manynovel Chapter 641 Frame-up
Chapter 641 Frame-up
"My two lords, please follow me in!" said the young eunuch, and then glanced at Jiang Youzhen.
After Jiang Youzhen entered the hall, he didn't dare to look any longer and quickly bowed deeply.
"Your Majesty, I, the editor of the Imperial Academy, Jiang Youzhen, respectfully wish Your Majesty good health! Long live the emperor!"
Huang Mintao also hurriedly saluted, and the two of them bowed and knelt side by side, with officials from the cabinet and the Hanlin Academy on both sides.
Everyone looked at Jiang Youzhen who was in the center. This young champion seemed to have been forgotten by the emperor. Normally, Jiang Youzhen, who was already famous before entering the officialdom, should be highly valued by the emperor, but it was the runner-up who got the favor.
Being summoned for more than ten days in a row, such an honor made others envious.
However, the truth is very intriguing. After the emperor summoned Tong Huaian, he did not treat him differently and asked him very few questions during his lectures.
When Tong Huaian saw Jiang Youzhen coming in, his brows immediately relaxed.
"Stand up!" The emperor looked at the two people below and his eyes fell on Jiang Youzhen.
"I have not summoned you since you entered the Imperial Academy. I heard from Scholar Qian that you are currently compiling the Personnel Chapter of Volume 2 of the Collected Statutes. Is this true?"
The emperor finally asked about Jiang Youzhen's recent situation. He had not summoned Jiang Youzhen for such a long time on purpose.
It is difficult for young people to keep their composure. Although Jiang Youzhen looks mature, if he loses his temper and is too ambitious, I am afraid he has been trying to form a clique for personal gain.
Fortunately, apart from the last time he fell off his horse when he went to the fourth prince's house, Jiang Youzhen seemed to have behaved himself a lot. He was not involved with the princes anymore and finally calmed down.
"Reporting to the Emperor, it is true. Lord Qian ordered me to compile the separate volumes, but it has not yet been completed."
"Oh! How much have you compiled? Show it to me." The emperor said when he saw Jiang Youzhen coming in with files and books.
This was Zhou Zhong's first time meeting Jiang Youzhen. The young man in front of him was as outstanding as the rumors said. With this appearance, he already stood out from the crowd.
He walked forward and took the file from Jiang Youzhen's hand. His eyes swept over Jiang Youzhen's eyebrows and eyes, which were as indigo as distant mountains, and he secretly admired his good looks in his heart.
"Your Majesty!" Zhou Zhong handed over the file in his hand.
Huang Mintao, who was left out, did not feel uncomfortable. Instead, he was very nervous and excited.
The emperor opened the file and looked at it. When he saw the beautiful handwriting, he nodded with satisfaction.
Jiang Youzhen divided the clerk section into two volumes. The first volume was about the officials in Beijing. The emperor took a quick look and found that they were basically the same as he remembered. Of course, the emperor had no impression of some minor officials.
He first looked at the cabinet positions and found that Jiang Youzhen's records were very detailed, so he nodded.
The first part of the entire official system is divided into chief officials and subordinate officials. The official positions and number of subordinate officials are recorded in detail, and the year in which the official positions were added are also recorded, even the year number.
"Good, very thoughtful!" The emperor was very satisfied.
The emperor wanted to say a few words of praise, but when he glanced around, he suddenly caught his attention at a place below the Zhanshi Mansion.
"Deputy Secretary?" The emperor suddenly looked at Jiang Youzhen below with his eyes as fast as arrows.
The officials could not help but shudder. Wasn't the deputy secretary an official position of the previous dynasty's government reserve? Since the beginning of this dynasty, the government reserve was changed to the Zhanshi Mansion, and the deputy secretary position was changed to the Shao Zhanshi.
Why did Jiang Youzhen suddenly write the official positions of the previous dynasty into the Huidian? The documents he looked up should be from the current dynasty, so what does it have to do with the previous dynasty?
