Jingming

Chapter 58

Mao Cheng is still alive now, but life is worse than death, like a walking dead.

"Why are you crying? Go away!"

Those who have been demoted to the people by the emperor's golden words will no longer have the status of respect in the past.

The official uniform has been stripped off. This process is obviously not decent.

Some people got up in the middle of the night to comb their hair, and now it's all loose.

After coming out of the Meridian Gate, we passed the Six Section Corridor between the Sheji Altar and the Taimiao.

The dignified minister of the Ministry of Rituals, under the watchful eyes of everyone, was completely subdued, and was escorted by the guards to Chengtian Gate together with 20 other people.

Mao Cheng with a blank expression finally showed obvious pain and resentment on his face: because his sedan chair was waiting here, and his servants had already seen him.

Horror and disbelief appeared on the servant's face: "Master, what's going on?"

Lu Song immediately yelled: "Stop!"

"Go back and tell your wife and young master to guard the mansion."

Mao Cheng could only say this, and was pushed and pushed by Lu Song to move on.

Looking south, on the right hand side of the front is the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and on the left hand side from north to south are the Clan Mansion, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and Mao Cheng's Ministry of Rites.

Seeing that Mao Cheng, the Minister of Rites, You Shilang, and two doctors were being detained, followed by seventeen officials from the Sixth Division and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, those low-ranking officials and even officials who had sensed the movement came outside the door.

Under all kinds of gazes, Mao Cheng felt ashamed and indignant, and just wanted to get out of here quickly.

But it just so happens that the Ministry of Justice is far away.The Ministry of Punishment, the Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are in the west of Xuanwumen Street.

So this group of people went out from the right gate of Chang'an outside Chengtian gate, all the way west.

When you can see Taiye Pool, there are already people's houses on the south side.Further to the west, there are even more voices.

It was morning.

Mao Cheng didn't know what he had experienced along the way, but the Criminal Department finally arrived.

At this moment, in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, serious criminals like Qian Ning and Jiang Bin are being held here because they are worried that the eunuchs will interfere.

The new king has ascended the throne, and they all know it.The amnesty that I had originally hoped for just in case did not come.

This naturally means that Yang Tinghe and others are strong enough.

Either the new king has been subdued, or the new king, although he has the heart, is unable to win over those who can only survive if they are loyal to the emperor at this moment.

Jiang Bin was in despair, but what could he do?
Rebellion is impossible to succeed, even if it can be arrogant for a while, but none of the civil servants support him.

Even if it was someone like Wang Qiong who had been closer to him in the past, Jiang Bin knew very well: he just let himself save him some trouble and let him do things easier.

Really want to rebel...Think about Wang Qiong, think about Yang Yiqing who has retired, think about Qian Ning...

So it's useless to regret, Jiang Bin is really desperate now.

Until the prison suddenly became lively, Jiang Bin looked over blankly: who else was arrested by Yang Ting and them?

Then he opened his mouth, raised his hand to wipe his eyes, and looked at the person being escorted in disbelief.

"Mao...Mao Cheng?" Jiang Bin rushed to the prison door as hard as he could, and let the jailer beat him with a whip to make him roll back. There was a crazy smile in his voice, "Uncle Da Zong? Rare visitor! You What happened?"

"Jiang Bin! Go back!"

"Since the late emperor's great trip night, I never expected to meet so soon, hahahaha! Heaven has eyes! Your Majesty is wise! I knew that we would meet sooner or later. I didn't expect that it would be a joyous reunion! This is really true. A great joy in life! A great joy!"

Snapped! pia!Pa: "Come here, lock him tighter!"

"Come here, Uncle Dazong is here, why don't you warm up a few pots of fine wine? I want to have a drink with Uncle Dazong!" Jiang Bin looked crazy, "I heard that Uncle Dazong has made great achievements in welcoming him, could it be that he was treated as an abandoned son? ? It doesn’t matter if Yang Ge doesn’t protect you, you still have my brother, Jiang Bin!”

Mao Cheng was extremely sad and indignant. When did he ever think that he would fall into such a situation, and be ridiculed by a villain like Jiang Bin?

Who is your brother?

"Hey, Qi Zhiluan, I haven't seen you for a long time, why do you look like this?"

Jiang Bin's eyes lit up, looking at this group of people as if he was looking at a baby, and greeted them with a smile one by one with a whip and a stick protruding from the prison door.

Four people came from the Ministry of Rites, and seventeen officials from the Sixth Division and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were brought in at once!
What happened to the court?

