635: Du Zhen is impeached
In the post house, every night, the minister Qiao Zhuang went to persuade King Wu and asked him to lead them to clear the king's side.
Li Gelao, as the prince's grandfather, was not harassed, but he didn't eat oil and salt, no matter what he said, he didn't react, and he also braked the courtiers.
The emperor was still in a coma, and he didn't remind him of the signs, even if he didn't show signs of improvement, he just relied on ginseng to hang his breath.
The time of the coma is getting longer and longer, which is equivalent to the living dead, and the expectations of the hundred officials for the emperor to wake up are getting less and less.
The court is no longer as turbulent as before, you bite me and I bite you, just play every day and complete the task.
Everyone thought that such a calm would have to be maintained for at least a while, and it would take more than half a month.
However, it was only quiet for five or six days, and a twist and turn blew up the entire Jinluan Hall like thunder, and this thunder seemed to be just giving them a respite.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister found a large number of weapons in the courtyard outside the city, which is owned by the former Prime Minister Du Zhen."
"His Royal Highness the Prince, the incident of Jinzhou's illegal sale of salt has been ascertained, and it was manipulated by the former Prime Minister Du Zhen behind his back."
"His Royal Highness the Prince, the case of Cangzhou buying and selling officials has been ascertained, and it was the former Prime Minister Du Zhen who manipulated it behind his back."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the corruption case of the prefect of Qiao Zhou has been investigated, and it was manipulated by the former prime minister behind his back."
"His Royal Highness the Prince, the Xuzhou riot has been ascertained, it is the local officials who exploited the people and killed innocents indiscriminately, causing public anger, and this indiscriminate killing of innocents originated from the local iron mine, many ordinary people were arrested to mine an iron mine that was not in the official records, these people were treated badly, and the people's anger was aroused, and the manipulator behind it was also the former prime minister Du Zhen, and the minister also found out where these iron mines went, and they were made into weapons, and this also involved many lives."
The performances were one after another, and it was simply a thunderstorm on the ground, which blew up the entire Jinluan Palace.
Some people who reacted quickly suddenly remembered that these few things were not the same things that Gu Qin had just taken office and hundreds of officials embarrassed him?
Except for the cholera incident in the mountains of Liuzhou, the waterlogging in Liuhezhou is not on the list, and the rest are on the list.
The hundred officials were covered with sweat and hair standing on end for a while, and they didn't know whether this was just a coincidence or premeditated, whether it was really happening, or whether they were framed.
How could these twists and turns suddenly appear in the court as if they had been discussed.
What is this about? Want to uproot Du Zhen?
If the emperor sits on it, there is still credibility, but now sitting on it is the young prince, and standing next to him is Gu Qin, who was born in a poor family and has not been an official for a few years, just because of these two people, he wants to bring down Du Zhen?
Is this going to be brought down?
This is completely a rebellion.
With Du Zhen's power, how could he be caught with his hands tied, whose idea was this, and it was too self-sufficient.
Or was this Du Zhen's own idea?
For a while, all kinds of thoughts were churning.
"Du Zhen, what is this going to do? Is this going to be the other way around? Where is the commander of the forbidden army? Immediately give the prince Du Zhen a prison and behead him at noon tomorrow, such a big crime is unforgivable. After listening to all kinds of impeachments, Ji Yan directly came to the sentence of beheading him by grabbing the prison.
Hundreds of officials are shocked, there is the former prime minister's party, and there is the emperor's party.
There is no doubt that the former prime minister's party defended Du Zhen, as for the imperial party, especially those stubborn old ministers, it was because the emperor was in a coma and the prince was young, and he was afraid that the dynasty would be disordered.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, please think twice, and please verify the facts first."
"What to check, isn't the evidence all on the table, are you trying to cover it up? Why don't you get caught in with you? ”
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please think twice."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please think twice."
Ji Yan retorted so that the courtiers who admonished him didn't dare to say more, just one sentence, His Royal Highness the Prince, please think twice, and when he knelt, he knelt in a large area, and most of the Jinluan Hall was knelt.
"There's nothing to think about, the commander of the forbidden army, arrest Du Zhen and put him in prison, behead him at noon tomorrow, and retreat from the court."
Ji Yan made it clear that he didn't listen to anything, and dropped such a sentence and shouted directly to retreat.
Gu Qin followed and left.
……
Although Ji Yan is small, the situation between the DPRK and China is still very clear.
In the court, Ji Yan was very imposing, and his words were convincing, but when he returned to the study of the East Palace, there were only him and Gu Qin, and he curled his fingers nervously, "Sir, am I acting feasible?" ”
Gu Qin touched the top of Ji Yan's hair soothingly, "Don't be afraid, you're doing a good job." ”
"So what am I going to do next?"
Gu Qin didn't say it immediately, but squatted down to look at Ji Yan at eye level, and looked at Ji Yan seriously, "Prince, do you really believe in the minister?" ”
"I believe in Mr. Faith."
"The prince has ever suspected that his ministers have bad intentions."
"Nope."
"Why?"
"I don't think this gentleman who puts his wife on the tip of his heart will not do these things, I believe that Mr. is sincere to me, I can feel it."
Except in front of Cheng Ningning, Gu Qin rarely smiled, even in front of his two children.
At this moment, he smiled, and touched the top of the prince's hair again.
Ji Yan curled his mouth in surprise, "Sir, are you still laughing?" ”
Ji Yan's sentence immediately made the corners of Gu Qin's mouth curl.
Ji Yan immediately raised his hand to cover his mouth, looking like he didn't say anything.
"Prince, remember what you said to your ministers today."
Ji Yan covered his mouth and nodded violently.
"Tonight, the prince, the minister's two children and the minister's wife are in this East Palace, stay together, don't go anywhere, don't go to anyone's call, don't go to any news, even if someone comes to the news of the death of His Majesty and Concubine De Niangniang, His Royal Highness don't go, don't go out of this East Palace for half a step. Your Majesty and Niangniang will be fine, the minister promises. ”
Ji Yan also sensed that something was going to happen, but he was too small to help.
"Okay, I will obediently be with Shi Niang and Ning'er Cheng'er in this East Palace."
Gu Qin touched the top of Ji Yan's hair, "Now go and see the folds, and the minister will go to find the minister's wife." ”
"Okay."
……
Gu Qin is very busy every day, leaving early and returning late, and the only time he can accompany Cheng Ningning and the children is probably the time when he eats at noon and evening.
Before dinner arrived, the children were playing in the yard, Cheng Ningning was preparing food in the kitchen, and Gu Qin appeared.
The children pestered Gu Qin in surprise for a while, and then Gu Qin coaxed them to play by themselves, and then he was able to go to find Cheng Ningning.
The children's happy voices had already betrayed Gu Qin's arrival, "Why did you come back so early today?" "When Gu Qin came in, Cheng Ningning was chopping vegetables, and the meals were all done by Cheng Ningning himself, and he would never pretend to be a second person.
Gu Qin didn't speak, but hugged Cheng Ningning's waist from behind, put his chin on her shoulder, this was not enough, and tilted his head and kissed Cheng Ningning's face.
Cheng Ningning shrank his arms back and poked Gu Qin with his elbow, "The children are outside." ”