Wang Gui died, and his death was so dramatic.
So much so that the Empress Dowager and the censors at the Censorship Station, who were still shouting about beating and killing Wang Gui, didn't know how to deal with it for a while?
After all, people die!
The dead are great, and there are some things that it seems we shouldn’t care about anymore.
But the problem is that both the Empress Dowager in the palace and the crows at the Yushitai want to save face.
Crows, in particular, have always been known in the Song Dynasty for their brain circuits that are different from ordinary people.
Oh, if you die, it’s all over, so let’s forget it?
So who are we?
What to do with all our hard work these days?
What will the world think of us?
Do you think we have slandered the left prime minister? Or even wronged the left prime minister?
If this is the case, wouldn’t we lose our persuasiveness when we speak in the future? People will even suspect that they are not good at business!
The crow couldn't sleep at all just thinking about it.
As a censor, the most important thing is credibility.
A censor without credibility is no different from a wild dog on the roadside.
After thinking about this, the censors no longer hesitated and continued to write bullets to attack and impeach Wang Gui.
Do you want the crows to let go if you die?
Thinking too much!
Beating up a drowned dog is what crows are best at and what they like to do the most!
The best thing is, a dead person won’t talk back, let alone argue!
It just so happened that Wang Gui's death was so dramatic.
Censors and officials, don’t you know how to use this as a breakthrough? Continue to pour dirty water on Wang Gui?
Was he pissed off?
very good!
He was ashamed to death. It can be seen that even this criminal knew in his heart how unconscionable the things he had done were!
Otherwise, why would he be so angry?
Being so angry is enough to prove that we censors were right! It also shows that justice is in the heart of the people!
Look, the people all know that Wang Gui, the left prime minister, is useless to the country!
The Queen Mother in the palace was even more depressed.
She returned to Baoci Palace and thought about it, but she always felt uncomfortable.
Wang Gui died like this!
This is where she feels most uncomfortable!
You haven't even been punished yet, so you dare to die?
Inverted! Inverted!
Especially when the face-loving Empress Dowager thought that if this matter was settled like this and spread to all the states and counties in the world, people who knew the whole story might understand that she, the Empress Dowager, had a difficult time in politics and suffered injustice for the country.
But how should those who don’t know discuss it?
What Zhao Xu said in the palace kept echoing in her mind.
"The left prime minister is the bastard of my father, and should not be derogated!"
Sixth Brother was only eight years old, and he knew that Wang Gui, the Prime Minister of the Left, was an important minister whom Emperor Daxing had used for more than ten years during his lifetime. He should not be demoted deeply, lest the Emperor suffer the stigma of unclear knowledge and inappropriate employment.
Now, Wang Gui died like this, and his death was so dramatic.
This will be spread to the remote military states and the ears of those ignorant Cuoda.
What would they think?
Could anyone make any assumptions and even think that Wang Gui was forced to death by her, the Queen Mother?
Before the bones of the Daxing Emperor were cold, he forced his prime minister to die!
The more the Empress Dowager thought about it, the more wrong she became.
So he immediately sent Liang Weijian to inform Zeng Bu in the Academy of Academic Affairs, and ordered Zeng Bu to wait for the edict in Jiying Palace.
Of course, her name is: to study for the emperor and consult bachelors.
…
For Zeng Bu, the past short period of less than a month was another happy time in his life.
Not only did he gain the trust of the Empress Dowager, he often summoned him to consult him on the Spring and Autumn Classics.
In the court, there were also changes that made him happy.
When the new king came to the throne, he was ordered by Emperor Daxing to abolish the Market Change Law, the Equalization Law, and to bring out the Embankment Department to buy it.
In this way, it would no longer be wrong for him to announce that he had stabbed Wang Anshi, the man who promoted him, in the back.
This is called foresight, and it is also called sticking to the right path.
This is the behavior of a gentleman!
Therefore, not only can what happened back then no longer become a political burden for him, but no one can accuse him of betrayal.
Even the emperors of Daxing felt that the Market Change Law and the Uniform Loss Law were wrong, and they specially left it to the new king to abolish it, and to treat it as a grace and send it to all the people in the world.
Is there anyone wiser than Emperor Daxing?
Therefore, at this time, Zeng Bu was so proud of the spring breeze that he was suffering from horse hoof disease and had to go see all the flowers in Bianjing.
So, when Zeng Bu was summoned to Jiying Hall again this afternoon, he did so with expectations for the future.
…
"Your Majesty, Hanlin Scholar Bu, I wish the Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother long blessings!" Zeng Bu calmly held his hat and worshiped the Empress Dowager sitting in the curtain as usual.
In the process, Zeng Bu discovered it out of the corner of his eye.
Most of the female officials and ministers who served in Jiying Palace in the past were not present.
In front of the Empress Dowager, there was only one Liang Weijian and three or five female officials serving her.
"Bachelor is exempt from the gift!" Although the tone of the Empress Dowager inside the curtain sounded relatively calm, her tone was a little different from usual: "Liang Weijian, go and offer a seat to Bachelor Zeng!"
"only!"
Soon a chair was moved in front of Zeng Bu.
After Zeng Bu thanked him, he sat down with a cup of tea.
The Queen Mother did not ask him directly as usual, but once again ordered Liang Weijian to give him tea.
Zeng Bu noticed this detail immediately.
Therefore, while respectfully accepting the gift of tea, he thanked the Empress Dowager and said, "The Empress Dowager treats me so favorably, and I really have nothing to repay, so I can only dedicate what I have learned throughout my life to the Empress Dowager to help the Empress Dowager support her." The official family has achieved a good reputation in history!"
