When this voice fell, all the ministers in the palace couldn't help but be surprised.
You must know that Yu Qian's memorial was already confirmed by the emperor's golden words. Even Shen Yi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, only dared to complain about poverty in a tactful way, and did not dare to say anything wrong directly.
But this one is good, he doesn't hide it at all, his appearance makes it clear that he wants to go against the emperor.
Who is so brave?
Everyone unanimously turned their attention to the person who spoke. Unsurprisingly, this person was the famous thorn in the court recently, the left deputy censor, Wang Hong.
Logically speaking, the people summoned by the emperor this time were basically officials from various ministries. However, the Zuo Du Yushi who was currently in charge of the Ducha Yuan reported illness, so he made an exception and allowed Wang Hong to attend.
But even so, according to the unspoken rules of officialdom, there was no room for Wang Hong to speak.
To put it bluntly, Wang Hong was just a substitute for Chen Yi, and he could not represent Chen Yi. This sounds a bit convoluted, but it is true.
If the person present now is Chen Yi, the censor of Zuodu, then there is nothing wrong with him no matter what he says.
However, Wang Hong was just a deputy censor of the capital. By allowing him to attend, one was to show respect for the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the other was to ask him to bring back the content and results of today's discussion to Chen Yi, who was not present.
In addition, Wang Hong himself is actually not qualified to speak.
However, unspoken rules are unspoken rules, and some people are the boss. Even after saying this, almost everyone in the palace looked ugly. The left deputy censor still continued to speak sadly, saying.
"Your Majesty, since the capital came to power in the second year of Jingtai, there have been droughts, floods, earthquakes, and snowstorms in various places. Last year, there was a disaster of lightning striking the palace gate. Now the snowstorm has become less severe. Henan and other places have been experiencing drought and no rain for a long time. This is enough. The intention of the ancestors from heaven is to warn your majesty to rest and recuperate, to be diligent and to love the people."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone in the palace changed.
They expected Wang Hong to be brave, but they didn't expect him to be so brave.
Is it possible to say this easily?
It would be fine if an ordinary censor said this, but what is Wang Hong's status? Now that Chen Yi has reported illness, Wang Hong is the highest-ranking official in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
What he is saying now, at best, is just an admonishment, but at worst, it is no different than pointing at the emperor's nose and scolding him...
As a result, everyone looked at His Majesty the Emperor in unison. Sure enough, after hearing these words, the Emperor's face immediately turned livid.
There was silence in the palace for a moment, and in a tense atmosphere where you could hear a needle drop, the emperor's voice slowly sounded, without any emotion, but inexplicably making people feel cold.
"Are Wang Qing's words accusing me of being immoral and deeds, leading to punishment from heaven?"
Sure enough, the emperor was already angry.
The ministers present, except for those cabinet ministers who had just arrived in the capital not long ago, all others knew something about the emperor.
Whenever the emperor speaks in this tone, it must be the prelude to the coming storm.
This was not easy to answer. Fortunately, Wang Hong was not completely dizzy yet. He immediately fell to his knees and said.
"Your Majesty clearly knows that I have no such intention."
"However, nowadays, disasters are frequent. In addition, the people's burden is extremely heavy due to the various projects and wars carried out by the imperial court. The imperial government sent troops to suppress the bandits, which was originally a matter of benefit to the people. But at this time, the army is wasted, but it will undoubtedly make the people's livelihood worse.
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"Your Majesty has always been considerate of the people. I sincerely ask your Majesty to consider the hardships faced by the small people, cease fighting, and rest with all the people. Only in this way will the world be blessed and the country be blessed."
It was obvious that Wang Hong also knew that what he just said was inappropriate, so he was holding back what he said next.
However, his temper was difficult to change for a while. As he spoke, in the last few sentences, he once again became the tone of blaming the emperor.
"presumptuous!"
As expected, even the emperor, who had always been good-tempered, was very angry. He slammed the table hard. The emperor's face turned pale, but he did not continue to speak. He looked as if he was too angry to speak.
Seeing this situation, the ministers on the side saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly spoke.
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
However, even though he said this, no one interceded with Wang Hong. In fact, apart from these words, there were no other words to comfort the emperor.
