The dark-bellied prime minister's cute wife

Chapter 349: A Heartwarming Punishment

On the Golden Luan Hall, all civil and military officials were standing below tremblingly, while Long Scrophulariae sitting on the top just scanned the crowd with his eyes, but didn't say a word.

In the past, Dragon Scrophulariaceae always had a gentle and jade-like appearance, even when talking about things with these ministers, it was very calm, so they almost forgot that the one above was the master of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but at any time they took it. their lives.

These ministers used to be able to whisper under the gaze of Long Scrophulariae, but today they all lowered their eyes and dared not say a word.

Guo Huai stood beside Long Scrophulariae with a serious look.

The sound of a silver needle falling could even be heard in the main hall at this moment.

Longxuanshen looked at the crowd for a long time before he spoke: "Zhen, today I will rectify the imperial court."

After such a sentence was uttered, those ministers looked at me and I looked at you, wondering what the young emperor was going to do?But it doesn't look like a fake, but they haven't heard that the emperor has investigated anyone recently, so everyone is in danger for a while. You must know that the officials are more or less corrupt. , this Dragon Scrophulariaceae never cared about this matter before, why did he suddenly think of it today?
Tang Guogong on the side used to be the most eloquent and eloquent person in the court, but at this moment he actually stopped talking, glanced at the officials, and then secretly raised his head to look at the sitting The emperor above glanced at it. He hadn't received any news about this matter today, and it seemed to be the emperor's whim.But I don't believe it. Although the emperor is very young, he is very considerate in doing things, and he will never say such a thing without any evidence.

Many of the officials were members of the Tang family, so seeing the emperor's terrifying appearance at this moment, they looked in his direction one by one, hoping to get some news, but there was nothing. obtained.

Long Scrophulariaceae sitting on the top didn't speak at the moment, but he saw the "communication" between the people below, thinking that he had been bullied by the Tang family on weekdays, and today he had to give him a good Check out some color.

Just when the civil and military officials didn't know what the emperor was thinking, and they were still guessing, they heard the person above suddenly said: "A few days ago, Rong and the princess were ordered to travel, although it was announced that they were going out of the palace to play. , but went to Jiangzhou according to my secret order."

As soon as he heard the word "Jiangzhou", Tang Guogong seemed to realize something. He raised his head and looked at the emperor, but saw a sneer on the corner of the emperor's mouth.

Everyone knew about this matter, that day Rong and the princess had a great trip, but what was strange was that when the brigade of Rong and the princess approached Jiangzhou, they suddenly disappeared.Before this incident, everyone was puzzled, but now they realized that after hearing what the emperor said, it must be that Rong and the princess went on a private visit.

But what is the relationship between Rong and the private visit of the princess and what will happen next?Some ministers who knew that they had nothing to do with this matter all glanced at the emperor in disbelief. They seemed to be able to predict that there would be a big reshuffle in the court.

For those officials who have no chance of being promoted on weekdays, this is a great opportunity.

Long Scrophulariae opened a booklet in front of him, and read the names of those officials one by one. Every time he read one, he saw an official knelt down with a face ashamed. As early as when the emperor said such words just now, they were in their hearts. I know that today I'm afraid I won't be able to escape.

He even didn't expect that the people above him would come to save him, because they were just pawns in the hands of others, and the master would never put himself in danger for a group of people like them who had lost their use value.

"...Zhang Jie" After the last name from Long Xuanshen's mouth was pronounced, most of the people kneeling in the hall would be recognized by those with sharp eyes. Most of these kneeling people were from the Tang Dynasty Gong's disciple.

At this moment, Tang Guogong seems to have realized the emperor's thoughts. I am afraid that today's incident is just to scare chickens and monkeys. The charges against him seem to have nothing to do with him, but they are closely connected with him.

Dragon Scrophulariae...should have thought about attacking him a long time ago, but he didn't dare to directly attack himself because of the entanglement of his power in the court, but today's incident is already attacking himself He lost face, and even directly confronted himself. He was not afraid of himself. The previous blindly forbearance was just that the time had not come. When the time came, he would completely bring down the Tang family.

Thinking of this, Tang Guogong felt his face turned pale, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised as if he was angry at the scene in front of him. He seemed to have really underestimated this young emperor before.

Long Scrophulariaceae looked at the officials kneeling on the floor with satisfaction. These officials have always been the minions of the Tang family. Now that he has used this matter to directly reshuffle the court, this old fox will surely I can't sit still.

