There are strange things every year, especially this year, seeing that the thousand-year-old pine eggs will actually be erected, the ministers of the palace are really dumbfounded, and they didn't react to what was going on for a while, and the eyes that looked at Li Zhi were naturally full of surprise and doubt, and all the eyeballs were staring at each other, and the posture frightened the initiator - the rabbit will bite when it is anxious, but the rabbit is still a rabbit after all, just a herbivore, how can it be like a jackal to take bloodthirsty as a commonplace, Li Zhi had never been stared at by the ministers like this in his life, and he had just become majestic, and in the blink of an eye, he was in a mess, and he didn't know what to mutter, but the person sat down softly, and there was no more fierceness when he roared loudly before.

To tell the truth, if Li Zhi can really rise to prominence completely, whether it is the officials on Su Miao's side or Zhu Suiliang, they will never welcome it, without him, the reason why Zhu Suiliang chose to support the crown prince Li Zhi is naturally not optimistic about Li Zhi's ability, on the contrary, what is valued is Li Zhi's weakness and incompetence, and the thoughts here are actually exactly the same as the eldest grandson Wuji - Zhu Suiliang can step into the court by relying on the grace of his father Chu Liang, but he can enter Li Shimin's eyes but it is from Wei Zheng's recommendation, It's just that Zhu Suiliang has always been very close to the eldest grandson Wuji, although he is not the minions of the eldest grandson Wuji, but they are like-minded with each other, especially in supporting Li Zhi, they are all aiming at Li Zhi's huge "advantage" of weakness and bullying, if Li Zhi can really get hard, I am afraid that Zhu Suiliang will not be so active in supporting Li Zhi, of course, at this time when the situation is critical, Zhu Suiliang still needs Li Zhi's male rise, before Li Zhi was furious, Zhu Suiliang was surprised but secretly relieved, But I didn't expect that after a while, Li Zhi actually softened again, and he was a little anxious, and hurriedly came out and said: "Your Highness is angry, and the old ministers and others are at a loss, which is really a moment of forgetfulness, so that the king is rude, please punish His Highness." ”

Zhu Suiliang's words are naturally intended to stand up to Li Zhi's prestige, so that Li Zhi can come forward to divert the focus, it is best to take this opportunity to deal a big blow to the officials of the Wei Wang family, so as to completely cover up the mistakes of the three divisions of the trial, and if it is not good, the matter can be shelved first, and wait for the Dali Temple to quickly conclude the case, and block the mouths of the ministers with a fait accompli. The mouth opened, and a sentence came out: "Bengong, Bengong, ah, that's it, that's it, it's okay, this palace doesn't care." ”

As soon as Li Zhi said this, Zhu Suiliang was almost fainted, but he was helpless, so he had to scold Li Zhi in his stomach for being muddy and unable to support the wall, smiled bitterly, stepped aside, and didn't even bother to say anything more.

Officialdom pays attention to the advance and retreat, unprincipled concession in addition to hurting oneself, it can only make the enemy gain an inch, this is the iron law of officialdom, if Li Zhi followed Zhu Suiliang provoked the end, it will be a big attack, although it may not necessarily be able to completely cover up the matter of the three divisions of the trial, but you can use the topic to play a hand, delay for a while but you can still do it, but Li Zhi is good, a light sentence will bury such a great opportunity, this rabbit's tail is exposed, like Su Miao, How could a veteran officialdom like Qin Wenwen and others not understand the trickiness, and how could they let go of the great opportunity to put Zhu Suiliang to death, no, as soon as Zhu Suiliang retreated, Su Miao strode out, bowed down and said: "Your Highness, you can't argue clearly, you can't say anything clearly, Zhu Huangmen is so perverse, damaging the court system, its mistake is not small, it must be investigated, I hope Your Highness will make a clear decision!" ”

"Your Highness, this matter must be investigated to the end!"

"I hope that His Highness will be aware of everything and indulge the villain in doing nonsense!"

"Your Highness......"

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As soon as Su Miao came out, the officials of the Wei Wang family were not to be left behind, and Qin Wenwen, Cui Renshi and other high-ranking officials immediately stood up and spoke out one after another.