Everyone was thinking about this, and Tong Huai'an suddenly became anxious. What happened to Jiang Youzhen? With her serious personality, this shouldn't happen!
"Jiang Xiuzhuan, do you know which dynasty this position of Deputy Chancellor was from? When you were compiling the Code of Compilation, didn't you need to check it out? There are so many documents, and the Ministry of Personnel also has a lot of them, why didn't you check it out?"
Luo Chengyi, the Minister of Revenue, shouted at Jiang Youzhen, "Has this kid been plotted against?" The old system of the previous dynasty was very taboo to talk about. How the previous emperor came to power was always difficult for the royal family to talk about.
As for matters concerning the previous dynasty, this dynasty tries to avoid mentioning them as much as possible. Isn't Jiang Youzhen touching the reverse scale?
If it weren't for the Fourth Prince, he wouldn't bother to defend this kid. He originally thought that this kid was quite scheming and wanted to marry his concubine's daughter to him, but who would have thought that this kid was a fool and didn't understand the intrigues in the officialdom at all!
What's wrong with being talented? What's wrong with having a plan for the country? If you can't beat others, you will soon become a pile of yellow earth.
Qian Songyun was also very surprised. He said quickly: "Perhaps someone accidentally mixed the documents of the previous dynasty into it, and Jiang Xiuzhuan didn't notice it. He just entered the officialdom, so it is inevitable that he is negligent. I am also guilty. I failed to check and presented these to the emperor. Please punish me."
Qian Songyun cursed in his heart, being implicated by this kid. He had been an official for many years and had always been cautious. How could he have made such a mistake?
If the emperor blames me, I, as a scholar, will also be guilty of negligence.
Seeing that Jiang Youzhen still looked confused, Tong Huaian was so anxious that he could not sit still. What was going on? Why didn't Jiang Youzhen explain himself?
"Jiang Xiuzhuan, what's your explanation?" The emperor looked at Jiang Youzhen, and seeing that the boy was still confused, he couldn't help but shook his head in disappointment.
This shouldn't be the case! I was tricked so easily.
"Your Majesty, I clearly wrote that I was the Junior Secretary, but I don't know why it became the Deputy Secretary. How dare I have the heart to be disloyal? This is simply a huge injustice, please understand your Majesty!"
Jiang Youzhen looked anxious and a little overwhelmed.
"Are you saying that the emperor has wronged you? How outrageous!" The Minister of War Sui Yuanchao pointed at Jiang Youzhen and shouted angrily.
"You still don't know you're wrong?" Qian Songyun was very anxious. Could this kid have a bad temper?
Of course, it is more important to admit your mistake right now. Maybe you can get lenient treatment and save your life!
"So you still refuse to admit your mistake?" The emperor snorted coldly and threw the file down.
Jiang Youzhen was originally kneeling. When he saw this, he quickly crawled a few steps on his knees and stepped forward to take the file in his hand.
Tong Huaian had countless thoughts in his mind at this moment. Failure to do his duty was a small matter, but he was afraid that those people had other tricks up their sleeves and wanted to make Jiang Youzhen convicted of being a remnant of the previous dynasty.
The more anxious he became, the more confused he became. He even panicked for a moment.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind. He couldn't do anything here, but he should report this matter to the Fourth Prince as soon as possible and ask him to control Jiang Youzhen's home outside the palace to prevent someone from framing him.
He searched the hall and was disappointed to find that there was no one who could go out and report the news for him.
After thinking about it, he made up his mind and was about to step out, but he heard Jiang Youzhen speak.
"Your Majesty, I absolutely could not have written it wrong. This is a frame-up. Please, Your Majesty, bring this person with ulterior motives to justice and clear my name."
The emperor snorted coldly, "You said someone framed you? Do you have any evidence? Don't you keep your files yourself? Or is there someone else keeping them for you? Besides, you are a sixth-rank official who just entered the Imperial Academy. Whose way are you blocking?"