Most of the attention in the palace was focused on the Crown Prince's Taibao, the Grand Bachelor of Jinshen Palace, and the Second Assistant Liu Jue, but Liu Cifu definitely did not want to be the center of attention.
The person next to Liu Cifu in the class is his old rival, Chief Assistant Wan An. Although Wan Shoufang could not look directly at Liu Cifu due to the angle of his stance, he could only glance at him from the corner of his eye, which was refreshing enough.
Looking back on the past, Wan Shoufu sighed slightly. It had been nearly ten years since the eleventh year of Chenghua. An old enemy who had been fighting with him for nearly ten years was about to come to an end. What could be better than this?
More refreshing?
Once Liu Jue, the second-in-command who poses the greatest threat to him, resigns, he will no longer have any rivals. He will really be lonely as a master, Wan Shoufu said inwardly.
Wan Shoufu secretly glanced around the hall, feeling a sense of superiority in his IQ. I am afraid that everyone thought that the first person to speak was Wang Mo, who was Liu Jue's trumpeter and was sent by Liu Cifu to defend himself.
To defend.
But most people will never know that Wang Mo was actually arranged by his Wanshou assistant. Even if no one else came out to question it, someone else would be selected to sing the double act.
How could Fang Yingwu have the help of heaven and benefit endlessly to escape the disaster? It is simply ridiculous. They all carried Wan An's shoes for him! Wasn't it Wan An who received the greatest benefit in the end?
Liu Cifu remained motionless for a long time and fell into great embarrassment. It was obvious that he could not defend himself and did not want to resign. However, other than resignation, he really felt that he had no other choice.
Emperor Chenghua saw this in his eyes and sighed secretly.
Although over the years, Liu Jue's character shortcomings such as aggressiveness and narrow-mindedness have been exposed more and more. He became increasingly disliked by the emperor and became bored, especially when compared with Wan An.
But after all, Liu Jue was the emperor's teacher in the East Palace back then. Now seeing his teacher in this embarrassing situation, the emperor still felt a little sympathy.
Then the emperor said: "If Mr. Dongliu has anything to say, you may wish to write a memorial to elaborate on it. There is no need to rush it."
This is to ask Teacher Liu Jue to write a resignation letter after he returns home. Compared with being forced to resign without wearing a hat and bowing his head in front of the ministers in the Golden Palace, it is much more honorable to resign after writing a memorial letter.
In this way, Liu Cifu's matter has come to an end and has been revealed for the time being. There is no need to continue discussing it. As mentioned earlier, the focus of the earthquake response is on two things. Fang Yingwu's impeachment of Liu Jue is just a small indicator. Lin Jun risked his life to behead him.
The eunuch Liang Fang and the demon monk Jixiao are the two sycophants. In other words, it can be said that the first part is just a warm-up exercise, and the next part is the main event.
Sure enough, unlike the conflicts and entanglements just now, once the topic shifted to the eunuch Liang Fang and the demon monk Jixiao, the ministers became as angry as if they had been beaten to death!
All of a sudden, all the ministers came forward one after another, saying that the earthquake was the result of the evil surrounding you, and asked your majesty to comply with God's will, kill Liang Fang, and Ji Xiao to apologize to heaven!
To be honest, Liang Fang and Ji Xiao are really hated by the ministers. One is greedy and wantonly embezzles the treasury under the pretense of the emperor; the other is too arrogant and arrogant. The entrance and exit ceremony of a mere monk is better than that of Zaifu Shangshu.
It’s grand!
The emperor had a headache and covered his face. It was as expected. This situation was not unexpected at all. He did fear God and warned him, but he couldn't kill his two favorites, Liang Fang and Ji Xiao.
arrive.
Fortunately, he had other preparations. Otherwise, the emperor would not have bothered to convene this court meeting. He secretly winked at Wan An and asked Wan An to come forward and change the situation according to the original plan.
As a close person of the Emperor, Wan'an would certainly not refuse the Emperor's will. When he saw this, he went out and memorialized: "I beg Your Majesty to pardon Lin Jun!"
The emperor responded cooperatively: "Yes!"
