Outside the gates of the Royal Palace.

"Brother Han, what you said just now really scared me to death."

Zheng Shanxing still has palpitations.

Han Yi smiled: "Your Majesty deceived first, and I have no choice, if I don't say so, then we can only cry and beg to say that way, this is not my style." ”

Wang Xuan said: "You are not small! ”

Han Yi said: "This is just a trivial matter, Your Majesty will not be angry." ”

Zheng Shanxing worried: "What I'm most worried about now is Brother Lu's safety, can your agitation method really work?" ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "Lu Gongzi is a reasonable person, so you must use reason to persuade him, if you don't stand on the level of reason, it will be difficult for you to convince him, his judgments are originally lacking in practicality, so as long as you use this to ridicule him, he will definitely fall for it, you can rest assured." Saying that, he sighed lightly and said: "Fortunately, Lu Gongzi is still a little sensible and chooses to meet His Majesty alone, if he chooses to disclose these evidences first, then no one will be able to protect him." ”

Zheng Shanxing sighed: "He has such a strong temper, and no one can change what he recognizes, in fact, he has only had a seizure today, which is already very rare." ”

"Brother Lu is out."

Wang Xuandao suddenly looked at the door.

"Brother Lu!"

The three of them hurried over.

Lu Shigua arched his hand and said apologetically: "I worried you, I'm really sorry to go." ”

Zheng Shanxing said: "If you still say this, it's best if you're fine." ”

Lu Shigua smiled, there was no need to say too much between them, and said to Han Yi: "Brother Han, thank you for saving my life." ”

Zheng Shanxing was surprised: "Could it be that Your Majesty told you?" ”

Lu Shigua said: "At first, I didn't know until His Majesty said to let me go to the Civil Security Bureau. I guessed that all this must be the way that Brother Han came up with. ”

Han Yi said, "Then do you accept this challenge?" ”

Lu Shigua nodded and said, "Of course, otherwise I wouldn't have come out so soon, I must return everyone's innocence." ”

Han Yi smiled: "Maybe I can help you a little." ”

Lu Shigua looked at Han Yi in surprise.

"We'll talk about that later."

Han Yidao.

Wang Xuandao said suddenly: "The verdict will be made tomorrow, but I think that the success of this battle does not lie in demoting Zhang Ming from Chang'an, but in the dispute over Yushitai." Your Majesty will definitely do his best to hold the Imperial Historical Observatory tightly in his hands. ”

Zheng Shanxing said: "So Your Majesty will definitely arrange for your own people to go up." ”

Saying that, they all looked at Han Yi.

Han Yi said: "I don't deny that I do have intentions for this position, which is also the purpose of my planning plan." ”

Lu Shigua sighed: "Brother Han, it's not that I'm disappointed, it's just that in my opinion, this seat is not so easy to sit in, you have to be prepared!" ”

Han Yi frowned slightly.

Wang Xuandao said with a smile: "Does Little Brother Han think that His Majesty will definitely do his best to push you to sit up, and without the opposition of Uncle Guo, this matter must be nine out of ten?" ”

Han Yi nodded. He planned all this, of course, not to drive Zhang Ming out, which had little to do with him, but to provide himself with an opportunity to ascend to the top, which seemed to him to be an excellent opportunity, on the one hand, there was a lack of talent around Li Zhi now, and on the other hand, it was inconvenient for the eldest grandson Wuji to get in the way.

Wang Xuan said: "But in our opinion, there is only a fifty percent chance at most. It's not as simple as you think. The relationships are intricate. ”

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The compromise of the eldest grandson Wuji and others also heralded the end of the case.

On the morning of the second day, it was upward. The ministers immediately used the excuse of spring ploughing, feeling that the case had been delayed for too long and disturbed the lives of the people, and asked Li Zhi to make an early judgment.

Li Zhi was very happy when he saw the embarrassed expressions of the ministers, and he gave you a face in front of him. You don't want it, and now he comes to beg me with a shy face, but he also accepts it when he sees it, and he doesn't make it difficult for them, and first criticizes the murderer who assassinated Jiang Xian. At the same time, he made it clear that he must catch this assassin and must not bring shame to the royal family, and then the verdict on the case was pronounced, and the perpetrators were sentenced one by one.

Among them, Jiang Xian was deprived of all honors, and Jiang Bo was demoted to a commoner. Of course, if Jiang Xian does not die, Li Zhi will definitely not be sentenced like this, he is now officially employed, but death must be said separately, in addition, Zhang Ming's family has also been demoted to the common people, sentenced to three years in prison, assigned to Guizhou, never allowed to return to Chang'an, Guizhou is the later generation of Guilin, in the Tang Dynasty is a very remote area.

