In the early morning, the bell-like sound of Huanglu came from the noon gate bell tower, reminding that the time had come.

At noon, the door opened, and the civil and military officials waiting outside the door entered the Forbidden City from the door openings on both sides in order and according to the civil and military lineups.

From the cabinet of the three palace scholars of the extremely popular ministers, the six ministries and nine secretaries, to the seven grades of the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate, they all have to walk respectfully from the white marble bridges on both sides of the Jinshui River.

Then he stood in front of the Mukden Gate in order.

Gusts of cold wind blew from the outside of this nine-room wide door towards the main gate, and the frozen Xia Yuan couldn't help but shrink his neck, and Zhen Nyima was cold.

It's only about five o'clock in the morning, and it's autumn again, as we all know, there is no autumn in Jingshi.

So now it can be regarded as winter, but fortunately he knows that the court meeting of the Ming Dynasty was held in front of Fengtianmen.

After getting up, I deliberately wore a jacket in my official uniform, otherwise if I believed in the evil of the TV series, I thought it was in the Jinluan Palace.

You might freeze to death at this point.

It is really not easy to be an official in the capital, and you have to start drinking the northwest wind at four or five o'clock in the morning.

The local officials are sleeping with Mei Jiao Niang in their arms right now, right?

On the jade steps, under the eaves of the porch in front of the Fengtian Gate, Emperor Hongzhi sat on a gilded dragon chair, and there was a royal case in front of him.

In the lower left of the imperial case, there is also a chair, and Zhu Houzhao is sitting on it with his neck and hands folded, yawning sleepily.

Seeing that the prince was also present, many officials present were stunned, and immediately suppressed their thoughts, shouted long live in unison, and knelt down and bowed three times in parallel.

Long live the sound gradually dissipated, the front of Fengtian Gate returned to silence, Xiao Jing cleared his throat, and shouted at the male duck's voice: "Listen to the government today, if the emperor says: Zhongqing, there is a music!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do."

As soon as the words fell, Liu Daxia, the imperial historian, stood up, with a righteous and awe-inspiring look.

"What's going on?"

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach the Department of Economic Affairs and Economic Affairs to wash the horse, Xia Yuan!"

“.”

Hearing his name shouted out from the mouth of an old gangster, Xia Yuan was a spirit, and he was so quick to see the dagger.

Old man, is your map of Yan Kingdom engraved with a dagger?

And this old man is standing so far forward, wearing a crimson official robe, he should still be a great official.

Zhu Houzhao also woke up instantly, opened his eyes and looked at Liu Daxia, who was already out of class, and then bared his teeth.

Emperor Hongzhi was silent, the rest of the hundred officials were silent, Liu Daxia himself had a solemn face, dozens of days ago, he touched the dragon scales here, although he was not dismissed, but there was no doubt that the emperor was disgusted.

If you want to repair the impression in the emperor's heart, there is only this way.

He is the imperial history of the capital, and he is already in charge of picketing hundreds of officials. Without him, there is only one way to show loyalty.

The atmosphere was quiet for a long time before Emperor Hongzhi said: "I don't know what Liu Qing's family wants to impeach?" ”

"The East Palace Department of Economic Affairs and Economic Affairs is a subordinate official of the prince and is in charge of the East Palace collection, but Xia Xima is going to Puzhou for disaster relief, which is contrary to his own position, and Xia Xima went on this trip without His Majesty's edict, nor did he have any court dispatch."

Saying that, Liu Daxia turned to an old man in a red robe, "Dare to ask Min Butang, you have been in charge of the criminal name for many years, how should Xia Xima be guilty of this move?" And what to do? ”

Min Jue, who served as the secretary of the Criminal Department, thought for a while, and said slowly: "Without dispatch, he gave disaster relief privately, and used the official weapons of the imperial court for private use, which is the crime of trespassing, and according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, he should be beheaded." ”

As soon as the word chop came out, it seemed to have a sense of slaughter, Zhu Houzhao was in a hurry, and stood up from his seat suddenly, "Let go of your mother's shit!" ”

Emperor Hongzhi's expression changed suddenly, and he couldn't stop him even if he wanted to, so he hurriedly scolded: "How can you be presumptuous at the court meeting, dare to insult the minister, and let me sit back!" ”

Being greeted by His Royal Highness the Prince's family, Min Jue didn't seem to have any feelings of shame, at the age of seventy-two, he was still able to lift his robe and slowly kneel, "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said must be saying that the old minister doesn't understand my Ming law."

