"Shen Xiu, there is an order from the Holy Authority to announce that you will go to the Wenhua Hall to participate in the court discussion."

The herald eunuch walked into Shen Yichen's duty corridor, without even basic polite words, and announced Zhu Qizhen's holy oracle straight to the point.

Shen Yichen's letter of plea is equivalent to publicly standing on the opposite side of Wang Zhen again, and the internal officials naturally do not need to be polite and courteous when the relationship breaks down.

Regarding this attitude, Shen Yichen looked as usual, and just nodded calmly and said, "I know, my father-in-law will lead the way." ”

In the face of Shen Yichen's indifference, the herald eunuch felt a little strange.

Did you expect to be called to participate in the court meeting, why didn't you have a look of nervousness and surprise, and didn't even inquire about the content of the meeting?

It is worthy of being the champion of the achievement of the three elements and the first achievement, this mental concentration is really far beyond ordinary people, and the joy and anger are invisible!

With this doubt and admiration, the eunuch ordered Shen Yichen to lead Shen Yichen to the Wenhua Palace. At this time, in addition to Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, there were also ministers who were close to the palace, including Yang Pu.

Looking at Shen Yichen, who was walking briskly outside the hall, Yang Pu's eyes were very complicated.

There is appreciation, recognition, regret, and a kind of incomprehension.

Shen Yichen was able to successfully make the above table pass through the cabinet and directly submit it to Zhu Qizhen's imperial case, and Yang Pu was the biggest promoter behind the scenes.

But to be honest, even if he came to this point, Yang Pu didn't understand why Shen Yichen did this.

Is it really out of public righteousness that he stood up against Wang Zhen to save a foreign official governor who had never lived his life?

Speaking from the heart, Yang Pu recognized Yu Qian's fifteen years of work as governor of the town, and could better understand the hardships he experienced in parting.

Regarding the conviction of Dali Temple, Yang Pu also knew that this was Wang Zhen's personal vendetta in the communiqué, otherwise no matter how he left his post without permission, it would be far from the level of beheading.

But so what?

For the sake of a governor who doesn't have a deep friendship, is it worth it to give up his good future and offend Wang Zhen?

Even Yang Pu is willing to be the driving force behind this, his motives have nothing to do with public righteousness, let alone save Yu Qian. It was purely Shen Yichen's approach, which denied the feasibility of joining forces with the eunuchs, and relieved the weak civilian official group.

In Yang Pu's previous impression, although Shen Yichen did not become a lackey of the eunuch party, he thought that he was a sleek and sophisticated smart person.

It is this kind of cleverness and tactfulness that can make Shen Yichen withstand the scolding of civil officials and always maintain an "ambiguous" relationship with Wang Zhen. As a result, he had a smooth ride in the officialdom, and was promoted to the East Pavilion in less than a year.

And the sleek and sophisticated smart person has another name, called "refined self-interest". It is impossible for such a person to harm his own interests and do things that are not profitable.

But Shen Yichen did just that, and he did it without hesitation, using all the connections and power that he could use, leaving no way out for himself!

Such decisiveness and determination really subverted Yang Pu's impression, and made him look at Shen Yichen again.

This son has all the prerequisites for those who achieve great things, either they are famous ministers through the ages, or they are disasters to the country and the people, and there is no possibility of mediocrity!

"Minister Shen Yichen, meet Your Majesty!"

Shen Yichen entered the Wenhua Hall and saluted Zhu Qizhen, but when he looked up in the direction of the throne, he met Wang Zhen's cold gaze.

How much I used to appreciate and love, then how much hatred I have in my heart now, for Shen Yichen's "rebellion", Wang Zhen has already murdered him!

"Shen Aiqing is flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Shen Yichen thanked him, he stood at the end of the left side of the hall, and the other officials of the Jiuqing Department who participated in the court meeting had not yet arrived, so they had to wait for a while.

After about ten minutes, the Jiuqing of the Cabinet Department and the officials of the Six Departments and Thirteen Dao who were on duty near the palace all hurried to the Wenhua Palace, with dozens of people.

Seeing that the number of people was almost complete, Zhu Qizhen said: "Today, I summoned all Aiqing to participate in the court meeting for the sake of Yu Qian, the right attendant of the Ministry of War. Led by Shen Xiu, a group of secretaries are sparse, hoping that I will pardon Yu Qian's death crime, I don't know what the secretaries think? ”

After listening to the emperor's description, many officials who didn't know looked at Shen Yichen with shocked eyes.

