old grace

Fu Chuan asked the imperial court for the post of prime minister and set up a mansion to manage affairs, originally just to win over the military power of the Han family and occupy the status.

After he really put on the first-rank official uniform and gathered a group of officials in the Prime Minister's Mansion to govern, he suddenly discovered that the later Zhao court had been governing the world in a way that he could not understand at all.

"Han Lin only cares about two things, one is the soldiers, and the other is the food. He manages the soldiers himself, and asks the household department for the food. The question is, where does the household department raise food? These years, the weather is good and the harvest is good every year, and the other counties just can't get it. When the food comes, the whole world knows that the powerful family refuses to pay taxes, and the whole mother in the Golden Palace is speechless, and dare to lie to the little emperor that the farmland is fat and thin, and it will be enough to grow it for a few years if it is not fertile enough. In Susukida, the best seeds can’t grow anything, so the wind is good and the rain is soft, and it’s God’s arrangement that we can’t grow food!”

"Han Lin doesn't care so much, anyway, if he wants to raise soldiers, he can't be short of food. Just go and urge Li Jinfang."

"Li Jinfang is Han Shushi's aunt's cousin. After Han Lin entered Beijing, the head of the Household Department Minister also said that there was no food to be allocated. After being dismissed by Han Lin, Li Jinfang was promoted. What can the head of the Household Department do if the county does not pay taxes? ? Li Jinfang took people to other counties to rob."

"At that time, Han Lin sent troops to attack other counties. It had nothing to do with the thieves. It was just that the bottom line did not pay taxes, and the court was empty-handed. Han Lin couldn't figure it out."

"Who would have thought that after working so hard to come to Beijing from Nanjun County, the majestic official residence has to pay for the world? According to Han Lin's words, she competed with the little wife for the housekeeper, and only found out that the daily expenses were paid after taking over the accountant. I used more than Jinyi, and I have to fill in my own dowry money to support the family, this——Impossible."

"Now the other counties are fighting all over the world, and the money and food can barely be collected. Li Jinfang still has a soldier and horse, and he has to go to the countryside to collect taxes in spring and autumn."

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Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan had dinner, and the room was lit, and they chatted on the couch.

Fu Chuan has been working in the Prime Minister's Mansion these days, leaving early and returning late. A few days ago, he worked in silence and didn't bother Xie Qinghe much when he returned home. In the past two days, he has figured out his ideas, and his emotions have completely exploded. I couldn't help complaining to Xie Qinghe.

Xie Qinghe played with Fu Chuan's hanging long hair with one hand and listened quietly.

Fu Chuan looked at him sideways: "Since the imperial grain and national tax are to be collected, local affairs must also be taken care of, right? I sat in the prime minister's mansion for a few days and sorted out the affairs of the Han family. It's very strange, why only see the soldiers and food, but nothing else?"

"Guess what? Chang Shi told me that the Ministry of Industry has nothing to do recently, and they all ask for peace. As usual, those who greeted the palace went directly to the Taige, and those who greeted the prime minister sent it back directly. It's from Han Lin's time." I don’t look at it. I asked, except for the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry, other yamen are not involved? Chang Shi said, there is nothing wrong anyway..."

"It's okay anyway! It's okay!" Fu Chuan sat up angrily, and patted the edge of the couch, "It's okay! Ah!"

Xie Qinghe comforted him and said: "The family has been so powerful in recent years, the imperial court can't even collect food, and the six ministries are just decorations. It is said that it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. Before Han Lin entered Beijing, the imperial court only relied on the royal family's funds for support, and many things were intentional. Powerless. Now that you have the military power and the prime minister, you can just improve a little bit. The past cannot be recovered, so don’t be angry.”

Fu Chuan turned his head and looked at him suspiciously: "Eldest senior brother already knew that he had such a rotten appearance?"

Xie Qinghe couldn't help laughing: "You are also familiar with history books, but isn't it the case when the family is powerful and the royal family is declining?"

"However, all the ministries are silent. If there is a disaster in the local area, how will the imperial court rescue it? The criminal death prisons in other counties have to be reported to the capital for review? I thought this was the case in all dynasties. Why is it here... Doesn’t matter?” Fu Chuan was most annoyed by this point.

