Capital.

Yang Ziqi has been in prison for half a month.

During the past half month, the court officials knew nothing about Yang Ziqi's situation. Liu Jian and Li Dongyang mobilized officials to submit a verdict to rescue him, but Zhu Hou's approval was not approved.

Zhu Houzhao became more and more annoyed by Yang Ziqi, and asked the Jinyiwei to torture him, so that Yang Ziqi's death often came out in the court.

As the person behind the scenes who instructed Yang Ziqi to investigate the Tai Mausoleum of Shijia, Liu Jian could not sit still at this time and personally brought up Yang Ziqi's affairs in front of all the ministers.

This day happened to be the day when Zhu Houzhao met with civil and military ministers in Fengtian Hall. The six ministries, the Censorate, the Governor's Office of the Five Army, and the officials of the department were there.

Liu Jian pointed out the problem without hesitation, but he did not dare to plead for Yang Ziqi in his own name. He was not afraid of Zhu Houzhao's punishment, but feared that his reputation would be damaged. After all, since Yang Ziqi was imprisoned, Liu Jian has never made a positive statement in order to maintain a harmonious relationship with Zhu Houzhao.

"... Nowadays, the people of the court and the people are all discussing the incident of the water coming out of Tailing. If they do not know whether there is any or not, they will be imprisoned and asked for it. How can Your Majesty regard himself as a wise ruler? How can the officials of the court believe in Your Majesty?"

Liu Jian was so angry that he no longer cared about Zhu Houzhao's face. In front of all civil and military officials, he made the conflict between him and Zhu Houzhao public, so that Zhu Houzhao could not come to Taiwan.

Zhu Houzhao asked angrily: "Since Liu Shaofu's meaning, I am a foolish monarch who cannot distinguish right from wrong. I cannot be convinced by all officials and even not worthy of ascending the throne, right?"

Because Zhu Houzhao said this in anger, he was very full of words, and suddenly pushed the conflict between him and Liu Jian into an irreconcilable situation.

At this time, all the civil and military ministers in the court were silent.

Liu Jian was an imperial minister appointed by Emperor Xiaozong. He had a respectable status and was the chief minister in the court. He was equal to half of the prime minister. Who dared to jump out and refute the respected Liu Jian? He would not disobey the new emperor!

Liu Jianyi’s words were stern: “The old minister has no intention of comparing Your Majesty to a foolish monarch, but what Your Majesty has done now makes the scholars in the world feel heartbroken and the ministers and others feel heartbroken!”

Zhu Houzhao was so angry that his teeth were itchy at this time. With his personality, it was not easy for him to sit there and talk to Liu Jian... Of course, if it were not in Fengtian Palace but in Qianqing Palace, he would have left long ago. Perhaps Liu Jian was sure of the scene of today's grand dynasty meeting that Zhu Houzhao could not leave casually, so he spoke to Zhu Houzhao like this.

Zhu Houzhao shouted sternly: "My ministers, please tell me, is it a foolish monarch that makes you feel heartbroken and disappointed?"

The ministers present bowed their heads, and no one dared to stand up and speak. The conflict between the cabinet and the emperor was already very obvious, and nothing they said seemed to be of no help.

Xiao Jing advised him hard: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, your Majesty, you have no intention of this! You are just trying to let Your Majesty distinguish right from wrong!"

Zhu Houzhao turned to Xiao Jing and angrily scolded: "Eunuch Xiao, according to your words, I don't even have the ability to basically distinguish right from wrong. I need you to wait to teach you, right? As the 195th Lord, what do I need to teach you?"

Seeing that the scene was so uncontrollable, Xie Qian suddenly stepped out of the line and took out a memorial from his arms and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister has memorial!"

"Is there a report?"

Zhu Houzhao was angry and turned to Xie Qian to ask, "I am pleading for the Yang surname again, right? I don't look at it! Since the Yang surname is wrong first, I just want to interrogate it carefully and see who instructed him to actually talk about the construction of the imperial tomb."

"If I don't punish him well, it will be difficult to calm my anger! I am filial to you!"

Xie Qian said: "Go back to Your Majesty, this is the magistrate of Pingyi Qiu Tai. Please read the book to the emperor!"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Xie Qian, but he didn't know why Xie Qian was so annoying. He kept telling him about the memorial, so he said:

"I have never heard of what Pingyi magistrate has ever heard of it!"

Xiao Jing quickly persuaded: "Your Majesty, since it is the memorial of the minister, why don't Your Majesty take a look first?"

Zhu Houzhao was furious, so he pointed at Xie Qian. Xiao Jing quickly stepped down the jade stairs and took the memorial to Xie Qian. Xiao Jing was about to submit the memorial to Zhu Houzhao, but Zhu Houzhao said sternly: "Remember!"

Xiao Jing looked at the civil and military ministers present, his face full of embarrassment. He didn't want to get into troubled water on such issues. With his good-looking personality, he hoped to mediate in the center, and it would be best that both sides would not offend him.

"... Ziqi is very beneficial than the music. There is water in Tailing, and it is said that the country is connected to the country. If there is no words at this time, if there is a speech after the coffin is buried, if you want to open it, you will be discouraged. If you don't open it, you will be regretful. If you don't open it, you will be regretful. Now you can see if there is such a water...

Qiu Tai's words sounded very pertinent, but to put it bluntly, he was still pleading for Yang Ziqi. Zhu Houzhao was furious and didn't want to hear such a request at all. The ministers present were also surprised. They had never heard of Qiu Tai before. They were wondering in their hearts whether Qiu Tai was the helper found by Liu Jian and Li Dongyang?

