No, gentlemen also guard against

Chapter 326 Chaos Ladder
"Senior Brother, this memorial cannot be submitted. You are angry, so be careful."

In the morning, in the courtyard at the entrance of Yin Bing Zhai, a man in red clothes stopped in front of Chang Shi, who was about to go out for duty.

The closed red umbrella in Xie Lingjiang's hand was placed horizontally, blocking Ouyang Rong's right hand, which was holding the memorial with his hanging arm.

After a night plot in the study room of Prince Xunyang's Mansion the night before, Xie Lingjiang couldn't help but frown and worry when he saw Ouyang Rong turning around and leaving after making a light joke.

Yesterday's imperial edict arrived immediately, and the calm attitude of her elder brother who accompanied him to receive the edict made her even more uneasy.

It may be because it rained lightly in Xunyang City after the third watch at night, or it may be due to other reasons.

That night when he returned to his boudoir to go to bed, Xie Lingjiang tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

Early the next morning, she carried a red umbrella and went out early. As soon as the curfew was lifted, she rushed to the Huaiye Lane residence in Chaisangfang and stopped her senior brother who was about to go out.

In the courtyard, Xie Lingjiang, whose skirt was wet by rain, dew and muddy water, couldn't help but look at the memorial in Ouyang Rong's hand.

Sure enough, the senior brother may not have slept last night and was writing furiously at his desk.

Ouyang Rong looked calm and said to the worried junior sister:

"I'm not angry. I'm calm."

Xie Lingjiang shook his head: "Then why did you stay up so late at night and write a memorial to the court?"

"Couldn't it be written calmly?"

"..."

Xie Lingjiang said with a sullen face: "Elder brother, you are not allowed to quibble."

Ouyang Rong shook his head: "There is no quibble, it is the truth."

He took a second look at the noble daughter of the Xie family in front of him.

She seemed to have no time to put on makeup to cover up, and came here to stop him with a faint "panda eyes".

After a pause, Ouyang Rong asked:
"Little junior sister, didn't she dislike the imperial court's policies before? She always said that my senior brother's attitude was too indifferent and not impassioned enough... Why do you want to stop me now?"

Xie Lingjiang pursed his lips:
"I used to be alone and had nothing to do with the court. I just relied on my hobbies and grudges. I could say whatever I wanted without thinking too much.

"But it's different now. We are two people. Your career is the most important. We must seriously consider it..."

After a pause, Xie Lingjiang's eyes were slightly red, and he stared at him and said:

"I have to restrain my straight temper and not affect your judgment. We need to think carefully and carefully about everything. I...I don't want to be what others call a naughty girl."

Her tone was stubborn and somewhat emotional.

Ouyang Rong was stunned for a while and then laughed: "So, now he is a good wife?"

"Of course!" Xie Lingjiang raised his snow-white chin and raised his pigtails a little: "Elder brother, just have fun secretly. Master Shandao showed me my fortune and told me that I am the most prosperous person in the world."

"..."

Ouyang Rong thought for a while and pondered: "Is the female benefactor of their Donglin Temple rich in prosperous husbands?"

"?"

After dodging the pink fist and kick of a certain virtuous wife, Ouyang Rong smiled and then turned serious:

"I understand Wanwan's concerns, but this memorial must be submitted."

"Why?" Xie Lingjiang looked a little confused:
"Didn't Senior Brother already know about the Donglin Giant Buddha's location in Jiangzhou years ago? Did he make preparations in advance?

"I heard my aunt mentioned to Wang Caozhi that the strategy for creating Buddhas carefully prepared by Senior Brother is also good for water control. Not only does it not waste much time and money, but it can also benefit the people of Xunyang.

"What else does Senior Brother want to write to? Is it the matter of the Songde Center of the Great Zhou Dynasty? But according to the atmosphere created by the Wei family, opposing the Songde Center now is almost equivalent to opposing the legal system of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Isn't it clear to the Senior Brother?"