"Wait, wait......" Li Zhi is so big, he really hasn't been persecuted by the ministers like this, he was flustered for a while, and he didn't know what to say, but he was not a fool after all, he knew that Zhu Suiliang couldn't do it, once Zhu Suiliang fell, not to mention that Liu Cheng's case couldn't go on, even if he himself was the crown prince, he was afraid that he would not be able to sit still, and he was forced to the point of being forced to the cliff, Li Zhi was helpless, so he had to grit his teeth and said: "You Aiqing misunderstood, you adults are acting without authorization, This matter is the hand of the palace, not the matter of adults. ”

As soon as he heard Li Zhi admit his own thing, the corners of Su Miao's mouth immediately showed a hint of a smile, without him, this blow to Zhu Suiliang was fake, and it was true to force Li Zhi to give in, now that Li Zhi has fallen into the trap himself, how can Su Miao be polite to Li Zhi, but he did not stand up first, but secretly glanced at Wang Zhengrin, who supervised the imperial history, and stood aside leisurely.

Wang Zhenglin was already a **, and when he saw Su Miao's signal, he immediately stood up and fired: "Your Highness's move violates the imperial court system, and there is something inappropriate, and the minister implores His Highness to allow the three divisions to try this case." ”

"Your Royal Highness, Wang Yushi's words are very fallaous, please forgive Weichen for not agreeing!" Seeing that the situation was in danger of getting completely out of control, Pei Hongxu, who had never dared to come forward, had to stand up and shout.

As soon as he saw Pei Hongxu stand up, Li Zhi came to his senses as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, straightened his waist, waved his hand and said: "Pei Aiqing has any opinions, but it doesn't hurt to say it, this palace has its own decision." ”

"Your Royal Highness, according to the system of our dynasty, Dali Temple is in charge of the detailed punishment of the prison, except for the huge case, the important case can be ruled by the Holy Son of Heaven and the three divisions of the trial, the rest can be judged by my Dali Temple, although the criminal department has the authority to review, but there is no function to participate in the criminal trial, although the case of Liu Cheng is too huge, but the facts are there, the evidence is complete, and there is no need for the criminal department to collect relevant evidence, therefore, Weichen thinks that this case can be tried by my Dali Temple alone." Pei Hongxu has also served in Dali Temple for three years, and he is also very familiar with the interrogation mechanism of the imperial court.

"Your Highness, the ministers think that what Pei Shaoqing said is reasonable, and it is the way of the old man to seek the country."

"Your Highness, the minister thinks that this case is easy to investigate and easy to decide, and it should be tried by Dali Temple alone!"

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Since Pei Hongxu came out, the officials of the East Palace family were not willing to lag behind, and they all stood up and expressed their loyalty, and for a while, the state of the East Palace family being attacked and suppressed suddenly changed greatly.

"Yes, what Pei Aiqing said is very true, this palace thinks so!" Li Zhi was overjoyed when he saw that he could get out of the state of being attacked, and excitedly slapped the copywriter and praised it loudly.

Since the officials of the Wei Wang family dared to provoke trouble, how could they not know the mystery, Li Zhi just shouted excitedly, Wang Zhenglin said unhurriedly: "Your Royal Highness Mingjian, what Pei Shaoqing said seems to be reasonable, but in fact, it is not, according to the minister's knowledge, Sun Fujia, the Zhengqing of Dali Temple, had a fierce dispute with the father of Liu Cheng yesterday, and under the will of each other, it will damage the dignity of the court. ”

"Yes, I am not in the dim light of the former Sui, I should focus on justice, not because of small losses, this matter should be cautious, and it is a matter of military aircraft, not the Dali Temple family can be arbitrary, the minister proposed, led by Xiao Zhongshu, the three divisions will be tried to distinguish right from wrong!" As soon as Wang Zhenglin's words fell, Qin Wenwen stood up, echoed loudly, and moved Comrade Lao Xiao out.

"Qin Shangshu said that the great goodness, Xiao Zhongshu is highly respected, and he is upright, he is the mainstay of my court, led by Xiao Zhongshu, there is no one in the world who is not convinced, I hope His Royal Highness will make a clear decision!" As soon as Qinwen's voice fell, Su Miao immediately stood up, and even boasted that Comrade Lao Xiao had become a unique target figure in the court, so that it was lively, and the officials of the family of King Wei all burst into flames, singing the praises of Comrade Lao Xiao one after another, and all the fleshy and numb words rushed out, and Li Zhi almost got goosebumps all over his body when he heard it, but he didn't dare to say anything inappropriate, so how could he be depressed when he was uncomfortable holding his breath.