At the same time, Li Zhi took the opportunity to release all Zhang Ming's henchmen to other places, and there were more than ten officials, large and small, in addition, some other officials of the Zhang family were also transferred, which seemed to be flat, but in fact it was also degraded, which was the most famous crime of joint sitting in ancient times.

But at this point, Li Zhi still has a very good grasp of this degree, he only attacked Zhang Ming's forces, and did not move the forces of Changsun Wuji, there is still room for improvement.

But then again, Zhang Ming's forces are actually the forces of the eldest grandson Wuji, and striking Zhang Ming is equivalent to hitting the eldest grandson Wuji, but the blow is very small, and it does not shake the foundation of the eldest grandson Wuji.

And the ministers also know that the eldest grandson Wuji failed this time, only because he took care of the overall situation, and chose to compromise, in addition, many ministers speculated that this may be Li Zhi's hands and feet behind his back, this is not a confrontation of strength, but playing yin, the luck component is the majority, for the power of the eldest grandson Wuji, no one dares to question it.

The eldest grandson Wuji was also prepared in his heart, because he knew that it was inevitable, he tried his best to protect Zhang Ming in front of him, not just to protect Zhang Ming personally, but to protect Zhang Ming's forces, but now that he has failed, Zhang Ming's forces will definitely suffer.

But no matter what, after the defeat in the first round last year, Li Zhi finally pulled back a city, he was very happy, he was ready to make persistent efforts to consolidate the results of his victory, after the verdict was announced, he said with a regretful face: "This case involves the four Yushitai, and the murderer is the Yushida, it is really shocking, this is also the first time since the founding of the country, Yushitai has suffered such a big blow." ”

Speaking of which. He paused, and then continued: "The Imperial Historical Observatory shoulders the supervision affairs of the Zuosu Political Observatory and the Beijing officials, the army, as well as the important positions of foreign government affairs, which is indispensable for a day, but the selection of the Imperial Lady must be carefully considered, so I suggest that the new Imperial History Zhongcheng be elected first. Then slowly select the imperial doctor, I don't know if you have a good candidate? ”

The ministers were silent.

The eldest grandson Wuji's faction naturally had no face to recommend it anymore, and the centrist also understood that Li Zhi was bound to win Yushitai, and if he didn't get Li Zhi's approval, he would definitely not agree, and it would only be humiliating for himself to say it.

Li Zhi was very satisfied with this effect, and said: "Since you Aiqing has no good candidates, I am a very good candidate in my heart. ”

As he spoke, he looked at a person. said: "This person is Han Yi." The case can be solved so quickly, all thanks to Han Yi's efforts day and night, he can be said to be a great meritorious, and in the process of trying the case, he adopted a new set of interrogation methods, after I saw it, I felt that it was very feasible, and I also discussed it with Dali Siqing. It is considered that this set of methods is simpler and more standardized, and can also shorten the process of adjudicating cases. It is possible to interrogate multiple prisoners at the same time, and I intend to apply this method to future trials.

It can be seen that Han Yi has an extraordinary talent in this regard, and he is also a supervisor of the imperial history, and I hope that I can promote him to the middle of the imperial history. ”

He has not been rewarded for meritorious deeds in the past. It is to give Han Yi great affirmation in the competition for the position of Zhongcheng in the imperial history.

Many ministers reacted at this time, it turned out that Li Zhi was planning to promote Han Yi to be the middle of the imperial history, and secretly said in his heart that this move was also cunning. Li Zhi also knew that promoting Han Yi as the imperial historian was definitely unrealistic, and Han Yi couldn't afford the word Guangdafu, his qualifications were too shallow, so he learned from the eldest grandson Wuji, and first promoted Han Yi to the imperial history Zhongcheng, holding the power in his hands, because he could not choose the imperial historian, as long as there was no imperial historian, then the imperial historian Zhongcheng would be the leader of the imperial history platform.

"Your Majesty, this must not be done."

As soon as Li Zhi's voice fell, one person stood up, this person was Wei Xiu, that is, Wei Fang's second uncle, who is now working in Hongwen Pavilion. He said: "Han Yi has just arrived at the time of the weak crown, how can he be the middle of this imperial history." ”

The exit was ruthless, he was so humiliated by Han Yi in the training camp that day, he still holds a grudge.

