The Ezhou proposal, which had been stalled for more than 10 days, finally made new progress today.

When the right minister personally made a decision, he sent an envoy to Jiangnan and summoned Tang Ning, the acting servant of the Ministry of Officials, to return to Beijing to ask for the crime.

The six departments are under the jurisdiction of Shangshu Province, and the people who can make this decision in the current dynasty, in addition to His Majesty, are the two prime ministers of King Feng.

However, before this order could leave Beijing, it was stopped by a decree in the palace.

His Majesty personally issued an order to negate Feng Xiang's resolution, and the envoy was urgently recalled before he reached the city gate.

As soon as this incident came out, Manjing was in an uproar.

The emperor and the prime minister, although the relationship between the lord and the minister, but also mutual constraints, many of His Majesty's decrees, will be opposed to the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister does not need to consult His Majesty's decision, generally it will not be a major matter, Your Majesty will rarely explicitly oppose it.

This will made the two monarchs and ministers completely stand on opposite sides.

Feng Xiang has been in the dynasty for many years, and many officials in the Jiangnan faction have followed him, and he stands on the opposite side of His Majesty, and a group of people stand on the opposite side of His Majesty.

This kind of situation has been common for many years, and there are many cases of monarchs and ministers fighting for the Golden Palace, and Feng Xiang has even threatened to resign several times......

Of course, even if the monarchs and ministers have different political views and have a lot of disputes, after so many years, Feng Xiang is still Feng Xiang, and if the emperor dismisses the prime minister because of these things, there will definitely be no good words left in the history books.

Those with a keen sense of smell have already sensed the unusual atmosphere that pervades the capital, and many officials have even foreseen the situation of the emperor and the minister competing against each other tomorrow morning.

Shangshu Province.

The Ministry of Officials has the rules of the Ministry of Officials, and the officials of the Ministry of Officials only have the right to take the examination.

A servant of the ministry does not have the qualifications to arrest the assassin of a state and escort him back to Beijing, which is arrogance, and arrogance is also a taboo in officialdom.

Shangshu Province's decision to recall Tang Ning was reasonable, but His Majesty's actions were a bit too protective.

Feng Xiang's face was extremely ugly, and his order to summon Tang Ning back to Beijing was rejected by His Majesty, which was the first time since he became Prime Minister that His Majesty had opposed his reasonable decision for no reason.

And this is just for a controversial minister's substitute......

He looked out the window and said: "Zuo Xiaowei Zhonglang General, the official department acting for Lang ......Lang, this person already has the prototype of a favored minister, this is the precursor of chaos in the court and the world......"

He looked at Feng Xiang during the matter, knowing His Majesty's actions, but it strengthened Feng Xiang's decision to get rid of Tang Ning.

Just involving the matter of Ezhou and touching the interests of Jiangnan, Feng Xiang may not be too serious, and His Majesty will protect his attitude to make Feng Xiang really vigilant.

Since ancient times, no dynasty in which the emperor has ignored his ministers and favored one person has lasted long.

And the prime minister happens to have the responsibility of maintaining the stability of the dynasty for a long time.

He looked at him in the middle of the matter and said respectfully: "The prime minister is wise." ”

After leaving in the middle of the matter, Feng Xiang looked at the other person in the hall and said, "Tomorrow in the court, the old man plans to advise the king to clean up the traitors, what does the king think?" ”

He said this as both an inquiry and an invitation, and if the two prime ministers were of the same opinion, even if they were kings, they could not go their own way.

Wang Xiang took a sip of tea and said leisurely: "Your Majesty is Your Majesty, above the court, in front of the civil and military officials, Feng Xiang still has to save some face for Your Majesty." ”

Feng Xiang shook his head and said: "Your Majesty has been blinded by the ministers, and it is the duty of the old man not to let Your Majesty go too far, and the future of Chen Guo is more important than Your Majesty's face." ”

Thinking of the situation in the palace tomorrow, Wang Xiang coughed and said, "Tomorrow, an old friend will travel far away, and the old man will send him out of Beijing, and the court will be handed over to Feng Xiang." ”

With that, he stood up and walked out of the hall.

