"Yang Yan, why do you want to give His Majesty this lesson?" He Xueyi asked first.

Chu Ge tried to raise his head: "As a courtier of Great Wei, I am a duty to go up to Your Majesty, to be a monarch and a minister, and to impeach traitors!" ”

He Xueyi's eyes narrowed slightly: "Okay, then I'll ask you again."

"Who is behind this trick you are doing?"

Chu Ge smiled disdainfully: "Lord He usually plays to His Majesty, and he only needs to be instructed by others to go up?" ”

He Xueyi sneered: "Okay, then let me ask you, what is the explanation for this sentence in your play?"

"'May Your Majesty listen to the words of your ministers, and detect the treachery, or summon King Jing.'"

"Why, do you want to summon King Jing?"

Chu Ge knew very well that from this sentence, the hardcore test came.

If it's the first time you're entering this quest, maybe the initial question can be passed by mistake, but the question after that is different.

Every question has to be answered carefully.

Whether you answer incorrectly or not, it will directly lead to Yang Yan's death and the failure of the entire trial!

In fact, from the first question, it can be roughly determined that the key word in the first round of He Xueyi's inquiry is "political turmoil".

The letter that Yang Yan gave to the emperor was a death impeachment, that is, a posture of preparing a coffin for himself and not dying.

And the object of this letter is directly aimed at the current emperor Emperor Wei Zhao and the first minister Wang Chong.

Of course, the nickname of Emperor Wei Zhao was set after the death of the emperor, although the emperor can be called a faint monarch, but he has not fainted to the extreme, although he does not ask about the government, he is so happy, and acquiesces to his ministers to loot the people's fat and people's cream, but he is very face-saving, and he is indeed smart.

Although they are all clever.

Therefore, under the atmosphere of "the courtiers are evil for the monarch's father", he was finally forcibly given the word "Zhao", which means that he is smart and clever, and can be called the master.

He Xueyi quoted Yang Yan's sentence "Investigation of the treachery" means that the emperor can clearly observe the treachery of the powerful minister Wang Chong.

Yang Yan's recital was tantamount to directly slapping Emperor Wei Zhao in the face, and also directly angered the first minister, Wang Chong, so as soon as this recital was released, it caused a great political turmoil.

Emperor Wei Zhao was a good-looking emperor, and at the same time, he was also an emperor who liked to deceive himself and had no self-knowledge.

He claimed to be a famous monarch through the ages, but he was scolded so badly by Yang Yan, an ordinary official, that he immediately flew into a rage.

And in this turmoil, both the emperor and the ministers of the court and the central government have their own ideas.

As far as the emperor was concerned, he wanted to behead Yang Yan immediately, but he couldn't swallow this breath. Because Yang Yan's letter has already caused a sensation in the government and the opposition, if he is killed in a fit of anger, won't he leave a reputation that has no room for people? Isn't it true that you scolded yourself in the middle of the song?

Therefore, the emperor ordered him to be beaten with a hundred court rods, but not to be killed directly.

It is to let Yang Yan be refuted word by word while suffering a lot, and refute the content of this letter as worthless, so as to save his face.

As for Wang Chong, the first minister of the dynasty, his idea was very simple, that is, let Yang Yan die as soon as possible!

Because Yang Yan's letter is a death impeachment, he has already launched an attack on him in this extremely fierce way.

Although Emperor Wei Zhao favored Wang Chong and asked him to collect wealth for himself, Emperor Wei Zhao, who was good-looking and power-loving, could not always let Wang Chong's power grow. Any slight disturbance may cause Emperor Wei Zhao to take advantage of the situation to take down Wang Chong and replace him with someone else.

Therefore, for Wang Chong, Yang Yan's neglect seriously threatens his status and safety, and he must get rid of it as soon as possible.

In addition, there are some loyal ministers who still have a conscience and can do things, but although these people admire Yang Yan's courage, they will never dare to stand up and speak for Yang Yan, because once they stand up, it is easy for Emperor Wei Zhao to think that they are "forming a party", and Yang Yan's sacrifice will be in vain.

These were the three main political forces in the court at that time, but in addition, there was another one that could not be ignored.

That is a neutral faction like He Xueyi, the chief judge this time, or an opportunistic faction.

For He Xueyi, this turmoil is of course dangerous, but it is also an excellent opportunity to get rid of political opponents.

It is too difficult to bring down Wang Chong, but He Xueyi does not want to completely fall to Wang Chong and become his henchman, so that once Wang Chong falls in the future, he will inevitably be implicated. And if you want to go further in the position of an important minister, you can only aim at others.

And finding out the "master" behind Yang Yan is the best way.

Chu Ge's first failure was to suffer a big loss in this regard.

Because of his careless speech, he was chased and beaten by He Xueyi, linking his superiors with King Jing, that is, the crown prince of the current emperor, thus burning the fire on several of the prince's teachers, resulting in complete failure.

Chu Ge knew very well that every word of his speech at this time would be recorded by Gonggong Shi and directly transmitted to the ears of Emperor Wei Zhao, so how to answer, he must be cautious.

He sneered: "Now in the court, all of them are Wang Chong's henchmen. In addition to His Royal Highness King Jing, who else is not afraid of Wang Chong? Your Majesty asks others, how can he ask the truth? ”

Hearing this, He Xueyi couldn't help but show a little disappointed look on his face.

Because Yang Yan didn't take the bait.

He originally thought that Yang Yan was just a petty official, so upright and sparse probably had no political acumen, as long as he coaxed a little, he could guide this incident in the direction he expected, and set off a bloody storm in the court, but he didn't expect that he failed to do so.

In fact, before the interrogation, many people, including the emperor, the powerful minister Wang Chong and He Xueyi, had already secretly investigated Yang Yan, and once he had too close contacts with certain officials, he might be killed.

It's just that Yang Yan is also very aware of this, so he didn't show his handle in this regard.

He Xueyi also had the mentality of giving it a try, wanting to catch some flaws in the interrogation process and confirm the crime. It's just that Yang Yan seems to be very vigilant and not fooled.

If the best strategy fails, then change the middle strategy.

For He Xueyi, the best strategy is to use this insignificant sentence in Yang Yan's recital to burn the fire on King Jing and even other ministers, and it is best to implicate one or two important ministers, so that when the seat is vacated, it will naturally be the turn to interrogate the meritorious oneself.

The middle strategy is to properly handle this incident, refute Yang Yan and criticize him, so that he can no longer continue to insist on his own views. In this way, Emperor Wei Zhao's mind is clear, and he will also be promoted because of his meritorious interrogation.

He Xueyi sneered: "There is no same party." Okay, I believe you.

But this also shows that you are stupid!

"You say that it is the duty of the minister, and I think this is just your excuse.

"Even if no one instructs you to go to this recital, there is only one reason: that is, you want to write such a recital, begging for harsh criticism, belittling the saint, and gaining a straight name for yourself!

"You are a lowly official, how can you understand the good intentions of Your Majesty and the princes in the court? What qualifications do they have to say that they want to be 'righteous rulers, famous ministers, and impeachment of traitors'? ”