The two old men in scarlet robes looked at each other, neither willing to give in to the other, and both spoke in a very rude manner.
In fact, Wang Wen and Xue Xuan did have enemies.
At the beginning, when Wang Zhen was very powerful, his nephew Wang Shan wanted to forcefully marry a concubine of a royal guard in imperial robes. However, he was blocked by his wife. Therefore, Wang Shan planned to frame the wife and accuse her of poisoning her husband.
The case was sent to Dali Temple. Xue Xuan, who was the Prime Minister of Dali Temple at the time, noticed something was wrong, so he petitioned for a review. At the same time, he also conspired with a group of censors to impeach the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate for negligence in their duties.
Unexpectedly, Wang Shan colluded with Jin Yiwei and destroyed all the evidence.
In the end, not only was the case overturned, but Xue Xuan himself was also involved. Wang Zhen turned over and ordered people to impeach Xue Xuan for accepting bribes and exonerated the prisoner.
As a result, Xue Xuan was imprisoned and sentenced to court in accordance with the procedures.
Because the post of Dali Temple Minister was vacant at that time and the censor of the left capital was out on inspection, Wang Wen, the censor of the right capital, was in charge.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Tingju started, before Wang Wen could say anything, Xue Xuan cursed loudly, saying that Wang Wen was clinging to Wang Zhen, and that as the censor of Youdu, he was trying cases involving the censor, and that he was committing theft.
Wang Wen was so angry that he almost beat the old man to death with one fist.
At that time, Jinyiwei destroyed all evidence and forged evidence that one of Xue Xuan's subordinates had accepted bribes. Therefore, Tingju naturally found nothing in the trial.
Finally, under the instigation of Wang Zhen, the orthodox emperor wanted to punish Xue Xuan for taking bribes to exonerate prisoners. Finally, under the persuasion of the ministers, he changed the order to dismissal. It was not until the Civil War that he was reinstated.
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Therefore, the two people have been feuding for a long time.
Wang Wen felt that this old guy was unscrupulous, stinky and harsh, while Xue Xuan felt that Wang Wen had no integrity and clung to powerful officials.
In addition, Xue Xuan was almost killed, so the relationship between the two naturally grew stronger.
This is also the reason why Xue Xuan mocked Wang Wen for being more and more good at criticizing him.
However, to be fair, Wang Wen actually blamed himself for what happened that year.
At that time, although he had the intention to rescue Xue Xuan, but Tingju had no concrete evidence to prove Xue Xuan's innocence. In addition, he was so angry that he reported the truth truthfully, which almost caused Xue Xuan to be killed.
Therefore, when Xue Xuan mentioned what happened back then, Wang Wen's momentum weakened by three points, and he was choked and speechless for a while.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Qiyu sighed, he had indeed forgotten about this.
Wang Wen was not afraid of anyone in the whole court, but he was the only one who felt guilty about Xue Xuan. It was normal for him to fall behind after being unable to say a few words.
However, he was not in a hurry, because in this court meeting, he did not expect Wang Wen to be able to overcome all opinions.
He arranged for Wang Wen to be the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but there was still a place where he could be used, and he could not become the enemy of the whole court at this time.
Looking up at the already bright sky, Zhu Qiyu had a smile on his lips.
Calculating the time, it should be almost...
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The sound of heavy drums suddenly sounded, coming from far outside the palace gate into the palace.
The cultural relic ministers who were originally attracted by the debate between the two elders suddenly became suspicious after hearing this.
Morning dynasty is not a regular dynasty. If we don’t have great music, how can we hear the sound of drums?
The first person to react was Chen Yi, the imperial censor of Zuodu. He frowned, turned around and looked at the place where the drums were sounding outside the palace, and cried out.
"This is the Dengwen drum. Who dares to beat the Dengwen drum?"
The old man's voice was not quiet, and many officials around him could hear it clearly, so the officials immediately started talking about it.
When Taizu founded the country, he followed the old system of the former Song Dynasty and set up a Dengwen drum outside the Meridian Gate. When soldiers and civilians had grievances to complain, they could sound the Dengwen drum and reach heaven.
In the beginning, the Dengwen drum system was not perfect. Therefore, during the Hongwu era, many people played the Dengwen drum for trivial matters.
