Palace! Taihe Palace!

Zhu Youxiao sat on the dragon chair, his hands trembling slightly, tightly grasping the armrests on both sides of the dragon chair, his eyes staring at the ministers below, arguing into a pot of porridge. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

From the beginning of the court meeting in Yinshi, until now, it is those few sentences that have been repeated over and over again, which are nothing more than the questions of whether Hou Guoxing is guilty or not, and whether the scholars misbehaved.

After seeing that the wind direction was obviously unfavorable to Hou Guoxing, Zhu Youxiao on the dragon chair waved his hand, stopped the uproar in the court, and said softly:

Now that tens of thousands of people have gathered outside the city, all the ministers are still talking about solving the matter in front of them first.

As soon as the words fell, in the ranks of civil officials, Yang Lian strode forward and said loudly:

"The minister still has a notebook!"

Yang Lian! Self-red pills. After the two cases of moving the palace, the reputation resounded in Shilin. Zhu Youxiao promoted him from a seventh-grade official to the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. is now the most dazzling star in the Ming officialdom, and it is no surprise that it will be a matter of time before he enters the cabinet in the future.

In Yang Lian's heart, Hou Guoxing bewitched the lord and guided the emperor to be lustful, and the guest was even more suspicious of causing trouble to the palace. Yesterday, he openly threatened the scholar in front of himself. Today, hundreds of thousands of people were provoked to make trouble outside the palace. If you don't get rid of such treacherous villains as soon as possible, they will become great troubles in the future.

At this time, Yang Lian had already made up his mind that even if Wang Wenyan's plan failed, he would first eradicate Hou Guoxing, a traitorous minister.

When he walked to the front of the hall, he knelt on the ground and said loudly: "

"Your Majesty! Hou Guoxing brought disaster to the country and the people, did many evils, hijacked scholars in public, and now incited hundreds of thousands of people in Beijing to make trouble, and asked the emperor to show his head to the public, so as to calm the hearts ......of the people in the world."

Looking at Yang Lian, who gritted his teeth and spoke sternly, Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the dragon chair, almost fell off the dragon chair in fright.

The more Yang Lian at the bottom spoke, the more angry he became, the more excited he became, thinking of the innocent and suffering scholars, and the honest and docile people on weekdays, who actually let Hou Guoxing, a traitorous minister, provoke bad words, and now he has formed a huge contradiction with the scholars.

I am deeply touched by the ancient heart. When the country was in danger, he kept dancing his hands and feet, quoting scriptures, and in the end, he actually shed tears.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and with Yang Lian, a loyal minister through the ages, the tears of serving the country and the people flowed out, and the officials behind him, who had been patient for a long time, began to get excited again.

Regardless of etiquette, they went out one after another, competing with Zhu Youxiao to impeach Hou Guoxing's various evil deeds. What's more, chanting a treacherous villain like Hou Guoxing, not killing is not enough to reassure people's hearts, and not destroying the clan is not enough to make people angry! ”

With the bloody accusations of Hou Guoxing by the officials, the court began to be chaotic, with the sound of playing, scolding, and crying one after another, and the degree of chaos was comparable to the market outside the north gate of the palace.

Zhu Youxiao first ascended to the throne, and when he saw this formation, he was frightened for a while. The officials of His Highness spoke like cannons, and there were cries and curses next to them, so that they couldn't hear what they were saying at all. Poor Zhu Youxiao, who originally wanted to excuse Hou Guoxing, suddenly forgot everything.

After a long time, the hustle and bustle in the court suddenly calmed down again, and the officials below all looked at Zhu Youxiao with an extremely terrifying look. It turns out that the impeacher has finished speaking, waiting for his ruling, and the basic opinion is one:

"Traitors through the ages, show the public!"

Zhu Youxiao endured the fear in his heart, thinking that if Kebaba turned to himself, he must hold it at the critical moment, otherwise the eldest brother will definitely die, got up and said slowly:

"The secretaries are the pillars of the country, and now there are tens of thousands of people outside the door who are complaining about it, which is more important, do you still have to say more? As for Hou Guoxing's matter, it will be discussed after the matter is concluded. ”

Discuss again? When will we discuss again? What about renegotiation? Discuss again and then again?

