Chapter 50: The Court of Eloquence
By the time Gao Ming came back from Concubine Yang, it was almost dark.
At this time, Gao Ming also felt a little tired, thinking that tomorrow's morning dynasty would definitely not be peaceful, he no longer tossed, took a bath under the service of the palace maid, and hugged Su Wan'er to rest.
As Gao Ming thought, the next morning, when the court was in the morning, the officials really came out to impeach Li Su, and the charges were listed in seven or eight articles, some said that he despised the court, and some said that he deceived the king.
In fact, Li Su, the unlucky child, has been demoted several times, and now there is only an official position of Yuzhou Assassin on his name, which is already an official position under the fourth grade, and it can be said that he is the worst mixed among the princes.
In essence, Li Su's official position is actually just a face, and it has no substantive effect, and he relies on his status as a prince the most, but if he is really demoted, he can only be a subordinate official like Shaoyin or Don't drive.
A prince is so incompetent that he can only be a subordinate official of other officials, if such a thing happens, where can Li Shimin's old face go?
At that time, Li Su will not only lose his own face, but even Li Shimin's face will be completely lost.
But at this time, Li Shimin had no choice, and the impeachment of the officials in the past was basically hearsay, and Li Shimin could still use the excuse of "waiting for the investigation to be dealt with later" to push it away.
But this time it didn't work, Li Su was pulling a poop at the gate of the palace hall, but he was watched by dozens of pairs of eyes, and he couldn't push it off if he wanted to.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin's face was very ugly.
"This evil animal, seeing that I beat him yesterday, he really beat him lightly!"
In fact, not only Li Shimin, Gao Ming's face is not very good-looking.
In Gao Ming's view, Li Su can't be blamed only for this incident, he is also responsible, and at this time, Gao Ming has already regarded Li Su as his real brother, so it is naturally impossible to let these officials impeach him.
Thinking of this, Gao Ming walked out directly, and then bowed to Li Shimin.
"Father, the son-in-law feels that this matter is a bit strange, and it is too hasty to punish the sixth brother now."
Li Shimin was originally in trouble, but when he suddenly heard Gao Ming's words, he suddenly came to his senses and nodded at him.
"Then according to the prince's wishes, what should be done at this time?"
Regarding Li Shimin's question, Gao Ming had already thought about it just now, so at this time, he bowed deeply to Li Shimin again without hurrying.
"Father, although the sixth brother is usually inferior, he is not crazy enough to despise the court and bully the king, so I think he must have fallen into evil."
With that, Gao Ming turned around again and arched his hand towards the ministers around him.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please imagine, how can a normal person, a good person, be courteous in public? What's more, in such a majestic and sacred place as the palace hall, to put it disrespectfully, if you change your lordship, even if your father allows you to pull it here, can you pull it out? ”
As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, the surrounding ministers suddenly fell silent, and even the few officials who were still clamoring to deal with Li Su just now were dumbfounded, and the entire court suddenly fell silent.
Seeing this scene, Gao Ming immediately grinned, and even the corners of Li Shimin's mouth hooked up an arc.
"This kid is ruthless enough!"
Of course, the ministers would not believe Li Xuan's evil statement, but under the clever sophistry, no one could say the word "no".
In such a situation, Li Shimin certainly didn't mind cooperating with him.
"Ahem...... I think what the prince said is reasonable, dear Aiqing, now I allow you to come out of this palace...... Out of Gong, if anyone can pull it out in front of everyone, not only will I not blame him, but I can also let him be promoted to the next level, and a reward of one hundred taels, cough cough ......"
When he said this, Li Shimin obviously held back a smile, but later he couldn't hold it back, so he covered it up with laughter.
However, at this time, no minister cared about whether Li Shimin was laughing or not, and they were all shocked by Li Shimin's words just now.
The emperor actually allowed everyone to poop in the main hall? Or in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, in such a situation, who would pull it out?
And even if you can pull it out, you can't pull it, if anyone does this, his reputation will be more stinky than the poop he pulls out, let alone being an official at that time, even raising his head to be a man will be a problem, not to mention that this kind of thing is an official promotion, even if an official is promoted to the tenth level, he can't do it!
Seeing that the ministers around him were silent, Gao Ming was already smiling in his heart, but what appeared on his face was bitter.
"Ladies and gentlemen, now that your father and the emperor give officials and money, you don't do it, it can be seen that you are all very normal, but you look back and think about it, when my sixth brother did this, not only did he not do anything good, but he was beaten by his father, do you think this is normal?"
Speaking of this, Gao Ming arched his hand towards the surrounding ministers again.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it is not the crown prince who is standing in front of you now, but an elder brother who is worried about his younger brother, and now I beg you as an elder brother to please stop hurting him, he is already miserable enough."
Gao Ming shook his head as he spoke, his face was even more sad, and he wiped the tears that were finally squeezed out of the corners of his eyes as he spoke, which can be said to be a brother who feels sorry for his brother to the fullest.
"Sixth Brother...... The sixth brother is still lying in bed and wailing all night, and his mother is washing her face with tears every day, and the punishment he has received is enough. ”
Gao Ming's last sentence was not said by him, but from the mouth of Confucius, which means that there will be unkind people among gentlemen, but there are no benevolent people among villains, which can also be simply interpreted as a gentleman is benevolent, and those who are not merciful are villains.
Obviously, these ministers in the DPRK and China were unwilling to be villains, and in order to show that they were a benevolent gentleman, they began to ask Li Shimin one after another.
"Your Majesty, what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is reasonable, Weichen implores His Majesty to send someone to exorcise evil spirits and cure King Liang!"
"Weichen seconded!"
"Weichen seconded!"
In the blink of an eye, the ministers who seconded the proposal had exceeded double digits, and even the previous officials said that they should ask a Taoist priest to exorcise evil spirits for Li Su and let the imperial doctor treat Li Su's illness.
Seeing this scene, Li Shimin also agreed "very reluctantly", and then retreated in a cry of "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live".
Li Su is fine, this matter is simply a miracle in the eyes of many people, including Li Su's brother Li Ke.
As soon as he got off the court, Li Ke chased him out, and then bowed deeply to Gao Ming.
"Big brother, thank you for excusing your brother, Ke, I am very grateful!"
Seeing Li Ke's grateful look, Gao Ming immediately laughed.
"Third brother, you are too polite, you call me eldest brother, isn't your younger brother my younger brother? Have you memorized the trick I used in the court just now? ”
Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Ke was stunned for a moment.
"Huh?"
Looking at his appearance, Gao Ming suddenly shook his head helplessly.
"It seems that you haven't paid attention, then I'll say it again, today I used three techniques in the court, the first is to use sophistry to make the courtiers have nothing to say, the second is to move with emotion and understand reason, and the third is to quote scriptures and use the words of the saint to make them have to obey!"
Looking at the stunned Li Ke, Gao Ming patted him on the shoulder again.
"Third child, don't be too pedantic, you have to remember that a gentleman can be bullied, you think about it after you go back, I hope that next time you don't need me to make a move, you can solve the problem, if you want to help me, you have to grow up quickly, don't let me down!"
After speaking, Gao Ming boarded the chariot and returned to the East Palace.
Looking at Gao Ming, who was slowly moving away, Li Ke suddenly clenched his fists, and his face was full of reverence.
"Big brother, don't worry, I won't let you down!"