Yu Qian's case is called leaving his post without permission, but in fact, he offended Wang Zhen, what everyone knows from the civil and military officials inside and outside the Beijing Division, down to the peddlers and pawns, Shen Yichen will not know?

Is this kid out of his mind, or does he think that he can be unscrupulous with the support of his relatives, and he dares to stop the person Wang Zhen wants to kill?

But looking at the thick stack of concertos on the imperial case, as well as the Cheng Guogong present, the officials present to participate in the court meeting wisely chose to shut up in the face of the emperor's inquiry.

Wang Zhen can't afford to offend, can the Xun Qi group headed by Cheng Guogong be offended again?

The current Wang Zhenke has not yet reached the realm of covering the sky with one hand for the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, at least the relatives have joined forces, and it is no problem to break hands with him, and Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, has not yet reached the point where he wants to bend his knees.

Seeing that none of the ministers in the palace replied, Zhu Qizhen was simply stunned!

What is the situation, in the case of a town governor, the civil and military officials of the court do not dare to express their opinions?

In a sense, this is the emperor's sorrow, many things that the world knows, maybe only he doesn't know.

This also confirms on the side that the necessity of the existence of the factory and health secret service agencies, without its own intelligence agency, the emperor is easily overshadowed by the ministers.

is like Emperor Chongzhen in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, who killed Wei Zhongxian's ability to abolish the internal officials and factory guards, and was no longer able to suppress the Donglin Party and doctors at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

"Yu Qing's family, come on!"

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhu Qizhen simply designated Yu Shiyue, the secretary of Dali Temple, to answer.

After all, Yu Qian's punishment was judged by him, and he had to give a reason to convince the public.

Faced with the emperor's hand-picking, Yu Shiyue could only stand up and say: "Back to Your Majesty, Yu Qian's disloyalty and disrespect are conclusive evidence, and he should be sentenced to death!" ”

Regardless of Wang Zhen's pressure or not, since Yu Shiyue has been convicted of Yu Qian's guilt, he must go all the way to the end, otherwise it will become his own dereliction of duty.

"Du Yushi, do you think so too?"

The sentence was sentenced by Dali Temple, but the supervision was passed by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it was impossible for Wang Wen of the Imperial Palace to stay out of the matter at this time.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister agrees with what Yu Tingwei said, Yu Qian's crime lies in contempt for the prestige of the Son of Heaven, and the crime cannot be punished!"

Hearing that the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the chief official of Dali Temple had once again confirmed their sentence, Zhu Qizhen asked the ministers again: "Can you agree with what you just said?" ”

"The minister agrees with what Du Xian and Tingwei said!"

An inspector of the Metropolitan Procuratorate stood up and supported Wang Wen and Yu Shiyue's sentence.

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

Li Xi, the general political envoy, also stood up, and this case was impeached by him, so he naturally had to take a firm stand.

Soon, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, and some officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology came out one after another to express their support, and they were the middle-level officials who were currently attached to Wang Zhen in the DPRK.

But what really played a decisive role was that Xu Xi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, stood up and said: "Ahem, Yu Qian is an official of the Ministry of War, and his ministers are not effective in restraining his subordinates, and I hope that Your Majesty will punish him severely to set an example!" ”

Xu Xi's face had a sickly blue and black at this time, his body had reached the realm of running out of oil and drying up, and he had asked Zhu Qizhen to return to his hometown several times, but he had not waited for approval.

The reason is that Kuang Yu, the left attendant of the military department who took over, is not Wang Zhen's person, and once Xu Xi retreats, the strength of the eunuch party will be greatly weakened.

At the same time, he also held the worry that people would go to tea and cool, and the current Xu Xi didn't dare to offend Wang Zhen at all. Once you leave your job or pass away, your children and grandchildren will have no umbrella, and your family's lives will be in danger!

Yu Qian's boss made the situation one-sided, and Wang Ying, Qian Xili and others, who were originally going to refute a few words, chose to remain silent at this moment.

After all, they are willing to plead for mercy, in addition to sympathizing with Yu Qian and thinking that his sin will not lead to death, it is more for Shen Yichen's face.

But sympathy and face are far from being completely open. Yu Qian's death sentence is a foregone conclusion, no matter how much he argues, he can't have the upper hand in the number of people, and the general trend is inviolable!

