Chapter 65: The Battle of the Court
As soon as Zhou Weiyang's news was announced, many courtiers below were in an uproar. Discouraged.
"Your Majesty, Taizu has already set the rules, and the selection of court officials is to recommend capable people to take the position, so that they can better serve the court. Those grass people who can't read a basket of words know how to govern the country. An old man who looked extraordinary jumped out directly and objected.
"Yes, as the saying goes, the law of the ancestors is immutable. Your Majesty has acted in this way, but has you ever considered the feelings of your ancestors? ”
"God, the emperor is above. Your heir will deprive you of your blood. Pity my ancestors for the sake of this court. Until now, even our children have not been able to join the army. ”
"Your Majesty has acted like this, and I beg your pardon that you can no longer serve Your Majesty. ”
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Zhou Weiyang listened to the cries of the ministers, some played the sad card, some showed merit, and some threatened, and sure enough, she knew. Once this policy is enacted, it will certainly provoke opposition from everyone. It's just that I didn't expect these people to even think about it, but when they heard that they couldn't recommend it in the future, they directly objected.
Only a few people did not speak, and the vast majority of people jumped out to persuade in various ways, and the entire court suddenly became a noisy vegetable market because of this news.
Zhou Shao'an, who was standing behind him, looked at the various ugly looks of these courtiers at this time. I couldn't help but smile coldly in my heart, it was a matter of everyone's interests, and sure enough, these people only cared about themselves, and their human nature was ugly, which can be seen.
"Enough, all quiet down, what's the noise?" a roar shook the people who were playing their respective dramas.
When everyone looked up, it turned out to be the little white face named Caisu Bundle behind His Majesty, who stepped forward and shouted at everyone. This is like stabbing a hornet's nest, everyone has no good excuse, now Zhou Shaoan took the initiative to take the initiative and sent the handle to everyone, how can it not be caught?
The Ministry of Rites, the gray-haired old man was crying about his qualifications with a handful of snot and tears, how many years he had spent for the court, etc., who knew that Zhou Shao'an's voice was caught off guard and almost scared him out of his body. When he came back to his senses, he was furious, touched his beard with a trembling hand, and roared angrily: "Rude erector, above the court, we will discuss national policies." How can you interrupt with a shout?"
As soon as this old man spoke, the others were also in agreement, and the implication was that no matter how much you are favored by Your Majesty, you are just a courtier, and you are not worthy of a conversation with us at all.
How could Zhou Shao'an's violent temper endure? In his previous life, even if he was just a small ordinary person, he dared to point fingers at national policies. In his heart, there is no condescension at all. What's more, no matter how much I say now, I am also Prince Rui under one person and above ten thousand people. Will they endure the rude accusations of these bullshit courtiers?
Immediately, Zhou Shaoan began to point at the Ministry of Rites and scolded: "You old thing, Lao Tzu saw that you were old, so I let you come." Don't you think that Lao Tzu is afraid of you? As an important minister of the state, where were you when there was a traitorous minister Yan Songyuan? You are greedy for life and afraid of death, and it is disloyal to ignore you. ”
The Ministry of Rites Shangshu straightly stretched out a finger and pointed at Zhou Shao'an tremblingly and said, "You, you,"
Seeing that the old man seemed to be out of breath, Zhou Shaoan ignored him and continued: "What are you? After Your Majesty got rid of Yan Songyuan's old thief, you stood up and waved your flag and shouted, the fox is fake and the tiger is mighty. Coerce Your Majesty to make you the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. This is shameless. ”
"You, you ......" The old man still pointed at Zhou Shao'an, but he couldn't say a word.
"As a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, I don't think about making suggestions for the country and strengthening the country, and I stare at Your Majesty all day long in the name of Your Majesty's good, and reprimand for no reason. This is a no-brainer. ”
"Your Majesty personally formulated the national policy, and without thinking about whether it was beneficial to the country or not, he only calculated his own personal interests, and when his own interests were damaged, he would oppose them wantonly. This is selfishness. ”
In the end, Zhou Shao'an took a breath suddenly, straightened his waist and walked down, came directly to the old man, slowly approached the old man step by step, and at the same time stared at the old man's eyes, and then said: "Like you who is so disloyal, selfish, shameless, and scheming as a gray-haired old thief, what face do you have to steal a high position? What face do you have to oppose Your Majesty?
