Wei Guangwei's words attracted the attention of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and everyone turned their eyes to His Majesty the Emperor, who was high above. I want to see how he answers.

Carpenter Zhu was very calm, and said: "Yue Aiqing's excerpt of asking for sin, I have already seen it, although it is said that the township test cheating, there have been first, but after Yue Aiqing became an official, the upper is the Sheji, the lower is the people, the traitors and bandits, and the corrupt officials are punished, and the credit is very great. These credits alone are more than worth it. I saw that the merits and demerits were offset and the title of Yue Su Shaobao was taken away, that is. What do you think? ”

He thought that when the ministers heard this, they would have to give some face. How do you know that even if these people don't let Yue Su die, at least they have to reduce him to the people in order to be satisfied. You just cut the title of Shaobao, and you want to send it to the big guy, who is doing this.

Pan Song, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, followed up and said: "Long live Qiyu, if it is said that it is another crime, the merits and demerits can be offset, but this is cheating in the imperial examination, the most important crime in the world, how can the merits and demerits be offset." You must know that Yue Su's fame is not right, so he has no right to be an official, and cheating in the field is equivalent to bullying the king, and even deceiving the world, no matter how great his merit is, it cannot be offset by it. With that, he turned to look at Yue Su and asked loudly, "Dare to ask Yue Shaobao, Lord Yue, what kind of face do you have to stand on top of this court?" ”

Then, he shouted loudly with righteous words: "Please also live it, investigate and deal with Yue Su's dismissal, and severely punish him according to the law!" ”

After saying that, he fell to his knees.

"Not bad! Yue Su has always been honest and surrendered, and the law is like a mountain, what do you say that he has violated the law of the country now! Please also ask the emperor to punish severely according to the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty! "This time it was Li Kuilong, the left deputy capital who spoke.

With that, he also knelt down.

"Please also ask Your Majesty to severely punish Yue Su according to the law!" …… Immediately afterwards, above the court, the officials knelt down one after another, and even the important ministers such as Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei also knelt down one by one.

The original plan was that all the officials of the Manchu dynasty knelt down and forced the emperor to punish Yue Su. However, after Yue Su's differentiation, there were obviously not as many people kneeling as expected. The first to kneel were the eunuchs, followed by the non-partisans. Later, the Qi Chuzhejiang personnel who joined the eunuch party hesitated for a long time before kneeling.

However, none of the hardcores in the three parties knelt. Among them, the original Zhejiang Party team is the leader, Fang Congzhe is the leader of the Zhejiang Party, since Yue Su speaks for Fang Congzhe, even if he does not help Yue Su, he must not step on him. Maybe relying on the emperor's favor and trust in Lord Yue, he can really invite Boss Fang back.

There are also many people in the Qi Party who have not knelt, Qi Shijiao is the leader of the Qi Party, Fang Congzhe's protégé, Yue Su is also promoted, this is good for everyone's future, what to do, don't help, forget it, let's not step on it.

The same is true of the Chu Party, Yue Su is also from Huguang, looking at the posture, it is also in the same vein of our Chu Party. As long as you can really invite Fang Ge Lao back, I don't care where your fame comes from. If you don't help yourself, forget it, why do you want to step on it.

Don't look at the three parties have been lonely, there are not many officials above the court, but there are more people with a pestle than kneeling down together to beg the emperor to sanction Yue Suqiang.

However, Yue Su couldn't help but kneel, he also knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Minister Yue Su knows that his sin is unforgivable, and I hope that the emperor will not be appeased and punished heavily." ”

Carpenter Zhu sat on it, watched coldly, and saw that they were not all kneeling, so he took a long breath and said lightly: "It seems that they are not all in favor of severely punishing Yue Aiqing, and there are still people who have the same thoughts as me among the hundred officials, knowing that Yue Su is the minister of the humerus and the pillar of my Ming Dynasty." In this way, Yue Su will retain the third level, punish him for half a year, and make meritorious service for his crimes. "Anyway, I also rewarded you with 20,000 taels of silver, which is enough for you to eat.

Then, Carpenter Zhu stood up and said, "There is no need to discuss this matter again, retreat from the court." After saying that, he turned around and left.

The emperor wants to retreat from the court, who dares to stop him, seeing that the emperor is about to leave, but at this moment, he heard the drums outside.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" ...... "What is this sound?" Carpenter Zhu walked down the three steps, heard the voice, listened to his footsteps, and asked in confusion.

"Back to Your Majesty, this is the sound of Dengwen drums." Wang Tiqian, who followed behind the emperor, explained in a low voice: "The Dengwen drum was set up by Emperor Taizu, and there was an order, but whenever the Dengwen drum sounded, the emperor must summon it. ”

Dengwen drum is set up by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and has a special person to manage, once there is a complaint from the people, the emperor personally accepts, if the official obstructs it, all will be heavily sentenced. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Dengwen drum was still effective, but in the middle and late periods, it was just a form, there were guards standing guard on the side, and the people couldn't even go to the front, let alone beat the drum to sound their grievances. The minister is qualified to knock, but it must be a big deal, otherwise, he will be unlucky.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, those who dared to beat the drums could be counted with one hand. It is said that Mr. Hai Jui is one of them.

