In the Zhongshu Provincial Council Hall, Jin King Li Rui was invited to sit on the main seat.
Originally, with his official position as Jian Kangyin, even if he could enter the council hall to discuss matters, he would probably be the last person to accompany him. However, this is the prince of the Li family and the emperor's uncle after all. With his status here, he was naturally invited to the main seat by several prime ministers.
On the throne, Prince Jin was not polite. He sat on the main seat and explained the events of the day in detail in front of several prime ministers.
After he finished speaking, he looked around at everyone and said: "My lords and colleagues, this is probably what happened that day. I have also verified it with Shen Yi himself. That day in Dongshi Street, Princess Qi Ren had tea poured on her. Shen Yi
He was also beaten to a bloody head, and it can only be said that both sides made some mistakes."
"This matter is just a trivial matter. It was definitely not qualified to be heard by you sir. However, the Qi people are so powerful that it brought the matter to His Majesty. Your Majesty is young and it was difficult to make a decision for a while. It was brought to the meeting hall today.
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Prince Jin slightly lowered his eyebrows and said: "Shen Yi is just a student. No matter how you deal with him, it doesn't matter. It's just that His Majesty feels that Qi people are too arrogant, and he is a little angry because of this..."
His Royal Highness the King of Jin looked at everyone present and said: "I am Jiankang Yin. I am here today only to explain the situation to the princes and will not participate in the discussion. Now that the situation has been explained, I will leave now."
After saying this, Prince Jin stood up and left without waiting for the prime ministers to speak.
If he is an ordinary Jiankang Yin, even though he is the chief of the capital and is a "Jingzhao Yin", he must be respectful and cautious when facing the prime minister. If the prime minister does not allow him to leave, it is absolutely impossible for him to leave on his own. However, Li Rui did not
He was not an ordinary Jing Zhaoyin. He wanted to leave, and even Yang Jingzong couldn't stop him. Several prime ministers, together with three officials from the Ministry of Rites and Zhao Changping, the Minister of Household Affairs, sent Prince Jin out of the meeting hall.
After Prince Jin left, the ministers returned to the meeting hall and sat down again. This time Yang Jingzong sat on the main seat honestly and politely. Old Man Yang lowered his eyebrows slightly and said: "What Prince Jin said, all the princes also
heard it."
"A student..."
Yang Xiangguo said slowly: "Compared with the people's livelihood of the country, it is really not worth mentioning. Not to mention a living member, even if I am involved in it, I am willing to suffer some hardships to vent my anger on the Qi people and avoid a battle."
Zhang Jingwei on the side smiled and said: "Yang Xiangguo is wrong. You are the prime minister of our country, and you also represent the state body of our country. If you lose face, our Chen country will also lose face. But Yang
The Prime Minister is right, a student is indeed too humble, but..."
Zhang Xiang changed the topic and said calmly: "Now this matter is apparently related to this student named Shen Yi, but in fact it has nothing to do with him."
"This matter actually depends on whether His Majesty can comply with this tone."
Prime Minister Zhang also has a high qualification in the council hall. Naturally, no one interrupted him when he spoke, so Old Man Zhang continued: "Your Majesty is young and energetic. If he can swallow this breath, he will not let us discuss matters here today. And
We will deal with this Shen Yi directly. His Majesty asked us to discuss the matter, but he was hesitating whether to save face or honor."
Yang Xiangguo's face was expressionless: "As a prime minister, I naturally want to be generous."
Zhang Jing shook his head and said: "You think so, Mr. Yang, but His Majesty may not think so. If His Majesty can't take it easy..."
Old Man Yang looked around at the crowd and said in a deep and powerful voice: "Is it possible that for the sake of your majesty's face, you have to take the risk of going to war with the Qi people!"
He looked at the three officials of the Ministry of Rites and said in a deep voice: "Your Ministry of Rites is in charge of foreign affairs. The Ministry of Rites should have handled this matter properly at that time, instead of dragging it to the court today."
The Minister of Rites and Zuo Shilang looked at Pei Yuan and Pei Shilang who were sitting beside them.
Pei Yuan was the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, in charge of the Good Affairs Department and the Host and Guest Department. The so-called Host and Guest Department was actually the diplomatic department in later generations.
Seeing all the elders looking at him, Pei Shilang was also a little innocent. He smiled bitterly, cupped his hands towards Yang Jingzong and said: "Prime Minister, it's not just that I am a low-ranking official who doesn't do things. In fact, the Ministry of Rites knew nothing about this matter before.
Princess Qi didn’t report it, so of course the Ministry of Rites will not handle it, besides..."
His voice was lowered: "Besides, the Jiankang government office is also responsible for this matter. The Jiankang government office didn't know about it beforehand, let alone our Rites office."
"alright."
Zhang Jing shook his head slightly and said: "The matter has come to this, and it will not help to shirk responsibility. Your Majesty is still waiting for the result of our discussion in the palace. It is only proper to come up with a result as soon as possible."
Zhang Jing has great prestige in the council hall. After he finished speaking, Yang Jingzong also nodded, and everyone began to state their opinions one by one.
Yang Jingzong’s attitude is clear.
Shen Yi's words and deeds were out of character, and he bumped into the Princess of Northern Qi. Regardless of right or wrong, he at least lost the face of the court and the country of etiquette. He should have been severely punished, but for the emperor's sake, he could be punished lightly.
, to send the envoys together.
Yang Xiang was the first to speak, and others also expressed their opinions.
Yang Jingzong had been in power for many years, and generally speaking, not many people dared to object to what he said, so many people echoed his words, especially Pei Yuan, the Minister of Rites, who was the first to stand up and echo Yang Jingzong's words.
When Pei Shilang took the Provincial Examination in his early years, Yang Jingzong was the examiner of the Provincial Examination, so there was some master-disciple relationship between them.
Most people present supported Yang Jingzong's opinion.
The only prime minister, Zhang Jing, sat there without saying a word.
Zhao Changping, the minister of household affairs, who had been sitting nearby and listened, finally spoke.
He stood up, looked at Yang Jingzong, lowered his head slightly, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Yang, you just said "right or wrong, right or wrong," and I strongly disagree."
The Minister Zhao looked around and said in a heavy voice: "I am a scholar, and all the gentlemen present here must have come from a good background. We read the books of sages. Which of the ancient sages said that no matter what is right or wrong?
Is that wrong?"
Zhao Shilang took a deep breath and said slowly: "I understand that it is difficult for the princes to run the country for their king and father, but even if they are pursuing profit for the country, they should not be right or wrong. Even if Shen Yi's matter,
To punish him, right and wrong should be discussed clearly!"
The words of Minister Zhao were very convincing.
Although he also spoke from his own standpoint, I have to say that his words seized the moral high ground and were very beautifully said.
Yang Xiangguo raised his gray eyebrows, looked up at Zhao Changping, and said nothing.
There was dead silence in the meeting hall.
No one answered Zhao Changping's words.
In the end, it was Zhang Jing and Zhang Xiang who stood up.
The old prime minister looked at Yang Jingzong, then at Zhao Changping, sighed slightly, and said: "My lords, let's not hurt your harmony for a small matter."
He looked at Zhao Changping and comforted softly: "Shilang Zhao, everything that Prime Minister Yang did was for the sake of the country. Don't take it to heart."
Zhang Xiangguo looked around and said calmly: "What I mean is that since everyone has different opinions, let's go to our own work and send all our opinions to His Majesty for His Majesty to make a decision."
Yang Jingzong was already drowsy. After hearing Zhang Jing's words, he opened his eyes and said slowly: "Then let's do it."
