Chapter 392: Li Chengqian, a scoundrel

As soon as Zhang Wenjun's words were finished, the entire hall fell silent.

The ministers who didn't know the root cause all looked at Zhang Wenqian like crazy people.

The heart said: This person is crazy, the popular official department is still in the book, and none of the three impeachments is tenable.

What parents are not traveling?

In the Sui Dynasty, the three Du brothers showed off their talents together, which was a matter of glory to the ancestors.

The leakage of the forbidden Chinese language even implicated Li Chengqian, and Li Shimin had already been punished.

Greedy for money and lustful? Bringing back a few carts of salutes is greedy?

Sitting on the throne, Li Chengqian also looked at Zhang Wenqian in surprise, but after thinking about it, it may be that Zhang Wenqian suddenly received a task.

How can you find out Du Zhenglun's problems overnight, you can only come up with these hearsay practices.

"Zhang Wenjun! The Lone King asks you, do you have any evidence for this?"

Li Chengqian stared at Zhang Wenqian coldly, his eyes full of murderous intent.

Zhang Wenjun was shocked when he heard this, but then stabilized again, and replied calmly: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister only heard about this matter and has no evidence, but because Du Zhenglun is in a high position, if there is any disagreement with the country and the monarch, it will be particularly harmful, and the minister thinks that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has to guard against it." ”

After Zhang Wenqian finished speaking, the needle drop in the hall could be heard, because most of the people in the hall knew that Li Chengqian was not Li Shimin, and he was willing to listen to the suggestions of the courtiers.

However, Li Chengqian also understood that this was a rumor, and the emperor deliberately gave the low-level imperial history the power in order not to be deceived by the ministers around him, and they also had to abide by the rules.

Therefore, although Li Chengqian was angry, he couldn't attack for a while, and after a while, he said lightly: "King Gu knows." ”

When Zhang Wenqian heard this, he felt a punch on the cotton, because when Lu Chengqing told him yesterday, he only asked for two impeachments, and the second of them was because it involved the relationship between Li Shimin and Li Chengqian, and ordinary ministers did not dare to mention it.

Zhang Wenqian put forward the second article on his own initiative in order to provoke Li Chengqian to attack on the spot, so that he would have the name of a direct minister and could be famous all over the world.

But Li Chengqian couldn't say anything when he said this, and it was impossible for a supervising imperial historian to force the crown prince who was in charge of the state to dismiss the minister.

Watching Zhang Wenqian retreat in a daze, Li Chengqian looked at the hundred officials expressionlessly, and said coldly: "Is there anything else?"

His intuition told him that the person behind this would not just be counted, and there must be a backhand.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Chengqian's words fell, he saw Lu Chengqing, who had been transferred to Shangshu Zuocheng and Yongzhou Governor Shi, walk out.

After Lu Chengqing walked out, he saluted solemnly Li Chengqian, and then said in a calm voice: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the minister thinks that no matter whether Zhang Yushi has evidence or not, Du Shangshu, as an important minister of the imperial court, should have the style of a minister, and he should give way to avoid suspicion if he is impeached." ”

Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and said, "The minister's wind?"

Lu Chengqing was a little proud when he heard this, shook his head and said: "It is the style of a minister, anyone who is a minister should have the dignity of a minister with virtue, Qingsuke, and grace, and hold the style of a minister." Du Zhenglun was impeached by the imperial history, but he was really unworthy of virtue, and he should have resigned from the palace, showing the style of a minister. ”

"Exactly!"

"As it should be!"

"It's rare for someone to be impeached and not retreat!"

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People always conform to the crowd, and at this time, the ministers who participated in this matter and the ministers who did not participate in this matter began to doubt Du Zhenglun's character, and whispered below.

Seeing this, Du Zhenglun knew that people's words were terrifying, so he hurriedly walked out and saluted Li Chengqian: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister asked to resign from the Ministry of Officials, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent the minister to verify the impeachment of Zhang Yushi and return the minister's innocence." ”

"Du Shangshu knows that he can change, and he is very good!" Lu Chengqing commented with a smile.

At this point, Li Chengqian couldn't bear it anymore.

