As soon as Li Xian's words came out, Xiao Xuan's face turned green, he studied the officialdom and did not care about government affairs, and he really didn't know that Li Xian had joined forces with his colleagues in the ministry to revise and promulgate new assessment rules.

But at this point in impeachment, it is impossible for Xiao Xuan to take the initiative to admit his mistake and retreat, so he can only continue to say stubbornly: "Who knows if Otsuka Zai's new set of assessment standards will be to set up a target first and then shoot an arrow, the promotion rate of Shen Xue's protégé is so high, it is not enough to show that there is no selfishness in it!" ”

"Okay, then please tell Xiao Langzhong, which of the assessment criteria is specifically biased towards Shen Xue's protégé?"

Li Xian was calm in the face of accusations, he was biased towards Shen Xue's protégé in his heart, but this group of young officials were able to be promoted smoothly purely by relying on their own ability and ability.

As the saying goes, the virtuous do not avoid relatives, not to mention that Li Xian has no "intimate" relationship with Shen Xue's protégé, is it just to avoid suspicion and let the people be exploited and oppressed?

In the face of Shen Yichen himself, Li Xian has never backed down, how could he compromise in front of Xiao Xuan in front of a mere official!

Which one?

Listening to Li Xian's questioning, Xiao Xuan subconsciously wanted to refute, but he didn't know anything about the new assessment standards for officials in his mind. instinctively opened his mouth and performed a pantomime in front of the civil and military officials, showing the four words "corpse vegetarian meal" to the fullest.

Seeing Xiao Xuan's appearance, Shi Heng's face was gloomy and dripping, he didn't expect that his henchmen, as officials of the ministry, would be so poorly prepared for impeachment, and he didn't even know the most basic official evaluation regulations.

It seems that the people who have to shoot the horse are still insufficient and conspiracy after all!

As Li Xian sounded the horn of counterattack, Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, also stood up with an unchanged face, and bowed his hand to Zhu Jianqing, the emperor of Mingliang on the dragon chair, and said: "Your Majesty, it took nearly three years for Shen Yuanfu of Monan Mongolia to build five acropolises on the vast grassland, connecting the Xuanda defense line with the Liaodong Metropolitan Division. ”

"At the end of last year, the Tartars invaded the border and captured one of the acropolis, with more than 3,000 casualties. In addition, the elite of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division came to the Beijing Division for rotation, and was found by the Jurchen Third Department to commit a crime, also losing more than 2,000 people, plundering countless grain and grass. ”

"Dare to ask in this situation, what is wrong with mobilizing troops and horses to help defend Liaodong and Monan Mongolia, is it necessary to wait for the Tartars to break through the border and come to the city of Beijing again, so that the people of Northern Zhili will suffer countless casualties, can it be regarded as beneficial to the people's livelihood?"

Yu Qiankang made an indignant statement, and his passionate words resounded in the Fengtian Palace, and there was no such slow and leisurely bad habit as a traditional civil official.

His heart was filled with anger, and he couldn't understand why the battle in the court involved the safety of the frontier. In order to defeat political opponents and control power, can they really ignore their family and country?

If Shi Heng disobeyed the order and was forced down by the celebrant supervisor, it would be enough to stay in the middle and not send it, if even Shen Yichen's order to order the Liaodong squad army to return to defense was dismissed, then the Tartars would inevitably seize the opportunity to expand the offensive, and the soldiers and civilians in the frontier would have to survive under the iron hoof!

Yu Qian's momentum directly deterred the impeached Kedao official, he actually accepted Shi Heng's bribes, so he would come forward to impeach at the Zhengdan court meeting, and actually didn't know anything about the situation in the frontier.

Not to mention the impeachment of the Taoist official, even Zhu Jianqing, who was sitting on the dragon chair, saw Yu Qian's expression of not being angry and arrogant, he was a little arrogant, and subconsciously looked at Cao Jixiang beside him.

Feeling that the situation was developing in a direction that was favorable to Shen Yichen, Cao Jixiang hurriedly interrupted: "Yu Shaobao is angry, and the impeachment of the court pays attention to a matter-by-case matter, and must not bring personal emotions into it." ”

"Is the official angry that he was impeached?"

Even if he knew that Cao Jixiang was now popular, Yu Qian didn't give him face, and asked a rhetorical question.

Maybe Cao Jixiang didn't expect Yu Qian to be so "upright", and he didn't have the confidence to have a seizure, so he could only reply with a straight face: "Then what is Yu Shaobao?" ”

"The official is angry that some people have framed Zhongliang for their own selfish interests and provoked party disputes in the imperial court!"

After that, Yu Qian turned sideways and directly set his eyes on Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo.

He used his actions to unabashedly tell the civil and military officials who participated in the Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting that Shi Heng was the mastermind behind it!

"Yu Shaobao, you just said that you framed Zhongliang, are you planning to frame your father-in-law now?"

Anyway, he had already torn his face with Yu Qian, and Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, met the other party's gaze and confronted each other with a cold face.

