I'm just a dude

Chapter 56

Qi Yuan has been looking forward to this day since he knew about the Douxiang Conference.However, who would have thought that things would not go as planned, at the end of August, incense merchants and folk masters from all over the country came to Beijing one after another, but the officials of the Ministry of Rites did not solve the problem.

The cause of the incident was the major case of fake nationality in the Shandong Provincial Examination.

Since last year, Deng, Yanzhou and other places in Shandong have suffered from severe drought.As a result, starving people were everywhere in several cities in Shandong, and those who were registered either died or fled.

Less than half of ordinary people are still in their original places, and the number of candidates will naturally decrease greatly.Therefore, this year's big competition, some students from other provinces bribed the examiners to take the exam under the false identity.There are [-] applicants from Shandong Province, half of whom are fake candidates.

As soon as the case came out, the whole country was in an uproar.Shandong Tixue, various examiners, supervisors and dozens of examinees involved in the case were all escorted to Beijing and sent to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for questioning.Someone impeached Zhang Xun, the governor of Shandong, saying that he was from Jiangxi, and that half of them pretended to be Jiangxi students this time, fearing that he might also be involved in this matter.

And Zhang Xun is a fellow of the Minister of Rites Wang Min, who recommended him to become an official, and the imperial examination was sponsored by the Ministry of Rites, so Wang Min was also enrolled.The case of impersonation caused a lot of uproar, and then evolved into a partisan dispute.

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Rites and others were impeached one after another, and the Douxiang Festival was about to be put on hold temporarily.

Qi Yuan was originally not very sensitive to the affairs of the court, but Fang Chenghe was very concerned about the affairs of the court and often chatted with him about them.Qi Yuan had no choice but to spare a little energy from making incense to make money, and chatted with him.

In Qi Yuan's eyes, being an official is no different from running a business. There are only so many powers in the court, and everyone divides and eats them.

Anyway, either this party overwhelms that party, or the other party overwhelms this party.However, no matter what, the struggle between the government and the government is far and far away for the common people.

Apart from worrying about the disaster victims, Qi Yuan only cares about the Douxiang Festival.Two days later, there was news from the court that the grand event of fighting incense was held as scheduled, but it was changed to be organized by the prince alone.

Before Qi Yuan could be happy, he heard another piece of news—Xu Xuan was going to be sent to Shandong to investigate the case.

The news came too suddenly, when Qi Yuan heard You Ji came to tell him, he immediately left the shop and ran to the Duke's mansion.Fortunately, all the servants of the Duke's Mansion recognized him and let him go to Xu Yu's courtyard.

Xu Yu was talking to her father in the flower hall.Qi Yuan was sweating from running, and rushed in recklessly, seeing an old man with gray hair, he was immediately dumbfounded.

Xu Yu was also stunned.

"Why are you here?" Xu Xuan came back to his senses, seeing that he was still wearing the shopkeeper's clothes, amused and a little nervous, she hurriedly motioned to Qi Yuan, "Come and meet my father."

Qi Yuan also came back to his senses, almost dying of embarrassment.

He had imagined before that if he wanted to see Xu Yu's father, he would have to fast for three days first, take a bath with fragrant soup, apply white powder to the face, keep his clothes, shoes and socks clean and tidy, and be meticulous and follow the rules.As soon as people see him, they will know that this young man in the uncle's mansion is very magnanimous.

Unexpectedly, this place was hit by this place.

Grandpa Guo had a dark square face with a beard, and now his beard and hair are half white, only his tall nose bridge and resolute mouth are similar to Xu Yu.

Qi Yuan took a deep breath, hurriedly adjusted his clothes, stepped forward, and bowed obediently.

"Qi Yuan?" The Duke stroked his beard lightly, looked at him and asked, "Are you the son of Qi Zhuo?"

Qi Yuan replied: "Yes."

"Well, no wonder." Grandpa Guo nodded, turned to Xu Yu and said, "So, you two go talk about something, I'll go out and have a look."

Qi Yuan listened to his question, and asked about "the son of Qi Zhuo" instead of "the prodigy of the Shuntian Mansion", so he knew that the Duke probably had some impression of Uncle Zhongyuan.In this way, he felt more at ease in his heart.