This is the biggest difference between Beijing officials and foreign officials, even if Yu Qian has added the title of the right attendant of the military department, he still has not entered the inner circle of civil officials, and naturally he will not get the help of the cabinet members if there is something.

Compared with the marble Shaoqing Xue Xuan back then, the officials of the six ministries and the nine Qing had a sense of sadness for the rabbit and the fox, and they all went up to fight against Wang Zhen, which can be described as completely different.

Looking at the ministers in the audience who didn't dare to speak, Wang Zhen's originally angry face finally appeared with a satisfied smile.

Valley Stone

A yellow-haired boy thought that he had a relative as a backer, so he dared to call on the ministers to fight with our family, and now let you understand who in the court has the final say!

"Do you still have different opinions?"

Zhu Qizhen opened his mouth to ask again, and he felt that the result of the court discussion was a little too smooth.

Originally, I thought that there would be a good debate between the pros and cons, but now it seems that the situation is one-sided, and Yu Qian's guilt is unforgivable.

"Shen Aiqing, do you have anything else to say?"

Since no one answered, Zhu Qizhen finally asked Shen Yichen.

He was the first to plead for mercy, and at the same time, he was the most resolute in his words, if even Shen Yichen had nothing to say, then this court meeting would be a bit anticlimactic and could be over.

"Minister, still admonish Yu Qian not to die!"

As soon as Shen Yichen's words came out, Wang Ying, Qian Xili and others all showed unbearable expressions on their faces.

It's good for young people to have perseverance, but why be so stubborn when they know that they can't do anything?

Wang Zhen used the power of the six departments and the six departments and thirteen realms, and he had already made up his mind to take Yu Qian's life, and even if he was ruthless, even if he had the support of Chengguo Gong, it would be difficult to retreat.

Shen Yichen, what are you still insisting on?

This is not only the officials who oppose neutrality and do not understand, but even the court officials who helped Shen Yichen do not understand why he still insists on Yu Qian's immortality.

"Shen Aiqing, the state has national laws, the family has family rules, and many things can't be done willfully."

In the face of Shen Yichen's insistence, Zhu Qizhen gave a warning.

His own saints are not Shen Yichen's reckless capital, let alone the motivation to challenge national laws and family rules.

What the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty agree with, how can they trample on the national law and family rules for the sake of Shen Yichen?

"The minister is not willful, but for the sake of tens of millions of Li people in Henan and Shanxi, I beg Your Majesty to forgive Shao Sima from dying!"

After that, Shen Yichen came to the center of the Wenhua Hall and placed the two scrolls on the ground.

When Shen Yichen entered the main hall, Zhu Qizhen saw the two scrolls he brought, and he was still very puzzled at that time, why did he bring this thing to participate in the court meeting?

However, in front of the ministers, Zhu Qizhen still had to maintain the emperor's prestige, so he couldn't help but ask.

Now seeing Shen Yichen placed on the ground, he couldn't help but speak: "Shen Aiqing, what is this?" ”

"Book of the People!"

Shen Yichen said these three words word by word, and then slowly spread out the two scrolls, and countless names and handprints appeared in the eyes of the emperor and ministers.

This is Shen Yichen sent all the Fujian miners, the whole post station to change horses with the fastest speed to Henan and Shanxi, with the help of Wang Lai and Sun Yuanzhen, the two provinces, collected the people's book!

Those who can write their names write their names write their names on the scrolls, and those who can't write their names use their handprints instead.

When these bright red names and handprints jumped in the eyes of the emperor and the ministers, the impact and shock brought by them were far beyond a thousand words!

"Your Majesty, this is the fifteenth year that Shao Sima has been out of Henan and Shanxi, and he has gained the recognition and public opinion of the people in the two places."

Among them, there are displaced people from other provinces, lonely widows and orphans in their own provinces, people who have suffered from disasters, and tenant farmers who have lost their land. The only thing they have in common is that they used to be poorly clothed and hungry. It was Shao Sima who helped the people and gave them fields, cattle and seeds, so that they had a chance to live. ”

"The minister risked his life to ask His Majesty and all the ministers present, is it not worth the credit of saving the lives of all the people in the world to be charged with leaving his post without permission?"

"Yu Qian, is it really an unforgivable sin?"

When Shen Yichen said this, his body was filled with a heroic righteousness, and he did not have the slightest fear of opposing the emperor and Wang Zhen!

