Martial Cultivator

God's capital is indeed not that peaceful at these times.

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But if you really want to say it, it seems that it is not that unfair, because the common people in the street did not feel any difference. Only those high-ranking officials and wealthy families felt that things were unusual.

The world is never one person's world, and the world perceived by different people is always different. This has been the case since ancient times.

However, most people will not speak even if they perceive something. Only a very small number of people will open their mouths and say something when they perceive something.

Such people would be called troublesome commoners in the public, but in official circles, they would become censors. They also have another name, called Yanguan.

There have been Yanguan in all dynasties, but the interesting thing is that the status of Yanguan has never been determined. It is only related to the emperor of the current dynasty. If the emperor of the current dynasty is strong enough, then the eight achievements of Yanguan in that dynasty will be reduced to A sinecure has no effect, even if there are a few censors who are not afraid of death, it will not make any difference.

But if the emperor of the current dynasty is mild-tempered, or even a little weak, then the Yanguan's status will be greatly improved, and he will become a person that no important minister in the court is willing to provoke.

Yan Guan of the Liang Dynasty had almost no sense of existence during the reigns of Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Taizong. By the time of Lingzong, their status quickly rose. However, after the death of Emperor Lingzong, His Majesty the Emperor of the current dynasty ascended the throne, and Yan Guan Our days are the most miserable. His Majesty the Emperor is a man of great perseverance. He has already done some treacherous and unethical things mentioned in history books. Naturally, he does not care about officials. Many things are done arbitrarily by His Majesty the Emperor. No matter how much admonitions and remonstrances the officials give, it is of no use.

Therefore, for more than ten years, the life of the officials has been very difficult. It was not until the Emperor came to the country and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince supervised the country that the life of the officials became easier.

Only then did Yushitai gradually gain respect again.

The atmosphere in the recent Yushitai was solemn.

Han Yue, the imperial doctor, was a Jinshi during the reign of Emperor Lingzong. He began to serve as the chief imperial officer and the chief imperial officer one year before the death of Emperor Lingzong. After that, the Emperor of Liang launched an army into the capital, and many imperial officials wanted to commit suicide to follow him. As a deposed emperor, it was this censor who stopped everyone on the grounds that the ministers were serving the country and not because of someone.

At this moment, Han Yue was sitting in the lobby of the Yushitai. On both sides were some censors with gray beards. Everyone was solemn and silent.

"Everyone."

After a while, it was Han Yue, the imperial censor, who spoke first, "His Highness has already suppressed all the discounts written in the past few days."

A royal censor said helplessly: "It makes sense. Your Highness regards the guardian envoy as a brother, not as a minister. He doesn't care about small things, and suppresses big things when he can. Judging from the authority of the guardian envoy, he also has a comprehensive view." There is no second person in the history books.”

"Although the guardian envoy has great authority, he is actually a capable minister, right? He can also be considered incorruptible, right?"

A censor spoke slowly and said a good word for Chen Chao.

Han Yue nodded and said: "I have never doubted that the Governor is a good minister. It's just that if the court's system doesn't work, what will it be used for? The Governor is such a person. It can be said that he cannot threaten the Sheji imperial court for the time being, but Can we guarantee that the next guardian envoy will be such a person?”

"The purpose of the imperial court's laws is to standardize all officials within a certain framework and act within the framework, so that there is no need to use the officials' own conduct as a criterion. Only in this way can the imperial court and the country be long-lasting."

When Han Yue said this, there were still many people who agreed.

But Han Yue soon turned around and said: "Today we are not going to talk about the guard envoy. He has no power to mobilize the border troops, and he has not been able to mobilize the border troops. Even if he contributed to this matter, it will not be possible." It’s not the main problem, the problem is the border troops going south!”

"Sir, it seems that the border troops' move south this time was under the will of His Highness the Crown Prince."

This time the border army went south, Chen Chao had made a lot of preparations. He first asked for the Crown Prince's will, but the order did not necessarily require the border army to go south. The final choice rested with the border army.

"The matter is not a matter of whether there is a will, but a matter of whether the border troops should go south. You must know that when His Majesty raised troops, the deposed emperor mobilized the border troops south several times, but he was rejected by General Xiao. The reason It's simple. It's just that the defense of the northern border is the most important thing and we don't dare to relax at all. But now, is the northern border better than the northern border back then? Since there was no such thing, why couldn't the border troops go south now? Now that we are going south, are we going to go south at all times in the future? You all know how powerful the frontier army is. If one day a certain general in the north has a disobedient heart, will he be able to overthrow the world with this army? !”

Han Yue slapped the table, glanced at everyone present, and said calmly: "This time, what we have to do is to ask His Highness to set a rule. From now on, the border troops are not allowed to go south. We must make this matter an ironclad law!"

"good!"

In an instant, all the censors stood up and agreed with the censor doctor's idea.

Han Yue said in a deep voice: "His Highness wrote a letter before, so we will write another one and wait outside the palace gate for His Highness the Crown Prince's approval. If His Highness does not give us a result, we will be killed in front of the palace gate!"

