Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 105 Character decides fate
The farce was too noisy and of a bad nature. In the end, Wang Daoqiu and Xia Yan, as well as three other cabinet bachelors, and more than a dozen witnesses who were ministers of the fifth rank or above of the cabinet, were taken to the Wanshou Palace to let Emperor Jiajing tell the truth. Settle the lawsuit.

As soon as he arrived in front of the imperial court, Xia Laogou completely forgot about his past tyranny and acted in front of more than a dozen cabinet officials who came with him, as well as the six ministers summoned by the emperor, and the censors on both sides. With a "plop", he knelt down to Emperor Jiajing, and cried out with tears that Wang Daoqiu bullied him.That little pitiful look, just like a little girl who was dragged into the grove by a group of rough men in the middle of the night, wheeled over and over again, and just rescued.

Xia Yan was crying because her heart was broken, and her reasons for accusing Wang Daoqiu were justified.However, he is usually too rubbish to be a human being, so when the people at the scene saw his pitiful appearance, they didn't sympathize with him, but gloated at his misfortune, and felt happy.

After Xia Yan finished crying, Emperor Jiajing turned his face and glared at Wang Daoqiu, feeling resentful in his heart: This kid is too capable of causing trouble!Although this old Xia dog is hateful, he is still in his 60s and a dignified second assistant!How dare you, a young man who has just entered the officialdom, to be so humble? This habit of relying on favor and arrogance cannot be tolerated.

Emperor Jiajing made up his mind to teach Wang Daoqiu a lesson today.So he glared at Wang Daoqiu angrily and asked in a bad tone: "Wang Qing, Mr. Ci Fu is suing you for humiliating and hitting him. Can you admit it?"

"Your Majesty, I am wronged. What happened today was clearly that Sir Cifu insulted the junior minister first. Later, Master Cifu relied on his old man and tried to beat him up, but the junior minister was helpless and subdued him without hitting him. All colleagues who were present at the time can testify to this."

"That's nonsense, you shameless little thief. It's clearly you who are humiliating me today. You dare to quibble in front of the emperor. You are deceiving the emperor in person."

Faced with Emperor Jiajing's questioning, Wang Daoqiu denied it neither humble nor overbearing.Seeing that Wang Daoqiu refused to admit that he was being beaten and humiliated, Xia Yan became anxious, kneeling there and yelling.A second assistant who had been an official for 30 years actually had only this little accomplishment, which made all the Ming emperors and ministers shake their heads.

After Xia Yan finished roaring at Wang Daoqiu, he knelt at the feet of Emperor Jiajing like a mangy dog ​​and begged Emperor Jiajing to make the decision for him.

Xia Yan, an old man in his 60s with white beard and hair, knelt down and cried to Wang Daoqiu for beating him.But Wang Daoqiu refused to admit it, which made Emperor Jiajing difficult at this time.

So Emperor Jiajing asked Wang Daoqiu again with an angry look on his face: "Did you really not gouge Mr. Cifu?"

"No, if Your Majesty doesn't believe it, I can confront Mr. Second Assistant and the cabinet officials who were present in court."

"Okay, then you will confront me in court."

After saying this, Emperor Jiajing said to Yu Maojian who was standing next to him: "Yu Aiqing, you will preside over the imperial trial that cannot be received."

"Subordinate to the order"

Yu Maojian is in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and is now the highest censor in the Ming Dynasty. He is well-known in the court for his integrity and uprightness.He was the judge, and everyone was convinced.

After Yu Maojian received the order, he looked at Xia Yan, who was kneeling on the ground pretending to be pitiful, and Wang Daoqiu, who was standing upright and upright, and he shook his head helplessly.

Then Yu Maojian asked the dozen witnesses who were in charge of the cabinet at the time to come forward and serve as witnesses for the confrontation between Xia Yan and Wang Daoqiu.

With the personnel in place, Yu Maojian first asked Wang Daoqiu to provide evidence.So Wang Daoqiu pointed at Tan Lun and said to Yu Maojian: "This sir is the duty officer who is on duty at the hut today. I would like to invite this gentleman. Let me tell you first. Today I am on duty at the hut. Lu's passage."

