Since Emperor Jiajing lived in Renshou Palace in Xiyuan to cultivate immortality, he rarely met with ministers, especially ministers from foreign dynasties. This was Yan Shifan's first time to visit Renshou Palace to pay homage to the emperor.
When he was outside the palace gate just now, Yan Shifan was muttering in his heart, not only because he didn't know why he was summoned, but also because of Chen Chun who was summoned next to him.
Chen Chun and Yan Shifan have almost nothing in common, but they appear here together. What does it mean?
If there is anything that the two of them have in common, it is that they once competed together for the honor of being the first person to impeach Qin Dewei. However, because the other party cheated, he, Yan Shifan, lost and could only be the second person to impeach Qin Dewei.
Most people in the world only remember the first place, and who cares who is the second place? Of course, it is Qin Dewei.
So when Yan Shifan walked into the palace gate, he had already made an accurate judgment. The sudden summons this time was definitely related to Qin Dewei!
After entering the palace and paying homage to the emperor, Yan Shifan quickly glanced around with the corner of his eye, and sure enough he saw Qin Dewei in the palace, as well as Lu Bing and others.
So Yan Shifan became even more confused. It seemed that Lu Bing had snitched to the emperor, but how did he get himself involved? Did Lu Bing betray him?
In front of the emperor, ministers could not communicate with each other privately, and everything could only rely on personal guessing.
Emperor Jiajing, who had just finished his homework, was a little tired, and his tone of voice was not as energetic as in the morning. Of course, the ministers present also stood from morning to afternoon, and their mental state was also not good.
"Are you Chen Chun?" Emperor Jiajing glanced back and forth between the two newcomers, and he could tell who was Chen Chun and who was Yan Shifan based on their appearance alone.
Chen Chun quickly took a step forward and saluted again: "That's right!"
Emperor Jiajing asked: "Qin Dewei has been domineering and domineering recently. Why don't you impeach him?"
I don’t know how many times I’ve asked similar questions, but it’s really not the emperor making a fuss. If a powerful minister loses the control of his words and officials, no one dares to impeach him. Emperor Jiajing can rest assured.
Yan Shifan felt a little sour at first, because the two people met the emperor together, but the emperor asked another person first.
In terms of rank, he is from the fifth rank, and in terms of background, he is the son of the old man. Why did the emperor ask Chen Chun first?
Yan Shifan immediately realized what the reason was for the emperor to ask such a question. He would probably have to ask himself this question later!
It seems that being the second place has its advantages. It gives more preparation time than the first place, so Yan Shifan thought quickly.
The essence of Emperor Jiajing's question was that he wanted to know "Why didn't you impeach", not "Is Qin Dewei a good guy or a bad guy?"
Therefore, in the answer, it does not make much sense to focus on belittling Qin Dewei or praising Qin Dewei. It will only make the suspicious emperor feel that he is evading something.
The most perfect answer is to be able to praise the emperor, and then connect your own motives with the emperor, expressing that you are the emperor's minister and will not be influenced by Qin Dewei.
While Yan Shifan was thinking, Chen Chun responded: "Qin Dewei made many mistakes in his daily behavior. I have impeached Qin Dewei several times in order to correct his behavior.
However, Qin Dewei is deeply protected by His Majesty, so every impeachment was of no use or even ended. If things go on like this, I will inevitably become discouraged, so I will slack off and do nothing."
Emperor Jiajing: "."
Listening to Chen Yushi's tone, it seemed that he was blaming himself as the emperor, but he did not feel angry.
After all, Chen Yushi's starting point for acting was the emperor's attitude, not Qin Dewei's, so there was no problem with his loyalty.
After thinking about it, Emperor Jiajing reprimanded Chen Yushi: "You should be loyal to your duties and never forget your original intention. How can you excuse yourself and let down the country's grace?"
Chen Chun, who was lectured by the emperor, quickly thanked him and said: "Thanks to the holy precepts, the sound of the sun is in my ears, God's grace is great, I am very grateful!"
Okay, this is considered a pass.
As early as when Chen Yushi set up the idea of impeaching Qin Dewei, Qin Dewei said that after others got used to Chen Yushi impeaching Qin Dewei, if he did not impeach Qin Dewei once, it would attract attention.
So we have to be on guard against the fact that well-fed people will ask painful questions like, "Why don't you impeach Qin Dewei this time?"
It's just that Chen Yushi didn't expect that it was the emperor himself who asked such a painful question. Fortunately, someone from Qin had already helped prepare the standard answer, so just say it.
Chen Yushi, who had successfully passed the test under the emperor's nose, no longer felt pain in his balls, but Yan Shifan beside him began to feel pain in his balls.
Because Chen Yushi's answer was the result of Yan Shifan's thinking just now. As soon as he came up with it, Chen Yushi used it first.
Damn it, is this the tragedy of second place!
After Emperor Jiajing finished asking Chen Chun, he turned to Yan Shifan and asked the same question: "Why didn't you impeach Qin Dewei?"
Yan Shifan wanted to repeat Chen Yushi's arguments, but he could no longer do so!
At first glance, in the eyes of others, he must be suspected of having no independent opinions and parroting others' opinions. The emperor may even think that he does not want to tell the truth to the emperor, so he is perfunctory.
The second and most critical reason is that if everyone is arguing like Chen Yushi, doesn't it mean that everyone is concerned about the emperor's attitude rather than fearing Qin Dewei's "power and fortune"?
Therefore, someone must stand up and express his fear of Qin Dewei! Only in this way can Qin Dewei's tyranny and domineeringness be highlighted in front of the emperor!
