Shi Jian, a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, disappeared from the court, and another minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs became the center of the storm again.
Zhang Jian knelt on the ground and raised a memorial with both hands. As soon as he said those words, all the ministers and officials were stunned. Countless people were wondering if they had heard wrong. In the past two hundred years of the Liang Dynasty,
I am afraid that this is the first time that a minister has ignored the monarch and forced himself to speak.
His Highness the Crown Prince's face became a little ugly.
Chen Chao, who was standing at the front of the line of military attachés, was the person involved in the ten deadly sins. At this moment, he just remained silent and looked down at his pair of black official boots.
"Your Highness, I will punish you with death for the ten major crimes of the Chen Dynasty!"
"First, Chen Chao violated the law and framed Zhongliang!"
"Secondly, Chen Chao has no superior, so he will do his own thing!"
"Third, the Chen Dynasty killed innocent people indiscriminately and only made grudges!"
"Fourth..."
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Zhang Jian seemed to be really not prepared to take his own life today. He held the memorial in both hands and knelt down in the square. Soon his robe was torn to pieces, exposing his knees, and then left two strips on the ground.
bloodstains.
The ten deadly sins he mentioned actually sounded different to the ears of the ministers. However, no one spoke at this moment. People only looked at three people. One was His Highness the Crown Prince who was standing at the top, and the other was standing at the very end.
In front of Chen Chao, there is the kneeling Zhang Jian.
Now it actually doesn't matter whether all these ten deadly sins are true, because the key today is not here.
Many people want to know whether Zhang Jian is the only one to stand up today, or whether many people will join the ranks.
What's more, they also want to know, Prince's Palace
When faced with this matter, how will you deal with it in the end?
In the past few days, there have been countless discounts, but His Highness the Crown Prince ignored them, and later even pretended to be sick to avoid the ministers. But at this moment, it was obvious that Zhang Jian was looking for someone who His Highness the Crown Prince could not avoid and could only face him head-on.
To oneself and to the officials.
Zhang Jian had already knelt down to a place not far from Chen Chao. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had not spoken yet, and the ministers were also speechless. No one expected that the first person to stand up was Zheng Huacai, the boss of the Ministry of Rites.
This old man with high prestige stood up from the crowd of ministers, glared at Zhang Jian, and said unceremoniously: "Zhang Jian, most of your top ten crimes are far-fetched. In this great dynasty,
How can you allow you to slander important ministers of the court so casually!"
The officials were all a little surprised when they looked at the old man. Today, they were surprised that Zhang Jian stood up to accuse Chen Chao of the ten deadly sins. But this old man stood up to speak for Chen Chao, which surprised them even more. After all,
In addition to being a well-known scholar, Zheng Huacai also had a very important identity, that is, this old man was an old friend of Shi Jian, the Minister of Civil Affairs.
The two have known each other for countless years, but Shi Jian was found guilty of a serious crime by the guard's Yamen. Logically speaking, Zheng Huacai would not have a good look towards Chen Chao even if there was irrefutable evidence.
But he stood up and spoke for Chen Chao, which others did not expect.
Zhang Jianjiang did not look at Zheng Huacai, but just said to himself: "Do you want to make up your mind to speak for him today?"
"If this is the case, how can the old man live up to his late friend?"
Zhang's voice spread throughout the square, and all the courtiers knew that Zheng Hua
The relationship between Cai and Shi Jian, so when he said this, many people nodded secretly. Although Shi Jian was convicted, the friendship between the two should still be there, right?
"Zhang Jianjiang, I tell you, what I despise the most in my life is people like Shi Jian. I was blind when I made friends with him. If he wants to be a sinner of the Liang Dynasty, then I will have no friendship with him at all. , I am like this, in your eyes, it doesn’t matter whether you add insult to injury or act wisely to protect yourself!”
The boss's popular beard is floating. This old man who has been in the Ministry of Etiquette for many years has always been known for his mild temper, but today he really couldn't suppress his emotions.
The officials were silent.
It was rare for them to see Zheng Huacai like this, so it was not that they were angry, nor did they not believe in Zheng Huacai's character. After all, this old man was famously paranoid in God.
