Chapter 957 Seeking Peace and Quiet Where is Peace and Quiet
After handing over his job at the Ministry of Rites, he got another ten days of menstrual leave. Sun Shaozong first dealt with the important things one by one, and then for the next few days he simply closed the door to visitors and wandered around with his two children and "nephew".
Unlike the rapid changes in later generations, the separation of just half a year left almost no trace in the capital.
Of course, this is also because the rush to build gardens in the past few years has greatly overdrawn the consumption capacity of the old nobles. Besides being short of money, they have to barely maintain their status, so naturally they are unable to undertake any major projects.
As for the newly emerged dignitaries in recent years, either they have not yet completed their primitive accumulation, or their clan roots are all in their hometowns, and they are surrounded by only three or five sparse family members. Even if they make some moves, they are not very noticeable.
The only changes visible to the naked eye are probably the Taoist temples.
Because the current emperor favors Taoists and alchemists, and following suit, almost all Taoist temples have made a lot of money. Even if they are unable to build a new Taoist temple out of thin air like the Tianshi Mansion, it is not a problem to repair it.
As the saying goes, 'people need clothes, Buddhas need gold ornaments', the Three Pure Ones are covered in gold powder, and they also look radiant and attractive.
Coupled with the fact that Empress Defei had just successfully given birth to a dragon son a few days ago, it was like another live advertisement for the Taoists, so naturally those foolish men and women flocked to her.
Almost every Taoist temple is packed with people, and nearly half of them come to pray for children.
The Taoists would not miss this God-given opportunity, and various "promotional" activities were launched one after another, not to mention folk storytelling and fortune-telling. The people from the Tianshi Mansion even set up a stage outside and performed "Zhang Tianshi's Ming Judgment of the Moon".
Although other Taoist temples were a step late, they were not willing to be outdone and booked almost all the opera troupes in the capital, which made the weddings and funerals of the wealthy families less colorful, but it also gave the common people a feast for the eyes.
Although Sun Shaozong had little interest in these operas which were mainly religious propaganda and had dull content, children loved to join in the fun.
Therefore, in the past few days, more than half of the time was spent lingering in various Taoist temples.
On May 12, Sun Shaozong simply took his children to Qingxu Temple early in the morning - to ask Taoist Zhang for some inside information about the court and the public, which was better than listening to the nonsense of an unfamiliar Taoist priest.
But who would have thought that by such an unfortunate coincidence, Taoist Zhang happened to be giving a sermon on stage.
Sun Shaozong had no choice but to order his servants to take a few children to the corner tower to hang out, while he himself found a meditation room to hide away in peace.
In fact, he had been wandering around with his child these days, not only to enhance the relationship between father and son, but also to have some free time - when Wang Xifeng came to visit that day, in addition to "showing off" her pregnancy, she was also paving the way for Wang Ren .
To say that this Wang Yanei is really a good-for-nothing, he has already lost his composure when the imperial court's plan to severely punish Wang Ziteng is just hearsay and far-fetched.
After trying to curry favor with the emperor but being rejected many times, he heard from someone that as long as the envoys to Liaodong could talk about the achievements of the navy in intimidating Korea in front of the emperor, the Wang family would most likely be exempted from the blame.
So Wang Ren came to harass her for three days in a row, and Wang Xifeng kept asking questions indirection, always bringing up the fetus in her womb, which was really annoying.
but……
It seems like a mistake to bring the children out to get away from the noise.
With a few naughty kids gathered together, how can there be any peace and quiet?
Not to mention that after a whole day of hard work, he had to face Yu's hungry demands when he got home.
Alas~
It is indeed difficult to enjoy the blessing of having many wives!
When I expand my harem in the future, I'll try to find some herbivorous ones, for example...
Knock knock knock
I was sitting cross-legged on the cushion, thinking about some impure things, when I suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.
Sun Shaozong quickly gathered his chaotic thoughts and said solemnly, "Come in."
