Chapter 8: The Literati Are Inferior to Each Other

It's night, Yang's house.

Yang Shiqi was uneasy, he had received his son's letter, and many years of temple experience told him that someone had done it to him.

It's just that he can't figure out who did it to him.

The Empress Dowager is old, and she only wants to maintain the operation of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible for her, and it is unlikely that the little emperor will have any real power...... Who is it?

Yang Shiqi frowned.

Although he was far away in the temple, how could his son's behavior be ignorant.

Of course, he tried to persuade his son, but to no avail.

There is a Lao Tzu who is calling for wind and rain in Beijing, and there are flattering local officials, it is difficult for Yang Ji not to swell, it is not a simple persuasion that can be persuaded.

Yang Ji is not Yang Shiqi, he doesn't know the court's calculations, he only knows that his father is there, no one can help him, and no one dares to help him.

Until I met Li Qing.

However, he didn't know Li Qing's identity, and he didn't even know his name, and the letter only said that he was a young man.

Yang Shiqi sighed bitterly and put the letter on the flame, and as the letter burned, his old face became cloudy.

"No matter who it is, no matter what the conspiracy is, it will eventually try to see the dagger, and this time I lost the opportunity, and I can only see the move." Yang Shiqi was a little tired, turned around and went to the wing.

The maid had already warmed the quilt, warm, soft and comfortable, but Yang Shiqi had no sleep.

This night was particularly difficult.

Finally, the sky dawned.

Yang Shiqi got up and put on his official robe, took a photo in front of the bronze mirror, sorted out his appearance and got up to go out.

He had no sleep all night, but he was extraordinarily energetic.

The sedan chair swayed to the gate of the palace, Yang Shiqi stepped down from the sedan chair, and the colleagues who came one after another came forward to greet him, and his tone was affectionate.

Everything is no different from the old days.

His anxious heart slowly let go and hurried to the Fengtian Temple.

Maybe it's just a whim, not a temple fight...... He comforted himself.

Fengtian Temple.

The ministers gathered here, the empress dowager and the little emperor had not yet arrived, and the ministers and close friends chatted quietly, and the atmosphere was lively.

Yang Shiqi tilted his head and looked at Yu Qian, who looked at his nose and nose, frowned, as if he had something on his mind.

Yu Qian did have something on his mind, the scene yesterday was imprinted in his mind for a long time, and reason told him that he had nothing to do with that young man, but he subjectively thought that the two knew each other, not only knew each other, but were also very familiar.

He didn't know why he had this mentality, and he couldn't figure it out.

Just thinking about his thoughts, he suddenly noticed that someone was looking at him, Yu Qian looked up, and saw that it was Yang Shiqi looking at him in a daze, and bowed his head slightly.

Yang Shiqi also showed a kind smile in response.

The two fought fiercely in the court, but most of the time they were more restrained and maintained each other's faces.

Laughing in front of you and stabbing behind your back is an unwritten rule in the court.

The two of them just glanced at each other, and then thought about their own thoughts.

A quarter of an hour later, Empress Dowager Zhang and Zhu Qizhen came together.

The ministers stopped their voices and bowed to worship.

"Ministers see long live our emperor, see the queen mother thousand years old."

"Zhongqing is flat." Zhu Qizhen is dressed in a dark color dress today, and his lips are red and his teeth are white, and he is heroic, but after all, he is too young and lacks some imperial spirit.

The ministers got up in thanks, and stood as they should.

Empress Dowager Zhang glanced at the ministers and said: "The emperor is wise and wise, and he is confident in the government and politics, and the palace is old. ”

The body of the hundred officials was shocked, and it was difficult to hide the shock.

Everyone knows that it is a matter of time before the Empress Dowager returns to power, but no one expected that this day would come so quickly and so suddenly.

Without waiting for the ministers to react, the Empress Dowager Zhang turned around and left, not giving these people a chance to stay at all.

She's really old, and she doesn't want to do it anymore.

The incident happened suddenly, and before the officials had time to think about it, the overall situation had been decided, and when they came back to their senses, the Zhang family had already drifted away.

For a while, the court was in chaos, and there was everything.

Zhu Qizhen had expected this, and only glanced at the eunuch on the station.

"Silence~" The little eunuch whipped the dust, and his shrill voice overshadowed everyone.

The noisy hall was silent, but soon it became noisy again.

Zhu Qizhen took a deep breath and said loudly: "Do you have a music?" ”

Did he get straight to the point, he didn't mention the Empress Dowager's return to power at all, once he mentioned it, it would be a lot of nonsense.

Although Zhu Qizhen is young, he is well versed in court battles - never follow the other party, that will only lead him by the nose, at most he will not lose, but he will never win.

He didn't want to mention it, but the ministers didn't want him to get his wish, and still tried to bring the topic back to the Empress Dowager's return to power.

It's not that they have an opinion on Zhu Qizhen, but they haven't had time to deploy yet, and they don't want to change the 'boss' rashly.

