travel through the past to be emperor

Chapter 121 Your Majesty is Not Simple

Zhao Fei had known for a long time that the death of Prince Gong and Zhao Yong would bring him a lot of trouble, but he really didn't expect the trouble to come so soon.

Although most of the more than ten officials kneeling at the gate of the palace were not of high rank, and most of them were censors, they were all young, promising and prestigious officials in the court.

It can be said that these dozen or so people are, to some extent, the candidates for the six ministers and ministers of the imperial court in the future.

Looking at the dozen or so people kneeling at the gate of the palace, Zhao Fei looked a little ugly, and what made Zhao Fei even more angry was that these people gathered together for the death of Zhao Yong.

After a few days, the unclear news of Zhao Fei's death was widely circulated in Chang'an City, and these people came here just to seek justice for Zhao Yong.

These were all said by the guards on duty at the palace gate after Zhao Fei came over.

When Zhao Fei led a group of ministers out of the palace gate and appeared beside more than a dozen officials, Zhao Fei clearly saw many people who had wandered around before gradually moving closer.

With a sneer in his heart, Zhao Fei yelled at an official kneeling at the front: "Zheng Tao, what is your intention in kneeling here?"

Zheng Tao, a young talent who has quickly emerged from the Yushitai in recent years. Thirteen officials participated, and each memorial had to be worn by an official from the imperial court.

It was precisely because of Zheng Tao's powerful actions that he quickly emerged and became an important figure in the young and strong faction of the imperial court. Zhao Fei also paid close attention to him.

It's not that Zhao Fei is interested in a man, it's just that Zheng Tao often goes to memorials to criticize this one and criticize that one, it's very difficult for Zhao Fei even if he doesn't know.

Now he is the one who takes the lead and kneels at the gate of the palace.

Facing Zhao Fei's scolding, Zheng Tao looked calm, raised his head and took a deep look at Zhao Fei, then gave Zhao Fei a long kowtow, and then a sad voice rang out loudly.

"Your Majesty."

Zheng Tao is like that Meng Jiangnu crying on the Great Wall, that is called a sad, that is called a miserable, that is called a cuckoo crying blood ape wailing, it is heartbreaking.

The only pity is that Zheng Tao is not a girl. Zhao Fei has always been indifferent to men crying, but he still looked surprised and said: "Zheng Tao, what are you doing? Why don't you give it to me soon?" stand up."

"Your Majesty, please make the decision for Prince Gong!" Zheng Tao shouted loudly.

Hearing this, Zhao Fei's face darkened immediately. He and the others had already made a decision about Zhao Yong. Now what did Zheng Tao mean by shouting that, and where did he put Zhao Fei?

Zhao Fei immediately stretched his sleeves and said, "Come here, lock up all these lunatics."

Qin Hui's eyes flashed, and he hurriedly said loudly: "Zheng Tao, who gave you the courage to come to the gate of the palace to complain, why don't you kowtow to His Majesty to apologize."

So everyone looked at Zheng Tao, but unexpectedly, after Zheng Tao kowtowed to Zhao Fei for a long time, he immediately raised his head and said loudly:
"Your Majesty, Prince Gong is your brother. Don't you understand that he is dead now? Your Majesty, you have to make decisions for him!"

Zhao Fei's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, he turned around and sneered at Zheng Tao: "Where did Prince Gong die for no apparent reason? Please explain clearly to me."

"Your Majesty, it is well known that Prince Gong died in the Jinyiwei Prison for no apparent reason." Zheng Tao said.

"Everyone knows?" Zhao Fei looked around with a cold face, and then looked at Qin Huidao: "Qin Aiqing, you told this guy, how did everyone know how Prince Gong died."

With a bitter face, Qin Hui glared at Zheng Tao, and said, "Listen, Zheng Tao, Prince Gong died of a disease. This was approved by His Majesty, His Majesty the Concubine, the first-rank officials of the imperial court, and the Imperial Physician of the Imperial Hospital. You must not talk nonsense."

Zheng Tao glanced at Qin Hui, then turned to look at Zhao Fei and said, "Your Majesty, I naturally dare not question Your Majesty, the Concubine, and all the adults, but I only ask Your Majesty to handle this matter fairly."

"How do you want to be fair?" Qin Hui scolded.

"Hand over Chu Xuan. I know that Prince Gong died in the Jinyiwei. As the leader of the Jinyiwei, Chu Xuan naturally has to bear the responsibility he should bear." Zheng Tao said loudly: "Your Majesty, please hand over Chu Xuan to the Ministry of Punishment, and make it public. review the matter."

"Your Majesty, please hand over Chu Xuan and let the matter be heard publicly!"

Following Zheng Tao, the officials who had been silent and kneeling behind Zheng Tao spoke loudly at the same time.

"Crazy, you are really crazy." Qin Hui shook his head, then looked at Zhao Fei and said, "Your Majesty, these people are already crazy, Your Majesty should not be as knowledgeable as them."

"Don't be as knowledgeable as them, now they are as knowledgeable as I am." Zhao Fei sneered, "If you don't know as much as them, do you want me to be as knowledgeable as you?"

"I dare not." Qin Hui quickly lowered his head.

"Just don't you dare?" Zhao Fei sneered, Qin Hui is the head of all the officials, there is nothing he doesn't know about the activities among the officials, Ruo is the boss who can hide any troubles in the officialdom from him, then He's also a fucking boss.

