Chapter 444 Reward and Punishment

Since Zhu Houzhao refused to stay in the Ganqing Palace after ascending the throne, this palace that had been the emperor's sleep for several dynasties gradually became deserted. However, on this day, a large number of people gathered outside the Ganqing Gate, each of them were high-level eunuchs wearing tooth cards. Seeing seven or eight people lying on the ground, some people were talking, some shook their heads and sighing, but more people were silent and looking at Liu Jin who was standing proudly holding hands over there, and Zhang Yonggu Dayong and others who were so energetic around him.

The great momentum of all officials in the vague state of the Que was so great that they could not do anything to these eight people! And not only did they not lose their favor, but they all improved more than one level!

Ye Guang was sick and did not come forward. Today, Li Yifeng was brought to him by a group of experts from the Northern Fushi Department. When he thought that he was detained in the Jinyiwei yamen for four or five days, he was so angry that he would not have any pity for these unlucky eunuchs. He glanced at the eunuchs watching the punishment around him. He shouted at the prisoners who were executing the execution: "The time is here, execution is executed!"

"etc!"

Liu Jin suddenly stopped drinking. Seeing Li Yifeng turning his head in surprise, he immediately stepped forward to ask for instructions. Then he said with a smile: "It's hot day, what's the matter with these people covering so many felt blankets? Since it's a slaughter, you should be punished by the clothes, otherwise how can you punish them? They are not ministers, so they peeled all these felt blankets and cotton coats for me!"

Since the Tang Dynasty, the ministers who were punished by the rod were abolished. However, the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang did this again. During the Zhengchenghua period, the court sticks were almost flooded. However, the most vicious thing was humiliation, not the pain of the court sticks. When the execution was performed, he was punished with all his clothes, and even allowed to put a cotton coat on his body to cover a felt blanket to reduce the strength of the rod. Therefore, at this moment, when Liu Jin took off his clothes, even Li Rong, who had to come to watch the punishment, suddenly changed his expression, let alone others.

Li Yifeng glanced around and saw that Xu Xun, who had first been to the Beizhen Fushi, had disappeared, and naturally he was inconvenient to disobey Liu Jin, who had just been proud, immediately whispered to several lieutenants. The next moment, the felt blankets, cotton coats, etc. on Wang Yue and others were naturally stripped clean, leaving only the close-fitting single clothes. According to Liu Jin's wishes, he wanted to strip all the single clothes of these people, but after thinking that this was enough to relieve his anger, he did not question it anymore.

Although Wang Yue and his men had already put cloth in their mouths in order to prevent bites during the execution, when the punishment staff fell high, the miserable hum was still endless. When the five staffs were replaced, a faint blood had already oozed between the two thighs. In less than twenty, a eunuch who had previously sent to Guoyong Camp with Fan Ting to faint. With the shouts of real hard work, people kept fainting, and at the same time, people were constantly awakened by a bowl of cold water. In addition, the scorching sun, all the big gangsters around were sweating on their foreheads. I don’t know if they were sunburned or scared by this scene.

After finally finishing the forty-year-old court stick, Liu Jin saw that Wang Yue’s face was pale and blood-colored, and he was already dying. He couldn’t help but feel very happy. He immediately said lazily: “The execution is over, please send it out immediately. Dear father-in-law, just use these people as a warning in the future. Our family will also pay the imperial edict to the emperor!”

Seeing a group of celebratory captains in brocade clothes dragging a dog to serve Wang Yue and others out, Gu Dayong and the eunuchs all followed Liu Jin with a smile, and the eunuchs who were forced to come here to watch the punishment also dispersed. Seeing Li Rong holding the hand of a small fireman beside him, Chen Kuan felt sad and couldn't help but chase him quickly, but opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. After a while, he asked, "Eunuch Li, where is the Du Jin who has been following you?"

"He? Someone from the palace sent an order to transfer the person to Xiyuan, and most of them would not end up well."

