Immortal magic!

Good things don't go out, and strange things spread thousands of miles. In just a few days, the strange story of "the battle between Zhenjun Huode and Taishang Laojun" spread all over the country. Although everyone unanimously did not mention the name, the names of places such as Jinan

The appearance still reminds people of Prince Deok.

"It's De Fan again!"

Guang Shiheng, who was in charge of the military affairs department, listened to the rumors in the market, such as "The Supreme Lord Huode Zhenjun and Taishang Laojun fought each other", and "Taishang Laojun stained the blue bricks into red bricks with a mouthful of old blood", and so on.

In the eyes of others, the rumors are ghosts, but in Guang Shiheng's eyes, they are disloyal.

"This De Fan must be using the so-called "immortal magic" to confuse the ignorant people and have evil intentions!"

Thinking of this, Guang Shiheng immediately picked up the pen and wrote a memorial. As a minister of the Ministry of War, he performed the duties of an official, so naturally he would not miss such a "rebellious minister and traitor".

After working all night, Guang Shiheng finished writing the memorial. When the memorial was finished, it was almost time to go to court. After repeatedly considering the words, he said to himself.

"This time, even if Tade Fan survives, his skin will still be peeled off!"

Hurrying the memorial into his sleeves, Guang Shiheng got on the sedan and went to the morning court. After passing the Meridian Gate, he waited outside the Jinshui Bridge for the court. He looked around and saw that under the moonlight, they were all densely packed with human heads. He was just like attending the temple fair.

almost.

Although he had never estimated it, there should be approximately two thousand officials in the court.

Such a large court meeting must be accommodated in the Fengtian Hall. Therefore, a low-ranking official like him can only stand in the square to attend court, and his treatment is similar to that of the onlookers in later generations. However, although he is only a seventh-rank official,

They may not seem to be popular, but they have great prestige and power in the court. Even high-ranking officials like Shangshu and Shilang are often respectful to others and will not treat them as ordinary petty officials.

The influence mainly comes from their control over the exchange of court documents. Each department is responsible for supervising the documents of its corresponding ministry. For example, the Military Branch is responsible for supervising the document exchange of the Ministry of War. It is submitted through the General Affairs Department or through the clerical office staffed by eunuchs.

There are copies of the emperor's memorials for the reference of officials. When the emperor approves these memorials, he will hand them over to the corresponding officials, who will then forward them to the relevant ministries. The six departments keep the records of the edicts and treat them as such.

The situation determines the deadline for each ministry to respond. In this entire process, the minister can exercise the privilege of refutation or scientific reference at any time to veto the emperor's memorial, edict, or report of each ministry on the grounds that it does not comply with the prescribed format.

, or the content is unwise.

Therefore, although he was standing outside the square to go to court, Shi Heng, as a minister of honor, was standing in the front row. At this time, holding a wat tablet, he stood silently in the crowd, waiting for the speech to be played.

Every major national event was announced by cabinet ministers, ministers, and ministers. As the emperor, Chongzhen only had to answer according to the script. But for those low-ranking officials, they were just like wooden stakes.

, everything I heard was the result of being handled by the cabinet.

However, for those who have the power to "admonish and supervise" matters, when the elders deal with major matters, they will also find their own opinions and express their objections. Of course, in many cases, they object for the sake of opposition.

Not good for people.

But today, as a military officer, Zhongguang Shiheng didn't have much interest in these things. He had been waiting, from when the sky had not yet brightened, to when the sky brightened. Two hours later, whether it was the ministers or the emperor,

When they were already feeling tired, when the internal officials were about to announce the end of the court meeting on behalf of the emperor, he remained silent until he came out of the queue, held the wat, bowed his head and shouted loudly.

"The Ministry of War has written a note for Guang Shiheng in this incident!"

"Xuan..."

Although he felt a little tired, Chongzhen still mustered up his energy to declare his ministers to enter the palace. As the emperor, he was indeed the most diligent emperor in the Ming Dynasty since Wuzong, but he didn't understand that although he was so diligent, there were still so many people in the world.

Many things.

When Guang Shiheng entered the palace, the memorial had already been presented to Chongzhen's court by the internal officials, but Chongzhen did not see it and waited for Guang Shiheng to read it orally.

"Your Majesty, Guang Shiheng is here to see you."

After holding the wat and bowing for a long time, Guang Shiheng took the bamboo wat in his hand and looked at the contents copied on the wat board. This was also the function of the wat board - to serve as a cheat sheet.

"I have recently heard that the Crown Prince of Defan has repeatedly done things involving ghosts and gods, calling himself the "God of Fire" and deceiving the world in the name of gods and ghosts..."

As Guang Shiheng told the story in the originally silent Fengtian Palace, everyone's expressions suddenly changed. Not to mention the ministers, even Chongzhen's expression became unnatural.

"This is the first crime. Since the slaves were defeated and retreated, De Fan lent money to the people without taking any profit, and invited the people to buy them with favors. His heart must be evil. The second crime is..."

Of course, Guang Shiheng, who was holding the wat tablet, did not notice the changes in other people's faces. Instead, he was immersed in an unprecedented sense of mission. It seemed that for him, this was the highlight moment of his life. He seemed to see

When it came to a disloyal clan like De Fan, under his impeachment, he was deposed as a commoner and imprisoned in Zhongdu...

"... Without taking any money, you can sell your business to merchants, show your kindness to merchants, and use it to make your name known to the world. This is the three sins..."

With Guang Shiheng's impeachment, everyone's faces became increasingly ugly, especially that of the emperor Chongzhen.

In his opinion, this was simply a slap in the face.

Not to mention, Jinan's defense of the city was one of the few "accomplishments" that could be said to be justified during the period when the Jiannu invaded. Later, after the Jiannu retreated, De Fan's move of lending money and food to the people to overcome the difficulties was very important.

The imperial court was also a naked slap in the face.

These things should originally be done by the imperial court and the emperor. But does the imperial court have the money to appease the refugees?

When De Fan took out the money, it was logical that he was helping the court solve its problems. But as Guang Shiheng said, this was also an act of disobedience.

Of course it depends on how you understand it and from what angle you understand it.

But in recent times, most people have ignored De Fan intentionally or unintentionally. The reason for this is because they know that the emperor's face has to be taken care of.

The face of the emperor!

It doesn't matter if you become a slave or join the invaders.

Just appease the refugees.

These are all related to the emperor's face and the court's face. After all, those things should be done by the emperor and the court.

Now it's better. The emperor's face and the court's face were all taken away by Guang Shiheng. Not to mention the emperor, even the big shots in the court had extremely ugly expressions.
Chapter completed!