Kong Chong immediately picked up the wat from the ground: "My hand slipped and I disturbed Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."
Zhao Zhen nodded and said to Imperial Physician Chu: "Then ask Imperial Physician Chu to prescribe a prescription so that he can get well as soon as possible. Gu Qing is a rare talent."
Zhao Zhen asked Fuji to stay and take care of Gu Qingjue, and he took the ministers back to the main hall to attend court.
I wonder if Gu Qingjue fainted, but there was very little going on today.
The court dispersed within half an hour.
Zhao Zhen came to the side hall alone this time.
Fuji moved a chair, and after Zhao Zhen sat down, Gu Qingjue opened his eyes.
Zhao Zhen looked at Gu Qingjue with great interest and said, "Gu Qing made a scene like fainting. How can you sing it?"
"Snatching the enemy from the grass, and an opportunity to face His Majesty alone without others knowing."
Zhao Zhen looked at Gu Qingjue like this for a while, and then winked at Fuji. Fuji immediately bowed and left the side hall, and sent everyone outside the side hall away.
"Don't worry, the fact that I came here alone today will not be spread. If you have anything, you can tell me."
"Your Majesty, please read this letter first."
Gu Qingjue took out an envelope from his sleeve. When Zhao Zhen took the letter out, there was only a corner of the envelope. It turned out that this small piece was the letter paper that had not been completely burned during the destruction.
The unburned corner of the letter was written on the name that the Xixia leader Li Yuanhao changed after he became emperor - Weiming Xiaoxiao.
Zhao Zhen's expression changed obviously.
His gentle eyes became sharp: "Where did it come from?"
"Kong Mansion!"
The veins on Zhao Zhen's forehead throbbed happily, and the muscles in his cheeks were trembling: "I thought he just wanted to keep his position from being merged and was uncooperative with government affairs. I didn't expect him to be so courageous."
"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that I'm framing you?"
"You have no conflict of interest with him. Even if Kong Chong falls, the position of Privy Councilor will not be yours."
"His Majesty."
Gu Qingjue sat up from the bed, his lips no longer as pale as before: "I am not targeting Kong Chong to take his position, but because I have a personal grudge!"
Zhao Zhen asked doubtfully: "Private enmity? You are from Jiangning Prefecture, and Kong Chong is from Kyoto..."
The new top scholar he appointed was subject to political review.
Gu Qingjue's father was from the Gu family in Jiangning Prefecture. He had known this for a long time, but the Gu family and the Kong family had never interacted with each other. How could there be a personal feud?
"Your Majesty, my father and mother were killed by the Gu family. The family of Weichen's master Zeng Shengji was framed to death by Kong Chong. Just yesterday, Gu Mingjue went to find Kong Chong. I don't know what they talked about in secret. I didn't know. For a long time, it has been rumored that Weichen and Your Majesty have known each other for a long time, and that Weichen, the number one scholar, has long been favored by Your Majesty."
Zhao Zhen squinted his eyes, wondering what he was thinking.
After about half a quarter of an hour, Zhao Zhen said: "So, you framed your boss because of personal enmity?"
"Your Majesty, if it is just a personal enmity, Ziyuan is confident that there are many ways to make Kong Chong pay for him. Ziyuan said so much because he wanted to let your majesty know about my involvement with them. Today I met with your majesty in private because of what I said before. That sentence: to alert the snake to the grass.”
"What do you mean by Gu Qing's words?"
At this time, Gu Qingjue suddenly lifted his robe and knelt at Zhao Zhen's feet: "Your Majesty, what I said next has no evidence, but I saw it with my own eyes. Four days ago, I received news that Kong Chong was in Yichun Yuan was harboring Xixia Xizuo and wanted to find out. It was discovered that he was not only injured by their crossbow, but also poisoned. In the past few days, I have been detoxifying in the Wuji Sect. The news that I was seriously ill was deliberately revealed by my son. Listen to it with Kong Chong."
"Did Xingjun Maoze take you there?"
"yes."
Zhao Zhen said: "No wonder I wanted to invite Mr. Maoze Xing to dinner a few days ago, but Pan Gongyan said that he suddenly went out in a hurry."
At this moment, Zhao Zhen didn't know the number of people in Xizuo. When Gu Qingjue told the number of people in Xizuo that Kong Chong was harboring, the envelope and the small piece of letter paper that Zhao Zhen was holding fell to the ground.
"How many did you say?"
"About three thousand people."
Zhao Zhen got up angrily and paced back and forth, but this was really unable to offset his anger, and he kicked over the chair he was sitting on.
"This is unreasonable, it is simply audacious."
"Your Majesty, I have no conclusive evidence, so I can only inform Your Majesty in this way, hoping that Your Majesty will be more vigilant. Xixia's decision to negotiate peace with our court is most likely just a delaying tactic."
Zhao Zhen held his chest angrily.
He also thought that the Xixia problem would be solved by the end of the year at the latest.
Unexpectedly, they still retained such a hand.
If we relax our vigilance, these three thousand meticulous works will turn the entire Kyoto upside down. Just thinking about it will make Zhao Zhen break out in cold sweat.
"Gu Qing, you haven't recovered yet, please get up first."
"If I hadn't visited Yichun Garden at night and reported it directly to His Majesty, I might have been able to kill them all. In the final analysis, I acted recklessly."
Zhao Zhen helped Gu Qingjue up, who was unwilling to get up, and said, "How can I blame you for this?"
How would you know there would be so many people if you didn't investigate.
If the big fight fails, Kong Chong may act in advance, and what will happen then.
Although he was still shocked now, as long as he pretended not to know, Kong Chong might do something fatal in a short while, so that they would have time to prepare.
The two of them talked in the side hall for a full hour.
On the second day, Gu Mingjue was suddenly promoted in the court hall.
Kong Chong was stunned for a while.
What's going on? Why did the official promote Gu Mingjue before he even opened his mouth?
It couldn't be that Gu Mingjue had already hooked up with someone else and took the secret letter just to have one more choice.
This old man...
After going to court, Kong Chong returned to the mansion depressedly, and called Dai Feihe over to the study as soon as he arrived.
"Fortunately, you advised me not to take action yesterday. Otherwise, I would have been tricked by that old man Gu Mingjue."
Dai Feihe's brows moved slightly and he remained silent.
Kong Chong didn't expect Dai Feihe to say anything, but continued: "Today, the officials suddenly announced to the court that Gu Mingjue was promoted to Privy Councilor, and he was promoted to two levels."
As the name suggests, the Privy Council Bachelor is also affiliated with the Privy Council, and its full name is the Privy Council Bachelor.
In the beginning, this position was a temporary post. It was not until the third year of Tiancheng in the previous dynasty that Privy Council Scholars had the right to participate in political affairs and began to gradually encroach on the rights of the Privy Council.
This allows direct bachelors of the Privy Council to restrict the rights of the Privy Council envoys when participating in political affairs.
Later, the position of Bachelor of Duanming Palace was established, which was similar to the position of Bachelor of Privy Council.
In the Taizu Dynasty, Taizu awarded Zhao Pu and Lu Yuqing the positions of Privy Council Bachelor and Duanming Palace Bachelor. When the Song Dynasty was first established, they played a significant role in stabilizing the political power.
Therefore, Taizu attaches great importance to it.
