To say that the person who was as confused as Cao Wu was Yu Tianlun, the minister of Honglu Temple.
Yu Tianlun was dumbfounded.
You, Qianqiying, want to attack Honglu Temple. Why are you doing this to Lao Cao? What happened to Lao Cao?
Tao Shaozhang didn't care what the confused Cao Wu and Yu Tianlun thought, and explained the situation of the Lake Girl tribe in detail.
How many people have died in the Hu Nu tribe, how many achievements have they made, and how have they been manipulated by the court?
So why was Lao Cao impeached? The reason is very simple. Regarding the Hunv tribe, the Office of Rites has records.
According to the wishes of Emperor Changling at that time, Honglu Temple was specifically responsible for this matter and settled the Hunv tribe. However, too many problems occurred in the later period and the powers of Honglu Temple were dispersed. Therefore, from a procedural point of view, the person responsible for this matter was The Ministry of Rites.
In the second year, the Ministry of Rites also mentioned the resettlement issue of the Hunv tribe several times in court.
As a result, because the war had just ended, the treasury was empty and the court was stretched thin. The court did not take it seriously. However, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were relatively responsible at the time and issued an order to ask the Donghai Shangyun Dao Prefecture to first send money and food to the Hunu tribe to measure the land. The Fan people of the Hunu tribe are also allowed to leave Hucheng, and their treatment is basically the same as that of the Han people.
But the problem is that many government orders change when they reach the local level.
When the Japanese thieves wanted to annex the Three Roads of the East China Sea, they secretly contacted many aristocratic families and even divided the profit cake. Unexpectedly, a Lake Girl tribe suddenly appeared and was beaten away by the Japanese thieves.
It can't be said that it ruined the good things of the Donghai family. At least it caused those Donghai families to suffer a lot of losses.
The officials of Donghai Shangyundao must be looking at the faces of these aristocratic families.
When the aristocratic families in the East China Sea saw how fierce and powerful the Hu Nu tribe was, how could they support such a group of people in their own territory? Isn't this a danger of raising tigers?
In the end, this led to this situation. The court had no money to take care of it, but the local government didn't want to take care of it. The court's arrears meant that it owed people money and food for more than 70 years.
So now when people are held accountable, the first one to bear the brunt is the Ministry of Rites, for three reasons.
First, the Ministry of Rites has relevant records, but no one cares about it or mentions it. If it is not the Minister of Rites, what is the vegetarian meal of Cao Wu's corpse?
Second, if someone from the Hunu tribe came and went to Honglu Temple, then Honglu Temple should report it to the Ministry of Rites, which is still the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites.
Third, Cao Wu had to tear Chu Qing apart every day, so the matter of the Lake Girl Tribe must be Cao Wu's responsibility.
Of course, Tao Shaozhang did not mention the third point, but mainly focused on the first and second points.
How could Huang Laosi not know about the situation Tao Shaozhang mentioned? He even knew it better than Tao Shaozhang.
In order to perform well this time, Tao Shaozhang spent the whole night checking information and was fully prepared. In addition, Cao Wu was caught off guard, and no official from the Ministry of Rites stood up to refute.
Another thing is that the officials of the Ministry of Rites are a little confused. What happened to Lao Cao today? Just now he had to play himself. So should we go up or not? After we go up, should we play Tao Shaozhang or you?
"This Lake Girl tribe..." Huang Laosi said: "I have also heard about it. They are brave and good at fighting."
Isn't he brave and good at fighting? When Cao Hu's father was standing on the city wall, he almost jumped down and chopped his fourth son alive.
"Cao Shangshu."
Huang Laosi frowned and said: "Although it is an old thing, the imperial court does owe a lot to the Hunv tribe, and other government offices are just that. But your Ministry of Rites has recorded it, so why did you turn a blind eye."
Cao Wu finally came to his senses.
He was tricked, tricked by Chu Qing!
Thinking of this, Cao Wu felt his teeth itch with hatred.
Fortunately, I met you last night and said nice things to you, and also taught you the principles of officialdom, but in the end you...well, you still made the wrong payment after all.
"His Majesty."
Cao Wu lowered his head, cursing his mother in his heart, but he could only admit his mistake honestly: "About the Lake Girl Tribe, it was my negligence."
