Chapter 35 The joke is too big
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Wu Jianzhang didn't know when he secretly colluded with Bourbron, the negotiator of the United Fleet. Emperor Xianfeng didn't care about that much. He yelled at the dragon case: "Bold Wu Jianzhang, what should you blame?"
"I am wronged! Your Majesty, I am wronged. Even if I have great courage, I dare not secretly collude with foreign negotiators!"
In the turmoil of the court, Wu Jianzhang certainly cried and cried for justice, but Sushun's political enemy in the court immediately said that Weng Tongshu and Song Jin were waiting outside the Donghua Gate with evidence. Emperor Xianfeng did not hesitate and immediately issued an order in anger to Xuan Tongshu and Song Jin to the hall. While the eunuch hurried to pass the imperial edict, the eyes of the civil and military officials in the court also focused on Wu Jianzhang. Many xenophobic officials like Mu Yin were still smiling on their faces, hoping that Emperor Xianfeng would issue an order earlier and lead Wu Jianzhang, a donation class with foreigners, who were wearing pairs of pants, to behead him.
Soon, Weng Tongshu and Song Jin, who were not qualified to attend court, were admitted to the palace by Xuan. Finally, they had the opportunity to show their faces in front of Emperor Xianfeng, and were personally encouraged by Emperor Xianfeng to speak out. Of course, Weng Tongshu and Song Jin were very energetic. While presenting letters to prove their letters, they vividly introduced their discovery of Wu Jianzhang's treason in Tongyi's stolen country - it was Song Jin who came to Wu Jianzhang for his friend Fan Hui.
When his grandson Wu Chaoyue was apologizing, he heard Wu Chaoyue speak up after drinking, and found that the grandparents and grandchildren of the Wu family were suspected of secretly communicating with foreigners and planned to betray the Qing court for wealth and prosperity. Then at night, Song Jin heard that Burbron sent someone to send letters to the grandparents and grandchildren of the Wu family, and asked Wu Jianzhang to burn them after reading the letter. Song Jin quietly took the letter away, preparing to expose the crime of traitoring the country by the grandparents and grandchildren of the Wu family...
Before Song Jin finished speaking, Wu Jianzhang was so scared that he was scattered. He was afraid that Bulbron would really send him some secret letters, so he hurriedly whined: "Long live, it's unfair, heaven and earth are proof, I really didn't contact Bulbron secretly! Even if he really sent any letters to him, I wouldn't know in advance!"
"Mr. Wu, are you really unaware of it?" Weng Tongshu would give Wu Jianzhang an excuse that he had not known it in advance and immediately said with a smile: "Mr. Wu, if you really unaware of it in advance, then why did your grandson Wu Chaoyue go to the Hanlin Academy to cause trouble after discovering the letter is lost? I want to buy this letter back from Lord. Song? After being rejected by Lord. Song, why was he still scared to the front of the Hanlin Academy?"
Wu Jianzhang was speechless, and he never dreamed that his grandson, who had become much smarter in recent times, would do such a stupid thing. Emperor Xianfeng was even more angry and quickly asked for details. Weng Tongshu quickly told Wu Chaoyue's request for letters to the Hanlin Academy in a vivid way. He also said that he thought it was wrong, so he urged Song Jin to bring the letter to the imperial city immediately to ask the Grand Secretary of the Academy to report on his behalf to share the merits.
With a blue face, he took the letter that the eunuch turned to in front of him, crushed the intact lacquer with his own hands, took out the letter paper and looked carefully. He saw that there were indeed a few words written in foreign languages. Emperor Xianfeng was of course even more angry and shouted: "Who knows foreign languages? I will translate them for me!"
No one answered, all the civil and military officials in the Golden Palace looked at each other, and no one dared to stand up and serve as the translator for Emperor Xianfeng - the key was that they didn't know foreign languages. Only Wu Jianzhang, who wanted to die, plucked up his courage and said, "Your Majesty, I know foreign languages, and I wish to translate them for a long time."
