After the dispersal of the dynasty, most of the courtiers went out of the noon gate to disperse outside the palace, and only a small number turned to the east side of the Huiji Gate to go to the Wenhua Hall to participate in the court meeting.

Today, Li You is in this small handful, and the difference between him and others is that others directly enter the palace and wait for His Majesty to come. And he was waiting outside the hall, and now he should not divide the votes in the book, and the Wenhua Hall is a place for him to be invited.

However, he was not the only one waiting, but also accompanied by acquaintances, but it was Sun Yijiang, the vice president of Guozijian Stone Sacrifice Wine and Fujian Provincial Supervision of Imperial History and Newspaper.

After Li You said hello, he stood silent. I thought to myself, what is the purpose of summoning them to the temple today?

Thinking about it, it was probably because he was impeached for "officials doing business". Otherwise, there is nothing else to do with him as an idle official recently.

Every time the court discusses, there must be more than one thing, and it will be his turn Li You, and he doesn't know when it will be, but no matter how long it is, he has to wait patiently. Officials have no freedom in the face of rules.

I don't know how long later, Li You was bored, and was about to chat with the brocade guard on duty under the corridor, when he suddenly heard the Jinyi guard in the palace summons: "Summons Shi Lun, Li You, Sun Yijiang and others into the hall!" ”

The three of them hurriedly tidied up their clothes slightly, and walked to His Majesty Dan in the hall to meet the Son of Heaven with a big bow. After being given peace, he heard the holy voice asking: "Honglu Temple You and the unveiling of the destruction of the Ministry of Officials that day, what is the ins and outs, is it intentional?" Qing and the other three were all present and could relate the situation at that time. ”

So that's what happened! Li You was very surprised, he already had a new idea about You Shaoqing's matter, but he hadn't had time to communicate with others, but he didn't expect to go to the palace to discuss this matter now. The Son of Heaven and the big guys are too idle, and this little is also discussed in the palace seriously.

It is said that the day before yesterday, the Ministry of Officials drew up a list of this general election and submitted it to the palace, and in this list, Lord You was really arranged as the prefect of Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi.

Of course, this aroused Yuan Ge Lao's strong dissatisfaction, and he suddenly felt that he was despised, so he fiercely marched to the Son of Heaven to refute the list back to the Ministry of Officials. This is especially related to him, and it is directly related to his face and prestige.

Yuan Ge Lao's attitude, in turn, aroused the strong dissatisfaction of Zhao Liangren, the secretary of the ministry, who believed that this was a certain Wenhuadian scholar who could not figure out his position. Grossly interfering in the affairs of the ministry. The place in Guilin Mansion is too barren, and I can't find a suitable person with enough qualifications and not offending people for a while.

So, unexpectedly, because of a You Shaoqing as the fuse, the cabinet dispute that was common in the history of the Ming Dynasty was staged on a small scale.

As mentioned earlier, the Ministry of Officials is the head of the six departments. The responsibilities are clearly stated, and it is to deal with the government on behalf of the Son of Heaven. The status is different from that of other ministries. And it is the only yamen in the foreign dynasty who dares to argue with the cabinet, which is also a traditional program of the Ming court.

Zhao Tianguan and Yuan Ge Lao insisted on each other's words and did not give in to each other. One said, "You are diligent in your work." However, arrogance and domineering behavior is not prudent, and it should be released to the outside world with discipline. If there is any correction, you can return to Beijing to use it in the future"; One said, "You adults occasionally make unintentional mistakes, just a little admonition." The officials were sent out for thousands of miles, which was clearly selfish and deliberately retaliated. ”

In the end, the focus was on when You He kneaded the official document of the Ministry that day, did he know that he didn't know the content of the official document, was it intentional or unintentional?

The two grandfather-level bigwigs got into a fight, and it was not easy to persuade the Son of Heaven to look left and right, so he had no choice but to let the other people present go to the palace today to testify, and they wanted to speak with facts. Seek out the truth, and the losing side will naturally have nothing to say.

This is the reason why the trio of Stone Sacrifice Wine, Inspector Li, and Sun Yushi Ren Witness were called. in a trio. The stone sacrificial wine has the highest level, the most respectable status, and the oldest, so it is necessary to express its position first.

Master Shi is a righteous person and will not lie openly with his intentions, so he did not hesitate, and immediately said to the Son of Heaven: "It was a pure accident at that time. You Daren is really unintentional. ”

The brand image of the stone sacrifice wine for many years is placed here, and he said that Lord You is just an unintentional mistake, and the vast majority of people in the hall have already believed it. It seems that You He is indeed not relying on Yuan Ge's old support to be arrogant and arrogant.

Yuan Ge Lao also breathed a sigh of relief. But the problem is that the truth is not necessarily true, and the right is not necessarily the truth. So listen to what others have to say.

Jing and the Son of Heaven looked at Li You from the throne. It is said that he should be the second to speak, but the Son of Heaven suddenly had a feeling that "this is a sharp weapon that cannot be opened lightly". In order to stop the incident. So he turned Longmu to Sun Yushi, another vice president of the newspaper, and asked: "Are you Sun Yijiang?" Have you ever seen the events of that day? ”

From the intention just now, Sun Yushi struggled for a moment in his heart. At this time, when he heard the Son of Heaven asking, he gritted his teeth and replied: "At that time, Li You Zeng said that the official affairs related to the history of the prisoners, Lord You was the first to destroy the official documents, and it was not false to say that he was arrogant and domineering. ”

Sun Yushi's words are very exquisite, and when compared with the words of the stone sacrifice wine, there is no opposite meaning in the text, but it makes people feel that the meaning is opposite, he is trying to get rid of You Shaoqing.

