Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 692
East Palace.

Crown Prince Chengqian was patiently listening to Yu Zhining's lectures on the scriptures and history. Although he had supervised the country and took charge of the government, the emperor left a decree before he left. During the lecture period of the feast, the prime minister and scholars will come to serve on a single day and take turns to give lectures.

Under Zhongshu Province, there is Hongwen Hall, under Menxia Province, there is Jixian Hall, under East Palace, there is Chongxian Hall, and under the third hall, there are Grand Scholars. , Participate in the administration of state affairs, the bachelor of the three halls is also the prime minister, the bachelor is added to the fifth rank, and the whitebait in the scarlet robe is given.

As for the Hanlin Academy, known as the North Gate Bachelor, the status is more respected, waiting for the imperial edict, the grass-roots system, very favored, the Imperial Academy's bachelor is called the inner minister.

The three halls are divided into collections of national codes and chapters, and books from all over the world. They are also responsible for editing history books, sorting out classics, compiling bibliographies, storing and nurturing talents, publishing books, and giving lectures for the emperor and prince.

Yu Zhining, the left concubine of the Eastern Palace, was also awarded the title of Bachelor of Chongxian Hall, and the title of Bachelor of Chongxian Hall was still awarded to Qin Lang by the emperor.Wang Gui is a bachelor of Hongwenguan, Wei Zheng is a bachelor of Jixianguan, and Cen Wenwen is a bachelor of Hanlin Academy.

The Hanlin Academy also proposed the system of Zhongshu, with six Hanlin scholars imitating Zhongshu Scheeren, and two Hanlin scholars Chengzhi, imitating Zhongshu Shilang, and setting up a Hanlin Academy University scholar, such as Zhongshuling. Two eunuchs were specially appointed as envoys of the Imperial Academy to be responsible for the communication between the emperor and the Imperial Academy.

Therefore, the Hanlin Academy is also called the Hanlin Academy of Scholars. It drafts the imperial edicts on the appointment and removal of generals and ministers, the announcement of amnesty, and the order of conquests, which are called internal systems; Routine proclamations are called external system.

The grandson of Cen Shanfang, Shangshu of the Xiliang Ministry of Officials, the son of Cen Zhixiang, the servant of Yubu in the Sui Dynasty, the Zhongshu servant of Xiao Xian in the Southern Liang Dynasty, the former Zhongshu Sheren and Hanlin scholar Cen Wenwen, also soared into the sky, following Qin Lang and Ma Zhou After that, he was in charge of the Hanlin Academy, and was therefore specially decreed by the emperor to use the academician of the Hanlin Academy to participate in political affairs and enter the political affairs hall as his prime minister.

The emperor set up a complete system of three halls and one courtyard, conferring a bunch of bachelors, bachelors, and direct bachelors, who took turns to give lectures to the prince, twice a year, every other day. Talk for a long time.

Lectures, in fact, are lectures on the classics and history, which are boring and boring, especially the lectures of people like Yu Zhining, Cheng Qian listened to them even more boring.

As he talked, he wanted to use the past to satirize the present, and to criticize Cheng Qian.

If it was before, Cheng Qian would have expressed his dissatisfaction on his face long ago, and even lost his temper, but Qin Lang reminded him several times that he can ignore Yu Zhining, but he must be respected, he is the official of the East Palace and a teacher.

So now Chengqian is as impatient as a different person, but he can still pretend to be attentive and listen to the lecture, and sit there with an open-minded appearance. No matter what Yu Zhining says he is wrong, he can still accept it with a smile .But in my heart, I have been thinking about it for a long time. For a while, I think about the beauty and gentleness of the Pei family in Yongchangfang. I haven't gone hunting for a long time...

"At three o'clock in the afternoon, it's the middle of the day!"

The time telling doctor in the East Palace beat the drum more, interrupting Yu Zhining's lecture.

Cheng Qian immediately stood up with a smile, and bowed to Yu Zhining, "Thank you for your hard work, please stay for lunch."

