Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 835 Oh~ My Stupid Uncle~
In the Wenhua Palace, everything was quiet.

At this moment, looking at the thick pile of letters on the imperial case, King Xiang's face turned pale, and all the ministers also had different expressions.

The emperor seemed to have never expected that there would be so many.

After hesitating for a while, the emperor still didn't say anything, but took out a letter from home and opened it, then glanced at it twice.

After reading it, the old man frowned slightly, and glanced at King Xiang below him, but he still didn't speak, but opened another envelope silently.

I also glanced at it quickly, then put it down, and the next one...

next one...

The emperor put it down casually while dismantling it, while the servants on the side were busy tidying it up, and all the clan ministers were quietly waiting beside them.

Not long after, the stack of letters on the imperial case was exhausted.

Putting down the last letter, the Son of Heaven rubbed his eye sockets, as if he felt a bit of a headache. After a while, he opened his eyes, and his gaze fell on King Xiang, and said with a bit of helplessness in his tone.

"Uncle Huang, it seems that the clans all over the country are indeed quite dissatisfied with Uncle Huang..."

As he spoke, the emperor hesitated for a moment, facing the curious eyes of the ministers below, he reluctantly picked out a few letters from a pile of letters, and ordered his servant to hand them over.

King Xiang's face darkened again, because the emperor not only gave it to him, but also gave it to other ministers.

After receiving one of them, King Xiang looked at it carefully, but his expression became quite complicated.

At the same time, after seeing these letters, a group of ministers also had a low voice of discussion.

After about half a cup of tea, and after several letters had been circulated, King Xiang lifted up his robe, knelt down on the ground, and said solemnly.

"I am ashamed of my trust in Your Majesty. I never thought that I would do my best for my great Ming Dynasty and cultivate talents for my Zhu family. However, the kings misunderstood me and caused so many articles of impeachment, which made Your Majesty distressed." , is the minister's fault."

"Since the kings are so dissatisfied, I have no face to continue to stay in the capital and assume the post of Da Zongzheng. I implore Your Majesty's associate minister to resign from his official position and return to the fief. He will be an idle vassal and live in peace of mind."

"This……"

Seeing this situation, the emperor was a little dazed, but soon, under the expectant eyes of all the clan children, the emperor smiled wryly and said.

"What is the emperor doing? This is a family letter, not an impeachment report. Besides, the kings are just complaining in their hearts, and they have not really impeached the emperor."

"The kings are all in various places, and the emperor's uncle is working hard in the capital. I can see it. The kings and the emperor's uncle are all relatives. If there is any misunderstanding, just solve it. Why is it so?"

After these words were finished, the eyes of the clan disciples who were originally expecting immediately dimmed.

They originally thought that taking out these family letters would let the emperor see the dissatisfaction of the clans from all over the country with King Xiang, and no matter what, Zongxue could be replaced.

However, I didn't expect that the emperor would have such an attitude...

Could it be that today's trip to the palace was really in vain, and will I have to go back to suffer in the dire straits of Zongxue in the future?
Seeing their appearance, a group of ministers standing beside them couldn't help shaking their heads.

These kids are still too young to see things on the surface!
If His Majesty really didn't want to dismiss King Xiang, they wouldn't even have the chance to meet His Majesty. At most, one or two of them would have the chance to meet Tianzi Chen.

Since His Majesty summoned them all into the palace, it means that there is a chance.

However, how to seize this opportunity still depends on themselves.

It's not that they can't bring down King Xiang, but the chips they took out are not enough!

Yes, King Xiang was able to become Da Zongzheng in the first place, on the one hand, because he designed Zhu Huixun to beat the vassal king in public. From a logical point of view, his behavior was improper. On the other hand, the more important reason was that Xiang The prestige and reputation that Wang has accumulated over the years, coupled with his continuous management of Zongxue since the establishment of Zongxue.

Among them, the most important and core thing is naturally his reputation as a virtuous king for many years. It is precisely because of this that he stands out from all the kings and becomes Da Zongzheng.

However, this is before he ascends to the throne, and his reputation needs to prove his strength.

But if it is now, when King Xiang has won the position of Da Zongzheng, if he wants to overthrow him, it is not enough to prove that he is quite criticized among the kings.

What's more, as the emperor just said, what the kings wrote was a family letter, so strictly speaking, it cannot be treated as a real impeachment memorial.

