Chapter 656: The Storm Is Coming (Part II)

The atmosphere in the Golden Palace was extremely strange, and the expressions of the civil officials were extremely indifferent today, although only the royal officials were making a big fuss in the palace, but the expressionless reactions of the rest of the ministers were very abnormal in themselves, like an invisible black hand gradually revealing its original form.

Zhu Houzhao's plan with a bias topic is completely useless, Xiao Dujun has his persistence, every time he encounters a tricky matter in the palace, he always tries to change the topic or directly avoid the matter, but he has not succeeded in evading it, but he never seems to have learned a lesson, and he is happy to avoid it again and again, and the way of avoiding it is more blunt than when Liu Liangnu pointed at his nose and told him to roll.

"Your Majesty, the four hundred Franco cannons are missing, this matter is not trivial, please ask Your Majesty to investigate thoroughly!" The king began to dance the sword, which was not good.

On the bright side, the king's request was not wrong, not only true, but also very necessary. Four hundred artillery pieces are not a trivial matter, it can even decide the outcome of a war, this kind of big killing weapon that can turn everything in the world into scum must only be in the hands of the imperial court, if even one is lost, it may cause a lot of disasters, not to mention the whole four hundred.

Zhu Houzhao was anxious, sat on the dragon chair and glanced at Qin Kan in the crowd quite anxiously, then touched his chin and said, "Check ...... Of course, this matter must be investigated, Qin Kan, the Duke of Ningguo, I ordered you to send Jinyi Wei to investigate this matter well, and find out and report to ......me quickly."

All the civil and military officials in the palace, whether they knew it or not, their faces were all black.

This little faint gentleman pulled the bias too obviously, and the officials of the Creation Bureau had just admitted that it was the Warrior Battalion of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and now they only had to summon the Imperial Horse Supervisor Palm Seal Miao Kui to confront him face to face. Everything was revealed, but Xiao Dujun ordered Jinyiwei to investigate, and the plan to delay the army was too clumsy.

A sneer appeared on Wang Yuan's face, and he said loudly: "Your Majesty doesn't need to trouble Jinyiwei, the minister is the official gives the matter, and has the right to hear about it, everything the minister says is well documented, as far as the minister knows, the four hundred artillery pieces have been transported to Tianjin by the Imperial Horse Supervisor, on top of this golden palace." The minister wanted to ask Grandpa Qin, the Duke of Ningguo, in front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. Do you know what these 400 cannons are used for? ”

The hall was silent again, everyone turned their heads, and countless eyes suddenly focused on Qin Kan, who was inconspicuous in the crowd.

As far as the king said this, many ministers showed joy on their faces. finally pointed to Qin Kan, a traitor. Since Liu Jin's death. They had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Qin Kan, who was being watched by countless eyes, did not change his face, his face was not a little wavering, and his eyes were half-open and half-closed, like an old monk.

After waiting for a long time, Qin Kan didn't answer. Wang Gong couldn't help but become more and more angry, took a step forward, and sneered: "Can Grandpa Qin put down his shelf and solve his doubts for the lower officials?" ”

Qin Kan finally opened his eyes, glanced indifferently at the royal staff, then closed his eyes again, and said lightly: "Lord Wang is so aggressive, but he is interrogating his own father?" According to the law, the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, Jinyiwei and the East and West Second Factory all have the right to arrest and interrogate, but the Duke of China never knew that the Daoyan official also had the right to interrogate. ”

The king was taken by Qin Kan's words, his face suddenly turned pale, and before he could speak, he saw another person standing up in the court, who was Tu Tu, the head of the imperial history of the right capital.

"Humph! The rank of the royal bureaucrat is very low, and he can't ask Grandpa Qin, I don't know if this official is qualified to ask? ”

Qin Kan sighed secretly, Tu Tu was upright, and he may not have participated in the collusion of civilians and officials with maritime merchants, but since the time of Liu Jin's rebellion, Tu Tu has always been unapologetic to the Eight Tigers and him, and stubbornly believes that Qin Kan and Liu Jin are traitors to the country and are targeted everywhere.

So Qin Kan immediately smiled and said, "Lord Tu naturally asked, and the prince of my country should know everything. ”

"Well, this official dares to ask Grandpa Qin, what the prince said about the four hundred artillery, can Grandpa Qin know where to go?"

Qin Kan's smile flickered, and he rolled his eyes: "I don't know what to do." ”

This answer made the Manchu ministers very speechless, it was really a scoundrel, Tu Tu was so choked that he almost turned his back on it, and pointed at Qin Kan and trembled.