Before Wu Jianzhang finished speaking, there was already a lot of curses in the Golden Palace. Many officials jumped out to oppose Wu Jianzhang's translation. Mu Yin even publicly questioned whether Wu Jianzhang wanted to destroy the evidence? Emperor Xianfeng also shouted: "I can't believe you! Come, go to the host and guest office of the Ministry of Rites to pass on a few translations who understand foreign languages!"
The eunuch sent the order to sing Nuo and ran out to announce the order. However, Emperor Xianfeng still felt unhappy and shouted again: "Take Wu Jianzhang down, and then Hanlin Academy to capture his grandson. When the translation interprets the foreign language for me, they will push their grandchildren out of the Meridian Gate to behead them!"
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It's time to look back at the situation on Wu Chaoyue. After seeing Wu Chaoyue fainting suddenly, Li Hongzhang guessed that there must be a major reason, but he still helped Wu Dasai and wait for his legs to help Wu Chaoyue to the shade of the roadside, pinched Wu Chaoyue's chest and rubbed his chest to relieve his breath. It took a lot of effort. Wu Chaoyue finally woke up slowly. Li Hongzhang asked: "Mr. Wu, what happened? Why did you faint suddenly?"
First, beware of someone secretly surveillance of him, and second, I wanted to take the opportunity to see what Li Hongzhang was, so Wu Chaoyue didn't say anything, his expression was dull, just looking at the gate of the Hanlin Academy, as if he was already crazy. However, Wu Dasai next to him was awkward, and according to Wu Chaoyue's instructions to passers-by, he told Li Hongzhang that Wu Chaoyue lost a very important letter and suspected that it was received by Song Jin, so he came to the Hanlin Academy to settle the score. As a result, before Wu Dasai finished speaking, Li Hongzhang's face was already covered with frost. He asked Wu Chaoyue sternly: "Young Master Wu, tell me the truth, why is that letter so important?"
Wu Chaoyue still didn't say anything, Li Hongzhang stopped talking, pushed Wu Chaoyue in front of Wu Dasai and others, and got up and was about to leave. Wu Chaoyue quickly grabbed him and begged, "Brother Shaoquan, don't leave."
"You are unwilling to tell the truth, why should I stay?" Li Hongzhang said frankly and said, "Mr. Wu, tell you the truth. The reason why I extended a helping hand to your grandfather, Wu Daotai, was to admire your grandfather Wu Daotai, and was diligent in state affairs. Only then would he rather make a grudge with Weng Tongshu than help you! But if your grandfathers and grandchildren really did make any treason for the country, I, Li Hongzhang, would not let you go!"
When he said this, Li Hongzhang was full of righteousness and his eyes were sharp. He stared at Wu Chaoyue's eyes and carefully observed all Wu Chaoyue's expressions and reactions. As a result, what surprised Li Hongzhang was that Wu Chaoyue's reaction was exactly the same as him, and he also stared at his eyes with sharp eyes, even above Li Hongzhang! After a lot of time, Wu Chaoyue's eyes actually showed a smile that made Li Hongzhang even more surprised, and murmured: "Brother Shaoquan is Brother Shaoquan, and he deserves to be one of the three outstanding talents in the world."
Although Wu Chaoyue's voice was low, Li Hongzhang still heard a lot of ears and asked in confusion: "What did you say? What do you mean?"
"Nothing." Wu Chaoyue shook his head, and saw that there were no outsiders eavesdropping on the left and right, then he whispered: "Brother Shaoquan, ask for something. If that letter is really that important, then according to the rules of the Qing court, who should they submit the letter to?"
Li Hongzhang stopped saying a word and stared at Wu Chaoyue for a long time. Seeing that Wu Chaoyue's eyes were even more smiling, Li Hongzhang vaguely guessed something, and then replied in a low voice: "They are all sixth ranks and do not have the right to report the matter. According to the rules, they should submit the memorial and letters to the Military Affairs Office for approval. If they want to bypass the Military Affairs Office and report to the Emperor, they can only submit it to the Grand Secretary of the Academy, Bai Wei, and ask Lord Bai to review the descendants for presentation."
