Chapter 16: Tearing the face
Xu Jing leaned back on the chair and looked down at Gao Shilian and asked coldly.
Gao Shilian had a bitter word, at this moment, his teeth were broken, and it was extremely difficult to even open his mouth, let alone speak.
"It seems that the tall man is still not convinced? Father-in-law Cao continued, when I said to stop, I can stop. ”
Xu Jing said coldly.
After a while, the sound of flesh being beaten and bones shattering in the side hall continued to sound.
"Enough!"
Xiao Daoling got up coldly and stared at Xu Jing.
"Prime Minister Xiao has any objections to my will?"
Xu Jing looked at Xiao Daoling in front of him calmly, and the aura of the Huanghuang Emperor had already appeared.
"I don't dare, but I just think that the tall man is a minister of the great cadres, and there is no merit and hard work. Small punishments and big commandments are sufficient, and there is no need to put them to death. ”
Xiao Daoling's tone was calm, and he spoke slowly.
Xu Jing pretended to be surprised, stared at Xiao Daoling in front of him and asked, "So, Prime Minister Xiao, this is a strange and bloody method?" ”
"Your Majesty, the relationship between the monarch and the minister must not be too bloody, if it chills the hearts of the ministers, who else is willing to do their best for Your Majesty, and who else can share your worries for Your Majesty?"
Situ Zhao also got up at this moment, looked at Xu Jing calmly and said.
"So, I still have to apologize to you when I'm late? Is it that in the future, what I want to do and how to do it has to be asked? ”
"In the end, are you the emperor, or is it the lonely?"
Xu Jing got up and asked, staring coldly at the two elderly men in front of him.
The two high-ranking elders of the Three Dynasties and Xu Jing looked at each other, provoking the officials on one side to dare not speak.
If Xu Jing's interrogation is answered, it will be the crime of trespassing! Since ancient times, how can an emperor still live by looking at the faces of his courtiers?
But if you don't take it, the momentum alone will be weaker than a notch, and when many officials jointly play today, I'm afraid it will not be over.
Therefore, the officials kneeling on the ground all held their breath in anticipation of the attitude of Xiao Daoling and Sima Zhao.
Sima Zhao sighed slightly: "Lao Chen has been the emperor's assistant to the first emperor for many years, and I have heard that His Majesty has not read the sage book thoroughly, but now I can see that this is really the case. ”
"Your Majesty, please also hand over the power for the time being, and the old minister will re-grant you, what is the way of the monarch and the minister."
Sima Zhao forced Xu Jing as the teacher of the first emperor and wanted to force Xu Jing to hand over his rights.
"That's right, Your Majesty is still young, and he only knows how to kill Liwei. As everyone knows, this kind of behavior is a taboo in the court! ”
"Your Majesty should hand over the jade seal first, and then discuss the matter of ascending the throne when the first emperor enters the mausoleum."
"If Your Majesty is interested, the minister can teach His Majesty how to approve the folds on behalf of the Emperor."
Xiao Daoling followed closely and forced Xu Jing to hand over his rights.
"Hand over the rights?"
Xu Jing sneered in his heart, he knew better than anyone that the ambition of the prime minister in front of him was no longer confined to one person and ten thousand people.
What he wants is for no one to be in front of him!
If Xu Jing handed over his rights within half a decade, the news of the new emperor's death would definitely spread throughout the government and the opposition.
As for those well-spoken excuses and excuses, they are not vulnerable at all!
Xu Jing sneered and stared at the last two of the three dukes to be alive and asked: "According to what the two said, is it wrong for the imperial historian to despise the edict of the first emperor and the new emperor of the current dynasty in the court?" ”
Xiao Daoling shook his head as usual and said, "Naturally, there is nothing wrong. ”
"Is it that the head of the household is still corrupt and bribery, and his failure to govern in his position has caused the victims to starve all over the wilderness, and I have killed the wrong person?"
Xu Jing continued to ask.
"It's still right." Xiao Daoling shook his head in response.
"Is it that He Shen's family deliberately raised the price of rice, colluded with officials to forcibly occupy fields, forcibly robbed people's daughters, and killed innocents indiscriminately, I killed the wrong person?"