Wang Daoqiu pointed out Tan Lun, and Yu Maojian didn't say much nonsense and raised his hand to signal Tan Lun to speak.After receiving the instruction, Tan Lun hurriedly bowed to all the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers present, and then said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, distinguished officers, Tan Lun, the lower officer, is the duty officer of the second assistant today. Today is the time, the new appointment The cabinet secretary, Wang Daoqiu, came to visit Sir Cifu and asked the official to pass the message. After the official went in to pass the message, Master Cifu was furious and severely reprimanded the official in the hall. This shocked the people at that time. Mr. Wang was standing at the door. Then Mr. Wang pushed open the door of Mr. Cifu's house and had a quarrel with Mr. Cifu. Later, Mr. Cifu was furious and rushed out and had a physical fight with Mr. Wang. conflict."

Tan Lun's certificate was of a high standard. The key points were all mentioned in one stroke, and he would never offend anyone.Tan Lun had a good idea, but how could Wang Daoqiu let him just slide by like this?
So as soon as Tan Lun finished speaking, Wang Daoqiu rushed to ask: "Master Tan, let me ask you, you went in to convey this little matter for me, why did the chief assistant scold you, what did you scold, and what How loudly did he scold you? Or let me make my words clearer. Mr. Tan, do you think those words of Mr. Cifu at that time were scolding you, or were they criticizing Huai and insulting me? "

"This, this, this..." Faced with Wang Daoqiu's question, Tan Lun did not dare to answer. He was afraid of Xia Yan's revenge, but he also did not dare to do so in front of Emperor Jiajing and all the court officials. , cover up for Xia Yan!So when faced with Wang Daoqiu's question, Tan Lun just said "this, this, this" and didn't know how to answer.

Tan Lun did not answer Wang Daoqiu's question directly, but as Xia Yan's "secretary", he did not dare to answer at this time, which in itself had answered everything.

So, looking at Emperor Jiajing and the courtiers, and Tan Lun's dodge, he already understood the cause of today's conflict.Wang Daoqiu took advantage of the heat to hit the railway: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, today is the first day of Xiyuan's duty in Xiyuan. Early in the morning, I went to the Longevity Palace to meet with Your Majesty. Your Majesty showed his kindness and rewarded me with food. After that, I went to Xiaguan again. I went to the Ministry of Personnel and the General Affairs Department and went through the relevant entry procedures. Finally, I went to Wuyi Hall and first paid a courtesy visit to Lord Yan, the first assistant, and then went to meet the second assistant, Lord Yan, according to the rules."

"The lower official is the newly appointed duty officer of the Cabinet Division. When he goes to the Cabinet Division, he first goes to see the four cabinet bachelors to listen to their teachings. This is a routine matter. But Lord Cifu, after hearing the report from Mr. Tan, the duty officer of the Cabinet Division, he said When the official came to see him, he became furious and insulted the official in the watch house. His voice was so loud that the entire Wuyi Hall could hear him clearly. At that time, at least ten people gathered at the door of Mr. Cifu. Several cabinet ministers on duty."

"Master Cifu scolded him too harshly, and there were more than a dozen cabinet ministers on duty watching at that time. I couldn't stand it at that time, so I was angry and pushed open the door of Master Cifu's duty house, and what happened to him There was a quarrel. Then Lord Cifu rushed out and wanted to hit Xianguan. Xiaguan quickly retreated from the door where Lord Cifu was on duty to the center of the hall of Wuyi Hall. Xiaguan gave in like this, but Cifu The Lord was still unwilling to let go of Xiaguan, and still chased him. So Xiaguan had to control his hands. After that, Xiaguan's hands kept holding the hands of Lord Cifu until the emperor's soldiers on duty rushed in. , to separate the two of us. Therefore, during this period, it was Master Cifu who wanted to dig and hit Xiaguan, but Xianguan did not dig and hit Master Cifu."

After Wang Daoqiu finished his explanation, he bowed his hands to the presiding judge Yu Maojian, indicating that he had finished speaking.

After listening to Wang Daoqiu's explanation, Yu Maojian nodded without making any comments.Then he asked Xia Yan: "Master Cifu, do you have any doubts about Master Wang's account?"