Therefore, later on, the imperial court established two systems.
The cases filed by those who sound the drum must be reviewed step by step by the county government, the government government, the judicial department, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple. Only those who still have grievances can play the drum to voice their grievances.
If anyone beats the drum by beating the rank, he will be punished with fifty canes. If after beating the drum, the court finds out that there is no grievance, he will be punished with a hundred canes. If the offense is serious, he will be severely punished.
Although in actual implementation, if the case is found to be unjust, the fifty swat penalty for leapfrogging the appeal can usually be waived.
However, this law still has a deterrent effect on ordinary people. The imperial court has not received a case enough to sound the drum for seven or eight years.
Therefore, many elders who had just entered the court looked confused and didn't know what was going on.
The Dengwen drum is a big event. Although no one has beaten it for several years, the Dengwen drum has always been guarded by people from the Sixth Section and Jinyiwei in turns.
Therefore, after the drums had sounded for only a moment, a royal guard wearing a flying fish robe came from outside the palace to greet him.
After entering the palace, the hundred households prostrated themselves on the ground, holding a complaint in their hands and said.
"I am on duty to watch the Dengwen drum of hundreds of households to see Your Majesty. Just now, there was someone at the gate of the palace who claimed to be Zhu Yinqi, the crown prince of the Zhennan palace. He was holding a complaint and beating the Dengwen drum, hoping to avenge his father."
"In accordance with the regulations, I have sent my subordinate captain to temporarily detain him outside the Meridian Gate and forward his complaint to your majesty."
Zhennan Palace?
Upon hearing this name, the officials immediately became energetic and turned their attention to Xue Xuan, Chen Mao and others who were still debating in the palace.
Isn't this a coincidence?
These few people here just happened to be talking about the case of King Zhennan, and almost got the emperor involved.
As a result, before these words could even be said, the son of the King of Zhennan over there beat the Dengwen drum and said he wanted to avenge his father?
This is interesting!
The biggest reason why Xue Xuan and others immediately persuaded the emperor to send a mission immediately was that once the inside story of this case was made public, people all over the world would unconsciously compare the case to the current situation of the Tian family.
But now, people keep shouting that they are wronged.
This case has only been tried for two days. If it were turned over like this, it would be a slap in the face.
What's more, this is no ordinary case.
When it comes to the face of the Tian family, it also involves a prince, crown prince, and three county princes, whose status is of great importance.
Once they are turned over, will Ningyang Hou and the others who are investigating the case have something good to gain?
As expected, Chen Mao reacted immediately and stepped forward.
"Your Majesty, in the case of King Zhennan, the evidence is sufficient and the facts of the case are clear. The trial process was jointly supervised by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, and Dongchang, and more than a dozen royal princes attended the hearing in person. How can there be no grievances?"
"From what I can see, this must be the unwillingness of the King of Zhennan, who is struggling to his death. Zhu Yinqi rashly beats the Dengwen drum and disturbs the saints. He should be thrown into prison together."
However, what he can think of, others can't think of.
Yu Shiyue also immediately stepped forward and said.
"Your Majesty, Taizu established the Dengwen Drum, which was originally intended to clear up grievances and smooth the way for people to speak out. Moreover, this case is of great importance. Since the Dengwen Drum is sounded, the case should be re-examined and the doubts in it should be investigated in detail."
"From what I see, I might as well call Zhu Yinqi to go to the palace to make a statement. I believe that since he dares to sound the Dengwen drum, he must have a grievance to redress. How can he be indiscriminate and make arbitrary conclusions? If everything is like this, Dengwen drum
Isn’t it useless?”
Wang Wen also left Xue Xuan behind and said.
"Your Majesty, what Mr. Yu Ge said is true. Taizu has a system. Anyone who goes up to hear the sound of drums must be heard by the Holy Spirit. This is called a direct complaint. What's more, this matter involves clan affairs. I would like to ask your Majesty to summon Zhu Yinqi to the palace to speak to the group.
In front of the minister, I will explain it clearly in detail."
When the emperor hears the sound of the drum, the emperor must personally intervene. This is a custom.
Therefore, Zhu Qiyu didn't hesitate much. He glanced at the complaint and said, "This matter is not trivial. I summon Zhu Yinqi to the palace!"