made preparations for Zhao Guan's family to convene the prime ministers for discussion privately. However, Zhao Guan's family had a bad temper like Hu Mingzhong.
.
Of course, not seeing him was also an attitude. Just like not making a statement before, everyone had already seen that Zhao Guan's family wanted to protect Hu Yin to the death. This move was probably meant to put pressure on the officials.
In other words, since the incident first emerged, the attitude of Zhao Guan's family has shrouded everyone in the court like a shadow... And to be honest, Hu Yin's life experience is indeed excusable... Therefore, don't
Speaking of people like Zhao Ding and Liu Ji, Ma Shen, Li Guang and others are just doing their duty and don't want to bite them to death.
As for Zhang Jun's group of people, there is no need to say more... that is, Liu Ziyu, his two younger brothers, one is a close friend of Liu Mianzhi, and the other is a close friend of Hu Yin, so they are a little cautious at this time.
But the problem is that the root of this matter is not in the court, but in the public opinion. Zhao Guan's family can't stop Youyou's mouth, otherwise where would the imperial student Fukue come from?
Don’t have money to read novels? I’ll give you cash or coins, and you can get it for one day only! Follow the public account [Book Friends Base Camp] and get it for free!
In fact, compared with the tens of thousands of horses and horses in the court, the atmosphere was tense. For several days, the Taixue was extremely lively. Countless Taixue students who drank too much plum wine wrote articles to criticize the state of Hu and support the Fujian students' move to rectify the origins of the country.
This is understandable, because not everyone can survive the kind of encounter Hu Yin suffered, and they cannot empathize with Hu Yin.
And the younger you are, the stronger your energy and blood are, and the more you enjoy the pleasure of challenging authority!
It is so embarrassing to hold a great scholar like Huan Guo and an important minister like Hu Yin, even from a distance, to hold the nobles of the Manchu Dynasty and the officials, but the nobles of the Manchu Dynasty, the officials and even the two parties involved cannot respond easily.
A feeling of satisfaction?
In this way, for several days, the public opinion was noisy, but Zhao Guan's family just kept silent, and Hu Yin and his son each just published an article and stopped talking... But the matter will eventually be explained one day, in May
On the 21st, it was the height of summer, and the imperial court held a large court meeting in the Wende Hall. From the prime minister down to the officials, all officials met.
Of course, the imperial court was full of things. Even if Hu Yin was the minister, and even if the matter was aroused, there would not be a big court meeting held just for him once every ten days.
Sure enough, after the court meeting began, they first discussed the issue of army expansion. Since the imperial court was slightly richer, it would naturally continue to expand the army according to the original plan. It would be best to directly maintain the scale of 300,000 imperial troops... but it was not possible for the time being.
If you arrive, you have to go in that direction.
However, this matter still caused some disputes. The key is still the question of whether it is east or west... The last time the army expanded, the main expansion positions were given to the Kansai and Cavalry Army. This time, many people want to add them to the Central Army out of the instinct of balance.
In the direction of the military and JD.com.
As for Zhao Jiu, although he had made up his mind, if possible, he would further shift his posts to the Kansai direction to ensure that superior forces could be quickly concentrated to open up the situation after the Northern Expedition. However, he was also somewhat worried about whether the troops left for Yue Fei would be used.
There are a few horses...so this is destined to be another big event that needs to be done many times.
The final discussion lasted for a long time, and most people did not hide their worries about the excessive weight of the Kansai direction. This result also forced Zhao Jiu to think deeply.
This matter was impossible for a while, but what happened next was relatively simple. It was said that after the many protons sent last year had mastered a certain language and became familiar with military discipline and customs, it was time for them to learn martial arts and join the army. Regarding this matter
, no one wants these party items, Tubo, Mongolia, and even Japanese aristocratic children to be sent to any general, and they insist that it is most appropriate to stay with the imperial family.
Zhao Jiu had nothing to say.
Next, there is the problem of Goryeo - the scale of re-export trade in Goryeo is getting bigger and bigger, and things can no longer be hidden from anyone.
Neither side can hide it, the Song Dynasty can't hide it, and the Jin Dynasty can't hide it either.
The top leaders of the Great Jin Kingdom are not idiots. Of course they know that engaging in such a deal when the south is extremely short of gold and silver is subsidizing the enemy.
So, Yanjing immediately issued a ban, but the question is, how could such a thing be banned? And it was the border trade between the Liaodong area outside the Great Wall and Goryeo, where Yanjing had the weakest control?
