Li Yan's face turned dark. If the soldier just now was still there, he would definitely strangle him to death.
But when faced with Emperor Qian's question, he couldn't avoid it and could only quickly refute it.
"Your Majesty, you must not do it! As I said again, if the Minister of Punishment is executed, wouldn't it mean that Your Majesty is being coerced by public opinion?"
"I believe that Your Majesty should have his own opinion, and this matter must not be so hasty!"
No matter what, Huo Yongzhi cannot die like this!
After listening to this, Emperor Qian seemed to be entangled again.
After a long while, he said: "In that case, let's summon all the ministers to the palace for discussion."
"This matter is extremely urgent, don't neglect it!"
He waved his hand and gave instructions.
Soon, the maids and eunuchs outside the palace hurriedly gave notice to leave the palace.
At this time, Li Yan felt a little relieved.
As long as the other ministers are here, Huo Yongzhi will not die.
As the saying goes, if you win, you will both be prosperous and if you lose, you will suffer. Huo Yongzhi has deep roots in overweight, and the ministers will not let him die easily!
About a quarter of an hour later, a group of ministers had already entered the palace.
Emperor Qian also walked towards the front hall, his face extremely solemn.
When he saw that everyone had come in, he first sighed, then held his head and said: "My dear friends, I think you should also know about the things in the capital, right?"
After the words fell, the whole place fell into dead silence.
After a long time, sporadic sounds started to sound.
"It seems that the literati have gathered in the city to execute Mr. Huo?"
"Yes, the Jin Yiwei captured Mr. Huo, and now the literati are petitioning for his execution. It's really troublesome!"
Countless ministers had very troubled expressions on their faces.
Emperor Qian took a look at them and said, "In that case, what do you all think?"
"The general examination is coming soon, but the literati want to boycott the examination because of fraud! How to solve this problem?"
"Should I execute Huo Yongzhi immediately? To comfort the hearts of students all over the world?"
He got the point straight!
Hearing this, the ministers immediately looked at each other.
Execute Huo Yongzhi? Of course this is not possible!
Let's not talk about what evidence this Jin Yiwei has, so he can directly take down a second-rank official.
Even according to Huo Yongzhi's status, he couldn't just die like this.
Many people in the court were very close to him and had many interests involved.
If Huo Yong died, wouldn't everything disappear?
Soon, the ministers spoke out one after another.
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, there is still no evidence whether Mr. Huo is guilty or not. If he is executed directly, it would not be consistent with the law!"
"Your Majesty, you are the king of a country. How can you execute high officials in the court just because of these rabble?"
One voice after another kept ringing.
As Li Yan thought, the ministers basically disagreed with this matter.
Emperor Qian naturally expected it, and a smile flashed secretly on his lips.
Then he continued to speak in a low voice: "According to this, dear sirs, you mean that I should pay attention to the actual evidence and not be swayed by public opinion?"
"That's right, Your Majesty! You are the king of a country! You are the will of the people themselves!"
Some ministers even took the opportunity to flatter me.
After hearing this, Emperor Qian showed a strange expression.
"But that's not right. That's not what you said before!"
"When the Chongsheng Temple collapsed a few days ago, all of you, including those students, asked me to execute Lin Yiqiu!"
"Why are you now making me unable to be influenced by public opinion? This is completely opposite to what you did before!"
As soon as the words fell, there was dead silence again.
The ministers lowered their heads, not knowing how to answer.
Li Yan didn't say anything either, he just felt that Emperor Qian seemed to have said that on purpose.
But he couldn't be sure. He couldn't see through Emperor Qian's true thoughts now.
At this time, He Weixin, the Minister of Rites, said: "Your Majesty, this matter is different from the previous matter!"
He Weixin's settings are a bit messy.
He entered the palace all the way from the mansion, and he could hardly walk for long before he was blocked by the literati!
Then there are rotten eggs and rotten cabbage leaves.
He Weixin had no choice but to secretly change to a sedan chair midway, thus avoiding the encirclement of the literati.
But even so, his appearance has completely lost the majesty he once had as the Minister of Rites.
Looking at him like this, Emperor Qian couldn't help but want to laugh.
"Master He, why are they different? Why do I think they are exactly the same?"
"Your Majesty, because of his status as a eunuch, Lin Yiqiu defiled the Confucian Temple, which aroused the sage's anger!"
"This incident is what caused the anger of the previous students!"
Having said this, He Weixin stepped forward and continued to talk nonsense.
"And this time, the reason why Mr. Huo caused public resentment is completely based on flimsy evidence! No one can prove that he is really guilty!"
"Even if he is a Jinyiwei, I heard that he only regarded him as an important suspect!"
"One is Lin Yiqiu, who is definitely the murderer of the collapse of Chongsheng Temple, and the other is Mr. Huo, who is currently separated and cannot be sure whether he is really guilty! This is of course different!"
What he said was reasonable and well-founded. After hearing this, the ministers began to nod their heads.
"Yes, Mr. Huo is not sure that he did it at this time, so how can he be executed directly?"
"What happened to Lin Yiqiu before, there is no doubt that the spirit of the sage came to him! That can be confirmed!"
"Well, so Lin Yiqiu deserves to die, Master Huo must not die so hastily!"
Soon, the opinions of the ministers below had been united, and they all felt that what He Weixin said was completely flawless!
After hearing this, Emperor Qian suddenly sneered.
"Master He, you don't think that I don't know what's going on outside without leaving the palace, do you?"
"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
After a while, Emperor Qian waved his hand.
"Someone, let Ting'er come in!"
After the words fell, not long after, I saw a maid walking in from outside the palace.
And she was the maid who had chatted with the literati for a long time in Xiangyue Tower!
"Slave, please see Your Majesty!"
"Ting'er, I remember that you came out of the palace to inquire about the situation for me before. You know the situation of the students outside very well."
"In that case, then you should talk to these ministers carefully."
Emperor Qian said in a deep voice.
Ting'er cupped her hands and smiled.
Cang Hong relied on her to directly change the public opinion of the literati before. When it comes to it, she naturally knows it best.
The next second, her voice was heard slowly.
"The literati gathered to protest this time because the Minister of Punishment was involved in fraud."
"Your Majesty, this has been their purpose from the beginning!"
"What about the incident at the Chongsheng Temple? What did the literati think?"
Emperor Qian asked.
Ting'er smiled and spoke.
"Your Majesty, those scholars are not stupid. How could the sage be angry because the eunuch entered the Confucian Temple?"
"There is only one reason for my anger, and that is Master Huo's cheating!" This chapter has been completed!
