Chapter 552: The wall is falling down
"Pavilion Elder ......, Pavilion Elder "
Hong Chengchou's hands were quick and he helped the crumbling Zhang Sizhi with one hand. Zhang Sizhi's body leaned into Hong Chengchou's body and suddenly woke up, and he hurriedly struggled to get up, and he was excited to say something, but he opened his mouth and didn't know what to say for a while.
The general of the Jingying army who delivered the letter left, and there were only a few cabinet ministers left in the cabinet hall, but no one took the initiative to speak, and the atmosphere was strange and depressing, but the hearts of the cabinet ministers who were tightly hanging for a moment finally let go. Li Xin's return to Beijing alone is enough to prove that this person has no intention of rebellion. Of course, there are no absolutes in the world, and even now, there are still two possibilities.
The first is that Li Xin did collaborate with the enemy, and what happened in Beijing, as long as he was not a fool, he must have gotten the news now, and if he still came, he would either be extremely stupid, or the city government would be extremely deep. Even so, it takes a lot of courage and determination, because such an act is undoubtedly risking one's life. But he obviously has more options, such as becoming a king on his own, such as simply publicly voting for Tartars.
In the eyes of the ministers, the two possible former and the latter are not in line with Li Xin's image, and they are more inclined to believe that the previous accusations against Li Xin may be false, and they have really been wronged, and only in this way can there be a relatively reasonable explanation for returning to Beijing alone. But even so, Li Xin's courage is big enough, and when it comes to such a situation where he is almost ready to fly, who can guarantee that no one will have murderous intentions and ask for his name.
For example, in front of you, Zhang Sizhi, a scholar of your brother who has always regarded himself as the first assistant. Hong Chengchou looked at Zhang Sizhi with deep sympathy, he knew that Li Xin's fatal blow had completely reversed the situation, since the emperor had issued an order to summon Li Xin to the palace for an audience, it was obvious that the balance of victory had long been tilted in favor of Li Xin.
Zhang Sizhi also seemed to realize that the general trend had gone, and his last efforts were all in vain, he could no longer leave and right the direction of the chariot under him, all he could do was to let the chariot pushed by himself be like a wild horse, and he didn't know where it would go.
"It's all gone, there's nothing to do with you and me......"
Zhang Sizhi's eyes dimmed, and everyone suddenly found that this old man seemed to be ten years old in an instant, and he was actually old. Hong Chengchou saw it in his eyes, and sighed in his heart, he knew that the spirit of supporting Zhang Sizhi had disappeared, and he now knew that he was going to take care of the big things, what kind of heart to win, the first assistant of the cabinet, I was afraid that it might be the best ending if he could die well.
The emperor received Li Xin and several ministers were unaware of it, such an unbelievable thing, even those who had a dull sense of smell could guess that the cabinet had been rejected by the emperor. This realization made Hong Chengchou feel melancholy for a while, and this qiē was all facilitated by Zhang Sizhi, if his luck was good enough, he might have succeeded by now, but God didn't intend to stand on his side and let Li Xin's desperate situation reverse.
"Why are they scattered? Li Xin's intentions are unclear, how can he make it easy to enter the palace? Why don't we go and block it outside the palace gate, otherwise, otherwise, if he has the heart to murder the Holy One, won't we all be sinners? Li Shi was anxious, although he realized that Zhang Sizhi was about to be unlucky, but he didn't want Li Xin to turn over.
Hong Chengchou secretly scolded Li Shi for asking the fool, Zhang Sizhi is still difficult to protect himself at the moment, where can he still have the heart to collude with you, such as Sun Chengzong's secret letter, such as that Zuyi, such as Gao Pingren, these evidence against Li Xin is like a poisonous snake at any time, it can kill Lixin, and it can also bite Zhang Sizhi in reverse.
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"Minister Li Xin knocks to see my emperor, long live..."
Zhu Youzhen's cheeks were already a little bloody, and they were no longer as pale as paper before.
"How do you come now?" Zhu Youzhen wanted to question and reprimand before, but the exit was replaced by this sentence. From the moment he heard that Li Xin had returned to Beijing alone, Zhu Youzhen suddenly realized that he must have misunderstood Li Xin, and Wang Chengen's words were still in his ears before, which strengthened his belief.
"The minister fought a fierce battle with the Tartars in Jinzhou, and later attacked Shengjing, no, it was Shenyang, and fought another battle with the Tartars in Shenyang, beheaded three thousand, captured the imperial concubines, and concubines, and sacrificed them in front of His Majesty......"
It is strange to say, a qiē is just Zhu Youzhen's speculation, but now he firmly believes that Li Xin will not cooperate with the enemy, let alone rebel, and he insists on meeting Li Xin despite the persuasion and obstruction of the eunuchs around him.
"Come, sit down beside me..."
Wang Chengen stood beside him, and when he heard the emperor say this, he hurriedly moved a soft stool and placed it in front of the emperor's bed.
