Chapter 488: The Princes Have No Two Descendants
Early the next morning, when the hundred officials were lined up outside the Golden Palace before the court meeting, the officials around Wu Zhi deliberately kept a distance from Wu Zhi, no one spoke to Wu Zhi, and Wu Zhi's eyes were a little subtle...... There's disdain, there's disgust, and there's schadenfreude.
And Wu Zhi completely ignored this, just slightly brushed his eyes, standing quietly in his position, waiting for the court.
Although his eyes were half-closed, when Zhu Mian came in a sedan chair, Wu Zhi still felt his cold eyes.
Today's court meeting is destined to be not peaceful for Wu Zhi, but Wu Zhi is not worried, he is ready to deal with everything, and he Wu Zhi is not without alliances, first of all, Brother Murong will definitely help him speak, in fact, he went to see Wu Zhi last night to ask for advice.
Secondly, although Tong Guan is a eunuch, it is inconvenient to discuss the matter of the edict, but some officials under his influence will not be embarrassed by Wu Zhi.
In the end, Wu Zhi's biggest ally is actually the emperor, and the emperor nodded to the matter of sealing the third order, plus he has such an iron relationship with Wu Zhi, he will definitely help Wu Zhi speak.
As long as Wu Zhi doesn't say the wrong thing in the court, this matter can only be settled in the end.
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"Go to court!"
With the announcement of the eunuch of the Yellow Gate, the hundred officials lined up and slowly walked into the Golden Palace.
"Join Your Majesty!"
After the hundred officials entered the hall, Zhao Ji was already sitting on the dragon chair, and everyone paid homage as usual.
"Excuse me."
After Wu Zhi got up, he noticed that the eunuch standing next to the emperor today was not Li Yan, but also wearing the scarlet official uniform of the chief eunuch of the chief eunuch, holding a dust, a somewhat thin old eunuch, this heavenly eunuch was kind and kind-eyed, his eyes were slightly squinted, and he seemed to be very self-contained.
In today's palace, the eunuchs who can accompany the emperor to the court, except for Li Yan, only the so-called "hidden phase" Liang Shi of the Great Song Dynasty with more seniority and power has become!
Looking at the literati temperament of the great eunuch Liang, Wu Zhi really believes that this may really be the illegitimate son of the great writer Su Dongpo as he said.
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"Something to start, nothing to retreat."
Liang Shicheng's voice was not loud, but he was full of energy.
"Trouble is coming......
Sure enough, as soon as the thought in Wu Zhi's heart disappeared, a righteous and stern voice sounded in the Golden Palace.
"Your Majesty, the minister has a book!"
Out of the column was a minister in a crimson official uniform, who was very tall, holding up a chapter and saying: "The minister wants to participate in the Hanlin Painting Academy, he is not ethical, he violates the rules, and vainly seeks the position of the three orders!" ”
Wu Zhi has also been standing in the DPRK for so long, and he basically knows a lot about the ministers of the DPRK and China, and when he saw this person taking the lead in joining himself, he still had some surprises in his heart.
This person's name is Tang Geng, he is the emperor of the dynasty, that is, the boss of the imperial history platform, he is not famous in the court, but his grandfather makes everyone in the Great Song Dynasty thunderous, his grandfather is Tang Jie, who can be called the first official of the Great Song Dynasty, and Bao Zheng is an official in the same dynasty, and has the same glorious history as Bao Zheng.
Bao Zheng sprayed the emperor with a face of spitting, and Tang Jie grabbed the emperor who was sprayed by him and wanted to escape, and forcibly left the emperor on the dragon chair to accept his saliva.........
However, this descendant of Tang Jie, although he was influenced by the glorious tradition of his ancestors, his ability and courage to advise were far worse than those of his ancestors, and he only relied on "selective" impeachment to gradually become the leader of the officials.
In fact, this is not to blame Tang Geng, although his grandfather Tang Jie was a cow, but in the later period he was involved in the party struggle of the Great Song Dynasty, and he was resolutely opposed to Wang Anshi's old party faction, after Cai Jing came to power, the remnants of the old party of Yuanyou and his descendants were all kicked out of the imperial court, and later fortunately, thanks to a Taoist priest, these people could be reinstated.
But although Tang Geng cowered from power in the court, he himself was not in any faction, Wu Zhi thought that the first one to jump out must be an official of Zhu Mian's faction, but he didn't expect it to be Tang Geng.
