Chapter 42: What Play Is This Singing?

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"Your Majesty, this is ridiculous!" Di Renjie said without changing his face: "When the emperor was established at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty and led the army to capture Luoyang, he once said that the Luoyang Palace was too luxurious to build and he didn't dare to move in, so he let people demolish it. Now that the demolished palace has been restored as before, if the former emperor is alive, he will definitely feel that its luxury is even worse than that of the previous Sui period, and he will angrily reprimand his subordinates for not admonishing and dissuading him. The luxury of the Shangyang Palace built today is several times better than the Luoyang Palace, more than the Daming Palace, the money and materials spent must be innumerable, and now there is a war at the border of the Tang Dynasty, it is the time when a lot of money and military supplies are needed, plus the disasters in the world over the years, a large number of victims need relief, His Majesty and Niangniang also showed frugality last year, greatly reduced the palace expenses, and reprimanded the wasteful act, and now some people are in violation of the yin, playing the signboard of His Majesty and Niangniang, spending countless money and things, and making a reputation for himself, but he has attracted infamy for His Majesty and Niangniang, This sin is unforgivable..."

"You are talking nonsense, the construction of this palace is a symbol of my Tang Dynasty national prestige, how can it be said that it is to incur notoriety for His Majesty and Niangniang?" Ming Chongyan said angrily, he also participated in the construction of Shangyang Palace, many ideas were made by him, Di Renjie impeached Si Nongqing Wei Hongji, if Wei Hongji was convicted, then he would also be punished.

Faced with the questioning of the minister, who was favored by the emperor and the empress, Di Renjie did not flinch, took a step forward, walked in front of Ming Chongyan, pointed at Ming Chongyan and said to Emperor Li Zhi: "Your Majesty, the minister feels that it is necessary to treat the crime of Wei Si Nongqing, and the Ming doctor who participated in it must also be punished. If it is more luxurious than a seat, and it will be maintained after it is completed, then the expenditure of the treasury will be huge, and it will be unable to make ends meet, and the people will be complaining, and the prestige of the court will definitely be affected!"

At this time, Zhang Da'an also stood up to support Di Renjie: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Di Yushi's words are reasonable, and the wind of luxury cannot be opened, and now where the court needs money, I must not let the people complain in order to build the palace, and the prestige of the court will be damaged, Wei Hongji and Ming Chongyan have changed the design of Shangyang Palace privately in order to cater to the emperor, resulting in a doubling of the treasury expenditure, and they should be punished!"

"Hmm, Zhang Aiqing and Di Aiqing are reasonable!" Li Zhi seemed to be moved by Di Renjie's words, and signaled the other courtiers to stop arguing, "Wei Hongji privately changed the design of Shangyang Palace, resulting in a large increase in treasury expenditure, and the crime committed is not small!"

Li Zhi paused for a moment, and his tone became majestic: "Pass on my edict, remove Wei Hongji from the post of Nongqing, and Ming Chongyan, who participated in the construction and design, will be fined three months, and no further discussion will be given!"

"Your Majesty Shengming," Zhang Da'an, who stood up to support Di Renjie, returned to the train with satisfaction.

"What else do you Aiqing have to play?" Li Zhi saw that no one objected to such a treatment, and he was quite satisfied, and was ready to disperse the dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the ministers still have something to do!"

Liu Yi saw that there were two people in green official robes, one was Di Renjie, who had just played the impeachment of Wei Hongji and Ming Chongyan, and the other seemed to be an official of the Imperial History Tower.

Those who can participate in the court meeting in green robes are generally only officials from the Imperial Historical Observatory.

Seeing Di Renjie stand up again, Li Zhi seemed to be very surprised, and Liu Yi, who was standing on the side of the hall, was also a little surprised, who is Di Renjie going to impeach again? And impeached with another servant?

"What do Di Aiqing and Luo Aiqing have to play?" Li Zhi asked suspiciously.

The other ministers were also amazed to see these two servants stand up.

Although the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory stood up and made speeches at the court meeting, they all made other officials frightened, although the official position of the Imperial Historical Observatory was not high, but they could impeach officials at any level, and the officials in the palace were deeply afraid of being impeached by the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory, even if they were not convicted, they would also stain themselves.

In addition, even if the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory are negligent in the matter of impeachment, they will not be held accountable, which is a national policy that has been continued from the time of Zhenguan, and the purpose is to let the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory effectively supervise the hundred officials, and basically no officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory have been criticized for this for decades, which also makes the impeachment of the officials of the DPRK and China by the Imperial Historical Observatory happen from time to time.

"Your Majesty, the ministers impeached Zuo Shilang Zhong Wang Benli, relying on His Majesty's grace, abusing his power, slandering hundreds of officials, he should be handed over to the division for punishment!" Di Renjie said loudly.

"Your Majesty, this is the guilty minister of Wang Benli collected by the ministers, please take a look at it!" The servant surnamed Luo presented a thick piece of music in his hand to the top of his head.

A eunuch came up, took the book from the hand of the servant surnamed Luo, and presented it to Li Zhi.

Zuo Shi Lang Zhong is an official in the left and right divisions under Shangshu Province, there are left and right officials in the left and right divisions, and he is responsible for defending the six officials of Shangshu Province, correcting the province, and those who are inappropriate, Lang Zhong is an official who assists the left and right Cheng, and has the same responsibilities, Wang Benli has repeatedly slandered the officials of Shangshu Province for improper behavior, and many officials are very afraid of Wang Benli.

Seeing the impeachment of Wang Benli by the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory, the hundred officials all had a feeling of schadenfreude, and the left and right Si Cheng and Lang Zhong of the picket officials were somewhat similar to the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory, even if the hundred officials were blamed by them, they could not be angry with them, so they had to admit that they were unlucky, and only the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory could treat them, and they would not be felt that they were personally enmitted.

Li Zhi roughly flipped through the report submitted by the Yushitai, and said loudly: "Although what Di Aiqing and Luo Aiqing played is true, but Zuo Shilang has already picketed hundreds of officials, although Wang Benli has done some over, but it is still within the scope of his authority, I feel that it is enough to police him first, and there is no need to punish him!"

"Your Majesty, don't do that!" The servant surnamed Luo, who looked to be about the same age as Di Renjie, hurriedly argued, "Your Majesty, many of the things Wang Benli has done have exceeded the scope of his authority, and many things have been judged as personal feelings, and he is suspected of abusing his power by taking advantage of His Majesty's grace, and his crime cannot be forgiven!"

"I have to reprimand him and make him repent, and this matter can be dealt with in this way!" Li Zhi was a little impatient, and after listening to Wu Zetian behind the curtain say a few words, he announced it like this.

At this time, Di Renjie spoke again: "Your Majesty, although the court lacks talents now, there are not many Wang Benli's people, Your Majesty can't defile the king's law and pardon Wang Benli because he cherishes the guilty person." If Your Majesty wants to pardon Wang Benli, then exile his ministers to a no-man's land, as a warning to loyal ministers in the future, and then no one will come out to impeach the offending officials!"

Di Renjie's words were so loud that all the officials were moved, and the surname Luo also expressed the same meaning with Di Renjie, so since the court knew about Wang Benli's crime and did not punish him, they would rather resign from the post of serving the imperial history.

Liu Yi was very surprised, and he couldn't figure out which play these two servants were singing today!

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