Chapter 407: Slaughtered All Doors
But the emperor didn't seem to have any intention of letting go of the civil and military officials, and he asked almost everyone about Mei Cangyun one by one.
The ministers naturally didn't believe that Fang Xiaoyu could really bring down the prime minister who was in power and in the opposition. For them, it was not easy for Fang Xiaoyu to force Mei Cangyun to this extent, but if they really relied on these completely forged evidence to make the Prime Minister's Mansion suffer, it was not that they underestimated Fang Xiaoyu, they didn't believe it at all.
Therefore, those staunch prime ministers naturally excused Mei Cangyun in every possible way, and did not forget to mention the possibility of Fang Xiaoyu deliberately framing him, trying to give the emperor eye medicine in front of hundreds of civil and military officials.
And there are some neutrals who have not taken refuge in Mei Cangyun who are wise and self-protective, and they also don't believe that Fang Xiaoyu can bring down Mei Cangyun by himself, so there is no need to offend Mei Cangyun, the prime minister of the dynasty, because of a Fang Xiaoyu.
There is also a more resolute anti-prime minister's faction, and they give extremely approval to Fang Xiaoyu's accusation of Mei Cangyun's crime.
"Shang Aiqing, do you have any opinions on this matter?" The emperor finally looked at Shang Jingwei, and there seemed to be an inexplicable strange look in his eyes.
Shang Jingwei had long expected that the emperor would ask him. Not only because the emperor asked all the important courtiers, but after listening to the mysterious man's reminder in advance, he quickly found out that most of the questions the emperor asked at the beginning were the prime minister's connections.
If he didn't know that the emperor knew everything about Prime Minister Mei, maybe he would be like those prime ministers and his party, trying his best to clear Mei Cangyun's name, but he heard a mysterious person mention that the things that Prime Minister Mei did were just secret, but in fact, they had already been exposed under the emperor's nose.
Therefore, those who spoke for Mei Cangyun at this time are probably the people that the emperor will focus on in the future. And he is neutral on the surface, but in fact it is a matter of the prime minister's faction, and the emperor must know it, so he just thought about it for a while, and then replied: "Back to the emperor, the minister feels that this matter must be strictly investigated before he can draw conclusions." If the prime minister is really wronged, he must return the prime minister's innocence, and if he really collaborates with the enemy and treason, he must also be severely punished. Although the minister and Fang Xiaoyu disagreed, only one thing the minister was the same as her, and he could not compromise for half a point. It is a matter of family and country affairs, and any betrayer must be severely punished to set an example! ”
Shang Jingwei's words are not much different from what he didn't say. This kind of seemingly neutral but actually nonsense, everyone thinks as if he didn't say it.
However, in the end, he focused on expressing that he could not tolerate the treason of collaborating with the enemy, which could be regarded as an indirect expression of loyalty to the emperor. The point is that the emperor saw that he was the backbone of the prime minister's faction, but he seemed to be going against the water, so naturally he would not easily classify him in the prime minister's faction.
From what I heard from the mysterious person, Fang Xiaoyu's testimony against Mei Cangyun this time actually had a result from the beginning. And when you know the direction of the ending, if you still follow the prime minister, the end will be to anger the emperor, and his business will suffer.
Otherwise, if Fang Xiaoyu killed his son and daughter, he would never be tied to a rope with Fang Xiaoyu. But Fang Xiaoyu stood with the emperor, he could only choose the emperor's camp, otherwise he would die a miserable death like Mei Cangyun.
The Emperor did not seem surprised by his choice. In fact, not only the emperor, but even Mei Cangyun was not surprised.
Although Shang Jingwei is his person, he is a neutral position on the surface. At this time, if he is eager to exonerate him, it will only make the emperor suspicious. Rather than that, it is better to maintain his neutral position and say something ambiguous. Shang Jingwei would say this, in fact, he expected.
But he would never have thought that Shang Jingwei, who was loyal in his eyes, would completely betray him under the warning of that mysterious man.
The emperor was not angry because of the courtier's answer, but just looked at Mei Cangyun, whose face was a little blue, with an expressionless face, and said in a deep voice: "Prime Minister Mei, you say, how have I treated you all these years?" ”
"The emperor treats his ministers well." Mei Cangyun's body couldn't help but start trembling.
