Records of the King of Xin'an County

The next day, at the time of Shuowang Dynasty, a group of officials came to Taiji Hall.All civil and military officials above the ninth grade in Beijing, a total of hundreds of people, all sat in the hall in a mighty manner.Li Hui was the king of the county, and his official position was Dalizheng of the fifth rank, so he sat in the front row; while Wang Zixian was just a low-ranking official of the ninth rank, and could only almost disappear among the crowd in the corner.

Seeing that the court meeting was about to start, the officials who were sitting upright were stunned suddenly—a round and chubby figure came in shyly, met the eyes of the old foxes unhurriedly, and then stood at the head of the officials. The position sat down.

Wait, isn't this Wu Guogong Qin An who has been recuperating at home all year round?After recuperating for so many days, the body looks much fatter, but the face is still pale, obviously still sick!It's so sick, but they still worked so hard to come here, could it be...

Many people exchanged glances tacitly, looked at the colleagues around them, each with their own thoughts.

When the saint appeared, his expression remained the same as usual, with a faint smile on his lips.All the ministers secretly guessed the holy will and got up to salute.

The so-called Shuo Wang Dynasty, because there are so many people involved, in fact, it will not discuss any important national affairs.Even if someone plays, the low-ranking officials and officials will not speak rashly.Even so, just watching the court proceedings is enough to increase the experience of these low-ranking officials and hone their vision and skills.

Wu Guogong Qin An had previously reported illness, and Jian Guogong Xu Ye was in charge of Shangshu Province.This one has always followed the holy will, so he was silent.Under his influence, the Six Departments of Shangshusheng only handed out three or two copies.As for Jiuqing, Zongzhengqing King Jing is the most respected now, and he also remains silent, as if the busyness of these days is a phantom.The rest of Jiuqing didn't have any important matters, so they only mentioned some here and there.As for Zhongshu Sheng and Menxia Sheng, even though there are anecdotes, they have no intention of setting off a storm of court discussion.

Li Hui breathed a sigh of relief, at least for the time being, most of the senior officials in the three provinces are under the control of the sage.Even an old fox like Yang Shijing lurking in it, under the watchful eyes of everyone, would never dare to easily disagree with others.After all, if these people don't want to attract the attention of the saint, they will definitely hide themselves and the forces behind them all the time.However, officials such as Yushitai and lower-ranking officials are somewhat dangerous——

Sure enough, just when the sage was about to go down, a young inspector censor suddenly jumped out of Yushitai, and impeached the Yue Palace for treason with extremely gorgeous rhetoric.

The saint frowned, and suddenly became furious: "Where did this rumor come from?! There is no basis and no basis. How dare you slander my elder brother, the prince of the clan!!"

Compared with the late emperor who showed his emotions, the saint almost never showed any appearance other than gentleness in front of his ministers.So much so that in everyone's impression, the sage has always been a spring breeze and rain, and it will never be possible for a winter thunder to shake.However, at this moment, hundreds of officials experienced what is meant by "Tianwei" almost at the same time.When he was swept by his cold and angry eyes, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed, and many low-level officials felt fear.

However, that censor, Xu, was too young to know what to be afraid of, and continued with a stiff neck: "The news of the rebellion of the Yue Palace and the solid evidence has almost spread throughout the entire city of Chang'an. Now it is unheard of." Everyone knows everyone, the sage ordered His Royal Highness King Jing and Zuo Servant to investigate the case! Now that the case has been investigated clearly, why didn’t the sage deal with the traitor immediately?”

Li Hui looked at the confident King Peng with a blank face, and suddenly had the rebellious thought of shooting him to death with an arrow.Presumably no matter how the sage reacts, Princess Anxing and others will publicize the case and completely damage the reputation of the Yue Palace.All the mouths make gold, and the accumulation destroys the bones.It is too easy to ruin a person's reputation with gossip and rumors, but it is too difficult to restore it.

"This case has not been investigated clearly." The sage replied, "There are still many doubts! Conspiracy is a major case, how can it be closed easily? Whether my second brother has the intention of treason has not yet been determined! As the court My lord, if you believe in rumors again and spread them everywhere, I will never let you down!"

The sage's expression was very firm, and he directly expressed his desire to keep the Yue Palace.However, some people's minds are extremely twisted, and they can't help but start to secretly analyze whether this is the real idea of ​​the saint.The overthrow of Yue Wang's mansion will only benefit and not harm the saints. How can we let go of such a unique opportunity?Maybe this majesty is waiting for someone to take the initiative to remove obstacles for him?Maybe this His Majesty didn't realize it for the time being, but after he figured it out, he would definitely be delighted?

As a result, the young censor hesitated just now, and just as he was about to put his flag down, another speaker jumped out: "Why don't His Royal Highness King Jing and Mr. Xu present the evidence of the trial one by one? How about teaching Dali Temple and the censor?" Taiwan and the three divisions of the Ministry of Punishment handed down a sentence, did the King of Yue commit treason?"

In addition to this person, there are dozens of people who echoed.Needless to say, high-ranking officials above the fifth rank, even many small officials below the fifth rank couldn't wait to participate in it, thinking that they had encountered a god-sent opportunity.For a while, their momentum became so great that Li Hui couldn't even tell which ones belonged to Princess Anxing and which ones were the saint's cronies.

