After listening to Yang Kai's story, Changsheng took the teacup handed over by Datou and said with a smile, "Actually, they were right. I did not treat everyone equally when I was rectifying the administration of officials, and I did not ask the three provinces for approval before punishing Jeju officials. .”
Yang Kai said, "Your Majesty, I don't know something. When those ministers came out to report, they were righteous and stern. They spoke impassionedly and their spit flew everywhere, which meant that they would die to remonstrate. Moreover, they all regarded themselves as loyal ministers, and they actually compared Your Majesty to others." As Lai Junchen, Li Linfu and his like, in addition to the two major crimes of bending the law for personal gain and abusing power, also criticized Your Excellency for being a flatterer. At present, the disaster situation is serious and the war is urgent. Your Excellency ignores the life and death of thousands of victims and puts the military supplies of the New Army behind. He allocated excessive amounts of silver to supply the inner government, and misled the emperor and the country with his lustful behavior."
Yang Kai was furious, but Changsheng laughed out loud, "Haha, I heard that we sent a bloody horse to the emperor, so that's why we said this."
Datou was also furious when he listened, "A group of rotten civil servants who are just looking for fame and reputation are short-sighted and self-righteous, ignorant of state affairs and unreasonable. They only want to show their integrity and gain a good reputation..."
Changsheng waved his hand at Datou, then turned to Yang Kai and asked, "They participated in my performance, who came forward to refute it?"
Yang Kai took the teacup handed over by Da Tou and put it on several tables, "The first to come out was the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, followed by the Minister of Dali Temple, and then the officials of the Fourth Department of Libing, Gongxing, and Punishment and some officials from the inner government came out one after another. The two sides were tit-for-tat, and the words were fierce, and in the end they almost had a quarrel in the main hall."
Changsheng took a sip of tea, put down the cup and asked, "What is the emperor's reaction?"
"The emperor's face is not very good," Yang Kai said, "The emperor has never selected concubines since he ascended the throne, and now he is about to select concubines and fill the harem. They are impeaching you at this juncture, which is tantamount to accusing the emperor of being indulging in sensuality and slacking off. It’s state affairs.”
"Damn, it's true that they say useless scholars are useless. They can't do anything but embarrass those who do it." Da Tou was filled with indignation, "Sir, I'll arrest them all."
"Okay, go ahead." Changsheng said casually.
Datou did not expect Changsheng to agree with his idea. He was not sure whether Changsheng was joking or really agreed, "Really?"
"Well," Changsheng nodded, "Actually, what they said is correct. It's just a rigid dogma and they have never seen it from a high level. Although we are rectifying the government at the moment, we cannot strictly investigate and deal with it. Otherwise, I am afraid that all the officials in the world will be punished. Catch them. As for Jeju, we must kill chickens and scare monkeys to scare local officials, otherwise these local officials lack awe of the court. Their mistake is that they should not tell the truth when they should not. These people must be punished Punishment, otherwise others will follow suit in the future.”
"Okay, I'll go get someone right now." Da Tou stood up from his seat and waved to Yang Kai, "Let's go."
Seeing Yang Kai tilting his head in confusion, Datou frowned and clicked his tongue, "I haven't gone to court, and I don't know who to arrest."
After finishing speaking, Yang Kai turned to look at Chang Sheng again, "They impeached the adults during the morning court. If we go to arrest them after the court is over, will they be criticized?"
Changsheng smiled and said, "This is not the first time I have done something similar. My reputation has been bad for a long time. In fact, my reputation has never been good. They say that if a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, and if a person is beautiful in the crowd, it will be destroyed." It must be said that from the moment I was specially appointed by the emperor, most of the officials began to hate me. Since then, as I have been promoted one after another, there have been even more people who hate me. If there are too many lice and they don't bite, I don't care anymore. "
After hearing Chang Sheng's words, Yang Kai picked up the tea cup and drank the tea inside, then stood up and went out with Da Tou.
"Hey," Changsheng called out to the two of them, "these officials dare to speak out and give advice, which shows that they have nothing too wrong, at least they have not been corrupt. However, people have selfish motives, and they will definitely make mistakes and mistakes when serving as officials in the government. If they make mistakes, pick a small problem and hand them over to the officials, who will send them to the local government to serve as magistrates, no, let them be county magistrates. With their little vision, they can only be small county officials."
The two of them should have left and summoned the police to pick up the man.
Changsheng went out alone to go to the Ni family's largest pharmacy in the city.
The Ni family has many pharmacies in Chang'an, and Changsheng's is the largest one. Both the shopkeeper and the clerk recognized him, and immediately greeted him respectfully into the inner house when he arrived.
Changsheng asked for paper and pen to write in a deep voice. What he wrote were the names of the medicines and the required quantities. In addition to nearly a hundred kinds of medicines, there were also some utensils including medicine rollers, which he had to prepare himself.
Commonly used medicines nowadays are mixed and stewed. In addition, there are also medicines that can be ground into powder and taken directly. The most sophisticated method is to make pills. After making them, they are sealed with wax. When necessary, the wax seal can be directly crushed and swallowed. This is the second largest medicine. A way of using elixirs.
The reason why elixirs are so powerful is because the high temperature during elixir refining burns away all the useless parts of the medicine, leaving only the most useful medicinal properties. Therefore, a bean-sized elixir may contain the medicinal properties of dozens of packets of herbs. .
It's a pity that the technique of alchemy has been lost at this time, and Qianjin Yifang only mentions some superficial details without giving all the details.
After writing down what he needed, Chang Sheng stood up and left. After the medicine shop had prepared what he needed, he would send someone to the Yushitai.
