After the official left, the ministers gathered together in twos and threes. Kong Chong heard Yan Shu say from behind: "Master Kong, your Majesty is still young, so there is no need to be so anxious about this matter."
Kong Chong twitched his lips: "The official family is still young, but no prince has been born yet. Even if he is born, what if he is like the previous princes? There will be no successors to the Song Dynasty, wouldn't it? It’s dangerous!”
Han Qi happened to pass by Kong Chong and said to Kong Chong: "Master Kong, these words are really alarmist."
"Everyone knows whether this is alarmist or not. It's just that you don't dare to mention it. I, Kong Junfei, don't care. At worst, I will be dismissed from office by His Majesty, but there is no room for delay in the matter of the Crown Prince."
Just as Gu Qingjue was about to go on duty at the Privy Council, he was pulled back by Cao Zhan.
"Hey, Master Gu, don't walk so fast!"
"Master Cao, I will be on duty today."
Cao Zhan ran forward in small steps, just to talk to Gu Qingjue: "It's just a matter of a few words, even if I have to be on duty, I can't delay you."
Helpless, Gu Qingjue had no choice but to stop and look at Cao Zhan: "Master Cao, what advice do you have?"
"How dare I give you any advice? You are the top scholar in the Sanyuan exam. I just want to discuss it with you. Do you think what Privy Minister Sun said just now makes sense?"
"Master Cao, I think it's useless, but His Majesty thinks so."
Cao Zhan continued with a smile: "During this period, I went to Baifanlou to drink, and I always bumped into many colleagues. I listened to them talking about His Majesty's appointment of the crown prince. Cao felt that what some people said was quite reasonable."
"Master Cao."
Gu Qingjue stopped and said in a more serious tone: "I think it's better to talk less about this matter based on our official positions."
After speaking, he strode forward.
No more arguing with Cao Zhan.
After Gu Qingjue was out of sight, Cao Zhan slowly started walking again towards the palace gate.
There was no longer a smile on his face, and he looked thoughtful.
When Cao Zhan returned to Cao Mansion, he immediately talked to his wife about going to court today.
After the Cao family became a military general, his grandfather Cao Bin was expanded by the Northern Song Dynasty and made great military exploits. Although Cao Zhan was not a direct branch of the Cao family, he was also called Cao Bin's grandfather.
Cao Zhan's grandfather was Cao Bin's younger brother.
His branch separated from the direct branch very early, and now he got this official position entirely by himself.
However, some people still feel that their official position depends on the influence of the current queen.
Cao Zhanbiao was dissatisfied.
Cao Zhan's wife Wen Chuying was the daughter of Wen Yanbo, the magistrate of Yizhou.
Wen Yanbo has a reputation in the court as being upright, punishing evil and promoting good. Not only that, he is also very clever.
Not long after the war between Xixia and the Song Dynasty, after the Battle of Sanchuankou, Huang Dehe, who escaped from the battle, falsely accused Liu Ping of surrendering to Xixia, and bribed Liu Ping's servants with heavy sums of money to give false testimony, saying that Liu Ping had surrendered to treason.
For this reason, more than 200 people in Liu Ping's family were imprisoned.
The official ordered Wen Yanbo to set up a court in Hezhong Mansion to hear the case.
After many investigations, Wen Yanbo finally understood the truth of the matter. It was Huang Dehe who escaped before the battle, which led to the defeat and capture of Shi Yuansun deployed by Liu Ping and Fu Yan.
It was not surrender to Xixia as Huang Dehe said.
However, Huang Dehe had many accomplices and was a confidant of Kong Chong. After Wen Yanbo found out about the matter, some people even tried to overturn Wen Yanbo's trial results. Kong Chong even wrote to the officials and asked him to go to Hezhong to handle the matter in person. case.
However, Yu Jing, who was not an admonisher at the time, pushed him back.
Wen Yanbo also wrote from Hezhong, saying: "Privy Envoy Kong was worried that the case would not be successful, so he wanted to come to Hezhong, but now that the case has been tried and settled, there is no need to come. If there are doubts about this case, I, Wen Yanbo, am willing to take responsibility." "
Therefore, Kong Chong did not go there.
The final result was that Huang Dehe and the slave who had perjured himself were executed.
Soon after, Wen Yanbo took up the post of deputy envoy of Hedong transportation as a direct official.
Soon after taking office, he started to repair the old grain transportation road that was half built by the previous dynasty outside the Yincheng River, and also stored a large amount of grain and grass. It happened that Li Yuanhao led his troops to invade. After learning that Linzhou's grain and grass reserves were very rich, he directly Withdrawn.
This matter was greatly praised by officials, who praised him for his foresight.
Soon after, Wen Yanbo was appointed as the transfer envoy of the capital. During his tenure, he made many extraordinary achievements and was promoted to Longtuge, Privy Councilor, and Qinzhou Magistrate.
In short, Wen Yanbo's official career was smooth sailing.
Not long ago, he was promoted to the magistrate of Yizhou.
During his tenure, one day he was playing football in the official residence, and there was a lot of noise outside. When Wen Yanbo inquired, he found out that it was a soldier who was whipping a soldier, but the soldier refused to admit guilt.
Wen Yanbo called the man in and asked what happened. It turned out that the soldier went out privately while on duty and had sex with a widow. He hurriedly returned from outside when the soldier commander inspected the post.
The soldier insisted that he had just gone to the toilet and had not gone out.
After Wen Yanbo heard this, he asked the soldier to continue whipping him, but the soldier was still stubborn and said that he wanted the soldier to provide evidence that he was out, otherwise he would be abusing the criminal law.
Wen Yanbo didn't say anything, and immediately beheaded the soldiers.
This matter was discussed for a long time at that time. Some people felt that Wen Yanbo handled it too much. However, when the matter reached the ears of the officials, they were praised by them.
There is such a father, and his eldest daughter Wen Chuying is like a tiger father and a dog daughter. She is not only upright, but also has an exceptionally good brain.
Anyway, Cao Zhan would come back to discuss everything with his beloved wife.
"Madam, do you think this Gu Ziyuan really doesn't care about these things, or is he telling me this on purpose?"
"Husband, what do you think?"
Cao Zhan said: "I tried to test him, but he was very cautious and didn't say anything that was out of line."
Wen Chuying shook her head helplessly, stretched out her hand as white as jade, and poked Cao Zhan on the forehead: "You, you, you, you still tested him, who is he? Before taking the provincial examination, he used his own strength to , fought against the famous scholars of Xixia, and was personally named Young Master Huanlin by the official family. Later, he passed the third Yuan Dynasty. His mind is very powerful. I'm afraid he will know what you are thinking as soon as you speak out."
"So powerful? I don't believe it!"
Cao Zhan said: "I have checked his life experience. Although I don't know the true identity of his parents, but no matter what, he is a child of an ordinary farmer. No matter how knowledgeable he is, he will be able to combine all parties when he first enters the officialdom. Can the power see so clearly?"
He can't even see through it.
If it hadn't been for his wife's advice, he wouldn't have known how many times he had been tricked and how many times he had fallen into a trap.
"Can the husband check on the unmarried wife of this new top scholar?"
Cao Zhan didn't care when he heard this: "What's there to investigate? Colleagues have already discussed it. Some people even set up a gambling bureau in Baifanlou to bet on when he will reject the marriage."
Chapter 2 Here you go, good night~
