The only people who dared to come forward to argue with the emperor were the big guys. Those with lower status kept their mouths tightly shut for fear that an inappropriate word would pop out of their mouths.
This debate lasted from six o'clock in the morning to three o'clock in the afternoon, but there was still no result.
The emperor sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and did not express his position. He just sat there. For a while, he even closed the curtain and went out for a while. Yunchu probably went to pay tribute or eat something.
During the break, the palace officials provided some simple cakes and water to the big bosses. Officials like Yun Chu could only watch.
Yun Chu didn't care at all what the officials said. He only knew that the emperor took this matter very seriously.
At the same time, it was also a test of the emperor's power. No matter what, he would carry this matter through to the end.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, many people finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked for leave to go out for a while. Not that they had agreed with the emperor's suggestion, but it was really heartless.
Fortunately, the officials of the Tang Dynasty were relatively strong, the military generals had muscles, and the civil servants had stomachs. They could tolerate not eating for a day.
Therefore, the emperor held the meeting until eight o'clock in the evening.
The emperor didn't care about food, so those who had official offices in the imperial city could ask the canteen over there to send them some food. Those who didn't have official canteens had to share some of the food provided by their colleagues.
Naturally, Wen Wenwen and Di Renjie were food lovers, and they were eating Yun Chu's food.
The food at the Imperial Medical Office is considered to be the best among the many canteens in the imperial city, and it was very eye-catching when the eunuch came in with three large food boxes.
Because the Imperial Medical Office has the cash cow of the Imperial Hospital, its life is much better than that of other departments in Datang.
Therefore, when Yunchu, Wenwen, and Di Renjie took out crystal elbows, sausages, and fried chicken from their respective food boxes, others could only watch.
Officials with integrity would turn their heads in disgust when they see Yunchu and the others drinking cold glutinous rice wine.
A scum like Brother Yuwen would humbly add a few sauces, vegetable leaves, a piece of meat and a bowl of cooked rice mixed with yellow rice and flour from the canteen of the Overwatch Council to Yun Chu and their meals.
Put them together and enjoy the meal together.
"Brother Yuwen is well-informed in the Procuratorate. Do you think the rebuttal of the ministers this time can make His Majesty change his mind?"
Brother Yuwen took out a chicken bone from his mouth, took another sip of fermented glutinous rice and said, "Judging from the current situation, Your Majesty must make his ministers agree with his views. If Your Majesty forces this matter to pass, the result will be to wait until the implementation stage."
It will be deliberately delayed by the ministers, and in the end this political matter will be delayed to nothing."
"The ministers are also very worried about whether there will be any trouble if they collide with His Majesty. Will His Majesty look for them to blame?"
"Anyway, the current situation is like a straw fighting a wolf, and both sides are afraid."
"However, in my opinion, the most likely measure His Majesty can take is to select some places to send his confidants to handle this matter. When problems arise in these places, they can be implemented without any scruples."
"After all, it is the duty of officials to oppose bad governance, and it is also the duty of officials to support good governance."
"If it were the other way around, it would probably be time for His Majesty to wipe out the court with blood."
After listening to Brother Yuwen's words, Yunchu and the others nodded repeatedly, having to admit that Yu Wenhua and the blood-related descendants of this white-faced and traitorous official still had some skills.
Next, there will be an intellectual contest between the children from the poor family and the children from the noble family. Everyone knows that the children from the poor family will definitely lose miserably. However, everyone admits that as long as one out of a hundred children from the poor family can achieve something,
Then the final victory still belongs to the poor people.
After all, the comparison of the numbers of the two is not at the same level.
"Brother Yu Chu just got a female scholar from the Cui family, so the Yun family school is about to open?"
Brother Yuwen's ability to discern subtle things is not bad at all, and he even has the intention to draw inferences from one instance. He really wants to know whether Wannian County under Yunchu's command will become a testing ground for the emperor's new learning.
Yun Chu sighed and said, "I thought I got a treasure from the Cui family, but I found out that I got a saint. He needs to be educated without discrimination."
Yunchu didn't explain too much, but he gave enough information, which was that their family was going to open a girls' school.
Brother Yuwen took out another chicken bone from his mouth and said, "That's very good, that's very good. When Brother Yuchu's home school opens, there are several girls in the family who want to go to school. Then they will be sent to them."
Shu Xiu doesn’t lack anything.”
Yun Chu was surprised and said, "Brother Yuwen's family has a long history of education. Why do the sisters in the family also need to be sent to study outside?"
Brother Yuwen took out a chicken bone from his mouth and said, "This evil thief Yu Wenji has done a lot of harm to our Yuwen family. If he hadn't strangled Yang Guang to death, the Yuwen family wouldn't have been in this state."
Rou Wen ate a piece of crystal elbow and looked at Brother Yuwen and said, "At least your Yuwen family has been famous in Yangzhou for a few days."
Brother Yuwen sighed and took out a chicken bone from his mouth and said, "For those few days of worthless glory, I have sacrificed the Yuwen family's family fortune accumulated over hundreds of years. Forget it, the winner is the king and the loser, so don't talk about it."
After saying this, he picked up the glutinous rice wine, rinsed his mouth, swallowed it in one gulp, said goodbye, and walked away.
