Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 422 I can hide from the first day of junior high school, but I can't hide from the fifteenth day
Not long after, following the summons of the servants, a group of young ministers in scarlet robes appeared outside the Wenhua Hall.

All of these people have Qilin and Bai Ze embroidered on their chests, symbolizing their identities, and they look very luxurious.

"Your Majesty, my ministers, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Zhu Qiyu looked at the bottom, this almost accounted for nearly half of the nobles in the capital, and once again realized how heavy the civil changes had brought to the nobles and military officials of the Ming Dynasty.

The nobles of the Ming Dynasty said that there is not much, and that there is not much.

The early court is an occasion for discussing matters, so those who have no errands, unless they are authorized, generally do not go to the early court.

As for Chang Chao, although they were all present, there were too many people in Chang Chao, and they couldn't tell anything.

But this time, with so many nobles appearing in the early court at once, the impact was particularly strong.

The Civil War also dealt a severe blow to civil servants. In the entire court center, the age of important officials dropped by five to seven years on average.

But even so, apart from being in charge of the censor and the six subjects, Zhu Qiyu saw in the morning every day, basically all the elders over 50 years old.

There are so few 40-year-olds who can be counted in two palms, and there are basically no 30-year-olds.

But look at Xungui's side.

Looking around, there are more than a dozen ministers kneeling below.

Either veterans like Ren Li and Chen Mao who are over 20 years old, or young people in their [-]s.

There are only two or three of the nobles who are really in their heyday at the age of four or fifty, and they are still notorious playboys.

What's more, among these people, there are nobles like the new British Duke Zhang Mao who don't even have adults.

As the top power of the military officials of the Ming Dynasty, Xungui's dynasties are really serious, no wonder he is pressed by the civil servants every step of the way.

Of course, there are still many middle-level military officials, but these people are often speechless when it comes to civil and military struggles.

Putting these thoughts behind for now, Zhu Qiyu said.

"Excuse me, so many of you princes, lords, and ministers gathered outside the palace to beat the Dengwen drum. Are you demonstrating against me and the court?"

Many of the nobles present were all killed in civil engineering because of their parents, so the young people who have just become nobles for a long time have very little experience in the prelude to the palace.

Just when he stood up from the ground, he heard the majestic voice of the Son of Heaven coming down from the high imperial steps. With a questioning tone, he immediately became a little confused and almost knelt down again.

Fortunately, at this time, Ningyuan Hou Renli stepped forward and said.

"Your Majesty, let me tell you that the ministers absolutely have no intention of disrespecting the imperial court. Today's gathering in front of the Dengwen Drum is actually out of righteous indignation."

"Jin Yiwei arrested the mission for several days without any explanation, and refused to allow family members to visit. Now the government and the public are full of rumors, resulting in turmoil. The ministers and others are worried, fearing that Jin Yiwei will wreak havoc for no reason and damage His Majesty's sage."

"Therefore, the ministers and others are asking for an audience outside the hall, and implore His Majesty to punish Jin Yiwei and others. As for the matter of Deng Wengu, it happened to be a meeting, and it was not a demonstration. Please learn from Your Majesty."

This time, the nobles finally found the backbone, and they all nodded in agreement.

Then, Bo Ningyang and Chen Mao also stepped forward to speak.

"Your Majesty, what Marquis Ren said is true. Under the banner of His Majesty, Jin Yiwei arrested court ministers without authorization. To this day, even the charges are vague."

"The envoy of the mission envoy Xu Bin is the censor of the right capital of the second rank, and the deputy envoy Zhang Fu is the governor of the first rank and the governor. Jin Yiwei dares to arrest such important officials without announcement."

"If things go on like this, isn't everyone in the court at risk? Jin Yiwei relies on his power to act recklessly and tarnish His Majesty's reputation. How is it different from Wang Zhen?"

"As honorary ministers of the country, I dare not sit back and watch these thieves wreak havoc in the court, so I gather outside the palace to see you today. It is really for the sake of the society. Please learn from your majesty."

Looking at the two people who spoke righteously, Zhu Qiyu pressed forward and asked.

"So, the fact that you gathered outside the palace today has nothing to do with the Duke of England's beating of the Dengwen drum, is it just a coincidence?"

Ren Li and Chen Mao looked at each other, and they instinctively felt that there was a pitfall in this sentence.

After thinking for a while, Chen Mao quietly took half a step back, motioning for Ren Li to speak.

Seeing the other party's actions, Lord Ren scolded the old fox secretly, but the matter had come to an end, Chen Mao could retreat temporarily, but he couldn't.

