Chapter 334: Poor Parents
The next morning, the Immortal Powder Special Rectification meeting was convened. With the cooperation of invited officials from various departments, it was successfully held in the Ministry of Justice's hall under the direction of the Ministry of Justice.
The first session of the meeting was naturally a celebration of Guangde's achievements.
Perhaps because the person from the Office of Transmission Department was present, representatives from various government offices appeared extremely enthusiastic in this process, posing in various kneeling and licking positions, almost all of which were about to make the flattery swollen.
However, Sun Shaozong keenly discovered that the secretaries sent by the Office of Transmission Department had only touched the ink once from beginning to end, clearly pretending to be practitioners of official media who didnt record the praises thrown. Their ideological consciousness was a bit low!
After singing praises and praising virtues, it was finally time to argue...
Ah bah, it's time to discuss the main topic.
The prescriptions for making Immortal Powder have been spread everywhere. If they wanted to root out the problem from the source, they must list several common herbs as contraband. The Imperial College of Medicine, however, was adamantly against this option, so the discussion was over before it had a chance to get far along.
Since the source couldnt be cut off, it was natural to find ways to prevent and control it for the user.
However, in terms of specific prevention and control policies and the allocation of responsibilities, Xu Liang, the left attendant of the Ministry of Justice, and Sun Shaozong had a long and friendly exchange, but they were unable to reach a consensus.
At first, Xu Liang put on the face of his superiors and wanted to forcefully shift the blame to the Criminal Department. At that time, the Criminal Department was only responsible for supervision, which was a typical example of taking credit and not causing trouble.
After several invalid defenses, Sun Shaozong had to take out two petitions and fought back against this person.
As a former Criminal Police Captain, he was naturally aware of the dangers of drugs. Therefore, after the first appearance of the Immortal Powder in January this year, Sun Shaozong submitted two letters to the Ministry of Justice, requesting that the Immoral Powder be listed as a prohibited drug and explicitly prohibit trading it.
The middle level of the Ministry of Justice, however, disregarded both petitions, leading some to surmise that Sun Shaozong wanted to go the other way and persecute the literati.
After all, this Immortal Powder was first popular at literary gatherings, and some people really hit it off. They have sprayed out a few good poems that could make literary thoughts flow better. A mere martial artist even dared to question it?
Nowadays, the situation has been reversed with the will of Emperor Guangde, and these two rejected petitions have naturally become bargaining cards for Sun Shaozong.
Of course, if it weren't for Xu Liang's excessive strength and determination to use his power to overpower others, he wouldn't have played these two cards. After all, the Criminal Department was also one of the dual supervisory departments. Who would be willing to confront his superiors if he had nothing to do?
As soon as these two cards were played, the scene immediately became awkward.
When there was no accident, the smaller officials paid more attention and the higher ranking ignored it. At present, there was a mistake, and the higher ranking demanded that the lower-ranking officials to take the lead in carrying the blame.
If it were somewhere else, the people below would have nowhere to reason, and it would be inappropriate to do so under the feet of the Emperor. Sun Shaozong was now in high demand, and even within the Ministry of Justice, there were quite a few technical officials who highly admired him. If there was really a stir, Xu Liang might not be able to take advantage of it.
But the awkward circumstances proved to be awkward, and the Emperor's assigned matter needed to be resolved.
So after a passionate and friendly exchange, both parties finally reached the following consensus, this blame, indeed, should still be carried by the Ministry of Rites together!
The wealthy scholars gathered to take drugs and even ran naked on the street. Wasnt this a problem with etiquette?!
Moreover, to punish scholars and officials, it was truly necessary to rely on the support of the Ministry of Rites. According to the rules, unless they commit a serious criminal offense, their reputation must be revoked before the local government could make a judgment.
The academic and political positions in the Capital have always been held concurrently by officials from the Ministry of Rites.
So the meeting, originally scheduled to end within one day, was postponed to the afternoon of the next day.
During this period, regardless of the verbal battles, Sun Shaozong keenly discovered in the fixed stage of praising virtues that as soon as Zhang Qiu, the attendant of the Ministry of Rites, spoke, the secretary of the Office of Transmission would write vigorously.
It seemed that it was not that others have insufficient ideological awareness, but rather that the level of officials present yesterday was too poor, and they were unable to flatter them with high and broad breadth.
When he returned to his mansion with a thick stack of meeting minutes, it was already clear and starry.
Sun Shaozong, as usual, used a lantern to dispel the evil on his body in the courtyard, and then quietly entered the room. Unexpectedly, upon entering, the two of them were lying side by side on the bed, and upon closer inspection, it turned out that Xiangling was also on the bed.
Shh~ Keep it down; don't wake her up.
Ruan Rong hadn't slept soundly yet, and when she heard some slight movements, she raised her hand and made a silent gesture.
Sun Shaozong tiptoed up to the bedside and looked at the tears in Xiangling's eyes. He couldn't help but frown and said, "What's the matter? Is there anyone in our deep courtyard who dares to bully her?
What are you thinking?
Ruan Rong glanced at him and took the opportunity to extend her snow-white arm forward. Sun Shaozong immediately understood and gently pulled her up, placing a pillow and mattress behind her.
He then leaned against the end of the bed, covering his legs with a blanket. Only then did Ruan Rong continue to say, "Today I met and realized that the eldest son of the Third Young Master's family was a rabbit with a beak. Xiangling came back and started muttering. I just coaxed her for a while before I fell asleep.
Rabbit mouth?
Sun Chengye's son has a congenital cleft lip?!
Upon hearing this, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but be surprised. He had never heard anyone mention it before.
Immediately, he quickly pursued and asked, "How did Sister-in-law handle it? Are there any mistakes?
If it weren't for this kind of accident, he wouldn't be worried about Jia Yingchun getting lost, but now...
At first, I was a bit flustered
Ruan Rong shook her head and said, "But the Eldest Lady is really kind-hearted. I helped to make a few excuses, and she took advantage of the gift-giving opportunity, adored the child, and looked at the meaning of the Third Young Lady. She is quite grateful.
That's good.
Sun Shaozong breathed a sigh of relief, but his heart couldn't relax.
If it were in later generations, a congenital cleft lip could still be repaired through surgery, but at the moment, it was a lifelong imprint that must be carried, especially on the most prominent facial features.
A basic requirement of the Imperial Examination was correct facial features. Although it didnt need to be handsome, an image like a rabbit's lips was definitely excluded.
In the Jinling Sun family, which claimed to have passed down their family through poetry and books, this alone was enough to make people sigh with regret.
Now, considering that Sun Chengye wanted to move to the Capital, there might also be reasons for this child, regardless of whether it was out of goodwill or malicious attention, it was a heavy burden for the Sun Chengye couple.
Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong instructed, "Tomorrow morning, remember to prepare that gift for me. Add another small dagger, the one my Big Brother kept for Yi'er to use when capturing items during his 1st birthday.
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