Today's post-Zhao royal family has no passage from bottom to top.

The capital has an imperial decree that can be promulgated to the world, but there is no channel for other counties to report to Beijing.

The head of a county can convict criminals casually, and if they say that they will be executed, they will be pulled out to declare the official punishment and beheaded directly.The disasters in various places are solved by themselves, and no one cares about it anyway-the emperor wants to provide disaster relief, and the treasury has no money.

"I remember this was written in "Liangzhai Notes". Ji Xun... Well, when the first emperor was young, Hua'an was plagued by locusts. He felt that the victims were pitiful, so he decided to use the royal family's money to relieve the disaster. The first emperor's private treasury was short of food, so the courtiers suggested, If you don’t need to spend money to buy grain in several counties near Hua’an, it would be a waste of money to transport the grain to people to eat and chew on horses. The first emperor thought this was justified, so he took 20 silver from his internal funds to buy grain.”

"The special envoy took the silver to the local area to inquire about prices. Due to the locust plague in Hua'an, the price of food in the vicinity has increased. 20 silver is a drop in the bucket."

"The first emperor wanted to say that the price increase was also normal, so he privately called officials from several families near Hua'an into the palace, discussed it in a good manner, and agreed to overcome the difficulties together, and those families also agreed, not only to distribute food at a low price , and is willing to donate money, food and grass for disaster relief."

"The first emperor was very happy, and allocated another 30 taels of silver from the internal funds, in order to make the disaster relief work more beautiful."

"You should know what happened in the end, right?" Xie Qinghe asked.

In the third year of Qingxian, there was a plague of locusts in Hua'an.

In the spring of the fourth year of Qingxian, there was a rumor in Huaqing County that a god-man descended to the earth. Under the leadership of Yang Jun, a craftsman, the Lishen Sect gathered people to rebel.This rebellion did not last long, and was quelled in the summer of Qingxian's fourth year.

Yang Jun's confession is very spiritual.I am against a traitor, not against Your Majesty.

The first emperor sent an imperial envoy to inquire about this matter, only to find out that the people in Hua'an County did not eat a single rice after spending so much money on disaster relief last year.

The internal funds spent 40 silver to buy grain, and the silver flowed into the pockets of the aristocratic family.The food was never released from the warehouse at all, and it was pretended to be distributed to the people.As for the few officials who promised to donate money and grain to the late emperor for disaster relief, they blew loudly, and the officials in charge of disaster relief actually wrote them a receipt, but in fact they didn’t pay a dime, not a single rice. Out—the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, how does the emperor know if the untouchables are eating the rice issued by the court?

The first emperor was so angry that he scolded his mother in the Golden Palace.Not only was it the money for disaster relief in the third year of Qingxian, but in the beginning of the fourth year of Qingxian, those bastards also cheated the late emperor of a sum of money to buy young crops under the pretext of helping Hua'an farmers resume farming.

"In the past, the government order was not good, so it's hard to manage this matter. The other counties have been shot down, and they still behave like this." Fu Chuan had a headache.

Xie Qinghe smiled slightly, and pointed to the bookcase in the room: "Here."

Fu Chuan was puzzled: "What is that?"

"I plan to compile a few volumes of patterns suitable for various utensils and clothes, and I will be very busy these days." Xie Qinghe touched his vest and said with a smile, "You can just go about your own business without thinking about going home to accompany me. Of course, if you are too busy, or if you need my help with something, it doesn’t matter if I take my time with those few volumes of drawings.”

Only then did Fu Chuan realize that it was to let him feel at ease to be the prime minister and not have to worry about his family.

Han Lin is a prime minister who only cares about military supplies and people's livelihood. Fu Chuan saw that Han Lin had a very comfortable life before, and spent a lot of time drinking and feasting every day.Only now did I know that everything Han Lin did was completely absurd!

Only when all six parts of Fu Chuan are in operation can they truly control the world.With the current situation where the six volumes are almost completely abolished, there is something to worry about.

Xie Qinghe chatted with Fu Chuan in the middle of the night and fell asleep hugging each other.

The next day, the two went their separate ways.

Fu Chuan went to the prime minister's mansion, and Xie Qinghe entered the palace.

Xie Qinghe returned home at noon, and actually found the booklets in his bookcase, and drew a few patterns for clothing.

