The Red Mansions

Chapter 158

Chapter 158

Yingtianmen

At this time, it was past noon, and the officials of the early court had already left the court. Only some of the slow-moving ones were still chatting along the Hongqiao, and went out towards the palace gate.

Under the gate of Yingtian, there is a Dengwen drum set up, guarded by several soldiers. In a small house on the palace wall, Fang Congqian, a gray-haired censor who is over forty years old, also put down the "Three Kingdoms" script in his hand, and raised his head to order The imperial guard at the gate of the guard said: "I'll go have lunch, take care of this book for me, don't let anyone take it away."

With that said, he got up from his seat and stretched himself.

"Master Fang, don't worry, no one is coming here." The imperial guard smiled, stepped on his feet and glanced at the manuscript, and said, "Master Fang, if you finish reading the book Three Kingdoms, borrow some How about reading it at home for two days? This book is quite expensive, and you can’t afford it with a certain salary.”

Fang Congqian walked to the door with a smile and said, "You soldier, can you understand this work on history?"

He was originally the censor of the procuratorate, and he had a quarrel with his colleagues, and then he was cast idle here, watching the Dengwen drum, and could only find some words for entertainment every day.

I don't want to encounter such a majestic manuscript of the Three Kingdoms. If I can't drink unless I'm on top, I want to read it while drinking. It's so majestic, just right to drink.

At the beginning of the Kingdom of China, Dengwengu was set up in the same way as the previous dynasty. At the beginning, it even imitated the old system of Tang and Song Dynasties. It is attached to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it is also used as a place to send some old censors.

Because there is a royal road before the drum, and the end is guarded by forbidden soldiers, ordinary people cannot enter, and those with official status dare not beat it so as not to disturb the Holy One, so the Dengwen drum has become a kind of decoration.

The soldier of the Forbidden Army smiled and said: "Why don't you understand this? When I was young, I could read a few words. I like Lu Bu the most. He has a painted halberd in the sky. The eighteen princes in Weizhen are not allowed to go before Hulao Pass. further……"

Fang Congqian said with a smile: "That's okay, after I read it, I will let you, a soldier, enjoy your eyes."

The soldier smiled happily.

Fang Congqian was about to take a step to leave when suddenly he saw a few people approaching in a dark way not far away, the leader was a young man in brocade clothes, and he was carrying a door panel, and on the door panel was a man dressed in military uniforms from the five cities people.

"Get out of the way!" Seeing the soldier who was about to stop him, Jia Heng took out a waist card and said, "My officer, General Yunhui, the Son of Heaven personally directs the army!"

"Jinyiwei!"

The expressions of the two soldiers suddenly changed, and they hesitated for a moment, and they made way for a path.

Cai Quan picked up the drumstick and said, "My lord, please."

Fang Congqian was stunned for a moment, his expression changed drastically, and he said, "My lord, you can't do it, you can't do it."

When the Dengwen drum sounded, the whole Miyagi could dance realistically. At that time, Sheng Shang was disturbed, and all the officials looked sideways. He, the censor, couldn't eat it and walked around!

Fang Congqian trotted forward quickly, and said with a pleading face, "My lord, please speak carefully if you have something to say, don't beat the drum..."

Jia Heng's face was serious, and he shouted: "there is nothing more important than listening to the wide-ranging TV, so that the lower feelings can be communicated, and the Deng Wengu is set up to open the way for the public to express the feelings of the people. Officials, who have read the poems and books of sages, do you want to hinder the emperor's investigation and understanding?"

Fang Congqian was shocked when he heard the words, and Yixi cupped his hands and said, "I don't know the name of this lord Gao?"

"My official, Jia Heng." Jia Heng said, took the drumstick, and beat it on the Dengwen drum.

dong dong...

Along with the dust falling, the drum of Dengwen, which had not been played for more than ten years, was sounded, which also awakened Yu Shi Fang Congqian from his astonishment, "Jia Heng, Jia Ziyu? It's from the manuscript of the Three Kingdoms..."

However, the sound of the drum was like raindrops, passing through the palace wall, from the Yingtian Gate to Daming Palace, Taiji Hall, Chuigong Hall...

After getting off duty, Yang Guochang, a cabinet scholar outside the palace gate and chief assistant, just got into the sedan chair with the help of his servants. Hearing this, a look of shock appeared on his face with age spots, and he lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, and Cang said, "Who?" drumming?"

And such a scene not only appeared outside the palace gate, but also the six official offices of the Ministry of Punishment, Ministry of Industry, and Ministry of Rites not far from the palace, as well as the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple. After a change, Qi Qi left the official hall, stretched his neck, and looked towards Miyagi.

Ruan Chang, the Langzhong of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs in Sichuan Province, had just arrived at the Ministry of Justice, and asked the small official to prepare meals. He was holding a roll of autumn leaves to examine. Wengu? What happened?"

