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The Forbidden City was surprisingly calm, and in the two centers of the whirlpool of this storm, neither the Empress Dowager nor the Emperor had made any moves. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After meeting the Queen Mother, the three scholars of the cabinet immediately left the palace. And Liu Jin has been by Zhu Houzhao's side, and he has not revealed any rumors.

In fact, both sides of the gladiatorial fight have consciously held the victory by themselves, and now what they have to wait for is the announcement of the result.

Empress Dowager Zhang did not show too much anger at Liu Jin's words and deeds for the complaint of the three cabinet scholars, this is for sure, of course she also knows that although Liu Jin is unbearable, but after all, she is serving the emperor, and Empress Dowager Zhang knows the joints well.

However, Liu Jian and others did say that they moved her, not because he had any prejudices against Liu Jin, but most importantly, since Liu Jin had made trouble to the point that the emperor and the cabinet were on the same page, and the Mongols were also hostile, then sacrificing a Liu Jin was nothing to Empress Dowager Zhang.

However, she did not immediately make an order, when it was not early, Liu Jin was just a eunuch, and it was enough for a samurai to collect an edict from him, so after Empress Dowager Zhang greatly appeased Liu Jian and others, she planned to wait until Ming said.

The next morning, hundreds of officials entered the court.

In the palace, the dawn of victory seems to be in sight, so that Liu Jian's mood is exceptionally good, wearing a new court uniform and entering the main hall under the support of all officials, Xie Qian, Liu Daxia, Ma Wenshengren, etc. are also all colorful, their current mood, most likely like the flower willow that has been plagued for several years and has been cured by the old army doctor all at once, from the body and heart, are full of refreshment and joy.

Seeing that the time is about to pass, the emperor has not yet arrived, it stands to reason, it should be said that the three o'clock of the hour should be started, this is the rule left by the first emperor, but Zhu Houzhao loves to sleep lazy and often is late, everyone is used to it, but it is inevitable that there is some slander in his heart, if the emperor has no comparison, it is fine, but now the emperor and the first emperor are compared, for the officials is really a heaven and an underground, so that the officials are very entangled.

The only one in the DPRK who is worried is Li Dongyang.

Li Dongyang stood in his position, but he always felt that something was not quite right in his heart, and Ma Wensheng beside him couldn't help but lean in and whispered, "What is Gong Li thinking?"

Li Dongyang glanced at him, then looked at Liu Jian with a happy face, sighed and said, "Things are a little strange. ”

"Strange?" Ma Wensheng was confused.

Li Dongyang said: "It stands to reason that this time the court meeting will be canceled, but why hasn't it been canceled?" ”

Ma Wensheng said: "Isn't today's court meeting customized? ”

Li Dongyang shook his head and said: "The emperor and Liu Jin have a deep relationship, and now Liu Jin is about to be convicted, if the emperor has no power to resist, with his surname, he will definitely sulk and break the jar, so the old man originally thought that this time the court meeting would be suddenly canceled, but the emperor did not cancel it, this thing is weird." ”

Ma Wensheng was stunned at first, obviously very puzzled by Li Dongyang's theory, but then suddenly understood something.

If something is abnormal, it is a demon, Zhu Houzhao is a teenager, and he is a naughty child, this is everyone's opinion, how should such a child react once he learns that the people close to him are about to be judged?

With the emperor's surname, he will definitely lose his temper, and the biggest way for the little emperor to lose his temper is to cancel the court meeting.

But what does it mean that the DPRK has not been cancelled?

What Li Dongyang is worried about is not the emperor's surname, if the emperor cancels the court meeting, it will prove that the emperor has no way to take everyone, but this court meeting is still going on, and things are not easy to say.

After Li Dongyang's click, Ma Wensheng naturally understood something, but he immediately just laughed at himself: "At this point, what else do you have to worry about, is Your Majesty doing the right thing with the people of the world for the sake of a Liu Jin?" ”

From the bottom of his heart, Ma Wensheng has a contempt for Liu Jin and even Huang Yanjing, a eunuch, a child, what else can he do?

Li Dongyang sighed in his heart, and didn't say anything more, it was useless to say more, it was better to see how the emperor responded.

After another moment, Zhu Houzhao was late, and it was obviously Liu Jin who followed him.

Liu Jin's appearance made many people blush, and at this point, this Liu Jin actually dared to appear, which really made everyone unexpected.

Even Liu Jian's face couldn't help but change slightly.

Zhu Houzhao sat on the imperial chair like no one else, pursed his lips and said nothing, while Liu Jian stood beside him, bowing down and waiting.

"The court meeting can begin, ladies and gentlemen, let's talk."

Zhu Houzhao, as usual, made an opening remark.

