Invincible son

Chapter 643 Chapter 642 [Absurd words]

After Mo Haoli fell ill, he went to beg for the bones, but Emperor Kaiping naturally refused to allow it. The monarch and his ministers had more than ten exchanges.

Emperor Kaiping's respect for him was more than that, and he was awarded the titles of Taishi and Taibao consecutively within one day.Mo Haoli had already been the imperial tutor ten years ago, and now he is the first civil servant in Daliang who has three princes in one body.His honor had reached the pinnacle during his life, and many people even tacitly agreed that he would receive the posthumous title of "Wen Zheng" in a hundred years.

Born Jin Taifu, died posthumously Wenzheng, this is the highest honor pursued by civil servants for thousands of years.

Mo's Mansion immediately became the busiest mansion in the capital, overshadowing Zhongshanhou's Mansion which has been on the cusp since the beginning of the new year.Countless ministers came to greet and care every day, even though they knew that they would never see Mo Haoli, they finally did their best.

Mo Haoli has four sons in total, except for the third and fourth sons who have not yet come back from being officials in other places, the eldest son Mo Xiuting and the second son Mo Xiuping have resigned from office.Emperor Kaiping kept all these memorials, showing the emperor's favor to the veteran.

At the same time, Emperor Kaiping issued a decree to promote Han Gongduan, a Hanlin scholar, to participate in politics in the Eastern Mansion.Anyone with a discerning eye can see that His Majesty is planning the court layout after Mo Haoli's departure, and Han Gongduan is obviously the best candidate in his mind to take over the throne.

For the courtiers, this is really not good news.

Han Gongduan’s Qing name has spread all over the world, and he is recognized as a master of learning and morality in the world. Although he has been in the Imperial Academy for nearly 20 years, such a long period of care is enough for him to become the leader of the Qingliu civil servants.

The new combination of Luo Ting and Han Gongduan seems to be very different. The former focuses on practice and the latter talks about morality. However, both of them treat themselves with ascetic strictness, let alone other courtiers.When Mo Haoli presided over the overall situation before, Luo Ting had to respect the old man's opinion, but now that he was replaced by an honest and upright gentleman as his partner, it might cause a frightening official storm.

Sure enough, when the time came to mid-May, less than half a month after Han Gongduan took office in Dongfu to participate in politics, a shocking news came out from Dongfu.

Jingcha is on!
The matter was led by the Dongfu, Han Gongduan personally presided over it, assisted by Ning Huai'an, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and implemented by the Examination Department of the Ministry of Officials, under the supervision of Yushitai.The Jingcha will evaluate all the civil servants in Beijing, from the six ministers to the chief ministers of the ninth rank, and evaluate their performance in the past three years one by one.

The ethos of the Beijing officials has changed, and no one in all the yamen asks for leave, and everyone is so busy that they don't touch the ground.

The Jingcha is not the first to be launched this year. The reason why the response is so enthusiastic this time is that the people in the Eastern Mansion have already let it out that the imperial court is determined to clear up the administration of officials. .

No one wants to be the first bird at this time.

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The chaos of the civil servants has no effect on Pei Yue. He has always been very clear about his position and duty, and has no intersection with most of the civil servants. The investigation spreads.In fact, in the eyes of outsiders, he and Luo Ting have no friendship other than preparing to build the Charcoal Temple, and they broke openly with Jian Rong because of the matter of marrying Lin Shuyue.

After all, he is now a top martial artist, and he can't urinate in the same pot as the civil servants.

Of course, Pei Yue was not in the mood to gloat.

Xicheng, the back house of Xiangyun's head office.

Pei Yue sat on a rattan chair under the porch, looking at the green branches and leaves on the trees in the courtyard, listening to the constant laughter from the room, frowning slightly.

From the sudden illness of Mo Haoli, he vaguely smelled a hint of conspiracy, especially the conversation with Mo Haoli that day, which made him realize that the emperor was playing chess again.Over the past few years, either by personal experience or by watching in secret, Emperor Kaiping always listened to the thunder in a silent place. It was silent at first, and often revealed the whole picture at the end.

Using the war in the western region to plot against Lu Min, using the four princes to sharpen the eldest prince, and even Pei Yue himself were all pawns in the emperor's hands, but who is he planning to plot against this time?

Pei Yue was not a god, so he couldn't get a glimpse of the whole picture from Mo Haoli's plausible reminders, so he could only keep reminding himself that before the wings were far from full, try to be cautious and avoid being involved in the emperor's chess game.