"Does Weng Tongshu and others have any grudges against Bai Wei?" Wu Chaoyue asked again in a low voice, "Also, do you have any rivals in the Military Affairs Office?"
Li Hongzhang smiled, and finally made a judgment in his heart. He replied with a smile: "Mr. Bai and Weng Tongshu have no holidays, but Master Bai is the leader of the Hanlin Academy, and the recognized leader of the Qingliu in the court and the country is Weng Xincun, the father of Weng Tongshu. In this regard, Master Bai may feel a little unhappy. As for the Military Affairs Office, I don't know this."
"What a pity." Wu Chaoyue said regretfully, and then whispered: "Young brother Shaoquan's kindness is remembered by me. Brother Shaoquan doesn't have to worry about the rest. Please watch the show with peace of mind."
Li Hongzhang nodded with a smile on his lips, then he took a step away. Wu Chaoyue also whispered to Wu Dasai leave with his back. However, when Wu Chaoyue had just lying on Wu Dasai's back with the help of other servants, a team of guards in yellow jackets rushed over to the west of Chang'an Street, and he shouted loudly from afar who was Wu Chaoyue? Of course, Wu Chaoyue was inexplicable, but Li Hongzhang suddenly woke up and quickly turned around and whispered to Wu Chaoyue: "Young Master Wu, terrible! I forgot one thing. Weng Tongshu and the others might be able to take advantage of the opportunity to go to the morning court and ask Lord Bai to poke the letter to the emperor now! With their background and relationship, it is not difficult to do this!"
"Now you can get to Xianfeng?" Wu Chaoyue was stunned and suddenly felt a little distressed, "Please! This joke is too big!"
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Looking back at the situation of Wu Jianzhang and Emperor Xianfeng, I waited a lot for a long time before finally the two translators from the host and guest departments of the Ministry of Rites were taken to the Golden Palace by the guards. The two translators kowtowed in fear. Emperor Xianfeng, who had been impatient, waved and shouted: "Don't give me a favor, translate this letter into the language of my Qing Dynasty for me, and read it to me!"
In front of everyone, the letter was carried by the eunuch on a plate to the two translators. Wu Jianzhang, who had been removed from his top belt during this period, was trembling all over. His eyes were begging for pity in his eyes, and he kept praying for God's blessing in his heart. What was too serious about the letter. Mu Yin, Lin Kui and Seng Gelinqin and other xenophobic ministers all sneered on their faces. Weng Tongshu and Song Jin, who were kneeling in the hall, even grinned at the corners of their mouths. It seemed that they had seen the wonderful scene of the heads of the Wu family's grandchildren falling to the ground...
"Pu! Pu!" Two sounds made Emperor Xianfeng and the officials of the Qing Dynasty dumbfounded. They only glanced at the letter briefly. The two translated letters were so scared that they knelt down on their knees, knocked on the ground with their heads, and said in unison: "The emperor forgives the crime, and I am afraid that I will translate this letter if I die!"
"Why?" Emperor Xianfeng asked in surprise.
"Because..., because this letter is full of swearing words." A general translator answered carefully and truthfully.
"Swear words?" The court was in a big uproar again. Emperor Xianfeng and the civil and military officials in the court were all dumbfounded. Unexpectedly, the letter was full of swear words. Weng Tongshu and Song Jin were even more stunned, and they shouted in their hearts: "Isn't this a letter written by the foreign minister to Wu Jianzhang? Why are there all swear words in the letter?"
After finally coming back to his senses, Emperor Xianfeng hurriedly asked again: "Who is that scolding?"
"Call the person who steals this letter." The two general translations answered truthfully.
As soon as the two general translations finished, Wu Jianzhang immediately collapsed on the ground, scolding her in her heart for being a little bitch, and almost scaring herself to death. Song Jin and Weng Tongshu were ashamed and screamed in their hearts: "Oh no! I've been trapped!"
Next, the curious Emperor Xianfeng asked about the details of the letter. The two translators kowtowed together and said tremblingly: "The emperor forgives the crime, but the ministers and others will translate it. The scolding in the letter is very unpleasant. I also ask the emperor to forgive the crime of the misunderstanding before the emperor."
