Chapter 174: The Chess Game Is Decided (3)
But he also believes that Gao Qing's ability will not be seen by Cheng Wudi because of this.
Gao Qing said in a deep voice: "Gao Qing knows that he is guilty, and he has no face to live in this world, no matter how the emperor punishes the villain, the villain has nothing to say, but I hope that the emperor will not implicate innocent people because of the villain." ”
Gao Qing's words were righteous and awe-inspiring, as if he was determined to die, but he didn't want to drag others down. People who don't know really think how affectionate and righteous he is......
"You can see it clearly." Emperor Chengwu didn't know whether this sentence was positive or negative: "Gao Qing, although you have testified meritorious, but you have done so many wrong things before, it is by no means that this time can be offset." Come on, take Gao Qing down and execute him on a certain day! ”
I thought it was over, but it didn't.
King Qi was standing aside, and suddenly someone came to the outside of the study, saying that he had something to tell him.
Emperor Chengwu asked him to call people in, and then said to him: "Since there is something to say, let's make it clear together." ”
The man said that it was about the imperial examination, and this Emperor Chengwu would naturally want to understand.
However, just after the man came in, he told the whole story of the matter, and pushed the matter to another climax.
"What did you say?" King Qi asked.
"Lord Wang, that Duan Chenghe said that there is evidence to prove that this matter was done by the Prime Minister. said that the prime minister had long colluded with King Rui and secretly did things for King Rui......"
Before the man's words were finished, he saw Emperor Chengwu clapping his hands violently, and the anger in it was self-evident.
"What a loyal prime minister, what a favorite of the land. I actually misjudged him, I didn't expect his ambition to be so heavy, or he provoked this matter first. Emperor Chengwu's gloomy face even more indicated that his mood was even worse.
Although that person knew that Emperor Cheng Wu was angry, he still had to tell everything about it, otherwise, if Emperor Cheng Wu pursued him afterwards and didn't explain the matter clearly, wouldn't she be miserable.
"Also, Duan Chenghe also said that the prime minister not only leaked the exam questions this time, but also secretly did things in the previous imperial examination, and also, and secretly murdered the former Ministry of Rites Shangshu who knew about their conspiracy——"
This time, Emperor Chengwu didn't speak, and it is conceivable that Emperor Chengwu was so angry that he couldn't speak.
The prime minister who was favored by him disobeyed him again and again, and even formed a party for personal gain, kept him in the dark, and did all kinds of bad things.
His words were already very clear, Duan Tianqi had also leaked the exam questions in the previous imperial examinations, but no one knew, and the only one who knew about it was killed by them.
Duan Tianqi, as the chief examiner, is naturally able to do tricks, but even so, it is difficult for him alone and with King Rui, who cannot interfere with the imperial examination, unless someone is covering them or directly attacking......
"Who else is there who is acting with them?" Emperor Chengwu said coldly.
"According to Duan Chenghe, the Book of the Ministry of Rites, as well as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, are all related......"
All right! Very good! It's really a nest of snakes and rats, and they don't take me seriously.
"This Duan Chenghe, but Duan Tianqi's son?" Emperor Chengwu asked King Qi when he said this.
King Qi replied truthfully: "Yes, he is the concubine of the prime minister, because Jiang Guang confessed before his death, Duan Chenghe also bought the exam questions, so the son went to the prime minister's mansion to arrest people, and the prime minister was very active in cooperating with him from time to time." He also said that he must let Erchen catch the people behind the scenes......"
"It's just that Erchen didn't expect that the prime minister would have something to do with this matter."
"Hmph, Duan Tianqi wanted to abandon the car to protect the handsome, but he didn't expect that his own actions had already been known to his son, and at the last moment, his son would betray him and shake things out-" When Emperor Chengwu said this, he was full of ridicule, which showed that Duan Tianqi couldn't escape this time.
Originally, there was no report from Duan Chenghe, although Duan Tianqi would also be punished, but it would not be heavy, after all, there was no direct evidence that Duan Tianqi did it, but now.
There are all human and material evidence, Duan Tianqi even if he is the prime minister of the Great Jin, he can't escape the guilt of Emperor Chengwu. You must know that Emperor Chengwu even gave up his own son, how could he keep a person who was on the surface and behind the scenes, and did not have the slightest loyalty to him?
According to Emperor Chengwu's suspicious nature, it is impossible. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if there is no report from Duan Chenghe, Duan Tianqi will not be free for long, after this incident, the seeds of doubt have taken root in Emperor Chengwu's heart, and then as long as there is a little wrong, Emperor Chengwu will remember everything that happened today.
will wonder if all this was done by Duan Tianqi, if he has some conspiracy, and if he wants to add to the crime, there is no excuse. As long as Emperor Chengwu's child is suspicious, Duan Tianqi will not be able to live freely, and Emperor Chengwu will definitely deal with him.
