After the celebration banquet, the atmosphere in the court immediately became strange.
It was obviously the Chinese New Year, and it was time to be happy. As a result, the emperor first decreed to demote Gong Hanlin and Ban Shilang, and then ordered Yushitai to strictly investigate the local government affairs and official style of the places where the grain and grass passed during the Eastern Conquest. .
At the same time, the local officials brought back by their class teachers were examined one by one. Except for two who were surrounded by local clans and demoted, the rest of the officials were either exiled or beheaded.
However, three officials were directly imprisoned. I heard that not only will they be convicted, but their family members will also be implicated.
The Tai Hospital is not very busy recently, and Man Bao spends more time in the Tai Medical Office leading the students to make a summary. This time, everyone has gained a lot in medical skills in the Eastern War.
Immersed in academics, she will be negligent about some things. When she finds out that the atmosphere is not right, it is because of the Dachaohui.
Man Bao greeted people with a smile as usual, then sat in his seat and waited for the emperor to arrive.
Master Tang glanced at her, and sat on her left side by the door.
Man Bao feels that the colleagues today are unusually quiet. Although they are not noisy at ordinary times, they are not as solemn as they are today. When they meet early in the morning, they always say hello and talk, ranging from court affairs to coming here this morning Did you use breakfast food, what breakfast food did you use, how does it taste...
But today, everyone was very silent. They just nodded and sat quietly in their seats when they met, without even saying a word.
Seeing this, Man Bao turned to look for Mr. Tang, lowered his voice and asked, "What's the matter?"
Master Tang: "You don't know? The decree of demoting officials and confiscating people's homes these days is all written by your family, Bai Shan."
Man Bao: "... I don't know."
Mr. Tang thought for a while and then said: "That's right. This matter has something to do with your Tai Medical Office. It's not a big relationship. It's okay, but it has a little relationship. Whether you say it or not, your Tai Medical Office can't change it." What."
Man Bao was very curious, "What the hell is that?"
"Your Majesty will bring to justice all the local officials who caused delays in food, grass and medicinal materials during the Eastern Conquest."
Man Bao gave a flat "Oh" and said: "I know about this. The teacher was arrested when he returned to the imperial court. We all know that this matter cannot be resolved. Many wounded soldiers died on the front line because they delayed the medicine. Woolen cloth."
Lord Tang glanced at her and said: "But His Majesty's punishment for three of them is particularly severe. Not only was he sentenced to beheaded, but also his house was ransacked. Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice are currently trying this case. His Majesty means that his family members will be exiled." To Liaodong."
The reason why Tang He knew so clearly was that he was seconded by the Ministry of Criminal Justice to investigate the case together. He knew more secret things, and these things could not be said, at least not in such a public.
Man Bao looked at Mr. Tang, and waited specially to pick up Bai Shan at the gate of the palace after leaving the Yamen in the afternoon.
It was rare for Bai Shan to be picked up once, and he was flattered, "You are in the Tai Hospital today, not the Tai Medical Office?"
"I came here to pick you up from the Imperial Medical Office."
Bai Shan took her hand and smiled: "Shall we go out to eat today?"
Man Bao wanted to go home and eat more, so he hid and whispered when he was full.
But seeing Bai Shan's surprised gaze, she couldn't help but nod, "Okay, what do you want to eat?"
You can eat anything, just the two of them.
Bai Shan took Man Bao's hand and got into the car, and asked Daji to drive the car to the market first. They are not very hungry at this time, so they can look for it slowly.
Man Bao was anxious to know more inside information at first, but when he walked hand in hand with Bai Shan in the crowd, his anxiety disappeared, and he happily went shopping with him.
The two of them wandered the street for a long time in their official uniforms, and they didn't go home until the sunset was about to go down.
The two families had already eaten, and food was left for them, but they didn't eat, but wandered back to their room.
After washing, both of them were lying on the bed, and Man Bao asked him in a low voice, "Brother Tang said that His Majesty punished a few people particularly severely, why?"
Bai Shan also lowered his voice and said: "When the food, grass and medicinal materials were delayed, Zhao Guogong got angry and cut off the logistics officer. His Majesty also issued an order to warn the local officials along the way. Some people were panicked and guilty, so they brought a lot of money to Beijing to find a backer."
This is understandable, but Man Bao was puzzled, "So Your Majesty thinks they are corrupt and accepting bribes, so you are very angry?"
"No, if it's just taking bribes, Your Majesty won't harm the other party's family." Even the emperor who committed the crime of embezzling food, grass and medicinal materials only punished themselves, so how could he deliberately harm the other party
"It's just that some people are extra bold, and when they realized that they couldn't persuade His Majesty, they thought of other ways." Bai Shan's eyes were deep, "Of course, there are some selfishness among them."
"any solution?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led the imperial army and all the ministers to Taiyuan to meet His Majesty. Someone wrote a secret letter to His Majesty in advance, telling the Prince to privately transfer the army to Taiyuan. It is likely to ambush His Majesty at the gate of Taiyuan City."
Man Bao was startled when he heard that, and got up from the bed to look at him, "You mean we almost fought when we entered Taiyuan?"
Bai Shandao: "If Your Majesty has any more doubts about the prince, maybe there will be a scene of father and son fighting each other."
It's not like this has never happened in history.
He said: "Isn't that the case with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Prince Li?"
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty really wronged Prince Li, but why did the ministers give him the posthumous title "Li" after his grandson ascended the throne
It's not because he didn't want to defend and introspect after being wronged for nothing, but instead raised troops and made trouble, and the fact of being framed was confirmed.
And with the prince's previous disposition, if he was wronged and the emperor still believed him, it's hard to guarantee that he wouldn't follow the trend like Prince Li, and directly reversed.
At that time, even if it can be found out later that the prince was wronged, the father and son have already killed each other, and it is difficult to reunite if the mirror is broken.
Man Bao thought about it carefully, "Your Majesty didn't respond at that time."
Bai Shan raised his hand and tapped her on the forehead, and said, "It would be bad if there was a reaction. At that time, we all followed His Majesty's left side. Once there was a conflict, the first to suffer would be us close officials."
Man Bao was indignant, "These people are so despicable that they not only want to cover up corrupt officials, but also want to mess up the government!"
Bai Shan nodded approvingly, "Not many people know about this matter. Gong Hanlin and Mr. Ban are now jointly tried by the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Except for the heads of the two departments, only Mr. Yin, Mr. Tang Xuexiong, and Mr. Wei know about it." , Even Zhao Guogong and the others didn’t let the wind go.”
Man Bao immediately understood: "I will definitely not tell others."
Bai Shan smiled at her, and the two of them covered the quilt and whispered, "This time it's not a small matter, and the court may be turbulent for a while, so I plan to keep the ceremony as simple as possible, and don't need to invite many people to watch the ceremony."
Man Bao: "What about asking for leave?"
"I'll invite you, I'll invite you after I've been busy for a while." He took Man Bao's hand and put it on his abdomen, and said with a soft smile, "Don't look at His Majesty being angry now, I think he will be happy after a while .”