It's a misty and rainy day.

The Xinyi Medicine Shop by the Wuzhang River has not yet been completely completed, and the craftsmen are finishing and cleaning. Xinyi is sitting in the medicine research room, with piles of books in hand. The indoor windows are wide open, and you can see the spring rain and mist of the Wuzhang River. In your ears

, from time to time, the sound of craftsmen lifting wood came from outside, but she didn't feel noisy, and the whole person was extremely peaceful...

She immersed herself in reading.

Under the same sky, a carriage slowly drove out of the eldest princess's mansion and entered the palace city.

Fu Jiuqu sat calmly. The eldest princess looked at her son's face from time to time, remained silent for a long time, and sighed softly.

"When you meet an official, you should listen more and speak less. Don't let everything go according to your own whim. Just do what the official says... The king is the king and the minister is the minister. You cannot confuse your identity based on family ties...

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Fu Jiuqu had heard this kind of education since he was a child and never refuted it.

The eldest princess comes from the royal family, so she may have seen a lot of conflicts between blood and family ties in the Tian family, so she has always been very cautious.

Fu Jiuqu's eyes were sparkling and he didn't say anything for a long time. It wasn't until the eldest princess coughed that he came back to his senses and his expression darkened.

"knew."

The eldest princess: "I have been restless all day. What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing." Fu Jiuqu replied calmly.

The eldest princess looked at her son and sighed secretly in her heart.

Yesterday, she dragged him back to her house and spoke a lot of earnest words, but this scoundrel seemed not to have listened to a single word. With such an expression... she might be thinking about the little widow again.

"You said it was nothing. I think you were either possessed by a demon or drugged with ecstasy by her. Just sitting here for a while, you feel like you have lost your soul."

In addition to being a doctor and having some skills, what else does the little widow have?

The eldest princess thought hard and couldn't figure out how Mrs. Zhang had so bewildered her son.

The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she became, and her heart was filled with anger that her home-grown cabbage had been eaten by pigs.

"I really gave birth to you in vain."

Fu Jiuqu raised his eyebrows.

The eldest princess rarely loses her temper and is always calm and neither irritable nor impatient. It is rare for her to use such a strong tone to lecture others.

Fu Jiuqu said respectfully: "I'm thinking about how to deal with uncle..."

The eldest son wanted to slap him on the head, "When he enters the palace, he is not your uncle, he is an official, he is the emperor. Did you turn a deaf ear to what mother just said?"

Fu Jiuqu raised his eyebrows, "No. I already know."

The eldest princess: "I think you clearly didn't hear me."

"Mother is always right."

"You...you want to make me angry to death?"

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When the mother and son entered the imperial study room under the leadership of the chamberlain, Zhao Zhen was standing in front of the desk, writing calmly and calmly, with a calm expression and concentration, with almost no emotion at all.

"My sister, please give my regards to the official family."

"The humble minister pays his respects to the official family."

Mother and son saluted together.

Zhao Zhen raised his eyes and asked the chamberlain to look at the eldest princess's seat. Then he waved to Fu Jiuqu, gesturing for him to come forward and read his handwriting.

Fu Jiuqu responded and slowly approached, only to see that half of the words pressed under the paperweight were already written.

"Principles are born out of danger."

This sentence comes from Liu Yu, a politician of the Later Jin Dynasty, and the next sentence is "Chaos arises from arbitrary will."

Putting the two sentences together, they are the way to govern the country. It means that if the country is to be governed well, those in power must be cautious and not act recklessly, otherwise it will cause chaos. And if the country is in chaos, the people will definitely live in trouble...

"Good words."

Fu Jiuqu praised loudly, "The characters have bones, the iron drawings have silver hooks, and it cannot be written without a dragon pen..."

Zhao Zhen looked at him sideways, frowned for a long time, hummed heavily, and put down his pen.

"You write the sentence."

Fu Jiuqu quickly handed over his hand and said, "Officials use pens, but humble ministers don't dare."

Zhao Zhen specially left the second half of the sentence to him, asking him to remember that "chaos arises from arbitrary will." He declined at this moment, looking cautious.

"You don't dare? Why don't you dare?" Zhao Zhen suppressed his anger, waved his hand for the eunuch to go down, and closed the palace door. Then he sat down on the chair and looked at his nephew standing in front of him.

"Yu Qing, I can't control your son anymore."

When the eldest princess heard this, she stood up quickly.

"It's all my fault that I didn't teach my son well. Please forgive me."

She raised her head and glanced at Fu Jiuqu again, speaking sincerely.

