Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 741 The Fight Between Jiang Yuan and Du Ning
In the golden palace, Jiang Ge was tall and tall, with a resolute and heavy face, and a calm tone with a hint of guilt. His voice echoed in the palace, and it lasted for a long time.

It should be said that Jiang Yuan made such a statement at this time, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

However, if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.

In the current court, the most powerful contenders for the post of Hanlin Bachelor are nothing more than Du Ning and Jiang Yuan. Just now, Du Ning took the lead to take advantage of the Dongfeng of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to magnify the impact of this matter and drag Jiang Yuan into the water .

You must know that Hanlin Bachelors belong to Qingliu officials, and their first priority is morality. Once Jiang Yuan finds any mistakes during the investigation process, then Jiang Yuan will be out of the competition immediately.

Even if they can't find out, the investigation itself is already enough to affect the situation. The reason why the ministers proposed to finalize the Hanlin Bachelor as soon as possible is because the selection of the hall is imminent and they don't want to delay it any longer.

However, once the investigation starts, it will be delayed, even if there is some speculative news, it will be difficult for Jiang Yuan to clear up his suspicions. Under the circumstances that it is necessary to determine the candidate as soon as possible, Jiang Yuan will naturally be at a disadvantage.

It should be said that Du Ning's move this time was precise and ruthless, and it was justified, forcing Jiang Yuan to a dead end, so he could only sit and wait for death.

However, Mr. Jiang Ge was obviously not a vegetarian, and with a backhand move, he broke himself out of this embarrassing situation.

Today's ruling and opposition parties, and the public opinion of scholars are basically unfavorable to Xiao Yi. Even if the Metropolitan Procuratorate re-investigates the matter, Xiao Yi is still the most difficult to get rid of the suspicion. However, it may also make Xiao Ying's situation more difficult.

After all, now it is only the pressure of public opinion, Xiao Yi is only temporarily dismissed, and there is no other way to deal with it. If the status quo is maintained, Xiao Yi may have the possibility of recovery after a period of time. Of course, there is a high probability that he cannot continue to stay. In the capital, they will be sent to other places.

However, once the Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate start a joint investigation, even if the matter becomes a big mess, this formal investigation process will inevitably attract the attention of the whole court, and there must be a clear result in the end. It was as vague as it is now.

But still the same sentence, so many examiners, all of them are high officials of the imperial court, if found out, it will be very troublesome to deal with, if not found out, Xiao Yi can't even keep the last fig leaf.

Under such circumstances, Jiang Yuan stood up and "pleaded" for Xiao Yi. From the perspective of the court, it was to calm public opinion and appease the people. Mr. Ge stepped forward, spoke up for justice, and was willing to share the responsibility. This is Qingliu's due responsibility.

In this way, Du Ning was sent to the army instead. Of course, he could continue to persist in the investigation. From a legal point of view, as the Minister of Dali Temple, he did nothing wrong, but from a logical point of view, he seemed a bit aggressive.

Moreover, this aggressiveness was not directed at Jiang Yuan, but at Xiao Yi.

As someone who is likely to take over the Hanlin Bachelor, it's fine for others to accuse Xiao Ying, but in the case of Jiang Yuan's actions just now, if Du Ning persists, it will be worse. The feeling of power grabbing.

After thinking about this point, Du Ning couldn't help being embarrassed for a while, and the eyes of the ministers who were watching the battle flickered, and they set their eyes on Du Ning.

Therefore, the reason why seniority is mentioned in the court is because the longer you stay in the court, the more things you have seen.

Just like now, if they hadn't seen the fighting between Jiang Yuan and Du Ning, the bosses would not know that Jiang Yuan, who is usually very low-key in the cabinet, turned out to be so familiar with people's hearts and so sophisticated in his methods. For the ministers who are step by step, this is a valuable experience for their future political positions for everyone present.

However, the matter was not over yet, and before Du Ning had time to react, Jiang Yuan continued.

"Your Majesty, the matter has come to this point, and there is a lot of discussion among the people. It is really inappropriate to continue to delay. I heard that scholars have gathered in front of Xiao Xueshi's mansion for many days and cursed day and night."

"I know the imperial court's intention to investigate this matter thoroughly, but legal principles are nothing more than human feelings. Even though Xueshi Xiao has done it before, he has devoted himself to the imperial court. Now he has come to such a state. As a colleague, I really can't bear it."

