Zheng Yuan's sudden departure, his father-in-law didn't care, the elderly ministers, more or less, were a little unwell.

After seeing Zheng Yuan leave, his father-in-law shook his head helplessly, and then turned around and entered the main hall, ready to inform Su Xuanyong of this situation.

At this time, as many ministers entered the hall again, a criticism of Su Qi'an began again.

As Su Qi'an expected in advance, this time they did not arrest the three major crimes and target Su Qi'an.

Instead, on the grounds that the deaths of Li Kang and Tang Feng did not conform to the law of Da Liang, he asked to punish Su Qi'an.

According to the law, even if the local governor commits a crime, he must not be killed by Su Qi'an's practice, if so, what does His Majesty the court do? Where is the law? If there are no rules, isn't it chaotic?

If the big things are small and the small things are turned into small things, what do other state pastors think? Isn't everyone at risk?

This statement was supported by the two princes on Longtai.

When Zhao Cheng, Sima Yue and many other officials attacked Su Qi'an for this reason, the two princes also spoke one after the other.

"Father, the sons feel that Zhao Guogong, Sima Guogong, and the ministers are right, my dynasty is to rule the country by law, as far as the sons know, the Marquis of Dongshan and Tang Feng and Li Kang, the two state pastors, have enemies, but this is not the reason why the Marquis of Dongshan can kill people."

"The talent of the Marquis of Dongshan, the sons and daughters appreciate it very much, and during the conversation, they also found that this person's talent is outstanding, but after all, it involves two state pastors, so I still hope that my father and emperor will think twice about the ministers' proposals."

"Father, what the second brother said is reasonable, if you say it, after all, it is the death of the two state pastors, if you don't deal with it well, give an explanation to other state pastors, I'm afraid it will lead to other changes, I hope my father will think carefully, how to deal with the crime of Dongshan Hou."

Su Zhe and Su Tai are worthy of being the two most powerful princes in the court, and when they speak, they completely consider it from the perspective of Dai Da Liang, and their arguments are also reasonable and well-founded, and there is no suspicion of favoritism.

Especially the last sentence, it is very intriguing. Whether he wanted Su Xuanyong to carefully consider Su Qi'an's punishment, or how to punish him, he said that he had room to help.

The speeches of the two princes strengthened the confidence of many officials below, and they stepped forward as if they were ready, bowed respectfully, and spoke in unison.

"I also hope that Your Majesty will severely punish the Marquis of Dongshan, and give justice to all officials in Daliang."

In the main hall, the voices of many officials echoed, and Su Xuanyong, who was sitting on the dragon platform, looked over the two princes and looked at the officials who bowed down the stage.

After thinking about it for a while, he immediately said, "The widow feels everyone's loyalty to Da Liang, but on the issue of dealing with Su Qi'an, the widow has something to ask you." ”

"Your Majesty, please say, the old minister must know everything, and his words are endless."

Su Xuanyong nodded and said, "Since you all agree that Su Qi'an will be severely punished, the widow wants to ask, do you have no selfish intentions in your hearts?" ”

"As far as the widow knows, whether it is Tang Feng or Li Kang, it seems that there is not much intersection with you, there are many of them, and these two still have some grievances, why at this time, all of a sudden they all spoke for the two of them, you dare to touch your conscience and swear, just to think about the future of Da Liang, it is definitely not a personal vendetta of the communiqué?"

Su Xuanyong's words were not only said to the ministers under the dragon stage, but also to the two princes around him.

These words seem to be asking, but in fact, they are forcing them to make a choice, whether they dare to answer truthfully, which is equivalent to Su Xuanyong's conscience about them.

They understand too well that if they show that awe-inspiring righteousness, they are afraid that the days ahead will not be easy, and they will be stared at by Su Xuanyong all the time.

But if they can get Su Qi'an down and condemn him at this time, even if they will have a little trouble later, it will be worth it.

Everyone's eyes flashed, and it was Zhao Cheng and Sima Yue who finally spoke.

"Your Majesty, I would like to..."

Just when the two of them were about to bear Su Xuanyong's trouble for them in the future, suddenly, a hurried voice sounded outside the door.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, the old minister is unwell, he went to the toilet, and he lost time, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Zheng Yuan trotted all the way, ran in with apologies on his face, and hurriedly knelt down in front of Su Xuanyong to ask for forgiveness.

Zheng Yuan's demeanor, Su Xuanyong waved his hand and motioned to get up, no need to do this, to show understanding.

Zheng Yuan nodded again and again, apologized in his mouth, and stood up.

Zhao Cheng and Sima Yue beside him were obviously displeased.

If it weren't for the fact that Zheng Yuan was on the same front as them, with his current actions, the two of them were very suspicious that Zheng Yuan was against the water and did it on purpose.

The momentum they finally gathered, seeing that the last step could make Su Xuanyong convict Su Qi'an, but at this time, it was a coincidence that Zheng Yuan recklessly broke in.

directly interrupted their words, and the momentum that had finally gathered was also dispersed at this moment, and it was impossible for anyone to have a good face.

Zheng Yuan asked about this, as if he hadn't seen it, and asked what happened when he was away, so that he could understand the situation.

Su Xuanyong signaled and asked an attendant to tell him what happened just now.

