After returning to Beijing, Xuan Nan held a court meeting as usual while ill. In the Qinzheng Palace, hundreds of officials lined up, holding a plate wat in hand, and after shouting three times, the court meeting began.

He tapped his fingers on the countertop, looked around the hall and didn't see Jingzhao Mansion Yin Tang Ao said, "Why hasn't Jingzhao Mansion Yin come yet?" ”

Wang Xiang stiffened his head and said, "Tang Mansion Yin...... Tang Fu Yin ...... He said that during His Majesty's departure from Beijing, there was a proton escape, and he really had no shame to see His Majesty again. Wait at home for the decree to be issued. ”

"Oh." Xuan Nan smiled lightly: "I see." I also thought he was the father-in-law of King Liang, so I forgot about the court. Tell him that there should be a beginning and an end. He didn't take a leave of absence today, and I want to reduce his salary, haha. ”

When the officials heard this, they all laughed in unison. In the midst of the laughter that gradually stopped, Xuan Nan asked again: "Is there still a Ben Qilu?" ”

"Chen Zhao Yan has a book." After that, Zhao Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, handed over the congratulatory watch from Chengdu to Du Zhong, the head of the Yellow Gate. Du Zhong then forwarded it to Xuan Nan, and Xuan Nan saw that it was He Pinghu written by Wu Yue.

"Fu is a natural saint, a real life, a father and a mother, and a monarch Huayi, so he can open the peace of eternity. There is no exception, and the soldiers will not come to the court. It is the one who sent the general to the north, awarded the calculation, the avenue helped Shun, Fu should be complete, the flat land gushes spring, the flow is inexhaustible, drink the six armies and dip the foot, Pei Si out to Hongyu. Zhonghe: Fu Wei is smart and martial, Mao Jian Hongji, treats everyone equally, and is soft and far-reaching, it is Yiyuan people who hear the wind and admire righteousness, and lead the people to attach, and there has been no royal court in the south of the curtain since then. Where to see and hear, the victory is happy, the right to be stationed in Beijing, to listen to the shortcut, to look up to the emperor and dance, a total of 100 million to cheer. ”

Jun Xiu's calligraphy dances on the gold leaf rice paper, and the ornate battle sentences are easy to read, and Wu Yue shows off his wisdom and city government to Xuan Nan. However, Xuan Nan had already seen the bloody pestle on the battlefield and the scorched earth behind the Bianliang fire, and a thin table could not hit a trace of waves in his heart.

"Zhao Qing, I know." Xuan Nan said lightly.

"Dongying sent a letter asking for help, I don't know what Your Majesty's reply is?"

"The small landlord in the land of projectiles is called the emperor, and His Majesty is the son of heaven, and the reason is still his descendant." Xie Xiang couldn't help laughing.

The laughter of the officials in the court and the central government was mixed with ridicule of Dongying.

"The minister thinks that it is unreasonable, and the small country does not need to pay attention to it." Wang Xiangdao.

"Good. It's up to you. Xuan Nan also smiled.

"Obey." Zhao Yan gave a salute.

"Is there still a bonachi?"

At this time, Qiu Tie, who came out of the fourth row, stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach Wang Fuchen, the governor of the Central Gate, Xie Hui, the governor of the government, Li Ning, the secretary of the household department, and Han Zhe, the commander of the Ma Jun Division of the Privy Council, for corruption and dereliction of duty. ”

Everyone was shocked, and the impeachment of the Imperial City Division was the two rulers of the current dynasty, the Hubu Shangshu and the high-ranking military generals.

At that time, everyone's eyes fell on Qiu Tie, a little-known defensive envoy.

The prime minister of the palace, straightened out the purple official uniform, slowly raised his head, turned his head, Ni looked at Qiu Tie in a red robe behind him, and said, "Qiu Changshi, what evidence do you have?" ”

Qiu Tie raised his chin slightly, and said loudly: "There are ministers!" The minister searched a ledger from the home of Sun Zhou, the general soldier of Hejian Town, which recorded the time and amount of bribes accepted by the three of them. I would like to ask Your Majesty to file a case. After speaking, he took out the account book and handed it to Du Zhong of Guan Huangmen, Du Zhong held the tray, came to Xuan Nan's side with small steps, and put the account book in front of Xuan Nan.

Han Zhehu, who was at the head of the military general queue, was shocked, and said in his heart Didn't those things have been burned by His Majesty in front of everyone a long time ago. He raised his head and signaled with his eyes the seriousness of the situation.

"The minister is wronged."

"The minister is wronged!"

"The minister has wronged ......"

"The minister is wronged......"

Wang Fuchen, the head of the Central Gate, Xie Hui, the governor of the Household Department, Li Ning, the secretary of the household department, and Han Zhe, the commander of the Ma Military Department of the Privy Council, knelt down to refute their innocence.