"I beg Your Majesty to forgive me, I am willing to bear the responsibility for Xueshi Xiao!"

Compared with what he said just now, these words obviously went a step further, playing the emotional card in front of everyone facing up and down.

During these days, Xiao Yi's life was really difficult, there were people throwing rotten eggs outside his house.

Under the public opinion, everyone naturally accused him one after another, but at this moment, when Jiang Yuan said these words, many ministers couldn't help feeling that something hurt him.

Immediately after, Zhang Min and Zhu Jian from the cabinet looked at each other, stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, the subjects are also willing to share the responsibility for the crime. I implore Your Majesty to be merciful, discuss matters for the court and the people, and stop crimes from the subjects. Don't criticize Xueshi Xiao alone."

Ah this...

As soon as the two expressed their views, the faces of the other servants at the side also showed a trace of bitterness.

Well, no one can escape now.

The ten examiners and the three members of the cabinet all stood up. If they stood on the sidelines, they would not only be considered cold-blooded and heartless, but also criticized for not taking responsibility.

Looking at several people in the cabinet with a resentful look, the unjust readers of the six departments also had to bite the bullet and stand up, said.

"Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to commit crimes for the negligence of your duties!"

However, compared to the very active members of the cabinet, these ministers are obviously not so active, but with a hint of reluctance.

In fact, if you think about it, they didn't participate in this matter from the beginning to the end. He was fined half a year's salary, but now he has to ask for the blame himself, which is naturally unwilling.

Therefore, under the leadership of Mr. Jiang Ge, the situation in the palace was reversed at once. From the beginning of denouncing Xiao Yi, it suddenly became that all the examiners pleaded for Xiao Yi together. I have to say , the situation in the court is indeed changing rapidly.

Zhu Qiyu was on the throne, so he knew everything about it.

It should be said that at this time, it is time for him to make a statement. Whether it is the first censors admonishing, or the current reviewers pleading guilty, it is not too difficult for him to solve.

One, none of the seven ministers made a strong statement; two, most of the examiners were forced to do so; and three, it is justified to investigate this case, and I forgive you for not pursuing it any further. , It's love, as the son of heaven, no matter where he stands, it makes sense.

Therefore, how the current situation will develop is actually in his mind.

However, Zhu Qiyu never opened his mouth because he wanted to see how Du Ning should deal with such a situation...

So far in this situation, although Jiang Yuan's purpose is impure and his methods are not correct, the political ability he has shown is indeed outstanding enough.

So, as his opponent, can Duning have the same excellent response?
If there is, then in fact, it is not impossible for Zhu Qiyu to help him in the position of Hanlin Bachelor.

This point was clearly noticed by all the Qiqing. Therefore, even Chen Yi, who first proposed to continue the investigation, did not open his mouth, but set his sights on Du Ning.

Faced with everyone's attention, Du Ning faintly broke out in cold sweat on his forehead.

He has a good relationship with Jiang Yuan, but why didn't he realize that this Jiang Ding'an was so difficult to deal with.

Asking for help, he glanced at the teacher Chen Xun at the side, but saw that the old man had a calm face, without any emotion at all, and he didn't give him any hints.

Thus, Du Ning knew that this level could only be passed by himself!

What should I do?
Should he give up at this point and fulfill Jiang Yuan's reputation, or risk the reputation of being harsh on his colleagues and fighting for power and profit, and demand to continue to investigate?

Taking a deep breath, Du Ning finally gritted his teeth and said, looking at the vague smile on the corner of Jiang Yuan's mouth.

"Your Majesty, I think what Jiang Ge and the others said is inappropriate!"

With one word, the court was shocked!

None of the ministers thought that Du Ning, who was born in Qingliu, would really be able to make this decision regardless of Shilin's possible criticism of him.

However, on the contrary, after the voice of these words fell, Du Ning inadvertently glanced at the face of his teacher Chen Xun in front of him from the corner of his eyes, showing a look of relief.

It was too late to think about why, but after all, Du Siqing felt more confident, took two steps forward, came to Jiang Yuan and the others, and spoke.

"The palace examination is to obtain talents for the country. Since the founding of the country by Taizu, all spring and summer palace examinations have been the important codes of the country. In the past, the spring and summer list cases were published by the imperial court, and the emperor Zhu approved them. , My Taizu, His Majesty Emperor Gao, also ordered the reprint."

