Chiwuxing

Chapter Ninety-Third-Exposing Zhang face-to-face, impeaching and criticizing scales, asking for swords, passing letters in imitation of books, crossing the sea

Since the outbreak of the unresolved epidemic on the banks of the Weishui River, rumors have been turbulent, only waiting for the court to make a move.

The rumors and gossips insisted on their own opinions, and finally waited for the morning of the day, and all the officials of the court heard something strange: the current supervisory censor wore a haechi crown on his head, a light crimson inner coat and a red robe outside, standing tall among the officials.

According to Dayan's law, it is a ritual of impeachment for the censor. It has been abandoned for many years and has not been reused. Today, this ritual is reappeared. The depth of the person who wants to impeach is self-evident.

"Today, I will perform the task of impeachment in public, and I will bring all the ministers in the DPRK and China to jointly sign an order to impeach Jiang Hua, the eunuch who is in charge of the Provincial Statistics Bureau."

Said that this censor was the person who succeeded Han Huaijin half a year ago, was born as a student of the Prime Minister's family, and was appointed by the crown prince.

Zong Zhengyi raised his eyes, under the court, Ni Congwen was independent from the head of all the officials, and nodded slightly at him.It was missing, and Shao Qian, who happened to be behind him, also happened to look at it at this time. The two of them misunderstood for a moment, only to hear the report from the central censor one after another:

"One of the crimes is to communicate with barbaric enemies and act recklessly."

This statement is a felony crime of treason that can implicate the nine clans. Many of the officials who heard it were ignorant of the details, and their hearts were tensed immediately, and they dared not breathe.

"The second crime is plotting to kill the emperor's heir, being rebellious and disrespectful."

The purple and vermilion robe was still luxurious, but Jiang Hua stood still at this moment, as if he was listening more seriously than anyone else.

"The third crime is to slander Zhongliang and harm the court officials."

When Ni Congwen glanced sideways, he could see Jiang Hua's expression, and his nose snorted slightly.

This censor's voice is straight and round, and every word hits the hearts of all the officials:

"The fourth crime is forming a party for personal gain and corrupting the government."

"The fifth crime is to privately mint currency and seize currency interest."

"The sixth crime is to usurp the imperial power and abuse power."

"Seven crimes, taking money and breaking the law, accepting private bribes—"

"His Royal Highness, all these cases have been inspected by the Trial and Criminal Division and the Prosecutor's Office. He Libao and other witnesses have also recorded the case. Your Highness, please look into it."

All the officials waited for the words, but they knew in their hearts that Jiang Hua's crimes, some of which were well known to each other but not revealed, and some were hidden secrets that had always been kept secret.Just like the sudden death of Xie Zhi and the defeat of King Yu back then, all kinds of speculations were hidden in their hearts, but no one dared to really look into it recklessly.But today, who is manipulating the situation behind the scenes to put Manager Jiang to death? Everyone knows it well. If Jiang Hua alone saved the many dirty things that they have been contaminated with, they are of course willing to see it, and they are definitely on the right side. I am afraid that I will clap my hands and applaud myself when I get home tonight.

In the silence where the needles could be heard, the breath was full of endless torment. Everyone in the hall was immersed in silence for a long time, and finally heard the crown prince's final words:

"Punish according to the law, and give Jiang Qing a first-class punishment."

Baiguan's heart trembled.

For the first time, I felt that the prince, who was used to speaking elegantly and politely, was also unusually ruthless when he was thinking about the imperial edict.

The first-class cut-off Lingchi is 350 seven knives.

Even though he knew that Jiang Hua would undoubtedly die from now on, and most of the many crimes were true, but hearing this, he couldn't help but feel the desolation of the rabbit's death and the fox's sorrow, so they are not the accomplices in it.

The guards waited shortly after hearing the order, and directly surrounded and captured Jiang Hua in the hall.The latter looked ashen, and slowly took off the red tassel hat on his head, and was forced to strip off his official robe, and was escorted out of the hall.

After walking for a few steps, everyone realized at this time that the golden sable gentry and the city fox and social mouse who were once in full bloom in front of the imperial court are now nothing more than a dying old man with white hair on his temples.

Thinking about it, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has regained power in the court recently, but it is just to recreate the momentary scenery for him before his death. Behind the revived vitality is a clean decision to the end.

Such an important matter was played before, and no one had the heart to talk about other affairs. In the early morning, the eunuchs left after saying a word, and all the officials staggered and bowed their heads, and said in unison:

"Congratulations to Your Highness for a thousand years!"

All the officials' legs were weak, and they were lying on the cold bricks in front of half their bodies.In the trembling, no one dared to look up to notice that the head of the hundred officials was independent from the front, only a few feet away from the dragon's head on the golden chair with its fangs stretched out.

Zong Zhengyi returned to the palace in a hurry, not happy with victory, he pretended to enter the inner court.

The door of Gongxuan opened, and the journey went smoothly.When he came to the door, he still took into account his many years of upbringing, raised his hand and knocked on the door twice.

