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Chapter 158 If Li Qing is guilty, it is all on me!
Chapter 158 If Li Qing is guilty, it is all on me!
In front of the gate of the Leopard Room, several servants looked at the dozen or so important ministers in front of them in fear.
Originally, at the beginning, only a few cabinet elders were here waiting for the emperor to summon them, but after a while, all the censors, Dali temple ministers, and the six divisions all came, and it seemed that there were more than a dozen people one by one. It's so aggressive that it feels like it's going to eat people.
With the previous precedent of a small servant being beaten to death by a group of officials, these small servants guarding the gate felt frightened when they saw these civil and military officials, for fear that the other party would not like him and would kill him if he came up.
I don't know what will happen to those officials afterwards, but they must be dead.
Therefore, these little servants tried their best to shrink their bodies, lowering their own existence, as if they could avoid being targeted by these angry civil and military officials.
Zuodu censor Song Jingsheng was extremely thin, with gorgeous hair, but he looked hale and hearty, not at all like an old man in his 70s.
Ordinarily, at this age, it is already considered a long life in this era, plus you are the censor of Zuodu, several veteran officials of the dynasty, and have a high prestige in the court, even the emperor will give him a little face when he sees him.
Song Jing was transferred to the capital from Nanjing years ago. Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and they transferred Song Jing, an old censor with many disciples and officials all over the court, back to the capital from the place where he retired from Nanjing.
Originally, Li Huan made a big fuss, which directly discredited the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and even the morale of many censors plummeted for a while. Li Huan suppressed the extremely decadent atmosphere.
Not long ago, the Metropolitan Procuratorate joined forces with the six departments to give Liu Jin a lesson. It made Liu Jin suffer even for his arrogance, but there was nothing he could do about Song Jing.
Now that such a big event is happening in Fujian, the first thing Yang Tinghe thinks of is to invite Song Jing and others. All must be notified immediately.
It's just that Yang Tinghe didn't expect that after getting the news, these people would come so fast, it took less than an hour, and they had just arrived at the Leopard Room. come over.
Seeing the spirited Song Jing, Yang Tinghe stepped forward and said with a smile, "Tinghe has met Qing Pinggong, but this time he is bothering Qing Pinggong."
Song Jing was named Mr. Qingping, so Yang Tinghe called him Qingpinggong.
Song Jing stroked his gray beard, arched his hands at Yang Tinghe and said with a flash of light in his eyes: "The matter is of great importance. I must ask His Majesty for an explanation."
Speaking of which, Song Jing looked at the closed door of the Leopard Room and said, "I want to ask Your Majesty, how can he, Li Huan, dare to slaughter dozens of high-ranking officials of our Ming Dynasty, the barbarians and the tribes without being tried by the third division?" , What is the crime of hundreds of scholars, but they were massacred in front of the government office, such traitors who rebelled against and murdered violently, if they are not killed, the common people will not be angry, and if they are not killed, how can they calm the hearts of the officials."
Nearly ten people from the Sixth Division also came to Shizhong. Although the official rank of the Sixth Division is the highest, that is, the seventh rank, but the authority is extremely heavy. .
We must know that the six departments not only have the power to supervise the six departments, but also have the power to supervise all officials and advise the emperor. The participation in the six subjects is indispensable.
Speaking of influence, the six divisions even far surpassed the Metropolitan Procuratorate with supervisory power.
At this time, several members of the Sixth Division gave Shi Zhongzheng a look of indignation. They had just received the news from the cabinet that Li Huan had actually done such an earth-shattering event in Fujian. Several people on duty at the yamen rushed over immediately.
At this moment, the closed door of the Leopard Room slowly opened, and Qiu Ju's figure appeared in the sight of everyone.
Qiu Ju, who originally thought that there were only a few elders in the cabinet, opened the door and saw a group of officials gathered in front of the door. He was shocked at that time.
However, Qiu Ju has seen a lot of wind and rain anyway, and he also experienced it when hundreds of officials knocked on the palace. Although a dozen officials in front of him looked at him angrily one by one, Qiu Ju did not panic.
As the chief assistant of the cabinet, when he saw Qiu Ju, Li Dongyang stepped forward and cupped his hands, "Supervisor Qiu, but Your Majesty wants to summon me?"
Qiu Ju glanced at Li Dongyang, cupped his hands slightly, glanced at the rest of the officials, and said with a bit of hesitation on his face: "Your Majesty said to summon you, but His Majesty thought there were only a few elders in the pavilion."
At this moment Song Jing stepped forward immediately, bearded and stared at Qiu Ju and said angrily: "Why, don't you also want to prevent me from going to see His Majesty? Believe it or not, I will also give you a copy..."
Qiu Ju couldn't help frowning when he saw Song Jing standing up. For Song Jing, a highly prestigious and influential speaker, Qiu Ju naturally hid when he could, and didn't provoke him if he could. .
Didn't you see that even Liu Jin was embarrassed by the other party leading the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Division?
Qiu Ju quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Master Song is joking, you are a veteran of several dynasties, how dare this old servant stop sending you to see His Majesty, it's just..."
With a cold snort, Song Jing flicked his long sleeves and said, "I don't need this or that, the old man will go to see His Majesty, and the rest will naturally be taken care of by the old man."
Speaking of which, Song Jing said to Li Dongyang: "Shoufu, let's go see Your Majesty!"
Several small servants guarding the gate subconsciously looked at Qiu Ju, but Qiu Ju just shook his head slightly, obviously not intending to stop these people.
Qiu Ju also knew that even if he stopped Song Jing and the others right now, the emperor would still meet with these people later. In this case, it would be fine to let all these people in.
Soon a group of people followed Qiu Ju into the leopard room.
The Leopard Room is not just a playground, there are martial arts arena specially built by Zhu Houzhao, the Council Hall, etc., which can be regarded as a miniature version of the Little Palace.
It's just that in this leopard room, Zhu Houzhao doesn't have to worry about being restrained by the cabinet and the queen mother, and can do whatever he wants.
Since moving to the Leopard Room, Zhu Houzhao may not return to the palace once in a few months, and he has completely taken root in the Leopard Room.
Except for Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and others who had been to the Leopard Room several times, it was the first time for Song Jing and others to enter the Leopard Room, so they looked around as soon as they entered the Leopard Room.
After all, according to outside rumors, the Leopard House is Zhu Houzhao, the emperor, who is not doing his job properly, but is greedy to enjoy a paradise built for him to spend time and wine, which is comparable to King Zhou's deer terrace, wine pool and meat forest.
Even among the rumors in the market, in this leopard room, Zhu Houzhao raised many tigers and leopards, and searched for countless beauties.
It's just that along the way, Song Jing and others found that although there are indeed more beauties here, they are all court ladies with outstanding looks, not as bad as the rumors say.
As for the tigers and leopards, they didn't even see them. On the contrary, there were many pavilions and pavilions, and they even saw a miniature street. Suddenly, they thought they had appeared in a certain neighborhood in Beijing.
Seeing that miniature street, Song Jing couldn't help but frowned, but he didn't say anything, just wrote it down secretly.
Soon, the eyes lit up, and the front suddenly became much brighter. It was a large campus covering an area of tens of acres. This campus was quite large, probably accounting for a quarter of the entire leopard room.
On the school field, you can see all kinds of weapons on display, and even see the heroic bodyguards standing guarding all around in good spirits.
From a distance, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Song Jing and others saw the figure of the emperor Zhu Houzhao.
I haven't seen him for a few days, but Zhu Houzhao seems to be getting more and more energetic. Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Song Jing and others who only look at the heroic spirit on his body are stunned.
Especially at this moment, Zhu Houzhao was riding a horse, dressed in strong clothes, holding a curved bow in his hand, and galloping the horse in the martial arts field. At first glance, he seemed to see a young heroic general.
Seeing this situation, Song Jing's complexion changed drastically, and he shook his head again and again: "Absurd, really absurd, the majestic Son of Heaven, who doesn't think about how to govern the country and the people, wastes his time on manipulating soldiers, horses, bows and arrows! Such a lover of martial arts! How can you be a generation of Mingjun!"
Speaking of this, Song Jing blew his beard and stared at Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Jiao Fang, Liu Yu and others: "I have been living in Nanjing for the past few years, and this is how you assisted His Majesty. Have you all forgotten what the late Emperor said to His Majesty?" Are you looking forward to it?"
When Song Jing said this, the elders in Li Dongyang all secretly smiled wryly. As for Jiao Fang and Liu Yu, they showed disdain and glanced at Song Jing faintly.
Under the guidance of Qiu Ju, more than a dozen people came slowly. Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao let out a big laugh, and he stood up directly on the galloping horse, and then bent his bow and set an arrow. With a bang, the arrow shot out through the air.
The arrows flew directly towards Li Dongyang, Song Jing and the others. Seeing the enlarged arrows in their eyes, many officials were startled and even exclaimed.
With a bang, Song Jing and the others subconsciously looked behind them, and saw a few meters behind them, an arrow target was actually blown away by the arrow.
But at this moment, Song Jing and several officials in the Sixth Division were sweating profusely on their backs, and they looked at Zhu Houzhao with weird eyes.
Zhu Houzhao, who shot the arrow, landed nimbly on the horse, and drove the horse towards Li Dongyang and his party. Seeing that he was about to hit these people, Zhu Houzhao pulled the rein suddenly, and let out a roar in his mouth. Raising the horse's hoof vigorously, and at the same time neighing, he stopped his figure abruptly.
With a slap, the horse's hooves fell to the ground, and stopped a foot away from Li Dongyang and the others. Zhu Houzhao, who was dressed up, looked down at Li Dongyang and the others.
Qiu Ju saw the expressions of Li Dongyang and the others in his eyes, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he coughed lightly and said: "Everyone, your majesty is face to face, why don't you hurry up and salute!"
After repeated shocks, everyone was stunned by what they saw Zhu Houzhao, and they were so distracted that they even forgot to see the ceremony.
Li Dongyang and others did not come back to their senses until Qiu Ju opened his mouth to remind them, and quickly bowed down to Zhu Houzhao who was on the horse.
"Your Majesty pays homage to Your Majesty! May your Majesty be safe and blessed!"
At this moment Gao Feng ran over with a few servants, and hurried forward to help Zhu Houzhao hold the horse, while Zhu Houzhao glanced at Li Dongyang and the others with a serious look, suddenly turned over with a smile, and stretched out his hand to help Li Dongyang He got up and said: "My dear friends, get up quickly without courtesy!"
Gao Feng handed over the reins to a servant, led the horse down, and hurriedly helped Zhu Houzhao wash his hands and wipe his sweat.