"Do you have a song!?" Zhu Qizhen's voice was a little louder, and his tone was slightly impatient.

"The minister has his own music." The waiter of the Ministry of Rites said loudly.

In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on Wang Zhi.

Zhu Qizhen breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Quasi-play." ”

"Emperor Qi, the minister impeached the cabinet scholar, and Yang Shiqi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the son committed murder." Wang Zhi came up and opened big, "Yang Ji has robbed people's daughters, dug people's graves, and killed more than a dozen people for money. ”

These are naturally Zhu Qizhen's instructions, and after Wang Zhen left yesterday, he found Wang Zhi and taught him face-to-face.

Wang Zhi is straight, he and Yu Qian advance and retreat together, and they have already seen that Yang Shiqi is not pleasing to the eye, and when he saw that the emperor was going to do something to Yang Shiqi, he agreed without thinking about it.

The ministers were dumbfounded again.

Wang Zhi even publicly impeached Yang Shiqi, and their shock was still higher than that of the Empress Dowager.

Yang Shiqi now, what a scenery it is, it can be said that more than seventy percent of the officials in the hundred officials have taken refuge in him.

This Wang Zhi is too reckless, right?

For a while, everyone's eyes focused on Yu Qian.

After all, Wang Zhi has always admired Yu Qian, and everything he does is based on Yu Qian's ideas.

Now that there is such a trouble, if it is not Yu Qian's idea, they will not believe it.

Yu Qian was very surprised, he really didn't know, because Wang Zhi didn't discuss it with him at all.

"Wang Shilang, speak with evidence." Guo Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials who had been in prison for two years, came out of class, "Where did you hear the news?" ”

Since Guo Jin was retaliated against by Zhang Fu, he completely took refuge in Yang Shiqi.

Now that the opportunity to see the performance has come, it is natural that I will not miss it.

"You live in a temple, how do you know about the local affairs?" Guo Jin meant something, and snorted: "I'm afraid that some people with intentions, in order to attack Scholar Yang, deliberately framed and framed to achieve ulterior motives." ”

He said this to Yu Qian, but Yu Qian didn't like him at all.

Wang Zhi smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister is also Jiang. Westerner, this news is the brother-in-law of the second uncle and neighbor of the minister's family, the cousin of the niece and son-in-law of the mother-in-law's mother-in-law, and the trustee wrote to tell the minister, and the news is absolutely accurate. ”

Guo Jinrao is shrewd, and he was also made into two big by this series of complex relationships that were constantly cut and sorted out.

He simply didn't want to think about it, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, this is clearly malicious slander, and there is no truth at all, and please don't fall for Wang Zhi's tricks." ”

"Treacherous?" Wang Zhi sneered, "The Ming Law contains a clear text, slandering officials and their families, if there is no evidence, the slanderer sits on it, this official is not an official, how can he hear about it?" ”

After a pause, he replied sarcastically, "Scholar Yang hasn't said anything yet, what are you Guo Shangshu talking about here, could it be... The dignified officials of the Ministry of Heaven have become the mouthpieces of others? ”

"You're ......!" Guo Jin was furious.

"Alright." Zhu Qizhen slapped the paperweight and said solemnly: "Wang Aiqing, what should I do if there is no evidence?" ”

"I am willing to die to apologize!" Wang Zhi replied loudly.

The sound echoed in the main hall, deafening.

At this time, Guo Jin stopped talking.

Fools can see that Wang Zhi is desperate.

As the saying goes: Dead friends do not die poor.

Guo Jin took refuge in Yang Shiqi in order to rely on a big tree to enjoy the shade, he was for himself, not for Yang Shiqi sincerely, now it seems that you are living and dying, how dare he enter the game.

Immediately shut up.

Not only him, but also the bigwigs of the Ministry of Industry, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Criminal Department, all of them looked at their noses, noses, mouths, and hearts, like clay carvings and wood sculptures.

So much so that no one has mentioned the Empress Dowager's return to power.

Zhu Qizhen nodded: "Since Wang Aiqing is so sure, then investigate, but if Yang Ji is not guilty, I will deal with you strictly." ”

After a pause, he looked at Yang Shiqi, "What does Yang Aiqing think?" ”

Yang Shiqi's face was full of bitterness, and he hesitated for a long time, so he had to give up his hand and say: "The emperor is wise." ”

He couldn't understand where the little emperor instructed Wang Zhi to do this, even if he didn't agree to investigate, the little emperor would still investigate.

Scattered towards the court.

Yang Shiqi walked out of the hall lonely, and greeted him when he went to court, and the officials who were stammering and flattering avoided him one by one.

No one is stupid, Wang Zhi dares to do this, it is definitely not untargeted, lest he be next to Yang Shiqi.

Yang Shiqi sighed lonely: The literati are light, and the world is hot and cold......!

He seemed to age ten years in an instant, and the 'vitality' brought to him by power disappeared in an instant.