Although Jia Ke understood Tian Ye's meaning, he did not continue to pursue it. After all, if this matter continues to cause trouble, it will become bigger and bigger. If the other party seizes the opportunity, it will form a complete conflict between himself and the world. At that time, All the civil servants in the world will be against themselves. At that time, if they don’t rebel, they will have to rebel.
After hearing Tian Ye's words clearly, Wang Yushi's face began to turn pale and his body began to shake. Finally, he looked helplessly at one of the first few civil servants, but the minister did not even look at him. , at this time he knew that he had been abandoned. In the past ten years, after a few exams, the achievements he had gained were abandoned.
While the censor was struggling, he suddenly heard a shout from outside: "The emperor has arrived."
The ministers hurriedly stood in line. If anyone made a loud noise and did not follow etiquette at this time, he would be impeached by the censor. At this time, the censor Wang also quickly stood in the class.
The emperor entered the Qianqing Gate and came to sit on the throne. Dai Quan, who was next to him, took a step forward and shouted to the ministers: "If you have the foundation, you will play early, if you don't have the foundation, you will retreat."
At this time, no one expected that Tian Ye, the censor of Zuodu, stood up first and said: "I have a foundation."
The emperor did not expect that Tian Ye would be the first to stand up. He looked at him with a gloomy look. After a while, he said, "Since you have the book, you can play it."
"I impeach Wang Feng, the imperial censor. I have no regard for the king's laws and do not know the inferiority of the emperor. I casually reprimand the military minister. According to the law, it should be considered as dereliction of duty by demoting an official." Tian Ye said loudly in the main hall.
When the emperor heard the content of his speech, he was stunned for a moment. It was completely different from what he thought. He thought that Tian Ye was going to be the vanguard for a certain prince, but he didn't expect that what he was talking about turned out to be something else. I thought differently, and the emperor's face looked better now.
"Which military minister did Wang Feng rebuke? What was the reason for the rebuke? If what he said was justified, he would naturally be punished. Otherwise, the censor cannot be dismissed without reason."
"This person has no control. As soon as he entered the Qianqing Gate, he casually scolded the military leader Jia Ke." Tian Ye was retreating at this time, otherwise Jia Ke would make things worse when the time came.
When the emperor heard this, he became angry on the spot. This was really a trick of a dragon trapped on the beach and a shrimp, a tiger falling flat and being bullied by a dog. He thought about what a brave tiger general Jia Ke was. A few months ago, the prince rebelled, and Jia Ke led him at that time. He broke through the siege of hundreds of thousands of people by riding alone. Such a person was bullied by a weak scholar in the main hall. Moreover, now that Jia Ke is still the Minister of Military and Aircraft, a little censor dared to rebuke him. This It's not that he is disrespectful anymore, it's that he doesn't take him as the emperor seriously at all.
"It's not bad. A censor has no evidence and dares to attack the minister in charge of military aircraft. Come on, let him be thrown into the sky prison to wait for punishment." The emperor was already furious, and these ministers did not care about him at all. The emperor took it seriously.
After thinking about it all night yesterday, the emperor has decided to go on a killing spree today. As for what happens after Jiang Shan, that will happen after his death. As long as he is still alive, he will never allow others to weaken his rights.
At this time, Liu Yu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, came out and said: "Your Majesty, please do not. Although Wang Feng has committed minor crimes, he has not committed any serious crimes. He has indeed passed the punishment of being thrown into the sky prison. It is better to let him be dismissed and returned to his hometown."
Everyone thought that because of Liu Yu's intercession, the emperor would go along with the situation. However, after hearing this, the emperor became furious and reprimanded Liu Yu: "If you don't punish such a person who has no respect and inferiority, how can he come to court?"
Just now, when you begged him for mercy, were you the one who instigated this matter?"
When Liu Yu heard what the emperor said, he knew that he had been suspected by the emperor. He also felt a little helpless towards his master, who was so reckless and dared to rebuke the military minister just by sending a random person in the hall. But now
You have to argue, otherwise you will be treated as a party member.
So Liu Yu hurriedly knelt down and said, "Long live Weichen, I'm wronged. I just looked at this censor. Although he was reckless, he didn't make any big mistakes. That's why I interceded for him. It wasn't my master who asked him to do so."
The emperor looked at Liu Yu carefully with a gloomy face. This man had been very close to the third prince before, but now his attitude seemed to have shifted to the third prince's side.
The emperor had the intention to deal with Liu Yu and other military ministers in a drastic manner, but he also thought that he was not in good health. If he was in trouble, the country really needed a capable emperor to take charge. So the emperor could only
After being patient for the time being, as long as these people didn't touch my bottom line, I couldn't tolerate them. At least, I would leave a few usable people for the future emperor.
"No need to say more, I have made up my mind. Where are the warriors in front of the palace?" The emperor decided not to pursue Liu Yu anymore and let her go gently.
As soon as the emperor finished saying this, three or four warriors came in from outside the palace. These people were all wearing golden helmets and holding golden melons. As soon as they entered the palace, they knelt down and said, "I am waiting here. Please give me your orders."
