Empress Chu

It's not for power, not for showing off, it's just because it's an unjust case, and she saw it, so she took care of it.

"I can't just watch people cry out and ignore them."

"Since I'm sitting in the court hall and looking at Jiangshan, I can't turn a blind eye."

"Whether it's right or not."

Chu Zhao looked at the copper pot in front of him, the smile on his face disappeared.

"You shouldn't ask me, but you should ask why I did this, and who made me have to do this."

"And there is only one thing I want to do."

She threw the arrow out and landed firmly in the copper pot.

"Find out unjust cases, clear the innocent, and make it hard for the guilty to escape."

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At dusk in summer, Mrs. Zhou, who was resting on the porch, paused holding the chess pieces after listening to Zhou Jiang's report.

"That's it." He said, shaking his head and smiling again, "You really can do whatever you want." He murmured again, "The heart of an emperor."

Zhou Jiang dropped a pawn and said: "Grandpa, I just said that she just watched the unjust case and wanted to deal with it, not against the Taifu and the others. She had no choice but to do this. It was the Taifu and the others who forced her to find another way. If you want to ask right or wrong, ask the Taifu."

Old Master Zhou looked at the chessboard and said with a smile: "If you ask the Taifu, the Taifu will naturally say that they will investigate the unjust case, but the queen can't go beyond the rules."

"Rules, rules, what rules." Zhou Jiang played another chess piece, "Isn't it because the queen is a woman? The rules are made by people, and the queen is also a person. Who said that the rules cannot be re-made."

The old man Zhou laughed, looked at the chessboard and stared again: "Who gave you the rules to steal the chess while I was distracted!"

Zhou Jiang put the chess piece down again, and smiled: "Anyway, I won." After saying that, he got up and trotted away with his skirt in his hands.

Old Master Zhou shook his head, and then the nephews who were waiting outside the courtyard hurried in, asking how it was and what the queen said.

The queen held regular banquets to entertain the wives, and also let the family know herself through the wives.

"A Jiang directly asked the queen if it was right to do so." Mrs. Zhou said.

This sentence shocked the nephews.

"Why is this child so reckless." "The courtiers didn't blame the queen, but she asked." "I just said she shouldn't be allowed to go."

"Will Long Yiwei also come to break down our door?"

Mrs. Zhou knocked on the chessboard to silence everyone.

"The courtiers don't ask, it's not that they don't dare to ask, but they don't bother to ask, and they deliberately embarrass the queen." He said, "What the queen needs most now is to ask. Ah Jiang asked well."

The nephews quieted down and understood what Mrs. Zhou meant.

"Father." One person asked, "You mean, you agree with the Queen's move?"

Old Master Zhou said: "It's not that I agree or disagree." He looked at everyone, "It's the empress's move, there is nothing wrong with it."

"Why didn't—" the nephews said in confusion, "Private guards—"

The old man Zhou raised his voice: "Because she is the queen and the king."

The nephews fell silent for a moment.

The old lady Zhou lowered her voice, and said slowly: "You, and so many of them, have you forgotten that the queen is also a king, but she is a queen who was entrusted by the first emperor to protect the country and support the little emperor. Think of her as a woman, think about it, if the king does something wrong, whose fault is it?"

The courtiers in the court have a saying.

The minister is guilty.

"As a courtier, if you don't remonstrate, don't speak, you can't, what qualifications do you have to say that the king is wrong?"

The nephews were silent and thoughtful.

So-

Such things happened in the inner courtyards of many deep houses. The women and girls recounted what they saw and heard at the queen's banquet, and the men in the family discussed and discussed behind closed doors.

Although this kind of discussion will not spread to restaurants and teahouses to argue with others, it has kept many people silent.

The indignant discussions in the restaurants and teahouses are still there, but it always feels like the firewood is a little wet and cannot be ignited.

"Anyway, it's evil for the queen to connive at Long Yiwei's behavior—" a man in the restaurant complained indignantly.

Someone nearby responded.

Some people bowed their heads and poured wine without saying a word.

Someone turned his eyes to look out the window: "It's a good day today."