"Yes, Mr. Yu, I reprimanded my subordinate officer. What did he do to Wang Daoqiu? He actually pushed the door open, insulted me as a dog, and even let me bite him. Mr. Yu, tell me, he Is Wang Daoqiu too ungrateful?"

"Hmm." After listening to Xia Yan's narration, Yu Maojian still didn't comment. He just said "hmm" and motioned to Wang Daoqiu to explain.

After receiving the signal that he was allowed to speak, Wang Daoqiu was unambiguous and immediately said: "Master Yu, Xia Yan is a junior assistant, but do you think that what he said is human? What does it mean to reprimand one's own officials and do what to others? What's the matter? This Lord Tan is an upright Jinshi and a disciple of the Emperor. He is a minister of my Ming Dynasty! But listen to Xia Yan's tone, he really treats his subordinates as his own slaves. Let me remind you here Our Lord Second Assistant, a minister of the Ming Dynasty, has only one object of filial piety, and that is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, not you Xia Yan! Why do you regard me, a minister of the Ming Dynasty, as your domestic slave? Xia Yan, what do you want? Shouting back?”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have no rebellious intentions. I am loyal to Your Majesty and I will never have any second thoughts. This little thief has wronged me. I beg your Majesty to make the decision for me!"

"Bold Xia Yan, really unrepentant! Even now, you still dare to call me a thief! I am the number one scholar in this subject, chosen by your majesty, and a disciple of the emperor. If I am a thief, then who is your majesty?"

"you you you……."

Wrong is wrong. Xia Yan has never looked down upon his colleagues. He has always bossed others around, showing his superiority to himself, and insulting others' self-esteem at every turn.His tyranny was well known among officials at all levels in the central government of Ming Dynasty.Now Wang Daoqiu used this to attack him, accusing him of treating court officials as his slaves and himself as his master.Xia Yan couldn't defend himself. After all, everyone present knew about this matter.

In the face of irrefutable evidence, Xia Yan was unable to argue.So facing Xia Yan, who was lying on the ground crying and begging the emperor for mercy, Yu Maojian shook his head, and then went to question the dozen witnesses.

After some questioning, Yu Maojian came to Emperor Jiajing, bowed his head and saluted: "Your Majesty, after the confrontation between the two parties in the court and the testimony of more than a dozen colleagues. The veteran has now found out that Wang Daoqiu, the Minister on duty today, According to the law, I went to visit Xia Yan in the house on duty. Xia Yan refused to forgive Wang Daoqiu because of old grudges, so he criticized Wang Daoqiu there and insulted Wang Daoqiu. Then Wang Daoqiu couldn't get angry, so he started to quarrel with Xia Yan. , and called Xia Yan, the second assistant, a dog. Xia Yan was so angry that he rushed out and wanted to hit Wang Daoqiu. Wang Daoqiu gave in step by step, and finally had no way to retreat, so he restrained Xia Yan. After more than a dozen colleagues testified, the physical injuries of both parties During the conflict, Xia Yan wanted to hit Wang Daoqiu the whole time, but Wang Daoqiu only restrained Xia Yan and prevented Xia Yan from hitting him, but did not hit Xia Yan."

After Yu Maojian summarized the case, he returned to the court and handed over the next punishment to the emperor himself.

In fact, Emperor Jiajing heard everything whether it was the confrontation between Wang Daoqiu and Xia Yan or the testimony of the dozen eyewitnesses.He already understood what happened today.To put it bluntly, what happened today was Xia Yan's usual problems, coupled with Wang Daoqiu's youthful vigor.

It can be said that Emperor Jiajing has given up all hope for Xia Yan. When someone can take up the responsibility of the government, he will tell Xia Yan to get out.As for Wang Daoqiu, this made Emperor Jiajing feel complicated. What happened today was Xia Yan bullying Wang Daoqiu, not Wang Daoqiu being arrogant, which was good.But Emperor Jiajing didn't know whether to like or hate Wang Daoqiu's temper.There is no romantic partner in the city, which is reassuring.But if you don’t have a city government and won’t tolerate it, then you can’t do anything important!
Thinking of this, Emperor Jiajing announced his decision on punishment. Emperor Jiajing said: "That's all, it's just a small matter. Both parties have clearly reprimanded it as a warning. Okay, let's go back and do errands!"

(End of this chapter)