With a solemn face, he slowly got up, took a few steps forward, looked at Lu Chengqing condescendingly, and asked in an unkind tone: "Is it 'the minister's wind' or 'the slander of coix'?"

The officials who thought that they were going to achieve their goal couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, and immediately remembered what Li Cheng meant.

The Book of the Later Han Dynasty records that the general Fubo Ma Yuan, when he fought in Jiaozhi, he drank the local barley to relieve the miasma, so when he returned to the army, he loaded a cart back and wanted to plant it himself.

When some princes and ministers saw it, they thought that Ma Yuan had brought back a treasure from the south, and they were all envious, jealous and hateful.

But at that time, Ma Yuan had just won the battle and was favored by Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, and no one dared to report to the emperor at this time. Later, Ma Yuan died, and the ministers rushed up to impeach Ma Yuan to Emperor Guangwu of Han, and Emperor Guangwu was very angry when he heard about it.

Ma Yuan's wife and nephew were very scared, and they didn't dare to bury them in the ancestral grave, so they only bought a few acres of land outside the city and buried them hastily, and no one dared to mourn them.

After the burial, his wife and nephew tied themselves up with straw ropes and went to the emperor to plead guilty.

At this time, the emperor showed them the impeachment of Ma Yuan, and the mother and son felt very wronged after reading it, and they received six sad arguments before and after the emperor forgave Ma Yuan and allowed Ma Yuan to be buried in the ancestral tomb.

Later generations called the wrongs suffered by Ma Yuan as the slander of Coix.

When Li Chengqian mentioned it at this time, he was obviously saying that these people were deliberately creating unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.

Seeing that Li Chengqian was already angry, Lu Chengqing didn't care at all, and still said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Prince, whether it is the style of the minister or the slander of the 'coix', you have to find out until you find out?"

Li Chengqian ignored him when he heard this, and glanced at the other ministers in the main hall, and saw that Xu Jingzong and the others did not dare to raise their heads, obviously they were also afraid, while Zhang Xingcheng and the others nodded slightly, obviously agreeing with Lu Chengqing's statement.

"Please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to go home and deal with the crime." Seeing that Li Chengqian was embarrassed, Du Zhenglun pleaded guilty again.

When Li Chengqian heard this, he looked at Du Zhenglun and said solemnly: "The important ministers of the imperial court should put state affairs first, how can they retreat because of the slander of villains, endure humiliation, and bear the burden of being a minister for the country and the family." ”

Du Zhenglun was speechless for a while.

When Lu Chengqing heard the words and was about to speak, he saw Yu Suiliang come out and salute and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, it is true that those who are ministers should be like this, but if it affects the reputation of the court and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince because of the indecent reputation of a minister, I am afraid it will be a big loss because of a small loss." ”

Li Chengqian's face turned completely black when he watched Yu Suiliang come out, what Yu Suiliang said yesterday was okay, but today it would be too much to force the palace with others in front of hundreds of officials.

Before Li Chengqian could speak, Zhang Xingcheng also came out to salute, and then said directly: "His Royal Highness the Prince, since there is an impeachment of the imperial history, and Du Shangshu voluntarily resigns, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still agrees, and he must go through the motions anyway, so as not to discuss injustice between the government and the opposition." ”

"Hahahaha......"

Li Chengqian looked up to the sky and laughed.

Li Chengqian's laughing Zhang Xingcheng and the others were furious in their hearts, knowing that Li Chengqian was really angry, and they didn't dare to speak easily.

At this time, the hundreds of officials in the hall already understood that all this was initiated by Zhang Xingcheng and Yu Suiliang. On the surface, they are targeting Du Zhenglun, but inside they also involve the crown prince Li Chengqian, and seeing that Li Chengqian has been really angry, they are all waiting to see what happens.

Li Chengqian smiled and looked down at Zhang Xingcheng and the others: "It's good for the sake of the court and the reputation of the lonely king, the lonely king thinks it's for your official position, right?"

Zhang Xingcheng and Yu Suiliang's faces suddenly turned ugly when they heard this, and they wanted to speak, but they saw Li Chengqian walking down slowly with a cane, and asked in a cold voice: "An unfounded impeachment requires the resignation of the official department, so who will do the affairs of the imperial court?"

