NovelsAlex Chapter 2894 The Emperor’s Response
Chapter 2894 The Emperor’s Response
Chapter 2894 The Emperor’s Response
In the county magistrate's mansion.
The county magistrate, garrison commander, chief clerk... and other important county officials were all there.
The county magistrates of several counties were also present.
Everyone was silent.
This upright county magistrate’s surname was Li.
County Magistrate Li has always been a tough nut to crack and a sharp sword of this dynasty.
He served as an eighth-rank inspector several times and even overthrew the governors of three provinces.
He was beaten with a stick in the court and imprisoned.
He is a rare administrator who is consistent in his words and deeds.
He truly regarded those moral articles and dynasty laws as principles for how people should conduct themselves in the world.
Although the court officials and many of his colleagues despised him in their hearts and in their mouths, they also envied him very much.
Even these cunning and shrewd administrators understood that after a hundred or a thousand years, County Magistrate Li would definitely leave his name behind.
Because the other party is sincere and does it for the good of the people and the court.
The other party must sincerely implement those laws - although the laws are essentially meant to serve the court, at least on the surface, they are relatively fair.
For example, the law clearly states that if the people accuse the official, they must first be beaten with a stick - but if the evidence is solid, the official will also be punished.
This is a typical example of favoring the literati.
However, even so, the scholars were not satisfied and still violated the law everywhere - after all, if you make a mistake, you still have to be punished.
For example, the law also protects servants who seem to be the most humble - even servants who sell their bodies will be punished, fined, demoted, etc. if they are killed at will.
In essence, this is naturally to protect the court's labor force, military sources and tax sources.
Because the law was established at the founding of the country, and the population was small at the founding of the country.
Of course, in the later stages, the population became too large.
These officials, who are indistinguishable from the rest of the world, now live a comfortable life, with both fame and wealth.
But hundreds or thousands of years later, their hypocrisy will be exposed by future generations and their reputation will be in disgrace.
The smart people in the court all understood this.
Even so, they couldn't do what the other party did. At most, they could spend some money and some clan land to buy themselves some fame.
But now, the upright Magistrate Li has encountered a difficult problem.
"Don't just stand there, don't you have anything to say?" County Magistrate Li finally spoke.
"Mr. County Magistrate, the only solution now is to report this secretly to the emperor and ask him to personally send a factory manager to take a look." The person who spoke was the garrison commander.
Everyone glared at him angrily.
Asking the factory manager for help, isn't that seeking death?
Why does this garrison dare to say this?
Of course, it was because his in-laws’ daughter married the nephew of a great eunuch.
You can make a connection by beating around the bush.
But now this matter cannot be concealed at all, he has to find a way out for himself quickly.
First of all, he understood the county magistrate’s character. He knew that this matter must be reported and the emperor would definitely know about it.
By then, they will all be charged with the crime of "failing to notice in advance, failing to take early action, and watching the harm expand."
This crime is punishable by death.
Because in the eyes of the emperor, he would have this thought: Are you colluding with the mountain god?
Now, if the garrison commander expands the matter, he can meet directly with the factory manager and explain the matter in detail.
On the contrary, it might be possible to escape: the emperor also wanted to live forever, be healthy and have many children.
The matter of the mountain god may not necessarily lead to a breakup. On the contrary, the emperor may appoint the other party as the imperial teacher.
After all, if a swindler with no skill can be one, there is no reason why a mountain god with real skill cannot be one.
In this way, he, as the person who notified the emperor in advance, would naturally have no responsibility and could even gain some benefits.
Just take care of it.
"This government will report this to the court again, and ask the cabinet to quickly send an imperial envoy to handle this matter." County Magistrate Li was upright and he knew how to do things.
Especially in some areas where there is room for maneuver, he will do so.
Only when it comes to matters of principle will one risk his life.
Now we have to expand the matter. If we don’t, there will be no other way.
……
So the cabinet received another report.
And it is a joint signature of a group of administrators.
This is a big deal.
If it is not true, it is hard to imagine that these managers would jointly sign a letter on such a supernatural matter, and they are not deceiving their superiors or subordinates, but asking their superiors to send an imperial envoy as soon as possible.
This proves that it is true.
The assistant looked at it and said to everyone, "Everyone, what do you think?"
The Prime Minister frowned and said, "This is a big deal. If this mountain god is real, the emperor will definitely be very interested and send eunuchs and factory guards to investigate."
