Compared with the mentality of those lower-level officials in the square outside the hall, such as 'thinking', 'shock', and 'frightened', there was already tension in the Tianji Palace.

The two sides of the tension are the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other officials.

In other words, the Metropolitan Procuratorate fought against the entire civil and military forces in the palace.

"Are you crazy?!"

"Whether it's true or not, it's not something that can be discussed openly!"

"Hurry up and let Du Qianchuan stop!"

“……”

This is the unanimous view of many officials.

As a small group of people in the center of the imperial court, they must think about the whole world.

In their opinion, since they already know how to prevent natural disasters, why not prevent similar things from happening again?

The future is more important, so why bother to pursue the past?

In this regard, the attitude of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is extremely clear.

"According to the teachings of Taizu, I celebrate the court, and I should speak widely."

"There is no one in the world who cannot be investigated, and there is nothing that cannot be corrected, even if it is the royal family, even if it is Your Majesty!"

"Even Taizu has issued an edict to sin against himself, let alone the latter?"

"No matter who obstructs Du Qianchuan today, he forgets his ancestors, and his heart can be punished!"

“……”

All the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in Beijing, one counts as one, and they all came.

The left and right imperial history, the left and right deputy imperial history, the left and right imperial history, experience, and all things.

In total, there are only a dozen or so people.

And it was these dozen or so people who blocked the gate of the Tianji Palace, blocking the movement in the hall, so that Du Qianchuan outside the hall could continue.

"Hehe, there are a lot of you, the officials are big, I'm just a mere second-class person, not as good as many of you."

"Strength, I've only washed my body six times, and many of you can pinch me to death with your hands."

"The entire Metropolitan Procuratorate combined, it can't stop you."

"But this official put his words here today, no matter what you want to do to Du Qianchuan......"

"Yes."

Gu Chengren, the right capital imperial historian, nodded, "Kill the old man and destroy the Metropolitan Procuratorate." ”

"Hahahaha!"

Zuodu Yushi Shi Zheng laughed, "Yes, destroy the Metropolitan Procuratorate, anyway, it won't be needed in the future, and there is no need for the Metropolitan Procuratorate." ”

Dou Tianyuan couldn't help but look at Lou Youzhi, who was closest to the dragon chair.

Lou Youzhi looked at his nose and nose, and stood with his head down, without saying a word.

Dou Tianyuan knew that there was no doubt that this one was made by Lou Youzhi.

But how dare he?!

The time is not ripe at all.

Directly facing His Majesty, isn't it looking for death?!

What's even more outrageous is that until now, no sound has been heard behind the curtain.

I didn't mean to stop Du Qianchuan at all......

Dou Tianyuan was puzzled.

And at this moment, Du Qianchuan's last two words sounded outside the hall.

"Weichen Du Qianchuan, for the crime of murdering all the people, impeached Wenchang and Jingsheng...... Zhengfeng and other listed emperors! ”

- Phew!

The officials who were still confronting each other were shocked and turned their heads in unison.

Du Qianchuan was stepping into the hall.

"Weichen begs Your Majesty to remove his dignity and remove him from the Taimiao, so as to settle the soul of ten thousand unjust deaths!"

！！！

The officials' scalps were numb and their bodies were cold.

It was only at this time that Lou Youzhi finally spoke.

"Du Qianchuan, do you want to plunge the world into dire straits?"

Two awe-inspiring eyes pierced through the chaotic crowd and stabbed Du Qianchuan.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he won the approval of most people.

"In dire straits?"

Du Qianchuan laughed, "The interval between natural disasters is getting shorter and shorter, from the sea boiling in Binzhou to the locust plague in Yongzhou, it is only a short period of more than ten years, when will the next natural disaster be?" When will the next natural disaster be? All the people in the world are already in dire straits! ”

"Do you know what a curse you are saying?"

Dou Tianyuan asked again.

"Monarchs and ministers are born, and the world is centrifugal."

Du Qianchuan bowed slightly, and then the conversation suddenly changed: "But even so, what? ”

"If you don't get justice, you don't admit your mistakes?"

"Huanghuang Daqing, inherited for thousands of years, don't you even have such courage?"

"The lower officials believe that the mistakes of the predecessors should be faced up to by the future generations, and the police should change them!"