Song Jing and the others looked at this scene, feeling aggrieved in their hearts. Is this still the heir of Emperor Xiaozong who was regarded as a model emperor in all dynasties in their minds?
Today's son, as the son of Xiaozong, shouldn't he be like Emperor Xiaozong, gentle and refined, generous and benevolent, and rule from the bottom of his hand?
Zhu Houzhao had received a good royal education since he was a child, and he was also deeply influenced by the learning of emperors. When he saw that it was not only Li Dongyang who followed Qiu Ju to see him, but also Song Jing and other officials, he guessed it. what will happen next.
Therefore, whether it was the arrow just now, or putting the horse on the horse, it was Zhu Houzhao's method to stop the horse in front of a group of people, first to suppress these people in terms of momentum.
Obviously the effect is still there, otherwise, Song Jing, Li Dongyang and others might not be so silent after seeing him.
Throwing the whip in his hand to Gao Feng and wiping his hands, Zhu Houzhao smiled at Li Dongyang and said, "Old Li Ge, look at my horsemanship and archery skills just now, do you have the legacy of Taizu and Taizong?"
As soon as Zhu Houzhao said this, the faces of all the officials present changed.
Taizu Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang expelled Meng Yuan and rebuilt China, swept away the spirit of the Hulu in the Central Plains, established the Zhengshuo of China, and the prosperity of martial arts, no one can compare.
Zhu Di, Emperor Taizongwen, made five expeditions to Mobei, set up Tatars in the north, set off troops west of Wulianghai, Biwuzang in the west, and settled Annan in the south. How great is his martial arts!
Zhu Houzhao didn't compare Emperor Renzong and Emperor Xiaozong, but Taizu and Taizong. He only heard that Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Song Jing and the six subjects changed their faces drastically.
At this time, Song Jing suddenly fell to his knees in front of Zhu Houzhao with a plop, and cried with tears: "Your Majesty, I will make peace tomorrow. There will be few wars at the border. The world will be peaceful and the people will live in peace. Your Majesty is the king of a country. You should follow the example of the previous emperors, govern the world with benevolence and filial piety, emphasize literature, and promote education, only in this way can the world be ruled, all people will be safe, and our great Ming will last forever.”
As Song Jing kowtowed, he said: "Your Majesty must not engage in large-scale military affairs, raise swords, and initiate wars. Sui II died, and the lessons learned from the past are not far away. I implore Your Majesty to learn from history..."
Several members of the six subjects all bowed down and shouted: "I implore Your Majesty to learn from history!"
Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and said angrily: "Okay, okay, I just asked you whether I have the legacy of my ancestors, and you will say that I am the king of the subjugated country. Don't you bully me not to read history books!"
"what!"
Song Jing and several officials in the Sixth Division were stunned when they heard Zhu Houzhao's roar. When did they say that the emperor is the king of subjugation? They just advised the emperor to learn from history, stay away from military affairs, and promote education.
After reacting, Song Jing and the others said with an aggrieved expression: "Your Majesty, I have no such intentions."
Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe couldn't help looking at each other and smiling bitterly when they saw this situation. Song Jing and the others were kneeling on the ground and were confused, so they couldn't see it, but it didn't mean they didn't see the faint smile on the corner of Zhu Houzhao's mouth when he roared. I mean, the Son of Heaven clearly did this on purpose.
But why?
We must know that Zhu Houzhao has always been magnanimous in temperament, has the legacy of Xiaozong, and has never sinned because of his words, but this time he put such a big hat on Song Jing and the officials of the Sixth Division.
This is completely unlike the emperor's usual temperament.
"For Li Huan!"
Suddenly, Li Dongyang had such a thought in his heart, and looked at Yang Tinghe at the same time.
Li Dongyang could think of this, and Yang Tinghe could obviously think of it too, so when they saw Li Dongyang looking towards him, the two of them looked at each other, the meaning in their eyes couldn't be more obvious.
Taking a deep breath, Li Dongyang said to Zhu Houzhao at this moment: "Your Majesty, Master Song is only thinking about my Daming, and he is a little impatient for a while, but I can assure you that Master Song has absolutely no intention of slandering your majesty! Please Your Majesty be magnanimous and forgive Master Song!"
Speaking of which, Li Dongyang bowed to Zhu Houzhao.
And Yang Tinghe followed Li Dongyang to bow to Zhu Houzhao.
Originally, Zhu Houzhao just wanted to take the opportunity to suppress the momentum of Song Jing and others, and took the opportunity to beat them up a little.
Who made Song Jing make such a big commotion after returning from Nanjing, repeatedly vetoing many of Liu Jin's proposals in the court, because of his high prestige, senior qualifications, and popularity in the court, it can be said that There was a lot of response, so seeing Song Jing coming this time, Zhu Houzhao made up his mind to beat him up.
At this time, Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang pleaded for Song Jing and the others. Zhu Houzhao naturally descended the steps, with a look of unpredictability on his face, and said to Song Jing, "I am not the kind of sinner because of words." My stupid king, today there is an old man pleading for you, so I will spare you for the time being, but you must remember that as a minister, you should be cautious in your words and deeds, and you are loyal to the king and the country."
The meaning of beating in Zhu Houzhao's words could not be more obvious, and Song Jing actually reacted at this moment.
Thinking about his ups and downs all his life, what kind of situation he has never seen before, but he was too excited for a while, so Zhu Houzhao caught his painful feet.
It's just that although he realized that the emperor was beating him, he still had to listen, and he couldn't jump up and confront the emperor.
Taking a deep breath, Song Jing bowed respectfully to Zhu Houzhao and said, "The old minister respectfully obeys His Majesty's instructions."
Waving his hand, Zhu Houzhao said: "Okay, Mr. Song is already old and still working hard for state affairs. I can't bear to see it. Get up quickly!"
Song Jing said gratefully: "The old minister thanked His Majesty for his care. I will swear to die to repay Your Majesty!"
After getting up, Song Jing glanced at Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and the two, seeing that they were not doing anything, so his eyes fell on Qiao Ping, the censor of the right capital.
Qiao Ping was more than ten years younger than Song Jing, but he was still in his sixtieth year, and his body seemed to be worse than Song Jing's.
But regardless of his thin body, no matter how you look at it, he looks like he can be blown away by a gust of wind, but few people dare to underestimate his combat power.
As the censor of the right capital, there are several high-ranking officials who were impeached by him alone. When Li Huan slapped the capital procuratorate in Beijing, Qiao Ping, the censor of the right capital, was patrolling the area. Not in Beijing at all.
By the time Qiao Ping returned to the capital, the overall situation had been settled, and even Xie Qian and Liu Jian, the elders of the pavilion, packed up and went back to their hometowns.
But this doesn't mean that Qiao Ping has forgotten that Li Huan made the Metropolitan Procuratorate lose face, it's just that there has never been any suitable opportunity to impeach Li Huan.
Because the Metropolitan Procuratorate had impeached Li Huan once, but instead of doing anything to Li Huan, they involved a few people themselves.
Qiao Ping has been staring at Li Huan for a long time, like a poisonous snake hidden in the dark, ready to catch Li Huan's handle at any time and put Li Huan in a place of eternal doom.
It's just that Li Huan changed his usual quietness after that incident, which made Qiao Ping unable to grasp anything.
It was Li Huan’s ban on destroying Songyang Academy in Kaifeng Mansion before. Qiao Ping wanted to use it to make some articles, but after thinking about it, he found that Li Huan’s operation was not illegal at all, and it was completely within the scope of national legal principles. Among them, this made Qiao Ping even more unwilling.
This time he finally found an opportunity. Whether it was the private killing of dozens of high-ranking local officials or the massacre of hundreds of famous scholars, in Qiao Ping's view, each of Li Huan's actions was of great importance. Enough to make him die without a place to bury him.
After Qiao Ping entered the leopard room, although he said that he was also surprised by Zhu Houzhao's martial arts style, he did not react as violently as Song Jing, and he was not beaten by the emperor.
Noticing Song Jing's gaze at him now, Qiao Ping showed a smile on the corner of his mouth, and the two elders were unwilling to speak. It's up to him, the censor of the right capital, to show his skills, impeach Li Huan, and plead for the people.
With these thoughts flashing through his mind, Qiao Ping immediately took a step forward, saluted the emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, I impeach Li Huan, the commander of Jin Yiwei and the commander of the Chinese army's governor's mansion, Li Huan, for killing the court officials without authorization, and slaughtering my Ming scholars." , There is no kingly law, I implore Your Majesty to send an order to go to prison, and hand him over to the three divisions for a joint trial, so as to rectify the discipline."
When Qiao Ping opened his mouth, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Song Jing and others all looked at Zhu Houzhao.
I thought Zhu Houzhao would be furious. After all, Zhu Houzhao favored Li Huan, and everyone in the court didn't know who didn't know.
No matter what, if you want to impeach Li Huan, you will inevitably anger the emperor, and everyone is actually mentally prepared for this.
It's just that I never thought that the emperor's wrath did not appear, but instead saw the emperor looking at them all with a half-smile.
Just when everyone was confused and didn't know what the emperor meant, Zhu Houzhao glanced at the crowd and said indifferently: "So, the Qing family came together for Li Qing's business?"
At this moment Song Jing took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, Li Huan's actions violated the laws of the country. They were dozens of officials above the fourth rank. They have not been tried by the third division, reviewed by the cabinet, and not approved by your majesty. How can he, what right does he have to dare to behead so many officials for public display? He still has the court in his eyes, but he still has the father, His Majesty!"
Zhu Hou looked at Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Jiao Fang and the others and said, "What do you have to say?"
Looking at each other, Li Dongyang, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, said to Zhu Houzhao at this time: "Your Majesty, Mr. Song and Mr. Qiao are right. The cabinet agrees that Li Huan's actions are illegal, especially the massacre of scholars and officials. , Not punishing severely will not be enough to outrage the people.”
Speaking of which, Li Dongyang bowed down and said: "I implore Your Majesty to deliver an order to arrest Li Huan and bring him to Beijing, and wait for his release!"
"I implore Your Majesty to pass on the decree to see Li Huan enter the capital, and wait for what will happen!"
Song Jing, Qiao Ping, and officials from the Sixth Division all bowed down to Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao's expression gradually became indifferent, and he said with a sneer: "Since you say that, you know what happened in Fujian after all. Then I ask you, assassinating the imperial envoy, burning the imperial envoy's camp, and besieging the government office in an attempt to commit crimes. What crimes are they, and how should they be dealt with?"
Although it was guessed that Zhu Houzhao might know what happened in Fujian before them, but now that Zhu Houzhao said so in detail, Li Dongyang and others knew in their hearts that Li Huan must have sent someone to report the news to the emperor first, so the emperor seemed so calm.
