At dusk that day, as soon as Pang Ji returned to his mansion in a carriage, the old servant of the porter came out to greet him and took out the invitation.
"Master, someone sent this before."
"Well?"
Pang Ji took the invitation and glanced at the signature on the seal. When he saw the word "Mingyi" written on it, he was slightly startled and took out the post inside to look at it.
The content of the post was very simple, just inviting Pang Ji to come over to the house for a banquet, and also mentioned that someone else had been invited.
Is this urgent? still……
Various thoughts flashed through Pang Ji's mind. After thinking for a moment, he told the coachman: "You stay here for a while. When I go into the house to change my clothes, you can take me to Qian Mingyi's house."
"yes."
After a while, Pang Ji changed into casual clothes and walked out of the house, got into the carriage again, and was driven by the groom to Qian Mingyi's residence.
On the way, Pang Ji repeatedly read the invitation sent by Qian Mingyi, trying to figure out the latter's intention to invite him to the banquet.
Not long after, the carriage arrived in front of Qian's mansion.
Pang Ji got off the carriage and caught a glimpse of several carriages parked in front of Qian's house. A little further away, several horsemen gathered together to talk and laugh. He was moved in his heart and ordered his attendants: "Go and ask who they are." House's."
The attendant left as ordered, and soon returned to the carriage and reported to Pang Ji: "Master, those people are from the families of Zhang Zhongcheng, Li Chengza, Liu Shiyu, and Wu Zhijian..."
Pang Ji thought about it and recalled it.
Zhang Zhongcheng... Yushi Zhongcheng Zhang Guan?
Li Chengza... Li Dui, who serves as the imperial censor and knows miscellaneous matters?
Liu Shiyu...Shiyu Shi Liu Shi?
I don’t know how to admonish... I don’t know how to admonish the hospital?
Pang Ji was slightly startled. After giving some instructions to the coachman, he led his attendants towards the gate of the mansion.
"Mr. Pang is here for the banquet."
As the welcoming waiter shouted, Qian Mingyi hurriedly came from the front yard, bowed his hands and said: "I didn't come far enough to welcome you, please forgive Mr. Pang."
Pang Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "Qian Neihan said it before."
The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Qian Mingyi personally invited Pang Ji to the main room in the front yard, where the banquet will be held tonight.
Stepping into the main room, Pang Ji glanced at the guests in the room. Sure enough, he saw the four people: Zhang Guan, the censor, Zhang Guan, the censor, Li Dui, the censor, Liu Shi, and Wu Shi, the Zhijianyuan. He suppressed his surprise and stepped forward. Greeting: "You guys are here early."
"Mr. Pang." Censor Zhongcheng, Zhang Guan and others also greeted him one after another, chatting and laughing.
While several people were chatting, Qian Mingyi welcomed another person. Pang Ji glanced at him and couldn't help but secretly thought: Good guy, Liu Kui, the direct bachelor of Longtuge and the right admonishment doctor!
Could it be that today is actually a large gathering of remonstrances between North Korea, China and Taiwan?
"Liu Zhige?"
"Ah, Mr. Pang..."
Everyone greeted and greeted each other again.
Later, the guests invited by Qian Mingyi arrived one after another, including Gao Ruona, the deputy envoy to the Privy Council and the right admonition official, Liu Yuanyu and Zhang Fen, the imperial censors in the palace, Qian Yanyuan, the official Chaosan official and the right admonishment officer. This person was Qian Mingyi's brother.
There were also Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Justice, Wang Zhi of the Zhi Jian Yuan, Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of War, Yang Wei, Zhi Zhi Gao, and Yang Wei of the Zhi Jian Yuan, etc. Pang Ji was secretly frightened when he saw them.
The so-called Taijian refers to the Yushitai and the admonishment officials.
The admonishment officers are divided into two provinces, the admonition officers of the two provinces, and the admonition officers of the admonition court. Most of the admonishment officers in the two provinces are Jiaguan, which simply means adding an extra level of authority. For example, the Zuo Jianyi doctor from Pang Ji, the right Jianyi doctor from Gao Ruona, Zhao Yang's Youzhengyan and so on, although there are different levels of rank, they are mainly to match their respective official ranks: for example, Pang Ji was appointed as the Councilor for Political Affairs, that is, deputy prime minister. If he added Zhengyan, he would be slightly less in rank; on the contrary, he would only receive seven It would not be appropriate if Zhao Yang, who was appointed as a high-ranking official, could be appointed as an admonishing official, and his rank would be on the same level as that of the prime minister or minister in the court.