There was a "squeak" from the door, and a crack opened in response, and the people in the room seemed to be waiting at the door for a long time.

"Your Highness."

Huxun nodded slightly, and opened the door to let him in.

Zong Zhengyi entered the house, and the many Yan servants in the hall had been replaced by Hu girls. At this time, they spread around the hall with a defensive attitude.He stepped forward calmly, and suddenly bumped into a familiar figure in the corner of the room, and was stunned for a while without saying a word.

Seeing him entering the room, the other party was open-minded, got up from the chair, and said in a low voice: "...Cousin, I have worked hard for you recently."

Although it was known that he was recuperating in the inner palace, this could be regarded as the first private meeting between the two since the capital was moved.The former wanted to avoid it, but the latter didn't care about it. After going back and forth a few times, they were almost missed.

He Xujun closed the door and approached, seeing that the prince was silent, thinking that he minded the presence of other people, he took the initiative to say: "Your Highness, please rest assured that Mrs. Tang knows the inside story. This time, our daughter entered the city smoothly, and I entrusted her to find her all the way." cover."

Ni Chengxin said to him: "Cousin, don't worry, my father doesn't know what I'm doing now."

Zong Zhengyi gave her a complicated look, turned his gaze away, and turned to He Xuyun and asked, "I wonder if the entrusted matter has gone well?"

"Your Highness, you can rest assured," He Xuyun said, "The imperial concubine in the palace has already traveled privately along the official road at the east foot of the South City. Qianchuan has already sent people to meet him, and Chasa can say that the journey will be safe."

"That's good," Zong Zhengyi lowered his brows and sighed softly, "At this moment, the worries about the future are temporarily relieved, and the next thing, Gu can feel more at ease."

"Your Highness," He Xuyun said, "Since you are doing this favor for me, according to what Chasa said, I have to work for you to give you a real reward."

"tell me the story."

"I would like to ask you for a paper order, ordering the Jiangdong Army to lead the people to Fenying to escort them." He Xuyun said.

Zong Zhengyi glanced at Ni Chengxin, and then said: "Since it is about the military and political edict, I would like to ask the princess to move to the study for now, and I can discuss it with the princess in detail."

Ni Chengxin knew that the prince still didn't trust him because of his identity, so he interjected, "Don't bother me to move, this is the princess's bedroom, and the one who should leave should be the minister's wife."

After that, he opened the door and left.

After Huxue took the initiative to speak, she had to remember that this woman's husband-in-law is a Yan general who leads the army abroad. Even though she and his father are not on the same page, she may not not disclose the news from the army, consciously careless: "...is I just ignored it."

"...It's all right," Zong Zhengyi straightened his face, and said, "As far as I know, Ni Congwen is currently targeting Jiangdong Yiwei."

He Xuyun was surprised and said, "He didn't prepare the red-armored guards to attack the barbarians in the north? Why choose the best for the inferior?"

"No," Zong Zhengyi shook his head and said, "Now the personal guards have lost tens of thousands of horses, and the march is procrastinating. I'm afraid they will come one step later than the barbarians. They are not strong, but the land is vast and densely populated, Lin Lin always counts, there are tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers alone, and they are no match for swords and guns on the battlefield.

Huxun frowned: "I don't know this yet."

Zong Zhengyi calmly said: "Since brother has this entrustment, did you arrange the manpower in Jiangdong in advance?"

"Chasa told me that he privately sent someone with a military order to replace the deceased Jiangdong Army Chief. It is." Huxun said.

"Wang Chuang?"

"Your Highness knows?"

Zong Zhengyi recalled: "At the beginning, because he was demoted and returned to the army because of his elder brother's fault, I thought that this person was not trustworthy. Later, I sent people privately to ask him to work in the imperial capital, but I always had to write back saying that he was sick at home. I know that my elder brother had appointed the commander of the personal guard army to go to the four places to rectify the army, so I knew there might be some inside story. However, due to the high mountain and the long road, I was alone in the army and had no manpower, so I never knew about it. .”

He Xujun was a little worried: "Since Your Highness just said that the Jiangdong Army was targeted by Ni Congwen early on, there must be many assistant generals among them who were used by the prime minister. I am afraid that the one sent by Chasa will not change anything." ..."

After thinking for a while, Zong Zhengyi said: "It's inconvenient to discuss matters here, I still have to ask the princess to move to the study with me."

The crown prince wanted to betray him, so He Xujun had no choice but to obey his orders. He took a soft whip and knife from the shelf, tied it around his waist, and hid it in his sleeve.

Zong Zhengyi caught a glimpse of her movements, and smiled gently: "Princess, don't be wary. I didn't order Luanyu to come with me today. I have learned a lot of literature since I was a child, and I don't have any martial arts foundation. I can't compare with the princess."

"Even if it's not to guard against His Highness, there is chaos inside and outside at this time, and if you don't keep it clean, you can still be a hero of 'King Qin saves you'."

