(Thanks to bobby75222, user 90787335 commuter pass.) Chapter 208

The civil and military officials stood in line, everyone seemed to smell an unusual atmosphere, and the buzzing voices of the past were not heard at all, and everyone looked at the curtain of the side hall. But as soon as the curtain was lifted, Xiao Jing, the eunuch who was in charge of the celebrant seal, revealed half of his white head, and then under Xiao Jing's guidance, Zhengde's face was pale, his eyes were blue, and his steps were vain, followed by Liu Jin, Zhang Yong, Ma Yongcheng, Qiu Ju and others.

With a sharp shout, it resounded in the hall: "The emperor is coming to ......!" ”

The hall suddenly learned that Suosuo was noisy, and hundreds of civil and military officials knelt down and saluted, and said in unison: "Long live my emperor!" ”

Zhengde sat on the dragon seat, covered his mouth and yawned silently, waved his hand and said, "No courtesy, get up." ”

The ministers got up and tidied up and stood up, the hall returned to calm, and Xiao Jing said tremblingly: "Do you have anything to play?" ”

The civil officials exchanged glances, Li Dongyang coughed and nodded slightly, and Han Wen, the head of the household, stepped forward, took out a book from his arms, and was about to start playing, when suddenly, I saw Liu Jin, who was standing on the side of the dragon seat, shouting: "Your Majesty, the slave has something to play!" ”

The civil and military officials were taken aback, the hall has always dealt with government affairs, and the eunuchs of the inner court are face-to-face with the emperor on weekdays, and there is no need to occupy the time of the early dynasty to discuss at all, what the hell is Liu Jin doing.

Zhengde frowned and said, "Liu Jin, let's talk about the affairs of the inner court after we disperse." ”

Liu Jin 'poofed' knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, and at the same time, Ma Yongcheng, Zhang Yong, Gao Feng, Qiu Ju, Gu Dayong, Luo Xiang, Wei Bin and others also quickly came to Liu Jin and knelt on the ground, kowtowing desperately.

"What are you doing here? Liu Jin, what's going on? Zhengde was startled, and his tired and sluggish spirit after conquering several palace maids overnight was also stimulated, and he suddenly became invigorated.

"Slaves and maids are guilty, and slaves and maidservants are dead." Liu Jin knocked his head, he didn't fake it at all, and his forehead was already bruised and oozing blood.

The civil officials looked at all this in surprise, their faces full of doubts, Han Wen turned his head to look at Li Dongyang, who made a gesture to wait and see, Han Wen stuffed the song fold into his arms and returned to the train.

"I want you to say, what happened?" Zhengde was a little annoyed, Liu Jin and they did this inexplicably, which really made Zhengde scratch his head.

"Your Majesty." Liu Jin stopped kowtowing, blood flowed down his forehead, mixed with tears in his eyes and flowing to the corners of his mouth, looking really terrifying.

"Your Majesty, the slaves and maids have followed the emperor for more than ten years, and have been serving the emperor with all their hearts, whether in the East Palace or after the emperor ascended the throne, the slaves and maids have only one thought, that is, to be loyal to the emperor, so that the emperor can govern my Daming country and society in a comfortable mood; But the slaves and maids were really stupid, they didn't think too much about it at all, and they didn't know that some of the behaviors of the slaves and maids had delayed the emperor's governance of the country, and they really deserved death. ”

Zhengde was stunned and said, "Who said this?" ”

Liu Jin said in a mournful voice: "The slaves and maids naturally heard the rumors, and the ministers of the DPRK and the central government have gritted their teeth and can't bear to bear the slaves and maids, and even gave the slaves and maids the nickname of the Eight Tigers, which means that the eight of us are already the tigers and wolves around the emperor." In the past few days, the slaves and maids have been thinking hard and reflecting, and finally realized that we have made a ridiculous mistake, and today we are asking the emperor for guilt in the early dynasty. We ask the emperor to remove us from the inner court and drive us and the other eight out of the palace, whether it is to distribute border land or demote to commoners, the slaves and maids have no complaints. ”

Zhengde's mouth opened wide in surprise, and the ministers blew up the pot, and they couldn't have dreamed that Liu Jin finally got the position of the inner court, and he would resign because of someone rumors?

Li Dongyang and others were even more shocked, the Eight Tigers were only mentioned last night, and Liu Jin already knew about it today, which shows that there must be someone among the people last night to report the news, who is not busy with in-depth investigation, what is the purpose of Liu Jin's behavior? Could it be that the ministers of the impeachment recital today took the lead to show weakness?

Li Dongyang's eyes stopped the civil officials from talking to each other, and motioned to look and listen.

I only listened to Zhengde and said: "Liu Jin, it's just some rumors, I think your errand is still good, you don't have to do this, get up." ”

Liu Jin rolled his eyes but didn't get up: "Although the emperor doesn't blame, but the slaves and maids blame themselves deeply, the emperor doesn't punish today, and the slaves and maids are uneasy; If anyone mentions this in the future, it is not to punish us, so the slaves and maidservants ask the emperor to punish us. ”

Zhengde smiled: "How can there be such a person, you have to punish yourself if you go on the pole." Well, since you think you're really wrong, don't ...... It's okay to be fined for three months each, so you can be satisfied? Get up, stand aside and wait, the ministers are watching your jokes. ”

Liu Jin said in a loud voice: "The slaves and maids are punished and obey the order. Then he got up.