"Either the account books are fake, and they are false accusations made by the Imperial City Division; Either the books are true and true. The four of you Aiqing are the pillars of the country, how can you allow people to slander at will, and this matter can only be verified and clear, so that it can be flawless. Therefore, I thought that this case should be filed. ”

"Your Majesty, the two rulers are old ministers of the Three Dynasties, the commander of Han still has the merit of saving the driver, and Li Shangshu is also old. It is difficult to know the authenticity of Qiu Changshi's account book, and it is afraid that it will be inappropriate to put the important ministers in prison all of a sudden. Moreover, it is customary for the plaintiff to present evidence. His Majesty once burned the letters and accounts of the traitor's house in front of everyone in the river, and I don't know where Qiu Changshi got this account at this moment. The minister thought that the criminal department would first verify the authenticity of the accounts and then file the case. Zheng Kaidao, the secretary of the ministry.

"If you don't investigate the defendant and the plaintiff, how can it be reasonable!" A deep voice erupted in the courtroom. In the queue of the Imperial Historical Observatory, Yu Shiyun, a servant in the palace, stood up. He walked through the hundred officials to Xuan Nan and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Criminal Department must verify whether the evidence submitted by the Imperial City Division is true. However, it would be unfair for the defendant to be in a high position and remain in office during the investigation. It is better to suspend the personnel involved in the case and hand over all the powers to the criminal department. ”

Xuan Nan nodded and said, "That makes sense." ”

"Your Majesty, the four people involved in the case are in high positions and have a lot of official business. Besides, if the minister dispatches all parts of the country and suspends all of them at once, how is the administrative dispatch of the whole country good? "I haven't spoken for a long time, and the Ministry of Industry has a heavy responsibility.

"Not bad. The person involved in the case was in a high position, and the Privy Council of the Central Province was affected. Therefore, there is no room for stigma in their conduct. Xuan Nan said categorically.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on the heads of the four people.

"The criminal department is still in the middle of the week?"

"The minister is here." Zhou Zhongzheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, walked out of the queue and said.

"Zhou Qing, you will try this case."

"The duty of the minister is to obey the order."

The rest of the people involved in the case cooperated with Zhou Qing's trial. The defendant should be detained in the Criminal Department according to the law, but this time the defendant is an important minister of the imperial court, and he is not young. It's better to be like this, these five people are temporarily confined to Nangong, guarded by the forbidden army, and they must not be lazy with food and lodging. Zhou Qing can be arraigned at any time. However, I have only one request, and that is justice. What do you think? ”

"The ministers obey."

More than ten days later, above the court meeting, the two ministers of the Great Chu Dynasty, Wang Fuchen and Xie Hui, Li Ning, the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Han Zhe, the commander of the Ma Military Division of the Ministry of War, wore prison clothes and flails, and knelt in front of the palace.

Xuan Nan patiently listened to the results of Zhou Zhongzheng's loud investigation, and Sun Zhou, the chief soldier of Hejian, was derelict in his duties and greedy for ink, sacrificed the city and treasoned against the country, and had been subdued. He ate empty salaries and transported the horses distributed by the imperial court to Bianliang and Lin'an for sale, accumulating a lot of wealth. Then bribe the important officials of the court not to be distributed, and allocate more military horses. The most ridiculous thing is that the children of these wealthy families in Bianliang still have to buy these smuggled horses at a high price to enjoy them. If it weren't for Sun Zhou's treason and rebellion, Xuan Nan wouldn't have known that there was such a profitable business in the world, and he would have played Da Chu's think tank around!

He stood up, stepped down from the high dragon chair, and walked among the ministers.

"There are two ministers in charge, and I dismiss two; Of the six Shangshu, I dismissed two more. Look at these four people, which one is not the two sideburns, which one is not the pillar of the court, and which one is not my elders, they are rotten, and my heart is going to break!

The ancestors put the country in my hands, but it became like this, I am heartbroken, I am guilty of the country, ashamed of the ancestors, ashamed of the heaven and earth, I can't wait to remove myself!

And you, although you all stand here with a high sound, are you so clean? I know that some of you are more corrupt than these four! Think about it, how many years have only passed since the Jing'an Rebellion? My great-grandfather's bones are gone! How many of my Great Chu people are enslaved in the north now? In Yanjing's J Hall, how many women are prominent? How many cultural relics and treasures are scattered among the people? The Genyue repaired by Emperor Daojun is so gorgeous, and now it is in ruins!

I advise you to turn out your heart, lungs and intestines, dry it, wash it, and pick it up! If you are all rotten, the foreign enemy will drive straight in, and the people will rise up, and we will die without a place to bury......"

After Xuan Nan finished speaking, the ministers lowered their heads.