Turbulent Times Chapter 461: The battle between court and court (middle)
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What everyone expressed was that Wang Junlin was lawless, he committed crimes against his superiors, and beat the prince in broad daylight in front of so many ordinary people. This is a bad behavior that has never been seen since the founding of the Sui Dynasty. King's Landing, if you don't kill, it's not enough to make the people angry, if you don't kill it, it's not enough to comfort the hearts of the people, if you don't kill it, it's not enough to be the leader of the court...
During this process, they emphasized the misery of His Royal Highness. If His Royal Highness was not seriously injured, they might have brought him over for everyone to see. Can't stop talking about impeachment.
Wang Junlin lowered his head and acted like I was wrong and guilty, but in fact his heart was full of ridicule. These people didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, they only mentioned that they led people to beat the King of Han, but No one mentioned why he beat the King of Han, let alone the fact that the King of Han robbed the women and horses of the meritorious generals in broad daylight.
However, this was also expected by Wang Junlin. Although he was a little bit indignant, he didn't feel any pain.
Contrary to these people, the military generals all dozed off in the court hall. The Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the Duke of Wenxi County, Pei Shiju, had a calm expression from the beginning to the end, without saying a word.
At this time, a young censor stepped forward, and an official from the Yang Su family who was about to go up paused.
The censor named Zhang Wen said with a righteous face: "Your Majesty, I impeached the king of Han to rob the female family members and war horses of the powerful generals in the street. Such actions are really shameless and disrespectful to the royal family. , This is..., please make your Majesty's decision."
After Zhang Wen finished speaking with righteousness, he stood there quietly, and the voice in the hall suddenly became much quieter.
Several Shangguans at Yushitai thumped in their hearts at the same time, and looked at Zhang Wen with complicated expressions. Others didn't know, how could they not know—this Zhang Wen belonged to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
As early as the last time Qin Anhou was in the capital, there were rumors that the crown prince wanted to win over the former, but because of Yang Su, Duke of Yue, he failed to win over him. Now it seems that this statement is true. It's just that His Royal Highness, regardless of Yang Su's feelings, wants to win over Qin Anhou with a clear banner, which is enough to see that the Crown Prince values him. At the same time, compared to the submissiveness of the former Prince Yang Yong when he faced the same powerful minister Gao Ying, this His Royal Highness is really domineering. And from the sharp words of the censor named Zhang Wen just now, it can be seen that His Royal Highness is arrogant enough.
You know, the reason why everyone deliberately avoided the beating of King Han just now was not because they didn't know, or they forgot for a while, but because they didn't dare, because everyone knows that he is His Majesty's most beloved son today .
Suddenly, not only the officials who had just impeached Wang Junlin scolded Zhang Wen in their hearts, the emperor Yang Jian's face was also a little ugly, and he looked at Zhang Wen with a bad look.
This little censor really knows which pot does not open and which pot to lift. Everyone knows it well.
Wang Junlin witnessed this scene, and recalled Zhang Jike’s overnight risky delivery last night about His Highness’s attitude and the list of people in court. After this incident, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely find an opportunity to deal with him, and this censor will never be successful. But with Yang Guang as a person, after he becomes emperor, Zhang Wen will naturally be reused, so this person feels the unkind eyes of Yang Su and other important officials, and even His Majesty the Emperor. Although his face is a little pale, there is no fear in his eyes It means that since he is the censor anyway, His Majesty the Emperor will not kill him if he is a little sensible, at most he will be dismissed from office.
"This favor is not small, Yang Guang is just like in history, decisive in doing things, and generous in hand." Wang Junlin thought to himself.
The Minister of Rites Yu Shilang, who was the first to impeach Wang Junlin, stood up again and said: "Zhang Yushi is just joking. As the King of Han, what kind of women and horses have never seen before, and they need to be forced." Steal someone else's."
Under the personal arrangement of the prince and his staff, the young censor Zhang Wen was extremely well prepared, took out a roll of memorial from his sleeve, and said loudly again: "Your Majesty, I have collected more than a dozen people who witnessed His Majesty the King of Han yesterday evening. According to the testimonies of the common people who had conflicts with Marquis Qin An, according to the witnesses, it was indeed the King of Han who took a fancy to the accompanying women and horses of Marquis Qin An. The common people were charged. Therefore, I thought that Marquis An of Qin was guilty of beating the King of Han with people, but because there was a reason for the incident, and it was the King of Han's fault, he should be punished lightly. Your Majesty, please be careful."
The audience was silent for a moment, but immediately after another man surnamed Ma Yushi came out to salute, he also took out a roll of memorials from his sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, I also collected some papers last night. The testimonies of the people who witnessed Qin Anhou beating the King of Han, according to those people, Wang Junlin was arrogant and domineering. Without knowing the identity of the King of Han, he relied on his martial arts to bully the King of Han. The King of Han led his guards to resist. The loss resulted in a tragedy. Your Majesty, I believe that Marquis Qin An has committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, so he should be beheaded immediately to correct the majesty of the royal family and your majesty."
"Your Majesty, Ma Yushi blatantly turned black and white in the court hall, and what he said was not true. Your Majesty should drag him out and behead him to set the record straight." An official from the side of His Royal Highness immediately stood up and refuted loudly. .
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After a heated debate in court, a person from Yang Su's faction came forward and said: "Your Majesty, I think the Dali Temple should be asked to ask the guards of the King of Han to investigate the truth of this matter."
At this time, before His Highness the Prince came out to fight back, an official standing at the back suddenly stood up, respectfully saluted the emperor, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Marquis Qin An has made great military exploits for His Majesty and the court. The minister thought that there must be a reason for Qin Anhou's beating of the King of Han. Although he was guilty, he should not be severely punished. Uh...Qin Anhou was kind to Chen and other thirteen officials from poor families. Hou pleads."
This person is none other than Dou Shicai, who is second only to Fang Qiao among the thirteen sons of a poor family. As soon as this person came out, the hall was suddenly quiet. Not far from this person, Fang Qiao, Wei Yunqi and other low-ranking officials changed their expressions. Some gloomy up.
Wang Junlin sighed in his heart, with a calm expression on his face. When he helped these thirteen scholars from humble backgrounds to enter the court as officials, he had already thought that some of these people would forget their original intentions and be deceived by powerful officials and clans. He was bought, so today's scene did not surprise him.