Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 642 The wind is about to change

Above the large altar, Zhu Qiyu's clear voice echoed in all directions, appearing extraordinarily majestic in the extremely quiet court hall because of Ren Li's arrest.

The ministers who can get involved in the court meeting are all people who are knowledgeable and knowledgeable, at least they have basic eyesight.

So, I don't know who started it, or it happened by coincidence. In short, both civil and military officials in the court bowed their heads and said.

"Your Majesty is wise, and the ministers must do their best to live up to His Majesty's instruction."

For most, though, this is just conformist flattery.

However, in the eyes of truly important ministers, the words of the emperor may be the biggest gain of the entire court.

Still the same sentence, although the Son of Heaven has only been on the throne for more than a year, but the emperor's mind is already unfathomable.

Most of the time, even those who can be called close ministers can't figure out the emperor's intentions.

Although it is said that the heart of heaven is unpredictable, since you are in the court, knowing the bottom line and governance style of the emperor is definitely a compulsory course.

To this day, there are not many times when the emperor expresses his political attitude in public, but every time, it is related to the big political trend of the court, and this time is naturally no exception.

In fact, the way Ren Li did it just now is actually an element of coercion.

The dignity of the imperial court, the majesty of the royal family, and the rules and regulations, these things have special political significance, and often have more power than the truth.

Whitewashing peace is not a good word, but it is often a common practice.

Because for the imperial court, what has to be considered is how to minimize the impact of one thing. Taiping means stability and stability.

Even if it is only temporary, as long as the court situation is stable, it is in the best interest of most courtiers.

Because as long as there is chaos, some people's interests will be damaged.

Therefore, in many cases, for the sake of stability, or the so-called greater interests of the court system and royal majesty, the struggle of the court is full of compromises and tensions.

On the contrary, truth and axioms need to take second place.

Obviously, Ren Li thought so.

After all, judging from the past situation, one of the few principles of the Son of Heaven that is known to the courtiers is that everything is based on the stability of the court.

However, although imperial power and ministerial power have been fighting each other for thousands of years, Ren Li apparently forgot that imperial power is centralized while ministerial power is decentralized.

It is extremely difficult for any single person to fight against the imperial power.

In particular, when facing an unfathomable emperor, it is impossible for Ren Li to beat the emperor in terms of playing political means.

In the scene just now, Ren Li was blackmailing the emperor with the dignity of the court, so why didn't the emperor take this opportunity to beat the court officials?

Seeing the bowed heads, the elders at the front exchanged glances without a trace, all of them were awe-inspiring.

Although there is no explanation, but with their keen political sense, they have already noticed one point by coincidence.

The wind direction of the imperial court is probably about to change!

It must be known that Ren Li is not a fool, since he dared to gamble, he must have something to rely on.

In fact, leaving aside the game under the iceberg, since the Civil War, the imperial court suffered heavy losses. After such a long time, although there have been many troubles in the imperial court, everything is still based on smoothness.

This point can be seen from the case of Luo Tong, the case of Zhennan Wang, and even the case of the mission.

At least on the bright side, the Son of Heaven will always show mercy and make concessions for the stability of the court, although in many cases, a small group of smart people always suspect that these concessions are designed in advance.

However, at least in the eyes of most people, in many court affairs, the emperor is used to putting the overall situation first and stability first.

In other words, Ren Li would never use this method if he was not in front of Fengtian Gate, under the watchful eyes of civil and military officials, or if the nature of this case was so serious that it would really affect the majesty of the court.

However, accidents always appear so unexpectedly.

In fact, the officials present did not expect that the Son of Heaven would suddenly be so clean and tidy, and he would personally stand in Yang Hong's side, and even took this opportunity to admonish the officials.

So, does this mean that the emperor believes that after more than a year of recuperation, the court can already afford a certain degree of turmoil, and can this be taken as a sign that the emperor will change his administration direction?

And there is...

Looking at the honorable military officials who also followed everyone, no one stood up to speak for Ren Li from the beginning to the end.

On Wen Chen's side, he also couldn't help but feel a little doubt.

Logically speaking, Ren Li's status among the honored officials is not low, although it involves the bottom line of assassinating important officials of the court, it is also something that the military officials cannot tolerate.

However, up to now, one thing that must be admitted is that there is no real ironclad evidence that can convict Li to death.

The Jinyiwei secret in the hands of the emperor may be acceptable, but after all, it has not been made public.

Under such circumstances, Ren Li was thrown into the Imperial Prison, but no one came forward to ask for the release of evidence, which is a bit strange.

Thinking about it a little deeper, in fact, from the beginning of the court discussion, the attitudes of these ministers seemed to be somewhat contradictory.

In short, this court meeting has been going on until now, there are too many things that people can't figure out, and the court situation is so complicated that even the ministers like them, who have been up and down in the court for so many years, can't understand it for a while.

However, no matter what the courtiers think, the court discussion will continue.

The fact that Ren Li was taken down was not the end of the matter. After the Son of Heaven said he was flattened, all the officials returned to their respective positions, but Yang Hong, Marquis of Changping, still stood where he was.

Feeling everyone's eyes on him, Yang Hong fell to his knees and said.

"Your Majesty, it is a crime to accept courtesy, and the minister is also a guilty body."

"For so many years, my ministers have been at the border, either under duress or for various reasons, have committed the crime of occupying military settlements and privately reclaiming people's fields. Now that the imperial court wants to rectify the military settlements, it is a matter of benefiting the country and the people. I dare not I beg Your Majesty to be merciful, and I only hope that I can do my last sliver of strength for the country."

"I am willing to relinquish my title and return all the land of the Yang family inside and outside the border to the imperial court. For the deficiencies, I will use my savings for many years to make up for my fault. complain."

There was a murmur of discussion among the officials below. They originally thought that it would be the end of Yang Hong's downfall of Ren Li.

But I didn't expect that this old Hou Ye was really willing to spend his capital.

However, at this point, with Ren Li at the bottom, the Changping Hou Mansion will not be too miserable.

The only thing left is, in the mind of the emperor, how hard he will be to rectify the army...

(End of this chapter)