Chapter 395: Leakage Incident (Part 2)

At night, a carriage rushed over and stopped in front of Yan's mansion. Du Mei walked out of the carriage and stood in front of the steps with her hands behind her back. His follower quickly walked up the steps and said a few words to the doorman. After a moment, the side door opened, and the butler of Yan's mansion respectfully invited Du Mei into the mansion.

Walking into Yan Jiudu's study, Du Mei put a report on the table and smiled: "As Brother Jiudu guessed, the leak of Zuozang's secrets really caused by Pei Jia's memorials back to his house for review."

Yan Jiudu was overjoyed and praised: "Zi Ping is such a powerful subordinate. He got information so quickly. He is really worthy of being the Internal Affairs Department."

"If the goal is clear, it will be easy to succeed." Du Mei pushed the report to him, "Brother Jiudu, take a look!"

Yan Jiudu asked Du Mei to sit down and ordered someone to serve tea. Then he opened the report. The incident happened last night. Pei Jia took a batch of memorials back to the mansion for review, including the secret memorials on Zuo Zang's saving money on Zhang Yanshang. During the review process, he had a whim and asked his concubine to read it for him. As a result, his concubine told his brother that the court was secretly storing gold and silver that night. His brother ran a teahouse in Dongcheng City, and soon spread the news and quickly spread throughout the city.

After reading it, Yan Jiudu closed the report and said coldly: "It is a violation of regulations to bring the secret memorial back to the house without authorization. He also let his family see it privately, which led to the leakage of major secrets. This crime cannot be spared lightly."

He pushed the report to Du Mei again, "Zi Ping will write this impeachment seal!"

Du Mei smiled and pushed the report back, "I promised that I will help you this time, how can Brother Jiudu be untrustworthy?"

"It's better to obey your orders than respect! Then I will thank Brother Ziping for giving in." Yan Jiudu stood up and bowed. He then picked up the report and said decisively: "I will write the impeachment seal now and send it to His Majesty overnight."

More than half a month of imperial life has made Zhang Huan gradually adapt to the rhythm. He no longer spends all his time reviewing memorials every day when he goes to the imperial study room. He receives important officials, mobilizes troops, personnel changes, amnesty for the world, and canonize the queen. He is extremely busy every day and only has time to stay with his family during dinner, and then continues to go to Linde Hall to review memorials. Since he had a peaceful conversation more than half a month ago, he ordered the Supervision Office to destroy all files about the assassin case and not allow anyone to mention this matter again. The case seemed to have disappeared silently.

He mostly wrote memorials to review at night. After he approved some memorials without objection, he ordered the young eunuch to send them out of the palace overnight and handed them over to the Secretariat on duty so that the decree could be issued early the next morning.

The lights in the study room of Linde Hall were soft, and Zhang Huanzheng was pacing from the screen window. From time to time, he sat down and wrote quickly. At this moment, Zhang Huan had been busy for almost half an hour.

There were still two high memorials left on the table in the study room without approval. At this time, two young eunuchs on duty hurried into the study room with memorial boxes. This was the third memorial sent by the Secretariat today.

"Your Majesty, the memorials tonight have arrived." The eunuch An Zhongshun handed over the memorial catalog. Zhang Huan took a sip of tea and then picked up the memorial catalog to take a closer look. He first glanced at the total count in the lower right corner of the catalog, a total of 126 books, one more than yesterday. However, this is only the third time today's delivery. By the morning and noon, they have been delivered once, especially the memorials at noon, which are almost two hundred pieces. Zhang Huan has to review nearly four hundred memorials every day, and there are also a large number of four books to submit. He was really unable to bear it before the Hanlin Academy was officially established.

Logically, many memorials do not have to be sent to him for personal review. For a hundred years, the Tang Dynasty has had a complete and rigorous reporting and review system. Major matters reported by local and departments must be approved at all levels. Generally, they are transferred to Menxia Province first through the Shangshu Province, and then submitted to the Chungshu Province for review and approval. If the matter is not serious, they can be directly approved by the Chungshu Province, and there is no need to submit them to the Emperor. However, the Chungshu Province's approval must be submitted to Menxia Province for review before it can be issued. This reporting system is actually a specific manifestation of a power monitoring system. From this system, it can be seen that the emperor is actually quite passive. Whether the matter is decided or not is decided by the Chungshu Province. Many things are not known by the Emperor. Of course, in order to prevent major incidents from concealing, a censorate was specially set up to impeach officials who were dereliction of duty.