Some people simply put down their wine glasses: "Mr. Xu, I'm here to discuss business today. If you don't want to talk, we can talk another day, or let your elder brother come, and you can continue to work on your big business."

The angry man was a little angry and a little bored, he was not likable at home, and finally got a silk business, and he couldn't give it up to his elder brother.

"Your family has a big business, how can you not care about this matter?" He frowned and said, "In case Longyiwei steals your shop and family business—"

The man who spoke before smiled: "Thank you, Mr. Xu, our Xu family abides by the law and does not harm the sky or reason. We have a clear conscience and are fearless."

What did you say? It was as if Longyiwei had become a stand-in for the heavens. When Mr. Xu wanted to say something more, the man who turned his head to look at the weather outside the window suddenly shouted: "Look, there is excitement outside—"

Lively, what is busy?

Several people looked out of the window, and heard the noise coming from the street.

"Come and see—Jingzhou sent a big umbrella to the queen—"

umbrella?

Jingzhou?

For the Queen?

A few people couldn't sit still anymore, they stood by the window and looked towards the street.

Chapter 37 All You Want

At first no one paid attention to the umbrella.

Because the one holding the umbrella is a team of Longyiwei.

Long Yiwei's reputation in the capital is very scary, so people avoid them when they see them.

Then the leading Long Yiwei opened an umbrella.

This umbrella is not like an umbrella, it is made of cloth, and it is very large. The cloth on it is not a whole piece, but is sewn together one by one, like a patchwork garment.

What's this?The avoiding people couldn't help being curious.

"Scholar from Jingzhou thanked the queen for her protection, and offered an umbrella of knowledge and knowledge." Long Yiwei shouted loudly, answering the questions that the people had not asked.

Then holding an umbrella and urging the horse to go to the city.

Jingzhou?Know the umbrella?Why did Jingzhou scholars thank the queen?The question was only half answered, which was more attractive than no answer, and the people didn't care about being afraid of Long Yiwei, and rushed to follow.

"What is the Wenzhi Umbrella?"

Long Yiwei didn't pay any attention to the crowd, and didn't yell loudly, just walked leisurely holding an umbrella.

But they didn't speak, and started talking with the people who came from outside the city. Obviously, these people had already watched this scene outside the city.

"Look at the umbrella." "That piece of cloth has names written on it." "This is a scholar from Jingzhou. He tore a piece from his own robe and sewed it into an umbrella." "To thank the empress."

A sentence was heard on the street, causing even greater uproar and inquiries, why?Didn't it mean that Jingzhou was flattened by Longyiwei?Many officials and civilians were arrested, and their families were destroyed. It is said that the governor of Jingzhou was beaten, and he wrote to resign.

"Why! Are you confused? Because the empress broke the injustice case."

"That's because of the unjust case of the scholars' rating, so the scholars thank the queen."

"That was an injustice case of collusion between the upper and lower officials. It was as tight as an iron barrel. If it wasn't for the empress to intervene forcibly, the wronged person would have fallen to the ground now, and no one would know about it."

"Think about it, if an adult like Guozi Jijiu is not the queen, who can take him away from home!"

"Those senior officials colluded with each other, and the officials protected each other. Only the empress can deal with them!"

"In that case, Long Yiwei is not doing evil."

"That's catching the wicked, of course it's not doing evil."

"These Dragon Guards are punishing rape and repelling evil!"

"Ah, then they are also heroes."

Since they are heroes, shouldn't they greet them with cheers and sprinkle flowers—but these dragon guards are different from the previous soldiers and guards. Their clothes and their gloomy faces make the people dare not cheer and can only Whispered and watched.

The men crowded by the window in the restaurant looked away.

"I just said it." Master Wu patted Third Master Xu on the shoulder, "As long as it doesn't hurt the sky, Longyiwei won't steal our business." (Note)

Mr. Xu squeezed out a smile, and frowned again: "No, it's not that it's against the law. The key to this matter is that the procedures are wrong."

This is not what the queen should do, and Long Yiwei has no right to patrol and arrest. If you act recklessly in order to punish rape and eradicate evil, it is using evil to control evil, and it is all evil——

"Xu San." Master Wu patted him hard, "Procedures and such are not something business people like us think about, that's something for the adults above. What we people think about is that the wicked will be punished and the good people will be safe. , In this way, if one day we encounter an unjust case, there is a way to go."