After all, the old man was forced to step by step by Zhou Shao'an, but he still subconsciously stretched out his finger and pointed at him, and finally heard Zhou Shao'an accuse himself of being a gray-haired old thief, he couldn't help but spurt out a mouthful of blood directly, and then the whole person fell backwards on his back.
While Zhou Shao'an was dodging, he watched the old man fall down directly, and Zhou Shao'an quietly used an imperceptible spiritual power to support him and prevent him from falling to his death directly.
Seeing that the Ministry of Rites Shangshu was directly scolded by this little white face and vomited blood and fainted, everyone was in an uproar.
Zhou Shaoan glared at everyone again and glanced at everyone one by one. Many courtiers who were still noisy just now saw this kid who scolded Master Shangshu look over, and they avoided their eyes one after another, lest they be targeted by this little troll.
Just when Zhou Shao'an thought that he had calmed everyone, he heard a young man in his early twenties rushing out of the crowd, suddenly falling to the ground and holding the old man who was vomited blood by Zhou Shao'an, crying and crying to Zhou Weiyang, who fell into dementia because of Zhou Shao'an's amazing performance.
"Your Majesty, be the master of my father. This cry was really shocking, and the weeping ghosts and gods directly woke up Zhou Weiyang, who had fallen into a state of dementia.
Seeing that Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, who was already in a coma below, was being held in his arms by his son and crying, Zhou Weiyang just said lightly: "Send Master Shangshu to Tai Hospital for treatment." And he paid no more attention to them, father and son.
The guards outside the door soon came in and pulled away the son of the Ministry of Rites, and carried the Ministry of Rites to the Tai Hospital for treatment.
After seeing the Ministry of Rites Shangshu being carried out, Zhou Weiyang continued to say earnestly: "The Ministry of Rites Shangshu seems to be old and no longer suitable to work for the country. Then let him rest in his old age. In order to show my concern for Lord Shangshu, I authorized the Ministry of Rites (the son of the Ministry of Rites) to go home to accompany my father. Let Lord Shangshu enjoy the joy of family. ”
Without waiting for the ministers to react, he continued: "In addition, what Cai Sushu said is what I want to say, touch your conscience, how can every word he say not be a true portrayal of you here?"
Hearing that Her Majesty the Empress said this, all the courtiers knelt down and said, "The ministers are guilty, please ask Your Majesty to surrender." ”
Seeing that many courtiers were subdued, Zhou Weiyang also knew that everything should not be pursued too much, otherwise there would really be no few people left in the Manchu Dynasty now. So he said: "But I also understand that when Yan Songyuan was in charge of the government, he would find a reason to kill him if he had the slightest disobedience. It's a matter of life, and if you don't come out, I can understand it. ”
Many courtiers once again replied in unison: "Your Majesty Xie understands. ”
Zhou Weiyang smiled coldly: "However, since you people don't have the consciousness to risk your lives for this court, then be conscious." Now don't stop me from opening the science and technology, and look for some people with lofty ideals who dare to shed blood, dare to work hard, dare to stand up for the people, and think about the society of the great Zhou Dynasty. ”
Seeing that the ministers below still didn't react, Zhou Weiyang continued: "I know that you are not convinced, your ancestors have made great contributions to my Great Zhou, but," she stood up at once when she said this, because she stood too fiercely, the bead chain of the white jade crown in the sky also shook all of a sudden, which seemed to symbolize Zhou Weiyang's mood.
Zhou Weiyang glanced at the many courtiers below, and waited until the bead chain spoke: "But all this was exchanged by your ancestors, and it has nothing to do with you. The imperial court has provided you with blood food for 1,200 years, so that you can enjoy everything without doing anything. But today, you are stealing high positions one by one, but you have not done what a courtier should do, so what kind of face do you have to enjoy all this with peace of mind?"