Chapter two hundred and forty fourth reprimand
Chen Qi took the internal supervisor and the imperial guards out of the Political Affairs Hall and headed straight to the Su Mansion.
At this time, the Su Mansion was still worried about Cai Jing's memorial, and a large group of people were thinking about countermeasures.
Su Shi, Wang Shen, Huang Tingjian, Qin Guan and many nephews of the Su family, with more than 20 people in the house, basically all of whom were Jinshi and above, and many of them were high-ranking officials of the court.
The atmosphere was a little depressing, because even though they received a lot of support, they still couldn't definitely prevent the court from abolishing the imperial examination.
Wang Sheng was filled with alcohol, and filled with wine alone, with anger on his face, saying, "The current court is the only one who decides. If it were last year, Cai Jing would have been sent far away with this memorial!"
After the reform, the power of the court was constantly concentrated, and it lost the checks and balances of the three provinces and various institutions. In fact, only two people could do it. One was Zhao Xu, the current official, and the other was the fact that the Prime Minister Zhang Dun.
But one of these two people is in the deep palace and most people can't see them, and they may not be convinced if they see them.
Zhang Dun, this person was extremely disgusted with the "old party" and wanted to kill him quickly. As the "old party", it was difficult for Su Shi and others to convince him.
Everyone felt the smell of alcohol on Wang Shi's body, frowned, and ignored him.
Wang Shi turned to Su Shi and said, "Cai Jing is a capricious villain, and the court is also treacherous and slandered and fraternal! "
Su Shi glanced at him and said, "These are later words. The court break will be over in a few days. The spring examination will be only more than a month, so we have to think of other ways."
The court did not have any explanation for Cai Jing's memorial. In addition, the court has been constantly restructuring in the past six months, and the range is much larger than before. Everyone present was worried that the court would really abolish the imperial examination.
Su Chi was still in Xiaoqi and listened to him: "If you can still convince Su Xianggong Su, there will be room for maneuver in this matter if you can still persuade Su Xianggong."
The "Su Xianggong" that Su Chi mentioned was Prime Minister Su Song.
As the prime minister, in the current court where he is highly centralized, he is the only one who can suppress Zhang Dun. If he does not nod, the Political Affairs Hall will not abolish the imperial examination.
And Su Song, now hiding out of the city, no one can find him.
Su Shi thought for a while and said, "I..."
Before he finished speaking, Gao Qiu quickly stepped in and said anxiously: "Sir, the court has come to pass the order."
deliver an imperial order?
More than 20 people were stunned. What is the purpose of circulating now?
Qin Guan was sharp and said happily, "Can it be the appointment of the Minister of Rites?"
Everyone looked excited, thinking of this, but they were a little suspicious. Will the court announce the appointment at this time?
"Go out and take a look." Su Shi couldn't guess thoroughly, so he stood up and walked out.
The crowd followed Chen Qi to the front yard and saw more than 20 officials from the Yellow Gate, the Imperial Guards and the Political Affairs Hall following him.
When everyone saw this situation, they immediately felt that it was not good. This was not here to announce Su Shi's resurgence!
Su Shi looked at Chen Qi and was still in love. Just as he was about to raise his hand, Chen Qi said lightly: "Su Shi received the order."
The people behind Su Shi felt more and more uneasy and secretly concentrated.
Su Shi was much calmer. He had never seen anything for so many years.
"My minister, Su Shi received the order." He raised his hand and bowed without moving.
Chen Qi looked at it, spread out the imperial edict, and said in a deep voice: "I am honored by Haotian: at the beginning of the new law, reforms began, and there were many chaos in the government and the country, and chaos began. Now a court official wrote a letter, rumors suddenly arose, and public opinion was in an uproar. Su Shi was not concerned about the overall situation, did not take precautions when facing the situation, but instead caused chaos. He was deeply disappointed. He ordered the Su Mansion to close the door to thank the guests, and to think about his own mistakes. If there were repeated examples, he would severely punish him and not lend him! I respect this."
Su Shi listened, his face was as deep as water.
He didn't expect that this was an edict to denounce him!
The people behind Su Shi were even more shocked.
This is a decree to denounce Su Shi, but does it mean behind it that the court has made up its mind to abolish the imperial examination?
Chen Qi closed the imperial edict and handed it to Su Shi, and then said, "Sir Su, Shangshu Cai, just wrote a memorial. You can, he can. Just a memorial, and you must not make a fuss. The court repeatedly stated that the court and the people should not form cliques or connect, especially for the major affairs of the court. It is even more cautious, and it is not allowed to conquer the court, especially the officials!"
These are the bottom lines that Zhao Xu and the court repeatedly stated, but obviously, these failed to prevent the strong inertia of the civil servant group.
