Hundreds of thousands of people, after being guided by the forbidden army, slowly sat on the ground, stretched out their heads one by one, and anxiously looked at Hou Guoxing, who was in a mess with the civil officials in the distance, waiting for the results of the emperor and the hundred officials. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Time passed slowly, the sun slowly climbed to the center overhead, and the people began to feel tired after a night of noise. After eating the steamed buns that the household department urgently sent from all over Beijing, he took a nap on the spot.

After a night of madness, this group of honest people began to feel the fear and confusion after the madness, after all, they were in anger just now, but they beat the officials and men who usually respect the gods.

There were even some timid people who took advantage of the forbidden army's inattention and began to sneak away quietly. Perhaps the essence of the parade is like this, when the blood of the blood has passed, the rest is full of helplessness.

And a few hundred meters away from the crowd, a vacuum was separated by the forbidden army. The civil and military officials were arguing fiercely over how to deal with this matter.

Looking at Hou Guoxing, who was fighting hard and making many demands in front of him, Yang Lian's heart was full of hatred. The cabinet members took pity on the people of Beijing and decided not to pursue the mistakes of the people in attacking the scholars. Just one person was selected from the waiting tenants as a model, which can be regarded as an explanation for this matter. And Hou Guoxing, a traitor, is so ignorant.

"Hou Guoxing, you traitorous minister......" Seeing that Hou Guoxing was still defending this group of Diao people, Yang Lian reprimanded angrily.

Before Yang Lian finished speaking, Liu Yixian walked over and pulled the angry Yang Lian, stood in front of him, quietly looked at Hou Guoxing and said:

"Waiting for thousands of households, there is nothing biased in what this official mentioned. Now it's the best way to solve this problem. If you don't agree, you can give a plan. ”

Liu Yixian, as the second assistant of the cabinet, can be described as a man of his word when the first assistant Fang Congzhe was in danger because of the Red Pill case, but he didn't expect this Hou Guoxing to dare to confront him in person.

However, he has been in the sea for a long time, and he is not happy or angry. Just a talking question. If Hou Guoxing dared to say anything about severely punishing the scholars at this time, he Liu Yixian would really suggest that the emperor should immediately investigate his bad intentions, not fit the overall situation, and deliberately instigating the people of Beijing to make trouble.

"Lord Liu, the lower officials are not aimed at adults, nor do they not understand the hardships of adults, but adults should know that it is easy to know and act? If you deal with it in this way today, tomorrow these scholars will naturally turn back to find trouble with the people, and I hope that the adults will take pity on the people of Beijing and deal with both sides seriously according to the laws of our Ming Dynasty.

As soon as this remark came out, the officials were stunned, although the scholars were at fault first, but the people beat the scholars later, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the crime of beating the scholars by the people is added to the first, and now this group of people continues to beat the scholars, and even the officials are beaten, this must really be investigated according to the law, even if the head is not too much.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion around, and the officials couldn't tell Hou Guoxing's true intentions.

At this time, Ying Zhen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, walked out, arched his hand to Hou Guoxing, and said:

"Hou Qianhu, it's really an eventful time now, according to the official's opinion, there is nothing wrong with Lord Liu's handling of this matter, and the official suggests that more things are better than less things......"

Guan Yingzhen, as the secretary of the Criminal Department, is most familiar with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and knows that if it is really dealt with according to the law, the people will really not be able to please it. It is to persuade with good intentions on the side.

In fact, what Guan Yingzhen is still worried about is that this matter is currently developing in the direction of Hou Guoxing's favor, that is to say, the person who instigated the scholar behind his back should have failed. I'm afraid that this Hou Guoxing doesn't know how to advance or retreat, and he must fight to break the net, and when the time comes, his own death will be small, and it will not be easy to break the situation formed by the momentum of the scholar, but I am afraid that he will fall short.

Hou Guoxing looked back at Ying Zhen, the official of the Criminal Department, bowed deeply and said:

"Your Excellency, the lower officials want to ask, how should the people be punished for beating the soldiers?"

Although the law of the Ming Dynasty has a basis, it is actually based on the rule of man. Sometimes, because of the presiding officer's thoughts, there may be a world of difference in the difference in punishment. It was the official Yingzhen who thought about it and said:

"If there is a cause for it, twenty rods are sufficient. After all, this time the people were forced to fight back. ”

"Then dare to ask the official, what if the punishment is severe?" Hou Guoxing asked again.

"This may have to confiscate the land and be exiled to the army." Guan Yingzhen looked at Hou Guoxing and replied. But after thinking about it, he added:

"This matter also involves beating the court officials, in fact, it is not an exaggeration to kill the mastermind!"

After listening to the official Ying Zhen, Hou Guoxing thought for a moment and then walked in front of Zhu Youxiao, arched his hand and said:

"Your Majesty, this matter is all because of my Hou Guoxing, if I could endure that momentary anger, it would not have formed the current situation, and please ask the emperor to give Weichen a death. I just hope that after the death of the minister, the sins of the old Zhang Tou family will be forgiven. ”

Before Zhu Youxiao, who was on the spot, spoke, Liu Yixiao on the side frowned and said:

"Hou Qianhu, have you thought about it, there is nothing excessive in the judgment of this official?"

He really didn't expect that Hou Guoxing would make such a request, did he really think that he didn't dare to touch him? Liu Yixian, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, is really a little angry.

Hou Guoxing looked at Liu Yixiao of Zou Mei, turned around and bowed and said:

"The state has national laws, although I, Hou Guoxing, think that there is nothing wrong with my actions, but now thousands of scholars think that I am guilty, and I, Hou Guoxing, am willing to die to prove my innocence." Hou Guoxing looked righteous and awe-inspiring.

