So what if I traveled through time? I'll continue to roll in another place

The person presiding over the morning court was Zhao Lingji, the father of Zhao Congjian. Xie Wenchang was Song Pu's brother-in-law. Now Zhou Yao beat the drum to appeal for justice and impeached a number of ministers related to Xie Wenchang. His son directly stood up to defend him. No matter what he said, people would interpret him as helping his relatives and not helping others. For a time, the situation fell into a passive position.

The matter also involved the Ministry of Revenue headed by Meng Zhengcheng. Three officials from the Ministry of Revenue came out to report and testify. Meng Zhengcheng, the leader, did not say a word and no one knew what he felt.

It seemed as if these father and son were being aggressive and were planning to target Song Pu's forces and other forces in the court when he was assassinated without any evidence. Someone with ulterior motives might have linked the assassination of the prime minister to these father and son.

The Left Censor-in-Chief and the Right Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate attacked each other in the court, directly splitting into two factions and confronting each other, which also made the Censorate lose face.

Seeing Zhao Lingji in such a dilemma, the Left Censor-in-Chief Que Yan came out to preside over the matter and said, "Some say the silver has been distributed, while others say it has not been received. This silver is a good thing, so it must have gone somewhere. Since it involves several censors from our Censorate, we will hand it over to the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple to send people to conduct a detailed investigation."

This old fox was very good at keeping things balanced. He not only did favors for Zhao Lingji, but also removed himself from the investigation team, thus avoiding the risk of offending Song Pu or Zhao Lingji.

Investigating a case is not something that can be accomplished by just a few arguments in the court. When Song Pu was assassinated, Xie Wenchang, the prefect of Huainan Prefecture, had a close relationship with him. Zhao Lingji was unsure whether Xie Wenchang was trying to avoid suspicion by performing a self-torture trick or if he had other motives.

In a short period of time, he thought a lot in his mind, and after getting Que Yan's help, he immediately took the opportunity to settle the dispute: "Master Que is right, this case involves a wide range of people, complex members, and has a bad impact. In order to thoroughly investigate the case, we need to find clues, examine the evidence, and solve the case in a timely manner.

Now that the Prime Minister has been assassinated, after the morning court session is over, please ask Prince Jin to go to the Song Mansion with Lord Meng, Lord Gao, and Lord Que to visit the Prime Minister's injuries and make arrangements after discussion. The first person can withdraw first and discuss again after the investigation is verified. "

Having said that, Zhou Yao was sent away, and he could only retreat to the end of the civil servant team.

"As Lord Zhao said. The assassination of the Prime Minister and the suppression of the rebellion in Jiangzhou are both of paramount importance to the country and the reputation of the court." Chu Yuanming responded.

"The assassination of the Prime Minister is shocking. Such a villain is the worst evil in the world and everyone should kill him. You can order the Central Army Commander's Office and Fengtian Prefecture to immediately deploy troops to capture this thief. He will definitely be captured. Whoever can capture this thief will be rewarded with 20,000 strings of cash and appointed as a fifth-rank official. If he already has an official position, he will be appointed above the salary. Anyone who dares to hide and help the thief will have his entire family killed!"

In order to clear himself of the issue, Zhao Lingji directly issued a harsh order for the manhunt, offering a high reward. He also ordered the Fengtian prefect to place a reward of 20,000 strings of cash in the center of the downtown area, so that people would gather to watch and provide clues.

Chu Yuanming immediately echoed Zhao Lingji. Regardless of whether Zhao Lingji was willing to support him or not, Zhao Lingji would undoubtedly be his biggest helper when it came to the issue of Song Pu.

Zhao Lingji's wife, Princess Xunzhen Wu Shuyi, was of royal blood, and her mother, Princess Kangjing, was the sister of the late emperor and the elder sister of Chu Yuanming. To be honest, Zhao Lingji was Chu Yuanming's nephew-in-law. He did not mind, and was even happy to let the court officials speculate that he and Zhao Lingji were in the same group.

The generous conditions of granting an official position and offering a reward made the civil and military officials on both sides of the Imperial Road unable to help but whisper to each other.

"Does each ministry or government have anything to report?" the Honglu official shouted loudly, trying to calm everyone down.

So many exciting things happened today that the other reports seemed ordinary and boring.

Nothing was as attractive as the confrontation between the prime minister and the minister of personnel, or even the power struggle between the prime minister and the prince of Jin. Most of the court officials wanted to leave the court as soon as possible so that they could have a good discussion with their close colleagues.

Only Huai Wenhan, a Langzhong of the Water Conservancy Department of the Ministry of Works, reported on the expenses and construction status of dredging the Hanhe River system and clearing silt.

The three-year-old emperor on the golden platform can now speak a lot. Unlike ordinary children who may be afraid and cry when seeing so many people, he sits quietly on the throne every morning during the court session, and Lu Dehou takes care of everything for him.

Even when he encountered an assassination attempt during the Circular Mound Heaven Worship Ceremony on the Winter Solstice last year, the young Emperor Chu Zhaoxing remained very calm and showed a very charismatic demeanor.

When the emperor was young, Prime Minister Song Pu arranged for famous teachers to give lectures on classics every day. In addition to himself and the six ministers who took turns to teach the emperor, he also selected two great scholars of the time, Dong Lin, the chief priest, and Ye Shaojun, the Hanlin scholar, as lecturers to enlighten His Majesty. When the emperor was older, he added more courses such as horse riding and archery, calligraphy, and state governance.

Xiao Zheng was the director of the Imperial College. He once went to the palace to teach the emperor when Dong Lin, the chief academic officer, was ill. After getting to know the emperor, he felt that he was very talented. Although he was still young, he was calm and composed, dignified and taciturn. He would become a great man in the future.