With the consistent style of those civil servants, how could such a thing be allowed to happen?

Son of Heaven!Holy Son of Heaven!

Yang Tinghe was actually defeated, unable to protect these people?

Jiang Bin's mind is very good, he only guessed what might have happened from the identities of these 21 people.

new Hope!

Jiang Bin's appearance terrifies many people. Is this the invincible Jiang Bin in the past?Is this the madness that breeds in the Sky Prison?
Some people couldn't help crying.

Although Death Admonition has a good reputation, the fear of being so close to death is very real.

"Your Majesty is holy! Holy Ming, hahahahaha!" Jiang Bin was locked back to the corner of the cell, but he just laughed loudly there, "There are so many officials, each of them has bitten me! The biting mad dogs are here, you are all here!"

Inside the Xijiao Gate in the Forbidden City, Jiang Bin said that His Majesty Shengming was also talking about the officials: "It is a good thing to hear about things and supervise officials. It’s fine if the officials of the court commit crimes. I just don’t understand one thing: As an important position in the court, don’t you really need to speak and be responsible?”

"Your Majesty, if the speech officer needs to look forward and back and be timid in his actions, it will miss the original purpose of setting up a speech officer." Yang Tinghe just explained patiently now.

"I understand, it is to let all the officials, let me also be alert at all times." Zhu Houcong nodded, "Of course, there are Jinyiwei and Dongchang inside, and there are six departments outside for Shizhong and the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. There is also the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Dali Temple, civil and military officials impeaching each other, and they don’t care whether they are speech officials or not. With so many eyes staring at them, isn’t a villain ruling the court? Isn’t my statistics there?”

He pointed to the memorials to stay in China that he brought over at the beginning, his words were well-founded, and the officials were speechless for a moment.

"Although I said so, the spokesperson still needs to be appointed. It's just that I think that this is an extremely important official position, and there are two reasons for it. One should not really hear the rumors, criticize wantonly without any evidence, and waste money The time and energy of me and the princes of the court; second, I should not judge the actions of other colleagues without practical experience, and make partial generalizations without taking responsibility."

For the former, all the officials in the court are also very tired.

But regarding the latter, Yang Tinghe had no choice but to say: "The speech officials are of low rank and the right not to be punished for their speech is given to encourage them to speak freely. What the speech officials say, whether your majesty agrees or not, I will wait for you to spend your time to judge yourself." Debate, the court should spend this little energy. Other officials should also be able to withstand criticism, which is inevitable. If a speaker must be proficient in a certain practice before he can express an opinion, the grade of the speaker cannot be commensurate with his seniority."

"This involves the official system, and it's not something that can be discussed today." Zhu Houcong said lightly, "Let's follow the old rules. I hope that the two things I said shouldn't be done, and I hope the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Division will keep them in mind. More flowers Take some time to listen, watch, and think, and the memorials presented need to focus on quality, not quantity and impact."

He paused and said: "Now that we have an internal file secretary, when I consider the promotion of the speech officer in the future, I will judge the effect of the memorials he gave when he was the speech officer. I also agree with it. I only hope that What Datian listens to through this way of speaking is more based on facts, with reasons and evidence, and it is based on things and people, and it is based on deeds rather than mind."

"I don't ask the speech officer to have a strategy when encountering problems, but I ask the speech officer not only to criticize. It is the attitude encouraged by the emperor to act on rumors and not to be punished for words. It is not a speech officer to act on hearing the wind and criticize without evidence. The virtues of being an official. The civil servants I want are heroes with both moral and ability like the ancient national scholars, not official guards who open their eyes and look around and listen. There are already too many people who ring the bell to warn the people. Use it on such small things. The gaps left by today's events..."

The Minister of Rites already has someone, and the remaining position made many people lower their heads and suppress the light in their eyes.

The right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites of the third rank and the left deputy Du Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the right censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the fourth rank, and two doctors of the Ministry of Rites of the fifth rank... so many are in short supply!
Zhu Houcong looked at Wang Qiong: "Wang Qing, the Ministry of Officials will push out the Ministry as soon as possible. As for the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, everything is busy. First, Yuan Qing will temporarily take charge of the Ministry of Rites, and then push it away. The official of the Sixth Division, Just follow the old rule of urgent election, the cabinet will recommend a list, and each will be accompanied by one."

The sun was pouring down on the majestic imperial city, and the water waves in the Jinshui River both inside and outside were rippling.

The water is alive.

(End of this chapter)