But Qiao Ping raised his head immediately when he heard the words: "The state owns the state law, and the family has family rules. Even if those people commit heinous crimes, they should be tried by the three divisions first. Whether they are guilty or not is not up to Li Huan, but by the laws of the Ming Dynasty." It will be counted if the princes of the court have said it."
Zhu Houzhao suddenly laughed, looked at Qiao Ping and said, "Master Qiao, you mean that Li Huanqing's family has no right to convict them?"
Qiao Ping said seriously: "Yes!"
Zhu Houzhao immediately snorted and said: "Then you know that Li Qing, as an imperial envoy of the emperor, has my special permission to act cheaply, so how can he not kill those corrupt officials, lawless and treacherous officials?"
Qiao Ping shook his head and said: "It's true that Li Huan is an imperial envoy, and he can do things cheaply, but he has the final say on whether so many high-ranking officials are guilty or not."
Jiao Fang, who hadn't opened her mouth all this time, stepped forward and snorted at Qiao Ping, "Bold Qiao Ping, you are so courageous. Could it be that Li Huan still framed them?"
Glancing at Jiao Fang with disdain, Qiao Ping said flatly: "Lord Jiao, do you believe that so many people in Fujian official circles are conspiring to rebel? No one will believe this. Even if Li Huan wants to kill someone, please ask him to change it." Appropriate reason, even if he is a Jinyiwei, when he framed the court's Zhongliang, please don't treat all living beings in the world as fools."
Jiao Fang was immediately stunned speechless.
Not to mention him, even Zhu Houzhao didn't believe that those officials who were killed had the intention of treason.
Qiao Ping sneered, and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Li Huan was young and energetic, he was in charge of life and death at a young age, and once he gained power, he became rampant. This is the case with treacherous and powerful officials in ancient times. This is not your Majesty's crime. It is all the fault of Li Huan. If you have failed His Majesty's trust and the mighty Emperor's grace, please Your Majesty kill Li Huan to reassure the officials and the hearts of all the people in the world."
Good guy, an old guy is an old guy, and it's different when he opens his mouth. He puts all the blame on Li Huan, and even hints at the emperor. The emperor, who is the imperial envoy, will be implicated by Li Huan.
If this were an ordinary emperor, he might be a little panicked, and it is really possible to do something like abandoning his car to save his handsome man.
Seeing this, the officials of the six departments all brightened their eyes and immediately advised them: "It must be that Li Huan deceived His Majesty, and Li Huan is responsible for all the crimes. Please kill Li Huan, and declare the canonical punishment, so as to reassure the people."
Zhu Houzhao sneered and said: "This imperial envoy was personally selected by me, and what Li Huanqing's family did was also authorized by me. If Li Qing was wrong, I must be wrong too. All the blame lies with me."
As he spoke, he glanced at the crowd, and said disdainfully: "Li Qing is just killing a group of lawless people who are lawless, can you not tolerate Li Qing, who is so loyal and daring to be a minister?"
While speaking, Zhu Houzhao sneered and said: "Qiu Daban, send you adults out, I am a little tired from riding horses and practicing arrows, I need to rest!"
Song Jing, Qiao Ping and the others couldn't help but change their expressions, and shouted to Zhu Houzhao who turned away: "Your Majesty is confused, Your Majesty..."
However, Zhu Houzhao didn't turn his back on these people at all.
Looking at the crowd, Qiu Ju couldn't help flicking the whisk in his hand, and said with disdain in his eyes: "My lords, Your Majesty is going to rest, so please don't disturb His Majesty's rest here."
Song Jing suddenly raised his head, stared at Qiu Ju and cursed angrily: "Eunuchs, you are the ones who have taught His Majesty to the detriment, His Majesty is not learning the worldly knowledge of the sage's governance of the country, learning how to shoot with bow and horse, this move! How different from a reckless man."
Qiu Ju's complexion changed drastically, he stared at Song Jing coldly and said, "Master Song, you are so courageous, are you slandering the emperor?"
Song Jing laughed loudly and said: "When the late emperor was here, the old man offended the king several times, and the late emperor never said that what the old man did was to slander the emperor, you gathered a small eunuch and dared to say that the old man slandered the emperor! "
Qiu Ju didn't expect that Song Jing would rely on the old to sell the old, and even brought up the past when the former emperor was in power to suppress him, and immediately became furious.
But the other party is Zuo Du Censor, with students and old officials all over the world, extremely noble, even Liu Jin doesn't want to provoke him, so he really can't do anything to him.
Immediately suppressed the anger in his heart, made up his mind that he must sue the emperor in front of the emperor later, even if he had no choice but to disgust the other party.
Ignoring Song Jing, Qiu Ju said to Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and the others: "Everyone, our family is just a servant girl, Your Majesty has an order, please leave, and please don't embarrass our family, Mr. Li and Mr. Yang. , otherwise, our family can only ask the guards to ask everyone to leave!"
When speaking of please, Qiu Ju obviously accentuated his tone.
"What a eunuch, bewitching the emperor and threatening important court officials, how different are you from Liu Jin!"
Song Jing immediately pointed at Qiu Ju and cursed.
Seeing this scene, Li Dongyang sighed softly, arched his hands towards Song Jing and said, "Boss, since His Majesty is tired, I'll go back first, and see Your Majesty again in the future."
Life in the seventies is rare since ancient times. At Song Jing's age, after several dynasties, there are many old disciples, who are unknown, and you are the censor of Zuodu. There is really no taboo, and no one dares to provoke him.
Song Jing took a look at Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and the others, then flicked his sleeves and said, "If Your Majesty does not kill Li Huan, I will never give up. I will never sit back and watch traitors like Li Huan deceive you." Your Majesty."
Qiu Ju was finally relieved to see off Li Dongyang and his party.
And at this moment, several figures came over, and who was the leader, not Liu Jin, who was in power.
When seeing Liu Jin, Qiu Ju showed a smile on his face and said, "Is Director Liu trustworthy?"
Liu Jin smiled lightly and said, "That's right, our family just hid aside and watched a good show."
Just listening to Liu Jin's words, you can tell that Liu Jin has already come, but he just didn't show up. Qiu Ju raised his brows and said: "Director Liu is not afraid that His Majesty will not be able to bear the pressure of these people!"
Liu Jin chuckled and said, "I'm really worried about other things, but this matter involves Li Huan, how could His Majesty back down!"
Said Liu Jin smiled and said: "Let's go, accompany our family to see His Majesty, this matter is not over yet!"
As Liu Jin said, all fools know that this matter will definitely not be left alone.
Sure enough, as Song Jing, Qiao Ping, and the officials of the Sixth Division met with the emperor and impeached Li Huan and returned without success, the news quickly spread to the Sixth Ministry, the Five Temples, the various divisions, the Fifth Military Commander's Office, the 24th Prison and even every yamen.
The responses from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, and the Sixth Division were particularly intense.
These are Daming's supervisory and judicial institutions, and they themselves control Daming's speech. They can be said to be the most powerful and difficult part of the civil servants.
Li Huan killed a lot of people in Fujian. If they only killed ordinary people, their reaction would definitely not be so violent. However, dozens of high-ranking officials and hundreds of students died under Li Huan's knife, which suddenly touched their opposition. scales.
If it was said that Li Huan's arrest of Luo Wenxiang and others in an almost humiliating way in the capital just annoyed them, then what Li Huan did in Fujian now made these officials want to swallow Li Huan alive.
All of a sudden, the discussion was raging, and dozens of officials began to walk around and discuss with each other, and the most active ones were the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Division.
Jinyiwei Yamen
Today's Jinyiwei, as long as it is not a fool, knows that Shi Wenyi, as the commander of the Jinyiwei, is almost equivalent to a decoration. When Li Huan needs to take the position, then Shi Wenyi can retire.
Therefore, among Jinyiwei, everyone who has a little thought is trying to hug Li Huan's thigh, so that Shi Wenyi's side is obviously left out in the cold.
Regarding these things in the yamen, Shi Wenyi can think about it, and he doesn't take it to heart. Besides, it's useless even if he gets angry. He can't flatter Li Huan just because of others. Obviously offending Li Huan and causing trouble for himself?
On this day, one of his confidants, Baihu Guan, ran over at a trot, saw Shi Wenyi and said, "My lord, something bad happened, something bad happened."
Shi Wenyi glanced at the other party and said, "Speak well."
Anyway, when the sky fell, there was a tall man holding it up, and there was Li Huan in the Jinyiwei yamen, even if something happened, he couldn't be found.
The hundred household officer gasped and said: "My lord, those people from the Sixth Division and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are crazy. They gathered a group of officials and went to block the gate of the Leopard Room."
Shi Wenyi, who was drinking tea leisurely, spit out a sip of tea when he heard the words, his face was full of astonishment, he looked at the hundred officials and said: "Then they must be crazy. In the case of knocking on the palace in the year, so many people lost their hats and even lost their lives, how long has it been, and they play this again, they are really not afraid of death."
Speaking of which, Shi Wenyi sat up suddenly, stared at the hundred officials and said: "No, they are so insane when they are idle and have nothing to do, why are they blocking the door of the Leopard Room?"
While talking, Shi Wenyi muttered to himself: "Could it be that because His Majesty hangs around the Leopard Room and hasn't returned to the palace for a long time, they want to ask His Majesty to move back to the palace?"
Seeing their adults guessing wildly there, the hundred households hurriedly said: "Because Lord Li Huan, I heard that Lord Li killed dozens of high-ranking officials and hundreds of famous scholars in Fuzhou City. Heads rolling..."
"Gollum!"
Shi Wenyi couldn't help swallowing when he heard the words, his face was full of horror, obviously he was also frightened by the news.
Shi Wenyi didn't know what it meant to kill dozens of officials at one time, including so many scholars.
Terrified, Shi Wenyi jumped up and said, "Hurry up, get on your horse, I'm going to see His Majesty."
The news of the Jinyiwei was very timely. When Shi Wenyi rode his horse and appeared outside the Leopard Room with a team of Jinyiwei, the officials from the Sixth Division and the Metropolitan Procuratorate had not yet appeared.
However, Shi Wenyi met Ma Yongcheng who rushed over with the people from Dongchang after hearing the news.
When Ma Yongcheng saw Shi Wenyi, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he reacted and said, "Master Shi got the news and came to escort him?"
Shi Wenyi smiled slightly and said: "Those people from the Sixth Division and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are crazy. As subjects, we must not let them disturb Your Majesty!"
Ma Yongcheng smiled and said, "Do you want to go to see His Majesty with our family?"
