Summer wraps autumn, water keeps wind

It has been more than a month since the first emperor passed away, he was busy with government affairs, and he was not going well from time to time, and he was very emaciated.Although Liu Fu wanted to help, but he had no position and no power, so he only helped to approve some memorials.But the cabinet always used various names to reject Bi Xin's approval documents, and they always deliberately manipulated the two brothers overtly and secretly.

One day, Liu Fu entered the Qixia Palace, Bi Xin's expression was extremely bad, and when he saw Liu Fu, he pointed at the mountain of memorials and sneered, "Look at these ministers who refute me, they wish they could drown me with saliva!"

Liu Fu opened the memorial and saw that it was all criticisms of Bi Xin's plan to establish Liu Fu as king of politics.Most of them are the objections of speech officials; there is also a joint memorial from the Ministry of Rites. They are not speech officials and dare not point fingers. No, they can't help it.After shirking responsibility like this, everything was pushed cleanly, and the will was sealed back.

Bi Xin said with red eyes: "They will block me in whatever I want to do, and reject as many memorials as possible. In the end, they have the final say? I'm still not the emperor!"

Liu Fu had thought about this for many days, and the rejection of Bixin was all because of the collusion of outside ministers to control the government. To solve this matter, a breakthrough was needed.

Liu Fu put the memorandum aside, and said seriously: "Brother Huang, don't you know the truth of beating a snake and hitting seven inches? Every time Brother Huang approves the imperial edict and hand it over to the cabinet, they shirk their responsibility and blame the six departments for not being good. The irresponsible officials are used as a shield all day long. Brother Huang is busy everywhere and never takes care of himself. In the final analysis, it is because the cabinet refuses to take responsibility. Brother Huang does not need to manage the subordinates. It is the cabinet's business. Just watch the cabinet closely. Those few ministers, just ask them for everything, if they can't do it, they can be slightly punished, they naturally know how serious it is."

Hearing this, Bi Xin fell into deep thought, suddenly his eyes lighted up, he smiled and took Liu Fu's hand and said: "Fu'er is still smart, a few words made brother Yu suddenly realize."

Liu Fu smiled and said: "Brother Huang thinks highly of him, and my younger brother dare not be unsatisfied."

"Not only for the sake of me, but also for the dignity of the country and the royal family." Bi Xin clapped his hand and said.

Liu Fu waited for an hour and left.Bi Xin asked Li He to call into the palace the minister who supervised the cabinet and appointed the king of politics.

In the cabinet, the ministers were busy approving documents. There were seven old people sitting in the small room. This was the center of power in the empire. The emperor and the ministers seemed to be in control.Sun Panjin still remembers his teacher, the previous chief assistant, who was also the chief examiner when he was admitted to Jinshi.The entire class of Jinshi were his disciples, and Sun Panjin was just an inconspicuous one.

But once the teacher patted him on the shoulder and said: "It can be of great use." He felt hope in the dust, from the editor of the Imperial Academy to the cabinet bachelor, he worked hard to live up to the teacher's expectations.

It was the day when Sun Panjin entered the cabinet, and the teacher left here. He was still old and struggling in the vortex of power.Sun Panjin couldn't forget the teacher's last glance at the small attic, and when he turned his face, he burst into tears.He devoted his whole life to the imperial court, and in the end he had only two followers and a green cloth carriage to accompany him back to his hometown, and finally died in the bumps of the journey.

Sun Panjin is waiting and patient, he firmly believes in his strength, those seniors have the same weakness as the teacher, that is getting old.When a person gets old, he will be dull and make mistakes, so he can suffer.One day he will stand at the pinnacle of power and achieve his ideals.

After receiving the order to enter the palace alone, Sun Panjin knew that the opportunity had come. Those self-righteous old things were too stupid. Only by gaining the emperor's trust could they truly gain power. Pretending to be smart would only be self-willed.Sun Panjin looked at the emperor sitting in front of the desk and saluted.

The emperor asked him to sit down as before, but Sun Panjin said: "The humble minister is not doing his job well, and he has no face to sit down."

The emperor said: "How can I blame you, isn't it the dereliction of duty of the Ministry of Rites?"

Sun Panjin said: "The Ministry of Rites is indeed incompetent, but I have the confidence to handle this matter well." Bi Xin has never paid attention to this minister who is at the bottom of the cabinet.

He only said, "Let's hear it."

Sun Panjin said: "Since the Ministry of Rites has pushed the commissioner, Your Majesty can make an example to others, and no courtier will dare to refute your intention in the future." Then he offered a plan like this, the emperor looked sternly, nodded and made an order to send him to do it.

The next day, the father-in-law of the palace went to the cabinet to pass the decree, and all officials of the fourth rank and above in the court received the decree and rushed to the ICAC to watch the sentence before three quarters of the hour.Wei Dingzhen and others were taken aback. They didn't know about such a major event. Seeing that Sun Panjin was not there, they understood a little, and they rushed to the ICAC.

The minister of the Ministry of Rites, who was in charge of sealing the political affairs, and several officials lay on the punishment board and shivered. Sun Panjin saw that the time had come to read the imperial edict.All the ministers knelt down and only listened to the imperial decree saying that these officials of the Ministry of Rites disobeyed the imperial decree and despised the emperor.

If you take off your clothes and hit hard, at most twenty sticks can kill someone.The emperor didn't want their lives, but to establish their prestige.The executioner took off their trousers amidst their soft begging, put thick cotton pads on the exposed places, and carried out the execution with sticks.

