Chapter 82 Poor Wei Zhengyue
"Why don't you let someone go and save him!" Wei Zheng's eyes were about to break. He knew very well how much combat effectiveness the Shandong Confucian scholars and students had. He could imagine the consequences of being besieged by people several times his own. Thinking that the two Confucian scholars, the Louvre and Zheng Jing, were both over 60 years old, Wei Zheng was really worried about their safety.
When Eunuch Gao heard this, he was a little unhappy. As the chief minister of the court, he served the emperor for a moment. No one in this court's civil and military minister would give him some money. Even the uncle had to give him some money. The only civil and military officials in the court was indifferent to each other. Wei Zheng, the only one in the court, did not know the favor and could never see him a penny.
If a eunuch has no descendants, most of the fun in life is missing. Only money can be used to comfort you. If you don’t take care of it, who will do it for you?
"Duke Zheng, our family is just a eunuch. It's okay to serve Your Majesty. Do we dare to take care of the other things? If we take care of it, no one will report a memorial saying that we are eunuchs interfering in politics? Our family wants to live two more years, but we dare not cause trouble."
"You!" Wei Zheng would not know who was sarcastic and slandering, but now Shandong Confucian scholars and hundreds of students are in danger. He did not want to waste time because of arguments, so he quickly said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, please send someone to stop the mob quickly. If it is too late, I am worried about the safety of Shandong Confucian scholars."
"No!" Eunuch Gao quickly stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, you didn't see that now outside the imperial city is like a war. Both sides are fighting hard, and they are all people. You just help everyone cause trouble. It's better to wait until they finish fighting."
Wei Zheng said angrily: "How can those mobs be compared with Shandong Confucian scholars!"
"Wei Zheng!" Li Shimin said angrily: "How can we not compare? The great scholars of Shandong you are talking about are nothing more than the old guys of the Louvre and Zheng Jing. Do they have official positions or titles? Since there are not any, they are all people and ordinary people! I love them as one, and the palms and backs of hands are flesh. How do you make a choice?"
"Ah!" Wei Zheng was anxious and bowed to the end: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to fight. I am really worried that if the mobs delay for a while, those mobs will hurt several great scholars..."
"Wei Zheng, you are talking about the people all day long, making me love the people as much as my son, and my ears are calloused! Why are you now a mob? You have made the words for me clearly, but if you don't say them clearly, I can't save you."
"His Majesty!"
"Hurry up and say it, I can't control it if I don't say it clearly!" Li Shimin felt very happy when he looked at Wei Zheng's helpless look. He could understand what Li Mu said was endless fun to fight with others. It felt good, but the premise was that he had to fight with him. Otherwise, he would only be like Wei Zheng now, making his opponent happy and he was so depressed.
Wei Zheng looked at the three prime ministers with help. The three prime ministers looked away and looked at the six ministers again. The six ministers also looked away. As for Li Ji and Tang Jian next to him, he did not waste that time. He knew that these two hated him to the core and could not help him.
No one is stupid. The situation is clear now. There is a big reversal. The public opinion that Wei Zheng relies on has reversed. Isn’t it obvious where to stand?
Li Shimin didn't care how anxious Wei Zheng was. Now the initiative was in his hands. The longer he dragged it, the more the old bones suffered. If two of them died, Li Shimin would only be happy. You should know that when he ascended the throne, he was often scolded by great scholars led by the Louvre and Zheng Jing. Now that they suffer, Li Shimin has a sense of pleasure of revenge.
Li Shimin leisurely unfolded the Tang Dynasty Daily and praised: "This article... is really well written, it is linked and fascinating, and it looks like listening to a story. Ah! I remembered that this is the 'novel' that boy Li Mu said. Didn't he serialize two issues of "The Moon of Dingxiang that Year is Full" some time ago? The queen loves to read it, and I also read it. It's really good, and this article is also well written. This signature, Tang Guan? Tang?" Li Shimin called Tang Jian to his side, pointed to Tang Guan's signature and said: "My dear, is this your youngest son?"
"It is my youngest son." Tang Jian said modestly: "My youngest son, fortunately, was supported by Li Mu. Now he is walking for the imperial guards. I really don't know about this article. I think it was because he saw his brother being wronged and was rushing to do it. I saw several grammatical errors at a glance. Please read this. You shouldn't use "Ahhh" here, but "Ahhhhh". What do you think?"
"Well, alas, I'm very good, but Alas, it's not bad, both are good, all are good..."
Wei Zheng couldn't stand it anymore, so he finally gave up his persistence and gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty! I'm just giving in. I... I won't insist on letting Zhulu Hou pay his life. Your Majesty, please save people quickly!"
"Okay!" Li Shimin put down the Tang Dynasty Daily and said to Eunuch Gao: "Great officials, pass on my will and save people." Just as Eunuch Gao was about to leave, Li Shimin called him again, picked up a wolf's pen, dipped it in ink, and waved it with a big pen, and an imperial edict was achieved overnight.
Li Shimin handed the order to Wei Zheng and said, "Wei Aiqing, you need to go there personally, so that you can't worry. High officials, remember my words, you must wait until Wei Aiqing announces the order before saving people. Don't mess up the order."