It was the royal bureaucrat who was in the limelight who was unwilling to be lonely and spoke again, and he sneered: "Grandpa Qin pretended to be confused, and the lower official simply said it on your behalf, the four hundred Franc machine guns have been sent to Tianjin overnight, and the port of Tianjin is building ships, and now five Dafu ships and several thousand warships have been built, and the four hundred guns are just to install these ships, and these ships are enough to form a powerful fleet to go to sea to the vassal country, Grandpa Qin, as far as the lower officials know, these new ships were built on your orders, and the construction began last year, The lower official dared to ask the grandfather, what is your intention to build this fleet? ”

Qin Kan was silent again, his eyes were half-closed and he didn't move, as if he was asleep, under the gaze of countless unkind eyes in the hall, he was silent for a long time before he said lightly: "Of course, shipbuilding is to go to sea, otherwise what else can you do?" ”

"What does it mean to go to sea?"

"Fishing ......"

"Poof-ha, cough-cough-cough......" Zhu Houzhao burst out laughing out loud out of place, only to laugh and suddenly felt that the occasion was wrong, and hurriedly covered it up with a cough.

The royal servant was enraged: "This is the Jinluan Palace, Grandpa Qin, please be solemn, is the fleet equipped with 400 Franc machine guns also for fishing?" When Wang and the Manchu Dynasty are fools? ”

Qin Kan sighed: "I don't know how Lord Wang's Jinshi was admitted, "Zhuangzi. There is a cloud in the inner chapter: "There is a fish in the north of the underworld, and its name is Kun." The Kun is so big that I don't know how many thousands of miles it is. Just think about it, Lord Wang, is it too much to bombard it with 400 cannons for thousands of miles? Is it excessive? Not too much! With less than 400 guns, where do you put the pride and dignity of the Kun? ”

......Zhu Houzhao on the dragon chair couldn't bear it anymore, and finally burst into laughter, leaning back and forth with laughter, tears flowing, and kept pounding the armrest of the dragon chair with his fists, ignoring the increasingly ugly faces of the ministers in the palace.

Several old ministers who were quite polite couldn't stand it anymore, and at the same time stood up from the court, and the emperor who was smiling completely unorthodox on the dragon chair said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, please be solemn!" ”

Zhu Houzhao reluctantly restrained his smile, and the smile in his eyes still lingered.

Wang Wei was deeply enraged by Qin Kan's repeated rogue actions, and took a step forward. His fists were clenched tightly, as if he wanted to be rough on Qin Kan.

Fighting and brawling among Ming officials has been a fine tradition for a hundred years, and they never fight and fight regardless of time and occasion, where to meet where to solve, first argue and then scold, scold and fight, if you can't fight, you will copy away from your nearest most convenient weapon and continue to fight, except for scolding people are more elegant and do not worship Guan Erye, in essence, these guys are not much different from the old boys who fight for turf and collect protection fees on the street in later generations.

At the moment, the king clenched his hands into fists and was about to move. probably moved his mind to beat Qin Kan. It is not a shocking thing for the seven-grade officials to beat up the government and the country. During the Daizong period, there was a precedent for the ministers of the palace to beat a Jinyi guard commander to death in front of the emperor, which shows how happy the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty were.

Qin Kan saw the movements of the prince, and when he pulled out the ivory board inserted in the jade belt behind him very neatly, he stood quietly in the center of the hall with his eyelids drooping. One hand gently stroked the board of the fluorene plate. Attentive and obsessive. It was as if a peerless swordsman was caressing his sword, and the whole picture was extremely panicked......

The prince, who was about to make a move, suddenly froze, hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed. Gave up the roughness.

It is undeniable that Qin Kan is a ruthless character, and he has thousands of lives under his hands. If the Golden Palace rashly moves today, not to mention how Qin Kan will retaliate against him in the future, just looking at the coquettish posture of this evil beast now, the king may not be able to beat him, if he moves his hand and is beaten by the other party, it will be too shameless.

"Qin Kan, in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military ministers, don't you even dare to say a word of truth? From last year to now, you have ordered Jinyiwei to mobilize thousands of shipbuilding craftsmen from all over the Ming Dynasty to build ships and recruit sailors and soldiers in Tianjin Donggang day and night, not to go to sea and trade with the vassal kingdoms, but for what? Wang sneered: "I have a will since Emperor Taizu, strictly forbidding the sea, not going into the water, violators will be punished with great rebellion, now you are openly building ships, recruiting sailors, dare to ask Grandpa Qin, where do you put my Ming law and ancestral system!" Wang dared to ask his colleagues in the palace what should be the crime of building ships and going to sea without permission! ”

As soon as the king's words fell, more than 20 superintendents of the imperial history and the matter stood up at the same time as if they had discussed the matter, and everyone had an expression of righteous indignation and anger on their faces, and said in unison: "If there is such a thing, the crime should be beheaded!" ”

It was not only these twenty people who echoed it, but dozens of officials also stood up, and everyone's faces were shocked or solemn, as if Qin Kan had done something extremely sinful and resentful.

"If this matter is true, it is really a big case for our country!"

"I beg Your Majesty to issue a strict investigation!"

"Going to sea to do business, violating my ancestral system, is really a big rebellion, please Your Majesty will dismiss Qin Kan from his post and go to prison for a strict trial!"