However, regardless of their rank, admonishers have the power to speak out and make impeachments, but strictly speaking, they are mainly responsible for checking for leaks and filling gaps.
By the way, the person who is in charge of the affairs of the Jian Yuan is called the Zhi Jian Yuan, and it can be in charge of it by other officials or by Si Jian or Yan Zheng.
Different from this, Taiguan - that is, Yushitai Yushi, is a regular official, and its main responsibility is to inspect hundreds of officials and supervise the local area. It is neither an additional official nor a concurrent position.
The Yushitai system in the Song Dynasty still followed the Tang system, but with slight differences.
The chief official is Yushi Dafu, but he has not held any actual position since the early Song Dynasty and only serves as an additional official.
Therefore, the Yushi Zhongcheng is regarded as the real chief official, and his deputy position is to serve the Yushi Zhi on miscellaneous matters. Generally, the eldest person in the Yushi Taichung serves as the eldest person. If there is no accident, he can be promoted to Zhizhi in a few months or more than a year. The premise of the Remonstrance Court is that the Remonstrance Court is not full of members.
Yushitai is divided into three courtyards, namely Taiyuan, Dianyuan and Chagyuan.
The Tai Yuan has one censor, who is in charge of assisting the affairs of the censor; the palace courtyard has two censors in the palace, who are responsible for correcting the faults of all officials according to etiquette and laws; the procuratorate has six censors, who are in charge of the six departments and the officials. things, and pick up on their mistakes.
When Qian Mingyi was inviting the guests to drink, Pang Ji once again confirmed the presence of the censor.
Two of the imperial censors and Zhongcheng came: Zhang Guan, the minister of official affairs and the censorship Zhongcheng, Guo Quan, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, a doctor in the Ministry of War, and the censorship Zhongcheng of Quan.
Attendant of the censor, Shi Zhizhi, came with one person: Li Dui.
One of the imperial censors from the Taiyuan Academy arrived: Liu Shi.
Two imperial censors arrived in the palace: Liu Yuanyu and Zhang Chen.
There are six to five supervisory censors in the Procuratorate: He Tan, Chen Xu, Zhang Zexing, Zhang Zhongyong, and Peng Siyong.
Pang Ji let out a breath and glanced at the other guests.
Wang Zhi, the person who lives in the residence, is the person who directs the history, and knows the admonition courtyard; Wang Zhi, the member of the Ministry of War, is the official who knows the imperial edict, and Yang Wei, who has the right to know the admonition institute; Wu Shi, the censor of Yanshi, is the person in the living room, and knows the admonition institute...
The Zhijianyuan has a full capacity of six people, but there are actually five people. Except for Bao Zheng, who is currently in Hebei, the other four people are all present - Qian Mingyi is also appointed as the Zhijianyuan.
In addition, there are Liu Kui, the direct bachelor of Longtuge, who is admonishing on the right, Qian Yanyuan, who is admonishing on the right, and Wen Yanbo, who is Tongping Zhangshi, the bachelor of Jixian Palace and admonishing on the left.
Counting Qian Mingyi and his numerous relatives, there were actually twenty courtiers with Taiwan admonishment status at the banquet.
What is this going to do? He shouted secretly in his heart.
Not only him, but also many people present noticed it. They looked around to confirm the guests invited by Qian Mingyi today, with surprise on their faces.
After three rounds of drinking, Qian Mingyi, the host of the banquet, put down his wine cup, raised his hands and said to everyone: "Thank you once again for the honor of attending the banquet. The reason why I am hosting you today is to discuss a major matter with you."
event?
The guests present looked at Qian Mingyi one after another. Some looked confused, some seemed to be smiling, and some had drooped eyelids as if they were deaf.
After waiting for a few breaths, Qian Mingyi asked in a different tone: "Today there is a piece of news that swept through the city with the force of thunder. Everyone is talking about it in offices, offices and streets, but I wonder if all the officials have heard of it?"
All the guests present had different expressions and looked at each other without saying a word. Liu Yuanyu, the imperial censor in the palace, said with a smile but not a smile: "Is it that sentence...who said that only the person who sings the number one scholar outside Donghua Gate is a good person?"
"Of course!" Qian Mingyi said, stroking his palms, and then glanced at the officials present.
During the banquet, the ministers looked at each other again and were not in a hurry to express their opinions. Li Dui, the censor who knew the miscellaneous affairs, said calmly: "It's just an ignorant servant's theory."
