Chapter 2777

After the celebration banquet, the atmosphere in the court immediately became strange.

Ming Ming was about to celebrate the new year. It was a happy time. As a result, the emperor first issued a decree to demote Gong Hanlin and ban Shilang, and then ordered the censor to strictly investigate the local government affairs and official style of the place where food and grass passed during the eastern war.

At the same time, the local officials they brought back when they returned to the dynasty were examined one by one. Except that two were trapped by local big families and demoted, the other officials were either exiled or beheaded.

Three officials were directly imprisoned. I heard that not only would they be convicted, but also their families would be implicated.

Recently, Tai hospital is not very busy. Man Bao spent more time with the students in the Tai medical department to make a summary. This time, everyone gained a lot in medical skills during the eastern expedition.

Immersed in academic studies, she will neglect some things. When she finds that the atmosphere is wrong, it is still because of the great court meeting.

Man Bao greeted people with a smile as usual, and then sat in his position waiting for the emperor to arrive.

Lord Tang glanced at her and sat at the door on her left.

Man Bao feels that today's colleagues are unusually quiet. Although they are not noisy at ordinary times, they are not as solemn as today. They always have to say hello and talk about things in the morning, ranging from morning affairs to whether they used breakfast when they came here this morning, what breakfast they used, and how it tastes

But today, everyone was very silent. When they met, they just nodded and sat quietly in their own positions. They didn't even say a word.

Seeing this, man Bao turned to find Lord Tang, lowered his voice and asked, "what's the matter?"

Lord Tang: "don't you know? The will of demoting officials, copying families and taking people these days was written by Bai Shan of your family. "

Man Bao: "... I don't know."

Lord Tang thought about it and said, "yes, it has something to do with your imperial medical department. It doesn't matter very much. It doesn't matter. It does matter a little. If you don't say it, your medical department can't change anything. "

Man Bao was curious, "what the hell is that?"

"Your Majesty took all the local officials who caused delays in grain, grass and medicinal materials during the eastern expedition."

Man Bao said in a flat "Oh" voice: "I know this. When the class returned to the dynasty, people caught it. We all know that this can't be done well. Many wounded soldiers died in the front line because of their delay."

Lord Tang glanced at her and said, "but your Majesty's punishment for three of them is particularly severe. Not only sentenced to beheading, but also copied the family. The Dali temple and the Ministry of punishment are currently hearing the case. Your majesty means to exile his family to Liaodong. "

The reason why Tang He knows so well is that he was seconded by the Ministry of punishment to investigate the case. He knows more secret things, which can't be said, at least not in such a public.

Man Bao looks at Lord Tang. After going to the Yamen in the afternoon, he waits for Bai Shan at the gate of the palace.

Bai Shan was rarely picked up and was flattered. "You're in the Pacific hospital today, not in the Pacific Medical Department?"

"I came to pick you up from the imperial medical department."

Bai Shan took her hand and smiled, "are we going out to eat today?"

Man Bao wants to go home to eat. When he is full, he hides and whispers.

But for Bai Shan's surprised eyes, she was a little hard to export, so she could only nod, "OK, what do you want to eat?"

You can eat anything, just the two of them.

Bai Shan takes man Bao by the hand and asks Daji to drive the car to the market first. At this time, they are not very hungry. They can look for it slowly.

Man Bao was still anxious to know more about the inside story, but when he walked in the crowd hand in hand with Bai Shan, the anxiety disappeared and walked happily with him.

They walked in the street in official clothes for a long time and didn't go home until the sunset was coming down.

Both families had dinner and left meals for them, but they didn't eat. Instead, they wandered back to their room.

After washing, they both lay in bed. Man Baocai quietly asked him, "brother Tang said that his Majesty's punishment on several people is particularly severe. Why?"

Bai Shan also lowered his voice and said, "when the food, grass and medicinal materials were delayed, the Duke of Zhao became angry and cut down the logistics officer. His majesty also ordered to order the local officials along the way. Some people were flustered and guilty, so they brought a lot of money to Beijing to look for a backer."

This is understandable. Man Bao doesn't understand, "so your majesty feels that they are corrupt and bribed, so he is very angry?"

"No, if you just take bribes, your majesty will not harm the other party's family." even the criminal officials and emperors who embezzled grain, grass and medicinal materials only punished themselves. How could they deliberately harm the other party?

"But some people are very bold. When they find that they can't persuade your majesty, they think of other ways." Bai Shan's eyes are deep, "of course, there is no lack of their selfishness."

"What can I do?"

"His Highness the prince led the forbidden army and his ministers to meet his Majesty in Taiyuan. Someone wrote a secret letter to his Majesty in advance and told the prince to privately transfer his army to Taiyuan, which is likely to ambush his majesty at the gate of Taiyuan."

Man Bao was startled. He got up from bed and looked at him. "Do you mean we had a little fight when we entered Taiyuan?"

Bai Shan said, "if your majesty has more doubts about the crown prince, there may be a picture of father and son hurting each other."

It's not like this in history.

He said, "isn't that what happened to Emperor Wu and Prince Li in the past Han Dynasty?"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty really wronged Prince Li, but why did the ministers give him the posthumous title "Li" after his grandson ascended the throne?

It's not because he didn't want to plead and introspect after he was wronged, but he started a riot and realized that he had been framed.

With the prince's previous temperament, if he is wronged and the emperor still believes it, it is difficult to ensure that he will not follow the trend like the Prince Li and directly turn the other way.

At that time, even if it can be found out later that the crown prince is wronged, the father and son have been maimed each other, and it is difficult to reunite with the broken mirror. On the contrary, the crown prince is likely to end up like the Prince Li.

Man Bao thought carefully, "Your Majesty didn't respond at that time."

Bai Shan raised his hand and knocked on her forehead and said, "it would be bad if there was a response. At that time, we all followed his Majesty's left side. Once there was a conflict, it was our close ministers who suffered first."

Man Bao was indignant, "these people have their hearts to kill. They not only want to cover up corrupt officials, but also want to mess up the government!"

Bai Shan nodded deeply. "There are not many people who know about this. Gong Hanlin and master ban are now jointly tried by Dali temple and the Ministry of punishment. In addition to the chief officials of the two departments, Lord Yin, brother Tang and Lord Wei know something. Even Duke Zhao didn't reveal the news."

Man Bao immediately understood: "I must not tell others."

Bai Shan smiled at her and whispered, "this time it's not a small thing. There may be turbulence in the court for a period of time, so I'm going to make the crown ceremony as simple as possible. There's no need to invite many people to watch the ceremony."

Man Bao: "what about asking for leave?"

"I'll go and invite you when I'm busy," he said with a soft smile, holding man Bao's hand on his abdomen. "Don't look at your Majesty's anger now. I think he will be happy after a while."