Inside the Golden Luang Palace.

The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty all knelt on the ground and shouted: "Long live the Martial Emperor, long live, long live!"

On the dragon chair, Xiao Che squinted his eyes, and his gaze swept over the head of Cao Jingcheng, the secretary of the ministry, and he didn't stay for long. Then it fell on Du Wei, who also looked carefully.

It wasn't until he glanced at all the important officials of the six ministries that Xiao Che said loudly: "Flat." ”

With permission to get up, Cao Jingcheng rubbed his knees and exchanged a look with Du Wei on the left side of the side, who understood and nodded at him.

Moment.

I saw Xiao Che look directly at Du Wei, and wrote lightly: "Du Shangshu, how did I do with the 'Kaimin Zhi' matter that I handed over to the Ministry of Rites a few days ago?"

Hearing that this person pointed the finger at him as soon as he spoke, Du Wei's eyes quickly flashed with an imperceptible color, and he said cowardly: "This ...... This ......"

"Huh?" Xiao Che snorted, although his tone was light, but anyone could hear the displeasure in it, "What is this?"

Du Wei knelt on the ground with a "plop", and said straightly: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister received the holy decree, and originally wanted to do it immediately." But the Prime Minister Zuo said to the minister, 'opening up the people's wisdom' is by no means a trivial matter, and it is not appropriate to directly implement it throughout the country, and it should be tried in the secluded capital first, and when the time is ripe, it is not too late to implement it, so it is ......"

Before he could finish his words, Xiao Che stood up abruptly and scolded angrily: "Bastard!"

"You say one by one, and the left minister says, is it true that in your heart, the power of the left minister is greater than my monarchy?"

When the words landed, Cao Jingcheng, the secretary of the ministry, hurriedly came out of the ranks and persuaded: "Your Majesty is angry, the minister thinks that Du Shangshu has no such intention." The minister also knew that it was done at the behest of the Prime Minister Zuo. The ministers thought that this was the result of the consultation between the Prime Minister and His Majesty, so they carried it out. ”

As soon as these words came out, without waiting for Xiao Che to say anything, the first minister on the right, the imperial historian Cen Shen walked out of the column, looked at Cao Jingcheng and sneered, and said: "Your Majesty, I forgive the old minister for having to say more, this Cao Jingcheng and Du Wei have always been the head of the left minister Huang Lan. The three of them wantonly supported their henchmen in the DPRK, won over the hearts of the people, and proclaimed themselves a faction.

Now that His Majesty is accountable for this matter, these two people actually licked their faces and said that it was the Zuo Prime Minister who instructed them to do it, which is really shameless. ”

These words immediately angered Cao Jingcheng and a group of ministers with relevant interests, and they opened their mouths to crusade.

"Cen Shen, this is the Jinluan Palace, not your backyard, you don't spew blood here!"

"Cen Yushi has been in the army for so many years, and he has not practiced other skills, but his ability to buckle his hat is a must. ”

"This Cen Shen is really rude, and he dares to speak foul words in front of His Majesty! Your Majesty, the minister suggested that this person be expelled from the palace in order to correct the etiquette law. ”

Cen Shen frowned coldly at Yigan Wenchen, and didn't even bother to explain, just disdainfully said: "It's really a bunch of moths." ”

"Who do you say is a moth?" Cen Shen, do you dare to say it again in front of His Majesty?" said a Wenchen angrily.

"Why don't you dare?" Cen Shen bowed to Xiao Che on the high seat, and said in a loud voice: "I said that you rotten Confucians, all of them are a group of moths, except for studying the things of flies and dogs, what is the benefit of my Wu Dynasty?"

"You...... What a horseman!"

A group of people are arguing and inextricable.

"Enough!"

Xiao Che raised his voice and suppressed the noise in the main hall.

He looked at the position in the first row on the left, and then turned his head and asked the black-clothed old eunuch beside him, "Is Prime Minister Zuo taking leave today?"

The black-clothed old eunuch bowed his head and said, "The minister has never received news from the people of the Yellow Mansion. ”

"Huh?" Xiao Che looked at the courtiers with a look of doubt in his eyes, "What about the others?"

