Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 259 Deadly Remonstrance
In the Daming Palace, the Supreme Emperor received the latest information from Dai Quan.

"They actually used the secret guards, and all three hundred secret guards were wiped out. What a good prince!" The Supreme Emperor looked at the information with a gloomy face and said coldly.

The Secret Guards, this is the secret of the royal family. The mission of the Secret Guards is not to perform such combat missions, but to protect the royal family.

When the imperial palace was attacked, all the capital troops went to protect the Daming Palace, and Emperor Jingwen was almost assassinated. The Supreme Emperor gave up half of his secret guards to Emperor Jingwen.

Of the five hundred secret guards, three hundred were lost this time.

The Secret Guard is not an ordinary army. It was specially trained by the royal family. Selected orphans from various places were secretly sent to the capital. After long-term training and a large amount of medicinal materials, this powerful army was formed.

There is one strong general among ten people. This ratio makes this army invincible.

But even the royal family can only guarantee the number of a thousand secret guards, and the royal family cannot bear any more.

The Emperor's fingers lightly clasped Long An, and he had a new understanding of Jia Qiang's strength.

Looking at the information in his hand, Jia Qiang didn't even take action. The nine soldiers under his command eliminated 300 secret guards.

"Is this child really willing to be a wealthy prince?" the Supreme Emperor murmured to himself.

With such force and Jia Qiang's temper, Emperor Jingwen was not a mature emperor. As long as Emperor Jingwen did something to Jia Qiang, it would probably be a bloody storm.

The Supreme Emperor had a new idea at this time. If it didn't work, he would enfeoff Jia Qiang and give Jia Qiang a fiefdom. He could do whatever he wanted with Jia Qiang.

But this idea needs the support of Emperor Jingwen. The Supreme Emperor has divided his own powers. He can no longer arbitrarily make such an important decision. If he really implements it by force, it will harm the relationship between himself and Emperor Jingwen.

"Master, I'm afraid we can't hide the matter about the secret guards. This time it's a trial by the three divisions, and all three hundred secret guards were captured alive by the third division!" Dai Quan reminded from the side.

"If you can't hide it, then you can't hide it. Don't worry about the loyalty of the three hundred secret guards. Nothing big will happen!" The Supreme Emperor waved his hand and said.

The secret guards are almost equivalent to the royal dead soldiers. Even if they are caught, it is impossible to tell any unfavorable news.

"By the way, tell Jing Wen to be more honest these days and behave like an emperor!" the Supreme Emperor confessed in a deep voice.

His words were a rebuke, and a eunuch would go to the East Palace to convey them in the same tone.

In the East Palace, Prince Zhongshun still stayed in the East Palace. He really did not dare to leave.

This time, news came from Dali Temple that three hundred secret guards were captured alive, and it was Jia Qiang who led the people to do it. This made Prince Zhongshun even more frightened.

He certainly knows what kind of army the Secret Guard is. It is the strongest army in the world. The resources invested by the royal family for this Secret Guard are extremely astonishing.

But the three hundred secret guards were easily dealt with by Jia Qiang and his men. What did this mean? It meant that Prince Zhongshun would not be safe if he left the palace and lived anywhere else.

Emperor Jingwen held the imperial pen in his hand, but he could not write even a word for a long time.

He was confused. A total of 500 secret guards was his biggest trump card, but he suddenly lost 300 secret guards.

The failure of the three hundred secret guards would most likely expose the fact that he, the emperor, sent people to assassinate witnesses.

This will make his already damaged reputation even worse.

"It's Jia Qiang again!" He said secretly in his heart.

He hated Jia Qiang even more, feeling that Jia Qiang was the source of all this.

He was thinking about how to deal with Jia Qiang. If he forcibly issued an order and took away Jia Qiang's official position, would it trigger opposition from the officials.

Now he extremely regrets sending Jia Qiang to the position of cabinet bachelor. Except for the official position of cabinet bachelor, the other official positions are much easier to change.

The cabinet is an important way for the civil service system to participate in government affairs, and it is also the highest authority of the civil service system.

Even if the emperor wants to move the cabinet, he must have sufficient reasons, otherwise he will be an enemy of the entire civil service system.

At this time, a young eunuch came from the Daming Palace and delivered the words of rebuke from the Supreme Emperor.

Seeing the little eunuch scolding him loudly, Emperor Jingwen had the idea of ​​​​killing the little eunuch immediately.

But he didn't dare. Daqian followed the principle of governing the country with filial piety. Not to mention the power in the hands of the Supreme Emperor, just the word "filial piety" made him have to accept it honestly.

Emperor Jingwen was honest. At least he must be honest for a while. This is what the Supreme Emperor requested.

