Up and down the high steps of the Fengtian Palace, hundreds of civil and military officials were waiting outside the hall for the morning dynasty, everyone greeted each other with a smile and did not smile, and after turning their faces, the smile seemed to be half covered by the curtain pulled down, and they were completely gone, and they returned to their respective factions.

The civil officials were obviously divided into several factions, with Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe as the leaders in the outer court, including the Shangshu servants of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and the Criminal Department as one group, headed by Jiao Fang and Gu Zuo, and the civil officials of the Ministry of Household Officials as the other group; Both sides stood far away, looking like they were old and dead.

The military attachés and nobles were a little loose on their side, except for the regimental and battalion marquis who stood at the foot of the steps and laughed loudly, the old man of the British Mansion stood on the right side with a blank face and a stone railing, and the little grandfather accompanied him; Xu Guangzuo, the Duke of Dingguo, was accompanied by several counts of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, standing silently at the railing on the left; The two grandfathers, one on the left and one on the right, seemed to show their noble status, standing on both sides of the gate of the main hall, and regarded themselves as two door gods.

Song Nan and Yang Yiqing stood far away in the square under the steps, their expressions obviously a little nervous, and under the calm appearance that they tried to hide, their throats that swallowed quickly revealed their inner uneasiness.

When the bell rang, the door of the heavy hall rumbled and slowly pushed open, and a eunuch stepped out of the door and shouted, "Please go to court." ”

The officials immediately ceased to talk to each other, hurried to the steps, and felt that they had taken their positions in their place, arranged their clothes, and followed the heels of the people in front of them into the temple. After a while, the curtain of the side hall was raised, and dozens of generals in red armor and yellow helmets came out of the side hall surrounded Zhengde, followed by Liu Jin, Zhang Yong and other eunuchs in the inner court.

"Hooray, hooray, hooray." The civil and military officials saluted together, and their fat and thin buttocks pouted in the air, looking like they were being slaughtered.

"There is a book to play, and there is no book to retreat!" The eunuch's old-fashioned rhetoric reverberated sharply in the main hall.

What day did the Ming Dynasty have nothing to do? Soon the various ministries of the cabinet rushed to talk endlessly, and there were dozens of big and small things, and everyone thought that the things he played were the most important, and the things of others were not enough to mention.

Zhengde barely coped with a yawn, the two dark circles on his pale face were obvious, and the skin and flesh on his face were dull and a little saggy, if he didn't know that his actual age was only eighteen years old, he would almost think of him as a middle-aged man at a glance.

It was easy to stay up until these trivial matters were over, Zhengde had already opened his mouth seventeen or eighteen, sighed dozens of times, and he was really not interested in these government matters, and the answer he gave was always "to submit the cabinet to the cabinet of scholars to discuss the vote to be played." Or, "Present the excerpt, and make a decision after thinking about it." and so on.

Most of the officials present knew in their hearts that all these matters would eventually fall into the hands of Liu Jin, the 'emperor' standing beside the emperor. Of course, no one will openly object to this, and in the past year or so, most of the officials who have been dissatisfied with this performance have been dismissed and returned to the fields, and many have been imprisoned in prisons on various charges.

"Do you have any more discussions?" The eunuch on duty asked three sentences in a row, and saw that no one answered the ministers, and was about to announce his retirement from the court, when he suddenly saw someone in the queue of Wenchen on the left walking out slowly.

"Chen Yang Yiqing has a performance."

Zhengde cheered up and smiled: "Yang Yiqing, are you still in the capital?" The trilateral matter is not over yet, but it is better to go back to Beijing and rest for a few days, I heard that you are not in good health, so I will ask someone from the Tai Hospital to take a look at it for you. ”

Yang Yiqing knelt down and thanked him and said: "Thank you for the emperor's love, the minister's body is fine, he was about to rush back to Shaanxi after the rebellion against the king, but he was stumped by another matter related to the safety of the society, so he was delayed for a lot of days." What the minister is doing today is this great thing. ”

The ministers looked at each other and asked, Yang Yiqing said what was so strict, but he didn't have a clue at all.

Zhengde smiled: "It's so solemn, I don't know what you're referring to, let's hear it." ”

Yang Yiqing slowly took out a book from his arms and held it high: "What the minister played today is all on this fold, please let the emperor take a look." ”

Zhengde bowed his head, and the eunuch on duty stepped forward to take the song and bow down, and spread it out on the dragon case, Zhengde looked down a few times, frowned tightly, stretched out his hand and patted the dragon case and shouted: "Yang Yiqing, what kind of reputation are you doing?" Is the major event you are talking about the impeachment of Liu Jin? ”

The ministers were shocked, it turned out that Yang Yiqing's fold turned out to be the fold of impeachment of Liu Jin, no wonder Liu Jin, who was standing behind the emperor, was so angry at the moment that he couldn't stop it, it must have been caused by a few peeks at the fold just now.

"Your Majesty, the minister is going to impeach Liu Jin, the eunuch who is in charge of the seal of the celebrant and the eunuch, this person has committed many crimes, and he is a tumor of my Ming Dynasty, if you don't get rid of this traitor, the country will have no peace." Yang Yiqing said in a deep voice.

Zhengde frowned and was silent, his eyes fell on Song Nan's body, his first feeling was that Song Nan instructed Yang Yiqing to make this twist and turn, and he ordered Song Nan to find out whether Liu Jin was colluding with the rebel king Zhu Ningyan to rebel, but judging from the development of the matter, Liu Jin was not suspected of collusion; A few days ago, he had already ordered Song Nan to stop secretly investigating the matter, and Jian Yì only arrested Zhang Cai who was involved in the case, as well as the treasurer of the Arsenal of the Ministry of War and the Treasury of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and others, but apparently Song Nan did not do what he wanted.