Du Qianchuan held his head high, not afraid, "Knowing mistakes and then changing, knowing shame and then courage, is the luck of the country and the world!" ”

"Then have you ever thought that maybe the first emperors have no choice but to suffer?"

Dou Tianyuan asked again.

As soon as these words came out, the officials in the palace were all thoughtful.

Oh, yes.

If so, what's the problem?

After all, the grain reserves in those places are just grain reserves, and they are not rare treasures, and even as an official, they don't look down on it, let alone the royal family, let alone Your Majesty?

Why sit back and watch refugees die for the sake of so little food?

I guess there's something wrong with it......

So thought to themselves.

"Bitter?"

Du Qianchuan's eyes were playful, and his gaze slowly swept over the faces of everyone in the hall.

"As I said, the earliest Zhengfeng Dynasty is only three hundred years ago."

"It's not that I don't say more, but the records from three hundred years ago are no longer available."

"Think about it, if there is no need for food, and there is no relief for disasters, is this something that has only happened in the past three hundred years?"

"I'm celebrated, but it has a history of tens of thousands of years!"

"How many refugees should die unjustly due to natural disasters?"

"Ten million? Absolutely? 100,000?! ”

"That's not flowers, it's not livestock, it's a living person!"

"You can look up."

"They turned into the wind, they turned into rain, and they melted into the mountains and rivers."

"My eyes widened all the time, staring at Dingtianfu, staring at us officials who held high-ranking officials and shouted for the country and the people!"

"Bitter?"

"I want to know, what is the stake in this, the cost of the lives of tens of thousands of innocent people?"

"Wechen begs Your Majesty to tell me the reason!"

Du Qianchuan bowed down: "If there is something that has to be suffered, Weichen believes that whether it is a hundred officials or all the people, I am willing to share it with Your Majesty!" ”

With Du Qianchuan's words, everyone's attention fell behind the curtain.

One, two, three......

After a full cup of tea, Emperor Yongtai seemed to have no idea what was happening at the court meeting, and never gave any response.

The mood of the hundred officials gradually sank, falling again and again.

"Hehehe, since that's the case......"

Du Qianchuan straightened up with a smile.

The next moment, a grand and awe-inspiring voice spread throughout the Tianji Hall and beyond.

"One of them!"

"Those who are committed to Daqing are all the people of Daqing!"

"Second!"

"Where I celebrate the people, meritorious service should be rewarded, and if there is a mistake, it will be punished!"

"Three!"

"Where I am the people of Daqing, there are grievances to be heard, and there are injustices to fight!"

Everyone's expressions were solemn in these three grand words.

These are the first three articles of Taizu's edict.

No matter what they think in their hearts, no one dares to show disagreement on their faces.

Even His Majesty is the same.

"Lou Youzhi, I'll ask you!"

Du Qianchuan looked at Lou Youzhi, "The refugees under the natural disaster can be regarded as my Daqing people?" ”

"Natural disasters do not arise from people's hearts, they are naturally counted."

Lou Youzhi replied.

"Then I'll ask you again!"

Du Qianchuan took a step forward, "The people died unjustly, as an official of the imperial court, can I be qualified to shout a word of grievance for them and seek justice?" ”

"The thirteenth edict of Taizu, all court officials, regardless of grade, have the responsibility of avenging the people."

Lou Youzhi said lightly, "You naturally have this qualification." ”

"Good!"

Du Qianchuan laughed, "Since Your Majesty doesn't say anything, then Weichen must let everyone in the world know!" ”

"The imperial court can predict natural disasters!"

"The imperial court can be prepared to deal with natural disasters before they come!"

Du Qianchuan bowed, "Please ask Lou Xiangfu to get evidence!" ”

"Someone!"

Lou Youzhi waved his hand, "Take the Qin Heavenly Supervisor, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and all relevant documents." ”

At the sound of an order, a blood-clothed guard immediately came out.

Just as the man was about to go outside the hall, the voice of an old man sounded faintly.

"The celebrant must also be accompanied by someone."

The one who spoke was the eunuch of the celebrant and the pen, Yan Fang.

Since Emperor Yongtai retired to the curtain, the chief eunuch of the celebrant palm seal also disappeared in front of people.

Yan Fang, as the second person of the celebrant supervisor, became the actual controller of the celebrant eunuch.