"Stop talking nonsense, quickly translate it, I forgive you for your sins!" Emperor Xianfeng waved even more impatiently.
But the two general translations could only translate the letter into Chinese: "****! The bastard who stole my letter, **** your mother! **** sister! Your wife committed adultery with thirty-six men before getting married! Your father should have shot you into the toilet. Why didn't your mother strangled you to death when she gave birth to you? It's embarrassing to leave you in the world? **** Your ancestors were eighteen generations!"
There was no laughter at all, only Emperor Xianfeng asked in surprise, "Is this really the content? Have you translated it wrong?"
"Reported to the emperor, Weichen, etc., you dare to guarantee your head, but there is no mistake in the translation." Both translations kowtowed and answered, and then a slightly slandered translation added: "Only the two words SHIT and FUCK, SHIT can be translated into feces or shit, FUCK is translated into ****** or... or...."
"Or what?" Emperor Xianfeng shouted and asked.
"******." The general translation answered helplessly.
As the ministers roared, there was a crackling sound, and the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the dragon table were sprinkled all over the floor. The unlucky, talkative translator, was immediately scared and kowtowed desperately. Fortunately, Emperor Xianfeng did not settle the score with him, but just shouted at Weng Tongshu and Song Jin: "Weng Tongshu, Song Jin, what's going on? Aren't you saying that this is a secret collusion between foreigners and Wu Jianzhang? How could it become a full of dirty words?"
Finally, it was Weng Tongshu and Song Jin's turn to kowtow desperately, but Emperor Xianfeng refused to give up and still asked the reason for it. In his helplessness, Weng Tongshu had to tell the truth and kowtowed and said: "The emperor forgives the crime. Weichen and others should have been deceived by Wu Jianzhang's grandson. He saw that Song Jin was going to spy on whether Wu Jianzhang had secretly colluded with foreigners, so he set up a plan to steal books and humiliate Weichen and others."
"Wu Jianzhang's grandson saw that Song Jin was going to spy on whether Wu Jianzhang had secretly colluded with foreigners? What does it mean?" Emperor Xianfeng continued to ask in confusion and angrily.
If you don’t tell the truth, you will definitely have the head to the ground. Although you will definitely be in trouble after telling the truth, you will at least have the hope of keeping your head and understanding the pros and cons. Weng Tongshu finally basically told the truth, saying that he and Song Jin were worried that Wu Jianzhang, who had been dealing with foreigners for many years, would take the opportunity to negotiate and sell the country. He found an excuse to let Song Jin be friends with Wu Chaoyue, and wanted to get Wu Chaoyue drunk and take the opportunity to obtain evidence of Wu Jianzhang's selling the country. However, he never expected that Wu Chaoyue, who is famous for being greedy and lustful, is actually cunning than a fox and vicious than a poisonous snake. He saw that Song Jin's true intention was not only not made public, but also used this plan to trick Song Jin and himself...
Emperor Xianfeng was far more angry than Weng Tongshu imagined, and was far more smarter than Weng Tongshu imagined. Before Weng Tongshu finished speaking, Emperor Xianfeng roared on the dragon case and said, "Stop it! Why do you suspect that Wu Aiqing will treason the country? I am not a fool! In order to shirk the blame, your father Weng said he was foolish to deceive the emperor and frame Wu Aiqing and was imprisoned and asked for guilt. You are cruel to Wu Aiqing, so you want to find evidence to let me kill Wu Aiqing, right?!"
Weng Tongshu kowtowed desperately and said he was afraid. Emperor Xianfeng was willing to believe it, but he ordered Weng Tongshu and Song Jin to behead the Meridian Gate. Weng Tongshu screamed like Song Jin and begged for mercy. Weng Gelinqin, who had some friendship with Weng, stood up and bowed to Xianfeng and said, "Long live to calm down, please let go of the anger of thunder, listen to me."