The woman has a slender figure and hidden strength. When she opened the door, the outside sunlight poured in and flowed on the winding lines on her back.

Zongzheng Yi was a little bit amused by her cold-faced joke, but at this moment, there was a woman in front of him, so he was infatuated for such a short moment out of thin air.

But this untimely derailment was only for a moment, and the enemy before and after the troubles instantly made him clear his mind.

The autumn sun has always been good at deceiving and deceiving. It seems to be as blazing as a candle, but in fact it is mixed with coldness, waiting for the next severe cold to come on stage at any time.

The prince lightly grabbed the yellow shirt and followed closely.

The two of them had nothing to say all the way, and came to the study.Zong Zhengyi walked to the back of the chair, ordered his attendant Tong Xiu to grind the ink, and began to write with a pen.

Huxun was illiterate, but he could still tell that it was a yellow silk imperial edict when he looked closely.

Zong Zhengyi wrote the pen very quickly, and when He Xuyun looked at it from the side, he felt that the handwriting was not handwriting, but a casual painting like a picture.There was something strange, but I didn't expect that the prince who looked gentle and weak could have such a bold and strong character in his writing.

Before half an incense stick, I wrote half of the words eloquently.Zong Zhengyi put down his pen, took out a seal and rubbed it on it, looked up and saw Princess Hu Qiang staring at the imperial edict, he couldn't help smiling and said: "Princess, do you know Yan Wen?"

"I don't know," Hexu said, returning to his senses, "but Hu Qiang has been subordinate to the Yan Kingdom for a hundred years, and there are indeed some people in the family who are proficient in Yan's calligraphy. Get some interest in calligraphy... But judging by His Highness's level, he should be a master of the middle class."

Zong Zhengyi smiled, without answering, he handed over the edict and said: "Princess, you can give this edict to your brother, he must know what it means."

"That's what I just said..."

"Last night at Choushi, there was a message from the border gate. The barbarian army had found out about the move of the capital in advance, so they turned halfway through the journey, and now they are rushing towards Fenying. According to their speed, they may be able to come to the city in a few days."

Zong Zhengyi's tone was serious, and He Xuyun was also surprised: "So fast..."

The crown prince continued: "However, Gu has sent someone to intercept the messenger and block the news. Ni Congwen learned about it a step later than Gu, but this matter is too big to hide for too long."

"Princess Cai's words just now make you think about it. Even if the Jiangdong Army has been informed by Ni Congwen long ago, it will not be a problem. Why don't you follow the current and send the army according to his order, and temporarily block the invasion of foreign invasion before making further plans. If It will be even better if we can extract some criminal evidence from the Jiangdong army."

He Xujun listened carefully, and roughly understood its meaning, looked down at the yellow silk in his hand, and said: "...But if Ni Congwen issued an order, why use the yellow silk?"

"This was done on purpose," Zong Zhengyi explained, "The yellow silk used in the emperor's edict was used to send a message to him. Ni Congwen has already hijacked the prince's court here, and he only needs to wait for them to come and pretend to retreat from the enemy, and then plant it on the barbarians." Hu, to help Ni Congwen ascend the throne smoothly."

"Just write it like this...will they believe it?"

Zongzheng said patiently: "The handwriting and private seal on this imperial edict are all imitated by Ni Congwen's usual writing, so it should be enough to distinguish the fake from the real."

He Xuyun stared at it for a long time, then raised his eyebrows and said: "...Your Highness, this skill is pretty good."

Zongzheng Yiquan took her as a compliment, lowered his eyes and said with a smile, "I am not as capable as my elder brother to settle down in an instant. I only know a little about literati's calligraphy, painting, poetry, inscriptions, inscriptions and other things. I have no good vision."

There was no words around, the prince said again: "It's not too late, if it's convenient for the princess, you can deliver it outside the palace as soon as possible."

Huxun accepted the order in a deep voice, and walked out of the study with the imperial edict.

Besides, after the crown prince's punishment order was passed down, it was immediately handed over to the prison guards of the Ministry of Punishments to handle the details of the execution.The people inside and outside Fenying City were moved after hearing the news, and publicly murdered the sinner in court, no doubt looking for a prescription for their recent anxiety.Irrigate the anxiety in my heart with blood, offer sacrifices to God, and pray that all the dust will settle, and good and evil will return to their places.

It is said that before Jiang Hua was imprisoned, he still appointed his eunuchs to take out a pardon granted by His Majesty from his home, and showed it to the officers and soldiers when he ransacked the house. Finally, he was reported to the Supreme Being and was criticized as a fake, so he was included in the list of crimes. Added another responsibility of "falsely preaching the holy decree".

After tea and dinner, the common people and officials who heard the news all laughed and laughed endlessly, and they all cited it as a joke.Everyone also did not expect that Linglong, a confidant who had clear eyes under the emperor's seat, would make such a simple and naive mistake one day.

I don't know who will touch the clouds and rain?Secretly ghosts, Ascot Champagne.