It's just that due to the absence of the emperor's invitation, the authority of the celebrant quickly faded and became a completely marginal institution, and the court council has never been very involved in actual affairs.

At this time, he suddenly spoke, which was a little intriguing.

The eyes of the hundred officials were a little inexplicable.

"At this time, the stakes are very important, and it is inevitable that someone will make an obstacle from it, maliciously fabricate and distort, and our ceremonial supervisor must send someone to accompany him."

Yan Fang looked directly at the hundred officials and said lightly.

"In this case, it is inevitable that someone will destroy the evidence, and I will also have someone from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to accompany me."

Gu Chengren narrowed his eyes and said a word.

Then the officials of various ministries and yatangs also spoke one after another.

"The same goes for the Criminal Department."

"Dali Temple ......"

"I have to get the documents of my household department, and this responsibility is unshirkable......"

“……”

What could have been done by one person, more than ten people were forcibly dispatched.

However, in terms of candidates, it is tacitly set to wash the body.

These people come from different forces, have different backgrounds, and are of equal strength, so they can prevent each other from doing things to the greatest extent.

Under such many checks and balances, if nothing else, those documents will be sent to the Heavenly Pole Hall intact.

When these people left the Heavenly Pole Palace, the remaining officials also focused their attention behind the curtain.

In their hearts, the same doubt appeared.

Your Majesty, why are you still silent?

As long as His Majesty speaks, there is still time to stop this grand farce.

Wait a little longer, once the evidence is presented and the charge of the first emperor is confirmed, what should I do?

To condemn is to be unfilial to the ancestors, and to get rid of the crime is to be unkind to the world.

You have to choose one of the two, and there is no room for any turnaround.

Time passes slowly.

However, no voice belonging to the emperor has ever been heard.

People's hearts fluctuated, and hundreds of officials began to whisper.

"Why did Your Majesty connive at this?"

"Could it be...... What Du Qianchuan said is completely false? ”

"Not really."

"Du Qianchuan's preparation is very sufficient, I don't think it's fiction."

"You don't want to live anymore?!"

"What are you afraid of, Du Qianchuan is still alive...... What's more, I didn't doubt Your Majesty. ”

"I really can't understand what the first emperor can do by doing this."

"It's not a benefit, it's a bitterness."

"Then why didn't Your Majesty say it?"

"Is it possible that His Majesty did not know? For example, before Emperor Bintian, did he not pass on this matter? ”

"Uh...... Let's hope so. ”

“……”

In the eyes of the heart, the officials didn't want to believe that the emperor of Daqing would have such evil thoughts about the people for no reason.

It's a pity that Emperor Yongtai never responded, leaving them to guess in the direction they were inclined to.

As a result, 'the first emperor had a last resort, and Emperor Yongtai didn't know about it' became the idea of most people.

Until after a stick of incense.

A figure hurried through the square and fell in front of the gate of the Heavenly Pole Temple.

"This !!"

Everyone was horrified.

The one who fell in front of the palace was one of the people who had just left to collect evidence - the right hand of the Imperial Palace, Liu Cheng!

At this time, there was a fist-sized hole in his abdomen, and the whole person was already more out of breath than in in, and his life was short.

What the hell is going on?!

Gu Chengren, who was closest to him, flashed over and squatted down as soon as possible, wanting to heal Liu Cheng's injuries.

"No, my lord......"

Liu Cheng grabbed Gu Chengren's hand, "Listen to me." ”

Gu Chengren's face was difficult to see.

"It's the eunuch who resides with you."

Liu Cheng used his last strength to quickly say: "We went to the Ministry of Officials first, then the Ministry of Households, and finally Qin Tianjian. ”

"Everything was going well."

"But just when we got the record of the natural disaster, the eunuch who accompanied the hall suddenly broke out...... He will disintegrate the Heavenly Demons. ”

"Everyone else died, and he destroyed the files of the officials and households, as well as the records of natural disasters......

"My lord, Yan Fang has a problem, there must be a problem......"

Struggling to finish the last sentence, Liu Cheng closed his eyes.

"The Bloody Guards obey orders!"

Dou Tianyuan roared angrily, "Catch that eunuch for me, I want to see people in life, and I want to see corpses in death!! ”

"Yes!"

All the personnel belonging to the Bloody Guards responded in unison and dodged away.

Gu Chengren slowly got up and turned to face the hall.

