"This cabinet department has convened the cabinet department to discuss the Great Nine Secretaries, and you must have more or less already known what was going on."

"Then the cabinet department went straight to the point, and the Tartars also led the troops to invade the border first, and the military department Shangshu Yu Shaobao issued an order, ordering the Xuanda border army to rush to the aid of the southern Mongolian Dingxiang Bo Guo Dengbu, but Shi Heng, who was the chief soldier of Xuanda, resisted and did not obey the order."

Speaking of this, Shen Yichen paused, then turned his head to look at Yu Qian, and asked in a cold voice: "Yu Shaobao, how should the behavior of the loyal prince Shi Heng be punished according to military law?" ”

"Kill according to the law!"

Without the slightest hesitation and weighing the pros and cons, Yu Qian directly said the punishment he deserved.

It's just that Yu Qian said this, and all the ministers present gasped.

To tell the truth, Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, supports the army and respects himself, and it is not a matter of one or two days, when the first emperor was seriously ill earlier, he also led the troops to besiege the Forbidden City without summoning, and his demeanor showed the demeanor of the powerful ministers to the fullest.

Of course, it wasn't only Shi Heng who did it at that time, but Shen Yichen did it too.

But in any case, Shi Heng was the Duke of the Ming Dynasty, and he was about to be killed with a letter of dispatch from the Xuanda Border Army, which seemed to be a bit of a heavy sentence.

More importantly, with the current power of Zhongguo Gong Shi Heng, will he be captured?

If there are Tartars on the outside, and there are powerful ministers on the inside, who can protect the stability of the country and society in such a scene of internal and external troubles?

Shen Yichen, who was sitting on the main seat, heard Yu Qian's answer, and a trace of unbearability flashed in his eyes. He could easily guess what kind of answer Yu Qian would give, but he was unwilling to watch Yu Qian go step by step according to his plan.

It's just that the wisp of unbearability in his eyes is fleeting, and soon Shen Yichen turned back to expressionlessness and continued: "Yu Shaobao's conviction, do your colleagues have any objections? ”

What responded to Shen Yichen was silence, death-like silence.

None of the cabinet ministers who participated in the court meeting were not old fritters, and they knew the power of Shi Heng now, as well as Shen Yichen's complicated relationship with him. It stands to reason that this kind of thing of disobedience to the order is an impossible thing to put in the high-level of the court, and before the military department issues the order, whether it is Shen Yichen or Yu Qian, they will take the initiative to consult with Shi Heng.

If the talk is good, an appointment order will be issued, and if the talk is not good, it will simply be treated as if this kind of thing has happened, and everyone is harmonious on the surface to maintain the dignity of high-ranking officials.

If this kind of "tearing face" can occur, and the cabinet meeting of the Cabinet is convened so quickly, then there is only one possibility left.

Shen Yichen or Yu Qian want to take advantage of the opportunity of disobedience to the order to get rid of Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo!

It is one thing to disobey military law, and it is another thing to fight politically, and Shi Heng, the loyal prince of the country, is not a soft persimmon, and he is forced to have the possibility of raising troops at any time. Until there is a clear winner between the two sides, taking sides means a great risk, and you have to think carefully except for the party.

After a long time, Yu Shiyue, the secretary of the Criminal Department, couldn't help but speak: "After all, the Duke of Zhongguo is the Duke of the Ming Dynasty, so he asked the beheading based on the article of resistance to the order, is it a bit arbitrary?" ”

Yu Shiyue took over Jin Lian's class at the beginning and became the new secretary of the Criminal Department, it stands to reason that the chief official criminal law should be an iron-faced and selfless character, but Yu Shiyue is the opposite, along the way there are various cases of favoritism and fear of death, which can be said to be impeached by the officials.

For example, during the battle of the Beijing Division, Yu Shiyue was assigned to assist the Governor Wei Ying to lead 60,000 troops to defend Desheng and stabilize the two gates. As a result, after his appointment, he was worried that the tile would break through the city, so he immediately used the privilege of guarding the gate to send his wife, son and daughter out of the city to flee.

It is conceivable that during this critical period of defending the city, even Zhu Qiyu, the Son of Heaven, planned to kill the king, and the civil officials oversaw the army so that his family would now run away and become a "naked official" in Beijing, which would be no different from destroying the Great Wall by destroying himself.

As a result, after being impeached by the officials, Emperor Jingtai only made him confess his guilt, and he was idle at home and did not continue to investigate. Then Yu Shiyue accidentally hugged Shi Heng's thigh, rubbed the merit of defending the city, and took over as Jin Lian as the secretary of the criminal department.

Although Yu Shiyue cannot be regarded as Shi Heng's henchman, his achievements today are closely related to Shi Heng, and the criminal department is in charge of the legal duties, of course, he has to stand up and express his objections to Qian's punishment.

"Military law is stricter than criminal law, and what is important on the battlefield is an order prohibitive, if the commander of the country can disobey the order, then how to convince the soldiers below?"

