Especially Chen Wenliang's accomplices in the court, represented by Du Yang and others, saw Chen Wenliang's embarrassed appearance, and they all fell to the ground with their heads down as if they were mourning for their heirs.
Who would have thought that Li Huan would suddenly come to them like this? You must know that before coming to attend this court meeting, they had already discussed that they would impeach Li Huan and put him to death.
However, Li Huan is still fine now, but they have become prisoners.
Thinking of this, Du Yang suddenly said to the emperor fiercely: "Your Majesty, Li Huan relies on his own strength and intends to rebel. His crime is punishable. I ask your Majesty to punish the traitor Li Huan."
Du Yang's shout also caused several pale-faced officials who had fallen to the ground to wake up and turn around. Suddenly, their eyes showed a bit of expectation and they said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the traitor Li Huan intends to plot rebellion.
Please, Your Majesty, kill this thief."
At this time, Du Yang and others seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw.
They had all seen Li Huan's ruthless methods before. Too many of his colleagues had tragic consequences that showed Li Huan's ruthlessness.
If this falls into the hands of Li Huan, considering the crimes they have committed, if Li Huan finds out, no matter who they are, they will not end well.
Therefore, their last chance to survive is to get rid of Li Huan. As long as Li Huan is removed, they can then find a way to ask the emperor to hand over their case to the Third Division for trial. At that time, the officials of the Third Division can naturally turn the big issue into a trivial one.
If they melt, they can escape the disaster.
Either Li Huan died and his family was destroyed, or his family was destroyed. After thinking about this, several officials headed by Du Yang naturally kowtowed to the emperor desperately and impeached Li Huan.
Du Yang even raised his head to Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Liu Yu, and Wang Hao, who were standing there, and shouted: "Several cabinet elders, you are important ministers in the court, how can you sit back and watch treacherous people like Li Huan?"
To bring harm to the world, you must eliminate evil for the country."
Zhu Houzhao looked at Du Yang and the others, couldn't help but frowned and said: "Come here, please escort Chen Wenliang and Du Yang down."
Following the emperor's order, several powerful imperial guards were seen striding forward. They stepped forward and directly picked up Chen Wenliang and Du Yang and headed away.
Du Yang and others were dragged away like chickens, but Du Yang and others kept shouting, shouting to kill the traitor Li Huan.
It wasn't until several people were taken away that calm returned to the large square in front of the Qianqing Palace.
"Hahaha, it's so good, it's so good, what's this called? It's like stealing the chicken but losing the rice. You don't have a clean bottom, but you want to frame me, a loyal and brave minister of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Fu stroked his beard and laughed loudly. He was obviously very happy when he saw that Chen Wenliang and others failed to impeach him and instead got him involved.
Everyone in the Xungui family looked at Li Huan with a bit of admiration in their eyes.
Li Huan was indeed favored by the emperor. Even if so many officials were impeached, it still could not affect the emperor's favor and trust in Li Huan.
You must know that even though they had just seen so many officials impeaching Li Huan for treason, they couldn't help but feel a little worried in their hearts, fearing that the emperor would have a suspicion against Li Huan.
After all, the impeachment of hundreds of officials is also a fact. If the crime of not respecting the court's laws and supporting the soldiers' self-respect is really confirmed, it will be a capital crime.
Officials from various ministries such as the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War were obviously affected by the capture of Chen Wenliang and others. For a while, no one dared to stand up and continue to impeach Li Huan. This fully shows the ferocious power of Li Huan.
Of course, the most important thing is that Li Huan quickly took down one of the main impeachment forces, Chen Wenliang, who was the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. This was completely beyond everyone's expectations.
In an instant, all officials seemed to feel the power and oppression from Li Huan again.
However, this kind of calmness only lasted for less than a dozen breaths, and was immediately broken when an old voice sounded.
"Tan Wang, a veteran of the Hanlin Academy, bowed his head to pay homage to Your Majesty."
I saw an old man standing up slowly. Although his body was slightly upright, he looked energetic and bowed to the emperor with great energy.
The Hanlin Academy is full of outstanding scholars in the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that those who are not Jinshi are not eligible to enter the Hanlin Academy. Even nine out of ten ministers in the cabinet are from the Hanlin Academy.
Therefore, although the Hanlin Academy does not have any substantial rights among the various ministries and yamen in the court, it can definitely be regarded as a noble minister. No one dares to underestimate the Hanlin in the Hanlin Academy.