Fu Chuan likes to use crane patterns, but Xie Qinghe misled him even if he didn't like it, and felt that although the charm of the crane patterns painted by the younger brother was still there, the artistic conception was not good.After drawing a few pictures, he practiced sword practice, and chatted with Mrs. Chen and Sanniang for a while to give advice on how to practice.

Fu Chuan didn't come back for dinner again.

Xie Qinghe got used to it too, ate alone, sat under the lamp and waited for the younger brother to come home.

Until the second watch, the sound of messy footsteps came from outside the door, and the attendant only accompanied Fu Chuan to the gate of the courtyard. Fu Chuan came back angrily with a lamp in his hand. As soon as Xie Qinghe raised his head, the anger on Fu Chuan's face dissipated , blew the lantern with a puff, and stepped forward to salute: "Eldest brother."

"Are you angry? Have you eaten yet?" Xie Qinghe brought him his tea.

Fu Chuan took the tea and drank it, untied his cloak, and said, "I've been arguing all day! I'm so pissed off, I'm going to take Aunt Chen with me tomorrow!"

Xie Qinghe didn't ask why the quarrel, because Fu Chuan is a talker, he would spit it out himself: "I said that I want to play the six books, and Chang Shi just looked at me. When the six ministers were brought to the prime minister's mansion for discussion, Liao Guan first jumped out to object! ——Does senior brother Liao Guan know? It’s the short, fat man in the official department with such a long beard, the one who holds his throat when talking!”

Xie Qinghe didn't know him very well, but this is not the point, he nodded and helped Fu Chuan remove the small crown that he had been wearing for a day.

"Liao Guan said that this dynasty respected Huang Lao's theory, and the emphasis was on governing by doing nothing. As the saying goes, the government should be quiet and the people should decide for themselves. When I was not doing well, he and Li Jinfang started fighting!" Fu Chuan said angrily, "Master Wang Qi and others hid aside and fought with their mouths. Didn't Deng just become the official secretary of the Ministry of Rites? Hold on, I can hear him covering his mouth and sniggering!"

Xie Qinghe couldn't help but smile too.

Li Jinfang is the Minister of the Household Department, who specializes in helping Han Lin search for food. Every year, he leads troops to grab food in places.Liao Guan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, has long been disgusted with Fu Chuan's new official. Liao Guan was sure that Fu Chuan would not kill a minister without authorization, so he jumped out to fight Li Jinfang.

The so-called Huang Lao theory is just a fig leaf for a powerful family and a weak court.

The imperial court ruled by doing nothing, and made the people self-government.How to self-government?The gentry and the elders of the country are all eagle dogs of the family.

"Didn't you win the quarrel?" Xie Qinghe asked.

Fu Chuan shook his head: "It's not that we can't win the quarrel. I put my hand on the wooden case and 'accidentally' slapped it, and the wooden case fell apart, so they stopped talking to me."

Xie Qinghe nodded: "It's also a way."

"Then I can't just shoot a table with a single sentence, can I? I discussed with those old slickers today. The tea table in front of the seat was smashed, and the writing desk was also smashed. The side table I used was photographed... After the photograph, the ground was full of debris. They didn't see the coffin and didn't cry. If I didn't photograph the table, they would talk to me. I have never seen such a thick-skinned person. It can be said to be black, Da Lang came in quietly and asked me if I would like to send me some tables!" Fu Chuan was very angry.

Xie Qinghe was about to burst out laughing just hearing Fu Chuan's complaints, and he didn't know what the prime minister's mansion was like today, no wonder Deng was snickering.

Fu Chuan took off his outer robe, put on wooden clogs, turned his head and found that the water in the bathroom had been put away, turned around and kissed Xie Qinghe, took off his clothes and turned into the water, while taking a bath, he emphasized to Xie Qinghe: "I will definitely bring Chen Eminem go!"

Xie Qinghe came in with a candlestick in hand, sat down on the screen, and said, "That's right. Ask Mrs. Chen to pat the table, it's more respectable than you to pat the table."

Fu Chuan heard his disapproval in the joke, floated up from the water, and lay down on the edge of the bathtub: "Then I can't really kill people for this matter. The current six ministers are selected by me and Han Lin. , the identity and talent are suitable..."