Shi Wenyi hurriedly laughed and said, "It's so embarrassing."
When Zhu Houzhao saw Shi Wenyi and Ma Yongcheng, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows and said, "Hey, why did you two come to see me together? Could something have happened?"
For the leaders of Dongchang and Jinyiwei to come together, it is obvious that something big has happened.
Ma Yongcheng smiled and said, "Let Lord Shi talk about it."
Shi Wenyi nodded at Ma Yongcheng, and then said to Zhu Houzhao: "Back to Your Majesty, the Jinyiwei people found that the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Division are colluding with each other everywhere. They asked to see His Majesty, and begged His Majesty to severely punish Lord Li Huan."
While talking, Shi Wenyi secretly observed Zhu Houzhao's expression and reaction.
The corners of Zhu Houzhao's lips curled up slightly when he heard this, and he snorted coldly: "They want to repeat their old tricks and force the palace, but it's a pity that I won't accept their tricks!"
Liu Jin, who was on the side, laughed and said, "Your Majesty, these officials are all very powerful. The old slave has been impeached by them and all the officials in the court several times to implement the new policy, so that it is difficult to implement."
Liu Jin felt the madness of the officials the most. Even at the court meeting, some officials dared to point at him, the chief inspector of etiquette, and yell at him.
Even if Liu Jin tried every means to kill the other party afterwards, but in the court, in front of civil and military officials, even if he was scolded bloody, Liu Jin could only bear it.
As soon as many policies of Liu Jin's party came out, these officials were the first to jump out to oppose them. I don't know how many policies cannot be implemented because of these officials.
It can be said that the Yanguan is a sharp long sword of the civil official group, which played a vital role in fighting against the eunuch group, targeting the emperor, and restricting imperial power.
As the emperor, Zhu Houzhao naturally knew the importance of eloquent officials to a dynasty. Without these strong eloquent officials monitoring the inside and outside of the court, these civil and military officials would not act recklessly like wild horses that have run loose.
Therefore, even the emperors of all dynasties disliked the officials, but no one dared not to set up officials, and even gave the other party enough supervision power and freedom of speech, in order to make the officials fear.
Originally, the speaker was set up to supervise and restrain the officials, but as the influence of the speaker became stronger and stronger, even the emperor had to be supervised and restrained by the speaker, and if something was wrong, the speaker would be madly advised .
As a well-educated emperor, Zhu Houzhao will naturally not give up eating because of choking. Let them impeach the officials if they impeach, and let them persuade them if they persuade them. Among them, they are self-contained.
Glancing at Liu Jin, Zhu Houzhao smiled lightly and said, "Liu Daban's memorials to impeach you in the past few years may not fit in a few rooms. I heard that you were scolded miserably by these people in the court."
Liu Jin smiled awkwardly and said, "That's the old slave who is open-minded and different from their general knowledge."
Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly and said, "Let them come if they come, can I still be afraid of them?"
Liu Jin smiled and said: "But none of these people are afraid of death, and they will not give up until they achieve their goals. When the time comes, His Majesty may be..."
Zhu Houzhao frowned, snorted coldly and said, "Let's see what they can do."
In the darkness, there are more than a hundred officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Division, big and small, rushing towards the Leopard Room.
Many people were stunned when they saw this scene. The last time they saw this scene was a few years ago. At that time, it was to impeach Li Huan, and all the officials knocked on the palace, but they didn't know what it was for this time.
But soon, everyone got the news that such a big commotion this time was still because of Li Huan.
It's just that when everyone learned that Li Huan had murdered so many people in Fujian, they were all dumbfounded. This man had killed so many people in the capital. They thought that An Sheng had changed his gender after two years. Who would have thought that? As soon as he left the capital, he directly pierced the sky.
Many people's spirits of eating melons were burning, and they followed the Sixth Division, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other officials from a distance to the front of the Leopard Room.
The servants in front of the leopard room almost burst into tears. They were so difficult. So many officials looked like menacing spirits. Could it be that they should be beaten to death too?
Fortunately, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanzi guarded the leopard room and protected the gate.
Headed by the censors of the left and right, Song Jing, Qiao Ping, and the Six Divisions, Chen Yan, Situ Kong and so on.
A small banner official of Jinyiwei couldn't help looking pale when he saw the black crowd, and stepped forward and shouted: "What do you want to do, this is the place where the emperor is the emperor, whoever dares to go up to the front..."
Song Jing held the cane in one hand, and immediately shouted: "What a guts, see who this old man is. I am Song Jing, the censor of Zuodu. How dare you stop me?"
Jin Yiwei's little banner officer's aura was suppressed at once. He was just a small banner official, but the other party was one of the nine ministers, an important minister of the court, who dared to insult the emperor even in front of him.
Song Jing saw that the little banner official's aura was suppressed, and said coldly: "Get out of the way, I want to see Your Majesty here, I implore His Majesty to order Li Huan to be arrested and severely punished, if not, I will kneel down Sorry!"
Speaking of which, Song Jing and other officials knelt down there, all with solemn faces.
"it is good!"
Some of the crowd watching from a distance couldn't help applauding when they saw such a passionate scene.
The rest of the people also applauded after seeing this.
No matter how you look at these officials, they are all good officials who speak up for the people and ask for orders for the people. If they are not good officials, how dare they persecute the emperor here and severely punish the treacherous villains around the emperor.
The applause from the spectators around gave these officials endless confidence and made them more determined in their hearts.
They are pleading for the people, look at how much these people support them, what is it if they are not pleading for the people.
It is expected that the future history books will definitely write about their actions today, and they will also leave a strong mark on the history books.
Leopard room
Zhu Hou looked at the servant who came in a hurry and said, "How about it, what are those people doing?"
The little servant said in a panic: "Return to your majesty, with the censors on the left and right, and the six divisions all under the leadership of Song Jing, Qiao Ping, Situ Kong, Chen Yan and others, hundreds of officials knelt outside the Leopard Room together. , and vowed that if His Majesty does not punish Lord Li Huan severely, they will not be able to kneel forever."
Zhu Houzhao was copying a copybook at the moment, when he heard that the tip of the pen in his hand paused slightly, a drop of ink dripped down, staining the fine rice paper.
Frowning, Zhu Houzhao said coldly: "Then let them kneel, I want to see how long they can kneel."
Liu Jin was serving at the side. Seeing that the rice paper was stained with ink, she quickly helped Zhu Houzhao change a new rice paper and said from the side: "Your Majesty, these officials are so poisonous. I just heard people say that this After a while, many people from the capital surrounded them, and they seemed to be applauding for them."
Zhu Houzhao smiled lightly and said, "The common people are ignorant, they are just blinded by them, just ignore it."
Time passed by little by little, and at noon, under the scorching sun, even Cicadas couldn't bear the heat, and their chirping sound seemed weak, let alone in front of the small square in front of the Leopard House.
These officials kneeling on the ground endured the scorching one by one. Many officials only felt sore all over and the heat was unbearable. Seeing the people hiding in the shade cheering for them, their spirits were shocked.
Song Jing held a cane in his hand, tried hard to stabilize his body, looked at the closed door and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the ministers are loyal, but the sun and the moon, the late emperor, open your eyes and take a look, your majesty favors you!" The courtiers, the ministers, etc. have failed the entrustment of the late emperor..."
Only the old censor dared to say this, and someone else really didn't have the qualifications or the guts.
Ma Yongcheng, who was in charge of supervising these officials, couldn't help but change his face when he heard the words. He gave Song Jing and the others a cold look, turned around and left.
Naturally, Ma Yongcheng's actions could not be hidden from Song Jing and others.Song Jing watched Ma Yongcheng leave and snorted softly.
In the leopard room, Zhu Houzhao was eating iced watermelon, glanced at Ma Yongcheng and said, "Ma Da is here with you, is it to tell me that they should retreat?"
Ma Yongcheng shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, that Song Jing uttered wild words, referring to Your Majesty."
Zhu Houzhao said with great interest when he heard the words: "Oh, Song Jing, that's an old stubborn who even gave the emperor a headache when he saw him. Come on, he wouldn't be scolding me."
Ma Yongcheng was about to tell Zhu Houzhao what Song Jing had said, and Zhu Houzhao frowned when he heard the words, feeling that the iced watermelon in his hand was no longer sweet, and immediately snorted coldly: "He is saying that I am a fool!"
Liu Jin on the side said sharply: "Your Majesty, among the old slaves, His Majesty is too kind to them. He thinks that His Majesty is easy to deceive. If His Majesty orders them to disperse, if not, they will be punished!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao glanced at Liu Jin and said, "Then do as Liu Daban said, and those who do not leave according to the order will be punished with sticks, thirty rods, as a warning to others!"
Liu Jin hurriedly said: "The old slave leads the order!"
When she lowered her head, a bright light flashed in Liu Jin's eyes, and a faint sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth.
With a creak, the door opened, and the officials kneeling there looked at the reputation, thinking that the emperor took pity on them and came to see them.
It was Liu Jin who never wanted to come out.
When he saw Liu Jin, Song Jing immediately opened his eyes wide and cursed at Liu Jin, "Liu Jin, you eunuch, where is Your Majesty, please come and see me!"
Liu Jin looked at Song Jing and the others, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, cupped his hands in the direction of the Leopard Room and said, "Your Majesty has an order, ordering you to leave as soon as possible. Thirty sticks!"
All the officials were shocked when they heard about it, but they soon looked at Liu Jin with resolute expressions, and Qiao Ping laughed loudly and said, "Okay, okay, since that's the case, today I will let His Majesty know what we are waiting for. Loyalty, isn't it a stick, come on!"
"Hahaha, come on!"
"Fame is only today!"
"No one in the officialdom of Jiuli knows, but once he is responsible for the world to know, hahaha, what a blessing!"
Liu Jin stared at Song Jing and the others with an extremely ugly expression, "Aren't you going to retreat? Your Majesty is kind enough to give you a chance, otherwise..."
Song Jing stared at Liu Jin and said, "Eunuch, if you have the guts, beat this old man to death here!"
Liu Jin, who was stared at by Song Jing, couldn't help but change slightly, and glanced at the impassioned officials around him. These officials looked at him as if they were looking at a clown.
Immediately, Liu Jin screamed angrily: "Come here, punish me with a cane, give our family a cane!"
The surrounding Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi immediately came forward when they heard the words, and soon everything needed for the staff was ready, and the Jinyiwei captains and Dongchang Fanzi who were like wolves stepped forward to dispatch a famous official. Drag onto the stool.
Liu Jin looked coldly at Song Jing and the officials who scolded him the most, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and whispered something to a Dongchang fan beside him.
