Chapter 240: Decisive Battle in the Golden Palace (Part II)

Zhu Yunwen's angry shouts echoed in the Golden Palace.

Liang Hui, Chen Shu, and Chen Kan, who were impeached by Xiao Fan, were in a cold sweat, and when the murderous warriors outside the palace came to them and took off their official hats, the three of them came back to their senses, they trembled, their legs were weak, and they couldn't stop falling to the ground.

The samurai raised his hand, one left and one right, and then twisted their hands behind their backs.

The three of them immediately struggled and shouted, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! The minister is wronged, the minister is wronged! This is Xiao Fan's frame, Your Majesty can't trust him......"

Xiao Fan turned around, stared coldly at the three people who were crying bitterly, slowly unfolded the thick piece in his hand, and read: "In August of the twenty-ninth year of Hongwu, Inspector Yushi Liang Hui received five thousand taels of silver from King Xiang Bing, two pearls from the South China Sea, and four beautiful maids, and four beautiful maids, in the twenty-ninth year of Hongwu, Inspector Yushi Chen Shu received six thousand taels of silver from King Zhou, and countless gold and jade jewelry, in February of the thirtieth year of Hongwu, the kings entered Beijing to congratulate, and the officials gave Chen Kan a bribe of 10,000 taels of silver from King Yan, and promised to exonerate him from the crime of rudeness before the grandson drove ......"

Xiao Fan's words were like ice beads, reading the guilt of the three people word by word, in the quiet golden hall, the ministers looked complicated and kept silent, only Xiao Fan's voice echoed in the hall.

The faces of the three of them gradually turned to ashes, they were drenched in cold sweat, and they were limp and weak, allowing the warriors in the hall to stand left and right.

Zhu Yunwen's face turned iron-blue, his body wrapped in the red dragon robe couldn't stop trembling slightly, his cheeks were biting tightly, but a very rare flash of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

Xiao Fan read more than ten charges, then paused, put away the chapter, raised it towards the three of them, and said coldly: "Do you want this official to continue reading?" The charges of the three of you are well documented, and the evidence is ironclad, and now in front of the Son of Heaven and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, you yourself say, which one of these officials has wronged you? This official will give you a chance to defend yourself! ”

The three of them completely collapsed at this time, broke free from the warrior who was holding them, knelt on the golden palace and kowtowed to Zhu Yunwen like pounding garlic, tears and pleaded: "The minister is guilty, the minister should be punished!" I beg your majesty for forgiveness, and the minister will not dare to ...... in the future."

Xiao Fan handed over the thick evidence of guilt in his hand to the eunuchs in the palace, and then slowly retreated to the court, closing his eyes and saying nothing.

The rest of the things are not in his hands, and Zhu Yunwen naturally knows how to do it.

The Manchu Dynasty Wenwu looked at the three people begging for mercy, the hall of hundreds of people was silent, everyone looked at the three people with complicated expressions, and unconsciously turned their heads to look at Zhu Yunwen, who was so angry that his facial features were a little distorted on the dragon chair.

Zhu Yunwen only felt a surge of blood in his chest, and his anger had already rushed to the top of his head, and his face was flushed.

"Liang Hui, Chen Shu, Chen Kan, can the three of you be guilty?" Zhu Yunwen's tone was cold.

The three of them trembled and bowed to the ground, crying in unison: "Minister...... Convicted! I beg your Majesty to forgive ......"

Zhu Yunwen Xingxing had tears in his eyes and sighed: "When the emperor's grandfather was alive, the officials who were greedy for sixty taels of silver were stripped of their skins and grass to show the public. ”

Slapped the armrest of the dragon chair fiercely, Zhu Yunwen stood up and said angrily: "If I spare you, won't the righteousness of the court become an empty word?" How do I control the officials of the world? How to deal with those people who are interested in the court? How to be worthy of the spirit of the first emperor in the sky? The vassal kings are much more generous than me, so why don't you just serve the vassal kings as the lord? What are you bowing down to the emperor of me! ”

This was a bit serious, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all shocked, and hurriedly knelt down in front of Zhu Yunwen, and said in unison: "Your Majesty is angry......

Zhu Yunwen ignored it and shouted angrily: "Left and right warriors, these three people don't have to go to prison, don't be re-interrogated, escort them directly to the vegetable market, and show them to the public!" ”

The samurai in the hall responded and escorted the desperate three out of the main hall.

The mournful begging for mercy of the three people faded away, and there was still deathly silence in the Fengtian Temple.