The civil officials looked at Hou Guoxing like this, and they all turned their heads and ears. For this group of civil officials, when they really fight to the death, it is often the time when things turn a corner.

In this Ming Dynasty, there were thousands of civil officials shouting to hit the wall, but they really didn't kill a single one, because they heard that Hou Guoxing was going to die to prove his innocence, and they were all puzzled.

Yang Lian couldn't bear it anymore, and said at this time:

"Hou Guoxing! Don't you think that there are tens of thousands of people here now, and the officials can't help you? Deliberately doing this kind of retreat as a way forward. Forcing me to let those tenants go? The group of tenants gathered in the palace and beat up hundreds of officials, and now the punishment is already considered merciful. ”

"Since I, Hou Guoxing, have pleaded guilty, of course my words are counted, as for the people of Beijing, it has nothing to do with my Hou Guoxing, and my Hou Guoxing is loyal, how can I hold public opinion hostage? Right and wrong, black and white, it is useless to say more! I, Hou Guoxing, am willing to go out immediately and kill myself in front of the people and the emperor to prove my innocence. ”

After speaking, Hou Guoxing bowed deeply to Liu Yixiao and said:

"Lord Liu, after this incident, the gap between the people of Beijing and the scholars has been deep. I also hope that Lord Liu and all the adults can be more kind to the people in the future, and don't let the scholars come to look for trouble. ”

After speaking, he walked out of the people without turning back, leaving only a large group of officials who looked at each other, and Zhu Youxiao, who was shocked.

Seeing Hou Guoxing walking out, the people surrounded him. And Hou Guoxing didn't care, but went straight to the direction of Dengwengu.

"Knock knock! Knock knock! ”

The sound of drums has not been sounded in the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years. But today he let out his roar for the third time.

The surrounding people looked at Hou Guoxing, who was beating the drum, and surrounded one after another, asking how the emperor was going to avenge them.

Hou Guoxing looked at the people below, waved his hand, and after the crowd slowly quieted down, he said loudly:

"Folks, now the emperor and the officials have decided to avenge everyone's grievances and let the scholars compensate everyone for the losses they have suffered. and the officials of the Criminal Department to try the grievances suffered by everyone in the past. ”

As soon as these words came out, the people below naturally shouted happily. "Long live the emperor, long live, long live, wait for the people to be the masters, in the world of the blue sky" shouts one after another.

After the people were in a commotion for a while, Hou Guoxing knocked on the drum a few times and said:

"It's just that the country has national laws, although the scholars are at fault, but they are also patriotic and sincere, and the person targeted is actually my Hou Guoxing, and now everyone is suffering disasters because of this matter, and it is my fault."

After speaking, Hou Guoxing bowed deeply to the people.

"Lord Hou, this matter has nothing to do with you!"

"Yes, Lord Hou, you are the master of the blue sky!"

Naturally, the people below were full of praise.

Hou Guoxing sounded the Dengwen drum here and said loudly:

"Folks, since I was a child, Hou Guoxing, I have hoped to be a good official and a clean official for a hundred generations. Therefore, since I was a child, I have been studying hard, dreaming of a gold list title one day, and I can also glorify my ancestors. But helplessly, he was not talented and failed to pass the student examination. Fortunately, by the grace of the state, my mother donated a prison qualification......"

Hou Guoxing was on the stage, giving a speech with emotion, talking about his hope for the title of the gold list, his good wish to be the master of the people, and his tragic mood of repeatedly failing.

After waiting for everyone below to brew their emotions for a moment, Hou Guoxing spoke again:

"I thought that with this prisoner, I, Hou Guoxing, would be able to go to the next level in the imperial examination in the future. But for example, today's scholars are ashamed of my Hou Guoxing, and think that my Hou Guoxing is a traitor. I, Hou Guoxing, can now be regarded as self-deprivation and Shilin. In the future, I am afraid that I will have to fall into infamy through the ages!

After saying that, he didn't wait for the people below to react. quickly walked off the stage and snatched the embroidered spring knife from a brocade guard.

"Hou Qianhu, why are you!"

The unprepared brocade guard was surprised.

"Brother, borrow you to embroider a spring knife. In the future, you can also boast to the world that your embroidered spring knife has slashed the world's first traitorous minister, Hou Guoxing! ”

Hou Guoxing smiled bitterly and teased the Jinyi Wei beside him, and then walked up the steps of Dengwen Drum.

Looking at the crowd crying and dissuading below. Hou Guoxing's heart was dark. I didn't expect that my Hou Guoxing would also become a loyal minister, I don't know if today's knife can be a celebrity for eternity!

"Hou Guoxing, why are you doing this? You... Are you going to let me down? ”

Zhu Youxiao, who thought that Hou Guoxing deliberately retreated as an advance, did not dissuade him just now, who knew that Hou Guoxing really snatched a knife, and he was so frightened that his face was bloodless for a while, and he loudly dissuaded.

"Your Majesty! Weichen won the eyes of the emperor, and promoted Weichen from the end of Wei. Wechen was deeply grateful. In fact, what Weichen thought in his heart was that he would one day be able to be named on the gold list, but now he has offended the world's scholars, and the road to the imperial examination is extinct. And now it is rumored in Beijing that Weichen is a traitor, and Weichen's personal reputation is small, but he does not dare to defile the emperor's holy name. Wechen is willing to die to prove his innocence. ”

After speaking, he took out the embroidered spring knife.