Daxianguan

Chapter 673 Emperor's City Mansion

At the court meeting, Shoufu Pavilion and Huang Yusi were already in full contention, but Xiao Yu and Li Qianlong, the two leaders of the two factions, did not speak.

At this time, they are all observing and probing.

The focus of the current controversy is, of course, whether these arrested officials really violated the law. The Shoufu Pavilion must be tough this time, otherwise it will really open this hole, and the authority of the Royal Secretary will be established at once. In the future, Who would dare to disobey the order of the Royal Secretary?

What's more, the Shoufu Pavilion consciously took advantage of this matter. Huang Yusi's doing this is simply creating something out of nothing. He is engaging in literary inquisition. Even if it is for justice, the Huang Yusi will absolutely not allow the emperor to reverse right and wrong and cause trouble for the court.

Many immortal officials in the Shoufu Pavilion are upright and strict, with an attitude of never giving in and sternly refuting.

There are people like Jiang Boji in Huang Yusi's side, their strong words are also very powerful, and their words are also quite sharp.

On the side of Shoufu Pavilion, Yang Zhenqing frowned, and whispered: "Grand Master Xiao, what do you think?"

Xiao Yu was right next to him, so these words were naturally meant for him, and Xiao Yu's lips moved slightly: "Grand Master Yang, the emperor's actions have other deep meanings."

Yang Zhenqing was taken aback.

To be honest, Yang Zhenqing belongs to the kind of person who is very conceited. He has his own standards and bottom line. Just like this time, he is not satisfied with the emperor. But they will also join forces with the outside world. After all, this is an ideological battle, which is related to the future luck of the Holy Dynasty, and personal gains and losses can already be ignored.

But for the new emperor Li Qianlong who boarded the plane, Yang Zhenqing was still very disdainful. In Yang Zhenqing's view, the other party was out of luck. He analyzed carefully that if there was no imperial edict of the ancestor, then Li Qianlong would never be the emperor.

Therefore, everything is rooted in the will of the holy ancestor.

Even when Li Qianlong ascended the throne, Yang Zhenqing felt that this was only temporary, and in the end, the opponent would still lose to Shoufu Pavilion.

But according to Xiao Yu, this Li Qianlong is not an ordinary person, and Xiao Yu seems to be very afraid of him.

"Profound meaning? What deep meaning can he have? Isn't it just to establish the power and influence, to establish the so-called imperial power and inferiority, so that everyone is afraid of him and listens to him alone. But to be honest, the method used by the emperor is not wise. , It can even be said that it is quite clumsy, if you use this method to intimidate your subordinates, who will obey him?" Yang Zhenqing expressed his opinion.

Xiao Yu shook his head this time: "That's just what he wanted others to see, Grand Master Yang, our opponent this time is absolutely no small matter. If you think about it carefully, everyone thinks that the reason why the imperial system cannot be stopped is because of the imperial edict, but If the edict was not in that way, at that time, Chu Xian, even if he had the edict in his hand, he would never be able to proclaim himself emperor. Let him disappear, simply put, the appearance of the Holy Ancestor's Edict was too coincidental, and Li Qianlong had obviously prepared for it long ago. After all, it would not take a year or two for the entire royal family to submit to him and elect him. can do it.”

"What do you mean?" Yang Zhenqing shrank his pupils this time, and he was not stupid. Xiao Yu reminded Yang Zhenqing to understand a lot of doubts.

"The discovery of the edict of the Holy Ancestor was arranged long ago." Xiao Yu simply said directly.

Yang Zhenqing looked thoughtful, lowered her voice a few times: "Grand Master Xiao, if this is the case, then the person who restores the painting is the most suspicious."

Xiao Yu shook his head again: "I also suspected this. I checked secretly a few days ago, and found that the person who restored the painting is unlikely to have problems. First of all, it is Chu Xian. He has been against you for many years. He is an opponent. And the opponent knows the opponent best, dare to ask Grand Master Yang, do you think Chu Xian will be the kind of person who colludes with Li Qianlong?"

Yang Zhenqing said without hesitation this time: "No, although Chu Xian is a bastard, he is not that kind of person. Moreover, with his strategy and observation skills, it is impossible for the other four painters to be under his nose." What a mess."

"That's right, because that's too risky. Similarly, Li Qianlong must have considered this, so he will play tricks in this seemingly impossible situation. Let me ask, is it unusual for a person who can do this? generation?" After Xiao Yu finished speaking, Yang Zhenqing suddenly realized, and his expression became serious.

"One more thing, Grand Master Yang, you didn't know about it before. Grand Master, do you still remember the death of Prince Liangzhou De?" Xiao Yu asked.

Yang Zhenqing nodded: "It is said that Prince De died suddenly of an illness, but in fact, he was assassinated."

"That's right. At that time, Chu Xian was sent to investigate. You also know about this matter, Grand Master. Later, Chu Xian took advantage of the situation and became the governor of Liangzhou. At that time, he had already investigated the matter clearly. It is certain that the mastermind behind the scenes The person in question is someone in Jingzhou Imperial City, the Daoxian killer sent by the other party. I have personally interrogated him. The other party would rather die than recruit. Although he didn't say anything, I know that if there is no accident, the mastermind behind It is Li Qianlong."