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In front of the gate of the Leopard Room, several servants looked at the dozen or so important ministers in front of them in fear.
Originally, at the beginning, only a few cabinet elders were here waiting for the emperor to summon them, but after a while, all the censors, Dali temple ministers, and the six divisions all came, and it seemed that there were more than a dozen people one by one. It's so aggressive that it feels like it's going to eat people.
With the previous precedent of a small servant being beaten to death by a group of officials, these small servants guarding the gate felt frightened when they saw these civil and military officials, for fear that the other party would not like him and would kill him if he came up.
I don't know what will happen to those officials afterwards, but they must be dead.
Therefore, these little servants tried their best to shrink their bodies, lowering their own existence, as if they could avoid being targeted by these angry civil and military officials.
Zuodu censor Song Jingsheng was extremely thin, with gorgeous hair, but he looked hale and hearty, not at all like an old man in his 70s.
Ordinarily, at this age, it is already considered a long life in this era, plus you are the censor of Zuodu, several veteran officials of the dynasty, and have a high prestige in the court, even the emperor will give him a little face when he sees him.
Song Jing was transferred to the capital from Nanjing years ago. Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and they transferred Song Jing, an old censor with many disciples and officials all over the court, back to the capital from the place where he retired from Nanjing.
Originally, Li Huan made a big fuss, which directly discredited the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and even the morale of many censors plummeted for a while. Li Huan suppressed the extremely decadent atmosphere.
Not long ago, the Metropolitan Procuratorate joined forces with the six departments to give Liu Jin a lesson. It made Liu Jin suffer even for his arrogance, but there was nothing he could do about Song Jing.
Now that such a big event is happening in Fujian, the first thing Yang Tinghe thinks of is to invite Song Jing and others. All must be notified immediately.
It's just that Yang Tinghe didn't expect that after getting the news, these people would come so fast, it took less than an hour, and they had just arrived at the Leopard Room. come over.
Seeing the spirited Song Jing, Yang Tinghe stepped forward and said with a smile, "Tinghe has met Qing Pinggong, but this time he is bothering Qing Pinggong."
Song Jing was named Mr. Qingping, so Yang Tinghe called him Qingpinggong.
Song Jing stroked his gray beard, arched his hands at Yang Tinghe and said with a flash of light in his eyes: "The matter is of great importance. I must ask His Majesty for an explanation."
Speaking of which, Song Jing looked at the closed door of the Leopard Room and said, "I want to ask Your Majesty, how can he, Li Huan, dare to slaughter dozens of high-ranking officials of our Ming Dynasty, the barbarians and the tribes without being tried by the third division?" , What is the crime of hundreds of scholars, but they were massacred in front of the government office, such traitors who rebelled against and murdered violently, if they are not killed, the common people will not be angry, and if they are not killed, how can they calm the hearts of the officials."
Nearly ten people from the Sixth Division also came to Shizhong. Although the official rank of the Sixth Division is the highest, that is, the seventh rank, but the authority is extremely heavy. .
We must know that the six departments not only have the power to supervise the six departments, but also have the power to supervise all officials and advise the emperor. The participation in the six subjects is indispensable.
Speaking of influence, the six divisions even far surpassed the Metropolitan Procuratorate with supervisory power.
At this time, several members of the Sixth Division gave Shi Zhongzheng a look of indignation. They had just received the news from the cabinet that Li Huan had actually done such an earth-shattering event in Fujian. Several people on duty at the yamen rushed over immediately.
At this moment, the closed door of the Leopard Room slowly opened, and Qiu Ju's figure appeared in the sight of everyone.
Qiu Ju, who originally thought that there were only a few elders in the cabinet, opened the door and saw a group of officials gathered in front of the door. He was shocked at that time.
However, Qiu Ju has seen a lot of wind and rain anyway, and he also experienced it when hundreds of officials knocked on the palace. Although a dozen officials in front of him looked at him angrily one by one, Qiu Ju did not panic.
As the chief assistant of the cabinet, when he saw Qiu Ju, Li Dongyang stepped forward and cupped his hands, "Supervisor Qiu, but Your Majesty wants to summon me?"
Qiu Ju glanced at Li Dongyang, cupped his hands slightly, glanced at the rest of the officials, and said with a bit of hesitation on his face: "Your Majesty said to summon you, but His Majesty thought there were only a few elders in the pavilion."
At this moment Song Jing stepped forward immediately, bearded and stared at Qiu Ju and said angrily: "Why, don't you also want to prevent me from going to see His Majesty? Believe it or not, I will also give you a copy..."
Qiu Ju couldn't help frowning when he saw Song Jing standing up. For Song Jing, a highly prestigious and influential speaker, Qiu Ju naturally hid when he could, and didn't provoke him if he could. .
Didn't you see that even Liu Jin was embarrassed by the other party leading the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Division?
Qiu Ju quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Master Song is joking, you are a veteran of several dynasties, how dare this old servant stop sending you to see His Majesty, it's just..."
With a cold snort, Song Jing flicked his long sleeves and said, "I don't need this or that, the old man will go to see His Majesty, and the rest will naturally be taken care of by the old man."
Speaking of which, Song Jing said to Li Dongyang: "Shoufu, let's go see Your Majesty!"
Several small servants guarding the gate subconsciously looked at Qiu Ju, but Qiu Ju just shook his head slightly, obviously not intending to stop these people.
Qiu Ju also knew that even if he stopped Song Jing and the others right now, the emperor would still meet with these people later. In this case, it would be fine to let all these people in.
Soon a group of people followed Qiu Ju into the leopard room.
The Leopard Room is not just a playground, there are martial arts arena specially built by Zhu Houzhao, the Council Hall, etc., which can be regarded as a miniature version of the Little Palace.
It's just that in this leopard room, Zhu Houzhao doesn't have to worry about being restrained by the cabinet and the queen mother, and can do whatever he wants.
Since moving to the Leopard Room, Zhu Houzhao may not return to the palace once in a few months, and he has completely taken root in the Leopard Room.
Except for Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and others who had been to the Leopard Room several times, it was the first time for Song Jing and others to enter the Leopard Room, so they looked around as soon as they entered the Leopard Room.
After all, according to outside rumors, the Leopard House is Zhu Houzhao, the emperor, who is not doing his job properly, but is greedy to enjoy a paradise built for him to spend time and wine, which is comparable to King Zhou's deer terrace, wine pool and meat forest.
Even among the rumors in the market, in this leopard room, Zhu Houzhao raised many tigers and leopards, and searched for countless beauties.
It's just that along the way, Song Jing and others found that although there are indeed more beauties here, they are all court ladies with outstanding looks, not as bad as the rumors say.
As for the tigers and leopards, they didn't even see them. On the contrary, there were many pavilions and pavilions, and they even saw a miniature street. Suddenly, they thought they had appeared in a certain neighborhood in Beijing.
Seeing that miniature street, Song Jing couldn't help but frowned, but he didn't say anything, just wrote it down secretly.
Soon, the eyes lit up, and the front suddenly became much brighter. It was a large campus covering an area of tens of acres. This campus was quite large, probably accounting for a quarter of the entire leopard room.
On the school field, you can see all kinds of weapons on display, and even see the heroic bodyguards standing guarding all around in good spirits.
From a distance, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Song Jing and others saw the figure of the emperor Zhu Houzhao.
I haven't seen him for a few days, but Zhu Houzhao seems to be getting more and more energetic. Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Song Jing and others who only look at the heroic spirit on his body are stunned.
Especially at this moment, Zhu Houzhao was riding a horse, dressed in strong clothes, holding a curved bow in his hand, and galloping the horse in the martial arts field. At first glance, he seemed to see a young heroic general.
Seeing this situation, Song Jing's complexion changed drastically, and he shook his head again and again: "Absurd, really absurd, the majestic Son of Heaven, who doesn't think about how to govern the country and the people, wastes his time on manipulating soldiers, horses, bows and arrows! Such a lover of martial arts! How can you be a generation of Mingjun!"
Speaking of this, Song Jing blew his beard and stared at Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Jiao Fang, Liu Yu and others: "I have been living in Nanjing for the past few years, and this is how you assisted His Majesty. Have you all forgotten what the late Emperor said to His Majesty?" Are you looking forward to it?"
When Song Jing said this, the elders in Li Dongyang all secretly smiled wryly. As for Jiao Fang and Liu Yu, they showed disdain and glanced at Song Jing faintly.
Under the guidance of Qiu Ju, more than a dozen people came slowly. Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao let out a big laugh, and he stood up directly on the galloping horse, and then bent his bow and set an arrow. With a bang, the arrow shot out through the air.
The arrows flew directly towards Li Dongyang, Song Jing and the others. Seeing the enlarged arrows in their eyes, many officials were startled and even exclaimed.
With a bang, Song Jing and the others subconsciously looked behind them, and saw a few meters behind them, an arrow target was actually blown away by the arrow.
But at this moment, Song Jing and several officials in the Sixth Division were sweating profusely on their backs, and they looked at Zhu Houzhao with weird eyes.
Zhu Houzhao, who shot the arrow, landed nimbly on the horse, and drove the horse towards Li Dongyang and his party. Seeing that he was about to hit these people, Zhu Houzhao pulled the rein suddenly, and let out a roar in his mouth. Raising the horse's hoof vigorously, and at the same time neighing, he stopped his figure abruptly.
With a slap, the horse's hooves fell to the ground, and stopped a foot away from Li Dongyang and the others. Zhu Houzhao, who was dressed up, looked down at Li Dongyang and the others.
Qiu Ju saw the expressions of Li Dongyang and the others in his eyes, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he coughed lightly and said: "Everyone, your majesty is face to face, why don't you hurry up and salute!"
After repeated shocks, everyone was stunned by what they saw Zhu Houzhao, and they were so distracted that they even forgot to see the ceremony.
Li Dongyang and others did not come back to their senses until Qiu Ju opened his mouth to remind them, and quickly bowed down to Zhu Houzhao who was on the horse.
"Your Majesty pays homage to Your Majesty! May your Majesty be safe and blessed!"
At this moment Gao Feng ran over with a few servants, and hurried forward to help Zhu Houzhao hold the horse, while Zhu Houzhao glanced at Li Dongyang and the others with a serious look, suddenly turned over with a smile, and stretched out his hand to help Li Dongyang He got up and said: "My dear friends, get up quickly without courtesy!"
Gao Feng handed over the reins to a servant, led the horse down, and hurriedly helped Zhu Houzhao wash his hands and wipe his sweat.
Song Jing and the others looked at this scene, feeling aggrieved in their hearts. Is this still the heir of Emperor Xiaozong who was regarded as a model emperor in all dynasties in their minds?
