"Stop!" Just as Gao Sheji started to attack, Pei Yan on the side immediately shouted loudly, trying to stop him.
If Wu Sansi died, he would die, but he could not tolerate Wu Chengsi being killed. After all, Wu Chengsi was also the prime minister of the dynasty. This was related to the face of the political hall. As the head of hundreds of officials, he naturally did not want his subordinates to be killed.
The prime minister was killed in this way, so he spoke to stop it.
However, as soon as he finished speaking, he discovered that Wu Chengsi had been killed cleanly by Gao Sheji.
"You, Gao Sheji, as a young general, you actually killed a Shangguan in public. Do you still have law and discipline in your eyes? Do you still put the prime ministers in the political hall in your eyes?"
Pei Yan couldn't help but turn pale when he saw this scene. He didn't feel scared now, or the strong indignation had made him forget his fear. He felt that he had lost face. Filled with righteous anger, he pointed at the chicken in the high house and asked loudly.
But I saw Gao Sheji saying: "I am acting according to the orders, and naturally there are laws and regulations. On the contrary, Prime Minister Pei, you don't have the king's law, right?"
When Pei Yan heard this, he immediately laughed angrily and said: "General Gao has a sharp tongue. Although you are a military general, don't you know that the emperor's will also needs the consent of all the prime ministers in the political hall before it can be implemented? Even if you are Your Majesty, you want to kill Wu Cheng
Si and Wu Sansi may have to go through a joint trial of the three departments to determine the correct punishment, and then obtain a review from the Ministry of Punishments before they can be executed. The general decided to decide based on His Majesty's words. Isn't it a bit too much?"
"Haha, what an excess! Even though the deaths of Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi this time were a bit excessive, it was just a lack of procedures. The crimes they committed are clearly visible to everyone, and those who died in vain are in this case.
The officials in the sect were innocently killed without even committing any crime. Isn't it excessive for them to do so? Where did Prime Minister Pei go at that time? Why didn't he complain about this injustice for them? Also, Prime Minister Pei forged a posthumous edict.
, I have monopolized the power, appointed myself as Assistant Minister, and then took it upon myself to hand over the power that should have been given to me to the Queen Mother. Isn’t this going even further?”
Pei Yan was shocked when he heard this, and then he realized that the speaker was actually Li Xian, and he said angrily: "What do you mean by your Majesty's words? Those officials who died in prison should be in charge of the imperial censorship. Although the old minister is
The leader of the group of ministers is also full of ambition and lack of strength. As for your majesty, he said that the old minister forged the edict, which the veteran did not dare to bear. At that time, the veteran minister was ordered by your majesty to draft it himself, and it was approved by your majesty.
What's more, the Queen Mother was present at that time, how could the veteran behave so hypocritically? Your Majesty is dissatisfied with the veteran minister's refusal to let Zhao Gui, the head of the country, serve as a servant, so you can't slander the veteran minister like this, right?"
Li Xian chuckled and said with a sneer: "Although the trial of the case should be in charge of the Censorship Hall, Li Zhaode, the Censorship Officer, has written many times, requesting that Zhou Xing, Lai Junchen and other cruel officials be removed from their posts. Pei Xiang is the head of the Political Affairs Hall.
Shouldn't he not know this? Also, those cruel officials have been ordered by the late emperor to never be used again, and now they are appointed in flagrant violation of the late emperor's will. Doesn't Prime Minister Pei know about this? If he didn't appoint those officials at the Yushitai
How can the edict drafted by the Zhongshu Province be passed? As the head of the Zhongshu Province, Xiang Pei can’t say he doesn’t know about it, right? If you really don’t know, do you still have the nerve to carry out the edict? As for the matter of the edict, I,
Of course, you can't slander important officials of the imperial court for no reason. You are still talking nonsense now. Hey, do you think I don't know? The late emperor was poisoned to death by a villain. After you were ordered to enter the Zhenguan Palace, the late emperor had already passed away. At that time,
What else can I order you to draft?"
"Where did your Majesty's words come from? When the old minister drafted the edict, it was your Majesty who personally explained it. Although the old minister was not young, he was not hallucinating. What's more, your Majesty slandered the late emperor and was poisoned to death. This is not a trivial matter. Your Majesty
Be careful what you say." Although Pei Yan looked very sure, he didn't know why, when he saw Li Xian being so calm, he felt an inexplicable panic in his heart, because he suddenly had a premonition that Li Xian seemed to be worried about Gaozong's death.
He knows the inside story better than himself.
But Li Xian snorted and said: "Prime Minister Pei, you are still stubborn about it. In this case, take a look. This is the confession of the doctors in Zhenguan Palace. They all admit that before you
Before arriving at the Zhenguan Hall, the late emperor had already passed away. You said that you drafted a posthumous edict under the order of the late emperor. What is this if not nonsense?"
As Li Xian spoke, he threw out a stack of files and said to Pei Yan: "These are all oral confessions. Can you see if what I said is false?"
"This..." Pei Yan carefully picked up the files and read them bit by bit. The more he read, the heavier he felt, because the confessions of the imperial doctors were indeed exactly the same as the scene at that time. In the end, he finally slowly closed the files.
Go up, and then sighed: "You are right, His Majesty passed away before I entered Zhenguan Palace, and that edict was forged by me on the orders of the Queen Mother."
"Ah? What? Is what I heard true?"
"Yes, this is too bold!"
"No wonder he became the head of the prime ministers. It turned out that he relied on forging the imperial edict!"
"Thankfully I admire him so much, but I didn't expect him to be this kind of person."
"That's right, rebellious ministers, traitors, and people who wield power are really hateful!"
…
Suddenly, all the prime ministers in the court criticized Pei Yan.
At this time, I saw Liu Yizhi, the minister of Zhongshu, who was also a subordinate of Zhongshu, and said loudly: "Old thief Pei Yan, it is in vain that we have always respected you so much, but we didn't expect that you turned out to be someone who manipulated power and harmed the country, and you even thought of conspiracy.
Your Majesty, it seems that you are indeed Dong Zhuo and his ilk, a treacherous minister and a tyrant who monopolizes power and harms the country. A thief like you actually has the nerve to sit high in the court and accept the respect and praise of your colleagues with peace of mind! How shameless of you!
Why is it so thick!”
Not only Liu Yizhi, but also Wei Xuantong, Liu Jingxian and other people who had always been good friends with Pei Yan all changed their expressions and said to Pei Yan with contempt: "Traitor, it's a good thing that we were good friends with you before. I believe you."
He was able to unite his colleagues to overcome difficulties and restore the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, but I didn't expect him to be such a disgusting person."
Pei Yan sighed softly and remained silent.
But then, a low sigh suddenly came from outside the window, and then someone said: "Zilong, I really didn't expect you to be such a person. Hehe, if you want to blame it, I have to blame Cheng for being blind and following you."
It’s a pity that Zhang Qianxu, who is in awe of people like you, died in the rebellion.”
Pei Yan had a bitter look on his face when he heard this. Now his friends no longer trust him. It can be said that he has betrayed his family and ended up miserable.
"I just don't understand. Who told you such a secret thing about Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianxu sending troops?" Pei Yan looked at Li Xian and asked slowly.
I saw a person in the court say, "It's the official."
"It turns out that you have always been His Majesty's man, but I am so self-righteous." Pei Yan looked at the Minister of War in front of him, Cen Changqian, a third-rank disciple of Tong Zhongshu, and smiled bitterly again. (To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!