When Zhang Huan ascended the throne with a strong force, the power of the prime minister was relatively weak. Pei You did not dare to take charge of many things without authorization, so he simply reported all the big and small things to Zhang Huan, which made him overwhelmed.

The memorial catalog was drafted by Han Yu, the clan of the Secretariat. It was considered very carefully and classified according to the six divisions one by one. Zhang Huan casually signed the sub-couple and returned it to the Secretariat by the small eunuch.

One hundred and twenty-six memorials were neatly marked into three stacks and placed on a small table next to them. Zhang Huan glanced at it and couldn't help but smiled bitterly. It seemed that he was going to stay up late again today.

"Love Dongfang, I may not be able to end tonight. I will go back early to rest!"

In the small room next to him, Dongfang Yun, the living man, had already been in power early. After more than half a month of time and night, his relationship with the emperor was quite harmonious. When the emperor rested and ate snacks in the morning, he would order people to give him a plate, but this did not mean that the emperor was interfering in his records. Dongfang Yun knew that this was actually a kind of concern for him.

Although he worked very hard every day, he felt very happy. Being able to record the words and deeds of a diligent emperor was a great luck for a historian.

Dongfang Yun was very moved when he heard that the emperor was about to stay up late again. He immediately said loudly: "Thank you for your concern. I dare not dereliction of duty. I am willing to accompany Your Majesty until dawn."

Zhang Huan also shook his head sympathetically. It seemed that he would discuss with Cui Yu tomorrow and set up two more living men.

The two eunuchs had already finished the memorial and took out a memorial from the box and presented it to Zhang Huan, "Your Majesty, this is the memorial handed over to the Censorate in the afternoon."

The memorial of the Censorate was presented directly to Zhang Huan, so it was not in Han Yu's catalog. This was also the memorial that Zhang Huan was most interested in. Although it may not be available every day, he looked forward to it every day. Today, he only received one copy until now. Zhang Huan immediately took it. There was a sign of Du Mei in the lower left corner of the memorial. It seems that this must be what the inspection office discovered?

Zhang Huan opened the memorial with great interest. The memorial tells the story of something that happened this morning. Sun Jinfang, the doctor of the Ministry of War, was half an hour late today. He was caught by Wu Yuanheng, the man who was in the gate of the Ministry of War. Sun Jinfang was rejected. Just as Pei Mingyao, the young minister of Guanglu Temple, passed by here and pleaded for Sun Jinfang as his uncle. As a result, he was also rejected by Wu Yuanheng. Pei Mingyao was angry and not only insulted Wu Yuanheng, but also beat people. As a result, Wu Yuanheng was broken a rib and shouted arrogantly in front of the Ministry of War. He was the dignified uncle.

"Barewell!" Zhang Huan threw the memorial hard before he finished reading it. The anger in his heart suddenly ignited. He hated the most that someone relied on his relationship to bully others. In the past, his family rules were strict and strictly prohibited from rushing into Longyou. If someone dared to offend, he would be kicked out of the house directly. Therefore, there has never been such a precedent. Now less than a month after he ascended the throne, such a thing happened. Moreover, it was Pei Mingyao, the inner brother he had never liked.

"Please calm down your anger!" An Zhongshun, who was serving on the side, had never seen Zhang Huanfa's fire so much that he was so scared that he knelt down quickly.

Zhang Huan sat down slowly, and he strongly restrained his anger. He gradually realized that his identity was different from the past. His words and deeds would become a model for future generations. His anger or even emotional acts would trigger a disaster in the Tang Dynasty. His eyes fell on a letter on the opposite wall: "Save Anger". It was a letter given to him by Pei Ying's grandfather Yan Zhenqing back then. At that time, he did not take this advice to heart, but now he truly realized the profound meaning of Yan Zhenqing.

