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Chapter 95 Letter from Juren
Early the next morning, the goddess doctor Gao Wenxin took off her clothes and was quietly taken out of the city by a small sedan chair.
At noon, Wang Qiong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, was pardoned by the emperor and released from prison. As soon as the white-haired Wang Shangshu came out of the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he was like a hero returning in triumph. He was surrounded by the officials who rushed to greet him and greeted him. His demeanor was really vigorous. Most of the officials from the court came, and the three university scholars Although it was inconvenient to show up, he sent someone to send He Yi off.
There was a big banquet in Shangshu's mansion, and a group of officials with literary talent could not help but share rhymes and poems, congratulate and flatter them. When the wine was half full, Wang Qiong took up his cup and walked to the center of the hall. He bowed together and said, "My colleagues and friends, Wang Qiong violated Tianyan and went to prison for a crime. I really want to thank you all. This glass of wine, I respect everyone!"
After Wang Qiong finished speaking, he raised his glass and drank it down. Although he set wine at home to thank his colleagues, he still kept the etiquette, dressed in filial piety for the late emperor, with white hair and beard, and a righteous face. When the officials who came to congratulate him saw Shangshu toasting, they all stood up and responded.
Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said with a smile: "Shangshu Wang's moral articles are admired by the whole world. As the Minister of Rites, he is even more dedicated to his duties. That day, in order to persuade the emperor to observe the etiquette, he ran into the holy car in a moment of anger. It was not a big deal, even though I If you can't wait for the letter to ask for forgiveness, the emperor will definitely forgive you."
Wang Qiong couldn't help smiling when he heard such praise from the officials from the Ministry of Officials. He walked back to the table and sat down and said: "Ma Shangshu is too famous. My country of Huaxia is a country of propriety and righteousness, and a country of eating etiquette. The sage created the five rituals, we wait You should understand etiquette, practice etiquette, observe etiquette, and pay attention to etiquette. This is a major event in governing the country, ordering the country, ordering the people, and benefiting the heirs. Li, talk about going to jail, even if you die, so what?"
Wang Jia repeatedly nodded his head and said: "The sage shows his virtue with courtesy and respects virtue with courtesy. It is said that people who are rude will not be born, things will not be successful, and the country will be restless if they are rude. The straight admonition of adults can be regarded as an example for all officials. Waiting for forgiveness is a matter of duty."
Youdu Censor, Governor Xuanhua, Datong, Shanxi Military Affairs Minister Liu Yu, Master Liu suddenly said: "As far as I know, Yang Ling, the commander of the emperor's personal guards, pleaded with the emperor this morning. He is Among the popular people in front of the emperor, maybe the one who contributed the most to your lord's release from prison this time is Lord Yang."
Wang Qiong was displeased when she heard this, and said with a sneer: "A child with a small mouth, who is able to enter and leave the court because he is an old minister of the Eastern Palace, what does he know? Huh! When the old man persuaded the emperor to go back to the palace to watch the spirit, he was the one who stopped him with slanderous words. The old man threw the inkstone at him in a fit of anger, how could he plead for the old man?"
Yang Fang heard the words and said: "Yang Ling made a plea for Lord Shangshu. It is true that there is such a thing, butin my opinion, he must have seen Lord Shangshu imprisoned. I have become the target of public criticism, so I am so hypocritical!"
Zhao Jian, one of the ministers of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, patted his thigh and said: "Exactly, the boss must not have known about it these few days in prison, but Yang Ling also advised the emperor that officials from rich provinces in the world are not allowed to work in this province. , and now it¡¯s a miasma and a mess.¡±
"What?" Wang Qiong said angrily: "The way to govern the world is not to take laws as the most urgent, but to put education first. If you want to prevent corruption and prevent corruption, you should talk about rituals and music, correct behavior, broaden education, and beautiful customs. Use the system To quit greed, how can we use moral education? Isn¡¯t this just throwing away the root and chasing the end?¡±
Xu Guan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, saw that most of the officials around him had some criticisms about the new policy proposed by Yang Ling. How could he, a mere scholar who was born as a Jinshi, understand such theories of Jingguo?"
