Chapter 73 The Yamen
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The Ministry of Rites was in chaos, but the Minister of Shangshu Yuan Jiuding was in a state of success and went to Qinzheng Hall to discuss politics. Ning Shishu, who was sitting in the hall, dared not make decisions on such matters. He was so anxious that he calmed down for a quarter of an hour before he calmed down. He sent someone out from the back door to Qinzheng Hall to find Secretary of Yuan, and forced a minor official to go out to inquire: The deposed emperor was not honest and thought about his mistakes at home. What should he do when he came to the Ministry of Rites?
The minor official walked out with great righteousness and ran back in a short while. He whispered to Mr. Ning several words. Mr. Ning was furious and called the doctor of the Lord Juesi, and scolded him. The doctor continued to apologize with blushing face, and finally threw the problem back: "Mr. Ning, I will do it without any fault."
Minister Ning was swallowed so much that he couldn't speak. What was waiting for outside the door was the first deposed emperor since the Great Chu Dingding. There was no precedent for what treatment he should be treated. The most important thing was that no one knew the true intentions of the court. Too good or bad to the deposed emperor might be a serious crime.
The only thing Mr. Ning can do is to scold the doctor of the Lord Juesi: Since you know that there is such a problem, why don’t you report it sooner
The doctor still kept admitting his mistake and apologizing. When his boss's anger weakened, he carefully reminded: "The adults may not have noticed that the official document submitted by his subordinates yesterday had already mentioned this matter, and Jue Hou was only granted yesterday. It takes some time to deal with related matters."
Minister Ning was swallowed again. He complained that Juanhou was inappropriate in his heart. The minor official next to him whispered: "According to General Manager Juanhou, the Hou's mansion was penniless, and there was no rice, flour, oil and dies. Juanhou was hungry for a day, so he came to ask for something."
Minister Ning's anger turned to the Lord's Officer again, "Baolish, do you want to starve him to death? Who gave you the will? Even if you have to seal the Marquis' Mansion, how can you let him come out?"
The doctor nodded constantly. "What the adults said is right, what the adults said is right."
Mr. Ning sat there thinking about his idea, suddenly reacted and said sternly: "This is not my idea."
Even if he wanted to block Juehou's Mansion, it was not a matter of the Ministry of Rites. Minister Ning had a cold sweat and even secretly wanted to retreat. The officialdom was in danger and he left well, and he would be hit by a stick from nowhere.
Han Ruzi had been waiting for nearly half an hour at the yamen and was a little tired while sitting on the horse's back. But he still straightened his body, and it was also a good thing to observe the people around him to react.
Several gatekeepers retreated behind the threshold and looked out. The ten soldiers could not withdraw from their posts, so they had to hold their heads and look at each other motionlessly, but Yu Guang looked out.
The Ministry of Rites is a large yamen, and there are many people coming and going to public offices. At this time, no one dared to enter through the gate. There were many people running out of the yamen that were adjacent to each other and mixed together to watch here.
"From then on, everyone will regard me as a fool." Han Ruzi knew that his image would be difficult to reverse.
"Since the court said you are a foolish monarch, you should be a foolish monarch honestly and use this reputation to gain some benefits for yourself." Yang Feng didn't care about his image at all and shouted at the gate of the Ministry of Rites: "Why haven't you come out yet, the marquis of Renjue was not a marquis enfeoffed by the court? The Ministry of Rites deducted the artifacts, who was greedy for?"
Several officials at the door knelt down, bowed to Yang Feng, and silently begged him not to shout and scream.
Yang Feng shouted to the people watching the fun in the distance: "Let's go to the Ministry of Revenue to ask for salary, go to Zongzheng Mansion to ask for explanation, go to the Ministry of Justice to complain, go to the Ministry of Personnel to ask for people, go to the Ministry of Works to ask for wood, what is the Hou's Mansion like? No one cares about it? Then go to the Ministry of War to have tea."
He ordered a ministry and ran away from a distance. Not long after, almost all the people watching the fun on the opposite side ran away.
Han Ruzi was very embarrassed and had to smile bitterly at Zhang Youcai and Du Chuanyun.
