Chapter 53: Jointly Named by Hundred Officials
Yuan Wei didn't say who he was, and Yuan Shao didn't ask, but the two of them had obviously known the answer in their hearts, but they were silent at this moment. Yuan Wei looked at the books on the table and frowned even more.
Since the Hanzhong Bookstore incident, Yuan Wei has been worried that the emperor would make a fuss about this matter again, so he did it very fiercely at the beginning. The emperor's layout in Hanzhong was uprooted, and even the land of Hanzhong was in a state of chaos before the new prefect Man Chong arrived. However, this time, Yuan Wei felt that the situation could not be controlled.
"Prepare!" After a while of silence, Yuan Wei threw the book directly into the brazier in the room, looked up at Yuan Shao and said, "Call the important officials in the court. Tomorrow morning, Jiade Hall jointly requested the abolition of this item and ordered all states and counties across the country to cooperate. Anyone who sells this item without authorization will be punished seriously!"
"Your Majesty...will you agree?" Yuan Shao looked at Yuan Wei hesitantly.
"He must agree!" Yuan Wei exuded a dangerous aura that Yuan Shao had never seen before, and there was an unspeakable deterrent force in his plain voice.
"Shao will do it." Yuan Shao bowed and left the study room. His originally nervous mood also calmed down a lot.
Since Ye Zhao and Liu Wei got married, Ye Zhao has seen Liu Hong more and more times. He can clearly feel that Liu Hong's body energy is constantly depleting, and his whole body is becoming weaker and weaker. Even the imperial physician dares not use too much medicine for Liu Hong.
The original morning court may not be able to attend court from the first three days to seven days. The last time he attended court was three days ago. Liu Hong was almost lying on the sickbed these days. He was not going to attend court, but early in the morning, he was woken up by Zhang Rang and others who came hurriedly.
"Your Majesty, it's not good~" Zhang Rang gently pushed Liu Hong and shouted in a low voice.
"Why are you panic?" Liu Hong frowned and looked at Zhang Rang and said unhappy.
"Go back to Your Majesty, General, Yuan Wei, Wang Yun, Huangfu Song and others led all the civil and military officials to court in the Jiade Hall!" Zhang Rang said.
"But what big thing happened?" Liu Hong thought for a while. Although there were occasional rebellions in the world recently, most of them were small chaos, and they could not be asked by the court. The prefects could solve the problem by themselves. The officials jointly asked him to attend the palace. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Liu Hong has gradually become diligent in government affairs, and it has never happened.
"I haven't heard of it." Zhang Rang shook his head.
Liu Hong frowned when he heard this, stood up and said, "Change clothes for me."
"Your Majesty, your body~" Queen Mother Dong, who was taking care of him, frowned.
"My mother doesn't need to worry. I know my health myself. This man cannot be disturbed!" Liu Hong shook his head and ordered the palace maid to help him put on his clothes. He sat on the imperial chariot and took Zhang Rang to the Nangong together.
An hour later, in Jiade Hall, Liu Hong coughed a few times, looked at the civil and military officials gathered here, and frowned slightly, "Why didn't you see Ye Qing?"
Ye Zhao now holds three positions, and the entire Luoyang military and political power is in control, and he usually attends major events. However, today, all the civil and military officials of the court have arrived, but only Ye Zhao is not seen, which makes Liu Hong feel something inappropriate.
"I have been waiting for a hurry and did not invite my son-in-law to the prince-consort!" Yuan Wei signaled at Wang Yun, Wang Yun took a step forward and bowed, "And I think today's affairs have nothing to do with the prince-consort."
To call Ye Zhao the son-in-law, the prince-in-law, is equivalent to disguised rejecting Ye Zhao's other official positions. It is just a lucky person who clings to the royal family. What qualifications are there to participate in this world event?
Liu Hong's eyes narrowed but did not occur. While secretly signaling Zhang Rang to send someone to inform Ye Zhao, he asked, "I wonder what important things are you talking to me about?"
A doctoral priest Zheng Tai stepped forward and bowed to Liu Hong and said, "Your Majesty, recently many people have sold books of sages to the people to make huge profits. According to my investigation, these people have made plates of books of sages, and used a cheap paper as a medium to make large-scale rubbing books into the people, and the people are flocking to this."
Is it finally started?
When Liu Hong heard this, a sneer flashed in his eyes. He listened to Ye Zhao's plan and secretly flowed the printing technology into the people. He no longer interfered and let it brew spontaneously. Unexpectedly, it broke out today.
"Is this a good thing?" Liu Hong looked at the court officials in confusion and said with a smile: "If all the people in the world can study, there will be more talented people in ten or twenty years, why should I worry about not being prosperous?"
"Your Majesty's words are wrong." Yuan Wei stepped forward and bowed and said, "In order to make huge profits, these book merchants have changed the books of sages without authorization. There are many mistakes and omissions, which are simply defiling the words of sages. In addition, has Your Majesty ever thought that if everyone in the world goes to study, who else can work? If everyone in the world becomes an official, where will the court collect taxes?"
"This..." Liu Hong was speechless when he heard this, and his eyes were involuntarily looking at the ministers in the court. Suddenly, he found sadly. Looking around, no one could stand up to defend himself at this time. The dignified emperor has become a lonely man at this moment.
