Mr. Su should take these gifts back quickly. I am not so lucky and cannot bear the love of Prince Han. "
"Master Li, it's just some Shandong style chicken bacon. It's not valuable, so just accept it."
Su Qing was so numb that he couldn't even send out gifts. This was the most troublesome thing.
Li Xuan quickly waved his hand and said: "Mr. Su, I will never accept these things. Please say thank you to Prince Han for me. I will accept them, but you should return these things."
Su Qing glanced at the two large wooden boxes on the ground, feeling a little helpless.
After the court meeting this morning, the Han Palace could not even send out gifts.
The bastard Li Xuan, the censor of Zuodu, was smiling and accepting the money sent by the Han Dynasty Palace two days ago. Today he immediately turned against him. He is really a bastard. He is facing King Qi while accepting money from the Han Dynasty. If there is any slight disturbance, he will turn his back and refuse to recognize anyone.
"Master Li, these things are not valuable, just accept them." Su Qing wanted to persuade again.
Li Xuan said seriously: "Mr. Su, to tell you the truth, Prince Han was kind to me. I will definitely remember this old relationship, but everyone is their own master. Now I am working with Prince Qi. If this happens again The Prince of Han's Palace has sent gifts, it would be unpleasant to spread the news."
Su Qing thought about Li Xuan, that bastard. When King Qi was away from the capital two days ago, you did not miss our gifts. Who are you trying to fool now with such a righteous look?
"Master Li, Mr. Su has said so, just accept it."
A voice suddenly came from Li's house. The two of them looked in the direction of the voice, their faces suddenly pale and colorless.
It was King Qi who came over, followed by Lu Chaoyang of Jin Yiwei!
"My lord, your lord." Li Xuan was sweating profusely, trying to defend himself, "Don't get me wrong..."
He couldn't even make it up himself.
Su Qing was a staff member of the Han Dynasty Palace and went to Li Xuan's house to give gifts. How could he make up something that was obvious?
"It's okay, I know Mr. Su too, and I've admired his name for a long time."
Zhu Gaojie came over and looked at Su Qing, "Mr. Su is a very busy man. Shandong and the capital are far away from each other. It's hard work running back and forth between the two sides."
Su Qing: "..."
Zhu Gaojie asked: "My second brother, what gift did Mr. Tuosu give Mr. Li? Let me see it too?"
Li Xuan said quickly: "It's just some worthless wind chicken bacon, nothing, nothing."
Su Qing nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, it's some wind chicken bacon, a local specialty of Shandong."
"When I talk about Shandong's local specialties, I think of something." Lu Chaoyang said with a smile, "I was ordered to go to Shandong to investigate a case before. At that time, Shandong's chief envoy was Mr. Bian Yuanbo, and he gave me a box Braised chicken, I opened it and saw, wow, it was a box of gold bars that dazzled my eyes!"
Bian Yuanbo was finally executed by Lingchi, and Lu Chaoyang relied on this contribution to become the governor of the Jinyiwei North and South Town Fusi.
Everyone present knew about this and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
Zhu Gaojie made a gesture to Lu Chaoyang, and Lao Lu understood it instantly.
"Speaking of which, I quite like eating bacon. Mr. Li, Mr. Su, if you don't mind, let me have a look?"
Seeing Lu Chaoyang reaching out to open the box, Su Qing quickly stopped him and said, "Master Lu, wait a minute!"
Lu Chaoyang kicked the box on the ground with a "slip", and pieces of snow-white silver were scattered on the ground. It was like moonlight pouring out, and the silver everywhere could make people blind.
"Hmm... Your Prince Han's Mansion is really interesting. I've never seen the chicken and bacon made with silver."
Zhu Gaojie touched his chin and joked, "Send some of this kind of 'Wind Chicken Bacon' to Prince Qi's Mansion in the future. I'm quite rare."
Su Qing coughed twice: "Prince Qi is joking."
The most embarrassing thing is to pay someone a bribe and have it discovered by someone else.
What was even more embarrassing was that he, a staff member of the Han Palace, bribed officials of the Prince Qi Palace, but was caught by Prince Qi himself.
The thirty-sixth stratagem was the best one, and Su Qing handed it over without hesitation: "I have something to do at home, so I'll take my leave now!"
Get away!
…
Su Qing left, leaving Li Xuan alone in embarrassment and wanting to dig out a three-bedroom apartment with his toes on the ground and get in.
Zhu Gaojie randomly picked a chair and sat down, and asked calmly: "Li Xuan, this king treats you well, right?"
Li Xuan was originally a member of the Han Dynasty Party. After the collapse of the Han Dynasty in the capital, the remaining members of the Han Dynasty Party defected to the princelings and Qi Wang Party. Li Xuan joined the Qi Wang Party at that time.
After joining the Prince Qi Party, Li Xuan completed a triple jump in his life. He first jumped to the position of the censor of the right capital, and then jumped to the position of the censor of the left capital. Naturally, the power of the Prince Qi Palace was secretly pushing behind him. .
Without the support of Prince Qi's Mansion, Li Xuan would have struggled for eight lifetimes to reach the position of Zuodu Yushi, a position comparable to that of the Six Ministers, based on Li Xuan's qualifications and abilities.
The censor of Zuodu is a second-rank official. The first-class civil official positions above him are virtual titles such as "Three Gongs and Three Solitaries" and "Three Masters of the East Palace". In terms of real power, a civil servant can reach the position of Zuodu Censor. Already capped.
