Chapter 228: Guilty or Innocent, The Emperor's Plan
The Emperor shook his head and said:
"Kou Zhun ...... It's a great sin for you to cause such an accident. ”
After speaking, he glanced at the ministers and said, "I want to remove Kou Zhun from the position of first assistant, can the secretaries have any objections?" ”
Someone stood up and said:
"The official family is slow, although Kou Xiang's actions are a little disrespectful to the official family, but when you study it carefully, it does not violate the laws of the imperial court."
"There is a precedent to follow in the word canonical decree, it is the old system of the ancestors, and the draft of the holy decree did not privately create a seal or steal the imperial seal, how can it be said that it is a false transmission of the holy decree?"
"Giving orders to the generals, it is just for them to bring back Pang Ji for questioning, and there is no intention of intercepting and killing."
"Your Majesty wants to severely punish Cao Bin, the loyal Jingbo, who is the culprit for his indiscriminate attack on his colleagues."
As he spoke, he asked Zheng Heihu for the holy decree drafted by the Political Affairs Hall, and said with a smile:
"Is it a false decree to write a note in brocade without a seal? What foolish person would believe in such a decree? ”
As soon as these words came out, the emperor was stunned for a moment, but several generals showed indignation, is this what he said is human words?
When we run out, we still call us stupid?
However, Kou Zhun's order was indeed to bring back Pang Ji to confront him, and the order to intercept and kill was only told to Zheng Heihu and let him act on camera.
When Cao Bin heard this, he pretended to suddenly realize:
"It turns out that Prime Minister Kou Cheng can also mobilize the generals of the DPRK and China at will without a false holy decree, and also mobilize more than 3,000 soldiers and horses from several families, in order to invite Master Pang back."
Hearing this, everyone's faces changed, from the five generations, the most taboo in the Great Song Dynasty was the military head.
Mrs. She couldn't hold it back, they didn't dare to take this charge, so she hurriedly said:
"Cao Bin is not going to talk nonsense, and we are also in the dark, and I have no intention of intercepting and killing Master Pang."
The person who had previously defended Kou Zhun said angrily:
"Cao Bin, you made something out of nothing, and your heart can be punished."
"Kou Xiang knew that Pang Ji had someone to answer, so he sent some more people, in order to get all the dirty."
"What evidence do you have that Kou Xiang wants to intercept Pang Ji? None of the generals received this order. ”
Cao Bin laughed:
"Kou Xiang made it clear in my house that he would send someone to intercept and kill Master Pang, and he also said in public that Zhongshu Province had issued a holy decree, could this also be made out of nothing?"
"The first assistant of the imperial court, the noble minister, is a constitution, can you be honest?"
"There is no need to pirate, as long as he says that there is a holy decree, it is a false holy decree!"
As he spoke, Cao Bin seemed to remember something and asked:
"As you say, that is, some traitorous ministers first used the first holy decree to deceive Cao, and then used the second holy decree to deceive the generals."
"Cao doesn't know how to make a mistake? When I took my personal guards to rescue Master Pang, wasn't I upholding the majesty of the holy decree? ”
After speaking, he said aggrievedly:
"Official, although Cao Bin asked himself not guilty, he was also deceived by traitorous ministers, so he is willing to admit punishment."
Seeing Cao Bin beating himself upside down and saying that he was a traitor, Kou Zhun's nose was almost crooked, and he couldn't help but go into battle in person:
"Cao Bin, the Liao spy has already revealed the relationship between Zengtou City and Pang Ji."
"Say, do they want you to take refuge in Liao? What is your purpose in defending Ponji in this way? ”
"Don't think that if you wipe out Zengtou City, you will be able to erase the evidence of Pang Ji's crimes."
Hearing this, Cao Bin realized why the previous emperor guessed part of the truth.
Cao Bin glanced at Kou Zhun and said:
"Cao wiped out Zengtou City because the Zeng family had a rebellious heart."