Moreover, to put it bluntly, as the two largest and possibly richest countries in the world, the trade potential between the two countries should be astronomical, and there is indeed a huge demand for transactions... In history, the two countries have fought wars and peace.
, the Huaihe River Basin was also in a mess because of Du Chong's attack on the Yellow River, but it did not delay Cai and Shouchun at all because trade directly developed into a city model similar to Budapest... It can be seen that the trade potential between the two countries is huge.
For such a level of trade, not only the Song Dynasty court was unwilling to part with it, but also the powerful people of Jin Dynasty were not willing to part with it. The Korean people had only enjoyed the profit for a few months, so I am afraid they were even more reluctant to part with it!
Therefore, after the Yanjing ban came down, nominally Goryeo no longer exported silk and porcelain to Liaodong, but it could not handle the continuous flow of silk. Porcelain still left the port from Jingdong, and then appeared from the Yalu River inexplicably, and was finally sent all the way.
To Hebei.
Can't stop it.
So Yanjing quickly changed its strategy and turned to directly putting pressure on Goryeo. Now, after Goryeo was threatened, it immediately asked Tokyo how to respond?
The result of the discussion is also very straightforward. The Korean people are afraid of the Jin Dynasty, but not the Song Dynasty? And you, the nobles of the two classes of Korea... don't care whether it is the two classes of Beijing or the two classes of Xijing... have you not got your own share of this kind of trade?
Therefore, after a short discussion with the superiors, they came to the conclusion that they were maintaining a high-pressure posture and requiring the Koreans to continue to maintain trade unconditionally!
However, in addition, some people have also suggested that they could consider smuggling directly from Jingdong, northern Shaanxi, or even Liaodong by sea ship.
This is certainly possible.
But it is a strategy that should not be adopted unless it is absolutely necessary, because once this happens, it can only be done by the army, and doing so is equivalent to actively opening up financial resources for the army, which will cause severe wear and tear on the army's combat effectiveness.
The matter of Goryeo was settled so fiercely and quickly.
After this incident, there was some discussion about continuing the battle in the second half of the year... and so on.
But no matter what, after discussing several things one by one, and finally having nothing to say, it finally came to the turn of the matter that is not big in itself, but that everyone wants to avoid, but no one can easily avoid it.
Already.
So far, the originally blazing Wende Hall has gradually become quieter... Several prime ministers and everyone in Yushitai are actually a little guilty. They know full well that they cannot defeat the Zhao Guan family in this hall.
No one wants to fight to the death with the Zhao Guan family.
Therefore, as long as the Zhao Guan family puts on a show, Hu Yin is actually on bail today.
But the question is, even if he is bailed out, can he influence public opinion?
Without being able to influence public opinion, will Hu Mingzhong continue to do things under the name of being unfilial?
Doesn’t this affect the daily operations of the increasingly busy Ministry of Works?
Besides, Bao's posture is too ugly. What do you want other officials to think?
Is Hu Mingzhong so valuable?
Sometimes, making appropriate trade-offs seems to be good for the overall situation.
However, everyone who is familiar with this official knows that he is usually tactful and tolerant, but when it comes to fierce persistence, no one can control him.
"What do you have to say about the Imperial College student Fu Que's impeachment of Hu Yin, the minister of the Ministry of Industry?" Seeing that no one was speaking, Zhao Jiu, who was sitting on the throne, turned slightly sideways and took the initiative to ask, and by the way, the hard men on both sides of Fu's head were moved.
The wings vibrate constantly in the air.
"I have prepared a self-defense document and handed it over to the province." Hu Yin came out, speaking simply and resolutely.
The whole hall was silent, with only the faint sound of some heavy breathing... In desperation, the provincial prime minister Zhao Ding sighed slightly in his heart, and then gritted his teeth and stepped out, ready to respond.
However, before Mr. Zhao gritted his teeth and spoke, Zhao Guanjia, who was sitting above him, suddenly took out a piece of silk from his arms and opened it in public, which aroused everyone's confusion.
"Mr. Zhao, wait a moment." Zhao Jiu spread out the silk, revealing the dense handwriting on it, but he spoke first without haste. "What a coincidence, just yesterday, I received a document from the Shaolin Temple.
It was written by Emperor Taishang Daojun, and it was sent from Shaoshi Mountain a few days ago when the criticism of Hu Qing's unfilial piety was at its peak... Emperor Taishang Daojun said that he was doing well in Shaoshi Mountain, but it was a bit deserted.
, I feel a little blamed in my heart for not seeing him for a long time, for not fulfilling my filial duty... What do you think, sir?"