"Zhang Yong, read this recital." Zhengde said coldly.

"Yes." Zhang Yong stepped forward quickly, took the fold and stood in front of the dragon seat, and read aloud.

"Yang Yiqing, the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty and the chief official of the trilateral system, risked his death to play, since the emperor ascended the throne has been more than three years, the three years of chaos inside and outside the Ming Dynasty, the disasters are endless, there are Liu Liu Liu seven thieves and soldiers riots, the disaster affects millions of people, the state capital is hundreds, the life is ruined, and then there is a rebellion against the king Zhu Ningjiao, the poison is very widespread, my Ming Dynasty has gone through these two catastrophes, the national strength is weakened, and the damage is huge."

"Although the minister's official position is low, not as important as the ministers and ministers in the court, but the heart of loyalty to the country is not inferior to others, and the minister has been thinking hard for several days, and finally realized that the disaster of the country begins with the disaster of the court, and the first culprit of the disaster of the court lies in the traitor of the inner court. Today, Liu Jin, the eunuch of the inner court, is in charge of the authority of the inner court, and all measures are for his own selfishness, treating national affairs as child's play, bewitching the emperor to waste the government, and Liu Jin, the minister, is the head of the trouble. ”

The ministers secretly smacked their tongues, Yang Yiqing's courage was not covered, and in addition to impeaching Liu Jin with sharp words, there was actually a sense of accusing the emperor in and out of his words, saying that after the new emperor ascended the throne, the world was in turmoil, doesn't this mean that the emperor is incompetent? No wonder the emperor was so angry when he saw the folds, not that he completely defended Liu Jin, but that he was angry that Yang Yiqing was open-mouthed.

"The minister impeached Liu Jin today for eighteen major crimes, one of which is to disrupt the government; As a eunuch in the inner court, he had no right to interfere in political affairs, Liu Jin took advantage of the emperor's trust and proposed two reform strategies for the court's land, horse and politics, which led to the people's resentment. ”

"The second crime, forming a party for personal gain and eliminating dissidents, during the three years of the emperor's ascension to the throne, Liu Jin used the emperor's trust to unscrupulously cultivate forces to crack down on dissidents, and controlled the courtiers of the outer court remotely with the momentum of the inner court.

"The third crime, full of private pockets and selling official beards, Liu Jin is insatiable, there are countless manors inside and outside Beijing, and the number of houses and fields is amazing, although he tries his best to cover it up, but everyone knows it; The minister knew that if the officials in Beijing wanted to be promoted, they all needed to pay tribute. There is a proverb among the people: If you want to rise to prominence, sell your house and land to Liu Jin, this is a humiliation for the court. ”

"The fourth crime, framing loyal ministers to retaliate, since the first year of Zhengde, there are 38 people who impeached Liu Jin by loyal ministers in the court, and now 11 of these 38 people have been convicted of raiding their homes, eight people have been transferred from the capital and demoted to officials, and nine people are still in prison; This person covers the sky with one hand, his methods are fierce, and his heart is as poisonous as a poisonous scorpion, so that the ministers of the court and the central government dare not speak out, and even become more and more intense, becoming a major tumor in the central government. ”

"The Fifth ...... of His Sins"

"The Sixth ...... of His Sins"

“……”

Zhang Yong's words were sonorous, and after reading a series of them, Yang Yiqing listed as many as 18 Liu Jin's crimes, the words were as sharp as knives, and they were reasonable, and they seemed to know very thoroughly, and I don't know where he knew these examples and numbers.

Finally, Zhang Yong finished reading Yang Yiqing's recital, and the minds of the civil and military officials were still in a state of shock numbness, many people knew that the things on these recitals were actually the truth, and these things were all things that Liu Jin had done, but no one dared to say it. In addition to being shocked, full of admiration for Yang Yiqingye, this stunned young man may not have a good end today, but his courage is unmatched.

"Liu Jin, Yang Yiqing's recital says that what you said is useless, do you have any objections to this?" Liu Jin gradually calmed down from the initial anger, he had already concluded that this was the instigation of Song Nan behind it, otherwise, with Yang Yiqing's ability, how could he know so many details, those secret things in Beijing, if you want to know the inside story, only a pervasive yamen like Jinyiwei can do it. It turns out that Song Nan's so-called means of dealing with himself is just Er'er, such sharp accusations, I don't know how many times I have heard them in the court in the past three years, which time will Zhengde take it seriously?

I thought that Song Nan would have some special means, but now it seems that Song Nan is still too tender, Zhengde will not punish himself for these things at all, Song Nan underestimated his status in Zhengde's mind, and underestimated the back of these things he did. Scenery. Almost all the accusations on this recital, Zhengde is clear in his heart, all the qiē is carried out with Zhengde's acquiescence, of course, there are some small details that Zhengde does not know, but this is not enough for Zhengde to abandon himself.

"The emperor Mingjian, the slave and maid denied all of Yang Yiqing's false accusations; The slave maid has followed the emperor for more than ten years, and there is not a single day of disloyalty, and there is no day of failure to fulfill his duties, but the slave and maid doubt Yang Yiqing's motives. Yang Yiqing's move must have been deliberate, taking advantage of the calamities that the court has experienced, deliberately disturbing the court, perhaps there are people behind it, and there are some ulterior motives, please ask the emperor to investigate. ”

"But how do you explain the dozen or so charges that Yang Yiqing listed?" Zhengde Road.