The civil and military expressions of the Manchu Dynasty were different, and the Qingliu party was like ashes, staring at the front numbly and emptyly, they were shocked, and for no reason they actually gave birth to a sense of desolation of the rabbit and the fox, and at the same time they were more jealous and afraid of Xiao Fan's unpredictable methods of rectifying people.

As we all know, these three people are members of the Qingliu, and the deliberations on the reform of the military system of the Chaoliu have not yet begun, and the eight Qingliu backbones have disappeared inexplicably and are absent from the Chaoliu...... Before he could fight against the Annihilation Party, his own camp was a full eleven less, how could the next Korean struggle continue?

- Xiao Fan is determined to win this time, and he is determined to remove obstacles and implement the military system change!

The Qingliu ministers were full of panic, and couldn't help but look at Xiao Fan in the meritorious class, but saw that Xiao Fan happened to be looking at them with a pair of black eyes, the two sides looked at each other, Xiao Fan bared his teeth and smiled at them, but a gloomy and fierce light shot out of his eyes, like a wolf that had been hungry for several days, staring at the fat stupid rabbit.

The Qingliu ministers were all stunned, goosebumps all over their bodies stood up, and then everyone saw Xiao Fan take out another thick blue cover from his arms casually, and raised it at the Qingliu ministers with a grin.

The Qingliu people secretly cursed, "Despicable! Immature! ”

scolded the despicable and naΓ―ve, but everyone couldn't help but hang their hearts high.

What's written in the other cantata? Who else does this shameless guy want to fix? How many other people in Qingliu are on his blacklist?

This answer makes everyone very curious, but no one dares to test it, even if it is a self-proclaimed honest and honest minister of Qingliu, as a Beijing official, he receives so many filial gifts from foreign officials every year, how many of them are clean and honest like water? Everyone has a few unsavory things, and that piece of music is like a big knife hanging high above the head, although it has not yet fallen, it has caused huge psychological pressure on everyone.

The ministers of Qingliu, who were originally twisted into one heart, gradually fell in morale under Xiao Fan's several blows without a trace, and changed from being full of ambition to annihilating the party to a passive and decadent search for self-preservation.

The offense and defense were quietly transposed, the court was treacherous, and everything was in Xiao Fan's hands.

Zhu Yunwen sat on the dragon chair, took a few deep breaths, suppressed his anger, and said coldly: "I advise some ministers, eat the king's fortune, and be loyal to the king, you are all people who have read the books of the sages, and the principles of the sages don't need to be taught to you by me, right?" If you accept bribes from the vassal king, why don't you go to the vassal king in a down-to-earth manner and then recognize the Lord? ”

These words were very serious, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty bowed down awe-inspiringly, and said in unison: "The ministers don't dare." ”

Zhu Yunwen breathed a long sigh of relief, and said with a depressed expression: "That's it, this matter is not mentioned, I am going to the court meeting today, in order to discuss the matter of changing the military system, what do the secretaries think, although they are face-to-face." ”

His Royal Highness's ministers were silent for a while, and the turmoil just now cast a shadow on everyone's hearts, and the ministers of Qingliu, who were originally eager to try, no longer dared to come forward, they were frightened by Xiao Fan's methods.

Xiao Fan, who was standing in the court, looked left and right, and saw that no one stepped forward to answer, so Xiao Fan straightened his clothes, coughed twice, slowly walked out of the courtclass, bowed down and played: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the proposal for changing the military system proposed by Ru Shangshu of the Ministry of War is ,...... Feasible! ”

The ministers were silent, this is the expected answer, the military system change was originally proposed by Xiao Fan and Ru Yu, this is simply Xiao Fan's own opinion, what does he disagree with?

A smile flashed in Zhu Yunwen's eyes, and he said, "Xiao Aiqing will tell me the reason." ”

"The military system of our dynasty is chaotic, from the twenty-sixth year after Hongwu began, when Lanyu rebelled, the generals in the army implicated many people, the first emperor thundered the means, will be suspected of rebellion one by one, this move leveled the rebellious generals, for the country to eliminate evil, but also caused my Ming army to have a lack of experience in the generals, the army is chaotic, in recent years, the Ming army due to the good and bad generals, coupled with the country no war, the Ming Dynasty all over the command of the envoys, the thousands of households under the rule of the sergeants are secretly twilight, slack, the military from generation to generation, But the generation is not as good as the generation, the old and weak are full of the army, and the combat power is much lower than the brave soldiers in the first emperor Hongwu period. Let me ask my colleagues in the DPRK and China, if one day the Tartars break through the Great Wall, break through the blockade of the border army, and ride their horses south, who can fight with the Tartars at that time? The Southern Song Dynasty died because of the weak soldiers and the outnumbered generals, the imperial court [***], the lessons of the past are only more than 100 years, do I have to follow in the footsteps of the Southern Song Dynasty? ”

