Chapter 418: When he came to court, the court was in chaos
"Your Majesty, I am impeaching Zhang Shangshu for secretly seizing Turkic herdsmen for profit. Ashinadur has complained several times to no avail."
Li Chengqian bowed and replied: "When my father was summering in Lishan Mountain, Ashinadur complained to Chengtianmen several times. My son and minister checked it out, and also asked some Turks. The so-called grassland contract was also for
The herdsmen are willing."
In the face of so many people's impeachment, this kid can still stand so calmly?
Li Shimin nodded and said, "Zhang Yang, don't you want to say anything about this matter?"
I looked back at the people who were impeaching me. I saw that these people had come well prepared. They seemed to have accumulated a lot of reasons for impeachment for today.
I don't know what happened, but the moment I turned around, a look suddenly glanced at me.
No matter how much I tried to search for the source of this gaze, I couldn't find it.
Most of the dozens of civil servants in Taiji Hall lowered their heads.
The repeated impeachments have been premeditated. There must be an alliance among the civil servants who want to kick out the scum of the Tang Dynasty civil servants?
Looking at Li Shimin, Zhang Yang replied: "That's indeed what happened."
"This matter was done by Zhang Shangshu. Could it be that the Foreign Affairs Council was also involved? Zhang Shangshu used power for personal gain, and is he going to do it again now?"
I looked back at the speaker, not knowing who he was.
Another day, let Niu rush to his door to pour night fragrance and let out a bad breath.
Clearing his throat, Zhang Yang replied: "The contracting of the pastures was a deal reached by the grassland herdsmen willingly and with both hands. Secondly, no one else from the Foreign Affairs Council participated except me. Furthermore, the herdsmen came to contract the contract on their own initiative, without any coercion or inducement.
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"Finally, all the people involved in this transaction are the King of Wei and the clan members of the clan. This is considered a clan transaction at best. Please understand that the Turks have not had a good attitude towards the Tang Dynasty since the Jieli Rebellion and the Xue Yantuo Rebellion.
It’s just to appease the Turks’ hearts.”
"Zhang Shangshu's words are beautiful. May I ask if you want to raise soldiers and horses in the grassland?"
Zhang Yang took a deep breath and said, "All the war horses obtained by the Turks from Lishan were sold to the army. General Li Ji personally inspected and accepted them. We have collected wool and sheep from Lishan and have nothing else. How can we raise an army?"
Being impeached always makes me feel uncomfortable, and such snitches are really annoying, even more hateful than those who carry saints' books and preach the way of a gentleman everywhere.
Zhang Yang preached again: "Please check the facts clearly when you impeach me. I, Zhang Yang, behave upright, stand upright, and am not afraid of you and others."
"What a good saying. I hope Zhang Shangshu really doesn't have anything wrong with us."
Zhang Yang raised his head and said: "I am smiling to the sky with my horizontal sword, leaving behind my liver and gallbladder. The river head is not in trouble and evil, and it is difficult for others to travel in the world! I am full of righteousness, so why should I be afraid of what thousands of you will point out."
Li Shimin immediately became energetic and had to say that this was indeed a good poem.
There was even the sound of grinding teeth from the Tai Chi Hall. Some people were so angry that such a scum could compose such a poem on the spot. God was blind.
"It's a good saying that traveling in this world is difficult." Yan Shigu said loudly: "May I ask Zhang Shangshu, are we bullying you?"
Zhang Yang said melancholy: "Aren't you bullying me, a newly promoted minister of Zhongshu? I tell you that I am not afraid. If you have a way, you can win thousands of miles. Who can be the hero at this time! I am righteous, I
Who are you afraid of!"
"Okay, what a good sentence, who is worthy of being the hero at this time? I will remember it."
The bridge was forged, and it was tight.
"In order to protect Lishan's business, the Prince of Hejian County secretly dispatched people to protect the cotton escort. Is this an unauthorized use of his private power?"
"You fart!" Li Xiaogong shouted at these civil servants.
In contrast, Li Xiaogong is not a cultural person, nor can he write poems. His words are crisp and powerful, and his three words are sonorous and powerful.
Yan Shigu added: "I dare to ask where the groups of soldiers and horses came from. I also heard that General Cheng's guards and horses were also involved."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone's eyes were focused on Cheng Yaojin.
It has to be said that Cheng Yaojin had a big heart and actually fell asleep standing up in front of so many people, and there was a faint sound of snoring.
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Niu Jinda couldn't stand it anymore and pushed him.
The general suddenly woke up. He looked around to confirm that he was not in court and that His Majesty was still sitting in his seat.
When he came back to his senses, he found that everyone was staring at him.
"Zhijie, they said you called in the guards to escort the cotton."
"He farted!" Cheng Yaojin's loud voice was like thunder in the Tai Chi Hall, "That's a song from a certain family."
"Oh? The general's troops all have war horses?"
"A certain family has money and can afford it! What's wrong?"
It is not good for these civil servants to impeach anyone. They impeached Cheng Yaojin.
