I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 55

"Go to the Guangming Hall and tell Mrs. Jia, and you will say that the old man said: the two young masters are safe and sound in the imperial prison;"

"As for the two young masters going to prison..."

"Well, it's just that His Majesty is out of breath for a while, and he will be released in three to five days!"

"--remember!"

"—Never mention the injury of Young Master Sheng!"

Outside the imperial prison, the scorching sun is shining.

After explaining to the servant in front of him in a deep voice, Shen Tujia handed out another jade tablet, and then turned to look at the guard on the other side.

"You go to Changle, on behalf of the old man..."

"No!"

"Dai Gongzi Sheng, send greetings to the Queen Mother!"

"If the queen mother asks why the young master didn't go there in person, you can tell the queen mother: the young master is in imperial prison, so it is inconvenient to go in person."

He made an explanation with a serious expression, and when the servant and the guard trotted away in two directions, Shentujia took a deep breath, put his hands behind his back, and let out a long sigh leisurely.

"Young Master actually said that His Majesty asked Chao Cuo to dig the wall of the Taimiao..."

"Appalling."

"It's appalling..."

Sighing in his heart, he saw Shentujia shaking his head and sighing with a gloomy expression;
After stopping outside the prison for a while, Shentu Jiacai finally took a deep breath and walked towards the carriage not far away.

"Your Majesty."

Seeing the old servant coming forward, Shentujia, who was about to get in the car and go back to the mansion, froze, turned around thoughtfully, and looked outside the imperial prison, where the guards pretended not to see him.

After struggling for a long time, Shentu Jia turned around, took out a small cloth bag from his sleeve, and slapped it heavily on the old servant's hand.

"I heard that anyone who enters Ting Wei's prison will be made things difficult for him as long as he does not benefit the jailer;"

"Even if he is finally acquitted, no one has ever been able to get out of the prison safely."

"You take this piece of gold and go to the jailer to deal with it, so that the two sons will be less troubled."

Saying these words with a rather dignified expression, Shen Tujia felt more and more stuffy in his chest, so he stretched out his hand involuntarily, and pulled the skirt of his clothes a little;
But in front of Shentujia, the old servant looked at the gold nugget in his hand in a daze, his face was full of incredulity.

——If you want to say that there is no one in the current Han family who can be said to be "clear with two sleeves", then apart from Shen Tujia, I am afraid there is no other person!
Compared with the selfless Shen Tujia, even the official Yu Shi, who is in charge of picketing officials, no one dared to pat his chest and say: I have never accepted bribes!
no way;
Back then, when the first emperor Liu Heng was in power, Zhang Wu, the general who was the confidant of the late emperor, was once accused of accepting bribes.

As soon as this case came out, people in the court of Chang'an were panic-stricken, and all the officials were in danger. They wished they could throw the bribes they had received into the Weishui immediately!

But what surprised everyone was that the first emperor not only did not blame Zhang Wu, the general who accepted bribes, but gave another five hundred gold;
Someone asked the first emperor: Your Majesty, why did you do this?

Zhang Wu accepts bribes, shouldn't His Majesty punish him?

To this question, the first emperor Liu Heng gave the answer: Zhang Wu accepted bribes, there must be something that needs money, but it cannot be solved through legitimate channels;

So I gave him five hundred gold, and he will not be short of money in the future, so he will not accept bribes again.

And if he makes a mistake, if I punish him, he will resent; but if I reward him, he will feel guilty for taking a bribe.

In this way, if someone bribes Zhang Wu in the future, Zhang Wu will no longer accept bribes due to guilt...

Emperor Wen's answer like this naturally earned him a good reputation, but it also planted a lot of trouble for his future officialdom.

——I am afraid that only Zhang Wu knows whether Zhang Wu is guilty or not after receiving the five hundred gold rewarded by the first emperor;
But there is no doubt that Zhang Wushe is dead.

After this incident, Zhang Wu completely ruined his future, and gradually faded out of the center of the court.

And the real impact of this incident on the officialdom of the Han family is that after that, not to mention the court ministers or local officials, even the eunuchs in the palace began to take bribes blatantly!
As for the reason, it is naturally the attitude of the first emperor Liu Heng in the case of Zhang Wu's accepting bribes: instead of punishing him, he should "nurture his integrity" with generous gifts.

In such a big environment, perhaps not many people would dare to commit corruption;

But accepting bribes has long been the norm in officialdom.

It is also in such a turbid environment that Shen Tujia, who is in the position of prime minister, seems to be so commendable;
But at this moment, I saw with my own eyes that my own prince, who had never accepted or offered bribes, actually ordered himself to "manage" the jailer of the imperial prison, that is, the warden...

"Why are you here, my lord?"

"If you are worried about the two young masters, you can entrust Ting Wei in private to take care of the two young masters;"

"But if Junhou's 'old friends' find out about the bribery of prison guards, wouldn't Junhou's reputation of incorruptibility for most of his life be lost at the end of the day?"

Sure enough, upon hearing the old servant's anxious dissuasion, Shentujia's face immediately became a little stiff.

But soon, Shentujia pursed his lips, and cast his firm eyes on the old servant in front of him.

"I am a clean and honest official, not for others to see;"

"My mouth grows on others, and if others want to slander me, I don't care at all."

"Now that the two young masters are in prison, logically speaking, I can talk to Ting Wei in private."

"But Ting Weiqing Zhang Shizhi was just transferred by His Majesty to be the Prime Minister of Huainan a few days ago, and the new Ting Wei has not yet been decided..."

Said with a melancholy expression, Shen Tujia finally smiled wryly and shook his head.

"The two young masters went to prison because of what happened last night;"

"If it weren't for the two young masters, it might be me who is in prison right now."

"It can be said that the two young masters are in jail, it can be said that it is entirely because of me."

"At this point, if I still don't strive for better treatment for the two young masters because of fear of reputation, then I am not worthy to be the two young masters' teacher."

Saying this in a deep voice, Shen Tujia seemed to let go of some psychological burden, just smiled in relief, and patted the old servant's shoulder.

"Go."

"Just do as I say."

"We must take care of the entire prison from top to bottom."

After saying that, Shentu Jia turned around and stepped on his very shabby carriage.

Seeing Shentu Jia get into the car, the servant hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth secretly;

Just as he was about to turn around, he heard Shentujia's slightly ashamed cry from inside the airtight carriage.

"Don't rush."

"You can go after my car leaves."

"Try to be careful;"

"It's best not to be recognized..."

　This chapter has been revised many times, and it was published a little late, so please bear with me.

　　It was originally written about the dialogue between Shen Tujia and Zhang Shizhi, but after writing it, I always felt that something was wrong, so I changed it repeatedly, and finally changed it to this.

　　As for the protagonist, you don’t have to worry—just like the punching Zhidu incident in the opening part, the protagonist still takes the lead in this incident.

　　The follow-up is the change caused by the protagonist to this historical event, and it will not be suppressed for too long.

　　Stay tuned.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)