Li Xin hurriedly bowed again, "It's good for the minister to stand, and if the minister sits in front of Banzai, he is afraid, and he is not comfortable, and if he is not comfortable, he is afraid that the performance will be inappropriate." ”
Zhu Youzhen's face showed a long-lost smile, "Let you sit, you can sit, don't be afraid, what's uncomfortable, do I have three heads and six arms?" You don't change your face in the thousands of Tartar troops, why are you sweating nervously in this Qianqing Palace? ”
Li Xin was indeed sweating, but he was not nervous, he was not a person of this era, and he had no natural fear of imperial power. The reason why he seemed to be restless and sweating profusely was that he was galloping on horseback, but it happened that the skin and flesh between his legs were worn out, and because of the hot pain, he was sweating profusely.
However, since the emperor insisted on letting him sit, if he insisted on behaving any longer, he would dismiss the emperor's mind, so he sat down on the soft stool in a proper manner. The emperor carefully inquired about the situation of the first battle in Jinzhou, and Li Xin answered them one by one. Later, Zhu Youzhen asked how to surprise the capital of Dongyu, Li Xin told again, Zhu Youzhen listened attentively, sometimes leaned forward and tensed with tension, and when he heard the relaxation, he leaned back on the couch again.
The two of them talked face-to-face for nearly an hour, and Zhu Youzhen, who had not recovered from his illness, did not feel tired at all, his face was full of red light, and his interest was undiminished. Wang Chengen, who was only on the side, was nervous, and frequently signaled Li Xin to hurry up and end this conversation, the reason why the emperor did not feel tired was because of the excitement, overdrawing his body, and when the end of the excitement passed, he was afraid that the disease would worsen again.
Li Xin didn't see Wang Chengen's signal, and he still talked to Zhu Youzhen about his battle in Liaoxi, and then he suddenly got up from the soft stool and bowed to the ground as if he remembered something. This made Zhu Youzhen inexplicable, how did he kneel up again?
But he heard Li Xindao: "The minister heard that his subordinates burned Yongping City, and the minister was not strict, so please long live the punishment..."
After hearing this, Wang Chengen shook his head and secretly scolded Li Xin for being confused, how could it be the time to mention such a thing at this time?
After Zhang Sizhi learned that the emperor had personally summoned Li Xin, he returned home in despair, and since then he has closed his door to thank no one, in his own words, just to listen to the guilt. He knew that it would not be long before the emperor would definitely recruit him into the palace and play the case against Li Xin. What more could he say about that? All things, all human and material evidence, he can't give a guarantee of nine out of ten things, so he can only resign himself to fate.
To Zhang Sizhi's surprise, the emperor's decree did not arrive for three consecutive days, and the cabinet did not send anyone to urge him to return to preside over the work. He seemed to have been forgotten, alone in the dark study, anxiously waiting for that moment to come, and like a thin beast hiding in the shadows, licking his wounds.
"Master, master, today's Di Bao..."
The housekeeper put down today's newspaper, didn't dare to let out the atmosphere, turned around and walked out of the study, and tiptoed the door back again. Zhang Sizhi took the newspaper in his hand after a while, and after a few glances at it, he tore it to pieces.
Chen Wenjing actually took the lead in participating in a book of him, and the thing he participated in was an incident the year before last, this person has a good memory, if he hadn't been mentioned, he wouldn't have remembered it. After all, it was still a matter of embezzling 20,000 taels of silver, which was nothing, but it was a terrible signal. Zhang Sizhi already had a premonition that the mountain rain was coming, and the wind was full of buildings.
Sure enough, in the next few days, hundreds of officials successively participated in the impeachment of Zhang Sizhi, and flew to the desk of Zhu Youzhen, the son of tomorrow. And the number of people participating in the public at the court meeting increased day by day, and in the end, it developed to the point that as long as there was a court meeting, it became his Zhang Sizhi's impeachment meeting.
There are all kinds of things involved, there are rumors, there are true, and Zhang Sizhi is not as angry as he started when he sees more. These are all due dramas, and then I am afraid that the emperor will get off the donkey and issue a decree to condemn the crime. It's just that to Zhang Sizhi's expectations, the emperor actually issued several orders to refute the ministers' impeachment of Zhang Sizhi.
Zhang Sizhi sneered twice after learning about it, after all, he is the emperor's teacher, if he is so eager to roar and issue an order to punish the crime, it will be unsightly on his face and his reputation will be damaged. It seems that the drama is not enough, I wonder who will be the next major event? And I don't know what the crime of crushing myself to death in the end is?
"Master, master, drink porridge, you haven't eaten or drunk all day, and if you continue like this, ...... continue."
The old housekeeper came to the study with porridge and persuaded Zhang Sizhi to drink porridge, but he choked up halfway through his words and couldn't speak. Zhang Sizhi's heart was sour, in the end, he only had the old servants who had been with him for more than 50 years by his side, and those former protégés and former officials were now afraid of him, a person who treated sin and listened to him.
"Got it, put it here, and drink it in a while..."
The old butler stretched out his hand to wipe away his tears, and after a few more words, he turned and went out.
The porridge bowl is on the table, next to it is today's Di Bao, today's court meeting, and Li Shiwen, the head of the household, also participated in Zhang Sizhi.
"Old fox wall-head grass..."Zhang Sizhi muttered to himself, until this moment he finally tasted the taste of the wall falling down and everyone pushing it. He suddenly felt that the study was unbearable, so he sent out of the study, and then out of the side door......
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