Chapter 1120: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes
"Your Majesty, what Yang Zhen said has not yet been verified, but the minister saw a letter from the Ministry of Criminal Affairs in mid-August, which told about this matter, but the content was unknown, and the minister temporarily suppressed it, but since then there has been no news coming, and the minister thought that the matter would settle down, until yesterday Yang Zhen came to the minister to tell him about the matter, and the minister felt that the matter was very critical, so today he brought Yang Zhen to meet His Majesty to state the matter......"
When Chen Xu spoke, he took out a letter from his pocket and said: "The original book of Guangwu County Order is here, please look at it!" ”
"Bring it on!" The First Emperor nodded slightly with an ugly face, and Su Yue hurriedly walked down the steps to present the recital to the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, this matter should not be under the jurisdiction of the Guangwu County Order, nor should it be reported by the Criminal Department, the generals of the border were originally intended to protect the territory and the people, but they did not follow the military discipline and went out of the camp privately, and there was nothing to provoke the people, and the temple was destroyed and the innocent were injured. The soldiers who destroyed Jingbian Temple and wounded people were also arrested and interrogated, and all those involved were punished, so as to calm the emotions of the people of Zhaodi......"
Chen Xu's words made the court slightly shaken and commotion.
Many people began to whisper, and even Feng Quji and Meng Yi glanced at each other, each seeing a slight relief in the other's eyes.
The Marquis of Qinghe was at the last step, and he still didn't plan to burn the flames of war on Wang Li.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Zuo Xiang's words are reasonable, the soldier goes out of the camp without permission is a big crime, and the crime of destroying the temple and hurting people's lives is added to the first degree, and the Yanmen Guard, as an official of the imperial court, arson and the army are not stopped, it is really a dereliction of duty, and the Guangwu County Order knew about this matter but did not actively report it, but dragged on for several months before playing the court, and the book was not clear, and he was also guilty of dereliction of duty, and the minister suggested that they should be punished together!" Behind Chen Xu, Zhongshuling stood up and posted for his top boss.
"The left minister and the Zhongshu order are reasonable, and the ministers seconded it!" A group of Chen Xu's followers of all sizes in Zhongshu Province all stood up and stood up to the post.
Now Chen Xu is no longer the Zuo Zhonghou of the past three products and the powerless and powerless Guang Pole Houye, but has a large number of junior brothers, the boss spoke, if the younger brother is not good at topping the post, I am afraid that the consequences will be a little unpredictable after going back, even if Zuo Xiang may fall into the battle with the Wang family, but at present, other officials in the three provinces and six departments can still wait and see and stand in line, but the officials of Zhongshu Province cannot, because they have all been labeled as Qinghe Hou, from underwear to soul, they are all Zuo Xiang's, whether they want to participate or not, At the moment, I can only stand up.
As soon as Zhongshu Province moved, other civil and military officials also began to hesitate and shake, and one after another, some doctors and doctors and some officials who were usually familiar with Chen Xu stood up and seconded the proposal, demanding that the Yanmen Pass Guard and Guangwu County Order and the soldiers who made trouble be punished.
The First Emperor put the recital on the imperial case, and after a moment of silence, he spoke: "The young master and you Aiqing are reasonable, but I can't just listen to Yang Zhen's words, this matter is in charge of Meng Qing, and quickly send the imperial history to Yanmen to inquire about the details, if the matter is true, immediately escort the Yanmen guard, Guangwu County Commander and the troublesome soldiers back to Beijing for trial......
"Your Majesty, don't use the imperial history to investigate this matter, the arson has nothing to do with the Yanmen guards, but someone else?"
Just as Meng Yi was about to stand up, his subordinate Cheng Jiangpu stood up in advance and spoke.
"Wow~~" There was an incomparable commotion in the court, and many people couldn't help but chuckle, as if they had bitten on a small pebble while eating, and their whole body was extremely sour and numb, and they felt that today's matter was about to get out of control.
First of all, Jiang Pu was an official of Shangshu Province, but at this time, when Feng Quji had not yet made any statement, he stood up to help Chen Xu first, which was not normal in itself. The second is that there are other people in Jiang Pu's mouth, and many people instantly contacted Wucheng Hou Wang Li.
In other words, this fire finally burned to Wang Li's body.
Feng Quji and Meng Yi glanced at each other again, and saw the seriousness and helplessness on each other's faces.
No one knows what Yang Zhen's origin is, whether it was Yang Tong who ordered him to come to Chen Xu, or whether it was a nail that Chen Xu found out to pry open this matter, it doesn't matter at the moment, the important thing is that this thing that should have been hidden in the dark has been torn open the curtain, and the Yanmen Pass incident will inevitably spread after the dispersal of the dynasty today, and the people of Xianyang and the world will slowly know.
Yang Zhen never mentioned Wang Li's half a word in what he said, because he told the process and results from the perspective of the people, and the emperor still had room to turn around, so this matter was finally pressed on the Yanmen guard, Guangwu County Commander and a group of soldiers, so this matter could finally let Wang Li get out, but Jiang Pu suddenly stood up without warning, and he would completely tear this veil at once, and lead the war to Wang Li.