There, Yan Fang was already surrounded by hundreds of officials.

"Lord Yan, should I explain?"

Lou Youzhi said lightly.

"Explain what?"

Yan Fang was surprised, "The disintegration of the Heavenly Demon didn't even include the Daqing Arsenal, so it's obvious that the eunuch who followed the hall was a thief from the Taiping Dao who mixed in and pretended." ”

Such a rampant attitude and perfunctory answer made everyone's eyes subtle.

In fact, most of these people don't care so much about the lives and deaths of civilians.

What they care about is Emperor Yongtai!

Don't forget, although Yan Fang is not qualified to enter the curtain, he has been a eunuch in the East Palace since the Wenchang period.

In other words, Yan Fang has followed Emperor Yongtai for many years.

Now, the eunuchs under Yan Fang have killed the people who collected evidence and destroyed the evidence......

"Good, good, good."

Shi Zheng looked at Yan Fang gloomily, "Originally, I thought that this matter was just the work of the first emperor, and His Majesty didn't know about it, but now it's ......"

"Now?"

Yan Fang smiled, "Shi Zheng, you are the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it is good to have the right to hear about it, but it is a matter of performance, and a crime is a crime." ”

"When it comes to guilt, we must pay attention to evidence."

As he spoke, Yan Fang turned around and saluted inside the curtain: "Weichen, the eunuch Yan Fang, the eunuch of the ceremonial superintendent, impeached Du Qianchuan of the household department Zhaomo." ”

"Du Qianchuan fabricated criminal evidence, slandered the royal family, slandered the first emperors, and tried in vain to shake the foundation of Daqing and cause chaos to the world."

"Weichen suspects that Du Qianchuan is an official of the imperial court, but he is actually a thief of the Taiping Dao!"

"Please Your Majesty decree that Du Qianchuan will be arrested immediately and punished for the crime of rebellion!"

Absurd!

It's ridiculous!

Just now he said that the eunuch who destroyed the evidence was a thief, and now he said that Du Qianchuan was a thief?

The anti-thief spoiled the good thing of the anti-thief?

Shi Zheng was instantly furious.

Dou Tianyuan's eyes quickly restrained him, and he said in a low voice: "It's easy to want to die, but are you sure you just want to die?" ”

"I ......"

Shi Zheng's chest rose and fell, and his fists were clenched.

At this moment, two words that did not contain any emotion came out faintly from behind the curtain.

"Quasi-play."

Yes, Emperor Qing spoke.

From the beginning of the Great Dynasty Meeting to the present, Emperor Qing finally spoke.

As for the quasi-playing, it is naturally not Du Qianchuan's.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Yan Fang saluted towards the curtain and turned around, "Don't take down Du Qianchuan yet!" ”

Inside and outside the Tianji Palace, there are Praetorian Guards and bloody guards.

However, the Praetorian Guard is in the hands of the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War is in the hands of Lou Youzhi.

And the Bloody Clothes Guard is in the hands of Dou Tianyuan.

So Lou Youzhi and Dou Tianyuan didn't nod, and neither of them moved.

"Do you want to rebel with Du Qianchuan?"

Yan Fang scolded sharply.

Dou Tianyuan sighed and raised his hand to wave down.

There is no way, His Majesty has already given clear instructions, if it is really stalemate and does not move, I don't know what situation will evolve into later.

However, at this moment, Du Qianchuan spoke.

"It doesn't have to be that much trouble."

At the back of the crowd, Du Qianchuan's tone was quiet, attracting everyone's attention.

"I remember an interesting fact."

"When I was in the Anthology Division, I read a few local newspapers."

"One of them is from Yongzhou."

"There is a very small official, so small that he doesn't even have a grade."

"When he was transferred to another place, he left two words for the local people."

"I think it makes sense, I'll give it to you now."

"Erlu, the people's fat and the people's ointment. The people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive. ”

After reading these words, Du Qianchuan looked at the curtain, "Your Majesty." ”

"Words, banned!"

"Body, killable!"

"But the hearts of the people do not give up, justice - always !!"

Du Qianchuan roared bitterly: "Weichen Du Qianchuan, for the crime of murdering all the people, impeachment of the first emperor again!" ”

"I beg Your Majesty, remove his dignity and remove the Taimiao, in order to comfort the souls of thousands of unjust deaths!"