It's just that they still don't understand why this person would speak for Chen Chao even if he was not ashamed of Shi Jian.
Zhang Yiyi snorted coldly, "Sir, I admire you a little for your courage to risk the disapproval of the world."
Zheng Huacai hadn't spoken yet. Among the hundreds of officials, one after another came out and knelt down on the ground. They all held up the memorial with both hands. They knelt down on the ground and spoke before and after. The content was exactly the same as what Zhang Jianjie said before, and they were all suing Chen Chao. The ten deadly sins.
Zheng Huacai stood on one side, eyes widened and said angrily: "Are you all blind?"
Zhang Jian suddenly turned his head, looked at Zheng Huacai, and said calmly: "Most of what the boss said before was far-fetched, right?"
Zheng Huacai said: "So what?"
"Isn't that what I said? Many of them are true. Among these ten deadly sins, there is only one of them that I said
If this is indeed the case, should Chen Chao be punished?!"
"Should there be any punishment?!"
Zhang Jian's words made Zheng Huacai speechless. Indeed, as the other party said, many of these so-called crimes are far-fetched, but many are true. Even if Zheng Huacai, who spoke for Chen Chao, could not refute.
"Are you speechless, sir?"
Zhang Jian stared at Zheng Huacai with an inexplicable emotion in his eyes.
Zheng Huacai moved her lips, but she didn't say anything.
Zhang Jian turned around, looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was standing above him, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, the country must not be run without laws. If some people ignore the laws, how can we win the trust of the people? As the saying goes, the emperor who breaks the law is as guilty as the common people. Why can this Chen Dynasty be an exception? Please punish me with the law, so as to rectify the hearts of the people in the world!"
After saying this, Zhang Jian kowtowed heavily, and behind him, a group of officials from the six ministries and various yamen also kowtowed.
Now this situation is a bit like being forced into a palace.
The standing courtiers looked at this scene with mixed emotions. Before today, many people probably thought that something would happen against the Chen Dynasty today, but no one had ever thought that the scale of this battle would be so great. It's like a sudden thunderstorm without any preparation.
"I think Mr. Zhang is being unreasonable."
I don't know how long it took, but suddenly a strong voice came out, and a burly figure walked out from among the officials.
Everyone was startled.
The courtiers all knew the man in front of them, Sun Congrong, the Minister of War.
There is often a saying in the army that tens of thousands of people can be an enemy. For more than two hundred years in the Liang Dynasty, there have been constant wars between the northern border and the demon clan. There are not many strong generals who can truly be worthy of being an enemy of ten thousand people.
, Li Changling, the cavalry commander who is currently in the northern border army, can be regarded as one. If we push it further, it should be Sun Congrong, the Minister of War.
Before returning to Shendu and entering the Ministry of War, this man had fought in the Northern Army for half a century and killed countless monsters. He had followed two Northern Generals successively. Later, because of his age and his previous experience in a great battle,
He almost died. At that time, the body of the Minister of War was pierced several times, and his blood was almost drained. However, he survived with difficulty in the end, but suffered irreversible injuries. Afterwards, he returned to the capital of the gods, and the Minister of War was
It was because of the shortage of people that the old general reluctantly stayed.
In the next ten years, Sun Congrong's career in the Ministry of War was surprisingly smooth. Perhaps it was because of His Majesty the Emperor's favor, or perhaps because of something else. In short, Sun Congrong went all the way to the position of Minister of the Ministry of War.
However, although this old general Sun suddenly became Sun Shangshu, in fact, he did not worry much about the major affairs of the DPRK. Only in every battle in the north, the head of the Ministry of War would focus on allocating military supplies, such as in
This is the first time for someone to speak for someone like this.
Regarding this unnamed Minister of War, the courtiers did not expect that he would suddenly jump out to speak at this moment, so they were all a little stunned for a while.
"Sun Shangshu, what do you think is wrong with what I said?"
Zhang Yijiang thought that someone would refute him, but he never thought that the person refuting him at this moment would be the Minister of War in front of him.
"I haven't read for a few years. I only have those few books and most of the art of war. If you ask me to talk about marching and fighting, I can talk about it, but I have to reason with you scholars.