"This official does not have any arbitrariness, Shi Heng's move should be beheaded according to the law!"

Yu Qian is such a businesslike character, and he will not give anyone face, which leads to his extremely poor "popularity" among officials.

A response made Yu Shiyue a little speechless, after all, military law and criminal law are two different systems, and more importantly, Yu Qian is the secretary of the military department is called the official in charge of military affairs, plus he has the authority to supervise the world's soldiers and horses.

What kind of military legal disposition should be made, not to mention that the Shangshu of the Criminal Department is not qualified to make irresponsible remarks, even important ministers such as the Heavenly Officials of the Ministry of Officials and the First Auxiliary of the Cabinet may not be able to intervene, unless it is the stage when the cabinet dominates everything in the late Ming Dynasty.

"Yu Shaobao, haven't you considered that the Duke of Zhongguo has a heavy army, and as a minister of the first emperor Tuogu, rash discussion may cause turmoil in the government and the opposition?"

Hubu Shangshu Nianfu frowned and asked, he and Shi Heng can be regarded as mortal enemies, and he was forcibly squeezed out of the position of governor of the border pass, and he was almost not impeached by all kinds of impeachments and took off the black gauze hat on his head.

However, knowing Shi Heng's arbitrary behavior, he knew very well that even if the result of the court discussion was to reach a confession, this person would definitely not admit his guilt obediently. In the end, the Jingshi was in flames, and Yu Qian was ready to suppress the rebels again?

"This official acts according to the law, so why should he be afraid of turmoil in the government and the opposition?"

Yu Qian understood the meaning behind Nianfu's words, but as the secretary of the military department and the governor of the world, if he was worried about the rebellion of the "powerful ministers", he would tolerate and nurture the traitors, which was definitely not Yu Qian's character.

If you dare to rebel, you will dare to lead the troops to quell the rebellion, even if Yu Qian is alone, he will never let Shi Heng trample on the edict for the sake of his life!

Yu Qian's toughness was a bit unexpected by everyone, his tenacious character, the important ministers of Dajiuqing were not surprised, so they all looked at Shen Yichen on the main throne.

Now in terms of power, Shen Yichen is not under Shi Heng, he has the ability to lead the direction.

Shen Yichen's statement will determine the outcome of the cabinet minister's deliberations.

But to everyone's surprise, Shen Yichen faced the suggestive gaze, as if he hadn't seen it, and asked vigorously: "But which other colleague has any objections to Shaobao's questioning?" ”

The reasons for the objection have been said, and if it continues, it will only be a counterinsurgency to try to see the poor, but that kind of operation will not be appealed in a public setting such as the Cabinet Department's Dajiuqing Tribunal.

Regarding Shen Yichen's inquiry, the ministers could only express their silence.

"Since there are no objections, let's start voting."

After that, Shen Yichen looked at the important ministers of the Ming Dynasty in the cabinet, waiting for their final decision.

"Disobedience and disobedience are taboos in the country, and such acts must not be connived at, and this official seconded Yu Shaobao."

Li Xian, the secretary of the ministry, first expressed his attitude, he had already discussed with Shen Yichen about the Tatar prisoners, and if he wanted to free up his hands to deal with the strong enemy in the north, then he had to settle down first, and Shi Heng, the prince of the loyal country, belonged to the ministers who had to get rid of him.

"This official opposes the easy conviction of the Ming Dynasty, especially the capital punishment of beheading."

Yu Shiyue, the secretary of the Criminal Department, immediately expressed his opposition, and Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, was kind to him, and this kindness was reciprocated.

In addition, the dignified Ming Guogong said that he would kill him, and he still voted on the court meeting of the Cabinet Dajiuqing, which was simply unheard of. If it weren't for Shen Yichen's strength, and he really couldn't figure out what Yu Qian thought, Yu Shiyue would probably be directly absent from Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

"This official also opposes the conviction of the Duke of Zhongguo, this is Your Majesty's Tianwei, and Yuanfu has a little trespassing."

Wang Wen, the imperial envoy of the capital, has been in the opposite camp with Shen Yichen for many years, and now the other party has stepped into the position of a very popular minister, which has brought Wang Wen a great sense of crisis.

Although the emperor was young and had to be assisted by Shen Yichen, it was not to the point where he could arbitrarily behead the Duke of the Ming Dynasty. If this kind of court meeting can be successfully passed, then you can kill Shi Heng today, and you can kill yourself tomorrow!

When it comes to the question of the Minister of the Cabinet Da Jiuqing, no one dares to say that he is absolutely clean, and there is always a way to find out the crime.

Even if there really isn't, why is there any need to add sin?

"This official seconded the proposal to Shaobao."

Shang Chen, as a cabinet minister, made his attitude clear, and he also discussed with Shen Yichen that Shi Heng, a powerful minister who supports the army and respects himself, will have to get rid of it sooner or later.

"This official opposes the punishment of the loyal country."

"The official abstained from ......"