Sun Yushi certainly had enough reasons to get rid of this colleague, who was also vice president. First, Yuan Ge Lao has always had the ambition of being the first assistant, and he has not been in harmony with his backer for many years, so there is no need to help Yuan Ge Lao.

Second, he didn't want You Shaoqing to continue to be the vice president, otherwise when the newspaper was upgraded in the future, there would be one more opponent competing for the official position. Get rid of You Shaoqing, even if there is another rookie vice president, the qualifications will be a little worse than yourself. Don't underestimate this, it will affect the problem of regularization in the future.

In the trio of witnesses, the first two meanings are actually opposite, truth does not matter, attitude determines everything. Therefore, it is still impossible to make judgments and decisions, and it can only be up to the third person to say what he says.

Looking at this third person, the ministers in the palace cheered up in unison, this is Li You's time, and the excitement should not be missed. Li You said that he couldn't cry or laugh, he didn't want to be the focus at all.

Most of the people, including Zhao Tianguan, were watching the excitement, but only Yuan Ge Lao and a few people were anxious. Li You is the initiator of this matter, how can he spit out ivory from his dog's mouth? Zuodu Yushi Jiang Xinyue looked at Yuan Ge Lao with his eyes, and he didn't know what to do.

Although Yuan Ge Lao made up his mind two years ago, he resolutely did not come forward to "verbally communicate" with Li You in person, so as not to happen again and again. But now he had to resolutely come out and say to the Son of Heaven: "In this matter, Lord Li, like Lord You, are both parties. Therefore, it is inevitable that there will be partiality and no witness. ”

Yuan Gelao's words are also reasonable, but at most they are a little emotional. Because strictly speaking, the incident happened between Li You and You Shaoqing at that time, so it would obviously be biased to let Li You testify, even if the Yamen decided the case, Li You could not be allowed to testify.

At this time, Li You suddenly opened his mouth and said to the Son of Heaven: "The minister is not convinced!" Yuan Ge Lao speculated out of thin air, concluded that the minister was biased for no reason, and first designated the minister as an untrustworthy person, can such words be said casually in front of His Majesty? If this is the case, Yuan Ge Lao is the real person with a partiality, so he will say such arbitrary words! ”

Yuan Ge's old words were reasonable, but Master Li quickly grasped the loophole and made more sense, and everyone had to admire, this kind of reaction and eloquence were indeed clever.

Jing He Tianzi couldn't help but feel that his head was big, and the waves were unsettled and wave after wave, You Shaoqing's matter had not yet subsided, and he saw that Li You and Yuan Ge Lao were going to quarrel again because of a few words. He was deeply impressed by the history of the quarrel between the two, thinking that the first time Li You quarreled in the court, he scolded each other with Yuan Ge Lao.

You can't stop Li You from talking, otherwise wouldn't it be tantamount to agreeing with what Yuan Ge Lao said, "Li You has a biased heart"? Jinghe Tianzi pondered for a moment and asked, "At that time, Li You, you can say everything you want, and take it as a sideshow." ”

Boss Yuan Ge was shocked, if he really wanted Li You to discuss this matter, it would be trivial to reverse black and white! I regretted that I couldn't speak with emotion, so that Li You grabbed the handle.

Li You received the signal from the Son of Heaven, so he played: "At that time, between the minister and Lord You, the minister was also slightly at fault, and then Lord You inadvertently made the mistake, in fact, as the stone sacrifice wine said, it was just an unintentional mistake, and it was not a serious crime. ”

As soon as this remark came out, it was beyond everyone's expectations, Li You wanted to excuse You Shaoqing? I didn't expect Li You to be so magnanimous and ignore previous suspicions, this is the first time in history that Lord Li has exonerated his opponent, right?

Yuan Ge Lao didn't know how many words he had raised in his heart, and he was about to refute it after Li You, but he was stunned for a while when he heard Li You help You Shaoqing speak. Can a dog really spit out ivory from its mouth?

Zhao Tianguan, the secretary of the ministry, is also very inexplicable, although it is not a matter of life and death for him to say that the stay of You Shaoqing is not a matter of life and death, but if others dare to go back on their word like this, they will definitely be beaten into the cold palace by him.

However, Zhao Tianguan knows Li You very well, and out of trust, he knows that Li You will not be untargeted. These words are definitely prepared, and there must be a reason for him, but it is not clear what their purpose is for the time being.

Li You took advantage of the astonishment of others and secretly gave Zhao Tianguan a look. There was no way, it came too suddenly, and there was a lack of sufficient communication and preparation before, so I could only shock my own people.

Jing and Tianzi, who had already been noisy and had a headache, were overjoyed, this Li You was really considerate of the emperor's heart, and knew that he was compromised to settle things and calm people! Otherwise, with his ability, he would have already sprayed You Shaoqing and Yuan Ge into slag.

Each had their own thoughts, and there was a brief cold scene, and Li You felt that he should say something. Then he turned to Yuan Ge Lao, arched his hand, and taught very sincerely: "This official thinks that public affairs must be public. Strive to act impartially in what you do and speak, and not be arbitrary for your own good, so as to avoid misjudgment and misunderstanding of others. Does Yuan Ge think so? ”

"That makes sense!" Yuan Ge Lao was expressionless, and replied under the gaze of all kinds of strange eyes around him.