Overnight, everyone was planning for the "destruction" of Zhang, or trying to gain some benefits from it.
It was just before dawn that Zhu Youtang returned to the palace. For him, a diligent king who had spent half his life, the days of going in and out of the palace did not seem too hard, at least when he was going to Fengtian Hall to prepare for the morning court. At that time, his mental state seemed to be very good.
"Has Bingkuan entered the palace?"
Zhu Youtang asked before moving to Fengtian Hall.
Xiao Jing handed Zhu Youtang a memorial to jointly impeach Zhang Zhou. After hearing this, he respectfully replied, "I guess he is on his way to the palace."
Zhu Youtang He said, "That's right. Today is the day he took office in the court, but it has changed."
As he said that, he opened the memorial and took a look. He didn't think it was that strange when he saw the content above. There was even a long paragraph behind it. He didn't bother to read the long list of signatures, so he closed it and handed it back to Xiao Jing.
"Your Majesty, would you like to wait for Duke Lai to enter the palace and have a conversation with him before going to the main hall?" Xiao Jing asked for instructions.
"No need." Zhu Youtang said, "I will go over there when the preparations are almost complete. I am more looking forward to today's court meeting."
Xiao Jingyi's heart sank when he heard it.
This is a countermeasure that the emperor and Zhang Zhou have already discussed
But why don’t even we, the eunuchs and eunuchs in charge of rituals, know about it?
How to inform the court? Minister, let them be on guard.
Until the court meeting was about to begin, Xiao Jing felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Because this time he was directly opposing the emperor, and even had to cooperate with the ministers to take down Zhang Zhou. Even if Xiao Jing had ten thousand reasons in his heart to feel that he was "obligated", when the matter came to a close, he felt Still muttering.
The court meeting.
The civil servants and military officials were listed in the east and west classes respectively. However, Zhang Zhou, as the meritorious official who reported his work that day, did not appear directly in the court class. Instead, he came with the North Korean leader Li Yi to pay homage. .
Even the ministers were informed of this arrangement temporarily, but it was arranged by Xu Qiong, the Minister of Rites. However, Xu Qiong did not participate in the "defeat movement", so he did not arrange it in advance. The news spread to the ministers, and even Shen Lu temporarily learned that Li Yi entered the palace that day.
The vassal country impeached the hero of the Ming Dynasty in front of the leader of the vassal country. This hero is still the most troublesome and fearful of the vassal country
Even if those who participated in the impeachment of Zhang Zhou felt that this matter was You are correct. At this time, you will also think that the emperor's face issue is a bit uneasy.
It was easy to drive the emperor into panic.
Zhu Youtang sat upright, as if he had never seen him so formal before. Facing Li Yi's three bows and nine kowtows to him, Zhu Youtang felt the majesty of the emperor of the heaven from the bottom of his heart.
"The Qing family is safe." Zhu Youtang said, "Give me a letter of credence."
Xiao Jing then walked down and handed the prepared scepter and other objects to Li Yi.
On Li Yi’s side, envoy JinThe birthday boy read out North Korea's tribute to the Ming Dynasty, especially mentioning the Ming Dynasty's support for the Jurchen pacification in Liaodong in the next few years, as well as the supply of grain and grass for Nuer Gandusi, and also requested the Ming Dynasty to grant Li Yi the title of king.
These were all responded to by Zhu Youtang.
The ministers present looked at the performance-like process, and they were all thinking about when it would be appropriate to come out to impeach Zhang Zhou.
After Li Yi was officially appointed as the leader of North Korea, Zhu Youtang asked Xiao Jing to read the imperial edict in public, and then handed the edict to North Korea.
"Li Qing's family, you have come from afar, stayed in Beijing for a few days, and then returned to the vassal country early. The stability in Korea is very important. If you have any needs from the Ming Dynasty, just report to the Ming Dynasty for instructions. Every year and every quarter, I will compile and report on your domestic affairs, and I will also provide relief for natural and man-made disasters in North Korea."
Zhu Youtang seemed to have heard what the ministers present said. He knew that the family scandal should not be made public, and also understood that the highlight of today was not to meet the leader of North Korea.
Then Li Yi took his envoys and left Fengtian Palace together.
After the North Korean leader Li Yi’s court meeting.
