When approaching the Ministry of Justice, Zhu Pingan felt a little strange, the Ministry of Justice in front of the Yamen is overcrowded, mostly officials, civil and military officials, but more military officials, lively as if the next court, Zhu Pingan almost thought that he had gone to the wrong door.
The entrance of the Ministry of Justice is like martial law, every three to five steps there is a brocade guards with embroidered spring swords.
In addition to the brocade guards, there were also about five small banners of soldiers and guards in front of the Ministry of Justice’s Yamen, each small banner had ten people with distinctive armour lined up in front of the Ministry of Justice’s Yamen, making it look like a military parade.
“Qianhu Liu, you’re here too.”At the entrance of the Ministry of Justice Yamen Wang Qianhu greeted Liu Qianhu.
“Qianhu Zhao was stabbed in the back, as a sworn brother, I had to come over to support him. What about you, Qianhu Wang?”Liu Qianhu returned.
“I’m the same as Chiantou Liu, I also came over to back up old brother Zhao, how can we be on the front line bleeding and sweating for the Great Ming, they are enjoying the blessings at the back not to mention stabbing us in the back, what kind of reasoning is this!”Wang Qiandu was indignant, in his heart he was angry and hateful towards the handless civil officials.
“That’s right, if we are not in the front line with the Tartars, Wala, female true fight, what right they have to drink tea in the back to rise dance, but also enmity, this kind of person, I see all have to spit him a face!”Another came a military official, came over to the two to meet and talk.
“Commander Zhang ……”
“Ta-Jen Wang ……”
Several military officials greeted each other, and then together in front of the Ministry of Justice Yamen nagged, in their arrival followed by several civil and military officials, standing together in front of the Ministry of Justice Yamen, while waiting for people to follow the nagging.
“It’s really lively ……I’m afraid I will disappoint you all today ……”
Zhu Pingan slightly pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled, then took a step towards the entrance of the Ministry of Justice Yamen.
“There is an important case at the Ministry of Justice today, all idle people will go around.”
When Zhu Pingan was almost close to the Ministry of Justice’s Yamen, the brocade guards on duty on the street stopped Zhu Pingan with their belt swords, saying that there was another important case at the Ministry of Justice today, and told Zhu Pingan to go around.
The guards on duty had received an order from their superiors to tighten the road in front of the government office, no one was allowed to approach, they did not know Zhu Pingan, but seeing that Zhu Pingan was dressed in his regular clothes, with a cloth bag slung across his back, he looked like a scholar and a businessman, and didn’t look like a government official anyway, so they stopped Zhu Pingan.
“I’m not an idler.”Zhu Pingan laughed breathlessly after being stopped.
“Who are you being playful with, leave, if you dare to pester me again, my Jinyiwei Northern Zhenfu Division has plenty of room!”The jinyiwei looked at Zhu Pingan with an expressionless face.
“Today’s important case at the Ministry of Justice can’t be done without me, I am Zhu Pingan, the Squire of the Hanlin Academy, and I am precisely the party involved in today’s important case at the Ministry of Justice, this is the official document from the Ministry of Justice in me, ordering me to come to the Ministry of Justice today to present my case.”Zhu Pingan shook his head and took out his seal and the official document received from the Ministry of Justice from his slung cloth bag, and handed it to the jinyiwei who stopped him.
Not blaming them for stopping himself, it was also their duty, as for the issue of attitude, I guess, one cannot ask too much of them in this feudal society, there is nothing in the dictionary of the feudal bureaucratic class to serve with a smile.
If they were wearing official clothes, they would definitely not dare to stop them.
“Your Excellency redeem yourself, Your Excellency please.”After seeing Zhu Pingan’s seal and the official document of the Ministry of Justice, the Jin Yi Wei who had stopped the road hurriedly bowed and saluted Zhu Pingan, and with both hands, returned the seal and the official document of the Ministry of Justice to Zhu Pingan.
“You have scrupulously followed your duties, what offence is there.”Zhu Pingan smiled faintly and took the seal and official document into his slung cloth bag.
While collecting things on Zhu Pingan’s side, a person came from the opposite street, causing the entrance of the Ministry of Justice Yamen to boil over all of a sudden, the military officials who were at the entrance of the Ministry of Justice Yamen walked up together and greeted the person who came.
The person who came was the same as Zhu Pingan, both were the main protagonists of today’s important case of the Ministry of Justice, one without the other.
This person was the target of Zhu Pingan’s impeachment – Zhao Dajing.
Zhao Dajing today all armour, foot stool deerskin boots, waist hanging a systematic long sword, back an iron bow, the other side of the waist also hangs a pot of arrows, martial arts is extraordinary, quite a general’s demeanour.
Looking at Zhao Dajing, he then looked at Zhu Pingan.
Compared to him, Zhu Pingan was much more ordinary, just by looking at his clothes, Zhao Dajing was the standard leading man, and Zhu Pingan was probably just a small dragon set playing the sauce.
“Old brother Zhao you’re here, don’t worry, there are old brothers to back you up, won’t let anyone bully us martial artists for nothing.”
“That’s right, Zhao Qianhuo for our Ming bleeding and sweating, both hard work and merit, even if there are still small boys backstabbing, really shameless, rest assured, we will not sit back and do nothing.”
“Zhao Qianhu, we support you.”
“Today must let that surname Zhu pay the price not, just from the mud leg to become an officer do not know who they are, even presumed to frame us to make a name for themselves, do his spring and autumn shit dream to go, today to let him look good! Let him know that we martial artists are not easy to bully!”
“That’s right, Zhao Qianhu was promoted by Pavilion Master Yan, who the hell does he think he is, Zhu Pingan!”
The military officials at the entrance of the Ministry of Justice’s Yamen took a stance in support of Zhao Dajing, and verbally attacked Zhu Pingan in all kinds of ways.
These military officials were quite loud, and Zhu Pingan heard them from a long distance away……
“Thank you all colleagues, I, Zhao Da Ying, am not afraid of the villain behind my back! As the saying goes, I’m not afraid of the shadow, I have nothing to be afraid of, today is just a formality, I believe that all of you who presided over the presentation of the case will return my Zhao Dajing’s innocence, and will also give us military generals an explanation, so that we can be on the front line and fight with all our heart and soul without having to worry about being framed behind our backs.”Zhao Dajing thanked all the military officials and then said with a needless face.
“Good, what old brother Zhao said is good, you must give us an explanation today.”Zhao Dajing’s words resonated with all the military officials, speaking their minds and echoing their support.
Ancient saying: the way of civil and military is one and one, civil and military officials are equally important to a dynasty. But now it’s different, now the status of the military officials is deteriorating, even the civil officials who are lower than their rank are flaunting their power in front of them.
There are too many such examples: the military officials who have been out to shed blood and sell their lives and return to the dynasty after winning battles, only to be played to death by a few small civil officials who brush their pencils in the imperial court. ……
These military officials have been unbalanced in their hearts for a long time, and they support Zhao Dajing, in addition to being enlisted by Zhao Dajing’s money and favours, there is a big part of the factor is exactly for this reason.
The military officials of the Ming Dynasty were mostly hereditary, and the Ming dynasty’s kingdom was fought down with the blood and lives of their ancestors. Not only that, the protection of the Ming dynasty, the protection of foreign enemies, relying on them is not the military officials.
They are from the ancestors of the blood and sweat to now, why the status of the day by day instead of the civil officials, why!
