In the face of Lord Li's palace-style investigation request, the dignified Empress Dowager Bingzheng could not argue with Li You in person, and the ministers in the palace did not come forward to speak.

In the Ming Dynasty, where civilian officials were accustomed to attacking each other and exposing their shortcomings, everyone always demanded the highest moral standards from political opponents, and no one could hide their shortcomings. As long as these ministers in the palace have the slightest scruples, who is willing to provoke the ugly reputation of assassinating scholars? With this, it is almost impossible not to be scolded by political enemies for 10,000 years, and you don't want to live in peace when you are an official for a lifetime.

The old first assistant also made up his mind, and only opened his mouth to discuss the matter of succeeding the first assistant, ignoring everything else, and responding to all changes with no change, and resolutely not to be Li You's favor. Who knows what mystery Li You is hiding in this.

Therefore, there is no manpower to support her, and the Empress Dowager Qian, who has no idea for a while, can only be silent for the time being. Pulling Li You down to the court staff is indeed a solution, but it can't solve the problem. After only two hits, Li You's momentum increased by several orders of magnitude, and if he continued to fight, he would push people's hearts to Li You's side.

The Empress Dowager Cisheng, who was acting as the monarch, once again felt the helplessness of her ancestors and ancestors.

Li You, who was arrogant and unforgiving, kowtowed again, banged on the gold brick with his head, and played loudly and rudely: "The national cultivator, how can there be a person who is punished without teaching!" Annihilation of evil is hidden, people's hearts are difficult to peace, where is righteousness, where is the reason! The minister does not hesitate to do this, he is willing to sweep away the strong beam and remove the worries of the Virgin! ”

The sound is like a golden stone, sonorous and powerful, and with the messy and miserable clothes behind the court staff, it is a good look for the dignity of the minister of righteousness! It's a rush to applaud.

The Queen Mother is still silent, not because she doesn't want to clear her name, but because she knows that she can't give Li You the right to speak anymore. It was not easy to set a trap to dismiss Li You and exile him, and he was going to drive him out of the capital, if he was given this opportunity again, he would hesitate, take the case and turn it over, with his cunning, God knows how many incidents will arise.

In fact, strictly speaking, Master Li has been deposed at this time, and his identity is not a courtier, so he is not qualified to speak and discuss matters in the palace. So he chose to break out the scandal related to the Qian family in the case of the sixth prison student at this time, to a certain extent, so that he could speak in the palace.

But it would be a big mistake to think that Master Li's mental tricks are so simple, his real intention is not to force the Queen Mother to grant him the power to investigate the case again.

There is no point in whether this case can be investigated or not, and Master Li is no longer interested in it. The real purpose of his statement was to isolate Empress Dowager Qian.

This goal seems to have been achieved. However, doing business is never too profitable, and it is difficult to have a second time at the right time, and Lord Li does not want to have the painful experience of being beaten with a cane for the second time, and will continue to sell frantically to make enough money first.

Fortunately, Cui Jiansheng reminded him that "the heart of harming people can be there, but the heart of preventing people is indispensable", if he was really loyal at that time and cut off all the evidence pointing to the Qian family, he would be completely passive and helpless today.

It is said that Empress Dowager Qian has gradually realized that the situation is wrong, looking at the loyal subordinates who are hiding their heads and shrinking their tails, she feels that the atmosphere of detachment and morality is permeating, as if there is a feeling that the foundation that has been painstakingly operated for many years will collapse in an instant.

At this time, unless it is a villain who is so shameless that he doesn't care about public opinion at all, no one will come out to help Empress Dowager Qian refute and rebuke Li You. The current Lord Li has evolved into the embodiment of heavenly justice through building momentum.

Or if there is no external pressure, it is okay, it may be cost-effective to invite Gu En for the sake of being a villain. But at present, Lord Xu is eyeing the tiger and powerful, and being a villain is definitely a loss-making deal for meat buns and dogs... Didn't you see Zhang Shoufu silent?

