It's night at the Yang family's mansion.
The Yang family is the largest family in Qiandu except the royal family, and it is also the head of the family in Qiandu. Logically speaking, not only the Yang family, but also the Yang family servants also have the mentality of being superior to others.
However, today's Yang family, both servants and female relatives, are living in panic.
The news of this morning's court meeting has been spread. The magistrate of Shouxian County, Yang Chun, was bending the law for personal gain and disregarding human life. It was revealed by Duan Qingyan, the imperial censor.
The Holy Emperor was furious and reprimanded the head of the Yang family severely.
The original plan was to remove Mr. Yang's official position, but fortunately half of the courtiers knelt down to plead for mercy, so they kept the black gauze hat and confiscated half of the family property instead.
As soon as such news came out, the entire Yang family was in panic, fearing that they would not even be able to sleep peacefully.
After all, children from aristocratic families are used to being arrogant and domineering. Who has no clue?
On weekdays, it was okay when the Yang family was favored, but now that the Yang family is not favored, if it were revealed again, I'm afraid...
They were not the heads of the Yang family, and half of the courtiers begged for mercy.
And people, when they are overly fearful, often choose to vent their emotions.
The channel for them to vent their anger is through insults!
Mainly scolding two people, one Yang Chun.
After all, he is a descendant of the Yang family, how could he do such an unconscionable thing? Even if we do, can't we do it more cleanly? Someone actually found out the reason, causing the entire Yang family to be implicated. Such an incompetent person is not worthy of being a descendant of the Yang family!
The other one is Duan Qingyan. Although he is a censor, he is one of the three princes and has a high position of authority.
But this did not prevent him from being reviled.
When everything is normal, everyone is a gentleman, gentle as jade, humble and polite.
But when core interests are violated, people's bad nature will be exposed.
Abandon authority, abandon morality, and just want to vent anger on those who take away benefits.
After losing your mind, no matter whether you are a censor or not, you will still be scolded.
Fortunately, Duan Qingyan's reputation among the people is very good. It has a better reputation among readers!
After all, the image of officials who are not afraid of power and fight for reason is often more popular among the people.
Now Duan Qingyan, driven by thoughtful people, has long become a representative of integrity.
What's more, they set up an incense stand at home, shaped a golden body for it, and offered incense to it.
However, what everyone doesn't know is.
In the deepest secret room of Yang Mansion, there were two figures sitting on the floor, drinking wine and making tea.
One of them was Duan Qingyan, who was praised for his virtues.
And the other person is surprisingly the head of the Yang family—Yang Huai!
At this time, the two of them were exchanging cups and cups, chatting and laughing, and there was nothing like the tit-for-tat feeling they had in the courtroom this morning.
"Mr. Yang, your majesty has managed to keep this secret. I just don't know, what are you going to do next?" Duan Qingyan said.
When Yang Huai heard this, he shook his head and said: "Daqian is His Majesty's Daqian, and the court is also His Majesty's court. No one can hide it from him."
"What we have hidden from us is just the civil and military officials in the court."
"This..." Duan Qingyan was dumbfounded and somewhat unbelievable.
He asked himself that his acting skills this morning were at their peak, so superb that he almost deceived himself.
I didn't expect that he would be so miserable in His Majesty's eyes.
"But there is no need to hide it from Your Majesty. As long as the Northern Expedition does not start, the Yang family will always be safe."
"Next I will retreat to the background and let my voice in the court disappear as much as possible."
"As for the Taifu faction, you will take the lead and play against Wei Qing."
Duan Qingyan nodded when he heard this, and couldn't help but look happy on his face.
The Duan family is also a Qiandu family, and Duan Qingyan is the current head of the Duan family with a distinguished background.
It was not that easy to join the Yang family faction, but... Yang Huai gave him too much.
After this battle, it was almost equivalent to the end of Yang Huai, and he, Duan Qingyan, took over.
Except that his official position is not Taifu, he is probably the same as Yang Huai before him.
After Duan Qingyan left, the secret room fell into darkness again, and Yang Huai seemed to mutter to himself: "Is Shu'er in danger in these three days?"
"Seven kidnappings and two attacks, I blocked them all."
A wisp of green smoke drifted in the darkness, and a faint sound came.
Hearing this, Yang Huai let out a breath, and his whole body seemed to relax a lot. He nodded and said, "Now that you are tired, you can go to the accounting office and withdraw one hundred thousand taels of silver in my name."
Qingyan was silent for a long time, and then the faint voice sounded again: "Not enough."
"That's 150,000 taels."
Only then did the green smoke dissipate, and the secret room returned to calm.
Yang Huai looked at the ceiling and sighed, feeling exhausted both physically and mentally.
"Your Majesty, this step of yours has finally been prevented by the old man."
"As long as I'm here, the Yang family will always be the Yang family. Even if you say the truth, you can't attack the meritorious officials, right?"
After a long time, as Yang Huai left, the secret room became completely peaceful. In other words, dead silence.
…
The next morning, in the Jinluan Hall.
According to Daqian regulations, the court meeting should be held every three days.
But if there are too many things, just do it once a day.
Just like this time, the emperor disappeared for less than half a month without any reason. There are countless memorials and affairs accumulated in the court.
"Go to court!"
Soon, the sharp voice of the eunuch shouting salutes came from the Qiande Palace. Outside the Jinluan Hall, all the Gongun princes filed in.
Some people are excited, others are worried.
It can be seen that today's court meeting seems a bit unusual.
On the magnificent steps, Emperor Renxuan sat on a dragon chair.
At the foot of the steps, all the stable officials bowed their heads, bowed their hands, and saluted, "I will see you, Your Majesty."
"No courtesy, stay on your own."
"When there is something to do, we will start to act, but when there is nothing to do, we will retreat."
It was still the high-pitched voice that greeted the eunuch.
"Your Majesty, I have a secret mission to report!"
The speaker was a middle-aged man wearing a crimson official uniform. He looked mature and serious, but he was inevitably a bit old-fashioned.
One of the Nine Qings, Dian Ke - Cao Zhengli.
"Cao Qing, what do you want to say?"
"While His Majesty was away, a report was sent from the border gate a few days ago, saying that the King of Zhenbei was greedy for power and rushed forward, regardless of the safety of Yumen Pass, and led his army to surprise Yayu County. Now he has met with Beiyan's elite troops stationed in Yayu and launched an attack on the city. The war will last forever."
"On the frontal battlefield, the Tianshui County Guards heard that after King Zhenbei came out of the pass, he made an immediate decision and led the army out of Tianshui, intending to trek through the Yayu Mountains and attack Yumen Pass!"
"The guard general of Linyi County heard about it and also sent troops, but instead of attacking Yumen Pass, he cut off the retreat of the Zhenbei King's army, making it difficult for the Zhenbei Army to attack the city and unable to retreat, putting it in a dilemma."
boom!
As soon as he said this, he did not hesitate to drop a bomb on the court, and the atmosphere suddenly boiled to the top!
"Impossible! Cao Zhengli, don't talk nonsense. How could King Zhenbei do such a stupid thing!"
