As soon as Pang finished speaking, Zhang Huiquan jumped up and pointed at Pang Gang in a hoarse voice and shouted: "Your Majesty, my lords, it is not because the humble ministers did not change his military status for him, but for this humble warrior.
When he arrived at the Ministry of War, he was extremely arrogant and rude. When he saw Wei Chen, he even refused to kneel down and salute him. He despised Wei Chen so much. Wei Chen would never tolerate such an arrogant person acting recklessly in the Ministry of War, so Wei Chen wanted to drive him out. However,
This murderer unexpectedly broke Wei Chen's fingers in a violent attack. Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for Wei Chen!"
After saying this, Zhang Huiquan burst into tears on the spot in the main hall.
"This..." Chongzhen and the ministers understood the whole story as soon as they heard it. It turned out that the plot of civil superiority and military inferiority was at play.
After understanding the whole story, most of the ministers in the palace, who were mostly civil servants, couldn't help but turn to Zhang Huiquan, who was crying hoarsely. At this time, an official in his forties, wearing a scarlet peacock official uniform, immediately
He stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Pang Gang Tuoba was rude. The ministers thought that Zhang Huiquan was not wrong in expelling him from the military department, and then he got angry and committed the murder on the spot. The behavior of such criminals is different from that of animals.
I hope the emperor will punish him severely to serve as a warning to others."
"Yes, please punish him severely to serve as a warning to future generations." At this time, some officials also stood up and agreed.
Pang Gang was furious. He took a closer look and stared at the official who jumped out first. Only then did he realize that this gentleman turned out to be the man who had been scolding Lu Xiangsheng in the hall this morning. Pang Gang's heart
I immediately memorized this person's appearance.
"A gentleman's revenge is never too late in three years, just wait for me!" Pang Gang looked at the officials who jumped out to accuse him and sneered secretly in his heart: "These guys who only talk empty talk and harm the country, one day I will make you look good.
"
Chongzhen saw some officials jumping out to accuse Pang Gang, and his face showed embarrassment. This Pang Gang was General Dingyuan who he had just praised and promoted in the morning, and now he was impeached by the officials. This also made him feel...
It's difficult. Punishing Pang Gang might make the generals and troops outside the city dissatisfied, so why not punish him? Now these officials are clinging to Pang Gang, which really stumps Chongzhen.
At this time, Pang Gang knew that he had to defend himself, otherwise he would be in trouble if he waited for the charges to be determined. He turned around and pointed at the group of officials who were pointing at him and spitting stars and shouted: "You guys
Shut up these talkative bastards!"
Pang Gang's words came out of his belly so loudly that he immediately suppressed the voices of all the officials. The whole hall was silent. Everyone was shocked by Pang Gang's words. This guy actually dared to scold the officials. He
I wonder if you offend these talkative guys, will they be able to drown you in the future with just their spit?
The officials were stunned for a moment after being scolded, and then they all became furious. They were about to scold this bold warrior in unison. However, they saw Pang Gang turning his head towards the man who jumped out to scold him first.
An official asked: "May I ask what your lord's name is?"
The official was stunned for a moment, then sneered: "You vulgar warrior asked me for my name because you want to take revenge on me. However, I am honest and upright and will not be afraid of you. Listen carefully. I am the Ministry of War."
Chen Xinjia, the left minister. Although I am the minister of the Ministry of War, I will not favor my subordinates without reason. It was indeed your rudeness that caused the murder just now, so I am impeaching you now."
"Are you Chen Xinjia?" Pang Gang couldn't help but be startled. It seemed that he had seen another historical celebrity, but this man's reputation in later generations was not very good.
"It turns out to be Shilang Chen." Pang Gang shook his head and said: "Originally, Mr. Pang thought that since Shilang Chen was an official of the imperial court and received the teachings of saints and the emperor's respect, he must be a knowledgeable and sensible person, but he didn't expect that he was just like those rotten scholars.
No two."
Chen Xinjia is worthy of being the minister of the Ministry of War. He was not angry at being ridiculed by Pang Gang. He just said disdainfully: "Huh! You, a warrior who is not literate, are you qualified to talk to me about the words of a saint?"
Pang Gang took a deep breath and said angrily: "Okay! I would like to ask Chen Shilang. As General Dingyuan, I hold the rank of third-grade general, but I have to kneel down when I see this mere fifth-grade Yuanwai Lang. Is this okay?
The teachings of a saint? Why don’t I just give a little punishment to this arrogant person who has no distinction between superiority and inferiority and does not respect the laws of the court?"
"Uh! This..."
Pang Gang's words not only stopped Chen Xinjia, but also stopped everyone. That's right! Pang Gang is a freshly released third-rank Dingyuan general who was just conferred by Chongzhen this morning. There is no reason for him to be a few ranks lower than him.
The fifth-grade officer, Wailang, kneels down. This is a very simple truth, but due to the long-term policy of the Ming Dynasty that the civil servant is respected and the military is humble, it has been deeply rooted in the bones of the officials.
They subconsciously believed that the status of those rude military attaches should be bowed to scholars like them who "have read the books of sages since childhood". As for rank, they never put it in their hearts. This has become an "unspoken rule" in the court.
