I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl - Chapter 368: The Lonely Minister Hua Zhihe 1
I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl
Chapter 368: The Lonely Minister Hua Zhihe 1When he was in Daming Prefecture, he got along very well with Bai Jingzhou, Su Yunzhan and others. Since it was a rare opportunity to come to Beijing, Bai Jingzhou wanted to pay them a visit.
However, after hearing Hua Zhihe's name, Mu Hanzhi frowned in embarrassment.
He carefully chose his words and told Bai Jingzhou about Hua Zhihe.
Bai Jingzhou then realized that although Hua Zhihe ranked only at the bottom of the second class when he passed the imperial examination, his promotion speed after that was so fast that even the top three scorers of that year could not catch up.
These three people all have good backgrounds and have their families silently supporting them. Unlike Hua Zhihe, who came from a poor family and had to rely on his own efforts to climb up.
Mu Hanzhi told Bai Jingzhou that this man was a lone and loyal minister. He was not only very good at judging the situation and calculating people's hearts, but also acted cleanly, decisively and ruthlessly. He was a thorn in the eyes of many people.
"When he was in the imperial court, there were high-ranking officials who wanted to win him over, but this guy... let alone currying favor with powerful officials and making friends with colleagues, he even forgot about normal human relations."
Others have a small gathering with a few colleagues today, hold a banquet at home under various pretexts tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow go to other people's houses for a banquet alone or with their families.
During every festival, or when there are weddings or funerals in colleagues' families, they will give gifts of varying degrees.
Only Hua Zhihe never interacted with court officials outside the yamen. Every day he was either on duty or stayed indoors in his own house, clearly showing his "loneliness" and "purity".
Moreover, he did not just put on a show. He was always at the forefront of the difficult, troublesome and dangerous matters in the court, demonstrating wisdom and ability far beyond ordinary people.
Of course, the most rare thing is that this person is very capable of understanding the Holy Heart.
Although Mu Hanzhi was also one of the emperor's favorites, he asked himself if he could be compared with Hua Zhihe in this respect.
Not to mention him, even those old ministers who had followed the emperor to conquer the world were far less effective than Hua Zhihe in catering to the emperor's wishes.
It’s not that they don’t understand the emperor as well as Hua Zhihe. The reason why they can’t do as Hua Zhihe does is simply because they all have their own positions, factions, and interests. They can’t act like Hua Zhihe and only act according to the emperor’s wishes.
"He is very difficult to deal with. There have always been many people who want to win him over or get rid of him, but he is not interested in beauty, pleasure, wealth, fame, marriage, socializing, or relatives. He is simply a copper pea that cannot bear the weight of oil or salt."
What Bai Jingzhou heard was almost the same as what Mu Hanzhi said, except that he also heard how Hua Zhihe dealt with his biological father.
Hua Zhihe's complicated life experience, which he had not revealed before, has now spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital.
It turned out that about five months after his parents got married, his mother's family suddenly encountered an accident and completely lost their power.
His father and grandparents wanted to get rid of his mother, who was a trouble, but they were also afraid that their family would be criticized - his parents' marriage was originally a case of his father marrying up, and if he divorced his wife, his family would inevitably be known as heartless and ungrateful.
So, they thought of letting their wife/daughter-in-law "die suddenly from excessive grief".
Coincidentally, a maid who had received favor from his mother happened to hear the conversation between the three people. The man subconsciously avoided other servants in the mansion and quietly warned his mother.
His mother fled in a hurry under the escort of loyal servants, but his father and grandparents refused to let her go and sent the guards in the mansion to chase her.
Because they feel that only when a person dies can there be no evidence and no future troubles can be prevented.
Several of his mother's loyal servants died one after another to protect her, and she herself unfortunately fell into the water while fleeing, but she was lucky enough to escape.
The middle-aged peasant woman who rescued her was a kind-hearted and enthusiastic person. Not only did she agree to tell others that she was her cousin's daughter, she also helped her give gifts to the village head and persuaded him to allow her to register in the village again, set up a female household, build a house and buy land, but she also took care of her and her child for more than ten years.
His father soon found a better wife and married the daughter of a princess of the previous dynasty.
At that time, the county lord's grandfather and father were both in power. Hua Zhi and his father won the county lord's favor with their good looks and eloquence, and they got married soon.
When the previous dynasty collapsed, the county lady's father and brother from her mother's family quickly saw the opportunity and surrendered voluntarily, thus preserving most of the family's vitality.
Although the emperor disliked their family, he still gave them some unimportant positions in the court because they had surrendered voluntarily and considered it a merit.
They all knew that the current emperor was different from the last emperor of the previous dynasty, and the methods they were good at did not apply to him.
And because they had held great power in the previous dynasty, the emperor had always been on guard against and monitoring them.
Not to mention continuing to hold power in the new dynasty, even being able to stay safely in the court was the result of their careful planning.
Hua Zhihe's father lost his support, and not only did he lose his original military position, but also because Hua Zhihe conducted an in-depth investigation into him, who was already unemployed at home, many illegal activities were uncovered.
Yes, although he was no longer a military officer, he often bullied ordinary people by taking advantage of his power because there were still people from the Yue family in the court.
Hua Zhihe wanted to seek revenge on him, but didn't want to sacrifice himself for him, so he chose to start with his own weakness.
At the beginning, Hua Zhihe and his father did not know that the culprit who caused him to be thrown into prison and his wife to divorce him and return to her parents' home with the child was actually the son born to his runaway ex-wife. It was Hua Zhihe who "kindly" reminded him.
His "kind" reminder drove the man crazy. He yelled in the prison, not only revealing his father-son relationship with Hua Zhihe and their past grudges, but also insisting that he was deliberately framed by Hua Zhihe.
However, the chain of evidence provided by Hua Zhihe was so complete that the Jingzhao Prefecture reviewed it again and again but could not find anything worthy of blame or suspicion. In other words, even if he and the man were father and son, the chain of evidence he provided was true and valid.
The news quickly spread throughout the capital through the mouths of officials and jailers in Jingzhao Prefecture.
As a son, Hua Zhihe actually collected evidence of his father's crimes and sent his father to prison to await execution. This incident made many people feel that they had found a great handle to attack Hua Zhihe.
They couldn't do anything to Hua Zhihe at the legal level, but they could submit a memorial to the emperor to accuse Hua Zhihe of being unfilial and violating ethical principles.
However, the emperor did not think there was anything wrong with Hua Zhihe's behavior. Not only did he suppress the memorials impeaching Hua Zhihe, he also ordered the three departments to follow the clues and investigate the man's in-laws' family.