Unparalleled Concubine

Chapter 272 Let the young people fight

Last time, His Royal Highness was too stupid. After being impeached, several prime ministers naturally spoke for the censors, but this time, His Royal Highness has settled down a lot. It is a bit too much for these censors to still write and participate in the performance.

Now that the name of the crown prince has been decided, logically speaking, the other princes should live in peace and should not make any further moves, but the frequent moves in the court are mostly the work of the fourth prince.

That's a bit too much.

Zhang Qu stood up and bowed his hands to His Royal Highness.

"Your Highness, the old man will go to Yushitai and talk to Duke Yan about this matter."

His Royal Highness was a little angry: "There is nothing to say, those people maliciously slandered the court for their own selfishness!"

Zhang Qu looked back at His Highness the Crown Prince, bowed his head slightly and said, "Your Highness, it has been 19 years since the Chengde Dynasty. As the eldest son of the Emperor, even if you don't have the opportunity to watch politics, you can see some of His Majesty's actions."

"The holder of the country, be calm."

These words are teaching the prince a lesson.

Originally, such words should not be said by Zhang Qu, but by characters such as the prince and grand teacher, but Zhang Qu is qualified to say such a sentence as the Shangshu Zuo Pushe.

His Highness the Crown Prince opened his mouth, but finally did not continue.

After Zhang Qu paused, he sighed: "Besides, His Royal Highness has just supervised the administration of the country. If prisons are set up at this time, those people will have more grounds to say that His Highness is immoral."

His Royal Highness secretly gritted his teeth: "Then let those people continue to talk nonsense?"

Zhang Qu sighed.

"I went to Yushitai just to settle this matter with His Highness."

Only then did His Royal Highness understand the meaning of what this Lord Haoran said just now, and he immediately stood up, bowed his hands to Zhang Qu, and said, "Thank you, Lord Haoran."

Zhang Qu sighed slightly, walked out of the East Palace with his hands behind his back, and walked towards Yushitai.

Although the old man was nearly seventy years old, he was still in good health. After walking for a while, he reached Yushitai.

At the gate of the yamen of Yushitai, there are two guards guarding the gate, majestic and majestic.

Bi An is prone to litigation, and usually there are two at the gate of the yamen with a large prison. Although Yushitai does not have a prison, it is one of the three jurisprudence, so it is natural to put two.

Here is the Yamen where Dajin is in charge of supervising the officials, and it is also the mouthpiece of the Dajin court.

These censors are not of high rank, but their authority is not small. They all have the power to go directly to Tianting. Therefore, many court lords will "raise" or recruit a few censors to use as guns to attack political opponents. head.

Over time, Yushitai, a Qingshui yamen, has also become a place rich in oil and water.

When the prime minister arrived in person, the people from Yushitai naturally wanted to go in to report. After a while, an old man about the same age as Zhang Qu came out of Yushitai's yamen with a cane.

The old man had white beard and hair, and a smile on his face.

"What's Xiang Zhang's order? When I write a note, the officials will naturally go to the Shangshutai to see Xiang Zhang. There's no need for Xiang Zhang to go there himself."

This old man's surname is Yan and his name is Yu. He is the doctor Yushi of Yushitai and one of the big men in the court, but because Yushitai is not in the three provinces now, he can't be called a prime minister and can't go to the East Palace to discuss matters.

"Mr. Yan was joking."

Zhang Qu smiled wryly and said, "In terms of Kejia, Duke Yan is still a senior, let's go in and talk about it."

Yan Yu chuckled, stretched out his hand and said falsely, "Master Zhang, please."

The two old men walked side by side, walked to the main hall of Yushitai and sat down. After a young servant served tea, Zhang Qu coughed and said, "Mr. Yan, I have a merciless request here."

Yan Yu lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and asked with a smile, "Because of those things written by the imperial censor?"

"Exactly."

Zhang Qu's face became serious, and he said in a deep voice: "The Yushitai is the mouthpiece of the country, and has the right to gossip about things. It is reasonable to say that there is no problem with any book, but now the Yushitai of the Yushitai is clearly ordered by others. Maliciously attacking the prince has nothing to do with it, after all, there is no real evidence, and there will be no results."

Zhang Qu said with a wry smile: "But our Highness the Crown Prince is so narrow-minded. He is about to question the censors. If this matter gets serious, it will not be good for anyone. Your Majesty may also be angry. Please be strict with me." Please restrain your subordinates a little and let them rest."

Speaking of this, Zhang Qu smiled wryly: "Otherwise, once Chengde reigns, there will be a precedent for being convicted for words."

Yan Zhen shook his head, and said in a calm voice, "Master Zhang, you can't control this matter, and neither can the lower officials. You can only let it go."

Zhang Qu frowned and said, "Duke Yan is the chief official of Yushitai, and the censors have to pass through Gongshi to write letters, why can't we control it?"

Yan Zhen shook his head and said: "There are many factions in Yushitai, which faction in the capital has not placed a few people in Yushitai? If the officials withhold their memorials and refuse to report them, I don't know how many people will be offended!"

"Master Zhang, this official is already old enough to beg for bones to retire, you can't let this official offend people at this time, can you?"

Zhang Qu was a little angry: "I don't want to offend anyone, so I can't let Dajin's court mess up!"

The imperial censor took another sip of tea, and then said in a low voice: "Mr. Haoran, no one wants to cause chaos in the court, but now the momentum of the rivalry between the princes is unstoppable. You and I are both very old. , and just sit down and watch the excitement, so don’t step in.”

"The old man shoots for the left servant, how can he sit idly by and see the chaos in the court?"

"You can't understand."

Yan Zhen shook his head and sighed: "Mr. Haoran, you are a very smart person, but some authorities are lost in your position. Mr. Haoran might as well think about it. The title of prince has already been decided, why the other three princes have not yet Just Fan?"

According to the rules of the Jin Dynasty, if the prince loses the right of inheritance, he will be entrusted to various places to become a vassal king. The more than ten sons of the Chengde emperor, except for the four princes who stayed in the capital, all went to various places early to become a vassal. up.

Zhang Qu's face was ugly.

"Duke Yan means..."

"It's good for Mr. Haoran to know, so don't say it."

Yan Yu squinted his eyes and smiled: "Let them young people fight and make trouble. His Royal Highness can lose his temper. In Yushitai, the people under him have their own thoughts, and I can't control it." Living with them, even if they suffer from prison, they also take it upon themselves.”

Zhang Qu glanced at Yan Yu enviously.

"Yan Gong sees fire like a cave, I admire this old man."

Yan Zhen shook his head: "The lower official has always been inferior to Grandpa Haoran, it is pure luck that he can look further than Grandpa Haoran this time."

As he said that, he took out a memorial from his sleeve, handed it to Zhang Qu, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, this is a memorial for the officials to beg for the bones to return to their hometown. It was originally planned to be sent to Shangshutai today, but now it happens. Now, just let Zhang Xiang bring it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Zhang Qu stood up and looked Yan Yu up and down.

"Duke Yan is healthier than the old man, why is he going to resign from his old age and return to his hometown?"

Yan Zhen shook his head and smiled: "It is precisely because I can still walk a few steps that I can get rid of my errands, go back to my hometown and have a look, and I can calmly choose a grave for myself in my hometown, so as to avoid the death of future guests. foreign land."

Yan Yu glanced at Zhang Qu with a smile.

"Mr. Haoran, we have been in the same dynasty for decades. Let me advise you. I wonder if you can listen to it?"