"Everyone has a scale in their hearts, good and evil will eventually be rewarded, and harm will eventually harm people, and this official hopes that Zhongguo Gong can understand this truth."

Yu Qian's words are meaningful, he is not only referring to the party dispute provoked by Shi Heng, the prince of the loyal country, but also the despicable means of the other party to threaten his son's life.

"Replace the actions of autocracy with good and evil, my father sees that Yu Shaobao is more suitable to go to the mountain to burn incense and worship the Buddha, rather than standing on the court and making nonsense!"

Shi Heng also responded strongly, and there was no way out for both sides to come to this point, and in the future, he and Shen Yichen's faction in the court could only exist on one side.

"Silence!"

Seeing that Shi Heng and Yu Qian had a tendency to develop in the direction of the vegetable market's "shrew scolding the street", Cao Jixiang stood on the royal platform and shouted a word.

"How can you be so noisy in front of the Lord of Long Live, now the two charges of the party fighting against each other and being reckless and reckless, Shen Yuanfu does not admit it, so he and Zhao Hongjie, the commander of Jinyiwei, have joined forces to dictate and govern, does Shen Yuanfu have any explanation?"

Cao Jixiang is very clear about the first two major impeachments, and Shen Yichen is not the first person responsible. Not to mention that the two sides are arguing endlessly now and cannot be convicted, even if the charges are confirmed, Li Xian and Yu Qian are more at fault.

But Shen Yichen colluded with Zhao Hongjie, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, which was not just as simple as government affairs, and directly violated the taboo of imperial power. Jinyi Wei is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, the most important spy intelligence agency of the Ming Dynasty, and can only serve the emperor alone.

Now that you Shen Yichen has wooed the commander Zhao Hongjie, do you have any disobedience?

"This cabinet department and Zhao Tishuai were ordered by the first emperor to support the crown prince to ascend the throne and unification, and everything is strictly in accordance with the holy decree, how can it be said that the dictatorship is arbitrary, and the public power is used for private purposes?"

"Marquis Wu'an, are you questioning the edict of the first emperor?"

Shen Yichen said this sentence in a calm tone, and the most serious impeachment that may be impeached in the eyes of ordinary people is collusion with the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

But in Shen Yichen's eyes, this impeachment is the easiest to crack, because he is a righteous minister, and all government affairs of Zanxiang are clearly written in the edict.

Since it is reasonable and legal to obey the edicts of the first emperor, where does the authoritarian power come from?

Not to mention that Wu'an Marquis Zheng Hong can't refute it, in the context of the feudal dynasty ruling the world with filial piety, even Emperor Zhu Jianqing of Mingliang did not dare to publicly deny the edict of the first emperor.

Sure enough, in the face of Shen Yichen's rhetorical question, Wu'an Hou Zhenghong was stunned in place, and he didn't know how to refute for a while. After all, before Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu died, he spent the most time with Shen Yichen among the ministers of the court, and the outside world could not distinguish whether the last words were true or false.

Not to mention that the edict was read out in front of the coffin of the first emperor, in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, which is the biggest legal basis of the Ming Dynasty at present, and no one is qualified to deny it.

"This duke is also a minister of Tuogu, how can he not know that the first emperor entrusted the army of the Son of Heaven to Shen Yuanfu?"

Realizing that the power of the edict of the first emperor was completely beyond the scope of impeachment of Wu'an Marquis Zheng Hong, Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, had no choice but to personally go into battle to confront Shen Yichen.

"The first emperor didn't see his ministers before he died, and it's normal for the grandfather not to know the edict."

Simple words, but show the difference in intimacy with the emperor.

The aftermath of the first emperor's lonely life was all handled by Shen Yichen, which was a well-known thing inside and outside the government and the opposition.

Unless Shi Heng has absolute evidence, or disrespectfully denies the edict of the first emperor, then Shen Yichen is in an invincible position!

To be honest, it was really a bit unexpected for Shi Heng to come to this point, he didn't expect that this son would do things so well, and he wouldn't be able to grasp any tricks at all. However, Shi Heng still has the biggest killing move that has not been used, that is, before Shen Yichen followed Yu Qian, he wanted to kill his own cabinet court!

In many cases, it doesn't matter what the truth is, whether there is evidence or not. It's like Yu Qian was unjustly killed in history, and he was convicted just by virtue of the word "intention", once the cabinet council Da Jiuqing determined that Shen Yichen had bad intentions, even if he had a lotus tongue, what was the use?

At this time, I saw Shi Heng looking at Emperor Mingliang on the imperial platform, and clenched his fists and pleaded: "Your Majesty, the minister respectfully requests to convene a court meeting of the Great Nine Secretaries of the Cabinet to jointly determine whether Shen Yuanfu has deceived the monarch and acted unsubordinately!" ”

As soon as these words came out, inside and outside the Fengtian Palace, which had been a lot quieter, the officials were in an uproar again.