Hearing this, there was no doubt on the faces of the guests in the room. Apparently they all guessed who the "Commander Zhao" who said this was.
Qian Mingyi smiled and said: "What Li Chengza said... is not bad. But just let it go? Is this appropriate?"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone said coldly: "Qian Neihan is inviting me to a banquet today. What exactly do you want to do? You might as well speak frankly."
Everyone turned around and saw that the person speaking was Zhang Chen, the imperial censor in the palace.
Seeing everyone looking at him with different expressions, Qian Mingyi laughed twice and said: "I have heard that Zhang Shiyushi is upright and upright..."
He was about to praise the other party, but Zhang Chen didn't appreciate it and glanced at him coldly. This made him a little bored. He coughed and said bluntly: "It's okay, Qian just said it straight away. ... New Year's Day Strange phenomena appeared, and there was a flood in Hebei. At that time, I suspected that an evil spirit was born. Sure enough, within a few days, the guy came to Bianjing and saw the holy face with a fake picture. I don't know how to deceive the officials with their evil words. He is so convinced that he violates the imperial system and appoints seventh-grade officials to award each other. Even if he is the top candidate in the imperial examination, he is still far behind. Don’t you think it’s inappropriate?”
Everyone present looked at each other, and then looked at Wen Yanbo, Pang Ji, and Gao Ruona.
Can you blame me?
Gao Ruona cursed inwardly and glanced at Wen Yanbo.
It turns out that when the official conferred the title of Minister of Industry to Zhao Yang on that day, everyone in the political hall also voted: Except for Prime Minister Chen Zhizhong, who was disgraced at that time and went home to pretend to be ill, Wen Yanbo, Pang Ji, and Song Xiang all agreed, and he alone was the highest. Ruone's opposition alone will not help.
During this period, Pang Ji was also secretly observing Wen Yanbo, guessing whether the latter regretted it.
In any case, he had no regrets. He didn't even think there was anything wrong with the boy shouting, "Who knows that only the one who sings first prize outside the Donghua Gate is a good boy?" After all, he had a pretty good relationship with many military attachés.
For example, Zhong Shiheng - Zhong Shiheng was once his subordinate.
Just when the atmosphere of the banquet gradually turned cold, Liu Yuanyu, the imperial censor in the palace, smiled and helped: "I received the rank of seventh rank when I first entered the official career... Fortunately, this son recommended Fan Xianggong in front of the officials. If Fan Xianggong was in court, , how can you tolerate such a thing?"
Many people nodded in agreement: Most of the other people in Yinbu received officials who had just entered the rank, but that boy was better. He went directly to the seventh rank and reached the official position that ordinary people need to spend nearly twenty years of hard work to achieve in one breath. This is not called violation of regulations. What is violation of regulations?
At this time, I heard Qian Mingyi say with a sad face: "If this guy knows how to be grateful and repay the country and serve the king, it's just a return. But look at what this guy has done? He made a big fuss in Kaifeng Mansion in front of the court. Even if he humiliated Qian, he actually dared to disrupt such a major matter at court and publicly humiliated Qian again; and now, he even boasts about saying such treacherous and unethical words... I, the Song Dynasty, ordered it from Taizong, with Wen Yu Wu, but he wants to promote Wu people, is he trying to recreate the chaos in the late Tang Dynasty?"
Everyone present changed their expressions.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms, that was definitely a chaos that the scholar-bureaucrats like them did not want to mention. At that time, the scholar-bureaucrats lived worse than dogs. They could only let the warriors ride on their heads. If anything went wrong, they would be killed by the warriors. Even if he is just a soldier, he does not dare to offend him, for fear of causing the annihilation of his clan or the massacre of his family.
The ancestors of everyone here are relatively lucky, because they were lucky to survive, but at that time, more scholar-official families were plundered and massacred by warriors. As the saying goes, things hurt their own kind, and their hearts are also sad. How could they, the scholar-officials of the Song Dynasty, do this? Don’t you hate the warriors of the late Tang Dynasty?
Of course I hate it!
At the same time, they were also afraid that the Song Dynasty would reappear in the chaos of the late Tang Dynasty, and that they and their family would suffer bad luck again. After all, it had only been eighty years since Taizu of the Song Dynasty put an end to the chaos and established the country, and many people from that period were still alive. He told his children and grandchildren about the chaos, and even described the chaos of his ancestors and fathers. The shadow caused by the chaos in the late Tang Dynasty has not yet been forgotten by the world.