When Li Rong thought of Wang Yue's blood-red state on his lower body, he couldn't help but shivered, and then said bitterly: "The emperor is thinking about his old love. Lao Wang is a tough guy and takes everything on himself, but are we still staying in Silijian? Not to mention anything else, just someone cuts his flesh with a blunt knife and starts from the people around us, and finally he is alone. What's the feeling? I've already thought about it and dies for a month or two before he dies. Lao Jiao said that things have come to this point, so he can only sincerely vote for Liu Jin, and then try to help me overcome this level. When I look back, I can retreat, so he can try to protect me..."

Chen Kuan had already wanted to leave, so he couldn't help asking: "Why isn't it now? It will take another month or two?"

"When you leave now, you will be driven away in a sad and anxious manner. If you retreat, you will have to be punished. After one or two months, do two things to make the emperor happy and happy, and maybe you can maintain peace for a few days..."

Listening to Li Rong nagging about those little abacuses, Chen Kuan couldn't help but frown, but he made up his mind to go back and resign. Li Rong thought it was beautiful in the temple, but just because Liu Jin had just asked Wang Yue to get a slap, and finally he insisted on humiliating Wang Yue, he knew that his vengeful nature would never tolerate. Jiao Fang was two-faced and God knew what would happen to him. Since that was the case, he would undoubtedly be humiliating himself!

Li Yifeng walked halfway with a group of Jinyi lieutenants, but met a little fireman. Only then did he learn that Xu Xun had already gone to the Xiyuan Inner Campus and told him to go there. He ordered someone to send Wang Yue and others out of the palace. He only brought a confidant lieutenant and hurried out of the palace from Xihuamen. He saw a large group of young soldiers on the Inner Campus under the sun, and he couldn't help but speed up his pace. But when he got closer, he found Xu Xun standing under the sun, and two people in front of him were kneeling on one knee.

"Which is this? You quietly returned to Beijing this time, and you won a great victory without saying a word. I heard that the avant-garde of the government army was a great achievement for the Sili Supervisor at the critical moment. Why do you have to punish them?"

Xu Xun turned his head and saw Li Yifeng, nodded slightly. He glanced at Qian Ning and Ma Qiao, who were hanging their heads, and then said unhappily: "Okay, we all get up. Now, it's fine. Outsiders think I'm nitpicking! Others don't know, but you should know where this time is wrong! Qian Ning, I'm not here. Although you are not a palm print, you are just a commander who only cares about accepting the will of the saint, and forgets everything else. They force people to take advantage of the loopholes. Although Xu Zhi was detained, how dangerous this is! There is also Ma Qiao. After the incident happened before, you know how to go to the palace to see Qian Ning, but you didn't know how to remind him before that? Okay, don't think about just trying to defend yourself. I'm too lazy to listen to your explanation. Let's reflect on me and go back!"

Seeing the two of them retreating dejectedly, Xu Xun saw that Li Yifeng was also sweating heavily in the sun, so he smiled and greeted him under the willow shade. This was by the Taiye Pool. A gust of breeze blew, and gradually blew away the heat. Li Yifeng smiled and thanked the personal soldiers who came to deliver herbal tea. After taking a sip, he smiled bitterly: "My uncle's scolding is a bit guilty even if I heard it. If I hadn't been taken care of by others before..."

"Hey, I'm scolding them, and the Jinyiwei is not under my jurisdiction. Before, Lord Ye and you were just helping me with righteousness. I'm grateful, so how could you blame you?" Seeing that Li Yifeng was apologizing again when he heard that he was apologizing, Xu Xun waved his hand and said, "As for scolding them, one is for me to have already told me before leaving, but they are still careless, and the other is for them to be brave and arrogant and siege the soldiers surrounded the Silijian! Although they didn't know that I was back, this was a way to seek life in death, but they were too bold after all. If the emperor didn't pursue it, they directly admitted that they were doing their own orders and spread it out, how could I be a human being? If you don't teach these two bold people a lesson, God will know what trouble they caused me!"

Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao recognized this as a holy intention, otherwise he would have become a disaster for the country and the people in a blink of an eye. The little reputation would be over. How could he cheat those Nandu bosses? Jiao Fang made good tricks and instigated Liu Jin to let these two guys do this. He was skillful in these two-faced and three-killing methods!

Since Xu Xun said this, Li Yifeng understood in his heart and could not agree with it twice. When the temple finished drinking the cup of herbal tea, he felt that his mouth and tongue had become salivating. The heat of the previous busy work had finally passed for a while. Therefore, he bowed to the small teacup just now and asked, "I wonder if I have any questions to give me?"

"I can't say that I'm just trying to ask Lord Ye's illness." Seeing that Li Yifeng's face suddenly became gloomy, Xu Xun immediately realized that Ye Guang's condition was more serious than he thought. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "It's really bad? Why don't I go to the Imperial Hospital to hire two Imperial Hospital... Forget it, the Imperial Hospital has not yet rectified it, and you should also visit a famous doctor in the private sector."

"This is the temper of an adult. He often says that life and death are fate and wealth are in heaven, and he doesn't listen to it." Li Yifeng said with a sigh of regret and said worriedly, "The doctor I invited before is willing to say it straight, "The adult is too worried, and he has been running around for many years and the invasion of the yin energy of the prison, so that the disease has accumulated early. Now it's not bad, but it's afraid that the condition will worsen after the winter... Alas!"

"I'll go see him in a few days."

Seeing that Li Yifeng was about to speak, Xu Xun immediately waved his hand to stop him, "Mr. Ye and you and me are in a different relationship, so it is appropriate to visit. Besides, I owe you a favor to you during this work. However, if Lord Ye's condition is really so heavy, you have to discuss with Lord Ye. The key to the Jinyiwei's responsibilities must be entrusted to the hands of a reliable person."

After seeing Li Yifeng off, Xu Xun went straight to Chengqian Palace for a visit. However, Zhu Houzhao was still sleeping soundly. He waited for a while. Before the little emperor woke up from his dream, he waited for Empress Dowager Zhang to summon him. He had no choice but to leave this head and go to Renshou Palace. Facing this empress dowager who was far more terrifying than the emperor, he was very careful. It was not until Empress Dowager Zhang expressed the true meaning of the summoning that he was stunned.

"Even if the things outside are upside down, they all depend on the emperor's will. I don't care about them, but I can't ignore the things in the palace. At the beginning of the year, I gave you the marriage, which is why you and your husband are harmonious. Now the emperor is disgusted by the wedding when he hears it. It's up to you to persuade him! If this matter is done well, I will naturally not forget your contribution. If it is not done well, no matter what the emperor is, I will only ask you!"

After thinking about it, Xu Xun remembered the awkwardness of Zhu Houzhao and Zhou Qiniang, and finally made up his mind and said hesitantly: "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, I am not unwilling to take responsibility. It is really a bit tricky... Didn't the Empress Dowager ask me why I have been obsessed with my fiancée Shen back then? In fact, it's just one thing. I can only take a drink if I have a weak water of three thousand. The emperor trusts me deeply and is willing to listen to me for a few words in everything. In fact, it is similar in these minor details."

Although Xu Xun was vague, although Empress Dowager Zhang was impulsive and ignored Xiaojie, she still understood it at this time. She stared at Xu Xun with shock, and after a while she took a breath: "What you said is, the emperor is someone in his heart? OK, it must be that you and Liu Jin seduced the emperor to go out and enjoyed the woman who didn't know where!"

If that happens, you can hide your beauty in the golden house. Zhu Houzhao may be interested in living an ordinary life with others, but the trouble will be in the palace!

Xu Xun smiled bitterly in his heart, looked up at Rong Shangyi beside the Queen Mother, and saw that someone was looking at him anxiously, he seemed to have not seen it, and lowered his eyelids and said, "Report to the Queen Mother, it's not outside, but from the palace."

"ah?"

