On September 15, the imperial capital of Yongchang was shrouded in a wet rain.

The first and fifteenth days of each month are the days of the Shuowang pilgrimage, and the lanterns dotted in Beijing begin to light up in the squares of the capital from the time of Yin, and converge into a river in all directions, rushing towards the Suzaku Gate of the Imperial City. The plane trees on both sides of the wide avenue were depressed in the autumn wind and cold rain, and the withered yellow leaves fell on the wet ground, trampled into mud by scattered footsteps, and no one cared.

There are already courtiers waiting under the palace, they gather together in twos and threes, cold and noisy, exchanging information in a low voice, the wind and rain are fluttering outside, and the inside is obscure. Li Mingyi's face flushed, he clutched the wat board in his hand tightly, and his heart "burst" nervously, as if he was nervous when he impeached Suzhou assassin Shi Yang and Lin for the first time.

From time to time, someone stepped forward to greet him, Li Mingxing came, patted him on the shoulder and did not make a sound, and the brothers stood side by side, watching the wind and rain outside together. When the matter came to the end, he needed to be bold, Li Mingyi lowered his heart and said to Li Mingxing: "Big brother, the supervising imperial history is already passing on the class, you go to the standing class, it's okay." ”

In Kun'an Palace, Shi Fangzhen was about to go out surrounded by eunuchs and palace maids, and Queen Wang took a big coat to put it on for him, and carefully admonished: "The wind is cold in autumn, long live the wind." Liu Weiguo, why don't you prepare for such a day. ”

Shi Fangzhen tightened the buttons of his clothes and said with a smile: "I told them not to prepare, this little wind and rain is nothing, queen, go back to the palace to rest, I have gone to the court." ”

"Get up", the long cry sounded, the palace maid held the lamp to illuminate, Shi Fangzhen walked along the corridor to the Xuanzheng Palace, today the ministers of the congregation want to impeach Jiang Anyi, their impeachment of Jiang Anyi is a superficial article, I am afraid that I am dissatisfied with the suppression of the family, and the cusp of the turbulent feelings, I have to be careful.

Under the leadership of supervising the imperial history, the officials stood according to their grades, heard the sound of drums, knew that the Son of Heaven ascended to the throne, and the hundred officials sang and congratulated under the ceremony, and the mountain shouted long live.

Shi Fangzhen sat on the high throne, looking at the courtiers who were lying on his stomach and saluting, his mood was like a rainy day outside the palace, and several of these courtiers were loyal to the society and patriotic. A gust of wind blew into the window lattice, causing the candles to flicker and the cigarette smoke to the ground.

Most of the contents of the court meetings were drawn up in advance by the left and right, and the form was followed in the same way, and everyone listened drowsily, waiting for the big event to happen. Most of the hour passed, the sky was still dark and uncertain, and the wind and rain did not stop.

"Minister, long live Huang Yinghe, the servant of the door, don't drive Zhang Wenjin to participate in Huazhou's assassination Shi Jiang Anyi, skillfully set up his eyes, dry up and fish, exploit the squire, and block the trade route......"

The people's spirits lifted and they pricked up their ears and listened. Li Mingyi was a little stunned, the Huang family actually made a mistake first, and he didn't have to be a head bird, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, planning how to add a fire in his heart.

Shi Fangzhen listened to Huang Yinghe silently, his eyes swept over the hall, and he said in a cold tone: "What else do you have to say?" ”

Many people's hearts were sudden, if the Son of Heaven was angry, these people would be more prepared, so they asked so indifferently, what is the Son of Heaven thinking? The ministers, who had planned to go out to second, stopped, ready to plan and then act.

Others can wait for Li Mingyi can't wait, Li Mingyi scolded in his heart, he knew that it was better to be the first to come out, and now he will not end well when he comes out of class. Standing up stiffly, his voice was sharp and trembling under too much nervousness, which was somewhat similar to the voice of a eunuch.

Everyone didn't dare to laugh, Li Mingyi said in a sharp voice: "Minister, long live Li Mingqi in the imperial history, since Jiang Anyi took power, he has relied on the emperor's grace to do misdeeds, bullying his colleagues and exploiting the local ......."