Xu Yu sent her father out, turned around and came back, seeing him looking up at the spot, she couldn't help but smile.

"Why are you here at this time? The shop doesn't care?"

"You're about to go out, what else do you care?" Qi Yuan thought about it, and couldn't help feeling depressed, "Alright, what are you going to do in Shandong?"

"Lord Zhu asked me to investigate the affairs of the prefect of Dengzhou. There was a severe drought in Dengzhou. The prefect saw that the people were displaced, and they had to change their sons to eat. They were tired of Fusui. They had already fled with their families and tried to survive." Xu Yu was afraid. With the wind blowing, he led him into the house and asked him to wipe the sweat off his forehead before continuing to pack his bags.

Qi Yuan recalled that the first time Xu Yu mentioned the severe drought in Dengzhou to him was when he first entered the Imperial College.Because there were two Shandong scholars in the prison who spoke out and admonished them, they were arrested and sent to the Shengjian hall to be punished with clothes and sticks. They were so angry that they touched the pillars and died.

"Has the drought not eased? The governor over there doesn't care?" Qi Yuan asked.

"I went there to investigate the case before, and I had a relationship with the governor, Mr. Zhang. At that time, Mr. Zhang sent a series of memorials, begging the court to provide food and disaster relief, but there was no news." Xu Wei shook his head and sighed, "Now the disaster relief Things didn’t work out, Master Zhang got involved in the case of impersonation instead..."

The governor is the most important official. Only after serving in the local area for a long time can he be familiar with the benefits and diseases. Now at this juncture, if he changes officials and takes up another post, the people of Li people will suffer even more.

It is precisely because of this that Dali Temple Minister Zhu Yan sent Xu Ting to Dengzhou to investigate the case. The name was to investigate the magistrate who had fled, but in fact he was secretly visiting to see if there was any grievance in the case of false citizenship.Although this case is temporarily in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but it involves court officials, it will be sent to Dali Temple for review sooner or later.

Qi Yuan's mind was clear, and he vaguely understood something.It's just that I feel sorry for Xu Wei, because there is a severe famine over there, and there are refugees and bandits on the way, I'm afraid the journey will be very difficult.

That night, Xu Xuan ordered the kitchen to tidy up the meals, but still ate with Qi Yuan.Qi Yuan said less often.The two of them were still sleeping together at night, and Qi Yuan said in a low voice, "You must remember to write to me."

Xu Yu held him in her arms, and gave a low "hmm".

"Yes, I will send it to the mansion by courier express, and someone will deliver it to you at that time." Seeing that he was only rubbing his head against his chin, Xu Yu stretched out his hand to touch Qi Yuan's face. I found my palms were wet.

Qi Yuan was silently sad, but when Xu Yu found out, he grabbed Xu Yu's hand vigorously, rubbing it against his palm, tears streaming down his face.

Xu Yu opened her mouth, wanting to comfort him, and sighed again after a while.

"This journey is probably not peaceful. Master Zhu let me go because I have martial arts." Xu Yu said, "I have learned martial arts since I was a child, and I have sought the principles of sages and sages. The reason is to serve the court and benefit the people. Now... Keeping a few virtuous ministers is worthy of the teacher's kindness. What's more, there are officials and people in Shandong who save themselves, I will go and see if there is any other way."

After he finished speaking, he sighed softly, and said helplessly, "...Shandong is a land of lips and teeth to the capital. Canals run through Shandong, and millions of grains from the Jianghuai River pass through Shandong. If there is chaos there, the capital will be in danger... "

Qi Yuan was also worried when he heard this: "If that's the case, why didn't the court provide relief?"

Xu Yu's Adam's apple rolled.

Qi Yuan looked up at him, puzzled.The truth that Xu Yu understands, so many ministers in the court will not understand.Emperor Yuanzhao won the throne with great difficulty, isn't he afraid of triggering a rebellion, and others will enter the capital and take his dog's head?

"The imperial court..." Xu Yu paused for a long time before softly saying, "The imperial court may be out of money."

