Eunuch Qin Chang, who came out to ask questions on behalf of the emperor, stood on the platform and watched the civil servants "infighting" in front of him, but said nothing and just watched with cold eyes.
Until the censor Guo Bunu was blasted down and Fang Yingwu disappeared into the crowd, the person who finally stood out was the second assistant Liu Ji.
There may be some "speculators" in the crowd who have thoughts similar to Guo Bunu's. On this occasion that may be recorded in history, it is really a great temptation to grit one's teeth and make a splash and maybe benefit from it for life. But after seeing Guo Bunu's end
, the rest of the people stopped trying to compete for the leading role.
Being a supporting character honestly is enough to show your face. Why did you end up like Guo Bunu because of your greed? Not everyone can afford to lose your reputation in the blink of an eye.
Fang Yingwu himself did not expect that expelling Guo Bunu would kill chickens and frighten monkeys.
He didn't talk about anything, but he said that just now Qin Chang had asked a question for the emperor, and he had to answer it. At this moment, Liu Mianhua said to Qin Chang without hesitation: "Liang Fang was originally a slave in the palace of the Tian family. How to deal with foreign ministers is inconvenient to comment on.
It all depends on the Holy Judgment. But the East Palace is not a family matter, but a state matter, a matter of the community, and I cannot sit idly by and ignore it."
After hearing this, Qin Chang said again: "Liang Fang is Liang Fang, what does it have to do with the East Palace? You don't want to talk about it at will."
This means that when talking about Liang Fang, just talk about Liang Fang, and don’t drag the East Palace into it randomly. The emperor also knew that the idea of changing the prince was unreasonable, and did not want to get entangled in this aspect, so he only planned to isolate the matter of Liang Fang’s control of the East Palace.
, I don’t want to get involved with the East Palace incident.
Liu Mianhua had already prepared a plan for this, and replied without hesitation: "I have heard that Liang Fang and the East Palace were doing evil, and they also caused people to seduce the prince astray. How is this different from harming him? But so far, I have not heard of anything wrong with Liang Fang!
Therefore, when talking about Liang Fang, how can we not talk about the affairs of the East Palace? The East Factory is a crucial position in the Internal Supervisory Office. The ministers all think that such people who harbor evil intentions towards the East Palace should not supervise the East Factory. No knowledgeable person would dare to do so.
Just obey!"
Qin Chang came out to ask questions on behalf of the emperor and could not give any answers. After he had finished asking, he had to go back and report the situation. However, he saw Liu Mianhua take out the memorial from his sleeve, hold it up and said: "Please come in with the memorial."
Yulan!"
So Eunuch Qin collected the memorial and returned to the Wenhua Palace. Not long after, Eunuch Qin Chang appeared again in Zuoshunmen and said to the ministers: "I have decided to pass on the Holy Edict. Don't wait.
Say more!"
Before he finished speaking, he saw Liu Mianmian kneeling at the foot of the steps, facing the direction of the Wenhua Palace, shouting hoarsely: "I'd like to ask your Majesty to think twice! Liang Fang cannot take over the East Factory, the East Palace cannot be replaced, and the country cannot be abandoned!"
Liu Mianhua raised his head, and there was an uproar and fell down behind him. More than a hundred courtiers kowtowed outside Zuoshun Gate, one after another, shouting loudly and continuously: "Your Majesty, please think twice!"
Qin Chang looked troubled. He sighed a few times and returned to the Wenhua Hall.
However, it was said that Emperor Chenghua stayed in the inner palace for a long time and did not go to the outer court. Whenever he fulfilled the formalities of the morning court, he retreated into the inner palace and did not see outsiders. He had not received several courtiers in ten years, and only three times including meeting with each other.
But today the emperor was uncharacteristically different. He did not return to the inner palace after the morning court, but drove to the Wenhua Palace, claiming to be inspecting the studies in the East Palace.
If we put it in the past, all the officials would have been overjoyed and encouraged, thinking that the Holy Emperor had finally woken up and cheered up.