"Minister!"

"Dead !!"

As soon as the two words of death were spoken, Du Qianchuan shot out and slammed straight into the coiling dragon pillar on the side.

- Bang!

The skull is cracked, and the blood stains the Heavenly Pole Temple!

Du Qianchuan, dead!

There was a dead silence in the hall.

It's not that people haven't seen death advice, but until now, they don't know what a real death advice is...... Death as a reprimand!

"Hehehehehehe......"

Gu Chengren shook his head and smiled, "Erlu, the people are fat and the people are anointed, the people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to bully?" ”

"No, no, no, that's not right."

"A few words should have been added."

"Erfeng Erlu deserves it, and the people's fat and people's ointment are fertilizers."

"The people are easy to abuse, kill, and not buried, how do you know if God is difficult to deceive him."

Gu Chengren said, took off his black gauze hat, took off his red official robe, and then arched his hand towards the curtain, "Your Majesty, the bones of the minister." ”

Without waiting for a response, Gu Chengren turned around directly, put his hands behind his back, and strode away.

A dignified second-class official, he resigned in public, and he didn't leave any face for Emperor Yongtai.

"The minister is also begging for bones."

"So is the minister."

“……”

A group of officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate followed Gu Chengren's example and removed their hats and robes.

Whether they are old or strong, they all call them beggars.

Only Shi Zheng, the left capital Yushi, did not move.

He still has things to check and things to do.

After a long time, when there was no new movement in the hall, Lou Youzhi spoke.

"Du Qianchuan's previous words, there is no evidence, there is no physical evidence, and it will not be acted on."

"In addition, the celebrant Yan Fang neglected his duties and decided to remove him from his official position, exile him for thousands of miles, and never be hired."

"Do you have any objections?"

The deep words echoed in the Heavenly Pole Palace, gradually pulling everyone's thoughts back.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and finally shake their heads.

"We have no objection."

"Retreat."

This is the end of a farce of anticlimactic snakes.

When everyone dispersed, the Tianji Hall was quickly swept away.

Whether it was blood stains or the fishy smell in the air, there was nothing abnormal, just like Du Qianchuan had never come in at all.

Pity.

The traces of Du Qianchuan were indeed cleaned up, but what he said remained deeply in everyone's minds and reverberated endlessly.

As soon as Lou Youzhi left Yongqing Palace, Dou Tianyuan flashed out and stopped him in the middle of the road.

"What the hell do you think???"

Dou Tianyuan raised his hand to block the surroundings, and asked with a calm face: "It's okay, what are you impeaching the first emperor for?" As soon as there is such a fuss, Du Qianchuan is dead, nothing has changed, not to mention, now even you yourself may be dismissed at any time. ”

"Impeachment of the Emperor?"

Lou Youzhi smiled disdainfully, "It's just a few dead people, would I do such a meaningless thing?" ”

"That ......"

Dou Tianyuan's heart moved slightly.

"Du Qianchuan went from playing to impeaching the first emperor, from outside the hall to inside the hall, and it took a whole stick of incense,"

Lou Youzhi narrowed his eyes, "Indeed, all relevant evidence has been destroyed. ”

But the problem is that with Du Qianchuan's remarks, he will not have a chance to slaughter refugees in the future...... Whether the evidence is evidence or not. ”

"Your Majesty knows this better than anyone else, but he still let it go."

"Let Du Qianchuan go and let him say all these words."

"I guess."

The corners of Lou Youzhi's mouth hooked slightly, "He's not out of the curtain, he's ...... Can't get out of the curtain! ”

"Can't get out of the curtain ......"

Dou Tianyuan's face trembled, "In other words, you and I don't need to worry about anything anymore?" ”

"And that's not all."

Lou Youzhi thought about it, turned around to face the direction of Yongqing Palace, raised his right hand, and slowly bent it into a fist.

"From today, Daqing ......"

"It's mine!"

……

……

Outside the city.

A col next to a pasture.

It's overgrown with weeds, there's not even a clear path, and it's clearly a remote place with no one to visit.

And it's such a remote place, but I don't know when there is a small thatched hut.

Outside the house is a tomb without a stone monument.

Inside the house is a large vat full of medicinal liquid.

and a body that is completely immersed in the liquid and does not know whether it is alive or dead.

(End of chapter)