It must be said that this is a very rare situation in the DPRK.
Therefore, at this time, the importance of time in government is reflected.
Although Wang Hong is now the left deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and is in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate by chance, his qualifications are too junior after all.
You must know that during the civil war, Wang Hong was just an ordinary official. There were at least hundreds of officials like him in the court.
Therefore, the ministers he can make friends with are naturally almost all officials of the same level as him. Those who are slightly higher, even an ordinary minister of the Sixth Ministry, are not people he can easily establish friendship with.
However, Wang Hong's shocking punch at the Zuo Shunmen court meeting directly killed Wang Zhen's party member Ma Shun on the spot, making him famous among Ke Dao and Shilin.
Later, although he was punished and demoted to patrol the front lines, it was precisely because of this that he had the opportunity to go further.
After the War at Wala, Wang Hong was not only pardoned and transferred back to the capital, but he was also promoted several times for his military exploits, all the way to the position of the third rank of the left and deputy censor of the capital.
Although he rose quickly, he still had no foundation at all.
Basically, no official of the third rank or above in the imperial court had a close friendship with him. In fact, because of his reckless and impulsive temper, many ministers deliberately kept a distance from him.
To put it bluntly, when they reach the third rank or above, they are no longer the kind of enthusiastic and stupid people who just entered the officialdom. Although they admire Wang Hong's integrity and courage, they make more decisions based on interests.
If you run too fast, you will be hated by others!
Wang Hong is like this now. The most the bosses can do is not to target him. As for speaking for him...
Who are you?
Maybe, for the ministers in the palace now, if Wang Hong was severely punished by the emperor, it would be best to be demoted from the capital.
Don't forget, Chen Yi has asked for bones several times. If he really leaves, then the position of Zuodu Yushi will be vacant.
At this time, Wang Hong himself is seeking death, who will care about him...
There was silence in the palace, except for the emperor's stern gaze, which was like a needle pricking people's hearts.
However, I don't know whether to say it was fortunate or unfortunate. After a while, the emperor suppressed his anger and said coldly.
"Today's discussion ends here. Please step aside, gentlemen!"
After that, the emperor stood up and left before anyone else could react.
Seeing this situation, many people in the palace had a look of regret in their eyes, but it was just a trace.
They probably have some understanding of the emperor's character. Although he has been suppressing Ke Dao recently, he is indeed not the kind of impulsive person.
However, for them, what happened today was just a shot if there was no date.
From another perspective, Wang Hong was so offended, but the emperor still did not commit any additional crimes in his anger. For Yanlu, it was also a good thing.
Everyone had different thoughts and everyone resigned. Only Wang Hong felt a little disappointed because the emperor did not accept his advice.
However, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future, so there is no need to dwell on this moment.
With this in mind, Mr. Wang also left Wuying Palace with the others...
After sending a group of ministers away and returning to Qianqing Palace, Zhu Qiyu still had a sullen look on his face. Seeing this situation, Huai En asked cautiously.
"Your Majesty, the Queen has just sent someone to bring some snacks. I saw you and the ministers discussing things, so I ordered the food boxes to be put down."
"My slave just looked at it. It's still warm. Look, why don't you bring it up and put some in?"
Zhu Qiyu said nothing, so Wynn waved to the maid next to him, who immediately took out several boxes of exquisite snacks from the food box and brought them over.
Then, Wynn saw the emperor staring at the snacks in front of him in a daze.
This look made Wynn feel uneasy and surprised at the same time.
You know, your majesty and the empress have always been singing in harmony. In the past few days, as long as your majesty was angry and ate the snack soup sent by the empress, he would feel better no matter what. But this time...
However, the emperor didn't speak, and Wynn didn't dare to say anything. He just stood aside and waited.
"I understand..."
Not long after, the emperor's expression softened, and he even showed a smile.
This look made Wynn next to him even more confused.
However, he didn't have the heart to think about this, because soon, the emperor opened his mouth and gave instructions.
"Let's go to Kunning Palace!"
"yes!"
Before Wynn could step back and prepare, the emperor's voice sounded again, giving instructions.
"Show off!"
After hearing this, Wynn was slightly startled.