"Xiao Zhongshu, what do you mean by being old?" Xiao Yu is the crown prince Taibao, and he is Li Zhi's master, and when he saw the ministers carrying him out, even if Li Zhi didn't want to admit it, he had to ask hard.

Xiao Yu's personality is upright, but not stupid, at this time, how can he not know what is the dispute between the East Palace and the Wei Wang, the reason why he has always remained silent before, is that he does not want to participate in such a filthy whirlpool, but after being touted by the ministers on the side of the King of Wei so much, the black on his face faded not to mention, and his heart was really a little excited-Comrade Xiao is a high position, but he is not heavy, he has always been pretentious, and he is not pleasing to anyone, and the result is that the Manchu Dynasty civil and military do not buy his account very much, no one is close to him, let alone touting it in person, so that Comrade Lao Xiao is almost a lonely person in the court, and there is nothing important to manage on weekdays, and he tries his best to help Li Shimin draft the edict, this Zai is really aggrieved enough, and finally mixed up with the name of an auxiliary minister, and the officials who are partial to his head just don't look for him to deal with official business, and would rather wait until Liu and Zhu are on duty to handle it, it can be said that Comrade Lao Xiao, the auxiliary minister, is basically just a decoration, and has no serious role. This makes Xiao Yu, who has always been conceited and talented, really unhappy in his heart, although the background of the Xiangzhou military rations case is complicated, but the facts of the case are simple and clear, and it is not difficult to try it, since the people on both sides attach so much importance to this case, the heart of the old Comrade Xiao immediately became active, and he was a little eager to try, and when Li Zhi opened his mouth to ask, Xiao Yu stood in the hall with a big sting, and said in a tone of intransigence: "In this case, the old minister will take over the case, well, since Sun Zhengqing has an old gap with Liu Shi, It is time to avoid it, Pei Shaoqing, Wang Yushi, ah, and Liao Chengye, the servant of the Criminal Department, can jointly try this case. ”

As soon as Xiao Yu said this, the ministers in the hall were immediately a little dumbfounded, one was confused by Comrade Xiao who was so self-righteous about his assertions, and the other was also puzzled by the identity of the three judges - Pei Hongxu is a person from the East Palace, Wang Zhenglin is a figure from the Wei Dynasty, as for that Liao Chengye, it is said that he is the niece and son-in-law of Comrade Lao Xiao, but the relationship with Comrade Lao Xiao is very average. He has cleared up the relationship with King Wei, but he has a line with Li Zhen, the king of Yue, every time there is a court discussion, he always stands on the side of the king of Yue, Comrade Lao Xiao has come up with such a lineup, it is really comprehensive, except for the Wu Wang family is excluded, the rest of the parties have one person, so that the big guy does not know whether to be in favor or against for a while.

Li Zhi looked at Xiao Yu in a daze for a while, his face was full of disbelief, he was really unwilling to make up the good situation that had been made up with great difficulty by Xiao Yu, but if he wanted to speak out, first, there was no suitable excuse, and secondly, he was really afraid of Comrade Xiao's big mouth, for fear that he would accidentally say the wrong thing, and was reprimanded by Comrade Xiao "righteous and strict", but it was not worth it, and he still didn't dare to speak out at the end, so he had to turn his attention to Zhu Suiliang and Pei Hongxu. Counting on these two ministers to come forward to fight with Comrade Lao Xiao in the ring, it's a pity that those two are also stupid now, and they turned a blind eye to Li Zhi's call for help, these two bigwigs didn't say anything, and naturally no one else dared to come forward at the end of the East Palace, as for the officials of the Wei Wang family, at this moment, they all set their eyes on Su Miao, the backbone, before Su Miao's mouth, the big guy would not show anything, so the hall was so weirdly quiet, and the contrast with the previous noise was great, It's really amazing.