When the Empress Dowager heard what Zeng Bu said, she liked it very much and immediately said: "Scholar Zeng has been helping me recently, giving more scriptures and saying more about the righteous words of saints. When the officials grow up in the future, I will definitely tell this matter." With the officials! I will never let the bachelor’s hard work go to waste!”
"Don't dare!" Zeng Bu immediately bowed his hands and thanked: "It is my duty to assist the Empress Dowager. It is also my duty as a Hanlin scholar and a Ci minister of the Tian family!"
"As for the Empress Dowager using the words I submitted to teach the officials, I... really don't dare to take credit! Nor do I dare to praise the Empress Dowager like this!"
"In fact, all the things I have done are nothing but trivial things, just like the hardworking man in the market who carries goods for others..."
"Can Lifu expect anything other than wages when he carries goods for others?"
"Although I am vulgar, I also know that what I am doing is that hard work. I am just sorting out the original contents of the sage's scriptures and presenting them to the Queen Mother!"
"The one who really teaches the officials, who really protects and supports the officials, is the Empress Dowager, and it can only be the Empress Dowager!"
Zeng Bu's words were very helpful to the Empress Dowager, and she immediately sighed with emotion: "The bachelor really has the humility of the ancient gentlemen!"
"Those who don't know how to advance or retreat should really learn from the bachelor!"
Zeng Bu's ears twitched and he quickly lowered his head.
Who is that person who doesn't know how to advance or retreat?
Anyway, it won't be Zeng Zixuan.
Then I heard the Empress Dowager say in the curtain: "I summoned the bachelor today, but I want to ask the bachelor a question..."
"I respectfully listen to your merciful decree!" Zeng Bu immediately bent down with his hand in hand, pretending to be listening attentively.
The Empress Dowager inside the curtain looked at the humble Zeng Bu in the palace, couldn't help but nodded, and then asked: "I wonder if the bachelor has heard about the violent death of Duke Xun, the Prime Minister of the Left, today?"
"The Prime Minister of the Left, Duke Xi, has passed away?" Zeng Bu was surprised. This was something he didn't know yet.
After all, Wang Gui's death was only two or three hours ago, and the Wang family was still in chaos.
Although countless citizens have gathered around the Wang family to watch the excitement, Zeng Bu has been in the Academy these days and has never even returned to his home in Bianjing.
The special closed environment of the Bachelor's College prevented him from knowing what was happening in the outside world in a timely manner.
The Empress Dowager sighed and asked Liang Weijian to tell Zeng Bu about the matter.
After Liang Weijian finished the introduction, she asked: "Wang Gui is guilty, and everyone in the government and the public knows that Wang Gui has corrupted the laws of his ancestors, appointed private individuals, and amassed money... In addition, this rebellious minister is actually... The people in the capital hall are talking nonsense and saying those treasonous things!"
"Now that he is dead, I don't know whether to continue pursuing the case or stop here!"
"A bachelor is a Hanlin poet and is familiar with the allusions of the country. Do you know how your ancestors would deal with such a rebellious official?"
When Zeng Bu heard this, he didn't know that the Empress Dowager was not asking him what to do after Wang Gui's death.
The Empress Dowager was just asking him: Wang Gui is dead now, Bachelor, can you find a reason for me to continue to hold him accountable!
This is a little bit difficult to handle.
Because since the founding of the Song Dynasty, people have been talking about eliminating debts.
Especially since Renmiao, if the convicted Prime Minister is dead, as long as he asks the county to go out, there is a high probability that everything can be written off.
Maybe in a few years, the officials will remember how good this minister is, and a piece of white linen paper will be able to recall him to the court again.
But it doesn’t matter. I can’t find it in this court. You can find the basis from the scriptures of the saints!
Isn’t this how the sages’ scriptures are used?
When you need it, pick it up; when you don't need it, throw it aside.
Zeng Bu just thought for a moment and then went on to say: "I want to inform Her Majesty the Empress Dowager: Since the beginning of the dynasty, although the prime minister has not been killed and the prime minister has not been deeply sinned, I heard that the poem said: Instead of punishing him, he will cause trouble later. This is Duke Zhou punished Cai Zhidao!"
"But..."
Of course Zeng Bu was also afraid that if Wang Gui was brought to the end, as long as what he said here today spreads out, people in the world would expel him from the rank of scholar-bureaucrat.
Therefore, I also tried to find a supplement: "The Analects of Confucius said: Don't talk about things when they are done, don't admonish when things are done, and let bygones be bygones!"
This confused the Empress Dowager and she asked: "What do you mean by the bachelor?"
"Confirm his crime and report it to the world. This is his punishment. After his death, trouble will be prevented before it happens, so that the world will know the behavior of this rebellious official!" Zeng Bu said: "However, if we stop here and do not inflict any crime on his descendants, this is a saint who does not take responsibility for the past. The true meaning is also taboo for the Venerable!"
Zeng Bu explained it like this, and the Empress Dowager immediately understood.
Because she still knew the origin of the Analects of Confucius: Don’t talk about things when they are done, don’t admonish when things are done, and let things go bygones. It was because Zaiwo talked about the purpose of Emperor Zhou planting chestnut trees outside to make the people fear and tremble, so Confucius was not happy, so Having said those words, the Confucian scholar-officials derived the great meaning that saints should be taboo for the emperor, for the venerable, and for parents.
Now Zeng Bu is telling her with this - Wang Gui can be convicted, but if he continues to pursue the case, the face of Emperor Daxing may be damaged, and the dignity of the scholar-bureaucrats in the world may also be harmed.
Just click and stop.
The Empress Dowager thought about it and felt that what Zeng Bu said made sense.
So, he said: "What the bachelor said is very suitable for me!"
This chapter is relatively slow to write, and the third chapter may be a little later~
(End of chapter)
