Chapter seven hundred and forty second behind closed doors
The lively prisoner presentation ceremony was over, and Emperor Jiajing suddenly fell into the emptiness after the afterglow, and returned to Xiyuan Renshou Palace to continue cultivating immortality.
After the Ministry of Punishment had finished beheading the prisoners who had been sentenced to death in the West Market that day, the imperial court finally returned to normal operation, and there was no need to shut down in order to prepare for the prisoner presentation.
For example, matters such as whether to make up for a bachelor's degree are again on the agenda.
Qin Dewei, who gained the most from the prisoner presentation ceremony, returned home holding a strange-looking combination of items such as a spear, a decree, and an iron coupon.
In the Qin Mansion, a small ancestral hall had been built in advance to worship these imperial gifts.
According to etiquette, the first thing Qin Dewei did when he returned home was to deliver the things he was holding to the ancestral hall.
Xu Miaoxuan and other people in the house, including her children, stood at the inner door, waiting to welcome the returning master.
But after waiting for a while and seeing no one, I asked my maid to inquire, but she got a reply: "After the master came out of the ancestral hall, he went to the yard next door first!"
Next door to the ancestral hall is the so-called "family temple", which is where Tao Xiangu practices spiritual practice and is built together with the ancestral hall.
Xu Miaoxuan was a little angry. Her husband was so careless and disrespectful!
The whole family, big and small, was waiting here to congratulate him, but he ran to an unknown outsider first!
As a head wife, she had to shoulder her responsibilities. Xu Xian's wife turned to the other concubines and said, "Let me go and have a look."
We walked all the way and came to Tao Xiangu's residence. The servants outside the courtyard gate did not stop Xu Miaoxuan, the mistress.
Walking further inside, the maid in the corridor only saluted Madam Xu, but there was no sound.
When Xu Miaoxuan saw this, she knew that there would be no inappropriate scene in the house.
She walked to the door, paused for a moment, and heard voices inside.
A cold female voice said: "My grandfather sent someone to tell me that the leader has already divided some property with his disciples, and then he plans to become more peaceful and cultivate immortality."
Another man's voice said: "Xiangu, don't let some worldly affairs disturb the pure relationship between us.
I know you still have some warming and tonic prescriptions at the bottom of the box. For the great cause of the legitimate son of the Qin family, please give it to me."
The cold female voice before said: "These prescriptions are for men and women. They are meant to be used during dual cultivation."
The male voice from before swore: "If the Qin family has a legitimate son, I will definitely dedicate myself and practice sincerity, otherwise I will be struck down by five thunderbolts!"
Xu Xian's wife outside the door listened to the conversation with mixed feelings in her heart. It turned out that her husband was also worried about the issue of his legitimate son.
It turns out that my husband usually shows no concern, just to appease himself.
Just when Xu Miaoxuan was standing outside the house and was moved, the door opened and Qin Dewei walked out.
Qin Dewei was not surprised at all when he saw his wife waiting outside. He waved his hand naturally and said, "Let's go back!"
After returning to the inner courtyard, Mr. Qin accepted the congratulations from the entire family and let everyone disperse.
Then he took the initiative to take Xu Miaoxuan's hand and said, "Come on, follow me into the house!"
Xu Miaoxuan was stunned, feeling that her husband today was not normal, and subconsciously asked: "Why did you enter the house?"
Qin Dewei said eagerly: "Of course you and I are of the same mind and work together for the legitimate son of the Qin family!"
Xu Miaoxuan felt more and more that her husband was even more abnormal. A few days ago, he would often lie flat on his back. Why was he so anxious again today?
I have only heard that power is the best aphrodisiac. Is it true that title is also the best?
In the next few days, Lord Qin Dewei, who was supposed to be in high spirits, did not even go to work, and no guests were seen.
He stayed at home and made little babies with his wife all day long. This obviously abnormal and proactive attitude made Xu Xian's wife happy and worried at the same time.
As the most popular figure recently, Qin Dewei has attracted the attention of many people in the official circles of the capital.
Although Zhang Chao, the Minister of Rites, quoted the established example of "Xu Youzhen" in the court meeting, it legally solved the career choice issue of Qin Dewei, a special person.
But this kind of example is too special after all. The legal principles are just legal principles, and there is actually no track to follow in terms of how they are implemented in practice.
Besides, Xu Youzhen himself is not a success story, and he himself is not a role model in people's hearts.
So everyone wants to see how it will develop next.
In other words, some people also want to see if Qin Dewei can set a real example for civil servants to be ennobled and become a precedent for "later generations".
But Qin Dewei's performance of lying flat and lying on his back really surprised others and was difficult to understand.
In fact, there is no shortage of noble princes and princes in the capital who are just waiting to die. It can even be said that they are everywhere. One more Fengzhou uncle seems to be nothing.
But Qin Dewei is not an ordinary earl after all. He is also a civil servant who is halfway into the cabinet. It is a bit strange to imitate others and wait for death.
