Chapter 339 Ruyu
The rumors are getting more and more intense, and there are even rumors that if Zhao Xing does not issue an edict to admit his mistakes, God will bring natural disasters.
This is an important reason why ancient officials were able to use the method of sensing between gods and humans to force the emperor to admit his mistakes.
Things like natural disasters are inevitable.
Sometimes it doesn’t happen for several years, and sometimes it happens frequently.
The emperor preached the divine right of kings, and when the weather was good, he wrote special books to increase his achievements.
When natural disasters occur frequently, we naturally have to bear the consequences.
The power of this trick is that the people believe it, and if the emperor does not issue an edict to admit his mistakes, another natural disaster will occur and he will lose the support of the people.
If a natural disaster occurs after admitting your mistake, you will be said to be dishonest and have an improper attitude.
If there are no natural disasters and the weather is smooth, it is equivalent to confirming that everything we did before was wrong, which caused the disaster.
It can be said that there is no solution at all.
As the rumors intensified, someone in the court also asked Zhao Xing to issue an edict to sin against himself and set up an altar to worship heaven.
It was useful for Zhao Xing to kill a few civil servants before. These officials were just testing at first, saying that the people were panicked, so Zhao Xing was asked to sacrifice to heaven first to calm the people.
It was naturally impossible for Zhao Xing to agree. Once he agreed, it would be no different from admitting that he had done something wrong, so he became furious in the court.
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In the Hu family's study room, there were only Hu Yanzhong and a maid.
What’s strange is that not only is this maid sitting on a soft couch, she also doesn’t have the slightest respect in her expression.
"It's almost time now, it's time for you to take action, right?" Hu Yanzhong said coldly.
The maid was minding her own business making tea. When the tea was ready, she picked it up and took a sip, looking intoxicated.
“Bang!”
Hu Zhongyan patted the table and said with an ugly face: "If you do this again, then the cooperation will end here!"
The maid smiled slightly and said: "Master Hu, you are also a minister after all, why are you like this? "I'm worried."
"Huh!" Hu Zhongyan sneered: "Do you think the official family is really that simple? Above all, if the officials hesitate, I won't be so anxious. But the officials are furious, which shows that if they delay, you will be the ones who suffer."
" It's okay, of course we dare to delay, and there's no rush. By the way, I'm afraid Mr. Hu doesn't know about it," the maid said with a smile.
“What news?” Hu Zhongyan frowned slightly.
"Hai Wenyou, a Hanlin scholar, was measuring acres of land in the south of the Yangtze River. Everywhere he went, some local officials were reported, and there was sufficient evidence."
"I naturally know this news, these are all official property Means, do you still think that the officials are easy to deal with?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Hu, I haven't finished yet."
The maid put down the tea cup and said, "Those officials have it. Some have been sentenced to exile, and some are still under review. Isn’t it true that Mr. Hu doesn’t know that all those officials who have been sentenced to exile have died on the road to exile?”
“What?” Hearing this, his face changed: "This is impossible. The exiled official died on the road. Why is there no news at all?"
The maid didn't say anything, she just looked at Hu Zhongyan with a smile.
"It's the official family...Yes, Yan Kuan, the Minister of Punishment, is from the official family. It's not difficult to suppress the news by doing some tricks." Hu Zhongyan murmured.
"Master Hu is right." The maid smiled and said: "Master Hu is a smart man. He cooperated with us before just for mutual benefit. He wanted to use us to force the officials to bow their heads, but you think this is Can you protect yourself? The little emperor is very powerful now."
"Even if Mr. Hu can force the little emperor. What can I do if I bow my head?
The little emperor was already unhappy with Mr. Hu about what happened this time. "Seeing Hu Zhongyan opening his mouth to speak, the maid smiled and said: "I know Mr. Hu wants to say that there is no evidence. Mr. Hu knows better than me. In many cases, whether there is evidence or not does not matter."
"Master Hu forced the little emperor to bow his head. As long as the little emperor has some evidence about Master Hu, even if Master Hu cannot be executed, it is okay to sentence him to exile, right? Master Hu may also die on the way to exile."
"I heard that people in the officialdom are all indifferent. Without Mr. Hu, who will care about Mr. Hu's family. At that time, the little emperor had to deal with Mr. Hu's family, but it was very easy."
Hu Zhongyan's face was gloomy and uncertain. He looked at the woman in front of him coldly and said, "What do you want to do?"
"We don't want to do anything. We just want to preach normally." The maid smiled. road.
Hu Zhongyan sneered: "Can you keep me from preaching normally? I think you really want to rebel, right?"
"What Mr. Hu said, people with the surname Zhao have not always been in this world. The Zhao family wore the royal robe, took the throne, and bullied other people's orphans and widows. Even if we really want to raise an army, it can't be called a rebellion." Maid smiled.
“Are you a descendant of the Chai family?” Hu Zhongyan’s face changed drastically, and he quickly shook his head: “Impossible, the Chai family has been under surveillance, so you cannot be a descendant of the Chai family.”< br>
“It doesn’t matter who we are, what’s important is that Mr. Hu can only cooperate with us.” The maid smiled.
"You are just a bunch of lunatics. There is no way I can cooperate with you." Hu Zhongyan shouted.
"Master Hu, why bother?" The maid sighed: "We worked well together before, Master Hu wants to quit now it's too late. Unless Master Hu has someone capture me and hand me over to the little emperor, But does Mr. Hu dare? ”
"I have only one life, and I will die if I die. Master Hu, do you think if you do this, the little emperor will trust you?"
Hu Zhongyan's eyes lit up when he heard the words in front of him, but the words behind the maid's words were like A basin of cold water was poured on his head, causing him to wake up instantly.
"If I cooperate with you crazy people, I'm afraid the end will be even more miserable. If I arrest you and hand you over to the officials, even if the officials don't want to believe me, I will probably die, but the officials will take my credit for my credit. I won’t embarrass my family,” Hu Zhongyan sneered.
"If Mr. Hu really wanted to do this, he wouldn't have said it." The maid said with a smile.
Hearing this, Hu Zhongyan could no longer hold himself tight, his body relaxed, and his face looked decadent.
After a long time, Hu Zhongyan said: "What on earth do you want to do? Rebellion is simply seeking death. If so, I can't accompany you crazy."
"Don't worry, Mr. Hu, you are afraid of death, and we are also afraid of death. Next, Mr. Hu only needs to question those exiled officials who died on the road, and there is no need for Mr. Hu to worry about other matters." The maid said.
Hu Zhongyan was silent for a while after hearing this, and said in a dry voice: "Okay!"
The maid smiled slightly, stood up and saluted: "Then I will leave first!"
>After saying that, he opened the door and walked out.
After leaving the study, the maid walked out of the courtyard. The servants she met along the way all saluted and greeted her warmly.
"Miss Ruyu is good."
"I have seen Miss Ruyu."
The maid, known as Miss Ruyu, smiled and nodded in response, and came all the way to the side door. .
"Miss Ruyu, are you going out shopping again?" The concierge stepped forward and said hello with a flattering smile.
"Yes, the pen and ink in the master's study are almost running out again. I'll go out and buy some." Ruyu said with a smile.
"I will open the door for Miss Ruyu right now."
The concierge responded and opened the courtyard door. Miss Ruyu thanked her and walked out.
The concierge leaned against the door, looked at Ruyu’s leaving figure, and said intoxicatedly: “It’s so big!”
(End of this chapter)