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Just when the people at the Censorate were in a state of rage and began to write memorials, a clerk had already run out of the yamen, walked around a few streets, and came to an inconspicuous pastry shop. He took out a few Daliang Tongbao coins and said, "I want a piece of osmanthus cake... The Censor Han Yue has decided to die in front of the palace... I want yesterday's, which is more flavorful."

The clerk in the pastry shop glanced at the clerk in front of him and began to pack the osmanthus cake skillfully, "The customer really knows how to eat, this one must be better... There is only Han Yue, and the entire Censorate... Today I can give the customer a 20% discount."

"That's great, it's the entire Censorate, Han Yue is the leader, and there are quite a few people. Next time I come, I will definitely buy two more."

The clerk took the osmanthus cake, and then took back the money he had taken out, and turned around and left.

The waiter sighed, but he didn't care about the sweet-scented osmanthus cake. Instead, he turned around and went to the inner door. The man dressed as the shopkeeper was here. The waiter told the story, and then the shopkeeper immediately said, "Try to spread the news to the palace and let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince prepare early." The waiter nodded, turned around and walked out of the secret door. At this time, someone said, "Your Highness may not have any means. If these censors are not afraid of death, they will definitely not stop until they achieve their goals." The shopkeeper said with a headache, "I know this too. These censors have always been troublesome, and they have been holding back for too long." Hearing this, everyone present looked a little strange. They naturally knew that in the past ten years, when His Majesty was in power, the censors had no right to speak in the court. It was an unprecedented torture for the censors to be unable to speak, but they had no other choice but to endure it. They are not afraid of death. If they can use death to make the people in power change their minds, they will definitely do it. But before, the Emperor of Daliang obviously would not change any of his ideas because of their life or death, so the censors could not do anything except repeatedly submitting memorials.

But now it is different. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is much gentler and can be persuaded much more than the Emperor.

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "Isn't it the same as not letting cats eat fish to stop the censors from speaking?"

Someone said, "But if they make such a fuss, the real thing will be very troublesome."

The man was worried, and they didn't want to face the changes in the situation.

The shopkeeper said, "Some things cannot be stopped, it depends on how to solve them. If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cannot solve them, the garrison commander should be able to solve them."

Speaking of the garrison commander, someone asked, "I heard that the garrison commander is now in Qingshan Province. After knowing this, will he return to the capital of the gods?"

The shopkeeper shook his head, "I don't know. How can we know the garrison commander's whereabouts?"

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The streets of the capital of the gods have always been the most prosperous, but unlike the honest buying and selling of things in the past few years, the streets of the capital of the gods have gradually begun to have ways to know many major events that have happened recently.

How is the war in the north of the court? What have those monks outside done? The people no longer have to wait for the court's announcement, and they will also have ways to know.

Ningyuan Street is an old street. The vendors here have been in the capital of the gods for a long time. Many things that have happened in the capital of the gods can be asked by them, and they can always get answers.

Xinghua Wine Shop is located on this street, and it is in the center.

The proprietress of the wine shop is a middle-aged woman. It is fair to say that she still has the charm of a middle-aged woman.

The proprietress's surname is Zheng, and it seems that she has not married yet, so the guests and neighbors who come and go call her Zheng Niangzi.

The wine shop has been doing very well in recent years, not because the wine in the wine shop is particularly delicious, nor because Zheng Niangzi is getting more and more delicious, but because the news in the wine shop has always been the most informed. Come here to buy a pot of wine and sit for a while to get a lot of news.

So people love to come here.

Zhang the butcher, who sells pork, didn't set up his stall today, so he came here to drink. However, after just a few sips, Zhang the butcher remembered that his brother-in-law, who was a minor official, had mentioned that soldiers were running around everywhere. Taking advantage of the alcohol, Zhang the butcher asked: "Madam Zheng, do you know what big things are happening in the court recently?!"

Madam Zheng was napping at the counter. I don't know what she dreamed about. She had a smile on her face. After being awakened by Zhang the butcher's howl, she frowned and asked in a yin-yang tone: "You are a butcher, which thing is not a big deal for you?"

Hearing Madam Zheng speak, the drinkers all laughed, but no one cared. After all, they all knew Madam Zheng's temper and were used to it.

Butcher Zhang was not angry either. After drinking a sip of wine, he rubbed his greasy hair and said: "It's about being a soldier, don't you know?"

Madam Zheng sneered, "Is there anything I don't know?"

After a word, Madam Zheng directly talked about the border army's southward march, which immediately aroused the curiosity of the drinkers.

"It's a pleasure to kill these damn monks. They are still stabbing me in the back at this time. Killing them ten thousand times is not too much!"

"But this border army is going south for the first time, right? What about the north? It seems that the demon tribe has not retreated yet?"

