When the fiery red morning sun slowly rose from the horizon, the bells and drums in the Forbidden City also rang out, and the palace gates that had been closed overnight opened one after another, and the officials who had been waiting outside the palace gate for a while immediately lined up according to the size of their ranks, and solemnly walked into this imperial city full of solemnity. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Today is the day of the small court meeting, and the participants are all high-ranking officials who hold important positions in various ministries and institutes above the fourth grade in Beijing, all of them are dressed in scarlet official robes, with a protruding chest and belly, and their aura is extraordinary.

Before entering the magnificent hall of the Taihe Palace, which was full of carved railings, several officials couldn't help but look back at each other, and then nodded their heads again. After the exchange, everyone stepped into the hall with determination, and stood under the Danqi, just waiting for the Son of Heaven to come.

After the ministers arrived, with a crisp and long low shout, Wanli, the son of heaven in a dragon robe, walked slowly in front of the officials with a calm and powerful pace. After he stood still, the ministers knelt down neatly and shouted three long live.

Looking at the respectful appearance of the ministers, the little emperor still felt a little comfortable in his heart, although over the years of succession, he still had some complaints about having to get up early every day to participate in the early dynasty, but every time he looked at the scene of so many officials prostrate under his feet, he still had a sense of power, and I had a sense of pleasure.

It's a pity that when Wanli's gaze fell to him and saw the tall figure kneeling in front, the pleasure in his heart dissipated - he knew very well that he was only the nominal master of the world and the court, and the fact that he was in control of everything was still Zhang Juzheng in front of him.

After turning around Zhang Juzheng's body with his eyes in a somewhat complicated mood, Wanli said in a calm voice: "Zhuqing is flat!" After the ministers got up, he sat down behind the imperial case, and waited expressionlessly for the ministers to perform.

In fact, the early dynasty system has been passed down to the present day, and it is more of a procedure than a necessary way of governance. Generally speaking, if there is anything that the officials in Beijing need to play the Son of Heaven, they will go up or go directly to the palace to speak, and there is no need to deliberately pick such a time to gather the ministers together for such a conference.

In fact, it is very unscientific to gather hundreds or thousands of officials together to discuss state affairs, and it is impossible to come up with any ideas on the spot when there are many people talking and there are many contradictions. Generally, the performance in the early dynasty is more just a formality, and it is a major policy that has been decided before.

The situation of today's court meeting seems to be no different, as the six ministries and several cabinet officials continue to come out to perform things, a series of policies and strategies related to the entire Ming Dynasty have been given by these monarchs and ministers - where there is a disaster and tax reduction, which river is in trouble, and the court needs to allocate some silver to govern, and officials will also be sent to check...... and other national events followed the suggestions of the ministers, and the emperor also approved them one by one.

Everything looked fine, but whether it was the emperor or some officials, their expressions at the moment were a little different from usual, as if everyone was waiting for something to happen.

After dealing with all the things he already knew, Wanli's eyes subconsciously glanced at the long corridor outside the palace gate, and his brows wrinkled slightly unconsciously, as if he was waiting for something to come. But he asked, "Do you have anything else to play?" As he spoke, his eyes retracted, as if he had some anticipation in front of everyone.

Normally, at this time, the ministers would remain silent, and then with the eunuch next to the emperor to retreat, the officials would be able to withdraw from the palace, and then go back to the yamen to be busy with the affairs of the day. But today, an official came out in response and bowed to Wanli: "The left deputy of the Imperial Court has a performance. ”

Wanli was still worried that no one would speak, and he didn't know how to extend this court meeting, but when he heard that someone really stood up, he was overjoyed, leaned over and said, "Liang Qing has something to do, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Liang Laixing's gaze turned on the bodies of several colleagues beside him, and then he straightened his chest and said in a neutral voice: "The minister wants to impeach Jinyiwei to appease Yang Zhen, he persecuted the local gentry in Jiangnan many times, causing some of them to be ruined. That's not all, after that, he even wanted to be unfavorable to the former head assistant Xu Jie, who had made great contributions to the imperial court, and made up lies several times to harm the Xu family, which was really chilling. I also hope that Your Majesty will take the plan of the country and the country, for the safety of my Ming officials, and severely punish this stubborn criminal! As he spoke, he turned his hand over and took out a piece of music from his sleeve.

Wanli saw that he actually impeached Yang Zhen in front of his ministers, and he was stunned. Although many officials have handed over bullet seals to impeach Yang Zhen before, it is limited to this, and no one has mentioned this matter in front of the emperor, let alone suddenly come to this hand at the early court meeting. Because the ministers also knew very well that Yang Zhen had won the trust of the emperor, this kind of deliberate embarrassment of the emperor would only bring trouble to himself and make the emperor resentful of him, so why bother?

