Chapter XIII
Weiyang Palace, Xuanshi Hall, and all the ministers stood in sternly, waiting for Emperor Jing to come to the court.
Dou Ying stood beside Zhou Yafu, looked at him for a moment and found that Zhou Yafu had a frown and a sad face. He thought something was wrong and asked in a low voice: "Prime Minister, how is the progress of the case of Ling Gongzi?"
"Yang'er is innocent!" Zhou Yafu didn't need to hide anything from Dou Ying and replied softly.
"Oh!" Dou Ying asked curiously: "Master is innocent, Cheng is quite happy, why are you worried?"
The opponent of Zhou Yafu was King Liang, Emperor Jing's younger brother, who was a very difficult person to mess with. King Liang made great contributions in quelling the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, and his military achievements were second only to Zhou Yafu and his reputation was prominent. More importantly, he was still the heartfelt soul of Empress Dowager Dou. He targeted Zhou Yafu last time. Although Emperor Jing was unwilling to do so, he had to give up Zhou Yang after repeated weighing the pros and cons.
Zhou Yafu was worried about this and could not think of a solution to the problem. When Dou Ying asked about it, he remembered that Dou Ying knew Emperor Jing very well. He might have a way to solve the problem.
"There are no private discussions in the court!" The voice of the court officer Zhang Ou sounded.
Zhou Yafu had to swallow the words he said, standing and waiting quietly, his mind was like lightning, and he kept turning, thinking about how to let Emperor Jing let Zhou Yang go.
"The Emperor is here!"
Amid the eunuch's sharp roar, Emperor Jing wore an imperial robe and a crown on his head, and strode forward. When he came to the imperial throne, Emperor Jing stopped, turned around, and faced the ministers: "Let's flat!" The sleeves of the robe were whirling, and they whirred, and sat on the imperial throne.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers stood up and returned to the train.
Zhou Yafu knelt on the short table, his face was solemn, and the white jade scepter in his hand was raised in front of him, looking at the nose and the heart. However, his eyes were aimed at Emperor Jing from time to time. What he wanted to know most now was Emperor Jing's thoughts. Emperor Jing was still the majestic and majestic emperor. After closer inspection, Zhou Laifu found that Emperor Jing today was very different from the past, and there was a sense of relaxation in his bones. If Zhou Yafu hadn't been very familiar with Emperor Jing, he wouldn't have discovered it.
"If you have something to report, you will leave the court without anything to do." Emperor Jing lightly opened the golden mouth, and his majestic voice echoed in Xuanshi Hall.
The ministers seemed to discuss, and their eyes were all focused on Zhou Yafu. Zhou Yafu was famous in the world and had a high position and power. When Emperor Jing went to court, he had to take the lead in the memorial. After he finished the memorial, the ministers took turns to take the memorial.
Zhou Yafu stood up and bowed to Emperor Jing: "Emperor, I have a report. Yesterday, I received an urgent report from Feng Jing, the prefect of Yanmen, that thousands of cavalry of the Xiongnu attacked Yanmen, and the situation was critical. Yanmen is a military tyrant, and it must not fall into the hands of the Xiongnu. I have urgently ordered Li Guang, but Cheng Buzhi led his army to help at night. Before I reported to the emperor, I will deal with it and ask the emperor to govern his crime of being arbitrary!"
Such military information should be reported to Emperor Jing and asked for an order to seize it. However, yesterday, due to the Zhou Yang case, there was no time to report it to Emperor Jing and directly ordered Li Guang. Cheng Buzhi to send troops. If he really wanted to pursue it, it would be a serious crime.
Dou Ying was unaware of Zhou Yafu's situation yesterday and secretly blamed him for being confused. This was a serious crime and the punishment was not light. Xuchang, Zhuang Qing and Zhai couldn't help but feel secretly happy, waiting to see Zhou Yafu embarrassed.
However, to everyone's surprise, Emperor Jing nodded slightly and praised: "Among the civil and military officials in the court, you are the most aware of the army, so you can handle such matters."
Dou Ying felt relieved, Xuchang, Zhuang Qingzhai and others were very disappointed.
"The Prime Minister was born as a general. He used only 30,000 to 50,000 to slaughter hundreds of thousands of Wu and Chu rebels within three months. If you talk about military intelligence, no one in the court will be right." Emperor Jing's voice of praise sounded: "If you have such military information in the future, the Prime Minister will do things at a disadvantage and you don't need to ask for an order. After that, you can report to me!"
"ah!"
The surprises of the ministers were heard. Warriors are the major affairs of the country and the way of survival. No matter which emperor, they must hold them tightly in their hands. What does Emperor Jing mean by doing this? This is a special trust in Zhou Yafu!
It was too sudden, and the ministers could not help but be surprised.
