"Your Majesty, Yang Tinghe spoke without any evidence and freely criticized the eunuchs in charge of the inner court, and slandered the imperial court's established policy of Qingtun. I believe that he should be severely punished. In the Ming Dynasty, the trend of slander has been prevalent recently. Last year, the outer court impeached the inner court and the Marquis of Jianchang.
This case has caused a lot of publicity, and the society is in turmoil.
Now there are people jumping out and repeating the same old tricks, which absolutely cannot be tolerated. Now that the rebellion in the border town has just subsided, Yang Tinghe's move is to take advantage of the chaos to disturb Chaogang and ignore the safety of the country. I think that Yang Tinghe is not suitable to stay.
The cabinet should be dismissed." Jiao Fang said coldly.
"I second the proposal."
"I second the proposal."
"I think so too."
Xu Jin, Zhang Cai, Minister of War Liu Yu and other members of Liu Jin's party jumped out one after another and launched an attack.
Yang Tinghe stood there in silence with a pale face, looking a little helpless in the face of the accusations from many people. In fact, he was not ignorant of the consequences of today's incident. He also knew that the evidence in his hand was insufficient to hold Liu Jin accountable, but
He really couldn't tolerate being inactive.
All of today's actions were carefully considered and calculated by Yang Tinghe. It can be said that the current situation was completely within his expectation.
Yang Tinghe has been in the cabinet for nearly a year. Li Dongyang is his mentor, and it was Li Dongyang who tried his best to bring him into the cabinet, and even did some private transactions with Zhang Yanling. He knew that his mentor had high expectations for him.
, so he has always acted according to Li Dongyang's wishes and maintained a high degree of consistency with him.
But in fact, Yang Tinghe was very dissatisfied with Li Dongyang's handling of some matters. His mentor was indeed good at planning, did consider problems comprehensively, did have political wisdom, and was good at resolving crises. With Li Dongyang here, the outer court would not completely collapse. He is
The backbone of the outer court civil servants, Optimus Prime.
However, he was too cautious and too conservative. The foreign court was always in a passive state and could never see the hope of turning around. Perhaps under the current situation, this was a wise choice, but Yang Tinghe believed that if he did not take the initiative,
If they attack, there will never be a chance to revive the outer court. The outer court will only be slowly compressed, and eventually unable to breathe, hiding in a corner and lingering.
Yang Tinghe didn't want to be choked to death. Today he decided to speak out against his mentor's words. He knew that his evidence was not enough to have any impact on Liu Jin, but he still did it. He thought that daring to stand up would be a good thing.
It's victory.
Maybe he will be defeated or even be reprimanded. But if he wants to become the leader of the outer court, if he wants to improve his status in the minds of the silent outer court officials, if he wants to get rid of his mentor's tactics and the shadow of his superiority,
, it must be worth it.
For both public and private purposes, this may not be a bad idea. Just like many Ming Dynasty officials voluntarily received imperial rods as capital for their bold speeches and actions, this behavior is to a certain extent an act of asking for imperial rods.
, is a means of accumulating reputation and political capital.
What's more, the situation might not be that bad.
"Yang Tinghe, do you have anything else to say?" Zhu Houzhao said in a deep voice.
Zhu Houzhao actually didn't want to make the matter a big deal. He thought that if Yang Tinghe could admit his mistake, he would not punish him severely. At most, he would reprimand him and let the matter go. The foreign court needed people to do things, and Yang Tinghe still did a lot after joining the cabinet.
To be honest, Li Dongyang is old, Yang Tinghe is in his prime, and the court needs him.
Yang Tinghe sighed softly and slowly knelt down and kowtowed. When all the officials thought that Yang Tinghe was going to apologize and beg for mercy, Yang Tinghe slowly stretched out his hand, took off the gold-encrusted black gauze hat on his head, and placed it respectfully on the ground.
"Your Majesty, when I become an official, I am loyal to the Emperor, serve the court, seek longevity for the Ming Dynasty, and seek peace and security for the people of the world. If I cannot do these things, it will violate my original intention. Then, I will
It is not appropriate for a corpse to occupy a position in the temple. I have no intention of criticizing Liu Jin, I am just discussing the matter. Of course, I have no solid evidence. This is
It's my fault. I just want to remind the court that the court should act in accordance with the rules and that the court should consider its personnel. Otherwise, good things will turn into bad things and lead to serious consequences. Since the emperor and other ministers think that I am selfish and take the opportunity to criticize others,
I have nothing to say. My heart is filled with ice, and the sun will tell me. Please resign from office today and return to your hometown. I ask for your permission."
