Faced with the persuasion of the Empress Dowager Sun, the Empress Dowager Hang immediately realized that things were not simple.

After all, since the new monarch ascended the throne, the Holy Empress Dowager has never interfered in any previous dynasty affairs, at this time persuasion must be something abnormal, there must be a demon, hesitated for a moment and then nodded obediently and said: "The concubine obeys the arrangement of the queen mother." ”

"The courtier, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager is loved."

Chen Qingtong took the opportunity to salute and thank him, and at the same time felt a little surprised by the help of the Empress Dowager Sun. I still remember the first time I came to the palace to participate in the Lady Pilgrimage Ceremony, and the Empress Dowager Sun made it difficult for her, and she also clearly expressed her hatred for her husband.

After many years, he took the initiative to help, and it seems that the three years of imprisonment in Cining Palace have made Empress Dowager Sun think about a lot of things.

In fact, the Empress Dowager Sun is willing to help, not as Chen Qingtong thought, and the character has been smoothed out in the three years of imprisonment, otherwise there would not have been an operation of joining forces with the civil official group to restore Zhu Jianshen, the king of Yi.

The reason why she did this was because after Shen Yichen supported the victory of the new monarch, she did not expand the attack area to do everything to kill them. Even in the case of the defeat of the Empress Dowager Sun, she promised not to let the two brothers Zhu Jianshen and Zhu Jianqing repeat the mistakes of their fathers and have another round of fratricide.

What Sun didn't expect was that Shen Yichen actually gave himself freedom in the end!

Chen Qingtong wanted to take the opportunity to say something to the Empress Dowager Hang, but the Empress Dowager Sun didn't know, but she knew one thing very well, if she could talk, Shen Yichen would give as much as possible and give dignity, no matter how powerful the other party was, after all, he still adhered to the bottom line of a courtier.

Thinking of this, it was a little ridiculous that the Empress Dowager Sun had arrived, when did the dignified Ming royal family need to see the face of a courtier!

But the reality is like this, the young emperor ascended the throne orphans and widows, and the powerful ministers in the court, Shen Yichen is already the best one among them, is it difficult to talk to Shi Heng?

Along with the "Congratulations Ceremony" of the harem women, the "Congratulations Ceremony" of the former ministers has come to an end, and after the end is a banquet in the palace, the emperor and the secretaries participate in the "Great Banquet".

But just as the civil and military officials were about to disperse and let the officials of Guanglu Temple and the palace maids and eunuchs set up a banquet, an official in a scarlet robe stood up from the crowd and kowtowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a play!" ”

The appearance of this scene made the officials inside and outside the hall who were ready to taste the imperial banquet in the palace dumbfounded. You must know that the Zhengdan court meeting has the word "court meeting" in name, but in fact, it does not discuss any government affairs, but purely the officials pay their respects to the emperor for a new year.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, you suddenly jumped out and said that you wanted to do something, what is the difference between this and looking for something?

What's more, the emperor is only over three years old, so he can't handle government affairs alone, and it makes no sense to choose the Zhengdan Dynasty to do things. If there is really any urgent matter, it is better to submit it directly to the Secretary for Communications or the Cabinet, which is much more efficient.

After Shen Yichen heard this shout, he glanced back at the minister who was out of the list, he was Liu Bendao, the head of the household department.

Speaking of this Liu Bendao, the first time Shen Yichen dealt with him was at a banquet invited by Shi Heng after returning from the Monan Mongolian class to the court.

This person Jing Taichao can be said to be unknown before, and by chance he hugged Shi Heng's thigh, and since then he has soared in his career, and in just a few years, he has been ranked among the top three scarlet robes, and he is also the top household department among the six departments.

Liu Bendao jumped out at this time, Shen Yichen didn't have to think about it, he knew that he must be coming for himself.

However, Shen Yichen did not have a panicked look on his face, on the contrary, an imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he was also very curious about how Shi Heng's gang of henchmen gathered in the court would fight back against him.