"Put the imperial censor Wang Feng into a prison and confiscate his family property."
"I obey the order." After saying this, the warrior in front of the palace looked around in the literary class. At this time, the people around Wang Feng quickly moved away, and Wang Feng escaped from the middle.
So the warriors in front of the palace came forward, knocked off his black gauze hat, and took off his official robe. Then they dragged Wang Feng out of the palace. Although Wang Feng cried bitterly and begged loudly for mercy, no one dared to give him any more mercy.
He begged for mercy.
After Wang Feng was dragged out, the emperor said: "Yesterday, someone gave me a memorial, saying that if I don't establish a crown prince, I will have a powerful minister in charge of the cholera government in a hundred years. And dozens of ministers jointly signed the petition."
The emperor paused here and looked around among the ministers with wolf-like eyes, and finally said: "All those who submitted letters yesterday stand in the middle. I want to take a look at you loyal ministers of the court."
None of the ministers below rushed to stand in the middle. Everyone could tell from the emperor's tone that today was unusual.
"Why do you still need me to read the names in the hall one by one?" The emperor was a little annoyed when he saw that no one came forward for a long time.
When the ministers below saw this situation, they knew there was nothing they could do. So they stood up in twos and threes. There were about forty or fifty people standing in the center. These people usually hold high positions.
When the emperor saw this situation, he felt the veins on his forehead throbbing. It seemed that the third prince was not an easy man. He was able to command so many ministers in a short period of time. The emperor was very pleased now.
He was also afraid. What he admired was that he had a successor. What he was afraid of was that he was just an ordinary prince and controlled so many courtiers. If he made him the prince, he would immediately force him to seize the throne. So the emperor became more determined.
Because of his determination to reuse Jia Ke, there was nothing he could do about Jia Ke being dealt with by the emperor after his death.
Although the emperor decided to leave some manpower for the third prince, his strength was still too great and he was already threatening himself. This time, he wanted to cut some of his wings. Moreover, the last time the ministers abandoned him, the emperor let him go lightly.
, there was no pursuit. Unexpectedly, they are becoming more and more unscrupulous now.
After the emperor figured it out, he didn't say anything to them at all, but directly issued an order: "These people are plotting evil and intending to rebel. They should not be spared lightly. Dai Quan, you send people to put all these people in the sky prison and confiscate their property."
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Dai Quan has never seen the emperor become so angry. This is the first time since he came to the throne. Even the time more than ten years ago and the prince's rebellion a few months ago, although the emperor was angry, it was not like now. How dare he neglect it?
? He walked a few steps forward and shouted outside: "Here comes someone." Immediately, hundreds of guards came in from the outside. Dai Quan waved to them. These people immediately swarmed up and tied up all the ministers standing in the middle.
He was dragged out, and for a while the hall was filled with shouts and cries.
And this is Jia Ke who is standing below. He finally breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought about breaking the fish pond net. He originally thought about summoning his cronies in the imperial army to control the court, and then he would threaten the emperor to order the princes. But when he saw
The emperor trusted him so much that he couldn't help but feel hesitant in his heart. Thinking about this old emperor, he was very kind to him, and he was kind to him. Besides, he was not fully prepared yet, so he might not be able to get full credit for his rebellion now.
, so he didn't do anything, just stood there and watched the changes.
At this time, half of the ministers in the palace were reduced, and many people were standing there trembling. They did not expect that the emperor, who had always been gentle, had such a bloody side. The emperor really wanted to change the court and kill all the disobedient people.
And the charges are easy to find. Abandoning the emperor during the prince's rebellion is the biggest crime.
Almost all of the people standing in the court had done this, but they had always remained neutral and did not get involved in the battle in the court. Now these people could not help but breathe a sigh of relief and feel proud of their caution.
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The emperor sat on the throne and then said to the ministers below: "I have my own plans for establishing a prince, so you don't have to worry about it. From now on, handle your official affairs well and don't cause trouble for me on these matters."
The emperor then said to everyone: "That's it for today. Let's retreat from the court."
So all the ministers knelt down together and kowtowed to see the emperor off. However, the emperor did not stand up from his throne. Instead, he said to them: "You go down first. I have something to think about."
So all the ministers, including Jia Ke, bowed and exited the Qianqing Gate. This time the dynasty was considered to be over. Although it didn't take long, it could be said to be thrilling. The emperor dealt with four or five people in one breath.
The ten officials scared the rest of them out of their wits. Now they go home to find warmth.
The emperor was sitting on the throne, watching all the ministers exit the Qianqing Gate, and then waved to Dai Quan next to him. Dai Quan immediately realized that something was wrong with the emperor. He immediately came to the emperor and asked softly:
"Long live my Lord, how are you?"
"Don't say anything and help me go back." The emperor said extremely weakly.
Dai Quan quickly helped the emperor up from the throne. The emperor stood up and acted as if nothing had happened. Then he walked out of Qianqing Gate step by step with Dai Quan's support, then got on the soft sedan and returned to Dongnuan Pavilion.