Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 192 Unexpected Line Up!The court will end!

No one expected that this incident would come so suddenly.

Even if everyone had already seen some clues before, it was unexpected that His Majesty the Emperor would openly criticize Cai Jing at the court meeting.

The current situation is extremely grim.

Almost all courtiers could see that this was not only a debate over the selection of examiners, but also a declaration of war between the two camps.

At this time, standing in line is the most important thing.

If you stand right once, you will save ten years of suffering.

One wrong stand... This life may be over.

Some ministers who saw the risk and didn't want to get involved subconsciously held their breath for fear of being noticed.

But there are also speculators who see an opportunity out of breath and see an opportunity from it.

In the tense atmosphere, several ministers kept their heads silent, and the courtiers more or less looked at the other servants of the six departments, which related to their direct interests.

The atmosphere was a little heavy for a while.

Cai Jing was still sitting quietly in his seat, as if he was not in a hurry.

Li Gan was not in a hurry, because he knew that sooner or later someone would stand up.

Although none of the servants other than Cai Jing's party members have spoken yet, the servants of the sixth department have already whispered to each other below, arguing quietly...

"Yu Qing, you'd better be more cautious."

"Brother Xuanzhen, you don't need to persuade me anymore, I have already made up my mind." Lu Yin's eyes were firm: "How can you change something that was discussed before so easily?"

Regardless of the dissuasion of Pei Ji, the left servant of the Ministry of War, he stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I also think that what Cai Daren said makes sense, and it will be safer to choose the deputy examiner in the next year."

Li Qian stared at him blankly and nodded without saying anything.

Afterwards, Yan Lide, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, also got up and followed Lu Yin. He was also very anxious about the number of deputy examiners.

After the two of them, there was another short silence.

Suddenly, Wang Mang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, stood up, and said to His Majesty the Emperor sitting on the dragon chair: "Your Majesty, Mr. Cai is a veteran of the court, and he has presided over many trials. I feel that since Mr. Cai insists on waiting for a year to re-election, There must be Master Cai's reasons."

"Your Majesty, please think again."

The sound was not loud, but it was as shocking as a stone falling from the sky, and it was like thunder in the ears of many people.

Uncle Da Zong actually supported Cai Jing? !

Unable to conceal the shock in Qin Hui's eyes, he suddenly raised his head and looked at His Majesty the Emperor above.

what 's wrong?Doesn't the winning point lie in the Ministry of Rites?

What's the situation now?
However, Qin Hui found that His Majesty's face was equally ugly, full of shock and puzzlement, looking at Wang Mang behind him.

Qin Hui's heart sank.

Miscalculated! !

The Minister of Zhongshu and Yan Party officials who just expressed their views are not as desperate as him. In their opinion, since the Ministry of Rites is one of the six departments, it must be wearing the same trousers as Cai Jing.

It's just that they were a little surprised by the firm attitude of the Ministry of Rites, but that's all.

After Wang Mang, Sima Guang also followed closely: "Your Majesty, I also feel that Cai's words are reasonable, and please consider carefully your Majesty."

A smile flashed in Cai Jing's eyes, and it was fleeting.

At this moment, the Minister of Rites and the two servants of the Ministry of Rites have expressed their views, and the people in the other departments are determined!

Originally, I was afraid that there would be problems with the Ministry of Rites, but now that the Ministry of Rites has taken such a firm stand, how can I lose?
Those who were still vacillating in their positions were gradually confirmed under the watchful eyes of the other servants.

First, Pei Ji, the left servant of the Ministry of War, followed by Su Ling'a, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, and even Wang Danwang of the Ministry of Officials stood up first, and then Wu Shenglan showed reluctance, but still got up and stood beside Cai Jing.

Facing the threat of Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, the six departments must advance and retreat together, and even the official department cannot fight against the rest.

Now, all the servants of the six departments have chosen positions, and there is only one left servant of the household department, Guan Peng.

After his eyes flickered for a while, he also stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I also think it's best to choose after the next year."

The voice fell, and the Qianyang Palace fell into silence.

The candlelight was beating, and His Majesty's face seemed particularly gloomy amidst the light and shadow.

Below, a total of twelve servants in scarlet robes and a majestic minister stood silently, and the pressure was extraordinarily great.

The generals watched this scene silently, most of them kept silent, looking like they were watching a good show.

Only the leaders Li Yuan, Yang Jian and Zhao Kuangyin frowned, looking thoughtful.

"it is good……"

Li Gan nodded, no emotion could be heard in his voice, but the ministers faintly heard His Majesty gnashing his teeth...

"In that case, let's put it on hold for now and discuss it later."

He stood up and was about to leave.