Yu Zhining originally talked about things, so the scheduled class for today was not finished, and he was about to delay the class. Who knew that Cheng Qian would come up with such a trick. I can't say much, so I had to put away the scriptures, "Thank you, Your Highness, I have to go to Zuochunfang to work in the afternoon, and go directly to the cafeteria to eat, so I can hold a dinner party by the way, and listen to the report on today's work."

Chengqian tried to persuade him to stay again.

"Your Highness, remember to understand the article that the minister said today, and it is best to be able to write a policy theory."

Cheng Qian scolded a few words in his heart, responded with a smile on his face, and respectfully sent Yu Zhining out of the palace.

After sending Yu Zhining away, Cheng Qian returned to the hall, looked at the scriptures in front of him, and threw them aside, boring.

"Your Highness, Duke Wei sent someone to report that the well-educated people who were invited to the East Palace today are all liars. Now that the tricks have been exposed, they are all sent to Jingzhao Prison. In addition, Your Highness today Duke Wei liked the Le Tong who was called Xinxin, so he asked His Highness for favors and stayed."

"Liar?" Cheng Qian was surprised.

The servant then repeated what the people from the Duke of Wei's mansion had said, that giving birth to a golden dragon with arms was just a trick on the street, that the Golden Toad Lingquan was just a conspiracy to cheat, and that Zhu Lingling's panacea were all poisonous.

Cheng Qian stood up immediately after listening, "Is the teacher all right?"

"Duke Wei said that he was fine at first, and His Royal Highness was worried about it. He also said that His Highness, please don't trust those charlatans in the future."

Cheng Qian said angrily, "Gu Ye was deceived by those fellows, who recommended Gu for the liar? He was dismissed from the job and kicked out of the East Palace."

"Your Highness, Duke Wei specially instructed that those people may not have intentions, and forgive them once, and just reprimand them a few times, so as to see the effect."

"Okay then, I'll stay here for now, you go and give Gu a good lesson."

"That's what you want?"

Cheng Qian thought of that handsome Le Tong. He was handsome and beautiful, but the key was that he was able to speak well. He had made Cheng Qian very satisfied before, so he specially went to the East Palace from Taichang Temple. Unexpectedly, this boy has now coaxed the teacher.

"Since the teacher likes it, let's give it to the teacher. By the way, send all the music troupe that Gu Cong Taichang Temple and Xinxin came to together last time to Duke Wei's mansion."

"It's better to send people there alone."

The servant hurriedly said, "Duke Wei said that the prince should rest assured, don't worry about him, and concentrate on government affairs. Although His Royal Highness supervises the country with the assistance of prime ministers, it is not the same as before. His Royal Highness is now in uniform and wants to be in charge of the government, so he should use more of it." Heart."

"Duke Wei also sent someone to remind His Highness that the case of Li Haode tried by Dali Temple Chancellor Zhang Yungu earlier was indeed wrong. Please His Highness ask the officials of the Political Affairs Hall to review the case, and don't be in a hurry to close the case and release him."

"Wei Gong is recuperating at home, and he still pays attention to this case? But Zhang Yungu has already tried this case clearly, saying that Li Haode just got mad, and he didn't make false rumors with the intention of rebellion."

Li Haode's case is indeed very simple. Li Haode, a native of Xiangzhou, made false rumors, and the local government jailed him for treason and reported him to every level.Because it was a case of treason, it had to be reviewed by Dali Temple.

Such a case can only be reported to the Ministry of Punishment after the Dali Temple has passed the review, and finally sent to the capital for questioning and beheading.

But the problem is that Zhang Yungu, the chancellor of Dali Temple, took a look at the case, and after personally interrogating Li Haode who was brought to Chang'an, he decided that this was just an unjust case because Li Haode was a lunatic and mentally ill.Isn't it normal for a mentally ill person to often talk nonsense?How could he be accused of treason because of this?

In the end, Zhang Yungu overturned the original verdict in Li Haode's case and re-confirmed the case, but he was sentenced to a very minor crime and slightly punished.

The new trial was reported to the Ministry of Punishment, and then sent to Shang Shuxing's left and right ministers. They all felt that such a sentence was no problem, after all, lunatics still have human lives.

