Chapter 1114: Beat It Down (To the book friend "Xuehua's reward plus one more chapter")
After a moment's silence, the Duke of Yu asked, "Would you like to ask your Shangshu to reconsider the transfer?"
Minister Yu: "Father, I am also going to be transferred, and it's not a bad thing for him to have a problem."
It's not a big problem. He has no opinion and he can do his job better. When the old minister retires, the pressure on him to run for election will be less.
You know, the position of Shangshu can be competed for not only by the assistant ministers of the six ministries, but also by officials sent out to other places. It’s just that they have more advantages because they are assistant ministers of the same ministry.
The Duke of Yu glared at his son. "If you have talent, why fear powerful opponents? If you have no talent, why do you harm the world?"
Minister Yu: ...
This was his own father, he couldn't scold him or talk back, so Minister Yu took a moment to pray, bowed, and left.
When the chief attendant saw that the old master had driven the third master away in anger, he sat back on the stool and asked, "Old master, are we still going to investigate this matter?"
"I won't investigate anymore," the Yu County Magistrate said angrily. "What else is there to investigate? Either Zhuang Xun plagiarized Chen Fulin's poem, lost more than he gained, was expelled from the capital, and now he's back; or Chen Fulin plagiarized Zhuang Xun's poem, then turned the tables and had him expelled from the capital, ruining his life."
"That……"
"But none of them are from the capital, and this happened over twenty years ago. How can we investigate?" Yu County Magistrate paused and said, "We can investigate. Send someone to Yizhou City to find their former teachers and classmates. Humph, poetry and prose may fool outsiders, but it certainly won't fool their former classmates."
"That……"
"No," the long-servant said before the Duke of Yu snorted, "I'm already retired and old, why would I bother with this trouble?"
Is Yizhou City close to the capital?
The attendant nodded repeatedly, "That's right, don't go. Then I'll go downstairs to rest."
Just as the attendant stood up and was about to leave, the Duke of Yu called out to him, "Wait a minute."
The long-servant knew it and looked back at him silently.
The Duke of Yu pursed his lips and waved his hand, saying, "Forget it. You're already a skeleton. Find someone young and clever to go to Yizhou. You don't have to find any concrete evidence. Of course, if you can find it, that's even better. If not, ask about their reputation. Ask their former teachers and classmates, especially those close to them. You can always find out something."
The chief just smiled and agreed.
The Yu County Magistrate was old and cunning. Once he had his mind clear, he would find many ways to deal with it. After all, he was not the Ministry of Justice or the Supreme Court, so he did not need evidence. So he knocked his knee and said, "You, ask around in the capital to find out what good poems and essays Chen Fulin has written in the past twenty years. Have someone write them down and show them to me."
He added, "Also, check if there have been any students from Yizhou who have visited him in recent years, or if they have had a close relationship with him."
The most important thing in officialdom is connections, including fellow townsmen, classmates, and fellow students.
Chen Fulin once studied at Yizhou Prefecture School. The students taught by the same teacher, or the students taught by his classmates... these are all his connections. Generally speaking, they would visit his home when they came to Kyoto.
As for how Chen Fulin is perceived by his former classmates and teachers, one can tell by looking at his relationship with Yizhou over the years.
The chief attendant understood and went back to investigate.
This certainly wouldn't come out in a short time, but it was much easier for the palace to investigate these things than for Yu County Lord, especially since the Queen had asked Gu Zhong to investigate.
Asking Gu Zhong to investigate is equivalent to asking the emperor to investigate.
Because it involved the King of Yizhou, the emperor checked everyone around Bai Shan and Zhou Man as soon as he knew their backgrounds.
In his opinion, Mr. Zhuang was the teacher of the three children and their think tank, but there were many teachers in Dajin, so he didn't pay much attention to him.
As soon as the Queen asked Gu Zhong to investigate, he became concerned and asked his own people to investigate.
The emperor's men knew that Mr. Zhuang had planned to take the Imperial College entrance examination, so they started investigating there. In less than half a day, they discovered the dispute between him and Chen Fulin.
But they were faster than Yu County Lord because they also found out about Chen Fulin's movements in the past few days.
All of these were written into memorials and submitted to the emperor, and then they continued to investigate.
The emperor took the memorial and went to see the queen with his hands behind his back.
After dinner, the couple sat together and talked. The emperor showed her the memorial and said with a sullen face, "Regarding the late emperor, when my dynasty was just established, things were very chaotic and people took advantage of the situation."
Although it has not been verified and there is no evidence, judging from the behavior of Chen Fulin and Zhuang Xun, the poem was written by Zhuang Xun, and Chen Fulin obviously wanted to drive him out of the capital again.
The Queen sighed as she looked at it, closed the memorial, and said, "It's really hard for Mr. Zhuang to have raised people like Bai Shan and Zhou Man."
The emperor also sighed, then rolled his eyes and leaned over to the queen and said, "Zi Tong has also met Zhou Man. What do you think of her?"
The Queen asked with a smile, "What do you think of her?"
"Don't you think she's also very naughty and bold? She's very similar to the prince when he was a child."
The Queen laughed, "It's a bit similar, so what?"
"I was thinking, since he was able to teach Zhou Man well, could he also teach the crown prince well?"
The Queen thought for a moment and then shook her head. "It's different. Dalang is already that old. Unlike Zhou Man, who has been learning from him since childhood, he has no official title or nobility, and his family has no power. Do you think Dalang will listen to him?"
The emperor was worried, "Then what do you say we should do?"
"If you're truly ruthless, why don't you hire Kong Jijiu and Wei Mijian as the prince's tutors and let them teach him freely?"
The emperor nodded and said, "Of course, I have no problem with that. I'm just worried that Dalang will be unhappy. What if he gets angry and really kills Kong Qing and Wei Qing? Especially Kong Qing, he's not young anymore."
The Queen snorted coldly, "If he dares to lay a hand on the teacher, why don't you just beat him and scold him? Besides, even though Dalang has many bad qualities, he wouldn't lay a hand on the teacher."
The emperor began to think.
When the queen saw that he had listened, she leaned back on the couch and let him think whatever he wanted.
Within two days, when the queen's condition began to improve, the palace issued two imperial decrees. One was to let Kong Jijiu, Wei Zhi, Li Yao and others teach the prince together, and the other was to let the prince accompany him to handle government affairs every day.
In addition, there was a small episode. The memorial from the Ministry of Personnel to promote Chen Fulin was rejected when it was presented to the emperor.
Now not only the people in the Ministry of Personnel, but also the people in the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue were shocked.
Generally, this kind of promotion is a tacit agreement. The Shangshu or Shilang must have mentioned it to the emperor before. The submission of the memorial is just a formality. Why would it be rejected?
Many people couldn't help but secretly go to see Chen Fulin.
After receiving the news, Chen Fulin's face turned pale and he sat down on the chair, unable to move for a long time.
See you tomorrow, Sarangheyo
(End of this chapter)
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