When he walked to the door, his footsteps suddenly paused again, turned around, and asked as if unintentionally: "Is Feng Xiang's move just to get rid of him?" ”

Feng Xiang looked at him, frowned and asked, "Does Wang Xiang think that the old man still has any intentions?" ”

Wang Xiang smiled and said, "By the way, Feng Xiang doesn't need to worry about it. ”

With that, he walked straight out, leaving Feng Xiang alone in the hall, his face changed for a while, and finally turned indifferent.

The Royal Palace, in the Royal Garden.

The Queen Mother and Emperor Chen walked around, and at a certain moment, she turned her head to look at him and asked, "Is there another trouble in the court?" ”

Chen Huang smiled and said, "A little thing. ”

"It's because of Feng Xiang." The Queen Mother looked at him and said, "The mourning family has heard what Man'er said, because of the matter in Ezhou, Feng Xiang took the lead in making trouble in the imperial court......"

Emperor Chen's tone was very indifferent, and said: "Then let him make trouble, anyway, this is not the first time, it's good that I can't hear it." ”

"Feng Xiang, this person, made your father angry back then." The Queen Mother smiled and said: "But over the years, he has indeed done some practical things for the court, and he also has the ability, how can these officials in the court be perfect?" ”

"He has done more practical things for Jiangnan." Emperor Chen frowned and said: "These officials in Jiangnan only think about themselves, the treasury has been empty in recent years, how could they have thought about me, for the imperial court, if it weren't for Tang Ning, the treasury would have been a little richer in the past two years, and I wouldn't even be able to take out the silver for the queen mother's birthday!" ”

The Queen Mother looked at him and said, "Your Majesty seems to like that little guy surnamed Tang very much. ”

Emperor Chen did not shy away from saying: "I entrusted him with the things, he rarely disappointed me, at the beginning, I was trained as a good minister, in the past two years, he walked six parts, made a lot of great things, but also proved that my vision is not wrong." ”

The Queen Mother looked at him and asked, "This Ezhou incident was also made by him, right?" ”

Emperor Chen nodded and said, "Something happened in Jiangnan, I asked him to take a look, I don't know if the officials in Ezhou have anything to do with this matter, and let him make such a big move......

He and the Queen Mother walked out of the Imperial Garden, and a eunuch was waiting outside the Imperial Garden, and whispered: "Your Majesty, the Ezhou prisoner sent by Lord Tang to escort has arrived in Beijing just now. ”

Emperor Chen asked, "Coming back?" ”

The little eunuch nodded and said, "The envoy sent back by Lord Tang is already waiting at the door of the imperial study. ”

After a while, Emperor Chen walked into the imperial study, looked at the person below, and asked, "Tell me about it, what happened in Ezhou?" ”

The captain of the sharp blade squad knelt down on one knee and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Lord Tang was ordered to take the Jiangnan exam, and when he arrived in Ezhou, he found that the local officials in Ezhou had embezzled the mining tax for many years, and there was collusion between officials and businessmen to cheat on the commercial tax......

As he spoke, Emperor Chen's face became more and more somber.

He knew that the Jiangnan officials were bold, but he didn't know that they were so bold that they actually brazenly murdered the Beijing officials who went to Jiangnan to investigate......

The captain of the blade squad continued to report: "Lord Tang took down several prisoners, including the Ezhou Assassin Shi, confiscated their family property, and ordered the Ezhou merchants to pay the arrears of tax silver, a total of 3,127,000 taels of silver, and the other rare jewels are not known to be worth much, and they have all been transported to Beijing and handed over to Your Majesty for disposal......

"Hmph, a small Ezhou can actually have three ......" Emperor Chen didn't finish speaking, his expression froze, and he looked at him suddenly, "How much do you say?" ”