Another person stood up and said: "Master Wei is reasonable, since ancient times, all the imperial history has been held by highly respected people, Han Yi is too young, and he was born poor, how can he serve as the middle of the imperial history." ”

Li Zhi said: "This happened so suddenly, there is a lack of talent in Yushitai, of course, it is a matter of urgency, although Han Yi is young, but he has excellent ability, I think he can be promoted exceptionally." ”

Xiao Jun, the counselor, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Han Yi is still serving as a royal envoy in the Civil Security Bureau, and now he is serving as the Imperial Historian, which is extremely inappropriate. ”

Li Zhidao: "When I appointed Han Yi as the royal envoy, the main reason was to let him help establish the Civil Security Bureau, because he proposed it, and the Civil Security Bureau was still in charge of Chief Inspector Cheng Chuliang, and the two did not conflict. ”

Although the royal envoy has a certain amount of real power, but there is no qualification to speak in the court, Li Zhi needs the support of the court, compared with the two, but take the imperial history of the Cheng, abandon the royal envoy.

Cui Yizhong suddenly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, whether Han Yi's ability is outstanding, the minister doesn't dare to comment, but if he can't convince the public, even if he has excellent ability, he will definitely be suitable, otherwise, he will win the disaster one day." ”

Li Zhi was slightly displeased when he heard this, and said: "I asked you earlier, but you didn't speak, and now I propose a candidate, and you oppose it, what are your intentions?" ”

Wei Xiu said: "The reason why Weichen didn't open his mouth is that he really doesn't know who to recommend, but if His Majesty thinks that Han Yi can, then Weichen thinks that everyone in the court is more suitable than Han Yi." ”

There are many ministers who stand up and resolutely oppose Han Yi as the middle of the imperial history, and the exits are ruthless, and even take out Han Yi's background to talk about things, a small Tian Sheer, I can't obey him, why should I be the middle of the imperial history.

You must know that this is still when the eldest grandson Wuji and his faction are silent.

Han Yi was promoted to a sixth-grade official within a year, which is already the limit of these ministers' bearing, this time Li Zhi also wanted to directly promote Han Yi to the middle of the imperial history, the fourth-grade official rank, that is the domain of the aristocracy, you must know that the eldest grandson Wuji's concubine is the fifth grade, which has never been seen in the Tang Dynasty, although Ma Zhou was promoted to the third grade, but it also took him more than ten or twenty years to reach this height, but this is already a miracle of the Shu clan.

Therefore, it is impossible for them to agree, in addition, they are really afraid in their hearts, Han Yiguan is only so young, he has repeatedly made them lose face, life is better than death, this is going to be the middle of the imperial history, then it is okay, do you still want to live.

And Han Yi himself stood at the back, silent, he really didn't have a part in this matter, he could only look at Li Zhi.

Li Zhi looked at these ministers coldly, this Yushi Zhongcheng, he is bound to win, it is impossible to let this position go aside, because Yushi Zhongcheng is a sharp sword, if this sword is in his hands, it will greatly improve the status quo, and now it is the best opportunity, because Zhang Ming's case has just been decided, and it is not easy for Changsun Wuji to arrange people to go up, and if it drags on, then it is foreseeable that this position will still fall into the hands of Changsun Wuji.

I'm really anxious! Li Zhi snorted and said: "I remember that the first time I wanted to promote Han Yi to supervise the imperial history, you were all opposed, and the second time Han Yi was promoted to the royal envoy, you also spoke out against it, but it turns out that my choice is not wrong, Han Yi has made great contributions since he joined the office, and he has put forward suggestions that are beneficial to the country, and this time it is the same, I must promote Han Yi to the imperial history." ”

Wei Xiu suddenly knelt down, put his hand on the ground, and said, "If Your Majesty insists on this, then the minister has no choice but to die." ”

"You ——!"

Li Zhi didn't expect Wei Xiu to do this.

When he knelt down, many ministers fell to the ground one after another, all of them wanted to die on the surface, in short, they resolutely opposed Han Yi as the emperor in the history.

Han Yi was also frightened, he never thought that these ministers would use their lives to block their promotion. Obviously, he underestimated the degree to which he was hated by the ministers from the beginning, but this kind of thing has always been what the people above say, and he really doesn't even have the capital to speak, so he can only watch from the sidelines.

Chu Suiliang, Liu Zheng and others all glanced at each other, and couldn't help laughing in their hearts.

They didn't say a word, and they didn't instigate others to speak up to obstruct them, this can't be blamed on them, if you want to blame Li Zhi, you can only blame Li Zhi for choosing who is not good, but Han Yi is chosen, if Zheng Shanxing and others are chosen, it is estimated that there will not be so many people who oppose it, after all, Zheng Shanxing They are from top nobles, and Han Yi is just a small farmer from Yangzhou.

But Zheng Shanxing's character traits are too obvious, and their principles are too strong, and many things can't help Li Zhi, and in Li Zhi's heart, only Han Yi is the most suitable.

Li Zhi didn't expect that there would be so many ministers to oppose it, and it was impossible for him to kill the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty for Han Yi, but the words came out again, and he said it so firmly, he had no face to take it back, it was difficult to ride a tiger, and he slapped the table and left angrily. (To be continued.) )