The old fox is worthy of being an old fox, at this moment, he has already thought of the key to the matter, knowing that the emperor deliberately asked the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, in fact, it is not to respect their opinions, but to take the opportunity to see clearly, who is sitting in the same boat with him, so, if the boat is overturned, he will hurt his muscles and bones at the lightest. And those who helped him speak, I'm afraid they have also lost the emperor's trust.
"Treat you well? You know that I treat you well, but why do you want to do such a thing, are you sure that I will not dare to kill you? The emperor's face was gloomy and terrifying, causing hundreds of civil and military officials, except for Fang Xiaoyu, almost everyone lowered their heads and did not dare to raise them.
"Your Majesty! The old minister's heart to the emperor can be seen from the sun and the moon, and he has a clear conscience! I hope that the emperor can give the ministers a clean slate and severely punish those who try to wronged the old ministers! Mei Cangyun knew that no matter what the emperor said, he would never be able to respond, otherwise he would be convicted of his crimes, and the other party could get rid of him without relying on his testimony without any effort.
"What a day and a moon! What a clear conscience! Mei Aiqing, then you can explain to me, what are these things! As he spoke, the emperor scolded sharply, and then threw the silk in his hand down, directly on Mei Cangyun's neck, and then fell to the ground with a 'bang', making a small sound, which was negligible.
Mei Cangyun was startled by the emperor's sudden scolding, tremblingly picked up the silk in front of her, only glanced at it, and then stiffened, fine sweat appeared on her forehead, and her whole hand trembled, feeling that the folds of the silk had been pinched, and it might fall to the ground at any time.
Mei Cangyun's heart beat suddenly, trying to come up with a way to get rid of the crime, but her brain was always blank, and she couldn't integrate any effective way to justify herself. So he could only support me, and I and I for a long time, but he didn't come up with a real reason to excuse himself. He suddenly felt that the cold air above the hall at this moment was so cold that he almost collapsed.
Don't try to escape, you can't escape, because all the names of those who have taken refuge in him are written on this scroll, and why they don't want to die for him.
When he saw the dense names on the scrolls, he knew that his affairs had already been exposed, and the reason why the emperor did not rectify him was to wait for today, to hang out all the people who were loyal to him, and then give a severe blow.
"Old minister...... The old minister is not ...... I don't know ......" Mei Cangyun stammered rarely, and she couldn't match her usual sharp teeth at all.
"You don't know?" The emperor raised his eyebrows, and then said sharply: "You have done good things yourself, you dare to say that you don't know?" Mei Cangyun, over the years, I have trusted you and relied on you, but I have become accustomed to you with a different heart! You keep saying that the joke girl is wronging you, so you should explain to me what is written on this scroll! ”
"The old minister is terrified." Mei Cangyun shrank her neck in fright by the emperor's shouting, and at the same time she was shocked, not knowing how the emperor found out his old bottom. Obviously, he pays attention to defense on weekdays, so he never thought that one day he would be found out so easily.
"Are you afraid? No, you don't panic, it's me who should be afraid! If you hadn't found out the clues, how long would you still be fooling? Thanks to my trust in you, I handed over the civil and military officials of the entire court to you to manage, you are good, you have done such a big thing behind my back quietly, I am really surprised! The words that the emperor gritted his teeth and said made the civil and military officials shudder.
"Mei Cangyun! You explain to me how you created an unjust, false and wrongful case? And how did they appear to these people with compassion? How can you make them faithful to you! How many of your connections do you have in this court? How many of those who are not yet qualified to go to court have received your favor? Over the years, you have carefully laid out the whole inheritance to the people who have been blessed by you, what are your plans? It's to force me to retreat and give way to you, isn't it? Once the identity of the prime minister is no longer enough to satisfy you, the next step should be how to sit on this dragon chair justifiably, right? The emperor slammed the table, and the voice that echoed in the court resounded in everyone's hearts for a long time.
The emperor's words made the loyal courtiers look at each other, but those who had ghosts in their hearts buried their heads even lower.
Why can't they hear that there is something in the emperor's words, which refers to the fact that Prime Minister Mei and his party are all over the government and the opposition. At this time, the emperor was angry, whoever touched him died, so he said all the good things for Mei Cangyun at the beginning, and pushed all the mistakes to Fang Xiaoyu's ministers, but as if they had discussed, no one was willing to stand up for Mei Cangyun.
They were extremely worried in their hearts, they knew that the emperor hated gangs and factions the most, for fear that the emperor would be unhappy, so they would simply dispose of them all, and it would be too late to find anyone to cry when the time came.