Cheng Qian never expected that Qin Lang would still pay attention to such a small case at home.

"Your Highness, Duke Wei said that there are flaws in Zhang Yungu's handling of this case. First, Li Haode is from Xiangzhou, and Zhang Yungu is also from Xiangzhou. The two are from the same hometown. Secondly, Li Haode's brother Li Houde happens to be the governor of Xiangzhou. .”

"And this matter, why didn't I hear Zhang Yungu's report?"

"Wei Gong said that this is the flaw in this case. It is best for Zhang Yungu to avoid suspicion in this case. Even if he enforces the law impartially, he should not conceal these circumstances. It should be explained in the case that the current secretary and censor Shi Quan Wanji Focus on this case, collect a lot of information, and directly impeach Zhang Yungu, which is very disadvantageous."

Cheng Qian thought for a while, "But Li Haode is just a lunatic, the case itself should be fine."

"Although Zhang Yungu has won the trust of His Majesty, His Majesty is also the most taboo of someone using power for personal gain. The governor Quan Wanji is nicknamed Mad Dog. This person has always been famous for his direct and daring admonitions, and he has won His Majesty's trust. He still collects An important piece of evidence came to light. After Zhang Yungu received a heavy sentence, he bought wine and meat and went to Dali Temple Prison to drink and play chess with Li Haode before he was given a heavy sentence. He even told Li Haode the result of the heavy sentence. Trouble."

Originally, Li Haode was insane, so he often went to the street to talk nonsense and make irresponsible remarks about government affairs.But the problem lies outside the case. Li Haode's elder brother is the state governor of Zhang Yungu's hometown. Zhang Yungu went to the prison to inform the result in advance after trying the case, and even drank and played chess. There is obviously a suspicion of selfishness.

Originally, Datang also had strict laws and regulations on the judiciary. For example, there are two types of mistakes in the trial of a case: mistakes and mistakes. Loss means that the penalty is too heavy, and loss means that the penalty is too light.

According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, if a judge makes a mistake in a case, the crime of wrong is less serious, and the punishment of wrong is heavier.This is also in line with the principle of preferring the minor to the serious, so as to avoid harsh criminal laws for judges.

Zhang Yungu's trial of the case was based on this, and the sentence was changed accordingly. A lunatic can't really be sentenced for treason, so he just beat him up, and then let his family take him back to discipline him, and fine him a little more money.

Now Quan Wanji's impeachment of Zhang Yungu is the protection of officials and officials, clearly taking the opportunity to please Zhang Houde, the governor of his hometown, the governor of the state, and he also said that Li Haode has no madness at all, Zhang Yungu taught him to pretend to be crazy to excuse his crime.Zhang Yungu knew the law and violated the law, and followed the law privately.

Quan Wanji is nicknamed Mad Dog, so we know that this person is not a good person at all, but he knows that the emperor likes to remonstrate, so he also tried his best to create a character set for himself who is strong and dare to remonstrate, learning from Wei Zheng's style, indeed Also gained the trust of the emperor.

Of course, it is impossible for this guy to engage in this case just to deal with a small sixth-rank Dali Temple Prime Minister. He also wants to dismiss Zhang Houdela, the governor of Xiangzhou, and even Yang Shidao, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. Yang Shidao, who was relegated to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and dismissed from the central position, and then relegated to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, came from Yang Shidao.

If a secretary and censor can pull down the former prime minister, he will definitely have a bright future, not to mention that he will definitely have a bright future politically.

However, he also knew that he was not enough, so he took the initiative to ask Qin Lang to see him, hoping to get the support of Qin Lang, a popular minister.

Didn't Qin Lang know his plan, and after perfunctory dismissing him with a few words, he sent someone to remind Chengqian that Li Haode's case should not be signed in a hurry to close it.

"Wei Gong asked His Royal Highness to issue a prince's order to initiate an investigation into Zhang Yungu's trial of Li Haode's first trial, focusing on finding out whether Li Haode was insane, whether Zhang Yungu got a light sentence, or followed the private law, don't wait for Quan Wanji Passive after the above table impeachment."

(End of this chapter)