Su Shi's expression was stiff and he silently took it.
Chen Qi glanced at the others and turned around and left.
When Chen Qi left, Wang Shi angrily let out a suppressed breath and sneered: "It seems that the court has made up his mind to abolish the imperial examinations, and they must not succeed!"
"We'll go find Su Xianggong now. As long as he doesn't nod, Zhang Dun, Cai Jing and other treacherous slander will not succeed!" Huang Tingjian said in a deep voice.
The others also had this attitude, and they all began to persuade Su Shi.
This decree of decree not only failed to achieve the purpose of stopping Su Shi and others, but instead made them even more angry and determined to continue moving forward.
Su Shi took a deep breath and said, "I'll go outside the city." He knew where Su Song was and could find it.
Everyone was filled with anger, and they focused their heads, and they were anxious, filled with a sense of urgency that they could not wait.
When Su Shi left Su Mansion and headed outside the city, Chen Qi was rushing to Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion.
"Sheren Chen, the Su Mansion has not been closed, and it is in and out, and Su Dongpo and others seem to be leaving the city." Not long after, an imperial guard said to Chen Qi.
Chen Qi snorted coldly and said, "It is a death sentence if you don't resist the order!"
The group of people Chen Qi led did not speak. Su Shi was the leader of the literary world, had a huge influence, and was also the established Minister of Rites and the chief examiner of the Spring Examination. He really wanted to take him at this time. Thousands of candidates in the capital had to be demolished Kaifeng City!
Chen Qi just said this, ignored it, and went straight to Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion.
The Ningyuan Marquis Mansion is unusual, with high gates and courtyards, deep houses and inner palaces, servants are like clouds, brocade and silk, exquisite everywhere, with the high-end luxury of scholars.
Chen Qi brought a group of people into the mansion. It was not surprising that everyone was a young man from a poor family, and asked in a low voice: "In such a big courtyard and so many people, it costs at least a hundred yuan a month, right?"
A man next to him suddenly laughed out loud, turned his head and whispered: "Let me tell you that the monthly money for these servants alone is more than this. Look at what they wear and eat, just the old lady in front of me. One piece of clothing is enough for you to eat for a year..."
The young man looked at the old lady surrounded by five or six maids, but he didn't recognize the material of the clothes. He smacked his tongue: "I use almost ten taels a year, but one piece of clothes costs ten taels..."
The people around him smiled more, deliberately suppressed their voices, and said mysteriously: "The clothes were made by the master, except for the materials, and I couldn't find a few pieces in the capital, at least thirty strings!"
The young man's face was stiff, thirty stakes. He was afraid that it would take ten years to save so much money. He was stunned and said, "Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion, is it so rich?"
He calculated in his heart that the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion would cost at least thousands of guan a year, which for him was astronomical.
The person in front of him coughed, and the two of them were talking quickly stopped, with a solemn expression on their faces.
The people from the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion have already come out and are ready to accept the order.
Ningyuan Hou Gu Zhengyang stood in front, his face was indifferent, his eyes were cold, and he closed his fist with a bang, saying, "My dear Ningyuan Hou, Gu Zhengyang received the order."
Chen Qi had no expression on his face and spread the imperial edict, saying, "I am honored by Haotian's favor: Gu Zhengyang, the Marquis of Ningyuan, failed the grace of the holy people and gained the remains in vain. When the court was in trouble, he spread rumors, criticized the court, slandered the government, and attacked the rules and regulations... He was demoted to the first place to serve as a warning to others! I respect this."
Gu Zhengyang's face changed drastically as he listened.
To him, the Gu family will inevitably be isolated and gradually fall into decline in the future. Perhaps it will take less than twenty years for their Gu family to lose their title in ten years!
The Gu family was frightened and looked at Chen Qi in surprise. Unexpectedly, this was actually an imperial edict to surrender!
Gu Zhengyang had a tough face, stood up, stared at Chen Qi, and said angrily: "I don't know what crime I, Gu Zhengyang, committed, and actually wanted to be demoted? My Gu family's title was granted by Emperor Taizong, and it has been passed down for nearly a hundred years!"
Chen Qi looked as usual and said lightly: "Is the imperial edict not clear enough? Shangshu Cai just put in a group of books, which was a suggestion to the court. Whether it was right or wrong, the court would discuss it together. What did the Marquis of Ningyuan jump up and down like this? Your memorial was to attack the court and slander the court officials, and some people wrote to curse the officials, saying that it was the "the most foolish monarch in the ages". It seemed that it was Sui Jing Bo. Did you instruct the meal with you yesterday?"
Chapter completed!