"Emperor..." Xu Chang decided to stop this matter, and stood up and advised him to stop him.
"Get back!" Emperor Jing frowned, his words were stern, and he shouted: "Zhou Yafu is my loyal minister, I believe it without doubt!"
"No!" Xu Chang was extremely reluctant and had to retreat.
Zhou Yafu's holy family is extremely long, Xuchang, Zhuang Qingzhai and others who are closely watching the prefecture have secretly hated each other, but there is nothing to do.
"The day before yesterday, the emperor scolded Zhou Yafu and also brought up the murder case of Zhou Yang. In just two days, the emperor favored Zhou Yafu more, which was unreasonable. This matter was strange, but what was the emperor's true intention?" Dou Ying, the person who guessed nine out of ten thoughts about Emperor Jing, was also confused.
Zhou Yafu thanked him for his kindness, Emperor Jing glanced at the ministers: "If you have a copy, please submit a memorial and discuss the businessman who has left the court!"
The ministers talked about major events in the court one by one. Zhou Yafu knelt on the short table and thought to himself: "Yang'er said it correctly, the emperor will not be bad for Yang'er! Well, why did Yang'er become so powerful? He can guess the emperor's thoughts at once?"
Zhou Yafu's worries are not redundant. The bloodline of the Tian family is noble. If necessary, don't say that killing Zhou Yang is possible, even if Zhou Yafu's whole family is destroyed, Zhou Yafu must be worried. Now, Zhou Yafu knows that he is wrong, but Zhou Yang guessed the result to be realistic, which is even more powerful than him, the prime minister, so he has to be curious.
Zhou Yang's performance in the past few days was very eye-catching. The first time was to remind Zhou Yafu about money and food, but Zhou Yafu did not make a fool of himself; the second time was to solve the murder case and clear his innocence; the third time was to predict Emperor Jing's thoughts. Each of these three items was beyond Zhou Yafu's expectations and surprised him.
"This is my family's thousand-mile horse! My family's thousand-mile horse!" Zhou Yafu was happy.
"Zhou Yafu!"
Emperor Jing's call woke Zhou Yafu from his joy: "I'm here!"
"You are a good minister and can be an example for all officials!" Emperor Jing's voice of praise was quite high, and all the ministers could hear it: "Although Zhou Yang is innocent, he is suspected of murder. You are so righteous that you handed Zhou Yang to Jingzhao Mansion. This is awesome! Who of you, the children of your family, has never done any evil things? You bully others, cause death, and even ruin the people's families! You have to learn from Zhou Yafu, learn from Zhou Yafu to manage your family, and learn from Zhou Yafu's selflessness!"
A series of praises were thrown out, and Zhou Yafu was almost becoming a saint, and the more Zhou Yafu listened, the more uncomfortable he felt.
"The emperor praised it, I dare not take it!" Zhou Yafu was frightened and trepidated.
"You deserve it!" Emperor Jing waved his right hand and stopped Zhou Ya from speaking: "The case of Zhou Yang's death is very involved. The case is tortuous and even Zhidu has not been found out, which almost caused an unjust case. Zhou Yang is determined to solve this case, and this contribution must be rewarded! I will give Zhou Yang a title without any update!"
"ah!"
The surprise of the ministers sounded in the Xuanshi Hall. They were both surprised that even the veteran of solving the case, such as Lian Zhidu, had failed, and were also surprised that Zhou Yang, the playboy, would solve the case. What was most surprising was that Zhou Yang was also awarded the title of Emperor Jing, which was such an honor.
The Han title is the fourth rank and twenty grade, one is the lord, two is the upper class, three is the upper class, four is the right rank, four is the right rank, and the fifteen is the right rank, the fifteen is the right rank, the fifteen is the right rank, the fifteen is the right rank, the fifteen is the right rank, the fifteen is the right rank, the fifteen is the right rank, the fifteen is the right rank, the sixth rank, the sixth rank, the seventh rank, the seventh rank, the seventh rank, the eighth rank, the nineth rank, the nineth rank, the nineth rank, the nineth rank, the nineth rank, the nineth rank, the twenty rank, the marquis (later changed to the right rank, the marquis, the fourth rank, the highest rank.
The title of the ministers is far higher than this, and they are not attracted to their eyes. They are both surprised and admirable, and the reason is that this is given to Emperor Jing.
To award such a low-level title, there is no need to alarm Emperor Jing. Even a court official does not need to alarm him. He only needs a low-level official to handle it.
However, although Zhou Yang's title was low, it was given by Emperor Jing's golden mouth, and it was still in front of all the civil and military officials in the court. Not to mention that Emperor Jing only once in his life, it was the second only in his decades of establishment of the Han Dynasty. What a glory it is? This is the extraordinary thing about this title!
Chapter completed!