Since the other ministers had no more reports to make, the Honglu official announced the adjournment of the court.

After the court was dismissed, Chu Yuanming, Zhao Lingji, Meng Zhengcheng, Gao Mao and Que Yan went to the Song Mansion together. One reason was to check on Song Pu's injuries, and the other was that Zhou Yao's lawsuit against Jiangzhou for embezzlement in disaster relief today had far-reaching implications and needed to be discussed.

All the ministers knew that Chu Yuanming and others would go to the Song Mansion, so even the most scheming minister who wanted to show his presence at the moment when Song Pu was injured did not come and bring bad luck.

Only Lu Dehou came with the emperor's order to inquire about his injuries and gave him many medicines.

The arrow in Song Pu's left shoulder has been pulled out by the imperial physician, and he is still conscious. Fortunately, the arrowhead is non-toxic, but the archer was very skilled, and the arrow was deeply embedded in the joint. His left shoulder, left arm and left hand will probably be unable to move for many days.

After listening to Zhao Lingji's recounting of what happened at the morning court, Song Pu said with great righteousness that since the censor had filed a complaint, they would investigate it thoroughly, and if it was true, they would show no leniency.

Que Yan had made it clear at the morning court that he was unwilling to get involved in this mess. Zhao Lingji mentioned that the newly appointed Dali Temple Minister Ji Peng was Zhou Yao's great uncle who first sued Zhou Yao, so they were somewhat related. He suggested that the Ministry of Justice be in charge of the matter, and asked the Minister of Justice Zhang Songchan to designate someone in the Ministry of Justice who had nothing to do with the case to collect evidence and examine the case, and the Ministry of Revenue and the Censorate to cooperate in collecting evidence.

This matter involved Prime Minister Song Pu, Zhao Lingji from the Ministry of Personnel, Meng Zhengcheng from the Ministry of Revenue, and Que Yan from the Censorate to some extent. At the very least, they were all negligent in management. Each of them had their own thoughts and wanted to prove their innocence. Meng Zhengcheng and Que Yan immediately agreed to Zhao Lingji's proposal.

Only the commander-in-chief, General Dragon and Tiger Gao Mao seemed to have nothing to do with the matter. He was the only regent who came from the military. On weekdays, he always showed disdain for the behavior of these literati, and the others did not like to get close to him either.

Now that he had the chance to ridicule these scholars, Gao Mao did not want to let it go: "As the saying goes, 'civil officials govern the country, and military officials quell rebellions.' Now that you gentlemen have caused a rebellion, it is up to a military man like me to resolve it."

"Prince Jin is kind-hearted. He said before that the people have a hard time and should not be killed, and he ordered the Ministry of Revenue to provide disaster relief. But now Xu Guang's rebellion is getting more and more intense, and it is better to suppress it with force. Otherwise, we will just be sending money and food to the rebels." Gao Mao talked a lot, and even Chu Yuanming was not spared.

After Xiao Yueshan spoke out in the Imperial Household Department, Chu Yuanming, in order to show his virtuous attitude, proposed that the Ministry of Revenue send Wei Lang, the head of the Huainan Qingli Division, to Jiangzhou to provide disaster relief. The disasters in other counties had indeed been quelled. However, Xu Guang in Deyang had already started a rebellion and would certainly not give up. Wei Lang was helpless.

Several people were a little embarrassed, only Song Pu took over the conversation: "The rebel forces are growing stronger and stronger. Previously, we planned to send Kang Chengren, the captain of Jiangzhou, Linjiang Guard, Left Military Governor's Office, to suppress them. Now, we have added Zhuang Lang, the captain of Danzhou, Linjiang Guard, to help suppress the rebellion. Shen Feng, the captain of Shunzhou, Qingshun Guard, Central Military Governor's Office, will assist. Ge Yan, the commander of Linjiang Guard, Left Military Governor's Office, will be in charge of suppressing the rebellion. What do you think, General Gao?"

"It should have been done long ago." Gao Mao said coldly. He was in his prime, holding military power, and was praised by the previous emperor as "the Flying Tiger on the Frontier", so he was canonized as the Dragon and Tiger General. Seeing that several dukes who were canonized for their military service were getting old, the reputation of the Dragon and Tiger General Gao Mao was growing day by day.

More importantly, Emperor Taizong Chu Hehui and Empress Yang had no sons, but only a daughter. Emperor Taizong loved this princess very much and named her Chu Changling, just like his son, and gave her the title of Princess Changying.

Later, she married Gao Wei, the hereditary Duke of Yiguo and the first-rank General Xuanwei. Gao Mao was the son of the Grand Princess Changying, Chu Changling.

The father of the previous emperor Chu Yuanqi and Chu Yuanming, Gaozu Chu Changmao, was the son of the previous emperor's concubine Sun. His family background was poor, and he was later conferred the title of noble concubine because he gave birth to a prince.

After Chu Changmao succeeded to the throne, he named his eldest sister Chu Changling as Princess Changying. After Chu Yuanqi succeeded to the throne, he promoted her to Princess Changying.

She was quite arrogant, and even when Chu Changmao was alive, he had to give her some respect. Chu Yuanming had suffered a lot from his noble aunt, and he didn't like this equally unruly cousin very much.

"The Prime Minister is injured. Once we have finished discussing state affairs, the ministers will take their leave. The Prime Minister should have a good rest." After saying that, Gao Mao left a few people behind.

[I have compiled a picture of the current members of the royal family and put it in the author's words. There will be new characters added later, and the family tree will be improved at that time. ]