Emperor Mingliang Zhu Jianqing on the dragon chair didn't expect this kind of thing to happen at all, and looked at Liu Bendao in the audience with a panicked face, his face full of confusion and panic.

After all, a three-year-old child can hold up the "Chaohe Yi" for most of the hour, without any crying scenes, to be honest, he can already be called talented, and he has some potential for the future emperor.

It is really a bit impractical to let him deal with the minister's performance.

Cao Jixiang, the master of ceremonies standing on the side, saw a smug smile on his face after seeing this scene, and saw him leaning over and gently saying to Zhu Jianqing: "Long live the lord, don't panic, just leave this matter to the slave." ”

After saying that, he stood up and straightened his waist, took a step forward and asked Liu Bendao with a condescending posture: "Liu Shilang, long live the lord asked you when you played?" ”

At this moment, Cao Jixiang felt that he was no longer a despised eunuch, as if he was more like an emperor who looked down on all beings!

Cao Jixiang's attitude did not arouse Liu Bendao's objections, on the contrary, this was one of the steps that had been planned a long time ago. Relying on the disadvantages of Zhu Jianqing's inability to govern when Emperor Zhu Jianqing ascended the throne, Cao Jixiang took advantage of the emperor's power to ask Shen Yichen for his crimes, and only this time could he win back a city in the court where civil officials dominated.

"Your Majesty, the minister impeached Shen Yichen, the head of the cabinet, and Li Xian, the secretary of the ministry, for personal gain, and used the authority of the official examination to wantonly fight against the party, and quickly promoted a group of Shen Xue's protégés to be promoted."

"If this goes on for a long time, won't the court become Shen Yuanfu's one-word hall, and the country will not be a country!"

Liu Bendao's expression was full of righteousness and awe-inspiring at the moment, like a warrior who was about to go to the battlefield. After all, Shen Yichen is now popular, and the internal and external affairs of the government and the opposition are handled by the cabinet, which is equivalent to the de facto "Son of Heaven" behind the scenes.

dared to impeach him in public, if there was no reason for Shi Heng's struggle for power behind him, it would indeed be commendable for courage.

As soon as Liu Bendao's words came out, there was an uproar among officials inside and outside Fengtian Palace, and the assessment of officials in Jingtai's three-year official department was in an uproar, because Li Xian's ideas and methods were too radical.

As the saying goes, blocking people's money is like killing parents, and blocking people's official roads is actually about the same hatred value. If it weren't for Shen Yichen's support for the prestige of the new monarch, and the honesty of the civil official group, no one would dare to come forward, otherwise there would have been a major earthquake in officialdom last year.

Li Xian, who was standing behind Shen Yichen, faced Liu Bendao's sudden impeachment, and his face was instantly embarrassed to the extreme. He knew that the reformers throughout the ages had a mixed reputation and became a public mistake, but Li Xian never imagined that the other party would pick such an important day as the Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting, and also brought Shen Yichen in.

One person does things and one person is in charge, and the results of the promotion after the official examination are carried out by Li Xianli against public opinion, Shen Yichen does not have any idea of forming a party for personal gain, this kind of impeachment is unfair to Yuanfu!

Just when Li Xian was about to come out to defend himself, another member of the Sixth Branch stood up and told Emperor Zhu Jianqing of Mingliang: "Your Majesty, the minister has a play!" ”

This time, without waiting for Emperor Cao Jixiang to respond, the official of the Kedao Yanguan has always been arrogant and tough, so that the sixth branch gave the matter and said directly: "The minister impeached Shen Yichen, the first assistant of the cabinet, for his reckless military force, and used the cabinet power to cooperate with Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, to forcibly recruit and transfer the Xuanda Border Army to fight with the Liaodong class, ignoring the people's livelihood!" ”

If the impeachment of Liu Bendao, the head of the household in the front, can barely be regarded as justified, the impeachment of the later official of the science and Taoism, Shen Yichen can't help laughing.

