Early the next morning, the censor officials of the Qin Xiang faction wrote letters one after another, impeaching Yanbei King Xiao Jiu'an for riding a horse in the street, lynching civilians, abusing power in the military, and avenging private revenge.
In addition, some officials impeached the King of Yanbei for deceiving the emperor, saying that Xiao Jiuan's poisoning was planned by himself in order to evade the emperor's investigation and cover up his indiscriminate killing of innocent people in southern Xinjiang.
The Censor is not the Ministry of Punishment. They always adhere to the principle of impeaching ministers based on the rumors. They do not need evidence. They only need to hear the rumors and there is just reason and evidence.
The same is true today. The censor did not provide any substantive evidence, but his words were reasonable and well-founded, which gradually swayed many ministers who did not know the truth.
Especially the last one, about Xiao Jiu'an pretending to be poisoned. Although there is no substantial evidence, half of the ministers can't help but believe it under the censor's iron mouth.
After all, the timing of Xiao Jiuan's poisoning was too coincidental, and the timing of detoxification was also too coincidental.
Three months ago, Xiao Jiu'an won a great victory over Southern Xinjiang and became famous all over the world. The emperor called him back to Beijing to resume his duties. On the way, the censor just got wind of it and impeached him for killing ordinary people in Southern Xinjiang. He was poisoned.
, the impeachment matter is settled.
The poisoning and coma lasted for several months, and the doctors were helpless. Just when everyone was ready to give up on him and prepare to carve up the Yanbei army, Xiao Jiuan suddenly woke up, announced that the poison was cured, and then used iron-blooded methods to quell the rebellion in the army, killing everyone
Caught off guard.
Strike first and strike later. Officials from Xiao Jiu'an's line originally wanted to go to the press to mention the reward, but unfortunately they were overtaken by Prime Minister Qin's people. They had no choice but to press their own cover and defend Xiao Jiu'an first.
Riding horses in the street, lynching, and abusing power were not mentioned. Officials from Xiao Jiuan's lineage only mentioned his poisoning.
"On that day, King Yanbei was poisoned. Not only the imperial doctors from the palace came to diagnose him one by one, but also some famous doctors in the capital also came to diagnose King Yanbei. The poisoning of King Yanbei is an iron fact and cannot be tolerated by you.
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Most of the officials under Xiao Jiu'an were military generals, and most of them were literati. They had always disdained to associate with military generals, and they were even less likely to side with Xiao Jiu'an, a king with a different surname who had a large number of soldiers. Therefore, their defense was less powerful, but more powerful.
Straightforward.
As soon as he finished speaking, officials from Qin Xiang's faction caught hold of his words: "Master Zhou, you said something wrong. I never said that King Yanbei was not poisoned. I just suspected that the poison on him was caused by himself."
Exit. After all, that place in Southern Xinjiang is full of poisonous plants, insects, and snakes. King Yanbei has been stationed in Southern Xinjiang before, so it is normal for him to understand the poisonous nature of Southern Xinjiang."
"What do you mean by this? Even the imperial doctor has not diagnosed any poison, so you know that the poison in the prince is related to southern Xinjiang?" Although Mr. Zhou is a civil servant, he came from a military position and is not good at verbal disputes.
"I'm afraid I can only ask the King of Yanbei himself whether he is right or not." The people in Qin Xiang's hands have a trap in every word, and every word has a meaning. Although the general is not good at verbal disputes, it does not mean that
They have no brains. Seeing that the other party's words are all traps, they simply ignore the matter and don't mention it.
"The person who detoxified the prince was Princess Yanbei. Everyone knows that Princess Yanbei had detoxified the emperor from strange poisons. If you have any questions, you can ask Princess Yanbei." They are rough people and cannot speak to these literati. Yanbei
Princess Bei is the daughter of Emperor Ji's master, so she can't be worse than these literati.
Seeing the officials from King Yanbei's line mentioning Ji Yunkai, Master Ji was secretly annoyed. He glanced at the emperor quietly, and sure enough, he saw that the emperor's face was solemn, as if he was displeased.
"Husband and wife are one, so Princess Yanbei will naturally help King Yanbei speak. Her words cannot be trusted." A minister said that many people knew about what happened in the palace yesterday.
Although we don’t know the details, everyone knows that the King of Yanbei became a beauty in anger.
The youngest daughter who is sixteen or seventeen years old is the most stupid and easy to deceive. Princess Yanbei is still young. Facing the handsome and domineering King Yanbei, how can she not fall in love with her?
After what happened yesterday, I knew without asking that Princess Yanbei must be looking for King Yanbei.
"You, you are making excuses!" The officials of Xiao Jiu'an's lineage were so angry that they wanted to hit people when faced with the extremely shameless censors, but this was above the main hall, so no matter how angry they were, they could not do it.
A military general was really angry and jumped out and said: "What evidence do you have that can prove that the poison poisoned by King Yanbei is related to southern Xinjiang?"
"What evidence do you have to prove that the poison poisoned by King Yanbei has nothing to do with southern Xinjiang?" The censor changed his words and threw away the difficult problem easily.
"I, we..." The general was speechless and speechless.
They have no evidence.
"Since you can't prove it, what else can you say?" The censor had the upper hand. In order to maintain his civility, although he didn't put on a proud face, his expression was still disgusting enough.
After the censors gained the upper hand, they did not stop there, but continued to play: "Your Majesty, I suspect that the poisons poisoned by the King of Yanbei and you, the Emperor, are all related to southern Xinjiang. I implore the Emperor to investigate clearly."
"The king of Yanbei used lynching, rode horses in the street, avenged private revenge, bullied others with power, and behaved badly. I beg the emperor to deal with it strictly."
"King Yanbei..."
The censors at the Censorship Station, you and I, described Xiao Jiu'an as extremely evil, as if not killing him would not be enough for the people to be angry.
All the generals were so angry that their eyes almost popped out. They wanted to jump out to defend Xiao Jiuan several times, but then they thought about the disastrous failure in the debate with the censor just now, and they held it back.
They can't produce evidence to prove that these things have nothing to do with the prince, but these censors can only pay lip service to it, and they can't produce evidence to prove that these things have anything to do with their prince.
The imperial censors wrote to the emperor one after another to condemn him. As an emperor who aspires to be an enlightened, wise, and benevolent monarch, he naturally would not ignore the suggestions of the ministers, and immediately ordered Xiao Jiu'an to go to court tomorrow to defend himself.
Xiao Jiu'an is a king with a different surname. His fiefdom is in the north of Yan, which is close to Nanjiang and Beichen. Although he has a mansion in the capital, he has always been stationed on the border, so naturally he does not have to go to court every day like the officials in the capital.
Xiao Jiuan only learned about what happened in the court afterwards. When he learned that the emperor wanted him to go to court to clarify, Xiao Jiuan sneered: "Your Majesty, you really get braver with every setback."
It seems that what happened yesterday not only failed to serve as a warning, but actually angered the emperor.
The steward quietly raised his head and glanced at Xiao Jiu'an, and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, the Emperor has made it clear that he wants to punish you, so I'm afraid he won't mention the reward again."
The emperor summoned Xiao Jiu'an to lead the troops back to Beijing in the name of rewarding the Yanbei army for their great victory. Now it seems that this matter was a conspiracy from the beginning, a conspiracy against the Yanbei palace.
Your Majesty, I’m afraid you won’t let their prince return to his fiefdom! (To be continued)