"That's a big deal. The emperor will definitely bring this mountain god into the court and make him the imperial teacher."
"By then, temples, palaces, and all kinds of grand projects will emerge in endlessly."
"But now, the Ministry of Revenue has long been living beyond its means, with deficits every year. What can we do?"
Sanfu said: "What Lord Baicheng said is true, but can we stop this?"
"It can't be stopped. This report was put at the end last time. The emperor didn't read it. Eunuch Lu approved it directly."
"And now it has been sent again, and it has been expanded to a county, and in the future it will be a province, and then several provinces."
"It will be too late then."
……
While the cabinet ministers were chatting, the emperor had already received the news.
A certain eunuch received secret information from the garrison.
The eunuch ran quickly to the emperor's palace.
First, confirm from the young eunuch that the emperor is free.
Then he walked in slowly, lay on the ground, and raised the memorial above his head:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, rejoice! Rejoice!"
"What's there to be happy about?" The emperor closed his eyes.
I don’t know where this auspicious sign came from, but of course some auspicious sign is better than nothing.
"It's the gods who have come. This time it's real gods. The real gods have shown their power!" The eunuch spoke incoherently and excitedly.
Of course, most of it is acted out.
The emperor then opened his eyes and looked down.
I saw the servant lying on the ground with all fours, holding a report in her hand.
"Send it up."
The eunuch serving nearby immediately walked over, took the report and handed it to the emperor.
When the emperor opened it, he saw that the story of the mountain god's appearance was written in full.
From the beginning where the mountain god killed more than forty bandits, to the county magistrate leading troops to break into the temple, resulting in dozens of soldiers being killed, there are complete numbers.
There are also handprints and names attached to it.
At least hundreds of people came to testify to this.
The time, place, and people are all complete, and imperial envoys can be sent at any time to investigate and verify.
After seeing it, the emperor was immediately moved.
Could it be fake?
This was the first thing he thought of.
There have been many cases of counterfeiting auspicious signs in the past.
Don’t think that the people below dare not deceive the emperor or the royal family.
The princess of the royal family was sold for more than 100,000 taels of silver and married a consumptive man. The emperor had no choice but to suppress the matter for the sake of his face and only executed the eunuch who was responsible.
The emperor himself was burned several times, and in the end it was impossible to determine whether it was an accident or man-made.
This is ridiculous.
The so-called supreme imperial power means death if it is touched. This is what they say, but in reality it is not the case.
When it comes to a certain person or a few people, it is correct, stern and cruel, and it can destroy a person's destiny.
But when it faces an entire class, the eunuch class, the palace maid class, and the scholar-official class, the imperial power is fragile.
A dozen palace maids working together could put the emperor in danger.
The emperor showed neither joy nor surprise.
He just looked at the report over and over again.
After watching it, he thought to himself that those auspicious things had never been done in such a way by the people below.
This shows how serious they are this time.
There is a 30% chance that this is true.
Yes, even with so many detailed witnesses, the emperor still didn't believe it completely. Then the emperor saw the flaw.
"Why did this happen several years ago and it's only now being reported?"
"Why didn't I see the relevant memorial?"
"Go find it now!" the emperor roared.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Several eunuchs were so frightened that they hurriedly got to work.
Normally, such a major event should have been reported in many reports.
The eunuchs stationed in various places were withdrawn, but the Jinyiwei had people in various places, and the local administrators were also responsible for reporting.
But according to the account here, the appearance of the mountain god lasted for three or four years, and it was not until the county magistrate led troops to suppress the rebellion but failed and people died that someone reported it.
How ridiculous, how ridiculous!
Then the emperor immediately began to doubt.
Did someone deliberately falsify it?
Is someone trying to harm him again?
Or, is it that someone doesn't want him to cultivate immortality? Someone wants him to die quickly?
It's all possible.
After looking at the memorial, the emperor tended to the last possibility.
His face gradually became gloomy and he laughed coldly.
"Haha, haha, each and every one of you is my good subject!"
"You talk about the emperor and father every day, saying that you are the daughter-in-law, and you deceive your father-in-law like this?"
Finally, after a busy period of work, the eunuchs found a memorial.
It was the memorial submitted by the Magistrate of Li County before. The cabinet drafted an opinion and the eunuch approved it.
The emperor looked through the past one by one and found that it was just a few months ago.
"How ridiculous! How ridiculous! In the end, only Li Qiangxiang, who loves to disobey me the most, told me the truth!"