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"The minister seconded the proposal! Wu Zhi does not abide by the etiquette and law, please Your Majesty order to retract the order! ”
After Tang Geng finished speaking, more than a dozen officials immediately came out to support him, including Tang Geng's subordinate Yushi, and several officials from Zhu Mian's faction, of course, Wu Zhi's two "good neighbors", Zhang Biao, the squire of the Ministry of Works, and Hu Zhi, the secretary of Dali Temple, were also among them.
More than a dozen ministers joined forces to join an official, and this meeting was huge, not to mention that Wu Zhi was only a minor official of the fifth grade.
Zhao Ji on the dragon chair pinched his temples leisurely, and smiled bitterly at Wu Zhi below.
"This matter is the will of my own people, but it is just a decree to canonize the three women, so you don't have to make a big fuss."
There is a sense of persuasion in Zhao Ji's words, but he just sealed the orders of a few women, and he didn't offend your interests, so why bother to investigate?
"Your Majesty's words are wrong!"
Tang Geng said loudly: "All dynasties and dynasties have etiquette laws, and those who seal the decree to the official's mother will be virtuous; But for those who are insiders, only their wives will be sealed! If Your Majesty wants to favor Dean Wu Zhi, I will never say anything if I only seal one person, but if I can seal three in a row, wouldn't it admit that Wu Zhi has three wives? ”
After speaking, Tang Geng did not continue, obviously, he unknowingly gave the emperor a trap.
Wu Zhi knew that Tang Geng was going to further impeach himself, if a speech official did not have this level, then he would not be able to be the middle of the imperial history.
At this time, if Wu Zhi is wise, he should immediately go out and take over the topic, so as not to be tricked by the emperor. However, Wu Zhi is far-reaching, it is better to find out this kind of thing as soon as possible, so as not to have trouble in the future, only by letting the emperor fall into the trap, he will have a chance to find out.
"Three wives are three wives, that's someone's family matter, why bother with it?" Zhao Ji said casually without thinking about it.
This is not bad at all, ordinary people will say this, how many wives does the Wuzhi family have to take care of your?
But it would be wrong to say such things in this court.
Tang Geng and some people showed a hint of pride on their faces, Tang Geng immediately answered, and said coldly: "Sage Yun: The princes have no two sons. Could it be that Wu Zhi wants to be above the Son of Heaven? ”
In the words of the heart, even the emperor can only have one wife (queen), how can Wu Zhi dare to surpass the emperor?
If this kind of words were heard by ruthless emperors such as Zhu Yuanzhang, they would immediately take Wu Zhi's life, but although the current emperor is mediocre, he is not cruel, he has the traditional virtues of the Zhao family, that is, kindness, so when he heard this, he was just surprised.
"What Lord Tang said is very true, the decree can only seal the wife, and the three in a row is to admit that Wu Zhi has three wives. This is not only not in accordance with the etiquette law, but also transgression, and it is a deception to the king. ”
A waiter in the Ministry of Rites said leisurely, this is Zhu Mian's person. He quietly buttoned a big hat for Wu Zhi.
"This ........."
Zhao Ji on the dragon chair was embarrassed.
Below, Wu Zhi took a deep breath, Zhao Ji's father-in-law resisted himself for a while, and it was time for him to come forward.
"Wu Zhi, what do you have to say?"
Wu Zhi was about to go out when an old voice sounded, it was Cai Jing, the head of the hundred officials, calling him.
This kind of thing, Cai Jing and other high-ranking officials are not good to meddle at the beginning, and they can only wait for the final result to come out in the end, and then they will make the final decision.
The decision to impeach this kind of thing is in the hands of Cai Jing, and traitors like Cai Jing have always only looked at the emperor's face.
"The minister has nothing to say!"
As soon as Wu Zhi came out of the ranks, he said something that everyone did not expect.
Especially Zhu Mian, he was directly stunned, originally he just sent a few forward officials to take the lead, once Wu Zhi came out to explain, it was the beginning of their official attack on Wu Zhi, his officials are experienced in fighting in the court, no matter how Wu Zhi explains, they will always find loopholes to attack Wu Zhi.
Zhu Mian naturally knew that the emperor might favor Wu Zhi, but if Wu Zhi himself lost too badly in the court debate, not only would the emperor not help him, but he would even have a disgust for him.
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