Chapter Seventy-Nine: Self-preservation
Although the emperor's heart was turbulent, he had a cold expression on the surface. The emperor whispered to the chief manager of Qida: "Da Qizi, what do you think of the secret folds written by these two baroness?" ”
The head of Qida nodded and replied: "Your Majesty, these two ladies have the ambition of not letting women have eyebrows, and they are both intelligent and virtuous. Among the friends made by the two of them, as far as the ministers knew, there were several righteous people among the people, so the source of the news of the two of them should come directly from the mouths of the people, or simply the personal experience of the people. This news must be absolutely untrue, these two ladies are not afraid of offending Lord Youcheng, and they are writing to the emperor, it can be seen that the two of them have this rare pure heart! ”
The emperor smiled and said, "It seems that this tiger father without a dog can also be changed to a tiger father without a dog girl!" Da Qizi, you quickly go to the Lord's Mansion and pass on my message: After I have completed this matter, I will let the two ladies go to the court twice a month to meet me, and personally bring the written fold to me for review. ”
The chief manager of Qida hurriedly knelt down and said, "The slave takes the order and goes quickly!" Your Majesty, you appoint talents in an eclectic manner, which is really a blessing for the people and a blessing for the community! ”
The chief administrator of Qida received the order and rode a fast horse to the Shouzun Mansion.
After the chief manager of Qida read out the emperor's dictation, the first respected let Qin'er and Rushi retreat, and only the first and the chief manager of Qida were left in the living room.
The first deity said very politely to the chief manager of Qida: "Chief manager, according to your observation, will the Holy Lord make up his mind to deal with the right man this time?" ”
The chief manager of Qida replied with a smile on his face: "Lord Shouzun, according to the observation of the old slave, this saint is very conflicted in his heart, no matter how he says that the military power of the three western provinces is now in the hands of Youcheng, and this Youcheng has a very high prestige among the officers and soldiers. If you want to move the right side, I'm afraid it's not so easy! ”
The Shouzun thought for a moment and said, "Even if you can't get rid of Youcheng immediately, it's good to cut off a pair of his arms!" ”
The chief manager of Qida smiled and said: "The old slave understands what you mean, this right man who has cut off his wings will naturally be greatly injured." But who is to blame? Anyway, his nephew also deserved it, and it was not a pity to die! ”
And the next day, above this court. In addition to the secret folds of the two maidesses, the emperor sent all the memoranda of the spies outside the palace to the ministers, so that the ministers could circulate and take a look.
After the ministers saw it, they didn't dare to speak. That's because they can't tell what the emperor's mind is? Do you want to give Youcheng a chance to kill his relatives in righteousness, or do you want to deal with Youcheng together?
Shouzun stood up first, knelt down in a pleading tone, and said loudly: "Emperor Shengming, this Chengzun of Blue City, although he is the nephew of Lord Youcheng. But this Blue City City Venerable has already passed the year of its establishment, and besides, this Blue City is thousands of miles away from our Purple City, and it is impossible for Blue City City Venerable to write a letter to ask Lord Youcheng how to deal with everything. Therefore, according to what the minister sees, this right lord should not know about this! ”
When the second deity and several other ministers heard the deity say this, they all knelt down to express their agreement with the deity's view.
The emperor pondered for a moment and said loudly: "All Aiqing, let's be exempt from courtesy first." I've always been a sensible person. It is indeed impossible for a person who has passed this year to write a letter to report to his uncle about everything. But this right man also has a fault of not being strict with the younger generation! Youcheng, what do you think of the music provided by these spies? ”
You Cheng hurriedly knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Emperor Shengming, there is no similarity in the things played by these several parts, and each of them is justified and irrefutable. Ministers will not harm the public because of personal interests, and do not know the general situation. The Holy One dealt with it as it should have done according to the statutes. The minister does have the crime of not being strict with the younger generation on weekdays, and the minister is willing to be punished without complaining! ”
After hearing this, the emperor was happy! He said loudly: "Youcheng, please get up quickly, your actions are very gratifying to me." I decided that the Blue City should be beheaded according to the law, and the beheading was carried out by Zuo Cheng himself. Right Cheng was not strict with his juniors and was punished with two months' imprisonment. ”
The ministers knelt down and shouted in unison: "The emperor is really a blessing to all the people!" ”
Five days later, at noon, Lord Zuo Cheng Zimin went to Blue City to execute the Blue City Chengzun. When the people saw that the head of the Blue City Chengzun was cut off, they all knelt down in the direction of Zicheng and shouted: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" ”