"Pick up the memorial for me!"

Seeing that the emperor's anger was calm, An Zhongshun hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the memorial and put it back on the imperial case. Zhang Huan opened the memorial again and looked at the matter from another perspective.

This time he was watching Wu Yuanheng. He had almost forgotten that he had asked Wu Yuanheng to supervise the Ministry of War, but he still performed his duties conscientiously and offended his superiors and powerful people. It was Pei Mingyao's ugliness that reflected Wu Yuanheng's loyalty and integrity. From this point of view, he should also thank Pei Mingyao, because he allowed himself to see a useful upright man.

Zhang Huan mentioned the red pen and wrote the four words "Strictly handled according to the rules of Du Mei's impeachment seal, and put them aside. According to the Tang Dynasty, Pei Mingyao insulted the court officials in the imperial city and injured people, and was suspected of hindering official duties. If Zhang Huan did not ask, perhaps the Ministry of Personnel really lost his status as the uncle. But now Zhang Huan directly inquire, the Ministry of Personnel will implement the accountability system without fail. Pei Mingyao will be considered as a false morality and favoritism and fraud by the Ministry of Personnel. Not only will he be fined, but he will also be demoted to one level. If the nature is serious, he will be directly lost.

Zhang Huangang put the matter aside, suddenly, a burst of rapid footsteps came from outside the door, and a young eunuch quickly stepped in to report: "Your Majesty, the Censor Yan Zhongcheng urgently asked for a meeting."

Zhang Huan was stunned. Yan Jiudu came to him so late. Did something big happen again? He was surprised only in a moment, and he immediately ordered: "Put him to meet him!"

"Abide by the order!"

After a moment, under the guidance of the little eunuch, Yan Jiudu hurried into Zhang Huan's inner study room, bowed and said, "My minister Yan Jiudu will meet your Majesty!"

Yan Jiudu is Pei Ying's uncle and Zhang Huan's elder. Zhang Huan smiled and said to him with a kind look: "Yan Zhongcheng came to find me so late, but what big happened?"

"I want to impeach Pei Jia, the Minister of the Secretariat." Yan Jiudu took out the impeachment seal and said loudly: "Pe Jia brought the secret memorial back to the house to review without authorization, and then read it to the concubine privately, which led to the leakage of major secrets in the court, which has now caused serious consequences."

After saying that, he raised his impeachment seal and handed it on his hands. The little eunuch took it and submitted it to Zhang Huan, "It's the Pei family again!" Before he could read the memorial, Zhang Huan's face turned cold.

He opened the impeachment seal without saying a word, looked carefully, his face became more and more gloomy, and his eyes seemed to be frozen with frost. Not to mention that Pei Jia leaked major secrets, which would seriously damage his plan to issue treasure banknotes. The matter of bringing memorials back to the house without authorization made him hate him. One was late or absent for no reason, and the other brought official documents to the house to deal with them. These two things were two bad habits left by Pei Jun when he was in power in the past, which was very likely to cause secret operations. This was something he could not tolerate. On the third day of his ascension, he announced that he would strictly discipline the court. Now, it has only been more than half a month since Pei Jia committed the crime against the wind. It cannot be said that he did it on purpose. It should be said that Pei Jia did not take him Zhang Huan's sages seriously.

"Is this situation true? Is there any definite evidence of my intention?" Zhang Huan asked coldly as he closed the memorial.

Yan Jiudu had already felt Zhang Huan's attention to this matter. He was secretly happy and quickly replied: "Report to Your Majesty, the minister of this matter has used the power of the Supervision Office to find out that the source of the leaked secret is Chen Silang, the younger brother of Pei Jia's concubine. He has been controlled by the Supervision Office and the evidence is conclusive."

"Good job!" Zhang Huan nodded, "I already know this. I will deal with this matter tomorrow morning. Thank you Yan Zhongcheng for your hard work."

Zhang Huan took a piece of jade Pixiu paperweight on the imperial desk and handed it to Yan Jiudu and said, "I will reward you with this jade Pixiu paperweight."

