Chapter 1605 Impeachment
Old Zhou looked at all this with curiosity, feeling very surprised.
Who is Wei Zhi? As he approached, he noticed that there was someone else in the carriage. He couldn't help but take a closer look and met Old Zhou's gaze.
Wei Zhi was slightly surprised, "Mr. Zhou?"
Old Zhou was also surprised. He couldn't help but open the curtains a little wider and asked hesitantly, "Are you Mr. Wei?"
Wei Zhi once lived in Qili Village for a few days and even went to the Zhou family's house to have dinner and talk.
Because few outsiders come to Qili Village, and the Zhou family has such a secret, they pay special attention to people entering the village.
It hadn't been a few years since the incident, and Wei Zhi's appearance hadn't changed much, so Old Zhou still remembered him.
Kong Jijiu narrowed his eyes and glanced back and forth between Wei Zhi and Old Zhou. Recalling Wei Zhi's impeachment of the King of Yizhou for rebellion last year, he began to understand something.
Wei Zhi didn't care about Kong Jijiu's gaze. He smiled and spoke to Old Zhou, "Are you here in Beijing to see Mr. Zhou?"
It took Old Zhou a while to realize that "Little Master Zhou" was Manbao, so he nodded repeatedly and said with a smile, "My sixth son is getting married, and I came to the capital to hold his wedding banquet. Mr. Wei, do you also work in the palace?"
Wei Zhi smiled and nodded.
Old Zhou immediately said, "When my sixth son gets married, you must come and have a drink. Oh, and you wealthy people like to send invitations or something. I'll have Manbao send you one later."
It was obvious that Old Zhou had no intention of currying favor with him, but simply asked him to come and share in the wedding atmosphere because they knew each other, so Wei Zhi smiled and agreed, "Just ask Master Zhou to send it to me, and I will definitely go and ask for a glass of wedding wine."
Old Zhou quickly agreed.
Kong Jijiu also smiled kindly at Old Zhou, and then entered the palace with Wei Zhi.
Kong Jijiu did not go to the East Palace immediately. There was a small court meeting today, and the emperor had just returned from the Daming Palace to deal with some matters here, so they were going to the Taiji Hall to see the emperor.
On the way to the Taiji Hall, Kong Jijiu stared ahead and said, "I found it strange last year. Although everything seemed reasonable, how could it be so coincidental that His Majesty wanted to reward meritorious officials, and Bai Shan's father happened to be among them. Zhou Man is indeed capable, but just because he saved Su Jian's life, he was immediately sent to the Queen to treat her. I know the Crown Prince. He is a straightforward person. If no one was there to hint at him, he would not have thought of Zhou Man as a treatment for the Queen."
Wei Zhi didn't say anything.
Kong Jijiu stood at the foot of the Taiji Hall steps, adjusted his hat, and said solemnly, "Your Majesty, this action is not benevolent."
Wei Zhi also raised his head and looked at the Taiji Hall, saying in a deep voice, "Lord Kong, for those who died unjustly fourteen years ago, and for the people of Jiannan Road who died in the flood in Yizhou, your majesty's action is a benevolent act."
"Lord Wei, you only care about the results, not the process?" Kong Jijiu said angrily, "Your Majesty, you could reprimand the King of Yizhou and send someone to investigate openly..."
Wei Zhi interrupted him, "The Queen Mother is still here."
Kong Jijiu sneered, "Your Majesty, this is not filial piety. Now the Queen Mother is not feeling much better. In the end, it's just for your own reputation. Unkindness and unfiliality are unkindness and unfilial."
Wei Zhi frowned. Although he did not quite agree with the emperor's actions at first, the dust had settled now. Bringing it up again would do no good to either the dead or the living.
So he frowned and looked at Kong Jijiu, "Master Kong, are you going to impeach His Majesty?"
Kong Jijiu snorted and said, "I'm not stupid. Lord Wei, don't worry. Even if I make a private remonstration, I won't impeach you in public."
Wei Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the matter was not made worse.
As for the emperor being scolded in private, he didn't care much anyway. Let him scold, so that the emperor would not make the same mistake again next time.
Kong Jijiu went to the small court meeting in a unhappy mood. After the meeting, he made an excuse that he had something to talk to the emperor about, and then told the emperor two fables.
The emperor listened to the whole thing in confusion and didn't understand what he meant until Kong Jijiu left. However, Kong Jijiu was unhappy because he realized that the two fables he told were insults, no, advice.
The emperor's head was full of question marks. Although he didn't understand, he thought carefully about all the state affairs he had handled during this period, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong with him.
I couldn't help but look through his family affairs again to confirm that nothing had happened at home.
The Crown Prince had been diligently handling state affairs lately, and they were getting along quite well; the third son was concentrating on his medical treatment and weight loss, and hadn't gotten into any trouble; the remaining sons and daughters were all very well-behaved, and although they had their quarrels, they were minor matters that the Empress handled well. Old Kong probably wasn't the type to be fussy, because she picked on him for such a small matter...
So after thinking about it, the emperor didn't find any problems with himself, so it could only be Lao Kong's own problem.
When the emperor understood, he blew his beard in anger and said to Gu Zhong, "Jijiu Kong has been a bit irritable lately. Send him some cold melons to cool him down."
Gu Zhong agreed with a smile.
The emperor asked, "Is the watermelon frost that the Imperial Hospital is making ready yet? If it is, please send some to him as well."
Gu Zhong bowed and said, "I heard it's quite effective, but it's still under testing, so I haven't dared to give it to the masters yet."
The emperor then gave up the idea.
Manbao first put her things back in her room, then took them to Chongwenguan to repair books. However, just as she was immersed in it, Xiao Yuanzheng came over and handed her a memorial, saying, "Today, a junior censor impeached you for neglecting your duties and corrupting the students of Chongwenguan. Please find time to reply to the Censorate."
Manbao was confused. "Who is this? I admit I'm negligent and it's true I'm late today, but what about me corrupting the students at Chongwenguan? Do I have anything to do with them?"
Xiao Yuanzheng said, "You and Bai Shan and Bai Cheng are from the same sect and live together. Do you think you are related?"
"Then why is it that it's not them who led me astray, but I who led them astray?"
Xiao Yuanzheng was about to turn around and leave, but when he heard this, he stopped and turned around and said with a smile: "You can reply to the Censorate like this."
Manbao was choked when she heard this. If she really did that, it would definitely end up in a lawsuit between her and Bai Shan and Bai Cheng. She was not stupid. It would have been fine if she was underwater, but she also pulled her two friends into the water.
Manbao pouted, feeling that he had suffered a great injustice on behalf of his master.
But he didn't know that Bai Shan and the others were also suffering at this time.
It was such an unfortunate coincidence that today the censor not only impeached Zhou Man, but also impeached Chongwenguan.
The memorial impeaching Zhou Man did not even have the chance to be brought to court and was directly transferred to Xiao Yuanzheng, but the memorial impeaching Chongwenguan was placed on the emperor's desk.
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(End of this chapter)
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