Of course, expressing fear of Qin Dewei will also have many side effects! For example, will you be questioned, just because you are afraid of Qin Dewei, you will not care about fulfilling your duties and being loyal and patriotic?
But the emperor was watching here, and Yan Shifan had no time to think too much!
Thinking of this, Yan Shifan could only bite the bullet, step forward, and say: "I was afraid of suffering Qin Dewei's revenge, so I did not impeach him.
I have been convicted of the crime, but for a moment I thought of doing something wrong. I only cared about being wise and protecting myself, but I forgot my duty as a minister. I ask your Majesty to punish me!"
In order to prevent others from finding fault, Yan Shifan tactfully took the initiative to plead guilty, admitting that he should not be afraid of Qin Dewei, and blocked the whole group.
In the eyes of most people, Yan Shifan's performance is already the most extreme performance he can achieve.
At this moment, Qin Dewei, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said: "Your Majesty! Yan Shifan is lying to deceive the emperor! Rong Chen exposes it!"
Then Qin Dewei asked Yan Shifan: "You are the son of the elder, and my father is the only elder in the cabinet today. How can you be afraid of me with your identity? It is obviously a lie!"
Yan Shifan's eloquence was also very good, and he immediately asked: "What about the elder? Previously, Xia Guizhou was still the chief minister! In front of the emperor, they are just ministers!"
Qin Dewei: "." It's such a reasonable sentence that I can't refute it.
But Qin Dewei could not be easily silenced, and immediately opened up another path, "The day before yesterday, in front of the gate of the Ministry of Justice, you stood up and scolded me with righteous words!
If you are really afraid of me, how can you dare to stand up and accuse me in public? The so-called fear is clearly just talking to the emperor!"
A few days ago, when Qin Dewei broke into the Criminal Department, he was blocked by clerks, officers and soldiers. He happened to be met by Yan Shifan, and he was scolded several times by Yan Shifan.
Yan Shifan immediately responded: "It was precisely because I had no respect for you, Qin Dewei, that I was whipped twice by you. Don't you allow me to remember it?"
After that, I was afraid of you like a tiger, and I didn’t dare to offend you even a little bit. I still am now! There are definitely not a few people in the court who think the same as me!"
Others present stared at the two people in stunned silence. One insisted, "I'm afraid of you," and the other insisted, "No, you can't be afraid of me." It sounded vaguely like two children quarreling.
If this continues, I'm afraid it will never end, and I don't know where the quarrel will end.
Qin Dewei turned to Emperor Jiajing and said: "I have confirmed that Yan Shifan lied and deceived the emperor and should be punished!"
I don’t know what Qin Dewei was thinking. Anyway, no one saw how it was confirmed.
But Qin Dewei also knew the doubts of others, and said to Yan Shifan again: "I did touch you lightly with the whip at that time, that's right!
If you are really scared or fearful of me, and now you have the opportunity to speak in front of the emperor, you must ask the emperor to make the decision for you!
Even if it doesn't work, you should go to your father-in-law out of fear and ask your father-in-law to help you ask for help from the emperor, so as not to suffer my revenge! I believe that as a pavilion elder, your father-in-law still has this dignity!"
After everyone thought about it, Qin Dewei's logic seemed to be correct.
Then Qin Dewei changed the topic, "And after you, Yan Shifan, received two whippings from me, you neither felt shameful nor humiliated, nor did you ask for mercy from the emperor. You didn't take it seriously at all!
I think your attitude is enough to show that you, Yan Shifan, have no fear of me at all, let alone being afraid!
Everything is just an excuse for you. If this is not a lie to deceive the emperor, what is it?"
Yan Shifan: "."
He had already plugged all the possible loopholes on his own, but to his surprise, Qin Dewei dug out the loopholes!
Everyone was speechless. Looking back, they felt that once Yan Shifan started arguing with Qin Dewei, he had already lost.
People who know something about Qin Dewei's past experience also vaguely remember that Qin Dewei seemed to have been a lawyer when he was young. The lawsuit went from the Nanjing County Government to the capital court. He was said to have never lost, and Yan Shifan's defeat was truly unjust.
The young eunuch Feng Bao standing in the corner of the hall sighed secretly, is this damn politics?
Qin Dewei himself publicly admitted that he whipped Yan Shifan twice. This was definitely an act of violation of laws and disciplines, but no one discussed the right or wrong of Qin Dewei's beating!
Everyone was wondering whether Yan Shifan, the victim, was scared or not? It seems that whether Yan Shifan was scared or not was more important than the fact that Qin Dewei hit someone!
The two things that Emperor Jiajing hated the most were, first, others not telling the truth in front of him; second, others telling the truth in front of him.
Then he asked Yan Shifan coldly: "What else do you have to say?"
Yan Shifan used up his last bit of wisdom and said to Emperor Jiajing: "Qin De's majesty, majesty and independence are obvious to all! No matter what I say, it's just one side of the story! Your Majesty, if you want"
The words "one-sided words" had annoyed Emperor Jiajing to death today. He interrupted Yan Shifan rudely and shouted: "If you have one-sided words, just say it! If not, I will punish you with forty pieces of imperial staff for lying and deceiving the emperor!"
Qin Dewei couldn't help but said: "The crime of deceiving the emperor is too light to be punished by only having a staff of forty."
Emperor Jiajing scolded: "Shut up! We will discuss your Qin Dewei's sins later!"
Qin Dewei said in astonishment: "What crime am I guilty of?"
Emperor Jiajing: "."
7.2, we still have to fight until the last minute, tonight.
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