But at this sensitive time, it is not necessarily a good thing for such abnormal things to happen. Many courtiers followed Liu Mianhua to Zuoshunmenfuque, not necessarily because they agreed with Liu Mianhua, but because they were worried about the emperor's sudden access to the Wenhua Palace. I have to come out of conscience.
In fact, everyone's guess is good. The emperor's imperial palace inspected the studies in the East Palace, and he did come with the intention of finding trouble. If you want to depose the prince, you have to find some excuse.
However, the emperor Zhu Jianshen had just ascended the throne in the Wenhua Palace and received the homage of the crown prince Zhu Youtang and the officials of the East Palace. He heard an urgent report from the eunuch, saying that there were more than a hundred courtiers making a noise outside Zuoshun Gate and refusing to go.
The emperor asked Qin Chang to go out for questioning. When he came back, eunuch Qin reported the truth about what happened outside. The emperor and ministers of Wenhua Palace suddenly had different thoughts.
The emperor felt a little irritated by this, feeling that those courtiers were like sharks smelling blood. He just happened to visit the Wenhua Palace once, and a large number of courtiers took the opportunity to force the palace.
But the officials of the East Palace felt a little more relaxed. Anyone with any brains could see that the Emperor was coming only if he was not kind and would not come, and it was extremely stressful for them, the subordinate officials of the East Palace, to face the Emperor alone.
Now that there are a large number of courtiers outside to come and admonish, they, the officials of the East Palace in the palace, feel much more relaxed. At least they have foreign aid and are no longer fighting alone.
Emperor Zhu Jianshen suppressed his irritable thoughts and asked: "Who is the leader?" Qin Chang presented Liu Mianhua's memorial and replied: "It seems that Liu Ji, the great scholar of Jinshen Palace, is the leader."
The emperor was taken aback and said in disbelief: "How could Liu Ji act like this?"
Everyone in the hall was also talking in low voices, and no one expected that it was Liu Mianhua who did it.
The emperor suddenly stood up and issued an edict: "I will not take care of anything today and return to the inner palace!"
Liang Fang, the central figure, had no errands to do at the moment, so she followed the emperor happily. She was sitting next to the emperor, so she whispered: "Your Majesty, it's really hard to go out at the moment."
The emperor was stunned for a moment, stopped moving, and finally sat back down. Liang Fang was right, it was really hard to go out now.
According to the layout of the palace, the Wenhua Hall is on the periphery of the inner palace. If the emperor wants to return to the inner palace from the Wenhua Hall, he must first go out of the Zuoshun Gate.
But the ministers had blocked the door outside Zuoshun Gate. Wouldn't it be a good idea to bump into these stalking ministers as soon as they walked out of Zuoshun Gate? This was something the emperor was very unwilling to face.
If you don't take the Zuoshun Gate, there is only one other way, which is to leave the palace through the Donghua Gate first, and then go around to the north to re-enter the palace. But this is simply unseemly. How can the emperor have such rules for walking? Donghua Gate has no rules at all. This is not the path that the supreme emperor should take, and the emperor has absolutely no reason to take detours to avoid his ministers!
Liang Fang took the opportunity to play again: "Your Majesty, Liu Ji, the great scholar of Jinshen Palace, has always been loyal and obedient, and has never disobeyed your Majesty. But today he behaves abnormally. If you think of me as a slave, someone must have instigated you!"
The emperor frowned and said: "Don't say secret words, please tell me clearly who it is?"
Liang Fang did not answer directly, but said: "This slave has a way to solve the current situation. It is better to ask Scholar Fang to come out of Zuoshunmen and persuade those troublesome officials to retreat."
Scholar Fang? The emperor's eyes fell on Fang Qingzhi, who was bowing his head and standing in solemnity. He suddenly realized that this was a strategy of fighting fire with poison. He then uttered the edict: "Mr. Fang, I ask you to persuade him!" (Unfinished) To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