"Their incriminating evidence, Cao, has also been brought into Beijing, and no incriminating evidence of Master Pang has been found in it."
"Based on the rhetoric of a Liao man alone, Kou Xiang concluded that others collaborated with the enemy, and deceived the officials and the Manchu ministers several times, don't you think it's too domineering?"
"If this is the enemy's plan to divide the enemy, wouldn't Kou Xiang unjustly kill his loyal ministers?"
He had already turned Zeng Tou City upside down, as long as all the things related to Pang Taishi were destroyed, he didn't believe that Kou Zhun would be able to find out anything.
What else did Kou Zhun say, the emperor was really a little angry, and said angrily:
"Shut up, you have all pushed it all away, is it because I have falsely passed on the holy decree myself, and I can't profit from collaborating with the enemy?"
Just as he was about to speak, Kou Zhun was stunned and said: "The official family is angry, and the minister just wants to eradicate the traitorous ......"
The emperor waved his hand and said: "You don't have to worry about this matter, Xiangzhou is vacant, you can go to Xiangzhou." ”
Kou Zhun opened his mouth, but he had to say helplessly: "Obey the will of the official." ”
"Cai Jing!"
Although Cai Jing has always been steady, when he heard the emperor's call, he couldn't help but look happy and hurriedly went out of work.
Kou Zhun dismissed the prime minister, and his opportunity finally came.
The emperor said: "You are in Zaifu, but you are indifferent to seeing Kou Zhun and Pang Ji make mistakes, so you will be dismissed from the post of three envoys and temporarily appointed as the envoy of the branch." ”
Cai Jing was directly stunned, there is nothing for me to do here, just don't give me a promotion, but also demote an official?
The emperor ignored him, and continued: "The secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Wang Yanling, in addition to the Zhongshu Sect under the Ping Zhang, plus the prime minister." ”
Wang Yanling was originally Bao Zheng's teacher, and he was a good person, but he didn't expect to be hit on the head by such a good thing, so he hurriedly went out of class to thank him.
"Pan Renmei, with the knowledge of the Privy Council, the inspection of the school master, and the governor of political affairs."
"The intellectual, the deputy envoy of the three divisions, and the governor of political affairs."
Everyone was stunned by the emperor's sudden appointment, which was equivalent to changing the entire center.
But when they saw Pan Renmei, especially Fu Bi's calm expression, they immediately understood that this had been discussed a long time ago.
Kou Zhun's face was a little pale, and he let out a long sigh, only to feel cold in his heart.
Among them, the most depressed is Cai Jing, he understands that the emperor has been holding back for a long time to change his appearance, just waiting for this opportunity.
Then the emperor looked at those generals and said coldly:
"And you, all the people who participated in the internal strife will be retained, and all the titles in the family will be demoted to the third class!"
"Those who have no title and job are degraded, and those who have no title and no job are evicted!"
"There is also Zheng Heihu, knowing Kou Zhun's tricks, he still uses private soldiers lightly."
"Remember the merits of your ancestors, strip you of your position, and exile Jiangzhou."
Hearing this, the Zheng family was full of mourning, and their family was completely reduced to a common people.
It took Gao Qian a long time to react, a third-class title? Didn't his father, a third-class earl, directly become a viscount?
He wants to know that when he goes back to Beijing, he will not only lose his own soldiers, but also demote so many knights, he will definitely kill himself!
The second daughter of the Yang family was also full of bitterness.
The title is already rare, but this is good, Yang Zongbao's earl has become a viscount, and even the number of personal soldiers will be reduced.
Although Cao Bin was also distressed, at least he was still an earl, and he didn't need to reduce his own soldiers.
I should be grateful to Kou Zhun for helping me get promoted before, otherwise I would have to become a viscount now.
Before the ministers could react from the great changes in the court, the emperor had already ordered the "dispersal of the dynasty".
"Uncle Cao, summoned by the official family."
He was about to walk out when a little eunuch suddenly stopped him.