marquis of jingan

Chapter 178 Sages and Right and Wrong

In the Zhongshu Provincial Assembly Hall, Jin Wang Li Rui was invited to sit on the main seat.

Originally, with his official position as Jiankang Yin, even if he could enter the meeting hall to discuss matters, he would most likely be the last seat to accompany him. However, this is the prince of the Li family, the emperor's uncle, and with his status here, he was naturally invited by several prime ministers to the main seat. In the seat, Prince Jin was not polite, sat on the main seat, and explained the events of the day in detail in front of several prime ministers.

After finishing speaking, he looked around at the crowd and said, "Misters and colleagues, the situation that day was probably the same. I have already checked with Shen Yi himself. That day in Dongshi Street, Princess Qiren was splashed with tea. Shen Yi They were also beaten badly, so it can only be said that both sides made some mistakes."

"This matter is just an insignificant matter. It was absolutely not qualified to enter the ears of the princes. However, the people of Qi are so powerful that they brought it to His Majesty. His Majesty is young, and it is difficult to make a decision for a while. Today, it was brought to the meeting hall. .”

Prince Jin slightly lowered his eyebrows and said: "Shen Yi is just a raw student, no matter how you deal with him, it doesn't matter, but His Majesty thinks that Qi people are too arrogant, so he is a little annoyed..."

His Royal Highness King Jin looked at the people present, and said: "This king is Jiankang Yin. I came here today just to explain the situation to you gentlemen, and did not participate in the discussion. Now that the situation is clear, this king will leave now."

After saying this, Prince Jin got up and left without waiting for the prime ministers to speak.

If it is an ordinary Jiankang Yin, even though he is the chief of the capital and is "Jing Zhao Yin", he must be respectful and cautious when facing the prime minister. If the prime minister does not let him leave, it is absolutely impossible to leave by himself, but Li Rui does not It's not just Jing Zhaoyin. If he wants to leave, even Yang Jingzong can't stop him. Several chancellors took the three hall officials from the Ministry of Rites and Zhao Changping, the servant of the Ministry of Households, to send Prince Jin out of the meeting hall.

After Prince Jin left, the ministers returned to the meeting hall and sat down again. This time, Yang Jingzong sat on the main seat honestly. The old man Yang slightly lowered his eyebrows and said, "If Prince Jin said, all the gentlemen would also like to speak." heard it."

"A student..."

Yang Xiangguo said slowly: "Compared to the people's livelihood in the community, it's really nothing to mention. Let alone a student, even the old man is in it, and he is willing to suffer some hardships to vent his anger on the people of Qi, so as to avoid a sword."

Zhang Jingwei on the side said with a smile: "Yang Xiangguo's words are wrong. You are our Da Chen's prime minister and also represent Da Chen's national system. If you lose face, our Chen country's face will also be lost. But Yang Xiangguo The Prime Minister's words are quite correct, a student is indeed too humble, but..."

Zhang Xiang changed the subject, and said calmly: "Now this matter is obviously related to this student named Shen Yi, but in fact it has nothing to do with him."

"In fact, this matter is to see if His Majesty can let this tone go."

Zhang Xiang is also very experienced in the meeting hall, so no one interrupted him when he spoke, so the old man Zhang continued: "Your Majesty is young and energetic, if he can swallow this tone, he will not let us discuss matters here today, but Whether it will directly deal with this Shen Yi, His Majesty asked us to discuss the matter, but he is hesitating whether to save face or face."

Yang Xiangguo was expressionless: "As a minister, we naturally want to be respected."

Zhang Jing shook his head and said: "Yang Xiang, you think so, but His Majesty may not think so. If His Majesty can't let go..."

Old man Yang looked around at the crowd, and said in a deep and powerful voice, "Could it be that, for His Majesty's face alone, you are going to take the risk of going to war with the people of Qi!"