If you, Qin Dewei, just want to be a count who does nothing, then what did Zhang Chao and Zhang Shangshu do when they tried so hard, even a less positive person like Xu Youzhen, to move out?
Faced with this situation, most people chose to continue to wait and see. As the saying goes, the tiger's butt cannot be touched, even if Qin Dewei is lying flat and broken, he is still Qin Dewei!
Of course, there will always be people who are not afraid of death and will bravely touch the tiger's butt.
For example, Yan Shifan, a member of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, wrote a memorial of several hundred words at home, with the theme of impeaching Qin Dewei.
Since Yan Shifan did not have the status of a public speaker, he could not impeach him at random after hearing about his remarks, so he still selected the topics.
The Ministry of Industry recently submitted a merit list to the Cabinet, which needs to be registered and filed in the Wenyuan Pavilion Merit Book, but because Qin Dewei is not at work, it has not been implemented.
Therefore, it is entirely possible to impeach Qin Dewei for dereliction of duty. All in all, this is an impeachment that speaks volumes and leaves no room for fault!
Yan Song returned home from a vacation in the palace. When he saw the memorial written by his son, he was surprised and said, "Are you crazy?"
Yan Shifan said nonchalantly: "The relationship between my family and Qin Dewei has deteriorated so much. Even if I don't impeach him, the situation will still not get better!
Then why didn’t I impeach Qin Dewei? In my opinion, no impeachment means no impeachment! Even if Qin Dewei is impeached, it can’t get worse.”
Yan Song was helpless. His son could always find such specious and reasonable-sounding opinions. But it was a pity that there was someone in the court who was better at this than him.
After thinking about it, Mr. Yan Ge asked his son again: "But what good will it do to you if you do this? Why waste your efforts on something that cannot be profitable!"
Yan Shifan said proudly: "Father, do you ever remember who was the first person in the DPRK to impeach Qin Dewei?"
Yan Song was speechless. This "number one" was far away in the horizon, yet so close before his eyes. He seemed to be his own son.
Yan Shifan patted his chest and said: "From now on, this will be the capital of my dynasty! Others dare not impeach Qin Dewei, but I dare! I will also be the person who impeaches Qin Dewei the most!"
Mr. Yan Ge couldn't help but feel a little sad. As the son of a bachelor, Yan Shifan actually got to the point where he relied on other people's reputation. Should it be said that he was sad or that he was aware of current affairs?
After bidding farewell to his father, Yan Shifan took the memorandum and came to the General Administration Department with high spirits.
He wants to submit his memorandum to the Secretary of General Affairs openly and openly for public display!
Yan Shifan believes that as long as the memorial to impeach Qin Dewei appears, it will immediately arouse the public's attention! This is called "Who else can I do?" This is called daring to do what others dare not do!
As soon as I walked into the lobby of the General Affairs Department, I saw a bunch of officials gathered together. In the middle, there was a young official standing with his head held high and speaking impassionedly to the officials of the General Affairs Department.
"I, Supervisory Censor Chen Chun, impeached Qin Dewei, neglected government affairs, and betrayed the country's favor!"
Yan Shifan standing at the door of the lobby: "..."
Suddenly I felt that the memorial in my hand was no longer good. I only dared to present the facts and reason, and said with reason and evidence that Qin Dewei had "neglected his duties on certain issues."
And look at others, they have already directly sprayed "the corpse meal is a failure of the country's favor"!
An old official cheered: "This is the third time Master Chen has impeached Bachelor Qin, right? He is indeed the person who has impeached Bachelor Qin the most in the current dynasty! Unparalleled!"
Hearing this, Yan Shifan suddenly had an impression. He had indeed heard that Chen Chun had deliberately impeached Qin Dewei, but was criticized by the emperor for "much ado over nothing".
Later I also found out that Chen Chun was the same year as Qin Dewei...
Thinking of this, Yan Shifan became angry. Will Qin Dewei give others a way out? Even the reputation of "impeaching Qin Dewei" needs to be defended by his own people?
Suddenly, someone saw the one-eyed official wandering at the door. He immediately recognized him and said, "Master Yan, what are you doing here?"
Yan Shifan was in a state of anger and had no plan in mind. When he heard other people's questions, he subconsciously said: "I am here to impeach Qin Dewei!"
In fact, he regretted it after he said it, maybe he shouldn't have said it.
Chen Chun, the supervisory censor who had just arrived, was stunned when he heard this. He probably did not expect that other than himself, anyone would dare to impeach Qin Dewei.
But then I thought about it, this is the only son of the powerful elder, so he naturally has the capital to commit suicide. Anyway, a good father can always keep him.
Then Chen Yushi came to his senses, quickly stood out from the crowd, and greeted Yan Shifan enthusiastically:
"Turns out we are from the same camp! Do you want me to co-sign your bullets and participate in this grand event? Unfortunately, my bullets have already been sent to the General Affairs Department and I can no longer take them out and ask Mr. Yan to co-sign!"