Who can guarantee that their life will be smooth and smooth?Even high-ranking officials and dignitaries couldn't, Mr. Xu opened his mouth, and finally swallowed what he was going to say.

Forget it, the adults above are fighting for power and profit, what does it have to do with him, whatever.

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Ding Dachui unfolded the cloth umbrella, and Xiao Yu, Chu Zhao, A Le, and Eunuch Qi in the hall all gathered around to watch, and even Xiao Man cast their gazes from the side.

"How many people are there?" Xiao Yu was concerned about this.

Ale touched the fabric and found the details: "There are silks and satins and coarse cloths. These people are rich and poor."

"In addition to the name, everyone also wrote a sentence of the ancient scriptures." Qi Gonggong said.

Chu Zhao immediately pulled Xiao Yu, pointed to the words with different handwriting on it, and asked, "Where did this come from? How do you say it?"

Xiao Yu shook her hand: "Sister, they didn't send this umbrella here to test my knowledge."

Everyone in the hall laughed.

Chu Zhao also laughed, looked at Ding Dahammer and asked, "It seems that Mr. Zhu has put in a lot of effort."

Ding Dachui nodded: "Master Zhu visited scholars in Jingzhou from door to door, and his voice became hoarse."

Counselor Yin added from the side: "He even visited the three companies involved in the case, saying that you can spend money here to buy exam questions and get a future, how can you guarantee that you will come to a higher place in the future, and people who are more powerful than you buy exam questions to buy your future? , press it? You don’t want to think about what to do when the time comes? Are you willing to throw away the money you spent earlier?”

Chu Zhao couldn't help but laugh: "That's okay? How dare he say it."

She didn't know much about this Zhu Yong. Seeing him stand up in the court to defend his friend, plus the information collected by Long Yiwei after the incident, it can be seen that this Zhu Yong is an orthodox, quiet and weak official. The kind of person who I can't understand you but I don't talk, I just live my own little life.

Taking the initiative to ask Ying to be the censor, it can be understood that he was desperate and had to stand by himself.

But I didn't expect that what I said was not orthodox at all.

"He also promised benefits." Counselor Yin said, with a soft smile in his eyes, "No, it should be agitation, agitation for scholars in Jingzhou, taking advantage of this move to become famous, and, seeking fame, they want to take advantage of this matter, Clean up the officialdom in Jingzhou, get rid of those corrupt and mediocre officials, and then select them to fill in."

Reasonable, affectionate, righteous, and beneficial, the scholars in Jingzhou were immediately ignited.

The officials of the Ministry of Punishments and the local officials in Jingzhou were still thinking about how to snub Zhu Yong, but Zhu Yong ignored them. When he arrived in Jingzhou, he didn't even enter the government office, and the officials of the Ministry of Punishment would do yours and mine, so there was no need to deal with any officials. Scholars in Jingzhou cut mountains and seas for him.

Chu Zhao looked at the umbrella in front of him, was silent for a moment, and sighed softly: "No one should underestimate you."

Who said honest people can't be villains.

Honest people are really cruel, and even wicked people can't do anything about it.

"Also." Counselor Yin said again, "Master Zhu said, if our Longwei army wants to investigate and handle cases, it's best to separate them. Since we are the emperor of Gongwei, we should set up a division of Gongwei. There are regulations and reasons for doing things like this. .”

Chu Zhao nodded: "He's right. The Longwei Army is known to everyone now. Since it is so, it exists in an upright manner. You go to discuss and draw up the regulations, and I will announce them in the court."

As for whether the Taifu and the courtiers agree or not, that is not her problem.

She said it anyway.

They are silent, as if they agreed.

Ding Dachui raised his umbrella: "Tomorrow, the court will show this, and let the Taifu know the respect that scholars have for the empress."

They say that the empress is evil, but it can't be said that all the scholars in Jingzhou are evil.

Chu Zhao smiled and shook his head: "No, he doesn't care about these, and I don't need to let him see them."