Then the second topic started, and the issue that everyone was most concerned about that day was not to impeach Zhang Zhou, but to reward the people who had made contributions in Liaodong this time, but there was no such thing. Excluding the previous Battle of Huangshui, a basic characterization was made at the beginning of the year. The soldiers of Jizhou and Liaodong were rewarded with first merit and military merit respectively. Although the Jizhou side still contributed more, they basically maintained their support for Liaodong. Fairness among soldiers.
In the current battle against the Jurchens, there would be nothing wrong with the Jizhou soldiers.
Everyone also knows that it depends on how the emperor is going to recognize Zhang Zhou’s contribution, but before doing so, he will first change the subject.
Fu Han, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, came out and asked, "Your Majesty, the leader of North Korea is trying to usurp and seize power, and it should not be made public. Tang Yin, the head of the Ministry of War of our country, has committed crimes by assisting Zhou to commit cruelty in North Korea." Please convict your Majesty."
This is not to show merit to Tang Yin, but to convict Tang Yin.
There was another very coincidental thing that day. As one of the heroes of Ping Liao and as an envoy to North Korea, Tang Yin also appeared in the Dongban of civil servants as a minister attending the court. Although he was standing at the back of the crowd, these words clearly reached his ears.
As expected
Tang Yinxin said.
I worked hard and risked almost death to come back, but I still became a thorn in your side.
This forces me to follow the same path as my senior brother.
Zhu Youtang said, "The Tang Qing family went to North Korea as envoys under my imperial order. They went there twice. First, they cooperated with North Korean soldiers to defend the multi-walled city of Jurchen in Haixi. After several months of laying the foundation for victory in this war, he later sent an envoy to question the North Korean leader Li's laziness and recklessness in the war, thereby inducing the North Korean leader to correct the chaos. How could he be wrong?"
Don't tell me. I want to investigateBingkuan, even if you want to investigate the "fault" of Tang Yin beside Bingkuan, you can't even think about it.
Tang Yin helped Pu Yuanzong rebel, and even led the rebellion. It sounds a bit unkind and unjust. It may have put Ming Dynasty at the forefront of public opinion. But the problem is that they did it. Now the new leader of North Korea is against Ming Dynasty. They are all obedient, and this is merit.
You ministers like to talk nonsense, and I don’t want to hear it.
"Issuing an order." Zhu Youtang said, "In the evaluation of Tang Yin by the Ministry of Personnel, the official position was increased by one level, and the governor of the Bohai Sea was appointed." He came out and asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know what the duties of the governor of the Bohai Sea are."
Zhu Youtang said, "I am planning to set up a shipyard in the Bohai Sea to build sea-going ships for the southeast Jinghai Sea. There should be someone to supervise the shipbuilding process. Regarding this matter, Tang Yin was appointed as the member of the Ministry of Revenue, the governor of the Bohai Sea, and the censor of the capital Qiandu. Do you have any objections? If there are too many, please take it back."
"As for the cost, you don't need to worry about it," Zhu Youtang said, "Tang Yin will raise the money himself. Just mobilize a thousand soldiers from the Beijing camp to cooperate with him."
After giving Tang Yin a thousand soldiers and horses from the Beijing camp, and a little money as starting capital, Tang Yin was asked to build a government office on his own. What is the Bohai Governor's Yamen?
This sounded to the ministers present that the emperor's thinking was a bit out of the ordinary. They all knew that this matter probably came from Zhang Zhou's suggestion, but no one knew what was hidden behind it.
Why are you still engaging in sleepwalking when you are awake in broad daylight?
Would you, Zhang Bingkuan, want to target someone else next time?
"As for Duke Bingkuanlai."
There were many people present who were ready to oppose the establishment of a Bohai governor, but after hearing Zhu Youtang's words, everyone held their breath and concentrated.
As long as the governor of Bohai takes down Zhang Zhou, everything can be overturned without any effort.
The key is not that Tang Yin should be a governor, but that Zhang Zhou should be dismissed from the court as soon as possible.
"Your Majesty"
Just when the civil servants were holding their breath and concentrating, and Yan Guan was gearing up for a big fight, Zhang Mao, the leader of Spanish martial arts, suddenly walked out.
Many people present felt that you, Mr. Zhang, were too ignorant today
Zhu Youtang looked at Zhang Mao and said, "Mr. British, are you okay?"
Zhang Mao said, "I learned from the official mouth of Qintian Supervisor that in the next few days, disasters may occur in the capital, and the spearhead is directed at your majesty's emphasis on Lai Guogong, or it may be counterattacked by God's will. Please do it for the sake of the common people." Seriously, listen to God's will and don't favor the traitor again."
"Ah"
There was an uproar in the court.
