Chapter 460: The election of a new king(1/2)
Yu Yangming arrived and brought a large number of officials.
As soon as he appeared, many officials in front of the palace gate hurriedly raised their hands to say hello. Yu Yangming nodded and quickly walked to the front.
The prince was very angry and tried to keep a calm expression. He even tried to smile: "Li Jian has met the prime minister."
"I pay homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at Yangming." Yu Yangming returned the gift with great ceremony, and then presented the jade seal.
The imperial army immediately made room for an open space and opened the side door as before. His Royal Highness was the first to enter, followed by the second prince and the third prince.
According to their official positions, a group of officials lined up into the palace and went directly to Zhengxing Hall.
There were Imperial Guards standing on the steps below the main hall, and they were also lined up in front of the main hall.
The prince and others walked up the steps and passed through the higher steps...
An accident happened. There were more than a dozen empresses and concubines kneeling at the entrance of Zhengxing Hall, and beside them were young princes and princesses.
The prince stopped on the steps and turned to look at Yu Yangming.
Yu Yangming strode up, looked at these people carefully, and felt relieved. Fortunately, the queen did not come.
Arriving in front of the ladies, he first bowed and saluted. Without waiting for the other party to speak, Yu Yangming slowly knelt down and looked at the opposite side: "What do you mean by this, ladies and gentlemen?"
No one answered.
Yu Yangming asked again, and the empress kneeling at the front spoke softly: "It has been nearly a month since the emperor was assassinated. We women and children are ignorant of state affairs and should not have come to Zhengxing Hall. But after the emperor was murdered, the prime minister did not
We have established a new king and refused to allow the emperor to be buried. We and all of us are filled with grief and indignation beyond words, so we can only kneel down in front of the ministers to ask for justice."
As he spoke, he bowed and bowed.
The other concubines and children all bowed down in the same way and shouted in unison: "Please give me justice."
Murder and heart-wrenching, just by appearing in front of the Zhengxing Palace, Yu became famous and had to resign from office.
Yu Yangming also prostrated himself on the ground: "I will definitely give an explanation to you ladies and gentlemen, and I will also give an explanation to the people of the world."
The current situation is that if these women and children keep kneeling, Yu Yangming will also keep kneeling. Then, who dares to enter the main hall among them?
The women cried and complained for a while. Prince Li Jian stepped forward and persuaded the ladies to get up. The second and third princes also hurriedly followed.
The fifth prince Li Chi came running from behind, found his mother, kowtowed first and then helped her up.
After a while of tossing, a palace maid came to ask Yu Yangming: "The Queen asked me to ask you, can they attend?"
This is another unruly thing, but the world is full of unruly things, such as the palace being closed for a month... there is only one more thing, which is to agree to it.
What's more, Yu Yangming really hopes that these ladies can also participate in the establishment of a new king. No matter what problems there are, they must be solved on this day.
The prime minister all agreed, and the prince and others had no objections, so a group of empresses sat on the right side of the dragon chair.
The dragon chair was empty, and there were no eunuchs or maids. A dozen empresses sat at the highest place.
The ministers entered the hall one after another, and soon the hall was full.
There were still figures of people shaking outside the palace. On both sides of the palace door, on the steps below the palace door... where the Imperial Guards originally stood, there were now officials standing there.
Yuan Liang and Li Chi stood beside Yu Yangming. From the moment he entered the palace, some ceremony officials said that he was not in compliance with the rules and could not enter the palace.
Yuan Liang is a viscount, a fifth-grade official, and he was still able to do so in the previous dynasty. Even if he does not have any official position, the title itself is an honor beyond the official position.
However, Yuan Liang was too lazy to talk nonsense with the ceremony officials. Not only did he enter the Zhengxing Hall, he also took Li Chi to stand next to Yu Yangming.
The courtesy officer was helpless and even more powerless. There was no emperor and no guards, so he could only stare angrily.
Not long after, the ministers knelt before the empty dragon chair and bowed to the empresses, and then stood up to discuss matters.
The first thing must be to establish a new king.
From this moment on, the war of words begins to show its power.
No matter how you say it, no matter who you favor, Li Chi must be the first one to be kicked out.
Currently, the prince is the most popular. He is Li Qingli's prince, the prince and the future king, and now is the future.
The second prince and the third prince must not do it, and many officials from each rushed to speak.
Interests are related. If you don't fight now, you may have nothing in the future.
Three hours could easily be spent in this kind of noise.
During the whole process, Yu Yangming didn't say a word.
Until the three parties got tired of arguing and knew that they could no longer argue... In the past three hours, various words such as traitor, treacherous minister, traitor, traitor, etc. appeared countless times. There were even many times when I had the urge to take action.
They were quarreling below, and the ladies above were also quarreling... It was lively, it was really lively.
The prince didn't want to argue anymore. He had a great sense of justice. He took a step forward and stood on the steps: "Quiet!"
Soon, the Zhengxing Hall became quiet. The prince returned to his seat and handed over Xiang Yangming: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, you are the head of hundreds of officials. You have to say a few words, right?"
When his name was called, Yu Yangming took a step forward, first bowed his hands to the empresses, and then turned to face the ministers: "I would like to ask, is there any huge hatred between us and the Northern Dynasty?"