Of course he knew Magistrate Li.
After all, he was the one who personally ordered the beating.
Judging from the time, as soon as the other party arrived, he began to investigate this mountain god.
At that time, we had to request the deployment of troops to suppress the rebellion.
And the cause of the incident lies with the other party.
It was precisely because the other side mobilized its troops and was defeated that the matter could no longer be concealed.
After all, whether you send troops or fail, there must be a result and a process to follow.
Whether it is victory or defeat, it must be reported to the Ministry of War in writing.
"A few months ago, it turned out that at that time, there was already one!"
"It's just that my loyal ministers don't take this matter seriously at all!"
"Everyone says they wish me long live, and they wish I would die sooner!"
The eunuchs were terrified when they heard this.
Fortunately, they are bound to the emperor.
That's why the emperor said this in front of them.
If the minister really came, the emperor would not say anything.
Not only do you not say it, you have to be careful when saying it.
"Yeah!"
"These elders are all my loyal subjects."
"I'm just worried about spending too much money."
"They are all good men!"
"It's such a big matter, and you still dare to play such tricks on me."
The emperor saw through the trick at a glance.
He was indeed very annoyed.
He classified all the people in the cabinet, including the most trusted prime minister, as treacherous ministers.
These people can no longer be used!
A cabinet that cannot proceed from the fundamental interests of the emperor and cannot be on the side of the emperor will naturally be dismissed.
The cabinet is used to assist the emperor and accomplish his tasks.
If they don't want the emperor to live forever, he must be removed.
If it is just a removal, it cannot be done immediately.
He is an extremely intelligent man. He has to consider the balance and the turmoil in the government and the opposition.
So he issued an imperial decree.
He called over his most trusted eunuch, Otomo, who had followed him since he was a feudal lord.
He said, "Old Huang, secretly send ten men to invite the mountain god to the palace."
"I will appoint him as the Imperial Master."
His words revealed the emperor's natural arrogance.
He thought the other party had some skills, but not too great.
People below always like to exaggerate.
Soon, Eunuch Huang, along with three young eunuchs and five Jinyiwei, rushed all the way to Daqing County at an urgent speed of 800 miles.
After him, the emperor sent out two more waves of troops.
It’s not that I don’t trust Lao Huang, but I want to be cautious.
It's easy to be intercepted and killed along the way.
He is very clear about this.
……
When the three waves of people arrived in Daqing County one after another, Zhao Qingyu learned of their movements.
When Zhao Qingyu heard their purpose, he laughed so hard that he fell backwards.
"Hahaha, I finally understand what arrogance and imperial power are."
"Will you invite me to the palace?"
"That's ridiculous!"
As a god, and the only god in the feudal dynasty who had demonstrated his magical powers, how could he possibly go there by himself?
The emperor is simply joking.
The three groups of people came to three temples respectively.
One was in the county temple, and the other was in the county temple. Old Huang was the most loyal. He risked his life to go to the earliest temple in Daqingshan to read the imperial edict.
"The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven, and the edict says:"
"Today there is a mountain god in Daqing County, who is extremely compassionate..."
"Emperor Wanshou has ordered a summons. If it works, I will not hesitate to reward you as the Imperial Master."
After listening to the lengthy imperial edict written in classical Chinese, Zhao Qingyu couldn't help but laugh.
"That's really interesting. That's really interesting."
At this time, Zhao Qingyu just felt nauseous.
This emperor, who was high and mighty, actually regarded himself as those Taoist priests and monks with some magical powers.
Rather than a real god.
He thought he could summon them and send them away at will.
Just ridiculous.
However, he cannot intimidate the emperor for the time being.
After all, he had no temple in the capital, so he couldn't display any divine power.
And the Emperor would surely soon find out.
He won't underestimate these guys.
They are good at suppressing technology and have a very foolish view of nature, but when it comes to scheming, ten modern people cannot compare to them.
Because they maintain their power by winning people's hearts.
Those who don’t know how to fight have all gone down.
Modern people rely more on technology to make a living.
In addition, there are laws to back it up, so the requirements on scheming are not high.
And his temple did not yet cover the imperial palace.
But it doesn’t matter. Zhao Qingyu’s divine power cannot be exerted, but the power of material things can be exerted.
He is now invincible.
He has many assassins under his command.
But for the time being, he didn't want to waste his divine power, nor did he want to waste his development time.
So there was no movement under the imperial decree.
(End of this chapter)