Zhang Youcai didn't care and kept urging, "The quilt in the mansion is as thin as a single clothes, charcoal, there is no charcoal in the mansion, silk cloth, can Juehou only wear this set of clothes?"
Du Chuanyun was not behind, "Horse, more horses are needed."
A team of knights came from afar, and the last group of people watching the fun ran away.
The knights were dressed in distinctive clothes and looked like the guards of the palace, but they obviously were not here to deliver horses. As soon as they arrived at the gate of the Ministry of Rites, they surrounded Juehou and three eunuchs. The soldiers guarding the gate dragged their guns and halberds and ran into the door, and hid in the hall with the officials. If the laws of the Great Chu were not strictly enforced, they would even close the gate.
Zhang Youcai was scared and approached Du Chuanyun and did not dare to say anything again.
Han Ruzi felt a little timid, but her face was calm, and her body became more and more straighter.
Yang Feng remained silent, looked up at the sky, and ignored the knights ten steps away.
The knights didn't speak, and the long halberd in their hands was vertically upward, as if they could stab the target as soon as they were put down.
There were knights coming one after another, three circles inside and three circles outside. Finally, a general came. The knights made way out of the passage. The general went to the front of the Juehou horse, turned over and dismounted, knelt on the snow and kowtowed.
Han Ruzi was not good at riding skills and sat on the horse for a long time and couldn't go down, so he hurriedly asked Zhang Youcai to help future followers up.
The new General Liu Kunsheng, the new Central Army General, turned red and refused to stand up. He knelt on the ground and said, "Mr. Juanhou was humiliated last night. It was because I was not strict in governing the army. Please punish Juanhou."
Han Ruzi glanced at Yang Feng and said in a gentle tone: "As far as I know, those people are famous guards, and they are not restricted and are used to being lawless. They have nothing to do with General Zhonglang."
Liu Kunsheng stood up with Zhang Youcai's help, his face was still red. He came to Han Ruzi's horse, but his eyes looked at Yang Feng, "Mr. Jue has something to do, so send a small official here to say that, why bother to catch the wind and snow if there is any mistake?"
Yang Feng said: "General Liu Zhonglang didn't know anything. There was an empty house in Juehou's mansion. The officials appointed by the court had never been in office. Where did the minor officials come from? If there were any, I would be me."
Liu Kunsheng's face turned redder. He used to be just a palace fellow and was not good at this in the officialdom. There was no way. He whispered: "Can you please come down to speak?"
Han Ruzi glanced at Yang Feng again. Yang Feng hinted that he should not move first, and then said: "We are waiting for the officials of the Ministry of Rites to meet him here. If this person has not seen him, why should he dismount?"
When the other party made a request, Liu Kunsheng breathed a sigh of relief, his face was not so red, and he smiled and said, "Don't care about it, the officials of the Ministry of Rites are not rude. They are really scared."
Liu Kunsheng turned around and waved to a knight. The knight took the order and dismounted with the other two, strode into the ritual office. After a while, he brought a series of officials out, including the assistant minister, the doctor, the official, the waiter, the man who was in charge, and the knights gave up a clearing space. The officials of all sizes were arranged in a row and kowtowed.
Han Ruzi got a hint from Yang Feng and finally turned over and dismounted. Liu Kunsheng carefully protected and carried Jue Hou down.
The officials just kowtowed but didn't say anything. Yang Feng also dismounted and said, "It was a very simple thing, but you made it so complicated. Has Jue Hou's enthronement document arrived?"
"It's here, it's here." Mr. Ning replied hurriedly.
"Relevant documents have been sent to various departments"
"It's on the road, some of them should have arrived." In the cold winter, Minister Ning sweated.
"Yeah." Yang Feng nodded, "Look, it's just this matter. I know that this is not a fault with the Ministry of Rites, but the Lord's Office does not issue official documents, so other yamen cannot do things, right?"
"Yes." Mr. Ning turned his head and gave a fierce look at the doctor of the main lord.
