Today at the court meeting, Prince Li Chengqian and King of Jin Li Zhi were all seated in the palace, ranking first among the civil servants. Even Shangshu Zuopu She Li Ji was placed behind Li Zhi to show respect.
From the moment he went to the palace, Li Zhi's heart was pounding. He knew that someone would impeach someone today, but he didn't expect that the trend would be so violent.
The first censor spoke sonorously and sternly. After speaking, he stood there. Before His Majesty Li Er could say anything, another person stood up.
"Your Majesty, I impeached His Highness the King of Jin for allowing weapons to be stolen and dispersed among the people, and failing to pursue them in time afterwards. As a result, people in Chang'an City are now in panic, the country is unstable, and the country is shaken."
"I impeach His Royal Highness the King of Jin for hiding weapons and weapons with evil intentions!"
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Although everyone knew that the theft of ordnance would definitely extend to some unspeakable criticism, but now that I heard with my own ears that the censors impeached the emperor in front of the emperor in the main hall, I was still shocked.
Li Zhi had already expected that he would be very anxious today, but when the real thing came, he still couldn't help but feel panic. He hurriedly left his job and stood in the palace, knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said: "Father, I have learned from you that my son and I are certainly at fault.
But I don’t dare to have the slightest intention of being rebellious!”
Dereliction of duty is unavoidable, but we must not allow anyone to lead to treason, otherwise it will be difficult to escape.
His Majesty Li Er was sitting on the throne, his face was as sinking as water, and he said nothing.
At this time, Changsun Wuji could not count on the soldiers and generals who were attached to him to go out in person and stand beside Li Zhi, saying: "Your Majesty, the King of Jin has just served in the Ministry of War. The powers and responsibilities are not clear, the personnel are not clear, and there are some mistakes.
It is inevitable, but how can this mistake be magnified infinitely, and even extended to the safety of the country and the foundation of the empire? To put it nicely, the words of the censor are overcorrected and biased, but if it is said to be unflattering, it may not be that there is no one behind it.
He exaggerated his words, took the opportunity to cause trouble, and deliberately framed His Royal Highness the King of Jin. His intentions are extremely vicious! I sincerely request your Majesty to send "Baiqisi" to participate in the case and investigate carefully. If there is really someone who instructs the Yushi Yanguan to fabricate lies out of thin air and maliciously frame the case.
, please punish him for his serious crime of deceiving the emperor and trying to subvert the country!"
His speech attracted all the officials' attention.
This is the boss of the Guanlong nobles. He once dominated the court. Now, facing the impeachment of the imperial censor, he doesn't even need to instruct a few minions to charge into battle. Why not just go into battle naked?
Several censors who spoke suddenly became a little panicked.
It is certain that His Highness the King of Jin was derelict in his duties, but the rest of the accusations are just rumors and there is no evidence. But the duty of the Yushi Yanguan is to "tell the story based on hearsay". When will we need conclusive evidence again?
Changsun Wuji is really ruthless and tries to label everyone as a bully and a delinquent. Who can resist this...
Li Ji, Xiao Yu and others only glanced up and then lowered their heads, sighing in their hearts.
Once upon a time, these imperial censors had attached themselves to the nobles of Guanlong, advocating hard for them, and charging into battle. Once Changsun Wuji targeted a minister who wanted to overthrow, these people would swarm in and bite him like crazy, but they didn't want to turn against him today.
However, Changsun Wuji could only go into battle shirtless.
Because of Changsun Wuji's meritorious status, it will certainly put great pressure on those imperial officials, but it also shows from another level that the current Guanlong nobles are indeed declining and getting worse.
The leader of an army will have to charge forward, which explains too many problems.
Everyone's attention turned to Jin Wang Li Zhi. Now the Guanlong nobles are facing a critical situation. On the one hand, they have to resist the suppression of His Majesty Li Er, and on the other hand, they have to face the rise of the Jiangnan nobles. It is also said that there are Shandong aristocratic families with rich foundations who are eyeing them.
It is not an exaggeration to say that they are waiting to accept the position that will become vacant after their defeat.
If you are not careful, the situation will completely collapse.
Now, they can only place all their hopes on King Jin. Only by supporting King Jin to successfully seize the throne can they alleviate the desperate situation they are currently facing.
But in everyone's eyes, this hope is not bright.
After all, even if His Majesty Li Er favors the King of Jin more, the prince is a legitimate prince after all. Even if there are no major shortcomings that can affect the stability of the country, it will be difficult for even the emperor to depose him.
Otherwise, it will be a dangerous situation that will shake the foundation of the country.
What's more, the prince is not fighting alone...
