Crazy criticizes the empress because she is bent on mistaking Buddhism

Chapter 30

Prime Minister Zhang was urgently summoned by His Majesty in the middle of the night, but he returned to the house intact.

This matter is like a drop of cold water dripping into a frying pan, and the whole capital is fried.

The next few days were equally peaceful, and the few ministers who followed the prime minister to the court were also not troubled by the emperor.

This incident seemed to be a signal.

The ministers in the court were like dogs that had smelled meat, and they began to make excuses one after another to ask the emperor to take back his orders.

As expected, when Xie Qingyun presented the document, no one's crime was cured.

But she didn't respond to anyone.

Those excerpts seemed to have disappeared into the sea.

The officials' fists hit the cotton, and for a moment they couldn't figure out the emperor's thoughts, so they thought of going to the prime minister to ask the reason.

Unexpectedly, I met Jin Yiwei.

Said that because the prime minister and Run Liu were managing the refugees, in order to ensure their personal safety, the emperor specially sent a team of brocade guards to each of them to follow.

However, all the ministers had a clear mind.

What did you say to ensure personal safety, so why didn't Jin Yiwei follow you when you first started to manage the refugees?

It was made clear that no one would discuss matters with the prime minister about the imperial examination.

It's just that it's not an option to spend it like this. The next imperial examination will be in the beginning of spring next year, and it's the end of summer now, and it will only take seven or eight months to do everything.

The emperor's order has not been withdrawn, and women will participate in the imperial examination next year.

How does this work?
The helpless ministers picked a day and swarmed to the Ministry of Rites.

Xue Fang, the Minister of Rites, was happily choosing materials for clothes for the future emperor's wife. Suddenly a large group of people came over and subconsciously hid the cloth behind their backs.

"What are you doing?" Xue Fang stared at the group of people in front of him.

The eyes of those people were glowing green, which made him very scared.

The leader was Cui Peiyuan, the Minister of Civil Affairs: "What time is it, Lord Shangshu still has time to relax here."

He hated that iron could not become steel.

Xue Fang said seriously: "I want you to take care of it."

He despised this group of officials the most.

There are only a few left, so it’s time to stop.You're still jumping around, are you afraid that you won't die quickly enough?
Cui Peiyuan gritted his teeth and resisted the urge to hit someone: "The imperial examination is a matter of the Ministry of Rites. Now that the imperial examination has been changed, doesn't Mr. Shangshu have nothing to say?"

Xue Fang blinked.

It turned out to be because of this.

He spread his hands: "Originally it was a matter for the Ministry of Rites, but since the late Emperor, the examiners for the imperial examinations every year have been people from your Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Imperial College. The Ministry of Rites is in charge of the affairs of the imperial examinations, and it has long existed in name only."

Xue Fang looked confident.

When the late emperor was in power, the Ministry of Personnel was most popular.Four of the five prime ministers of the Communist Party of China came from the Ministry of Personnel.

The imperial examination was the focus of selecting talents every year. At that time, several prime ministers were scrambling to cultivate their own party members. With their large numbers, they quickly took over the responsibility for the imperial examination from the Ministry of Rites.

Although Xue Fang was not the Minister of Rites at that time, all the people in his Rites Ministry would never forget this grudge.

Now it has just been returned to the Ministry of Personnel.

Cui Peiyuan's face was almost crumpled with anger: "What are you talking about, Master Shangshu! What about the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials? Is this the time for us to have internal strife?"

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Xue Fang couldn't help but let out a "ha", with "Are you kidding" written clearly on his face.

"Master Cui, please be careful with your words." He warned.

Everyone in the court knew that the Ministry of Rites and the emperor were of the same mind.

Not to mention others, Xue Fang's position as Minister of Rites was given to him by Xie Qingyun.

He has never had anything to do with the officials, so why is there internal strife?
Doesn't this make it clear that he is being slandered?

Cui Peiyuan was speechless for a moment, and another person from the official department jumped out to take over his words and continue.

"Master Xue, even though you are His Majesty's servant, this matter is related to the imperial examination. Even for His Majesty, you should work together with us."