Yan Jiudu was shocked and waved his hand quickly and said, "Your Majesty, this is my duty, how dare you receive rewards!"

"I know that what I appreciate is not this matter itself, but your selfless spirit of not fearing the powerful and selfless. I appreciate you for this. I hope you will suppress the evil spirits in the court like this Pixiu."

Yan Jiudu's nose felt sour. He knelt down slowly, took the jade Pixiu rewarded by Zhang Huan with both hands, and said with sobs: "I will never let down Your Majesty's holy grace!"

The lights in the imperial study in Linde Palace were on for a whole night, and Zhang Huan's figure appeared on the screen from time to time. He sometimes lowered his head and pondered, sometimes raised his head to think for a long time. Until a trace of green light appeared in the east sky, he finally reviewed all the memorials and took a nap at his desk for half an hour.

When a colorful cloud appeared on the east window, the old eunuch Zhu Guanghui had to wake him up, "Your Majesty, the hour of Mao is here, and it is time to prepare to go to court."

Zhang Huan's eyes were covered with blood. He stretched his waist tiredly and asked, "My queen, do you have anything to say to me?"

"The Empress does have something to ask the old slave to bring to His Majesty. She hopes that His Majesty can cherish his body and have a long way to go."

"I understand." Zhang Huan suddenly remembered something again. He immediately walked to the small room next door and pushed open a crack in the door. He saw Dongfang Yun tilting his head to the ground, twisting his waist with his pen in one hand, his mouth wide open, revealing a pair of yellow and clear teeth, like a statue.

Zhang Huan smiled and shook his head, slowly closed the door, turned around and ordered An Zhongshun: "Let him sleep for a while, and then take it to my imperial study by carriage later."

"Thank you for your concern, I'm not in the way." A little movement came from the room, and Dongfang Yun was awake.

Soon, several palace maids called for water for washing their faces. It was still early today, so Zhang Huan washed up in the study room and changed his clothes. Then he took the bus to Zichen Pavilion, and Dongfang Yun also followed behind in another easy-to-car.

In the carriage, Zhang Huan was eating snacks while looking at Yan Jiudu's impeachment seal again. It should be said that it is not yet time for the Pei family to be disturbed. His throne is not solid, and many things need to be fully supported by the Pei family. However, Pei Jia brought the memorial back to the mansion to review and led to the leak of the secrets of the court. This matter must be severely punished. We must use this matter to resolutely stop this incident from happening again. So how can we achieve both things?

Zhang Huan opened the curtain and a fresh wind blew towards him. He suddenly remembered Pei Mingyuan. He calculated that he should have returned, and his return means that the dispute over the head of the Pei family is about to become fierce.

Zhang Huan folded the memorial, closed his eyes and leaned on the cushion, thinking about the ancient story of the crane and clam fighting in his mind.

After entering the imperial study room, An Zhongshun was arranging a few young eunuchs to send the memorials approved by Zhang Huan last night to the Secretariat. Zhang Huan immediately called him up, "You go to the Secretariat and hand it over to the Prime Minister Pei for me."

Zhang Huan handed Yan Jiudu's impeachment seal over and told him: "Remember, you must hand it over to him, and tell him directly that it was given to him by me."

An Zhongshun agreed and took the memorial and was about to leave, Zhang Huan suddenly called him again, "When you come back, just send Duan of the Ministry of War to me."

Duan Shengyun, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, is Duan Xiushi's son. In the Li Mian group that was massacred this time, Duan Xiushi was the only one who was spared. Zhang Huanian pardoned him in his old love that year, and did not hold him accountable for his personal soldiers. However, he was also dismissed from his post as the Anbei University Protector and ordered him to recuperate in Beijing.

However, Zhang Huan still valued his two sons Duan Shengyun and Duan Zhiyun. Duan Shengyun was transferred from the Minister of Works to the Minister of War, and Duan Zhiyun was promoted to the governor of Shazhou and the governor of Dunhuang, leading the 5,000 Doulu army to guard the border.
Chapter completed!