With a flick of the eye, all the officials' eyes turned to the leader of the civil service class.
Jie Xuelong took half a step back without leaving a trace and stood behind Shi Kefa.
Shi Kefa took a step forward and said proudly: "Whether it is in accordance with the ancestral precepts of the Emperor Ming Dynasty or in accordance with Confucian etiquette, the prince should be established as the new king. There is no reason to support the establishment of an eternal king!"
"Do you know what the consequences will be if you persist so much?"
"I only know that abolishing the elders and establishing young ones is the way to cause chaos!" Shi Kefa said coldly, "Back then, our sages of the Donglin Party did not hesitate to fight for the foundation of the country with a stick, but it was not precisely because of our opposition to abolishing the elders.
Establish a young child."
"Of course it was right to fight for the foundation of the country back then." Gao Hongtu said, "But this time is the same as that time."
"During the Wanli Dynasty, the country of our Ming Dynasty was relatively stable. However, now there are bandits and slaves standing side by side. The country is in danger of overturning at any time. Therefore, we must not follow the rules and stick to the rules."
Shi Kefa snorted coldly and said: "Speaking of the danger of being overturned, Gao Ge's move is really likely to cause the Ming Dynasty to overturn and the people to be overturned. Throughout the ages, there have been so many bloody lessons caused by abolishing the elders and establishing the young. Is it possible?
Isn’t it enough to make Mr. Gaoge wary?”
"Come here, please get Mr. Shige out!"
Gao Hongtu knew that he could not defeat Shi Kefa, so he had no choice but to drive him away.
It is definitely not allowed to kill Shi Kefa, and this precedent cannot be set.
If Gao Hongtu kills Shi Kefa today, who knows if the next chief minister who will succeed him in power will also kill him? Once this rule is broken, the dignity of civil servants will be gone.
At that moment, two soldiers from the Beijing camp came forward and tried to lift Shi Kefa up.
"Let go!" Shi Kefa shouted away the two soldiers from the Beijing camp and said coldly, "I have my own legs."
Walking to the door of the main hall, Shi Kefa turned back to Gao Hongtu and said, "Gao Hongtu, please take care of yourself. Don't let the dignity of civil servants and officials since the two Song Dynasties be completely ruined!"
What Shi Kefa said is that since the Song Dynasty, there have been basically no powerful ministers like Cao Cao, Wang Mang, Huo Guang and Yu Wentai among the civil servants. However, what Gao Hongtu did today is very likely to cause a similar situation to appear again in the Ming Dynasty.
If you are a powerful minister, then the efforts of countless Confucian ancestors over the past hundreds of years will be in vain.
To put it bluntly, the Confucian ancestors have actually been working hard to get rid of the dynastic cycle rate.
Sages such as Zhu Xi, Zhou Dunyi, Cheng Yi, Cheng Hao, etc. have always been working hard to do one thing, trying to legally establish the legitimacy of scholar-bureaucrats and the emperor to rule the world together, so as to achieve a true sense of governance, and then through civil servants
Suppress the generals and achieve long-term peace and stability of the Han Dynasty.
Such efforts are still effective.
At least in the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a truly powerful official.
During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, when the Ding Dynasty revolution occurred and the world was in chaos, powerful ministers appeared.
Shi Kefa was warning Gao Hongtu not to set a precedent of indiscriminately killing dissident ministers and not to become a powerful minister, otherwise once this precedent is set, it will never be stopped later.
"I don't need Shi Ge to worry about this matter."
Watching Shi Kefa walk out of the hall, Gao Hongtu asked again: "Who else objects?"
"The servant objects!" Xie Xuelong said without hesitation, "With the prince here, there is no reason to establish a permanent king. Does the high court always have to expel the servant from the court?"
Gao Hongtu frowned.
Because Shi Kefa can be treated as an official who has become an official, and he can be asked to leave the court directly.
But this is not possible for Xie Xuelong, who is the current cabinet bachelor and the fourth assistant! Moreover, his fourth assistant was selected through court recommendation, and even the emperor could not expel him without reason.
Otherwise, he would really become the powerful official Shi Kefa said.
But soon, Gao Hongtu thought of Han Kanwei, Shi Miyuan, Jia Sidao, Lu Xiufu and others.
How similar is the current Ming Dynasty to the Song Dynasty after Yi Guan traveled south? In order to consolidate the Ming Dynasty forever, what should he do if he learns from Jia Sidao and the other four?
It is not impossible to be a powerful minister.
It’s up to me, Gao Hongtu, to bear this eternal infamy.
Well, the main thing is that Gao Hongtu has always been worried about Jie Xuelong's back stabbing.
At that moment, Gao Hongtu's eyes turned cold, and he said coldly: "Jie Xuelong, you are a villain who has both sides of the problem, and you are both obedient and evil. I haven't even asked you to settle the score yet, but you jumped out first. Are you trying to deceive me, Gao Hongtu, into not daring to kill anyone?"
Jie Xuelong stretched his neck and said, "Here is the head. Mr. Gao Ge can just take it."
"Jie Xuelong, you brought this upon yourself." Gao Hongtu shouted sternly, "Take it with me!"
However, the Beijing soldiers guarding both sides of the hall and under the corridor in front of the hall showed no reaction, as if they had not heard anything.
"Huh?" Gao Hongtu frowned and shouted angrily, "Where is the capital camp? Take down the thief Jie Xuelong quickly!"
Xu Hongji, who was at the head of the military attaché squad, also felt embarrassed and shouted at a general leading the team: "Wang Tingzuo, what are you doing standing there? Didn't you hear Gao Ge's instructions?"
Wang Tingzuo showed a bitter look on his face and asked: "My lord, do you really want to take down Mr. Xie Ge? This is the top brother of the current dynasty."
