Emperor Liu looked in the direction of the voice. He was old and his eyesight was a little unclear. Plus, the distance was a bit far away, making him look dim. He pondered for a moment and said, "Wang Yucheng! Come forward and answer!"
"Yes!" Wang Yuchen stepped forward after hearing this.
After sizing up Wang Yuchen, Emperor Liu seemed to have a little expectation in his eyes and said softly: "Tell me, what's the matter with you?"
Wang Yucheng's face was full of solemnity. Before answering, he took a deep breath, bowed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I want to impeach Mr. Lu Duoxun!"
Wang Yucheng's voice was loud, his tone was firm, and his expression was serious. As soon as he said this, the whole court was shocked. The eyes of the officials in the palace quickly turned around between Wang Yucheng, Emperor Liu, and Lu Duoxun. They were very neat. After a brief silence, an uproar was inevitable.
Upon seeing this, Yantuo sang "Silence" as a reminder. After a brief commotion, the Chongyuan Hall fell silent again. However, the atmosphere was completely different from before. It was still oppressive, but it could not suppress the active thoughts of the courtiers. .
The expressions of the ministers were very exciting. Some were shocked, some were surprised, some were calm, and some were obviously a little excited.
There were also some people who looked at the expressionless Zhao Pu at the front and subconsciously believed that this was Zhao Pu's instruction and that the dispute between Zhao and Lu had reached another climax.
But a keen person thinks about it for a moment and realizes that it is unlikely that Wang Yucheng is just a copper pea, and even Zhao Pu will find it difficult to subdue him. What's more, criticizing in a large court meeting is such a show of battle and tearing apart one's face. The way he acted was not like Zhao Pu’s behavior.
No matter how rich the thoughts of the officials in the palace were, Emperor Liu's expression remained as usual, and his eyes turned to Zhao and Lu. Zhao Pu was very calm, his face was calm, and he seemed not to be affected at all. Although there were signs on Lu Duoxun's face, There are obvious changes, but he is still restrained and does not lose his temper too much. This is something the city still has.
Withdrawing his gaze, Emperor Liu smiled and looked at Wang Yucheng, who was holding a copy of the impeachment seal in both hands and acted sternly, and joked with a smile: "You Wang Yucheng, you are really courageous. You actually dare to criticize the prime minister on such an occasion. !”
"How can you avoid powerful people when you speak for the country?" Wang Yuchen replied righteously. If someone else were to say this, Emperor Liu would definitely think it was pretentious, but Wang Yuchen, there is no need to question it, this is what he has always insisted on.
"Lu Qing!" Emperor Liu still had a smile on his face, and asked Lu Duoxun with some bitterness: "Someone wants to impeach you, do you have any opinion?"
In response to this, Lu Duoxun, who was thinking secretly, was startled. He raised his eyes and met Emperor Liu's eyes for a moment, then quickly lowered his eyes, cold sweat oozing out unknowingly, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, those who are clean will be clean themselves." , Those who are turbulent will be turbulent themselves. I am loyal and sincere. How can I be afraid of being slandered by villains?"
Hearing this, Emperor Liu smiled, leaned forward slightly, stared at His Highness Wang Yucheng, and said calmly: "You tell me, I will listen, and the ministers of the court will also listen!"
"Yes!" Wang Yucheng was not afraid of the stage. He didn't even need to read the prepared impeachment chapter. He opened his mouth and said: "I impeached Lu Duosun on fifteen counts. The first is to form cliques for personal gain; the second is to join the party and attack those who are different; the third is to block the saints. Listen; the fourth is to deceive the emperor and ignore the superior; the fifth is to conspire to gain power; the fifth is to be disloyal to the country; the sixth is to pretend to be balanced; the seventh is to bend the law for personal gain; the eighth is to violate the law; the ninth... "
"Enough! Enough!" Emperor Liu and the ministers listened with great interest, but Lu Duoxun couldn't bear it anymore. He shouted angrily, stood up and walked out of the queue, eyes spitting fire, glared at Wang Yuchen hatefully, and said to
Emperor Liu said excitedly: "Your Majesty, you must not be blind to the accusations and slanders made by such a villain! The charges listed are fabricated and have no solid evidence. Please make a clear decision, Your Majesty!"
After saying that, he turned around and scolded Wang Yucheng angrily: "Wang Yucheng, what are your intentions in trying so hard to spread rumors and criticize the truth?"
Faced with Lu Duoxun's threat, Wang Yuchen was not at all false. He said solemnly: "I only speak out and impartially. I want to remove a big harm to the court. What I say is selfless and I am dedicated to the public good. Lu Xiangruo is magnanimous in his heart, why should he be so nervous?"
!”
Lu Duoxun was a little angry: "The truth is that I can't tolerate a villain like you. Under this clear way of heaven, in the Huanghuang Hall, you can slander, sow trouble, and corrupt the rules!"
Seeing the tit-for-tat confrontation between the two men, Emperor Liu seemed to have little patience and did not let them go. He said nonchalantly: "What else can be more damaging to the court's etiquette and the rule of law than courtiers arguing and cursing like market shrews?"
"Your Majesty!" Emperor Liu's attitude frightened Lu Duoxun.
After glancing at the two of them, Emperor Liu said slowly: "I heard you right. Wang Yucheng drafted fifteen charges, and now he comes to the eighth one. Why don't you let him finish? Lu Qing, tell me,
Is this considered as blocking the Holy Listening?"