"This evil boy, my sister taught him a lesson at home last night and made him kneel at the ancestral memorial tablet for a night. Today he said that he has fully realized it and will never dare to act recklessly in the future. Brother, please forgive him this time...

"

Zhao Zhen hummed, his beard trembling, but there was no emotion on his face.

"Do you really realize that you were wrong?"

Fu Jiuqu lowered his head and cupped his hands, "I know I was wrong."

Zhao Zhen looked a little better, "What's wrong?"

Fu Jiuqu said: "The mistake was not to find Zhang Lu's criminal den earlier, which resulted in more innocent women falling into the hands of thieves. It was a big mistake..."

Zhao Zhen looked at his sister and pointed at Fu Jiuqu.

"Is this what you call great enlightenment?"

Fu Jiuqu walked to the imperial court and bowed politely.

"Eating the emperor's salary is a matter of loyalty to the emperor. Every day and night, a humble minister does not think about solving problems for the officials and repaying the officials' great kindness, even if they are broken into pieces, they will not hesitate."

"You really have a thorough understanding." Zhao Zhen looked at him coldly and suddenly pointed at the memorial on the desk, "Do you know how many memorials I received from you today?"

"I know." Fu Jiuqu raised his head and looked at Zhao Zhen, "I have a clear conscience. These people rely on our government not to kill those who speak out or to kill scholar-bureaucrats. They use the pretext of co-ruling the world to seek personal gain and force the officials to compromise.

They are no different from the moths of the Song Dynasty..."

Zhao Zhen's eyes were slightly hot. He looked at him for a moment and sighed.

"Is it in vain that you have read so many books, but you don't know the fear of the world and the way of balance? If a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it. If it piles up on the bank, the current will be turbulent. If you walk higher than others, everyone will reject it.

ah!"

Fu Jiuqu smiled slightly and his eyes became a little firmer.

"However, a man with lofty ideals and a benevolent man will never regret it. I don't care about reputation, nor do I want to be remembered in history, nor do I want to work with such a group of so-called benevolent ministers who judge the situation based on circumstances. What officials cannot say, let ministers say. Officials

What cannot be done must be done by the minister. There must be justice in heaven and earth. This is what I think... They are angry and hateful, and they come against me..."

Zhao Zhen looked at him, as if he wanted to scold him, but his lips moved a few times, leaving only a sigh.

As an emperor, he understands the complexity of affairs in the court better than anyone else. Who is right and who is wrong is often not an emperor's priority when dealing with matters. How to balance the rights of the court and minimize losses is the criterion.

In a spice case, from the moment Fu Jiuqu got the list of 100 people, Zhao Zhen warned him that the case could be closed.

If you pull out the carrot and bring out the mud, if you continue to follow the clues, will you bring down the entire officialdom of the Song Dynasty? Then can he still sit firmly on the throne of the emperor?

Fu Jiuqu agreed wholeheartedly, saying that it was Lingchi Du Zhongqing, an official on the list of 100 people, and he would randomly pick out a few unlucky people to scare the monkeys, so that the others would be honest for at least a few years.

Zhao Zhen thought what he said was very reasonable at the time, but turned around and created a major execution case for him, allowing thousands of people to hear with their own ears that Zhang Lu had harmed one party.

Should we check or not? Of course we have to check.

He just wanted to investigate, but actually notified Cao Yi to arrest the person.

In the villa, Cao Yi not only rescued the trapped women, but also obtained a personal note from Zhang Lu.

Over the years, where the fragrant girls trained in Zhuangzi have gone and to whom they were dedicated, including personal and material evidence, are all in the handbook...

This was originally left by Zhang Lu to restrain the adults, but now it has become a handle for punishment.

The Cao family and the Zhang family have never dealt with each other, so how can they let Cao Yi get the evidence?

What Zhao Zhen did not say was that half of the papers presented by the two governments today accused Fu Jiuqu of being ruthless and immoral, while the other half impeached Zhang Yaozhuo for committing crimes, colluding with party members, framing Zhongliang, and demanding that Zhang Yaozhuo be punished severely.

of national law.

Fu Jiuqu looked at the silent Zhao Zhen with a complicated expression.

"If the officials refuse to deal with Zhang Yaozhuo, is it for public or private reasons?"

Today, the ministers have been quarreling in the main hall for an hour, each one more reasonable than the other. The saliva almost hit Zhao Zhen's face, and he has been suffering from a headache for a long time.

Unexpectedly, when I returned to the apse, I would be questioned by my nephew.
To be continued...