Of course he knew what the emperor meant by this. The emperor's ceremonial guard was very complicated, but generally speaking, when walking in the palace, full ceremonial guards were not used. At most, they just passed a chariot.
However, when the emperor said that he wanted to show off, he meant that he needed to use the bran book.
Logically speaking, this is a ceremonial carriage that is only used when leaving the palace or going to the Kunning Palace. The emperor is so troubled, but he doesn't know why.
However, doubts turned into doubts in his heart. After witnessing the scene in Wuying Palace just now, Huai En did not dare to say anything in front of the emperor at this time. He responded and immediately went down to prepare.
The ceremony was complicated and it took a full stick of incense to finally fix it. So Zhu Qiyu supported the chariot and headed towards Kunning Palace.
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
A long queue stopped in front of the Kunning Palace gate. Of course, Wang had already received the news about such a big battle, and took the palace people with him to greet them in front of the palace gate.
"No gift..."
After getting off Luanjia, Hua En saw that the emperor's face, which had calmed down in the Palace of Qianqing, now became angry again.
This anger made the maids kneeling beside him feel a little scared.
Zhu Qiyu didn't care about this. He pulled Wang, who had just stood up, and walked towards the palace.
After a while, Zhu Qiyu sat on the couch under the service of the palace ladies. Wang poured a cup of tea for him, placed it in front of him, and asked softly.
"Your Majesty, what's going on?"
"I haven't seen such a big movement from Yijia for a long time. Could it be that I did something wrong and caused Your Majesty to come to investigate?"
This was said with a hint of joking, obviously hoping to liven up the somewhat gloomy atmosphere.
However, what Wang didn't expect was that before she finished speaking, Zhu Qiyu blinked at her.
Then, she realized that the emperor's anger just outside the palace had completely disappeared...
"Yun Niang, I want you to do me a favor!"
Regarding Zhu Qiyu's sudden change, Wang was stunned for a while, but she still nodded and said.
"Your Majesty said so..."
Then, a smile appeared on Zhu Qiyu's face, and then he spoke.
"I want you to help me..."
cabinet.
After finishing the duel, Zhang Min just returned to the public room, but before he could finish his cup of tea, someone from the middle school room outside came in to report.
"Master Chief Assistant, Master Second Assistant has arrived..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Shiyue's figure appeared at the door.
So Zhang Min quickly stood up and raised his hands to Yu Shiyue.
Yu Shiyue returned the gift and sat down opposite Zhang Min. Then he took out a memorial from his sleeve and said.
"Sir, Chief Assistant, I'm sorry to disturb you. I came here in a hurry because I just received a memorandum. The content of it is a bit uncertain, and I'm afraid I need the Chief Assistant to make an idea."
Hearing this, Zhang Min was a little surprised at first, and then became wary.
In today's cabinet, several ministers who have just arrived are still getting familiar with each other. However, since Wang Ao left, the cabinet has become a situation where two parties exist side by side.
Although he, the first assistant, has a reputation, in fact, he cannot suppress Yu Shiyue, the second assistant and the official of the Prince's Mansion.
Therefore, in many political matters, everyone usually votes independently. For example, if Yu Shiyue takes the initiative to come to discuss such matters, there are basically two situations.
That is, Yu Shiyue cannot handle this matter alone, and needs him as the first assistant to step in to take the blame. Otherwise, this matter may make the emperor unhappy, so Yu Shiyue has to share the emperor's anger with him.
No matter what the situation is, it's not good news anyway.
However, as the chief assistant, this is also his responsibility. If he does not even have this responsibility, then his position as chief assistant will be in name only.
However, what made him curious was what happened, which made Yu Shiyue feel uncertain.
So Zhang Min nodded and picked up the memorial handed over by Yu Shiyue.
After reading it, Zhang Min couldn't help but reveal a wry smile on his face. Sure enough, if Yu Shiyue could throw it at him, there would be no good thing.
However, at this moment, this potato is a bit too hot to touch...
The memorial in his hand came from Chen Yi, the censor of Zuodu who was ill at home.
As for the content, it is not a simple begging for bones like the previous letters, but...recommending Wang Hong, the censor of the left deputy capital, to be the censor of the right capital to take charge of the affairs of the capital!
This chapter has been completed!