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It was as if a series of thunders suddenly exploded in the gloomy sky, and the long-suppressed Golden Palace suddenly boiled to the sky, and the accusations and scoldings were like landslides and tsunamis, and suddenly Qin Kan became the target of Wanfu.

Qin Kan still stood in the crowd with a calm expression, not sad or happy.

From yesterday's time when the royal bureaucrats pointed the finger at the officials of the Bureau of Creation and brought out 400 Francophone cannons, Qin Kan had a premonition that there would be a storm today, so he participated in today's early dynasty, and the reaction of the ministers was also expected by Qin Kan.

What should come will always come, the opening of the sea ban has a long way to go, it is impossible to be without twists and turns, and he also knows very well that if the situation continues to develop like this, a bigger storm is still waiting for him.

Zhu Houzhao on the dragon chair finally changed color, and it was not until this moment that he realized that today's court meeting did not seem to be so simple, and the impeachment of the Wang Bureaucracy was just a reason, and what they were really targeting was Qin Kan.

When Zhu Houzhao had just ascended the throne, the Manchu Dynasty suddenly launched a civil and military force, and asked in unison to exterminate the Eight Tigers.

Zhu Houzhao was anxious, his slightly panicked gaze swept around the crowd, and he stayed on Qin Kan's ancient face at the end, seeing that Qin Kan was still calm, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be secretly angry, this guy is so calm, I don't know if he is sure to solve this trouble or pretend to be calm.

As a friend, Zhu Houzhao is still quite righteous, no matter whether Qin Kan has a way to deal with it at the moment, he must help if he should help, even if he temporarily resolves the siege and defends the discussion.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes blinked, and he immediately had an idea.

At this time, the hall was noisy and noisy, and the civil officials jumped out one after another to accuse and scold Qin Kan like a group of thieves who had launched a robbery signal.

When the crowd was angry, Qin Kan sighed, and when he was about to stand up and speak, he saw Zhu Houzhao on the dragon chair suddenly stand up, his body was shaky, his face somehow became a little flushed, the beads of sweat on his forehead rolled down, and his eyes were even more bloodshot and red.

The hustle and bustle of the hall suddenly quieted, everyone looked at Zhu Houzhao in horror, watched Zhu Houzhao's body shake a few times, and the most reluctantly fell to the left side very heroically like a hero after blowing up the bunker, and the eunuch on duty next to him, who was frightened and pale, stepped forward, stretched out his hand to catch Zhu Houzhao's body in time, and then shouted in a sharp voice, and did not forget to shirk his responsibility: "Your Majesty is dizzy by you, hurry up and announce the imperial doctor!" Hurry, hurry! ”

The civil and military forces of the full hall were shocked, whether they quarreled on weekdays, whether they blamed the emperor or not, they were all the rights and obligations of the ministers, and there was nothing wrong with it, but if the courtiers really made the emperor angry, it would be a real rebellion, and its crime could be compared with the assassination of the emperor, and it was definitely a major crime to exterminate the nine clans.

So the ministers of the full hall fell to their knees and said in unison: "The ministers are waiting for ten thousand deaths, and your majesty will take care of the dragon's body." ”

The most anxious is Yang Tinghe, a cabinet scholar, he and Zhu Houzhao are both monarchs and ministers, as well as teachers and students, and sometimes the relationship between teachers and students is even closer than that of father and son.

"What are you doing! Outside the palace, the Han general quickly went to ask the imperial doctor to go to the Qianqing Palace to see His Majesty's illness, and the eunuch outside the palace carefully carried His Majesty back to the palace, quickly! 100,000 urgent! Yang Tinghe shouted in a deep voice.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then woke up like a dream, and hurriedly executed Yang Tinghe's order.

Zhu Houzhao is good at acting, and Qin Kan, who was standing still in the crowd, was also worried at the moment, and he was worried.

Is this guy really dizzy or fake?

Zhu Houzhao, who had fainted, was carried away by the crying eunuchs, and the eunuch on duty followed behind with small steps, thought about it and turned around and walked back, whisked the dust in his hand, and hurriedly said nonsense.

"Hundreds of officials retreat from the court-"

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A court battle like a black cloud overpowering the top was temporarily resolved by Zhu Houzhao at the beginning, and the hundred officials left the palace with their own thoughts, and Zhu Houzhao was hurriedly carried to the Qianqing Palace by the eunuchs.

Turning the Fengtian Palace, straight into the Jinshen Palace, just turned the corridor outside the hall, Zhu Houzhao, who was unconscious on the soft couch, suddenly woke up, a carp jumped up, full of energy, the eunuchs carrying him stagnated, looked at Zhu Houzhao for a long time, and then the eunuchs were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed frequently.

Zhu Houzhao's face was pale, he looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, then lowered his head and spit out twice, and two yellow ginger slices were spit on the ground.

"This thing is sweaty, it's just too spicy, so spicy that my tongue is numb......"

"Send someone to secretly invite Qin Kan to the Qianqing Palace, alas, it's a big trouble!" (To be continued......)