Chapter 35: Resigning as Prince
"Nonsense!"
"Father, the eldest brother is talking nonsense!"
"Erchen didn't, Erchen was just passing by, and happened to meet Heishuiwei confronting the guards of the Prince's Mansion, Erchen stepped forward to take a look at the excitement, how do you know that Luo Li committed a heinous crime by making false accounts, but Heishuiwei was afraid of the eldest brother and didn't dare to arrest people!"
"Then Erchen couldn't get angry and said a few words to Hei Shuiwei, and they had no choice but to arrest the criminal!"
"The eldest brother knows the law and violates the law, and uses the guards of the prince's mansion to shield the criminal officials, he is not worthy of being the prince, please ask my father to investigate!"
After a while, the four princes bowed their heads with their fists, and their indignant appearance undoubtedly revealed the image of the four princes as high and upright princes.
"Yes! What the fourth prince said is right, Your Majesty, how can the prince assume the identity of the prince if he behaves like this! ”
"Please Your Majesty be aware that the crown prince is unvirtuous, and he should be deposed as the crown prince!"
"Such a vain disregard for the law and shielding corrupt officials, the prince is not worthy of being a prince!"
"Your Majesty, please depose the crown prince!"
Immediately after that, the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Four Princes and the First Family all clasped their fists, and they also followed the fat man, and the content of what he said was extremely unbearable!
The word 'unvirtuous' is an extremely bad evaluation for all countries, whether it is an official or a prince, if such words are put on the table, it must be a loss of character and a stench for thousands of years.
At first, he just wanted to put Luo Li in prison, so as to avoid the fat man's assassination incident Emperor Anguo's suspicion of himself, and also cut off the fat man's outstretched arm by the way.
How do you know that the fat man stepped in sideways, making this matter out of control, and it happened to fall into the truth of others, as long as the force of persecution is increased today, Emperor Anguo will most likely depose the prince to calm the anger of the officials.
If not, Anguo's future officialdom will be chaotic, and everyone will think that as long as they climb to the crown prince, they can be corrupt at will, who will be honest and honest?
After rejoicing, the fourth prince faintly wondered in his heart: now is an excellent opportunity to deal with the fat man, why did the second brother and the third brother only send a few officials who were not light or heavy, but they didn't come to join in the fun?
Emperor Anguo, who was sitting on the dragon chair, became darker the more he listened, his fingers curled up tightly into fists, and his knuckle joints turned white.
On weekdays, the fat man is just reckless, but in this matter, he is still reckless, and the Emperor Anguo can't wait to jump over from the dragon chair and give the fat man a fat beating.
After taking two deep breaths and calming down, Emperor Anguo opened his mouth with joy and anger: "Prince, how do you explain this matter?" ”
The fat man looked around in a daze, showing a confused look: "Father, the son said that Heishuiwei did not present evidence in handling the case, if the evidence is insufficient to arrest the wrong person, wouldn't it chill the hearts of the pillars of the imperial court?" ”
"So Erchen asked Heishui Wei to gather the evidence and come back again, and he didn't have any intention of covering it up!"
The fourth prince raised his head suddenly: "Heh! Brother Emperor, Luo Li committed a heinous crime, but you said that obstructing Heishuiwei's case was a protection official, which is really a clever tongue. ”
"If Luo Li really committed such a big crime, and the evidence is all available, what should the eldest brother be guilty of obstructing Heishuiwei's case?"
Pouting, the fat man put his hands on his waist: "Heh! How do you know that the evidence is all there? Could it be that you are behind the trouble? ”
Isn't that? A bunch of ministers still can't see the situation clearly, that's a big fool!
The four princes are all here, and when they arrive at the scene, they will be-stirring sticks, so they want to add another fire and forcibly break off the fat man's position as the prince.
But what's the use of knowing, a bunch of bigwigs in the military department don't know how to argue for the fat man, the situation was obviously not bad at the beginning, but he was pushed into the abyss by the fat man, and now no one can save it, only to see how the Emperor of Anguo chooses!
