Xiao Yu and Zhang Xingcheng looked at each other and saw each other's nervousness...
In fact, until now, the strength of the East Palace is still far superior to that of the other princes. Even if Fang Jun loses military power, he still has a strong influence in the army, not to mention the Youtun Guard, Anxi Army, and Navy.
With all his subordinates, plus the "Military God" Li Jing, how can this be a force that can be ignored?
Not to mention those officials who were appointed by His Majesty as subordinate officials of the East Palace in the early years. Their own interests have long been tied to the East Palace.
If these people don't give up and join forces to fight hard, the energy they unleash will be enough to set off a storm in the court.
Fang Jun showed no embarrassment at all, and said with a smile: "Su Dingfang sent a letter home last night, saying that the Suga family of Japan was unwilling to surrender and tried to mutiny and massacre the navy soldiers. Liu Rengui saw through it and led his army to defeat Asukajing..."
The laughter in the hall suddenly stopped.
The navy destroyed Asukakyo? Doesn’t that mean that the Japanese kingdom has been completely destroyed?
Everyone clearly remembers that the King of Jin previously begged to go to sea to establish a country and establish a vassal state...The atmosphere was tense instantly.
One side has just asked His Majesty to confer the post of Right Servant to the King of Jin, Shangshu, and establish his position in the center in one fell swoop; the other side is quickly destroying the Japanese country, complying with the King of Jin's previous request to go to sea and establish a country... Then the King of Jin is going to break his promise and enter the Shangshu Province to move towards the throne.
A big step forward, or should we follow our previous request, take into account the brotherhood, not get involved in the fight for reserves, and stay away from overseas?
All of a sudden, the King of Jin camp was pinned to the wall and unable to get down.
Zhang Xingcheng looked gloomy and said: "Since it is just a letter from home, why do we need to discuss it in the court? The Navy is under the control of the Ministry of War. If it is true that it has contributed to Asuka Beijing and overthrew the Japanese country, I should have received the battle report. Here,
All previous rumors cannot be accurate."
This is a critical juncture. We must help the King of Jin return to Shangshu Province and serve as the right servant. Otherwise, once it is shelved, changes will inevitably occur.
I, the dignified Minister of the Ministry of War, have not yet received the battle report, so you want to influence the situation with just a letter from home?
Want to be beautiful.
Others also understood what he meant. As long as His Majesty first grants the post of right servant to the King of Jin, Shangshu, it will be impossible to change it later. Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that the emperor's words will be useless?
Xiao Yu secretly nodded. Zhang Xingcheng, who usually doesn't show off his skills, performs unsatisfactorily, but he is reliable at critical moments...
Unexpectedly, Fang Jun shook his head with a smile and said slowly: "The letter from home is just brought by a navy official who is returning to Beijing to report on his duties, but the military report is eight hundred miles away. Since I have received the letter from home, how can the Ministry of War Yamen
Didn't you receive the naval battle report? The destruction of the Japanese kingdom is a major event, but Zhang Shangshu hid it and didn't report it. I don't know what his intentions were?"
This time, even His Majesty Li Er looked at Zhang Xingcheng with evil eyes.
As the Minister of the Ministry of War, regardless of competing for the throne or anything, you should give top priority to ministry affairs. If you ignore ministry affairs because of the fact that the King of Jin is awarded the post of minister's right servant, deliberately conceal the report of the destruction of the Japanese country, or delay it.
Reporting the matter on time, doesn’t it mean that there is no distinction between public and private affairs, and it is manipulating authority?
When Zhang Xingcheng saw His Majesty Li Er's eyes looking unkind, he hurriedly defended: "Your Majesty clearly knows that I have never seen the so-called naval battle report, and I definitely did not hide it intentionally!"
Fang Jun sneered and said slowly: "As the Minister of the Ministry of War, if you can't even control the affairs of the ministry, and you don't even know what the daily battle reports are, and your thoughts are all about fighting for power and profit all day long, how can you have the face to live in someone else's place? Job?"
The ministers clicked their tongues one after another, watching the two bickering with interest.
But it is obvious that Zhang Xingcheng is completely at a disadvantage...
Zhang Xingcheng was sweating profusely.
It is true that he has never seen a battle report from the Navy about the destruction of the Japanese kingdom. Otherwise, why would he not have immediately informed the King of Jin to discuss countermeasures with Xiao Yu? But he also understood that when he returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of War, the battle report from the Navy must be laid out clearly. Among the documents piled up on his desk, even the scribes' registration of all official documents clearly showed that this battle report had been delivered before he left the Yamen.
In all cases, he, the Minister of War, neglected his duties and ignored this important battle report.
Of course, everyone knows what is going on. Fang Jun dominates the Ministry of War, and all the people he controls are private individuals. It is easy to frame up such a thing. Everyone knows that he, Zhang Xingcheng, was wrongly accused. of.
But so what?
Currently, the person sitting in the position of Minister of War is Zhang Xingcheng. All affairs of the Ministry of War are within his scope of authority. If anything goes wrong, he can only be responsible for it.
Are you complaining about being wronged and saying that it was Fang Jun who framed you?
It would be even more shameful to hold the power as Minister of the Ministry of War and let someone who has resigned play the role...
However, Fang Jun's viciousness does not stop there.
He, Zhang Xingcheng, was unable to control the ministry because he was incompetent. What about the King of Jin who inspected the Ministry of War?
Not to mention that the Ministry of War has Fang Jun, the big boss behind the scenes, secretly presiding over it. Which yamen is not full of intrigues and political games?
If you can do it, you can do it, if you can't do it, you can't do it. Any behavior that emphasizes objective conditions is a manifestation of incompetence.