Madam Zheng sneered, "Do you really think that the imperial court has no brains? There are not many frontier troops going south this time, only three thousand cavalry. If there is an army of 100,000 or 80,000 going south, the battle will be too big. , Besides, at that time, I think it’s reasonable, and then I don’t know how many bastards will do so many outrageous things!”

"It actually makes sense to say that. Those guys are having an affair with the demon clan, and they say they are stabbing us in the back, but in fact they are stabbing the soldiers in the back. They go south to vent their anger, and they should be!"

"Yes, just being bullied and not fighting back is not okay!"

"Yes, my dad was in the border army when he was little. When I was bullied as a child, he helped me out!"

For a moment, the drinkers in the wine shop started talking to each other.

Madam Zheng sighed and said, "Let's say it's okay or not. I heard that the high officials in the court didn't think so. They quarreled several times in the court to punish the border troops."

"Damn it, these guys are eating the food of the imperial court, don't they do anything about human affairs?"

"Damn it, if His Majesty is still here, every one of these guys will be locked up!"

The drinkers in the wine shop became excited, and the noise became louder and louder.

At this moment, a figure suddenly rushed in from outside the wine shop and shouted loudly: "New news, the Yushitai gang is going to the palace gate to protest, because the border troops are going south!"

"Death advice?"

"What is a dead remonstrance?!"

Some drinkers looked confused. How could ordinary people like them know these things?

Madam Zheng sarcastically said: "Dead remonstrance means that there are a bunch of guys who are half dead and they come out with some things and insist that His Highness the Crown Prince do what they want. If His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't listen, they will crash to death." On the pillar!"

"And they always feel that what they say must be right, and these other people should listen."

The drinkers were shocked at first, and then someone said: "Isn't this a hooliganism?"

Butcher Zhang frowned and cursed: "These guys have the power to use it on women, what are they mixing in?"

"This is what people do when they are censors."

"Let me tell you, they should be killed on that pillar. Why bother with them?"

"Isn't that what you did when His Majesty was still here?"

"It's a pity that His Royal Highness is being bullied because he has a good heart!"

All the drinkers started banging the table, indignant about this incident.

But there is something helpless.

After all, what can ordinary people do about these important events in the court?

"I think if they can go to the palace gate and kill them, we can also block the Yushitai to prevent them from going!"

One of the drinkers suddenly spoke, then took a sip of wine, threw away the wine bowl, and cursed: "We can't let the soldiers over there feel bad. We can't do anything in the first place, and we can't cause trouble!"

"I'm going to the Yushitai, who will come with me?!"

The bartender looked around, but no one spoke to him. He smiled contemptuously, turned around and walked out of the wine shop.

"I go!"

A voice sounded in the wine shop, and a drinker stood up and said with a smile: "I guess he won't die, right?"

After saying this, he also walked out of the wine shop.

One of the drinkers burst out laughing, "It doesn't matter even if I die, damn, I still feel aggrieved even if I don't do anything!"

"My nephew is still serving as a soldier over there. Maybe he will be the number one when we go south this time. That brat has admired me as an uncle since he was a child. I'm not doing anything right now. This guy is probably going to think I admired the wrong person when I was young!”

After a middle-aged drinker stood up, he drained his drink in one gulp and smashed it on the ground. The wine bowl broke into pieces. Madam Zheng didn't say much, she just rolled her eyes.

However, the drinkers quickly walked out of the wine shop and headed towards the Yushitai.

Along the way, people continued to learn about this and began to join the team.

By the time they were still two streets away from the Yushitai, the team already numbered hundreds of people and was huge.

This movement quickly alerted the governor of Jingzhao. After thinking about it, the official, who was the parent of the common people in the city, held down his yamen servant.

An official asked in confusion: "Sir, we should take care of this matter. If we don't take any action, the blame will come down from above. I'm afraid there will be some trouble."

The Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture looked at him with a smile and said: "This matter is indeed under our control, but if the people cause such a big thing and Jingzhao Prefecture cannot suppress it, then we have to guard the Envoy Yamen. I dare to say, you If I go to the governor's office now, no one will do anything."

"Do you know why?"

Jingzhao Fuyin looked at his confidant with a smile.

The latter was confused.

Jingzhao Prefecture Yin smiled to himself and said: "Those censors think their opinions are important, but in fact they are never important. A group of scholars who can only read are usually looked down upon by everyone, but in fact no one looks down on them. The books of the saints are good for reading, but they are useless for governing the country."

"The border troops in the north are working hard and have won the battle. There will be another war soon. The imperial court will still rely on them to continue fighting the next war. No matter what happens at this time, it should be suppressed. Otherwise, it will affect the morale of the army and it will be a big deal. !”

"But how to suppress it is very troublesome, because those censors are famous for disowning their relatives."

The official was still puzzled and asked: "If we don't care about this matter, won't it just make things worse and cause more trouble?"

The Jingzhao prefect shook his head and sighed: "Have you never thought about why the people went to the Censorate before the group of censors left the Censorate? When did the Censorate inform the people in advance about what they were going to do?"