The Chui Gong Hall returned to its usual calm, but probably because of Emperor Liu, the atmosphere always seemed a little subtle. There was a crashing sound, which was very abrupt in the quiet hall, startling everyone, but it was Emperor Liu. He overturned the extremely eye-catching memorials on the Imperial Case.
The air in the palace seemed to have solidified, and time seemed to have stopped. After a moment of silence, Yantuo looked at Emperor Liu carefully, but saw that Emperor Liu's face was as usual, with a calm expression, and he was holding a book of unknown content in his hand. The memorial is being read.
After hesitating for a moment, Yantuo called to the two chamberlains in the palace, stepped forward and carefully picked up the memorials and cases scattered on the ground, and put them away gently.
Li Fang also silently changed a blank edict and wrote the edict again according to Emperor Liu's wishes. This time, he needed to draft a lot of edicts.
Soon, a neatly written and fluent edict was drawn up. Li Fang personally handed it to Emperor Liu for review. Emperor Liu only glanced at it for a while and then handed it back to him. His eyes fell on the seal box. Li Fang understood. He solemnly held the jade seal to the imperial desk.
Seeing Li Fang, the minister of the dynasty, looking in awe and carefully stamping his seal on the edict, Emperor Liu felt inexplicably better.
The atmosphere of silence for a long time was finally broken. Emperor Liu asked Li Fang: "Shicai, you haven't spoken much. Wang Pu and Zhao Pu all have ideas. You, a cabinet bachelor, don't have any suggestions?"
Carefully putting the jade seal symbolizing the authority of the emperor back into the brocade box again, Li Fang respectfully replied: "As a cabinet minister, your Majesty's will should come first in everything and you should obey your Majesty's instructions. Your Majesty has already taken care of this matter. Do you have any objections to the decision?"
After hearing what he said, Emperor Liu immediately smiled and said: "My cabinet ministers are also required to be capable and knowledgeable. They are not puppets and clay sculptures, and you are not a person without opinions."
"In the Cai Palace just now, Wang Pu's attitude was very clear. Although he was convinced by me, I know that the concerns in his heart have not diminished at all, but have intensified!
Although Zhao Pu is not as obedient as Wang Pu, I also understand that he also has an idea in mind, but I don't know why he didn't make it clear.
You have been working in many places for so many years, and I don’t believe you don’t have any ideas on this matter!"
As he said that, Emperor Liu looked at Li Fang with a more frighteningly strong gaze, and said solemnly: "Although you don't say anything, don't you also think that my decision this time is a bit too strong and too conceited?"
"Are you dissatisfied with my decision?"
Emperor Liu vented these words like he was pouring beans, but Li Fang responded. He lowered his head slightly, pondered for a long time, and choked out a sentence: "I don't dare!"
This reaction obviously made Emperor Liu unable to hold back. He stood up, walked around angrily for a few steps, and scolded: "You ministers, when something happens, you just say you don't dare? What attitude, what thoughts, what is there to say? No What does dare mean? Huh?"
Faced with Emperor Liu's questions, Li Fang's serious face finally showed a little helplessness. He looked at Emperor Liu carefully and sighed in his heart. If he didn't dare, he just didn't dare. As for why he didn't dare, let alone
Dare to speak out.
"Don't dare!" Emperor Liu asked the question as if he wanted to vent all the frustration in his chest. He pointed at the imperial case and said sternly: "You meritorious ministers and ministers, all of you have lowered your eyebrows and flattered me in front of me.
Li said he didn't dare to do it, but when he left Chui Gong Hall and the court, what was there that he didn't dare to do?
Knowing the law and breaking the law, committing fraud for personal gain, these cases are all shocking to me. Those who are humble and respectful are all doing it for me to see!"
"I am guilty!" Li Fang, probably unable to withstand Emperor Liu's cannon-like firepower, bent down a little and said in a deep voice.
Seeing this, Emperor Liu immediately laughed angrily, pointed at Li Fang and said, "Ha! Are you guilty again? The crime you mentioned was not forced by me to say it, right?"