Now someone is beating the drum, according to the ancestral teachings, the carpenter Zhu can't be missing, so he sent a eunuch out to see who is beating the drum.

Who is beating the drum, and above the entire hall, it is estimated that except for Carpenter Zhu, who does not know, all the other people know, including Lord Yue. However, Lord Yue didn't break it.

After a while, the little eunuch hurriedly came to report, "Your Majesty, it is some Qingliu princes, the number is very large, there can be thousands of people, saying that they are asking to see Banzai, please Banzai to avenge their grievances." ”

The so-called Qingliu is also an official, but they are all low-grade petty officials, and most of them are officials. With their rank, they are not qualified for such a court.

"Please make the decision for them? Did you ask them what they wanted me to do for them? Zhu Youxiao asked curiously.

"Back to Your Majesty, they held the tablet of the Prophet of Benevolence and said that Your Majesty would like to punish Lord Yue severely and return justice to the world. It was also said that Lord Yue cheated in the imperial examination, deceived Shengcong, and stole a high position, which made the children of Shilin feel cold. If they don't punish them severely, they ...... They...... Just ......" The little eunuch said at the end, not daring to continue.

"Say! What about them? Carpenter Zhu shouted angrily.

"They can't afford to kneel for a long time, and they won't take any imperial examinations in the future." The little eunuch said cautiously.

"What a bold man, he dared to come to the Forbidden City to persecute me. Okay, they're willing to kneel, so kneel! "Zhu Youxiao is also on fire, he is the emperor, and the Donglin Party always forced him in the past, good guys, those people have just disappeared, and they haven't been quiet for a few days, and they have appeared again. If you want to me, come on, you all kneel for me.

Seeing the emperor speak like this, the kneeling ministers said one after another: "Please think twice, Your Majesty." If all the soldiers in the world are like this, in the long run, I am afraid that the country will not be a country. Please also ask Your Majesty to put the community first. ”

"Humph!" Carpenter Zhu flicked his sleeves and said angrily: "I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, don't what I said count!" Well, if you will kneel, kneel here. Retreat! Retreat! ”

After yelling, he walked out in a rage.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, please think twice......" ...... The ministers kowtowed and shouted loudly. Even the ministers of the three parties who had not knelt before fell to their knees and shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty, please think twice!" …… At this time, Liu Mingguo hurriedly came to the outside of the hall, knelt on the ground, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, it's not good." ”

Carpenter Zhu was angry, of course his tone was not good, and asked, "What's going on again?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it's the Queen...... The queen suddenly had a stomachache...... It hurt so badly that I was dead and alive. said that he met the emperor. Liu Ming said decisively and intermittently.

"Ah...... The queen is sick...... I'm going to take a look...... If you love to kneel, kneel on. As he spoke, Carpenter Zhu walked out of the hall angrily and went straight to Kunning Palace.

Kneeling in the courtiers, I don't know what to do, you look at me, I look at you. However, the group of eunuchs finally looked at Gonggong Wei. Father-in-law Wei's hand pressed down, meaning to tell them, and then kneel.

Time passed slowly, and after a long time, Carpenter Zhu actually returned.

Walking to the entrance of the hall, he glanced at the ministers kneeling in the hall and said, "Since someone has beaten the drum, I naturally want to follow the ancestral system and go to have a look." Ministers, don't kneel, go with me. ”

This time, Zhu Youxiao's tone can be described as a 180-degree turn, and the ministers thought that the emperor had yielded, and shouted one after another, "The emperor is sage!" Then he stood up.

The ministers followed Carpenter Zhu to the noon gate, and Yue Su was naturally among them. Carpenter Zhu did not go out of the city, but climbed the gate tower of the morning gate and looked down. The hundreds of officials stood behind, and most of them sneered in their hearts, wanting to see what the emperor should do?

Zhu Youxiao rushed down to look, and saw that there was a sea of people below, and there could be at least a few thousand people kneeling. When someone saw the emperor coming out now, he immediately shouted: "Knock on the emperor, long live my emperor!" ”…… Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and shouted, "Excuse me." If you don't study hard at home, why are you here? ”

Those scholars did not stand up, but held up the tablet of Confucius and said loudly: "Yue Su cheated in the imperial examination, deceived Shengcong, and stole a high position, which made our Shilin disciples feel cold, and I hope that Your Majesty will severely punish Yue Su and return justice to the world!" ”

Carpenter Zhu chuckled lightly and said, "What do you want me to do with Yue Su?" After all, Yue Aiqing had quelled the rebels, helped the people, killed corrupt officials and corrupt officials, shared my worries, and made meritorious contributions to the community, if you want me to kill him, it is absolutely impossible! ”

"We also know that Yue Su has meritorious achievements, but he cheated in the field, which made our Shilin humiliated, stealing a high position, and bullying the monarch behind. Even if there are thousands of merits, it is difficult to atone for their sins. If we don't cut off our official positions and get rid of our fame, what is the use of studying hard for Shilin students, just go to the examination room to cheat! ”

This last sentence is honest and heartfelt. Yue Su was such a big official, and he didn't rely on cheating, how could they be convinced, how could they not be envious, jealous and hateful.

(To be continued)