In an instant, the hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, and there was no sound of breathing - I don't know how many people were stunned, and I don't know how many people suddenly realized it.
Even Hu Yin, who had always been as resolute as a smelly stone, raised his head in confusion and stared at Zhao Guanjia on the throne.
Hu Yin was not the only one who was staring at Zhao Guan's family. There were countless people below Zhao Ding who were staring at this official.
Moreover, there was no need for Lin Shangshu to think carefully about this matter. Even the other imperial elites in the palace also woke up in an instant:
It should be noted that although nothing else is clear, there is only one thing that everyone knows very well, that is, it is impossible for the Emperor Taishang Daojun of Shaoshi Mountain to have the courage to write such a document and send it directly to Zhao Guan's family!
So, why does such a document still appear?
Of course, someone else forced him to write it.
Who has the ability to force him to write such a thing without worrying about being fed a pound of arsenic one day?
Of course it was the Zhao Guan family who was looking indifferent in the throne room at this time.
Do you dare to ask if Zhao Guanjia is crazy and gives himself an unfilial name when he has nothing to do?
Of course he is not crazy, because only the Zhao Guan family personally forced Li Daotao to be dead, so that his confidant Hu Shangshu Jin Chan could escape.
To put it bluntly, you just use your own face to ridicule and take the matter on yourself... Aren't you saying that so and so is unfilial? It doesn't matter, I am not filial either! Do you want to criticize Chengyu? Is there any conspiracy? Is it?
Pointing at mulberry trees and scolding huai trees?
If this madness is used, relying on the absolute authority of this official, I am afraid that whether it is a scholar or a scholar, he will shut up immediately, and the common people who do not know the inside story will continue to secretly mock and laugh.
Zhao Guan's family.
But no matter what, Hu Mingzhong was saved.
Compared with directly relying on the monarch's power to force the ministers to come forward to protect Hu Yin, the advantage is that the public opinion against Hu Mingzhong will disappear and be transferred, and the ministers will not take the blame.
The bad thing is that the reputation of Zhao Guan's family may be ruined again.
But it's obvious that Zhao Guan's family doesn't care.
Moreover, if it were Hu Yin and his husband-in-law, they would probably be grateful to the officials.
In this way, the hall was silent for a long time, and everyone's thoughts were changing, as fast as Lin Jingmo, Qu Duan, and as slow as Zhang Jun and Liu Ziyu. In the end, even Wang De was able to taste it.
But no one dared to speak easily.
In the end, it was Shangshu Ma of the Ministry of Justice who knew that this matter had nothing to do with Emperor Taishang Daojun, stepped forward and angrily broke the silence: "Why are the officials like this?!"
"Yeah, why is this so?" Zhao Jiu fiddled with the silk in his hand and replied. "I almost died of exhaustion here because of the Northern Expedition. He was doing Qing Dynasty in Shaoshi Mountain, but he disliked me and didn't go to see him... It seems like he
He is the Supreme Emperor, and this filial piety is as if he has the final say? What is great filial piety? Isn’t it that I fought so many battles in my life to get him back? I am still not satisfied with the result, so I still have to do such things? I don’t
Suffering this grievance! In my opinion, I might as well publish this matter in the Di newspaper and ask the people of the world to comment... Ask the students and the civil and military officials of the country, am I filial or unfilial? And then also mention Hu Mingzhong's matter.
, join me and let the world judge together!"
This is close to a public admission.
"Officials... ministers..." Hu Yin bowed his head to the Prime Minister, but his emotions were so mixed that he was unable to finish his words.
And soon, the next words from Zhao Guanjia shocked even Hu Mingzhong, who was so moved inside: "If these people still say that I am unfilial, then I have no choice but to recognize this kind of emperor as my father... and I will not suffer this grievance!"
"
Hearing this, Lin Jingmo, the Minister of Household Affairs, who had already guessed the intentions of Zhao Guan's family, was the first to react and wanted to go out and plaster the wall for Zhao Guan's family who had done such a disgusting thing.
However, it was too late, but it was faster than him. Although there was someone who reacted a moment slower than him, his movements were much faster.
"Officials!" Gou Long Ruyuan, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, hurriedly came out and faced Lin Jingmo seriously before he could. "I think these two things cannot be such a coincidence, and it cannot be said that they were done without permission, and all the previous criticisms of Hu Shangshu
, I'm afraid this is also echoing this matter... I am in the southeast, and I have always heard that the ministers in the southeast are resentful and often dissatisfied with the central government's governance. It is possible that there might be a delinquent villain like Wang Ciweng among them! Liu Mianzhi is famous all over the world.