Empress Dowager Zhang suddenly widened her eyes, her face full of incredible feelings. However, although she followed her and asked Xu Xun about it, Xu Xun insisted and said that she only knew that the little emperor's favorite was in the palace and had no idea about anything else, so she could only give up. However, the biggest worry in her heart had finally disappeared. It was not until Rong Shangyi took Xu Xun out that she shook off the palace maids around her and agreed. Later, after Emperor Hongzhi passed away, she began to sing an incense stick in the small Buddha silhouette that she offered to.

"Thank God, Houzhao finally has someone he likes... I said, how could your son not know anything about men..."

"Ah Yeh, Ah Yeh Yeh Yeh Yeh Yeh!"

After a night of tossing, Zhu Houzhao fell asleep without even having lunch. At this moment, he finally woke up. When Ruisheng was serving and putting on clothes, he sneezed several times in one breath. He was crying and snot flowing, and he used some fine paper and then he barely recovered. He stroked his sour nose for no reason. Ruisheng happened to report that Xu Xun had been here before, but after waiting for a while, he was summoned by Empress Dowager Zhang of Renshou Palace. After being stunned, his face changed drastically.

"It's bad, it's a bad thing! I wonder why I suddenly sneeze. It's because my mother couldn't catch me and asked him to vent her anger... Alas, change me a piece of clothes and go to Renshou Palace quickly. It's too late!"

Although Ruisheng felt that Empress Dowager Zhang might not be really a troublesome thing when she went over to Xu Xun, she didn't expect that the little emperor would react so much. He immediately remembered the affair between Zhu Houzhao and Zhou Qiniang before. He quickly turned over a plain shirt as he said, serving Zhu Houzhao to change it. While he was struggling with the amber-inlaid belt, a voice came from the outside.

"Your Majesty, Ping Beibo asked for a visit."

"Oh, the person is back so soon? It's really rare... hurry up, send him in!"

Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed, and even the jade belt was tied up, so he hurried out before he could tie it. As a result, he almost bumped into someone with his hand and knocked open the curtain. He quickly took a step back and saw Xu Xun grinning while covering his forehead, but he still looked complete. He finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What's the matter with you, Mother?"

"Can the emperor go in and report it slowly?"

Xu Xun covered the forehead that had just been hit by Zhu Houzhao's hand and answered. Seeing the little emperor turning into the inner room impatiently, he followed in, while Ruisheng tiptoed out of the room, and stayed loyally like a door god, but in fact he raised his ears with concern to listen to the movement inside.

One is the old master and the other is the new master. Now the old master is fulfilled, and of course he hopes that the new master can achieve all his wishes!

Xu Xun naturally didn't know that the honest Ruisheng had become a nosy person now. He followed Zhu Houzhao into the warm pavilion. Seeing that the little emperor did not sit down, he suddenly turned around and stared at him. He simply told the truth: "Emperor, the Empress Dowager summoned Weichen to ask Weichen to persuade the emperor to get married as soon as possible."

"I just knew that it was for this!" Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but slapped her hands, and then said annoyedly, "My mother knew that she was urging me to get married and annoyed me. I went outside to instigate those censors to write a letter! The children of the civil officials must be mourned for three years after their father died. I should have mourned for my father for three years without touching women. This is etiquette!"

Seeing that the little emperor was even polite and brought out the reason for etiquette, Xu Xun couldn't help but widen his eyes, and then coughed: "Emperor, but the Empress Dowager said that if he couldn't persuade the emperor to change his mind, she would just ask me. Therefore, I couldn't help but press the Empress Dowager every step of the way, and could only tell the Empress Dowager the truth, saying that you have someone in your heart..."

"Ah, you actually dare to betray me!" Zhu Houzhao suddenly became furious, and stepped forward and pointed at Xu Xun's nose and shouted, "Don't forget that your marriage with Sister Shen is my credit. You are ungrateful!"

Ruisheng outside the door heard Zhu Houzhao's voice rising suddenly, but was yelling. His face was extremely strange for a moment. He wanted to laugh but did not dare. He could only drive out a few idle people with a naked face, and then continued to return to the door. After thinking about it, he couldn't help but lift the curtain and take a look. He found that Zhu Houzhao's eyes were wide open and he immediately retracted his head.