This time, Yang Zhenqing understood why Xiao Yu was so afraid of the emperor Li Qianlong. Back then, the other party was able to do so many things in secret without revealing the slightest clue. This kind of strategy and calculation alone was rare in the world.

Then it is not surprising that Xiao Yu is worried. If Li Qianlong, who has a city like this, really uses the clumsy trick of literary inquisition to establish his authority, it will definitely not be as simple as it seems on the surface.

The other party definitely has other deep meanings.

At this moment, Li Qianlong, who was sitting in the highest position, snorted coldly. At that moment, the two groups of people who were arguing in the court quieted down. Everyone knew that the emperor was about to speak.

Not to mention, after going through these rounds, even the immortal officials of the Shoufu Pavilion have some understanding of the power of the new emperor. The other party snorted coldly, even if they didn't want to, they could only listen quietly. with.

Li Qianlong spoke.

"Since we want to establish rules, of course we must restrain officials' words and deeds. How can they talk nonsense? But you don't need to worry too much. My emperor is kind. Even if officials are disrespectful to me, I will not punish them. How, but the premise is that there is no disrespect to the ancestors. The ancestors are not allowed to be desecrated. After that, the Emperor is only asking you to restrain the officials below, not to arrest people randomly."

As soon as this was said, the ministers of the imperial court knelt on the ground to admit their mistakes, and the other officials were all dumbfounded, not sure what the emperor was going to sing.

Did you say that the imperial censor has done it?Isn't this a joke, who doesn't know that Huang Yusi is your emperor's dog, if you don't let go, they dare to bite.

However, regardless of whether it is true or not, after these words, he seems to have become a wise monarch, a monarch who can take the initiative to admit his mistakes.

At this moment, Li Qianlong changed the subject: "Although Huang Yusi is a bit reckless in doing things, these officials who have problems do have some problems. As the saying goes, flies don't bite seamless eggs, and the body is not afraid of shadows. There are still problems. , Of course there may be something wrong, but we still need to check it out, if there is nothing wrong, there is no need to worry at all, and if there is a problem, there will be absolutely no fish that slipped through the net."

Saying this sentence is the same as not saying it, which means that this matter may be done recklessly, but I'm sorry, the matter has come to this point, so we can only do so first.

In the next sentence, Li Qianlong said: "What my emperor is worried about is that with so many officials in important positions, this review cannot be completed in a day or two. Who will handle their official affairs?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a minister from the imperial court over there came forward and presented a roster: "His Majesty, the veterans have already had a way to deal with it. This list is a list of officials who have been in office for a long time, and everyone , can correspond to the missing official positions, of course, it is only an expedient policy, all of them are assigned to replace them, and they can be exchanged in the future."

After saying this, many officials gasped.

The Shoufu Pavilion was also stunned. Yang Zhenqing gritted his teeth: "It turns out that this is the real purpose of the emperor. It's broken. Although these official positions are distributed in Jingzhou and various states, if you look carefully, they are all important positions. Replace them like this." With hundreds of officials, it is equivalent to allowing the emperor to control the lifeline of half of the state, including the official positions of some important departments in Jingzhou."

After finishing speaking, Yang Zhenqing turned to look at Xiao Yu, the emperor must not be allowed to succeed in this matter, otherwise, if the other party took away so many official positions at once, it would be a big blow to Shoufu Pavilion.

Moreover, in this way, the power of the emperor and the imperial censor will be further expanded. Before that, it may only be in Jingzhou, where the court will meet, but in the future, it may be difficult for many government orders to pass through the Shoufu Pavilion, and they will be dealt with directly at the imperial censor. up.

So the Shoufu Pavilion must fight back.

Naturally, it is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials who takes on the heavy responsibility.

As the department that manages all officials in the Holy Dynasty, the Ministry of Officials definitely has the right to speak in this matter. The Minister of the Ministry of Officials came out at this moment and said loudly: "Your Majesty, this matter is not in compliance with the rules."

On the side of Huang Yusi, Jiang Boji sneered: "Why is it against the rules?"

Minister of the Ministry of Officials said in his heart that I can't say no to you, Jiang Boji, and immediately said: "The appointment of officials in the Holy Dynasty has a detailed system, which involves recommendation, assessment, self-recommendation, and appointment, and each of them has to go through a detailed system. Thinking about it, you must know that officials are the cornerstone of the holy pilgrimage, and it must not be trifling."

"It's a joke, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, how do you know that the officials we nominate are just kidding? If you want to think about it, I will show you." After Jiang Boji finished speaking, he actually ordered someone to fetch all the assessment records of the officials they nominated this time. Look, you know it won't be ready in a short period of time, and these considerations are clearly in line with the requirements, even quite detailed.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials was obviously stunned. He didn't expect that the other party actually dug a hole for him to jump into. He originally wanted to embarrass the other party by considering the official procedures, but he didn't expect that he was already ready to move later.

(End of this chapter)