"promise."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wei Zheng took the imperial edict with both hands. He wanted to see what Li Shimin wrote, but this was an imperial edict. He could not read it before it was read. Wei Zheng took two steps back, turned around and left the Tai Chi Hall, and ran away from the hall gate. He had just arrived outside the imperial city gate, and Shandong Confucian scholars and students were beaten less for a moment. Poor Wei Zheng was also a person who was not very active. He ran from the Tai Chi Hall to the imperial city gate. Although it was not too far, it was enough for him to drink a pot.
When he ran to the place, he looked back and saw that Eunuch Gao was riding a team of Jinwu Guards following behind, and he was so angry that he almost jumped up. He said there was a horse, so why should he run? It's really sinister. You all ride on horses, can't you tell me?
Intentional, absolutely intentional!
Wei Zheng stared at Eunuch Gao, but Eunuch Gao disagreed. He was a eunuch and was not in the same system as Wei Zheng. The Tang Dynasty was not the Ming Dynasty, so there was no word "eunuch party". No matter how powerful Wei Zheng was, he could not care about the affairs in the palace.
Eunuch Gao got off the horse, and although screaming in his ears continued, he still smiled and said, "Duke Zheng, hurry up and read the imperial edict and save Shandong Dashen and all the students. If you don't hurry up, our family will worry that they will be injured."
Wei Zheng looked at the students who were wailing all over the ground and cursed in his heart, "Are you blinded by the eunuch?" He is already injured, okay?"
He glared at Eunuch Gao hatefully, Wei Zheng took a deep breath, shouted suddenly, and said, "Stop it! Your Majesty has the will!"
The two groups of people who were "fighting" were already red, turned a deaf ear to death, and were still fighting. Wei Zheng watched the two crazy women pounce on Zheng Jing, scratching and scratching his clothes almost tore into strips.
“Stay quickly…”
Eunuch Gao came over and reminded him: "Duke Zheng, please announce the imperial edict as soon as possible. You have read the imperial edict, so our family can save people."
Wei Zheng hurriedly spread the imperial edict and was about to read it out, but suddenly he saw the content of the imperial edict and was a little confused.
How could the emperor of the Tang Dynasty be used to cheat!
Eunuch Gao just helped grind ink while Li Shimin wrote. When he saw the content, he smiled and said, "Duke Zheng, read it!"
"I'm going to find His Majesty!"
"Okay." Eunuch Gao still looked smiling, made way and said, "Please give me some advice."
"You lend me a horse!"
"This is not done." Eunuch Gao said in a stern manner: "You don't seem to be qualified to ride a horse in the imperial city."
"Then why are you all riding?!"
"We have received the imperial order and the Duke of Zheng, is there any problem with this?"
"You...you!" Wei Zheng could not bear it anymore. He had already run the way and his blood was surging. He was spitting out a mouthful of blood again by Eunuch Gao's breath, and sprayed it far away. Now he couldn't even do it if he wanted to run back. He fell to the ground and looked at the chaos in front of him, and suddenly felt powerless from the bottom of his heart.
Wei Zheng trembled and spread the imperial edict, and used all his strength to recite, "The imperial edict said: Now the Censor Zhao Yuanlang died of Li Mu, the reason has been found out. It was Zhao Yuanlang who insulted his mother first, and Li Mu was angry and killed people later. I ruled the world with kindness and filial piety, and Li Mu, the Marquis of Zhulu, and killed people because of filial piety. Zhao Yuanlang's misfortune came from his mouth, but it was because of his own fault and suffered it. You are known as the great scholar of Shandong, but don't you understand the way of filial piety and brotherhood? You cried and clamored outside the imperial city gate, bewitching people's hearts.
, the people should be punished. When they learn the truth, they are insulted and beaten by you. Don’t you know that the will of heaven is clear and the public is clear? As the emperor, I should follow the will of the people. Today’s farce is all due to you. All the responsibility should be on you. Orders, apologize in person, and compensate the medical expenses of the injured people. In addition, if you have any virtues, you should not set up a museum to teach. Orders should be given a crime within three days. Those who violate the crime will be punished! The edict will follow the right hand, and the master will implement it."
The Louvre, who had not been beaten up in the middle of the students, heard Wei Zheng read out such an order and couldn't help but glared at him. Just as he was about to question, he saw that there was blood in the corner of Wei Zheng's lips, shook his head vigorously, and understood that there was a reason for it. He gritted his teeth and shouted: "Dear people, I don't know the details, and I wrongly accused the Marquis of Zhulu. Please wait for a chance. I apologize to you here! Please give me a lot of money. I can go to our mansion to take charge of the medical expenses tomorrow. Keep your words and never repeat them!"
Several shrews stood up, pointed at the tip of the Louvre's nose and cursed: "You bad old man! Very bad! We don't believe what you said!"
Wei Zheng grabbed Eunuch Gao's robe and begged: "Eunuch Gao, when you reach this point, do you still have to sit idly?"
"How can you do it? Why did Duke Zheng say this? Isn't our family waiting for you to finish reading the imperial edict?" Eunuch Gao said, breaking away from Wei Zheng's hand and winking at the Jinwu Guard behind him. The Jinwu Guards stepped forward, and the people retreated. There were people supporting them around the crowd. After a while, hundreds of people dispersed, and none of them remained.
Chapter completed!