The Mongol Heavenly Sage Khan has also led his troops to capture an acropolis in southern Mongolia, and transferred the Xuanda Border Army and the Liaodong Ban Army to the frontier to prepare for war.

A wave of unsettled waves rose again, and the voice on this side had just fallen, and Zheng Hong, Marquis of Wu'an, stood up and said loudly to Emperor Zhu Jianshen of Mingliang: "The minister impeached Shen Yichen, the cabinet assistant, and the joint Jinyi Weidu commanded Zhao Hongjie to dictate and govern, and the Son of Heaven's army became a private weapon. ”

Wu'an Hou Zheng Hong is considered Shi Heng's old ally, as early as the Jingshi Guard War, the two sides had a deep friendship, and the henchmen of the civilian faction have already come out, so the members of the Shi Party in the Xun Qi naturally can't watch from the sidelines.

Shi Heng knows very well that there is only one chance for impeachment like this, and he must do his best to use the Zhengdan Dynasty to build momentum to defeat Shen Yichen, otherwise his efforts will be wasted!

"The minister has his own music."

"The minister wants to impeach the cabinet Shen Yuanfu."

"The minister has the courage to admonish."

With the emergence of Wu'an Hou Zheng Hong, Shi Heng's faction can be said to be exhausted, listing all kinds of crimes to impeach Shen Yichen.

If he hadn't heard it with his own ears, Shen Yichen probably wouldn't have known that he was so guilty......

For a time, the impeachment in the Fengtian Hall was huge, and even the magistrates of the state capital standing outside the hall saw that they couldn't take care of the king's deceitfulness when they saw this kind of posture, and they all started talking about it loudly. Could it be that the famous Shen Yuanfu is really a lone husband who troubles the dynasty in private?

The noisy and noisy sound of the court completely frightened Zhu Jianqing, the emperor of Ming Liang, who was pretending to be calm, jumped down directly from the dragon chair, hugged Cao Jixiang who was standing in front of him, and cried: "Cao Banban, I want to go back, I don't want to congratulate." ”

The emperor's crying voice instantly calmed down the hustle and bustle in the Fengtian Palace, and Cao Jixiang also hurriedly squatted down and comforted: "Long live Lord, now the ministers are discussing government affairs, and we can't go back to the Qianqing Palace yet." ”

"In addition, you can't call me me, you have to call yourself me."

I don't know if Cao Jixiang's persuasion was effective, or if it was the serious environment in the Fengtian Palace, which made the young Ming Liang Emperor Zhu Jianqing dare not cry. He held back the tears in his eyes and the fear in his heart, and asked in a choked voice, "Then how long will it take for me to return to the Qianqing Palace." ”

"Long live the Lord for a while, and when you go back, the slave will prepare your favorite osmanthus cake."

Hearing the words osmanthus cake, Zhu Jianqing nodded, and sat on the dragon chair again under Cao Jixiang's comfort.

It's just that this picture, in the eyes of the hundred officials inside and outside the Fengtian Palace, many people immediately had other thoughts. Everyone knows that Cao Jixiang is the new celebrant and the hottest eunuch in the palace, but most of them don't know that the relationship between the emperor and him is so close, and some old ministers even vaguely saw the shadow of the emperor and Wang Zhen getting along with each other.

According to this trend, Cao Jixiang will inevitably become the next Wang Zhen, and if he wants to make steady progress in his career, he must seize the opportunity as soon as possible.

After appeasing Emperor Zhu Jianqing of the Ming Dynasty, perhaps feeling the fiery gaze of the civil and military officials, Cao Jixiang subconsciously raised his head and asked sharply: "What kind of system has the hustle and bustle of the court become, isn't it good to supervise the imperial history to punish the dereliction of honor in front of the king?" ”

In ordinary times, Cao Jixiang reprimanded hundreds of officials like this, especially the imperial history of the Kedao system, and some people would inevitably jump out and stop it. But the scene of taking care of the emperor just now is still vivid, if anyone does not offend Cao Jixiang at this time, I am afraid that his career will be worrying in the future.