Xie Qinghe asked back: "You also said that there is nothing wrong with the six parts. Since there is nothing wrong, what's the use of talent?"

Fu Chuan was questioned.

Isn't it different to put on a wooden sculpture without doing any work?At least the woodcarving won't talk back!It doesn't even take money!

After a while, Fu Chuan jumped out of the bathtub and insisted on riding on Xie Qinghe's lap wet.

Xie Qinghe didn't like such a wet look, but Fu Chuan put his arms around his neck to kiss him. He was fascinated for a while, so he half pushed and half pushed Fu Chuan into his arms. Just when he was having fun, Fu Chuan stuck to his ear He bit his ear and asked, "Elder brother, you are quick, can you carve some portraits for me tonight?"

Being so pestered and begged by my junior brother, not to mention a few portraits, you can even build a Great Wall Xie Qinghe off-the-shelf!

The two came out of the bathroom and had a lingering time in the room, Fu Chuan refused to sleep and insisted on looking at the statue.

"You've been busy these days, so get some rest early. When you open your eyes tomorrow, you'll be able to see the statue." Xie Qinghe was very gentle.

Fu Chuan was also embarrassed to tell Xie Qinghe to stay up all night and work hard, so he fell asleep soundly, so he must follow.

Xie Qinghe put him back on the bed and said: "I'm fine tomorrow, and it's okay to take a nap during the day. If you insist on following me, I can just get you a few human-like things. Go to sleep soon, big brother Carve it carefully for you, tidy it up slowly, and keep it to your liking."

"Then I..." Fu Chuan recalled the past.It's also what he wants, and if he doesn't do well, the elder brother will help him.

"In the past, I wanted to draw scenery, and the elder brother also helped me." Fu Chuan thought it was very sweet.

Xie Qinghe thought for a while before remembering the past.He doesn't find it sweet.At that time, Fu Chuan and him were nominally a Taoist couple, and he was still at odds with Fu Chuan, and he refused to get close to Fu Chuan. Seeing that Fu Chuan endured restlessness and retreated every day, he felt sorry for Fu Chuan and made amends everywhere.

The mood at that time was completely different from now, but the younger brother didn't know it.

"Go, go to sleep." Xie Qinghe touched his ear, "Eldest brother will give you whatever you want."

Fu Chuan excitedly got up and kissed him, then went back and wrapped the quilt tightly, closed his eyes for a moment and opened them again: "Thank you, senior brother!"

Xie Qinghe doesn't have to sleep every night.He often lay down at night, let go of his five senses and six senses, and observed sentient beings in the human way.After making love with Fu Chuan, he slept a little more, but he was just greedy for the breath and body temperature of the little junior in his arms, and liked to quietly caress and accompany Fu Chuan after he fell asleep.

Now Fu Chuan suffered a disadvantage from the six ministers and wanted to find a place, Xie Qinghe was also happy to help the junior brother.

Isn't it just carving a few portraits?Little effort.

To make a portrait, one must have the right wood, which is definitely not available at home, and it is difficult to find someone in the middle of the night.Xie Qinghe thought for a while, and remembered that after the Qitian Pavilion was struck by lightning and burned down, it was still being repaired recently.So I went to Qitian Pavilion to carry six pillars and took them home to carve.

He is very proficient in handwork, he took a set of carving knives from the repair site of Qitian Pavilion, and brushed with the dim light of the lanterns in the corridor.

Fu Chuan was sleeping soundly in the house.

Xie Qinghe focused on nothing else, and drew out the prototype of the six pillars together, and then made adjustments in details.

The carving knife fluttered on the wood, long strips of fine chips kept falling, and the rough benzene prototype was gradually refined and became vivid.

The temperature became cooler little by little, the courtyard was covered with morning dew, the sky turned deep blue, and the candles in the lanterns had already been extinguished.Xie Qinghe actually had time to go to the house to get paints, and painted the six portraits one by one.

Fu Chuanji came out wearing wooden clogs and a robe, and just about to call out, his eyes were attracted by the six portraits in the yard.

Xie Qinghe obviously understood his thoughts completely.

These six portraits are as tall as a person, all wearing second-rank official uniforms, which are the official products of the six ministers, and they are carved so lifelike and lifelike that they look like six senior officials standing side by side.

