The next day, the eighth day of March, the court was still suspended.
Sure enough, as some people expected, as soon as he took up his duty, Ye Mengding submitted a memorial to the Political Affairs Hall to ask Ding's mother to worry about it, and also submitted an application to the Yushitai.
The Dingyou system is a unique system in China with a long history. To put it simply, if a respected relative of a court official dies, no matter what official position he holds, he must leave his post and dissolve the official system.
In the Song Dynasty, it was even more advocated to govern the world with filial piety. "Nothing is greater than filial piety." Filial piety had reached its peak at this time. Under normal circumstances, the court encouraged official Ding You to observe mourning.
If an official dares to conceal his death for the sake of power and interests, once he is discovered, it will be a serious crime both legally and morally, and he will be severely punished and may even end his political life.
Under normal circumstances, the scope of a person's worries is the loss of grandparents and parents, which will mostly only happen once in a political career.
But Ye Mengding was a bit special. He was an adopted stepson and had two mothers, one biological mother and one aunt mother.
Seven years ago, because his biological mother passed away, he was worried once. Two years ago, he was exempted from mourning and returned to office. This time, it was his aunt's mother who passed away, and he had to stay in the system for another three years, which was actually twenty-seven months.
After receiving the application, the Yushitai verified it with unprecedented efficiency, approved Ding You's application, and submitted it to the Zhengshitang. After the Zhengshitang approved it, it was sent to the palace together with the memorial.
Then, under Dong Songchen's operation, the memorial quickly reached Zhao Guan's family.
Perhaps the Zhao family didn't think much about it, or perhaps they were influenced by some people, so they casually approved it, and granted a special monthly salary to continue it, sent people to escort them back to their hometown, and gave an additional two hundred coins.
This is equivalent to a paid suspension, which is not a bad thing for Ye Mengding, but Zhao Mengqi was a little confused after hearing the news.
In the court, he only had two die-hard supporters, Yang Dong and Ye Mengding, but he lost one of his generals at this critical moment.
"Your sister is a thief, are you kidding me?" Zhao Mengqi couldn't help but yelled at the sky.
"Oh my ancestors, I don't dare to say that." Huang Gou wanted to go up and cover his mouth.
Fortunately, the people in Qingyan Hall did not dare to talk nonsense, and there were no other people around.
Zhao Mengqi still had a dark face and asked Huang Gou, "In Master Ye's situation, is there any way to win over his love?"
China's political system also has a practical and flexible side. Some officials hold important positions or are in special periods. The court orders them not to leave their posts for mourning but to wear plain clothes and continue to work in the court. This is called seizing love. Some officials have already resigned. However, before the time of observing the system was completed, he was called back to serve by the court because of urgent official duties. This was called Qi Fu.
Hearing this question, Huang Gou smiled bitterly and said, "Alang, Shilang Ye is not a military commander and a minister, and secondly, he is not a prime minister. How can he seize love? What's more, the officials have already approved it, so how can it be taken back."
Zhao Mengqi was speechless, pinching his forehead, and had no choice but to accept it, and began to make adjustments to the original plan.
In the afternoon, Zhao Mengqi's adjustment had not yet been fully conceived, and bad news came again.
Youbuque Xiao Tailai wrote a letter of impeachment against Yang Dong, the Minister of Civil Affairs, on the charges of "appointing people for personal gain, abusing power, and disregarding the court's selection system." Later, seven censors wrote letters of impeachment one after another!
According to the system, ministers who are impeached by the censor must stay away from their posts, that is, suspended pending verification. Unless there is a special order from the official, the impeached officials must leave their posts for as little as three to five days, or as long as more than a month.
After the bullets were sent to the palace, the officials did not approve it, nor did they order Yang Dong to stay in office. He should have been retained, and the impeachment process took effect by default.
After Yang Dong received the news of the impeachment, he had a sullen face and didn't say much. He put down the case file in his hand, then left the official department empty-handed, and went home to wait behind closed doors for further investigation.
"Victorious! Good sign!"
In the censor's stage, they celebrated with their crowns, and Ding Daquan also showed a proud smile on his face, "Cut its wings, cut off its branches and leaves, tie its hands and feet, and trap its will. This is called a net on all sides. Even if you have earth-shaking talents, An Neng can escape." My palm."
When Zhao Mengqi learned the news, he was not as shocked as he was in the morning. He just lowered his head silently and continued to write and draw on the paper.
Another day passed, the ninth day of March.
Various medical clinics in Lin'an City suddenly began to receive reports of a strange illness. According to family members, the patient was fine the day before, but after one night, he could not wake up abnormally. No matter whether he poured cold water on him or pinched him, he tried All attempts were made to awaken the patient.
After the doctor's consultation, he found that the patient's pulse was weaker than that of ordinary people, his breathing became shallower, and his skin was slowly losing its luster, but he couldn't find the cause at all!
Moreover, after trial treatment, acupuncture, massage, decoction and other formal methods, as well as various folk remedies, all failed to work, and the patient was still asleep.
Then people discovered that in just one morning, all the large and small medical clinics were overcrowded, and most of them were suffering from this kind of strange illness that suddenly appeared.
A rough estimate shows that there are at least a thousand such patients in Lin'an.
At this time, the government was also alerted. The Medical Bureau immediately organized a joint consultation with famous doctors from all over the world. Until the evening, they still had no clue. Some said it was an epidemic, some said it was evil, and some said it was poisoning. There were all kinds of speculations. There are all of them, but the cause is still uncertain, and we don’t know where to start the treatment. All doctors have no solution for this disease.
Suddenly, people in Lin'an City began to panic. Those who had patients at home were worried about the patients, and those who didn't were worried that they would be infected.
In order to prevent civil unrest, Lin'an Prefecture, together with Renhe and Qiantang counties, sent all government officials to the streets to maintain order and comfort the people. However, in this city with a population of millions, it was only a drop in the bucket and had no real effect at all.
Just when Ma Guangzu, the prefect of Lin'an, was hesitating whether it was time to ask the officials to send out the imperial army, news came out from the palace that the same disease also appeared in the inner palace. In the Ciyuan Hall where Concubine Yan Guifei was located, there were more than a dozen maids who had been waiting for her. Unable to wake up, the imperial doctor is helpless!