Senggelinqin became a pioneer. Mu Yin, Linkui and some civil and military officials who were close to the Weng family also stood up and pleaded with the Weng family, asking Xianfeng to listen to Senggelinqin's advice. After obtaining the permission of Emperor Xianfeng, Senggelinqin then said: "Long live, Wengxin is indeed guilty of Song and Jin, but they spy on whether Wu Jianzhang's grandchildren had secretly colluded with foreigners. No matter what the purpose was, they were all for the court. For the sake of the Qing Dynasty, they also asked the emperor to consider their loyalty and spare their lives."
The suspicion of the grandson of the Wu family is indeed very high. Weng and Song and the two of them spy on whether the grandson of the Wu family are secretly connected with foreigners is indeed a sign of loyalty. Considering this, Emperor Xianfeng waved his hand and changed his order to exchange Weng Tongshu with the Ministry of Song and Jin for the crime. Senggelinqin thanked him, but still refused to withdraw from the train. He also said: "Emperor, Weng Tongshu and Song Jin are unforgivable, but Wu Jianzhang's grandson is also very guilty. He saw that Song Jin was going to test him. Not only did he not reveal his heart to Song Jin, proving that he and Wu Jianzhang were innocent, but on the contrary, he set up traps and insulted the imperial officials with dirty words, so that these dirty words were transferred to the imperial front, and the insults and the saints were heard, and the crimes were not to be punished!"
"Your Majesty, my grandson is a slander who scolds the stolen letters, not deliberately insulting or listening to the holy."
Wu Jianzhang quickly pleaded for his baby grandson, but unfortunately there were too many people in the court who disliked the Wu grandson. Mu Yin, who had not killed the Wu grandson several times, immediately took over the conversation and shouted: "Wu Jianzhang, don't you argue for your grandson here! Your grandson deliberately ran to the Hanlin Academy to cause trouble. Isn't it that he deliberately wanted to let Long Live Now see his dirty words?"
It was like a dying person who saw the life-saving straw. Weng Tongshu and Song Jin immediately kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, there is something to say about this matter. If Wu Jianzhang's grandson had not deliberately ran to the Hanlin Academy to cause trouble, we would believe that this letter was the ironclad evidence of Wu Jianzhang's secret collusion with foreigners. The sentenced ministers and others were so brave that they would not dare to send this letter directly to you, the emperor!"
"Emperor, Wu Jianzhang's grandson went to the Hanlin Academy to cause trouble, which not only disturbed the court's principles, but also maliciously misled Weng Tongshu and Song Jin. It's really abominable!" Lin Kui also said viciously: "I request the emperor to punish Wu Jianzhang's grandson together to serve as a warning to others!"
After being encouraged by several close ministers, Emperor Xianfeng was inevitably angry at Wu Chaoyue, and his face became even more ugly. Wu Jianzhang kowtowed desperately and said in a crying voice: "The emperor forgives the crime, the emperor forgives the crime, the uncle's grandson did not do it on purpose, it was not intentional!"
"It was not intentional?" Senggelinqin snorted coldly, her eyes turned again, and she simply bowed to Emperor Xianfeng and said, "Emperor, Long Live, the order has been issued to capture Wu Jianzhang's grandson. I think Wu Jianzhang's grandson has been taken down now. Since that's the case, why don't the emperor take him to the palace and ask him in person what he was trying to do, and whether he deliberately humiliated and listened to the holy people?"
Hearing this, Mu Yin, Lin Kui and others all lit up their eyes. They guessed that Senggelinqin intended to take Wu Jianzhang's grandson to the hall. The unlucky grandson who pressured Wu Jianzhang's unlucky grandson admitted that he deliberately made a big fuss and humiliated Emperor Xianfeng. So Mu Yin and Lin Kui did not hesitate, and immediately agreed and encouraged Emperor Xianfeng to take Wu Jianzhang's grandson to the hall to question his true intentions in person. In the end, Emperor Xianfeng, who was greeted innocently, felt that he could not swallow his anger, so he nodded and said, "Okay, take Wu Jianzhang's grandson to the hall. I want to ask him in person why he deliberately made this matter so big!"
Chapter completed!