At this moment, Xu Jing had already walked down the steps, and he was only one step away from Xiao Daoling and Sima Zhao.
The two of them subconsciously took half a step back, not daring to get too close to Xu Jing.
The death of the imperial historian Li Mi is still vivid, and God knows if there is also a dagger hidden in the cuff of this majesty at this moment.
"Naturally, there is nothing wrong with it." Xiao Daoling shook his head again in response.
At this moment, the officials kneeling on the ground couldn't help but sink in their hearts, and their so-called new emperor's thirst for killing was no longer tenable.
I'm afraid that it is not so simple to force this majesty off the throne.
"If I'm not wrong, what about murder? Such corrupt officials and unscrupulous profiteers, I only feel that I have killed too few! If I find out again, I will still be severely punished! ”
While Xu Jing was talking, his eyes kept falling on Xiao Daoling.
This hint, intentionally or unintentionally, surprised all the officials present.
They didn't expect that the first showdown would be the new emperor who was clearly in a weak position.
Xiao Daoling's eyes did not hide or avoid, and looked directly at Xu Jing, and said slowly: "Your Majesty is naturally not wrong, but everything should be done slowly, not like Your Majesty killing it." ”
"If Your Majesty could take some time to read through the books of the sages, he would have a new perspective. Ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, civil and military officials, and the people of Daqian, implore Your Majesty to hand over the imperial power! ”
Xiao Daoling took a step forward and shouted in a low voice.
The hundred officials who knelt on the ground were very tacit, and shouted in a low voice almost at the same time: "I beg Your Majesty to hand over the imperial power!" ”
At this moment, this forced palace has turned from the dark to the open.
Without even the slightest foreshadowing, Xiao Daoling threw aside the so-called cover-up, completely revealing his true intentions, and revealing a posture that was about to pull Xu Jing off the throne.
"What if I don't want to?"
Xu Jing's eyes were cold, and he looked at Xiao Daoling expressionlessly.
As Xu Jing spoke, Gonggong Cao stared at Xiao Daoling with the same cold expression.
And the brocade guards around the side hall are also long knives out of the sheath, just waiting for Xu Jing's order to break in and kill all these rebellious ministers and thieves.
It can be said that the confrontation between Xiao Daoling and Xu Jing has reached the most anxious moment.
The defeat of either side could lead to a bloody storm.
"If Your Majesty is unwilling, the minister can only perform the duties of discipline on behalf of the emperor. Your Majesty can rest assured that the 100,000 forbidden troops in the palace will definitely protect Your Majesty. ”
A hint of happiness flashed in Xiao Daoling's eyes, and he looked at Xu Jing calmly, as if looking at a corpse.
The so-called forced palace, in the final analysis, depends on the strength of troops.
has always been like this since ancient times, and Xiao Daoling, who has military power, is not afraid of Xu Jing's refusal at all.
Even if Xu Jing holds the eunuchs of the East and West Factories?
After all, it's just a group of scouts, how big a wave can it set off in front of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops?
At this moment, Xiao Daoling is confident, Xu Jing has only been on the throne for a few days, and even the officials above the court have not yet recognized it.
How can we talk about having our own military power? As long as Xu Jing has no soldiers in his hands, he is just an ant in his eyes, and it is insignificant at all.
Xu Jing stared at Xiao Daoling with a cold expression, and the side hall was silent, as if on the eve of a storm.
Once this silence is broken, I am afraid that there will be a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood in the side hall!
"Your Majesty naturally can't be wrong. But the imperial court officials cannot be killed at will, and they should be handed over to Dali Temple to find out before they can do it. Otherwise, it will lose the support of the people. ”
"That's the way to go! Your Majesty's qualifications are still shallow, and such rules will be taught to Your Majesty one by one in the future. ”
Xiao Daoling thought that he had the chance to win, and laughed proudly and taught Xu Jing a lesson.
Now in front of Xu Jing, there is only one way left!
That is to obediently abdicate, either willing to be a puppet, or inexplicably "dying"!