"Nonsense." Xu Hongji said angrily, "Mr. Shi Ge has become an official, and Mr. Gao Ge is the current chief assistant. Do you listen to the chief assistant or the fourth assistant? Hurry and capture Jie Xuelong!"
Wang Tingzuo had no choice but to lead the soldiers from the Beijing camp forward.
However, as soon as the soldiers from the Beijing camp got close, Jie Xuelong shouted: "Who dares to take action?"
Wang Tingzuo and the Beijing soldiers behind him did not dare to move. The military attachés of the Ming Dynasty were afraid of civilian officials from the bottom of their hearts.
"Give me the knife!" Yuan Pengnian couldn't hold back anymore when Li Ke was in trouble. He took a step forward and pulled out the knife from Wang Ting's left waist, and then approached Jie Xuelong with the knife in his waist.
This is to imitate Lu Bu and kill ministers in the palace.
However, Jie Xuelong also had disciples who served as officials in the court.
At that moment, several disciples crowded in front of Xie Xuelong and yelled: "Yuan Pengnian, what do you want?"
"If there is another person who says that he should be crown prince, he will be killed without mercy!" Yuan Pengnian's stern eyes swept over Jie Xuelong's face, and then glanced at the civil servants and military officers in the main hall, with a warning tone.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Many officials immediately shrank, and it was important to save their lives.
But officials such as Meng Zhaoxiang, Wu Linzheng, Wu Ganlai, Chen Liangmo, etc. were fearless.
They weren't afraid when hundreds of thousands of thieves besieged the city, how could they be afraid of you just getting into trouble?
Fan Zhongjie, the left servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, also took a step forward, gestured to his neck and said: "Come, Yuan is in trouble. The head of my official is here, please take it away quickly."
"Fan Zhongjie, you are so disrespectful!"
Yuan Pengnian shouted sternly: "It was Mr. Gaoge who recommended you as the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs against all opinions. Do you want to repay a favor with a grudge? Me?"
"It's a joke." Fan Zhongjie said coldly, "My official salary is the salary of the Ming Dynasty, and I am an official of the Ming Dynasty, not the left minister of the civil affairs department of the Gao family. What right does Gao Ge have to give and receive the ministers of the Ming Dynasty privately?"
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"You?!" Yuan Pengnian walked up to Fan Zhongjie and said, "Fan Zhongjie, don't force me!"
Fan Zhongjie said coldly: "If you don't want to say anything more about Yuan, just take my head!"
"Do you really think that I don't dare to kill you?" Yuan Pengnian said and raised his sword, intending to slash Fan Zhongjie.
Suddenly there was an exclamation in the main hall, but Gao Hongtu's face was as dark as water, and he had no intention of stopping Yuan Pengnian from the beginning to the end, because he had already seen that it was impossible not to kill a few people today to shock all the officials.
However, before Yuan Pengnian could strike with his sword, footsteps suddenly sounded again outside the hall.
Immediately, a large group of Cao Jiang soldiers poured into the hall, led by two generals wearing phoenix-winged helmets and mountain armor. The phoenix-winged helmets also had visors on them, covering their facial features.
Even the hats and helmets of the Jiang soldiers were wearing visors.
Gao Hongtu frowned and shouted: "You have no business here, go and guard outside the palace."
However, the two generals in Caojiang Town ignored it and walked forward, minding their own business, and soon reached the center of the Golden Palace.
It's not just these two generals.
Even the hundreds of Cao Jiang soldiers kept walking.
Soon, a hundred Cao Jiang soldiers were guarding both sides of the hall.
At the same time, there were hundreds of Cao Jiang soldiers guarding the corridor.
"Didn't you hear?" Gao Hongtu suddenly became angry, "I asked you to go out and wait!"
At this time, the general who was walking on the left and slightly ahead finally spoke: "Lao Gaoge has such great official power. Not only do you want to drive away Mr. Shige, but you also want to drive me away too?"
"Me?" Gao Hongtu was stunned when he heard this.
All the civil and military officials in the palace looked at each other in confusion. I?
Because this military commander was so powerful and spoke in a loud voice, almost all the civil servants and military commanders in the hall heard him. What he just called himself was clearly me.
On the other side, Yuan Pengnian, who was holding a knife in his hand, turned pale with fright.
At this time, the general who had just spoken put his hand on his visor, and then in front of hundreds of civilian and military generals including Gao Hongtu, Jie Xuelong, and so on, he gradually opened his visor.
"Your Majesty?" Gao Hongtu was stunned for a moment.
At this moment, Gao Hongtu's brain completely shut down and he could no longer think.
No one can bear this huge mental shock. How could it be possible?
"Your Majesty?" Jiang Yueguang, Xie Xuelong and other officials, and even Meng Zhaoxiang, Wu Linzheng, Fan Zhongjie and other officials were also confused.
The only exception may be Lu Zhenfei. He actually knew the inside story, but he was just acting it out, hiding it from Meng Zhaoxiang, Wu Linzheng and the other nine ministers who were in trouble.
"Father!" The child Zhu Cizheng was the first to react.
Just now, Gao Hongtu and Shi Kefa were arguing in the palace about making him emperor. Zhu Cizheng was like an outsider. But after meeting Chongzhen, he quickly rushed down from the throne.
"Father, it turns out you are still alive. This is great."
Zhu Cizheng rushed down Danqi and hugged Chongzhen's thigh.
The next second, Zhu Cizheng's eyes and nose started to flow, and he cried loudly.
"Okay, stop crying." Chongzhen patted Zhu Cizheng's little head, then turned around and said, "Xun'er, Jiong'er, come and persuade your fifth brother to stop crying and rubbing me all over."
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