Seeing this, King Liang also saw the needle and said: "The prime minister is indeed a big mistake, his father trusts him so much, and he entrusts him with all the affairs of the imperial examination, he is good, selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, and living up to his father's favor in vain, it is really too undeserved." ”
King Liang is very happy about this episode, after all, it is best to overthrow King Rui and uproot Duan Tianqi, so there is no need to be afraid that King Rui will make a comeback.
Rui Wang's party, that is, Duan Tianqi is his right-hand man, but with Gao Qing, a-stirring stick, they will be distracted and follow his plan.
Emperor Chengwu didn't know what King Liang was like, but he didn't have time to pay attention to him now.
Even if King Liang didn't say these words, Emperor Chengwu wouldn't let Duan Tianqi go easily......
So, he quickly sent someone down, and directly cut off Duan Tianqi's position as prime minister, this decision, but he didn't take the credit of Duan Fu in the past at all.
Although it is said that the Prime Minister's Mansion has a great relationship with Emperor Chengwu, and it is also the queen's maiden family, no matter how you say it, it will be reduced in the past, otherwise, the queen's situation in the palace is also difficult.
However, although Cheng Wu cut Duan Tianqi's position as prime minister, he did not implicate anyone else, which also shows that he has seen the queen's face.
After the queen heard about this, Emperor Chengwu had already sent someone to copy the prime minister's mansion, and told everyone about the prime minister's participation in the imperial examination.
Even the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion couldn't believe it, but when they saw the officials and guards rushing into the Prime Minister's Mansion together, they were all stupid. The people in the Prime Minister's Mansion have never seen such a state, but no matter how high the people were before, they have now become prisoners.
They were all expelled from the Prime Minister's Mansion, because Duan Tianqi's position as Prime Minister had been deprived, so it was impossible for them to continue to live in this Prime Minister's Mansion, so they could only leave.
But although Emperor Chengwu arrested Duan Tianqi and sent him to prison, he did not implicate other people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, they were still fine, they were not jointly and severally responsible, and they did not need to be arrested and imprisoned.
But people's hearts are like this, the people who were originally above the clouds were suddenly knocked to the ground, how big the gap is, ordinary people can't accept it.
The people of the Manchu Mansion pinned their hopes on Duan Chengyu, because he was not only Duan Tianqi's son-in-law, but also the only man in the existing mansion.
They also witnessed the scene of Duan Tianqi being arrested, and they were always afraid that they would also be arrested and imprisoned.
Speaking of which, Duan Tianqi also turned a big turn, according to the past, his cautious approach would not be so easily overthrown. Because he will extinguish all possibilities before the crisis erupts.
Just like the previous Ministry of Rites, even if he is discovered, he can directly turn the crisis into a turning point......
This time, not only because he was in Mingchu, and Xin Yan was secretly calculating, and he was put on the spot by King Liang again, but more importantly, he saw the wrong person this time.
King Rui turned out to be such an impulsive person. Speaking of which, I don't blame King Rui, because King Rui is in the middle of things. This is how the so-called authorities are fascinated and bystanders come from. also because he trusted Gao Qing too much, so he was betrayed by him......
And Duan Tianqi's greatest intention and the most wrong thing was to hand over Duan Chenghe. If he could pretend to be and not let Duan Chenghe chill when King Qi came to arrest people, maybe Duan Chenghe wouldn't have shaken out everything he did...... He still has a glimmer of life.
Now, no matter how much he struggled in prison, Emperor Chengwu didn't want to see him.
Even when I mentioned him, I felt that I had been deceived for so long, and I was really unhappy, how could I still go to see him. And if you can't see Emperor Chengwu, even if Duan Tianqi is clever and smart, he can't use his skills, and it is even more impossible to get out of danger.
However, even if Duan Tianqi is imprisoned, based on his complicated background, his relationship with the queen, and the Duan family's connections in the court, it is impossible to kill him for a while.
But even if the people in the court had a good relationship with Duan Fu before, for a while, they didn't dare to plead for mercy, for fear of accidentally getting into trouble.
But everyone in the court thinks that Duan Tianqi is not indifferent except for this matter, and the queen should intercede with Emperor Chengwu, after all, Duan Tianqi is also the queen's brother, even if he usually doesn't show much kindness, but no matter how he says, the two are also related by blood, and it is impossible to really watch Duan Tianqi look at the head of the body.
Besides, there are still a few children in Duan Mansion, if Duan Tianqi is really dead, with those few children, he will definitely not be able to support Duan Mansion.
This is not a good thing for the queen. Losing such a big backer as the Prime Minister's Mansion is equivalent to losing her right-hand man, and she will only be blocked everywhere in the future, not to mention, in the harem, there is also a virtuous concubine who is eyeing the position of queen.
However, the development of the matter still surprised everyone, the queen knew that something was going on in the prime minister's mansion, but she didn't take any action, but instead told Emperor Chengwu that her brother had committed something, and as his relative, she also had the responsibility to invite herself to the palace ancestral hall to think about it......