Today's son, as the son of Xiaozong, shouldn't he be like Emperor Xiaozong, gentle and refined, generous and benevolent, and rule from the bottom of his hand?
Zhu Houzhao had received a good royal education since he was a child, and he was also deeply influenced by the learning of emperors. When he saw that it was not only Li Dongyang who followed Qiu Ju to see him, but also Song Jing and other officials, he guessed it. what will happen next.
Therefore, whether it was the arrow just now, or putting the horse on the horse, it was Zhu Houzhao's method to stop the horse in front of a group of people, first to suppress these people in terms of momentum.
Obviously the effect is still there, otherwise, Song Jing, Li Dongyang and others might not be so silent after seeing him.
Throwing the whip in his hand to Gao Feng and wiping his hands, Zhu Houzhao smiled at Li Dongyang and said, "Old Li Ge, look at my horsemanship and archery skills just now, do you have the legacy of Taizu and Taizong?"
As soon as Zhu Houzhao said this, the faces of all the officials present changed.
Taizu Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang expelled Meng Yuan and rebuilt China, swept away the spirit of the Hulu in the Central Plains, established the Zhengshuo of China, and the prosperity of martial arts, no one can compare.
Zhu Di, Emperor Taizongwen, made five expeditions to Mobei, set up Tatars in the north, set off troops west of Wulianghai, Biwuzang in the west, and settled Annan in the south. How great is his martial arts!
Zhu Houzhao didn't compare Emperor Renzong and Emperor Xiaozong, but Taizu and Taizong. He only heard that Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Song Jing and the six subjects changed their faces drastically.
At this time, Song Jing suddenly fell to his knees in front of Zhu Houzhao with a plop, and cried with tears: "Your Majesty, I will make peace tomorrow. There will be few wars at the border. The world will be peaceful and the people will live in peace. Your Majesty is the king of a country. You should follow the example of the previous emperors, govern the world with benevolence and filial piety, emphasize literature, and promote education, only in this way can the world be ruled, all people will be safe, and our great Ming will last forever.”
As Song Jing kowtowed, he said: "Your Majesty must not engage in large-scale military affairs, raise swords, and initiate wars. Sui II died, and the lessons learned from the past are not far away. I implore Your Majesty to learn from history..."
Several members of the six subjects all bowed down and shouted: "I implore Your Majesty to learn from history!"
Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and said angrily: "Okay, okay, I just asked you whether I have the legacy of my ancestors, and you will say that I am the king of the subjugated country. Don't you bully me not to read history books!"
"what!"
Song Jing and several officials in the Sixth Division were stunned when they heard Zhu Houzhao's roar. When did they say that the emperor is the king of subjugation? They just advised the emperor to learn from history, stay away from military affairs, and promote education.
After reacting, Song Jing and the others said with an aggrieved expression: "Your Majesty, I have no such intentions."
Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe couldn't help looking at each other and smiling bitterly when they saw this situation. Song Jing and the others were kneeling on the ground and were confused, so they couldn't see it, but it didn't mean they didn't see the faint smile on the corner of Zhu Houzhao's mouth when he roared. I mean, the Son of Heaven clearly did this on purpose.
But why?
We must know that Zhu Houzhao has always been magnanimous in temperament, has the legacy of Xiaozong, and has never sinned because of his words, but this time he put such a big hat on Song Jing and the officials of the Sixth Division.
This is completely unlike the emperor's usual temperament.
"For Li Huan!"
Suddenly, Li Dongyang had such a thought in his heart, and looked at Yang Tinghe at the same time.
Li Dongyang could think of this, and Yang Tinghe could obviously think of it too, so when they saw Li Dongyang looking towards him, the two of them looked at each other, the meaning in their eyes couldn't be more obvious.
Taking a deep breath, Li Dongyang said to Zhu Houzhao at this moment: "Your Majesty, Master Song is only thinking about my Daming, and he is a little impatient for a while, but I can assure you that Master Song has absolutely no intention of slandering your majesty! Please Your Majesty be magnanimous and forgive Master Song!"
Speaking of which, Li Dongyang bowed to Zhu Houzhao.
And Yang Tinghe followed Li Dongyang to bow to Zhu Houzhao.
Originally, Zhu Houzhao just wanted to take the opportunity to suppress the momentum of Song Jing and others, and took the opportunity to beat them up a little.
Who made Song Jing make such a big commotion after returning from Nanjing, repeatedly vetoing many of Liu Jin's proposals in the court, because of his high prestige, senior qualifications, and popularity in the court, it can be said that There was a lot of response, so seeing Song Jing coming this time, Zhu Houzhao made up his mind to beat him up.
At this time, Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang pleaded for Song Jing and the others. Zhu Houzhao naturally descended the steps, with a look of unpredictability on his face, and said to Song Jing, "I am not the kind of sinner because of words." My stupid king, today there is an old man pleading for you, so I will spare you for the time being, but you must remember that as a minister, you should be cautious in your words and deeds, and you are loyal to the king and the country."
The meaning of beating in Zhu Houzhao's words could not be more obvious, and Song Jing actually reacted at this moment.
Thinking about his ups and downs all his life, what kind of situation he has never seen before, but he was too excited for a while, so Zhu Houzhao caught his painful feet.
It's just that although he realized that the emperor was beating him, he still had to listen, and he couldn't jump up and confront the emperor.
Taking a deep breath, Song Jing bowed respectfully to Zhu Houzhao and said, "The old minister respectfully obeys His Majesty's instructions."
Waving his hand, Zhu Houzhao said: "Okay, Mr. Song is already old and still working hard for state affairs. I can't bear to see it. Get up quickly!"
Song Jing said gratefully: "The old minister thanked His Majesty for his care. I will swear to die to repay Your Majesty!"
After getting up, Song Jing glanced at Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and the two, seeing that they were not doing anything, so his eyes fell on Qiao Ping, the censor of the right capital.
Qiao Ping was more than ten years younger than Song Jing, but he was still in his sixtieth year, and his body seemed to be worse than Song Jing's.
But regardless of his thin body, no matter how you look at it, he looks like he can be blown away by a gust of wind, but few people dare to underestimate his combat power.
As the censor of the right capital, there are several high-ranking officials who were impeached by him alone. When Li Huan slapped the capital procuratorate in Beijing, Qiao Ping, the censor of the right capital, was patrolling the area. Not in Beijing at all.
By the time Qiao Ping returned to the capital, the overall situation had been settled, and even Xie Qian and Liu Jian, the elders of the pavilion, packed up and went back to their hometowns.
But this doesn't mean that Qiao Ping has forgotten that Li Huan made the Metropolitan Procuratorate lose face, it's just that there has never been any suitable opportunity to impeach Li Huan.
Because the Metropolitan Procuratorate had impeached Li Huan once, but instead of doing anything to Li Huan, they involved a few people themselves.
Qiao Ping has been staring at Li Huan for a long time, like a poisonous snake hidden in the dark, ready to catch Li Huan's handle at any time and put Li Huan in a place of eternal doom.
It's just that Li Huan changed his usual quietness after that incident, which made Qiao Ping unable to grasp anything.
It was Li Huan’s ban on destroying Songyang Academy in Kaifeng Mansion before. Qiao Ping wanted to use it to make some articles, but after thinking about it, he found that Li Huan’s operation was not illegal at all, and it was completely within the scope of national legal principles. Among them, this made Qiao Ping even more unwilling.
This time he finally found an opportunity. Whether it was the private killing of dozens of high-ranking local officials or the massacre of hundreds of famous scholars, in Qiao Ping's view, each of Li Huan's actions was of great importance. Enough to make him die without a place to bury him.
After Qiao Ping entered the leopard room, although he said that he was also surprised by Zhu Houzhao's martial arts style, he did not react as violently as Song Jing, and he was not beaten by the emperor.
Noticing Song Jing's gaze at him now, Qiao Ping showed a smile on the corner of his mouth, and the two elders were unwilling to speak. It's up to him, the censor of the right capital, to show his skills, impeach Li Huan, and plead for the people.
With these thoughts flashing through his mind, Qiao Ping immediately took a step forward, saluted the emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, I impeach Li Huan, the commander of Jin Yiwei and the commander of the Chinese army's governor's mansion, Li Huan, for killing the court officials without authorization, and slaughtering my Ming scholars." , There is no kingly law, I implore Your Majesty to send an order to go to prison, and hand him over to the three divisions for a joint trial, so as to rectify the discipline."
When Qiao Ping opened his mouth, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Song Jing and others all looked at Zhu Houzhao.
I thought Zhu Houzhao would be furious. After all, Zhu Houzhao favored Li Huan, and everyone in the court didn't know who didn't know.
No matter what, if you want to impeach Li Huan, you will inevitably anger the emperor, and everyone is actually mentally prepared for this.
It's just that I never thought that the emperor's wrath did not appear, but instead saw the emperor looking at them all with a half-smile.
Just when everyone was confused and didn't know what the emperor meant, Zhu Houzhao glanced at the crowd and said indifferently: "So, the Qing family came together for Li Qing's business?"
At this moment Song Jing took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, Li Huan's actions violated the laws of the country. They were dozens of officials above the fourth rank. They have not been tried by the third division, reviewed by the cabinet, and not approved by your majesty. How can he, what right does he have to dare to behead so many officials for public display? He still has the court in his eyes, but he still has the father, His Majesty!"
Zhu Hou looked at Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Jiao Fang and the others and said, "What do you have to say?"
Looking at each other, Li Dongyang, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, said to Zhu Houzhao at this time: "Your Majesty, Mr. Song and Mr. Qiao are right. The cabinet agrees that Li Huan's actions are illegal, especially the massacre of scholars and officials. , Not punishing severely will not be enough to outrage the people.”
Speaking of which, Li Dongyang bowed down and said: "I implore Your Majesty to deliver an order to arrest Li Huan and bring him to Beijing, and wait for his release!"
"I implore Your Majesty to pass on the decree to see Li Huan enter the capital, and wait for what will happen!"
Song Jing, Qiao Ping, and officials from the Sixth Division all bowed down to Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao's expression gradually became indifferent, and he said with a sneer: "Since you say that, you know what happened in Fujian after all. Then I ask you, assassinating the imperial envoy, burning the imperial envoy's camp, and besieging the government office in an attempt to commit crimes. What crimes are they, and how should they be dealt with?"
Although it was guessed that Zhu Houzhao might know what happened in Fujian before them, but now that Zhu Houzhao said so in detail, Li Dongyang and others knew in their hearts that Li Huan must have sent someone to report the news to the emperor first, so the emperor seemed so calm.