, I don’t have this ability, and at this moment, I just want to say one thing, in the past few years that Chen Zhenzhen has been in the court and serving the country, he has not killed anyone indiscriminately, but has won a lot of glory for Daliang."
"Ten thousand steps back, if you Zhang Jian went to Wanliuhui, would you have won the first prize in the literary test, or would you have gotten a good ranking in the martial arts test?"
Sun Congrong had been on the battlefield for half his life. Although he had removed his armor for ten years, his eyes were still murderous. Zhang Yiyi was frightened at this moment. How could he, a scholar, look at this warrior with countless blood on his hands?
Sun Congrong said coldly: "I just can't stand people like you. I've been an official all my life and haven't done much for the country, but I still find fault with people who have made meritorious deeds. So I'll put my words here."
, I admire what Commander Chen has done over the years, and based on these things, even if Commander Chen spits in front of me, I won’t even hide!"
As Sun Shangshu spoke up, a line of military attachés who had been silent spoke up one after another. Normally, some military attachés might be dissatisfied with this young warrior who held a high position at a young age, but it was similar to a quarrel between his own brothers, but in front of outsiders, how could they?
We should all put aside our prejudices and speak to the outside world as one.
As the military attachés opened their mouths, especially some military attachés who were already bad-tempered, the openings became insignificant and soon developed from being directed at Zhang to the entire civil service group.
Since ancient times, civil and military affairs have been in favor of each other in the imperial court, and this is not just the case of the Liang Dynasty.
Once this was spoken, today's court soon turned into a war of words between the civil and military parties. Although the military attachés have always been unable to take advantage of their words,
Yes, but the crowd was so excited at the moment that even if he said the same sentence over and over again, he could be considered to be on a par with the civil servants.
However, this also resulted in today's great dynasty becoming the most special one in Daliang in more than two hundred years, and even rarer in the past ten years.
If His Majesty the Emperor were still there, Zhang Yiyi would have been dragged down just as he opened his mouth to interrupt the chamberlain.
His Royal Highness the Prince watched from a high place as the courtiers on both sides were quarreling fiercely, and did not speak for a long time.
The young guardian in the center of the vortex was just looking down at his shoes, not knowing what he was thinking.
In fact, no one here should have expected that a great dynasty would end up in such a tumultuous state, but it has come to this point and there is nothing anyone can do to reverse it.
The old Prime Minister initially stayed out of the matter and did not participate in it. He was even a little distracted. However, soon an official came up to him and asked him to say a few words.
Master Zaifu glanced at the official and said calmly: "Stand back."
The excited official was stunned when Master Zaifu said this. Master Zaifu continued: "There are some rules."
The official came back to his senses, quickly apologized, and then stood back dejectedly.
The scolding battle actually lasted for less than half an hour.
In the end, both sides' mouths were dry and their voices became quieter.
The civil servants had already been holding their knees and were a little unsteady, but when I looked at the military attachés, almost all of these warriors still straightened their backs.
"Hey, Sir Ning, why can't you stand up? How much saliva have you just spitted out?"
A military attaché looked over there and was already a little unsteady on his feet.
A civil servant smiled and spoke, his words full of sarcasm.
"If we rely on you literati to resist the demon clan, I estimate that in less than half a month, our beam will be gone."
The laughter never stops.
A situation against the Chen Dynasty suddenly turned into a confrontation between civil and military parties. This was something Zhang Jianjian and the kneeling courtiers did not expect.
Zhang Jianzhang gritted his teeth and looked at Lord Zaifu on one side. His forehead was already covered with blood, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Master Zaifu, at this moment, why don't you stand up and say something?"
Master Zaifu glanced at Zhang Jian beside him and asked, "What do you want me to say?"
Zhang Jian was stunned and said in disbelief: "Does Master Zaifu really think that what Chen Chao did was right?"
Master Zaifu said calmly: "No one is perfect."
Zhang Jian was startled. He didn't expect Master Zaifu to give such an ambiguous answer in the end.
Zhang Jian wanted to speak, but the chamberlain who had been standing silently on the stage suddenly spoke.
"quiet!"
The chamberlain's voice was not loud, but when he spoke at this moment, it quickly spread throughout the square, allowing all officials to hear clearly.