"What a fool, one person ate two chickens!" Wen Wenwen snorted coldly, extremely dissatisfied with this person's behavior.
"They just came to us to inquire about information, and they can still get two chickens to eat, but it's not a loss at all."
Yun Chu looked at the horizon that was about to turn dark and said to Wen Wen, "Your Majesty, I don't know if it's useful to torment your ministers like this."
Wen Wen said, "It's just to show your position. Anyway, there will definitely be an unlucky guy today."
"Everyone is very nervous now. We just don't know who the first unlucky guy will be. I guess no one will mention this matter when we go to court later. The three of us need to keep our mouths shut at this time.
Whoever talks too much at this time will be unlucky. It’s time for Your Majesty to show his authority."
When it got dark, the lights in the Tai Chi Hall were brightly lit, and the officials walked into the hall again. This time everyone's footsteps sounded very soft.
After the big guys entered the main hall from the court rooms on both sides of the Tai Chi Hall, the only sound left in the huge hall was the sound of water leaking and dripping.
Li Zhi came to his seat, and then the eunuch screamed at the top of his voice, "Your Majesty has a decree, let's discuss it later!"
After the eunuch finished shouting, he shook his fly whisk and returned to the edge of the curtain with his head drooped, trying his best to hide his body so as not to suffer the disaster of fish in the pond at this time.
At this time, Li Zhi no longer looked drowsy, but raised his head high and looked at the ministers below with a pair of eyes. He was already a little irritable and wanted to cancel the benefits of noble sons in their official career.
This matter must be done and cannot be postponed.
Yun Chu stood upright, holding the wat in his arms and looking straight at the side. Brother Yuwen next to him exuded a strong smell of roast chicken, and his face was also solemn, as if he were a city.
The sound of water droplets falling from the water leak hitting the alms bowl resounded throughout the hall. This rhythmic movement brought great pressure to the ministers, just like a white-fronted tiger hiding in the darkness, ready to charge at any time.
Come out to choose people and devour them.
"Your Majesty - I have been wronged -" A shrill cry of injustice made the ministers in the hall tremble. They all followed the sound and saw Chang Shulai, the imperial censor, holding the wat tablet in his hands and kneeling once again.
The center of the main hall.
"Your Majesty—Yun Chu, this evil thief—"
Just when everyone was praising Chang Shu's extraordinary courage, Li Zhi, who was sitting at the top, said in a deep voice, "Drag him out and behead him!"
When Chang Shulai heard this, she collapsed on the ground and could not utter a word. Four warriors in armor walked in from outside the palace, took off Chang Shulai's official hat and put it in a lacquer tray, and then dragged it away
Chang Shulai walked out.
"Ding dong——" A drop of water fell from the water leak in the hall again, which sounded like thunder in the hearts of the ministers.
The emperor had murderous intentions when he went to court, which was extremely rare in the Tang Dynasty. Even when Emperor Taizong was at his most powerful, he did not commit murder on the spot.
Now that Li Zhi has done it, it shows how angry Li Zhi is in his heart at this moment and needs to kill people to relieve the irritability in his heart.
At this time, the prime ministers had to stand up, but the first one to speak was Changsun Wuji. After holding the wat board and saluting the emperor, he said softly, "Your Majesty has always been kind, and you must not let Chang Shu come because of such a trivial matter."
, just do violent things."
Li Zhi looked at Changsun Wuji and said, "Is Mr. Zhao trying to teach me a lesson?"
Changsun Wuji sighed softly and said, "Old minister, I don't dare."
To be honest, Li Zhi's performance today was beyond Yunchu's expectations. In the past, the emperor never ordered killings personally. If he wanted to kill someone, he would go through the hands of Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong, and the queen. Usually he would kill himself.
He was so clean and active today that Yunchu felt like he had seen a ghost.
Changsun Wuji was dismissed by the emperor, and the prime ministers who wanted to go out to plead for Chang Shulai also stopped.
Ever since the ministers like Chu Suiliang, Han Yuan, and Lai Ji who dared to speak out were in bad luck, no one in the court dared to speak out and give advice casually.
Soon after Chang Shulai's head was cleaned, it was placed on a red lacquered wooden plate and brought up.
Chang Shulai's appearance before her death was very stretched, and the look of fear on her face was completely preserved. The sharp-eyed Yun Chu even saw two tears hanging in Chang Shulai's eyes that had not completely lost their color.
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After Chang Shulai's head was carried around the exhibition hall by the warrior, Li Zhi's gloomy voice sounded again.
"Pei Qing, Li Qing, please repeat the regulations you have drawn up. Let's discuss whether this strategy can be implemented tonight."
With a human head as a foundation, Pei Xingjian and Li Jingxuan were more confident. They used their hoarse voices to recite "Deposed Recommendations, Xingjuan Shu" once again on the spot.
No one answered for a long time.
Changsun Wuji's sigh suddenly sounded in the hall.
"Your Majesty, the veteran minister is old and can't stand the hard work. I would like to ask your Majesty to allow the veteran minister to rest in the palace. As for the matters that the court ministers have asked, your Majesty has decided that the veteran minister will agree to it."
As soon as Changsun Wuji finished speaking, he heard Li Ji's voice echoing in the hall.
"Your Majesty, I am ignorant. For such a big matter, Your Majesty can just decide on your own. I just want you to follow your Majesty's lead."