At this point, Empress Dowager Qian finally recognized the reality, and continued to pretend to be confused like this, for fear that the hearts of the people would be lost. I can't help but hate my brother who has more than enough success and more than failure, and she is still kept in the dark. Since you have committed something, why didn't you confess to her earlier! As a result, he was caught by the foreign minister first, and his sore feet were even affected by himself!

Hate is hate, but Empress Dowager Qian considers the gains and losses. When she was alive, she was able to make others restrained, and in this case, it was relatively advantageous to make a verdict, and the matter could be considered to be thoroughly understood. If you blindly shelter now, and wait until you live a thousand years, if this public case is turned over again, I am afraid that the crime will only be ten times more serious than now. Presumably, at that time, the Son of Heaven would not defend his uncle for political purposes.

With a plan, the Empress Dowager Cisheng issued an edict: "Zhang and Fang Ertaixue are sent to the prison of the Criminal Department, and the case will be handed over to the Three Law Divisions for trial. Qian An's father and son appeared in court for questioning, and if they were implicated, they would not be tolerated! If the discipline is not strict, the mourning family will punish yourself! ”

He added with true hatred: "Li You's trip out of Beijing is not delayed!" ”

As soon as these edicts came out, the ministers shouted in their hearts that Li You was really famous! This time it's not a name for poetry and gossip, it's a big name enough to act as a hard currency for officialdom!

Suddenly, whether they were friends or foes, the eyes of all the ministers in the palace were focused on Li You, and they witnessed the rise of the supernova in the political arena of Jinghe Dynasty with various complicated expressions.

Speaking out righteously, he reprimanded the nobles, committed the holy face, admonished the monarch to change his ways, was tragically beaten by the court staff, and was demoted out of Beijing.

The template composed of these adjectives full of great glory and positive colors, I don't know how many deeds of the sages in history have been refined and condensed, and now they can be applied to Lord Li without a bad application.

Although it is not so tightly fitted, the moisture is very large. For example, there are many doubts about the court staff first, and there are many doubts about it, and for example, the gold content of the court staff is very debatable... But it's also rare!

You must know that since Jinghe Dynasty, no one else has been able to brush up on these achievements at the same time, and no one is closer to that glorious template than Master Li at this moment.

In the prosperous era, how can there be no virtuous ministers who are upright? How can there be no example of Fang Yan daring to admonish? Good rain knows the season, when spring happens!

Some people sighed, why is he the biggest winner today? Lord Li's two court canes are too worthwhile, he has both the face of the court staff and the benefits of not being seriously injured, and finally forced the queen mother to soften, and now his reputation does not know how far it will rise.

Just by virtue of being the first of the ministers of the Jinghe Dynasty to commit the Holy Grace Punishment Staff, it is enough to be proud of the hundred bureaucrats... Not to mention that there is a merit in supporting the pro-government of the Son of Heaven in the front, and probably the future belongs to this nineteen-year-old young man.

Those ministers who have achieved the second or third grade may be a little envious, but they are quite calm, after all, they have almost reached the peak of officialdom.

However, the more than 20 seven-rank Taoist officials present were all addicted to the phenomenon in front of them and couldn't help themselves, as if they were drunk... You must know that the Kedao Yanguan relies on Qingwang's reputation to eat and upgrade, and what Li You encountered today can be called a miraculous dream scene for the Yanguan, and he just hates that he can't learn to take away ** and replace it.

The Empress Dowager Cisheng glanced at the ministers and sighed. Back then, he shouldn't have been fooled by the civil ministers and completely dismissed the central officials and factory guards. So far, I know that as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the most loyal person to you is still a eunuch... How much favor has this Li You received? It is not a problem to add an official to the knighthood, and there are even rumors in the palace that he is his own relative, but today he still stood on Xu Daohong's side without hesitation!

The old assistant Zhang Ruoyu, a moment ago, was still advancing and retreating together to help each other. It's just that Li You casually said "The prison life case, the first assistant has a weak heart", and he didn't dare to refute this case, and let Li You force the palace!

The more I think about it, the more bitter I feel.

Master Li, who was about to be driven out of the Beijing Division, stepped forward to apologize for his majesty's sin under the watchful eyes of everyone.