"Your Majesty, I don't know if I should say something or not." Cai Jing said suddenly.

He didn't wait for Li Qian's reply, but stood up directly, and said seriously: "I think a mere assistant examiner of the general examination is not worth the trouble."

"Your Majesty, who is a body of gold, should still focus on the important affairs of the court, and there is no need to worry about such matters. Let the ministers handle such trivial matters."

Li Qian took a deep breath, and smiled inexplicably: "Cai Qing really understands me."

He glanced around at the many ministers in the hall expressionlessly, turned around and walked away, and only said coldly: "Retire."

The ministers watched His Majesty's figure disappear into the darkness, the sound of footsteps faded away, and fell into a moment of trance.

Everyone understands that he will not let it go.

This year, it's probably going to be hard...

Call ~
The gate of Qianyang Hall had been opened at some point, a gust of cold wind came in, and the candles in the hall kept flickering.

The sky outside the door was dark and full of stars, eunuchs with lanterns were already waiting outside, ready to follow the adults back to the Yamen.

Yushi Terrace was on the south side of the imperial city, walking, only Wei Zheng, the two Yushi Zhongcheng and the eunuch in front were left on the road.

Under the night, the red palace walls on both sides looked extremely solemn.

Bao Xuan asked suddenly: "Master Wei, why didn't you say a word at the meeting just now?"

The other censor, Lou Shide, took a few steps a little slower and fell behind the two of them, as if he hadn't heard the words.

Wei Zheng also paused for a moment, looked straight ahead at the eunuch who was about to walk away, and said: "In previous years, the examiners of the general examinations were determined after the year, and this practice has never been wrong, and there is no need to change it."

"No matter what His Majesty is doing, there is no need to spend too much energy on this kind of thing."

Bao Xuan looked at him with some surprise: "What if Your Majesty really has some other purpose? According to the current situation, he is no match for Lord Cai. Isn't Your Excellency afraid that Your Majesty will be overwhelmed?"

Wei Zheng stopped, turned his head to look at him, and said solemnly: "Bao Zhongcheng, you don't need to test me like this, you just need to understand two things."

"Your Majesty is Your Majesty. He will only make mistakes and be corrected by my courtiers, but he cannot be overwhelmed by my courtiers."

"Secondly, no matter what your majesty's purpose is, I don't need to forcibly agree."

"I will follow the court's law. If it is beneficial to the court and the scholars, I will naturally do it. If it is not beneficial to both, I will not do it."

After speaking, he strode forward directly.

Bao Xuan froze in place until Lou Shide came from behind and patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Why are you froze? Bao Zhongcheng?"

"It's winter, it's not good to stand here and blow the cold wind, let's hurry back to the yamen."

Bao Xuan came back to his senses, nodded silently, and followed Lou Shide towards the light in the darkness ahead...

Also in the Shangshu Yamen in the imperial city, the servants of the six departments also gathered together to discuss how to deal with this sudden change.

After the discussion was dry, everyone could only come up with five words: don't get confused.

The initiative of the deputy examiners of the general examination rests with them. As long as the six parts can be stabilized by themselves, no matter the emperor, Zhongshu, or subordinates, they cannot forcibly interfere too much.

After such a confidence boost, everyone left contentedly, believing that the assistant examiner would definitely stay in the sixth department.

It's just that Song Qiaonian, Han Mulu, Deng Xunwu, and Gao Xun, four of Cai Jing's confidantes, didn't leave in a hurry, but stayed with Cai Jing.

"Lord Cai, what's going on, Your Majesty?"

Han Mulu was still a little bit surprised: "He actually made it public at the court meeting..."

"What else can it be?" Song Qiaonian sneered, "I want to overwhelm others with power!"

"In the past, the people from the strict party have been making trouble against the Zhongshu Province, but now they are all being wooed by him, and they suddenly drifted away. They want to use people from these two provinces to persuade us to submit!"

Gao Xun also recovered, laughed and said: "It's just a trick of the class. He has calculated thousands of times, but he still hasn't calculated that the Lord has already cleared Wang Zongbo."

"Just now at the court meeting, it can be said that he was ugly. Compared with Mr. Cai, he looks like a three-year-old child."

Cai Jing stroked his beard with a smile, and said modestly: "No matter what, you should be careful."

"After all, it is Zhongshu and Menxia Province who joined forces, and His Majesty, we must pay attention to it."

He originally wanted to take this opportunity to reach out to the three departments under Heshen's control, and integrate the power of the six departments.

Unexpectedly, His Majesty the Emperor would give him this opportunity to openly make such a radical move similar to declaring war at the court meeting.

Cai Jing almost woke up laughing.

Deng Xunwu said worriedly: "My lord, I'm afraid that the hearts of our six departments are not in harmony."