The rest of the ministers listened and thought that Wan'an was going to bargain with the emperor and make concessions in other places in order to pardon Lin Jun. But Lin Jun's release was the right thing to do, and he could not let go of the culprit easily just to cope with the sudden change!
Wan'an continued: "I ask your Majesty to spare Lin Junyi's death, depose Liang Fang, and expel Jixiao!"
Compared with execution, removal and expulsion were barely acceptable to the emperor, so he continued to agree: "Yes!"
Wan An immediately fell to the ground and bowed: "Long live!"
The ministers could only complain about this: "He is worthy of the famous Long Live Pavilion Elder." However, the emperor and the chief minister reached an unanimous result in an instant, and it would be difficult for others to overthrow it. Otherwise, they would challenge the authority of the emperor and the chief minister at the same time.
Everyone secretly sighed, and things really had to be like this. The situation had been decided, and it was impossible to completely get rid of the traitors by taking advantage of the sudden change in the sky. It was also impossible to go to Fukuo to cause trouble for this reason. It would be okay to get Liang Fangjixiao to be dismissed and expelled.
Accepted.
This court meeting is coming to an end. The princes in the palace relaxed and waited boredly for the emperor to take the lead in exiting the Wenhua Palace.
At this moment, someone suddenly appeared on the stage. A prosperous and handsome 37- or 18-year-old CI minister came out of the class and said loudly: "I have the original performance!"
Everyone looked at him. It turned out to be Fang Qingzhi, the well-known Zuo Yude and the Imperial Academy's Attendant. He was also the father of the famous Fang Yingwu. They didn't know what he wanted to say.
Fang Qingzhi spoke calmly and calmly: "According to public opinion, Liang Fang, Ji Xiao, and Liu Gong are all people who sense and warn of celestial phenomena. However, today the imperial court treated Liang Fang and Ji Xiao lightly, but treated Liang Fang and Ji Xiao lightly, but not others."
Liu Gong dealt with it severely and ordered him to resign and become an official. This is because the internal and external priorities are different, and the matter is unfair!"
What does this mean? Others are a little confused. From Fang Qingzhi's tone, it seems that he wants to excuse Liu Jue?
No one would doubt that Fang Qingzhi intended to please Liu Jue. This was Fang Yingwu's father. How could he possibly try to please Liu Jue who was about to step down? They just felt very strange.
Who doesn’t know that there has always been a feud between the Fang family and Liu Jue, especially the deep hatred between Fang Yingwu and Liu Jue. The loss of a number one scholar would be less serious than the murder of his father and his wife. Otherwise, Fang Yingwu
Wu would not have scolded Liu Jue in Shangshu years ago. Of course, the correct term is impeachment.
Fang Qingzhi continued: "The imperial court's actions range from prison sentences to small rewards. The first priority is justice! What is justice today?
I think that I can be serious at the same time, kill Liang Fang, Ji Xiao, and dismiss Liu Gong, which is one; or I can be light at the same time, dismiss Liang Fang, chase Ji Xiao, and only punish Liu Gong, this is two!
If His Majesty refuses to kill Liang Fang and Ji Xiao apologizes to heaven, then Liu Gong should not be dealt with harshly, otherwise it would be contrary to justice!"
As long as Emperor Chenghua could save the lives of Liang Fang, Ji Xiao and others, he certainly didn't have much obsession with the fate of the old teacher Liu, so he asked, "What do you think we should do?"
Fang Qingzhi replied: "You can move Duke Liu to be a bachelor of Wenhua Palace or Wuying Palace, and still keep him in the cabinet, or you can atone for your merits."
It doesn't matter. Emperor Chenghua nodded and said: "Yes!"
As soon as the emperor said this, the image of Fang Qingzhi standing in the golden palace suddenly became a little taller, and he was dazzling in the eyes of all the princes...
The ministers were deeply impressed by Fang Qingzhi. His broad-mindedness and magnanimity were very human. He deserved to be the Prime Minister’s heart to Fang Qingzhi, and he deserved to have spring in the Fang family!
No one has received much praise before. Only this person who appeared at the end seems to be the protagonist today. (To be continued...)