Liu Jian's eyes swept over Zhu Houzhao, originally today's court meeting, he didn't want to talk about Liu Jin anymore, anyway, the Queen Mother had already said hello, as long as the Queen Mother's decree came down, things would be logical, and there was no need to go up and step on a dying person.

But now that Liu Jin has appeared here, and the emperor has shown that he attaches great importance to Liu Jin, Liu Jian couldn't sit still, he coughed, and said: "Your Majesty, what we are talking about today is Mongolia......

"National Letters?" Zhu Houzhao didn't wait for Liu Jian to finish speaking, he changed his cold eyes when he watched politics in the past, and interrupted Liu Jian's words very unceremoniously: "The Mongols are aggressive, and the national letter is very polite, hmph, when they were only united with the Monan tribes, they were extremely affectionate to my Ming Dynasty, and now they are gradually growing, and they are actually disrespectful, and now they have a tendency to unify Mongolia. ”

This self-assertive remark immediately caused an uproar in the court.

Liu Jian's old face flushed, and he said lightly: "Your Majesty, the reason why they are disrespectful in the national letter is that my Ming Dynasty is at fault first, my Ming Dynasty has always been at peace with them, and their envoys are usually very respectful to my Ming Dynasty, but my Ming Dynasty does not remember the old feelings, and it is actually an unauthorized army, Your Majesty, this is already an undeclared war, and it is the Mongolian Khan's court that is furious, so Weichen asked for a thorough investigation of this matter, in fact, this matter has already begun to be thoroughly investigated, this matter was provoked by the guerrilla general Liu Xian, this Liu Xian coveted the Tatar goods, Sending troops without authorization and deceiving the king is a crime of death. ”

Liu Jian paused here, glanced at Liu Jin casually, and continued: "But Liu Xian, a small guerrilla general, how dare he easily send troops when he has neither a will, nor a military order from the military department, or even an order from the governor of Jizhou? Behind this Liu Xian, there must be someone to support him, the old minister knows, this Liu Xian is the brother of Liu Jin, the eunuch of the Xichang palm seal, he was just a scoundrel on the street, it is by relying on Liu Jin, he became the guerrilla general of my Ming Dynasty step by step, before the Ministry of War was very dissatisfied with this appointment, but Liu Jin insisted on going his own way, and even threatened the Ministry of War, and finally had to make concessions. Things are already clear......"

"Besides, this Liu Jin appoints private individuals, and he doesn't know how to check the points, he repeatedly accepts money and goods, and he is rampant in the name of the emperor......"

Liu Jin was listening to Liu Jian's many crimes, and his face showed a smile, and his eyes looked at Zhu Houzhao burningly, as if he was waiting for something.

"Liu Aiqing, are you finished?" Zhu Houzhao suddenly interrupted Liu Jian's words again.

A trace of anger swept through Liu Jian's eyes, obviously he was a little dissatisfied with the abnormal behavior of the emperor today, in fact, it was not just him, most of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were gloomy.

Liu Jian is an old minister of the Three Dynasties and the first assistant of the cabinet, and the emperor has not shown any basic respect today, why not teach people to be chilled?

But among the ministers, although the two people standing in an inconspicuous position made an indifferent expression at the moment, the two pairs of eyes invariably looked at Liu Jian, and in their eyes, there was clearly pleasure.

These two people are Jiao Fang, the waiter of the Ministry of Officials, and Zhang Cai, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

When they saw Liu Jin also entering the palace together, the two of them already knew that their plan had been successful, and starting today, the entire court situation would undergo major changes.

Presumably, Liu Jian would never have imagined that behind his mantis catching cicadas, there were two sparrows eyeing at him.

"Now that Liu Aiqing has finished speaking, are you willing to listen to me?"

Zhu Houzhao's voice came out again.

Zhu Houzhao continued: "What kind of guerrilla general Liu Xian did he say sent troops without authorization, this is bullying the king? said that Liu Jin was instigating behind his back, right? Then I will tell you that Liu Jin did instruct Liu Jin to send troops first, but I also want to tell you that Liu Jin was instructed by me! ”

Buzzing...... Everyone was shocked, and whispers were heard in the middle of the court.

This matter was actually instructed by Zhu Houzhao, whether Zhu Houzhao instructed it or not, but once this Zhu Houzhao took this matter on himself, then this means that Liu Xian just acted according to orders, and all the basis of his crimes was gone, and Liu Jin's charges were untenable.

"The Emperor's ......"

At this point, Liu Jian really felt the seriousness of the problem, he could trouble Liu Jin, and he could blame the Liu brothers for the crime, but once Zhu Houzhao took this matter down, could he still blame the emperor for all the crimes?

Liu Jian was furious, furious, he felt that he had been tricked, and the person who played him was still the emperor.

(To be continued)