On the other hand, the fourth prince was shocked when he heard this, and subconsciously shook his body, but he was not stage frightened, and said with a sneer: "Heh! Brother Huang, what you are talking about at the moment is what kind of crime you should be guilty of obstructing Heishuiwei's handling of the case and shielding the criminal officer! ”
"Fourth prince, the crime committed by Luo Li should be tried first, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also well-intentioned, don't burn the fire to His Royal Highness the Prince." Zhao Hu, the secretary of the military department, who had not spoken, took a step forward and opened his mouth angrily.
When Zhao Hu was young, he was the generalissimo of Anguo, commanding the soldiers and horses of the whole country, and he made great achievements in the border pass campaign.
The most talked about is that when he was a general of a border town, he pulled out ten cities of Shu in one day, and he was in the limelight for a while, and Shu Guo was terrified when he heard his name, so he was called 'Marshal of Ten Cities'.
At the age of sixty-seven, after commanding the last battle with Luoguo, which ended in a small victory, he retired to the background and sat as the secretary of the military department.
The fat man's temperament Zhao Hu is clear, according to the other party's previous straight temperament, if he doesn't intervene, the fat man will definitely follow the words of the fourth prince, but he will really enter the set.
"Lord Zhao, that's not what you said! The old man thought that he would deal with the affairs of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first, and Luo Li's corruption could be interrogated by Heishuiwei, so he didn't have to waste time in front of the emperor. ”
The steps moved forward gently, and Wang Yuanzhi's eyebrows were twisted into Sichuan characters!
He doesn't care if the prince is the prince or not, it's the right thing to take care of his nephew first!
If Luo Li's crime of corruption is interrogated in front of the emperor, it will become a pawn in the fight between the crown prince and the four princes, then the conviction will be severe, and there will be no room at all.
Therefore, Wang Yuanzhi wanted to drag it to Heishuiwei Prison first, and then talk about it, if it can be delayed for a day, it is a big deal to grit his teeth and sell the house to make some money, so that Luo Li can have a better time in Heishuiwei, and then let his old father Wang Chenen come forward to blow the wind in his ears in front of Emperor Anguo.
"Two dogs! Two dogs! Why are you doing all this corruption! Your uncle is the secretary of the Criminal Department, you are good, you know the law and break the law! Alas! ”
Wang Yuanzhi, who was standing under the eyes of everyone, was not calm in his heart, he was very heartbroken about his little sister's blood, and he hated her even more.
The four princes wanted to take the opportunity to bring down the crown prince, Zhao Hu, the secretary of the military department, wanted to let the prince withdraw, and Wang Yuanzhi, the secretary of the criminal department, wanted to save his nephew Luo Li.
The officials sent by the second prince and the third prince also took the opportunity to act, and rarely stood with the four princes to attack the fat man.
For a time, there was a pot of porridge in the Wenchang Palace.
"Bang!"
"Shut up!"
Emperor Anguo slapped the table angrily, stood up and walked in front of the fat man, and slapped the fat man in place twice with a hard slap.
"Prince, tell me, if Luo Li commits a crime, what should you do?"
At the moment, in addition to the military department, even the neutral criminal department has intervened, and the fat man must be questioned first, and the emperor of Anguo is also difficult to ride a tiger, so he can only deal with the things committed by the fat man first, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public!
However, he is not stupid, he did not use the four princes' 'what should be the crime', but the words 'how to deal with it', which means that he wants to protect the fat man, and wants the fat man to say the means of beating the military stick and confinement, so as to turn the big thing into a small thing.
A fat man is a fat man, how can he speculate with ordinary people's minds, and he opened his mouth to come when he was wronged: "If Lao Luo commits the crime of corruption, the son will resign as the prince for the crime of covering up!" ”
As soon as the sonorous words came out, Emperor Anguo was dumbfounded!