Chapter 508: The Minister's Trouble
Zhao Cheng suddenly challenged Wen Xuan and the other great Confucians, which Su Qi'an didn't expect, but he didn't get too angry, but showed a slightly strange look on his face.
was scolded by Zhao Cheng's spittle, Wen Xuan's face was ugly, and when he was about to have a seizure, the four senior Confucians beside him took the lead in attacking.
"Zhao Guogong, originally it seems that you are the identity of the Guogong, and I want to give you some face, but you slander the Hanlin Academy like this, do you really think that the Hanlin Academy is easy to bully? Since you want to tear your face, the old man will fulfill you. ”
As he spoke, he took out some of the materials he had prepared a long time ago from under his body and threw them in front of Zhao Cheng.
"The surname Zhao, take a good look, this is the great good family you want to exculpate, the good things that the silent father and son did in Hanzhong County."
"Raising prices, maliciously buying peasant land, and what's more, disregarding human lives and wantonly playing with innocent girls, according to statistics, in the past ten years, as many as 200 people have died tragically at the hands of these beasts!"
"Brutes like this, Ling Chi's execution is cheap for them, Old Man Zhao, the return of these materials is sent back by my Hanlin Academy to the Great Confucian Forest Garden."
"What kind of character Lin Yuanzhi, I think you all know, if you don't believe it, Your Majesty can announce Lin Yuan's entry into Beijing, and you can face it face to face."
"The surname Zhao, for the sake of these beasts that are inferior to dogs, you dare to pour dirty water on the Hanlin Courtyard and slander the sages of the past dynasties, the old man is very suspicious, whether your Zhao family has interests with such a beast family."
Zhao Cheng's eyes flashed, he didn't pick up the information scattered in front of him, he still knew a little about what the Shen family in Hanzhong County did.
The reason why he suddenly mentioned it at this time was to insert a heavier charge on Su Qi'an, anyway, there was not much more, and there was no less than one.
By the way, taking this opportunity to involve the Hanlin Academy can also create chaos in the court, and in this kind of chaos, it will be more profitable.
As for splashing dirty water and slandering the Hanlin Academy, even if it is fake, the people of the Hanlin Academy must have time to investigate if they want to wash off the stains on their bodies.
And what is missing now is time, if the investigation is over, this court discussion will be over a long time ago, this is what Zhao Guogong wants to achieve.
It's just that what Zhao Cheng didn't expect the most was that the senior Confucian of the Hanlin Academy, as if he knew that he would ask such a question, the information prepared at hand was sufficient.
Completely caught him off guard, and finally it was not easy to stir up this pool of water and involve the Hanlin Academy, who would have thought that the great Confucianism of the Hanlin Academy was just waiting for him.
As the information appeared in front of him, the rhythm in the hall that had just been driven by him was instantly dispersed.
The scattered materials were picked up by the attendants in the hall, and according to Su Xuanyong's instructions, they were circulated to everyone present one by one.
Officials and state officials, looking at the information in their hands, had a burst of surprise on their faces.
On these materials, there is a very detailed record of the Shen family in Hanzhong County, what they have done in the past ten years, all kinds of certified physical evidence, and all the testimonies such as the bones excavated from the backyard of the Shen family, all of which were excerpted by Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuanzhi's character, they still understand, extremely upright, when he was in office, he recommended a lot of talents for the imperial court, and Su Xuanyong's evaluation of him at that time was that he was one of the few hard-headed loyal ministers in this dynasty.
If you want to buy him, it is impossible at all, because the information extracted by Lin Yuanzhi is very credible.
In the hall, there were bursts of exclamations from time to time, what was written on these materials was really too appalling, even they had to take some time to digest.
The atmosphere in the hall originally wanted to support Zhao Cheng's remarks, but now, all of a sudden, they were silent, not saying a word, and the scene did not know how silent it was.
Zhao Cheng didn't expect that the Hanlin Academy was so well prepared this time, and he was caught off guard, and when he was thinking about how to reverse the situation that was unfavorable to him this time, several people from the Hanlin Academy did not intend to let Zhao Cheng go.
Immediately afterwards, the second Confucian spoke, "Zhao Guogong and Hanzhong Shen Mansion, whether there are any interests, the old man does not know, but as far as the old man knows, there are many children of Zhao Guogong's family, and the relationship with Shen Mansion is very good, if the old man remembers correctly, a year ago, several descendants of Zhao Guofu held a banquet for Shen Chong who came to Beijing to wash the dust in Yuebin Building in Kyoto. ”
"It's not, it's strange to say, the Shen family of Hanzhong County is just a jinshi, he Shen Chong doesn't even have a jinshi, and when he comes to Beijing, he can make the juniors of the dignified Guogong Mansion respect him so much, isn't this Shen Chong a great talent?" The third Great Confucian spoke immediately.
Then, the fourth Confucian took over the words and continued, "We don't know if Shen Chong is a great talent or not, but those who are close to Zhu are red, those who are close to ink are black, and the Shen family in Hanzhong is such a thing as inferior to pigs and dogs, and those who can join the same stream are naturally the same kind of beasts." ”
"I think it is necessary to strictly investigate the descendants of the old Zhao Tou family, maybe there are other discoveries."
The four senior Confucians talked to themselves one after the other, which made Zhao Cheng's face extremely ugly.
