Chapter 681: The king and his subject report

Taiyuan is still covered with snow, but Bianjing is already in spring. This year, the spring of Bianjing comes early, with plum blossoms withering and peach blossoms in full bloom, and even the wind is not as sharp as before. It was the early spring of the third year of Yonghe, and the capital of the richest dynasty in the world was already bustling with prosperity.

The three provinces are located in the outer court and are said to belong to the palace garden. In fact, they are separated from the palace city by a palace wall. This is the center of the entire court. All major events in the world are summarized here. They are then decided by the Ministry of Menxia, ​​submitted to the Palace, sent back to the Secretariat for verification, and sent to the Secretariat for execution. It is conceivable that the honor of officials who can enter here is the Shulingshi, which is a scripture of the Classification of the Classification of the Legacy, and their status cannot be underestimated. Although there are only a small seventh rank, these seventh rank officials can participate in the confidentiality and can even affect the honor and disgrace of the second rank officials.

The atmosphere today is a little different. Several Shulingshi looked frightened and hurriedly ran out of the door. After a stick of incense, a warm sedan quickly landed outside the door. Li Bangyan came out of it. Li Bangyan looked hurried. He had always called himself the prodigal prime minister, but today he no longer had the freedom of the prodigal son. He entered the provincial hall in a hurry and asked a record: "Where is the memorial? Take me a look."

When the memorial was handed over, Li Bangyan looked at it with a deep eyebrows, and he couldn't help but say, "Crazy, crazy..."

He sat dejectedly on the chair, and the recorder next to him said, "Sir, should you report to the palace immediately for such a big thing?"

Li Bangyan said with a gloomy face: "I went to see him off in person. This matter... This matter is too big... Duke Zheng... dares to kill him, King Pingxi..." He stuttered, and there was a bone-blooded chill all over his body. It would be a good thing to say that Shen Ao was caught by him at this time, but after reading this memorial, he actually felt fearful. There was also a memorial that Shen Ao killed the Taiyuan Governor. This incident caused an uproar in the court. For a moment, the crowd was in a turmoil, some people impeached and some refuted, and it was extremely lively. Even His Majesty was wandering, and he was about to take Shen Aosuo back to Beijing to make plans, but now...

Li Bangyan even suspected that Shen Ao could be so confident and had something to rely on, otherwise this person would have to be a lunatic.

This person is indeed crazy. No matter what, the Duke of China is over, and the next one may be Li Bangyan. Of course, Li Bangyan cannot miss the opportunity and must take this opportunity to completely defeat Shen Ao.

Li Bangyan pondered for a moment, and had already had some conspiracy in his heart, so he stood up, picked up the memorial, and said to the recorder: "I will enter the palace now. If there is any news from Taiyuan, I will suppress it for the time being and submit it to the official for a decision immediately."

After saying that, Li Bangyan had finished his court uniform, said nothing, and quickly left the door and went into the sedan chair, and said in the sedan chair: "Long live mountain!"

When the spring is in full bloom, Zhao Ji will stay in Wansui Mountain for a few days. In the past two years, he is already a little older and is not as tough as before. He has less and less time to come to Wansui Mountain, so the frozen water has not yet melted this year, so he has already lived here. There is a car crane pavilion on Wansui Mountain, which is very quiet. Zhao Ji often sits here, pushing open the window, and watching the hazy and delicate sitting at the foot of the mountain.

But he seemed a little uneasy in the past two days. He originally wanted to let Chen Ao go to Taiyuan to handle Taiyuan properly so that he would not worry about it. But who knew that Taiyuan's affairs became more and more complicated. He first killed a prefect, and later killed the Taiyuan governor without asking for an order. Zhao Ji had met Wen Xianzhi several times and felt that this person was quite gentlemanly and seemed loyal to others. Why did Chen Ao kill him if he said he could kill him?

Now the court is full of emotions, and many censors requested punishment for the King of Pingxi to serve as a warning to You. However, Zhao Ji was still silent. He could not make a decision for a while. According to his nature, most of the things that made him embarrassed would hide, and he would neither pay attention to them nor advocate the sanctions. He could hide for one day.

What's more, the Empress Dowager once persuaded that it was King Pingxi who killed the Taiyuan Grand Governor, which must be his reason. Now that Taiyuan has lost a governor, if Chen Ao is punished again, the situation will be worse and worse. Let's take a look first, whether it is a merit or a demerit. It's not too late to decide when Chen Ao returns to Beijing to report his life.

Zhao Ji thought about it and felt it was reasonable, so he devoted himself to this Wansui Mountain and became a free cloud and wild crane again.

In front of Zhao Ji's desk was an unfinished painting. The painting only had the background color and had the plan set up, but he didn't have the intention to start writing. Sometimes Zhao Ji picked up the pen and didn't know where to put it in, but he felt drowsy.

"I am really not as good as before recently." Zhao Ji couldn't help but sigh that time has passed. He is a romantic emperor with wide interests. Now that he is not energetic, he is a little boring in everything he does. He always likes to sit alone and meditate.

If Chen Ao returned to the capital, it might make me feel more happy. Zhao Ji thought so in his heart, and he regretted his promise that Chen Ao would not have such troubles if he did not go to Taiyuan. If he stayed in the capital, he could talk to him about poetry, running script and painting from time to time.