Your Majesty, who are you fooling?!

These long-seasoned officials will never be sent away by this sentence, they know that if they miss this opportunity now, it will be difficult to deal with Hou Guoxing, a traitorous minister.

For the sake of Daming, for justice, I can only fight! Death is going to die today, death here!

The officials ignored the crisis in front of them, ignored Zhu Youxiao's imperial decree, and still complained about the traitorous minister Hou Guoxing in front of the palace, the boundless crime.

Several cabinet ministers also seemed to be puppets, and none of them spoke. Quietly watched Yang Lian and a group of officials scolding and crying non-stop.

Looking at the group of weeping blood accusations below, the righteous and awe-inspiring loyal ministers. Zhu Youxiao suddenly remembered what his father said to him before he died.

He began to realize that even if he was the emperor, he might not be able to keep his eldest brother.

Zhu Youxiao's face turned pale, and his whole body trembled slightly. Wang An next to him also kept wiping cold sweat, this kind of trick of openly provoking the imperial power is what this group of speech officials is best at, maybe now these speech officials, I hope that Zhu Youxiao will give them an order to give them twenty sticks to fulfill their loyal reputation.

Looking at the hesitant Zhu Youxiao, the voice below sounded again:

"Your Majesty, Hou Guoxing harbored evil intentions, hijacked scholars in public, and now incited hundreds of thousands of people in Beijing to make trouble, and asked the emperor to show his head to the public, so as to calm the hearts of the people in the world."

Yang Lian, who was full of white hair, knelt in front of the hall, lying on the ground with his hands, kept kowtowing, and told with tears in his eyes. The red and swollen forehead had begun to leave blood, and it still didn't stop.

"The emperor also asks to make a quick decision, if you don't deal with Hou Guoxing, it may cause a civil uprising!" The officials on the side followed one after another to echo this Yang Lian.

"Lord Fang, what do you think?"

Principal Zhu You took a breath and turned his head to Fang Congzhe, who was secretly eyebrows to the side, and asked.

Fang Congzhe, who was standing on the side, slowly walked to the front of the hall, and after performing some etiquette to Zhu Youxiao and the hundred officials, he said:

"Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, we should go out as soon as possible to appease the people, so as not to have an accident and a civil uprising. As for the guilty minister, Hou Guoxing, after this matter is settled, the three divisions will be able to ...... trial."

Fang Congzhe, the old fox, replied without leaking, and now that the soldiers are gathered in Beijing, even if he wants to help Hou Guoxing in his heart, he doesn't dare to understand it. offended the world's scholars, and his own first assistant was also the end.

He first convicted Hou Guoxing as a criminal minister when he opened his mouth, showing his attitude towards Hou Guoxing's beating of scholars. However, the officials who were crying slowly became enlightened, hoping that they would focus on the overall situation.

At this time, Yang Lian, who was kneeling on the ground, spoke again:

"Your Majesty, at this time, the scholars gathered outside the north gate, shouting for Hou Guoxing to commit suicide in the world. The emperor must not hurt the hearts of the world's scholars for the sake of a traitorous minister! As long as the traitor Hou Guoxing is killed, the others will naturally disperse. Please also ask the emperor to make a decision immediately! ”

As soon as Yang Lian's voice fell, the group of officials around him naturally cried wolf with a ghost.

"Enough!" Zhu Youxiao got up violently, swept the objects in front of the imperial case, completely ignored the fingers that had been injured, and pushed them away, and Wang An, who saw Zhu Youxiao bleeding and was terrified, pointed at Yang Lian and said angrily:

"What crime did Hou Guoxing commit, you must put him to death? I decreed that Hou Guoxing was a thousand households in brocade clothes, and this group of scholars openly gathered outside the gate of the Hou Mansion, and finally Hou Guoxing was humiliated......."