Li Mingyi confirmed what Huang Yinghe said about Jiang Anyi's crimes one by one, and also added more than ten charges such as dismissing Bai Zhiguang from Wuyun County for minor reasons, arson fighting for profits with the people, conniving at Diao Min's invitation to buy people's hearts, and so on.

After Li Mingyi finished playing, according to the order agreed in advance, the ministers in the court class came out one by one to second, demanding that Jiang Anyi's Huazhou assassination history be dismissed and transferred back to Beijing for review.

Shi Fangzhen's face was as gloomy as the sky, most of these things impeached by Li Mingyi Jiang Anyi had pleaded in the recital, and compared with the secret recital sent by the master of Wuyun County, Shi Fangzhen knew that Jiang Anyi was wronged, and he was originally a little annoyed that Jiang Anyi's intentions were not pure, and he had the intention to use himself to play against the ministers, but now it seems that Jiang Qing is to blame, so many civil and military ministers are eager to put him to death, and I can't protect him, who can protect him.

The Li family, the Huang family, the Liu family, the Liu family, and Shi Fangzhen looked at the courtiers who came out to second, and carefully calculated in his heart, I was not wrong, these people attacked Jiang Anyi, but they were actually coming for me.

“…… The market in the east market is depressed, the price of goods has risen by 40%, and the people are miserable, this is all Jiang Anyi's fault for blocking the trade route, please live the ......"

Full of righteousness and generosity is the Ministry of Industry Lang Ning Ze, he is a native of Huazhou, his family is rich in trade in the Western Regions, according to Long Wei's report of 30,000 hectares of fertile land, there are thirteen shops in the East City, respectively dealing in spices, jade, utensils and wine in the Western Regions, no wonder he is so indignant, his family's wealth was cut off by Jiang Anyi.

Seeing that Ning Ze actually squeezed out a few tears, he choked up and said: "The minister is from Huazhou, and he really doesn't want his hometown to be made miserable by evil officials. "Probably too deep into the play, Ning Shilang actually burst into tears, and accidentally blew out a snot bubble.

Shi Fangzhen couldn't help but laugh out loud, and the anger in his stomach was dissipated by this funny snot bubble. Realizing that he was unhappy, Shi Fangzhen put on a straight face again and asked, "Who else has anything to say, Aiqing?" ”

Wei Youcheng went out of the class and said: "Long live the minister, Jiang Anyi is a member of the feudal territory, and he can't be convicted just by the impeachment of chasing the wind and shadows, and the minister asks Long Live to make a final conclusion after careful investigation." ”

His son-in-law came out to say fairly, Shi Fangzhen was still very pleased, and it was not good to praise him in the court, so he just nodded and motioned for him to return to the court. With Wei Youcheng taking the lead, Yu Zhijie and Zhang Yucheng also came out to explain Jiang Anyi in detail, Deng Huaisu saw that the wind direction had changed, and he also seconded the proposal to find out before deciding.

For a while, there was an endless debate in the court. Shi Fangzhen had a plan, he greeted the two prime ministers in advance, and used the word "drag" to talk about everything later. If Jiang Anyi can hand over 2 million taxes and silver to the treasury as he says, Shi Fangzhen will say that he will keep him, and if Jiang Anyi can't do it, Shi Fangzhen will consider temporarily suppressing Jiang Anyi, as for whether to demote or fine the silver, it depends on the amount of tax silver. Shi Fangzhen sighed in his heart, and said that the Son of Heaven said that the Son of Heaven was becoming more and more cautious.

In advance, Shi Fangzhen saw that the time was not early, and glanced at Chen Chengji and Kong Sheng, these two people are the heads of civil officials, and the two of them will speak and summarize, and according to the prior discussion, the matter of impeaching Jiang Anyi will be suppressed first.

Wang Kefu, the right prisoner of the court, was happy and then anxious, he and Jiang Anyi were a big enemy, his son was beaten, and he was dismissed because of it, and it was not easy to recover, if he could see Jiang Anyi lose his official position and resign, Wang Kefu raised his hands in favor. Someone found him beforehand and asked him to seconded the proposal to punish Jiang Anyi in the court, but he did not agree.