But now is not the time to quarrel with Qin Hui, Zhao Fei looked at Zheng Tao, and said to the court rookie with a cold face: "You have disappointed me so much, I thought you were a talent to be cultivated, but never I thought it was a fool who could be used so easily."

"Your Majesty..." Zheng Tao turned pale and was about to speak, but Zhao Fei continued.

"I can tell you that there is nothing wrong with the death of Prince Gong. If you and the people behind you want to make up your mind on this issue, then it is a big mistake."

"In addition, I can also tell you that Chu Xuan has already gone to the front line to serve the court loyally. This is not because I am protecting him. This is the result of discussions between me and the ministers. Do you understand now?" Zhao Fei looked at him coldly. Zheng Tao.

Zheng Tao already felt that his coming this time did not seem to be a very good idea. At least he thought that some adults would intercede for him this time, but so far only Qin Hui has stood up.

Zheng Tao cast his eyes on Qin Hui, and Qin Hui's face flashed a complex look, but most of them were powerless.

Zhao Fei carefully watched the change in Zheng Tao's expression, then waved his hand and said, "Come here, bring these people into the prison."

"Your Majesty, Mr. Zheng is the censor after all." Qin Hui opened his mouth, but he still spoke.

"Censor?" Zhao Fei sneered, and said, "Now he's not there anymore. I'll tell you that from now on, Zheng Tao will be dismissed from all positions, and he'll lose his status as a soldier. From now on, he'll be a commoner."

"Your Majesty, this is not in accordance with the rules." Zheng Tao protested loudly: "I am the censor, and I have the right to impeach and monitor. There is nothing wrong with my words. Your Majesty can't tell me like this, not to mention that the scholar's registration is the testimony of a saint. , Scholars have the right to speak out about state affairs, and since ancient times there has been no practice of expulsion from scholars for discussing state affairs."

"If you didn't have it in the past, it doesn't mean you don't have it now. Since I said that you will lose your civil status, then you will lose your civil status. From today onwards, you will no longer have the right to discuss state affairs." Zhao Fei waved his hands and said, "Left and right , take this madman away."

Afterwards, Zhao Fei turned to look at Qin Hui and said, "Master Qin, do you have any objections to doing this?"

"I would like to obey your majesty's decree." Qin Hui said with a bitter face, he knew that no matter how good Zheng Tao was before, from now on, there would be no more Zheng Tao in the court.

Expelled from the ranks, the rank is the most fundamental thing for an official, which represents his background, as long as the rank is still there, even if he is dismissed from the official position, he can be reinstated at any time as long as he has the opportunity in the future.

But once the scholar status is expelled, no matter how many people the court needs in the future, they will not be considered, because the person who was expelled from the scholar status is no longer on the employment list of the Ministry of Officials.

As for the restoration of soldier status?

Since ancient times, it is not uncommon for people to be expelled from the ranks of scholars, but Qin Hui has never heard of people who can be restored after being expelled from the ranks of scholars.

So from the moment Zhao Fei ordered Zheng Tao to be expelled, Zheng Tao has nothing to do with the officialdom, and it is impossible to have anything to do with it.

As Zheng Tao said, in fact, Zhao Fei did not have the right to expel a person casually, but at this moment, who would dare to touch Zhao Fei's Ni Lin.

Let Zheng Tao be unlucky, Qin Hui sighed in his heart, and understood that he had offended Zhao Fei by looking for trouble today, and he didn't know when the emperor would deal with him.

"How nice of you!"

Zhao Fei sneered at the surrounding officials, waved his sleeves, turned and left.

When Zhao Fei left, Qin Hui turned his head and looked at the adults around him, and sighed: "Our Majesty is becoming more and more dignified now!"

"Lord Qin shouldn't have pleaded for Zheng Tao just now." Liu Yong's eyes flashed, and he said: "The matter of Prince Gong was witnessed by us and His Majesty. There is no problem with the death of Prince Gong. A very clear thing."

"But I'm the prime minister!" President Qin sighed,

Liu Yong looked stunned for a moment, then shook his head. He was also a prime minister, so he naturally understood Qin Hui's difficulties. All the officials safeguarded their due interests, so Qin Hui's actions were not deliberately against Zhao Fei.

It's just that you don't need to guess what Zhao Fei thinks, just look at Zhao Fei's face, so Liu Yong immediately felt a little pity for Qin Hui.

"Master Qin, you should have received information about today's matter beforehand, right?" Lin Wanrong leaned forward and said calmly.

Qin Hui's eyes flashed, he nodded, and said: "I did get some news. Zheng Tao is a talented person in the court. I have always paid attention to him. I thought he was just making a fuss in the last book, but I didn't expect He is so confused, he came here to kneel at the palace gate, it's just nonsense."

"En." Lin Wanrong nodded, looked at Wang Qinian and said, "Master Wang, when did this Chu Xuan leave Chang'an?"

Wang Qinian half-opened one eye, and snorted coldly: "As early as that day and night, he left Chang'an with His Majesty's imperial decree. If you want me to tell you, don't count this or that. Our Majesty is not simple. Very much."

After finishing speaking, Wang Qinian cupped his hands to the crowd, and said, "Brothers, my leg hurts from standing, so I'll go back first, you guys are chatting."

"The old man is right, Your Majesty is not easy now!" Zhao Zilong sighed: "In the past, I never thought that His Majesty has such a vigorous side."

Everyone had different thoughts, they all stood there with a look of sadness, thinking about Zhao Fei's difficulty now.

(End of this chapter)