"This booklet is actually a booklet asking for merit from monks and Taoists?"
"Yes, during this period, the king on behalf of the king successively dealt with sixteen shrines, and there were monks from the Qingyuan Temple and the Yin Guan sect. They helped. It is normal for the king on behalf of the king to ask for credit for them, but this is not the case. Bai, he has obviously recruited two factions for his own use, so the acting king is not afraid of causing His Majesty's displeasure?"
Ma Shunde thought this way, packed up the folder without any traces, and then opened the second one.
The contents of this brochure were much more "thrilling". As Ma Shunde expected, it was about the assassination.
Ma Shunde read this document carefully, word for word, about the assassination of the king. Then he carefully smoothed over the traces of reading and began to ponder.
The two young eunuchs who followed did not look at each other. They both bowed and waited for Ma Shunde's instructions.
Ma Shunde pondered for a moment, then unfolded the second booklet, read it carefully, then put the booklet away and took it into his hand.
The little eunuch who had taken the fold to flatter him observed his expression and asked, "Father-in-law, there is something wrong with the fold? Should I... deduct it for a few days first?"
Ma Shunde suddenly woke up from his silence and said, "No need."
I thought to myself: "What an idiot."
"The court documents have procedures and dates. There are also rules for when to submit them and when to read them."
"Even if I, the chief eunuch, want to deduct it, it will be under the fold. If the emperor is tired, he may not read it and delay it for several days."
"Moreover, the discount for foreign generals and ministers can be deducted for a few days, but the king is someone whom His Majesty ordered to pay close attention to, so how can he deduct it?"
"If this guy dares to make an independent decision, he will be directly charged. He is really short-lived. Not only will he be unlucky, but he may also implicate others."
"It's better to find an opportunity to kill him with a stick."
Ma Shunde was thinking like this when another eunuch came over. This time he was an acquaintance. He handed over a stack of cabinet documents, which were several feet high.
Ma Shunde glanced at it, put the two folds handed over by the king into it, and placed the third one before he breathed out: "Go in, the emperor may have woken up."
During the reform of the Wei Dynasty, the cabinet handled political affairs and gathered them in the Imperial Study Room. There was no need to go to court every day, usually once every ten days, and officials of the fourth rank and above would report matters in front of them.
But when the emperor wakes up, he is used to hearing things, and his diligence is beyond words.
Ma Shunde entered the inner hall cautiously alone, and found that there was movement on the dragon couch. He quietly gestured to the palace maids and eunuchs to get ready, while he trotted over and helped the emperor up.
The old emperor looked tired and stood up. Ma Shunde took the towel from the maid's hand with his own hands. He gently helped the old emperor wash his face and rinse his mouth. It was not until the eunuchs and maids began to file in to set breakfast in the side hall that the old emperor After waking up, he asked calmly: "Do you have any new information now?"
This question was asked very casually, and Ma Shunde felt a chill in his heart, and said hurriedly: "When I go back to the emperor, the cabinet has handed over the brochures, and there are six more brochures to hand over."
These six documents were handed over from the cabinet. Ma Shunde bent down and handed the documents over.
"Meet you!" The old emperor didn't seem surprised. He flipped through it and saw the Prince's Booklet placed in the third place. He took out these two copies and took a closer look. Ma Shunde was immediately startled.
"Sure enough, the emperor knows what happened last night. If he is confused and refuses to hand it over, he will immediately commit a murderous disaster."
There was some cold sweat on his vest. Ma Shunde carefully observed the emperor's expression and found that the emperor's expression changed. When he guessed which piece the emperor was looking at, he saw the emperor picked another fold and read it.
Ma Shunde knew in his heart that the one the emperor had just read must be the one about the assassination of King Dai, because the one the emperor was holding now was the one handed over by the governor of Shuntian Prefecture.
There are some differences in the documents handed over by the clan and officials. Others may not be able to tell, but a great eunuch like Ma Shunde can tell it at a glance.
The emperor held two pieces of information in his hand and compared them. He was silent for a while, and then looked at another piece of information for the king. After a long time, he said with a gloomy face: "Do you know what this piece of information says?"
With that said, he raised the Zhezi in his hand that represented the king.
Ma Shunde only glanced at it, then quickly lowered his head and said, "This slave is someone who has been employed by the emperor for a long time. He knows the rules, so how dare he reveal the truth privately?"
"However, the covers of these two brochures have names written on them. It must be that the king has something to do."
"Yes, something happened to King Dai. King Dai was assassinated in broad daylight. The most surprising thing is that King Qi's people were actually on the spot, only a few feet away. They also lost the token of King Qi's palace. What do you think? , is this a strange thing?"
The emperor said coldly, and with a wave of his hand, he threw all three Zhezi, including the Shuntianfu Zhezi, in front of Ma Shunde.
This is what I meant by letting Ma Shunde take a look.
"..." Ma Shunde didn't know what the emperor meant, but when the emperor asked him to look at it, he could only look at it. He bowed and picked it up, as if it was the first time he saw it, and looked at it carefully.
"Speaking on behalf of the king, it's watertight. I can't even find any flaws."
"I wonder which staff member ghostwrote it, or did the King Dai write it himself? The King Dai once was the number one scholar, but it's not impossible."
Looking at Dai Wang's excerpt again, Ma Shunde still sighed in his heart. This excerpt seemed ordinary, but in fact the person who wrote the excerpt was a master!
Zhezi told what happened at that time. Of course, the words were full of shock and grievance at being assassinated. He cried and asked the emperor to make the decision for him.
In contrast, although Shuntianfu Zhezi also talks about this matter, it is more cautious and objective. It only describes it without emotional bias or any conclusion.
This is normal. When it comes to the assassination of the prince, which occurrence of this kind of thing does not indicate that a big storm is coming? Not to mention that the people of King Qi were arrested at the scene. King Qi had a grudge against King Dai before this. Now that this matter has happened, the governor of Shuntian Mansion may have a splitting headache.
The strangest and most unassailable thing is that King Dai's confession was naturally full of anger and he asked the emperor to investigate closely. However, although he suspected King Qi, he even more suspected that the evil party of the Xuan Temple was counterattacking and did not kill King Qi.
Ma Shunde felt regretful and thought to himself: "If it was King Qi who was killed by King Dai, our family can still say that King Dai has other intentions and take the opportunity to attack King Qi."
"If the acting king doesn't mention King Qi at all, it may seem magnanimous, but in fact he is worried about the dangers of mountains and rivers, and has violated the emperor's taboo."
"Right now, I can't catch anything."
Ma Shunde knew that the emperor was wise, and the emperor could not have thought of anything he could think of, so he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, there are assassins who brazenly assassinated the prince in the capital. There is nothing more heartbreaking than this. I feel that it cannot be corrected without a thorough investigation." The power of the imperial court..."
This was a cliche, but the emperor reacted after hearing it.
"You are right, let's investigate thoroughly." The emperor said calmly, his eyes flashed, and suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, how many temples and temples have been destroyed?"
