Outside the Xijing Censorate, an official with a white beard sat on the ground, crying loudly: "I am so despicable, so despicable! I served Yizu, fighting south and north, and fighting east and west, and making so many contributions! I didn't expect that, I was bullied by several clerks when I was old. Where is the law of heaven?!"

Several public officials stood not far away, and a leader looked at the old man and said coldly: "Don't rely on your seniority here and pretend to be crazy! You are still fighting around, where have you ever asked for it? Just lead the horse to Yizu once, and it will be a huge contribution in your mouth! I have been talking about it for decades, and I have lived in Xijing for many years, but how many people have never heard you talk about it? Also, don't say it as if the court owes you something. You have also been a real power official. Because of corruption and harshness, you were impeached and exiled to Shamen Island! Emperor Taizong thought you were an old minister and asked you to be in the Xijing branch. You should thank the emperor for his gratitude!"

The old man glanced at the official fiercely, and saw that he ignored him at all, he cried again attentively.?

A large group of branch officials stood together, forming a large circle with various wallets in the middle. Now they are all directly real money. Many of these people are not low, with a few stakes of less and dozens of stakes of more. No one can carry so many copper coins.

The branch officials were demoted to Luoyang City for various reasons. The elderly accounted for the majority, and some were already in their twilight years and would fall down when they touched them. The public officials did not dare to force them. After all, they could not bear the responsibility if they were officials. They just surrounded these people from afar. Who would have been willing to go out and count the money and draw the ban before they could be put home.

People of different identities have different amounts of exemption, and the amount of money is not included in the household. For officials, the amount of exemption is generally one to two months' salary. But today, it is a one-time salary of several months. No matter how you calculate it, you must have money included in the household. The branch officials have no real power, so naturally there is no other way to make money. They rely on their salary to support the family and the family. Upgrading to a higher-level household will have a great impact on these people. If they are recorded by the government, all kinds of things will come to their doors.

These people are determined to fight against the public officials to the end, determined to be firm and extremely united.

The censors of the Xijing Censorate were idle and not permanent. Now there is no master in the yamen, only a few public officials. How could they come to cause trouble? They all hid early and disappeared.

Such things must be at the door of the government to be effective. These branch officials have no status and really block the real power yamen. They are afraid that they will suffer losses. After a compromise, they gather in the empty yamen, the Censorate.

Some of the officials cried, some scolded, and some specialized in protecting their money bags. The division of labor was clear, but they were not a mob.

The public officials have great justice in their hands, so they don’t have to hurry. They just surrounded them and see how long these old guys can last.

It was the hot summer weather, and the sun rose to the top of my head, and the sun was soaked. Many officials were soaked in sweat, but they looked at their wallets and refused to relax. Most of the public officials stood under the trees by the roadside, which was relaxed and comfortable.

After such a major incident happened under the rule, Wang Yaochen had no time to prepare the ceremonial guards. He brought several officials under his jurisdiction and called some servants casually, so he hurried to the Censorate. He originally sent people to recruit the magistrate of Henan County, but he didn't expect that a murder case occurred outside the city. The magistrate and the county magistrate went to the scene, and Henan County became an empty yamen.

As soon as Wang Yaochen showed up, someone shouted: "Okay, okay, the judge Wang Tong of Henan Prefecture is here, and someone is taking the initiative!"

Hearing this sound, the already high-pitched voice of the old man sitting on the ground crying suddenly increased a lot: "Now today, Zi Shengming, Qingping World, Xijing Royal City, this kind of thing happened! Treacherous ministers are in power, persecuting loyal and kind, and the people live in poverty!"

A public official sneered and mocked: "Don't scream, you are an official or not, and the people's life has nothing to do with you!"

The old man was stunned and hurriedly changed his words: "Officials don't live, but officials don't live! We old ministers have sweated and shed blood for the Song Dynasty! Now that we are old, we are useless, and even such a little money and food for life will be plotted by treacherous ministers! Do you still have a conscience to treat old ministers like this for your promotion and wealth? The truth of heaven is clear! The truth of heaven is clear!"

When he heard this, the public officials around him looked contemptuous. It would be fine if others said this. The old man's lifelong contribution was to lead the Taizu Zhao Kuangyin. He was qualified to be the chief of the state. He was impeached for greed and tyrannical to his subordinates for less than two years and demoted to the Xijing Branch Office for decades.

The branch officials still had status when he was Taizu, and were generally used to favor old ministers for their elderly care. When he was Taizu, his attitude changed and he was used to settle and deal with people who lived in vain. When he was Zhenzong, his status further declined. The emperor clearly stated that the branch officials were abandoned by some countries. For various reasons, he was not dismissed from office and was given a free job.

Most of these branch officials outside the Censorate have been punished in various ways. Most of them are responsible for the reduction of the branch department after making a mistake, and some are the branch department of the branch department of the Seventh Division, that is, officials who are subject to more severe punishments such as organization, placement, and removal of the Seventh Division. When faced with amnesty and other reasons, they were reduced to the Xijing Branch Office. There are very few truly innocent branch officials of the Ming Dynasty Branch Office and the Prayer Branch Office. As for the royal relatives, princes and nobles who were divided into Xijing Branch Office, they were not as good as taking the money themselves.

Wang Yaochen squeezed into the crowd and saw the old man sitting on the ground at a glance. Seeing him snot and tears, it seemed like a huge injustice. He couldn't help but say: "Old Chief, the weather is hot, so if you have anything to say, you will hurt your body if you are so careful."

"What am I doing when I get up? Let me die here!" The old man's tears seemed to break the dam, and it suddenly collapsed a lot. "Prime Minister Wang Tong, I am an old minister who served Yizu. I sweat and bleeding for the Song Dynasty. Do you think it's easy?"

Wang Yaochen, the top scholar in the dynasty, was a scholar who felt a headache when he saw this and said in a word: "It's not easy, it's not easy for old ministers! If you have something to say, there will naturally be someone to take charge of everything. What kind of conciseness does this look like?"

"What other ethics do we need? All of us old ministers are forced to death! A little bit of money and food, my young and old, just point to this life! I also have to count it as an old minister for me to join the household, let my descendants work as a servant, how can you meet Yizu!"

Wang Yaochen looked around and said to his followers, "Didn't he send someone to inform the left-behind magistrate Sun Tong? Why didn't he see anyone here at this time? He was in charge of the branch office. This way, it was not that he had lost all the face of the court!"
Chapter completed!