Yang Tinghe said slowly.
"Yang Tinghe, are you threatening the emperor? Did you learn this trick from Liu Jian, Xie Qian and the others?" Zhang Cai said loudly.
Yang Tinghe sneered: "How can Tinghe be so virtuous, can he compare with Mr. Liu, Mr. Xie and others. Besides, Liu Jian and Xie Qian can't threaten the emperor by resigning. How can Tinghe and He be able to threaten the emperor? Tinghe resigned.
, as you said, it’s just incompetence. You can think whatever you want about the rest.”
Zhu Houzhao frowned and pondered, not knowing whether he should play it accurately or not.
Li Dongyang tremblingly stepped forward and knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, Yang Tinghe behaved inappropriately today and deserves to be punished. But he also has a sincere heart for the country. Since he joined the cabinet, he has been conscientious and diligent in his work. I hope the emperor will remember him for his loyalty to the country."
Please forgive me. I dare to ask for mercy for him. I am willing to apologize to Eunuch Liu on his behalf."
When Li Dongyang said this, Tu Xun, the Minister of Punishment, Li Jie, the Minister of Rites, Gu Zuo, the Minister of Household Affairs, and others all came forward and knelt down to beg for mercy.
"Your Majesty, I sincerely ask your Majesty to forgive Yang Tinghe."
"Yang Tinghe is the backbone of the court and is loyal to the court. Today's loss would not lead to this. I hope the emperor will forgive him for today's loss."
Yang Tinghe said loudly: "My lords, there is no need to plead for me. Tinghe will take responsibility for his faults. Tinghe voluntarily resigned and returned to his fields, and it was not the emperor who deposed Tinghe. Your Majesty, Tinghe's only hope is that since Tinghe began
, courtiers should be brave enough to take responsibility for their mistakes, and
There is no way to escape responsibility without prevaricating and sophistry, let alone doing despicable things in order to cover up one's own faults. If all officials in the Ming Dynasty can do this, the weather will be clear and the government will be clear. Only then will the Ming Dynasty be truly prosperous.
ZTE.”
All the officials in the palace were dumbfounded. It was really unexpected that Yang Tinghe could be so stubborn at this time. Many people's impression of Yang Tinghe before was still that he was Li Dongyang's little follower. But at this moment, it was...
Yang Tinghe felt admiration.
Although this person has little qualifications, he is quite courageous. After Liu Jian, there has been no such person in the outer court, but today we see such a strong-willed person again. This makes some civil servants feel quite emotional and happy.
admire.
Li Dongyang was furious, and he finally understood that this time he, a student, might not listen to him. He tried his best to cultivate and protect Yang Tinghe, but Yang Tinghe didn't seem to buy it.
Li Dongyang had no other thoughts besides lamenting and sighing. Once Ting He left, he was left alone. The situation in the outer court was probably going to be even more dangerous.
Yang Tinghe, Yang Tinghe, can't you understand my painstaking efforts? What's the benefit of doing this?
When the matter has reached this point, it seems that it is irreversible. Zhu Houzhao's temper is that if you hold him back from the stage, he will not consider the consequences. Originally, Yang Tinghe's fault was not so serious that he had to be dismissed from office and kicked out of the court. But Yang Tinghe was like this
This move made Zhu Houzhao feel that Liu Jian, Xie Qian and others had threatened him. This was a feeling that Zhu Houzhao did not want to experience.
Liu Jian and Xie Qian can play accurately and beat them to the end. Not to mention you Yang Tinghe.
Zhu Houzhao's breathing became heavier. Liu Jin, who was kneeling beside him, keenly felt the changes in the emperor's mood. A slight smile appeared on his lips. He knew that the emperor was going to be angry.
This Yang Tinghe is too stupid. He was worried that he could not further tear the outer court apart, but he himself came to the door. How can there be such a good thing in the world, how can there be such a stupid person in the world.
Zhu Houzhao said in a cold voice: "Yang Tinghe, since you are determined to do this, it seems that I can't keep you. You are not willing to serve the court, so it is boring for me to keep you. In this case, I..."
"Your Majesty, I have something to say." Someone interrupted Zhu Houzhao loudly.
Zhu Houzhao turned around angrily and found that the person who interrupted him was Zhang Yanling.
"Marquis Jianchang, what do you have to say?" Zhu Houzhao frowned.
Zhang Yanling said: "Your Majesty, I have something to say, but I really can't hold it in anymore."