Xiao Fan paused, slowly looked around at the ministers, and said: "Therefore, the ministers think that the reform of the Ming military system is imminent, and the military system must be changed. My emperor wants to create a prosperous era of Ming Jianwen, if there is no strong military backing, the prosperous era is just a castle in the air, it will collapse in an instant, the foundation of a strong country lies in the first strong army, Qin Huang Han Wu, Tang Dynasty and Song ancestors, the reason why they created a prosperous era is because they first created an invincible army! Make the Quartet barbarian state wholeheartedly surrender, so that my Chinese virtue was in the United States, subdued the four seas, I want to cover the Tang and Song dynasties, non-strong army can not compete for merit, if you want to strengthen the army, you must first change the military system! Therefore, please ask Your Majesty to change the law, the Ming Dynasty is strong, please start from now on! ”

The words were sonorous and passionate, reverberating in the hall like a spring thunder, which exploded into a bright and bright world for this chaotic world.

The ministers were shocked again, Zhu Yunwen sat on the dragon chair but listened with excitement, smiled, and said with a busy smile: "Haha, good, Xiao Aiqing has a heart for the community, and I am very relieved, so I will ......be gracious."

"Wait!" An angry shout interrupted Zhu Yunwen's words.

Everyone looked at it in amazement, but saw Yang Jing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, standing up for the court, he first glared at Xiao Fan fiercely, and then faced Zhu Yunwen and said: "Your Majesty, the reform of the military system shakes the foundation of the country, it is extraordinary, how can you make such a rash decision?" This matter is related to the Daming Jiangshan Sheji, you must not be careless, I hope Your Majesty will think twice......"

Xiao Fan couldn't help but sigh heavily, and another one came out to add to the blockage, knowing that Cao Yi would tie him up too...... Xiao Fan was full of helplessness, so he had to say sullenly: "Yang Shangshu ......"

Yang Jing turned his head suddenly, pointed at Xiao Fan and said angrily: "Xiao Fan! This official behaves rightly, stands upright, has been a man and an official all his life, has never had a trace of stain, and is not afraid of being framed by you! Your talk of reforming the military system is purely a disaster to the country and a misunderstanding of the king, and this official, as a minister of the Ming Dynasty, will never let you succeed! ”

"Are you innocent? Hum! ”

Xiao Fan was so angry that he raised his eyebrows, and when he took out the heavy blue paper that recorded the evidence of the official's crime from his arms, he began to flip through it in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and turned it carefully.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, including Zhu Yunwen, opened their eyes wide one by one, quietly watching Xiao Fan flip the chapter, the hall was silent, and everyone's eyes moved with Xiao Fan's hand turning the chapter.

Yang Jing glared at Xiao Fan with an angry face, without the slightest hint of emptiness, and his face was righteous and awe-inspiring.

On the solemn Golden Palace, there was such a strange and inexplicable scene, a group of ministers stared at Xiao Fan and flipped through the chapters, like a group of little ghosts watching the judge turn over the book of life and death, and their expressions were extremely entangled.

Long...... Xiao Fan flipped to the end, suddenly snapped, closed the music fiercely, and then stared at Yang Jing strangely, and said leisurely: "Yang Shangshu is really innocent, it's just a pervert...... Forget it, you can continue to object. ”

After speaking, Xiao Fan flicked his sleeves and retreated to the court.

There was a sudden choking cough among the ministers...... Xiao Fan, this brute.............................. Yang Jing smiled proudly, glared at Xiao Fan provocatively, and then faced Zhu Yunwen and said: "Your Majesty, the military system is a law established by the first emperor, and the first emperor once made the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun", saying that the law cannot be changed to change a word, so the minister thinks that reforming the military system is against the ancestral system of the first emperor, and it must not be ......."

"Wait!" Xiao Fan stood up for the court again.

Yang Jing's eyes widened angrily, and he stomped his feet and said, "You thief!" What do you want? ”

Xiao Fan glanced at him and said to Zhu Yunwen: "Your Majesty, the theory of reforming the military system, in this court, everyone has their own reasons, and it is not clear for a while, and it is even more difficult to make a decision. ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, what kind of trick did this guy do?

Zhu Yunwen's eyes widened, and he stammered, "He...... What is a show of hands? ”

"That is, the minority obeys the majority, and today it is said that hundreds of ministers who participated in the court meeting are all well-informed people, if the majority of them agree with the reform of the military system, it means that this proposal is accepted by the majority of ministers, and the proposal accepted by the majority of the people must be an effective truth, if the majority of people oppose it, then there is no need to mention the proposal of changing the military system in the future, what does Your Majesty think of the minister's proposal?"