He is a backward student in Taoism!"
"Officials!" Ma Shen reacted, glared at Gou Long Ruyuan, and then angrily held his hands. "How can you implicate innocent people?"
"Don't implicate the innocent, just let the people of the world judge." Zhao Jiu responded calmly, the hard wings on both sides of his head shaking with only money left. "Besides, with Ma Shangshu in the Ministry of Punishment, how could he implicate the innocent?"
Ma Shen wanted to say something more, but after hearing Guan Zhao's promise not to get involved, and then meeting the official's slightly mocking eyes, he was finally discouraged and could only bow his head and face each other silently.
The surrounding ministers all came to their senses at this time, and came forward one after another, but most of them agreed with Gou Long Ruyuan, urging the officials to conduct an investigation to prevent anyone from alienating the Tian family.
Among them, Zhang Jun, Lu Zhi, Qu Duan and others were the most intense, but this was also expected.
The next day, Di Bao issued a small-scale supplement. In the supplement, there were also the Taishang Daojun’s accusations against the officials’ unfilial piety, the remarks in the initial Fuku document accusing Hu Yin of being unfilial, and the officials themselves’ remarks about filial piety and filial piety.
Justification (I finally didn’t include what Emperor Zhezong said), plus Hu Yin’s own justification.
As soon as the supplement came out, the Imperial Academy immediately became quiet, and several Fujian scholars packed their bags and prepared to go home.
As for the reply sent by Emperor Taishang Daojun one day later, regarding the "sudden realization" after seeing Zhao Guanjia's defense, no one paid any attention to it.
Although this incident was aroused, it ended easily after Zhao Guanjia personally stepped in to defend his ministers from the sword.
Things seemed to have a perfect ending.
"Guan Jia, that person has been recruited."
May 25th was the day when Mongolia, Tubo, Dangxiang, Ping Zhongsheng's son Ping Qingsheng and others officially entered Liu Yan's Red Heart Corps. Zhao Jiu personally came to the martial arts school to teach these foreign nobles a lesson.
As soon as the saber was issued, just after the ceremony, Zhao Jiu climbed up to Xinggang, preparing to use his monocular telescope to take a peek at the scenery of Tokyo. Yang Yizhong, who had come from elsewhere in a hurry, also climbed up.
He said something incomprehensible.
"What do you mean that person recruited? Who is that person?" Zhao Jiu put down the telescope and turned around in surprise.
"It was the person who talked about Liu Mianzhi at the gathering of fellow villagers that day, and then said that Liu Mianzhi's dismal career was all because of Hu Shangshu!" Yang Yizhong said sternly. "After this person finished speaking, he did not participate in Fu Que, and no one cared about it.
He... It wasn't until two days ago that I discovered that among the Jianzhou scholars in Beijing who hurriedly packed their bags and returned to Fujian, there was one person who was not recorded in the record, and this person specifically did not go with those people from Fuque. Then I felt strange and sent people to the front.
I went to stop the interrogation, but as soon as I asked, I frightened the person, and then he told me everything."
Zhao Jiu was startled for a moment, and after a long while, he picked up the telescope and finally realized: "Is there really a mastermind behind the scenes?!"
"yes!"
"who?"
"According to this person's words, he is Goulong Ruyuan, the former magistrate of Quanzhou and now the left minister of the Ministry of Industry!" Yang Yizhong still responded seriously. "What this person means is that the Fugu of Fansi in Quanzhou at that time was Goulong Ruyuan.
He was asked to run around to facilitate it...but the latter matter was a spur-of-the-moment idea after Gou Long Ruyuan came to the capital."
Zhao Jiu stood there in astonishment...and then asked again after a long while: "Why would he do such a thing?"
"Official." Yang Yizhong was speechless for a moment, but he could only bow his head. "He had wasted more than ten years in the prefectures and counties, and after coming to the capital, he worked as the left minister of the Ministry of Industry..."
"For promotion...?"
"should be."
"Is it deliberate the first time?"
"yes."
"You got the advantage the second time, and you can't help but want to do it again?"
"should be."
"In the end, I didn't expect that I would defend Hu Mingzhong to the death, so I regretted it shortly after I finished doing it. Instead, I had to protect Hu Yin with all my strength, for fear of being exposed?"
"This is not something I can know."
"I'm going to kill this guy." Zhao Jiu blurted out, and then realized that the anger was burning in his heart and lungs, and he could no longer suppress it. "I'm going to kill this villain!!!"
PS: Routine sacrifice "Actors don't have holidays"