"negligence?"
Tao Shaozhang turned around and sneered: "The former ministers of the Ministry of Rites, Zhou Youwei and Zhang Songling, are they also the negligence of Mr. Cao? He is also negligent today, he is negligent tomorrow, he is negligent day by day, he is negligent every year. Mr. Cao is the minister of the Ministry of Rites. , so negligent, what is it if it’s not a corpse-like meal?”
He beat people without slapping them in the face, scolded people without cursing their mothers, impeached the Minister of Rites without mentioning the minister, Cao Wu became anxious.
"It's true that Zhou Youwei and Zhang Songling are my ministers in the Ministry of Rites, but I work hard day and night, bending over the documents all day long. They don't have eight eyes, let alone four hands. They have no skills at all. It's hard to return them. Being able to know the daily whereabouts of all the officials under the Ministry of Rites, the Qianqi Camp should be the one responsible for supervising all officials!"
After all, he got into the role of Minister, and Cao Wu is not a vegetarian. When I think about Chu Qing, since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!
Seeing that the spearhead was pointed directly at Qianqi Camp, Tao Yao, the prince's young master, was not happy.
If you troll my son, that's fine. I'll pretend I didn't see it. After all, we have a good relationship in private. But if you troll my uncle, I won't be able to bear it anymore.
"Joke!" Tao Yao flicked his official sleeve: "Cao Shangshu, what does this have to do with Qianqiying? The emperor's personal army is not to supervise hundreds of officials, but to inspect treason and injustice. If it is as you said, Qianqiying can supervise Officials, okay, I will report to Your Majesty that it is your Minister of Rites who insists on letting Qianqiying keep an eye on you officials of the Ministry of Rites day and night."
All the officials in the Ministry of Rites turned pale with fright, fearing that Cao Wu would nod.
Fortunately, Cao Wu was not stupid and quickly defended: "That's not what I meant, it's just that what Tao Shaoqing said makes no sense."
Tao Yao retreated.
If you spray my son, then go ahead.
Huang Laosi's head was buzzing as he watched the people on both sides arguing.
The night before yesterday, he specially asked Sun An to ask Jiang Yuesheng. Jiang Yuesheng said that Cao Wu had given in and was going to help Chu Qing to destroy the family. What's going on? Why is there still internal strife?
Turning to look at Sun An, the old eunuch was also confused.
That's right, Jiang Yuesheng said that Cao Wu was scared. What's going on?
Seeing the quarrel between the two parties, Huang Laosi waved his hand.
"Shut up, everyone. The Ministry of Rites has been negligent. Today, at court, the Ministry of Rites will quickly draft a charter regarding the resettlement of the Hunu tribe, copy the Ding household register, and send troops to Hucheng before the end of the year to measure the land and distribute money and food without delay. , there must be no mistake.”
After a pause, Huang Laosi looked at Cao Wu, slightly dissatisfied.
"Something went wrong today, and something went wrong tomorrow. Cao Wu, how did you become the Minister of Rites? If there is another time, please resign and leave the court!"
This is very serious. It cannot be said that the emperor announced the end of an official's political career. Basically, it is a suspended sentence or a sentence outside prison. Don't make any mistakes again. If you make another mistake, you will have to be punished.
The reason why Huang Laosi said this was because he had a strong balance in his heart.
He didn't know why Chu Qing broke up with Cao Wu again, but he instinctively believed in Chu Qing and believed that Chu Qing must have a reason for doing this.
Of course, Chu Qing usually does things for a reason. The problem is that he can't stop Tao Shaozhang from causing trouble.
After the court was over, Cao Wu had a look of defeat on his face, the anger in his chest had calmed down, and the rest was filled with emotion.
He finally "figured out" one thing, why Chu Qing could hold a high position as the commander of Qianqi Camp at such a young age.
This method is indeed unpredictable.
First, paralyze me and make me let down my guard, and then kill me with one blow!
What Cao Wu was most moved about was Chu Qing's "acting skills."
When I thought of Chu Qing and myself strolling by the Liuhe River yesterday, I couldn't see any flaws, and I couldn't tell that this kid was trying to mess with me.
