Here, Su Quan led the masters of Shenlong Sect to Wutai Mountain secretly, preparing to assassinate Emperor Shunzhi.
The other side.
Chen Xuan stayed in the palace, but he was not as relaxed as when he was joking with Su Quan.
He said he wanted to invite Princess Jianning to have fun, but when Su Quan left, he immediately left for Qianqing Palace.
Qianqing Palace is where Kangxi handled court affairs.
In the early years when Shunzhi became a monk and Kangxi was young, there was no early dynasty in which ministers stood in charge. Generally, affairs of the government and the public were submitted to the cabinet by ministers.
Then Ao Bai and other four ministers gathered together to discuss a plan for supporting the government.
In order to show respect for the imperial power, Kangxi listened to the government from the sidelines when he was eight years old, which is the so-called "imperial gate listening to the government."
Kangxi had been listening to politics since he was still young.
Now that he is a young man and has taken charge of the government, it is naturally impossible to exclude him.
The third-grade hall official who followed him quickly responded.
While Chen Xuan was speaking, the third-grade hall official following behind him quickly handed over the half-page booklet.
Suo'etu took a brief look at it and had no impression of the place on the brochure. He just joked casually.
"This...is this an excerpt from Aozhongtang?"
"Aozhongtang is really prudent and rigorous, and I admire him very much."
However, Chen Xuan hurried to Qianqing Palace this time not to cause trouble for Kangxi.
Chen Xuan raised his eyebrows, took the folding book, looked through it, tore off most of it, and said indifferently.
"This... Aozhong Hall, as far as I know, the emperor has already issued an order. The documents submitted by the officials must be detailed and specific. I am afraid that the emperor will not pay too much attention to this half-page document."
This person is none other than Suo'etu, the son of Sony, the leader of the four great ministers who cared about life in the past.
Suo'etu studied it for a long time, and finally decided to sell it to Chen Xuan to save face. After copying the approval, he also specially modified it with added embellishments.
As soon as he entered the room, he saw a middle-aged man with a big belly wearing court beads and a purple robe looking at the memorial.
"Are you teaching me how to do things?"
Chen Xuan looked indifferent and said, "Yes, it's the book handed over by the Suhang prefect."
However, Suo'etu was stunned for a moment after simply looking through it.
After Chen Xuan left.
Suo'etu couldn't hide his confusion and looked at Chen Xuan.
Suo'etu took the half-page folder again and pondered it carefully for a long time, but in the end he still didn't see any problems.
"Just this half page is enough."
Chen Xuan waved his sleeves indifferently and walked straight into the cabinet.
Suo'etu was a little doubtful for a moment, whether Chen Xuan, an obeisance, went to Jiangnan for prostitution, and was beaten as a result.
He couldn't laugh or cry in his heart, but when he took a closer look, he saw, my dear, there are indeed a few typical representatives in this book.
But what Chen Xuan meant was actually very clear to Suo'etu.
Chen Xuan didn't want to talk nonsense and asked directly, "Did you bring the zhezi?"
"There is no need to say more about these words. Mr. Suo happens to be here, so I will leave this information to you and present it to the emperor."
If it was about military pay, food and grass, or changes in border defense affairs, and Ao Bai was so anxious and concerned, Suo'etu would think it was nothing.
How many people who can enter this cabinet for discussion are not human beings?
Naturally, Suo Etu didn't take Chen Xuan's poor acting seriously.
"I would like to inform you, sir, that this time the official submitted the document because the kilns in our area south of the Yangtze River are rampant, causing troubles frequently and causing resentment among the people. Therefore, the official specifically petitioned to control the prostitution kilns in the south of the Yangtze River."
"Bring it here, let me take a look."
As soon as he walked to the cabinet hall, a third-grade hall official wearing a flower feather on his head was already waiting at the door.
The third-grade hall official saw this and said subconsciously.
"Control prostitution?"
"Wanhua Tower, Baihuafang... Lichun Courtyard."
Suo'etu has been an official for many years. He seems to be full of fat, but he is very scheming.
"Master Zhongtang has devoted his whole life to serving the country and the people. He is truly worthy of being a good minister of our Qing Dynasty."
at the same time.
He is involved in deciding all current cabinet decisions.
Chen Xuan heard this and glanced at him.
While he was thinking about it, he suddenly glanced at Chen Xuan standing at the door and said with a smile on his face.
Never would I have imagined that this powerful man in the central court would come to the cabinet even though he was ill, just to have someone submit a plan to suppress the prostitution kilns in Jiangnan.
"Ao Zhongtang, thank you very much."
Chen Xuan laughed loudly, patted Suo'etu on the shoulder, said a few polite words, and turned to leave.
Suo'etu touched the beard at the corner of his mouth while checking the memorial.
After all, the affairs in this court are full of intrigues.
"Master Zhongtang, why are you here? The emperor said that you occasionally felt cold, and my father asked me to come and see you after the court meeting."
When Suo'etu saw this, he thought the offer was a hot potato and didn't want to take it at first.
He finally pretended to be sick and acted miserable, and used Shunzhi to become a monk as an inducement. Only then did Kangxi let him go for the time being, and now he naturally did not dare to go to Kangxi to show off.
It just happened that Chen Xuan came here with such force and mobilization just for this matter.
He didn't refuse at first, but took the folding paper with a smile, intending to read what was written in the folding paper first, and then find reasons to reject Chen Xuan.
Now Chen Xuan suddenly handed over the affairs under his jurisdiction to Suo'etu to report. This is something that cannot be explained.
"It's just a few small things. I would like to ask Mr. Suo to copy them and submit them to the emperor. By the way, I have been working with Mr. Suo for several years, and I have never had the opportunity to have a few drinks to express our friendship. If Mr. Suo is free,
How about we get together for a little while?”
Suo'etu said quickly, "Aozhongtang is too polite."
"I don't dare to lower my rank!" The third-rank official kowtowed hurriedly.
Kangxi thought that there were kilns and prostitutes everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, and the streets were full of wandering women who attracted bees and butterflies, so he immediately ordered them to be punished.
"Sweeping the kilns? Will Obai personally keep an eye on such a trivial matter?"
He took advantage of the time when it was not a court meeting and walked quickly to the cabinet.
"It's just a cold wind, it's nothing. I dragged a few books a few days ago, and I just remembered them today, so I presented them to the emperor to wrap up."
"The official has been drafting the brochure all night, and has also checked various regulations in Jiangnan. He has tried his best to be detailed, reasonable and well-founded. Finally, he has written this brochure of more than 10,000 words, which will definitely satisfy the Lord Zhongtang."
Little did he know that the three small words "Li Chun Yuan" in that excerpt would cause huge waves in the future.
Sony is getting older now, so it is natural to arrange for his son Suo'etu to be familiar with the process of cabinet deliberations.
When the fold was finally presented to Kangxi.
Chen Xuan had already given the explanation, and after a batch of Kangxi's secrets came out, the Suhang governor personally led the officers and soldiers to Lichun Courtyard, and captured all the people in Lichun Courtyard and brought them to justice.
Among them, there was one person who Chen Xuan specifically told him to capture.