Qi Yuan was shocked: "What?"

Xu Yu let out a soft "hush", "Yachuan's army has not returned to the court for a long time, and the household department's food and salary will soon be unable to pay..."

During the time of the first emperor, the battle of Yachuan cost a lot of money. Fortunately, Tang Lin was a prodigy in using troops and did not delay the battle for too long.But now this time, the army of Yachuan and the king of Xichuan are stuck in the Dushui River area. The expeditionary soldiers are already tired, and they have been defeated one after another in recent times...

"Today, my father just told me... At the beginning of last year, Uncle Zhongyuan sent out many surprise troops. He originally drove King Xichuan into the country of Yi. As long as our army takes advantage of the victory and pursues, the victory is almost certain. The prestige of the Central Committee is too strong, so it has been delayed to send reinforcements. King Xichuan got the information and came back to fight back, almost trapping and killing his uncle."

When Xu Xuan heard about this, he almost bit his back teeth. He didn't want to tell Qi Yuan, but he felt that it was a long way to go. Letting Qi Yuan know would be better than a wall in the dark.

Qi Yuan has now regarded himself as the son of the uncle's mansion, and he was shocked when he heard these words.

"and after?"

"Uncle escaped with the remnant soldiers. But he was punished. As for Gao Ya's defection..." Xu Yu said, "Someone promised to pay tribute to King Xichuan every year, and all the money from Yunnan and Guizhou will go to Xichuan. Prisoner..."

Qi Yuan was furious: "Bastard!"

"This is also what the court wanted..." Xu Yu said in a low voice, "I can't afford it anymore, so I came up with this expedient measure."

Unaware of this, Qi Zhuo, the Zhongyuan Bo, led his troops to fight, and finally surrendered to the barbarian thieves?Gong □ □ female?He refused to accept, and General Shi naturally refused, so there were five thousand dead soldiers in the end.

No matter how detailed it is, the Duke doesn't know.In fact, even Xu Ying might have been kept in the dark about these news, otherwise his family letter would not only mention many strange things in the army.

Xu Yu is familiar with the second brother, and knows that he is probably guessing that the minister of the Ministry of War is afraid of the enemy and will not fight.However, it is the court that is not fighting now.

Qi Zhuo ruined the imperial court's plan, now his disappearance is true, but his rebellion against the enemy is false.Perhaps Emperor Yuanzhao also knew that whether it was for the opinions of his officials or because he still had a little bit of conscience in his heart, since Qi Yuan was released from prison, Bo Zhongyuan's family would be fine.

Qi Yuan was very confused when he heard this.

Do great talents know these things?It's a pity that I can't say that, the correspondence between them can only rely on Jun Jun, if someone sees it, I'm afraid it will implicate the Duke.

But this court...

Qi Yuan was secretly annoyed for a long time, and couldn't help but think again, if he was Fang Chenghe, he would be the talented Qi... This kind of court is wise and safe?Or enter the court as an official?

Probably also entered the court as an official, right?One more good one will bring more justice and hope, scholars will not die, the road to proof will continue, loyal ministers and good generals will survive, and the court will still be saved.

The two whispered to each other all night, and as soon as it was dawn, Xu Yu rolled up his bundle, rode out of the city, and headed straight for Shandong.

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ps: I saw that some people were worried about the end.That's it, if there is an explosion, it can be completed by the end of the month.If it doesn't explode, it may not be when...

The scumbag author is determined to never die, and plans to set up a flag for himself...

pps:

Last time a reader said that he felt very embarrassed when he saw a play in Jiangxi (⊙o⊙)

In fact, the people of Jiangxi in ancient times were still very powerful. In the Ming Dynasty, from Yongle to Zhengtong, there were 8 chief ministers in the cabinet, and 6 of them were from Jiangxi.

There are 33 Hanlin bachelors of various kinds, 17 of which are from Jiangxi.

Reflected in the imperial examination, there are more than 30 examiners who will take the imperial examination, and 14 are from Jiangxi...

The well-known great talent Xie Jin is from Jiangxi, and the traitor Yan Song is also from Jiangxi.

Envy, the bald author is too envious...