Chapter 1606: Dominated by Interests
Chongwenguan is the prince's study companion. If the companion is lazy in studying, how can he be a good companion to the prince?
Therefore, this time, all the students in Chongwenguan were impeached by the censors, and the prince was also considered by the censors to have failed to control his subordinates.
Therefore, Chongwenguan punished Bai Shan and others by sending them to the martial arts arena for a warning today.
By the time Kong Jijiu returned to Chongwenguan from Taiji Hall, Bai Shan and the others had been standing in the scorching sun for more than half an hour.
Kong Jijiu frowned and asked, "Who punished them to go and give them a warning?"
"It's Minister Yuan."
"Call them back. Look at the sun now. Why did you send them out to cool down and provide disaster relief? Aren't you afraid they'll get burned?" Kong Jijiu pursed his lips and said, "Let them copy the book and reflect on their mistakes."
Officials: ...We all know that Kong Jijiu loves to punish students by making them copy books.
Mr. Zhuang, who was standing far away, breathed a sigh of relief. Copying books was much safer than giving lectures in the martial arts arena.
After Kong Jijiu asked someone to retrieve all the students, he picked up the memorial on the table and looked at it, frowning as he read it. It was clear that only he and Wei Zhi had seen it in the morning.
He knew Wei Zhi. Although he was strict with others, he was not unreasonable. They had clearly reached a consensus before they entered the Taiji Hall together in the morning.
He punished his students and officials himself, and no one interfered with each other. He punished the children so that they could learn a lesson, but did not make things worse.
Why did he directly impeach Chongwenguan to His Majesty and the Secretariat?
Is this aimed at Chongwenguan or the prince?
Kong Jijiu, who was already in a bad mood, felt even worse.
When Bai Shan and the others were called back from the martial arts training ground, they were soaked, their faces were sunburned, their expressions were extremely tense, and they were a little angry.
Who are they bullying? They have been late for the palace before, and nothing happened.
Why are they being punished so publicly this time?
Zhao Liulang quickly returned from a meeting with several of his older classmates, who were close confidants of the Crown Prince. He angrily declared, "Your Highness has done a great job this time. The summer heat relief and disaster relief efforts in the capital, Yongzhou, and Shangzhou went smoothly. In fact, thanks to the imperial distribution of cooling herbs, the people, who had been somewhat resentful of the drought, have calmed down."
"I heard the news spread to Shengzhou, and even the people of Shengzhou have become much more positive. Some people are upset that Your Highness is monopolizing all the credit, so they want to use us as a test." Zhao Liulang said angrily, "Zhang Er told us to be patient and put the overall situation first. Bah, put the overall situation first. We came to the palace to study, not to compete for their credit."
Shengzhou was suffering from a disaster. Unlike the drought here, it was a flood over there. It was said that several villages had been destroyed. Because of the precedent of Yizhou City, the emperor sent officials from the court to preside over disaster relief matters early this time.
However, this time the officials who went there obviously did not have the courage of Lord Wei. Although the work had been going on, they had not been able to stabilize the situation.
The situation in Shengzhou is also more complicated. It is the turning point of the Yellow River. In order to ensure the safety of the downstream, the villages above must make some sacrifices. Obviously, the officials who went there and the local officials of Shengzhou failed to coordinate well.
I heard that while they were trying to gain fame everywhere, Shengzhou was in chaos, and the officials in the court who were about to leave and the local officials were impeaching them.
Bai Shan didn't expect that this would involve a conflict of interests, and he couldn't help but frown. Bai Erlang shouted: "We are just students, why should we involve them?"
Feng Zongping glanced at him and said, "From the day we entered Chongwenguan, we were no longer just students. Whether you like it or not, we are all labeled as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Besides, wasn't it you who wrote this memorial in the first place?"
Bai Erlang looked at Bai Shan with a guilty conscience, "So this is our fault?"
Bai Shan glanced at him and said, "No, it's the fault of those who, for the sake of profit, disregarded right and wrong and suppressed us. Don't take the responsibility on yourself."
Those people don’t care about the right or wrong of a matter, nor do they care whether the people involved are innocent. They only care about their own interests. As long as it benefits them, they will do it. So it is their fault. What does it have to do with these innocent people?
The other students, who were already somewhat resentful of Bai Shan and Bai Cheng due to being exposed to the sun, paused when they heard this. After thinking about it, they felt a little ashamed in their hearts, as if it was really true.
One of them, however, was less magnanimous and shouted, "How could Yin Huo not be punished? After all, he had a share in the memorial, didn't he?"
Bai Shan glanced at him coldly and said lightly: "He can indeed expose himself to the sun, but I'm afraid Chongwenguan can't afford the consequences of his exposure."
Everyone knew that Yin Huo was in poor health. He would become out of breath if he walked a little faster from the palace gate to Chongwenguan. Therefore, except for the first time he entered the palace, every time he came back from his day off, Lord Yin would take him to the West Inner Courtyard, and then from the West Inner Courtyard to Chongwenguan, which shortened the distance by two-thirds.
Just now, Minister Yuan called all the students to the martial arts field to give them a lecture, but Bai Shan gave Yin Huo a look, and Yin Huo thought for a moment, then closed his eyes and fainted.
Can't Minister Yuan see that he is pretending?
Of course he could see it, but did he really dare to let Yin Huo bask in the sun for an hour?
He doesn't dare.
If something bad happens to Yin, a reprimand can be a good thing, but it can also turn into a bad thing.
Not only Yin Huo, but everyone present was like this, and the reason why he dared to reprimand them was simply because it would not cause any harm to them if they exposed themselves to the sun, at most they would suffer; but Yin Huo would.
Everyone murmured as they headed towards Chongwen Hall. Yin Huo, who was drinking tea and reading in a classroom, heard the noise and immediately gathered his things, having the eunuchs serving him quickly take them away. Then he sat upright, a look of worry on his face. Seeing them, he went out to greet them with concern and asked, "Are you all right?"
Seeing that it was only a few steps and he was out of breath if he walked faster, his classmates, who felt that he was getting a great advantage, no longer complained.
Forget it, forget it. Yin Huo is different from them. He came to Chongwenguan to study purely to study. He will not become an official in the future. Why bother with him about these things?
Everyone shook their heads to indicate that everything was fine, and then went into the house to get some water.
Manbao only found out about their reprimand when she was having lunch at noon. Because she had to write a defense, she sent a message to the Daming Palace in a willful manner, saying that she was too busy today and would not go to see the Crown Princess and Prince Gong for the time being.
The Crown Princess felt a pang of regret when she received the news. The fetus had been moving violently in the past two days. Sometimes, just drinking a sip of soup would make the baby in her belly jump with joy. She didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, and she wanted to ask Manbao.
Prince Gong, who had been on edge since early morning, breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the day was over.
Although he still had to walk up the mountain today, it didn't feel as heavy. It must be because he was very happy that Zhou Man didn't come.
See you at 11pm
(End of this chapter)
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