Finding a local magistrate, or even an unknown person, the things you report are not nutritious and are all clichés. They don’t think this kind of melody is of use.

Zhu Houzhao asked angrily: "Who is this Qiu Tai? How dare you criticize my decision?"

Only Xie Qian knew who Qiu Tai was.

Qiu Tai was a Jinshi in the ninth year of Hongzhi. Because he had no fame and no money to manage his duties in the court, he had only become the magistrate of Pingyi before, but he was in a remote place in Yunnan. There were many local officials in the local area. Because it was difficult to assign magistrates in such places, it was far from convenient for mountains and rivers to perform their duties. Qiu Tai worked for nine years, and now he was in the nine-year exam, and he came to the capital to report his life.

Such an unknown magistrate, no matter how successful he has, would not be known to many people. What he asked, whether reasonable or not, represents the views of middle and lower-level officials towards the emperor.

Xie Qian stepped forward and explained: "Go back to Your Majesty, Qiu Tai is the magistrate of Pingyi! Now that this year, I will go to the Beijing Grand Examination for nine years!"

"Pingyi County? Where is it? Why can his magistrate work for nine years?" Zhu Houzhao was a little confused.

Xie Qian told the situation in Pingyi County in detail, and Zhu Houzhao frowned and muttered to himself: "A magistrate of Pingyi, who is an official in the border areas of Yunnan, where birds do not shit, will he even make a comment on my governance. If he spread it, will everyone in the world think that I am too stubborn?"

The court officials present would not have thought that the memorial of a small local magistrate would have such a great impact on Zhu Houzhao's heart.

Seeing that the time had come, Xie Qian stepped forward and asked: "Your Majesty, now the people are talking about this matter. If Your Majesty sends someone to Tailing to check, let him witness whether Tailing comes out of water. If the situation is true, the supervisors and other supervisors will all ask for guilt and change the site of the imperial tomb. If Yang Ziling finds out of nothing, let him express his guilt and block the long-lasting mouths of the gentry and people in the world... I wonder what Your Majesty thinks?"

Zhu Houzhao was a little hesitant. He looked at Liu Jian and Xiao Jing, and then said with a stern face: "What Mr. Xie said is reasonable, but you need to add one. If the person surnamed Yang has seen it, it is indeed his own fault, then just ask him for punishment, exile, or behead him to sacrifice to the spirit of the emperor in heaven. Do you have any objections?"

When Liu Jian heard this, he couldn't help but look at Xie Qian fiercely, as if he was blaming Xie Qian for speaking. He thought to himself: "I have sent someone to investigate before. The springs in the imperial tomb have been blocked. Now, let Yang Ziqi investigate. There must be no evidence. Isn't this pushing Yang Ziqi to die?"

"Your Majesty, this matter is not possible!" Liu Jian stepped forward and asked.

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "Young Master Liu, what do you mean? Yang Zi made things out of nothing. I asked him to witness it with his own eyes. Is it wrong?"

"This is a chance for me to give Yang surname. Whether you agree or disagree, I have made a decision on this matter."

"Eunuch Xiao, you can do this. You take Yang Ziqi to Tai Mausoleum. If you verify that the imperial tomb is out of water, I will ask you to release the Yang surname on the spot, restore the official position, and arrest the supervisors for me. I will ask them for their crimes. But if there is no evidence, then you will behead the Yang surnamed directly."

"I want to see how many lives a person surnamed Yang has, why dare to say anything? Okay, retreat, retreat, today's court discussion ends here!"

Zhu Houzhao was very angry and didn't want to continue to maintain the prefecture.

Although he was still suspected of leaving at this time, at least he found a proper way to deal with the matter, and the court officials present dared not stop him.

When Zhu Houzhao left, most of the court officials were looking at Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian in the front row. Many people admired Xie Qian. The embarrassing scene that was difficult to make corrections before was easily solved by a memorial submitted by Xie Qian.

But at this time Liu Jian was not that satisfied with Xie Qian.

Liu Jian said: "Yu Qiao, what do you mean? You are not asking Ziqi to die if you report this?

Xie Qian said curiously: "I don't understand what Liu Shaofu means. When will I push people to die? All decisions will be made by Your Majesty. If Youngfu Liu has any good ideas, you can mention them to Your Majesty. I am just reporting the comments of the local magistrate to your Majesty. Now your Majesty makes the decision!"

"If Yang Ziqi makes a name out of nothing and blaspheme the imperial tomb, it would be no exaggeration to convict him of death?"

"you!?"

Liu Jian was furious, but he heard something in Xie Qian's words, and seemed to be able to help Yang Ziqi get rid of his crime, otherwise his attitude would not be so firm.

What else Liu Jian wanted to say, Li Dongyang came over to stop him in time.

Li Dongyang winked Liu Jian, and Liu Jian did not make things difficult for Xie Qian anymore and asked Xie Qian to leave on his own. After Xie moved away, Liu Jian frowned and asked, "Binzhi, why don't I let me continue to ask Yu Qiao?"

Li Dongyang sighed: "Young Fu Liu, haven't you seen that Yu Qiao is helping the selves, not the selves. In fact, it is the most dangerous thing to stay in the selves in the prison of Zhao. Let him come out and go to Shijiatai, and it is still Eunuch Xiao who will take people there. Finally, we can see people, so we can have a next plan!"

Liu Jian thought about it and felt that what Li Dongyang said made some sense, so he nodded and put it aside for the time being.8)
Chapter completed!