When they turned their attention to Fang Jun, they saw him tidying up his clothes, leaving his duties and standing in the hall.
"Your Majesty, I have my own personal report."
Compared with Changsun Wuji who directly stood up to defend the King of Jin, Fang Jun followed the rules.
However, His Majesty Li Er was not in a good mood, because Fang Jun's standing up meant that he would pursue and fight the King of Jin. Once the prestige of the King of Jin was severely damaged, it would cause immeasurable difficulties in fighting for the throne in the future. However,
In this Tai Chi Hall, everyone must be allowed to speak freely, right?
He had no choice but to nod his head and say: "That's right."
"Here!"
Fang Jun stood up straight, glanced at Changsun Wuji, and said loudly: "I cannot agree with the remarks of Zhao Guogong. Within the Yamen of the Ministry of War, there is a fully mature operating system, and every matter will be planned in advance.
, led by the Minister of the Ministry of War, with the heads of each department and the doctors cooperating, they achieved twice the result with half the effort and were extremely efficient. The main reason for the theft of ordnance this time was that the sudden change of supervisors in the Ministry of War caused problems in coordination. The theft of the ordnance seemed to be an accident, but in fact it was
It is inevitable. It is precisely because the director of the Ministry of War failed to handle matters in a timely manner that the transportation of ordnance was rushed and failed to be carefully arranged. Ships from the south of the Yangtze River were even hired. The organization was chaotic and poorly managed. How could there be no mistakes?
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There was reason and evidence. Changsun Wuji could not refute it, so he changed the main question: "Can I understand the words of the Duke of Yue to mean that the current situation was caused precisely because the imperial court suspended you, the Minister of War?"
This is Tai Chi Hall, no matter how shameless you are, you still have to be a little reserved, right?
Unexpectedly, Fang Jun had no such awareness at all, and happily nodded and said: "That's exactly what it is."
So shameless...
The ministers in the palace couldn't help but smile, they liked to see Fang Jun confronting Changsun Wuji so recklessly, and Changsun Wuji, who had always acted domineeringly, just couldn't help it.
Even His Majesty Li Er on the throne couldn't help but touch his forehead with his hand, this mallet...
Changsun Wuji also laughed angrily, pointed at Fang Jun, snorted and said: "In terms of shamelessness, among all the officials in the palace, no one can go beyond the right of the Duke of Yue."
Fang Jun didn't take it seriously, and there was no tense atmosphere at all. He smiled and said: "Why, Zhao Guogong doesn't recognize the ability of subordinate officials?"
Changsun Wuji shook his head and said: "Although you are somewhat capable, you may not be able to do better than His Highness the King of Jin in the position of Minister of War."
Fang Jun said: "Zhao Guogong said that the official is shameless, but in fact you are the most shameless. If you don't believe me, ask His Highness the King of Jin if you think you can lead the military department better than the official?"
Li Zhi hummed, his handsome face turned red from suppressing it, but he couldn't speak.
What did this make him say?
Saying that he is not as good as Fang Jun clearly confirms the fact that Changsun Wuji is "shameless"; if he says that he is worse than Fang Jun... after all, he is young and has little experience, and has not yet been able to practice to the extent that Fang Jun is so boastful. Whose shamelessness.
Of course, Changsun Wuji knew that Li Zhi could not say anything stronger than Fang Jun, so he quickly said: "The Duke of Yue is making things difficult for others. Even if you do better, you made the mistake first. It is your majesty who is so magnanimous."
I just suspend you from your post, otherwise you should be removed from office. No matter how capable a person who has made mistakes is, he is of no use to the country and harmful to the court, so what is the use?"
Fang Jun shook his head and said: "Zhao Guogong has some priorities. What we are discussing now is the issue of His Royal Highness Jin's dereliction of duty, not the issue of the ability of subordinate officials. You are so entangled, and you are looking at him.
What facts are you trying to hide?"
Mother!
Changsun Wuji wished he could rush up and slap this bastard. Did I change the topic?
However, this was not the time for Taiji Palace to argue with this guy. He said numbly: "Then let's talk about King Jin's dereliction of duty."
After all, the theft of ordnance is an indisputable fact, and no amount of cover-up can eliminate the Jin King's dereliction of duty, but compared with the "ulterior motives" and "ulterior motives" impeached by the censors, the dereliction of duty is actually nothing.
After all, if the King of Jin is really accused of "concealing ordnance secretly", even if His Majesty defends it, he will have to order the Three Law Divisions and Zongzheng Temple to jointly investigate.
No one in this world is truly innocent. If anything else about Prince Jin is found out, it will be a fatal blow to his reputation.
Therefore, the scope must be narrowed to the matter of "dereliction of duty" and must not be allowed to expand.