Two days later it was the imperial meeting. Jia Qiang stood in her seat with her eyes closed. An official was making a report. Jia Qiang's mind was not on the official, but waiting for the next good show.

The results of the three-division trial will be announced today. No one expected that this trial would go so smoothly.

Under normal circumstances, for such large cases, the three-party joint trial will not produce a result for more than half a month.

However, the prisoner was too cooperative and explained all the details clearly. The Criminal Department, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were all veterans in investigating cases. With these details, the case was quickly sorted out one by one.

Even the matter of the three hundred secret guards, due to the explanation given by the leader of the secret guards, also resulted in a written result of the three-division review.

Seeing an official finish his report, and then it was time to deal with special government affairs, Chen Yushi, a nearly seventy-year-old Zuoqiandu censor from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, stood up from the queue.

Jia Qiang was slightly startled. He was about to announce the results of the joint trial of the three departments, and this person should not be the one to do it.

Chen Yushi, the Yushi of Zuoqian Capital, is already in his prime years. He has no specific work in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and only plays a supervisory role.

It is also the age of Chen Yushi. He is a respected presence in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the entire court.

"I have a book to start with!" Chen Yushi said to Emperor Jingwen in a deep voice after he came out of the queue.

"Chen Yushi, please speak!" Emperor Jingwen also needed to respect Chen Yushi. In fact, Chen Yushi's age and qualifications were both too old.

"Old minister is guilty!" Chen Yushi said loudly.

Suddenly, the entire court was in an uproar. No one expected that Chen Yushi would say this.

When it comes to moral models in the court, then the old censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are definitely the first choice. They lead by example. In addition to being strict with themselves, they also supervise the courtiers.

At this time, Chen Yushi suddenly said that he was guilty, and he said this in front of the civil and military officials of the court, and even at the great court meeting. This is no joke.

"Chen Yushi, what are you guilty of?" Emperor Jingwen was equally puzzled and asked curiously.

"The old minister failed to supervise the behavior of the Holy One and allowed the Holy One to go astray. It is really the crime of the old minister. Please do not do the villain's behavior again. The emperor should have the magnanimity of the emperor. The old minister remonstrated with death!" Chen Yushi shouted loudly! said.

After he said this, he hit the pillar in the temple.

He didn't leave any way for himself to survive this time. The nearly seventy-year-old man hit the pillar hard with all his strength, and immediately fell to the ground with a broken head and blood.

All the ministers in the court were shocked, and some officials came forward to check. The other ministers thought about Chen Yushi's words, and they all knew that Emperor Jingwen must have done something wrong again, which made Chen Yushi unable to stand, so he decided to die as a remonstrance.

Thinking about the three-divisional trial involving the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the previous rumors that troops in Dali Temple wanted to rob the prison, how could the ministers not know the connection between the two.

"Chen Yushi, you take the first step. Your Majesty, as the emperor, you actually sent troops to attack and kill key criminals when the three ministers were interrogating. The old minister remonstrated with death!" Youqiandu Yushi, who is also a fourth-rank official, is also a member of the imperial court. Zhang Yushi, an old minister and a good friend of Chen Yushi, shouted loudly.

He hurriedly hit another pillar. The officials did not expect him to do this. When they found out, he had already hit the pillar.

Emperor Jingwen couldn't describe his feelings at this moment. If what Jia Qiang had done to the deceased soldiers in Prince Zhongshun's palace was announced in the court, which affected him as an emperor and made him likely to become a faint king for eternity, then there is no need to do so now. If you say too much, he will be the emperor of the ages.

At the great court meeting, there was an old censor who remonstrated with death. This kind of thing only happens when the emperor is in power.

This was the courtier's last counterattack in desperation. The emperor's actions disgusted the courtier to the extreme and he could no longer serve as an official under the emperor's rule.

Another relatively mild way is to resign, but at the same time the two old censors chose the most drastic way to remonstrate with death.

Starting from today, Emperor Jingwen's reputation was completely ruined.

"I am so saddened by the loss of a good minister!" Censor Hong of the Metropolitan Procuratorate checked the conditions of the two old censors and found that they were both dead on the spot. He couldn't help but cried out sadly.

"The great cadres are saddened by the loss of a good minister!" Some officials among the civil servants expressed their sympathy.

Gradually, more and more civil servants began to cry loudly and sadly.

From inside the hall to outside the hall, thousands of officials heard what happened in the hall, and they also cried out in grief.

The cries of grief soared into the sky, and even the Supreme Emperor in the Daming Palace could faintly hear them.

The Supreme Emperor suddenly stood up and took a few quick steps closer to the door so that he could hear more clearly.

"What happened?" He turned to Dai Quan and asked.