Everyone can hear that the four great Confucians are referring to something, implying that Zhao Guogong is the real behind-the-scenes boss of the Shen family in Hanzhong.
This kind of dirty water is no weaker than what he splashed, and even more threatening in a certain way.
His dirty water, in the final analysis, there is no substantial evidence, as long as a little checking, the truth can basically be revealed.
But what the four great Confucians are pointing at now not only has a very strong point, but also overthrows his previous dirty water.
If this is not explained, it is likely that he is the one who capsized today.
Zhao Cheng's face was tense, and he said coldly, "Hmph, you don't spew blood here, what the Shen family in Hanzhong did, the old man doesn't know anything, they are so insidious, what are you doing to my Zhao family." ”
"The banquet of the children of my family is indeed that the old man is not strict in discipline, and the old man will give His Majesty an explanation, and you cultivators are talking nonsense here."
"The Zhao family is loyal to His Majesty, heaven and earth can be learned, the old man is not strict in disciplining the juniors, it is the old man's responsibility, the old man is willing to bear it, as for the conspiracy and remarks of the four great Confucians, it has absolutely nothing to do with the Zhao family, and I hope Your Majesty will learn from it."
As he spoke, Zhao Cheng turned around, knelt down in front of Su Xuanyong, and directly admitted his mistake, that attitude couldn't be picked out at all.
One thing to say, the interaction between the Zhao family and the Shen family is really as Zhao Cheng said, it is just the interaction of the descendants of the family.
The reason why he has a connection with Shen Chong is nothing more than these bad things about looking for flowers and asking willows, and if you really have to study it carefully, there are not many people in the family on which side of Kyoto.
This is not a big deal at all, which is why Zhao Cheng immediately took responsibility.
If you think about it a little, you will know that one is a small local family, and the other is a powerful and powerful family in Kyoto.
Zhao Cheng really doesn't need to, and a local family is on the line, at most, the Shen family wants to climb the high branch of Zhao Cheng through a few sons and daughters of the Zhao family.
Zhao Cheng can't look down on these small families at all, if he is really the boss behind the scenes of the Shen family, he will not be beaten by the four senior Confucians, and he is not prepared at all.
Su Qi'an counterattacked Xizhou, he should have learned the news as soon as possible, instead of waiting until Su Qi'an killed Tang Feng and occupied Xizhou.
Zhao Cheng's explanation is believed by Su Xuanyong, not to mention Su Xuanyong, everyone in the hall is like this.
Everyone is a smart person, and the confrontation between the two sides just now is more out of wanting to take the opportunity to suppress the momentum of the other party, so as to achieve their respective goals.
"Okay, don't quarrel, the widow knows everyone, loyalty to Da Liang, there are some things that don't need to be said, let's get back to the point, Dongshan Hou, Zhao Guogong They have three major sins against you, the widow gives you a chance to explain, talk to them well."
Su Qi'an nodded, looked at Zhao Chengcheng, and said, "Zhao Guogong's hat is not ordinarily big, he wants to put Benhou to death." ”
"But it's a pity that Ben Hou doesn't admit any of the three major sins, Ben Hou did it in the West and Jiao Prefecture, and when he came to Beijing, he had already submitted a report to His Majesty, what should be said, what should be done, it is very clear that you are not qualified to convict Ben Hou."
No one expected that Su Qi'an would come up with such provocative words at this time.
Where is this explanation and defense, it is completely ignoring them.
The meaning of Su Qi'an's words just now is clear, that is, the so-called court discussion is just their wishful thinking.
All his explanations have been submitted to His Majesty, and as for them, they are not qualified to listen to them at all, nor are they qualified to judge him.
This attitude can be described as extremely arrogant, not to mention that Zhao Cheng and other state officials are extremely displeased, even the second prince and the fourth prince sitting on both sides of Su Xuanyong's side have a somewhat unpleasant face.
Su Qi'an's attitude just now was somewhat offensive to the two, although the two of them did not speak, but under the gesture of their eyes, in an instant, some officials understood, got up suddenly, and criticized Su Qi'an is bitter criticism.
"Hmph, I've heard for a long time that Dongshan Hou is extremely arrogant, and when I see it today, I can be regarded as enlightened."
"Dongshan Hou, I know that you have great talents, but the court will discuss the crime, at least about a hundred years in my dynasty, you can disdain us, but you can't break the rules."
"We can't get into your eyes, it's because you think very highly of yourself, but in this hall, in addition to Your Majesty, there are two other Highnesses, are they not qualified to examine you?"
"That's it, Marquis Dongshan, don't be too arrogant, don't say anything else, just because you are lawless, even the two highnesses are so disrespectful, according to the law of our dynasty, this official is qualified to cut your title and let you go to prison!"
This official who opened his mouth was none other than the official secretary of one of the six ministries, and he had great power.
It has the right to supervise, promote, transfer, and reduce officials, and is the head of the six ministries.
Especially under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial power, the rights of the six ministries have also been strengthened, and even in some aspects, even the princes of the court have to be polite in the face of the six Shangshu that go directly to the heavens, and they dare not be fearless as they were in previous years.
And the head of the six departments, the official Shangshu, is called the heavenly official, and he is the most able to talk to Su Xuanyong directly.
Therefore, his rights are no weaker than Yipin Gong, and his punishment of Su Qi'an is basically a certainty.