"Master Ruan, who says it's not, the adults are all going to Miyagi to have a look."

Ruan Chang put down the file, stood up, and said, "Look."

Not only those from the Ministry of Punishment, but those from the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of War, who had not returned from Miyagi, also left for Yingtianmen.

For a time, the government offices in central Beijing, temples, prisons, etc. were shaken.

On Jia Heng's side, he was beating the drum thumping, and beating the three-way straight. A group of officials in official robes of various colors, with bird patches on the front and back, handed the drumsticks to the side. Cai Quan cupped his hands and said: "My lords, my student Jia Heng disturbed my lords, I am really uneasy, but I am filled with righteous indignation, and I will cry out if I am not fair!"

"Jia Heng? The one on the resignation table?" an official said in surprise.

"Didn't Jia Ziyu just come out of suppressing the bandits and was made a noble? The matter was still mentioned in the early court, and the imperial edict was issued." Another fifty-year-old old man in a fourth-rank official uniform said Cang Sheng.

"Why does this person want to kill Deng Wengu? Is there any grievance to sue?" Xu Kai, a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, is in his early thirties, with fair skin, condensed like a thin and loose eyebrow, and asked Lu Li, a bachelor of the Imperial Academy. road.

"A military officer of the fourth grade who is still wearing Jin Yiwei, who can give him wrong?" Lu Li smiled lightly, with a somewhat disapproving expression on his clear and elegant face, for some reason.

Just turning his eyes, his eyes fell on Fan Yi who was beside Jia Heng. Lu Li squinted his eyes and thought to himself:

"This scholar on crutches looks vaguely familiar..."

A group of officials were discussing in secret, looking at the young man in brocade clothes and the Wucheng soldiers and horses who were lying on the bed and groaning in pain, their faces were thoughtful.

At this moment, a voice was heard, "Give way, Minister Liang from the Household Department has arrived."

Everyone looked at the sound, only to see Liang Yuan, the right servant of the household department, with a worried face, walking forward.

Liang Yuan has a slightly plump face. He wears a third-grade scarlet official uniform with peacock patches, a rhinoceros belt around his waist, and black official boots. When Dengwen's drum sounded, he hurried over to check and listened for a while.

Seeing the young man in brocade clothes opposite, Liang Yuan said in a cold voice: "Jia Heng, who told you to kill Deng Wengu here! The Holy One is in charge of the government and has moved back to the palace. It is time for lunch. Waiting for the courtiers, how can you be disturbed by something? You just received the title, so you don't know the importance? Or are you arrogant and willful?"

Jia Heng paused for a moment, staring at Liang Yuan with a pair of cold eyes, with a sneer in his heart, he did have an impression of this servant Liang.

In the previous life, because Jia Rong and Liang Shilang competed for the best brothel, he blocked Liang Shilang's son for Jia Rong, so that he was hit in the back of the head and his soul returned to the underworld. Liang Shilang was this Liang Yuan.

Hearing Liang Yuan's scolding, everyone's expressions changed slightly, they frowned, and turned their gazes to Jia Heng in unison.

Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "I was granted the title of General Yunhui by the emperor's grace. It was the time to repay the emperor with righteousness and death. Now the Dongcheng gang is entrenched and tyrannical. First, the green-skinned rogue beat the country's exam candidate Fan Yi, Later, he wounded Dong Qian, the official of the five city soldiers and horses, and I was greatly favored by the emperor. I beat the Dengwen drum to play Chen Yushang, but you, Mr. Liang, spoke indiscriminately, and obstructed it. What do you want to do!"

As soon as this statement came out, the crowd who had been watching all exclaimed in surprise, and turned their eyes to Fan Yi beside the young man in brocade.

Well, as for the tolerance of Wucheng soldiers and horses lying on the bed?

With only a few eyes, it is obvious that the official's injury cannot arouse too much empathy.

I saw Fan Yi wearing a shabby green shirt, leaning on a cane, with gray hair on the temples, a thin face, and Feng Yi. Seeing the eyes of the officials, he gave a wry smile and cupped his hands at the crowd: "Student Fan Yi, I have seen you all." My lord, the student was originally from Xiangyang Prefecture. Chongping entered Beijing in 12 years to take the exam. Because he offended Liu You, a small official of the military and horse department in the five cities, he colluded with the green gangsters in the east city and beat him to death..."

The well-organized words fell on the ears of all the civil officials, like a huge stone thrown into the lake, causing a stormy sea in an instant.

"The candidate for the exam was beaten and maimed by the subordinate officials in collusion with green-skinned rascals? It's simply... appalling!" Xu Kai, who was serving as a lecturer in the Imperial Academy, was the first to say angrily.

Lu Li, who was a bachelor's student in the Imperial Academy, looked gloomy and said angrily, "It's insane, it's outrageous!"

Other officials, such as Hanlin Kedao, were all outraged and said: "Lawless!"