It was only at this time that the civil officials understood that this was a strategy of retreating, and they received this small punishment before they and the others made a concert, and then no one could put forward any more proposals for these eight people, and the emperor punished them, what else do you say.

"Wait!" An angry shout resounded through the hall, and Zhengde was taken aback, only to see Han Wentie come forward with a blue face.

"Hangul, do you have anything to say?" Zhengde asked unhappily.

Han Wen glanced at Liu Jin and the others kneeling in front of him, took out the music and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Liu Jin and the other eight people are the most evil, how can they be forgiven so easily; Yes, the ministers can no longer sit idly by and watch what Liu Jin and other eight people have done, these eight people are all traitors, and it is really unfavorable to the emperor to surround the emperor. ”

Zhengde was stunned for a moment, he took Liu Jin's words as a joke, but in a blink of an eye, Han Wen came out to prove that this was all true, so many people jointly proposed to impeach Liu Jin and others, this is really not a small situation.

As His Royal Highness hulala knelt down with a group of important ministers, the voices of seconding the proposal were endless, and the voices asking the emperor to severely punish the traitorous ministers were also louder and louder, and Zhengde and the military attachés understood that this was a premeditated impeachment.

Among the dozens of civil officials who knelt on the ground, three cabinet scholars, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and Liu Jian, needless to say, were the three big figures who shocked the government and the opposition, and also included Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Han Wen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, plus the imperial envoys Zhang Shihua and Shi Lin on the left and right, plus the important ministers and leaders who came from various ministries in Nanjing to participate, this lineup can be called unprecedentedly luxurious and powerful; With so many prominent civilian officials impeaching Liu Jin and others, almost no one thought that Liu Jin and others would be able to escape the catastrophe.

Zhengde was obviously panicked, although he was the emperor, but there was a fear of the ministers of the foreign court, after all, he was a fifteen-year-old boy, before that, the ministers even had to compromise with his father who admired and admired him the most, this shadow was naturally deeply rooted in his heart, and it was still an impossible task for Zhengde to control these stubborn and stubborn old guys.

"You...... When you arise and speak, what do you do on your knees? Zhengde stammered.

"If the emperor does not approve the recital, the ministers will not get up." Li Dongyang said in a deep voice.

"Please ask the emperor to approve the ministers' proposals, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, far away from the ministers, and punish the villain." The ministers said in unison.

Zhengde's face turned pale, he licked his lips and said, "I ...... I still don't understand what mistakes Liu Jin and the others have made. ”

Han Wen said in a deep voice: "The emperor was deceived by the Eight Tigers, naturally he couldn't see the intentions of the Eight Tigers, please take a look at the twists and turns, the crimes of the Eight Tigers are listed above, and they are clear at a glance." ”

Zhengde was helpless, stretched out his hand and said, "Take it and take a look." ”

Xiao Jing took the Korean recital, unfolded it and spread it on the dragon case, Zhengde looked at it in line with his line, sweat dripping down his face, everything he had in the palace was on paper, pretending to be a businessman, building a wine shop, building a leopard house, playing ball, singing and dancing, listening to operas and singing, and ignoring government affairs, refusing to attend the banquet, etc.; Zhengde saw that he had a fever on his face, and he didn't feel anything when he did it, he only felt happy and comfortable, and he was really dull when he listed it; All this was attributed to the instigation and deliberate arrangement of Liu Jin and other Eight Tigers, and the conclusion was naturally that the Eight Tigers had ulterior motives and tried in vain to make the emperor ignore government affairs and thus control the government.

Zhengde raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat on his face, thought for a while, and said, "I ...... I feel that there are some discrepancies in what I said above, Liu Jin also admitted his guilt just now, but it is not as serious as what you wrote on the fold, I think you adults are not too worried. ”

Han Wen protested: "It's not too much, the wolf's ambition is already obvious, do you have to wait until it is uncontrollable?" ”

Xie Qian said: "The emperor needs to remember the disaster of Tumubao, the eunuch Wang Zhen of the inner court bewitched Emperor Yingzong to go on the expedition, so that he was defeated and captured, how can the emperor not be guarded." ”

"Please be cautious, the traitorous ministers are harmful enough to destroy the country and the species......"

"The emperor thinks twice......"

“……”

The ministers shouted that there was chaos in the court, this time not only Zhengde, but even the military attachés frowned, these civil officials are really unruly, making the court like a street market, everyone has to interject a sentence, there are no rules at all, and there is no respect for the emperor.

The British Duke Zhang Mao really couldn't stand it, and shouted loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is above the court, you pay attention to your identity." ”

Only then did Li Dongyang realize that the ministers were a little out of control, and turned his head to glare at him a few times, and then everyone restrained himself slightly, waiting for Zhengde's decision.

Zhengde coughed and said, "Then what do you want me to do with them?" ”

Li Dongyang said: "The ministers are like tigers, and they will never be punished, and they will set an example to warn those with ill intentions." ”

Zhengde's eyes widened and said, "Kill ...... Killed? ”

"If you don't kill the grievances and public anger of your lords, please ask the emperor to make a judgment!" Han Wen said in a deep voice.

"Please ask the emperor to make a judgment!" The ministers said in unison.