The words of the reply are naturally high-sounding, in fact, Wang Kefu knows that the Son of Heaven does not like himself, and even hates himself very much, the last time Fuluo County, Lizhou, he had touched his head because of Jiang Anyi, if he went to join in the fun, maybe the Son of Heaven remembered the previous events, not only did not blame Jiang Anyi, but he had to punish himself, and he couldn't do anything to move stones.

However, Wang Kefu was not unprepared, and when everyone was arguing, he was paying attention to the face of the Son of Heaven. The right eunuch of Likuan is an official rank under the fourth grade, and the queue is slightly ahead, his eyes are good, and the subtle expressions on the face of the Son of Heaven can be seen clearly.

At first, the face of the Son of Heaven was covered with dark clouds, and Wang Kefu secretly complained, it seems that this Jiang Anyi is really a deep saint, so many people impeached him The Son of Heaven was unmoved, and it seemed that he was protected. Later, when Ning Ze came out to impeach, the Son of Heaven smiled for some reason, it seemed that he was in a good mood, and today's impeachment should have no effect.

Wei Youcheng came out to protect Jiang Anyi, Wang Kefu clearly saw the praise written on the face of the Son of Heaven, Wang Kefu was a little discouraged, and some guessed that the Son of Heaven was ready to "make peace with the mud". The attitude of the Son of Heaven "and the mud" made Wang Kefu see a ray of light, at least indicating that the Son of Heaven was still afraid of the family and was not ready to directly conflict, so it seemed that there was still something to be done.

Turning sideways slightly, he gestured to Zhou Sihe, the young eunuch of Likuan not far behind him, and discussed it in advance, Zhou Sihe understood that it was time for him to appear. At this moment, the hall gradually quieted down, Chen Zuoxiang's standard cough just sounded, and everyone knew that Chen Zuoxiang was going to make a concluding speech.

Zhou Sihe took the first step out of the class and said: "Minister, the young eunuch Zhou Sihe has a book." ”

This voice forced Zuo Xiangzheng to say something back, Chen Chengji turned around and glared angrily, why is this kid surnamed Zhou so ignorant of the rules. Chen Chengji knows Zhou Sihe, this Zhou Sihe was promoted from Sima in Mengzhou to the young eunuch of Likuang after he became the left minister, and he is quite honest, why is he bold and reckless in the court today.

When Zhou Sihe saw Chen Xiang glaring at him, his heart was "abrupt", and he couldn't say anything about his suffering. He was a jinshi during the reign of Emperor Xuan, and he spent nearly 20 years in the positions of the chief bookkeeper, county commander, county commander, and state Sima, but he couldn't get promoted because he had no way out. The court restarted Tongkuang, and he, as Sima, was in charge of Tongkuang at the state level, redressed several unjust cases, and was favored by Chen Xiang and moved to Likuang Prison.

But it is not easy to live in the capital, he does not have any backers in the capital, it is difficult to walk in the capital, the right prisoner of Likuan released goodwill, of course he has to continue, the Wang family is the queen's maiden family, and he can climb this big tree to gain a firm foothold in the capital. The day before yesterday, the right prison lord took a whistleblower letter, in which he reported that Jiang Anyi, the assassin of Huazhou, had accepted Lu Ziyue, a fugitive from the court, and let him wait for the opportunity to report to the Son of Heaven at the court meeting.

Zhou Sihe knew that opportunities were not often available, and it was his duty to report the matter of Tongkuang to the Son of Heaven, so Zhou Sihe's heart was hot, and he selectively omitted why the right eunuch didn't report it personally. When Zhou Sihe told Jiang Anyi's report of accepting the court fugitive Lu Ziyue, there was a dead silence in the court, and the previous impeachment of Jiang Anyi could be big or small, at most Jiang Anyi was demoted to the official and fined silver, and the crime of accepting the court fugitive was not small, one is not good, Jiang Anyi will be convicted together.

Shi Fang's real face sank like water, and everyone in the court held their breath, sometimes they didn't get angry, and sometimes it was more terrible than thunder and anger.