At this moment, so many nobles from the British government were watching, and Zhang Wei was standing beside him.

Since he wanted to win the trust of these people, he couldn't back down.

Bite the bullet, Ren Li mulled over his words and said.

"Returning to Your Majesty, it is true that the meeting between the ministers and the British Lord and others happened at the right time, but it cannot be said that they are not unrelated. After all, what the ministers want to impeach is the case of the mission, and the British Lord and others are also trying to complain for the governor and the acquaintance Zhang Fu. .”

"Although it is a coincidence, it is for the same thing. From this, it can be seen that the dissatisfaction with Jin Yiwei's behavior is not unique to the officials."

The words were vague and full of temptation.

Zhu Qiyu sat at the head, but refused to let him go, and continued to ask.

"So, what Marquis Ren means is that your trip has nothing to do with the sounding of the Dengwen Drum by the Duke of England to appeal for grievances, but to persuade me to impeach Jin Yiwei, right?"

Ren Li didn't understand for a while, what is the point of the emperor's entanglement with this.

But the court was right, it would be disrespectful for the emperor not to answer the question, so after hesitating for a short while, he nodded and said: "Your Majesty is wise!"

After speaking, Ren Li took a peek at the superior, and obviously saw that the emperor's face darkened, but his voice was still calm, and he asked the other nobles.

"You all came to persuade me with Ning Yuanhou, right?"

These young nobles had been instructed before they came to cooperate with Ren Li as much as possible, so they hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

"presumptuous!"

With a sound of "bang", all the officials followed the prestige and saw the emperor slapping the imperial case heavily, his face was ashen, and his voice was furious.

So, all the ministers in the hall, no matter civil or military, knelt down on the ground one after another, saying: "Your Majesty, calm down."

After a moment of silence, there was a sound of rummaging through documents from the imperial steps, and then, a copy of this chapter was thrown in front of Ren Li.

Then, the emperor's angry voice sounded.

"Marquis Ning Yuan, I see clearly. This is the leave notice you just handed in yesterday. If you want to impeach Jin Yiwei, I will not stop you, but if you don't hand over the memorial to the Secretary of General Administration, and secondly, don't speak up in the morning. Dare to say that it is for the Sheji court?"

"I would like to ask you, is it because Jin Yiwei stopped your impeachment memorial and didn't let you play it, or did you have no way to see me, so that you got entangled with more than a dozen honorable officials, gathered outside the palace, and made troubles in the early morning. Ask to see the emperor?"

Ren Li knelt on the ground, a trace of cold sweat could not help but ooze from his head.

He finally understood why the Son of Heaven was so obsessed with that question.

If it is said that they followed the British princes to beat the drums to complain for the mission, then it can barely be interpreted as following the rules.

After all, the Dengwengu system was also written into the Daming law.

The nobles have been passed down for so many years, and everyone can more or less have a little bit of kinship. It is absurd to say that they came together to complain for Zhang Fu, but it is still a reason.

But if they came not to beat the Dengwen drum, but to offer advice, then there would be a problem.

The court has its own way of speaking.

If a minister wants to make an admonition, he can write a memorial and send it to the Secretary of the General Administration, or he can directly raise it in the early court, but there is absolutely no such thing as a large number of people collectively admonishing outside the palace.

This is against the rules.

Generally speaking, there is a proper term for civil servants to do this, which is called knocking. As for honorable generals, uh, there is no precedent.

In fact, Ren Li didn't think about it at all. Although he repeatedly denied it, it didn't matter whether it was in his own opinion or in the eyes of outsiders.

These people came here, in fact, they followed the British prince to beat the Dengwen drum and make a great momentum.

It's just that he was suddenly asked by the emperor, so he didn't dare to admit it directly.

But I never thought that the consequences of denial would be more serious.

"Come on!"

Just as Ren Li was thinking about how to explain it, the Son of Heaven spoke again.

So, in just a short moment, dozens of Jin Yiwei and Dahan Generals wearing ceremonial knives poured in from outside the hall, filling the entire Wenhua Hall to the brim.

"The Marquis of Ningyuan, who did not go to the court for no reason, entangled and gathered the crowd, threatened the court, and disappointed me. He was pulled out of the palace and charged with fifty sticks. .”

Immediately afterwards, under the astonished gazes of the crowd, the Son of Heaven looked cold, turned sideways, and said to Cheng Jing who was beside him.

"Cheng Jing, go and summon Shu Liang and let him come to prison!"

The ministers present swallowed their saliva, looked at Ren Li and the others with pity...

(End of this chapter)