The officials in the palace read many books, especially history books.
Even if you don't read history, the war between the Northern and Southern Dynasties has never stopped. You don't know how much you can hear just by listening to the story.
In the Northern Dynasties, various poetry books and storybooks talked about the bravery of the people in the Northern Dynasties and the treachery of the people in the Southern Dynasties. In the Southern Dynasties, it was the other way around.
But in the final analysis, both dynasties are surnamed Li.
The beginning of the Northern and Southern Dynasties was a war between two brothers.
At that time, it was not the Southern and Northern Dynasties. There was only one name: Li Dynasty, the Great Li Dynasty. Then something happened, and the emperor of the Li Dynasty at that time died as violently as Li Qing.
Li Qing finally established a crown prince. The emperor did not establish a crown prince and had no extra sons. He only had two brothers.
Perhaps they had the happiest childhood ever, and both of them were serious about being nice to each other; when they met in war in the future, the two brothers would also kill each other cruelly and cruelly.
Later, according to the terrain, with a mountain range in the middle of the Li Dynasty as the boundary, two brothers ascended the throne one after another.
To put it simply, the royal families of the two countries are relatives, of the same bloodline, and share the same blood.
Now, Yu Yangming suddenly talks about the issues between the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Is this talking about old things?
The prince said loudly: "There is no personal hatred, only righteousness. It is because of those treacherous people in the Northern Dynasty that our Li Dynasty was divided into two, and the country could not survive."
Yu Yangming nodded: "More than twenty days ago, not long after the emperor was killed, the Northern Dynasty troops appeared in Zishan Pass and Haiyuan City. An army of 60,000 troops attacked Zishan Pass, causing heavy casualties. Two hundred and sixty thousand soldiers of the Northern Dynasty besieged Haiyuan City, just like
Just as we want to conquer the lost territory of the Northern Dynasty, the rebel king of the Northern Dynasty has always wanted to devour us."
This happened a month ago. At this time, all the officials who had access to the palace knew about this incident, and also knew that it was Yuan Liang who turned the tide and forcibly blocked the Northern Dynasty army from the national border.
Yuan Liang is really fierce and fierce, and he is also really powerful. He can handle hundreds of thousands of troops by himself. Is this guy still a human? Even if he is a master at the master level, he can move freely among the army, but he cannot do it by himself.
Fight against an army of ten thousand people.
Yes, you can become very powerful in cultivation, but no matter how powerful you are, you are still a human being. You can withstand ten or eight swords, but you cannot withstand hundreds of thousands of swords. Besides, there are always hundreds of masters in an army of ten thousand people.
Doesn't this mean that Yuan Liang is more powerful than the Grandmaster?
For now, this terrifying Yuan Liang chooses to support Yu Yangming?
Therefore, after Yu Yangming said these words, all the officials who could see Yuan Liang in the palace went to see Yuan Liang.
Yu Yangming continued: "We are ministers, and we should do what ministers should do. But one thing is, we don't want to split, and we don't want what happened in the Southern and Northern Dynasties to happen again."
Li Jian was unhappy: "What do you mean? We will split?"
Yu Yangming continued: "The late emperor passed away suddenly without leaving any royal orders. According to the old rules, the prince should succeed to the throne."
"That's right! That's how it should be." Li Jian answered.
Yu Yangming was silent for a moment: "Normally, ministers cannot talk about the king, but... But the people all over the world, as well as the officials of the dynasty, all hope to meet a virtuous and wise king."
"You said I'm not Mingjun?"
The second prince Li Yi snorted coldly: "Isn't it obvious? When my father was still there, you had a private friendship with Duke Qiyue. Later, the matter was exposed and the Duke was demoted to Northern Xinjiang. Didn't you also leave Dadu?"
"Are you very good?" Li Jian said angrily: "If you don't talk about other things, where did the many women in your house come from?"
"I want you to take care of it?"
Seeing that the two brothers were about to quarrel again, Yu Yangming coughed and said, "Your Highnesses, please calm down and listen to me continue."
The two princes snorted coldly.
Yu Yangming took a step back: "Let's not talk about other things. In the past month, you all know what happened in Dadu City... During this period, a murder occurred in Dadu City.
There were ninety-four cases, and 867 people died, including 112 officials."
Yu Yangming sighed: "Why did they die? Why did so many people die? It's because of this position and the wanton behavior of several His Highnesses."
"What did you say? What does it have to do with us?" Not only the eldest brother and the second son, but also several other princes also spoke together and questioned Yu Yangming.
Yu Yangming waited until they had said enough before continuing: "I have recorded every case in detail and have evidence."
"Who knows whether your evidence is true or false? What if it's a lie? Or it's just a frame-up, yes, a frame-up! You must have framed us!" A group of princes began to quarrel and curse again.
Yuan Liang was too lazy to listen. He took Li Chi's hand and walked out, walked directly up the steps, and stopped in front of the dragon chair.
"Bold! What are you going to do?" In an instant, the palace was in chaos. Not only the ministers, but also the princes and empresses were shouting. Many people were shouting: "Come here! Come here!"
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To be continued...