Hearing this, the sage's face darkened slightly, and he secretly remembered these speakers in his heart.Originally, no matter how happy these people were, he didn't need to pay attention to them.But how could King Peng miss such a good opportunity, and immediately fell into trouble and said: "The case was clear yesterday, but the sage was unwilling to believe the fact that King Yue conspired against him because of his love. Now it happens that there are three divisions here, so we might as well study and judge together!! If It is determined that the King of Yue is indeed treasonous, and I hope the sage will use it impartially!!"

King Peng put pressure on it, and King Lu reluctantly expressed his opinion, and officials in twos and threes followed up.This group of people seems to be very fair, and I don't know how many people know that the evidence is false, how many people just want to flatter them, and how many people are acting on hearing the news.

The sage had no choice but to ask King Jing and Xu Ye to present all the evidence of King Yue's conspiracy.The third division not only always listened to the orders of the saints, but also dealt with the king of Yue in the early years.Of course they wanted to follow the sage's wishes and judge that the evidence was not sufficient—however, the evidence presented was so sufficient that even they themselves were a little shaken: King Yue really did not conspire against him?Then why do piles of evidence point to him? !

At this time, the court meeting has already appeared in a one-sided situation.Whether it is the henchmen of Princess Anxing and others, or the pure ministers who think they are loyal to the saints, they all think that the king of Yue is indeed treasonous and disobedient.Only a very small number of calm people firmly support the sage, feeling that the evidence came too coincidentally, there is suspicion of injustice, and they must continue to investigate.

With the support of a few people, it is impossible to change the situation.The sage watched helplessly as most of his cronies demanded that the rebels be severely punished, and almost vomited a mouthful of blood.

What's the use of such a self-righteous "confidant" who can't understand what he wants? !Could it be that he had to tell them swearingly that he wanted to keep King Yue before they would believe it? !

The saint has never felt so urgently that he needs smart people around him.

After two or three hours of back and forth, the sage finally couldn't hold it anymore, so he had to admit that the evidence of King Yue's treason case was solid, and the case should be closed.However, he resolutely refused to agree to the "severe punishment" proposed by a group of courtiers, and said with red eyes: "Second brother was just confused for a while, maybe he was deceived by someone... How can I have the heart to punish him severely? How about pardoning him?" How about changing the second brother's death penalty to exile?"

The ministers headed by King Peng almost said in unison: "In the early Han Dynasty, whether it was the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms or the rebellion of the king, they were all punished according to the law! How can your majesty be soft-hearted for a moment, intending to go beyond the law and pardon the rebels? ? If it is a lesson learned from the past, wouldn’t those who want to plot rebellion in the future become more unscrupulous?!”

For a while, the saint was forced to retreat by these officials.Wu Guogong, Qin An, King Jing, Jian Guogong Xu Ye, etc. all frowned, and were about to speak for the saint, when they heard a sudden cry in the hall - this cry still sounded a little immature, but it was very loud, and it overwhelmed all the noisy people. The yelling was suppressed.

King Peng looked back a little annoyed, and saw Li Hui, King of Xin'an County, sitting there, shaking from crying, as if he would faint in the next moment.However, crying and crying, he did not pass out, but got up suddenly, squeezed away the group of courtiers standing in the middle blocking the way, and threw himself into the arms of the saint: "Uncle!!"

"Xuan Qi!!" The sage hugged his nephew as if he had a tacit understanding, and also burst into tears.

The two uncles and nephews hugged each other and cried, and the officials were almost stunned.And a group of high-ranking officials who served Zi were stunned, thinking in unison: Why do you suddenly feel that the scene in front of you seems familiar?

"Uncle!! The child suddenly thought of grandfather! When grandfather was dying, he earnestly asked uncle, father and grandpa to support each other! What he always cared about most was the harmony and safety of his children and grandchildren!! If he found out in the underground This matter, how sad my heart must be!! Who has never accidentally made a mistake? Just to make grandparents feel at ease, and not to let the father lose his life!! Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow. The enunciation is extremely clear, and every word and every sentence is the memory of the deceased grandfather, which is enough to make the listener feel sad and hear the tears.

"That's right! Back then I knelt in front of Grandpa's sickbed and vowed to protect the two elder brothers! If I broke my promise, what face would I have to go underground to meet Grandpa!!" The saint even abandoned "zhen", The crying became louder and louder, "Grandpa took pity on elder brother back then, even if he was convicted of treason, he was just a common man!! Why can grandpa protect his son, but I can't protect elder brother?! The majestic emperor, even elder brother and nephew Can't even protect it?!"

"..." The officials who had never seen such a scene continued to be stunned.King Peng wanted to insist on admonishing, but was suppressed by the crying of the two, his face was so dark that he almost dripped water.

At this time, Wu Guogong Qin An finally moved.Many courtiers looked at him hopefully—as the uncle of the saint's direct relative, how could Duke Wu possibly protect the king of Yue?He must be the most saintly person, and he will never leave the threat of King Yue! !

However, unexpectedly, the chubby Duke Wu rushed over (rolled) over, hugging the sage and crying together with the king of Xin'an County: "Emperor Taizong! Empress Wende! They are all incompetent ministers!! They are all assistants!" Disadvantage!! Such a compassionate and kind-hearted saint was forced to retreat by a group of self-righteous courtiers! Even obeying the last emperor's last order and protecting his elder brother would be accused of misinterpreting by them!! This group of people is simply blind!!"

"..." Suddenly, he was charged with a huge crime, and all the officials fell to their knees in cold sweat.