Zhang Mao's sudden emergence was originally a shameful thing. Civil servants looked down on Wu Xun and did not think Zhang Mao could be of any help at this time.
But what he said
But it seems to show that he, Zhang, can be regarded as an "iron-bone" official of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Youtang frowned and said, "British Master, do you know what you are talking about?"
Zhang Mao said, "I know."
Immediately, Zhang Mao turned his gaze Turning to Zhang Zhou, who had arrived with the North Korean envoys earlier and stood between the civil servants and Wu Xun, who seemed to be an eyesore, he said seriously, "Old minister, I also admire Lai Guogong's past deeds, but man will definitely not be able to defeat God. If man always does things according to God's will, always uses God's will as an excuse to do things, and repeatedly relies on God's will to do things, he will definitely meet the punishment of God.
Zhu Youtang seemed to be angry, his tone became tougher, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became very depressing.
The civil servants present also felt that if they had come out to impeach Zhang Zhou before, they would not have received better treatment than Zhang Mao.
In other words, the emperor's anger seemed to be directed at Zhang Maosa, but in fact it was also a warning to everyone present.
“I don’t care whether he handled things with courtesy, whether he used God’s will or human feelings, or whether he used military strategy. At least he made great military exploits for the Ming Dynasty. If we use this to say that what he did will be met with misfortune. It's really nonsense to talk about divine punishment. How can I believe it?"
As Zhu Youtang spoke, his eyes swept over everyone present.
This acting skill
Zhang Zhou was very impressed after watching it.
Zhang Zhou wanted to say, Your Majesty, please calm down. We all know that Old Man Zhang is not lying. He indeed heard and said this, and he believed it, so let’s not do those mysterious things. , just serve the meal directly.
Liu Jian came out and said, "Your Majesty, disasters and strange things have happened since ancient times. You can't believe it or not believe it."
Liu Jian had to say this now.
The ministers jointly participated in the impeachment of Zhang Zhou, and they could only convict Zhang Zhou on the basis of using alchemy to bring chaos to the country. Zhang Zhou’s other contributions could be seen by ordinary people, and they did not Fa directly ignored it. After all, Zhang Zhou was given the title of Duke of Lai State based on his meritorious service and it was done through formal procedures.
Civil ministers cannot slap themselves in the face.
In their memorial, they also mentioned the drought in the north, floods in the south, and natural and man-made disasters in various places in the past two years, and wanted to blame all these things on Zhang Zhou.
That's why Liu Jian said "you can't believe it".
Zhu Youtang said, "Mr. Liu Ge, do you think that if there is a disaster somewhere, just say it was caused by my use of Bingkuan? Are you being too harsh on Bingkuan? Bingkuan may also have used the disaster." Come and criticize your colleagues in the court."
Liu Jiandao said, "There is something about Jianchang Bo."
"Is that what Bingkuan mentioned?" Zhu Youtang asked angrily, "Bing Kuan only mentioned that there might be an earthquake in Jianchang Guards. Even I dare not say that this is directly related to Jianchang Bo's misdeeds, and this matter is not mentioned by you the most."
Being the Emperor He also has a temper.
At that time, you used the earthquake in Jianchangwei to forcefully link Zhang Yanling's evil deeds, and asked me to send Zhang Yanling to the northwest to "deliver meritorious service". You also rescued Peng Quan, the commander of Jianchangwei, but now you are beating him up. Said that this was Bingkuan's doing
"Qin Tianjian"
Zhu Youtang shouted angrily.
The unlucky Wu Hao walked out of the crowd of civil servants, his face clearly showing a despair of life.
I am just a chess piece, being used as a monkey by you, do whatever you want, please beat me to death, I have had enough.
"You told the British Duke that something terrible might happen, you were still in the capital, and you were still in contact with Zhang Bingkuan," Zhu Youtang shouted sternly.
Wu Hao said, "Yes."
"What kind of disaster is that?" Zhu Youtang asked.
Wu Hao thought to himself, Your Majesty, don’t you know that this is Zhang Bingkuan’s conspiracy? He deliberately tricked me
Wu Hao looked sideways at Zhang Zhou and then said, “It’s a hailstorm. On Wuzi Day, which is four days later."
Zhu Youtang sneered and said, "Wu Jianzheng, you are so capable, you can figure it out."
" I deserve to die for my crime." Wu Hao almost wanted to kowtow and admit his mistake to save his life.