Seeing the silent appearance of the civil and military officials, Cao Jixiang's heart was so happy and daring that it was indescribable, and he looked directly at Shen Yichen under the expansion, and asked unhurriedly: "Shen Yuanfu, I don't know if there is any justification in the face of the impeachment of the ministers?" ”

Hearing this question, Shen Yichen raised his head and looked directly at Cao Jixiang on the royal platform, with a very playful expression on his face. Unexpectedly, so soon, the other party realized the essence of parasitic imperial power and began to play the play of "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes".

"If you want to add to the crime, what is there to justify, Yuanfu Gong's righteousness is known to the whole world, how can he care about this stigma?"

Before Shen Yichen could speak, the merchant standing behind couldn't hold back, and replied to Cao Jixiang very strongly.

Almost as soon as the words fell, Li Xian, the secretary of the ministry, stood up and said: "The official assessment is a new policy implemented by this official, and it has nothing to do with Shen Yuanfu, let alone any party and personal gain. ”

"The reason why there are many protégés of Shen Xue, which makes those officials who participate in the assessment ask themselves, is their term as an official for the benefit of one party, or the scourge of the corpse and vegetarian meal?"

Li Xian actually wanted to refute it for a long time, but the number of impeached officials was large, so he couldn't find the opportunity. Now that Cao Jixiang asked Shen Yichen what justification he had, he naturally had to stand up and clarify the truth!

"It doesn't matter, but I heard that during the assessment, Shen Yuanfu went to the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials to meet Otsuka Zai, do you dare to say that Yuanfu has no idea about the promotion of Shen Xue's protégé?"

Liu Bendao, the head of the household department, chose to stand up and lead the impeachment of Shen Yichen, which means that he must go all the way to the dark, and there is no turning back.

Xiao Xuan is Shi Heng's henchman, and when Shen Yichen came to visit Li Xian in the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials, he wrote it down and came in handy. Now Li Xian quibbles that Shen Yichen did not form a party for personal gain, who believes it?

"Knowing doesn't mean agreeing, on the contrary, Yuanfu has also clearly expressed his opposition, and it is the official who insists on the results of the exam!"

Listening to Li Xian's response, Liu Bendao sneered and continued to attack: "Otsuka Zai is really defending Shen Yuanfu, but you can't explain it anyway, why the vast majority of the promoted officials are Shen Dang's protégés!" ”

"How can't you explain it? The official is promoted according to the evaluation standards of the ministry, shouldn't the officials be incompetent? ”

Almost at the moment when Li Xian's voice fell, Lang Zhong Xiao Xuan "demolished" and said: "Otsuka Zai, the lower officials are also officials of the Ministry of Officials, how do you not know what new assessment standards the Ministry has?" ”

In the face of doubts, Li Xian replied very strongly: "It's very simple, because Xiao Langzhong is also a corpse vegetarian, so he doesn't know that the officials have new assessment standards." ”

After that, Li Xian turned to Emperor Mingliang Zhu Jianqing and said: "Your Majesty, the minister led the officials Yu Shan and Xiang Wenyao, and united with the Ministry of Officials and other colleagues such as the Wenxuan Department and the Qing Officials Department to compile a new official review standard regulations, and I hope to see clearly!" ”

That's right, during the conversation with the officials that day, Shen Yichen listened to Li Xian's advice. Instead of judging officials only according to their own preferred standards, they reformulated the evaluation standards with their colleagues in the Ministry of Justice, and filled the loopholes in the form of laws.

The rule of law, after all, is greater than the rule of man, I didn't expect it to come in handy today!