What shocked Fu Chuan the most was that Xie Qinghe scolded someone for him.

Among the six portraits, one covered his eyes with a wat board, one covered his ears with his hands, one pursed his mouth tightly, one had a breezy left sleeve and a golden jade right hand, one held a penknife with a lotus flower in his tongue, and one was gesturing to write, with blood on the table .

"Turn a blind eye."

"Listen but not hear."

"Know without speaking."

"Putting fame for reputation, pretending to be poor."

"Mouth the constitution of heaven but misinterpret the decree."

"Daitian Mushou sacrificed for the people."

After reading the portraits of Fu Chuan, I didn't think of the anger of quarreling with the six ministers yesterday, but there was a kind of desolation that spanned through the ages.

From generation to generation.How many civil servants and military generals have stood on the Golden Palace?There are very few virtuous ministers who are famous for thousands of years, and there are actually only a few treacherous ministers who are so bad that historians have recorded them in detail.The most common ones are the mediocre officials who are similar to the six portraits carved by Xie Qinghe.

"Six portraits of mediocre ministers." Fu Chuan stroked the portrait in front of him with his hand.

Xie Qinghe couldn't stop it.

Fu Chuan touched cinnabar with one hand, and looked at Xie Qinghe awkwardly: "I haven't done it yet."

Xie Qinghe waved helplessly: "Go wash it, I'll just make up for it here."

Fu Chuan squatted by the lotus pond to wash his hands, and said hesitantly: "Li Jinfang is one of my own, and I have no intention of sending portraits to the household department..." It's all because I didn't make it clear last night, the elder brother made six portraits out , if one is missing and not used, wouldn't it be a waste of the hard work of the big brother?

Xie Qinghe focused on filling up the colors, and said, "Just leave one in the prime minister's residence."

Fu Chuan wiped his hands with a towel and walked back.

Xie Qinghe pointed to the bloody portrait on the case, and said: "One point of ink on the case, a thousand points of blood among the people ①. Since you are acting as a shepherd and hunter on behalf of the sky, lower your posture and respect the people and everything is the right way. If you want to be a prime minister, put this Why not put the portrait of the respected person at the gate of the prime minister's mansion, and take a look when you go in and out?"

Fu Chuan put down the towel and bowed to the ground: "I would like to accept the training."

When An Xu and Li Zi came to deliver breakfast at that time, Fu Chuan asked Qin Hai to move the portraits. Except for the household department, the other five yamen each sent one.Qin Hai didn't know why there were six more portraits in his home, so he hurriedly sent someone to move them.

Xie Qinghe drank a bowl of porridge, and then remembered to ask someone to go to the Qitian Pavilion to inform him that six large pillars were lost, and the steward was about to jump.

The portrait was removed, the breakfast was also removed, and the courtyard was quiet again.

Fu Chuan pretended to go to the house to comb his hair. How difficult is it for a man to hold a hairpin and wear a small crown?Xie Qinghe heard the little junior brother tossing about, the hairpin hit the ground three times!Knowing that Fu Chuan was acting like a baby on purpose, he still washed his hands and planned to comb his junior brother's hair.

Who knew that Fu Chuan was not interested in combing his hair at all, so he turned over and hung on him: "Elder brother, I know you worked too hard last night, but you should take a nap during the day to rest your mind, we... you still have to abide by the rules, right?" ?”

Xie Qinghe touched his warm waist and said in a low voice: "Of course I am the most disciplined person."

After the routine, Fu Chuan got up refreshed.Now I went to comb my hair in front of the dressing mirror, and suddenly the comb became obedient, and the hairpin became obedient, and I combed my hair in two or three strokes. I still remember to turn around and kiss Xie Qinghe: "Brother, I'm going to quarrel!"

Xie Qinghe looked into his bright eyes, and his heart moved inexplicably, with a smile in his eyes: "I wish you triumph."

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After Fu Chuan left, Xie Qinghe didn't stay in bed to catch up on sleep, and he was still in good spirits after not sleeping all night, so he got up to move around.

He had someone clean the yard, and painted a few pictures in the house himself.At Sishi, Sanniang came to help make tea and deliver fruits, and greet the daily life.Xie Qinghe chatted with her for a few words, and when he learned that Fu Faxan had taken old lady Chen away, he couldn't laugh or cry.