"Your Majesty, the minister has solid evidence to prove that the Yanmen Pass incident was deliberately done by the Marquis of Wucheng, and the destruction of Jingbian Temple and the killing and wounding of the local civilians were the connivance and instigation of the Marquis of Wucheng, and the Marquis of Wucheng not only did not restrain after that, but intensified the detention of civilians who got the official office to avenge their grievances, and finally led to many famous and wealthy gentry in Zhao jointly writing to the Guangwu County Order to demand the release of the detained people, and the Marquis of Wucheng instructed the Guangwu County Order and the Yanmen Pass to search for these famous and wealthy gentry, which further aroused the anger of the local people. This made this matter worse and worse, and finally became the current situation, the Marquis of Wucheng, as a general guarding the northwest military camp, but ignored the military order to set up the army, arousing the people's dissatisfaction and anger against the imperial court. Anyone who injures someone's life without a reason shall be beheaded in accordance with the law, and although there is a military merit to offset it, he shall not escape the responsibility of the crime, and may be a slave in his face......"
The entire court fell into a dead silence.
Jiang Pu's words directly pressed all the blame on Wang Li's head without any evacuation.
"Your Majesty, this is not the minister's nonsense, but the minister's nephew Jiang Chutian is the captain of the Wucheng Marquis General's camp, when the incident of Yanmen Pass occurred that day, he saw with his own eyes and heard that the Marquis of Wucheng personally instructed the soldiers to rush into the Jingbian Temple, and then clashed with the sacrificial people, and finally caused a tragedy of dozens of deaths and injuries, the minister has a letter sent back by his nephew Jiang Chutian, which describes the matter in detail, the letter is here, please ......take a look at it."
Jiang Pu took out a crumpled letter from his cuffs, walked slowly to the center of the court, and presented it to Su Yue with both hands.
He had been carrying this letter with him for a long time, and he was waiting for this moment.
The letter was quickly handed over to Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang's face was gloomy and opened, the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became, and even his beard and eyebrows were trembling slightly, and finally he suddenly shook his body and almost fell off the dragon chair.
"Your Majesty~~" Su Yue, who was closest to the emperor, was frightened, but he didn't dare to step forward to help.
"I have a headache, today's court discussion is over, disperse the court!" The emperor staggered to his feet while covering his forehead, and was immediately helped into the apse by a group of palace people.
The civil and military officials above the silent court were all at a loss, and they stared at each other one by one.
Feng Quji, Chen Xu and Meng Yi also looked at each other a few times, and then Meng Yi stood up and said: "Your Majesty is unwell, the early dynasty will give up, and you will go back to the office!" ”
The atmosphere of the entire court suddenly relaxed, the ministers of civil and military affairs almost stood up with a sigh of relief, and walked out of the court hall in twos and threes, Chen Xu and Feng went to Meng Yi and then took Yang Zhen out of the court, and met Jiang Pu at the door, the two did not speak, Jiang Pu only slightly bowed his hand and then strode along the steps, and the officials along the way avoided him as if they saw a snake and scorpion, and they didn't dare to fight him.
Soon after, a thunderous news soon spread throughout Xianyang with the civil and military officials of the scattered dynasty.
Qianlang Zhong ordered Yang Tong to entrust the clan grandson to Xianyang to meet the Qinghe Marquis, today the last dynasty broke out a tragic incident that occurred in Yanmen Pass last year, Yan Shubian soldiers smashed the temple dedicated to the former Zhao general Li Mu, and caused dozens of casualties, Yanmen guards and local officials concealed the matter, arrested hundreds of people in Zhao, which led to the conflict between the people of Zhao and the border soldiers, which has led to dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries in the past few months, and the situation is getting more and more serious, local officials and soldiers not only wantonly hunt for people who talk about it, He also forcibly blocked the local merchants from passing information back and forth between Xianyang, resulting in the anger of the people in the Yanmen counties, and there was a faint trend of rebellion, and the Marquis of Qinghe asked the emperor to arrest all the officials and generals involved in the matter and return them to Beijing for trial, so as to appease the anger of the people of Zhao.
In order to confirm this matter, the officials also presented a letter written by his nephew Jiang Chutian as evidence, which described in detail the causes and consequences of the Yanmen Pass incident, and specifically pointed out that it was the Wucheng Marquis Wang Li who destroyed the Jingbian Temple, and the participants and his personal guards.
Jiang Pu's testimony made the matter a certainty.
Wang's family has three tigers, all of which have won His Majesty's respect and trust, Wang's father and son swept the six countries and made great contributions to the unification of China by Great Qin, and then Wang Li conquered Donghu, and Wang Ben just conquered Baiyue, that is to say, now the great country of Great Qin is almost the three generations of Wang's down.
But now, because of a trivial matter, the Marquis of Qinghe, who is also the left minister, found out about this matter in the court without informing the emperor in advance, and it seems that the sword has something to say.
At this time, it was only 100 days before the general Wang Jian passed away.
Almost everyone couldn't figure out why Chen Xu did this.
The consequence of this will not only offend the Wang family, but also make the emperor unable to step down.
And Jiang's actions are also surprising, in the case of the two Shangqing families of the Mengshi and Feng families, why did they stand up and support the Qinghe Hou, this is obviously stirring the Jiang family into the quagmire, because it is not difficult to see the ending of this matter, even if the emperor agrees to punish Wang Li and let people arrest him back to Xianyang, the final result will inevitably be a big thing and a small matter, it may be a few words of insensitive criticism and education after changing places to continue to lead the troops, and the Jiang family can only follow behind the Qinghe Hou to wave the flag and shout, There is no longer an opportunity to remain neutral or even to sit on the sidelines.
This move is not in line with the political outlook of the bureaucratic family.
Things have developed to this point, and the emperor suddenly has a head attack and retreats, but everyone knows that this is just an excuse for the emperor.
The emperor needed to carefully judge the pros and cons of a strict investigation of the matter.