"The Cabinet Department of the Great Nine Qing Court has decided to convict Shen Yuanfu, I'm afraid it's not in line with etiquette, right?"

"Your Majesty is too young to be in power, you say that there is anyone else in this world who can convict Zaifu, it is impossible for Cao Jixiang to directly criticize the red."

"But the question is whether this precedent has been set by usurping the imperial power."

"Before, Yu Shaobao convened a court meeting of the cabinet and decided that the loyal country would be beheaded according to the law, and he had already put the court above the imperial power."

The officials of the court meeting discussed a lot, and some of them keenly discovered the key point of the problem, that is, the scope of the court discussion of the cabinet department of the Great Nine Secretaries has far exceeded that of the Ming Dynasty, and began to have the power to bypass the emperor to judge the prince and the emperor.

You must know that this was the exclusive property of the imperial power in the past, should it be said that it was trespassing, or should it be said that it was adapted to the times?

"Our family thinks that Zhongguogong's move is feasible!"

The civil official group has been co-opted by Shi Heng, this is a plan that Cao Jixiang has long discussed to deal with Shen Yichen, and now he has finally come to the step of the cabinet Dajiuqing, and Cao Jixiang has a long night and dreams, so he can't care about the suspicion of eunuchs interfering in politics, and he expressed his attitude in advance beyond the emperor.

However, Cao Jixiang still didn't want to give people a handle after all, and after saying this, he hurriedly leaned over to face Mingliang Emperor Zhu Jianqing and asked: "Whether Shen Yuanfu is guilty or not, it will be handed over to the cabinet ministers to decide, what do you think?" ”

Obviously, with Zhu Jianqing's age, he didn't even understand what the cabinet minister's Dajiuqing court discussion was, and in the face of Cao Jixiang's inquiry, out of instinctive trust, he was subconsciously ready to nod his head and agree.

But at this time, Li Xian stood up and shouted: "How can you abuse the Cabinet Department of the Great Nine Qing Court on trumped-up charges, and the ministers oppose it!" ”

It's not just Li Xian, the merchant came out and said: "The presumption of guilt will cause everyone in the court to be in danger, and the minister seconded Otsuka Zai and opposed the court discussion!" ”

"The minister seconded Otsuka Zai."

Gao Gu, a veteran of the cabinet, took the opportunity to stand up and express his attitude.

Once a son of heaven and a courtier, now that the court has been taken over by young officials, Gao Gu has made preparations to return to his hometown, and basically no longer participates too much in government affairs and fights with the court.

But this matter is about Shen Yichen, he can't sit idly by, after all, he promised Yang Pu to help this son tilt the government and the opposition, Gao Gu also wants to see what kind of Ming this young man can create!

"The minister seconded Otsuka Zai."

Tobe Shangshu Nianfu followed.

To be honest, during the period when he was abolished by Emperor Jingtai, he did not serve in the center of the Beijing Division, and it is not clear whether the first emperor really left an edict.

But Nianfu is very aware of the ambition of Shi Heng, the prince of the loyal country, as long as Shen Yichen is defeated, then there will be no one inside and outside the government and the opposition who can suppress him, and the consequences may be more serious than Shen Yichen's disobedience.

As Shen Yichen stood up among the senior officials of the Cabinet, no one said anything about the remaining Cabinet Dajiuqing, and even Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was unmoved.

However, unlike others who simply stand in line, the reason why Yu Qian did not come out to seconded Li Xian is that he is not a person with double standards, and he is willing to abide by procedural justice from the bottom of his heart.

You must know that the conviction of Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, was that Yu Qian took the initiative to convene the cabinet of the Great Nine Secretaries. And in order not to bend the law for personal gain, Shi Heng maliciously retaliated and transferred his only son to the frontier to die, but Yu Qian did not use public power to stop it.

Whether Shen Yichen is guilty or not should not be determined by the relationship between relatives and relatives, but by the evidence of court deliberations. If the court meeting is not even convened, how can the suspicion be completely ruled out?

Seeing the appearance of this scene, a victor's smile appeared on Shi Heng's face, Shen Yichen did rely on the power of Conglong to install a group of cronies among the high-ranking officials of the court.

But after all, they are still too young to have enough background, and most of the senior officials in the Cabinet Department are still controlled by the traditional civil official group. With the way of others, how did he get forced into a predicament, now it's time for Shen Yichen to taste it too!

It's just that the smile on Shi Heng's face didn't last long, and just when everyone thought that the overall situation had been decided, Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who had been silent in the court for a long time, bowed down and said to Emperor Mingliang at this time: "The old minister seconded what Otsuka Zai said, and opposed the court discussion that was not warranted to convict!" ”

What?

Shi Heng's eyes widened to the extreme when he heard this, staring at the side face of Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, as if he couldn't believe his ears.

Obviously, he had contacted in private, and Hu Hu had already agreed to use the cabinet to discuss the removal of Shen Yichen, why did he suddenly backstab him at this time?