But today, things are clearly quite unexpected. After Liang Laixing said what he meant, five or six officials came out one after another, and said in unison: "The minister also wants to participate in the impeachment of Jinyi Wei to suppress Yang Zhen's various illegal things in Jiangnan, and I hope that Your Majesty will order to take down this fang to correct the law of the country and calm the people's hearts!" ”

After saying this, several people looked at each other again, and knelt on the ground at the same time, their hands were raised high, and the impeachment of Yang Zhen was lit up.

Other officials who did not know the inside story of this were throbbing in their hearts, and this kind of impeachment of someone directly at the court meeting was extremely serious, and it was almost considered shirtless. Once the emperor does not allow them to be invited, these officials will inevitably lose face in the officialdom, and the next step is likely to be to resign and return to the government, which is slightly lighter than impeaching political opponents with death.

At the same time, many people's eyes also fell on Zhang Juzheng. Everyone recognized that these officials have always been Zhang Juzheng's right-hand men in implementing the new policy, and it is precisely because they are staring at the sidelines that new laws such as the examination law can be meticulously implemented, so in the minds of everyone, they are completely Zhang Juzheng's people.

However, everyone couldn't see the slightest emotional fluctuation on Zhang Juzheng's square face like a knife and axe, he just stood there indifferently, neither looking at the emperor nor those officials, as if everything that happened here had nothing to do with him Zhang Taiyue.

But even so, in everyone's mind, this matter must have come from Zhang Ge Lao's instructions, after all, Yang Zhen threatened his mentor Xu Jie, and it was natural for him to help the teacher as a disciple. As a result, many officials who were just watching the excitement began to make calculations in their hearts.

There are those who want to have a good relationship with Zhang Ge Lao but can't find a chance to tie up, so they think about whether they can also come forward to support at this time, so that they may be able to leave a good impression in Zhang Ge Lao's heart; There are also those who are his protégés, and they don't consciously consider Zhang Gelao's intention to not let him come forward, is it to protect himself, or is it distrust of himself, should he take the initiative to show loyalty?

As for those officials who didn't deal with Zhang Juzheng much, they made calculations in their hearts, thinking about whether they had the opportunity to make a fuss about this matter and let Zhang Juzheng lose his face.

Among the many officials present, Zhong Yu's heart was full of worry: "This time I actually provoked Zhang Taiyue to come out to face you, but Yang Zhen, what should you do?" ”

But as for who was the most affected among the people present, there are still tens of thousands of li. When Liang Laixing came out, he was only shocked, but after seeing that there were people supporting him one after another, and this was obviously a series of actions that had already been planned, especially when he saw that everyone's eyes were looking at Zhang Juzheng, he was sure that the impeachment of Yang Zhen at this court meeting was completely at the behest of Zhang Juzheng. In this way, what he will face is not just a few officials, but Zhang Juzheng, how can he deal with this now?

Everyone thought wrong, in fact, it was Zhang Juzheng himself, who was also kept in the dark and completely unaware of such a thing. He didn't know that there would be such a show in the court today, and he didn't know that it would be Liang Laixing and a few people who were close to him.

Regarding the affairs of Yang Zhen and the Xu family, Zhang Juzheng has always had a cold sideline mentality. He naturally has no good impression of Yang Zhen, but he is also average towards the Xu family. Although Xu Jie is his teacher and has too much kindness to him, how can he, as the first assistant of the imperial court, only talk about personal affairs?

He has also heard of the Xu family's various evil deeds in the local area, and he is also quite dissatisfied with it. It was only because of Xu Jie's existence that he didn't ask people to do business. Originally, Zhang Ju was planning to find another opportunity to knock on the Xu family after Xu Jie's death, but now that Yang Zhen has come out, he is happy to see it.

didn't expect that the Xu family still had a lot of power in the court, and now they even dug a pit for themselves, which caught Zhang Juzheng off guard. However, Zhang Ge Lao's Qi cultivation kung fu has already reached the peak, even if he encounters such a thing suddenly, he is still extremely calm, and people can't see the slightest thought.

In this way, it made Wanli very embarrassed, and he didn't know what choice he should make. Is it to follow Zhang Juzheng's meaning, or is it for Yang Zhen to be embarrassed with him?

Just when more than 100 people in the hall had their own thoughts, but no one spoke, an inner attendant outside the hall broke the silence: "Your Majesty, Jinyi Wei Zhen Fu Yang Zhen is asking to see outside." He said he was here to give the decree......"