Yu Qian has been a lonely brave man all his life, he is upright, he doesn't know how to be welcomed, he doesn't engage in power tricks, and he has never really integrated into the circle of the civil official group.

Even if he made immortal achievements, he was still unjustly killed after the restoration of Ming Yingzong, and no civil and military officials stood up to raise objections and speak up for him.

Just like the current situation, either silent or in favor, only Shen Yichen is still insisting.

What's even more ridiculous is that after his death, there were many more cases that overturned the case for him, and then redressed the unjust case, posthumously honored and honored.

This is the thick black science of officialdom, they can't tolerate a living model, but they can flaunt and admire dead heroes!

Shen Yichen didn't want to be a silent spectator, he wanted to know an answer, isn't the recognition of the people in the world not as good as the evaluation of your group of officials?

Heroes, should not be "alone"!

Shen Yichen's questioning made everyone in the Wenhua Hall silent, they really never expected that there would be two volumes of the Book of the People.

After a long time, Qian Xili broke the silence, and he opened his mouth to proclaim: "Your Majesty, the minister agrees with what Shen Xiu said, Yu Qian's sin will not lead to death!" ”

"Your Majesty, Yu Qian has been the governor of the town for fifteen years, and he has worked hard and is loved by the people and all the people, so he should not be so harsh on the virtuous ministers!"

"Your Majesty, the Son of Heaven should put the people of Li first, this is the will of the people!"

"The minister seconded what Shen Xiu said, Yu Qian can be exempted from the death penalty!"

One official after another came out one after another, not only the group of Shen Yichen who relied on his connections, but also many officials who had never had a friendship.

That's right, it was the group of science and technology officials who were known as big trolls, but they were the first to stand up and support Shen Yichen!

Although most of the officials of Kedao talked about misleading the country, and in the late Ming Dynasty, they became a weapon for party contention, but it cannot be denied that in the early and middle periods, many people had a cynical blood in their hearts, and there were only a few who could be bought by Wang Zhen.

The style of the literati is still their spiritual belief!

"Your Majesty, the minister also agrees with what Shen Xiu said, Yu Qian's sin will not lead to death."

Yang Pu, who had always chosen to be silent, stood up at this time to express his attitude.

If Yang Pu was still questioning Shen Yichen's righteousness before, then now that he sees these two volumes of the Book of the People, he can't find any reason to doubt it anymore.

Because of Shen Yichen's gamble with his life, Yu Qian had no way to give a return!

That's it, Mingzhe has been protecting himself for so many years, so he should be the old man talking about the madness of the young man once, and then stand for justice in his heart!

Yang Pu's stance means that the wind direction of the civil official group has changed.

It doesn't matter if it arouses a sense of justice in my heart, or if it is said that the rabbit dies and the fox is dissatisfied with Wang Zhen, it can even just follow the trend and stand in line.

A senior member of the Cabinet Department seconded the proposal, hoping that Zhu Qizhen would pardon Yu Qian's capital crime.

It was at this time that Wang Zuo, the head of the household, came out and said: "Your Majesty, Henan and Shandong have been hit by disasters for many years, and there has been a large-scale gathering of displaced people this summer, and I am afraid that there will be an incident." ”

"Yu Qian has supervised the government of the two places for many years, and he is known for his talent and good reputation, and I hope that His Majesty will consider it at his discretion."

If the previous officials' advice was from the perspective of reputation, then now the advice of Wang Zuo, the head of the household department, is completely considered from the facts.

Once the displaced people gather, if they are not pacified, they can easily lead to large-scale unrest. Yu Qian is very experienced in dealing with disaster relief, and he has a high prestige in the hearts of the people in the two places, and he can't be killed.

Zhu Qizhen naturally heard Wang Zuo's voice, but in fact, whether Yu Qian kills or not is not an important matter for him at all.

"Since all the Qing families agree that Yu Qian's sin will not die, for the sake of his past merits, I will spare his life for the time being, so as to make meritorious contributions."

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Without waiting for the other officials to react, Shen Yichen immediately knelt down and shouted thanks, he didn't want Wang Zhen to make another wave!

At this point, Shen Yichen was wrong, Wang Zhen could fight against anyone, but he would not disobey the emperor's decision.

I saw him looking at Shen Yichen with a cold look in his eyes, and his heart could be described as angry, since the death of the Empress Dowager Zhang in the seventh year of orthodoxy, Shen Yichen was still the first person who dared to openly confront himself so openly.

This son cannot be kept!