"The Grand Tutor is such a bad word!" At this moment, a loud laugh sounded from outside the hall, followed by a faint sound of weapons colliding. The ministers involuntarily looked back and saw that the soldiers arranged in advance outside the door were brutally pushed away by several soldiers. A Yulin army pointed at Ye Zhao with a sword, but Ye Zhao seemed to have not seen it. He strode forward, forcing the Yulin army general to retreat continuously, and was stirred by the threshold and fell to the ground.
"Ye Zhao?" He Jin raised his eyebrows and looked at Ye Zhaosen and said, "You have not received the summons from His Majesty and have entered the palace without authorization, wanting to rebel!?"
"How did the general say this? I just heard that someone led his troops to break into the palace and surrounded the Jiade Palace. I was afraid that Your Majesty would make mistakes, so he led his troops to rescue him. How could he break into the palace?" Ye Zhao said calmly.
"Now that the court is discussing, the prince-in-law came to see him by pressing the sword, right?" Wang Yun looked at Ye Zhao in a cold voice.
Ye Zhao untied the sword on his waist and threw it out of the hall. His personal guards stepped forward to receive the sword. Ye Zhao spread his hands and smiled at Wang Yun, "What Master Zi said is right. Zhao brought the sword into the hall. Although he was in a hurry, he was indeed rude and willing to accept the punishment. However, you jointly forced the palace to force him to go to court even though he knew that his Majesty was in good health, but he still forced his Majesty to go to court for trivial matters. What's the point?"
Zheng Tai frowned and said, "What we are discussing is a major national event, and it has nothing to do with the prince-in-law."
"The Prince of the Consort?" Ye Zhao smiled: "I have to remind the doctor to priest. In addition to the Prince of the Consort, I am also the Weiwei, and I am the nine ministers. I am also the lieutenant of the Si Li School and the He/Nan Yin. If I am not qualified to go to court to participate in politics, what is the right of a small doctor to priest here and discuss matters with the virtuous people in the court?"
"You..." Zheng Tai was furious, pointed at Ye Zhao and wanted to curse.
"Random!" Ye Zhao grabbed Zheng Tai's reverberation and said coldly: "In the court, there is orderly rank in the court. I am the magistrate of the court. I am the magistrate of the Nine Ministers. Your Majesty is the title of the Marquis of Ting. But he is only a doctor who has no title and is even more under the Nine Ministers. However, he insults the Nine Ministers for no reason in the court. He is rude and treats His Majesty as if nothing is needed. He dares to bark like an evil dog. People come and drag it down for me!"
Ye Zhao said, his arm suddenly exerted force. Zheng Tai was just a scholar. Although he knew some fists and feet, how could he compare with a general like Ye Zhao who had experienced many battles. He felt that his arm Ito was in front of him. He was thrown out of the hall like a cloud of mist. The guards brought by Ye Zhao pressed him to the ground, cursed him angrily, and dragged him out of the palace despite his struggles.
"Your Majesty!" Ye Zhao came to the hall and bowed and said, "I think the Yulin Army should have protected Your Majesty's safety, but at this moment, it has helped the evil and become a minion in the hands of others, hindering the Holy Listening. It should be reorganized."
He Jin's eyelids twitched and hurried forward, "Your Majesty calmed down. The Yulin Army only guarded the palace and protected Your Majesty's safety. He would never be disrespectful. I hope Your Majesty will not listen to the villain's slander."
Only part of the Yulin Army is in Luoyang, and it is also the only troops that He Jin can mobilize in Luoyang City at this moment. If even the Yulin Army is taken over by someone else, then he, the general, will really become a meat on the chopping board in Luoyang City.
"Okay, I'm just about to send someone to communicate with Ye Qing. Ye Qing is coming, so let's discuss politics together." Liu Hong obviously didn't want to force He Jin too tightly, and said at the right time, but the smile on his face could not be concealed. As soon as Ye Zhao came up, he suppressed the momentum formed by the officials before, allowing Liu Hong to breathe.
"Here!" Ye Zhao bowed and returned to the train, standing beside He Jin.
Although Yuan Wei did not want to confront Ye Zhao, if he did not suppress Ye Zhao's momentum at this moment, it would be empty talk to force Liu Hong to issue the ban on the letter today. He smiled and said, "Wei Wei said before that what I said was wrong, but I wonder what Wei Wei's opinion is?"
"The Taifu is a famous scholar in the world. Zhao is only a last-year-old scholar. How dare he speak of his superiority? It's just that the Taifu said just now that all the people in the world are studying and no one will cultivate. Zhao thought it was a bit alarmist." Ye Zhao smiled and bowed to Yuan Wei.
"Oh?" Yuan Wei looked at Ye Zhao and said, "I hope to hear the details."
"You are all well-educated people, but how many people don't know how to farm?" Ye Zhao looked at the ministers and said calmly.
This is not an era when people turn a blind eye to the things outside the window and only read the books of sages. Although there is no view of combining work and rest, there are similar things in their actions. Most famous scholars will do some farming things, which is just a little bit.
"Besides, the people who are promoted to the dou are busy working hard for their livelihood. If they only focus on studying and abandoning farming, how can they make a living?" Ye Zhao smiled and said: "For them, livelihood is the main thing. Studying is just to cultivate sentiment and let them know etiquette and law. The Taifu said this is a bit extreme. Just imagine hundreds of years ago, our ancestors were also poor families. When they were commoners, they never starved to death because of studying."
"The words of Wei Wei are not unreasonable." Liu Hong coughed twice, looked at the ministers with a smile.
Chapter completed!