After all, most of the important ministers in the court were born in the Hanlin Academy and entered various ministries from the Hanlin Academy. Therefore, the Hanlin Academy can be said to be a holy place in the minds of the literati of the Ming Dynasty.
If a high school Jinshi can be admitted to the Hanlin Academy, it is almost unsurprising that this person's career as an official will be a meteoric rise. Even if he enters the Sixth Ministry or the cabinet in the future, it is not an illusion.
As a Hanlin scholar, Tan Wang has no hope of an official career due to his advanced age. However, as one of the few old Hanlin members in the Hanlin Academy, the connections Tan Wang has accumulated while serving in the Hanlin Academy for so many years are absolutely astonishing.
It can be said that even Chen Wenliang, the censor of Zuodu, who was captured by the emperor's order not long ago, may not be able to compare with him when it comes to personal connections.
When Zhu Houzhao saw Tan Wang standing up, he couldn't help but look serious and said: "Does Tan Qing's family have an original memorial?"
Tan Wang took a deep breath and said with a solemn expression: "I impeached the mighty General Li Huan. He took advantage of his own troops and blatantly violated the laws and regulations of the court. I beg your Majesty to investigate strictly to calm the minds of China and foreign countries."
Although Tan Wang did not have the intention to impeach Li Huan like Chen Wenliang and others, but he only violated the laws and regulations of the court by relying on his own strength, which is no different from conspiracy.
Originally, when I saw that Chen Wenliang failed to impeach Li Huan and was even exposed by Li Huan, and he was involved, I was secretly disappointed that he could not defeat Li Huan.
Now suddenly seeing Tan Wang, a highly respected old Hanlin, standing up, many officials were immediately refreshed and looked at Tan Wang with great expectation.
Tan Wang had a ruddy complexion, gray hair, and a strong spirit. He looked at Li Huan without fear and said: "Li Huan, I have always been a man of integrity. I have never been greedy or possessive, and I have been law-abiding. If you want to deal with me like you dealt with Chen Wenliang, I'm afraid you will have to deal with me."
disappointed."
Lin Pingzhi, who was standing aside, glanced at Tan Wang and whispered in Li Huan's ear: "General, according to the records of Jin Yiwei, Tan Wang really has no evil deeds. He is just a study hard."
A nerd, otherwise, with his status as a Jinshi and a member of the Imperial Academy, he would not have wasted many years."
There were so many officials in the Ming Dynasty. Although there were more officials who had no bottom line, there were also many people who were neither corrupt nor occupying and were law-abiding.
Obviously Tan Wang is one of the very few representatives who can be said to be incorruptible.
Faced with the impeachment of such an official with no bad record, as Tan Wang said, he really had no way to deal with it by exposing the other party's crimes.
However, Li Huan seemed quite calm. He bowed his hands to Tan Wang and said, "Tan Shidu has a breeze on his sleeves. He is as honest as water. Li admires him."
Tan Wang, who was stroking his beard, looked at Li Huan with a hint of pride. He flicked his sleeves and said, "Li Huan, do you know your guilt?"
At this moment, Zhu Houzhao, who had been silent until now, suddenly shook his head slightly towards Tan Wang and said, "I'm afraid that Tan Shidu will be disappointed. Li Qing is really not guilty."
As soon as Zhu Houzhao said this, all the officials immediately looked at him in surprise, looking at Zhu Houzhao who took the initiative to acquit Li Huan.
Tan Wang couldn't help but tremble with his hand stroking his beard. He took a deep breath and bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty is the king of sages, and he should be close to virtuous ministers. Why should I, Yuan Xiaoren, do this?"
To excuse people like Li Huan who have ulterior motives?"
"Your Majesty, you must have been deceived by the traitor Li Huan!"
An official couldn't help but speak to the emperor, looking as if he was heartbroken to see the emperor being deceived by Li Huan.
This official also had gray hair and, like Tan Wang, came from the Hanlin Academy. He was obviously an incorruptible person like Tan Wang who was not afraid of Li Huan overturning his background.
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Tan Wang and others, and then looked at all the civil and military officials of the court. Then he stood up from the throne, stood up tall, stood on the imperial steps, and was half a body taller than the officials present.
Bit.
Zhu Houzhao first cast an apologetic look at Li Huan, and then slowly said: "Family ministers, I ordered the Jinyi Guards and Dongchang to be given to Li Qing's family a month ago. The two of Wang Qing's family sent a secret edict, and ordered
With the opportunity of a great victory, the two men selected elite divisions from the army to be incorporated into the Beijing camp, and specially ordered them to station the army in Yan'an Prefecture, Shaanxi Province..."
