Next, Wei Zheng directly gave an unscripted speech to five or six people, and his tone was restrained and frustrated.
There is actually nothing substantive in the content. It is just a summary of last year's work, for sure.
He also encouraged a new atmosphere in the new year and asked everyone to work hard, serve the court, and benefit the people.
In fact, it is no different from the chicken soup for the soul of future company leaders, except that the level here is higher.
Yang Fan has long been tired of hearing these same nonsense.
Since Wu Meiniang and others were in Junyangfang, Yang Fan was alone in the Chang'an City residence. He could not sleep alone at night, feeling really empty, lonely, and cold...
Therefore, Yang Fan, who had not slept well, felt sleepy and dozed off directly.
After Wei Zheng finished his speech, His Majesty Li Er said: "If you have anything to do, please report it; if there is nothing to do, please withdraw from the court!"
If we follow past practice, the ministers will retreat one after another after hearing this, which also represents the end of today's symbolic court meeting.
Conventions are conventions, but there are always stubborn people.
As Cui Yongping comes from a family with a thousand-year heritage, he dare not directly contradict fools like Yang Fan.
But for a face-loving emperor like Li Shimin, he had already figured it out and realized that Li Shimin did not dare to do anything to him and did not care about these rules.
He immediately came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, please report me if you have any questions!"
Although Li Shimin was a little unhappy, he still asked patiently: "Why is your love so urgent?"
Cui Yongping calmly took out a memorial and said slowly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. As the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, it is my duty to evaluate the virtues of officials of the Tang Dynasty!"
"But the humble minister discovered that Yang Fan, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, had no respect for his superiors and did not know the inferiority of his superiors. He relied on his strong martial arts to fight against the meritorious officials over trivial matters on Lishan Mountain, causing the eldest son Shaoqing, Zhou Daowu's son-in-law, and Bao Guogong's second son Duan to be killed.
Guan and others are disabled to varying degrees;”
"But such a bold and reckless person is in a high position and uses his official position to exert authority and fortune. Now he is impeaching the Minister of Rites. Your Majesty, please demote him to a commoner and then hand him over to the government for careful investigation!"
After finishing speaking, Cui Yongping looked upright and awe-inspiring, as if Yang Fan had done something heinous and he was the messenger of justice.
"Oh...is this serious?" Li Shimin frowned slightly, showing displeasure.
In fact, His Majesty Li Er has already sent people to communicate with Changsun Wuji, Duan Zhixuan and others about this matter in advance.
According to Li Shimin's point of view, this matter is not a glorious matter, and it can be dismissed as a major matter.
As a peacemaker, he, the emperor, could just find a time for Yang Fan to apologize to them and regain their face.
At the same time, he promised that he would punish Yang Fan accordingly.
Didn’t Changsun Wuji and others make good promises? Did they go back on their word?
Besides, this matter has nothing to do with the Cui family at all, so why does this old guy jump out to find trouble now?
Although Changsun Wuji was a bit petty, Li Shimin knew that since he had already replied that he would not retaliate, he should be able to keep his word.
But Zhou Daowu did not dare to resist his own will.
Obviously, this person can only be the helper Duan Zhixuan found.
For a moment, Li Shimin stared at his former favorite general with a somewhat uncertain expression.
Duan Zhixuan didn't care whether Li Shimin's face looked good or not. He looked at Li Shimin's face with his eyes and nose, as if he didn't see anything.
His own son had his arm chopped off by Yang Fan, and of course he couldn't bear it.
But after all, he openly agreed to His Majesty Li Er's peace proposal. Of course, it was impossible for him to jump out and criticize Yang Fan.
So he could only secretly contact the better aristocratic families and ask them to come forward to help blow the wind and muddy the water, so that he could secretly wait for an opportunity to take action.
Cui Yongping was just one of the people he was looking for.
In Duan Zhixuan's opinion, as long as he takes action personally without knowing it, His Majesty Li Er can't do anything to him.
While feeling proud in his heart, his eyes secretly signaled to Du Feng, the censor doctor.
This Yushitai admonisher was born in the Du family in the "Jingzhao Weidu".
After getting Duan Zhixuan's signal and according to the agreed plan, Du Feng knew it was time for him to appear.
I thought about the wording in my mind and said directly:
"Your Majesty, this matter is true. Yang Fangui, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, is a loyal and righteous prince. He usually does not lead by example. He actually did such unbelievable and evil things, which caused a very bad impact. I request your majesty to allow Mr. Cui's petition.
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Li Shimin's face suddenly turned dark, and his eyes looked at the two men a little gloomily.
Of course Li Shimin knew about Lishan. After all, Li Shimin was also on Lishan that day and even taught Yang Fan a lesson.
More importantly, Li Shimin had already planned to ask Yang Fan to go to Junyangfang to avoid the limelight.
But God's calculation is not as good as that of man. The two sons of Cui and Du impeached Yang Fan at the same time today!
Li Shimin looked unkind and asked in a deep voice:
"You two dear friends, have you seen it with your own eyes that Marquis Zhongyi injured and maimed someone?"
"Your Majesty, although I have not seen it with my own eyes, the news has spread throughout Chang'an City. Your Majesty can let..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Shimin directly interrupted Du Feng: "It's unreasonable. You guys are wasting time on such an important court meeting for such a non-existent thing. It's simply unreasonable. I asked the Yushitai to report the matter, not for you.
I bring all kinds of nonsense to the meeting and talk about it."
Li Shimin could only use the drag technique.
In his opinion, as long as the news is over and no one is killed, it is not a big deal.
Seeing Li Shimin's tough attitude, the ministers were a little surprised.
You must know that Li Shimin has always been a monarch who listens and is wise, and it is rare for him to act arbitrarily like this.
The ministers who knew the inside story certainly knew that Li Shimin was trying to help Yang Fan cover up the matter.
While everyone was jealous of Yang Fan being favored, they secretly cursed Cui Yongping and Du Feng for being ignorant.
I didn't see that His Majesty Li Er's face turned dark, but the two of them still looked like they would never give up. They were looking for death.
Do you really think that just because you come from a noble family, you can do whatever you want?
Do you really think His Majesty Li Er's sword is bad?
In fact, Du Feng and the two were not afraid of death. At this time, they were extremely panicked, but they caught Li Shimin's weakness.
His Majesty Li Er, although he is wise and mighty and is a rare king, he has always cherished his own feathers, so Du Feng and the others dared to be so unscrupulous.
"Your Majesty, please take a closer look!" Du Feng and Cui Yongping looked at each other and said bravely.
"Please" is actually equivalent to a nod, which was extremely rare in the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty, because it represented the official's determination.
Even as an emperor, Li Shimin couldn't take it lightly and was in a dilemma for a while.
Wei Zheng sighed in his heart, glanced quickly at Yang Fan's position, and said: "Your Majesty, whether this matter is true or if there is any hidden secret, anyway, Marquis Zhongyi is in the Taiji Palace. Please let the person involved know it once he defends it."
When Wei Zheng said this, he did not mean to target Yang Fan. In his heart, Wei Zheng was actually very optimistic about Yang Fan, a young man.
It's just that Du Feng and the two adopted the attitude of "please submit".
As a provincial minister, in order to maintain the court's laws and the dignity of the imperial censor, Wei Zheng must speak out and speak out.
Seeing what Wei Zheng said, those who knew the inside story couldn't help but mourn Yang Fan.
Wei Zheng is famous for his love of admonishment. If the inside story is known, anyone targeted by him will be in big trouble.