If these are not family letters, but impeachment memorials submitted by the kings through the Ministry of Rites, then naturally, King Xiang may not be able to keep his position as Da Zongzheng.

But unfortunately not!
They have also read these family letters just now, and most of the vassal kings did not have a good opinion of King Xiang in terms of words, and even some veteran vassal kings spoke quite harshly.

But in the final analysis, this is all a private matter, and it is not enough to put it on the stage to ask for guilt!
Furthermore, no matter what King Xiang said, he was also His Majesty's uncle. Among the clans, in terms of blood relationship, apart from the Supreme Emperor, King Xiang was the closest.

The so-called kinship, as the emperor's uncle, no matter what, even if it's just for face, His Majesty still has to protect it.

Be obedient and listen to the sound, whether it is King Xiang's resignation just now, or the emperor's persuasion, in fact, it is nothing more than an empty courtesy.

With so many family letters, it is impossible for King Xiang not to say so, but he also knew very well in his heart that it is impossible for the emperor to dismiss him because of this matter.

Therefore, there is the current scene!

It's a pity that these children can't see through...

In the eyes of these elders who are familiar with court politics, [-]% of the pot of water that brought down King Xiang has already boiled, and they only need to add a handful of the most critical firewood to boil the water.

In the current situation, although these family letters cannot be regarded as impeachment, they can show the dissatisfaction of the clans from all over the country towards King Xiang.

In addition, the Zongxue incident just happened, although it cannot be said that it is the responsibility of King Xiang, but such a trivial matter has been brought to the imperial court, which in itself shows that King Xiang's ability is lacking.

With the superposition of the two, the conditions for bringing down King Xiang are ripe, what is missing now is a real and detailed charge.

It doesn't need to be very big, but the evidence must be conclusive. As long as there is a charge that King Xiang can't get rid of, then, under the expectations of everyone, his position as Da Zongzheng cannot be kept no matter what!

However, looking at the appearance of this group of children, it is obvious that they are at the end of their rope. It is a pity that today is such a good opportunity...

A group of elders shook their heads secretly, very professional and regretful that the good situation was wasted.

To be honest, if they are allowed to make a move, even if they don't have this last firewood, as long as they operate properly, they have a chance.

But it's a pity... this is religious affairs.

At least so far, these matters are still conflicts within the clan. If they intervene rashly, they may cause criticism and dissatisfaction from the entire clan.

Therefore, they can only watch helplessly. If there is no accident, King Xiang may escape the catastrophe this time...

"Your Majesty, I have the original performance!"

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded.

Everyone followed the prestige, and suddenly their expressions changed, and they saw Min Wang Zhu Huixun, who was dressed in court clothes, strode out, took out a memorial from his sleeve, held it high above his head, and said.

"I want to impeach the king of Xiang, Zhu Zhanqian, for wanton lawlessness, rampant in the village, oppressing the people, treating all the disciples of the sect school harshly, disregarding the friendship of relatives, detaining the clan's Lumi, deceiving the upper and lower, and attracting complaints from the clans all over the place."

"Besides, he also took bribes from frontier generals without authorization and occupied hundreds of hectares of military land on the border. As for King Xiang's fief Xiangyang Mansion, he even plundered military land and countless civilian lands. Clan example?"

"Your Majesty impeached King Xiang for being disrespectful, disrespectful, disloyal, harsh, and domineering. Please punish him severely!"

Zhu Huixun's chubby body, standing in the hall at the moment, seemed surprisingly righteous.

His voice was loud and powerful, which attracted the attention of all the ministers present.

Well, what are you talking about, just now they were still thinking, could this last fire not be able to ignite?
Seeing that Zhu Huixun listed his "crimes" one by one, King Xiang's face sank like water, and he stared at Zhu Huixun fiercely, wishing to eat him up.

The memorial was submitted to the emperor, the emperor opened it and looked at it carefully, and immediately frowned, and said in a deep voice.

"Uncle Huang, what is your explanation for the impeachment of Uncle Min Wang?"

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly changed and became stagnant in an instant.

The ministers who were still a little fishy, ​​after the emperor asked this sentence, their expressions instantly became clear, and all of them raised their spirits.

It has to be said that although it has only been less than two years since he ascended the throne, with the changes in the court situation again and again, even if he is facing a group of important officials who have served in several dynasties, the power of the emperor has gradually gathered.