Therefore, when Qian Mingyi mentioned this matter, everyone at the banquet changed their expressions. Even Pang Ji, who had no prejudice against warriors, did not refute.
It’s all the warriors’ fault!
If the warriors in the late Tang Dynasty had not committed crimes that were not allowed by nature, why did the Song Dynasty emphasize culture and suppress military force?
Now Wufu wants to stand up? Absolutely impossible!
This is the consensus of almost all scholar-bureaucrats in both the government and the public.
"It's really a demon star!"
Li Dui, the imperial censor, cursed bitterly, and many people spoke in agreement.
Qian Mingyi was secretly happy when he saw this, pretending to be righteous and said: "I intend to advise the officials, but all the officials have also seen that this evil star has used some evil method to deceive the officials and make them obey his words. I am the only one." I am afraid that one person will not be able to defeat him, so I sincerely ask all ministers to join me in submitting a remonstrance to advise the officials to get rid of this evil star and return to the right path. If this can be done, it will be a blessing to the world and to all the people!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Yuanyu, the imperial censor, agreed: "Okay, let's remonstrate together..."
Several people spoke in agreement.
At this moment, Zhang Fan, who was also the imperial censor in the palace, snorted coldly and said: "I guessed that the banquet would not be a good one when I came here, but I never thought that it would be like this!"
He looked at Qian Mingyi and said coldly: "Solar eclipses are only celestial phenomena and have existed since ancient times; floods in Hebei are no more than natural disasters and have occurred in all dynasties. Isn't it absurd for Qian Neihan to blame it on the so-called demon star?... Demon star I have not seen anyone who is not a demon star, but I know that this son once stood up for the people on the street and did not hesitate to offend Zhang Yaozuo. What did this demon do?... Qian Neihan repeatedly said that this son caused trouble in Kaifeng Mansion, but it is right and wrong. We all know the merits, but Qian Neihan was angry that this son persuaded the officials to summon Mr. Fan back to the capital, and wanted to take revenge. But Qian Neihan did not expect that this son was so trusted by the officials that revenge could not be achieved, but instead Being humiliated... Qian Neihan invited us to a banquet today. I can guess a thing or two, but there will be a morning court tomorrow. I am afraid that I will be teased by this man again and lose my face, so I have been invited to come and fabricate accusations. I’ll wait to help you!”
"..."
Seeing Zhang Chen's blunt confession, Qian Mingyi looked ugly and said in a hateful voice: "This man promotes martial arts and wants to destroy the foundation of the Song Dynasty and recreate the chaos of the late Tang Dynasty. Why can't Zhang Shi Censor understand?"
Zhang Chen sneered and said: "Qian Neihan, don't try to deceive me. As far as I know, this son just inspires the soldiers and calls those who defend the family and the country and shed blood as heroes. This is not an exaggeration. If one day I really see him As Qian Neihan said, if he wanted to destroy the foundation of the Song Dynasty, I would have killed him even if I risked my life at the time, but now... I only see Qian Neihan colluding with people from all walks of life and trying to harm others with selfish motives..."
"Could it be that Zhang Shi Yushi wants to imitate Chen Xianggong and cast himself into the demon star in order to get promoted?" Liu Yuanyu said with a half-smile but not a smile.
"Haha!" Zhang Fan laughed and stood up and said: "Liu Shi Yushi doesn't have to bother to make up charges. I have long been unwilling to associate with you and others. Tomorrow morning I will report to the official family and ask him to move to another position."
"..."
Not only Liu Yuanyu and Qian Mingyi were stunned, but everyone present was also stunned.
I saw Zhang Fen leaving the table with a sneer, his eyes sweeping across the people in the room with contempt, and sneered: "You can do your own thing!"
After that, he walked away, leaving everyone looking at each other.
"Zhang Shi Yushi, please don't be impulsive..."
Pang Ji saw the opportunity and stood up, pretending to chase Zhang Chen away.
"Mr. Pang, I will go with you to persuade..."
Supervisory censor Chen Xu shouted loudly and took the opportunity to leave the table.
"Wait a moment, I will also go to persuade Zhang Shiyushi."
Zhang Zexing, Zhang Zhongyong, and Peng Siyong, who were also supervisory censors, also followed suit and left.
Six people left at once, Qian Mingyi was so angry that he secretly gritted his teeth.
But when he saw that the remaining thirteen people were still sitting at the table, he felt a little at ease.
Although he also understood that these people staying did not mean that they would agree to join him in remonstrating, but as long as half of them were willing to help, the momentum would be huge.