"What, how is this possible!"
"Your Majesty, this decree has not been approved by the Chief of Ceremonies and the Cabinet. It is the central decree. How could Your Majesty issue such an decree without consulting the important ministers in the court?"
Immediately, the military officer stood up in the middle of the incident, with a look of anger on his face, and spoke unceremoniously to the emperor.
Not only the Military Affairs Bureau, but also the Six Branches, almost all stood up at this moment, including the officials of all sizes, and now one by one they were furiously criticizing the emperor.
Although the Sixth Section is only a seventh-grade Congzhong, each of these officials dares to criticize even the cabinet ministers and refute the emperor's decree.
The Six Kes and the Thirteen Supervisory Censors together formed the supervisory system of the Ming Dynasty officialdom, collectively known as the Kedao.
Because the Sixth Section has the responsibility to supervise and review the emperor's decrees and even cabinet documents, when they learned that the emperor issued such an important decree without the approval of the cabinet and without the supervision and review of the Sixth Section, the Sixth Section officials felt greatly
Humiliating in general.
Suddenly, dozens of officials from the six departments stood up to criticize the emperor.
Even Zhu Houzhao, the emperor, could only bear it when faced with the outbursts of officials from the Sixth Section. However, after the officials from the Sixth Section made such a fuss, there was an advantage, that is, it was immediately proved that Li Huan did not act without an edict.
Support the troops in private and respect yourself.
Although the edict was not issued through the channels of the cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies, it was still the emperor's will after all. This alone could free Li Huan from the suspicion of supporting his troops and respecting himself.
The ministers in the cabinet also frowned slightly at this time, obviously feeling that the authority of the cabinet was affected because the emperor issued an imperial edict to Li Huan without going through the cabinet.
An imperial edict can be said to be a document with legal effect that is prepared and issued by the imperial court after discussion between the emperor and the court officials. It can be said that it is recognized by everyone from the emperor to the court officials.
The imperial edict is obviously a manifestation of the emperor's will and does not circulate through the court's cultural management system. Therefore, the court often does not recognize the legal effect of the imperial edict.
The Central Edict and the Imperial Edict are obviously the respective embodiments of imperial power and the power of hundreds of officials.
Zhu Houzhao issued a central edict to Li Huan, ordering him to mobilize elite troops to enter the capital camp. In the eyes of the officials, this was because Li Huan's edict was a central edict and had no legal effect. However, because the edict represented the will of the emperor, it was difficult to say that Li Huan was planning to
Contrary, I really can’t stop everyone from talking.
After all, in the eyes of the people of the world, the emperor's golden words are the imperial edict. The common people are not as clear as the people in the officialdom about what is the imperial edict and what is the central edict.
Chief Assistant Li Dongyang coughed lightly and said to the Emperor: "Your Majesty, why don't you discuss such important matters with me? How can military and state affairs be trivial? Doesn't it mean that Your Majesty doesn't trust us and other ministers in the cabinet? If so, I will be frightened. Please, please
Your Majesty allows the old minister to retire and return to his hometown..."
Not only Li Dongyang, but now Yang Tinghe, Wang Hao, and Liu Yu also stood up to resign to the emperor.
The cabinet was obviously stimulated. Although it was just a decree, its meaning was different.
They may not pursue this edict, but they cannot ignore or condone the emperor's edict, which is of great concern to the country.
If the cabinet does not respond at all to this, it will inevitably increase the emperor's power. When the emperor often ignores the cabinet and issues decrees, then the existence of the cabinet will be meaningless.
Even if they offend the emperor, as cabinet ministers, they must stand up and clearly express their dissatisfaction.
This is directly related to the struggle between the imperial power and the cabinet power. As the saying goes, one trades off and the other trades off. After generations of efforts, the cabinet finally took away most of the power from the imperial power. If this cabinet loses it,
If so, I'm afraid they will all be cursed by future generations.
The Sixth Section, the 13 Supervisory Censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the cabinet ministers all stood up at this time. The focus was no longer on whether Li Huan was treasonous or not, but on whether the emperor was going behind their backs without consulting the court.
There is a potential threat from issuing such an important decree.
If the emperor only issued a decree on some insignificant matters, then they could ignore it and maintain the harmonious situation between the emperor and his ministers. However, such an important decree cannot be ignored, and it cannot be repeated. If they are not fierce,
reaction, who knows what kind of decree the emperor will issue behind their backs next time?
[Double period, those with monthly passes will be smashed]