There was a bit of bitterness in the emperor's tone, but Li Fang was unshakable, as if he was listening to the holy teachings. Emperor Liu's wrath was like a storm, and Li Fang was not afraid at all, just because he knew in his heart,
Emperor Liu was not targeting him.
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
At this moment, Li Fang was just a ball of cotton or a puddle of water. No matter how hard Emperor Liu spoke like a knife, it would be hard to hurt him. Seeing this, Emperor Liu smiled again. After venting his anger like this, he seemed to be relieved.
It went smoothly, and his mood gradually calmed down. After all, he was not targeting Li Fang.
"I'm a little lost!" Emperor Liu waved his hand and spat out these words.
After listening to what he said, Li Fang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty has always loved and cared for me, and the reason he is so angry now is because of his deep love and deep responsibility. Some people have indeed gone too far and have let him down."
Your Majesty trusts me!"
Regarding Li Fang's words, Emperor Liu's reaction was relatively bland, he didn't express anything, and he no longer had any outbursts.
After sitting down and thinking for a while, Emperor Liu asked: "What's the news about Liu Yang? Where is he? It was he who dug up the Huazhou case. Now the influence of his gaffe is getting bigger and bigger, and he is causing a lot of trouble. But he is nothing
asked!"
"According to the previous notification from the prince's camp, His Royal Highness should have visited Qizhou!" Li Fang reported, paused, and asked for instructions: "Does Your Majesty intend to recall the prince?"
Hearing this, Emperor Liu obviously hesitated, thought for a moment, and shook his head: "That's all! It's not a bad thing to let him visit the place more. In this way, you can draft an edict, send it to the camp, and tell Liu
Hey, just return to Beijing before the Lantern Festival!"
"yes!"
Li Fang looked at Emperor Liu carefully, and suddenly felt a sense of relief in his heart. From the emperor's peaceful instructions, he felt a hint of care.
For the prince, if the Huazhou case is dug up, it can have the effect of establishing his authority. However, when the subsequent series of disturbances and court shock caused by this case may not be a good thing for the prince, now
Xijing is a whirlpool, and a large number of nobles and bureaucrats are involved in it. It is conceivable that many people will be charged or suffer loss of profits because of this.
Probably no one dares to resent Emperor Liu, but if some people attribute all these reasons to the prince's unkindness, then it will inevitably have some bad effects on the prince.
After all, Li Fang was Liu Yang's teacher, so matters involving him would inevitably require more careful consideration and care. In Li Fang's eyes, letting the prince return to Beijing before the Lantern Festival was a kind of protection. By that time, the court would
The storm has basically subsided, and even if it hasn't, it's still in the final stages.
Emperor Liu, of course, didn't know about Li Fang's divergent thinking. He was sitting behind the imperial desk, taking out a copy of this chapter, frowning, reading with a cold face, and making circles on it from time to time.
This is a list, a list of all the criminals and their crimes who have surrendered and been investigated and interrogated so far. Quietly, Emperor Liu has already received a summary of these personnel.
At this time, Emperor Liu had no visible emotion, but with each stroke of the red pen, the chill in the Chui Gong Palace seemed to increase. The light tip of the pen was as sharp as a sharp knife.
At the end of the ninth year of Kaibao, with Emperor Liu's edicts issued, the political tide caused by the case of Zhang Jin in Huazhou also came to an end. This also means that the conflict between the government and the opposition has lasted for nearly a month.
The shock finally subsided.
In fact, when Emperor Liu's attitude was made clear, everyone's criticism, noise, struggle, and running stopped, and everyone fell silent, switching from being active to waiting.
One word can calm Xijing, this is Emperor Liu's current power.
Of course, this was accompanied by more than two hundred law enforcers from the Three Justice Divisions, who judged and sentenced dozens of cases, large and small, and nearly a thousand criminals involved. This process lasted for ten days.
After the final deliberation of Dali Temple, seventy-three noble disciples, as well as internal and external officials, were sentenced to death. The rest were either demoted, exiled, or had their homes confiscated and removed from office, which may be a lenient punishment.