"Your Majesty!" At this moment, Lu Duoxun's face could no longer hold back any longer, and he fell to his knees with a plop, not daring to speak rashly again.
Emperor Liu's words once again shocked the courtiers. His Majesty's butt was extremely crooked today. Some people immediately realized that not only was this not an attack by Zhao Pu, but Wang Yuchen's behavior might even come directly from Emperor Liu's instructions.
Emperor Liu signaled to Yantuo again. Yantuo understood, and quickly went down to the palace. He took the impeachment seal from Wang Yucheng's hand, held it in both hands, respectfully, and steadily presented it to Emperor Liu, doing it calmly.
A tool man.
Emperor Liu opened the impeachment seal, glanced at it briefly, and then looked at Wang Yucheng, his tone became stern: "Wang Qing, the prime minister of the imperial court, you can't criticize with just one word! The article you drafted,
It’s not convincing enough! Where’s the evidence? If it’s just your lies, I will definitely punish you for slandering the minister!”
"Your Majesty!" Wang Yucheng immediately reported: "Your Majesty, Lu Duosun's crimes are described in detail in the impeachment chapter! Please allow me to say a few words for clarity!
During the Mid-Autumn Festival of the fifth year of Kaibao's reign, Lu Duo was in the official office of Hexi Province and had a gathering with his subordinate officials. When the wine was in full swing, he once said, "You people all rely on me to achieve your current status. From now on, you should try your best to be loyal to each other and support each other."
Sooner or later I will go to the throne to pay homage to the Prime Minister, and I will still need your support when the time comes, so I can better protect you;
In the seventh year of Kaibao's reign, the imperial court was engaged in the Northern Expedition and the Hexi Army was marching westward. Lu Duoxun was in charge of raising food and salary supplies. Zeng Kuangyan, Wang Yansheng, and Guo Jin led the army on the expedition, which was impressive and majestic, but their lives depended on his single hand, and they had to turn to him for help.
He dared to be negligent; he also told the Hexi general that the important frontier defense area in the northwest of Hexi was the place where achievements were made, and it needed the concerted efforts and support of the civil and military forces;
In the tenth year of Kaibao's reign, Lu Duoxun was transferred to Zhejiang and Zhejiang. He was full of resentment. Before leaving office, he summoned his confidants to explain that although he left office, Hexi was still their base. He told them to keep Hexi well.
In the eleventh year of Kaibao's reign, there was a flood in the Central Plains. Lu Duoxun secretly sent his cronies to write a letter attacking Prime Minister Zhao, saying that this was a God-given opportunity and intended to overthrow Prime Minister Zhao and replace him;
In the twelfth year of Kaibao's reign, during the Zen ceremony, Lu Duoxun had people fake auspicious signs and report them to the court to flatter the Holy One in order to gain good fortune;
In the 16th year of Kaibao's reign, Lu Duoxun, the censor Sun Cheng of Huaidong Road, disobeyed Lu Duoxun and ordered people to impeach and criticize him, remove him from office, and reduce his position;
In the seventeenth year of Kaibao's reign, the positions of sixteen censors were transferred, and Lu Duoxun privately awarded half of them;
Kaibao..."
As Wang Yucheng revealed those things one by one, everyone showed shocked expressions. Whether they were real or pretending, they all obviously had a new understanding of Lu Duoxun, and there was a lot of discussion.
Then, a few people even showed expressions of indignation, eager to follow Wang Yucheng in his performance. Of course, there were still some people who looked frightened, especially several officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
"Okay!" Emperor Liu waved his hand.
Wang Yucheng looked like he was not happy about it, and solemnly concluded: "Your Majesty, what I have said is traceable and well-documented. Please give your Majesty a clear warning!"
Emperor Liu nodded slightly and looked at Lu Duoxun: "Lu Qing, do you have anything to say about these?"
"Your Majesty!" Lu Duoxun was already panicked by this blow to the head. Even though he was dripping with cold sweat, he replied without thinking when asked: "I am wronged! These are all untrue words. They were all framed by Wang Yuchen.
Sir, I hope your Majesty will learn from it and show my innocence!"
Emperor Liu smiled at his reaction and looked at Zhao Pu: "Qing Zhao, you are the prime minister. Such a scandal has happened in the court. It is really shocking. How do you think we should deal with Wang Yuchen's impeachment?"
If it was not necessary, Zhao Pu was really unwilling to speak out at this time, even if his rival Lu Duoxun was unlucky. But facing Emperor Liu's gaze, he could only stand up and stand up. After thinking about it, he said: "Your Majesty, I think I
, the person being impeached is a high-ranking minister, the matter is of great importance, so we should be cautious, and we need to investigate and verify the matter carefully, but after the matter is found out, we can make further decisions!"
"Zhao Qing, you are still so experienced in planning for the country!" Listening to his words, Emperor Liu said in a nonchalant manner.
Letting Zhao Pu go for the time being, Emperor Liu stopped asking other people's opinions. After pondering for a while, he calmly ordered: "Put Lu Duoxun in jail first, and lead the three judicial departments to jointly investigate this case, verify the evidence, and investigate and deal with it strictly."
!”
As soon as Emperor Liu said these words, Lu Duoxun suddenly raised his head, and his face turned pale as if he had been hit hard. Here, the guards in front of the palace were ordered to enter the palace and detain Lu Duoxun, but Lu Duoxun did not
No matter how hard he struggled, he just let the guards drag him out of the palace in despair.
No longer caring about the commotion in the Chongyuan Palace, Emperor Liu said calmly, "Retreat from the court", stood up and left.