That simple sentence and the seriousness in his tone made everyone tense up.

Everyone knows that although the emperor values ​​the friendship between relatives and relatives, what his elders value more is the state affairs and state affairs.

The emperor can laugh at the usual small fights, even if they offend Tianwei, but if it involves government affairs, the emperor can't rub the sand in his eyes.

Up to now, many ministers present have vaguely guessed that the previous petitions from the clan's children and the letters from the kings from all over the place are just a prelude.

But now, the real killer move came!

King Xiang naturally also felt the subtle changes in the atmosphere. He hadn't been in court for a long time, and he was quite uncomfortable with the suddenly serious atmosphere.

However, no matter how slow he is, he can still realize that the current situation is different from before.

Just now, the emperor pardoned Zhu Huixun's charge of delaying his departure from Beijing with a flirtatious remark. As a result, he had almost no means of countermeasures available, and could only defend passively.

Faced with Zhu Huixun's impeachment, and the gaze of the emperor and all the ministers, King Xiang's mind was spinning rapidly, and finally decided...

"Your Majesty, I don't know what Prince Min is talking about. In the vassal, I have always obeyed the law and did not dare to slack off in the slightest. When I was summoned by Your Majesty, I went to the capital and kept myself safe. I never violated the rules."

"I really don't know where Prince Min's accusation of impeachment came from, but His Majesty, Sheng Mingying, believes that I will be able to return my innocence!"

After a brief hesitation, King Xiang still felt that in the current situation, denying it to death is the best way.

Of course, King Xiang did not make this decision randomly.

Many things in Zhu Huixun's impeachment are repeating old tunes. If there is anything new, it is about the impeachment of Juntun.

Not surprisingly, this is also the reason for the change in the attitude of the emperor.

But you know, this kind of accusation needs evidence!

King Min's fief is in Wugang, which is not adjacent to Xiangyang. Since Emperor Taizong, the feudal princes from all over the country have been strictly ordered not to leave the city at will, and there is almost no communication with each other.

Therefore, even if Zhu Huixun had heard about the situation in Xiangyang, he must have no evidence.

As for the garrison fields on the border, there were indeed, and it was not what King Xiang wanted for himself, but a group of border generals took the initiative to send them to him in order to escape crime.

King Xiang himself didn't know how many fields he had, he only knew that there was a lot of land, all bearing his name, and most importantly, a large sum of money would be sent to Prince Xiang's mansion every year.

What he did was actually send a few people to the border to collect money.

This is indeed a hidden danger, but again, as far as Zhu Zhanqian knew, Zhu Huixun had been in Wugang since he grew up, let alone the border.

Therefore, he was betting that the other party had no evidence!
As long as he can get through today, he will send people immediately after he returns to at least destroy the traces of encroaching on the border farmland.

Unfortunately……

Seeing King Xiang's swearing, all the ministers on the side suddenly looked very excited.

This Prince Xiang is really... stupid and cute!
Could it be that, until now, he still thinks that it is useful to deny death?
What happened today is obviously a conspiracy aimed at him. In all likelihood, the person behind the plan is this Prince Min.

Now, all kinds of preparations have been made, and the last step is missing. Could it be that King Min is not prepared?

At this time, the most sensible thing to do is to abandon the car and save the handsome man.

Simply admit that there is indeed such a thing as farming, it is best to have the determination of the gecko to cut off the tail, abandon the farming in the mansion, and dedicate it all to the court.

In this way, no matter what the emperor thinks, King Xiang, who sets an example for the kings, can naturally escape disaster, and Da Zongzheng's position can also be kept.

The second method is to admit part of it, then bow your head to admit your mistake, pray for the emperor's forgiveness, and block the words of King Min in advance.

After all, King Xiang is the emperor's uncle. As long as he is willing to admit his mistakes, even if the emperor wants to take care of his clan's face, he will at most give him a reprimand. If he is great, he will be resigned from the position of Da Zongzheng and sent back to the feudal land.

However, with so many methods, King Xiang chose the worst strategy.

Didn't such a swearing appearance forcefully hand the knife into King Min's hand?

Shaking his head pityingly.

Sure enough, Zhu Huixun's eyes flickered slightly when he heard what King Xiang said, and he immediately said.

"Your Majesty, I have evidence!"

(End of this chapter)