The person who responded was actually a servant who was accompanying him.
He crouched down and took two steps forward, cupping his hands and reporting, "Second Master, there's news from home that Captain Feng will be escorted out of the capital in three days."
"knew."
Sun Shaozong responded indifferently, waited for the servant to leave, and carefully closed the door, but he couldn't help but sigh.
A few days ago, Hu Zhenfu of the Northern Pacification Office sent an invitation. Originally, it was thought that he wanted to discuss the matter of the White Lotus rebels.
Unexpectedly, after a few pleasantries at the Northern Pacification Office, Hu Xianzhong got straight to the point and discussed the disposal plan for Feng Xin.
According to Hu Xianzhong's statement, Emperor Guangde was very angry about Su Xingfang's case some time ago, and ordered the Northern Pacification Office to conduct a strict investigation. Once any official was found to be in collusion with bandits, the punishment would be doubly severe to serve as a warning to others.
Although Feng Xin was in collusion with bandits, he did not cause any substantial losses to the imperial court. In the critical moment, he repented and assisted the imperial court in capturing several important figures of the White Lotus Sect, which could be regarded as having made up for his mistake .
However, because of this imperial edict, Hu Xianzhong, who was in charge of the case, did not dare to let him off lightly anymore.
So after repeated considerations, Feng Xin ended up being exiled to Yunnan and Guizhou.
Hu Xianzhong went to find Sun Shaozong this time in order to explain the connection between the two parties and to prevent him from feeling resentful about it.
All I can say is that the cause and effect in this world is truly bizarre - when Sun Shaozong captured Su Xingfang, he never thought that it would be so implicated to Feng Xin.
It was useless to say anything now. All I could do was prepare a few glasses of wine and a few letters to send to the generals at the front line to bid farewell to Feng Xin.
Speaking of the Yunnan-Guizhou front, Shen Lian volunteered to go to Yunnan and Guizhou years ago, but Lu Jianxing chose to stay in the capital after much hesitation. It is said that he met several women after the spring, and it seems that he is preparing to start a family and have children.
After learning the news, Sun Shaozong asked Lu Jianxing to write a letter of divorce and asked Shen Lian to inquire about his cheap father-in-law's situation nearby.
Of course, if there was any news coming back, Sun Shaozong would most likely only report good news and not bad news.
Knock knock knock
At this time, there was another knock on the door. It turned out to be the servant who had just left and came back with someone.
"I am Hong Jiu, your humble servant, and I pay my respects to you, Your Excellency."
The person who came was none other than Hong Jiu, a minor official placed in the Office of Administration by Sun Shaozong.
After entering the room, Hong Jiu bowed with great respect. After Sun Shaozong raised his hand to signal him to stand up, he went straight to the point and reported: "Sir, there was some trouble in Cangzhou Prefecture. It is said that the scholar who was studying law had a conflict with the county and was angry about the unfair handling of the prefecture. So he carried the tablet of the master and surrounded the Cangzhou government office."
After a pause, he added, "This time, Lord Wei sent me here without telling me anything else. He just told me to pass on a message."
It was said to be delivering a message, but how could Sun Shaozong stay out of this matter?
At the beginning of this spring, the imperial court selected two prefectures and seven counties in Zhili as pilot areas for the "Legal Education in Rural Areas" program, and Cangzhou Prefecture was one of them.
The trial has only been in place for less than half a year, and such a mass incident has occurred. It seems that it has little to do with Sun Shaozong - after all, he did not participate in the relevant supervision, and he only returned to the capital not long ago.
The scary thing is that after this incident, the court will lose confidence in continuing to promote the "Legal Education in the Countryside" - and once this thing fails, Sun Shaozong, as the initiator, will definitely be criticized a lot.
The only solution now is to calm down this disturbance as soon as possible to avoid getting into trouble.
On the other hand, isn't this a good opportunity for him to regain control?
Now that he has quelled the chaos in Cangzhou Prefecture, the court won't let him stay out of it, right?
