Chapter 4: Killing the Chicken and Showing the Monkey

He entered the palace since he was a child, and suffered the cold eyes of others, but fortunately, he served the master, and now he has become the emperor, which can be regarded as a great blessing.

"The emperor has arrived!"

As the celebrant eunuch shouted at the top of his voice.

The originally noisy court suddenly quieted down, and the ministers gathered around returned to their positions one after another.

And Wang Zhen came to the court for the first time.

There was no place for him here, the place on the right was where Wenchen stood, and on the left was where the military generals stood.

He was at a loss.

Finally, simply stand in the middle aisle.

At this time, Song Que, who was dressed in a dragon robe, walked from the apse to the front hall, stepped up the steps, and walked straight to the dragon chair.

As he sat down, all the civil and military officials in the court knelt down to greet him.

Shout hooray.

Song Que raised his right hand slightly: "Flat." ”

The officials stood up one after another, and the eunuch of the celebrant once again pulled the male duck's throat and shouted sharply: "If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat." ”

Under the court, the officials looked at each other, and none of them stood up.

"Since you have nothing to do, it just so happens that I have something."

Song Que raised his hand to Wang Zhen, who was standing in a conspicuous position, and said in a deep voice: "Come on, put this person in court for fifty and send him to prison!" ”

The voice fell.

Several Ouchi guards walked into the court violently, two of the guards pressed Wang Zhen's arms, and with a force in the guards' hands, Wang Zhen felt his body sink, and was directly pressed down by the guards, kneeling on his knees.

"Your Majesty, why is this?"

Wang Zhen's face changed greatly, and the sudden change made him unexpected, and his eyes were full of horror.

It's not just Wang Zhen who didn't expect it.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty also did not expect it.

The officials who had just scolded Wang Zhen all had big mouths, surprised that the reversal came too quickly.

"Why?"

Song Que knew the truth that only by catching thieves and taking stolen goods could he convince the public, so he took out a delicate small box from his cuff, opened it in public, and showed it to the civil and military officials:

"Zhongqing, do you know what this is?"

In the face of Song Que's inquiry, the civil and military officials present looked at each other and shook their heads one after another, saying that they didn't know.

In fact, they all know that the pill in the box is a medicine that can help men regain their strength, and they also know that the pill will be harmful to the body.

merely

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty did not know what kind of medicine was sold in the emperor's gourd.

Plus the fear of getting into trouble.

In the end, everyone simply pretended not to know.

Seeing the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty shaking their heads, Song Que was not surprised, he had expected such a situation a long time ago.

"This thing, called [Xiandan], was dedicated to me by Wang Zhen, and [Xiandan] was made of precious medicinal materials such as angelica and deer antler, and of course, the pill was also mixed with cinnabar, saltpeter and other harmful things."

Song Que was talking about the materials made of the elixir while looking at the changes in the expressions on the faces of the civil and military officials.

Wang Zhen's offering of pills to the emperor has long been a well-known thing for the government and the wilderness.

But when the emperor said it himself, the nature of the whole thing completely changed, especially the word 'harmful', which was obviously to use the [elixir] as an excuse to kill Wang Zhen.

The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and those who can enter the court are not human spirits?

Slightly analyzed in mind.

The stakes are already understood.

Soon, someone stood out of the queue.

"Minister Pei Yuen Long, there is a book to play."

Pei Yuanlong, the secretary of the criminal department, and the official of Sanpin Jilu, was in charge of justice and prisons.

"Pei Aiqing, what are you doing?" Song Que's eyes narrowed, and a meaningful smile appeared on his face.

"The minister wants to impeach Wang Zhen, the head of the inner palace!"

Pei Yuanlang raised his hand and pointed at Wang Zhen, who was caught by the Ouchi guards.

Song Que was not surprised, and deliberately deceived Wang Zhen to participate in the early dynasty, that is, to use him to test the attitude of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and before this, Song Que had already predicted in advance that someone would definitely beat the water dog.

Saying goes:

The wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and the drum broke and 10,000 people beat it!

"Pei Aiqing, are you going to impeach Wang Zhen for those crimes?" Song Que asked with a playful face.

"Back to the emperor." Pei Yuenlong arched his hand:

"During Wang Zhen's tenure as the head of the Inner Palace, he went to my criminal department many times to detain prisoners, with an arrogant attitude and contempt for the laws of our dynasty.

Pei Yuenlong said it is reasonable and well-founded.

But Song Que didn't look down on him at all in his heart.

At this time, those who stood up to impeach Wang Zhen were definitely not good men and women.

According to the memory of the original owner, Pei Yuanlang has relied on his position as the secretary of the Criminal Department over the years, and he has reaped no less benefits.

Therefore, Pei Yuenlong impeached Wang Zhen.

It's more about taking advantage of the trend, tending to the trend, and trying to please him.

knew very well that Pei Yuanlang was not a loyal minister, but Song Que showed a very relieved look on his face, and nodded: "Pei Aiqing is right. ”

With the emperor's approval, Pei Yuanlang was very happy.

And Song Que's temptation was far from over, and he immediately ordered the inner guards to conduct a court battle against Wang Zhen.

Under the gaze of the Manchu civil and military.

The two guards held Wang Zhen tightly.

The other two guards, each with a wooden stick in their hands, swung the stick at Wang Zhen's back.

"Ah——!h

With all his strength, he slammed on Wang Zhen's back, Wang Zhen cried in pain and called his mother, and the wailing echoed in the court hall for a long time.

However, the guards who presided over the court battle did not stop because Wang Zhen shouted pain.

A dozen sticks down.

Wang Zhen's back has been beaten and the flesh has been opened.

During the execution, Song Que glanced at the civil and military officials present and observed their every move.

The expressions of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, some officials turned their heads and did not dare to look at them, some closed their eyes and recuperated, as if they had nothing to do with themselves, while others gritted their teeth and showed a look of relief on their faces.

Don't dare to look at it.

Basically a timid officer.

Such officials.

Well versed in the golden mean.

It's useless.

And those who close their eyes and recuperate are almost all princes and ministers.

Because Wang Zhen was favored by the original owner, he was rampant and domineering in the palace, causing chaos in the palace, and even many officials vied with him to scold him.

But the princes and ministers did not bother to stammer.

Because the princes and ministers hold great power, their power is not only all over the court, but even everywhere, there are their ears, eyes and minions, and they don't care about a eunuch who dares to be powerful only if they rely on the imperial power.

Even if Wang Zhen is fought in public.

None of them bothered to look.

Song Que secretly remembered those princes and ministers who closed their eyes and recuperated in his heart.

For now, he can't compete with these powerful princes and ministers.

The cane scolding Wang Zhen in public is nothing more than wanting to kill the chicken to show the monkey and scare the traitors in the court, first, it can play a warning role, and second, the cane scolds Wang Zhen, and he can also see the faces of the officials clearly.

Judging from the public scolding Wang Zhen, there are still many loyal ministers in the court.

At least, Song Que saw that there were many ministers who showed expressions of relief after seeing Wang Zhen being scolded by the cane.

Wang Zhen has been favored by the original owner for many years.

No less bad things.