At this time, a young eunuch ran in quickly and knelt down in front of the Supreme Emperor regardless of being rude.

"Report, Yushi Chen and Yushi Zhang remonstrated with each other in the Jinluan Palace, and they were killed on the spot by crashing into a pillar in the palace!" the young eunuch reported as fast as he could.

When the Supreme Emperor heard the news, he couldn't help but swayed twice.

Dai Quan was frightened and quickly stepped forward to support him, fearing that something would happen to the Emperor.

"Show up in the Golden Palace!" The Supreme Emperor stabilized his figure and issued the order in a deep voice.

Soon, the Supreme Emperor sat on the Luan Chariot and headed towards the Golden Luan Palace accompanied by a group of eunuchs.

Emperor Jingwen had already lost his position at this moment. He was as helpless as a child at this moment.

Xia Shouzhong wanted to help, but he had no idea.

Seeing countless officials crying loudly inside and outside the Jinluan Palace.

They were crying about the two old censors, and they were also crying about the incompetent and foolish emperor.

Prince Zhongshun shrank his head now, for fear of being stared at, and he did not dare to speak out now.

The other princes did not want to get involved in this kind of thing. In addition, they did not know what happened specifically, and they did not want to prevent Emperor Jingwen from disaster.

Prince Zhongshun regretted that he should not attend today's court meeting. Seeing that his case had already caused such trouble.

His case is absolutely hopeless, and he is afraid that he will lose everything he currently has.

At this moment, as long as any official makes a suggestion, all the officials can tear him to pieces on the spot.

Such a scene had never happened in Daqian's court meeting. The two cabinet bachelors Tian and Deng did not speak for Emperor Jingwen, but joined in the weeping list.

"The Supreme Emperor has arrived!" A eunuch called, followed closely by the Supreme Emperor's Luan Jia.

"The Supreme Emperor, you are so ignorant of the emperor!" An old minister saw the Supreme Emperor's carriage, and his emotions reached an extreme level at this moment. He didn't care that Emperor Jingwen was still sitting on the dragon throne, and cried loudly and sadly.

"You have no wise ruler!" An old minister came forward, and the other officials cried out sadly.

"Hey!" The Supreme Emperor sighed deeply. He got off the carriage and looked at the ministers inside and outside the hall.

This was a great court meeting. In addition to officials from Beijing, many officials from other places also participated in this great court meeting.

Looking at the scenes at the court meeting, Emperor Jingwen's reputation was extremely bad.

Without him as the Supreme Emperor, I am afraid that the ministers would have begun to force the palace and ask Emperor Jingwen to abdicate in favor of someone worthy of his throne.

Don't underestimate the courtiers. Daqian adopted a system in which the cabinet assists the king, which greatly restricted the power of the king and prevented the collapse of the country due to a foolish emperor to a certain extent.

When Da Qian really meets the Hunjun, the ministers can force the Hunjun to abdicate the throne by forcing him to the palace.

The Supreme Emperor couldn't explain anything to Emperor Jingwen at the moment. Thousands of officials all said that Emperor Jingwen was a foolish king, so any explanation would be in vain.

The most important thing is that he must solve this trouble quickly, otherwise the reputation of the Daqian Royal Family will be greatly damaged.

"I already know the matter. Emperor Jingwen sent troops to attack the cells of Dali Temple in an attempt to kill witnesses and silence them. This behavior makes me extremely disappointed. Emperor Jingwen is confined in the East Palace, and the cabinet acts as king. Important matters are sent to the Daming Palace for me to handle! "The Supreme Emperor announced in a deep voice.

He didn't want to do this if there was even the slightest possibility. It was easy to confine Emperor Jingwen, but it was difficult to get Emperor Jingwen out.

More importantly, among Emperor Jingwen's children, he didn't like any of them, and he was even worse than Emperor Jingwen.

As for the other princes, if they had any choice, how could he let Emperor Jingwen ascend to the throne? He was really choosing the taller one from the short ones.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Academicians Tian and Deng shouted in unison.

The eyes of these two cabinet bachelors were shining, and the cabinet performed the duties of the king, which made the status of the cabinet infinitely higher.

"The Supreme Emperor Shengming!" Other ministers also shouted.

The Supreme Emperor punished Emperor Jingwen, which was a great victory in the eyes of the ministers.

There have been faint kings in the past dynasties. How could they be dealt with so quickly? The ministers did not pay much price to have Emperor Jingwen imprisoned and hand over the power in his hands.

As for how Emperor Jingwen will deal with it, it depends on the discussions between the cabinet and the Supreme Emperor. Of course, he also needs to give an explanation to the ministers, and they must be satisfied.

(End of this chapter)