Xiao Yu will take over the matter of the chief judge has long been expected by Su Miao, but Su Miao didn't expect that Comrade Lao Xiao actually knows how to play a balanced way, as soon as he heard that Comrade Lao Xiao even carried out Liao Chengye, his own rebel general, Su Miao's heart is really not a taste, plus he is worried that King Yue may have something to do with the East Palace, and he has a headache of half of the side, and he can't wait to pick up Comrade Xiao and beat him up, of course, thinking about it, it is impossible to do this, seeing that things have come to such a point, It can't be said that Comrade Lao Xiao is talking nonsense, after all, the people of the Wei Wang family have just touted Comrade Xiao as mighty as a fairy, and at this time I want to raise the bar with Comrade Lao Xiao, it seems that it is not very easy to turn, and then I think about it, as long as it is the triage of the three divisions, then there will always be a hole to drill, compared to the Dali Temple independent trial is always much stronger, as for the side things, I have to take a step to see a step, as soon as this idea is decided, Su Miao will no longer hesitate, and stand up and say: "Your Highness, the old minister thinks that what Xiao Zhongshu said is the way to seek the country through the old man, The minister seconded. ”

"The minister also seconded the proposal."

"What Xiao Zhongshu said is very good, and the minister seconded it."

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Since Su Miao expressed his attitude, all the Wei Wang Party naturally followed, and the hall, which had been silent for a while, immediately opened up again, and the voice of seconding made Li Zhi's face extremely pale, and his teeth were squeaked, but he didn't dare to say anything inappropriate, and his eyes looking at Zhu Suiliang and Pei Hongxu were no longer asking for help, but a gloomy chill.

Zhu Suiliang admired Li Zhi's incompetence and weakness in the past, but at such a critical moment, he hated Li Zhi's incompetence very much, at this time, seeing that the matter had come to this point, knowing that the position of Comrade Xiao as the presiding judge was difficult to shake, and he couldn't help but feel a little lost in his heart, but Zhu Suiliang was a shrewd person, although Su Miao's hesitation disappeared in a flash, but Zhu Suiliang looked at it in his eyes, and then carefully thought about Liao Chengye's current identity, and immediately reacted to what Su Miao was worried about, and his heart moved, has already made a decision, and after the King of Wei and his family have expressed their attitude, they were not moved, until Li Zhi saw that he was coming, Zhu Suiliang stood up unhurriedly and said: "Your Highness, the old minister thinks that Xiao Zhongshu is the elder of our dynasty, and he is an example for us as an official. ”

Although Zhu Suiliang is the highest official of the East Palace First Department, he is not the spiritual leader of the East Palace First Department, and it is Pei Hongxu who really has an appeal to those low-level officials in the East Palace, so although Zhu Suiliang made a statement, the officials of the East Palace Department remained silent, but focused their eyes on Pei Hongxu, waiting for Pei Hongxu to come up with a quasi-idea.

Pei Hongxu has always been known for his carefulness, and when he was ordered by Li Zhi to investigate the Xiangzhou military ration case, he had already found that there was something strange about the case, although Li Zhi did not tell the inside story and the inventory, but Pei Hongxu was faintly aware that there was probably a family of people and horses behind this case, but he did not know what kind of agreement was reached between the king of Yue and the prince, and there was no bottom in his heart - although Pei Hongxu had never dealt with Li Zhen, the king of Yue, but he still worked hard to understand Li Zhen's affairs. Knowing that Li Zhen's means are clever and ruthless, although he is far away from the frontier, his power in the court has not only not weakened, but is steadily improving, especially in the people's prestige, which is even more terrifying, in Pei Hongxu's view, if the king of Yue is also involved in this matter, this matter will be unimaginably complicated, for the prince's rash move, Pei Hongxu is actually very dismissive, but the matter has reached such a field, it is impossible to stop, The only way is to completely pull the king into the water, and work together to give the king of Wei a head-on blow, as for who will try this case, it is not the key to the problem, as for Xiao Yu's temperament that no one cares about, it is also a good choice for him to preside over the trial, all parties can do more, and then it depends on whose means are smart. As soon as he thought of this, Pei Hongxu also stood up and said: "Your Highness Mingjian, Weichen is willing to attach the tail of Xiao Zhongshu, and he will do his best to try this case to set the record straight." ”

Since Zhu Suiliang and Pei Hongxu have successively expressed their support for Comrade Lao Xiao to serve as the chief judge, the small officials of the East Palace Department have also stood up and echoed their voices, so that the two forces have reached a rare agreement, even if Li Zhi has more dissatisfaction in his heart, but he has nowhere to vent, so he has no choice but to say with a pale face: "It is rare that all of you Aiqing agree with this proposal, this case will be presided over by Xiao Zhongshu, the time limit is still ten days, the case is clear, the palace will personally go to Your Majesty, and all Aiqing will step down." As soon as the words fell, he didn't care about the ministers bowing and retreating, got up on his own, and shuffled back to the apse......

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