Jiao Fang, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, used to work in the Ministry of Officials and was an old subordinate of Wang Qiong. He had to come to congratulate him out of face, but he was a narrow-minded person. At this moment, watching with cold eyes, seeing that they favored Yang Ling for the new emperor and made him soar, most of them were jealous, they couldn't help sneering secretly, and secretly made up their own calculations.
Liu Daxia, Minister of the Ministry of War, frowned and said: "Well, the old man also felt that the brat was a bit outrageous. Yesterday the emperor suddenly went out of the palace to the Huangzhuang in the western suburbs. The army was stationed there according to the imperial edict, and today I asked the old man about what happened yesterday, and the emperor actually said that he was watching a martial arts performance at night, according to the old man, hehe ".
Liu Daxia kept silent when he said this, but kept shaking his head.
Wang Jinglong and his close friends sat at the side of the hall to accompany them. After hearing what they said, Zhao Yong said with a smile: "Everyone, did you hear that? Nowadays, all officials in the court are dissatisfied with that traitor, but it's a pity to take I can't stand the evidence of his lawlessness, if we can make this miraculous contribution,?Wang Shangshu, who used to be all over the world, was feuding. Seeing that the third son of Wang was very enthusiastic, he couldn't lose his courtesy, so he hurriedly served tea to entertain the guests. If you want to bring your wife home to seek medical treatment, ask this goddess doctor from the Yang family to treat her.
Only then did Yang Ling suddenly realize that it was because of this reason that he was arrogant and condescending. He had some doubts about his attitude at first, but he immediately cleared up his doubts.
He made some calculations, if the young master of the Li family is willing to accept Miss Gao after reading his letter, in order to cover up people's eyes and ears so that the young lady's illness will not be exposed, he will invite Miss Gao to come to the house from time to time. If you are not sick, you might as well give this favor to Wang Jinglong, and immediately agree.
Wang Jinglong talked for a while, seeing that Yang Ling was receiving guests today, and there were only four domestic servants in the hall, and he did not call out the two beautiful maids whom he had seen last time.
Yang Ling sent Wang Jinglong away, sat in the study for a while, and after drinking two cups of tea, the old housekeeper hurried back. Seeing Daxie, Yang Ling welcomed him in and asked, "Old housekeeper, has the letter been delivered?" What? What did Young Master Li say?"
The old butler blushed with anger, and said angrily: "Master, the villain took your letter and rushed to Li Yuanwai's house, but the Li family is like a god of avoiding the plague, and they don't even let me in. They only ask me to send the letter to you." It was stuffed in through the crack of the door, and the old slave waited for half an hour before Young Master Li wrote a letter, and then stuffed it out through the crack of the door, from the beginning to the end, he didn't even see his face."
After hearing the old steward's words, Yang Ling's heart sank. He hurriedly asked for Mr. Li's reply, opened it and read it carefully. This letter is a typical classical Chinese essay, with remote writing and profound content. It is really difficult for this fake scholar to read the letter written by the real scholar.
Yang Ling read each word for a long time before he roughly understood the content of the letter. In this Mr. Li's letter, he never mentioned the family's suffering, nor did he mention the fact that the young lady entered the Jiaofang Division. The letter first talked about the etiquette, justice, and shame that women should abide by, and then proudly served as an official from the five generations of the Li family to the present. The glorious deeds of becoming an official, and finally asked politely, does your lord want me, the husband who raises someone to be your maid?
After Yang Ling finished reading, he choked there. While he was in a daze, Han Youniang rushed in excitedly, and said, "Master, I made sour plum soup and put it in the well this morning. Would you like a bowl?"
Yang Ling wiped off his sweat and said, "Well young lady, go and get me a mattress and a mat. My husband won't go to the backyard tonight, so he'll sleep in this study."