Liu Kunsheng protected Juanhou and walked out of the knight's circle and explained: "These people are brothers of the Knight Guard. I personally chose them to be guards for Juanhou."
"Not suitable, they are the palace guards"
"It's suitable for you. They have been idle in the past few days. Juehou will use it first, and then talk about it later."
Han Ruzi was bright in his heart, and Liu Kunsheng was ordered to act, but it was said that it was a private act, and it was convenient to abolish the guards in the future.
Yang Feng stepped forward and said, "General Liu, who will these cavalry guards obey the orders?"
Liu Kunsheng was stunned, "Of course you have to listen to the orders of Juanhou." Seeing Yang Feng frowning, Liu Kunsheng immediately raised his voice and said to the knights: "From now on, you are the guardians of Juanhou's mansion. All actions must obey Juanhou's orders, do you understand?"
Everyone agreed in unison.
Yang Feng was only satisfied.
There was a sedan chair outside the knight circle at some point. Four sedan chair bearers stood in front and back with sweat, obviously running all the way.
"Junhou must be tired, go in and rest for a while. Juunhou will return home for a while, and all the problems will be solved immediately."
The sedan is not big, but it is very comfortable. There are two small charcoal basins wrapped in cotton covers, one at the foot and the other at the seat.
Han Ruzi sat inside, lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, and Liu Kunsheng immediately came over, "What are the instructions of Juehou?"
"I hope I didn't cause you any trouble."
Liu Kunsheng smiled and whispered: "How could Juehou let me make a contribution?"
The most unlucky thing about Juehou's trip was the Ministry of Rites. He was unable to deal with it. He delayed it for more than half an hour. It was known that everyone from far and near was that someone would be punished afterwards. Liu Kunsheng appeared to be in a hurry and was humble, but in fact he came to rescue him. Once Juehou left, he naturally made a contribution.
Han Ruzi also smiled, feeling that Yang Feng deliberately made things difficult for the Ministry of Rites, so he must have no intention.
Du Chuanyun walked with the sedan chair and whispered to Zhang Youcai beside him: "It is not easy to be an eunuch. The master rides a horse and sits in a sedan chair. The eunuch follows him all with his legs."
"Ha, what's this? It's a lifetime of luck to meet a good master. It's not good to play, hehe."
Du Chuanyun looked at the empty horse led by Yang Feng in front of him, thinking that the "good master" should let the tired follower ride the horse.
At the gate of the Ministry of Rites, a group of officials watched Juanhou being escorted away by the cavalry guards. After a while, a small official couldn't help but say, "Why is this abdication more powerful than being in power?"
Several gazes swept over, and the clerk was so scared that he shrank his head and retreated.
Yang Feng's trouble was immediately effective, and there were endless people entering and leaving the gate of Juehou's mansion, bringing in a large number of utensils and food. Dozens of official slaves and officials assigned to the palace stood at the gate to welcome Juehou.
There were two rows of people kneeling on the street. When they saw Juenhou’s sedan chair, they kowtowed and begged for mercy. They were all the troublemakers last night.
After sending Juan Hou into the mansion, Liu Kunsheng left and left twenty cavalry guards. Although the number was not large, with them guarding the door, no one would dare to come and ask for trouble.
When he returned to the study, Han Ruzi breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was sitting on the horse's back to demonstrate, he was quite tired.
Yang Feng closed the door, blocked Zhang Youcai and Du Chuanyun outside, and turned around and said, "After such a fuss, everyone should understand that the Queen Mother has no intention to kill you, so the trouble can be removed."
"But I have anyone else to kill me?"
"Maybe it's those who intend to go against the Queen Mother."
Han Ruzi immediately thought of the Cui family, but couldn't think of any benefit to the Cui family if he killed the deposed emperor. "Tomorrow is the fifth day of the lunar month. We need to make arrangements to welcome the wife back to the house early."
Yang Feng smiled, "Isn't this ready?"
Han Ruzi was stunned, Yang Feng said: "Who else is more qualified to escort the deposed car driver than the palace guards?"
Han Ruzi suddenly realized and admired Yang Feng very much. It turned out that this demonstration had accomplished more than one thing.
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