Ouyang Rong nodded: "Of course I know."

Xie Lingjiang hesitated to speak.

At this time, the senior brother also wrote a memorial, which almost showed his unsupportive attitude, which is no different from opposition.

Who knows whether this memorial will be used by Wei and other political opponents to attack Senior Brother.

After learning about the establishment of the Great Zhou Songde Center and the Buddha statues in all directions the night before, Xie Lingjiang smelled something quite familiar.

She roughly thought about the subsequent trend of public opinion and the earthquake in the court.

It must be another time for everyone to take a stand and a reshuffle to eliminate dissidents.

Xie Lingjiang took a deep breath and tried to speak softly:
"The imperial edict has just been issued, and the situation in Luoyang is not yet clear. Senior brother, why don't we wait any longer and see what the master and others say and the direction of the government before deciding whether to submit a letter?"

Ouyang Rong shook his head: "Some things need to be done early."

He glanced at Xie Lingjiang and asked, "Junior sister, do you know what I wrote in the memorial?"

Xie Ling's red lips pursed into a thin line, she was quiet for a while, and then nodded: "I can probably guess it."

Ouyang Rong looked at her and said seriously:
"I have indeed been prepared for it. Jiangzhou Hall has a good plan to deal with building Buddhas, but what about other places?

“There is not only one Jiangzhou in the world, and not all states have the conditions and luck of Jiangzhou.

"I have carefully read the imperial edict and the requirements of the officials of the Ministry of Rites. In order to cooperate with His Majesty's grand ceremony on Mount Tai this fall, the construction period for the construction of the center and the Buddha statue is so tight.

"Not to mention that the specifications of the Buddha statue set up by the gentlemen in the Ministry of Rites are also very high, with a restriction of no less than a thirty-foot golden Buddha.

"Jiangzhou Lobby, which has been prepared for such requirements for a long time, is tightening its plans now to complete them ahead of schedule and reach this red line.

"But as for the other three state capitals that build Buddha statues, Yangzhou, Guizhou, and Taiyuan, except for Yangzhou, which has the strongest financial resources, the other states are under great pressure.

"The so-called [-] gu of powder money donated by His Majesty privately is not even enough to make a Buddha palm, but he has repeatedly emphasized that he is not allowed to waste people and money... haha."

Ouyang Rong shook his head:

"There is also the so-called 'praise of virtue' center for the great Zhou Dynasty, which has all the states in the world collecting donations for it. In the end, it still has to be shared equally among the people. How is this different from adding an extra heavy tax?
"And from the local government to the center of the imperial court, this copper and silver passed through many hands and wasted a lot, and was finally cast into this Song De Center. Isn't it full of 'people's fat and people's anointing'?"

"Although I am humble and have a long history, I can live alone, but I will never say a word."

He spoke calmly, bypassed Xie Lingjiang, took the memorial, and strode outside the courtyard.

Xie Lingjiang was moved by this, looked back at his back and asked:

"But in the study the night before, didn't Senior Brother persuade Uncle Li and write a letter to express his support? Why did Senior Brother today..."

Ouyang Rong did not look back:

"Because Prince Xunyang's palace is like a chopping block, and there is only one way to go. It is my responsibility as a counselor of the palace to persuade the lord to write a letter of support.

"When I step out of the palace and put on this official uniform, I am the governor of a state. This is my unshakable responsibility."

Xie Lingjiang's eyes were fixed on watching the senior brother's leaving figure.

No more stopping...

In the morning, Ouyang Rong submitted a handwritten memorial to the supervisory censor stationed in Jiangzhou.

He strode out of the office.

But not long after he left, a figure of a woman in palace clothes appeared in the courtyard of the office.

The woman was dressed in a crimson palace dress, her lips were smeared with makeup, and her expression was indifferent.

If Ouyang Rong were here, he would definitely recognize this woman at a glance as Miaozhen, a female official in colorful clothes whom he had met once on Luming Street in Longcheng.