A scolding war broke out between Cheng Yaojin and Yan Shigu. I don’t know which bastard took off his shoe and threw it at Cheng Yaojin. It didn’t hit him, but hit Li Daliang who was in a daze.
The shoehorn even left a mark on his forehead.
After all, he was a general who had just returned from conquering Tibet. He was in high spirits, and Li Daliang was not someone to be bullied.
The scolding war gradually expanded, and a fight was about to begin.
Zhang Yang was admiring this scene. The civil servants and military generals were all so energetic. Watching the civil and military parties quarreling and fighting was the most beautiful scenery.
Looking at the culprit's shoe, a man picked it up while the civil and military parties were fighting.
The person who picked up the shoes was Tang Jian's son Tang Guan.
The other party also noticed the gaze, with a proud smile on his face.
Zhang Yang thanked him and diverted the firepower.
Tang Guan cupped his hands and said you're welcome.
It wasn't until Li Shimin couldn't stand it any longer that he stopped the chaos.
Everyone stopped taking action and it was so embarrassing.
Cheng Yaojin held a handful of hair in his hand, and he didn’t know whose head he had pulled it from.
After the civil servants stopped impeaching and the court became quiet again, the normal process of the morning court began.
Li Shimin glanced at everyone again before going down to court.
After walking out of the Taiji Hall, Xu Jingzong cupped his hands and said: "Zhang Shangshu's sentence "It is difficult to travel in this world" has fully explained the situation of our Foreign Affairs Academy. Please rest assured, Shangshu, we will definitely stand on Shangshu's side, for the sake of Sheji and the Foreign Affairs Academy.
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Zhang Yang nodded, "For the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Yes, for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Baiyao was also filled with righteous indignation, and everyone's blood was aflame.
Seeing Zhang Yang walking with a melancholy look on his face, Xu Jingzong said curiously: "Zhang Shangshu's courage should be used as an example to us. I don't know why he is frowning now."
Zhang Yang walked with his hands folded, "I haven't been to court for a long time. I finally went to court and was bullied. Would you be happy if it were you?"
"If we are upright, why should we be afraid of flies and dogs?"
Ignoring Xu Jingzong's enthusiasm, Zhang Yang walked towards Tang Guan and said, "Thank you, Brother Tang, for helping me."
Tang Guan cupped his hands and said, "You're welcome."
"Now that I can go to court, is this a promotion?"
"The lower official has just joined the household department. My father asked Yan Shigu to arrange it. There is no problem in being promoted to supervisor if there is a secretary supervisor."
Zhang Yang put his hands in his hands and continued walking, "Since it was Yan Shigu who promoted him, why should he lead the disaster to him? I saw you picking up the shoes."
Tang Guan said with a dark face: "I'm really angry. Even though I can't write well, that's all. I consider myself uneducated. Yan Shigu arranged for an illiterate person to replace the official's original position in the secretary's prison."
"Is there such a thing?" Zhang Yang was very surprised. According to Tang Guan's opinion, he was already bad enough, but Yan Shigu actually arranged for someone even worse to sit in the seat where he sat. Isn't this a joke on his part?
?
Overtly and covertly, I was a bit of a bully, and all kinds of things could go to where I sat.
That's probably what it means.
Tang Guan gritted his teeth and said, "For this reason, my father gave him a lot of antiques. It's such a pity."
Zhang Yang added: "Such a person staying in the court will be a disaster sooner or later."
"Well, it is indeed a scourge. The secretary prison is so dirty that even illiterate businessmen can enter. It is really a scum of our court and must be eliminated in my lifetime."
"Wait a minute." Zhang Yang said doubtfully: "Yan Shigu recommended you, and you have to get rid of him. Brother Tang, this is..."
Tang Guan pushed back the bun from his forehead, faced the sky and shook his head, putting on a very chic look, "Actually, I don't intend to be an official. I must write books like Red Mansions in this life."
"Brother Tang is so ambitious, I admire him."
"Brother Zhang has not backed down in the face of thousands of accusations. He is truly a role model for our generation."
"I am over-flattered."
"Each other."
Zhang Yang corrected: "Brother Tang, you still need to study more."
Tang Guan nodded when he heard this, "That's natural."
"Since Brother Tang's father sent so many things, wouldn't it be a waste if Brother Tang has other ambitions?"
"My father doesn't understand my ambition, which is really helpless."
"Xiaoguan has a way. He can not only leave the court and concentrate on studying, but also get rid of Yan Shigu."
"any solution?"
Zhang Yang said word by word: "Report him."
Tang Guan took a deep breath and said, "After my conversation with Brother Zhang, I was enlightened. After lunch, I went to Zhongshu Province to submit the memorial. It seems that I will no longer be able to live in Chang'an City. My father will send me back to my hometown to farm. It is inevitable.
A severe beating."
"It doesn't matter, there will always be difficulties in the world, as long as you don't give up."
Tang Guan nodded heavily, "Be taught."
Zhang Yang also handed over his hand and said, "Thank you."