Zhu Youxiao stared at Yang Lian, told the original story of the crimes committed by the soldiers, pointed out that Hou Guoxing was so helpless to be forced, and stared at Yang Lian with his eyes, warning him not to make waves in this matter.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao's heart was full of anger, these civil officials did not take themselves as the son of heaven in their eyes at all, they had defended Hou Guoxing many times openly and secretly, even fools could see it, but these people wanted to go against themselves.

This Yang Lian is also a hard bone, so he didn't notice Zhu Youxiao's cold gaze, and continued to kowtow and said:

"The emperor's so-called righteousness is standing upright, and this Hou Guoxing has a reputation for treachery on weekdays. The scholars of the world naturally rose up to attack it, and although the scholars did something inappropriate, they were willing to forgive. ”

"Lord Yang's statement is not in agreement, you need to know that the country has national laws, if everyone is full of blood, shouting and shouting to kill the officials of the court, it is not the long-term way of the country!" Ying Zhen, the newly appointed secretary of the Criminal Department, spoke.

Although Guan Yingzhen didn't want to meddle in this hot potato, as the secretary of the Criminal Department, at this time, he also needed to say a few words anyway to show his law-based attitude.

Of course, deep down in his heart, Guan Yingzhen understood that at this time, the Shizi was making trouble, and it would never be as simple as targeting a mere Hou Guoxing. The person behind it seems to hope that with the power of the scholar, he will extend his black hand to the court.

"The intention of the official is to arrest all the scholars of the Beijing Division into prison?" Liu Yijing, the second assistant of the cabinet, opened his mouth and answered lukewarmly on the side.

The official should be shocked that he is not stupid, at this time he proposed to detain the scholar, not only will he become a rat crossing the street, but also may leave an infamy in history, and he said to Liu Yijing at the moment:

"Lord Liu, Xia Guan has no such intention, it's just that Xia Guan, as the secretary of the Criminal Department, has the responsibility to uphold my Ming law. This Hou Guoxing has no evil deeds now, how can he determine the life and death of a person according to the words of chasing wind and shadows. ”

At this time, Yang Lian, who was kneeling on the ground, spoke again:

"That Hou Guoxing hijacked the scholar in public, and everyone knows it......"

Before Yang Lian could finish speaking, Zhu Youxiao in the palace interrupted coldly and said:

"Where is the commander of the Jinyi Guard!"

Luo Sigong, who was closing his eyes and pretending to be dead on the side, heard Zhu Youxiao's cold voice, and was so frightened that he hurriedly ran out of the team and knelt down in front of Zhu Youxiao.

"Luo Sigong, you will explain the whole matter to the adults in the court, and see what good things these scholars have done."

At this time, Luo Sigong was speechless for a while, knowing that today's court meeting would definitely be weird, he originally hid quietly to the side, so as not to provoke himself. But now that the emperor personally explained, Luo Sigong had no choice but to get up and bow to the surrounding ministers, and then began to talk about the matter.

From the scholars gathered in Houfu to insult Hou Guoxing's mother and son, and then Hou Guoxing cooperated with Liu County's order to enter the prison, and finally the scholars gathered in the prison to force Hou Guoxing to commit suicide to thank the world. Of course, Luo Sigong still put Hou Guoxing in his words, and was forced to beat people in desperation. and the danger of almost committing suicide in the prison was explained in detail. After all, Hou Guoxing is a thousand households in brocade clothes, and although he doesn't want to offend civil officials and scholars, he still has to say what he should say.

Of course, in the end, Luo Sigong did not forget to explain, and in the end, Hou Guoxing led the cavalry team to escort the people to beat the drums, they made their own decisions, and after they knew, things were out of control, so they could only send a hundred households to maintain the continuity, so as not to lose control of the crowd and make trouble.

Just as Luo Sigong was dissociating himself from this matter, suddenly a piercing drum beat came from outside the imperial city. After the drums, there were bursts of shouting:

"Please ask the emperor to avenge the people's grievances and severely punish the murderer!"