But now after being raised by Pang Gang, they found that they could not refute the other party's words. Although there was such a management in the court, the unspoken rules were unspoken rules. Such rules could not be put on the table. Now
When Pang Gang said this, even those usually eloquent officials were speechless.
Seeing that these officials were speechless by his questions, Pang Gang saluted Chongzhen again and said: "Your Majesty, in view of this, I kindly ask your Majesty to severely punish this arrogant person and punish him for the crime of Meng Lang, regardless of his superiority or inferiority!
"
Chongzhen, who was sitting on the high platform, was dumbfounded for a moment. It was indeed very new for a military general to ask the emperor to punish a civil servant for his arrogant Meng Lang, but what Pang Gang said was reasonable and not wrong from a legal point of view.
, a fifth-rank official dared to order a third-rank official to kneel down and salute him. This was so ridiculous no matter how you looked at it. Chongzhen thought about it for a while and had an idea, so he slowly said: "Pang Aiqing's words make sense.
, This Yuan Wai Lang is indeed arrogant and Tuoba should be punished. Someone! Take off this Yuan Wai Lang's official robe and demote him to a commoner!"
As soon as Chongzhen finished speaking, two guards rushed out from the side and grabbed Zhang Huiquan, who was still kneeling on the ground, and tried to drag him out.
The foreign minister saw something bad and quickly shouted: "Your Majesty has judged Wei Chen like this. I am not convinced. I think that when Pang Gang came to the Ministry of Household Affairs to exchange for military status, he was only a fifth-grade military attache. How could Wei Chen know that he was a third-grade military officer before he read the official document?"
General Yuan, what’s wrong with me doing this?”
"What this Yuanwailang said is really ridiculous!" Pang Gang on the side sneered: "Even if I was still wearing the fifth-grade official uniform at the time, you are just a fifth-grade Yuanwailang. What is the law of my great dynasty?
It is stipulated that military attachés of the fifth rank must kneel down and salute when they see a civil servant of the fifth rank. It is clear that you regard yourself as an official of the Ministry of War, and use the power granted by the emperor to bully officials from other places wantonly. Such misbehavior is simply insulting to a saint.
Teach me, people like you are not worthy of being an official."
"You are ridiculous. You are inferior in everything. You are only good at reading. You are disgracing gentlemen..."
Chongzhen was not in the mood to listen to this Yuan Wai Lang's nonsense, so he waved his hand gently, and the two guards below immediately dragged the unfortunate Yuan Wai Lang down like a dead dog.
Looking at their colleagues who were shouting endlessly along the way, many officials glared at Pang Gang. As scholars, they saw that their colleagues was delaying their entire lives because of a small mistake, and they couldn't help but feel sad in their hearts.
.
Pang Gang ignored all the angry glances directed at him. He cupped his hands towards Chongzhen as if nothing had happened and said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, it is a matter of great importance to punish such arrogant people. I admire you."
Chongzhen saw the expressions and reactions of the public commentators and Chen Xinjia looking at Pang Gang one by one, but he did not express anything. He just smiled slightly and said: "My lords, today's morning meeting is here. Everyone is here."
Let’s break up!”
After saying that, Chongzhen stood up and was about to walk back. At this time, a eunuch immediately stood up and shouted in a high-pitched voice: "Retreat from the court..."
"
With the sound of retreating, the officials dispersed and walked out of the hall in twos and threes, but no official came to pay attention to Pang Gang. It was obvious that Pang Gang had been isolated by these officials.
Seeing the attitude of these officials who were afraid of avoiding him, Pang Gang also knew that he had severely offended these civil servant groups with what happened in the hall just now, and he would probably have a more difficult life in the future. However, Pang Gang did not feel sorry for him.
Because of this worry, he never expected these guys who only talked all day long to help him. He also believed that he could get everything he wanted with his own hands.
After Pang Gang waited for the officials to finish leaving, and when he was about to step out, a young eunuch hurriedly walked up to Pang Gang and whispered: "General Dingyuan, please stay. The emperor has a decree, asking the general to go to the imperial garden.
The emperor has ordered that we have a banquet with the general in the imperial garden today."
"Giving a banquet?" Pang Gang couldn't help being surprised. The emperor gave him a banquet, which was a rare honor for a minister. He had just given him a banquet today. It was fine that he was not angry. Why did he want to give him a banquet instead?
Seeing the surprised look on Pang Gang's face, the little eunuch just smiled and said nothing. Pang Gang quickly took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and quietly stuffed it into the little eunuch's hand and asked softly: "How dare you
Ask this father-in-law why the emperor gave Pang a banquet?"
The little eunuch shook the heavy silver in his hand, his eyes narrowed with laughter, and he thought that General Pang was really good at getting things done, and this edict was really the right thing to do.
He said with a smile: "General Dingyuan, don't worry. Although the power of heaven is unpredictable, our family doesn't know why the emperor gave the banquet. But general, don't worry. There is no unpleasant look on the emperor's face. I think it must be a good thing."
, General, feel free to go. However, generals should pay attention to some taboos when meeting the saint, such as..."
As he walked, the young eunuch told Pang Gang some taboos in the palace, which made Pang Gang feel that the money was well spent...