As soon as Pang finished speaking, Zhang Huiquan jumped up and pointed at Pang Gang in a hoarse voice and roared: "Your Majesty, my lords, it's not that Weichen didn't change his military status, but this humble martial artist, after coming to the military department, he was extremely arrogant and rude, and he didn't kneel down to bow after seeing Weichen, he despised Weichen so much, Weichen must not tolerate this arrogant person being presumptuous in the military department, so Weichen wanted to drive him out, but this murderer actually broke out and hurt people and broke Wechen's fingers, Emperor, you have to make decisions for Weichen!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Huiquan actually cried on the spot in the main hall.

"This" Chongzhen and the ministers understood the truth of the matter as soon as they heard it, and it turned out that it was still the plot of Wenzun and Wuhui who was making trouble.

After figuring out the reason, the ministers in the palace, who were mostly civil officials, involuntarily favored Zhang Huiquan, who was crying and screaming, at this time, an official who was about forty years old wrapped in a vermilion peacock official uniform immediately stood up and said loudly: "Qi to play the emperor, Pang Gang Tuoba is rude, Weichen thought that Zhang Huiquan was not wrong to drive him out of the military department, and then he was angry and committed murder on the spot. ”

"Yes, please ask the emperor to severely punish him to warn future generations." At this time, some officials also stood up and seconded the proposal.

Pang Gang was furious in his heart, fixed his eyes, and stared at the official who jumped out first for a few moments, only to find out that this benevolent brother turned out to be the one who scolded Lu Xiangsheng in the hall this morning, and Pang Gang immediately recorded this person's appearance in his heart.

"The gentleman takes revenge, it's not too late for three years, you wait for me!" Pang Gang looked at the officials who jumped out and accused him one after another, and sneered secretly in his heart: "These guys who can only talk about misleading the country, one day Lao Tzu will make you look good." ”

Chongzhen saw that some officials jumped out to accuse Pang Gang, and his face also showed embarrassment, this Pang Gang was the general of Dingyuan who had just been praised and promoted in the morning, but now he was impeached by the officials, which also made him feel embarrassed, punishing Pang Gang may make the general soldiers and troops outside the city dissatisfied, don't punish it? Now these officials are holding on to Pang Gang again, which can stump Chongzhen.

At this time, Pang Gang knew that he had to defend himself, otherwise he would be in trouble if he waited for the crime to be decided. He turned around and pointed at the group of speech officials who were spitting at him menacingly, and shouted: "You poor sours who can only talk about it, shut up Lao Tzu!" ”

Pang Gang's sentence came out of the abdominal cavity very loudly, and immediately suppressed the voices of the officials. The entire hall was silent, and everyone was shocked by Pang Gang's words for a while, this guy dared to scold the official, he didn't know that if he offended these guys who ate by mouth, they could drown you just by spitting on the stars?

The officials were stunned for a moment when they were scolded, and then they all became furious, and they were about to scold this bold martial artist in unison. But I saw Pang Gang turn his head and ask the official who jumped out first to scold him, "Dare to ask this adult's surname?" ”

The official was stunned for a moment, and then sneered: "You vulgar martial artist asked the name of the official, but the official will not be afraid of you if he acts upright, and you listen, the old man is Chen Xinjia, the left attendant of the military department." Although the old man is a squire in the military department, he will not favor his subordinates for no reason, and it is true that you are rude and murderous first, and it is the old man who impeached you. ”

"You are Chen Xinjia?" Pang Gang couldn't help but be stunned, it seemed that he had seen a historical celebrity again, but this brother's reputation in later generations was not very good.

"It turned out to be Chen Shilang." Pang Gang shook his head and said: "Originally, Pang thought that since Chen Shilang was an official of the imperial court, and he was taught by the sage and respected by the emperor, he must be a knowledgeable person, but he didn't expect that he would be the same as those rotten Confucians. ”

Chen Xinjia is worthy of being a squire in the military department, and he was not angry when Pang Gang was so sarcastic, but said disdainfully: "Hmph! You, a martial artist who doesn't know how to write and ink, are also worthy of talking about the words of a saint with the old man? ”

Pang Gang took a deep breath and said angrily: "Okay! The official wanted to ask Chen Shilang, this official is a general of Dingyuan, with the rank of general of the third grade, but he wants to kneel down when he sees this foreign man of the fifth grade, is this also the teaching of the saint? Why can't this official just punish this arrogant person who does not distinguish between dignity and inferiority and does not respect the laws of the court? ”

"Ugh! The"

Pang Gang's words were not only Chen Xinjia, but also stopped everyone, yes! Pang Gang is the first-class freshly baked third-grade Dingyuan general that Chongzhen just sealed this morning, and there is no reason to kneel down to the fifth-grade member Wailang, who is a few levels lower than him. It's just that this is a very simple truth, but because the Ming Dynasty has long pursued the policy of respecting and being inferior to the military, it has been deeply rooted in the bones of all officials, and they who think that they are proud of the Son of Heaven have long subconsciously decided in their hearts that the status of those rude military attaches should naturally bow to them, who have "read the books of sages since childhood", and as for the grade, they have never put it in their hearts, which has also become the "unspoken rule" in the court.