"After the palace examination, there was some injustice. His Majesty the Taizu was impartial. He did not use the so-called authority of the court and the emperor's personal approval as an excuse to force the old list to be maintained. Instead, he was able to bow again. The focus was on the summer list, so as to reassure the people. This is the right way for the country.”

"Nowadays, because of the next Spring Palace Examination, there are many opinions among the people in the court, but because of this, it is even more necessary to investigate and find out the truth, and to return the truth to the scholars in the world. , can calm the storm, but in future generations, it will set a precedent for whitewashing the peace, which sincerely traps Your Majesty in an unworthy act."

"As the Minister of Dali Temple, I dare not disagree with this statement, please learn from your Majesty!"

Although Du Ning sometimes has the same personality as Chen Xun, with a bit of indecision, but from these words, it can be seen that his political foundation and determination are also strong enough.

The Chunxia Bang case in the Hongwu period, also known as the Nanbei Bang case, was the most widely involved and the most troubled case in the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty.

The circumstances of the case were very complicated, but to put it simply, in Hongwu's 30-year imperial examination, all the Jinshi admitted by the chief examiner were from the south, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the northern scholars.

At that time, the case was full of uproar, and Emperor Taizu personally intervened, reviewed it several times, overturned the previous conclusion, and ordered a new yellow list to settle the matter.

The north-south list case has epoch-making significance in the history of Ming Dynasty's imperial examinations. Since then, the number of people admitted in the previous imperial examinations has been consciously balanced between the north and the south to avoid conflicts.

It's hard to say whether this case is fair, but when it was brought out above the court, it was naturally fair!
The meaning of Du Ning's words is very clear.

Back then, even the Huang Bang case was published, so the Emperor Taizu could conduct a thorough investigation again. Now it is just a few scholars making trouble in front of Xiao Ying's mansion, so why can't it be investigated?
In the grand ceremony of the imperial court's talents, the truth must be revealed everywhere, and this is the only way to truly maintain the majesty of the imperial court.

Of course, it's still the same sentence. From a rational point of view, what Du Ning did was right.

However, from the emotional point of view, no matter how beautiful the words are, Du Ning's actions are suspected of being aggressive towards Xiao Ying.

However, now that he has expressed his attitude, Du Siqing naturally does not think about other people's opinions, but kneels down on the ground like Jiang Yuan and others, waiting for the emperor's decision.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Zhu Qiyu really can't keep silent anymore.

He is basically satisfied with Du Ning's statement. You must know that not everyone has the courage to bear such criticism, especially an official like Du Ning who comes from a clean background and pays more attention to reputation. The choice becomes more and more precious.

In this case, for most officials, letting go is the best choice. Above the court, fighting for a moment is the most taboo.

After all, there will be a long time to come, and there will always be a time when you can get it back. On the contrary, it is more difficult to persevere after being criticized.

It's just that he was basically satisfied, because although Du Ning was on the right side, he obviously hadn't surpassed Jiang Yuan in terms of means.

His words certainly allowed him to stand firm, but from the point of view of public opinion, the ministers of the DPRK and China were obviously more inclined to Jiang Yuan.

If, under such circumstances, one had to choose a Hanlin scholar from among the two, then Jiang Yuan was obviously more popular.

From this point of view, Du Ning's political skills still need to be improved.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Qiyu was about to speak, but a figure suddenly appeared outside the hall, which made him frown.

It's Shu Liang!
How could he come at this time?

After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Qiyu stopped to speak, and turned his head slightly to signal Wynn.

So, Wynn at the side immediately understood, cupped his hands, walked down the imperial steps quickly, and came to the gate of the palace to lure Shu Liang in.

At the same time, the officials in the palace obviously also noticed this episode, and couldn't help but also frowned.

However, at this time, to everyone's surprise, Shu Liang did not enter the hall, but handed over something like a letter, and then continued to stand outside the hall.

Wynn took the envelope and glanced at it, and then heard what Shu Liang said. Immediately, his face became solemn, he hurriedly returned the gift to Shu Liang, and hurried back to the imperial steps, handing the envelope to the imperial case forward.

Zhu Qiyu took the note, only to see that there were only a few words written on it, which was obviously written in a hurry. After seeing the content clearly, he was also shocked, and couldn't help but suddenly got up, and said.

"Go, call Shu Liang into the palace to answer!"

(End of this chapter)