He frowned: "Guan Peng, the left servant of the household department, and Wu Shenglan, the right servant of the official department, are all outsiders. If they get the chance, they might turn their backs..."

The servants fell silent after hearing the words, and the smile on Cai Jing's face also faded a little.

"People from Heshen shouldn't have to worry too much..." Heshen's foundation is in Liubu, so he won't do the kind of thing that spoils his reputation.

But another person is different.

"Keep an eye on Guan Peng, lest he ruin our affairs."

Cai Jing said indifferently: "There are also Yan Song and He Shen's actions in Xingyang, and we must report them back as soon as possible."

"Yes, my lord." The four of them responded in unison.

Only then did Cai Jing slowly nod his head. A little threat is not a bad thing. Only when there is a threat can the six parts have a sense of urgency, and they will be more dependent on themselves...

Tang Guogong's mansion.

Li Yuan was sitting in the study room. On the table were a large bowl of steaming soy milk, a lamb leg that was roasted to a burnt yellow, full of oil, and exuding a strong aroma of oil, three big meat buns, and a baby's fist. big garlic.

This is Tang Guogong's breakfast.

With a creak, the people in the study were pushed away, and the cold wind blew up a corner of the precious "Picture of Mountains in Thousand Valleys" on the wall.

"Father, I still haven't found any evidence."

With two dark circles under his eyes, Li Jiancheng said helplessly, "Our people have searched all over the river, almost digging three feet into the ground."

"But those people looked like veterans, and they didn't leave any trace."

Li Yuan put down the mutton leg that was so clean that only one bone was left in his hands, and picked up a silk handkerchief and wiped his big oily hand: "It's normal not to find it."

"Those who do this kind of thing are veterans. If you can catch your tail at once, then you don't have to mess around."

"Father, I think it was Zhao who did it."

Li Jiancheng looked a bit hideous, and gritted his teeth: "How many veterans like this are there in the entire capital? At that time, except for General Yang, they were theirs!"

"It must be that they saw our people and the people in the General's Mansion clashing, so they kidnapped our people to ask about Zhuge Liang's news. After the incident, they killed people and silenced them, and blamed the people in the General's Mansion!"

Li Yuan picked up a steamed stuffed bun with his big hands, and gnawed half of it in one bite. After eating, he frowned and said, "Why can't the people from the General's Mansion kill our people, and then blame Marshal Zhao?"

Li Jiancheng was taken aback: "Father..."

Li Yuan shook his head, as if he didn't want to discuss more on this topic: "This matter has become a bad debt, let's leave it alone."

"Continuously investigate, the people behind the scenes must be tense, and try not to leak any clues. But if he exposes it first, once he relaxes his vigilance, he will naturally jump in front of us."

Li Jiancheng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly responded, "Yes, Dad."

Li Yuan swallowed a whole bun, then frowned and asked, "Did the household department come to the house recently to ask for money?"

Li Jiancheng was stunned: "How can they make the mistake of asking us for money? We don't support his household department!"

Li Yuan put down the bowl, and frowned even tighter: "Didn't come? Why didn't you come?"

He turned his head to look at Li Jiancheng: "Is there still money in the internal funds?"

"It's long gone." Li Jiancheng shook his head.

"Where did the money for the Grand Court come from?" Li Yuan didn't even care about eating, and couldn't figure it out.

"It should be the Ministry of Household Affairs..." Li Jiancheng got stuck in the middle of speaking.

There are not a few pieces of dry food in the pocket of the household department, and it is difficult to advance money for His Majesty the Emperor.

"It shouldn't be..."

Li Yuan's eyes were lost, and he kept murmuring.

In his opinion, His Majesty's gaffe at today's court meeting was due to his youthful vigor, and he could not bear to be wronged, so he broke face with Cai Jing and made such an irrational move.

But now it seems that is not the case.

He knew that the emperor had always wanted to get back the internal funds, so shouldn't he take advantage of the opportunity of the Great Court Meeting to justifiably ask for money and try something?

If he had acted impatiently at the meeting today, he would have sent someone to ask for money!

Isn't that the case?What secrets are hidden in it? ?

"Father?" Li Jiancheng looked at Li Yuan tentatively, not understanding why he acted like this all of a sudden.

Li Yuan suddenly raised his head: "Go to the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Rites to inquire about how the imperial court's Zhengdan Dynasty will be held."

"Yes, father." Li Jiancheng took the order and walked out quickly.

At the same time, Qin Hui also came to the East Nuan Pavilion of Ziwei Hall, and found His Majesty the Emperor.

Now, he has a lot to say and wants to talk to His Majesty the Emperor...

(End of this chapter)