But now after being brought up by Pang Gang, they found that they couldn't refute each other's words, although there is such a management in the court, but the unspoken rule is the unspoken rule, and this kind of rule cannot be put on the table.

Seeing that these officials were dumbfounded by his own question, Pang Gang saluted Chongzhen again: "Your Majesty, in view of this, Weichen implores the emperor to severely punish this arrogant man and punish him for the crime of indistinguishing between dignity and inferiority and Meng Lang!" ”

Chongzhen, who was sitting on the high platform, was also stunned for a while, the arrogant Meng Lang crime of a military general asking the emperor to govern a civil official is indeed very fresh, but what Pang Gang said is also reasonable, and there is nothing wrong with it from a legal point of view, a five-grade official dares to drink and order a third-grade official to kneel and salute himself, no matter how you look at it, this matter is so absurd. Chongzhen thought about it and had an idea in his heart, so he slowly spoke: "Pang Aiqing is reasonable, this foreigner is indeed arrogant and should indeed be punished, come on!" stripped off the official robe of this outsider and degraded him to a commoner! ”

As soon as Chongzhen finished speaking, two guards rushed out from the side, grabbed Zhang Huiquan, who was still kneeling on the ground, and was about to drag him out.

This outsider saw that it was not good and hurriedly shouted: "The emperor sentenced Weichen like this, and the minister was not satisfied, thinking that Pang was only a five-rank military attache when he first came to the household department to exchange for a military registration, how did Weichen know that he was a third-grade general Dingyuan before he read the official document, what was wrong with the minister?" ”

"What this outsider said is really ridiculous!" Pang Gang on the side sneered: "Even if this official was still wearing a five-grade official uniform at the time, but you are just a five-grade outsider, which of my court law stipulates that the military attache of the fifth grade should kneel down and salute when he sees the civil official of the fifth grade, it is clear that you are an official of the military department, and you take the right granted by the emperor in your hand to wantonly oppress officials from other places, such misconduct is simply insulting to the teachings of the saints, and people like you are not worthy of being officials." ”

"You are ridiculous, everything is inferior, only reading is high, you are insulting"

Chongzhen was not in the mood to listen to this outsider's nonsense, so he waved his hand lightly, and the two guards below immediately dragged the unlucky outsider down like a dead dog.

Looking at the colleagues who were shouting incessantly along the way, many officials glared at Pang Gang angrily, and they were also scholars who saw that their colleagues had delayed the future of their lives because of a small mistake, and their hearts couldn't help but feel sad that the rabbit died and the fox died.

Pang Gang ignored all the angry gazes that shot in, and he casually arched his hand towards Chongzhen and said: "Emperor Shengming, punishing such arrogant people is really a matter of people's hearts, and Weichen admires it. ”

Chongzhen looked at the expressions and reactions of Zhongyanguan and Chen Xinjia to Pang Gang, but he didn't say anything, just smiled and said: "Zhongqing's family, today's early dynasty is here, everyone disperses!" ”

After speaking, Chongzhen stood up and was about to walk to the back, when a eunuch immediately stood up and shouted in a long voice with a sharp and thin voice: "Retreat from the court"

With the sound of retreat, the officials dispersed and walked towards the outside of the main hall in twos and threes, but none of the officials came to deal with Pang Gang, and it was obvious that Pang Gang had been isolated by these officials.

Looking at the attitude of these officials who are afraid of him, Pang Gang also knows that he has offended these civil officials in the hall just now, and he must be even more sad in the future. However, Pang Gang didn't worry about this, he never expected these guys who would only talk all day long to help him, and he also believed that he could get everything he wanted with his own hands.

After Pang Gang waited for those officials to finish walking, he was about to step out when a little eunuch hurriedly walked in front of Pang Gang from inside and whispered: "General Dingyuan, please stay, the emperor has an order, please ask the general to go to the imperial garden, and the emperor ordered that he should give a banquet with the general in the imperial garden today." ”

"Feast?" Pang Gang couldn't help but be taken aback, the emperor's banquet is a rare honor for a courtier, he just poked him in the basket today, he didn't get angry, why did he want to give a banquet?

Seeing the look of surprise on Pang Gang's face, the little eunuch just smiled and said nothing. Pang Gang hurriedly took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and quietly stuffed it into the little eunuch's hand, and asked softly: "Dare to ask this father-in-law, why did the emperor give a banquet to Pang?" ”

The little eunuch shook the heavy silver in his hand, his eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, and he said in his heart that this General Pang is really good at coming to things, and this edict is really right.

He said with a smile: "Although General Dingyuan is relieved, although the power of the sky is unpredictable, our family does not know why the emperor wants to give a banquet, but although the general is relieved, our family is not unhappy when looking at the emperor, it must be a good thing, although the general is relieved to go." However, there are also some taboos that the general face saint should pay attention to, such as "

The little eunuch told Pang Gang about some taboos in the palace as he walked, which also made Pang Gang feel that the ingot was too worthwhile

(To be continued)