"Emperor, the conscience of heaven and earth, I am a decisive move. Besides, I only told the Empress Dowager that you have a lover, and you are from the palace, but I don't know who it is, just to see the Empress Dowager's reaction. Although the Empress Dowager was shocked at that time, I liked it more, but I was not angry, so the Emperor might as well find an opportunity to share my feelings with the Empress Dowager."

"You're serious?" Zhu Houzhao felt his mood rising and falling, and he was still a little unbelievable. When Xu Xun promised it again, he couldn't help but jump three feet high, and then raised his fist happily and waved it. Then he looked at Xu Xun with a lot of satisfaction. "Since that's the case, I turned around to explore my mother's reaction. If I really spared you this time... Hey, you are really my lucky star. You will eliminate disasters and resolve disasters as soon as you come back. It seems that I have a good vision back then and I fell in love with you at first glance!"

Speaking of what happened back then, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but tilt his head and looked at Xu Xun. When he thought of the day he suddenly saw someone, he couldn't help but complain to him in the carriage, and even doubted whether Empress Dowager Zhang's biological words were poured out. Now that the big change is imminent, Xu Xun hurried back as if he was connected to his heart. He couldn't help but feel that his vision was beyond doubt. After sitting down, he hooked his hand and signaled Xu Xun to step forward.

"I haven't had time to ask you before. Today I have to have a good trial! Tell me, how did you come back?"

It was said that it was a trial, but Zhu Houzhao's smile was not serious at all. Xu Xun naturally would not be afraid. He immediately smiled and said, "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? You have to go back to the old things when I entered the capital. That time, when I passed by Linqing Chaoguan, I was left with an iron-faced father-in-law who was left with a difficult situation..."

Xu Xun said in a different way that Du Jin stopped Duke and Duke Wei's mansion, and wanted to take the opportunity to establish his authority. Seeing Zhu Houzhao nodded repeatedly, he said that he would give Li Rong the gift he entrusted to him. Soon, Li Rong transferred Du Jin back to Beijing and on duty at the Sili Supervisory Office one by one. Finally, he shrugged and said, "Du Jin is a popular person in front of Duke Li, and Wang Yue would not hide anything from him. But I was slow to go out and investigated the matters of money in secret, so I simply came back to Beijing quietly. I originally planned to surprise the emperor, but this time I returned to the capital would be a blow. If Du Jin had not informed me, I would not have come out of Jingyang Boshenying."

Although Li Rong was blindly hiding behind the scenes, and Wang Yue was a bachelor, he took all the blame alone, but Zhu Houzhao finally felt a little angry with this big man who had been with him for a long time when he was a child. At this time, he heard that Du Jin, who was beside Li Rong, knew to inform the outside world, and frowned, and then said in a deep voice: "This person should be rewarded!"

"Yes, it is naturally rewarded." Xu Xun always adhered to the purpose of his own people. At this moment, he agreed with the words of the young emperor and said in a tone, "Although Du Jin was transferred back to Beijing, his talent lies in his financial plan. Nowadays, the ills of money are very bad. In the opinion of a weak minister, it is better to send him the position of a prison guard to check the money, let him choose capable people to fill these gaps, and instruct the money he should pay every year, and let him take care of the others."

"Well, your idea is good." Zhu Houzhao nodded heavily, and suddenly sighed again and said, "It was Li's partner who told me before that he was rampant in the money gate, and he was arbitrary. He was the one who had just replaced me after he ascended the throne. They were all recommended by Liu Jin..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ruisheng's voice came from the outside: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Liu, the Chief Secretary of the Literature, asked for a meeting! Eunuch Liu said that the three masters of the cabinet, Liu Li and Xie, wrote a letter to ask for retirement!"

ps: I have thought about the title of the next chapter, and it is called "Snatch Liu Jin's position and dig Liu Jin's corner", haha
Chapter completed!