Li Chengqian said that he glanced at the whole hall domineeringly, and the hundred officials, including Zhang Xingcheng and Yu Suiliang, couldn't help but be stunned.

Li Chengqian continued to say domineeringly: "If the lonely king obeys you this time, then in the future, there will be political discord in the court, and won't the ministers have to climb each other every day, if so, I am afraid that the country will not be far away?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Shengming, an article in "Han Feizi/Death Zheng" wrote, 'The simple law prohibits and scheming, and those who are desolate and rely on the aid can die. The ministers are learning, the disciples are easy to argue, the businessmen are accumulating, and the small people are trapped inside, but they can also die. Today, some ministers are doing things in disregard of the rules of the court and vainly trying to frame the ministers with a conspiracy. Li Yifu walked out and said.

Li Chengqian watched Li Yifu come out, and slowly walked back to the throne.

At this time, Zhang Xingcheng was finally a little afraid, they were indeed premeditated to squeeze out Du Zhenglun this time, if Li Chengqian and Li Shimin decided that this was a party dispute, then the consequences would never be good.

Thinking of it, he hurriedly saluted up again and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, the ministers have been wronged!" Zhang Yushi impeached Du Shangshu, but the ministers and others suggested that Du Shangshu go home first for the sake of the reputation of the court, and there was no intention of forcing him to resign. ”

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said so, how can the ministers bear it?" Lu Chengqing also shouted.

Seeing this, Li Chengqian took a step back and said: "Zhang Yushi is just a rumor and has no evidence, but for the sake of fairness, King Gu will also send someone to investigate, but during the investigation, Du Shangshu will go to the court as usual to work without mistakes, and he will deal with it after the investigation is clear." ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, is this not in accordance with the rules?" Zhang Xingcheng saw that Li Chengqian gave in, and he spread his hands.

When Li Chengqian heard this, he hurriedly took a deep breath to suppress his anger, and after a pause, he looked at Zhang Xingcheng with a smile and said: "If the enemy country wants to attack my Tang Dynasty, kill the prime minister first, and send someone to spread the word that you Zhang Xingcheng had an affair with your daughter-in-law, and the lone king will dismiss your official regardless of the merits, so won't the court suffer a loss?"

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, the hall was first silent, and then the hall was in an uproar.

Everyone could hear that Li Chengqian was threatening Zhang Xingcheng with extremely obscene means, and the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty actually said such a thing in front of the palace, and the civil and military officials could not accept it for a while.

After Lu Chengqing was stunned for a moment, he immediately saluted solemnly and said in a deep voice: "Please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to be cautious!" ”

"Please Your Royal Highness the Prince, take into account your identity and be cautious in your words and deeds!" The hundred officials followed and saluted.

Many people may think that Li Chengqian's unreasonable play of cards is very in line with the temper of modern people, and he will definitely get unexpected results.

It's a bit taken for granted to think like this, as the so-called sutra is recited on which mountain.

Li Chengqian is now the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, and he threatens the minister like a gangster in a grand court as solemn as a pilgrimage, which is challenging the bottom line of the entire imperial court.

In the major ceremonies of the imperial court, the crown prince should say what the crown prince should say and do what the crown prince should do.

But at this time, since Li Chengqian has been forced to this part, he naturally will not retreat, looking at the ministers who are angry, he just snorted lightly, and when the ministers quieted down, he looked at Zhang Xingcheng and said calmly: "Does Zhang Qing's family think that what King Gu said is right?"

Zhang Xingcheng's face turned pale when he heard this, and he didn't know what to say, everyone knew that the worship of the Eight Winds Hall of the East Palace was specially made up of small songs, and its influence on Chang'an City and the surrounding counties was very huge, and the people believed their words.

If Li Chengqian really ordered him to be arranged, not to mention his daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law, he could be choreographed for him.

At this time, Zhang Xingcheng didn't dare to gamble on Li Chengqian's bottom line with his family's reputation, and after a while, he said with a pale face: "It's up to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”