"You are right." Zhu Youtang said, "As the Imperial Supervisor, it is your duty to report everything truthfully when you figure it out, but you mentioned this matter to the British Minister , why is the intention to force him to associate the matter with Bingkuan?"
"Uh" Wu Hao was speechless.
This is not what I want to say, it is what Zhang Bingkuan wants to say.
He also used your Majesty’s name.
It’s all Zhang Bingkuan’s fault.
Zhu Youtang looked around at the people present again and said, "Dear lords, today I saw a memorial. Many ministers in the court jointly participated in the impeachment of Bingkuan, saying that he used alchemy to gain fortune for the Ming Dynasty. I want to ask if you also think that I should abandon him."
The ministers present thought, we have all participated in impeaching him, so naturally. I hope your majesty will drive him far away.
Does this need to be said?
There are many people who have always served the country and the people. We only recognize traditional rules. Wang Anshi and Sima Guang Who is loyal and who is traitorous are not tolerable in the court?
Sacrificing personal interests for the sake of one's position is a big deal
But in the face of the emperor's questioning, the scene was full of chaos. No one stands out.
Zhu Youtang said, "As for Bingkuan's work on merit and rewards, we postponed it until after Wuzi Day. I would like to see if there is a hailstorm in the capital. If so, we will deal with it separately." Never mind."
"Your Majesty," Liu Jian quickly expressed his attitude, "Such a thing is too absurd and does not necessarily need to be verified."
He remained silent. Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Mr. Liu Ge, your Majesty didn't say that I won't be punished. I have to wait for a few days to see if there is a hailstorm.". If there is, it is God's punishment for me. I am willing to leave the court and be a hermit with peace of mind. If not, what difference will it make to today? In fact, I think that Wu Jian is right and he should be confident. "
"You"
Liu Jian glared at Zhang Zhou.
Many people were also filled with indignation.
Just Zhang Zhou talking in the court They had long been unhappy with this cheerful attitude.
But Zhang Zhou was not the first to do this. Xie Qian had made jokes in the court before, and he was still praised by everyone during the Hongzhi period. A famous official, why can't Zhang Zhou?
Zhang Mao said, "Bingkuan, you are more magnanimous. "
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "British Master, which side are you on?"
While attacking Zhang Zhou with disasters and strange things, occasionally he couldn't help but try to flatter Zhang Zhou< /p>
Zhang Mao said with a smile, "I am on the side of justice, and on the side of the Ming Dynasty and the court. If God really wants to punish you, and you leave the court, isn't it you? It has always been advocated to listen to God’s will and act”
“The British public opinion is justified. "Zhang Zhougong handed over his hand.
After seeing this scene, the ministers almost exploded with anger.
They even doubted whether Old Man Zhang was right or wrong and whether he was with us. Have you jointly submitted a petition to impeach Zhang Bingkuan? How come he still has a tacit understanding with Zhang Bingkuan
"Okay"
Zhu Youtang said sternly, "This matter can be discussed later, Bingkuan Kuan has just returned to the court and has not had peace for a few days. Do you want me to have no peace at all?"
The ministers present stopped talking about this matter.
This was a huge scene. The campaign to impeach Zhang Zhou seemed to be suddenly delayed for a few days because of the cooperation between Zhang Mao and Wu Hao, and the murderous intention became lukewarm.
"Hiss. "Zhang Zhou pretended to be crazy. He closed his eyes at the scene and seemed to be breathing air heavily, but it gave people the impression of misbehavior.
Zhu Youtang glared at Zhang Zhou and said, "Mr. Lai Guo , what are you doing?"
Zhang Zhou opened his eyes, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I am smelling the smell of blood in the air. I thought it was very strong at first, but now it seems to be much lighter.
Zhu Youtang said, "This court is not a place for your child's play. Honglu Temple has recorded that if Lai Guogong behaves inappropriately, he will be punished with twenty sticks." "
"I plead guilty. "Zhang Zhoudao.
Zhu Youtang suddenly stood up and said angrily, "I don't want to favor anyone, nor do I want to condone anyone, Zhang Bingkuan. You are someone I trust, but if you go against God's will , I will not allow you to act recklessly. You paid the ransom yourself and redeemed the punishment with the stick."
The ministers present became anxious upon hearing this.
Your Majesty, if we hadn't agreed, we would have beaten this kid with twenty sticks.
Why did you just convict him and ask him to redeem the punishment of the rod?
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "I am weak, thank you for your consideration. I am willing to die for Your Majesty. "Please remember to bookmark, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft