To a certain extent, Taishi Wen Boyue still appreciated Zhou Yi's ruthlessness in finding these rats in the warehouse for the Chen Kingdom.
But why do these officials he likes hate Zhou Yi so much?
The next second, Grand Master Wen Boyue heard clues from the discussion among these people.
"Then Magistrate Liu embezzled a mere thirty thousand taels of silver, and yet he was also arrested by Zhou Yi and Zhou Xingjian. It's really unreasonable!"
A mere thirty thousand taels?
When Master Wen heard this, he swept his eyes around everyone in shock. He found that everyone present looked as normal and obviously had the same idea.
The officials present actually thought that thirty thousand taels of silver was just a small amount!
"Why do you people think that 30,000 taels of silver is a small amount of money?" The Taishi, who was usually very angry, showed his dejection in his words.
The officials in the field were all dumbfounded after hearing this question. At this time, Kong Yingxian, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, who was Taishi Wen's favorite disciple, also realized that something was wrong, and quickly stood up to smooth things over, saying: "Teacher, now is not the time to care about these small details. "
"What we should pay attention to is that Zhou Yi and Zhou Xingjian actually repaid kindness with hatred after becoming the prefect of Yongzhou. If it hadn't been for us, would Zhou Yi and Zhou Xingjian have become the prefect of Yongzhou?"
After hearing the words of his beloved disciple Kong Yingxian, he was so angry that he threw away the white jade cup with cloud pattern that was presented to him by his beloved disciple.
After seeing this, Kong Yingxian first bowed down in fear, and then felt heartache in his heart.
The white jade-patterned cloud-flowing cup comes in a set of six. It looks simple and simple, but in fact it is made of fine milky white jade and is carved by skilled craftsmen. If it is placed in a stream, the white jade-patterned cloud-flowing cup will look like A white cloud generally floats with the water.
Kong Yingxian spent a lot of money to buy this as a gift to Master Wen. The broken cup alone cost tens of thousands of taels of silver!
But Grand Master Wen Boyue didn't know all this, he just thought it was a set of ordinary moiré cups.
After Wen Taishi smashed the white jade patterned cloud cup, he angrily said to everyone: "The promotion of Zhou Xingjian to the governor of Yongzhou in the Book of Changes was because he swore to defend the city to the death, and he defeated the Xiongnu and Khitan dozens of times with the fire bull formation. What does the Wan Dajun fight have to do with us?"
Xie Jin, the censor Zhongcheng, said hesitantly: "The grand master's words are wrong!"
"If it weren't for us, Zhou Yi and Zhou Xingjian's achievements would probably be overshadowed by the traitorous prime minister Yan Song. At that time, the only person who would be promoted would be Li Feiyu, who is favored by the traitorous prime minister!"
When the Grand Master heard about Bo Yue, his eyes swept across the crowd.
Everyone who was swept by the Grand Master's sharp eyes lowered their heads unconsciously.
Kong Yingxian also planned to come out to smooth things over, but was stared at tightly by the Grand Master. This made Kong Yingxian suddenly feel the same fear of teachers when he was a student.
"Ying Xian, do you think so too?"
Although Master Wen's words were spoken lightly, every word hit Kong Yingxian's mind like a huge boulder, causing huge waves.
Kong Yingxian said "No", but he was so intimidated by Grand Master Wen Boyue's intimidation that he nodded unconsciously.
"Yes or no?" Wen Boyue roared and shouted.
Kong Yingxian, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, was so frightened that he knelt down and replied in a trembling tone: "Old...teacher, the students do think so!"
Kong Yingxian originally thought that his teacher would be furious about this, but he never thought that Wen Boyue just sighed long and walked out of the reception hall.
Not long after, an old housekeeper from the Grand Master's residence came in from the inner courtyard and said to all the officials present: "Everyone, the Grand Master is tired today. Please order me to send you all away first."
"Everyone, please!"
Kong Yingxian also wanted to go up and ask the housekeeper about Wen Taishi's condition in detail, but he was ruthlessly turned away by the housekeeper of the Taishi Mansion.
"Master Kong, the Grand Master said he is tired, please come back too!"
Kong Yingxian had no choice but to look at the direction in which Master Wen was leaving, and then at a broken white jade cup with cloud patterns on the ground. Finally, he could only leave in anger.
After everyone left, the old housekeeper walked into the pavilion in the inner courtyard and reported to the Grand Master.
"Master, they have all left!"
Wen Boyue looked lonely at the withered flowers in the garden and murmured to himself: "Am I wrong? Why do they do this?"
Wen Boyue had already guessed that the people around him might have become corrupt, otherwise these people would not think that thirty thousand taels of silver was an insignificant amount.
"Why on earth did they sink to this point!"
What Master Wen didn't know was that the reason why those around him became so corrupt and bribery was entirely because of himself.
Although Grand Master Wen himself did not commit corruption or bribery, the valuable white jade cup with cloud pattern given to him by his disciple Kong Yingxian was obtained through corruption and bribery.
However, Grand Master Wen didn't know this. He didn't even know that the set of white jade-patterned cloud cups were expensive. In addition, Kong Yingxian, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, held a position with no real power. Even if they wanted to embezzle, no one would give them money. This led to Master Wen just thinking that it was a set of prettier white porcelain cups.
As everyone knows, although Kong Yingxian has no substantive power, he can rely on his status as the Taishi's beloved disciple to seek personal gain.
Kong Yingxian's corruption made other "clean people" begin to imitate his example, and each of them also learned to be corrupt.
Although they are not as corrupt as the corrupt officials of Yan Song's lineage, they still regard themselves as clean officials.
Today, when these so-called Qingliu officials gathered in the Taishi Mansion to criticize Zhouyi, Grandmaster Wen realized this. But what disappoints Wen Boyue even more is that the disciple Kong Lingxian, whom he has always valued, is also like this.
"Is this Chen Guo really rotten to the core!"
The disappointed Master Wen looked particularly lonely under the setting sun. Wen Boyue, who once wanted to save the building from collapsing and help the state, only felt a deep sense of powerlessness rising from the depths of his heart. rise.
Wen Boyue, who had stood in the sunset for a long time, finally gave the old housekeeper lonely instructions: "Pack your luggage, let's prepare to go back to our hometown in Jiangnan!"
The old housekeeper couldn't believe it. It wasn't until Master Wen repeated it again that the old housekeeper hesitantly began to greet people and pack up the luggage at home.
The next day in the court hall, hundreds of officials went to court early, waiting for Emperor Li Xuanji's morning court appearance.
Although Emperor Li Xuanji would come late in the morning and come late in the morning, he would not be so late.
Ever since Wei Zhongxian came back from Yongzhou to declare the imperial edict, not only had the imperial concubine been favored again, but even Emperor Li Xuanji had come late every few days.
Once the emperor even came to the main hall at noon wearing a nightgown and yawning.
Today, Yan Song, the treacherous Prime Minister who is planning to take advantage of Zhou Yi's opportunity to dismiss a large number of Yongzhou officials to impeach the Grand Master Wen Boyue, is waiting for His Majesty's arrival with excitement and a bright face.
But who would have thought that after waiting for a long time, he only got a sentence from Wei Zhongxian: "Your Majesty is not in good health and will not attend the morning court today."
