Chapter 135: Court Controversy

"Your Majesty is in the court, hundreds of officials, kneel ......"

Honglu Siqing watched the little emperor Zhu Yijun slowly sit on the dragon chair, and hurriedly began to sing the court, led by Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng and others, knelt on the ground and shouted long live.

"Zhongqing is flat."

Although Zhu Yijun is just fourteen years old, he has been an emperor for four years, so his words are quite prestigious.

All the ministers stood up one after another, and a bearded middle-aged man wearing a blue court robe embroidered with a golden tiger slowly walked out and stood in the middle.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have Bingqi."

"I don't know what General Lee is doing?"

Zhu Yijun looked at Li Chengliang, and his face that had just grown couldn't help but flash a trace of worry.

Because all along, Li Chengliang guarded the northern border and fought with the Mongols and Jurchens and others, and that's all he did.

In the past few years, because of the matter of the tribute exchange, there has been no war in the north for a long time, so Li Chengliang has been staying in the capital to recuperate in the past two years.

Now that Li Chengliang suddenly has something to do, could it be that there is another war in the north, and Mongolia is coming to invade again, so Zhu Yijun is worried.

"Yesterday, at the main city gate, Hou Ma Ye suddenly brought a hundred deputy generals of the Praetorian Guard, Shuerhaqi, and arrested them in prison."

"The minister was in a hurry, so he went to ask the concubine Ma Ye, but the concubine said that Shuerhaqi made a weapon privately, intending to rebel, and the minister was panicked and wanted to ask the emperor to show him, is it because he suspects that the old minister is disloyal?"

As Li Chengliang spoke, he lifted his robe and knelt down, took out a talisman from his arms, raised it to the top of his head, and said:

"Please ask the emperor to take back the northern military talisman, and the minister will resign from the post of general of the northern border to prove his innocence."

As soon as these words came out, the Manchu Dynasty was in an uproar, and the civil and military officials began to turn their heads and ears one after another, and their voices became louder and louder.

Now the little emperor Zhu Yijun has only just ascended the throne for four years, and he is young, and he has always listened to Zhang Juzheng's words, and Li Chengliang had some small feuds with him in the past, so these people thought that Zhang Juzheng was making a trick.

"General Li, what are these words, you are the pillar of the country, I have always admired you, how can I doubt your loyalty, please hurry up."

Although Zhu Yijun is young, he still has his own mother, the Empress Dowager Cisheng, who has been teaching him, and Zhang Juzheng assists.

The generals who have long been familiar with the major affairs of the family and the country, the southern Japanese and the northern captives, Hu Zongxian and Qi Jiguang in the south, and Li Chengliang and his son in the north, have always been the pillars of the Ming border.

How could he have doubts about Li Chengliang, even if he had, but it must not be in the case that he was so incapable.

Gao Gong on the side, slowly glanced at Zhang Juzheng, stood up and said:

"Your Majesty, General Li is also a little chilled because of yesterday's incident, so, the emperor should also tell about yesterday's incident, how can this General Li's lieutenant rebel, and how did the emperor and the waiting horse know?"

"This ......"

Zhu Yijun paused, and looked at Zhang Juzheng who was standing with help, this matter was told by his sister Princess Shouyang when she entered the palace yesterday and told him and the Queen Mother in person.

It's just that because of the urgency of the matter at that time, he only looked for Mr. Zhang Juzheng, and when he got his approval, he sent a waiting horse to arrest people.

Seeing that the little emperor was so embarrassed, Zhang Juzheng naturally couldn't hide, so he immediately stood up and said:

"This incident was seen with the eyes of Lord Hai in Chungju, and because the situation was urgent, a prince was specially sent to the capital in advance."

"Other evidence is already on the way now, General Li and Lord Shoufu, you might as well be more patient, the emperor is wise, and he will naturally give General Li an explanation."

Hearing this, Li Chengliang had not yet spoken, and Gao Gong on the side had already opened his mouth, sneered, and said with a full heart:

"Lord Zhang's words, I suddenly remembered, I remember that you had a granddaughter named Jiang Zhi who you didn't know before, and she seemed to be lost yesterday, and the son from Zhongzhou seemed to have some friendship with Jiang Zhi."

"Coupled with the disappearance of Jiang Zhi and Lu Li yesterday, I heard others say that it seems to have something to do with General Li's lieutenant Shuerhaqi, and Lord Zhang will not take this opportunity...... Intention of revenge, right? ”

"I'm going to remind Master Zhang, even if you are the emperor's teacher, but framing others, this crime of bullying the monarch is absolutely impossible."

After saying this, some officials who were already talking to each other became louder at this time, and even the face of the little emperor Zhu Yijun sitting above was a little difficult to look at.

Zhang Juzheng saw all this in his eyes, but he was not angry, and said with an unchanged face:

"The stakes are high, if it is true, it is a major event of dynasty subversion, at this time, it is better to believe it than to believe it."

"Let's not say that now the emperor is only temporarily detained and is searching for evidence, let's just say that General Li's deputy will disturb the security of the capital and kidnap the woman, shouldn't he be detained?"

"What's more, even if you don't believe what I, Zhang Juzheng, Hai Rui, Hai Daren, don't you believe either? I'd like to see, who doesn't believe it? ”

After saying this, Zhang Juzheng hurriedly arched his hand at Zhu Yijun again, and said:

"Your Majesty, this matter must be carefully investigated, it is related to the safety of my Ming Dynasty for a hundred years, and the minister knows that the emperor trusts General Li, and we also believe in General Li."

"But General Li and Adjutant General Shulhaqi are not the same thing, and they can't be confused, not to mention that the emperor and the ministers must not forget that this deputy general is a member of the Jurchen tribe of the steppe, even if he has the heart of rebellion, it is not surprising."

"Lord Zhang's words are reasonable, we believe in General Li, but we still have to strictly investigate the adjutant general."

"Your Majesty, the minister felt that there was no evidence for this matter, so he was imprisoned pending trial, which is really a promising law of the Ming Dynasty and should be released."

"This matter is ......"

Everyone, you and me, all of them were divided into two factions, and the quarrel made Zhu Yijun's head hurt a little, he wanted to directly adopt Zhang Juzheng's words, but he was forced to retreat by the people on Gao Gong's side, and he was in a dilemma for a while.

"Your Majesty, this matter is so difficult, but the minister has a way to compromise."

Hou Gongchen walked out of the queue slowly, looked at Zhu Yijun and said in a clear voice.

Hearing this, Zhu Yijun nodded hurriedly and said:

"What's the way to wait for the horses?"

"Although there is no conclusive evidence of the rebellion of Adjutant General Shulhaqi, it is true that he disturbed the peace in the capital and planted a black fire in the minister's mansion."

"In accordance with the law of public security in the Ming Dynasty, it will be transferred to Dali Siqing for detention and trial, I don't know what the emperor wants?"

Looking at Zhu Yijun, Hou Gongchen recalled Feng Chen's words, and said respectfully.

Hearing this, Zhu Yijun nodded, subconsciously looked at Zhang Juzheng, saw that he had no expression, and asked:

"It's so good, I don't know what Gao Shoufu and General Li have to say?"

Hearing this, Gao Gong glanced at Li Chengliang, then nodded, and said:

"There is no objection to the minister."

"That's good, let's be here this morning, and we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Zhu Yijun breathed a sigh of relief, slowly stood up, left the dragon chair, and went back in the direction of the inner hall.