Crazy criticizes the empress because she is bent on mistaking Buddhism

Chapter 48 Playing with the Ministers

The emperor summoned his ministers to discuss matters.

The news quickly spread throughout the capital. The ministers who had been crying and crying stopped crying, put on their court clothes and ran to the palace.

Cui Peiyuan was the first to arrive.

After two months of recruiting talents, he has now assembled a sizable group.Focusing on Yanguan, combined with some major ministers from the six ministries, they are gearing up to compete with the emperor in the imperial examination.

Cui Peiyuan had a good idea. After all, there were such a large number of people. Even if His Majesty wanted to behead them cruelly, he still had to consider the negative consequences of beheading.

He was ready for the storm.

Even if he died in the main hall today, he would still block the way for women to take the imperial examination!

Cui Peiyuan rushed into the palace aggressively and saluted the emperor.

However, when Cui Peiyuan looked up at the emperor, he did not see the angry face he expected.

Xie Qingyun was a little too calm.

She just sat on the dragon chair and read a long book with a peaceful expression.

"Your Majesty!" Cui Peiyuan said.

Xie Qingyun raised her head.

"Cui Aiqing."

"?"

Cui Peiyuan felt like he had seen a ghost.

What did the emperor call him?Love you?

What is this new pattern?

Cui Peiyuan knelt down with a wary look on his face.

"The Cui family of Huainan is worthy of being a century-old family, and even the women are smart and courageous." Xie Qingyun said with a smile.

Cui's woman?Cui Peiyuan was confused and didn't know what the emperor was talking about.

But Xie Qingyun didn't mean to explain.

She just held the long book in her hand and continued reading with a serious look on her face.

Many ministers arrived soon after Cui Peiyuan. All those with some family background were praised by the emperor just like Cui Peiyuan.

The ministers looked at each other in confusion, wondering what their women had done to earn the emperor's praise.

Those low-ranking officials with no background looked suspicious, looking at Cui Peiyuan and the nominated ministers with distrust in their eyes.

As the number of people increases, the dividing line between the two parties becomes more and more obvious.

One column was praised by the emperor.

One column is not named.

Seeing that the number of people had almost arrived, Xie Qingyun finally put down the book in her hand and gave Tian Sheng a wink.

Soon, four palace servants came out carrying long cloth scrolls.

There were names written densely on it.

They all come from high-ranking families from various places.

Xie Qingyun said: "This is the letter I have received from female relatives from all over the country in the past two months. They begged me to insist on the decision of women's imperial examination."

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, Cui Peiyuan felt a series of sharp eyes shooting towards him.

Those officials who did not have any female relatives on the list felt that they had been greatly deceived.

How could someone lead the opposition in the front, but the female relatives at home secretly handed over a note of support?

They firmly refused to believe that Cui Peiyuan didn't know about this.

I'm just trying to leave a way out for myself.

Of course Cui Peiyuan himself knew that this matter would be difficult to clear up, and he was upset for a while.

After all, he was the one who took the lead in opposing the imperial examination for women.

After struggling for a while, Cui Peiyuan couldn't accept that the opposition group he had painstakingly organized collapsed, so he took the initiative to explain: "Your Majesty."

"I don't know that any female relatives in my family have written in support of women's imperial examinations."

He hoped that the emperor would give him a chance to clarify.

However, Xie Qingyun just said lightly and looked at Cui Peiyuan.Just one glance, but it was frightening: "So Minister Cui is saying, is there anyone in your family who deceives the emperor?"

Bullying the king is a capital offense.

The emperor actually gave him such a big hat.

Cui Peiyuan gritted his teeth secretly.

He got it.Those joint names of female relatives are all fake!The emperor has set a trap for him here.

If he admits to deceiving the emperor, then his entire Cui family will not be able to escape, they will all die. He also set an example to scare other ministers who want to explain.

If he admitted the authenticity of this name, it would be tantamount to slapping himself in the face, and the opposition group he had worked so hard to organize would definitely fall apart.

No matter how he chooses, the emperor will not lose.

Cui Peiyuan wanted to curse.

Who presented this fold? !

Thinking of this question in a hurry, Cui Peiyuan suddenly calmed down.

"Your Majesty has misunderstood. I just have something unclear." He said respectfully.

"I would like to know who this piece of information is from?"

Since it was handed over, there must be someone who handed it over.

If not, then the emperor himself wrote it.

Cui Peiyuan can now clear his suspicions as long as he can prove that the emperor himself made the lie.

It's a pity that Cui Peiyuan was disappointed again.

"Prefect of Jiangnan."

Xie Qingyun responded quickly and generously showed the official seal on the fold to everyone.

This book started from the south of the Yangtze River and went through several official seals before being sent to the capital.

In other words, not only the prefect, but also countless officials had approved it before it was sent to the emperor.

But he didn't get any news at all!

"Do you have any questions, Mr. Cui?" Xie Qingyun looked at him.

Cui Peiyuan clenched his fists and almost squeezed out the reply through his teeth: "Return to your Majesty, my lord, there is no problem."

Xie Qingyun nodded with satisfaction and looked at the others: "Dear ladies, who else wants to question the name on it?"

Even Cui Peiyuan failed to get a favor, and naturally the others quickly died down.

He dared not confront the emperor again.

Only Zhang Shuyue stood up.

"Your Majesty." Zhang Shuyue bowed and saluted.

Xie Qingyun rolled her eyes.

She didn't want to listen to him!
But Zhang Shuyue didn't care about her resistance, and still said: "I believe that a few women submitting letters is not enough to convince the public."

"After all, they have neither reputation nor fame."

When he said these words, Cui Peiyuan and the others, who were still dejected just now, were brought back from the brink of giving up.

Unexpectedly, the Prime Minister, whom they had failed to win over several times before, actually had the same goal as them?
Cui Peiyuan's group of people were like flies seeing shit, and they all agreed with each other.

But before he finished half of his echoing words, the Prime Minister spoke again: "I just received a letter from Master Kong Xuezhou a few days ago."

He took out a neatly folded piece of thin paper from his sleeve.

The officials' eyes lit up.

Yes, if all the scholars and teachers in the world personally speak out against women's imperial examinations, the emperor will be outraged if he continues to insist on his own way.

Cui Peiyuan and others looked at the letter with eyes wide open.

Zhang Shuyue said slowly: "The master said in the letter that he has been teaching and educating people for so many years, and he has met many female apprentices. Their ability is not inferior to that of men. In the end, because they had no way to get promoted, they had no choice but to marry."

"So regarding the issue of the imperial examination for women proposed by His Majesty, Master also thinks it is very good."

"..."

There was sudden silence in the hall.

The opposition ministers who had just been gearing up to think that they could stand up were now completely silent.

Some of them even looked at Cui Peiyuan fiercely, wishing they could devour him immediately.

After Zhang Shuyue said the content of the letter, he looked up at Xie Qingyun, a rare smile that could not be hidden under his usually serious expression.

Xie Qingyun couldn't help but curl up her lips.

this old man...

It seems like he only works against himself.

Xie Qingyun was in a good mood.

　One more update!I'll add another chapter later! (If it doesn’t come out, I will delete this writer’s words (ω))
　　
　
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