He changed his tactics and began to be seductive: "Just imagine, if women are really allowed to participate in the imperial examination, we will have to work with women in the future."

"Your Ministry of Rites is no longer what it is today, it will be full of women to point fingers."

"The most frightening thing is that those women are not necessarily in the spotlight just to work. It is very likely that their family background is not good enough and they are not worthy of a high-ranking family, so they become officials by themselves just to choose a husband."

Xue Fang said dryly.

A "none of my business" look on his face.

"Do you really not care?" Xue Fang said, "I don't care."

Seeing that he was not getting enough, Cui Peiyuan sighed heavily and said angrily: "It is precisely because of ministers like you who can adapt to the changing circumstances that we have raised such a wanton emperor!"

Hearing this, Xue Fang became unhappy and said slowly: "I don't know who was able to take advantage of the wind and raise his head when the Gu family and his son went to war."

"I was too scared to go to court."

He knew very well where the three inches of the snake were.

Sure enough, Cui Peiyuan turned pale when Xue Fang mentioned this matter.

Xue Fang's eyes were full of contempt: "Don't pretend to be righteous here. Why do you come to me? You know it, and I know it too."

He is not a fool, he already knew what Cui Peiyuan and others were planning.

They came to me not to persuade the emperor, but to lobby for his dismissal.

Xue Fang also knows that there are currently people in the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of War who have been successfully lobbied by Xue Fang.

However, there were not many ministers who could speak, only Wei Su.

Liu Yan, the household secretary, is all about money, and nothing else matters.

Hong Du from the Ministry of Industry suddenly became obsessed with chanting Buddha's name and completely ignored Cui Peiyuan.

As for Huai Zhun of the Criminal Department, that guy was too shabby and a martial artist. He only spent time in the jail interrogating prisoners every day. Cui Peiyuan looked down on him.

After searching all around, there were not enough people dismissed from office, so I found myself.

Xue Fangpi smiled but said: "Don't say I won't join you. No one in my entire etiquette department will join you."

Cui Peiyuan saw that his face was broken, and he knew that it would be useless to say more, so he simply took off his disguise and sarcastically said: "You really want to work with a woman?"

He groaned and suddenly realized: "Speaking of which, it seems that you happen to have a daughter in your house. She is twenty-three this year. She hasn't been able to get married yet, right?"

"Is it because you are hoping that your daughter will not graduate from high school?"

The ministers who came with Cui Peiyuan burst into laughter when they heard this.

Looking at Xue Fang, there was a bit more contempt in his eyes.

"Is that so?"

"He seems to be upright and upright, but I didn't expect him to be such a person."

"I can't get married so I can only study. His daughter must be ugly, right?"

The voices of sarcasm were endless, but Xue Fang didn't mind at all.

He turned around and picked up some kinds of cloth on the table: "Let's make it."

Xue Fang said calmly in the eyes of everyone's contempt: "I'm going to deliver fabrics to His Majesty."

There was laughter, but Xue Fang didn't care.

What's the big deal about the women's imperial examination?

Xue Fang will never forget the day when he won the title of Tanhuahou and became a saint.

The late emperor was still there at that time, and on the day of the interview, the late queen also came with him.

When the late emperor discussed state affairs with them, the late queen listened with a decent smile on her face, without any impatience.

At that time, he was a young man Tanhua, and he was very proud.

How can we see women participating in politics?

So I kept a straight face the whole time.

Unexpectedly, after talking about it, the late emperor actually took the initiative to ask the late queen about political issues.

At that moment, he even considered resigning.

How can we still discuss politics when there is a woman listening on the sidelines?
But then the First Queen spoke, and her words shocked everyone.

A group of men discussed the problem for a long time, but she solved it easily with a few words.

From then on, Xue Fang no longer dared to look down on women.

Xue Fang held his cloth and walked proudly among the officials.

Feeling Cui Peiyuan's resentful gaze behind him, he paused.

"But I still accept your good advice."

He turned back and smiled.

"If my daughter really succeeds, I will treat you to dinner in the future."

Xue Fang's expression was full of sincerity.

(End of this chapter)