He looked at the three officials of the Ministry of Rites, and said in a deep voice: "Your Ministry of Rites is in charge of foreign affairs, and the Ministry of Rites should have handled this matter properly at that time, instead of dragging it to the court to deal with it today."

The Minister of Rites and Zuo Shilang looked at Pei Yuanpei sitting beside him at the same time.

Pei Yuan is the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, in charge of the Department of Goodness and the Department of Host and Guest. The so-called Department of Host and Guest is actually the diplomatic department of later generations.

Seeing that all the big shots were looking at him, Pei Shilang was also a little innocent, he gave a wry smile, cupped his hands at Yang Jingzong and said, "Xiangguo, it's because the Ministry of Rites didn't know anything about it before. That Princess Qi did not report it, of course the Ministry of Rites will not deal with it, besides..."

He lowered his voice: "Besides, the Jiankang government office is also responsible for this matter. The Jiankang government office did not know about it in advance, let alone our Ministry of Rites."

"All right."

Zhang Jing shook his head slightly, and said: "The matter has come to this point, shirking responsibility will not help the matter, His Majesty is still waiting for the result of our discussion in the palace, and it is serious to discuss a result as soon as possible."

Zhang Jing had a lot of prestige in the meeting hall. After he finished speaking, Yang Jingzong also nodded, and everyone began to state their opinions one by one.

Yang Jingzong's attitude is clear.

Shen Yi's words and deeds were reckless, and he offended the princess of Northern Qi. Regardless of right or wrong, at least he lost the face of the court and the country of etiquette. He should be punished heavily, but for the sake of the emperor, he can be punished lightly , to send Qi envoys.

Yang Xiang was the first to speak, and the others also expressed their opinions one after another.

Yang Jingzong has ruled the country for many years. Generally speaking, not many people dare to object to what he said, so many people echoed it, especially Pei Yuan, the Minister of Rites, who was the first to stand up and echoed Yang Jingzong's words.

When Pei Shilang took the provincial examination in his early years, Yang Jingzong was the examiner of the rural examination, so there were some master-apprentice status between the two.

Most of the people present supported Yang Jingzong's opinion.

Dudu Prime Minister Zhang Jing sat where he was, without saying a word.

Zhao Changping, who had been sitting by the side and listening, finally spoke.

He stood up, looked at Yang Jingzong, bowed his head slightly, cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Yang, you just said "whether it is right or wrong", and the officials do not agree with it."

This Zhao Shilang looked around and said in a heavy voice, "I am a scholar, and all the gentlemen present should be from the right school. We are reading the books of sages and sages. Which one of the ancient sages said that no matter whether it is true or not, Wrong words?"

Zhao Shilang took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Your official understands that you have difficulties in running the country for your father, but even if you are pursuing benefits for the country, you should not be right or wrong. Shen Yi's matter, even if To punish him, right and wrong should also be clearly discussed!"

Zhao Shilang's words were resounding.

Although he also spoke from his own standpoint, he had to say that his words seized the moral high ground, and his words were very beautiful.

Yang Xiangguo raised his gray eyebrows, looked up at Zhao Changping, and said nothing.

There was a dead silence in the council hall.

No one answered Zhao Changping's words.

In the end, Zhang Jing and Zhang Xiang stood up.

The old gentleman looked at Yang Jingzong, then at Zhao Changping, sighed slightly, and said, "My lords, for a trivial matter, I won't hurt my friendship."

He looked at Zhao Changping and comforted him in a soft voice: "Zhao Shilang, what Prime Minister Yang has done is an act of seeking the country, so don't take it to heart."

Zhang Xiangguo looked around and said indifferently: "What the old man means is that since everyone's opinions are not unified, then each of them should write their own books and send their opinions to His Majesty for His Majesty's decision."

Yang Jingzong was drowsy at first, but after hearing Zhang Jing's words, he opened his eyes and said slowly, "Then let's do this."

(End of this chapter)