Could it be that after taking the throne, all the courtiers in the dynasty would be loyal and obedient?
The majestic King of Jin could not even fully control a military office, so how could he have the ability to serve as the minister's right servant and become the prime minister?
Not to mention controlling the court in the future...
His Majesty Li Er's face was as sinking as water and he said nothing. No one could understand what he was thinking.
Seeing that Zhang Xingcheng was already at a loss, Xiao Yu had no choice but to step forward and said in a deep voice: "The Ministry of War has expanded rapidly since Yue Guogong took over, and its power has skyrocketed in just two years. Now that Zhang Shangshu has suddenly taken over, it is difficult to understand for a while. Ministry affairs are unavoidable, especially those cunning scribes in the ministry who only know how to flatter, but do not know loyalty, and are easily controlled by others. The old minister thought that this would be a good time to order Yushitai and Dali Temple to jointly stationed in the Ministry of War to investigate all kinds of corruption. Slack off and clean up the atmosphere."
The ministers all looked at Xiao Yu and exclaimed in their hearts: How awesome!
This matter was obviously arranged by Fang Jun. He couldn't hold his breath after suffering a dull loss, but Xiao Yu immediately turned his gun and pointed the core of the problem at the Ministry of War - I suffered this loss, but I couldn't bear the anger, so Let's take a closer look at the issue of the Ministry of War.
If this can be used to get Yushitai and Dali Temple to intervene and complete a purge within the Ministry of War, then the current setbacks suffered by King Jin and Zhang Xingcheng are not unacceptable...
Jiang is still old and hot, and he is still able to counterattack in the face of Fang Jun's sharp attack. He is worthy of being a big boss who has been in the officialdom for a lifetime, which is admirable.
In the hall, Sun Fujia, the usually taciturn minister of Dali Temple, suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty clearly knows that it is the responsibility of the Yushitai to investigate malfeasance and eliminate corruption. Dali Temple's rash intervention is illegal. If the Yushitai collects conclusive evidence during the investigation,
Evidence, it’s not too late for Dali Temple to intervene again.”
Every fool knows that the Ministry of War may become the focus of competition between the Crown Prince and the King of Jin. Who is willing to get involved rashly?
If you can avoid it, avoid it.
Moreover, Fang Jun does not care about money and is not greedy for power. As the saying goes, "what goes up and what follows follows" means that those who can follow him are mostly people with high ambitions and good character. How easy is it to find out the evidence of corruption and malfeasance?
If they can't get out, but they still have to capture the position of the Ministry of War, the King of Jin and his party members can only fabricate and frame an unjust case... Sun Fuga claims that he has been innocent for half of his life as an official, how dare he not protect himself in his later years?
Xiao Yu frowned. He also expected that Sun Fujia would not join in, so he looked at Liu Ji.
Although Liu Jie has been promoted to the rank of Shizhong, Yushitai is his old subordinate and has great influence. As long as he is willing to support, he can wipe out all the followers of Fang Jun in the Yamen of the Ministry of War and help the King of Jin completely control the Ministry of War. But Liu Jie
However, this person's position is wavering and unprincipled, and he may not be willing to board the King of Jin's chariot.
Sure enough, facing the threatening look in Xiao Yu's eyes, Liu Ji wiped the sweat from his forehead, his eyes wandered, and turned around to His Majesty Li Er's face, thinking: "Although the Yushitai has heard about the trouble, you can't do it at will.
If the six ministries launch an investigation, otherwise everyone in the court will be in danger, what kind of behavior will it be? In my opinion, if I have conclusive evidence that someone is manipulating ministry affairs, dereliction of duty and violating the law, we cannot launch an inspection on any central government office."
As he said this, he kept staring at His Majesty's face, and when he saw His Majesty's frown slightly relaxing, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that His Majesty is not willing to make a big move against the Ministry of War. This shows that even if he prefers to appoint King Jin as the prince, he has not yet completely made up his mind. If I side with King Jin regardless of this at this time, wouldn't it be against His Majesty's will?
So dangerous, so dangerous...
Xiao Yu was so angry that he glared at Cen Wenwen, who was closing his eyes and concentrating beside him: They are all the successors you selected, what kind of virtue do you see?
Cen Wenwen sat on his knees in the temple, but he seemed to be in a trance, with nothing in his mind...
Fang Jun nodded towards Liu Ji and said approvingly: "What Liu Shizhong said is very true. He is worthy of being the pillar of the country. He has a profound understanding of affairs and is mature and prudent. He is really a role model for our generation."
Xiao Yusheng laughed angrily, glanced at Fang Jun, and remained silent.
To say that Liu Ji is "mature, prudent and well-informed" doesn't it mean he is scolding me for being a wild and arrogant person? However, the sarcasm in the court, like that of a shrew in the market, is really child's play and inappropriate.
His Majesty Li Er knocked on the table and said slowly: "This matter will be put aside for now and will be discussed later. Do you have anything else to report?"
Xiao Yu drooped his eyelids, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes.
Cheng Yaojin, who had been silent until now, stood up at this time, bowed his hands to the ground, and said in a loud voice: "I have reorganized the armaments and replenished the troops today. I have restored the combat strength of my troops. I kindly ask my subordinates to lead Erlang to the capital and stay in Wei Palace!"
When he spoke out, the officials in the palace could not hide their shock.
First it was Xiao Yu, then Zhang Xingcheng, and now Cheng Yaojin... Are all the powerful families in Jiangnan and Shandong on the side of King Jin?
The power of the King of Jin has grown to this extent quietly. It seems that the King of Wei has no chance...
Of course, judging from Fang Jun's actions, it seems that the East Palace may not be able to calm down.
The situation is becoming increasingly volatile and volatile.