Li Xuan lowered his head and said, "Prince Qi's kindness to me will be unforgettable."
"Well, as long as you remember."
Zhu Gaojie nodded slightly and pointed to the large pieces of silver scattered on the ground, "Then, can you explain this?"
He has always turned a blind eye to the shady income of officials in Prince Qi's Mansion.
What cannot be controlled is the result of official governance. Even if he goes to investigate strictly, he will only kill one group of people and replace them with another group of people, which will damage his own vitality. If we don't rectify the administration of officials, we'll just change the soup without changing the medicine, and we won't be able to kill them all no matter how hard we kill them.
"When you collect money, it depends on whose money it is."
Zhu Gaojie's eyes were deep, "What do you mean by accepting money from the Han Palace? Li Xuan, you should know the relationship between me and the Han Palace, right?"
Li Xuan wiped the sweat that fell to his chin and said: "Your Majesty, I dare not hide it from you. I received money from the Han Palace, but I have always been working for the Qi Palace. My heart is loyal to you, Prince Qi." of!"
Zhu Gaojie couldn't help but laugh: "He's a damn double agent."
Using money from the Han Palace to do things for the Qi Palace, Li Xuan is really talented!
Lu Chaoyang coughed lightly and said, "Master Li, I have a question. I wonder if you can help Lu?"
Li Xuan waved his hand and said: "Master Lu, you are too polite. You say it, you say it."
"Well, then I will say it. During this period, the prince and I are not in the capital. People from other provinces are ready to make moves. Many people in the Shandong Province Censor are impeaching our Mr. Yang in Prince Qi's Mansion. Is there anyone behind these Shandong Province Censors' instructions? I know it very well. And these impeachment tricks can go all the way to His Majesty's Long Case, can't you, the censor of Zuodu, see it?"
Lu Chaoyang's eyes were cold, "Let's just say, Mr. Yang and you and I are colleagues in Prince Qi's Mansion. I don't dare to say that officials protect each other, but if the other party is in trouble, you have to lend a hand to help. To tell the truth, you are all checking whether there is anything fishy in the court. , everyone knows in their hearts that it is not difficult for Jin Yiwei to investigate these dirty tricks. If I hadn't kept suppressing them, you, the censor of Zuodu, would have been restless, right? There are countless tricks to impeach Mr. Yang, Mr. Li, you What do you mean by standing by and watching? Why don't I, Jin Yiwei, write a few books and impeach you all to the procuratorate?"
Li Xuan said tremblingly: "Master Lu, this matter is really not my fault. The thirteen censors have the power to directly report to Your Majesty. I, the censor of Zuodu, can't stop them from impeaching Master Yang!"
"If you follow the regulations, you are definitely right to say so." Zhu Gaojie said calmly, "But it is limited to the regulations."
In terms of regulations, the Thirteen Supervisory Censors were not restricted when exercising their powers, and the documents were sent directly to the emperor's case. This was a rule established during the Hongwu Dynasty. The nature of the supervisory authority was stipulated from the beginning as the eyes and ears of the emperor. In this regard, the edicts and laws of all dynasties have made it very clear.
In the early years of Hongwu, the supervisory authority was called the Yushitai, and later was renamed the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The highest-ranking officials were the left and right censors, who specialized in impeaching hundreds of officials. There are thirteen supervisory censors under the Metropolitan Procuratorate, with a capacity of 110 people, responsible for correcting internal and external officials. The Supervisory Censor is of the seventh rank. Although his official rank is low, he has great authority. He goes out on inspection tours and claims to be patrolling on behalf of the emperor. He reports on major matters and makes decisions on minor matters. He has been unmatched by all previous dynasties.
The regulations are like this, but when implemented into reality, the secrets of the thirteen censors when they impeached the capital officials will all go around the capital censor. After all, the capital is not a foreign province. Without the acquiescence of the left capital censor, your secrets will not be effective at all. It cannot be sent to the emperor.
The excerpts written by the thirteen censors who impeached Yang Rong would have been impossible to send without Li Xuan's tacit approval.
Zhu Gaojie asked with a smile on his face: "Does Mr. Li live a long life this year?"
Li Xuan quickly replied: "I am fifty-five years old this year."
"Ah, Mr. Li is sixty this year. He is still in office in his sixtieth year. Thank you for your hard work." Zhu Gaojie said with sudden realization, "Forget it, Lao Lu and I won't bother you and take our leave."
Li Xuan's face turned earthy when he heard this.
Officials can also retire and return to their hometowns when they reach a certain age, but instead of using the word retirement, use a more elegant word: "to become an official", which means returning the official position to the monarch. According to the "Book of Rites of Zhou" records, an official becomes an official at seventy. This means that officials can retire at the age of seventy.
However, this is not mandatory, it is just a convention.
It was not until the Hongwu Dynasty that the age for becoming an official was changed to sixty, that is: "All civil and military officials over sixty years old were eligible for official service."
He said that he was fifty-five years old this year, but King Qi deliberately said that he was sixty years old. He was clearly ordering Li Xuan to resign.
Li Xuan let out a long sigh, bowed to Zhu Gaojie and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for reminding me. It's time for me to resign from Your Majesty and retire to my hometown."
King Qi now gives him a step to go back to his hometown.
If you still don't want to leave, fine, then don't think about leaving Jinling City again, it's better to be buried here.
(End of chapter)