"Master, Master!"

The crisp voice woke Pei Yue from his thoughts, he turned his head to look at Taohua in a long green dress, and smiled, "What's wrong?"

"Mother asked me to wash my face and change my clothes." Taohua replied obediently.

Seeing that her eyes were red and swollen from crying, and her sleeves were full of tears, Pei Yue nodded and said softly, "Go."

Tao Hua left as briskly as a spring swallow. Although she cried a little this time, she could see the joy in the girl's heart.

Pei Yue collected his mood, then got up and entered the room.

In the hall, there was a middle-aged woman in ordinary clothes. After seeing Pei Yue's figure, she took the initiative to go forward and salute: "Greetings to Lord Hou."

"no."

Pei Yue said calmly, "Please sit down."

After the two of them sat down, Pei Yue looked at her nervous appearance and asked in a gentle tone, "Have you met Chen Xizhi?"

The middle-aged woman is Tao Hua's biological mother, Ning Ning, the maid beside Miss Chen.

"See you, thank you Lord Hou for your kindness." Ning Ning wanted to stand up and salute again.

Pei Yue waved his hand and cut straight to the point: "This is Ye Qi's promise to her. I just don't want to see Ye Qi sad, so you don't have to thank me. To tell you the truth, even now my opinion of her hasn't changed at all. It's just that she can live honestly, if she still has any thoughts, I won't give her a chance to make a move."

Ning Ning sighed softly: "Master Hou, don't worry, the girl will not mess around again."

Pei Yue said: "This is the best. What are your future plans? Do you want to live in the Hou's mansion or find a proper place for you in the capital?"

Ning Ning hesitated and said: "I can understand Lord Hou's kindness, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to live in the Hou's mansion?"

Pei Yue said lightly: "Your relationship with Taohua cannot be made public, but it's not difficult to make an identity for you. This will not only save Taohua from the pain of missing her mother, but also give me some peace of mind."

The so-called peace of mind, both of them knew what it meant.

Ning Ning smiled bitterly and said: "When I was still in Lingzhou, I had already given up the idea of ​​revenge, so the girl drove me away. Taohua can't let you go, Lord Hou, and I can't leave her and the girl, since now With such a proper choice, how could I be obsessed with it? No matter whether I live in the Hou's mansion or find another house, I will follow the orders of the Hou Ye."

Pei Yue nodded slowly, and wanted to end the conversation: "You stay here for now, and I will make arrangements as soon as possible."

"Master Hou, please wait a moment."

Seeing that Pei Yue had already stood up, Ning Ning shouted hastily.

Pei Yue looked at her puzzled.

Ning Ning showed a look of hesitation, clasped his hands together, and said nervously: "Apart from seeing Peach Blossom, I have one more thing to tell Lord Hou when I come here today."

Pei Yue was slightly taken aback, then sat back slowly, and said calmly, "Please tell me."

Condensed and sighed: "Master Hou already knows that I am from Zhou. After Ye Qi brought the girl back to Beijing last year, I went back to my hometown. I originally planned to go north to find Taohua and the girl at the end of the year. Next time I hear a piece of news that may be useful to Lord Hou."

Pei Yue said: "What's the matter?"

Ning Ning said with a little panic: "There are people in this city who want to rebel. They say they want to kill Lord Hou first and then force the emperor to abdicate. They are called Qing emperors and sycophants. In fact, they want to change the day and change the day."

Pei Yue looked at her without saying a word.

Ning Ning only felt a burst of real pressure rushing towards her face, and she was extremely surprised in her heart.

She thought about it and said: "If this matter has nothing to do with Lord Hou, as a person from Zhou, I will definitely not talk too much. But now Taohua puts her whole heart on Lord Hou. If you have something wrong, how will she survive? I There is only this one daughter, and she was lost and found again, no matter what, I don't want to see something happen to Lord Hou."

Pei Yue asked unhurriedly: "Are you sure you heard right?"

Ning Ning hurriedly shook her head and said, "How could you misunderstand such an important matter? I don't know if it's true or not, but what if it's true? Please be careful, Lord Hou."

Pei Yue raised his hand and tapped on the armrest lightly, falling into silence again.

He felt that things were getting more and more interesting.

The emperor didn't know what he was planning, but someone in Beijing wanted to rebel and set him up as a typical courtier.

The most absurd thing is that a woman from the Southern Zhou Dynasty traveled thousands of miles to report this incident.

Not only is it funny, it's even ridiculous.

(End of this chapter)