Chapter 286: The Imperial Court Changes
After a night of silence, Wen Aya got up the next day and saw that the gloomy weather from yesterday had cleared, but the weather was still cold. When the wind blows, it also carries a biting chill.
Wanqing served Wen Aya and finished dressing and freshening up, and then the two walked to the main hall and said goodbye to their mother. Then it is to sit down and eat breakfast, which at this time is of course not as refined and rich as before, only white porridge and pickles. A big main hall, and only Wanqing is waiting alone, how lonely and empty it is.
But Wen Aya and her mother seem to have long been accustomed to such a scene, and they have long been accustomed to such food. The two not only ate happily, but also talked and laughed. Wanqing sat beside the young lady and the lady, and she felt infinite emotion in her heart, and wanted to say something, but tears rolled in her eyes, but she didn't dare to speak, so she could only eat with her head down.
They were eating warmly here, but they didn't know that a great change had taken place in the court.
Due to the amazing vision of the weather last night, the emperor asked the civil and military officials to go to court very early, and also asked the astrological officials to tell what happened last night. The astrological officials had been watching the sky at night until last night, and they had not found any calamities or overlords that would endanger the fate of the dynasty. Therefore, astrological officials said that last night's incident was nothing more than a rare weather. This may be a sign that someone is unyielding, and God can't bear it, so he specially came out and staged a shocking vision. This is like the June frost that people often say, and it also shows that some people in the local area have been greatly wronged.
Bi Taiwei was worried about how to talk to the emperor about Prime Minister Wen, and when he heard this, he hurriedly went to the emperor, saying that many of the evidence collected by him and the imperial doctor about Prime Minister Wen Cheng's rebellion was actually false and untrue. He did not investigate clearly before and presented this evidence to the emperor, which was a mistake and a false accusation. Now that he had realized that this kind of false accusation was not even permissible to heaven, he had the audacity to say it. He also admitted that he was willing to bear the consequences of such mistakes.
The emperor was stunned when he heard this, he actually knew better than anyone whether Prime Minister Wen had the intention of rebelling. He would believe that the false evidence of Captain Bi and Imperial Doctor was true, and it was also because he wanted to take this opportunity to remove Prime Minister Wen from the hereditary position. From a very young age, he knew that it was difficult for the hereditary official position to continue above the imperial court, and this kind of stake would slowly lead a imperial court to perdition.
Therefore, in the more than ten years since he ascended the throne, he has been reforming the official system, recentralizing central control, decentralizing power and sealing the system, and transferring the power core of the three dukes to many people, so as to facilitate his rule and management. Therefore, he quietly and slowly established the Shangshu Department in the imperial court, which was divided into three provinces and six departments. With such a subtle transfer, he has done a good job. However, it is difficult to eradicate the centralization of power in the three public areas for a while. In particular, the political power of the prime minister, as well as the military power of the lieutenant, he could not clear it in one step. They can only slowly find an opportunity to divide their power.
However, the power of the two of them is too huge after all, and it is the kind of power that leans towards the government and the opposition. Any decision he makes to them will affect the entire court, so he has never had a chance to attack them, and even if he has the opportunity to do so, it is just a trivial matter.
This time, seeing that Bi Taiwei and Yu Shi Dafu joined hands to frame Prime Minister Wen, he took advantage of the situation to pull down Prime Minister Wen, removed his position, and did not hesitate to make a one-step decision to copy Prime Minister Wen's home.
Unexpectedly, after only one day of this incident, Taiwei Bi actually said that the evidence he gave was false, and it was because of a mistake that he did not investigate clearly, so he said that Prime Minister Wen had the intention of rebellion, and he was willing to bear the consequences brought about this time. In this way, as an official with a big commitment, he can do this, as the emperor of the people of the world, how can he really treat Bi Taiwei?
What's more, once Taiwei Bi said that he had accidentally 'framed' Prime Minister Wen, now that he has investigated clearly, he hopes that the emperor will release Prime Minister Wen. As soon as he said this, many officials stood up to intercede and speak for Prime Minister Wen. This scene boiled all of a sudden, and there was a momentum that asked him to let go of Prime Minister Wen immediately.
He didn't know what to do, and Dr. Yu Shi came to confront Taiwei Bi with several petty officials, saying that Wen Cheng's intention to conspire against him was ironclad, so how could it be false? He accused Taiwei Bi of doing this absolutely with ulterior motives, and a Taiwei who went back on his word and used evidence as a child's play is a derelict lieutenant who is derelict in his duties. With such a lieutenant, the emperor has the right to remove him from his official position and make him withdraw from the imperial court.
As a result, a discussion of the astrological theory suddenly turned into a confrontation between Bi Taiwei and the imperial doctor. The two of them each pointed out that the other party had bad intentions, and because of the struggle, they almost got into a fight. If it weren't for the emperor's authority to suppress the two, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The emperor had just suppressed the quarrel between Captain Bi and Imperial Doctor, when someone suddenly came to report that Prime Minister Wen in the prison was missing. At this moment, the entire imperial court exploded.
When Doctor Yu Shi heard this, he hurriedly accused that it was Taiwei Bi who robbed Prime Minister Wen Cheng out of the prison, and he said that only Taiwei Bi had the ability to take people away from the prison.
As soon as Taiwei Bi heard this kind of bloody false accusation, he was so angry that he slapped the imperial doctor. In this palm, although Captain Bi was angry, he also left a little internal strength and did not make it all. But he didn't expect this palm to pass, and he beat the imperial doctor to death.
This time, the incident happened suddenly, shocking everyone, and also making everyone stunned for a while, unable to react.
The emperor was also shocked and stunned. He never imagined that in his court, Bi Taiwei would dare to beat people to death. This is simply an unreasonable move, and it is a move that only a madman would make. Such a madman is terrible, because since he will kill the imperial doctor because he is not right, then he will also kill the emperor because he is unhappy.
Thinking of this, the emperor was about to ask someone to take down Captain Bi, but suddenly saw the dead Imperial Doctor open his eyes, laughed, floated upright, flew in front of the emperor, grabbed the emperor's neck with one hand and laughed rampantly at the officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
The emperor only felt breathless in his hand, and his face turned red.
Bi Taiwei was still feeling inexplicable because he had beaten the Imperial Doctor to death with one palm, and felt guilty and uneasy, and was about to explain to the emperor that he did not intend to kill the Imperial Doctor, but suddenly saw the Imperial Doctor come to life after his death and choked the emperor's neck. In that way, it seems that the emperor will be strangled to death at any time.
He couldn't help but be frightened when he saw it, and ordered at the Imperial Doctor: "Imperial Doctor, let go of the emperor!"