Zheng Yuan nodded thoughtfully, pondered for a while, and then clenched his fists and said solemnly.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has a word, which is different from the ministers, and I don't know whether to say it or not."

Su Xuanyong raised his eyebrows, with a bit of interest in his eyes, and said, "Oh, what other different opinions does Zheng Jae-fu have?" Let's hear it. ”

Zheng Yuan cleared his throat, and then said, "Through the court's argument just now, the old minister suddenly had a different view of Dongshan Hou. ”

"That's right, according to the law of Da Liang, the Marquis of Dongshan killed two state pastors, and his crime can be punished, but if you carefully understand the causes and consequences, you will find that the Marquis of Dongshan is not guilty, but meritorious."

"According to the data on taxes, population, and military strength in Xizhou and Jiaozhou compiled by the cabinet during this time, Laochen found that Jiaozhou and Xizhou seem to have hidden some data."

"For this matter, Lao Chen specially proofread with several Shangshu such as the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of War, and found that it was unusual, the taxes, population, and military strength of these two states have decreased by about 30% compared with the past."

"The past few years have not been a year of catastrophe, it is impossible to drop so much, why should the governors of the two states conceal it, therefore, the old minister has a bold inference that Li Kang and Tang Feng will intercept this tax and use it to train their own private soldiers, and they are suspected of attempting to divide the two states and split."

"This inference, Lao Chen has no substantive evidence, and he didn't intend to say it, but just now, after the allocation of Dongshan Hou, Lao Chen became more and more convinced that Tang Feng and Li Kang have the heart of disobedience."

"The Marquis of Dongshan led the troops to counterattack back then, and finally killed the two state pastors, which really verified the conjecture of the old minister, so the Marquis of Dongshan not only has no fault but has merit, two Shangshu, do you think what Ben Fu said is reasonable?"

Zheng Yuan's 180-degree reversal made everyone in the hall stunned for a long time.

Especially the ministers who wanted to put Su Qi'an to death just now were stunned by Zheng Yuan's operation.

What's going on? It was a quarter of an hour late, and I went to the latrine, and after this came out, how to say that the water was back, which was not only a surprise to them, but also a long time speechless.

But those who can sit in a high position like Shangshu, even if they are confused, they can hear that Zheng Yuan is helping them.

The two Shangshu who were named pretended to groan, and then nodded back to their senses.

"That's right, Lord Zaisuke-sama did ask us to check and verify this matter, but because we didn't have direct evidence at that time, we couldn't make a final judgment."

"Now after Lord Zaifu said this, there are indeed a lot of unusual ones, it seems that most of the people behind this are as Zaifu said, the two state pastors have a heart of disobedience, and were discovered by the Marquis of Dongshan, and finally under the bitter battle of the Marquis of Dongshan, the two were killed."

"If this is the case, then Dongshan Hou is indeed not guilty, but meritorious, please Your Majesty can find out this matter and return Dongshan Hou to an innocent person."

The two Shangshu had righteous words, which made Zhao Cheng and Sima Yue want to scold their mothers in their hearts.

When did Zheng Yuan and the two of them discuss this matter in private, this is really outrageous.

The two princes glanced at each other, their eyes flashed, and they were thinking in their hearts, how to deal with this matter next, and in their ears, Su Xuanyong's voice sounded.

"Oh, there is such a thing, the widow really has to send someone to investigate, by the way, what did you discuss with Dongshan Hou just now? Can you continue? ”

"It seems that only Zhao Guogong and Sima Guogong have opinions at present, since they have opinions, let's talk about them over there."

The two princes came back to their senses violently, and when they heard that they were named, they hurriedly knelt down and said, "The old minister has no opinion on the guilt of Dongshan Hou, if you really want to do it as Zai Fu said, Dongshan Hou is indeed not guilty of doing this, and it will be a great achievement to remove the two scourges for my Da Liang." ”

"So that's it? Father, it was the sons and daughters who were confused, and they were blinded by the momentary remarks, so that the Marquis of Dongshan was wronged, and the sons were guilty, and they hoped that the father would punish them. ”

"In this way, it is really the sons and daughters who blame the Marquis of Dongshan, and the sons are also willing to be punished, but before being punished, please ask my father to agree to give the Marquis of Dongshan a reward, and with the merits of the Marquis of Dongshan now, he will be promoted to a first-class marquis, which is more than enough."

The two princes of Su Zhe and Su Tai on Longtai also reacted quickly, first apologized for a while, wronged Su Qi'an for mishearing the rumors, asked Su Xuanyong to punish him, and then proposed to reward Su Qi'an.

Su Xuanyong's eyes flashed, he looked at Su Zhe and Su Tai with a look of relief, said something in their ears, and motioned for the two to get up.

Then, looking at the ministers kneeling down below, he said, "What about you? What do you think about what the two princes said? ”

"We will wait for the request to promote the Marquis of Dongshan to the first class."

Everyone shouted in unison, which made Su Xuanyong very satisfied, and nodded with a smile.

As if this matter had already been decided, Su Qi'an was in order to protect Da Liang's safety and eradicate two scourges that should be killed for the imperial court.

The change in everyone's attitude was called a swift, and it was still a verbal criticism of Su Qi'an just now, but after a long time, he directly changed and asked for Su Qi'an to be rewarded as a first-class marquis.

This change is so fast, even Wen Xuan and the others are stunned for a while.