But Qiao Ping raised his head immediately when he heard the words: "The state owns the state law, and the family has family rules. Even if those people commit heinous crimes, they should be tried by the three divisions first. Whether they are guilty or not is not up to Li Huan, but by the laws of the Ming Dynasty." It will be counted if the princes of the court have said it."
Zhu Houzhao suddenly laughed, looked at Qiao Ping and said, "Master Qiao, you mean that Li Huanqing's family has no right to convict them?"
Qiao Ping said seriously: "Yes!"
Zhu Houzhao immediately snorted and said: "Then you know that Li Qing, as an imperial envoy of the emperor, has my special permission to act cheaply, so how can he not kill those corrupt officials, lawless and treacherous officials?"
Qiao Ping shook his head and said: "It's true that Li Huan is an imperial envoy, and he can do things cheaply, but he has the final say on whether so many high-ranking officials are guilty or not."
Jiao Fang, who hadn't opened her mouth all this time, stepped forward and snorted at Qiao Ping, "Bold Qiao Ping, you are so courageous. Could it be that Li Huan still framed them?"
Glancing at Jiao Fang with disdain, Qiao Ping said flatly: "Lord Jiao, do you believe that so many people in Fujian official circles are conspiring to rebel? No one will believe this. Even if Li Huan wants to kill someone, please ask him to change it." Appropriate reason, even if he is a Jinyiwei, when he framed the court's Zhongliang, please don't treat all living beings in the world as fools."
Jiao Fang was immediately stunned speechless.
Not to mention him, even Zhu Houzhao didn't believe that those officials who were killed had the intention of treason.
Qiao Ping sneered, and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Li Huan was young and energetic, he was in charge of life and death at a young age, and once he gained power, he became rampant. This is the case with treacherous and powerful officials in ancient times. This is not your Majesty's crime. It is all the fault of Li Huan. If you have failed His Majesty's trust and the mighty Emperor's grace, please Your Majesty kill Li Huan to reassure the officials and the hearts of all the people in the world."
Good guy, an old guy is an old guy, and it's different when he opens his mouth. He puts all the blame on Li Huan, and even hints at the emperor. The emperor, who is the imperial envoy, will be implicated by Li Huan.
If this were an ordinary emperor, he might be a little panicked, and it is really possible to do something like abandoning his car to save his handsome man.
Seeing this, the officials of the six departments all brightened their eyes and immediately advised them: "It must be that Li Huan deceived His Majesty, and Li Huan is responsible for all the crimes. Please kill Li Huan, and declare the canonical punishment, so as to reassure the people."
Zhu Houzhao sneered and said: "This imperial envoy was personally selected by me, and what Li Huanqing's family did was also authorized by me. If Li Qing was wrong, I must be wrong too. All the blame lies with me."
As he spoke, he glanced at the crowd, and said disdainfully: "Li Qing is just killing a group of lawless people who are lawless, can you not tolerate Li Qing, who is so loyal and daring to be a minister?"
While speaking, Zhu Houzhao sneered and said: "Qiu Daban, send you adults out, I am a little tired from riding horses and practicing arrows, I need to rest!"
Song Jing, Qiao Ping and the others couldn't help but change their expressions, and shouted to Zhu Houzhao who turned away: "Your Majesty is confused, Your Majesty..."
However, Zhu Houzhao didn't turn his back on these people at all.
Looking at the crowd, Qiu Ju couldn't help flicking the whisk in his hand, and said with disdain in his eyes: "My lords, Your Majesty is going to rest, so please don't disturb His Majesty's rest here."
Song Jing suddenly raised his head, stared at Qiu Ju and cursed angrily: "Eunuchs, you are the ones who have taught His Majesty to the detriment, His Majesty is not learning the worldly knowledge of the sage's governance of the country, learning how to shoot with bow and horse, this move! How different from a reckless man."
Qiu Ju's complexion changed drastically, he stared at Song Jing coldly and said, "Master Song, you are so courageous, are you slandering the emperor?"
Song Jing laughed loudly and said: "When the late emperor was here, the old man offended the king several times, and the late emperor never said that what the old man did was to slander the emperor, you gathered a small eunuch and dared to say that the old man slandered the emperor! "
Qiu Ju didn't expect that Song Jing would rely on the old to sell the old, and even brought up the past when the former emperor was in power to suppress him, and immediately became furious.
But the other party is Zuo Du Censor, with students and old officials all over the world, extremely noble, even Liu Jin doesn't want to provoke him, so he really can't do anything to him.
Immediately suppressed the anger in his heart, made up his mind that he must sue the emperor in front of the emperor later, even if he had no choice but to disgust the other party.
Ignoring Song Jing, Qiu Ju said to Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and the others: "Everyone, our family is just a servant girl, Your Majesty has an order, please leave, and please don't embarrass our family, Mr. Li and Mr. Yang. , otherwise, our family can only ask the guards to ask everyone to leave!"
When speaking of please, Qiu Ju obviously accentuated his tone.
"What a eunuch, bewitching the emperor and threatening important court officials, how different are you from Liu Jin!"
Song Jing immediately pointed at Qiu Ju and cursed.
Seeing this scene, Li Dongyang sighed softly, arched his hands towards Song Jing and said, "Boss, since His Majesty is tired, I'll go back first, and see Your Majesty again in the future."
Life in the seventies is rare since ancient times. At Song Jing's age, after several dynasties, there are many old disciples, who are unknown, and you are the censor of Zuodu. There is really no taboo, and no one dares to provoke him.
Song Jing took a look at Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and the others, then flicked his sleeves and said, "If Your Majesty does not kill Li Huan, I will never give up. I will never sit back and watch traitors like Li Huan deceive you." Your Majesty."
Qiu Ju was finally relieved to see off Li Dongyang and his party.
And at this moment, several figures came over, and who was the leader, not Liu Jin, who was in power.
When seeing Liu Jin, Qiu Ju showed a smile on his face and said, "Is Director Liu trustworthy?"
Liu Jin smiled lightly and said, "That's right, our family just hid aside and watched a good show."
Just listening to Liu Jin's words, you can tell that Liu Jin has already come, but he just didn't show up. Qiu Ju raised his brows and said: "Director Liu is not afraid that His Majesty will not be able to bear the pressure of these people!"
Liu Jin chuckled and said, "I'm really worried about other things, but this matter involves Li Huan, how could His Majesty back down!"
Said Liu Jin smiled and said: "Let's go, accompany our family to see His Majesty, this matter is not over yet!"
As Liu Jin said, all fools know that this matter will definitely not be left alone.
Sure enough, as Song Jing, Qiao Ping, and the officials of the Sixth Division met with the emperor and impeached Li Huan and returned without success, the news quickly spread to the Sixth Ministry, the Five Temples, the various divisions, the Fifth Military Commander's Office, the 24th Prison and even every yamen.
The responses from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, and the Sixth Division were particularly intense.
These are Daming's supervisory and judicial institutions, and they themselves control Daming's speech. They can be said to be the most powerful and difficult part of the civil servants.
Li Huan killed a lot of people in Fujian. If they only killed ordinary people, their reaction would definitely not be so violent. However, dozens of high-ranking officials and hundreds of students died under Li Huan's knife, which suddenly touched their opposition. scales.
If it was said that Li Huan's arrest of Luo Wenxiang and others in an almost humiliating way in the capital just annoyed them, then what Li Huan did in Fujian now made these officials want to swallow Li Huan alive.
All of a sudden, the discussion was raging, and dozens of officials began to walk around and discuss with each other, and the most active ones were the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Division.
Jinyiwei Yamen
Today's Jinyiwei, as long as it is not a fool, knows that Shi Wenyi, as the commander of the Jinyiwei, is almost equivalent to a decoration. When Li Huan needs to take the position, then Shi Wenyi can retire.
Therefore, among Jinyiwei, everyone who has a little thought is trying to hug Li Huan's thigh, so that Shi Wenyi's side is obviously left out in the cold.
Regarding these things in the yamen, Shi Wenyi can think about it, and he doesn't take it to heart. Besides, it's useless even if he gets angry. He can't flatter Li Huan just because of others. Obviously offending Li Huan and causing trouble for himself?
On this day, one of his confidants, Baihu Guan, ran over at a trot, saw Shi Wenyi and said, "My lord, something bad happened, something bad happened."
Shi Wenyi glanced at the other party and said, "Speak well."
Anyway, when the sky fell, there was a tall man holding it up, and there was Li Huan in the Jinyiwei yamen, even if something happened, he couldn't be found.
The hundred household officer gasped and said: "My lord, those people from the Sixth Division and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are crazy. They gathered a group of officials and went to block the gate of the Leopard Room."
Shi Wenyi, who was drinking tea leisurely, spit out a sip of tea when he heard the words, his face was full of astonishment, he looked at the hundred officials and said: "Then they must be crazy. In the case of knocking on the palace in the year, so many people lost their hats and even lost their lives, how long has it been, and they play this again, they are really not afraid of death."
Speaking of which, Shi Wenyi sat up suddenly, stared at the hundred officials and said: "No, they are so insane when they are idle and have nothing to do, why are they blocking the door of the Leopard Room?"
While talking, Shi Wenyi muttered to himself: "Could it be that because His Majesty hangs around the Leopard Room and hasn't returned to the palace for a long time, they want to ask His Majesty to move back to the palace?"
Seeing their adults guessing wildly there, the hundred households hurriedly said: "Because Lord Li Huan, I heard that Lord Li killed dozens of high-ranking officials and hundreds of famous scholars in Fuzhou City. Heads rolling..."
"Gollum!"
Shi Wenyi couldn't help swallowing when he heard the words, his face was full of horror, obviously he was also frightened by the news.
Shi Wenyi didn't know what it meant to kill dozens of officials at one time, including so many scholars.
Terrified, Shi Wenyi jumped up and said, "Hurry up, get on your horse, I'm going to see His Majesty."
The news of the Jinyiwei was very timely. When Shi Wenyi rode his horse and appeared outside the Leopard Room with a team of Jinyiwei, the officials from the Sixth Division and the Metropolitan Procuratorate had not yet appeared.
However, Shi Wenyi met Ma Yongcheng who rushed over with the people from Dongchang after hearing the news.
When Ma Yongcheng saw Shi Wenyi, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he reacted and said, "Master Shi got the news and came to escort him?"
Shi Wenyi smiled slightly and said: "Those people from the Sixth Division and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are crazy. As subjects, we must not let them disturb Your Majesty!"
Ma Yongcheng smiled and said, "Do you want to go to see His Majesty with our family?"
Shi Wenyi hurriedly laughed and said, "It's so embarrassing."
When Zhu Houzhao saw Shi Wenyi and Ma Yongcheng, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows and said, "Hey, why did you two come to see me together? Could something have happened?"
