PFC Chapter 124 Gu Heng, who was afraid, asked Song Pu to clean up his mess again!
Chapter 124 Gu Heng, who was afraid, asked Song Pu to clean up his mess again!
The Ministry of Justice is indispensable, but the prime minister, the head of all officials, has the power to command the six ministries.
Among the six ministries today, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Justice... three are all run by people from Song Pu's faction, and even outside the three ministries, there are many people from aristocratic families.
They were naturally led by Song Pu.
The power to control the promotion of officials, the wealth of the world, and the punishments of the world...if the person sitting on the dragon throne is not a founding monarch, there is a high possibility that the power will be sidelined.
Although the imperial examination is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, if it only recruits talents from all over the world but fails to make full use of them, it will only result in a waste of talents of an era!
Fortunately, the Ministry of War was in the hands of Emperor Xia. In addition, Emperor Xia was a founding monarch and had great authority in the army. This prevented Yu Song Pu from completely undermining Emperor Xia.
It is relatively rare for the founding monarch and the prime minister to compete for power to such an extent in a dynasty.
This is also Emperor Xia's own fault. He was too young when he started the rebellion. He only wanted to overthrow the corrupt previous dynasty but ignored the essence of the aristocratic family.
Emperor Xia's military talent was essentially greater than his political talent, which is why he ended up in the current situation.
Song Pu's words "the law is not clear" seemed to be to protect the functions of the Ministry of Justice. Perhaps he really wanted to protect the functions of the Ministry of Justice. After all, the existence of the Internal Guard Bureau did take away some of the powers of the Ministry of Justice.
But to Emperor Xia, his words sounded like a struggle for power.
Emperor Xia said calmly, "Gu Qing is right. The Ministry of Justice is in charge of all criminal justice. Zhao Zhongli's crime no longer needs to be retried. It's just some other matter. Let the Internal Guard handle this matter. When the time comes, just make a copy of the file and send it to the Ministry of Justice!"
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
Gu Jingzhi immediately bowed, for he was afraid that Song Pu would continue to hold on to him, and by then the situation would be deadlocked no matter what the outcome was.
Hearing Gu Jingzhi's reminder, Wei Xuan, Li Ye and others immediately bowed and shouted, "Your Majesty is wise!"
Hearing so many officials and ministers praising him in unison, Song Pu knew that he had already lost the initiative and there was not much point in continuing to fight.
Although Zhao Zhongli is important, there are still other opportunities. Now that Emperor Xia has spoken, if he continues to pester him, it would be deliberately insulting Emperor Xia.
After returning to his seat with a dark face, he heard Gu Jingzhi bow and say:
"Your Majesty, the third thing I want to say today is to apologize to Your Majesty. The Zhao family's rebels were attacked during their escort, and Zhao Zhongli's grandson was accidentally struck by a stray arrow and died!"
"I failed to bring back all the prisoners. Your Majesty, please punish me!"
"..."
The corner of Emperor Xia's mouth twitched. "It's just a small matter. There's no need to bring it to court and waste the officials' time. As for the major criminal Zhao Zhongli and his accomplices, it's OK!"
Gu Jingzhi was immediately delighted. He cupped his hands and said, "It was my ignorance. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your forgiveness!"
"Well……"
Emperor Xia waved his hand, signaling him to leave, and then began to talk about other state affairs.
Gu Jingzhi stood in his position, pretending to listen attentively.
Actually?
He had previously promised to save the life of Zhao Zhongli's grandson, thinking that even if he asked for it, Emperor Xia would not mind with his broad mind, as he was just a boy.
But later Gu Jingzhi felt that this was inappropriate.
His actions were indeed upright, but what about Song Pu? What about Emperor Xia?
If he had just asked for mercy directly, these old foxes would have definitely suspected that he had reached some kind of deal with Zhao Zhongli.
Especially Gu Heng's side.
In order to kill Zhao Zhongli, he even dared to act recklessly against the delegation guarded by more than a thousand people. If he knew that Gu Jingzhi had evidence of his past dirty deeds, he might have done something even crazier.
Right now Emperor Xia wants to reform the land throughout the country, so it is better not to cause trouble.
After the court meeting, Gu Jingzhi naturally had to go to the imperial study to personally report some things happening in the north, the most important of which was the pilot reforms in Yunzhou.
He was busy until lunch time, when Emperor Xia let him go and gave him seven days of vacation.
Firstly, Gu Jingzhi will be in the north for three months and he already has a few days of vacation. Secondly, it also implies that he should sort out some things in the next few days so that he can submit them directly when he goes to court again.
Of course Gu Jingzhi was happy about this.
The reason why he proposed to bring back a seriously injured thief at the court meeting today was just to fish.
If it is true as he thought, that Gu Heng was behind this and these private soldiers were hidden by him twenty years ago, then he would definitely take action.
After the court meeting, Gu Jingzhi leisurely returned to his mansion. He would enjoy the happiness of living in a mansion for the next seven days!
……
Compared to his leisure, Song Pu and Gu Heng were not so comfortable!
In the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Song Pu looked at Gu Heng with a dark face. To be honest, he was very disappointed with this son-in-law.
At the beginning, he saw Gu Heng bringing four states to surrender to Da Xia. Da Xia had just pacified the war in the world and had not yet granted the world a kingdom. He thought that based on Emperor Xia's style of doing things, he would definitely give Gu Heng a title and generous rewards!
In order to be able to intervene in the military, he married his concubine daughter Song Yu to Gu Heng as a concubine, and Gu Heng also promised to make Song Yu his legal wife at the right time.
At that time, Song Pu was not yet the prime minister, and Gu Heng was not a direct descendant of Emperor Xia.
Neither of them was that eye-catching.
This is why the marriage between the two families did not cause any waves. In the eyes of many people, although Gu Heng made great contributions in surrendering the city, he was an external general after all. Marrying a girl from a prominent family of Da Xia was naturally to show his position, nothing more.
However, what Song Pu did not expect was that Gu Heng had such a big melon before surrendering to Daxia.
Looking at Song Pu's gloomy face, Gu Heng felt a little uneasy: "Father-in-law! Zhao Zhongli must not be allowed to live. If the internal security finds out something, my life will be over!"
"Why are you panicking?"
Song Pu scolded.
To him, what Gu Heng did... Although it is a serious crime for a slave to kill his master, it was Gu Heng who surrendered the city after all.
No matter what the twists and turns are, to outsiders, it is Gu Heng's credit.
With this achievement in hand, how could he, as the prime minister and with the noble family behind him, fail to protect Gu Heng?
Although Gu Heng’s reputation will be ruined after this incident, it’s okay as long as he is still alive.
"You are too presumptuous! The worst that could have happened was a tarnished reputation, yet you actually dared to mobilize your own soldiers and attack the diplomatic corps!"
"How many heads do you have?"
This Gu Heng is too impulsive. Which is more important, having his reputation tarnished or losing his head?
Gu Heng just smiled awkwardly after hearing this.
How could he not panic?
Just as Song Pu said, if he just secretly harmed the master's family, with his merits and Song Pu's protection behind him, his reputation would at most be tarnished.
But he also didn't mention the subsequent defeat...and his collusion with Zhao Zhongli!
On the contrary, this was a crime that was enough to bring him eternal damnation. He attacked the delegation precisely because of this, otherwise he would not have taken such a big risk.
"Father-in-law, it's too late to say anything now. Let's solve the problem first!"