Chapter 858: The Battle of the Imperial Council

As soon as the word came out, the stone broke the earth.

The court has the rules of the court, and if the court battle between the courtiers breaks the sky, it must be played according to the rules of the game.

There are many ways to struggle, such as sending advance cannon fodder to test the enemy's firepower, such as grasping a small thing and slowly making it bigger, such as making the political opponent proud, and letting the party go crazy, until the last moment to come up with strong evidence, come up with a lore, completely turn the tables, and so on.

These are all rules of the game, and both sides tacitly know each other, each by its own means.

But if you don't come up, you just flip the table, the table is lifted, how can everyone play?

Li Qinzai directly sued Li Youdao for four major crimes, and the pile was fatal.

The charges are serious, especially for Li Youdao.

Because Li Youdao is not only a courtier, but also a Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and a law enforcer of the imperial court.

If the law is enforced, the crime will be increased by one degree.

After Li Qinzai finished speaking, even Li Zhi was stunned, and he opened his mouth and didn't know what to say.

When the courtiers were fighting, Li Zhi played the role of a referee, he was responsible for scoring both the enemy and us, and the emperor was disgusted with the infighting between the courtiers and colleagues on the surface, but in fact, he was secretly happy in his heart, and even secretly took the initiative to provoke the courtiers to fight.

This belongs to the emperor's mental technique.

The courtiers are too united and form an iron plate, how can the emperor play? Waiting for the courtiers to say a word against the emperor?

Therefore, there must be a fight in the court, and opposing factions must be formed within the emperor's control, so that the emperor can perform balancing skills and achieve his political goals in the process of fighting one by one.

Li Zhi is only in his thirties, and his imperial technique is actually not very mature, and he is often emotional, otherwise he would not have a relationship with Li Qinzai in private.

But Li Zhi definitely didn't expect that Li Qinzai would give him such a play at today's court meeting, which not only shocked the ministers, but also shocked him.

What's next?

Li Zhi didn't want to play anymore, thought about it for a long time, and simply pretended to be deaf and dumb, sitting in the golden palace without moving, treating himself as a little transparent.

Xiao Transparent may not be enough, Li Zhi has to learn to be a qualified heel.

"Li Qing, above the Golden Palace, don't talk nonsense, everything must have evidence, can there be evidence for the four sins of Li Youdao that you have participated in?" Li Zhi really took on the role of a heel responsibly.

Li Qinzai straightened his chest and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has empirical evidence. ”

Li Youdao's heart sank, and his face became more and more pale. In the entire Golden Palace, only he knows best, and Li Qinzai's so-called four major crimes are actually basically true.

If Li Qin Zai really holds the evidence, today is the day when Li Youdao stepped into the ghost gate.

The ministers in the palace were whispering again, and several imperial historians who planned to go out to participate in the impeachment of Li Qinzai also temporarily changed their minds and stood in the court to watch the development of the situation.

Li Zhi stared at Li Qinzai and said in a slow tone: "Li Qing really has evidence? ”

Li Qinzai nodded: "Yes." ”

The corners of Li Zhi's mouth hooked: "Present!" ”

Li Qinzai said: "The minister first said the first crime, Li Youdao secretly sent people to spread rumors in Chang'an City, slandered and slandered the minister's reputation, provoked public opinion, and deliberately created reasons for the government and opposition subjects to be dissatisfied with me......

"This crime, the ancestor privately sent someone to investigate, yesterday seized two thieves, the thief confessed, they are Li Youdao's mansion steward, they used money to buy the scoundrels in Chang'an City, teach them to spread rumors, the thief has been waiting outside the palace gate, ready to be summoned by His Majesty to ask."

"The second crime, Li Youdao coerced with power and demanded fame from the minister, and the third crime, Li Youdao killed the horse and coerced the minister, forcing the minister to submit, these two crimes are also, the minister has secretly plotted against Li Youdao's mansion, and he is also waiting outside the palace gate, and he can testify for the minister."

"As for the fourth crime, Li Youdao secretly planted forces, formed a wide range of party members, and controlled the government and politics, it is very simple to prove this crime, today's court meeting is a situation of wolves serving tigers, Your Majesty and see how many people are impeached today."

"Why did those people who had nothing to do with the ministers suddenly come out under the banner of so-called 'morality', the purpose of which was to remove the ministers from the post of chief examiner of the imperial examination, so that they could cause trouble in the imperial examination and profit from it."

After the words fell, Li Qinzai saluted Li Zhi and returned to the court without saying a word.

The ministers had already been silent, and many of them stood in the middle of the court with ugly faces, originally planning to rush up and attack Li Qinzai.

However, Li Qinzai's accusation of the fourth crime clearly means that whoever stands up to impeach him now will be Li Youdao's henchmen, and the evidence of Li Youdao's party affiliation has been confirmed.

Not only was the table lifted, but the words were also blocked, Li Qinzai's eloquence was really ......

Li Youdao jumped to his feet angrily, pointed at Li Qinzai and said angrily: "What kind of ghost evidence is this?" I don't believe it! Pure slander! Your Majesty, please summon the so-called witnesses waiting outside the palace gate into the palace and confront the minister! ”

Li Zhi raised his eyes and quickly looked at Li Qinzai in the court.

The eyes of the two monarchs and ministers looked at each other from afar, and after a while, Li Zhi looked at Li Youdao again, and said surgingly: "Li Shaoqing is angry, black and white, good and evil, I have my own judgment, and I am angry in the court, not only lose my manners, but also appear to be weak-hearted, are you right?" ”

Li Youdao was taken aback, calmed down instantly, bowed down and said, "Yes, the minister is rude, please forgive your majesty." ”

At this time, a eunuch hurriedly walked in from the back of the main hall, walked to Li Zhi's side, whispered a few words in his ear, and then took out a piece of paper and offered it with both hands.

Li Zhi took the paper, his eyes swept hurriedly, his expression suddenly became a little strange, and he couldn't help but look at Li Youdao.

When Li Youdao saw Li Zhi like this, his heart couldn't help sinking.

I don't know why Li Zhi suddenly looked at him, but obviously the few whispers from the eunuch who entered the palace just now and Li Zhi were clearly related to him.

Cold sweat gradually oozed from Li Youdao's forehead.

Since the beginning of the Korean meeting, with Li Qinzai's preemptive strike, the siege and killing situation that was originally planned against Li Qinzai today has been completely destroyed.

At this moment, Li Qinzai has unconsciously grasped the initiative, and Li Youdao involuntarily follows Li Qinzai's rhythm and is tired of coping.

It was supposed to be the attacking side, but it turned out to be the defensive side for some reason.

While the ministers in the palace were whispering and discussing, Li Zhi suddenly smiled and said, "Li Shaoqing, the Hou of Weinan County is guilty of your crime, don't hurry to take out the evidence or anything, I have a very interesting thing here......

Li Youdao didn't care about wiping the cold sweat, and forced himself to calm down: "Please show your majesty." ”

Li Zhi waved the piece of paper in his hand, and the eunuch next to him took it, walked to the hall, and handed the paper to Li Youdao.

Li Zhi said leisurely: "Li Qinzai participated in your demonstration of killing horses and forcibly asking for fame, it seems that ...... Well, there is no need for Li Qinzai to show any evidence, this piece of paper is a confession, with your autograph on it, and your fingerprints. ”

"I only ask you, are the signatures and fingerprints on this confession your own?"