Miaozhen stood with her hands raised, and behind her were two palace ladies in green clothes, one holding a book in her hand and the other lightly holding a red pen, both of them following suit.

The woman in palace clothes first turned her head and looked at the direction in which the person was leaving.

Then she walked directly into the Censor's Office and looked at the memorial he presented.

Lift your chin slightly.

Behind her, the palace maid walked up and fetched the memorial. Miaozhen quickly scanned it with lowered eyes, nodded, and turned to leave.

The palace maid walked over, returned the memorial, and left together.

In the office, the old censor, whose hair was meticulously combed, was handling official duties with an unblinking eye the whole time after Miaozhen came in.

As if she were blind, he allowed her to take it and observe the memorial.

Both sides are somewhat skilled.

Miaozhen walked out of the office and waved to the side. The two palace maids handed over the booklet and ink pen.This female official in sixth-grade colorful clothes who came from afar moved quietly.

She held the booklet in her hand, held the ink pen, and carefully wrote something on the book...

After a while, I finished remembering it.
Turn away.

Miaozhen returned to Xiushuifang.

She came with yesterday's imperial edict team, but after escorting the edict's messenger into the city, Miaozhen quietly disappeared with her servants.

She has another mission.

Miaozhen took the palace maid to an ordinary house diagonally opposite the Xunyang Palace.

Inside the house, there are strict soldiers guarding the house, keeping watch every step of the way.

I don’t know how many transferred soldiers from Zhechong Mansion are hidden there.

Miaozhen slowly climbed up to a loft with a good view and continued to wait silently.

In the book that just recorded Ouyang Lianghan's little moves, the first few pages actually also recorded the behavior of Xunyang Wang Lixian.

When he thought of that timid figure like a middle-aged rich man, Miaozhen by the window had no expression on his face.

At a certain moment, he twitched the corners of his lips.

Yesterday, the envoy in yellow arrived with the imperial edict. The details of Li Xian's grateful behavior when receiving the edict were all recorded in detail by the ink pen behind Miao Zhen.

There is no embarrassment, but there is not a single suspicious thing left out.

This is her responsibility.

……

The construction of the Great Zhou Songde Center and the four directions of Buddha statues caused an uproar both inside and outside the Great Zhou Dynasty.

First of all, the chiefs of most states and counties in the world sent letters.

Some sing praises and flatter others, some state the pros and cons and advise, and some sharply denounce them.

The first two naturally account for the majority,
As for the third party, it is not too few.

And if so, compared with these irritable colleagues who are in the minority, the memorial words of a certain weak official, Chang Shi, are relatively gentle and calm.

No matter what, after these snowflake-like memorials poured into the Feng Pavilion of Ziwei Palace in Luoyang, they were silent for a few days and began to reverberate.

On the third day, there is a monthly meeting.

Liang Wang Wei Sixing went out and led the chiefs of the various barbarians to petition Empress Wei to engrave the names of hundreds of officials and leaders of all nations, and asked the empress to inscribe a plaque in person: "The Great Zhou and All Nations Praise Tianshu."

The female monarch was able to do so, and she immediately appointed Wei Wang Wei's successor as the envoy to oversee the construction of the project.

Some courtiers and censors came out to oppose passionately.

Immediately, a fierce argument took place in the court...

noon.

At the meeting, disperse.

The ending comes to light.

The Songde Center of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Buddha statues in the four directions were built as usual. Wei Wang Wei's successor was appointed as the envoy, and four princes, including Xunyang Wang Lixian and Duan Wang Wei Youxian, were appointed as the supervisors and envoys of the Buddha statues in the four directions.

At the same time, a group of courtiers led by Ji Qianyi, the official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, were deposed.

Four imperial censors and three court officials with thirty years of service were either relegated to Lingnan or exiled in Liaodong.

Xia Guan and Liang Wang Wei Sixing also served as Tianguan of the Ministry of Personnel.