The ministers in the palace were still watching Li You, but Chaoyi was a little chaotic, and at this time, a faint sobbing sound seeped into his ears.

Strange, where did the cry come from in the temple? The ministers looked around, but found that the figure in the bead curtain above was bowing his head and raising his hand, as if wiping tears with his sleeve.

Everyone was dumbfounded, and the Empress Dowager Cisheng actually cried on the spot on the Golden Palace... Li You, who was about to salute, was also stunned.

"You have been blessed by the country in the world, but now you are persecuting the orphans and widows of my Zhu family everywhere, nothing is not quarrelling, nothing can go well, and you want to die for the first emperor..."

The queen mother has already cried out, and the ministers who have woken up all bowed their heads to worship, and one after another pleaded guilty: "The minister is guilty!" ”

Thinking about it again, although this queen mother looks at the court and listens to the government, sits on the throne and exercises imperial power, and is usually referred to by everyone as the holy lord, she is not a male emperor, in essence, she is just a thirty-seven or eight-year-old widow.

forced the adult son of heaven to cry helplessly, and he can be called upright Gengjie. But the orphans and widows were driven to tears... You can flip through the history books, what kind of people have done such things.

Ever since the crying shadow appeared in the curtain, Master Li knew that he had gone too far again. When he enters everyone's sight again, won't Xiao Yiyin and Xiao Zhou Gong become Xiao Wang Mang and Xiao Cao Ying?

The contrast between before and after is entangled, could it be that in the future, Lord Li who "fights and dies" will become Lord Li who "bullies orphans and widows"?

Another first?

Indeed, the gaze that fell on him was no longer as enthusiastic as Fang Cai's. But Master Li is worthy of being Lord Li, and he still maintains his unrepentant style of not shocking people.

"The minister has been in the cabinet for half a year, and he has many contacts with various scholars. It can be seen as follows, Yuan Ge is old and flattering, Peng Ge is old and pretentious, and Yang Ge is still shallow in his old age. Only Xu Ge is old in advance and retreat, strict in law, modest and self-restrained, good at accepting people's words, and is really the prime minister of Yuanfu! ”

……………… Okay, if you heard it right, Lord Li commented on the conduct of the scholars as a six-rank magistrate before he got out, and then recommended his political opponent Xu Ge Lao to succeed him as the first assistant?

Yuan Ge Lao and Peng Ge Lao are the two university scholars who are the most promising to serve as the first assistant. Hearing that Li You actually launched Xu Ge Lao, Deng Shi invariably scolded Li You in his heart.

The freshly baked Xu Cifu smiled knowingly, Li You actually had the same idea as him, and helped him take the lead first.

Although this Xu Ge Lao was only able to enter the cabinet because of the forcible invocation of the old Shoufu, his own qualifications and reputation were very poor, so he could only rely on Peng Ge Lao. But because of this, it couldn't be better for Xu Ge to grow old and succeed Shousuke.

The old Shoufu probably knew that his protégé was not yet powerful, so he wanted to push Peng Ge, who was in the same party as his protégé, to the top position? He now vigorously supports his protégé to see how good he is, Xu Cifu said secretly.

The next story in the Wuying Hall has nothing to do with the controversial Lord Li. He stepped out of the hall and went down the stairs, and it was noon, and it was said that the sky was shining brightly.

Looking back on the ups and downs of today, when I am about to get old, I can boast to my children and grandchildren: "On that day in the eighth year of Jinghe, at the age of nineteen, I once forced the old Shoufu to resign, once directly promoted the new Shoufu and the new second-assistant to take office, once forced the Queen Mother to cry, once suffered the first court staff of Jinghe Dynasty, and once became the idol of all the officials of the Ming Dynasty for a moment..."

For some reason, Master Li couldn't help but sing loudly, "Success or failure turns empty, and the green mountains are still there." In the surprised gaze of the palace guard, he tore off the tooth tag on his waist that symbolized the identity of the court counselor and threw it on the royal road. went out of the palace and went long.

Postscript: In February of the eighth year of Jinghe, Li You, the former Shangbao Sicheng and Zhongshushe, was fined for one year for losing his tooth card.

(To be continued)