Humiliation in this way is more important than punishment. Being stripped of your pants in public is a shameful humiliation that no civil official can accept.However, the people watching the torture are more painful, and the psychological impact is far more terrifying than the visual impact.The people on the punishment board screamed, and the timid officials outside covered their faces with their sleeves and couldn't bear to look.That stick smashed not only the self-esteem of the ministers, but also their pride.

In the end, the executioner took off the cushion, and the bruised and purple officials were carried back and forth among the crowd. Some people couldn't help their stomachs churning, and they vomited out "wow". The tortured person was taken home for treatment, and this time it was over.From then on, all the officials were in danger, and no one dared to refuse the order from above.And those speakers are naturally still the same, but no one pays any attention to them.

Bi Xin has been very happy these past few days, with a lot of energy, the government is going smoothly, and the old foxes in the cabinet dare not be sloppy.And Sun Panjin was appreciated by the emperor after he became the king of Yizheng.

After noon, Wan Zhao went to Qixia Palace to pay his respects.He was happy and let her in.Wan Zhao arrived with a big salute: "The concubine pays homage to the emperor, the emperor is blessed and safe."

Bi Xin sat on the couch and said, "Excuse me."

Wan Zhao just stood two or three steps beside Bi Xin, and Bi Xin rubbed his temples and said, "Why are you here all of a sudden?"

Wan Zhao said: "The concubine has something to ask for the emperor's order." Bi Xin looked up at her and told her to sit down and talk.

Wan Zhao said: "Recently, the concubines and the queen mother discussed the matter of accepting concubines, and the queen mother selected dozens of women with excellent looks for the emperor to choose." He handed over a list to him.

He didn't even look at him and just asked, "How are you doing in the palace recently?"

Wan Zhao caught a glimpse of Bi Xin staring at him, lowered his head and replied: "The concubine is very good, and the Yonghe Palace is very suitable for the concubine."

Bi Xin smiled and said: "That's good, don't be busy all the time, I see that you are thinner than before."

Wan Zhao said: "It's just that the knee injury hasn't healed, so it doesn't matter if I see people not looking energetic."

Bi Xin waved his hand and said, "Let the imperial doctor take a look, and it will be all right."

Wan Zhao said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern."

Bi Xin shook his head and said, "They all look like this, they are too tight, they are not as comfortable as they used to be." Wan Zhao just said he didn't dare.

Bi Xin said: "Since you are my concubine, I will not treat you badly, but I hope to be honest with you." Wan Zhao was a little moved when he heard this, but he didn't dare to show it, so he nodded in agreement.

Wanzhao said again: "The concubine thinks that Juanli, who has served the emperor for many years, is a person who knows both cold and hot, what does the emperor think?" Bi Xin didn't answer, but seemed to be thinking.

Wan Zhao said: "The best concubine to be selected in the future is a girl of the thirteenth or fourteenth year, and it will not be as good as someone who has been with the emperor for a long time."

Bi Xin touched his knee and said, "What position do you plan to give her?"

Wan Zhao said, "Juanli is already in her twenties after all, so it's not good for her status to be too low. What does the Emperor think about the position of concubine?"

He said: "Her family background is there, her status should not be too high, she should be a noble person, and give her a residence in Zhongcui Palace." Wan Zhao thanked Juanli for her kindness.

At this time, the emperor said: "I want to transfer your father to Beijing as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. I think you are very good at things. Naturally, your father will not let me down." Same, but very different job status.

Wan Zhao hurriedly knelt down to thank her, the emperor helped her up and said, "If your father can be more dedicated, there will be an opportunity for your father and daughter to thank you in the future."

When Wanzhao left the hall, there was a person standing in the corner of the courtyard, Juanli's face was stained with tears.Wan Zhao took out the silk to wipe her tears and said, "Now that the emperor has made you a noble person, you should be happy."

When Juanli heard this, she knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "Your Majesty is so kind, this servant is willing to repay her with death." Wanzhao helped her up and said, "Since you are a concubine, your father's imprisonment can be easily solved. Take care." It turned out that Juanli's father was a petty official who escorted food and salaries, but because of a sudden attack by the heavy rain bandits, he suffered heavy losses, so the government put him in prison and sentenced him according to the law.Now that Juanli is a noble person, the imperial court has discussed the nobility system, and her father can be exempted from this crime by virtue of her daughter status.

Sun Panjin went to the cabinet to manage politics as usual, and when he arrived at the door, he saw several other adults following behind.Sun Panjin hurriedly stood to one side and bowed to greet him. Tong Zhiben stood behind Wei Dingzhen, squinted his eyes and snorted coldly, and said, "Master Sun, you have a great future!"

Sun Panjin didn't answer, but still looked respectful.Tong Zhi didn't care about anything, he stood in front of Sun Panjin, pointed at his face and scolded.

Yan Binghe, the second assistant in the pavilion, hurriedly came out to mediate when he heard the voice, pulled Tong Zhiben and said: "But they are all doing things for the court, so let's not say a few words." Tong Zhiben spat hard again, and then waved his sleeves and go.

Yan Binghe cupped his hands to Wei Dingzhen again and said, "Ge Lao."

Wei Dingzhen kept staring at Sun Panjin. It is true that he is that person's protégé. He is in the same blood as his teacher, but so what?Since entering the cabinet, he has always been respectful and never dared to disobey the orders of his superiors, even if he only copied some unimportant things every day, he was called around like a slave, and he was never even asked to approve a decent document, but He never complained.Wei Dingzhen walked to Sun Panjin's side, staring at that diligent face, at that moment he still believed him.