All the officials suddenly became quiet.
Someone looked at the Crown Prince and found that His Royal Highness's face had turned ashen.
Many officials later realized that today was the imperial court. Making such a fuss in the imperial court would be detrimental to the court's face, and it would not give the Crown Prince any face.
"I am guilty, please punish me, Your Highness."
After the officials reacted, they knelt down one after another, their voices rising and falling. His Highness the Crown Prince in front of him may not have enough prestige, and he may be young, but he is the supervisor of the country after all.
If those who are going to sit on the throne in the future really don't take His Highness the Prince seriously, they will probably have a hard time in the court in the future.
The place was dark with officials kneeling on the ground. His Royal Highness was expressionless and just uttered two words, "Ping Shen."
The officials then stood up.
Zhang Jian gritted his teeth and spoke again, "Your Highness, even if I die today, I will..."
"enough."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince interrupted Zhang Jianjian's words and said calmly: "Since you want me to express my position, I will give you an explanation."
Zhang Jian was stunned, lowered his head and said: "Your Highness Sheng Ming."
"Before I express my position, I would like to ask you if anyone else has the same thoughts as Mr. Zhang? If so, please come forward."
His Royal Highness glanced at the officials, and there was no emotion on their faces.
After His Highness the Crown Prince finished speaking, a few officials came out again.
Then no one made any move.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took a deep breath and said slowly: "I believe that what Shilang Zhang said is not unreasonable. The laws of Daliang must indeed be observed. Some of the things that Chief Chen did before were indeed inappropriate."
Listening to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's opening words, some of the officials looked happy, but others began to worry.
"It's just that for many things, urgent matters must be followed, and what Chief Commissioner Chen did is quite reasonable."
"Your Highness!"
Zhang Jian spoke again, but His Highness the Crown Prince just gave him a cold look and said indifferently: "Secretary Zhang, do you still think that I am the crown prince of the country?"
"I dare not..."
Zhang Jian was already kneeling down, let alone kneeling down now.
"Lord Zaifu, I would like to ask if there is a person who has contributed a lot to the country.
, but in some small details, I don’t follow the rules that way. Is it acceptable?”
His Royal Highness the Prince suddenly looked at Lord Zaifu and spoke suddenly.
Master Zaifu said: "It is not normal to do extraordinary things in extraordinary times. It is not normal for extraordinary people to exist. If there is such a person, you should not care about the minutiae. I think what Sun Shangshu said before makes some sense."
Hearing Lord Zaifu speak like this, everyone was suddenly shocked, especially the civil servants, who couldn't say a word.
Who would have thought that Master Zaifu, who had been silent all this time, would act like this when he spoke now.
"Okay, I think it makes sense."
"Guardian Envoy Chen Chao has done a lot for the country when my father was here. He protected our country, Daliang Zuo, brought honor to our country, and got rid of the ghosts of Daliang. After that, I will supervise the country, and Guardian Envoy Chen has made me even more proud.
The backbone of the pillars is continuous. With such meritorious service, is there anyone in this dynasty who can compare with him?"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at Master Zaifu with a calm expression.
"There is no second person."
Master Zaifu still spoke.
"At that time, my father gave Chen Zhenzhen the right to carry a sword. On that day, he also told me that on important national affairs, you need to listen to Chen Zhenzhen's words more."
"From that day to now, Chen Zhenzhen has done so many things for Daliang. If the father is still there, I am afraid that he has already wanted to be crowned king. I oversee the country and do not have such power, but today I am determined to grant Chen the title of king.
The garrison envoys have the power to supervise hundreds of officials. In all states and counties in the world, except for the northern border troops, all other troops can be mobilized. As for future actions, as long as the evidence is conclusive, there is no need to report to the Three Laws Division, and there is no need to wait for anyone to make a decision.
The same is true for the palace, Chen Zhenzhen has the right to take advantage!"
"This right will be withheld until my father returns."
I didn’t understand it before!”
His Royal Highness's voice echoed throughout the square.
Baiguan still wanted to speak, but in the end he only waited for two words of understatement from His Highness the Crown Prince.
"Retreat from the court."
This chapter has been completed!