It is particularly pleasant to chat with like-minded people, especially an ambitious person like Tang Guan.
When he got home, Li Yue was waving the horizontal knife in his hand, cracking firewood, and his mood was written on his face.
Zhang Yang took the horizontal knife in her hand and said, "This knife is very sharp. Don't take it out for gesticulations easily."
"I heard that someone impeached my husband again today."
"Little things, get used to them."
"How about asking Aunt Yang to teach them a lesson? Auntie is very skilled. She can sneak in late at night and beat them before coming back. I'll make sure no one notices them."
Zhang Yang smiled bitterly and said: "That's not necessary. I plan to let Niu rush to their door to pour night fragrance. This will relieve their anger more than beating them up."
"That's fine, just do as your husband says." Li Yue wrote a letter and asked her aunt to give it to Su to arrange a meeting in Qu Jiangchi.
The next morning, just after dawn, a scream came from the streets of Chang'an City.
Night fragrance was poured on the doors of several families of civil servants in the court.
Zhang Yang stood in the Tai Chi Hall and listened to the discussion of everyone, who were all talking about who did this.
Seeing someone looking at him, Zhang Yang stood up straight, "Look at what I'm doing? I didn't do it."
"Who did that?"
"Oh, how do I know?"
At the moment, they have two suspects. Besides Zhang Yang, the other one is Cheng Yaojin. Everyone in Changan knows that Cheng Yaojin is not easy to mess with.
After all, Zhang Yang was a civil servant and most likely wouldn't be able to do such a thing.
Civil servants like to make decisions before taking action.
When Li Shimin arrived, at the beginning of the morning court, more than a dozen civil servants came out to attend the court. Everyone unanimously pointed to Cheng Yaojin, "Your Majesty, someone poured night incense at the door of my house. It must be Cheng Yaojin."
The hall was quiet for a while.
Cheng Yaojin first handed the board in his hand to Niu Jinda beside him, slowly rolled up his sleeves, his face flushed and said angrily: "Hey! I will fight with you!"
Just when Li Shimin wanted to stop, Cheng Yaojin had already strode towards these civil servants.
Zhang Yang stood as if in trance. Niu Chuang was very efficient in doing things, but too efficient.
Originally, only three or five civil servants were impeached, but he suddenly impeached more than ten households?
Watching Cheng Yaojin fight against dozens of people with one person, he still managed to survive.
Li Shimin held his forehead in pain. My court was fine when Zhang Yang was not in court, but why was it not peaceful and evil when he came to court?
"Come here, take Cheng Yaojin down and hit thirty boards again."
A group of guards rushed in and restrained Cheng Yaojin, but the opponent was too strong and they were finally restrained after being punched and kicked several times.
When he was about to be dragged out of the hall, Cheng Yaojin kicked him twice.
A group of civil servants were writhing in pain on the ground, with veins popping out on Li Shimin's forehead. "Let the people from the Imperial Medical Office see if they are in any serious condition. We will fine Cheng Zhijie ten years' salary and remove him from his position as right knight."
Tang Guan should have reported it to the Zhongshu Ministry of Education. Seeing that the morning court had started normally, there was no movement from His Majesty.
As Tang Guan himself can testify, this matter should be confirmed.
Adhering to the principle of not being the first to take the lead, stay put for now and then see how things change.
Until the next court, Li Shimin did not mention the matter of Yan Shigu.
"Brother Tang, have you reported it?" Zhang Yang asked in a low voice.
"If you report it, I will personally send it to the Zhongshu Provincial People's Government."
"Then why?"
Tang Guan slapped his forehead and said, "I drank too much wine on a whim last night. It must have been the wrong delivery. Let's take a look when we get back."
"Yes...really?"
Seeing Tang Guan walking in a hurry, Zhang Yang once again suspected that this man might not be able to get things done. He couldn't even write well. Could he write a report memorial?
After scanning the people who came to court in twos and threes, Zhang Yang found a person. Should Hejian County King report this matter?
Thinking about it, it's inappropriate. Li Xiaogong is an old man in the court. He probably won't report it, let alone make the first move.
Zhang Yang thought about it again and thought of a person. No one was more suitable than him. Moreover, this person could not stand the injustice in the world. He had just entered the East Palace and impeached Lishan.
Putting these aside, Zhang Yang walked quickly towards Li Chengqian and whispered: "Today at noon, Qujiang Pool."
Li Chengqian stopped for a moment after hearing this, and then walked towards the East Palace as if nothing had happened.
Just as he reached Chengtian Gate, Zhang Yang saw Cheng Yaojin who was being slapped against a board.
The strange thing about the scene is that these guards handled the boards with care and did not even hit anyone.
When the execution was over, Zhang Yang saluted and said: "The general suffered thirty blows without saying a word, and the subordinates admire him."
Cheng Yaojin glared at him, snorted and walked out of Chengtian Gate.
Zhang Yang followed reluctantly, "May I ask why the general's men are also escorting Cotton?"