After the court meeting, a palace maid watched. The empress looked calm and drove back to Shangyang Palace.

That night, in the imperial study room, the emperor approved the memorial. Longyan became angry and issued an edict to the officials.

Li Zhengyan, the governor of Meizhou, was demoted to Sima of Raozhou.

Wei Shaoqi, the imperial censor, was demoted to magistrate of Yi County.

During the incident, Du Shuqing was demoted to Longcheng Cheng,

Wang Junzhi, chief secretary of Chang'an, was demoted to doctor of Jiangzhou...

The Ministry of Civil Affairs issued official documents overnight, and more than [-] local or central officials were dismissed or demoted overnight.

The next day, Di Fuzi, the right prime minister of the current court, wrote a letter to complain about his old age and beg for his bones.

The empress objected.

Master, beg again.

Refute again...

The emperor and his ministers rejected it seven times in succession.

Until the empress solemnly issued a decree, granting a special leave and allowing the country's elders to return to the country after a ten-day period of cultivation to serve the country loyally.

Immediately, the empress did not go to court again for several days.

During this period, there was no longer any intention to remove officials.

In the Luoyang court, the storm has subsided.

But then, with the conscious or unconscious acquiescence of the current empress, the two kings of the Wei family adopted a very clever and clever method to reduce resistance.

Wei Wangwei's successor did not immediately go all out to promote the construction of the Songde Center of the Great Zhou Dynasty as soon as he took office. Instead, he divided it into small steps and implemented them one by one.

After solving one step of "people and things", then solve the next step... Finally, the Ministry of Industry responsible for construction was completely integrated.

The same is true for Liang Wang Wei Sixing...

A month later, the superintendent Wei Wangwei Sisi, together with the Ministry of Industry, began to select a site in Luoyang City to build the center.

In the past ten days, the Heavenly Official in charge of Liang Wang Wei Sixing frequently issued official documents.

Another wave of major changes in local governors began.

Any local governor who openly disobeys or slackens in the collection of "Songde Copper" will be dismissed or transferred, and will be replaced by the corresponding adjutant, or a Jinshi who is waiting in line in the staff department to be elected.

Soon, officials who supported the "Song of De Copper" and worked hard to raise funds sprung up in more than a hundred states and counties across the country.

One after another, memorials praising his virtues and expressing support once again filled a desk in the imperial study room of the Deep Palace in Luoyang.

The assassins were punished by killing chickens one after another to scare the monkeys, and some pro-Left officials fell into silence.

Jiangzhou, Lingnan and other popular places for official demotion have once again become the place names frequently mentioned by many frustrated officials in Luoyang official circles recently.

The criticism and opposition from all over the court were eventually slowly wiped away.

However, the political debate between scholars in the north and south was difficult to suppress.

Scholars from various places began to talk privately about the Songde Center of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and public opinion became boiling.

Even Ouyang Rong, who was far away in Jiangzhou, found that even in Xunyang City, where the atmosphere was relatively bad, there were many people talking angrily.

On the surface, discussion is prohibited, but it is difficult to stop Youyou from talking.

But he also knew that in this era, it was difficult for this kind of public opinion to influence the court's policy... If it raised its head, it would only pour out all the anger on the Wei family, blaming them for deceiving the emperor and treacherous officials deceiving the emperor.

The Yuanzheng holiday had just passed, and January and February of the first year of Tianyou passed quietly like this, when the officials and people all over the world watched the turmoil in the Luoyang court.

But what worried Xie Lingjiang in Prince Xunyang's palace never happened.

It seems that no one has paid attention to the memorial of senior brother.

His name was never found in the series of edicts issued from Luoyang.

They are different from those "relegated celebrities" who were demoted by the empress but became famous all over the world and were praised by scholars.

Ouyang Rong seemed to have been forgotten.

However, this also made Xie Lingjiang and other concerned people quietly relieved.

(End of this chapter)