While he was thinking about it, Yang Jian pushed the door open, tiptoed to cover the door, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, Xiao Jun'er is already asleep."

Xiao Jun'er is the boy born by Princess An Ning half a month ago. This boy is exactly the same as An Ning, and she is so beautiful that Zhao Ji likes it. He thinks that this child will be a handsome calligraphy and painting like him in the future, so he specially brought him to Wansui Mountain. He usually takes the nanny with him, and occasionally goes to play with him. But Xiao Jun'er is also well-behaved. He always likes to frown and motionless, like meditating. He slept after eating and ate after sleeping. Zhao Ji finds it even more interesting, and it is quite meaningful to keep him by his side to take care of him.

When Zhao Ji heard Xiao Jun'er sleeping, a smile flashed on his face, as if many worries were thrown out of his mind, and said, "When you wake up, you ask someone to carry them, I want to teach him how to draw."

The so-called teaching him to draw is nothing more than holding Xiao Jun'er to watch Zhao Ji's paintings. Zhao Ji always paints cranes and turtles for this child to see.

Yang Jian nodded and said, "Your Highness should take a break, it's very windy on the mountainside. Have you closed the window?"

Zhao Ji shook his head and said, "No need, close the window, it's like a world away, I don't like it. I'll take a nap and wake me up in half an hour." He cheered up and said, "This painting must be finished, otherwise I feel uncomfortable."

As he was speaking, a little eunuch came over quickly and said outside: "Your Highness, the door ordered Li Bangyan to ask for a meeting."

Zhao Ji couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "I originally wanted to have Wansui Mountain forever, but I still had trivial matters to chase after him."

As long as Zhao Ji arrives at Wansui Mountain, the general official duties will be handled by the Ministry of Education and sent to the Secretariat for verification. Leave a copy of the book and seal it and can be handed over to the Secretariat for processing. Unless you encounter a very urgent matter, Zhao Ji must decide to take it to this Wansui Mountain to disturb Zhao Ji's purity. What's more, Li Bangyan ran to the mountain himself, and this matter must be extraordinary.

Zhao Ji thought to himself, could it be that the Jurchens had broken through the last barrier of the Khitans? Or was there something wrong in Xixia? But don’t have a major disaster, otherwise this Wansui Mountain will not be able to stay there.

Zhao Ji was thinking, and a strange thought suddenly arose in his mind: Could it be the news that was too original?

Zhao Ji sat down, but at this time he felt a little expectant and said to Yang Jian: "Go and invite Li Aiqing in."

Zhao Ji sat down and took a sip of tea, and saw Li Bangyan coming over panting. The Wansui Mountain occupies a huge area and has to walk from the foot of the mountain to the side of the mountain. In addition to Zhao Ji who can ride a carriage, Li Bangyan can only walk up the mountain. Li Bangyan walked fast and almost trotted, so before he could breathe well, he entered the Jiahe Pavilion.

Zhao Ji saw Li Bangyan’s disobedience and felt alert in his heart, and asked someone to say, “Come on, pour tea for Li Aiqing and give it to him.”

Before Li Bangyan could sit down, he couldn't wait to say: "Your Majesty, something happened in Taiyuan!"

Zhao Ji's expression changed drastically, thinking to himself, something happened to Shen Ao in Taiyuan, what could happen to him, a prince and an imperial envoy? Could it be that there was a civil rebellion? Where is Shen Ao now? Is it dead or alive?

Li Bangyan had already pulled a memorial from his sleeve, and Zhao Ji almost snatched it over to see it. When he saw it, he was relieved at first, but frowned again, and anger rose on his face.

Li Bangyan raised his eyes gently and observed Zhao Ji's face. Zhao Ji's face was unstable, and even his hands holding the memorial were trembling.

Suddenly, Zhao Ji threw the memorial on several cases. Zhao Ji said angrily: "What a courage."

Zhao Ji had a bad impression of Duke Zheng, and he had even developed a little disgust. However, no matter how disgust was, Duke Zheng was a father-in-law and a relative of the clan. Now, Shen Ao was killed just by saying that he could behead him, which is really sensational. No one in all dynasties has been so bold that he is so arrogant.

Zhao Ji was worried about Shen Ao at first, but at this time he was full of resentment towards him and shouted: "That's the dignified Duke. Where did he get the courage? Who used his power to seize life and death? I have indulged him too much, and now I have reached this point!"

After hearing this, Li Bangyan knew that the time had come, so he immediately knelt down and said seriously: "Your Majesty, I have to say something if I have something to do."

Zhao Ji didn't speak, just bit his lip, and picked up the memorial on the table in a bit in disbelief. He looked carefully and snorted coldly: "Is this what a minister should do? Is this what my minister should do? This is..." He said a few words in a series of words, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "I will never tolerate it, I will never tolerate it..."

Li Bangyan kowtowed heavily on the ground and continued, "Your Majesty, this is what Wang Mang and Cao Cao did, so Duke Zhou would not do it."

Li Bangyan blurted out his words, and his intentions were extremely vicious. If Zhao Ji blamed Shen Ao for being brave at the beginning, this sentence guided the nature of this matter to a strange mind. What will happen if a minister has a strange mind? The consequences are self-evident.

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