"Tang Guogong, how do you think these people should be dealt with?" Suddenly a loud voice came, and some ministers looked at Tang Guogong.Some old officials who knew about it thought it was funny in their hearts. In fact, they had long been displeased with the arrogant and domineering style of the Tang family. The owner has changed, but I didn't expect the emperor to handle this matter so well today, presumably the emperor has already known about the crime.

Today's matter seems to have nothing to do with that Tang Guogong, but in fact it has the most to do with him. Almost all of these criminals are his disciples.

Tang Guogong was stunned when he heard the emperor's words. His face looked worried for the emperor, but his heart was already very solemn. The emperor was testing himself. If he said that he would kill all these people He will definitely be labeled as a murderer of colleagues by him, and those officials who have surrendered to him before will definitely feel chilled in their hearts, but if he let him deal with it lightly, he will definitely punish himself. How should this be done? ?

Dragon Scrophulariae naturally knew what was going on in his heart at the moment, but that was his own purpose. Although he was not directly named in the crime, everyone could see it clearly.The reason why these people dare to do this is entirely because they have the support of Tang Guogong.

Several courtiers who had surrendered to Duke Tang but were not implicated paid close attention to his every move, because what he said would determine whether they continued to take refuge in him.

"Tang Guogong?" Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Long Xuan said again.

Tang Guogong regained his feelings, and then stood up with cupped hands: "My Majesty, this time the case is very involved, why don't you wait until Lord Su recovers and let Lord Su investigate again, Lord Su has never been invincible. This case will definitely give everyone justice. It will also prevent the upright officials from being wronged and the emperor being charged with murdering all officials."

Harm all officials?Long Scrophulariaceae recalled these words with great interest in his heart. This Tang Guogong obviously wanted to save them, but he still wanted to act like he was thinking of himself. He is indeed an old fox.

"According to what Tang Guogong said, if Mr. Su is bad for a day, will these people not be punished?" Long Scrophulariae's voice came again, this time it was quite deserted.

The standing civil and military officials were all frightened by the open and secret fight between these two people, and they froze there, strange!Why did they all have cold sweats on their backs when it was clearly the sun?
It wasn't a day or two since the Tang family and the emperor faced each other, but today the two of them seemed to have eaten gunpowder, and they had to set a trap for each other.

When Tang Guogong heard this, he was speechless for a while: "The old minister didn't mean this, the emperor misunderstood. The old minister did this for the sake of the emperor's clarity, and the emperor didn't want to be recorded in the history books in the future. The emperor is a loyal and evil person. your king."

After these words came out, all the officials were even more shocked. You must know that what the king cares about most is the history books. This Tang Guogong dared to directly use this to threaten the emperor. Could it be that he is really not afraid of being punished?
Hearing this, Long Scrophulariaceae burst into laughter suddenly: "Hahaha, Mr. Tang Guo is really thinking of me." After speaking, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes: "In that case, Mr. Su is not feeling well. Let Tang Guogong investigate the matter carefully."

This remark surprised Tang Guogong even more. He seemed to have fallen into the trap of the king again, so he quickly knelt down and said, "Don't hide it from the emperor! Several of the officials involved in the case are disciples of veteran ministers, so if It would be unfair for a veteran to review this case, so please ask the emperor to take it back and become famous."

"Oh?" It seems that what he has been waiting for is his words, so at this moment, Long Xuanshen glanced at him before continuing: "If Tang Guogong doesn't mention me, I will forget it. It is impossible to escape the negligent responsibility of being unworthy." This was a bit of a joke, but it made Tang Guogong feel deep hostility.

"If you don't punish this, I'm afraid you won't be able to be vigilant to civil and military officials, but Tang Guogong, you are also thinking about the country. If this is the case, you will be fined for one year, and you will be closed for a month. You will not be able to go to court within a month. , I wonder if Tang Guogong thinks this punishment is unfair?" Long Scrophulariae said with a smile on his face, as if he was really asking for his opinion.

Tang Guogong knew that the emperor was setting himself a trap today, so he kowtowed to him without saying anything: "Thank you, old minister, for your kindness!" After speaking, he strode away, Long Scrophulariae...do you think you can fight like this? Did you beat me?Everything is still unknown.

When he was walking outside, Long Scrophulariae's merciless voice came from behind him: "These officials are all involved in the rebellion, beheaded immediately at Meridian Gate as a warning!"

(End of this chapter)