At the same time, they were terrified. It turned out that the emperor had enough evidence at the beginning. can make Mei Cangyun look like this, everything is actually expected by him. Including Fang Xiaoyu's evidence, I am afraid that there is also the emperor's meaning in it. Mei Cangyun has become a thorn in the emperor's side, even if he withdraws all of Fang Xiaoyu's accusations, it will be difficult to resist the emperor's suspicions.
So those who oppose the prime minister's faction are all happy, as if they can't withstand the heartfelt joy of winning the jackpot. And those who support the prime minister's party can't even cry, and their hearts are full of thoughts, for fear that the next one will be their turn to suffer.
The emperor was angry. The emperor forgives the sin. None of the civil and military officials in the palace dared to stand anymore, except for Fang Xiaoyu, they all knelt down and shouted.
"How do you tell me to calm my anger!" The emperor's sharp gaze swept over everyone below, and then his face was gloomy as ink and said: "For many years, you have been forming gangs under my nose, and I am blind and deaf!" You join hands to corrupt my country, I can't be angry, I can't be angry, but I want to thank you for violating the false nature with my yang and yin! Do you have to greet you with a smile and give this dragon chair to you to sit on! ”
"Wechen is terrified." Everyone said in unison, their heads banging!
The emperor didn't really quench his anger because of this, but just sneered and looked at the civil and military officials below, his eyes were sharp and keen, it seemed that no one with a ghost could escape his fiery eyes and said: "Originally, the smiling girl came to me and said that Mei Cheng collaborated with the enemy and treason, but I still don't believe it. I sent many people to investigate, the original intention was to wash away Mei Aiqing's grievances and return his innocence! But Mei Cangyun, hello, you are really good! If I don't investigate, I'm afraid I will be kept in the dark by you and let the truth sink into the sea! I don't know if I don't check, I'm really surprised when I check, I don't know that Mei Aiqing you have such a skill, you are actually playing the world around, and you are willing to die for you! ”
"Mei Cangyun, what do you think you should be guilty of?" The emperor's breath sank, and this sentence seemed to come from the mouth of a ghost, with a little fluttering taste.
"The old minister deserves death." Mei Cangyun lay on the ground and shivered.
"Okay, I don't need you to die, I only need you to die once. Someone came, removed Mei Cangyun from the position of prime minister, put him on death row, waiting for the holy decree, and the prime minister's mansion was full of beheading! I want the world to know, but if someone wants to betray Dacheng, once they find out, they will be severely punished! Mei Cangyun is the best example! With a wave of his hand, the emperor seemed to decide Mei Cangyun's fate.
It looks a bit child's play, but the emperor is angry, and the bones are thousands of miles. The things that Mei Cangyun did were something that an emperor could not tolerate no matter what. Whether he had the intention of rebellion or not, whether he did it to strengthen the family or to control the entire Great Cheng, as long as he had the slightest suspicion, it was enough for him to die thousands of times.
Fang Xiaoyu hooked the corners of his mouth, but there was no smile on his face.
Mei Cangyun's ending is doomed. He gathered people's hearts everywhere, which already made the emperor jealous, not to mention others.
This court accusation is nothing more than a drama to deal with Mei Cangyun, and this drama is for the world to see.
Therefore, Fang Xiaoyu bit Mei Cangyun to death at the beginning of the charge of treason and treason against the enemy, but when Mei Cangyun said that he had been kind to the other party Jianzhang, she did not refute it, and did not point out that his so-called kindness was just a layout, in order to say this matter from the emperor's mouth, so that people could believe it even more.
The emperor didn't give Mei Cangyun a chance to defend himself in the first place. Mei Cangyun talked about his loyalty to the emperor and Dacheng several times, but unfortunately the dense names on the scroll made his rhetoric extremely ridiculous.
But no one dared to intercede for him.
At this time, Mei Cangyun is a bomb, whoever touches it will die. The emperor has determined that you have bad intentions, and even if you tell the reason, the ending still cannot be changed.
So, with full of unwillingness, Mei Cangyun had to accept his life, and the lives of his whole family were all lost in his hands.
He wanted to cry out. But Fang Xiaoyu didn't give him a chance. She stole his in the gap, without anyone noticing. So until he was dragged down and put on death row, he had no chance to speak again. (To be continued.) )