Zhu Yunwen groaned: "The minority obeys the majority? It's a subtle statement, perhaps...... You can give it a try. ”

Yang Jing, who was standing in the hall, was nervous when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Xiao Fan, you are so despicable......"

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Fan had already turned his head to face the hundreds of ministers in the hall and shouted: "Today, my emperor is changing the military system and wants to implement new laws to strengthen the army and the country, this move is related to the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years, and it is not something that can be decided by one person, if the princes agree, please raise your right hand above your head......"

Swish!

Except for a few Qingliu ministers and impartial court neutrals, the rest of the people all raised their right hands, and Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, raised his hand while squeezing his eyes at Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, Li Jinglong's move was right, and he won the support of a large number of meritorious descendants for himself, otherwise it would inevitably fall into another melee in the court.

Seeing that the court was brushing a forest of arms and raising high, Zhu Yunwen felt both novelty and admiration for Xiao Fan, this guy's brain ...... How long the hell is it?

Slowly looking around at everyone, Zhu Yunwen suddenly burst out laughing, and then hurriedly put on a majestic appearance, and said in a deep voice: "Since most of the Aiqing people are in favor of reforming the military system, according to me, there is no need to continue the discussion of the court meeting today, I will hereby decree, the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Communications will promulgate the world, that is, the reform of the military system will begin, and the specific matters will be handed over to Xiao Aiqing and the Ministry of War Ru Shangshu Administration, and the specific articles and regulations will be submitted to me after the two Aiqing have discussed, and all Aiqing should fully cooperate, and must not be lazy, and violators will be severely punished!" The will is announced to the world, and the salty envoy hears it! That's it, retreat! ”

After speaking, Zhu Yunwen hurriedly got up, his figure flashed, and he hurried back to the Huagai Palace.

The ministers looked at each other, their expressions were confused, the vigorous court meeting, the boiling duel of loyalty and annihilation, and the controversial military system reform, just like that...... It's over?

The thunder is loud, the rain is small, aren't the clear streams clamoring one by one to fight with the annihilation party? The result? All of them are like turtles with shrunken heads, and they don't let out a single fart!

Many of the princes who were eager to see the excitement smacked their lips unsatisfied, and then cast contemptuous glances at Qingliu, shook their sleeves fiercely, and strode away from Fengtian Palace.

What bullshit, phew!

In the middle of the Golden Palace, a group of Qingliu ministers stood in place with their eyebrows on their faces, still with a dull expression.

Contrary to their reactions, after the annihilators were stunned for a moment, a shocking cheer erupted at the same time, and everyone high-fived and celebrated.

Xiao Fan smiled, strode forward, held Yang Jing's hand with a grateful face, and shook it vigorously a few times: "Agreed, conceded...... The lower official is very appreciative, if there is any dispute next time, I will definitely let you ......"

Yang Jing's eyes were full of tears: "...... I'm not done yet. ”

Xiao Fan patted him on the shoulder comfortingly: "Next time...... I'll let you finish it next time. ”

The dust has settled on the noisy dispute over reforming the military system.

The annihilation party swarmed up, and gave the most enthusiastic sycophants to Xiao Fan's endless despicable methods, and then everyone surrounded Xiao Fan out of the palace gate, along the way, all the clansmen and relatives smiled and saluted, looking at Xiao Fan's eyes full of kindness or awe.

Xiao Fan smiled and returned the salute one by one, winning a big victory, and his heart was relaxed at this moment.

No matter how despicable the means are, at least his intentions are correct, for the sake of this Ming Dynasty, for the friend of Zhu Yunwen, and for his wife and children to live without military disasters and wars in the future, even if he is pointed out by thousands of husbands and scolded for eternity, everything is worth it!

Out of the palace gate, Cao Yi waited outside the Chengtian Gate early, and when he saw Xiao Fan coming out, Cao Yi, who had already learned the news, arched his hand with a happy face: "Congratulations, my lord, I have achieved my ambition and my ambition has been shown!" ”

Xiao Fan hooked Cao Yi's neck, pulled him to a no-man's corner, and asked in a low voice, "What about Huang Guan and them?" ”

Cao Yi smiled strangely: "Now I am lying in the arms of the beauty unconscious, and I am enjoying it very much......"

Xiao Fan smiled maliciously: "Go, go find them!" ”

"What are you looking for them?"

"Catch and annihilate!"

(To be continued)