More than a dozen important ministers of the court in the Wenyuan Pavilion expressed their attitudes in the resolution.

What is surprising is that in the end, the abstention accounted for as much as half of the votes, and many important ministers of the cabinet held the mentality of not offending both sides, and simply did not express their opinions, allowing Shen Yichen and Shi Heng to fight.

In addition, the number of votes for support was only two more than those against, you must know that Shi Heng's disobedience and disobedience is a matter of conclusive evidence, and even such important ministers of the Cabinet Department have several people who have stated that they should not be held accountable, and they can really feel the grandeur of Shi Heng's authority from this point.

After counting the results, Shen Yichen looked at everyone, still with the same expressionless face, and said calmly: "Since the results of the court meeting have been released, the cabinet will be submitted to His Majesty for the imperial decision, and I will work hard for all my colleagues to rush there." ”

With that, Shen Yichen stood up and bowed his hand to the important ministers present.

Seeing Shen Yichen get up, the court officials present also got up and bowed back. However, at this time, the imperial envoy Wang Wen asked: "It seems that Yuanfu did not express his position, I don't know what his opinion is?" ”

Hearing Wang Wen's words, the ministers present realized that Shen Yichen had not participated in the voting from beginning to end. However, everyone subconsciously summed Shen Yichen into the ranks of agreeing with Yu Qian, not to mention the personal relationship between the two of them, it was impossible to hold the cabinet meeting so quickly, without Shen Yichen behind the scenes.

"The result of the vote has been released, and the opinion of the Cabinet is irrelevant."

Shen Yichen replied vigorously, although the real sense of the cabinet system in the Ming Dynasty started with himself, but the current power is far from the point of the court meeting, and it is still according to the voting results of the Dajiuqing.

Since there are two more votes in favor, it doesn't make much sense whether you seconded or opposed it.

"It doesn't matter to the result, but it is of great significance to us, and I ask Yuanfu to vote."

Wang Wen, the imperial envoy of the capital, can also be regarded as an old minister who has gone through several dynasties, but the most outrageous thing about him is not his official qualifications, but his ability to stand in the wrong line every time.

During the earliest period of Wang Zhen's dictatorship, Wang Wen served as the imperial envoy by hugging his thighs, and was regarded as a member of the eunuch party by hundreds of officials in the imperial court. In the follow-up Tumubao Change, Wang Zhen fell, Wang Wen curled up for a period of time to avoid liquidation, and as a result, he was regarded as an old minister of the Taishang Emperor's lineage, and did not get the attention of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu.

Later, Yi Chu's three factions stood in line, Wang Wen didn't know if he had learned any wrong experience, neither Zhu Jianji, who was in the line of Emperor Jingtai, nor Zhu Jianshen, the king of Yi, who was in the line of Emperor Taishang, chose to open his brain circuit and set up a foreign domain with Shi Heng.

But then again, it has to be admitted that it is a kind of ability to make mistakes in such an extremely important imperial political team again and again, and to always stand tall and rank as one of the Great Nine Secretaries.

"That's right, this official also wants to know what Motosuke's opinion is."

Shi Pu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, immediately stated that he was the only one of the six books that completely stood in the traditional civil official group among the six departments, except for Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Now the traditional civil official group has been overwhelmed by Shen Yichen, anyway, both sides have reached the point where the contradictions cannot be reconciled, and Shi Pu is too lazy to care about the issue of offending or not.

Now that Wang Wendu had taken the lead in asking, he also wanted to know what Shen Yichen wanted to achieve by convening this court meeting.

Facing Shi Pu's questioning, the corners of Shen Yichen's mouth showed a playful smile, and then he replied: "The imperial envoy and the great secretary have come to this point, and the cabinet department is not easy to shirk. ”

"Regarding the conviction of the loyal prince Shi Heng, this cabinet department opposes the conviction of Shao Bao."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of most of the cabinet ministers present showed a look of extreme shock.

They all thought that Shen Yichen and Yu Qian were in the same group, and the default result was to support the beheading of Shi Heng, and the reason why they wanted to explicitly ask him to express his position was nothing more than to want to trigger a situation where the two tigers competed, and to find a main responsible person for the consequences of blaming Shi Heng.

As a result, I never expected that Shen Yichen directly opposed Yu Qian's conviction, what tricks did he want to play behind this?

Facing everyone's surprised eyes, Shen Yichen didn't explain too much, still with that meaningful smile on his face, and then arched his hand and said: "This cabinet department still needs to submit the results of the court meeting to Your Majesty, so I won't talk about it with my colleagues and leave." ”

With that, Shen Yichen stood up and walked out of Wenyuan Pavilion with vigorous steps.

Compared with the surprises and puzzles of other ministers, Li Xian, the only official in the ministry, quickly had a mysterious smile on his face. He had already realized what Shen Yichen wanted to do, the result of the court meeting was only one part of the plan, and the next meeting with Cao Jixiang, the master of ceremonies, was the second ring!