There's no point in showing off your strength. Those who can get into the positions of the six ministers are all human beings, so it's not like they can't understand the height of their eyebrows.

The reason why those few quarreled with Fu Chuan yesterday was because they saw that Fu Chuan had a two-point tolerance and thought there was still room for negotiation.Otherwise, why didn't these ministers come forward to stop Fu Chuanwang's request for seal?Of course, there are some things that can be discussed, and some things that cannot be discussed.

It was the first time for Fu Chuan to do anything.

It was the first time to hold military power, the first time to be a prime minister, and the first time to personally control the life and death of thousands of people.

Since he has no experience in being in power, he has to follow the rules of his predecessors.He used to hide behind Han Lin and Han Hui, but now he stepped up to the front desk and acted honestly according to the unspoken rules of officialdom.

He was bored and trivial these few days, after talking to Xie Qinghe, Xie Qinghe dragged him out with a word.

—— Playing the game according to the rules that others are familiar with, and passing on a child, can you play against those experienced old tricksters?

Don't play a game where other people make good rules.

Fu Chuan is going to flip the table today.

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"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Fu Fu Fu Fu..." The palace supervisor stammered for a long while, unable to speak.

The emperor was copying the market map left by Xie Qinghe, and after listening to it for a long time, he didn't hear the main point, so he asked angrily, "What are you helping? Ah Er, tell me!"

The palace supervisor called Erqi took a step forward and reported back: "Your Majesty, a report from outside the palace said that Prime Minister Fu had dismissed Liao Shangshu from the Ministry of Officials, Yuan Shangshu from the Ministry of War, Deng Shangshu from the Ministry of Rites, Wang Shangshu from the Ministry of Punishment, and Xiao Shangshu from the Ministry of Industry... .”

The emperor thought he heard it wrong: "Dismissed?! All?"

The appointment and removal of the six ministers were extremely cautious, and even the emperor could not make a decision with one word, and had to be discussed by the nine ministers.How arrogant is Fu Chuan to act arbitrarily and "dismiss" Shangshu himself?

Erqi, the Palace Supervisor, whispered, "It's not all about returning to Your Majesty. Li Shangshu from the Household Department is fine."

"Why? Why did Prime Minister Fu dismantle six parts?" The emperor couldn't figure it out at all.

At this time, gossip has already been flying all over the sky. Yesterday Fu Chuan quarreled with six ministers in the prime minister's mansion, and the fight between Liao Guan and Li Jinfang was widely spread in every household. Both Li Jinfang and Li Jinfang also hanged the lottery.

The palace supervisor briefly explained what happened yesterday, emphasizing that it was a rumor, anyway, the emperor had no channels outside the palace, so he was not sure what he heard.

"Today, Prime Minister Fu carried five portraits to the ministry. I heard that several ministers changed their expressions when they saw the portraits. At that time, they wanted to ask someone to carry them out. The one who carried the portraits was the healthy servant of Prime Minister Fu's mansion. How could they listen? ? Guard the portrait and don't move."

"After a while, Prime Minister Fu went to the Ministry of Officials in person, asked Liao Shangshu to stand by the door, and carried the portrait to the main seat. Liao Shangshu wanted to reason with him, and Prime Minister Fu said, "You can do this job even with wood. How can it be difficult for you to do it yourself? So someone took off Liao Shangshu's official hat and put it on the head of the portrait. Liao Shangshu was so angry that he blew his beard, after blowing his beard for a while, he went home by car."

"Prime Minister Fu went to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry through the opposite door. The portrait of Xiao Shangshu had already been put up there, and Xiao Shangshu hung the crown and left."

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The palace supervisor talked about Fu Chuan's going to Wubu to drive people away, and finally concluded: "He is with Mrs. Chen, who dare not take off his hat?!"

With a fine pen in his hand, the emperor traced absently on the paper a few times.

He knew that he had no power or dignity to speak of, and that he was nothing more than arrogance, but none of the five "dismissed" ministers took him seriously—the dignified second-rank official of the imperial court, who took off his hat and returned directly. gone home?Why don't you come to the palace to ask the emperor to resign?