Yan Shifan said coldly: "No need!"
If I ask you to sign, wouldn't you take half of this final glory away from me?
Even though some people have started to impeach, Qin Dewei is still working behind closed doors.
In other words, it is normal to work behind closed doors at this time. After all, it is the political norm for ministers to be unable to apologize after being impeached.
On this day, Qin Dewei was sitting in the hall, drinking medicine with Xu Miaoxuan, when a maid suddenly reported outside the door: "There was a message from the front. Fang You from the middle school room came with official business and was waiting in the study room in the front yard.
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Qin Dewei, who knew what was going on, put down the bowl of soup and medicine, stood up and went to the study room in the front yard.
When Fang You saw Qin Dewei, he quickly reported the official matter: "Someone impeached the Zhongtang, and the imperial batch was sent to the cabinet, ordering the Zhongtang to defend itself!"
Qin Zhongtang said calmly: "I know!"
Fang You also understood the relationship between Chen Chun and Qin Zhongtang, and it was not surprising that he was indifferent to Qin Zhongtang.
But... Fang You quickly reminded him: "There are two memorials to impeach the court!"
Which official is so aggressive? Qin Dewei asked in surprise: "Who else is there?"
Fang You replied: "This is Yan Shifan, the son of Mr. Yan Ge and a member of the Ministry of Industry!"
Qin Dewei was also surprised when he heard this, "Didn't Yan Shifan become the director of the Ministry of Industry only after his southern tour last year? When did he become a Yuanwailang?"
Fang You smiled bitterly and didn't answer. Is it strange that a father in the pavilion was promoted to half a rank in more than a year?
Qin Dewei waved his hand: "If there is nothing else, just go down, I will write a memorial to defend myself!"
Back in the inner courtyard, Mr. Qin said to Xu Xian's wife again: "Have a rest tonight! I want to write a memorial!"
There are two drafts for impeachment, and of course two drafts for self-defense. Qin Dewei was too lazy to run to the study, so he started writing a draft in the main room.
Regarding Chen Chun's part, Qin Dewei wrote: "I know that now China and foreign countries are shocked and suspicious, and I will be impeached.
Therefore, I wanted to request that the title be passed on to my descendants, while I still serve the country as a pure civil servant.
This can avoid the embarrassment of civil servants taking the title of military officials, and also avoid the suspicion of the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government about the mixing of civil and military officials. This may also set an example for future generations.
But I don’t have a legitimate son in my house yet, and there is no one to inherit the title, so I am anxious..."
In the past few days, Xu Xian's wife was accustomed to lingering with her husband every night. Tonight, she stayed alone in the empty boudoir. Suddenly she couldn't sit still, so she went out of the bedroom to watch her husband write a memorial.
After seeing these words, Xu Miaoxuan suddenly realized. No wonder her husband suddenly started actively creating villains after he got the title!
It turns out that we really need a legitimate son to take away the title in order to resolve the suspicion from the outside world!
After all, traditional concepts are deeply ingrained. It is still too strange for a count with a martial arts system to be on duty at Wenyuan Pavilion, not to mention that he may have to fully join the cabinet in the future.
Looking for others to impeach myself is probably just to elicit these words logically!
This man is really a political animal! Xu Miaoxuan suddenly felt that she had become a tool man, the kind that was not very qualified.
Moreover, the future legitimate son has also become a tool for dividing suspicion and allowing his father to continue to climb the heights with ease!
Some people even use their sons for their own power!
After thinking about this, Xu Xian's wife was so angry that she couldn't help but pinch her husband's back hard.
Qin Dewei turned his head in dissatisfaction and shouted: "What are you doing? Don't make trouble!"
Xu Xian's wife was rarely unreasonable, and she said in a little way: "This Count Lao Shizi is boring. My son will also take the top prize in the future!"
If Qin Dewei's plan is followed, this legitimate son will be destined to be a wealthy idler waiting to die, and will not have any real power!
Qin Dewei wrote and sighed: "For the common people in the world and for the country and the country, someone has to make sacrifices, so let him become an earl!"
There was another self-defense to be written. After appeasing Xu Miaoxuan, Qin Dewei changed the notebook and started writing again.
"I heard that the imperial court wanted to recruit more bachelors, so Yan Shifan started to cheat again! I suspected that someone was provoking him behind the scenes!
The ministers really don't understand that considering the minister's meritorious service, regardless of going out of the fortress, the civil servant's official position is the fourth rank.
And how could Yan Shifan be so virtuous and capable that he was suddenly promoted to the fifth rank of the Ministry in one year, only one and a half ranks behind him?"
Different from the first self-defense, this tone was very different, full of aggression, and even directly raised the issue of whether to add more bachelors.
After the two self-defenses were published, the court immediately realized that Qin Dewei was still the same Qin Dewei!
Although Qin Zhongtang never goes to work, he can still control the rhythm!