For the leaders of Dongchang and Jinyiwei to come together, it is obvious that something big has happened.
Ma Yongcheng smiled and said, "Let Lord Shi talk about it."
Shi Wenyi nodded at Ma Yongcheng, and then said to Zhu Houzhao: "Back to Your Majesty, the Jinyiwei people found that the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Division are colluding with each other everywhere. They asked to see His Majesty, and begged His Majesty to severely punish Lord Li Huan."
While talking, Shi Wenyi secretly observed Zhu Houzhao's expression and reaction.
The corners of Zhu Houzhao's lips curled up slightly when he heard this, and he snorted coldly: "They want to repeat their old tricks and force the palace, but it's a pity that I won't accept their tricks!"
Liu Jin, who was on the side, laughed and said, "Your Majesty, these officials are all very powerful. The old slave has been impeached by them and all the officials in the court several times to implement the new policy, so that it is difficult to implement."
Liu Jin felt the madness of the officials the most. Even at the court meeting, some officials dared to point at him, the chief inspector of etiquette, and yell at him.
Even if Liu Jin tried every means to kill the other party afterwards, but in the court, in front of civil and military officials, even if he was scolded bloody, Liu Jin could only bear it.
As soon as many policies of Liu Jin's party came out, these officials were the first to jump out to oppose them. I don't know how many policies cannot be implemented because of these officials.
It can be said that the Yanguan is a sharp long sword of the civil official group, which played a vital role in fighting against the eunuch group, targeting the emperor, and restricting imperial power.
As the emperor, Zhu Houzhao naturally knew the importance of eloquent officials to a dynasty. Without these strong eloquent officials monitoring the inside and outside of the court, these civil and military officials would not act recklessly like wild horses that have run loose.
Therefore, even the emperors of all dynasties disliked the officials, but no one dared not to set up officials, and even gave the other party enough supervision power and freedom of speech, in order to make the officials fear.
Originally, the speaker was set up to supervise and restrain the officials, but as the influence of the speaker became stronger and stronger, even the emperor had to be supervised and restrained by the speaker, and if something was wrong, the speaker would be madly advised .
As a well-educated emperor, Zhu Houzhao will naturally not give up eating because of choking. Let them impeach the officials if they impeach, and let them persuade them if they persuade them. Among them, they are self-contained.
Glancing at Liu Jin, Zhu Houzhao smiled lightly and said, "Liu Daban's memorials to impeach you in the past few years may not fit in a few rooms. I heard that you were scolded miserably by these people in the court."
Liu Jin smiled awkwardly and said, "That's the old slave who is open-minded and different from their general knowledge."
Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly and said, "Let them come if they come, can I still be afraid of them?"
Liu Jin smiled and said: "But none of these people are afraid of death, and they will not give up until they achieve their goals. When the time comes, His Majesty may be..."
Zhu Houzhao frowned, snorted coldly and said, "Let's see what they can do."
In the darkness, there are more than a hundred officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Division, big and small, rushing towards the Leopard Room.
Many people were stunned when they saw this scene. The last time they saw this scene was a few years ago. At that time, it was to impeach Li Huan, and all the officials knocked on the palace, but they didn't know what it was for this time.
But soon, everyone got the news that such a big commotion this time was still because of Li Huan.
It's just that when everyone learned that Li Huan had murdered so many people in Fujian, they were all dumbfounded. This man had killed so many people in the capital. They thought that An Sheng had changed his gender after two years. Who would have thought that? As soon as he left the capital, he directly pierced the sky.
Many people's spirits of eating melons were burning, and they followed the Sixth Division, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other officials from a distance to the front of the Leopard Room.
The servants in front of the leopard room almost burst into tears. They were so difficult. So many officials looked like menacing spirits. Could it be that they should be beaten to death too?
Fortunately, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanzi guarded the leopard room and protected the gate.
Headed by the censors of the left and right, Song Jing, Qiao Ping, and the Six Divisions, Chen Yan, Situ Kong and so on.
A small banner official of Jinyiwei couldn't help looking pale when he saw the black crowd, and stepped forward and shouted: "What do you want to do, this is the place where the emperor is the emperor, whoever dares to go up to the front..."
Song Jing held the cane in one hand, and immediately shouted: "What a guts, see who this old man is. I am Song Jing, the censor of Zuodu. How dare you stop me?"
Jin Yiwei's little banner officer's aura was suppressed at once. He was just a small banner official, but the other party was one of the nine ministers, an important minister of the court, who dared to insult the emperor even in front of him.
Song Jing saw that the little banner official's aura was suppressed, and said coldly: "Get out of the way, I want to see Your Majesty here, I implore His Majesty to order Li Huan to be arrested and severely punished, if not, I will kneel down Sorry!"
Speaking of which, Song Jing and other officials knelt down there, all with solemn faces.
"it is good!"
Some of the crowd watching from a distance couldn't help applauding when they saw such a passionate scene.
The rest of the people also applauded after seeing this.
No matter how you look at these officials, they are all good officials who speak up for the people and ask for orders for the people. If they are not good officials, how dare they persecute the emperor here and severely punish the treacherous villains around the emperor.
The applause from the spectators around gave these officials endless confidence and made them more determined in their hearts.
They are pleading for the people, look at how much these people support them, what is it if they are not pleading for the people.
It is expected that the future history books will definitely write about their actions today, and they will also leave a strong mark on the history books.
Leopard room
Zhu Hou looked at the servant who came in a hurry and said, "How about it, what are those people doing?"
The little servant said in a panic: "Return to your majesty, with the censors on the left and right, and the six divisions all under the leadership of Song Jing, Qiao Ping, Situ Kong, Chen Yan and others, hundreds of officials knelt outside the Leopard Room together. , and vowed that if His Majesty does not punish Lord Li Huan severely, they will not be able to kneel forever."
Zhu Houzhao was copying a copybook at the moment, when he heard that the tip of the pen in his hand paused slightly, a drop of ink dripped down, staining the fine rice paper.
Frowning, Zhu Houzhao said coldly: "Then let them kneel, I want to see how long they can kneel."
Liu Jin was serving at the side. Seeing that the rice paper was stained with ink, she quickly helped Zhu Houzhao change a new rice paper and said from the side: "Your Majesty, these officials are so poisonous. I just heard people say that this After a while, many people from the capital surrounded them, and they seemed to be applauding for them."
Zhu Houzhao smiled lightly and said, "The common people are ignorant, they are just blinded by them, just ignore it."
Time passed by little by little, and at noon, under the scorching sun, even Cicadas couldn't bear the heat, and their chirping sound seemed weak, let alone in front of the small square in front of the Leopard House.
These officials kneeling on the ground endured the scorching one by one. Many officials only felt sore all over and the heat was unbearable. Seeing the people hiding in the shade cheering for them, their spirits were shocked.
Song Jing held a cane in his hand, tried hard to stabilize his body, looked at the closed door and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the ministers are loyal, but the sun and the moon, the late emperor, open your eyes and take a look, your majesty favors you!" The courtiers, the ministers, etc. have failed the entrustment of the late emperor..."
Only the old censor dared to say this, and someone else really didn't have the qualifications or the guts.
Ma Yongcheng, who was in charge of supervising these officials, couldn't help but change his face when he heard the words. He gave Song Jing and the others a cold look, turned around and left.
Naturally, Ma Yongcheng's actions could not be hidden from Song Jing and others.Song Jing watched Ma Yongcheng leave and snorted softly.
In the leopard room, Zhu Houzhao was eating iced watermelon, glanced at Ma Yongcheng and said, "Ma Da is here with you, is it to tell me that they should retreat?"
Ma Yongcheng shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, that Song Jing uttered wild words, referring to Your Majesty."
Zhu Houzhao said with great interest when he heard the words: "Oh, Song Jing, that's an old stubborn who even gave the emperor a headache when he saw him. Come on, he wouldn't be scolding me."
Ma Yongcheng was about to tell Zhu Houzhao what Song Jing had said, and Zhu Houzhao frowned when he heard the words, feeling that the iced watermelon in his hand was no longer sweet, and immediately snorted coldly: "He is saying that I am a fool!"
Liu Jin on the side said sharply: "Your Majesty, among the old slaves, His Majesty is too kind to them. He thinks that His Majesty is easy to deceive. If His Majesty orders them to disperse, if not, they will be punished!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao glanced at Liu Jin and said, "Then do as Liu Daban said, and those who do not leave according to the order will be punished with sticks, thirty rods, as a warning to others!"
Liu Jin hurriedly said: "The old slave leads the order!"
When she lowered her head, a bright light flashed in Liu Jin's eyes, and a faint sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth.
With a creak, the door opened, and the officials kneeling there looked at the reputation, thinking that the emperor took pity on them and came to see them.
It was Liu Jin who never wanted to come out.
When he saw Liu Jin, Song Jing immediately opened his eyes wide and cursed at Liu Jin, "Liu Jin, you eunuch, where is Your Majesty, please come and see me!"
Liu Jin looked at Song Jing and the others, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, cupped his hands in the direction of the Leopard Room and said, "Your Majesty has an order, ordering you to leave as soon as possible. Thirty sticks!"
All the officials were shocked when they heard about it, but they soon looked at Liu Jin with resolute expressions, and Qiao Ping laughed loudly and said, "Okay, okay, since that's the case, today I will let His Majesty know what we are waiting for. Loyalty, isn't it a stick, come on!"
"Hahaha, come on!"
"Fame is only today!"
"No one in the officialdom of Jiuli knows, but once he is responsible for the world to know, hahaha, what a blessing!"
Liu Jin stared at Song Jing and the others with an extremely ugly expression, "Aren't you going to retreat? Your Majesty is kind enough to give you a chance, otherwise..."
Song Jing stared at Liu Jin and said, "Eunuch, if you have the guts, beat this old man to death here!"
Liu Jin, who was stared at by Song Jing, couldn't help but change slightly, and glanced at the impassioned officials around him. These officials looked at him as if they were looking at a clown.
Immediately, Liu Jin screamed angrily: "Come here, punish me with a cane, give our family a cane!"
The surrounding Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi immediately came forward when they heard the words, and soon everything needed for the staff was ready, and the Jinyiwei captains and Dongchang Fanzi who were like wolves stepped forward to dispatch a famous official. Drag onto the stool.
Liu Jin looked coldly at Song Jing and the officials who scolded him the most, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and whispered something to a Dongchang fan beside him.
[The first update will be delivered, and there will be an update tonight, please follow up, but you can't get rid of it, and the explosion of code words is also motivated, isn't it? 】
(End of this chapter)
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