"What did you just say? Six portraits of mediocre officials? Isn't there only five portraits?" the emperor asked.

"It is said that another portrait was carried to the Prime Minister's Mansion and placed in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion for introspection." The palace supervisor replied quickly, and taught the emperor the appearance of the six portraits again.

Erqi went out of the palace to watch, Xie Qinghe's statue was lifelike, so it was easy for him to learn.Just covering your eyes and shutting your mouth is easy, and the next few artistically processed portraits have to be gestured: "There is another one with an empty sleeve on the left hand and a gold jade on the right hand."

The emperor snorted: "Put fame and reputation and pretend to be clean."

"This one has a lotus flower growing out of its mouth, and a pen in its hand, with the pen on top and the tip of a knife on the bottom."

The emperor thought about it for a while, but he was not quite sure which line of mediocre officials this portrait was referring to.

Erqi whispered, "The servants didn't have time to look at the portrait at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"Go and see." The emperor ordered, "Find someone who can draw and copy it. I want to see which six portraits it is."

As for the five ministers who were flagrantly dismissed, the emperor didn't want to care, but he knew that caring was useless.Fu Chuan wants to chase someone away, what can he do?Find Fu Chuan for questioning, saying that you are not allowed to drive people away?Isn't this self-defeating?

If he really knows the current affairs, he should cooperate with Fu Chuan and issue the imperial decree of dismissal.

However, the emperor also has a three-point temper.

——The most important thing is that Zhong Shuling is a member of the Tian family, and he can't do anything about it.

Before the key was released at the palace gate, the emperor got a copy of the six portraits of mediocre officials.

In the spacious and majestic palace, the emperor sat alone among the lights, looking at the six small portraits hanging in front of him, not moving for a long time.

The palace eunuchs who were serving outside were very confused and looked at each other in blank dismay.

The emperor suddenly ordered: "Bring me my crown!"

The crown is a kind of formal attire, and only on important occasions such as worshiping the heavens and ancestors, the emperor would wear the crown.At this moment, he suddenly wanted a crown, the palace guards agreed, and rushed to find him. After a lot of effort and looking for several eunuchs, they opened the storeroom and took out the crown.

The emperor put the crown on his head, looked at the hanging crown in front of his eyes, and looked at the small portrait hanging in the air with a wat board covering his eyes.

"The suffering of the people is turned a blind eye."

His eyes moved to the small statue covering his ears, and the emperor inserted the stuffed ear that hung on the side of his face into the ear canal.

"The cries of the people are deaf."

He slowly put his finger on his lips and stopped talking.

next moment.

The emperor threw the priceless crown on the ground, and the jade beads rolled to the ground in an instant.

"Six portraits of mediocre officials!"

The emperor was so angry, because he suddenly felt that the emperor who regarded pretending to be deaf and dumb as the virtue of an emperor, and decorated it grandly on the crown, seemed to be the biggest mediocre official in the world!

"Call the Prime Minister into the palace!" The emperor suddenly ordered.

The palace eunuchs outside the gate were all frightened and stupid. Prime Minister Fu dismissed the five ministers in one go. Is the showdown broken?The palace guards trembled.

The confidant palace guard entered the door tremblingly, and begged: "Your Majesty, think twice! The key is under the palace gate at this moment, and the outside is already under curfew. I'm afraid it's not good to invite the prime minister to enter the palace at night. Tomorrow Mr. Su will come to the palace, your majesty If you have any questions, why not ask Mr. Su?"

The emperor realized that it was very late.

He walked outside the hall, looked at the crescent moon in the sky, and sat down on the jade steps.

... At this time, Prime Minister Fu and Su Zi are together, right?Are they sitting together and chatting, or are they doing couple things?

Because when Han Hui died, Xie Qinghe stabilized the situation of the Han family and refused to let the emperor poach the corner of the Han family. The emperor secretly had some discord with "Su Zi", thinking that Su Zi was disloyal ), with lumps in my heart.

Today he suddenly changed his mind.

Su Zi has always had the world in his heart, and Prime Minister Fu organized the six departments with the six images of mediocre officials, and his heart cannot be measured by the power of the world.

How fortunate am I to have Su Zi as my teacher and Mr. Fu as my chancellor?