His Royal Highness: The minister is a Jinshi in the eighth year of Tianshun, and he has gone through three dynasties so far. In the sixth year of Chenghua, the minister served as the deputy envoy of the procurator, and now he has been sentenced to prison for more than 30 years. For the Da Ming law, the minister dare not say that he is familiar with it, but he can be regarded as proficient.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the crime of trespassing is indeed deserved. What the minister said was correct, but what His Highness said was biased. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is my Ming prince, and if you don't keep it secret, you will lose your ministers, and what His Royal Highness said is too frivolous, and it is not the way of the monarch to talk about the ministers. ”

After that, Min Jue kowtowed and said, "I implore Your Majesty to order His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to retract this statement." ”

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhu Houzhao abruptly, "Prince, apologize to Min Qing's family." ”

"Erchen."

"Apologies!"

Zhu Youzhang's voice rose suddenly, and his eyes were like an awl inserted into it, with hatred that iron is not steel, with disappointment, and other emotions, as if he was urging, as if he was saying something.

Zhu Houzhao seemed to understand, was silent for a long time, and said, "Min Butang, this palace apologizes to you." ”

"The old minister doesn't dare."

As he spoke, Min Jue slammed his head on the ground again, facing in the direction of Zhu Houzhao.

Emperor Hongzhi's face was very calm, calm as water, and he said calmly: "Min Qing's family is flat." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Min Jue entered the class, Zhu Youzhu faced the direction of the ministers, as if he was looking for something, "According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, Xia Qing's family committed the crime of trespassing, but if it is really inappropriate to convict with this, where is Xia Qing's family?" ”

"The minister is here."

A voice came from a distance, as the East Palace Economic Bureau washed horses, there was no place for him at all in this court, and Xia Yuan didn't know where to stand, so he simply stood at the end of the civil official queue.

Seeing him come out of the end of the queue, Zhu Youzhu spoke: "Xia Qingjia, you are the person who will be discussed at this court meeting, so you will stand at the forefront of this line. ”

Hearing this, Xia Yuan responded, took a step forward, and paused slightly when he passed Liu Daxia, and then continued to walk forward, until he walked to the front of the team, and then stopped.

"Xia Qingjia, after the collapse of Puzhou, how many times have you advised me to prepare for disaster relief?"

"Some ministers don't remember clearly, but there should have been five or six times."

"Five or six times, I didn't listen to this at the time, and then I was annoyed by you, but I once angrily reprimanded: If you want to help the disaster, you will go to help yourself. Such words? When he said this, Zhu Youzhang's eyes looked at him deeply, straight and hooked.

Now that it was not far away, even very close, Xia Yuan could see the meaning conveyed in Emperor Hongzhi's eyes, so he spoke: "Back to Your Majesty, there is indeed such a thing." ”

As soon as the words fell, Emperor Hongzhi's left hand put on the imperial case, his little thumb seemed to be cramping, Xia Yuan continued: "And the minister remembers that Gonggong Xiao was also present at that time. ”

Xiao Jing, who was standing on the left side of the dragon chair, bowed and said, "Emperor, the slave and maid were indeed present at the time, and I remember that this was indeed the case." As the saying goes, there are only three things, but Xia Xima came to the emperor five or six times in a row to report the collapse of the land, and said that the collapse of the land affected several provinces, and repeatedly asked the emperor to allocate grain for disaster relief.

Such a shocking thing, the emperor is inconvenient to be gullible, let alone the treasury can not be moved lightly, if such a reason for disaster relief, it is really difficult to convince the world's leisurely mouth.

When Xia Xima came for the last time, the emperor did reprimand him so angrily, and afterwards, the slave remembered that the emperor also dropped a blue and white tea cup. ”

Zhu Youzhu bowed slightly, and his gaze turned to Xia Yuan again, "I am so angry when I am angry, but the Xia Qing family takes it as an oracle, is the Xia Qing family too straightforward?" ”

Xia Yuan leaned down and bowed: "Your Majesty, the minister is indeed a little straightforward, and what he was thinking about at that time was that Jun Wu was joking, so he took it as His Majesty's message, and then went to the disaster relief by order." ”

(End of chapter)