"Dongcheng is like abscess and ringworm, it won't last for a day! Jingzhao Yamen and Wucheng Bingmasi stand by and watch, it's really hateful!" Chen Duan, the censor of Jiangnan Road, said loudly with his handsome face like a crown of jade. : "The imperial examination is a grand ceremony for talents. If you want to raise a child, you can pray to the Ministry of Rites. Fan Juren, have you ever gone to the Ministry of Rites?"

Seeing the raging officials, Dong Qian lying on the bed had a strange expression, blinked, and glanced at Jia Heng, as if asking, humming in pain, should we continue?

At this time, Jia Heng said loudly: "Fan Yi asked the Jingzhao Yamen, and Sun Liangchen, the Yin of Jingzhao at the time, didn't care. He asked for the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites perfunctory. Examination exams, the three shift lights and the five shift chickens are the only way to get fame. Is it true that you are going to be beaten by these green scoundrels after studying hard? Just this morning, the tolerance of Wucheng soldiers and horses was almost beaten by Dongcheng Qingpi Ambush, these gangsters are rogues, lawless, and treat the country's laws as nothing!"

After saying this, Jia Heng suddenly looked at Liang Yuan, who was at a loss, and asked, "Master Liang, you are also a scholar, so you can't get rid of this matter? Don't you want to sit and watch them attack?" Entering the Daming Palace and disturbing the safety of the Holy Majesty, is it necessary for Faden to hear the drum to warn?"

Hearing the scolding, Liang Yuan felt his body sway a few times, and thought to himself, it's broken.

Sure enough, as the extremely emotional words fell, all the civil servants looked at Liang Yuan with some sarcasm and unkindness.

Lu Li chuckled suddenly, and then said: "I remember, Mr. Liang was the last one in the Bingchen Division in the 11th year of Longzhi. He will never be dismissed in the palace examination. If you think about it, Mr. Liang will not consider himself a scholar."

This Hanlin attendant lecturer, a well-known Hanyuan Ci minister in Qingliu, was the number one scholar in the ninth year of Chongping. He was proud of himself and proud of his talents. It became famous because of the manuscripts of the Three Kingdoms, and some people don't think so.

This is called literati.

As for Liang Yuan's last name in the first class, he naturally looked down upon him.

When everyone heard Lu Li's words, they all laughed. This was the ruthless ridicule of the bullies against the scumbags.

The trouble caused Liang Yuan's fat face to turn red, and he said angrily, "I don't know, how do I know there is such a thing?"

"Since you don't know, why don't you distinguish between black and white?" Jia Heng snorted, interrupting Liang Yuan's argument, and said in a cold voice: "Dengwen Drum is designed for the Holy One to listen to the people's feelings and understand the people's hearts. The sage of the sage, even if he is eating, he hears the people cry for injustice, thinking about it... Throw away the chopsticks and discard the chopsticks, he can't eat! But you Master Liang, when you hear the drum, you feel like you are facing a big enemy, fearing the people and calling for injustice, thinking that you are scolding me , You can isolate China and foreign countries, deceive the superior and the inferior, you are an official of the imperial court, a third-rank official, and you have suffered from the emperor's favor, but you have blocked the holy hearing, blocked the way of speaking, and insulted the holy reputation, what is your intention!"

"You...you..." Liang Yuanwen heard the accusations in rhyme like a storm, and his chubby face was blue and red, especially when he heard the sarcasm echoed around him, he seemed to be overwhelmed. I was submerged, my heart was both annoyed and ashamed, I wanted to walk away, but I felt too embarrassed.

"Everyone, the imperial court officials were beaten and mutilated by the green-skinned scoundrels of the Dongcheng gang, and the officials were ambushed and killed by them. They became imperial military honors. How can we allow such young people to wreak havoc on Shenjing? That generation!" Jia Heng shouted loudly.

When all the officials heard the words, they were all furious.

"Go together, go together!"

Here I have to say that although Jia Heng reported it yesterday, Emperor Chongping wrote Wenhuadian University scholar, Minister of Rites He Juncheng, together with the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Jingzhao Yamen to investigate the matter.

But in fact, it was just an oral order, and it was not mentioned at today's court meeting at all, so the officials did not know.

This is the practice of Yang Guochang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, to control the influence. After the investigation results are out, he will be notified to China and foreign countries.

This is also the case in later generations, that is, close the door to deal with it, wait for the dust to settle, or suddenly make a heavy announcement, with few words but big things, or hold it high and put it down gently.

People with a heart want to brew public opinion, but they can't brew it.

So when He Juncheng, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Yang Guochang recommended himself as the main manager, he gave him a grateful look.

Because, this cabinet minister doesn't have to face the public opinion of scholars criticizing him in writing, and waits to make up for it. At that time, as soon as the announcement comes out, the public opinion of scholars will be in an uproar. His bachelor's degree.

And Emperor Chongping acquiesced in this matter out of some consideration of balancing the court situation.

(End of this chapter)