Seeing that all the courtiers were silent, Cen Shen raised his eyebrows and smiled coldly, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, before the court meeting, the ministers and others saw the car of Zuo Xiangfu outside the White Horse Gate, and the person in the car was the son of Zuo Xiang, and Huang Tao, the Renyong captain of the Wu Dynasty. ”

According to this statement, Zuo Xiang was hanged at home last night, and the cause of death is doubtful. This person is now waiting outside the noon gate, and His Majesty will find out when he summons him. ”

"What?" Xiao Che, who had just sat on the dragon chair, stood up again in surprise, "Zuo Xiang hanged himself?"

“？”

Cen Shen was stunned, a little unclear.

He remembered that he had just said clearly that the cause of death was suspicious! Why did Xiao Che hear it as "self-hanging"?

"Ahem," Cen Shen coughed, and wanted to explain, "Your Majesty, the old minister is what he said, Zuo Xiang ......."

"Come on, go and summon Huang Tao," before Cen Shen could finish speaking, Xiao Che interrupted him, "I want to ask him well, why did Zuo Xiang hang himself?" ”

"No!"

Seeing that Xiao Che's attitude was so weird, and he made it clear that he wanted to characterize this matter, Cen Shen also heard a hint of taste, so he closed his mouth sensibly and said nothing.

After a while, he seemed to remember something, and said again: "Your Majesty, the minister has another thing to do." ”

Xiao Che glanced at him and said, "Say." ”

Cen Shen turned around and pointed at Cao Jingcheng, the secretary of the ministry, and said loudly: "Before Zuo Xiang died, this group of scholars and doctors were almost like wearing a pair of pants with Zuo Xiang. Now that the news of Zuo Xiang's death came, these shameless people rushed to clear up the relationship one by one, and even did not hesitate to pour dirty water on the dead. Dead people can't speak anyway, right, Lord Cao?"

A trace of anger flashed in Cao Jingcheng's eyes, staring at him and not giving an inch, and said in a loud voice: "As a human minister, we have merits and demerits, and we have Your Majesty's decision, why do we need Lord Cen to chew our tongues more? ”

"Hey, hey, hey...... Okay," Cen Shen grinned and looked at Xiao Che, "The old minister is also as Lord Xiao thinks! The old minister dares to ask Your Majesty to thoroughly investigate the case of these civil servants forming a party for personal gain! If you don't investigate it well, today they dare to join forces to obstruct Your Majesty's holy will, and tomorrow, they will dare to betray the country." ”

Xiao Che gave Cen Shen a satisfied look, and said lightly: "Eh, Cen Aiqing is serious! However, this matter of forming a party and running a private business should indeed be investigated." Well, that's annoying Cen Aiqing. Aiqing, please take a good look for me, how many people are in this court, how many people have formed a party for personal gain, and filled their pockets?

"Plop!"

"Plop!"

As soon as these words came out, a large part of the temple suddenly fell to its knees.

"I don't dare. ”

"The minister never dared. ”

At the same time, Cen Shen showed joy and said respectfully: "Minister, lead the order!"

Xiao Che cast an encouraging look at him, then looked at Cao Jingcheng, the secretary of the ministry, and asked softly: "Cao Shangshu, I remember the matter of 'opening the people's wisdom', and I once asked you to assist and supervise the Ministry of Rites. Now, you won't be unaware, will you?"

Cao Jingcheng distinguished: "The minister, like Du Shangshu, also thinks that Zuo Xiang is conveying His Majesty's intentions, so he made this mistake." ”

After a pause, he added: "The minister is willing to be demoted to a higher level and make meritorious contributions to make up for the mistakes he has committed." ”

Du Weilian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, echoed and said: "The minister is also, and the minister is also." ”

Xiao Che smiled mildly and said, "There is no need to wear guilt and make meritorious contributions, I see, you two don't do it first, avoid suspicion." When Cen Aiqing finds out the results, it's not too late to make meritorious contributions, what do you say?"

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