Changsheng then rode to the Ministry of Rites on horseback. On the way, he happened to encounter Yang Kai and Datou leading the police to arrest someone. Changsheng did not speak to the two of them, but turned into a small road to avoid them.
The Minister of Rites had said kind words to Changsheng in the early dynasty. After Changsheng arrived, he had to thank others. The highest status among the six departments was the Personnel Department. No matter what dynasty the Personnel Department was, the Personnel Department was always at the front because the Personnel Department was responsible for the inspection and appointment of officials. . Ranked second is the Ministry of Husbandry, and the Ministry of Rites ranks third among the six. In the peaceful and prosperous times, the Ministry of Rites had a very high status, because they were not only responsible for all celebrations and etiquette, but also took care of the education of the people and foreign affairs. However, in troubled times, the Ministry of Rites has little status, because in troubled times, martial arts prevail, and people will only listen to your reasoning if you can beat them. If you cannot beat them, who will listen to your etiquette and enlightenment.
The Minister of Rites is an old man, and he is very happy with the arrival of Changsheng. Changsheng is currently in the limelight, and he is a popular person around the emperor. He has great power and is a very popular minister. The most important thing is that Changsheng is still in charge of money, while the Ministry of Rites is poor. to death.
Regarding the warm hospitality given by the Minister of Rites, Changsheng knew very well that the other party had intentions, but he did not feel disgusted because the Minister of Rites had intentions for him. As a person, he is not afraid that others have intentions for him, but he is afraid that he has nothing. Let someone else figure it out.
There was almost a fifty-year age difference between the two of them, so naturally they couldn't talk together. Changsheng knew that the other party was hesitating and making twists and turns just to get money, so he took the initiative to ask the Ministry of Rites what difficulties he had.
The Minister of Rites was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly asked for help: how much was needed to compile the book, how much was needed to pay the arrears of salary, how much was needed to purchase various ritual utensils, and how much was needed to repair the post house.
Hearing the Minister of Rites talk about the post house, Chang Sheng suddenly remembered something and offered to go to the post house to see it.
The post hall is different from the post station. The post house is a place where the Ministry of Rites entertains foreign envoys. In fact, since the Anshi Rebellion, the national power of the Tang Dynasty has begun to decline rapidly. Foreign vassals have gradually reduced the number of visits and tributes to the dynasty. By this time, there were no Several foreign countries came to pay tribute, and occasionally some small countries that couldn't be named came to pay tribute and ask for money and food under the guise of paying tribute.
The Changsheng inspection post was just a cover. His real purpose was to find officials from the Ministry of Rites who could speak Japanese. The post was responsible for receiving foreign envoys. There must be officials and servants in the post who could speak various languages.
After walking around the post house, Changsheng said goodbye and left. Naturally, he would not forget to borrow the book, but he could not move the book. Huo Qubing's deeds were mainly recorded in historical records. There are several parts recording Huo Qubing's deeds alone. It weighs ten kilograms. The Ministry of Rites will then send someone to deliver the book.
Returning to the Yushitai, Changsheng began to look through the files recording the situation of Beijing officials. In order not to arouse suspicion, he had just written down the name of the seventh-grade official in the post house. This person's surname was Chen Mingmiao, a fourth-grade official. A middle-aged man in his teens, he was the one who translated when Japanese envoys and envoys to the Tang Dynasty arrived. He spoke Japanese fluently.
Since he would have to deal with the Japanese in the future, Chang Sheng was determined to learn the Japanese language, but he didn't want others to know about it. He was now in a high position and attracted much attention. No matter what he did or where he went, it would be difficult to do it. To keep it secret, the only way to ensure that it is not known to outsiders is to catch Chen Miao to the Yushitai.
However, after checking for a long time, we didn't find anything illegal about Chen Miao. This guy is a bookworm. He likes to read books on weekdays. He has no bad deeds after being an official for so many years.
After pondering for a long time, he finally thought of a way, so he called the yamen officer and asked if Yu Yi had not returned. When he learned that Yu Yi was interrogating prisoners in the prison, he ordered the yamen officer to call Yu Yi over.
Yu Yi and others went out to see ghosts last night. The two ghosts they saw were harmed by others. They wanted to avenge the ghosts, so Yu Yi and Shi Xuanming searched for the murderer on their behalf. This time, Yu Yi had already killed the concubine who had been harmed. The wife was captured, but the woman was very shrewd and refused in every possible way. When Changsheng sent someone to call her, she was about to torture the woman.
When Yu Yi came to the court, Changsheng lowered his voice and gave him the opportunity, "You are an old member of Dali Temple. Please take the time to go to Dali Temple and ask them to send someone to the post house to arrest an official named Chen Miao to Dali Temple. The charge is that an envoy from the Tang Dynasty was sent to confess that this person had participated in a plot to assassinate the emperor. After capturing this person in Dali Temple, you secretly transferred him to the Yushitai at night."
"Why do you want to fake Dali Temple?" Yu Yi was puzzled.
"I don't want people to know that his arrest is related to Yushitai." Changsheng said casually.
Yu nodded and agreed. Since there were still prisoners waiting to be interrogated in the prison, he turned around and left after confirming that Chang Sheng had nothing else to do.
The Yushitai was very lively today. It didn’t take long for the Ministry of Rites to send someone to deliver the book. At noon, Yang Kai and Datou arrested a few officials and returned. In the afternoon, Shi Xuanming also captured the murderer who was seeking wealth and murder. , in the evening the drug store delivered the medicines and utensils on the longevity list, and at the second watch, Yu Yi packed the Chen Miao back in a sack...
